Apologies not accepted

 Idiot quote of the day:  "It's just going to be expected that when you have a president and a House of Representatives of different parties, you're going to have an impeachment."  Which Constitution is Guy Reschenthaler (R-Mars) reading from?  For that matter, who the hell is he?

Miles "Anonymous" Taylor, former DHS Trumper, is not someone I take seriously as a rule, but he's raising an alarm nobody considered:  If re-installed, Trump may "turn off the internet."  Where does he think Ministry of Truth Social and Xitter and 8Chan live?  More likely he'll just try to censor it as China does.  

Masha Gessen is having a bad month.  First the Russians opened a criminal case against her for the now-familiar charge of "spreading false information" about their undertrained, ill-equipped army.  Now the Heinrich Boll Foundation has changed its mind about giving her its prize for political thinking because she wrote an essay comparing Gaza to a Jewish ghetto in Nazi-occupied Europe.  There's thinking and then there's thoughtcrime.

A binder described as containing "highly classified information" relating to Russian election interference has been missing since Trump left the White House.  We know it's not in Melania's underwear drawer.  Where could it be?  NO COLLUSION!  It was last seen in the possession of Mark Meadows (NO COLLUSION!), who likes a fire in his office grate according to Cassidy Hutchinson.  

In their court-mandated apologies for election interference Sidney Powell wrote, "I apologize for my actions in connection with the events in Coffee County," while Kenneth Chesebro was positively flowery:  "I apologize to the citizens of the state of Georgia and of Fulton County for my involvement in Count 15 of the indictment."  Not since the old men embraced at Gettysburg in 1913 have I been so...moved.

Despite Trump-level bluster, Rudolph Giuliani wimped out on his promise to testify in his defamation trial.  His lawyer Joe Sibley spoke instead, comparing his client to a "flat-earther" who can't be talked out of his delusions.  That was all the jury needed to hear.  They awarded Shaye Moss and Ruby Freeman a total of $148 million, far more than they sought.  Over on Fox News John Yoo -- yes, the one who used to justify torture for the Bush administration -- called it "an astounding verdict."  Right for once, Mr. Yoo.  Sadly, I doubt they'll see a dime, as the ex-mayor does not appear to have what my grandmother would call "a pot to piss in."

Israel has acknowledged that the IDF mistakenly killed three Israeli hostages during fighting east of Gaza City.  I wonder if this will affect their announced intention of flooding Hamas tunnels with sea water.  It would never occur to Hamas to fill the tunnels with hostages because they don't watch CNN.

American misogyny is reaching a level I can only call Kafkaesque.  An Ohio woman who suffered a miscarriage in her bathroom and nearly died has been charged with felony abuse of a corpse.  She could face a year in prison and a fine because the fetus was 22 weeks old, although it had been found to be non-viable.  Thanks, SCOTUS, and may you enjoy your eternity in hell.

I wish I believed in hell.  I believe in science, though, and NOAA says an X-class solar flare just launched itself from the sun.  Anyone know where Sam Alito lives?