I take comfort in the fact that Caeser was the only living Roman emperor to put his own face on a coin...a couple months before the Ides of March. When's the Trump Dollar going to be released?

Woke up feeling refreshed, only for my watch to tell me I slept like crap and should feel like shit. Ain't technology great?!

Great turnout today for No Kings! Now, about those Epstein files...

PSA: If you're worried about voting for Dems in '26, remember you can vote them out a few years later. If you vote GOP, you may never get the chance to vote the out ever again.

Adventures in American Healthcare (1/3) 1. Doc prescribes new wheelchair. 2. Insurer requires in-network vendor. 3. Multi-month approval process ensues. 4. Insurer approves chair, but vendor no longer in-network. Huge out-of-pocket cost threatened. 5. New in-network vendor chosen.

Tonight on "Murder, She Wrought:" "Mrs. Fletcher, I've been a homicide detective for 38 years and I'd be surprised if I've worked 10% as many murders as you've stumbled across in your ten years as a mystery writer. Care to explain?"

Who has "Bo Duke writes the modern Horst Wessel Lied" on their 2025 bingo card?

They've got their Horst Wessel now. Who'll write the song?

More health insurance company shenanigans: if your healthcare provider takes "too long" billing you, your insurer will reject the claim and leave you on the hook for the whole amount. Ask me how I know.

A whole story on how the tariffs are "generating billions," and not a peep about who's really paying for them. Goebbles would be proud. amp.cnn.com/cnn/2025/08/...

So how did Trump's performance review go? Did Putin make him employee of the month?

Hey, Death? Nice one with Hulk Hogan, but you've wandered off topic a bit.

Mood indigo

That sound you just heard was the last vestiges of American democracy dying.

So they've passed their Enabling Act. Watch things get real bad real fast.

Wheelchair-accessible cab driver just told me my muscular dystrophy was caused by the vaccines I got as a kid. What a loss it was to scuence when he decided to become a taxi driver.

After decades of being authorities on the Bible, despite never having read it, the American right feels entitled to apply the same level of expertise to the Constitution.

Total hospital bill for five days, when I had COVID and pneumonia: $129,431.64. The whole indigestible lump is "pending," meaning the insurance company is thinking about what they feel like paying and how much they want to bankrupt me.

The purge of opposition parties comes in many forms. www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

Looks like they've identified the Minnesota shooter. The immediate media spin is that he was a Gov Walz appointee back in 2019. So it's the Dem's fault, apparently.

Pride Month Matters 🏳️‍🌈

Watching "Teen Wolf" on SYFY, and they just bleeped out the word "gay." Not a slur, just one character asking another if he was coming out to him. Happy Pride in Trump's America.

A golden dome to protect his golden toilet. We are truly great again. www.theguardian.com/us-news/live...

I sat next to George on a transatlantic flight about 20 years ago. He was a very nice, funny, and down-to-earth guy. He'll be missed. www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio...

PSA: just because your "health" insurer's website says a medical practice is "in network," doesn't mean that it is. Practices get dropped regularly, but it can take years for the site to be updated, if it ever is. Always call to be sure. Another little swindle aimed at emptying your pocket.

You'd think naming apps "MyThis" or "MyThat" would have been retired, but no. When searching an alphabetical list, we shouldn't need to look under "m," too. Just call your app what it is. Even worse are names that bear no relation to the product. Looking at you Anthem Blue Cross's "Sydney."

Just in case you thought being a citizen would protect you. www.theguardian.com/law/2025/may...

Could there be any clearer indication that Whisky Pete is nothing but a yes-man? www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025...

The tariffs/pause switcheroo is how Trump delivers "the golden age" to his oligarch cronies. Endless market head-fakes, pre-tipped to favored insiders. Also keeps the insiders motivated to stay inside. No wonder they want taxes gone. They'll liquidate everything and then really ride the grif train.

Why are the oligarchs so concerned about tax cuts? They game the system now to pay no tax, so it shouldn't matter to them. The only way that changes is if they intend to liquidate a significant percentage of their investments. Why would they want to do that, suddenly? What are they planning?

Seems Meta has won its case, preventing Sarah Wynn-Williams from promoting her tell-all book "Careless People," about what a toxically-shitty company Meta is. So I don't want to see any of you reposting or sharing this post in any way. Understood?

Given how work-centric our culture is, perhaps the greatest freedom is the right to withhold our labor. "Take this job and shove it!" is profoundly liberating. Why else would pols, bosses and owners devote so much effort and money to making this simple freedom as painful as possible to exercise?

So, Trump's kicking the tariffs can down the road another month, at least on cars. How long before the list of "exceptions" reaches 100%? He'll piecemeal the rollback until he can claim "tariffs are bigly working" even though nothing will actually be tariffed.

Anyone who thinks US health insurance isn't an anti-consumer racket hasn't signed up for a plan in a while. The sheer number of fucking hoops they make applicants go through to ensure they're "worthy" is not the attitude of a business selling a product. These entitled fuckers need to be crushed.

The Senate just confirmed Patel. That sound you just heard was the lid slamming shut on American democracy.

So Musk realizes his 'slpodey rockets aren't going to make him Emperor of Mars anytime soon, so he's decided to settle for Earth.

Elon Musk's foe - USDAs Inspector General Phyllis Fong, who was investigating his brain implant startup Neurolink, was forcibly removed from office. "The InspectorGeneral of USDA Phyllis Fong was forcibly removed fr her office on monday after she refused to accept the conditions of her termination."

When this is all over and the survivors are drafting a new Constitution amid the rubble, they should really pay attention to limiting Presidential power. Maybe with a shock collar.

hope this helps to clarify what can be done

youtu.be/vKiVdHAZOcg?... Congress is preparing to act on legislation that could restrict the vote for millions of eligible American citizens. This would be the worst voting bill to be passed by Congress in memory, probably ever. 🔹Anthony Davis🔹

If you read/watch dystopian sci-fi and your immediate reaction is "Cool! I wanna live there!" you might be part of the problem.

When I voted back in November, I don't recall checking a box that said, "I understand representation only applies if Party wins a majority." Representation is most important when not in power; it is then the loud voice of dissent is most needed and our representatives are the mouths to that voice.

Trump evades the court's injunction on the federal funding freeze by seizing control of OPM & treasury. The FBI & DoJ can't enforce the court's order because they have been purged. Congressmen won't step out of line, or they will get sent to Gitmo. This is a hostile takeover of the government.

"Anti-woke politics is anti-labor politics, but aimed specifically at professional employees."

I think John McClane needs to pay a visit to the Treasury Dept. Looks like some terrorists are pulling a heist.

NEW: Sources tell my office that Treasury Secretary Bessent has granted DOGE *full* access to this system. Social Security and Medicare benefits, grants, payments to government contractors, including those that compete directly with Musk's own companies. All of it.

Do you know where your $6 trillion is? Elon does...

Maybe, if every voter got a lottery scratch card, more Americans could be convinced to give a shit about their country. After all, nobody here lifts a finger without a payoff. We should lean into that.