Thursday Stuff

Chris Hayes discusses the latest news on Repugs Behaving Badly, and this focuses on GOP U.S. House Rep Max Miller’s alleged awful behavior – we’ll see if our corporate media handles Miller’s violent insanity (alleged) in much the same manner as they did with Graham Platner’s failed U.S. Senate candidacy (and I think it should be pointed out that, to date, no charges have been filed against Platner, though I acknowledge that his situation was pretty bad in its own right)...court filings mention drug use, misogyny, verbal abuse, and violent behavior towards multiple women from Miller, including ex-wife Emily Moreno, as well as the possibility that he may have broken the collarbone of his 2-year-old daughter, who was taken to the ER (Miller denies this)...he also threw hot water on the child and put a gun to her head, allegedly of course...oh, and Miller had a prior relationship with Stephanie Grisham in the Trump 1.0 White House, which ended because of a violent attack against her, as we learn (and Miller counter-suing doesn’t really help his case here IMO)...and of course, leave it to that insufferable toad MAGA Mike Johnson to blow this off (and I forgot about Cory Mills also)...Hayes speaks with Rolling Stone reporter Nikki McCann Ramirez (more here)...



...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ gives us an update on what’s going on in in our latest Mideast forever war...gee, looks to me like Iran is very definitely fighting back against Cheetoh Hitler’s recent wave of attacks, despite #47’s profane claim that we’re winning (and I know bad language is kind of low-hanging fruit when it comes to Don The Con, but it’s still telling to me that he gets yet another corporate media pass on bad behavior that any other *preznit would NEVER get)...oh, and by the way, all of this completely unnecessary madness is DEFINITELY affecting the global oil supply, with prices of just about everything rising commensurate to that...also, I believe Farron Cousins pointed out that the Strategic Petroleum Reserve is running out, and this report emphasizes that also...and potentially $8 a barrel, huh (and the subsequent economic collapse)? Gee, where’s everybody NOW losing their collective sh*t about 3 percent inflation under Biden?...



...and Amy Goodman of Democracy Now! interviews Palestinian journalist Mariam Barghouti about the Israeli Defense Force combining with settlers to torch Palestinian settlements on the West Bank... looks like 86 Palestinians on the West Bank have been killed in the latest episode of violence along with hundreds wounded; Barghouti claims that a thousand have been killed in the last two years...and 250 journalists killed in the last year? You would think that would matter as far as our corporate media cousins in THIS country are concerned, but you would be wrong of course (and I believe “Bibi” is in town so Our Treasonous Orange Pustule can do his bidding once more)...I’m not going to pretend to be an expert on the violence in that area of the world because I’m not, but it just appears to yours truly that the overwhelming amount of coverage on this issue is pro-Israel, and if anyone speaks up for Palestinians, they automatically get shouted down with “YOU LOVE HAMAS! YOU’RE A TERRORIST!,” and I’m not going to dignify that idiocy by commenting on it...I also believe this is noteworthy because the majority of this country is wise to what Israel is doing (as noted by this), even if our political/media/industrial complex hasn’t caught up yet...



...and as a bit of comic relief I guess, Rachel Maddow flags the weirdest candidates running in this election cycle, including the MyPillow guy (and election-denying-lawsuit-losing) Mike Lindell running for Minnesota governor (a state he isn’t even registered to vote in), though he apparently may be guilty of scamming creditors in MN, so there’s that...also, in Colorado, there’s “self-taught exorcist” Victor Marx also running for governor, who apparently can’t recall how many people he’s killed (also allegedly!)...however, “the land of the yellow rose” looks like the most wacky of this bunch, with a poll from Texas Repugs asking “Who is a bigger threat – Jews or Muslims?,” with the person behind that garbage poll (Bo French) now running for statewide office...oh, and French linked his Dem opponent to the murder of the last Russian czar and his family, which would be a neat trick since that occurred over a century ago...French also wants to kick out Native Americans because of course...at the top of this slag heap, though, is Ken Paxton, who somehow has accumulated nearly $9 million in real estate (15 homes) on a salary of about $150K a year...



...and I don’t believe I need to add much of any commentary to this little number from Mr. Newberger – again, 8/3 is the date after which Mitch (“Weekend at Bernie’s”) McConnell’s seat must stay open until the November election...



...and here is another seasonal number.

Tuesday Stuff

Farron Cousins brings us the sorry story of a Repug state lawmaker in West Virginia named David Elliott Pritt, who is quite rightly facing calls for resignation after using Snapchat and the Roblox platform to seduce a15-year-old girl...oh, and did I mention that this guy built his name around allegedly protecting children? Yep, another case of child endangerment having nothing to do with puberty blockers or drag queen story hour...”it’s always the ones who speak out the loudest” indeed, and I honestly cannot recall a case of a Dem doing something this heinous, partly because if that had happened, we would NEVER hear the end of it from our corporate media (nor should we I know), while an awful story like this will probably be swept under the metaphorical rug and forgotten...



...and Belle of the Ranch discusses what is likely to be one of the October surprises coming from Cantaloupe Capone this fall, and that is the alleged reduction of inflation (but again, since he canned the folks at the BLS who actually knew what they were doing and replaced them with Trumpist flunkies, I don’t expect that they’ll be telling us the truth)...



...and Logical Leftist Jeff Waldorf lets us know about Bronzer Beelzebub trying to drag NYT reporters in front of a grand jury over a story about the Gropenfuhrer’s new Qatari jet, going after a journo’s mom and other reporters’ spouses...geez oh man, at least the mob knows to leave family members out of stuff like this; what does THAT say about our ruling regime? At least the judge got PO’ed enough to force our knuckleheads in charge to pull the subpoenas in open court...and leave it to the Trump gang to try and obtain phone records for a July story DATING BACK TO JANUARY – kind of the definition of a “fishing expedition”...mildly NSFW/H, but for a good reason IMO...



...and the theme of this commentary from Thom Hartmann is “They made you fear and hate your neighbor so they could rob your future.”...Thom recalls some of President Eisenhower’s address upon leaving the White House about this country rising above petty grievances and intolerance and joining a community of nations based on mutual trust and respect more or less; would that we had pursued that course the way we should...Thom discusses that Lloyd’s survey where 1 in 10 of us say politics is the biggest risk we face, which definitely should NOT take on outsized importance like that...he also once more links the political decline of this country back to The Sainted Ronnie R; grievance has been part of our politics for probably as long as we’ve existed, but it was raised to an art form IMO under #40...I know we can always count on a history lesson from Thom on how we got to this point and he provides that again, and that definitely matters even though it’s mind-numbingly depressing I know...



...and Desi Lydic of The Daily Show brings us up to speed on the latest nonsense from our Trump Party overlords...I swear, how soon is it going to be before Dementia Donnie starts answering reporters’ questions with “I’m paper and you’re glue – nothing sticks to me, but only you,” which is on a par with “you know something I don’t know?” I would say THE ENTIRE CIVILIZED FREAKING WORLD knows stuff that you don’t know...oh, but Cantaloupe Capone is #1 on “Tic Tac”...sooo, does that mean that he’s cornering the market on breath mints??? (mildly NSFW/H also)...



...and I thought this was a cool newer tune from Carly Simon...sorry to hear about her health issues – wishing for all the best.

Monday Stuff

Jesse Dollemore tells us about that quitter “Coach Tubs” calling for the arrest of NYC mayor Zohran Mamdani, on what looks like the podcast of that execrable toad Benny Johnson...I honestly didn’t know Tuberville’s dad wore the uniform (props to him and his courageous sacrifice), which makes this even more unbelievable as far as I’m concerned...so let me get this straight – Russian agent Johnson thinks that Mamdani lied on his immigration form because the latter didn’t declare himself a communist (destroying the irony meter here)? Once again, I know this is going to be the wingnut talking point du jour heading into the fall elections because the “party of Lincoln” has ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE to run on, and I can’t believe they think that the political “C” word is a winner here... NSFW/H partly for Jesse working in the other “C” word (referring to female anatomy), which is probably apt sadly (and to do something in response, click here)...



...and Brittany Page gives us a Fix Noise “reporter” mocking homeless people on TV – looks like this Johnny Belisario is doing for Jesse Watters what Watters once did for Billo The Clown...and oh yeah, catch the “Mayor Mamdani’s New York City” reference (echoing the prior clip a bit) as if that scene isn’t replicated elsewhere in this country under both Democratic and Republican political leadership...I would guess that some of these folks are living outdoors because of bad circumstances visited upon them, some because of bad life choices, but also others because we generally don’t address the issue of housing for those who need it the way we should...growing up in a pretty-much-lily-white suburb of Philly, I can tell you that there was no issue that lit a flame under voters quite like Section 8 housing, so, sadly, I’m sure this Belisario clown will find a baked-in audience for his antics...mildly NSFW/H also...



...and John and Brett Erlich of The Damage Report tell us about Our Ochre Abomination getting $63 billion from our “friends” the Saudis, in exchange for a deal with them for nukes...I’ve long since given up on the “R” team holding Cantaloupe Capone to any kind of account, but it would be nice if the opposition could mount a daily drumbeat against this criminality the way the other side does over nothing – we’ll see (there have been stories recently of the DNC being short on dough – well, maybe if this bunch of professional election losers would mount the full-throated outcry required to save our democracy, then maybe their fortunes would change)...story reported on by CNN’s Erin Burnett...I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again; I firmly believe that it will eventually come out that Trump launched his Not-So-Excellent Adventure in Iran because that was the condition under which the U.S. would be allowed to take over Gaza if and when (God help us) everything and everyone are “glassed” by Israel – that’s my story until somebody proves me wrong...



Update 1: Want to know a big reason why the Dems are apparently having trouble fundraising (and I don’t enjoy pointing that out)? It’s because of listening too much to people like this Hillary Rosen numbskull (here).

Update 2: @hilaryr - here.

...also, I don’t often turn to CNN I know, but I thought this was a good segment overall based on this story, which, to me, is more proof that that wretched guttural slug (and Project 2025 author) Russell Vought needs to be wearing an orange jumpsuit for illegally impounding congressional funds...Kasie Hunt hosts a panel discussion about withholding billions for energy projects targeted for blue states, with those funds cancelled because those states didn’t vote for you-know-who... oh, and this is “a partial list of an ongoing process,” according to Energy Secretary Chris Wright, proving that he’s as shameless of a liar as anyone else in our ruling cabal (forced to tell the truth when legal stuff enters the picture of course)...with Lulu Garcia-Navarro, Kate Bedingfield, and Michele Goodwin (I give Goodwin credit in particular for pointing out that this isn’t something to be considered as a “one-off,” but part of an overall pattern from our ruling regime)...I know Kristen Soltis Anderson is the token wingnut, having caught her act plenty of times when I used to watch Bill Maher, and Alyssa Farah Griffin is the “both sides” person...I honestly could do without the panel discussion even though good points are made, but if it draws attention to this story, I realize that’s a net positive overall...



...and Mr. Newberger gives us his take on another insert-foot-in-mouth moment from the Trump Party based on this (I wouldn’t say Steve Scalise is the stoo-pidest member of the U.S. House, but he’s right up there for sure)...



...and two days ago on 7/25 marked the 60th anniversary of the recording of the song “Last Train To Clarksville” by The Monkees, which eventually landed at #1 on the Billboard 100 and launched the career of the group, which started out as a creation for TV only but ended up as an actual working band...the musicians playing on the tune were kind of a grab bag of folks from the Wrecking Crew and others, but they ended up making music history.

Friday Stuff

(For anybody keeping score at home, I know it’s been awhile since I’ve posted for all 5 days a week, and that will continue for a bit longer at a minimum, and the next week or so will be pretty problematic for posting also – I just don’t know yet.)

This clip from CBC News discusses the “booze ban” by our northern neighbor...between ’24 and ’25, wine exports to Canada fell by $343 million...wine, distilled spirts and beer combined took a similar nosedive, from $744 mil to $208 mil...oh, so Claudia Tenney of the Trump Party goes and whines to Maria Bartiromo about it; cry me a freaking river...I have no gifted insight into this business, so it’s entirely possible that it will turn around, but all of this could have been goddamn avoided of course if it weren’t for the Gropenfuhrer’s hostile attitude towards our ally and his tariff madness, as we know...also, I cannot fathom how ANY of this will make it possible to reach an agreement with Canada on minerals (as well as the nonsense from this), but stranger things have happened I guess...



...and Pat Ford sitting in for David Pakman lets us know about Laura Ingraham of Fix Noise “reading the room,” you might say, realizing what’s likely to come...she gets no credit from me because she didn’t speak out against this Iran madness and decry the humanitarian brutality until it became crystal clear how it’s about to bite the “R” team in the metaphorical butt this fall...and I would agree that a 29 percent approval rating for our Iran lunacy is definitely way too damn high, but then again, about 30 percent of this country is certifiable sadly...also, it looks like Maria Bartiromo is looking to “jump ship” on this also, though I don’t give her any credit either because she’s doing this for the same reason as Ingraham...and this Rob Spalding guy can “sit and spin” – just because our other damn forever wars in the Mideast took an eternity doesn’t mean that this has to also, especially since the case for waging it in the first place was never made by this regime of lowlifes...I didn’t know about this Bryson DeChambeau guy, and if you’ll excuse me, I’ll choose not to trouble my beautiful mind with him (snark)...



...and hey, don’t look now, but it appears that the Houthis, with the backing of Iran, aren’t letting Saudi Arabia use their main shipping route via the Red Sea for transport of oil of course, what with the closure of the Strait of Hormuz also (a response to the Saudis apparently bombing in Lebanon)...yep, we indeed are looking at gas shortages all over the globe, all because of this decrepit, flatulent orange madman and yet another potential forever war...I was pretty young for the oil shortages of the ‘70s, but yeah, I remember them also...I didn’t know #47 had tapped out the strategic reserve, but that figures also...with all due respect to Farron Cousins, I really don’t care what Saagar Enjeti has to say because he was one of the cheerleaders who helped make sure we were stuck with this demented loon in charge...



...and Kenny Hesse of Really American brings us a clip of someone making fun of Our Ochre Abomination at one of #47’s hate-fests (this guy had better be careful because I’m sure the great unwashed followers of our Cult Leader In Chief will be out for him – love to be wrong)...oh, and Dem U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff didn’t look like “Pinky Herman” (ugh!) when he was handing this Trumpist stooge his lunch recently (here)...glad to see Ossoff’s national profile rising, though we have a loooong way to go when it comes to determining who the Dem prez nominee for ’28 will be...and “no tax on Social Security”?? Um, yeah...let’s find out how that flies when I don’t take out any withholding and I get DESTROYED next April 15th....and oh, this ballroom, in addition to being an underground bunker too, is now also a “MILITARY FACILITY?” I guess it will also have sharks with lasers, huh...and I realize it’s not possible for this clueless orange meat sack to realize that calling his war of choice a “skirmish” is insulting beyond belief to those who have died or suffered traumatic injury...what a sweating, pitiable, bulbous old fool (I apologize for subjecting you to so much of this, but occasionally I think attention must be paid)... NSFW/H...



...and The Lincoln Project offers their take on “Communism” under Dear Leader...I can’t believe these incompetent bumblef*cks actually think this attack line will work (the “R” Party, I mean)...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen presents “Another Day”...it looks like Trumpette spokes-liar Karoline Leavitt is “throwing down” a bit for her boss against Senate Majority Leader John Thune to try and get the garbage SAVE Act passed...we're also reminded about Cantaloupe Capone refusing to sign the housing bill passed by Congress because of his typical hissy fit over the aforementioned SAVE Act...and it also looks like Glenn Beck is slathering on the same amount of bronzer as Our Treasonous Orange Pustule...and I have a news flash for you-know-who; Senate Repugs HAVE ALREADY BLOWN UP THE FILIBUSTER as noted here...also, the only reason I care about whether or not he cries is because he’s already a pathetic excuse for a human being, and I don’t need further proof of that...”stop placating the arsonist with more matches” indeed...slightly NSFW/H also...



...and Seth Meyers presents “A Closer Look”...I haven’t seen “The Odyssey” but I plan to at some point, and I’m sure Christopher Nolan is laughing his ass off at everybody losing their sh*t over the casting of Elliot Page, who is trans, in the role of Achilles, along with Apartheid Clyde setting more money on fire to make HIS version of the story...also, Lupita Nyong'o plays Helen of Troy, something else which matters to me not one bit one way or the other...and in terms of this bimbo saying “no one is going to see this ‘woke’ movie,” ummm, I’d reconsider that, $264 million later...also, we get a rundown of all of the ways that our ruling regime and their media flunkies have been COMPLETELY AND UTTERLY WRONG about our Not-So-Excellent Adventure in Iran...and I can hardly wait to discover what that “present” was that Cheetoh Benito got from Iran; this delusional old man is likely to concoct ANYTHING to try and puff himself up...I realize I haven’t had much on Jon Ossoff going after cretins like SecDef Kegseth, but big time kudos to the Dem Georgia senator for not taking any mess (and echoing the Really American clip I know, we’re reminded of the idiocy from Dementia J. Trump at that Bund rally of his)...



...and I think this newer tune kicks butt – hope it starts off a nice summer weekend for us all.

Wednesday Stuff

Yasmin Khan and Jayar Jackson of Rebel HQ bring us the latest on Our Ochre Abomination and Iran...3 more of our soldiers were killed because of Cantaloupe Capone’s completely unnecessary war of choice, and of course our *preznit marked this tragic loss in the most solemn way possible...yeah, maybe in an alternate version of reality...to be honest, I’m really at a point where I don’t believe a damn thing from this criminal administration, and with all due respect to the fine men and women in our military, that goes for US CENTCOM also (remember all those senior military leaders who were fired by this bunch of bottom feeders? Likely they were replaced by Trumpist sycophants)...unfortunately, though, I DO believe them when they claim to want a “wider war”...good point by Jayar that our “allies” in the region aren’t doing anything because they know what a mess we’re in (here) and they’re not going to lift a little finger to help us...



...and Jesse Dollemore gives us more on the ongoing saga of the George Washington slavery signs that were illegally taken down around our first president's home in Philadelphia...I guess it hurts the fragile fee fees of our man-child of a chief executive to point out that #1 owned people in bondage...a federal court ruled against our ruling regime and said the signs need to be put back, but it appears that Our Treasonous Orange Pestilence replaced the signs with Trumpist propaganda...”painting a picture of a white ethno-state” indeed...so it looks like the Third Circuit said that #47 could replace the signs/panels, which proved to be the opening that they needed to do this sickening deed...and yeah, doing this in the dead of night is a typically sleazy move...and one of the panels says that Washington allowed slaves to attend the theater, with our first president buying the tickets – what a guy! – as if that’s supposed to make up for the fact that HIS TEETH CAME FROM AT LEAST ONE SLAVE...I would say that attorney Michael Coard definitely gets what’s going on here (NSFW/H)...



...and Chris Hayes informs us that extreme weather tied to climate change is the “new normal,” which I guess anybody who’s paying attention to this already knows (and I don’t know anybody else in the media who’s on top of this like Hayes, to his credit)...I know this is a little behind the news cycle, but I think it matters to keep beating this metaphorical drum...and oh yeah, let’s blame Canada, even though one of that country’s brave firefighters perished helping to control a fire in Colorado (here)...failing to address this goes right back to DOGE/Elon and Project 2025 under Russell Vought, and both of them should be brought up on charges IMO (for this and myriad other reasons, including the destruction of US AID)...



...and with the prior clip in mind, I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 7/22/16...here is a climate change ad from Friends of the Earth Action that Fix Noise refused to air – better to keep their sheep-like audience fearful or angry, or both if possible, as long as no one is thinking constructively, in a manner befitting an adult with a lick of common sense (here)...



...and yesterday marked what would have been the 75th birthday for Robin Williams (NSFW/H also, but hilarious...I cannot possibly imagine what he would make of all of this raging out of control at this moment)...



...and RIP also saxophonist Plas Johnson, who played so memorably in the “Pink Panther” theme written by Henry Mancini.

Tuesday Stuff

(And in case anyone thinks this meme is an exaggeration, I offer this.)

Lawrence O’Donnell talks about Repug U.S. Senator “Disappointed” Susan Collins doing nothing in response to the recent ICE murder in her state (more here)...actually, she DID do something, but it was to green light ICE’s budget (casting the deciding vote) allowing for the killing of Johan Sebastián Durán Guerrero to take place...oh, but Collins DID hold a hearing about increased security for SCOTUS justices (those testifying were Elena Kagan and Amy Coney Island Baby Barrett)...here’s a pro tip: with respect to Kagan, if you’re looking for ways to increase the safety of SCOTUS justices (and I don’t advocate violence or anything illegal), maybe you ought to consider NOT ISSUING DECISIONS THAT SCREW OVER THE MAJORITY OF THIS COUNTRY, OFTEN UNDER THE GUISE OF THE “SHADOW DOCKET” WHICH SHOULD ONLY BE USED WHEN A QUICK RULING IS NECESSARY!!!...and oh yeah, Bronzer Beelzebub told ICE to halt vehicle stops in an effort to try and get everyone to forget about the ICE Gestapo up to Election Day...typical...and oh yeah, once more, the excuse of a vehicle supposedly fleeing the scene is used as an excuse to commit murder, which makes it pretty damn clear that the Trump gang has no understanding of legal police procedure whatsoever...



...and Amy Goodman and Nermeen Shaikh of “Demcoracy Now” tell us of Bronzer Beelzebub getting sued over a language change in the Endangered Species Act to now include extraction and drilling for oil in previously protected habitats...once more, heckuva job, all you numbskulls who voted for Our Treasonous Orange Pestilence because inflation had risen to the ungodly rate of 3 percent and you were afraid to cast your ballot for the scary DEI brown lady (snark mode off)...attorney Ben Levitan for Earth Justice is interviewed – sounds like, in true Trumpist fashion, none of this destruction constitutes “harm” somehow, as far as our ruling gaggle of bottom feeders is concerned...



...and Thom Hartmann tells us about How The 1% Won While We Lost Healthcare...we’re a year into the Big Beautiful Clusterf*ck, and we now have data to prove how ruinous it is, according to the Institute for Taxation and Economic Policy...the richest 1% will get $117 billion in tax cuts, more than what the bottom 60% got, which was basically nothing anyway, while the law also had the largest cuts to federal health care funding in the history of this country ($1 trillion from Medicaid and the Affordable Care Act)...Medicaid and CHIP enrollment fell by 3.8 million...increase in ACA premiums caused 4.2 million to drop coverage entirely...8 million people lost health care coverage over the year from July ’25 to July ’26...by the way, “The Jungle” was written by Upton Sinclair (minor point, I know)...Thom also talks about how FoodNet, a collaborative program among the CDC, USDA, FDA, and 10 state health departments to track infections by eight known food pathogens, was gutted to now track only 2 of those pathogens...so sorry to hear about what happened to Thom’s niece...

...and this report from More Perfect Union lets us know Why Flori-DUUH! Doesn’t Care If You Live There Anymore (hosted by Natasha Del Toro)...this includes a profile of the inaptly-named Indian Creek, where the richest people in the country live (contrasted with folks including a business owner profiled who are just trying to survive at this point)...and yeah, the uber-wealthy include Bezos, Sergey Brin, hedge fund manager Ken Griffin, and the usual corporate suspects who are driving out those who aren’t obscenely wealthy like they are...report focuses on COVID and the aftermath, in which the “have mores” (from California, New York and elsewhere) flocked to the Sunshine State and competed with housing supply against existing residents, to the point where the state has the least affordable housing in the country, and that goes for renters as well...and yeah, Lex Luthor Scott is making noise like he cares about this, but let me know if and when that concern turns into actual legislation/policy that makes a difference, OK?...54 percent of the population in the state is “house burdened,” meaning that 30 percent or more of their earnings go into paying for shelter...and forgive me if I don’t give a fig that the state’s GDP has gone from $1 trillion to $1.7 trillion if most of the people living there are left behind, also because of the state’s regressive damn tax structure...and oh yeah, Griffin is a big-time “rainmaker” for the Trump Party, which shouldn’t be surprising I know...and it’s actually written into the state’s constitution that a wealth tax can’t be passed? I knew Repug governance was awful, but that’s an almost subterranean level of evil...nice wrap-up with the “boat” metaphor, BTW...



...and Seth Meyers brings us “A Closer Look” on our *preznit getting the treatment he deserved from the crowd at the FIFA World Cup final game while his pre-emptive war in Iran falls apart and his speech full of election delusions gets universally panned...and as far as that pic of Trump with the G7 leaders is concerned, I KNOW there’s a photo of Dubya getting the similar treatment probably 20 years ago, FWIW...and I’m sure Spain thinks very highly of Don The Con also, though that didn’t bar him from appearing on stage with that country’s soccer team after they won (SMDH)...interesting montage of all the boos, I have to say (and props once again to Charles Barkley)...and it also looks like the Trump Curse (if you want to call it that) is getting to Maria Bartiromo, who looks like her human form is devolving more and more whenever I see her...



...and I now give you another seasonal selection.

Monday Stuff

David Shuster of Rebel HQ tells us that it looks like Jesse Watters of Fix Noise made a "joke" about our service men acting like animals towards women, apparently up to and including r*pe (as if that could EVER be funny) in a segment where Watters of course endorsed the plan of SecDef Kegseth to screen for low testosterone in our military...and was Watters SERIOUSLY trying to argue that we “haven’t been hit” in this Iran debacle? I’m sure the families and friends of the 18 (at least) members of our military killed and the 430 (at least) who’ve suffered traumatic injury would argue with that (and God bless Jessica Tarlov – I don’t know how she remains sane dealing with those hyenas)...also, it appears that Crazy Eyes Kash Patel is “in the soup,” you might say – of course, Patel “skated” over that snorkeling business at the U.S.S. Arizona, which is yet another disgusting episode from an administration that provides them on a daily basis...mildly NSFW/H for a completely apt description of Watters (more here)...



...and John Iadarola of The Damage Report gives us more on the donors to #47’s ballroom, which is going to cost at least $600 million, which, given who were talking about here, means that it will likely cost triple that amount at least...with every story about Trumpist graft and borderline criminality, it seems that we learn about some new individual trying to curry favor, and this time it’s Konstantin Sokolov, a Russian-born private equity investor in Chicago who was one of 36 donors, including 21 corporations and 15 individuals and family foundations, who contributed over $350m to this ballroom project...so this Sokolov guy will oversee the TRIPP trade corridor project (something ELSE named after Our Treasonous Orange Pustule)...oh, and 2/3rds of those who donated have gotten government contracts (I guess our corporate media only cares about “pay to play” when a Democrat is involved...I suppose I should know that by now)...



...and Steve Harness of Really American brings us the tale of our “low T” Secretary of WOOOOAAAARRR ordering a “Blue Angels” flyover at a public beach in Pensacola, FL that violated all kinds of protocols and totally messed up the beach experience for families, and likely gave little kids and adults earaches in the process...proud to be an American, where at least I know I’m free...NSFW/H...



...and Emma Vigeland and Matt Lech of The Majority Report let us know that #47’s Not-So-Excellent Adventure in Iran is causing a crisis in our food supply because the cost of nitrogen fertilizers for our farmers has skyrocketed, and we also send that overseas to underdeveloped nations, specifically in Africa and south Asia...another negative consequence is smaller family farms in this country (do we even have any left?) going under and being gobbled up by agribusinesses (who likely donated to the Gropenfuhrer – see how this all works?)...a family farmer is profiled in a local news report – part of me wonders if this guy voted for Cantaloupe Capone (and if he did, what the hell was he thinking?), but more than anything I’m sorry for his circumstance...I don’t know who that guy was who made that statement about allegedly investigating collusion in the “free market” in response to that reporter’s good question, but he should be hounded day and night IMO until he produces results on behalf of our farmers totally getting hosed by this racket...glad to hear an analysis of the bind the Biden Administration was put in by price gouging corporate bastards – not that that does any good now of course (and oh yeah, Koch Industries figures into this somehow)...Emma is about 150 percent right about Biden FTC Commissioner Lina Khan, and she’s arguably right also about what happened after Ron Klain left the Biden inner circle...



...oh, and I meant to get to this last week, but it got pushed aside for other stuff, so please allow me to present this now (some of our most notable leaders having their say on our current circumstance – briefly NSFW/H also)...



...and RIP Joe Melson, who collaborated with Roy Orbison on some of the latter’s biggest hits, including this one where Melson appeared as a backup singer.