TGIF 4/22/22

Who's on the good week and bad week lists today? Let's dive in. 

Ron DeSantis (R-Florida Man). You can put him on your good list, if you like banning math textbooks, having the work your legislators do get tossed out by your governor, and attacking a private corporation in the epitome of cancel culture. Obviously, I put him on the bad list.

Let's see... we've got Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R- I'm a liar but you can't prove...er, oops, never mind) saying he thought the impeachment would succeed in the Senate, or saying he would ask Trump to resign, or saying Trump bears responsibility for what he said and did related to January 6th. Oh, he denied saying that stuff - but this time? They've got him on tape.

Don't forget Sen. Mitch McConnell (R- Do They Have Me on Tape Too?). According to the NY Times folks who have McCarthy on tape, McConnell said "The Democrats are going to take care of the son-of-a-bitch for us. If this isn't impeachable, I don't know what is." 

The son-of-a-bitch in question? That would be Donald Trump, of course. He had a good week, I guess: he knows, officially now, what people thought of him back in January 2021, and he knows how willing they were to throw all of that away to curry favor with him. 

On the other hand, his future daughter-in-law Kimberly Guilfoyle, testified before the January 6th Committee. And, given her famous 'the best is yet to come!' speech at the Republican National Convention in 2020, it's only logical that Donny Jr. will soon be in the Committee's guest chair. That may or not make Daddy proud, depending on how forthcoming Donny is. Or isn't. 

I haven't yet figured out whether the NY Times had a good week or a bad week. While it was the paper's repauthors (reporters turned authors) who have the tapes, the Times itself is in hot water, IMO, for the perception that reporters are holding stuff for their books, instead of serving the public interest by publishing what they know. 

And this is not the first book written by their reporters on Trump, the Trump years, the Trump White House, the Trump Christmas decorations, the Trump Rose Garden... and yes, some of that's made up, but none of it is outside the realm of possibility. The Times is not alone, of course - there are television reporters who have done the same thing. 

And every time it happens, it chips away at the trust we should be able to have in the media.

TGIF, everyone. And happy Earth Day. Remember to be good to your Mother, today and every day.