Charles Darwin can rest easy, because his Theory of Evolution is still working.
After reading about the biological phenomenon called autotomy, I am convinced that some members of the Untied States Senate have sea slug DNA in their spit. For instance, it’s a fact that sea slugs can regrow hearts and brand new bodies after decapitation—just like Dick Chaney.

Biology researcher, Sayaka Mitoh describes sea slugs as being “small, cute and weird.” That certainly brings Senator Lindsey Graham to mind. This small, cute man was a best friend of the moderate Republican Senator John McCain. They saw eye-to-eye on so many issues until Senator McCain died. Then Lindsey Graham decapitated himself, and turned weird. Now his head keeps twisting and moving back and forth—along with his mouth. I don’t think he likes children very much, because recently, on a television interview, he said about the youngsters arriving at the border from Mexico, “Children could easily be terrorists.” Maybe that’s why they call it, “The terrible twos.”

Aquatic Ecology Professor Yoichi Yusa cut the heads off of 16 sea slugs. Several of the creatures regenerated. One even lost and regenerated his body twice. Reminds me of Senate Minority Leader, Mitch McConnell. With one body he delivered a scathing rebuke of former President Trump and his pals, “We cannot keep drifting apart with separate facts and separate realities.” And, then, with his second body he said, “I’d vote for him again.”

It is well documented that other creatures can cast off body parts when necessary. Some animals can autotomize their legs, appendages or tails whenever it suits them. Maybe, that’s the evolution going on with Senator Ted Cruz who has promised to “tell the truth and defend marriage." However, he really dropped an appendage or two when his wife was attacked and called “ugly.” Actually, I think she looks okay. So where’s the truth when Cruz calls the Voting Rights Bill a “fraud law.”? And where’s the truth when he and his buddy, Josh Hawley voted against the Senate certification of the Electoral College election count for President Biden?

When Hawley became a voice shouting about voter fraud (that was proven to be non-existent) he had obviously shed some skin. I don’t think he graduated at the bottom of his Yale Law School class in 2006. What kind of  constitutional lawyer  fights only for some people’s liberties? When at Stanford, people thought he was a “thoughtful, sophisticated person of depth.” They are now confused. Perhaps, like sea slugs, who eat a certain type of algae, he can now photosynthesize his food for thought from sunlight and oxygen just like a plant. That’s what probably happens after slug decapitation and the head sort of acts like a plant.

We need to watch to see if his face turns green. That’s a tip off!  We have already had a President with a colorful complexion. Maybe green will become the new orange.

Esther Blumenfeld