Jimmy Kimmel absolutely NAILS it here:

Ag. Sec. Brooke Rollins, on the farming crisis: “The relief is coming…. It really is a golden age just right around the corner.” Sound familiar? "Just around the corner
 There's a rainbow in the sky
 So let's have another cup of coffee
 And let's have another piece of pie" — 🎵 Irving Berlin, 1932

Michael McFaul, a former US ambassador to Russia, says not to make too much of Trump's statement against Europe and NATO, because the Dems are poised to take control in 2026 & '28. McFaul is naïve. The US/EU alliance is over, because the US reverses itself every 4-8 years and can't be trusted.

ALL of this! YES!

"Pete Hegseth is NOT qualified for his position, by experience, maturity or judgment.” — Ret. Army JAG Lt. Col. Dan Maurer

"... Trump and his cronies have openly rejected the world based on shared values of equality and democracy for which Americans fought in WWII. ... [t]hey are building a world dominated by a small group of elites close to Trump, who are raking in vast amounts of money from their machinations."

Sen. Murray: "An ICE agent lured Wilmer out of his home by posing as a construction worker who claimed to have hit Wilmer’s car and needed him to step outside. Another agent, accompanied by a dog, was hiding nearby and released the dog on Wilmer shortly after he stepped outside.”

Tiedrich: "have you ever noticed that every time the cultists want to show an image of Dear Leader helping someone, it has to be ginned up by AI? "hey MAGA — why don’t you show a real photo of Donny being helpful? oh that’s right: there aren’t any."

Trump signed an EO in January saying that a child born in the US is not a US citizen if at least one of the parents was not a US citizen at the time of the birth. This applies to 4 of his 5 children. Wives 1 & 3 were NOT US citizens when Don Jr, Eric, Ivanka and Barron were born.

If the Fourteenth Amendment isn’t real then Section 3 isn’t real either and the justices are suddenly just people in funny clothes.

"Since the '80s, the Rs have been saying government should be run like a company. When Bush & Cheney were elected, they said, 'This is great. We’ve got two CEOs. They can run the country like a company.' Well, companies aren’t run for the public good. Companies are run to make money for somebody.”

In their confirmation hearings, RFK Jr pledged he would not be anti-vax, Hegseth said he respected women serving in leadership positions in the military, and Bondi said she would not weaponize DOJ against Trump’s political enemies.

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Deplorable: At Miriam Adelson's conference on Dec. 2, Hillary Clinton berated the young people worldwide who are speaking out about Gaza, saying they should learn Israel’s complicated history instead of relying on the video reports they’re seeing on social media — reports she called “propaganda.”

Hegseth says he didn't order the 2nd strike, but it OBVIOUSLY comported with his desires and goals, because he did not refer the person who orchestrated the strike to be court-martialed. That makes him, as the top person in command of the mission, complicit.

Where’s the CBS News town hall focused on the Democrats assassinated in Minnesota?

Funny how a Democratic representative waits more than 2 months to be sworn in, while a Republican representative is sworn in less than 48 hours after the polls close.

Kristi Noem at yesterday’s televised cabinet meeting: “Sir, you made it through hurricane season without a hurricane. You kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that.”

Richardson: "The news of last Friday, November 28, that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth told a Joint Special Operations commander overseeing an attack on a small vessel carrying 11 people on September 2 to “kill everybody” is shaping up to be a fight over control of the United States government."

Thom Hartmann: "Wealth in this country has become so intertwined with our mythologies of genius, destiny and merit that we’ve ended up elevating into near-sainthood (and electing to high office) some of the least thoughtful, least competent, and least self-aware people..."

Jeff Tiedrich nails it here:

Examples of Trump's ignorance and illiteracy: He thinks people seeking asylum are seeking mental health treatment. He thinks granting amnesty to the undocumented means pardoning them for committing crimes. He thinks being anti-woke means this:

1 TON has ~907K grams. ~1 gram of cocaine can be fatal. Over 20 yrs, former Honduran Pres Juan Orlando Hernández brought over 500 TONS of cocaine to the U.S. He was sentenced to 45 years in prison. Trump has pardoned & released him from prison. While mass murdering fisherman as "narcoterrorists."

During the shutdown, the Senate approved adding $32B to Trump's already record breaking $1 trillion Pentagon budget. The Senate still hasn't voted on extending ACA subsidies — which would cost $35B. It’s not about what this country can or can’t afford. It’s about priorities.

According to the Washington Post, "According to the Washington Post, Pistol Pete gave the specific order to kill everybody [even the survivors floating in the water], and so they did. Although in his defense, you know, we’ve all done some crazy stuff when we’re drunk."

The internet's abuzz with "Who's that lady?" conjecture, because Trump's people are getting sloppy. Melania's "Cousin It" appearance — dark sunglasses and hair obscuring her face — is easy to replicate, but lately the stand-in's body shape is wrong, and she's *gasp* holding Trump's hand! BUSTED!!!

here's today's post: "piss-drunk embarrassment finds his fall guy" — Chickenshit Pete will betray you in a heartbeat. thanks for reading, and please sign up for my daily newsletter to keep getting the good stuff —

I helped build the vetting system they’re blaming. We are not seeing imported extremism. We are seeing American-made radicalization, created by the Trump policies that claim to “fix it.”

And what of those guys who were bombed, survivors found in the water, picked up and brought back home (not arrested). How does this fit into the narrative?

Important reminder: Pete Hegseth has NO idea who is on these small fishing boats, which are designed for brief excursions only. They couldn't POSSIBLY cross 1,000 miles of ocean to reach the US. It is illegal, immoral and depraved to KILL these civilians.

Headline from The Guardian, Dec. 1: “Trump reportedly gave Maduro ultimatum to relinquish power in Venezuela” — What am I missing here? How is this ANY different from Putin invading Ukraine?

"... a system of corruption in which a network of ruling elites use the institutions of government to steal public assets for their own private gain. It permits virtually unlimited theft while the head of state provides cover for his cronies through pardons and the uneven application of the law."

"the whole gist of Pete’s book is that— Aren’t we just better off winning our wars according to our own rules?! Who cares what other countries think. Bacon’s insistence that Piss-Drunk Pete has some kind of conscience that would prevent him from committing ahem alleged war crimes is farcical."

The Supreme Court empowered billionaires, blocked voters, and ran interference.

“One of those working most closely with Epstein, up to and including attempting to scrub his public image, was Bannon…Bannon, the man millions of MAGA fans trust to tell it like it is, stands revealed as one of the most cynical liars ever to mar this country.” www.thebulwark.com/p/steve-bann...

Remember in 2000 when Al Gore was repeatedly misquoted as having said he invented the internet and that was seen the eyes of many as disqualifying him from office? Simpler times. Today, Trump makes up lies equivalent to "I invented the internet" 30 times a week and no one bats an eye. Good job media

“Ah, just one more thing, sir. You’re blowing up those boats, saying they’re filled with drugs headed for the US. But then you go and pardon the guy who brought in 400 tons of cocaine. That’s billions of doses. Help me understand that.”

President Biden - never stopped being presidential even after going through cancer treatment, showing great leadership and stamina. The felon couldn't be bothered being presidential, is destroying our country and pardons criminals like himself.

Equal parts gangster and gong show at MAGA DOJ.

This absurd pardon shows the murderous boat bombings were never about stopping drugs

Creating a military conflict with Venezuela gives this administration a legal "hook" to invoke the Alien Enemies Act. In other words, the foreign war is being manufactured in order to facilitate court deference for its domestic mass deportation policy. It's a Stephen Miller Special.

The “kill them all” order by SecDef Hegseth would be a textbook war crime even if the original attack had been legal.

GUARDIAN: “Per head, 🇺🇸 output is six times China’s, and yet, inexplicably, there seem to be more abjectly poor Americans than Chinese. 🇺🇸 inequality is breathtaking… keeps getting worse…” Wanting to address this isn’t radical. NOT wanting to is. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The era we are living in offers too many illustrations of greed, narcissism, and hatefulness. But I still believe we can recommit ourselves to serving the common good of all Americans. [Artwork by Jennifer Bloomer]

At what point will the press corps, as a chorus, in unison, just shout back, “THATS NOT TRUE”! What are we doing?

Um, who is going to tell him that there's no such thing as a "permanent pause"? By definition, a pause is TEMPORARY. Then again, we're talking about someone who doesn't understand what a tariff is. It's no surprise that one of his former teachers said he simply couldn't be taught.