Remember: it was like pulling teeth to get Republicans to fund the 9/11 Victim Compensation Fund. But it took them no time at all to create a $1.8 billion Insurrection Slush Fund to pay off the legal fees of the January 6th rioters who beat cops. These are sick, corrupt people.

Nothing makes someone look guiltier than forcing the Justice Department to promise never to investigate your taxes or prosecute you for anything they might find

Meta just paid its lowest ever effective tax rate, avoiding $13.7B in 2025 federal income taxes thanks to tax breaks and loopholes. But starting this week, Meta will begin laying off 10% of its workforce. More than 8,000 people will lose jobs as it ramps up AI investment. Trickle down hoax.

I say without hyperbole that this is the most brazenly corrupt action in US Presidential history. That it does not immediately lead to impeachment is a dangerous sign of how far the rule of law has declined.

Children: undefeated at simple honesty.

Who sent us to war with Iran and illegally raised tariffs? Donald Trump.

Operation Close the Strait of Hormuz is over. Time to launch Operation Open the Strait of Hormuz.

Waaiers bergop! #giro #blockhaus

Oh goodie! Last Time an El Niño Was This Bad, It Killed 50 Million People share.google/rVQdVakVa6vh...

This always amazes me. In a very reprehensible way...how these men went from making these statements to complicit enablers. They could have and should have been better.

You know, a President accusing a NYT reporter of committing treason just for asking a question is actually quite a big deal, and this bunch just standing there listening to it and doing nothing is not encouraging the public to think of journalism as a serious business or of words meaning anything.

Travis Kelce and Colin Jost joked about being the least famous person in their relationships!

In my view this is a risky response by Maga Mike. He is admitting the situation in Iran is causing inflation. Even if Iran decides to re-open the Straight of Hormuz, prices will not come down immediately if ever. Republikkkans own the inflation. Maga Mike has now acknowledged this.

Maga Mike didn't get the memo. The MAGA talking point is: "We don't think about the American people. Not even a little bit."

Uh...

Today's cartoon by Chris Britt:

INBOX: “Today @ofthebraveusa.bsky.social Home of the Brave launched a brand-new $200K billboard campaign bringing the following message to eight cities across the country: Trump is focused on his ballroom. Not your gas prices. Not your grocery prices. Not your healthcare. Not you."

Predictions of the mother of all super El Ninos keep getting worse This monster has the potential to tear global weather patterns apart and bring worldwide mayhem But are governments making plans to try and cope - uhhm, No

There are few things more difficult than departing from meeting with a client in I.C.E. detention. Wasn’t even permitted to speak with her because I didn’t have the funds to pay associated fees beforehand. To be clear, this is illegal. The Right to Counsel is clear. But the Rule of Law is dead. 🇺🇸

Because of Trump: Gas is more expensive. Groceries are more expensive. Health care is more expensive. But he doesn’t even think or care about you.

I’m quite enjoying no-fucks-given Senator Tina Smith.

Dear Democrats: This is your ad for the midterms

The Trump administration is FULL of liars. Spirit Airlines says the spike in fuel costs directly associated with Donald Trump's stupid war with Iran was the nail in their coffin. Not Joe Biden. Not Pete Buttigieg.

Why has he lost his viewers?

CNN is allowing the F word to be aired more and more. Just an observation.

In the 24 hours since the Supreme Court's majority ruled to demolish the Voting Rights Act's remaining protections, Louisiana and Tennessee have already signaled that they'll redraw their congressional maps with the clear effect of shutting Black voters out.

This is the only thing I think is funny about the Trump. And that's the fact he often is torturing Republicans publicly.

Anna Gomez (@agomezfcc.bsky.social) the FCC's lone Democratic official (because the GOP refuses to seat the other one), has a nice blunt statement about the attempt to fire Jimmy Kimmel for joking about the President's wife

The two party electoral system is once again the problem. You shouldn't have districts with voting. It should be proportional representation.

Pritzker: The decision by the Supreme Court today on the Voting Rights Act is an abomination. It is an attack on a crown jewel of our democracy. Illinois is the proud home to having sent more black congresspeople to Washington than any other state in the country. We're not going to stand for it.

The Voting Rights Act is essentially dead and it’s quite possible that we will, like when a similar SCOTUS gutted civil rights at the fall of Reconstruction, see a disappearance of much of the Black congressional representation, especially in the most heavily Black states, which are in the South.

If Pedo-Tchump's security is his driving issue, here's an idea:

Dear Karoline Leavitt, We'd stop comparing Trump to Hitler if he'd stop calling his political opponents "vermin," if he'd stop attacking other countries, if he'd stop calling an ethnic group "garbage," and if he'd stop having his masked thug army terrorize people and execute them in the streets.

The DOJ violates the Epstein Files Transparency Act on the daily. So I'm suing Todd Blanche. As a journalist, I cannot report accurately on the Epstein Files if I cannot even read them. I am represented by @brendanballou.bsky.social & we seek to hold the DOJ accountable for its noncompliance.

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📌Barack Obama was targeted 11 times in assassination attempts during this two terms. I bet you don't remember any of them because they were handled through proper channels, professionally, and he isn't a whiny bitch.

TRUMP: I'm not a rapist. I didn't rape anybody O'DONNELL: Oh, you think he was referring to you?

VIDEO: Trump is BIG MAD At Kash Patel For Hiding, Pete Hegseth For Being MIA and JD Vance For Being Taken to Safety First After "Assassination Attempt" Trump always focuses on what's important. #USA #Trump #uspoli open.substack.com/pub/deanblun...

The memes never me let down

This is brilliant

Time to share this again.

The Access of Evil

The first photo here is fake. A still from the same moment shows that Trump's head wasn't drooping like that. Also, he'd just adjusted his tie, which is why the guy two to the left of RFK is looking at him. Actual still at right. www.youtube.com/watch?v=1Ctx...

- De NAVO kiest de Zweedse Saab GlobalEye als vervanger van 14 Amerikaanse E-3 AWACS-vliegtuigen. Het besluit betekent een stap weg van Amerikaanse Boeing-systemen richting Europese alternatieven.