Q:What is the difference between what Sen. Bob Menendez is charged with, what President Joe Biden is being investigated for, and the speech Michelle Obama gave in Germany on Monday?

A: Only the dollar amounts.

Just as Democrats were ramping up calls for Menendez to step down over bribery charges filed against him, and as House Republicans started their impeachment inquiry into whether Joe Biden used son Hunter to bribe foreign officials, Obama was reportedly getting paid an obscenely large amount of money for a one-hour talk on “diversity.”

[I’m less exercised by Michelle Obama’s speaking fees. She’s a private citizen now, with no connection to public office. If someone wants to pay her $750,000 to talk — about 10-15 years of average household income in the US — well, that falls into fool-and-his-money territory. When wives and adult sons set up businesses to sell influence of spouses and fathers who are public officials, that’s a horse’s ass of a different color. — Ed]