FIFA giving Trump their “FIFA Peace Prize" was an owned goal

Senate must interview Todd Blanche about his Epstein dealings given Bondi's testimony about his delegated role before taking up his AG confirmation

From the released documents it's hard to tell if Epstein was Trump's wingman or Trump was Epstein's wingman or maybe they shared being in charge and that was no biggie because they were both on the same page

It'll be shocking how much was looted from the United States when all this is over

Turns out you can make a lot of money in politics

"There are not enough people in the country to assert authoratianism over us unless we consent to it." - Heather Cox Richardson

NATO will be replaced by a military alliance of countries whose primary mission is safeguarding Trump-branded resorts located on their soil

Gabbard still holds the DNI title until June 30 - she stopped running the office after announcing her resignation Trump put Bill Pulte in the Acting DNI - then later said he won’t nominate him permanently, but left him in the acting role Pulte is currently the 'unconfirmed, Acting' DNI

The only thing that stopped J6 was a secured "Insurrection Act Command Center" beneath the ballroom didn't exist

Healthcare that depends on your employer Is a reminder of who actually owns you, not a benefit

Evasiveness — “I’m talking, but not about what you asked” Feigned ignorance — “I don’t know what I obviously know” Willful ignorance — “I could know, but I’d rather not deal with it” Post‑hoc surprise — “I’m shocked by the thing I was warned about repeatedly” Lying — "I know but say differently"

He would have been boo'd in San Antonio too optics

Sen. Mike Lee (R-UT) votes to confirm Pete Hegseth as Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth excommunicates Mormons from Christianity

The Reflecting Pool is longer than many skyscrapers Placed end to end, the Epstein Files are longer than the Reflecting Pool Therefore, the Reflecting Pool is simultaneously shorter than the Epstein Files while still being longer than a surprising number of buildings people work in every day

Calling a vote “crooked” purposely poisons the well elections need a shared reality by delegitimizing the referee, voter preference and normal loss turns into conspiracy fuel democracies survive bad candidates - they don’t survive a public convinced the scoreboard is fake

Everyone knows New York City sports fans are polite to a fault

If Trump can keep soybean, corn, and wheat prices low while cranking up fuel, fertilizer, and financing costs farmers will simply hand over their land to his billionaire friends at auction this fall

If you think Trump cares about basketball you probably think Trump cares about farmers

Stacked end to end the Epstein Files are longer than skyscrapers too

Withholds $18 billion in funding for the Hudson Tunnel Project Gets sued to force release of the funds Loses Compelled by the Federal Court to fund the tunnel he tried to choke off Brags about lining a pond

The Infrastructure Investment and Jobs Act (2021) the largest long‑term investment in U.S. infrastructure, with $550 billion in federal spending on roads, bridges, rail, airports, and communications touching every state The reflecting pool is a reflecting pool

The volume knob on "Epic Fury" got turned way down

U.S. crude production - 13.7 million barrels a day A $35‑a‑barrel price jump adds about $500 million a day in extra costs—showing up as higher gasoline, diesel, jet fuel, freight, and the prices of everything that contains those fuels, fuel stocks A profit windfall for producers

Trump’s DOGE cut the USAID‑funded screwworm surveillance and containment programs operating in Panama and Central America These programs created the buffer zone protecting Texas from the New World screwworm

The 2018 midterm election produced the largest Democratic House gain since Watergate, had the highest voter turnout for a midterm in more than a century, and ended unified Republican control of government

Everyday Albanians and Hungarians do a better job confronting Trump than the Democrat Party in the US

The S&P 500 shed more than a quarter of its value from June through September 1974, into the ’74 midterms Through Watergate, the Arab oil embargo, and Nixon’s eventual forced resignation

Schrödinger was telling us many incompetent Cabinet Secretaries can exist simultaneously

The government should never host sporting events

Make plans to celebrate the 250th on Nov. 3

U of Mich Consumer Sentiment lowest ever, since the 50's 90 Day Credit Card defaults highest since the Great Recession Fresh Unemployment Claims highest since February

You can't fix a corrupt court through the courts

Iran’s historical identity stretches back to the 5th–7th millennium BCE They're probably aware the U.S. midterm is less than 5 months away

The four votes crossing the aisle to stop Trump’s Iran war could also remove Johnson, impeach Trump, and direct the House’s subpoena power toward stopping corruption - any time they choose. They are no heroes.

Consumer sentiment is now lower than during the Vietnam War, the 1970s oil shocks, every recession since the 1950s, the Great Recession, the ’87 crash, the dot‑com collapse, Watergate, and the COVID‑19 pandemic

A ceasefire is only a ceasefire when firing ceases

Dumbo is a story of empathy and recognizing the value of being different, not ridiculing the out‑group Dumbo-crats is high praise Keep the 'b'

For‑profit Insurance's primary goal is to maximize returns for shareholders Improving the population's health is useful only if it reduces costs or increases revenue

Canada uses retail pharmacists for walk-in, immediate care They immediately assess/prescribe for common issues - UTIs, strep throat, pink eye, cold sores, rashes, allergies, yeast infections, and routine med renewals You walk-in and only pay for the medication itself

Japan’s healthcare system strictly caps out‑of‑pocket expenses - caps scale with household income Protecting everyone’s financial health was a deliberate design goal of Japan's healthcare system - the idea was to prevent medical costs from pushing people into bankruptcy or causing budget strain

Another 5.2 million Americans lose Medicaid next year to pay for corporate and billionaire tax breaks

Spider sense someone is making money off this war

The larger‑denom $250 Trump‑flation bill is required now to cover a tank of diesel or a grocery run and it's got a handy picture on it of who caused it

Bill Pulte, National Intelligence Herschel Walker was better qualified, having won the Heisman

Zohran Mamdani issues a playful “Executive Order” voiding bedtimes for every child in New York City so they can watch the Knicks, in a sea of children Trump creates a fund to pay cop-beaters

How hard is it to just be happy for people living however they want to live

someone ask Meta's AI chatbot to release the Epstein Files

In 1922–23, Interior Secretary Albert B. Fall took large ‘loans’ from oilmen Harry Sinclair and Edward Doheny, in return for no‑bid leases to develop federal oil reserves Fall claimed he was cutting red tape, not selling access He was eventually convicted of bribery and went to prison; they didn’t

Should probably check on that Penguin Island we tariffed to make sure they’re OK

Argentina Not even creative enough to flee to a different country