Now, where are we?

In basic reality news, Vladimir Putin and Mitch McConnell acknowledged that Joe Biden is the President Elect after the often fraught voting by the state electors.  Today they were joined by Kayleigh MAGAnanny in what may be her last assault on the press.  Jim Acosta thought so -- he called her a hypocrite as she flounced out.  In two months the punters will be complaining that White House briefings aren't great TV anymore.

Having visited Georgia to urge a vote on June 5 -- fine by me -- Trump has reverted to the grift he knows best, raising money for the Senate runoff election, most of which will find its way to him.  Meanwhile he retweeted this threat from mob lawyer Lin Wood:

  

I'd say Kemp and Raffensperger have as much chance of "going to jail" as Hillary Clinton but as Hemingway would say, isn't it pretty to think so?  The flag pins are a lovely touch, by the way -- nice work, Wood's Photoshop intern.   Trump added his own Vercotti brothers comment:  "What a fool Gov. @BrianKempGA of Georgia is.  Could have been so easy but now we have to do it the hard way.  Demand this clown call a Special Session and open up signature verification NOW.  Otherwise could  be a bad day for two GREAT Senators on January 5th."  Nice state you got here, Brian.  Would be a shame if it was to get two Democratic senators, the HARD way.  You like cucumbers?

I've been working all day on an extra-wide-bus joke but it just didn't come together.  Anyway, that's where Bill Barr will be thrown on December 23, having perverted the hell out of the Justice Department but somehow failed to shout HUNTER BIDEN INVESTIGATION in a timely manner (James Comey, who publicized HILLARY EMAILS four years ago, is the template).  For less than a month he'll be replaced by Jeff Rosen, whose firm represented Bain Capital (Mitt Romney), BP (Deepwater Horizon) and Jeffrey Epstein (dead procurer of underage girls), so, you know, very fine people.  Barr was allowed to use his service revolver write a slavering resignation letter, but he was obviously fired.  

Joe Biden coughed several times during his speech last night and again today campaigning in Georgia, so he must be dying.  You can wait for confirmation from Sean Hannity and Lou Dobbs, but remember, you saw it here first.  

Somebody (the Russians) carried out a huge security breach at the Treasury and Commerce Departments.  Expect more of this after their puppet's strings are cut on January 20.  Chris Krebs could not be reached for comment.

Maybe you watch the cable news too much and you see Pfizer vaccine being loaded into/unloaded from FedEx trucks.  Maybe you think, "Hmmm, I don't see any postal vans or even UPS.  I wonder why that is."  This is why -- the Haslam family of Tennessee cut a nice, big check to the Trump Inaugural Slush Fund.  (Bill Haslam is a former governor and dead ringer for Dana Carvey.  There's a Haslam College of Business in Knoxville.  They can afford to grease the skids.)  

Daniel Uhlfelder is a Florida attorney who sued to get his state's beaches closed in order to prevent the tsunami of covid infections and deaths it is currently experiencing.  He also dressed as the Grim Reaper and tried to frighten away the bathers, but I think that's protected free speech.  The governor wants the court to sanction him over his "baseless" lawsuits.  In a climate where Sidney Powell, Rudolph Giuliani, Lin Wood, Pam Bondi, Alan Dershowitz, Joe DiGenova, Victoria Toensing, Jenna Ellis et al. impersonate drunk squirrels in courtrooms all over the country, I don't think Uhlfelder has much to worry about. 

Social note:  Mike Pence is hosting a Life Is Winning Event to celebrate the return of septic self-induced abortions, an uncontrolled pandemic, federal executions and the other accomplishments of "the most Pro-Life President ever," you know who.  Sadly, I'll be busy celebrating the achievements of Ludwig van Beethoven, born 250 years ago tomorrow.  Remember the 200th?  We didn't get home until four in the morning.