Thursday Stuff

Mr. and Mrs. Scar along with Willie Geist, Gabriel Sherman (I think that’s who it is) and David Ignatius discuss Mango Mussolini making more noise about taking the U.S. out of NATO, and if that isn’t a blaring red siren to the world that #47 IS NOTHING BUT A PUTIN OPERATIVE, then I don’t freaking know what is...NATO has ensured the relative peace and stability in Europe for decades, helping to avoid large-scale ground wars in that region since World War II (in which my father fought along with millions of others)...and props to Former President Biden for signing the law saying that no president can take the U.S. out of NATO without congressional approval – I mean, not that Combover Caligula will care, but the legal stuff still matters in a big way of course (and funny, but I don’t hear any of the numbskulls carping about “Sleepy Joe” giving him credit for that, like this utter fool)...and by the way, “Mika’s Dad” was this guy; yes, he was a cold warrior in good and bad ways, but at least he knew who the enemy was...I would like to have seen some more full-throated outrage aimed at the “party of Lincoln” for babying our *preznit on this and everything else, but I guess a polite slap on the wrist is as far as that will go...



...and believe me when I tell you that, for the most part, I wouldn’t give CPAC the time of day, but I definitely thought it was noteworthy to see the crowd reaction to mentioning still another potential impeachment that may be inflicted on the Tangerine Toddler, as Jen Psaki tells us (and no, Matt Schlapp, you can’t treat the crowd the same way as when you groped a man at a Virginia bar, as noted here – allegedly!)...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen tells us that, in another sign that the “party of Lincoln” is bracing for an electoral whoopin’ this fall, Repug Sam Graves of Missouri won’t seek re-election in the House, and that brings the total for his party to 36 who are departing, with the most from the “R” team stepping down in about a century...some of those interviews might be repeats, but I have no problem with showing them again...”a party of either despots or cowards” indeed...

...and this New York Times clip discusses “Club America,” which is apparently the effort to install Turning Point USA chapters in high schools across the country (and as always for the other side, there is never a shortage of dough to bankroll this stuff)...I don’t know if it’s possible for Democrats/progressives to try and launch their own movement, or if they did what their message would be (and policies of course), but this describes the uphill battle we face with the current and next generation of voters (basically, just saying “orange man bad!” isn’t NEARLY good enough)...and by the way, I’m not trying to beat up some of the high schoolers in this clip, including the missionary son; I believe they’re misguided politically, but I would never say they don’t have the right to their opinion (despite the fact that the movement they support in both an actual and de facto way wants to utterly squash those voicing dissent, notably lefties/Dems/progressives)...



...and Stephen Colbert on “The Late Show” gives us a rundown on the news...yeah, I know Trumpty Dumpty gave a prime-time address on his war of choice in Iran (here), but unless he says “I resign,” I have no interest in hearing one damn word out of his lying mouth...and it’s “12 dimensional chess”? That’s an interesting euphemism for “I’m in waaaay over my head, I don’t know what the hell I’m doing and apparently nobody else can clean up my mess”...and awwww, it looks like his bought-and-paid-for SCOTUS isn’t going to end birthright citizenship for him – c’est dommage, so OF COURSE #47 had a great big hissy fit and stormed out of the hearing...and good luck to our great astronauts on the Artemis II mission to the moon...and if it were probably anybody else on the planet besides Karoline Leavitt, I would care about a photo being removed because it was “unflattering,” but as far as I’m concerned, that propaganda queen deserves what she gets...



...and I’m probably overdue with this newer selection which is timely just about every day...and by the way, I know I’m falling into the trap of covering all of the madness from our ruling regime and letting that crowd out other stuff like policy that could make a more direct impact on people’s lives, but if “Team D” would EVER provide those details, I would be more than happy to oblige them and publicize that stuff here (yeah I know, I can dream, can’t I?).

Wednesday Stuff

This Damage Report segment gives us an extended clip of former U.S. Navy and SEAL team vet (as well as Minnesota governor) Jesse Ventura, in which he speaks with Piers Morgan about Ventura’s family’s military service, which is commendable...the former wrestler may be “out there” on some issues, but as far as I’m concerned, when Ventura’s right, he hits the proverbial bullseye, as he does about #47 and the military along with the fact that Combover Caligula has about as much business being included in the “wrestling hall of fame” as I do; also, our *preznit has ordered troops to war while he and his family have zero military service (important history on David Robinson, the former San Antonio Spurs basketball player and Navy vet)...and leave it to former “South Park” writer Toby Morton to get the whole “Draft Barron” thing going (John Iadarola tells us about it...”what greater badge of honor is there than Donald Trump’s disdain” indeed)...



...and Rachel Maddow informs us of how Bronzer Beelzebub is planning to use DHS to mess with this fall’s elections...her report starts with the note that the CDC windows shot up by a gunman about seven months ago (an incident that killed a police officer) still haven’t been repaired yet...also, it looks like the Department of Education has basically been shut down, even if the regime of Pumpkin Pol Pot can’t do that officially without Congress...probably illegal to use DHS to target election administration, though of course illegality has NEVER stopped this regime from pulling all kinds of nonsense (clip mentions that Fulton County raid that “Tokyo Rose” Gabbard was involved in for some reason)...and oh yeah, it looks like Cheetoh Hitler wants voting records in Minnesota too...



...and this report from the DW German news network lets us know that Pope Leo recently said, “God rejects the prayers of those who wage war,” in comments timed for Holy Week - that includes SecDef Kegseth; religious language coming out of that empty vessel’s mouth sounds profane...journalist Seema Gupta offers some context on how other popes have chosen their language when stepping into the public sphere, particularly when it comes to armed conflict...



...and Brittany Page brings us the sorry tale of Newsmax numbskull Carl Higbie laughing at the homeless; looks like that goofball Michael Savage is in the middle of this, which isn’t surprising (and oh yeah, isn’t Savage sooo compassionate wanting the homeless to supposedly get the care that they need in the internment camps Savage is talking about – “I’d like ‘Things That Will Never Happen Within The Plane of Reality’ for $100, Alex.”)...as we learn, the number of cost-burdened renter households has reached an all-time high at 22.7 million, with more than 30 percent of income for these folks on rent and utilities...and I’ve heard that homelessness is a big problem in San Francisco, but I refuse to believe that automatic incarceration is the answer...God bless Timothy; I hope he finds the peace and relief in the afterlife that he apparently couldn’t find in this world...



...and Desi Lydic of The Daily Show gives us a news update...I really want to steer clear of the whole “Kristi Noem’s husband’s female online persona” thing; I just hope all parties affected get the counseling they need (not into kink shaming, unless it has to do with putting down someone else)...and gas prices are indeed going up because of the closure of the Strait of Hormuz – yet another broken promise from the Tangerine Toddler, though, of course, he NEVER has a problem goading our allies about that or anything else...Thank You For Your Attention To This Matter)...and what would the story of Our Shiny New Middle East War be without an appearance by SecDef Kegseth? Well, smarter and less ridiculous, ultimately (“a beautiful deployment mustache”? What, is this supposed to be “Brokeback Mountain 2”?)...and in a similar vein, along comes Huckleberry Graham to cheer for yet another conflict he would never fight in himself, though of course he has time to go to the Magic Kingdom while our brave men and women are in harm’s way...



...and RIP composer Chip Taylor, who authored this tune among others.

Tuesday Stuff

Chris Hayes lets us know that the alleged briefing to Cheetoh Hitler on his horrible, idiotic war of choice in Iran is a highlight reel of “stuff blowing up,” which actually shouldn’t be surprising for a guy who blows off the PDBs as noted here, and reading those briefs and crafting policy around them is one of the most important presidential tasks...and I’ll admit that it’s hard for me to give Iran credit for anything even though this war shouldn’t be taking place, but man, that tweet about Edward Bernays and Walter Lippmann really is a smackdown, I have to admit...I’d heard about the Ecuador strike to take down that “life threatening” cattle and dairy farm, but the sea of incompetence from our ruling cabal of grifters and lowlifes is so deep and impenetrable at times that I have to admit that it washed over me, you might say...and sure, let’s target an Iraqi military base and kill more people for sh*ts and giggles I suppose...



...and Belle informs us that 13 U.S. military bases in the Middle East are “uninhabitable,” and yeah, the corporate media phrasing about troops having to “work remotely” without their tactical equipment is particularly ridiculous – we’re not talking about a call center for Blue Cross Blue Shield, we’re talking about THE FREAKING AMERICAN MILITARY!!...and yeah, it looks like it will cost more billions to rebuild these facilities that, as a federal government, we refuse to spend on health care, community hospitals in rural areas, job creation, infrastructure, fighting the climate crisis, early childhood and pre-K funding, etc...good point that, aside from the human cost, the biggest damage as a result of this Iranian escapade will be to the reputation of the U.S. (and, as with everything else under the Gropenfuhrer, this war strengthens Putin hand)...



...and Brittany Page brings us the sorry spectacle of “lefties” apparently falling into the right-wing trap created by Nick Fuentes, Marjorie Train Wreck Greene and The Swanson TV Dinner Heir...I definitely give Page credit for calling out ANYONE aligning with the wingnut crazies I mentioned; I’ve been watching this idiotic rope-a-dope with these cretins for longer than I care to remember, and I would actually broaden the group Page mentions to include “Never Trumpers” such as Steve Schmidt, who was one of the VERY FIRST people to dump all over Joe Biden for that admittedly bad debate, and look where that got us...Neera Tanden isn’t any better; I think somebody needs to get out of her Beltway bubble with the rest of her “smart set” Dem political operatives who are only experts at FREAKING LOSING ELECTIONS!!!...I can’t think of a word for how utterly gutless it is for Democratic “thought leaders” to sit silently by while “Bibi” continues to glass over Gaza and slaughter Palestinians with impunity while guttural lowlifes like Fuentes manage to co-opt the issue of Israel’s genocide for his own twisted benefit...and as I’ve pointed out in the past, I keep TYT on a VERY short leash, you might say, because as soon as they engage in good behavior that I’m happy to promote, they turn around and pull nonsense like sitting down with “Tuckums,” and I’m truly shocked to see Mehdi Hasan get called out also, and Ryan Grim as well, but I definitely think Page is spot-on (NSFW/H)...



...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ tells us that it looks like MyPillow’s Mike Lindell was served court docs during some CPAC interview with Lindell bitching about immigrants and alleged electoral fraud in 2020 because he has absolutely nothing else to say or contribute, though it’s possible that the doc serving moment was a stunt (But wouldn’t it be hilarious if it was legit? Especially because, as we learn in the clip, he’s in hock legally for millions from a suit by FedEx and someone Lindell defamed at Dominion?)...and when Trumpists like Todd Blanche mention “election integrity,” that’s wingnut code for “letting only people we like vote,” in case that wasn’t obvious already (and OF COURSE it’s illegal to interfere with in-person or mail-in voting)...I wish I could hop a flight right now to that Denver place with the crosswalk playing the anti-Trump message – outstanding!...and God almighty, ANOTHER made up award for Cantaloupe Capone??!! (not quite NSFW/H, but still a little rude, just to warn you)...



...and I realize this number from “The Divine Miss M” (which is an update to a famous Woody Guthrie tune) is too late for No Kings, but it’s definitely not too late for the November midterms...



...and RIP Dash Crofts (as in "Seals and...").

Monday Stuff

What follows are clips of Saturday’s No Kings protests, which organizers estimate were attended by about 8-9 million people in this country (including about 350K in NYC) and around the world...to begin, Jacob Soboroff reports from LA, interviewing fine folks protesting authoritarianism including the largest mass deportation campaign in our history...members of the SEIU attended also, so kudos...



...and this Boston report from Malcolm Johnson and Jericho Tran includes more (as well as LA, Philly, NYC and Minneapolis), including Gov Maura Healey and other Dem politicians from MA...glad to hear protest against the SAVE Act also (and that response from our ruling regime is exactly what you would expect)...



...and onto Maryland we go, including Dem Senator Chris Van Hollen speaking in Baltimore along with City Council president Zeke Cohen, covered by reporter Kaicey Baylor in Aberdeen...and wow, what a guy Andy Harris is allowing us to protest, like he’s making it a gift or something; about what you would expect from a member of the “freedom caucus”...protest also in Columbia...



...and here is an extended clip from Washington, D.C. (I think they’re crossing the Memorial Bridge)...this video from something called DRM News describes the crowd as “furious”...actually, they look pretty orderly to me...

...and this Philly clip also notes the protests there along with Norristown, Camden, and Cape May Court House...



...and heading north to Connecticut, here are more protests...and good for stirring things up on the “D” team; I think, in terms of apportioning blame, Schumer and Jeffries should get it more than anyone else on our side for not meeting the moment, but if folks want more aggressive leadership, they’re more than entitled to it...not surprising to hear a Repug spin to try and avoid blame of course...



...heading south to Georgia, this report covers the protest in Macon (oh, and of course, Sweaty Orange Bronzer Boy wants to be known as a “peacemaker” – I honestly don’t think he even knows what reality is any more, assuming he ever did to begin with of course)...



...heading to Oregon, here’s a report on the protest outside Portland, including Governor Tina Kotek and Senator Ron Wyden...



...and Seattle also – looks like they turned out big time (and I don’t know what plane of supposed reality “MAGA Mike” Johnson lives on, but TSA agents not getting paid is YOUR FAULT AS WELL AS YOUR BOSS’S...and let’s dispense with this “Congress stalemate” BS, shall we? Once more, the Senate actually did its job, shockingly enough, to make sure TSA was funded – the problem is between #47 and the House “leader”...but I guess this is the best I can get from a Fix Noise channel)...



...next are LA protests, as well as across the country (and across the world)...



...also, we go to Urbana, Illinois, with reporter Jordan Baker...and as far as this Colin Moseley character is concerned, I give you this, where he supports something in his state called the Classification By Biological Sex Act...yep, you can always count on the Repugs to try and beat up the LGBTQ plus community when all else fails because they have ABSOLUTELY NOTHING ELSE that they care about, and I’m not going to dignify the lying idiocy of his statement by responding (and speaking of wingnut assh*les, there is also this)...



...and also from Grant Park...



...and the following stop is in Arkansas, from Bentonville to Fort Smith...clip stops covering the protest at about 2:45 (and by the way, as someone who’s an admittedly hot and cold Flyers fan, I definitely take issue with the statement that the FIFA thing is the most prized trophy in sports)...and by the way, on the TSA funding bill, the Senate did their part for the record but somewhere between MAGA Mike Johnson and the Tangerine Toddler, the mess still didn’t get solved (sorry for the repetition on that)...as I’ve said before, whatever their flaws, if you put Team “D” in charge of this stuff, everything runs the way it’s supposed to...and commenting on the Tiger Woods thing is out of my lane a bit, so I’ll just keep quiet...



...criss-crossing the country, we next go to Boise, Idaho ("perceived" overreach??)...



...also, Topeka, Kansas ("alleged" authoritarian overreach??)...



...Oklahoma also...



...Lexington, KY...



...Albuquerque, New Mexico...



...across Arizona also, including Dem governor Katie Hobbs (and by the way, Andy Biggs is nothing but a Trump lickspittle who’s trying to figure out which way the political wind is blowing)...



...downtown Bozeman, Montana (and props to the folks trying to get corporate $$ out of state politics)...



...next we go to Alabama, in the Tennessee Valley including Huntsville...I know I beat up on red states from time to time for reasons that I think are deserved, but the comments in this clip may be more spot-on than the others, which are also good...



...and the next three clips are courtesy of Bill Madden on X; he's the only reason to go to the "bad app" IMO...first is Detroit...

No Kings in downtown Detroit. 🙌💪👏✊️👇 pic.twitter.com/x6KpW9zXUb

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) March 29, 2026

...next is Nashville, Tennessee (looks like we have a "Handmaid's Tale" thing going on)...

Awesome video of the Handmaid's procession at the No Kings protest in Nashville, Tennessee. 🙌💪👏✊️👇 pic.twitter.com/kHgAIwDDvk

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) March 28, 2026

...and last but definitely not least, I give you this speech from Brian Tyler Cohen (NSFW/H)...

This No Kings speech is 🔥🔥🔥🔥🔥 pic.twitter.com/URfQtT9Ax8

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) March 29, 2026

...and I definitely didn't want to forget this from Jane Fonda (I haven't tracked down a clip of Maggie Rogers yet)...



...and I can think of no more appropriate tune for the occasion than this one.

...and by the way, let’s not forget about the role this guttersnipe played in what happened in Minneapolis. This little punk is Nick Shirley, another one of these right-wing provocateurs who supposedly uncovered some alleged fraud at Somali-run day care centers in that city (here). That gave Cantaloupe Capone the excuse he needed to send in ICE, and the rest is history as we know.

Update: I know we definitely don’t have bragging rights in our beloved commonwealth when it comes to electing idiots in the U.S. Senate – witness all the times we kept sending back “No Corporate Tax” Pat Toomey – but please Wisconsin, for the love of freaking God, DO NOT RE-ELECT THIS BOZO (he’s up again in ’28...and I feel like I’m insulting the entertainer’s memory by calling RoJo that).

Sooo...Alex Pretti and Renee Good were "Dem activists" who trained themselves to be shot to death, all in an effort to “defund” law enforcement (here).

I can actually feel brain cells dying as I type this.

Friday Stuff

(By the way, I’m really not one for self-promotion, but according to my Blogger stats, this is my 10,000th post. I don’t know if that’s a testament to perseverance, egomania or actual insanity, or equal parts of all three, but if you’re reading these words, thanks for coming along on the ride with me after lo these many years.)

To begin, Kyle Kulinski gives us the gory details on the Gropenfuhrer and his polling collapse, not just overall but on particular issues also, most infamously his war of choice in Iran (cheered on by “Bibi” and Mohammed Bone Saw, let’s not forget) ...and by the way, I know, as a candidate, Graham Platner has some personal baggage (as do we all), but I haven’t seen evidence yet to make me want to not support him in his race to try and unseat “Disappointed” Collins in Maine (and I know where Josh Shapiro comes down on Israel, and that’s sad but not surprising, but unlike a certain PA Dem senator, I don’t think Shapiro should be automatically kicked to the curb – that’s just where I come down on him FWIW)...85% of those polled by CBS say gas is going up, which is a pretty damn substantial number, and the numbers on #47’s war of choice in Iran are trending downward also of course, and a negative 60 percent approval among independents may be the most damning number of all...and I agree with Kyle on the Dems; yeah, I get the whole “Homer Simpson sink into the bushes” meme approach, but despite that, I think this is a golden opportunity to make your case for what you would do if you were returned to power, and I just hope the “D” team isn’t blowing it again (and as far as election rigging goes, I think you definitely can expect the ICE Gestapo to show up at blue city/state polling locations this fall)...the “George W. Trump” years indeed (NSFW/H)...



...and Sam Seder of The Majority Report informs us that airports are clusterf*cked because “President Deals” doesn’t want to work with Dems...and aww, those poor widdle ICE alleged strongmen are worried about getting their picture taken at airports because they think they’ll be ID’d later when they’re trying to kidnap people – cry me a goddamn river...oh, and the Tangerine Toddler is at some Memphis roundtable allegedly about crime and safety or whatever and telling his party to keep obstructing – what a winning strategy, especially given the polling Kyle just pointed out...and once more, the SAVE Act is a “solution” in search of an actual problem, making it much more difficult for married women to vote along with college students, people who don’t have a passport or birth certificate (representing at least 40 percent of this country the last I checked), people who are elderly or infirmed and can’t get to a polling location (or, if they do, they need help) – it’s just another goddamn scam by a party totally bereft of policies or ideas to help the majority of this country...and I don’t even know if our airport mess is going to get fixed despite the fact that it’s likely inconveniencing Repug politicians also – I mean, Bronzer Beelzebub has his own damn jet, so what does he care? And I don’t know how the hell the U.S. Senate Repugs are going to get the SAVE Act passed through reconciliation since that applies to funding (which the SAVE ACT doesn’t have), but I’m sure they’ll just go ahead and blow up the filibuster again, and our corporate media will just go “ho hum, both sides, both sides” (oh...and maybe, as Sam says, they may try to sneak in ICE funding through reconciliation also...ugh...and I have to admit that I’m shocked to hear Sen. Foghorn Leghorn acknowledge reality, though I’m NOT shocked to see Chuck Schumer blow the opportunity to nail them on the funding impasse...I guess Schumer didn’t check with “the Baileys” first before he decided to duck and cover again...an update is here; it looks like DHS funding w/o ICE is moving forward after all)...



Update 1: "MAGA Mike" Johnson does his master's bidding once more (here - h/t Eschaton).

Update 2: Of course, Johnson could have just called for a vote on the Senate bill, but that way, a certain orange asshat would have been deprived of a "victory" (here).

...but in case anybody out there thinks that the Senate minority leader is the only Dem politician worthy of a well-place boot, there actually is someone in our beloved commonwealth of PA who is actually more deserving, and the Logical Leftist (Jeff Waldorf) tells us about him; specifically, we find out more on John Fetterman’s plummeting approval (presented by CNN’s Harry Enten)...when Fetterman ran, he had a plus-68 rating among PA Dems, but now he’s at a negative 40 rating, which, as Waldorf points out, is a 108-point swing the wrong way, which is truly unprecedented...Fetterman’s embrace of “Bibi” and All Israel All The Time was his worst move, but there are plenty of other reasons to bail on the guy...immigration, paying homage to Mango Mussolini at Mar-a-Lago, breaking a tie in the Senate to vote for Markwayne Mullin at DHS, also backing Lee Zeldin at EPA, supporting a pardon for Pumpkin Pol Pot on his 34 felony counts, and also saying that the Dem Party runs on “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” which, among other things, takes more than a little crust given Fetterman’s mental health issues...the reasons to oppose Fetterman go on and on...



...and speaking of train wrecks, David Pakman (definitely not him) has more on the total ratings collapse at “the Tiffany Network,” in particular the CBS Evening News under Bari Weiss – sounds like the worst numbers of the century (pass the popcorn)...to be honest, I’m sure David Ellison doesn’t care in any way, as long as a certain ketchup-flinging *preznit is happy (although NBC and ABC seem to be doing well, comparatively)...glad to hear Pakman point out how Fix Noise gets paid from the cable companies if you have a package that includes that trash network even if you don’t watch it (here)...



...and Desi Lydic of The Daily Show informs us of politicians who are arguably more preoccupied with social media than they should be...ummm, so Joni Ernst is leaving the Senate, but she thinks it’s “owning” the libs or something to point out that folks on SNAP benefits are eating Mickey D’s? What performative nonsense from the person who infamously said “we’re all going to die” over the loss of Medicaid benefits (here)...I have to admit that I almost expected Boomhauer to show up at the Tim Burchett leisurewear and patio chair festival, but Andy Beshear also missed the mark a bit as well, and it pains me to say that because I give Beshear credit overall...and when it comes to gratuitously self-promotion politicians, how can we exclude “Cancun” (Chili Cheese Dog Dripping Down My Shirt) Cruz, though I admit that I wish we could (and “James Coney Island”? Huuhh???)...



...and I hope you’re in the mood for a bit of a dreamy number to help us appreciate spring a little more, though I know weather-wise we’re not completely there yet (and I usually include the tune by Meredith Brooks for International Women’s Month, but maybe I’ll change things up a bit here and go with this selection instead)...



...and since this is a bit of a special occasion for yours truly, I’m going to play with the order of these videos a bit and bring us the following, which is the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 3/24/10 (going waaaay back to find this one)...for those keeping score at home, I know I recently put up the Ed Schultz/John Boehner “where are the jobs?” clip, so with the former Repug U.S. House speaker in mind, I’d like to remind us of former President Obama’s “Yes We Can” message intercut with Boehner’s predictable rant...I realize it’s painful to contemplate that we were once on the verge of turning a corner in this country before pig-headed, uninformed voters along with craven and opportunistic Repug (and cowardly Democratic) politicians did their part to make sure we slid backwards into our current predicament, but I definitely think that the history matters...I think this clip pretty plainly illustrates which side wants us to grow and evolve as a nation and which side wants us to basically torch the last 80 or so years of progress...



...but returning to the present, we know that tomorrow is the big day (here), so with that in mind, here’s another musical motivation to help us march as our means and our bodies are able and send a message to our traitorous ruling regime, and all of its sycophants wherever they may be.

Wednesday Stuff

Rachel Maddow lets us know about Our Tiny-Handed *preznit paying out a billion dollars to stop leases on wind farm development...she begins by telling us about the Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island producing enough power for 350K homes and businesses and saving New England residents $500 mil a year, so three guesses what comes next, and as always, the first two don’t count – yep, Cantaloupe Capone stopped it dead in its tracks...are you tired of the winning yet?...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen tells us about Florida state district candidate Emily Gregory winning the seat that includes Mar-a-Lago, which Trump carried by 11 points two years ago...Dem Brian Nathan also won in District 18 (which also has a Repug voter registration advantage), and yes, these results do indeed mirror what has taken place in special elections this cycle as Cohen says...it all comes back to Our Treasonous Orange Pustule, but if you’re reading this, I know you know that already...glad to hear Cohen emphasize how much Cantaloupe Capone is cleaning up (“emoluments clause”? What “emoluments clause”??) since our corporate media seems to think reporting on that is impolite, or maybe they’re afraid our flatulent orange meat sack will send out a mean tweet about them if they do...

...and I hope you’re not dealing with all kinds of long lines at TSA checkpoints because the “party of Lincoln” refuses to support a Dem bill to pay TSA and ICE, including much-needed reforms to the latter (I mean, ICE should be abolished, but for practical reasons I know you can’t do that right away – would that you could), but if you are dealing with inconvenience while trying to fly, I would ask that you keep the following clip in mind, where right-wing “pastors” say long lines at airports because of the shutdown is why they need private planes...as I’ve said, I know I need to “get right” in my own way and I’m not proselytizing, but I will say that I know when someone has gone too far in the name of religion, and I would say this is a pretty clear-cut example...and why am I not surprised to hear this Troy Brewer character tell everyone that he was able to get to Colorado Springs, since that place may be the fundie epicenter of this country (which elected Bo-Bo Boebert to Congress of course)...



...and I’d like to give credit to David Corn at Mother Jones (courtesy of Bluesky) for the reminder that today is the 115th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, a galvanizing tragedy in this country’s labor history...146 people died mainly because of sweatshop work conditions (exits blocked, no fire prevention methods such as water sprinklers)...the tragic event helped spur the creation of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, as we learn in the video...



...and Jimmy Kimmel describes the official ’28 Olympic colors, which do indeed reflect Combover Caligula, as Kimmel notes, even the color for the bruising on #47’s chubby hands...and I suppose letting Melania name the participating countries would actually give her something to do between what is likely her full-time job of pretending not to be married to the Tangerine Toddler...however, because it’s a day of the week with a “y” in it, we must be inflicted once more with verbal flatulence from “Mr. Melania” (I’m sure he would just LOVE to be called that)...can’t think of a word to describe how demented it is that Bronzer Beelzebub thinks we’re the only country with mail-in voting, which (as we find out) he used himself...and I know I already noted the $1-billion-to-kill-windmills thing in the Maddow clip, but I have no problem with mentioning it again (and “Man-Boob Of La Mancha” – good one)...oh, and I’m SUUURRRE Iran gave Cheetoh Hitler a “prize” for blowing up their energy infrastructure and bombing that school were 100 girls were killed – just no words for some of this madness...and it looks like “America’s Mayor” is slowly turning into Nosferatu before our eyes...and yeah, let’s give new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin the treatment he deserves once more...and I’m not going to waste another calorie pointing out the typically ridiculous lies from our *preznit about trans kids and sports (“transgender for everyone”)...and I realize that “Cancun” Cruz doesn’t care about the truth either, but in a weird way, he actually did the Dems a favor by pointing out all of the Senators involved in the ’20 fake electors scam – might not be a bad idea for everyone listed on that gray poster to “lawyer up” (and I can picture Cruz as the guy in the back corner booth of a Denny’s trying to hawk costume jewelry or knockoff Rolex watches or something to gullible rubes)...and I guess this is the “15 minutes” for “Palm Beach Pete,” who seems like a good guy (I thought the T-shirt was a nice touch)...



...and tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the release of “Wings at the Speed of Sound,” including this tune.

Tuesday Stuff

(Posting might still be goofed up for a little while...I'm just not sure yet.)

Mike Figueredo brings us the story of three-time Trump voter Amanda Robbins in Millersburg, PA, who apparently has FINALLY seen the light; looks like it took rising gas prices for her to “get religion”...this Trump voter was fine with supporting “Bibi” and his genocide in Gaza (and yes, I know Biden was bad on that also) along with bombing a school of Iranian girls and killing all of them, along with the legion of other awful behavior from our 47th *preznit, but paying 50 cents more a gallon for gas is what woke her up; just no words...anther three-time Trump voter finally perceives reality when he discovered at last that the Gropenfuhrer has less than zero interesting in bringing down the price of housing, as if ANY president can do that by themselves (and Gen Z men, some of them anyway, are breaking from Our Treasonous Orange Pustule over the Iran war)...and as far as all of these remorseful Trump voters is concerned, what the hell did you expect from a con man who has seen multiple businesses of his collapse and who has also been convicted on 34 counts of illegally using campaign funds to pay off a p*rn star, to say nothing of being held civilly liable in a New York court on a charge of what is basically r*pe? Did you HONESTLY expect that he would give a damn about you, ESPECIALLY when he can’t run for anything anymore and officially has nothing to lose for his awful actions? Also, I share Figueredo’s concern about the Illinois 8th District Dem primary; I wasn’t sure exactly how Melissa Bean won, but the foul, fetid influence of AIPAC does explain a lot, sadly (and I definitely share Figueredo’s frustration...NSFW/H)...



...and this clip is a day or two old, but I definitely didn’t want to let it “fall through the cracks”...Brittany Page lets us know that 28 million Americans are skipping meals, borrowing money, prolonging medications, cutting back on utilities and taking other measures to pay for health care expenses, while Combover Caligula has a meeting to discuss his tacky gold inlay at the Kennedy Center (and I’ll ALWAYS call it that)...looks like Bronzer Beelzebub is closing the venue to add his particularly tasteless brand of décor, but good luck trying to find acts other than (possibly) Kid Rock, Nicki Minaj and Ted Nugent to perform there...oh, and the Tangerine Toddler is so pleased with the fact that no taxpayer dough will be involved, supposedly (damn well better not be for this); his egomania is truly bottomless (but a sentence or two later, he says that there will be “tremendous amounts of money” from the Big Beautiful Clusterf*ck presumably to pay for this mess...I don’t think he could tell the truth if his life depended on it, assuming he even knows what it is )...and oh yeah, our ridiculous health care costs in this country are making people forego buying a home, taking a vacation, adopting a child, retiring, and on and on...



...and I know I’ve cut back on TYT clips for what I believe are good reasons, but I’m going to include this one with John and Cenk commenting on a clip of PA’s Republican U.S. House mistake (one of them) Scott Perry, who thinks Iran will pay for the war...you know, the one where we’re bombing the crap out of that country to make Israel and Saudi Arabia happy (oh, excuse me - looks like Perry can't say the "w" word either..this "action"??...anyone who votes for this chucklehead in PA after this idiotic pronouncement should get an MRI on their cranium to detect any activity whatsoever)...I didn’t know the wingnuts were actually using the “47 years ago” thing going back to the hostage crisis (even though that was never an actual war, you assclowns), but I guess they were bound to come up with that since they have absolutely nothing else to try and justify this madness...



...and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History,” and we’re going back to 3/24/11 to revive this clip of the late, great Ed Schultz calling out then-Repug U.S. House Speaker John “Man Tan” Boehner with his favorite bleat of “where are the jobs?” Well, if you’re looking at the overall presidency of Barack Obama, then more info is here....as for Our Treasonous Orange Pustule, not so much (here – about 181,000 total for 2025, just 15,000 a month on average...with our economy, if you’re not adding about 100,000 a month, something is definitely wrong)...



...and Seth Meyers gives a “A Closer Look” (through a glass darkly, you might say)...looks like Pumpkin Pol Pot is sending ICE to our airports, I guess because he’s not satisfied with beating and murdering those opposing him on our streets and other public areas but now also wants to invade our traveling spaces (and by the way, Democrats have put forward spending bills to fund the TSA and ICE’s non-capturing activities, but Sweaty Orange Bronzer Boy keeps saying “NOOOOOO” as he likely gobbles down another happy meal)...#47 is also looking for ANY exit ramp out of his Iran mess, so I guess throwing SecDef Kegseth under the proverbial bus is part of that...we’re reminded of Our Treasonous Orange Pestilence acting completely in (lack of) character in response to the death of former FBI director Robert Mueller, a man with more integrity in a single molecule than #47 has in his entire corpulent, overfed body (and Kristen Welker once more tries to generate a scintilla of sympathy for Mueller from Scott Bessent, and the result is completely predictable)...and Mush Mouth Tom Homan thinks that all the TSA does is “guard exits” and ICE can do that also?? I’m sure TSA workers are just so thrilled to hear that...



...and as noted here, Moby recently said that he thinks “Lola” by the Kinks is transphobic, which is particularly dumb when you realize that the song was embraced by trans punk rock pioneer Ginger Coyote as well as Jayne County, rock’s first openly trans singer, as the linked HuffPo article tells us...Dave Davies defended the tune and was hesitant a bit to call out Moby over his criticism, and I get that a bit since Davies is reluctant to go after a peer, but I still think that’s an idiotic remark by Moby.

I mean, where does this end? Are you going to try to ban “Walk On The Wild Side” by Lou Reed for the lyric, “shaved her legs and then he was a she”? Or Al Stewart’s song “What’s Going On?” because of the lyric “You walked like Greta Garbo but you talked like Yogi Bear” (the song ostensibly was about David Bowie). Hell, why not try excluding ANYTHING from Bowie during his Ziggy Stardust phase, or for that matter, any “glam” rockers from the 70s since they were all pretty damn androgynous?

Well, if that isn’t an excuse for the tune in question, I don’t know what is.