In this, our 10th episode of the Madness Chronicles, we’ll take a look at some crooks in Congress. Remember, madness is a state of being mentally ill, especially severely, extremely foolish behavior, and a state of frenzied or chaotic activity. Let’s take a look at some maddening ‘coincidences’ that happen to our politicians. It is just amazing.

Let’s start with some frenzied and chaotic activity of Hillary Clinton. Do you realize in her first year in office as Secretary of State the Clinton Foundation raised a staggering $249 million dollars. Do you know that in her first year out of government, the Clinton Foundation raised $38 million? Now that’s a real coincidence. I’m sure the Haitians think so too.

Here’s another fantastic coincidence. Former front running Presidential Candidate Kamala Harris is a walking coincidence. She was the District of Attorney for San Francisco for over ten years. She is said to be tough on crime. Turns out, it depends on who committed the crime and who supports her. Her predecessor, Terence Hallinan, was prosecuting priest abuse cases in the Catholic church. He was also cooperating with several other states.

DA Hallinan was in an election run at the time against none other than Ms. Harris. Suddenly unprecedented sums of money began pouring into her campaign. Harris, who has no particular personal ties to the Catholic church, suddenly had support from law firms representing the church and wealthy people like the Getty’s and Governor Jerry Brown, who did have tight connections to the Catholics. Where’s Gomer when you need him? Surprise, surprise, Kamala Harris won, the evidence DA Hallinan had gone missing, and DA Kamala Harris didn’t prosecute even one priest for sexual abuse in her tenure as DA. Isn’t that an incredible coincidence?

Skip over to the Biden’s, and you’ll see more unbelievable coincidences. Sleepy Joe, a self-proclaimed blue-collar man, is known for his stance against business and banks. That’s what makes it so surprising when he stepped out of line. Joe was one of only five Democrats to vote against legislation requiring credit card companies to warn consumers of the perils of paying only minimum payments. Only 1 of 5, can you imagine. It surely had to be a coincidence when it was revealed at the same time son Hunter Biden was receiving some hefty consulting fees from none other than MBNA Corporation, a large Delaware based credit card, and financial company. What are the odds?

But as he keeps telling us, he’s all about family. While head of the Senate Judiciary Committee, Joe led the charge pushing for legislation on asbestos damage lawsuits. In what could only be described as ‘a what are the odds’ coincidence, it turned out the son Beau was a lawyer with a Delaware firm specializing in asbestos damage cases. Some people have all the luck.

And that leads to another lucky man, Cory Booker. The wannabe President first fought his way through the mean streets of Yale and Rhodes to become the rock hard Mayor of Newark, New Jersey. One of the first appointments he made was to head the Newark water authority. A long time supporter, donor, and close friend, Linda Watkins-Brashear, took the post. And as coincidences go, suddenly spending went up at the water authority. Not just any spending mind you, but spending like the $812,000 in legal fees she paid to the law firm where Mayor Booker previously worked. And in a stunning coincidence, his former law firm was still paying the Mayor while he was in office. Pennies from heaven or hell, depending on your perspective, I guess.

What madness is amongst us. If you liked the above coincidences by Peter Schweizer’s new book, Profiles in Corruption. I promise it will keep you up at night. You can’t make this stuff up. People ask why I never read fiction? Because real life beats it any day.

May we wake from this madness before it’s too late. I wish you good health and until next time… have fun, enjoy life, and watch out for the madness amongst us.