TGIF 5/1/20

Good week, bad week time. Or, maybe it's just 'week' time.

We know all about the "very good people" seeking to liberate their states, either for the right to have a pedicure or get a tattoo, or for the right to exercise their constitutional rights to do something, maybe march on their statehouse in camo carrying big guns, wearing masks, bandanas and other face coverings, even as they wail that having to wear masks, bandanas and other face coverings are among the things they have the right not to do. 

Of course we don't know which of the people protesting are "very good people" and which are less good; we just know that the president says they are "very good people" (as if he knows any of them personally) and so they must be, right?

We know they are "patriots" because they tell us they are and because they tell us they're holding an American Patriot Rally, so that must be the case, right?  And because "patriots" are the ones who listen to the president who calls for a state to be 'liberated' from what? From a governor who is following the president's guidelines?

Speaking of the president's guidelines, one might think that the person the president put in charge of the president's White House Coronavirus Task Force would heed the CDC guidelines on wearing a mask in public. Or, that said person the president put in charge of the president's White House Coronavirus Task Force would let his wife know that he wasn't going to follow the guidelines about wearing a mask because he wanted to look people in the eye, so that she didn't tell people he wasn't wearing a mask because he didn't know he was supposed to wear one.

And speaking of mixed signals and maybe speaking of lying, Kayleigh McEnany, the president's press secretary, held her first briefing today. In it, she promised she would never lie to the press. Some have suggested her promise lasted around 15 minutes, so we'll have to see how that plays out as things go forward. On the plus side, she held a press briefing, something that last happened 400 days ago.

Also today, Joe Biden was interviewed on Morning Joe by Mika Brzezinski about allegations of sexual assault made by Tara Reade. Biden repeatedly denied the allegations, saying what Reade says never happened. He has also called on the secretary of the Senate to search information in the National Archives for any complaint filed by Reade.

And in a strange twist, the president came to Biden's defense, a move that will probably annoy his own campaign and Republicans who, as we know, will do anything to defend Trump and harm his opponents.

Good week? Bad week? Hard to tell sometimes, isn't it?

TGIF, everyone.