SHORT TAKES ON THE DRIFTING WRECKAGE – OVERNIGHT:  

I'M SO RELIEVED – FROM FOX:  House Speaker Nancy Pelosi and the White House issued Mother's Day messages on Sunday as some progressives crusading against gendered terms elect to use the term "birthing people" instead.  "Our mothers are our Guardian Angels, and we carry them always in our hearts, whether or not we are blessed to have them with us," Pelosi, D-Calif., wrote on Sunday. "Happy Mother's Day to you and your family."  "Moms have always built, shaped, led, and sustained this country — and we’re committed to fighting for the safe and equitable workplaces, affordable health care, child care, and equal pay that every mom deserves. Happy Mother's Day," the White House wrote on Twitter.  However, Rep. Cori Bush, D-Mo., and pro-choice group NARAL have emphasized the term "birthing people" in recent days.    I don't get the feeling that "birthing people" will catch on.  "Happy Birthing People Day" just doesn't have that ring.

ANOTHER CONTENDER TO CONTEND WITH – FROM BREITBART:  Former Democratic Georgia gubernatorial candidate Stacey Abrams said on this week’s broadcast of “CBS Sunday Morning” that she was “absolutely” planning to run for president of the United States in the future.  On the basis of what?  She lost the governor's race by 50,000 votes, yet claimed that she really won.  No evidence presented.  Can we please return to the time when a presidential candidate had to have at least a few qualifications?  I mean, something?  Today the major qualifications seem to be the groups from which the candidate comes.  How many boxes does the individual check off?  Not a way to choose a leader, as we're finding out.

May 9, 2021