Congressman Al Green was formally censured yesterday after refusing to let Donald Trump deliver his speech Tuesday night, which — after multiple requests he please sit down and stop acting like a clown — concluded in Green’s removal by the sergeant-at-arms. Following the vote to censure, Democrats stood around the man and sang “we shall overcome,” as if they were marching on Selma. It was a far cry from the bipartisan condemnation of Joe Wilson in 2009 after he briefly interrupted an Obama speech. Democrats are clinging to the fact that Marjorie Taylor Greene (who jeered at Biden’s speeches repeatedly) was never reprimanded, but it’s hard to make the equivalency stick because close to 20 of them came prepared with little signs to heckle Trump. Unfortunately, there’s no going back. Congress looks like the British House of Commons now. And that? Truly an L for us all.

On Tuesday, Ron DeSantis backed his state’s push to remove fluoride from drinking water, citing health concerns, and said he expects RFK Jr. to follow suit nationwide. The move comes after Florida’s Surgeon General warned municipalities against fluoridation in November, referencing studies linking it to lower IQs in children. This sounds like a rerun of some crackpot conspiracy panic, but… maybe it’s not? Research suggests high fluoride levels could stunt childhood development, and dumbing down our kids seems like a way bigger issue than a few more cavities. Tin foil hats have their uses — conspiratorial skepticism is what got us questioning fluoride — but this issue shouldn’t be another proxy culture war. It’s pretty simple: either fluoride is smoothing brains, or it’s not, but the truly insane thing is that it’s been in our water for 80 years and we still don’t know.

Taking their cues from Elon, Trump, and Mr. Balls, several Republican governors across the country are launching their own DOGE spinoffs, pledging to improve state government efficiency. New Hampshire Governor Kelly Ayotte, for example, used her inaugural State of the State address to announce the creation of a new Commission on Government Efficiency, or COGE (subtle). Meanwhile, Oklahoma Governor Kevin Stitt has launched the Division of Government Efficiency, which he calls DOGE-OK (really creative stuff guys). And while I love to see aversion to bureaucratic waste reaching the state level, where it’s certainly just as needed (how’s that high-speed rail coming, California?) — do we really need the copycat branding here, folks? This is giving cover band energy. The sad kind that plays on cruise ships. Give it a rest. You can just do things fire bureaucrats (without calling your project “DOGEY Style” or whatever).

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