Friday Stuff (updates)

Lawrence O’Donnell correctly states “first, they lie” when it comes to police and deadly force, going back to an article O’Donnell wrote for the NYT in ’79...if our ruling cabal of criminals were looking for something to push the Epstein files out of the media – well, they sure found it...important background information from O’Donnell on what the SCOTUS has ruled that law enforcement can and cannot do, specifically in a case in the ‘80s saying that the cops don’t have carte blanche to shoot at vehicles whenever they feel like it...and the FBI has said that they won’t cooperate with Minnesota state law enforcement on the investigation into Renee Nicole Good’s murder; can you say whitewash, boys and girls?...and there were numerous prayer vigils for Good last night, including one in Hartford, CT that brought us another disgusting episode of our government run amok (here)...



Update 1: This makes it even clearer that Good was not posing a threat to those ICE Neanderthals (for Bluesky folks).

Update 2: This is a pic of Nicole Good moments before she was murdered with a bullet wound (at least one) in her head by Jonathan Ross of the ICE Gestapo. ZOMG, can’t you see how scary and threatening she was to these alleged manly men who she likely would have overpowered with superhuman strength by her act of deadly force? What, would she have launched an attack with her kids’ stuffed animals in her vehicle? (OK, snark mode off).

Update 3: As Chris Hayes on Bluesky says, please read this.

Update 4: This is one way to respond (from Minneapolis)...

Thousands of people gathered in Minneapolis after ICE Nazi Jonathan David Ross's MURDER of mother of three, Renee Nicole Good. 🙌🙏💪👏✊️👇 pic.twitter.com/HhWtnD650x

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) January 9, 2026

...and David Shuster of Rebel HQ reminds us about the Tangerine Toddler blowing up manufacturing, which shrank to the lowest level since about a year ago...and when corporate media flunkies on CNBC can’t even spin this as good news for Repugs, then you KNOW we have a problem...and once more, I don’t have faith that our bought-and-paid-for SCOTUS will hold Combover Caligula to account on this tariff madness...and under Biden “confidence, not bravado, did the heavy lifting” indeed...and if you’re dumb enough to take “Human Capital Stock” Kevin Hassett and Couch Boy seriously, then you might as well give up (and we also just found out about another paltry jobs report)...



...and Mike Figueredo of The Humanist Report cites a Princeton study on billionaires spending in elections post-Citizens United...Judd Legum does great reporting generally, and he nails it again on rich scumbag Paul Singer acquiring CITGO in November (a subsidiary of Venezuela’s state-run oil company) as a reason for our invasion of that country...report lists all of the ways that Singer is fluffing Dear Orange Leader, including going after U.S. House Repug Thomas Massie of Kentucky for his work on the Epstein discharge petition... billionaires’ collective wealth rose by $21 billion last year; naah, we don’t have a scheming kleptocracy on our hands...not much we don’t...44 of the 902 U.S. billionaires hold public office, which should be illegal as far as yours truly is concerned, but good luck keeping our wretched SCOTUS from preventing that...as much as I detest billionaires generally, I’m not comfortable with pre-emptively prosecuting them for that, to be honest...(NSFW/H)...



...and Farron Cousins tells us that Don The Con just cut off welfare funds to blue states, based on that utterly ridiculous video filmed by this right wing guttersnipe claiming (with no evidence) that there was fraud in Minnesota at a Somali-run day care center...actually, the decision to deprive funding to five states (here, including four that had nothing to do with this, and that would be California of course, Colorado, New York, and Illinois) came from HHS and Bobby Brainworms...Pumpkin Pol Pot continues to inflict relentless hardship on this country...



...and Dem U.S. House Rep Stephen Lynch goes after the Gropenfuhrer in the matter of “stolen valor” on renaming the Kennedy Center...I was wondering how long it was going to take for a Democrat to actually say something about that, but kudos to Lynch for doing the right thing...



...and yesterday marked the 15th anniversary of the near-fatal shooting of Dem congresswoman Gabby Giffords and the murders of federal judge John Roll and 9-year-old Christina Taylor Green (niece of one-time Phillies general manager Dallas Green), among others (here) – so damn much that still needs to be done to combat gun violence in this country, among the MANY issues neglected chiefly by elderly boomer conservatives (and I regularly interact with these people, so I think I have the right to say that)...



...and Ronny Chieng of The Daily Show gives us his take on the Minneapolis tragedy...Dog Killer Noem tries to be as disgusting and baldfaced of a liar as her boss, but she plainly can’t pull that off...and gee, for this Jonathan Ross guy to have apparently been almost run over, he sure was “quick on the draw” to SHOOT AN UNARMED WOMAN POSING NO GODDAMN THREAT RIGHT IN HER HEAD!!!...and why am I not one bit goddamn surprised that ICE did some cross-marketing BS with online gamers to try and get them hired to bust people’s heads in blue states? (and GREAT anti-ICE ad at the end)...



...and we lost The Thin White Duke 10 years ago tomorrow (I absolutely wore out “Station To Station” on 8-track...you can Google it...while driving around in my beat-up Dodge Dart back in the day...Update: Finally fixed the typo...sorry about that).

Thursday Stuff (update)

Well, they finally did it; those ICE neanderthals ACTUALLY KILLED SOMEBODY, and that would be a Minneapolis woman shot in the head, and Dem mayor Jacob Frey, in response, tells those monsters to “get the f*ck out”...ICE is indeed causing “chaos and mistrust” with their ongoing Gestapo-like behavior (Minneapolis Police Chief Brian O’Hara speaks also...more here)...so Pee Wee German, Mush Mouth Tom Homan and Dog Killer Noem are officially murderers now for instigating this (NSFW/H for a good reason)...



...and Chris Hayes offers his commentary, including the video of the killing, which generated a still-greater torrent of despicable lies from our outlaw regime about the ICE execution of “terrorist” Renee Nicole Good...I guess the “weapons” she employed were BLOOD-STAINED STUFFED FREAKING ANIMALS FOR HER CHILD!!! And I think recalling the George Floyd protests is an apt response (slightly NSFW/H also)...



Update: We have a name; Jonathan Ross...

...so what is the person ultimately responsible for this sickening tragedy up to? Why, he’s telling supremely spineless House Repugs that “I’m smarter than you” and in the next breath, “I wish you could explain to me what the hell is going on” (a rare moment of honesty...oh, riiight; he meant “with the public”)...more testimony to the craven, supine acquiescence from our elected officials for the benefit of Dear Orange Leader (and I can completely believe that #47 went after Maduro because the latter imitated the dance of the former)...and God Almighty, the freaking accordion hands again!!! And he’s actually right about having “the most unbelievable four years,” but not remotely in the way he imagines...and I’m glad Jesse Dollemore laid some of this at the feet of the utterly worthless Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries, since blame needs to be doled out to them also for almost completely failing to meet the moment...NSFW/H also...



...and this report from the CBC tells us that it’s now mandatory for all incoming and outgoing travelers to and from this country, including Canadians, to participate in a facial biometrics program...something tells me this is a bad idea, though I admit that I don’t have any evidence on that (though I definitely DO NOT trust our regime to NOT misuse this information)...if nothing else, this will make travel to this country more cumbersome than it is already...however, requiring tourists to submit five years of social media history before entering this country is genuinely ridiculous...

...and Kyle Kulinksi brings us MS NOW host Ayman Mohyeldin calling out MAGA harpie Anna Paulina Luna over her lies about our war with Venezuela...I know we’re going to hear over and over again about fentanyl coming from Venezuela, which ISN’T A GODDAMN THING!!! Oh, and Maduro allegedly put out a “hit” on Little Marco? OK, if you have a case to make, then seek Maduro’s extradition...but YOU CAN’T because YOU HAVE NO GODDAMN CASE, DO YOU???!!! (another NSFW/H video)...



...and happy upcoming 70th birthday to Shawn Colvin.

Wednesday Stuff

Brian Tyler Cohen gives us Little Marco Rubio dishing up a whole bunch of word salad in response to the question from George Stephanopoulos about what the legal authority is for the U.S. seizing another sovereign nation THAT DID NOT FREAKING ATTACK US, despite the BS claims about “drug boats” (Obama NatSec advisor Ben Rhodes provides commentary also)...”going back to the early 1900s” indeed...Cohen “brings the receipts” on Rubio’s cowardice big time at the end (NSFW/H)...



...and Mrs. Scar and some of her crew discuss a joint statement from NATO countries in response to Cheetoh Hitler’s statements about seizing Greenland; trying to do that would be catastrophic and firmly place this country on a list of rogue nations (with David French – I’ve had issues with French in the past on other matters, but he’s 100 percent spot-on here, particularly in his comment about nationalism devolving into militarism)...Douglas Brinkley makes a good point about Rubio’s animus towards Cuba playing into our Venezuelan misadventure...



...and the following clip from David Pakman about the Gropenfuhrer claiming to end 8 wars is a particularly bad joke at this moment (not blaming Pakman, I wish to emphasize)...by that measure, it looks like Obama actually ended about 15 (ketchup-tossing explosion incoming in 5, 4, 3, 2...)...Pakman’s list is pretty comprehensive, and no, I don’t call that “ending wars” either, but let’s give President Hopey Changey credit if those are the ground rules, OK?...



...and lost a bit in the news cycle (by design, I’m sure) was Jack Smith’s recent testimony about all of the interactions between #47 and his minions over trying to steal the ’20 election, particularly in the Senate, along with Meth Head Bannon...as Brando says, all the facts and the details are all still there; all it takes now is the political will to prosecute the guilty individuals, up to and including Cantaloupe Capone (mildly NSFW/H)...



...and with all of the madness ongoing in Venezuela and elsewhere in the world, let’s not forget about the story Mr. Newberger reminds us of here (I mean, the Tangerine Toddler WANTS us to forget about it, as we know)...



...and yesterday marked what would have been the 80th birthday of Syd Barrett of Pink Floyd (going back to the hippy, dippy '60s for this one).

Tuesday Stuff

Belle of the Ranch gives us her take on Bronzer Beelzebub’s attack on Venezuela...yep, she pretty much sums it up by saying “you were played” into thinking this could somehow be about drug interdiction (spoiler alert: fentanyl comes into this country over land from Mexico)...bringing back the term “banana wars” is sadly spot-on also, as is the possibility of conflict with Iran, which would be a nightmare largely because of the caliber of the military opposition and the difficulty of the country’s landscape (and more is here for Bluesky folks)...



...and Richard Ojeda of Rebel HQ tells us about #47 pissing off his supporters, who most definitely (along with the rest of us) don’t want to see “boots on the ground” in another far off location, this time in Venezuela – I definitely have issues with Seth Moulton, but at least he served our country and he’s right to be speaking out now against this latest madness...also, I don’t know what the hell is up with Marjorie Taylor Greene, but I’m actually a little spooked by how much sense she’s making (though she’ll completely turn on a dime back to MAGA when the moment suits her)...also, don’t expect a sliver of sympathy from yours truly on MAGA disillusionment; how many of us warned last year that WE HAVE A MANIFESTLY DERANGED INDIVIDUAL RUNNING FOR PRESIDENT AGAIN, and we were told to pipe down because Biden looked bad in a debate...NSFW/H...



...and MS NOW’s Ana Cabrera reports on the Venezuelan attack with reporter David Noriega and AF Col. Jack Jacobs (Ret)...have to admit that I didn’t know what the electoral picture was in Colombia, but unfortunately we have to pay attention to that now because of Combover Caligula...didn’t realize how the saber-rattling about Greenland from our foul, fetid ruling regime would impact NATO, but that is indeed horrifying (once more, the “winner” of all of this resides in Moscow as far as yours truly is concerned)...and oh yeah, as Jacobs says, this may be sending a message to Japan (among others) that they’re on their own now (ugh)...



...and David Doel lets us know about MAGA getting caught spreading fake videos in the wake of our seizure of Venezuela, particularly the head of Nazi Xitter (corrected by his own AI, Grok)...good for Doel to capture “Tokyo Rose” Gabbard spreading more bullpucky on behalf of our ruling regime of grifters and frauds, as well as “bringing the receipts” on all of the times Cantaloupe Capone promised NO MOOORR WAAARRS...also, kudos to the Philly folk protesting this rogue action from Our Treasonous Orange Pustule (NSFW/H)...

...also, this took place five years ago today – just a reminder (and here is another related item for Bluesky folks)...



...and I don’t know much about this band except that they’re from New Zealand, but I like the melody and harmonies in this newer number to offset the winter doldrums a bit.

Monday Stuff

Antonia Hylton of MS NOW speaks with John Boyd, Jr., president of the National Black Farmers Association and a soybean farmer, about the $12 billion Cantaloupe Capone allegedly steered towards those who grow our food to offset #47’s disastrous tariffs...God almighty, Mr. Boyd went from about $16 a bushel to $8 during Mango Mussolini’s prior wretched reign, and now he can’t even harvest what he has since China isn’t buying and Boyd’s grain elevators are full...and Mr. Boyd couldn’t attend a White House meeting because of “DEI”? I should be surprised, but I’m not...I think Don The Con might have been more honest if he pledged “40 acres and a mule” to Mr. Boyd instead...



...and this clip from CBS This Morning brings us the story of 9 Montana state Repug lawmakers kicked out of their party for voting with Dems (on lower taxes and investing infrastructure...and try telling me again about “the intolerant left”)...looks like Medicaid reauthorization was the sticking point for the Montana white Nazi party GOP...



...and Jesse Dollemore lets us know that bankruptcies have soared to a 15-year high, chiefly because of those stinking tariffs from Pumpkin Pol Pot, with 717 companies filing for Chapter 7 or Chapter 11...one of Jesse’s good points is that businesses stocked up on their inventories to avoid paying higher prices for goods as mandated by those ridiculous tariffs, but now those inventories are running out and they’ll now have to pay higher prices as mandated by the tariffs, which will be yet another drag on this economy...hitting any sector of our economy is bad, but our clueless orange meat sack is doing a number on construction, which will be particularly detrimental, and it sounds like these bankruptcies are hitting small and large business alike – oh, peachy...and once more, we learn that whatever growth we’re getting in this wretched economy is from AI and high net worth people spending their dough...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen speaks with Marc Elias on more Stupid Voting Tricks from the Gropenfuhrer...apparently the USPS is now going to try and make sure any correspondence isn’t postmarked on the day it’s received, all in an effort to try and de-legitimize mail-in voting...Elias digresses a bit here to go after “60 Minutes,” but he’s right...good for Cohen to call this what it is, and that’s straight-up voter suppression, and good for Elias also to call out our wretched SCOTUS for whittling away at the right to vote, which should be sacrosanct...Elias points out that late mail-in ballots skew on the “D” side, which is exactly why Cheetoh Hitler and his minions are pulling this nonsense...



...and Jen Psaki of MS NOW interviews former prosecutor Barbara McQuade on our incursion into Venezuela – of course, we have to have President Nicolas Maduro get “perp walked” in Brooklyn, creating yet another awful precedent that may end up getting used against us one day (just like another country deciding to arbitrarily seize someone else in a similar manner)...one of McQuade’s great points is that stuff like this is SUPPOSED to be handled through an extradition request, in the manner in which we got the guy form Honduras...glad they mention Manuel Noreiga; I had issues with Poppy Bush to be sure, but I thought he pretty much knew what he was doing when it came to foreign matters (and no, I haven’t forgotten about the “Iraqi soldiers leaving babies out of incubators” propaganda use to justify Iraq War I as noted here)...



...and yesterday would have been the 80th birthday of soul singer Arthur Conley; this was his biggest hit.