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).
