So it begins

Surrounded by her grandchildren and the offspring of many new members of congress, Nancy Pelosi reclaimed the Speaker's gavel and brought the 116th Congress of the United States to order yesterday afternoon.  As one MSNBC pundit opined it was the start of the worst year in Donald Trump's life.  Pelosi's first order of business was to pass bills ending the government shutdown.  Of course, Mitch McConnell said the Senate would not consider any bill the president* might veto.   This is not a good look for either McConnell or the cretin in  the Oval Office, but for the moment neither is budging.  As if to highlight the differences between the wonderfully diverse Democratic side of the House and the White house, tRump appeared facing the press with a gaggle of bald white men behind him.  After reading a statement congratulating Pelosi, our chief executive ducked out of the confab without entertaining questions.  I think this will become fairly common this year.