The Kind-Hearted Smart Aleck

The latest episode off my podcast ("I Feel Snitty"), entitled "'Donnie and the Feds' (parody based of Elton John's song, 'Bennie and the Jets')," is now available!  Here are the lyrics: "Donnie and the Feds" (parody to the tune of Elton John's "Bennie and the Jets") MAGAts, better look on Twitter Donnie raided for nothing ‘Cept stealing something nuclear Yeah, he’ll sell it to anyone Who wears a crown So, let’s all grab some booze and popcorn For he’s going down   So, Lady G and Ghouli are freaking out Their heads deep up his ass D-D-D-Donnie and the Feds Oh, Merrick grabs him by the pu$$y Without ol’ Donnie’s consent Calls it “legal-room talk,” means Donnie’s f*cked Oh, his safe combo is 1-2-3-4-5 D-D-D-Donnie and the Feds   MAGAts, they’re coming for you next Clear your search hist’ry And don’t steal White House documents Because watching porn is the same as treason Don’t let n...

I had some fun with the trending hashtag #SallyYates on Twitter the other day. Here are my posts, ordered from the most to the least popular (all my tweets can be read here - https://twitter.com/CraigRozniecki ): 1) Sasse: "I thought this hearing was about Russia, but it appears my Republican colleagues thought it was about something else." #SallyYates 9,668 Likes, 3,697 Retweets 2) Cruz: "I'm a big Constitutional genius!" Yates: "Get ready for some shrinkage, because I'm gonna throw cold water your way!" #SallyYates 355 Likes, 84 Retweets 3) Cruz: "It's my goal today to be known as the biggest jacka*s in the history of mankind." #SallyYates 277 Likes, 60 Retweets 4) Murder trial Dems: "Is the guy guilty of killing another?" Reps: "Who leaked the story to the crooked fake news media?" #SallyYates 238 Likes, 71 Retweets 5) Dems:"This is about Russia." Sasse:"This is about Russia...

I will be co-hosting The Tracy Fort Show in about an hour (from 2-4 pm EST), where the following topics will be discussed: The FBI's ruling on Hillary Clinton's emails, Alton Sterling and Phlando Castile, gun violence, the Black Lives Matter movement, and drunken hurdling. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/thetracyfortshow/2016/07/07/our-weekly-politics-discussion-with-craig-rozniecki

Bob Marshall, a Republican member of the Virginia House of Delegates introduced a crazy bit of legislation today. I'm not exaggerating one iota when I label the legislation as "crazy." Here, have a look for yourself: "HB2340: SUMMARY AS INTRODUCED: Prevent any agency, political subdivision, or employee of Virginia from assisting the Federal government of the United States in any investigation, prosecution, detention, arrest, search, or seizure, under the authority of any federal statute enacted, or Executive Order or regulation issued, after December 31, 2012, infringing the individual Right to Keep and Bear Arms by imposing new restrictions on private ownership or private transfer of firearms, firearm magazines, ammunition, or components thereof." That's right - the far-right gun nuts (I now believe this is the proper term as well) have reached the point in their the-federal-government-is-coming-after-my-guns paranoia, that in the state of Virginia, the...