"Don't underestimate your opponent..."

"Don't underestimate your opponent, but don't overestimate them, either." --Nancy Pelosi


This week was busy for Americans, and Friday topped it off with cherries and whipped cream.

We got a cave instead of a wall.

The shutdown continued into its 35th day. The news was filled with stories of our fellow Americans visiting food pantries, crying for mercy at the office of Sen. Mitch McConnell, selling belongings on Craigslist, looking for jobs. Many businesses and organizations stepped in to help. It's the American way.

The administration, clueless to how the average citizen lives, was tone-deaf. The Secretary of Commerce, Rich Old White Guy Wilbur Ross, "couldn't understand" why unpaid government workers had to visit food pantries. They should just get a loan to cover their expenses. TЯUMP himself suggested that federal workers just pull grocery store owners aside and "work along" a deal for their groceries. (Add this to the fact that he thinks you need government id to buy groceries, it boggles the mind why his base thinks "he is just like them.")

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Friday, many air traffic controllers followed their TSA brethren and called out sick, causing multiple flight cancellations and the total grounding of planes at LaGuardia. Some pundits said that air travel disruptions would be the only thing "bad enough" to bring an end to the shutdown. Perhaps the air traffic controller "strike" was the factor, or maybe it was his need for the spotlight and the cameras, or his ever-present need to divert attention from other matters.

But really it was Nancy! I love our Nancy! It was a good week for her. I hadn't been a big fan of hers before this year, but she is ROCKIN' the Speakership and is the perfect adversary. She's a tough broad and exactly what the country needs in the rebirth of a co-equal branch of government.

Speaker of the House Nancy Pelosi uninvited Agent Orange to the House chambers for the State of the Union address, citing security concerns. He didn't get the hint and sent a letter back, saying there is "absolutely no problem regarding security" and  "it would be so very sad..." and that he would be there as planned. No, she said, you won't. I won't allow it. He went around her and asked the Sergeant at Arms for a walk-through. He was denied. After some bluff and bluster, he relented, head down, saying, "This is her prerogative." Gosh darn right it is! Welcome to 2019, Donny boy!

And through the entire 35 days, Nancy and the Democrats did not budge in the negotiations for re-opening the government. The citizens do not want a wall, and the citizens shall not pay for a wall. And that was that. Finally, he blinked. And today we got a cave instead of a wall. He agreed to the same deal that he rejected, the one that was passed in the Senate unanimously just before Christmas, the one that would've allowed the government to keep functioning seamlessly, the one that would've saved 800,000 Americans the worry and pain of 35 days without pay.

Nancy's da woman!! She mopped the floor with him!

In a previous post I mentioned how Drumpf seems to have a modicum of respect for Nancy. He hasn't formulated a scathing nickname for her as he has with so many others. In fact, in an appearance this week talking about the shutdown and his postponed State of the Union address, he hilariously said this:




In the meantime, Steven Colbert came up with the perfect nickname for her.

Trump was too scared to give Pelosi a nickname, and then she cancelled his SOTU address. Congratulations to Neuterin’ Nancy!

— Stephen Colbert (@StephenAtHome) January 25, 2019

So, is he respectful of Neuterin' Nancy? Is the concept of "respect" even a hanging thread on the long red tie of his being? Respect? Or is it something else?


Jill Filipovic of The Guardian asserts that it's something else. Prima Donald seems to have discovered a new alien species in Nancy Pelosi. Filipovic hits the nail on the head with this excellent essay. Nancy is a foreign species: a powerful woman. He's never had to deal with one before.

And just think. How elegant would it be if Pence also became caught up in the Web of Mueller, and Nancy, next in line, became President.

Have I told you how much I love our Constitution? Thank you, Founding Fathers!

And speaking of the Web of Mueller, those threads are getting real gosh darn sticky! This week was a goodie. On early Friday morning, about a dozen FBI agents, guns drawn, raided the home and arrested Roger Stone, perhaps the longest-lived Dirty Dan in the Trump Sphere. He has known Trumpty Dumpty for 40 years. Stone has been flirting with dirty politics and illegality since the Nixon days. This 66-looks-86-year-old has a tattoo of Nixon's face on his back and appeared yesterday for a statement using Nixon's trademark "V for Victory" gesture. Stone is not a great example of what America has to offer. But now his time has come. He was indicted on seven charges for lying to congress and obstructing the investigation of the Russia investigation, especially surrounding coordination with WikiLeaks, who the President^* "loves" and who he implied when he called on Russia to "find the 30,000 emails." The spider is coming closer and closer to the center of the web.

It was America and the Wonderful, Splendid, So Good, Very Fine Day!

The Resistance is working! Keep calling your members of Congress. Tell them what you want! And let's watch Nancy lead us out of this mess! 

Thanks for reading.