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This is Invest AL93, an area of low pressure predicted to cross into the Gulf of Mexico and form a hurricane.  Florida's director of emergency management, Kevin Guthrie, assured Jesse Watters that Alligator Auschwitz is equipped to withstand any hurricane and that occupants of storm shelters will wish they had such roomy accommodations.  He does not perhaps realize that this does not speak well of Florida's ability to protect its residents.  The boast was followed by a weird discussion of hospital patients eating "Michelle Obama lunches" which made no sense at all, unless Mrs. Obama has opened a catering company we know nothing about.

By an amazing coincidence Trump's visit to the UK has been scheduled for September, when Parliament will be in recess, meaning they won't be treated to one of his hours-long attacks on the EU, NATO, the postwar order and any random enemies he can remember.  Despite demands by the Farage-Mosley party that Parliament be recalled, Trump says that's fine, he didn't want to address them anyway.  His last trip drew unfriendly crowds and that was before he stole Chelsea's trophy.  An invitation to address Parliament was made to Ronald Reagan, Bill Clinton and Barack Obama, a fact of which Trump should be reminded daily.

Anyone with a few brain wrinkles could have predicted it:  The Consumer Price Index (inflation) rose by 2.7% last month because of haphazardly applied tariffs.  Nevertheless Trump felt free to lie about gas prices, and to the White House Faith Office luncheon!  ("I saw $1.95 in certain states."  States not specified.)

He also treated the Faithful to an anecdote bizarre even by his standards.  "Numerous times I'd get home, I'd say, 'First Lady, I had the most wonderful talk with Vladimir.  I think we're finished.'  And then I'll turn on the television or she'll say to me one time, 'Wow, that's strange because he just bombed a nursing home.' [LAUGHTER]  I said, 'What?'  [MORE LAUGHTER]  

I don't understand the religious.

It's TACO Tuesday!  While staring at flood-ravaged Texas and pretending not to think about golf, Trump apparently decided it was the wrong time to abolish FEMA, according to the Washington Post.  That can wait until a major earthquake occurs in California.

Avelo Airlines, a low-priced carrier based in Texas, signed a contract to collaborate with the ICEstapo in deporting people to Someplace Else.  This led to angry calls for a boycott and now Avelo is closing its base at Hollywood Burbank Airport; apparently the DHS money did not make up for the lost revenue.  Southwest, take note -- behave decently and Avelo's loss can pay you dividends.

This is what I mean:  Rep. LaMonica McIver, two colleagues and Mayor Baraka visited an ICE facility in Newark on May 9 and were involved in a physical altercation with the goons.  Although charges were dropped against the rest, Alina Habba singled out McIver to be charged with having "assaulted, impeded and interfered with law enforcement," etc.  The freshman Congresswoman has now broken the record for first-quarter fundraising.  Habba habba hey!

SCOTUS has ruled that Trump, who loves the poorly educated, can start closing down the Department of Education even though it was created by an act of Congress.  With the semi-literate wrestling lady in charge, it probably won't make a noticeable difference.  So, John Roberts, how does it feel to be the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of a country that no longer has laws, and to know that you and your five co-conspirators are responsible?  You spent years studying the Constitution and two centuries of interpretation, and now your lives are shit.  You reached into your ass and pulled out "presidential immunity" and here's your prize:  you have surpassed Roger Taney as the worst person ever to hold the job.  You will never be forgotten.  Count on it.