Get me out of this week

 Today's church shooting in Vestavia Hills, Alabama, was carried out by a 71-year-old man, which means the current laughable gun bill would not have deterred him.  He killed Walter Rainey, 84, Sarah Yeager, 75, and an 84-year-old woman whose name has been withheld, presumably because they failed to invite him to their potluck dinner.  Thoughts, Governor Ivey, or would you prefer prayers?

The Senate passed the Heath Robinson Act 84-14, providing relief to veterans who were exposed to burn-pits, resulting in rare cancers and respiratory diseases.  It's long been an issue dear to the President, whose son Beau died of brain cancer after service in Iraq.  We should remember the names of the Republicans who don't care about 3.5 million veterans.

For those who care, Greg Gianforte and his wife are living la dolce vita in Tuscany, about five thousand miles from this:

To be honest, there isn't a lot governors contribute to disaster relief, but most of them manage to look as if they're paying attention and give an actual fuck.  One-party states get what they vote for.

As the company's CEO continues his Mental Disease or Defect Tour, MyPillows will be disappearing from the shelves at Walmart, Kohls, Costco, Bed Bath & Beyond, QVC and J.C. Penney, and not because people are buying them.  Just the opposite.  Despite Lindell's wails about being "cancelled," retailers don't care about your politics; they care about carrying products that aren't being boycotted, resulting in wasted shelf space.  Take comfort, Mike:  Nordstrom, Neiman-Marcus and others cancelled Ivanka's line back in 2017, and she and Slumlord-in-Law still left government service with enough money to buy an island.

Sandra Garza, the longtime partner of Capitol Police Officer Brian Sicknick, told CNN she received a letter of condolence from William, Duke of Cambridge, which spoke of his "patriotism and selflessness."  Nothing from Trump, of course.  Sicknick died the next day after suffering a stroke.  "Trump does not give two craps about law enforcement," she said.

Bishop Robert J. McManus has decreed that Nativity School in Worcester, Massachusetts, can no longer call itself Catholic.  That's because it refuses to take down its Black Lives Matter and LGBTQ Pride flags.  He says they send "a mixed, confusing and scandalous message" by implying the Church's support for racial equality and acceptance of all people.  And so they take another step back from "love your neighbor as yourself."  Who said that?  I forget.

Peter Navarro pleaded not guilty to contempt of Congress and asked that his trial be delayed until next April so as not to interfere with his book tour.  Without laughing openly, Judge Amit Mehta calendared it for November 17.

A Black 13-year-old was unarmed and had his hands raised when he was shot and probably paralyzed by Chicago police.  Wonderful things, security cameras.

Parents whose children died in Robb Elementary School still can't see the official records of that day because they are being blocked by indicted attorney general Ken Paxton, presumably to conceal police incompetence.  To make it worse, Paxton said on right-wing radio that he would tell the parents, "I believe god always has a plan.  Life is short no matter what it is."  Ken, have you met Bishop McManus?

Charles Sutherland painted "groomer" across two libraries in Maryland and has now been charged with a hate crime.  It's a stretch, but I approve.  Meanwhile in Arkansas, Melissa Bosch was caught on a recording declaring that librarians who displease her "would all be plowed down with a freaking gun by now."  Bosch heads something called Moms for Liberty, so you know she's serious.  Probably armed, too.

Lauren Boebert told some of her fellow believers that Jesus's problem was "he didn't have enough weapons to keep his government from killing him."  Know what, Lauren?  Neither do you.  That's a nice Glock pistol.  Have you met the First Armored Division?

And finally, my favorite tourists.