Friday, September 19, 2025

Friday Stuff

John and Luke Beasley of The Damage Report inform us about “MAGA Mike” Johnson acting just so shocked that the U.S. House Dem leadership is apparently trying to get concessions from the Trump Party in response to averting a looming government shut down...I don’t want to shock anybody out there, but it’s possible – and work with me on this, OK? – that the “D” team may FINALLY HAVE DISCOVERED A FREAKING SPINE, so of course Johnson takes a break from watching p*rn with his son to scurry over to Fix Noise and complain...Dems are pushing for a reversal in Medicaid cuts, eliminating those godawful tariffs, a ban on stock trading (and I’m sure that last one will be the first to go in any negotiations, sadly...love to be wrong)...we’ll see what happens of course...



...and Jesse Dollemore tells us of Mango Mussolini trying to hide a study linking right-wing extremism to violence in the wake of the killing of you-know-who...and I would say that those numbers dating from 1990 are pretty damn indicative of which side is overwhelmingly responsible for our sorry sad state (mildly NSFW/H)...



...and Emma of The Majority Report brings us up to date on wingnuts trying to silence the left over Kirk’s murder (similar to the prior clip)...yep, we’ve seen ZERO evidence that this Tyler Robinson had any inclination whatsoever towards Democrats/liberals/progressives...and why does it not surprise me in the least that red state teachers are going to face a crackdown?...and oh yeah, Sean Inanity is such a “free speech champion,” isn’t he? And I want to see actual proof that SCOTUS justices and ICE agents were doxxed, as opposed to this Fix Noise millionaire throwing around BS charges...and as we might expect, there’s a lot more to the story of this school board member who was allegedly fired for inflammatory speech, and Inanity/Pam ”Blondi” blow that off; seems this school board member didn’t even mention Kirk at all in what she said, wrong-headed though her language was I’ll admit..so OF COURSE their idiot Repug guv Glenn Trumpkin jumps into the mess (and I know I went over the poster thing with Kirk and this James Asher already, but no, you can’t be prosecuted for failing to make a copy of a freaking poster)...



...and this report from The National takes a pretty detailed look at how Cantaloupe Capone’s CDC cuts could affect the health of Canadians...didn’t know how much our neighbors to the north relied on CDC data (interview with Dr. Fahad Razak), but I guess I shouldn’t be surprised, and why do I have a sinking feeling that this is yet another void created by Our Treasonous Orange Pustule that China will try to fill?...and of course, the anti-vax epicenters in this country are in “the land of the yellow rose” and Flori-DUUUH!, which we already knew...



...and I’ll admit that I kind of go back and forth with Hasan Piker, but it sounds like he’s on the mark here about all of us coming together to oppose Mango Mussolini...and kudos to Eric Swalwell, but we need to make that majority happen next year...but look over there; Our Treasonous Orange Pustule is declaring war on Antifa, which ISN’T EVEN AN ORGANIZATION...”they’re weak, they’re scared,” referring to the Trumpers of course...David Doel tells us more (NSFW/H also)...



Update: I thought this was spot-on (for Bluesky folks).

...and returning to the story that has dominated the news cycle this week, Desi Lydic of The Daily Show gives us the headlines, including “Slain Saint Charlie”; I’ll admit that this clip is kind of a rehash, but it does put the Kirk overreaction in the context it deserves IMO (and once more, we’d better include clips from TDS since that program may get axed next)...mildly NSFW/H also..



...and it’s a good thing we’re not living during the time of World War II, or else I’m sure Cheetoh Hitler would try to get this comedian cancelled also (from here)...



...and since we’re approaching the fall equinox, that means that I have to ring down the curtain on my summer selections with this number...oh well.

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