Pelosi told to cool it
Even Democrats are telling House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, D-Calif., to drop her line about the effects of the tax cut bill signed into law in December being "crumbs."
Not only will most taxpaying Americans get a tax cut, but the corporate tax cut has allowed dozens of United States companies to announce wage increases, bonuses of $1,000 or more, or domestic investments.
Nevertheless, Pelosi persisted, but now her words are being used in Republican fundraising ads - and are likely to be used into the fall - to show how out of touch Democrats are.
Democratic mega-donor Tom Steyer said at the recent California Democratic Party convention that while Pelosi, in his opinion, may have a point, she should not have "disparaged" the money.
"I think she probably wouldn't use that word again because they're trying to use it against her," he said, adding that her political opponents can easily turn her crumbs comment around "to make it look like she's insensitive."
To the multimillionaire Pelosi, the tax cuts may look like crumbs, but not to most Americans.
Obstructing the law for lawbreakers
How desperate are Democrats to find ways to keep illegal immigrants in the country, hoping one day to add them to the voter rolls?
Last weekend, Oakland Mayor Libby Schaaf, having been tipped off, tweeted a warning to illegals in the San Francisco Bay area that an operation by the Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) was impending.
While ICE officials did manage to find about 150 illegal immigrants, Acting Director Thomas Homan said the Democratic mayor's actions allowed some 800 "criminals" to avoid detection. What she did, he said, was "beyond the pale."
Federal officials said the action was close to obstruction of justice.
Sen. Tom Cotton, R-Ark., had an even more apt description.
Schaaf's actions, he said, were akin to those of pre-Civil War Sen. John C. Calhoun of South Carolina, whose nullification theory argued that states could declare federal law null and void. Ultimately, of course, Confederate states as much as did that when they seceded.
"Democratic politicians who defend sanctuary cities are the true heirs of John C. Calhoun's nullification doctrine," Cotton tweeted last week. "Not good company to keep."
They'll have to drag me away
Texas state Sen. Carlos Uresti has been convicted on 11 federal counts of money laundering and wire and securities fraud, faces prison time in June, must stand for criminal charges in May on bribery, and has been accused by multiple women of sexual harassment.
But resign? Despite calls to do so from his fellow lawmakers and even the Texas Senate Democratic Caucus, he plans to stick around and appeal his conviction, which is his right. And there's a re-election bid to deal with in 2020.
Uresti picked up the federal charges after prosecutors said he lied to investors in order to make money for a fracking sand company, according to Fox News. The company he tricked investors into investing in went bankrupt in 2015.
But he also could face problems from his female accusers, one of whom said he groped her and "put his tongue down my throat." Another, a state Democratic Party official, said when they were being introduced and "shook hands, he spun me around and said something like, "D--, girl, you're in trouble."
Curiously, the cries of outrage from elected Democrats haven't reached a crescendo. Perhaps, they need his vote.
Statue was a race card victim
A statue of a gorilla that for 19 years had been a prime attraction for children at Community Park in Corsicana, Texas, before being removed may be coming back.
The city removed the statue, according to a spokesperson, because some found it racially insensitive and wanted it gone.
"We can understand this," said Corsicana Mayor Don Denbow, "because we have an obligation to listen to all our citizens, to determine what is offensive and not, especially in public places."
The problem was they only listened to a few voices and not to the thousands of children who saw it for what it was - a statue of a gorilla surrounded by a circus cage that kids could climb on.
However, the empty cage became a memorial site of sorts, with flowers, balloons and other items being placed there, and one protester has vowed to sit in the cage until the gorilla is returned. A Facebook page, "In Memory Of Dobby," even was started.
Now, the wishy-washy mayor is having second thoughts.
Maybe, Denbow said, with some modifications, the gorilla could return "in some form."
There were no details about what might be done to the statue to rid it of its offensiveness.