Another craven institutional capitulation to creeping authoritarianism as Disney takes Jimmy Kimmel off the air. And the freakin’ fascists hadn’t even started to push very hard yet. This is what Timothy Snyder warns not to do in “On Tyrrany.”

Dontcha Just Hate Speech? More massive Trumpist incompetence on display this week as Pam Bondi totally steps in it with some impassioned remarks inspired by some of the tasteless Charlie Kirk mockery. She bravely bragged about how she will gladly crush such “hate speech” “on both sides of the 1/2

Saint Charlie For verily he said unto them, “Readeth between my lines…” The sanctification of Charlie Kirk has really been something to behold.

The moment when it becomes most difficult, perhaps even impossible, to tell the truth, is the moment when it is most critically important to tell it. open.substack.com/pub/charlies...

In the rush to be first, mainstream media has been false. America deserves only the facts and accurate reporting from its journalists.

OOPSKI! Another Russian drone incursion into NATO airspace on the heels of the Poland incident Tuesday is no mistake, despite Dear Leader’s willingness to brush it aside as a mere “mistake” earlier this week. Some say that Putin is sending Donald a message. Ya think? More like a one-finger salute.

Narrative Forensics The MAGAverse is in a massive State of Denial about Dear Leader’s signature on the page in that disgusting Epstein Birthday Book.

Cue the next Tulsi Gabbard accusation!

Sicko-fant Even the gutless GOP senators who originally voted to confirm this douchebag were visibly put off by the flagrant assholery displayed in the hearings yesterday. These people are an embarrassment to the United States on the world stage. The worm would be a better choice for HHS secretary.

How timely! I posted this drawing earlier today and then just now came across this new Neil Young song for the very first time.

Back to School Class: let’s begin with a short lesson, shall we?

Very well written. Spot on.

This piece excellently expresses a state of mind that I can entirely relate to: a constant undercurrent of simmering outrage over the daily, incremental harms that Trump and Trumpism are effecting on our country, our communities, our lives, our liberties and our institutions.

Put Lipstick On It What WAS that on Friday? To me, it looked like some form of foreign policy amateur hour. Red carpets? One of the things that struck me the most was Trump greeting Putin with what looked to me like the broadest smile I’ve ever seen on that mango visage.

Cop Out, Call Up The glaring hypocrisy is so bluntly obvious, it’s been normalized for so long now, but we must not look away. Yes, the impetuous acting out on impulses by this irresponsible man-child is now our daily diet. It seems that our timeline really pulled one of history’s shorter straws,

American Phony Last Friday, JD Vance weighed in on the Sydney Sweeney jeans ad controversy. Vance claimed that left had come “unhinged” about it, but I had to google it to find out WTF he was even talking about. And then yesterday, Dear Leader piled on. Sometimes a cigar is just a cigar and 1/2

The Orange Queen Every day, Trumpism chews away at the institutional infrastructure of the United States. The firing of the commissioner of the Bureau of Labor Statistics because Dear Leader didn’t like the reported results marks another dark day as we witness the value of truth in America crumble.

NosferFU Another horror show committed in the United States Senate this week, where they confirmed this hyper-partisan creep to a Federal Appeals Court judgeship. The Trumpist ass-kissing senators were evidently not bothered by his reported contempt for the courts, 1/2

Fed Up Dear Leader and sycophantic sidekick Senator Tim Scott seemed to have planned an ambush in front of the cameras during the visit to the Federal Reserve renovation site. Trump tried to pass a casual comment that the project was about half a billion over budget by including the cost of 1/3

Orangeskins Just how stupid is this timeline we’re living in?

Tulsi Faketard Can it be any more obvious that despite two expensive, years-long investigations, Tulsi Gabbard just happens to produce a “report” that is undoubtedly intended to distract the MAGA hordes from the Epstein File rages that even Dear Leader seems unable to quench?

They’re Stupid People: Stupid and Weak Dear Leader on concerns about the administration’s failure to release Epstein files as long promised: "It's all been a big hoax. It's perpetrated by the Democrats and some stupid Republicans, and foolish Republicans fall into the net…They're stupid people."

Another Scottblurt The tweet is exactly what Scott Adams posted on Xitter earlier today. I will admit, many years ago, I got quite a kick out of Scott Adams. Not anymore.

Kashing Out

This is a really good interview, well worth the time. It’s been increasingly clear to me that Anne Applebaum may be one of the most insightful political analysts we have these days, particularly on the stunning authoritarian drift in the United States, on par with Timothy Snyder.

Rodeo Clown Now Taco says he won’t be issuing any more extensions. I sure wouldn’t bet on that.

But, It’s Gettin’ There What started out as a doodle on the morning of Independence Day evolved into something more involved and it got darker as I progressed. July 4th mood.

Paramounted Waking up to another news day on Wednesday, needing to stifle a gag reflex. Perhaps the sickest part of this latest institutional capitulation is that CBS News did nothing wrong, by all accounts they would have easily won in court. The inference of what appears to be open extortion 1/3

Slackers I can’t believe they just left the birthright citizenship issue hanging. It’s so blatantly unconstitutional. The judicial system is slow enough already. When you have a major question before you, decide it!

Obliteration Conniption One more instance of our national leaders traveling abroad making an embarrassing spectacle of themselves. And Hegseth came home and did it some more this morning.

A Bomb Nomination

My brain is breaking a little. The Cato Institute us saying ICE is going too far

Summer is Yard Sale time ...

Ham / Nit Two weeks to be in the spotlight, where he always wants to be. As the rest of the world waits for a nitwit to decide whether or not he wants to roll the dice on comitting the nation to a war. Where the hell is Congress??!

45 Million Dollar Burn What if you gave yourself a pointless $45 million dollar parade, and nearly nobody came? That would burn, wouldn’t it?

Takedown

Vax Facts “Health Secretary RFK Jr. removed all the members of a key committee that recommends vaccines, and when and how often adults and children should get them…” Wall St. Journal, 6-9-25

Face-off What I immediately pictured when the Trump-Musk tussle exploded yesterday.

Abomination

It’s Nuts

Pollinator Commentator Obviously, the bees didn’t vote for this shit, either. MAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!

NOEM NOTHING Yesterday, under questioning in Senate hearings, the Secretary of Homeland Security batted her fake eyelashes as she completely bullshitted her way through an answer to a fundamentally basic question, particularly for someone leading a law enforcement agency: 1/4

Tricky Arithmetic

The Boss: telling it like it is Springsteen shining a light on the chaos, threats & injustices of the moment with hope and love in his heart for America 🇺🇸

Save Less, Live Worse Walmart announced today that the cost of tariffs are diving the company to raise prices on many products they sell, with increases beginning to take effect later this month and into the summer.

THIS IS HAPPENING. THE LARGEST MARCH IN AMERICAN HISTORY. BE PREPARED. JUNE 14th WE WILL MARCH EVERYWHERE!

When Pigs Fly

This is an excellent primer on habeas corpus that will help you process yesterday's yammerings spewed by that fascist, Trumpist asslick Stephen Miller.

He’s No Bargain

Dunno “I don’t know,” was the answer, when Trump was asked “don’t you need to uphold the Constitution of the United States as president?” in an interview by NBC News the other day. Remarkable.