Just for Xeets and Giggles

Good morning!

The big news to start the week was out of New York, where Judge Arthur Engoron ordered the Trump Organization’s business certificates canceled after he ruled the company and the Trump family had committed fraud for decades by overinflating property values to secure loans.

The memes began to fly.

People began to speculate that a trustee might have to take control of Trump’s Crown Jewel properties and sell them off to satisfy a potential $250 million judgment.

Spooky!

Even the Empire State Building account got in the game as the news broke.

(This is also a Taylor Swift reference, for the die hards…)

Trump gave a speech to California voters this week that had many wondering again about his own cognitive impairment.

On top of making vile jokes about Nancy Pelosi’s husband, he managed to sound crazy on the subject of law and order and rather like a North Korean dictator.

David Frum FTW.

The House Republicans have been scrambling to control radicals in their own party from shutting down the government, which now looks inevitable tonight at midnight. Speaker McCarthy tried to pin the blame on the Senate, which by the way reached a bipartisan, filibuster-proof majority with its own bill.

Community notes took him down quickly.

As did Rep. Becca Balint (D-VT).

And I like this suggestion a lot!

The second GOP presidential smackdown took place at the Reagan Library in California because they still haven’t decided if Ronald Reagan was really a RINO like them Bushes. No new ground was broken, but Nikki Haley got in the only truthful bit of the evening. Click to watch.

But I guess she had changed her mind, because the internet came with receipts.

Tim Scott decided to speak up, and even for the Black former Republican chair, it was too much.

We got a chance to remember why we’ve never liked Chris Christie. Click to watch.

Her name is Dr. Jill Biden, sir, not “a member of the teacher’s union” that the President “is sleeping with.”

Are there no normal Republicans? Harder and harder to find.

His off-color remark drew some instant responses. Here’s my favorite pair:

Mike Pence had another lackluster night, drawing this near fatal blow.

In other Xeety mentions this week, Reps. Matt Gaetz (F-FL) and Marjorie Taylor Greene (Q-GA) made the list.

This poor guy…

Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD) for the takedown of MTG:

In big news for Hollywood, the WGA reached a new contract with the studios after a grueling five month strike. There was palpable excitement as word of the deal spread.

And the AMPTP clearly had need of writers on staff.

In other news of rich people shooting themselves in the foot while trying to bash on poor people, the cringe factor went off the charts when Elon Musk decided to pay a visit to the border and rail about migrants.

The fact that the video froze midstream says just about everything.

This guy nailed it.

Some folks had thoughts about the hat.

Because he has skin thinner than his margins on X, Musk tried to defend his odd look and bravado. Oy.

Sad!

There was a very bad flood in NYC while I was away, but New Yorkers will always find a way to find the humor in it.

Some brilliant person in the Federalist Society decided that he would come for Taylor Swift publicly because she had helped register tens of thousands of young people as voters.

I’m not a Swiftie, but I know better than to mess with them. Her fans are busy learning about the rules of FOOTBALL because she is now dating a player from the KC team. Apparently Donald Trump doesn’t understand their devotion.

Way to get the young people on your side, GOP!

Okay, it’s Animal Fun Time! Here’s a baby rhino moment. Sound on to watch.

This is a love/hate moment between Kevin McCarthy and MTG. Oh, sorry, it’s marmots disagreeing. Click to watch.

I kept waiting for the bite that never came. Watch here.

This would totally be me if I were a Mama Duck. Watch here.

Your moment of zen courtesy of this shoer and this beauty. Watch the process here.

This female is all, “I just wanted to cuddle!” Watch here.

Speaking of rare sightings…

And this reunion is just crazy. A+ for commitment though. Watch here.

Finally, my dad joke of the week to send you off with a very silly thought:

Have a great weekend!

Jay

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