So... let's check the lineup for the Comey case: Lindsey Halligan, White House Senior Associate Staff Secretary and former Insurance Attorney is up against Patrick Fitzgerald, (checks notes...) oh geez. Is it too early to invoke the mercy rule?

Holy crap. First, he came for the cabinets. Then the upholstered furniture. And now? A 100% tariff on “any branded or patented” pharmaceutical product.

Trump's MANLY ICE™ agents hard at work protecting the public from anxious mothers whose children have probably been kidnapp...er... taken away by masked thug...er... ICE agents.

Question: If Trump has George Soros thrown in jail, as he has promised, will I have to pay for my Antifa uniform out of my own pocket? And where will I send my monthly dues? So many questions...

I have decided to heed President Trump's advice, and I will no longer take Tylenol. I have switched instead to Kirkland Extra Strength Acetaminophen. Stay safe out there!

Courtesy of Steve Benen, via the MaddowBlog, your Quote of the Day:

I think perhaps the NY Times is beginning to tire of Donnie Dementia:

I'm pretty sure the Taliban said "No backsies!!" to Trump when they agreed on the pullout deal, so I can't see them being terribly happy about Trump insisting he wants Bagram back. That said, I'm sure American troops on the ground in Afghanistan, in a confined area, would not be sitting ducks.

I will note, with some satisfaction, that ABC returned Jimmy Kimmel to the air shortly after I changed the status of my Disney+ subscription from "suspended" to "canceled." Clearly, mine was the straw that broke the camel's back! 🙇‍♂️

OHMYGAWD! Ted Cruz - yeah, THAT Ted Cruz - realizes that this thing about letting the government censor media figures it doesn't like might come back around to bit them in the ass. Gift link from my stupid subscription that's canceled but paid through December: wapo.st/4puApPx

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I wonder if our MAGA friends have considered the possibility that, with the precedents Trump has established, President AOC is going to take Fox News off the air just before she takes everyone's guns away - thanks to the New! POTUS Goon Squad - and mandates litter boxes in the classroom?

Uh.... Guys? Karl Rove - yeah, THAT guy - is being the voice of reason. Gift link: www.wsj.com/opinion/they...

I see that House Republicans are threatening to "cancel" anyone who disparages that newly deceased conservative who was famous for disparaging various people and groups. Gift link: wapo.st/4ppiEkD

Rounded to the nearest million, the number of drug overdose deaths last year in the United States was... 0.

Kudos to the "best and the brightest" working in Kash Patel's FBI for... (checks notes...) burning seized meth in the incinerator of an animal shelter, exposing all the staff and animals to the resulting smoke and necessitating the evacuation of said facility. www.bbc.com/news/article...

I can only assume that Trump, now armed with the facts, will turn the full weight of the government against Groypers. (sounds of snickering suppressed...)

You know, I have never met a mother who had beaten herself up over something she did or didn't do while raising a child that may or may not have contributed to some problem in that child's life, so I am sure that everything will be fine when RFK Jr blames autism on mothers taking Tylenol.

Question: Can we sue Elon for this? He was not an official government employee, IIRC... I Mapped the Global Network Big Balls is Probably Using to Sell Your Data open.substack.com/pub/cyberint...

I guess this is now -officially- the White Trash Presidency™.

I don't know why, but I'm beginning to think that Donald Trump doesn't like black women.

I'm old enough to remember that it's absolutely fine to send armed National Guard into an area after first hyping the danger they'll be facing.

I can't wait to see the new Smithsonian exhibit about how awesome slavery was. I. just. can't.

If I call the phone number I had as a child, will my 6-year-old self answer?

Would anyone here trust "security guarantees" from Donald Trump? Anyone? Anyone? Bueller?

Can we just call Trump "Neville" from now on?

I heard Donald Trump doing a little comedy routine about the Dade-Collier Concentration Camp, and for the first time ever I thought "He really should quit his day job."

Item: Trump dramatically increases the cost of drugs by slapping a 50% tariff on India. Film at eleven...

Re: Trump Brings Back Presidential Fitness Test - Alas, this does not apply to the President, but to U.S. students. I would have paid cash money - hundreds of thousands of dollars, amounts that nobody has ever seen - to see Trump do 40 push-ups, 10 pull-ups, and run a 6.5 minute mile.

Alas, I am retired and no longer have a "workplace" to visit. If I did, I would take advantage of the Administration's recent edict - that federal workers are permitted to talk to their co-workers about religion - by stopping by a random co-worker's desk and starting this conversation: (1/2)

Ah. Trump raised prices on anything imported from Europe - and I'm looking at YOU, Parmigiano Reggiano - by 12.5%. I'm supposed to be happy about this, according to The Newspaper.

I guess the good news about DHS essentially shutting down Green Valley Foods by arresting 70 percent of their workers is that, thanks to the nationwide beef shortage, there really isn't much meat to process. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/27/u...

So what do we think Trump's personal attorn... er... Deputy Attorney General... is going to offer Ghislaine Maxwell for her silence and/or perjury regarding Trump's involvement with her partner-in-crime, Jeffrey? A pardon? Reduced sentence? The betting window closes in three hours.

Trump raises prices on Japanese cars by 15% and the market... rejoices? Because that's less than 25%?

I wonder if, fifty years from now, people will be castigated for saying "but Trump had some good ideas, too!"

"The Biden." Nope, there's nothing wrong with this President. He is in full control of his faculties.

Trump Considers Eliminating Fridays! The press should treat nonsense declarations from Trump - like revoking Rosie O'Donnell's citizenship - the same way they would treat him declaring freckles to be an imminent threat to freedom.

Dear Donald Trump: We understand that you have been devoting a considerable amount of your non-golfing free time to interior decoration. First, it was the Oval Office. Now, the Cabinet meeting room. May I remind you that this is why you have a Secretary of the Interior? (h/t: "Pine Barrens." iykyk)

Anyone know why all the major stock indices just fell off a cliff? I haven't seen any breaking news...

So if I understand this correctly, Elon is launching a new political party for fiscally responsible racists? And his new theme song is "Elon is just all white with me" right? I guess this leaves the Rethuglicans as the party of free-spending racists...

I see DeSantis has fast-tracked a second concentration camp, and is planning on a third. One can only guess at how well tents will fare in hurricanes, but I believe that's the point.

Nothing but the best and brightest. (Or: What did you expect from Trump's Thugs?) Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/07/03/u...

Pete Hegseth: "The impact of those bombs is buried under a mountain of rubble in Iran, so anyone who says the bombs were not devastating is just trying to undermine the president and the successful mission." In the original German: "Der Führer darf nicht befragt werden."

The Trump administration is kidnapping and trying to deport American citizens who look “foreign.” No warrant. No due process. No rights. Americans voted for cheaper eggs, not for a night of broken glass. #MAGAKidnappers

Here we go... CBP goes after Americans. Caught on video! The excuse for throwing one victim to the ground and handcuffing him? He "assaulted an agent." An unarmed man assaulted heavily armed and masked CBP agents. Right. Gift link: www.nytimes.com/2025/06/15/u...

Well, I went down to the demonstration to get my fair share of abuse, shouting "We're gonna vent our frustrations! If we don't, we're gonna blow a fifty amp fuse!" And it was pretty cool! Everyone was chill, and we even blew kisses to the six or so drivers who gave us a 1-finger salute! #NoKings

Seems like a good time for Atrios to post “Things are fucked up and shit.”

How is George Soros having so much success recruiting rioters on Craigslist? I can't even sell a desk - $20! Great condition! - on Craigslist. I mean... Tulsi Gabbard wouldn't lie to us, would she?

Fascism. www.tiktok.com/@labyrinthlo...

When Kristi "Look out, doggie!" Noem said L.A. was a "city of criminals," did she mean the L.A. Dodgers? Because some on that team have been known to steal bases...