I first thought she was just going to give him the Pease Prize Medal, but there he is in the photo holding the plaque. It'd be funny if it weren't so appalling.

So did María Corina Machado give Trump the plaque with her name on it, or just the money? If the Nobel committee doesn't withdraw the prize (because you aren't allowed to give them away), I'm going to have to put a big red X through their name too.

BTW, I doubt that Trump minds losing these lawsuits. It's like those Nigerian Prince emails: you don't have to get a hit very often to win big. Maybe his losses cheer us up a little, but it doesn't discourage him at all.

What's the next step? Bombing Nuuk?

OMG OMG. I think Lawrence O’Donnell has just convinced me that I was wrong in my views of Chuck Schumer and of the resolution of the shutdown. It's very hard, probably impossible, to understand what is going on when so much of it is hidden behind closed doors. That is a situation I can't abide.

Lawrence O'Donnell is magically turning the Democratic capitulation into a victory! How does he do that? GO LAWRENCE!

I have to take back some of what I said. Those eight Dem cowards who just stabbed America in the back were only taking the fall for a whole bunch more who were in more vulnerable positions (e.g., up for re-election sooner). Dems want to know why people don't like or trust them? THIS IS IT!

It seems to me that the only thing that will dislodge this fake stalemate (in which Trump refuses to release the funds, trying to force the Democratic party to choose between healthcare and feeding people) is a huge demonstration that the American people hold Trump responsible. SO VOTE!

Okay, Americans, step right up and make your choice! No health care or no food! Or how about BOTH?

I'm probably the last to hear about this, but now we're going to have American troops in Gaza? Or alternatively, with these evil bozos in charge, how could it possibly go right?

Oh, aargh! I've been having a pesky thought, which I thought I'd share here and see if anyone cares to argue me out of it. However, as soon as I logged on and looked at the first few posts, I began to feel overwhelmed by the negativity and fatalism. Whew!

I canceled my Disney stuff. I hope you will do the same.

Walt Disney was a right-wing Republican.

Mahmoud Khalil being deported now? It's impossible to keep track of all these horrors. There's only one of me to pay attention to Trump's army of nightmares.

The departure of local police to go work at ICE as masked thugs (according to Mother Jones) may substantially improve the humanity and integrity of local police forces. Wouldn't that be nice!

All this posturing by the administration and its adjuncts is just so much cosplay for them. I don't believe we have (or anyone has) any reality or substance for them, not even each other.

I always thought the function of SCOTUS is to interpret the Constitution and define its jurisdiction. Question: Are they SCOTUS allowed to nullify the Constitution?

Hmmm...US strikes suspected drug-carrying vessel in the Caribbean. I guess now it's okay to just execute anyone who looks at you funny. I've got a little list....

Sheesh! If you can't believe Ghislaine Maxwell.... What a relief that Trump and Clinton weren't involved with Epstein!

Sorry about posting these comments upside down, but it's late and I'm tired.

It is coming to bite us in the ass that our brains turn out to be better than our muscles.

Could be tragic.

How ironic, then, that females have significantly less mass than males.

It is simplistically obvious, only natural to believe that more powerful equals better, even though a modicum of reasoning and ability to plan ahead makes clear that the capacity to force your way on others doesn't mean that your way is better or that your way won't have catastrophic consequences.

So many times I've listened to Colbert's opening monologue, laughed, been impressed at the wit, and been glad he could do that so publicly and successfully. ...I think their whole strategy is built upon RELENTLESS escalation. We can't allow ourselves to be boiled frogs.

I just watched this year's Macy's Fireworks. And then I was moved to read Frederick Douglass's 1852 oration about the Fourth of July. If you'd like to read it yourself: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Wh...

Isn't it bad luck to rename a ship? Not that I'm superstitious, and it certainly isn't the Harvey Milk's fault.

"Treason ne'er doth prosper. What's the reason? If it doth prosper, none dare call it treason." --- Alexander Pope

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Thinking about Trump's "falling numbers" lately, I wonder why he's getting such terrible direction from his handlers. In fact, I wonder if they've decided to dump him.

Trump's posturing is almost funny again. My brain must be rotting! He looks quite disgruntled.

#nokings FABULOUS Pramila Jayapal!

#nokings LET'S DO IT!

Oh, no! Rand Paul's grandson didn't get invited to Trump's picnic! The horror!

Good thing those tanks are in DC, where they can't do any harm.

Query: Will the military turn their guns on groups of young American citizens? Stay tuned.

I'm starting to get a good feeling about Ro Khanna. Maybe I'm slow, maybe I'm feeling desperate, or maybe I'm just so tired of the Democratic party....

Steve Bannon is starting to look a lot like Melvin Belli [Star Trek, season 3, episode 4].

Musk was let loose on the FedGov to make Vought look good when he takes over, which would be right about now? There's no end to my cynical speculations.

It occurs to me that these Republican MOCs making public pronouncements against the disgusting budget bill may actually be announcing their availability to be paid off for voting for it. I'm trying not to chastise myself for thinking of such a negative explanation for what ought to be a good thing.

Harvey Milk will be a shining example of a man long after Pete Hegseth has disappeared in obscurity.

As long as Trump can be manipulated into restructuring the judiciary and the executive branch in their desired manner, which is pretty easy, the Federalist Society will never act effectively against him, no matter how much he insults Leonard Leo.

Jake Tapper has terrible timing. So let's move on.

What happens when you make a sniveling worm feel important? Do you get a nicer, humble person? Do you get a person with self-respect? Do you get someone who remembers what he has to be grateful for? NO! You get a vicious bully. You get Marco Rubio.

@kirstengillibrand.bsky.social. OMG. What on earth were you thinking, voting for the "GENIUS Act"? And Booker and Ossoff and Schiff! SO disappointing! You must have had a reason, I tell myself. Next time, talk to Elizabeth Warren, not Ted Cruz.

Yes, indeed. What if Biden had won? Well, we'd be on the verge of having a truly competent woman President.

It isn't legal for Trump to accept these "gifts" from the Middle East, but it is, I think, SOP for how sociopolitical relationships work in many places, including the Middle East. Infer what you will.

What's comical (if it weren't so tragic) is listening to the Democrats trying to figure out how to look different without changing anything about who they are—or, put another way, how to present a united front while maintaining the chaotic diversity which is their greatest strength.

I imagine JD Vance is slavering, just waiting for Trump to be 25th Amendmented outa there.

I'd really like to see a gigantic national action on Juneteenth, to take the stink of an authoritarian-style military parade out of our air.