Haven’t caught the Daily Show in some time, but this was a fun way summarize the insanity of Trump’s position(s) on Iran, perhaps worth sharing with the people in your life who don’t follow the news closely.

“The Communist party is afraid to tax inherited wealth” is quite a sentence. But perhaps we can convince the tech bro billionaires to all flee to China?

What could end up being the biggest bagholder exercise of all time — the Operation Overlord of jamming retail investors with a comically overpriced IPO — is opening up on several early fronts. www.ft.com/content/59ad...

My "I am not defending the killing of civilians in Minnesota by masked government agents carrying assault weapons” shirt is raising a lot of questions already answered by my shirt.

I will never, ever forget the Republicans and pundits who were like, ‘What’s the harm in humoring him’ back before he tried to overthrow the government and then went on to invade Venezuela, start a war with Iran …

“The Armada is in the mail, should be making its way to Iran any day now…”

Trump 2026: Like Stalin Except Senile

Lots of people blaming Israel (and obviously they deserve some responsibility here) but pay attention: MBS, the murderous autocrat *who gives the Trump family more $$$ in bribes than anybody else* also wants the war to continue!

The House should impeach him over the illegal war *and* trying to destroy NATO.

The acoustic guitarist in the lobby of the Montage is playing “Teenage Dirtbag” and my children surprised me by singing along, which has me wondering what their dad is playing on the way to the school in the mornings. 🤔

What now dipshit? (Trump being the dipshit)

NEW: A federal judge threw out a pair of subpoenas the Justice Department issued to the Federal Reserve, handing a victory to the Fed and dealing a heavy blow U.S. Attorney Jeanine Pirro's criminal investigation into Chair Jerome Powell. www.wsj.com/economy/cent...

The implication here is that a year of secret police crackdowns fueled by racial profiling have left thousands of sleeper agents unmolested, great stuff. *FOX NEWS RADIO AIRS TRUMP INTERVIEW RECORDED ON THURSDAY *TRUMP ON IRANIAN SLEEPER CELLS: THERE COULD BE MORE THAN 1,700

Spent the day touching grass (ok, snow) with the family. Have a great weekend Bluesky friends!

The Very Worst People. (Also a cool visual guide to the various factions propping up a deranged, senile president).

Bessent and Hegseth?

Has Mohamed El-Erian posted in support of an emergency rate cut to protect Fed credibility yet?

George Pearkes, my number one source for breaking economic news and *also* timely information about impossibly processed foods I’m absolutely going to be eating within the next 72 hours. Love to see the Mexican Pizza continuing to mix it up a bit, but not sure I can resist Doritos Chx Nuggets.🤔

Witkoff to CNBC: The Russians told us they aren't sharing intel with Iran. "We can take them at their word." AYFKM?

Is there a Pulitzer for photo selection? You can see on both sycophants’ faces how little they respect Trump as he prattles on like a deranged dementia patient.

Had to update my meme:

“The Strait of Hormuz isn’t actually closed, ships are just turning off their transponders” things really are grim if this is the best fiction that the copium lab can currently create

Move over TACO trade, it’s TOFU trade time now.

I regret to inform you that if tariffs were any guide equities need to go -20% soon to avoid more war, more damage to oil and gas infra and a more durable supply shock. The harder and faster we go down the faster the TACO and the sooner we go back up.

Also, now that the Dow is so far off of 50,000, I believe that according to the Pam Bondi Rule we are legally allowed to care about the Epstein Files again?

Perfection.

Appalling.

Trump saying it is OK that Russia is helping Iran kill Americans has even the most MAGA-addled unable to respond. They have nowhere to go, except express blind loyalty to their master. If he says it, it must be right.

The U.S. made this class of stunningly stupid, pudding-soft MAGA parasites who have managed to move through life without ever encountering genuinely meaningful pushback. This led them to starting this wildly dangerous war in Iran - and looks like their reality distortion field is no longer working.

Trump really doesn’t want Americans (especially his Fox News base) to hear anything negative about Putin, whom he’s always slobbering with praise.

Appalling, if accurate.

“U.S. pressure on Ukraine is encouraging Putin to keep fighting and refrain from making compromises necessary for an enduring peace….The way to end this war is not to rescue Putin from a failing campaign, but to help Ukraine make it fail faster.” wapo.st/4rS0tF6

Gotta give this one to Hagueseth— murdering all credible candidates to lead Iran is “a heck of a say in who runs Iran.”

To the crews of those tankers: good luck with the sea mines and drones, but don’t worry. If you’re attacked, your boss is insured.

Jared Polis, Gov of Colorado, just pardoned Tina Peters (a 2020 election conspiracist who broke the law) at the demand of Trump I’m shocked and sickened

Truly the Fyre Festival of strategic campaigns.

But other than that, things are going great!

For all its dire implications for the people of the Americas, it’s starting to seem like the worst impact of the Venezuela raid is how it convinced a handful of very powerful, very stupid men that they could dump the “risks” section of the analysis into the trash

I wanted to highlight the most humiliating part of this excerpt but it’s all so embarrassing I can’t choose just one sentence.

So the Trump admin has no plan to rescue stranded Americans but they are planning to send battleships to make sure oil shipments can reach their destinations safely?

Coverage of Trump's discussion of the war on Iran that he started is fairly lazy. That he's surprised that Iran is attacking its oil rich neighbors is quite damning. That he thinks the worst-case scenario is the leadership is replaced with a leader who is "no better" is acutely naive. Come on.

America right now:

Checking in on the 2025 FIFA Peace Prize laureate… Oh no, you’ll be shocked to discover he’s actually a deranged, bloodthirsty tyrant hysterically shrieking about how America is prepared to fight wars of aggression forever.

“The odds were against me, but somehow I just knew that betting on an airstrike ordered by the president of the United States would hit,” said President Donald Trump

“Get out as fast as you can [but we won’t be sending any resources to evacuate you], good luck!”