Monday Stuff

Oh look, Combover Caligula’s war of choice versus Iran has caused “the largest disruption in the history of the global oil market” according to industry analysts, as we learn from Emma Vigeland and The Majority Report...and of course, in response, #47 is telling everyone to SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP SHUT UP about high gas prices and deal with it (yeah...let’s see how well THAT message plays out in November)...prices have jumped 35 cents in a week, and it will likely go higher...and oh yeah, here come more lies about Iran killing US citizens for 47 years, all without proof of course (what a mental defective our *preznit truly is...let’s see if he and his lizard-brained followers chanting “U-S-A!” are still quite so rambunctious after Iran has effectively shut down the Strait of Hormuz for months and the world is gripped by a COVID-like recession as a result, to say nothing of the ongoing threat to our military)...and for the umpteenth time I know, we had a nuke deal with Iran under Obama, but Trump waddled away from it...and as usual, the top fraction of 1 percent has gamed “the big casino” of our economy to clean up when we have rising energy prices, while the rest of us get nothing by comparison (and another good point is to mention the Biden clean energy initiatives that could have helped here that Cheetoh Benito destroyed...slightly NSFW/H)...



...and this clip from Canadian television (the CBC) explains why securing the Strait of Hormuz is harder than our clown car of an administration suggests (with Lyndsay Duncombe)...and we have “don’t need to worry about it” Kegseth lying as usual, especially since, as the journalist interviewed suggests, Iran has lots of options when it comes to disrupting ship traffic, including using shoulder-fired missiles; we also learn that clearing mines in the strait is dangerous and risky (which, again, should have been foreseen by any adult with an actual brain), and the ships that ARE getting through are signaling that they’re from China or Iran, and even THOSE signals are getting “spoofed” (an update is here, with the Tangerine Toddler kicking and screaming that someone else needs to clean up his mess...how disgustingly predictable)...



...and turning to domestic political matters, Belle of the Ranch tells us about U.S. Senate Repugs blocking DHS and TSA funding...it looks like Dem Senator Patty Murray commendably asked for unanimous consent on a measure to fund areas of DHS not having to do with immigration enforcement as well as for TSA and cyber security, and three guesses what happened next and the first two don’t count...yeah, Repugs have no problem caterwauling on TV and social media about how obstructionist Dems allegedly are, but when it’s time to do some actual governance, they suddenly “reach for the chicken switch,” you might say (‘don’t let them lie to you about this” indeed...and I love the shirt)...



...and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” from 3/16/12...sadly, I think this clip from "back in the day" is timely given this awful story...oh, so this Mark Gordon Philistine who’s the governor of Wyoming signs a bill banning abortion after 6 weeks (when most women don’t even know they’re pregnant, and joining four other states with similar bans), and he acts like the lack of exceptions in the bill goes against his beliefs or whatever...but he signs the stinking thing into law anyway? What, does this guy think he should get credit somehow? Because, as always, it’s Jobs, Jobs, Jobs for Not Your Father’s Republican Party...



...and returning to our regularly scheduled war, I thought I’d include this item from Mr. Newberger...



...and I think this guy is coming to Philly on June 4th...should be a good show if his other tunes rock like this one.

Friday Stuff

Kyle Kulinski gives us an update on Cheetoh Hitler’s illegal war with Iran...and the “Axis of Epstein,” huh? (meaning Dementia Donnie and “Bibi”)...good one...and I would say that that 24 percent number (of the people who actually think Iran bombed their own school) reflects the very worst of the flatulent MAGA mouth breathers out there...it wouldn’t surprise me in the least if the IDF did that and are acting like, “yeah, well, maybe it was really the U.S.”...and only 10 percent of those polled think this war will actually improve their lives; I would imagine they own stock in Lockheed Martin, Northrop Grumman, Boeing and General Dynamics...and 52 percent think this whole mess is to distract from Epstein; yep, I would say that the BS isn’t working any more also...and I think “George W. Trump” fits too (NSFW/H)...



...and I guess it was inevitable that our corporate media was going to turn all “oh, you can’t criticize Dear Leader on his war of choice with Iran or else you’re anti-Semitic,” but it looks like the WaPo has the inglorious “honor” of being the first to pile on with that, as Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report tells us...and I have a feeling this “AI slop” video was created by wingnuts to troll our side, mainly because the production quality of the clip is awful and doing something like that is right out of their playbook (and this Op-Ed was written by a guy named Will Oremus, who appears to be a technology writer; I guess he’s legit, but I’ll withhold judgment for now)...and according to his bio, this Bret Schafer guy who is quoted is an expert in “computational propaganda,” so to be honest, I think he doth protest too much here since he’s a little too close to the subject...oh, and as far as this Anna Kelly idiot is concerned, “fake news” is good when it suits the purposes of Bronzer Beelzebub, but when those outlets report the truth and by definition are no longer “fake,” then that’s bad? Make it make sense somehow...and indeed, the utter horror of the Jeffrey Epstein scandal isn’t because he’s Jewish (to be honest, I was wondering how long it was going to take before somebody tried THAT argument); it’s because he ruined the lives of apparently hundreds of women for the benefit of the “pay no price, bear no burden” one percent (NSFW/H also)...



...and I’m not sure there’s anybody out there better than Lawrence O’Donnell when it comes to keeping a record of all of the disgusting depravity of Dementia J. Trump, and O’Donnell does so again here concerning Operation Epstein Fury; that flaming tanker in the Strait of Hormuz is emblematic of this ruinous administration...so I guess all #47 has left are these garbage videos about his war of choice to peddle to those gullible fools who have supported him – typical...



...and turning to domestic electoral matters, Jesse Dollemore lets us know that Dem Shawn Harris is the leader of all candidates from Tuesday’s special primary contest for Marjorie Taylor Greene’s GA-14 seat, though, to be fair, we still have to get to the general election, but as Jesse says, given the fact that GA-14 was once a plus-37 district for Trump...well, I don’t think you have to be a political genius to see what this portends for the “R” party...and speaking only for myself, I’m tired of this “runoff” business because that’s just MORE money spent on campaigning for another election that could be used for much better purposes; whoever gets the most votes should win the damn election the first time, whether it’s a primary or “the general”...good point by Jesse that those gerrymanders made what were some super red districts now potentially in play for the “D” team (NSFW/H as well)...



...and Jimmy Kimmel brings us up-to-date with the latest headlines (jeez, $250K of sex toys getting robbed; wonder if somebody is working on a script to make a movie out of THAT?)...and 50K TSA employees working without pay because of Repug budget games, again...and you can tell it’s time for more propaganda from Our Treasonous Orange Yam since there’s always a typo...and eeessnt eeet soouh eeen-terest-eeennng tuuuh heeer Melania spout off about her visionary creative mind dancing, or whatever that mess was (and DJT just looked so thrilled listening to that, didn’t he?)...and gee, we have Our Demented Child King receiving ANOTHER medal for something he didn’t earn – how pitiably sad (and it looks like I’d better book my trip to Hollywood Boulevard – heh)...



...and I would advise staying away from sharp objects this Sunday, especially if you want to proclaim yourself emperor for life (you can Google it if you don’t know what I’m talking about).

Thursday Stuff

Part of me wants to completely ignore these evangelical numbskulls who hope that Jehovah is getting ready to “rapture” them up to the great beyond now that their Orange Leader has joined the U.S. in Israel’s war against Iran, but on second thought, I know attention must be paid...this Drenda Keesee person sees our latest Mideast war as the fulfillment of their vision of the second coming, or something...I believe we’ll all have to make an accounting for ourselves one day, and while I readily admit that I have work to do on that score, I wouldn’t want to be in the shoes of this faux spiritual frauds for anything (especially because of this)...



...and Brittany Page discusses Repug U.S. Senator Jon Husted of Ohio, who just said that people living in poverty don’t know how to navigate the real world, or some such nonsense, which is completely typical for his party of course...actually, the best way to get back at this assclown is to donate to the campaign of Sherrod Brown, who is running to return to office and boot Husted out...and yeah, this line from Husted that someone on SNAP doesn’t know how to budget is both ignorant and insulting (yet another hypothetical person Husted claims to have met – no info on this individual of course because I’m sure this person doesn’t exist)...that table from the CBPP makes it pretty clear that a family of 2 is going to have a pretty damn difficult time trying to get by on $370 a month...also telling that 40-60 percent of those in poverty have jobs, but in our end-stage capitalist economy, those wages by themselves aren’t enough...



...and Farron Cousins tells us about retiring Repug U.S. Senator Joni (“We’re All Going To Die One Day”) Ernst contorting herself to somehow find a way to blame Democrats for her party’s dismal electoral fortunes...and of course, expecting Trey Gowdy, of all people, to ask a serious question is utterly delusional (good job by Cousins to call out that little “we” tell on himself in Gowdy’s softball to Ernst)...and here is still another corporate media example (about 3,624 at least by my count) of Democrats supposedly being obligated to reach out to Repugs based on Ernst’s nonsense (and why the hell should they EVER do that?), when it is NEVER EVER the other way around (and ESPECIALLY since the Repugs run the entire federal government thanks to the dunderheaded stoo-pidity of too damn many voters in 2024...briefly NSFW/H)...



...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ lets us know that it looks like MAGA Mike Johnson now has a majority of three seats after CA Repug U.S. House Rep Kevin Kiley became an independent...and I suppose I should give Rand Paul credit for talking about what is likely to transpire this fall (though we all need to work to make that happen of course), but I don’t want to hear this “kinetic action” crap...ANOTHER Republican *preznit has launched ANOTHER war of choice in the Middle East, so let’s call it what the hell it is, OK?...and I’m not sure that “if we lose the majority in the House, it’s the end of the Trump presidency” is such a great rallying cry for Not Your Father’s Republican Party...also, the prospect of deploying ground troops to Iran is absolutely sickening, especially since that nation is getting help from China and Russia; this is exactly what “Bibi” wants, so as far as I’m concerned, he can get the IDF to do that...here’s my theory on all of this; who else remembers when Cheetoh Hitler said that we would take over Gaza after it was pretty much glassed by Israel? Well, as far as I’m concerned, Netanyahu wouldn’t have gone along with that unless there was something else in the deal, and I think our involvement in the war against Iran was that “something else”...and oil over $100 a barrel with a fifth of the world’s tanker traffic stalled is what I believe Cantaloupe Capone will be paying attention to (as much as he pays attention to anything) more than any other aspect of this war...



...and Stephen Colbert brings us up to date on the latest developments...so lemme guess; to coin a phrase, according to Bronzer Beelzebub, “war is over if you want it”; yeah, I’ll believe that at exactly half past never for our ruling gaggle of idiots, unfortunately...I give Stephen credit for trying to be entertaining about this; forcing Iran to watch the “Melania” movie, though, is truly cruel and unusual punishment...and gee, our “Secretary of War” Kegseth sure is a spendthrift on the taxpayer dime, isn’t he? So, supposedly, he set about $93 billion on fire over nonsense (as well as $225 million on new furniture) while much of this country goes without healthcare and community hospitals, as well as government services wrecked by DOGE and a completely collapsing economy...I’d like to find a way to put this clip on Linkedin so all of the folks trying to find employment can see how this regime truly expects them to “let them eat cake,” for lack of a better way to put it (no wonder Mango Mussolini got rid of all of the Inspectors General so nobody would be able to keep track of this)...and oh yeah, you’d better wear the “man shoes” to the upcoming Mar-a-Lago soiree, or you’ll be on the next flight to CECOT I suppose...



...and on this day in music history, Paul McCartney and Linda Eastman were married, London cops conducted a raid on the home of George Harrison and Patti Boyd for pot, and John Lennon (who I referenced in that quote above about war) and Harry Nillson were thrown out of the Troubadour club in LA for heckling Tommy Smothers...it’s also the 78th birthday of James Taylor, so I’d like to commemorate all of this with a Beatles’ cover tune.



Update: And what would a Fab Four tribute be without acknowledging Mr. Starkey? (here).

Wednesday Stuff

John Iadarola of The Damage Report brings us more utter madness from Pumpkin Pol Pot (and God almighty, here is YET ANOTHER “Sir” story from this lying orange clump of trans fats, and he gives us the "accordion hands" yet again)...I’m sure there actually are people in his utterly warped imagination saying we need the “Save America!” Act, which is still more delusion...and I realize Cantaloupe Capone doesn’t have the remotest clue about how federal governance works, saying that the “talking filibuster” will help pass the SAVE Act; of course, #47 has that exactly backwards...and I agree with John that, at a minimum, we should be selectively casting the stinking filibuster aside, though sh*tcanning it for good works for me too...



...and Rachel Maddow brings us the story of Dem U.S. House members going to the migrant concentration camp in Dilley, TX...typically lowdown move by the Trump regime to invite a mariachi band to perform at the White House and then arrest two members of that band and their parents, no doubt stirring what passes for the manhood of Pee Wee German (with one of the brothers in another concentration camp in that godawful state, and yes, I know there are plenty of fine Dems doing heroic work in Greg Abbott-stan)...fortunately, it looks like the pressure from the lawmakers got the family released, BUT ICE SHOULDN’T BE KIDNAPPING AND IMPRISONING ANYBODY, NOT NOW OR FREAKING EVER!!...oh, and it looks like there was a homicide at another migrant prison in Camp East Montana in “the land of the yellow rose,” which, at 30% of its ridiculous projected capacity, is also a breeding ground for a whole bunch of communicable diseases...and oh yeah, our outlaw regime is also proposing 14K and 15K max facilities, presumably to detain “unfriendlies” such as troublesome libs, impertinent journalists, etc...good for the fine folks in Georgia protesting another of these wretched places (and if you have any dough in Citizens Bank, I would advise pulling it and putting it somewhere else with all speed)...



...and Thom Hartmann reminds us of the 50-year campaign by billionaires to get people to believe conservative nonsense...the roots of this go back a looong time, to the point when it became more important for our corporate media to provide “balance” than to report on actual, verifiable truth and reality...to my mind, this all started in the 1950s with William F. Buckley, the John Birchers and Barry Goldwater; the problem is that all of that was thought to be out of the mainstream, which it was and still is, but through a variety of means (mainly the corporate takeover of our media), their propaganda ended up getting pushed so much that the work of actual professional journalists ended up on the scrap heap (and let’s NEVER forget the part The Powell Memo has played in all of this)...everyone should be forced to memorize the last 50 seconds or so in particular of this commentary...



...and with the prior clip in mind, I’d like to bring back “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 3/10/14...as the year goes forward, we’re going to be treated to more and more political ads, and I wanted to recall this one from former Alaska Dem U.S. Senator Mark Begich, where he quite rightly calls out the beyond wretched Koch Brothers (and yes, I know David departed this world in 2019)...I hope there are PLENTY of other ads calling out Chucky Koch and the billionaire class for what they’ve done to us and this country overall...



...and John Oliver nails it again, this time with a segment on the destruction of US AID...I realize it’s a mind-numbing and stupefying exercise to try and determine the absolute worst behavior of this wretched “presidential” administration (the Iran war probably rocketed to the top of that list), but the utter ruination of this vitally important agency is in the top three of the worst acts of this cabal of criminals...and yep, destroying something that amounted to one percent of the federal budget fits for these guttural lowlifes...and what I wouldn’t give to see Benny Johnson shipped off to sub-Saharan Africa so he can gleefully proclaim the destruction of US AID to communities that have lost their entire population to starvation and disease that that agency could have prevented...and yet again, Huckleberry Graham proves that he has no convictions about anything except sucking up to power...also, about the whole “waste, fraud and abuse” thing that the wingnuts like to keep yapping about, it turns out that over 94 percent of US AID funding was allocated properly, as the report tells us...and Jeremy Lewin is another one of these Trumpist characters I’d like to see jettisoned to a place with rampant malnutrition and disease so he can “define fraud” to his coal-black-heart’s content...and it looks like this Mike Benz character is the person responsible for putting US AID “in the wood chipper” – yep, another wingnut with a grudge and hurt fee fees punching down...how predictable...and a quarter of a million dead adults and HALF A MILLION dead kids because of the destruction of US AID – I know I’ve said it before and I’ll keep saying it, but we need a permanent “truth and reconciliation” committee with subpoena power when this horror show is over to see that people go to the slam for the rest of their lives, partly because of this, though there are plenty of other reasons too...and even Dubya’s pride and joy PEPFAR (which was something he shockingly did right) wasn’t spared from the wrath of King Elon’s DOGE incels...and oh yeah, Oxford Senator Foghorn Leghorn of Louisiana has to demonstrate what he considers an affront to his sensibilities on this, as part of the wingnut “pile on”...and “little Marco” once more demonstrates that he’s an utter liar who also has no core principles either (NSFW/H)...



...and here's a newer tune to get us through the "hump day."

Tuesday Stuff

Brian Tyler Cohen brings us the tale of Cancun Cruz taking a shot at James Talarico, the Dem U.S. Senate nominee from Texas, with some “soy latte” nonsense...good job by Cohen to bring up that tweet of the Gropenfuhrer making fun of Cruz’s wife, which is typically contemptible, combined with Cruz glazing Cheetoh Benito in response...and I know Marjorie Taylor Greene is ultimately trying to promote whatever venture she’s going to engage in (likely a podcast I guess) and for now her values align with ours, though I don’t expect that to last...and one more thing; Dem U.S. House Rep Jasmine Crockett was very gracious in her concession to Talarico a week ago (here), so credit to her for that (NSFW/H)...

...and I know I touched on this previously, but I think it needs to be emphasized; apparently, Vlad The Butcher is passing off intel to Iran to help the latter nation attack U.S. troops, which actually should have been foreseen by anyone with a clue...and I swear, Dementia Donnie can’t get through so much as a single sentence without bragging about something; Cadet Bone Spurs didn’t have a damn thing to do with “building our military”...and no, Iran most definitely wasn’t going to have a nuclear weapon within 2-3 weeks...more here (and yet again, I’ll mention – and likely KEEP mentioning – that we had a nuke deal with Iran that was forged under Obama that Cantaloupe Capone walked away from)...and I could care less about what Steve Witkoff has to say...great point by Page that, if we had an ACTUAL preznit, that person could provide more support to Ukraine in response to the “Moscow munchkin”...I know I also linked to that “it doesn’t matter” response from Trumpette spokes-liar Karoline Leavitt previously, but I think she deserves to be dragged for that again...and I don’t want to know what kind of jackals are now in that White House press pool who thought it was actually funny to hear Peter Doocy ask a similar question about Russia and our military (and OF COURSE the Gropenfuhrer had another hissy fit when he was asked about this very serious matter, seeing as how his skin on this is apparently thinner than tissue paper)...(NSFW/H also)...



...and this More Perfect Union video with Drew Hawkins brings us the sad story of fishermen in Cameron, Louisiana who see their way of life getting ruined (and our energy bills going up) because of export of liquified natural gas (trying to farm for oysters since it’s apparently no longer possible to farm for shrimp either, though farming for ANYTHING in the Gulf is problematic at this point)...looks like the LNG plant at nearby Calcasieu Pass is driving the fishers out of business...also looks like fracking taking off in that area after 2016 had a lot to do with the plight of the fishermen... the abundance of natural gas drove down prices, with the biz needing new buyers, so along comes the CP1 plant to figure out how to more or less package the LNG and ship it overseas (and of course, as noted, given the fact that the gas isn’t taxed, that means that not one dime from the manufacture and shipping of LNG stays in the community, but all the dough goes right to the parent company, Venture Global, and that spokesman looks and sounds like a typical corporate zombie reciting a rehearsed script)...looks like Hackberry and Sabine are two other companies trying to gather whatever spoils they can also, with other gas export facilities planned in the area...and please explain to me like I’m a four-year-old child how the U.S. becoming the largest exporter of natural gas in the world makes our utility bills increase instead of decrease...and I seriously hope you’re not shocked to learn that Combover Caligula got a $1 billion campaign contribution in return for a promise to overturn a Biden-era pause on LNG export terminals...and with all due respect to the good people of Cameron Parish, what did you SERIOUSLY think would happen when you gave your precious vote to a con artist and failed businessman two years ago (definitely an elegiac tone to this, sadly)...NSFW/H once more...



...and I meant to get to this earlier, but here is President Obama delivering Jesse Jackson's eulogy, in a more hopeful vein than the previous item (and three guesses who he's referring to in this clip, and the first two don't count)...

Watch Obama eviscerate the pedophile führer without ever saying his name. 😳👇 pic.twitter.com/mdo21ot78V

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) March 7, 2026

...and I’ve been looking for a way to give former DHS Secretary Kristi (“Unsafe At Any Speed”) Noem the treatment she deserves now that she’s no longer in the role she was grossly unqualified for, and I think this offering from Mr. Newberger takes care of that nicely...



...and happy belated 80th birthday to Peter Wolf of the J. Geils Band.

Monday Stuff

Farron Cousins tells us about Trumpette spokes-liar Karoline Leavitt’s total meltdown in responding to a pretty damn valid question from CNN’s Kaitlan Collins about SecDef Kegseth complaining about the front-page coverage of the deaths of our service members as part of Operation Epstein Fury...Leavitt is just another lickspittle in this regime of grifters and frauds who is COMPLETELY AND TOTALLY out of her depth (and I give Cousins a pretty “wide berth” on this stuff, but as contemptible as Leavitt is, I think commenting on her pregnancy is a bit of a violation...also, when it comes to Leavitt, we shouldn’t forget this)...



...and Belle tells us here about MAGA Mike Johnson slipping up a bit on his talking points, referring to the “Defense Department,” which actually is correct, even though it has been rebranded in wretched Trumpist fashion as the “War Department” (which is what it was actually called up until about 80 years ago, surprisingly enough)...”Imagine how committed you have to be to making the president look bad to get hit by a missile for it” indeed...and yeah, SecDef Kegseth keeps referring to this as a war, which in fact is what it is of course (and indeed, there’s no reason to assume that this regime is telling the truth about ANYTHING, especially this)...



...oh, and just as a reminder, we get new DHS Secretary Markwayne (“We Haven’t Declared A War”) Mullin trying to tap dance in front of the Beltway media over the Iranian slaughter...and once again, I must have missed the memo where Iran officially declared war on this country (and by the way, let’s not forget that Mullin ran a plumbing business and did not serve)...and God almighty, is John Fetterman ever an embarrassment (and I’m sorry, but at this point, he should be able to upgrade his wardrobe)...and I applaud Sam Seder for his objection to the phrase “boots on the ground,” because that DOES mean actual people of course (though I personally think Emma Vigeland gets a little carried away at the end, laughing at folks dealing with impairment)...



...and Davis Shuster of Rebel HQ lets us know that Cantaloupe Capone apparently is big mad that Judge Winebox hasn’t been able to prosecute his political opponents, including some typical joke of a case about whether or not former President Biden used an autopen when he shouldn’t have to issue pardons (God almighty, make this make sense somehow)...no issue with Michael D. Schmidt of the NYT, I should point out; he’s trying to report this madness as straight as he can...and I have to admit that I’m shocked NOT to hear Cancun Cruz parroting the Trumpian line that the war with Iran was to take out their nuclear facilities, with the Texas mistake pointing out that Iran apparently didn’t have them any longer after we bombed them the first time (last June that is...and I’m not a life sciences professional, but I still think that something is clinically wrong with Nancy Mace)...



...and I’ll let Mr. Newberger handle another war-related story (NSFW/H – and there’s this too, let’s not forget)...



...and RIP Country Joe McDonald (also NSFW/H of course...hopefully past isn’t prologue, but we’ll see – ugh).

Friday Stuff

This BBC report discusses our “is it or isn’t it really a war” we’re currently waging...yep, Generalissimo Trump cited an “imminent threat” from Iran, with no specifics of course...oh, and #47 said the war isn’t about “regime change,” but Defense Secretary Kegseth said that the Iranian regime “did change”...I’m old enough to remember Repugs actually getting the messaging straight when they decided to wage illegal wars of choice...and as I know I’ve said before, how dumb do you have to be to take The Tangerine Toddler at his word on ANYTHING, especially this (when it comes to his claim that Iran would attack first)...”wars can be fought forever, and very successfully,” says Cadet Bone Spurs; I hope everyone who supported this demented lunatic in ’24 continues to feel proud of themselves – I’m sure they do (and Couch Boy is another lying fraud of course)...



...and Mehdi Hasan provides some well-thought-out commentary IMO on this story...Hasan draws 3 parallels between what Vlad The Butcher has done in Ukraine and what Bronzer Beelzebub is doing in Iran, including bombing schools and hospitals...we’re treated again to Markwayne Mullin and Anna Paulina Luna-tic and their “oh we’re bombing the crap out of this country but it’s not a war” spiels; also, saying Iran had declared war on us (prior to our attack on them) is A FLAT-OUT STINKING LIE!!!...stop “Putin-izing” indeed...



...and turning to domestic matters, Robert Reich brings us some reality on who’s mainly collecting supplemental nutrition assistance program (SNAP) benefits (children, the elderly, and people with disabilities)...also, many folks collecting SNAP benefits DO work, but their wages are so low that they have to rely on SNAP just to eat (and we also have a clip of Sen. Grasshole of Iowa spouting off about how the lazy “poors” supposedly won’t work, which HE apparently thinks is the problem)...also, it doesn’t surprise yours truly to learn that every dollar spent on SNAP generates $1.50 in economic activity...and why am I not shocked in any way to hear that “Christian” fraud MAGA Mike Johnson say they’re not cutting SNAP when 4 million people have lost that benefit?...and oh yeah, let’s also not forget that the “pay no price, bear no burden” bunch have managed to evade $160 billion in taxes every year, which could easily pay for SNAP with money to spare...



...and Brittany Page lets us know about Trumpist Surgeon General nominee Casey Means wanting to ban birth control, which is straight out of Project 2025 and The Heritage Foundation as Page points out...is it too much to ask that the Surgeon General be an actual doctor who has matriculated through a course of study?? Apparently for our Trumpist overlords, it is...and Means is yet another charlatan criticizing the “medical establishment” while also trying to profit from “wellness” products...and I realize that I don’t have the right to comment on Means’s bodily autonomy (despite what Means wants to do to other women in this country), but if she birthed her first child in her late ‘30s, she likely had the kind of medical care that might not be necessary for younger women since pregnancy gets more and more problematic the older women get (I can say that much anyway)...and God, “Tuckums” looks just so thoughtful and intelligent, doesn’t he, as he listens to Means discuss female biology...and yeah, what Means says is a pretty damn similar flavor as to what this Doug Wilson troglodyte spouts about the role of women, or whatever...and oh yeah, this Means person basically tries to call out Dem U.S. Senator Patty Murray who asks a pretty-much-common-sense question about birth control, but being a good little Trumpette, Means has to cop an attitude instead of trying to answer...credit to Page for telling her story, which takes guts...



...and Jonathan Pie offers his take on our war with Iran...interesting to consider that British PM Keir Starmer could be getting heat for not being servile enough to Our Great Orange Warlord; I’m definitely not an expert in UK politics which are pretty “rough and tumble,” I should note...glad to hear Pie conflate the religious extremists in Iran with those in this country because, as far as I’m concerned, they’re both cut from the same awful cloth, though I’ll grant that nutjobs in this country have killed fewer people than those in Iran (NSFW/H)...



...and happy 80th birthday to David Gilmour of Pink Floyd.