Authoritarians claim the power not just to tell all of our stories but to select the definitive story that says who we are, what our nature, why we're here, in order to cast themselves as both forever hero protagonists while also endlessly victimized.

Headlines You Never Expected To See (a la Mad magazine): "White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt told reporters Thursday that President Trump does not want to execute members of Congress." thehill.com/homenews/adm...

Masked CBP agents, you keep threatening protesters with 18 USC 111. Have you seen "The Princess Bride"? I do not think it means what you think it means.

Take heart.

David Bier (of Cato) tweeted that CBP apparently instructed agents to threaten witnesses with arrest for recording arrests. Now it's blowing whistles and horns. "There are a number of nearly identical instances of this exact threat.” It continues in North Carolina. digbysblog.net/2025/11/20/o...

Hysterical. www.404media.co/ukraine-is-j...

Feting a Saudi butcher, suggesting Washington Post journalist Jamal Khashoggi had earned dismemberment, and calling a female reporter “piggy” are only some of the items on Donald Trump’s lowlights reel from the last week. digbysblog.net/2025/11/19/d...

@ramirez.house.gov: We know that every American deserves a safe, dignified, secure retirement, especially after working year after year after year, paying taxes, contributing to programs like Social Security and Medicare, like my parents did.

"Oftentimes"? Oftentimes men commit rape. We don't slam *random* men to the pavement and handcuff them because oftentimes men commit crimes. In the U.S., we arrest particular individuals based on specific suspicions and evidence. Unless you're Bovino. Got any, Greg? Put up or shut up.

How many dogs will it take to eat Donald Trump's Epstein homework?

A video from Charlotte shows Border Patrol agents pointing an assault rifle at a woman’s head before breaking her car window and arresting her and a passenger, both American citizens. Do these unprofessionals get their training over Zoom or over the weekend? digbysblog.net/2025/11/18/a...

Black Friday Now Brown Friday Watch your backs in church (and while shopping). DHS reportedly has plans "to target Spanish-speaking churches across the country during the upcoming holiday season." digbysblog.net/2025/11/18/b...

How many dogs will it take to eat Donald Trump's Epstein homework?

ICE pays trackers $300 for immigrant addresses “Every crime that goes uninvestigated is on this administration for diverting law enforcement capacity toward Stephen Miller’s political fantasies rather than true public safety.” - Cong. Hispanic Caucus Chair Espaillat www.404media.co?ref=daily-st...

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How far do you think those @DHSgov signing bonuses will carry you once no other employer will hire you with CBP/ICE in your work history? @CMDROpAtLargeCA @AGPamBondi @Sec_Noem @TriciaOhio www.ice.gov/join

How far do you think those @DHSgov signing bonuses will carry you once no other employer will hire you with CBP/ICE in your work history? @CMDROpAtLargeCA @AGPamBondi @Sec_Noem @TriciaOhio www.ice.gov/join

🎼 H-A-double-L-I--O-M-G spells Halligan Conduct was it willful or just reckless? Grounds for a dismissal, was I feckless? H-A-double-L-I--O-M-G, you see Is a name and misconduct that's likely connected with, Halligan, That's me! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...

Amateur Hour From Digby: "The U.S. Justice Department is falling apart at the seams. And with every day that passes it gets worse as they fire people for failing to show fealty to Donald Trump and the rest of the competent people get out while the getting’s good." digbysblog.net/2025/11/17/e...

2.5% of CBP's 614 Chicago arrests had criminal histories presenting a “high public safety." Gregory Bovino declared "many" of the 81 arrested in Charlotte so far did too. Among the "worst of the worst," he posted pics of people with DUIs and a standing removal order. digbysblog.net/2025/11/17/s...

The once and future god-emperor of Mar-a-Lago is a chocolate mess. Wag the dog, wag the pardon, investigate enemies, blow up a boat, invade another U.S. city. Could it be that the prospect of the Epstein files going public has Trump's troubled mind even more troubled? digbysblog.net/2025/11/17/t...

Has the dog (he doesn't own) eaten @realDonaldTrump's Epstein files yet?

2.5% of CBP's 614 Chicago arrests had criminal histories presenting a “high public safety." Gregory Bovino declared "many" of the 81 arrested in Charlotte so far did too. Among the "worst of the worst," he posted pics of people with DUIs and a standing removal order. digbysblog.net/2025/11/17/s...

🎼 H-A-double-L-I--O-M-G spells Halligan Conduct was it willful or just reckless? Grounds for a dismissal, was I feckless? H-A-double-L-I--O-M-G, you see Is a name and misconduct that's likely connected with, Halligan, That's me! www.nytimes.com/2025/11/17/u...

The once and future god-emperor of Mar-a-Lago is a chocolate mess. Wag the dog, wag the pardon, investigate enemies, blow up a boat, invade another U.S. city. Could it be that the prospect of the Epstein files going public has Trump's troubled mind even more troubled? digbysblog.net/2025/11/17/t...

The insurance lawyer isn't up to the job. www.politico.com/news/2025/11...

CBP/ICE: They’re Here Bovino’s hired thugs terrorize Charlotte digbysblog.net/2025/11/16/c...

If you want people to believe a different story, you have to tell a different story. And more than tell it. People learn by example. They must be shown the truth that, for example, immigrants are awesome, respecting other races is rewarding, working people generate our wealth, and so on.

Operation Anybody Else Trump acts like a cat obsessively scraping the sides of the litter box to hide any signs of poop he’s already covered up. He is desperate not only to derail release of government-held Epstein files but to change the subject to anyone but him. digbysblog.net/2025/11/15/o...

Trump’s people are usually pretty snappy about shouting, “Yes, sir! How high?” whenever he says jump. AG Pam Bondi was off her game on Friday. So let's tighten it up with a little friendly competition. digbysblog.net/2025/11/15/t...

Operation Anybody Else Trump acts like a cat obsessively scraping the sides of the litter box to hide any signs of poop he’s already covered up. He is desperate not only to derail release of government-held Epstein files but to change the subject to anyone but him. digbysblog.net/2025/11/15/o...

Trump’s people are usually pretty snappy about shouting, “Yes, sir! How high?” whenever he says jump. AG Pam Bondi was off her game on Friday. So let's tighten it up with a little friendly competition. digbysblog.net/2025/11/15/t...

Smithers, Fetch My Sharpie! Those feckless poors want *food* again digbysblog.net/2025/11/14/s...

Reports of Gen Z bro-ification are greatly exaggerated. digbysblog.net/2025/11/14/t...

Donald Trump is one banana short of a republic. Expect an executive order requiring citizens and visitors to change their underwear every half-hour. www.washingtonpost.com/business/202...

“Griftopia” spoke of two Americas, one for the grifter class and one for everybody else. In everybody-else land…the government is something to be avoided.” For the grifter class, government is “a tool for making money.” Guess where Trump and his MAGA cronies live? www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

It’s not as if pay-for-play is not a Beltway tradition. It’s just that in Trumpish “like you’ve never seen” tradition, the grift is out in the open. digbysblog.net/2025/11/13/o...

Tokyo Rose Garden is having a bad week. www.comicsands.com/leavitt-trum...

MAGA’s Lucy And The Football MAGA wanted it. Trump promised it. They fell for it. digbysblog.net/2025/11/13/m...

When Jeffrey Epstein thinks *you're* the scumbag.

“Would you declassify the Epstein files?” "Yeah, yeah, I would," Donald Trump said on "Fox & Friends Weekend" on June 3, 2024.

Given White House pardon activity & concierge treatment for Ghislaine Maxwell, I’m not confident that reopening the House, swearing in Grijalva, and voting to release the Epstein files will actually shake them loose. I half expect a “the dog ate my homework” incident. digbysblog.net/2025/11/12/w...

This is what Trump's digital flop sweat looks like. www.nytimes.com/2025/11/12/u...

"Not a cent for health care, but Republicans wrote in a corrupt cash bonus of at least $500k each.” @SenatorHagerty & @MarshaBlackburn taking corruption to new levels with this self-dealing. www.ksl.com/article/5140...

NEW: ProPublica examined months of Fox News’ coverage and reviewed over 700 videos posted on social media. The network used five-year-old footage, mislabeled other dates and implied footage from elsewhere was in Portland.

Convince me we're not living in an extended Monty Python sketch satirizing American democracy. www.bbc.com/news/article...

Donald is MAGA’s Godfather. Some day he may call on those he pardons to do him another service. digbysblog.net/2025/11/11/w...

Donald Trump has no ideology. The man is all appetite and instinct. So when Trump suddenly discovers “affordability” the way last year he introduced the press to the word “groceries,” he has not developed late-life empathy for poorer people. He’s reacting to a threat. digbysblog.net/2025/11/11/c...