The Liberal Doomsayer

(By the way, I’m really not one for self-promotion, but according to my Blogger stats, this is my 10,000th post. I don’t know if that’s a testament to perseverance, egomania or actual insanity, or equal parts of all three, but if you’re reading these words, thanks for coming along on the ride with me after lo these many years.)


To begin, Kyle Kulinski gives us the gory details on the Gropenfuhrer and his polling collapse, not just overall but on particular issues also, most infamously his war of choice in Iran (cheered on by “Bibi” and Mohammed Bone Saw, let’s not forget) ...and by the way, I know, as a candidate, Graham Platner has some personal baggage (as do we all), but I haven’t seen evidence yet to make me want to not support him in his race to try and unseat “Disappointed” Collins in Maine (and I know where Josh Shapiro comes down on Israel, and that’s sad but not surprising, but unlike a certain PA Dem senator, I don’t think Shapiro should be automatically kicked to the curb – that’s just where I come down on him FWIW)...85% of those polled by CBS say gas is going up, which is a pretty damn substantial number, and the numbers on #47’s war of choice in Iran are trending downward also of course, and a negative 60 percent approval among independents may be the most damning number of all...and I agree with Kyle on the Dems; yeah, I get the whole “Homer Simpson sink into the bushes” meme approach, but despite that, I think this is a golden opportunity to make your case for what you would do if you were returned to power, and I just hope the “D” team isn’t blowing it again (and as far as election rigging goes, I think you definitely can expect the ICE Gestapo to show up at blue city/state polling locations this fall)...the “George W. Trump” years indeed (NSFW/H)...



...and Sam Seder of The Majority Report informs us that airports are clusterf*cked because “President Deals” doesn’t want to work with Dems...and aww, those poor widdle ICE alleged strongmen are worried about getting their picture taken at airports because they think they’ll be ID’d later when they’re trying to kidnap people – cry me a goddamn river...oh, and the Tangerine Toddler is at some Memphis roundtable allegedly about crime and safety or whatever and telling his party to keep obstructing – what a winning strategy, especially given the polling Kyle just pointed out...and once more, the SAVE Act is a “solution” in search of an actual problem, making it much more difficult for married women to vote along with college students, people who don’t have a passport or birth certificate (representing at least 40 percent of this country the last I checked), people who are elderly or infirmed and can’t get to a polling location (or, if they do, they need help) – it’s just another goddamn scam by a party totally bereft of policies or ideas to help the majority of this country...and I don’t even know if our airport mess is going to get fixed despite the fact that it’s likely inconveniencing Repug politicians also – I mean, Bronzer Beelzebub has his own damn jet, so what does he care? And I don’t know how the hell the U.S. Senate Repugs are going to get the SAVE Act passed through reconciliation since that applies to funding (which the SAVE ACT doesn’t have), but I’m sure they’ll just go ahead and blow up the filibuster again, and our corporate media will just go “ho hum, both sides, both sides” (oh...and maybe, as Sam says, they may try to sneak in ICE funding through reconciliation also...ugh...and I have to admit that I’m shocked to hear Sen. Foghorn Leghorn acknowledge reality, though I’m NOT shocked to see Chuck Schumer blow the opportunity to nail them on the funding impasse...I guess Schumer didn’t check with “the Baileys” first before he decided to duck and cover again...an update is here; it looks like DHS funding w/o ICE is moving forward after all)...



Update: "MAGA Mike" Johnson does his master's bidding once more (here - h/t Eschaton).

...but in case anybody out there thinks that the Senate minority leader is the only Dem politician worthy of a well-place boot, there actually is someone in our beloved commonwealth of PA who is actually more deserving, and the Logical Leftist (Jeff Waldorf) tells us about him; specifically, we find out more on John Fetterman’s plummeting approval (presented by CNN’s Harry Enten)...when Fetterman ran, he had a plus-68 rating among PA Dems, but now he’s at a negative 40 rating, which, as Waldorf points out, is a 108-point swing the wrong way, which is truly unprecedented...Fetterman’s embrace of “Bibi” and All Israel All The Time was his worst move, but there are plenty of other reasons to bail on the guy...immigration, paying homage to Mango Mussolini at Mar-a-Lago, breaking a tie in the Senate to vote for Markwayne Mullin at DHS, also backing Lee Zeldin at EPA, supporting a pardon for Pumpkin Pol Pot on his 34 felony counts, and also saying that the Dem Party runs on “Trump Derangement Syndrome,” which, among other things, takes more than a little crust given Fetterman’s mental health issues...the reasons to oppose Fetterman go on and on...



...and speaking of train wrecks, David Pakman (definitely not him) has more on the total ratings collapse at “the Tiffany Network,” in particular the CBS Evening News under Bari Weiss – sounds like the worst numbers of the century (pass the popcorn)...to be honest, I’m sure David Ellison doesn’t care in any way, as long as a certain ketchup-flinging *preznit is happy (although NBC and ABC seem to be doing well, comparatively)...glad to hear Pakman point out how Fix Noise gets paid from the cable companies if you have a package that includes that trash network even if you don’t watch it (here)...



...and Desi Lydic of The Daily Show informs us of politicians who are arguably more preoccupied with social media than they should be...ummm, so Joni Ernst is leaving the Senate, but she thinks it’s “owning” the libs or something to point out that folks on SNAP benefits are eating Mickey D’s? What performative nonsense from the person who infamously said “we’re all going to die” over the loss of Medicaid benefits (here)...I have to admit that I almost expected Boomhauer to show up at the Tim Burchett leisurewear and patio chair festival, but Andy Beshear also missed the mark a bit as well, and it pains me to say that because I give Beshear credit overall...and when it comes to gratuitously self-promotion politicians, how can we exclude “Cancun” (Chili Cheese Dog Dripping Down My Shirt) Cruz, though I admit that I wish we could (and “James Coney Island”? Huuhh???)...



...and I hope you’re in the mood for a bit of a dreamy number to help us appreciate spring a little more, though I know weather-wise we’re not completely there yet (and I usually include the tune by Meredith Brooks for International Women’s Month, but maybe I’ll change things up a bit here and go with this selection instead)...



...and since this is a bit of a special occasion for yours truly, I’m going to play with the order of these videos a bit and bring us the following, which is the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History” (more or less) from 3/24/10 (going waaaay back to find this one)...for those keeping score at home, I know I recently put up the Ed Schultz/John Boehner “where are the jobs?” clip, so with the former Repug U.S. House speaker in mind, I’d like to remind us of former President Obama’s “Yes We Can” message intercut with Boehner’s predictable rant...I realize it’s painful to contemplate that we were once on the verge of turning a corner in this country before pig-headed, uninformed voters along with craven and opportunistic Repug (and cowardly Democratic) politicians did their part to make sure we slid backwards into our current predicament, but I definitely think that the history matters...I think this clip pretty plainly illustrates which side wants us to grow and evolve as a nation and which side wants us to basically torch the last 80 or so years of progress...



...but returning to the present, we know that tomorrow is the big day (here), so with that in mind, here’s another musical motivation to help us march as our means and our bodies are able and send a message to our traitorous ruling regime, and all of its sycophants wherever they may be.

Rachel Maddow lets us know about Our Tiny-Handed *preznit paying out a billion dollars to stop leases on wind farm development...she begins by telling us about the Revolution Wind project off the coast of Rhode Island producing enough power for 350K homes and businesses and saving New England residents $500 mil a year, so three guesses what comes next, and as always, the first two don’t count – yep, Cantaloupe Capone stopped it dead in its tracks...are you tired of the winning yet?...



...and Brian Tyler Cohen tells us about Florida state district candidate Emily Gregory winning the seat that includes Mar-a-Lago, which Trump carried by 11 points two years ago...Dem Brian Nathan also won in District 18 (which also has a Repug voter registration advantage), and yes, these results do indeed mirror what has taken place in special elections this cycle as Cohen says...it all comes back to Our Treasonous Orange Pustule, but if you’re reading this, I know you know that already...glad to hear Cohen emphasize how much Cantaloupe Capone is cleaning up (“emoluments clause”? What “emoluments clause”??) since our corporate media seems to think reporting on that is impolite, or maybe they’re afraid our flatulent orange meat sack will send out a mean tweet about them if they do...



...and I hope you’re not dealing with all kinds of long lines at TSA checkpoints because the “party of Lincoln” refuses to support a Dem bill to pay TSA and ICE, including much-needed reforms to the latter (I mean, ICE should be abolished, but for practical reasons I know you can’t do that right away – would that you could), but if you are dealing with inconvenience while trying to fly, I would ask that you keep the following clip in mind, where right-wing “pastors” say long lines at airports because of the shutdown is why they need private planes...as I’ve said, I know I need to “get right” in my own way and I’m not proselytizing, but I will say that I know when someone has gone too far in the name of religion, and I would say this is a pretty clear-cut example...and why am I not surprised to hear this Troy Brewer character tell everyone that he was able to get to Colorado Springs, since that place may be the fundie epicenter of this country (which elected Bo-Bo Boebert to Congress of course)...



...and I’d like to give credit to David Corn at Mother Jones (courtesy of Bluesky) for the reminder that today is the 115th anniversary of the Triangle Shirtwaist Factory Fire, a galvanizing tragedy in this country’s labor history...146 people died mainly because of sweatshop work conditions (exits blocked, no fire prevention methods such as water sprinklers)...the tragic event helped spur the creation of the International Ladies Garment Workers Union, as we learn in the video...



...and Jimmy Kimmel describes the official ’28 Olympic colors, which do indeed reflect Combover Caligula, as Kimmel notes, even the color for the bruising on #47’s chubby hands...and I suppose letting Melania name the participating countries would actually give her something to do between what is likely her full-time job of pretending not to be married to the Tangerine Toddler...however, because it’s a day of the week with a “y” in it, we must be inflicted once more with verbal flatulence from “Mr. Melania” (I’m sure he would just LOVE to be called that)...can’t think of a word to describe how demented it is that Bronzer Beelzebub thinks we’re the only country with mail-in voting, which (as we find out) he used himself...and I know I already noted the $1-billion-to-kill-windmills thing in the Maddow clip, but I have no problem with mentioning it again (and “Man-Boob Of La Mancha” – good one)...oh, and I’m SUUURRRE Iran gave Cheetoh Hitler a “prize” for blowing up their energy infrastructure and bombing that school were 100 girls were killed – just no words for some of this madness...and it looks like “America’s Mayor” is slowly turning into Nosferatu before our eyes...and yeah, let’s give new DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin the treatment he deserves once more...and I’m not going to waste another calorie pointing out the typically ridiculous lies from our *preznit about trans kids and sports (“transgender for everyone”)...and I realize that “Cancun” Cruz doesn’t care about the truth either, but in a weird way, he actually did the Dems a favor by pointing out all of the Senators involved in the ’20 fake electors scam – might not be a bad idea for everyone listed on that gray poster to “lawyer up” (and I can picture Cruz as the guy in the back corner booth of a Denny’s trying to hawk costume jewelry or knockoff Rolex watches or something to gullible rubes)...and I guess this is the “15 minutes” for “Palm Beach Pete,” who seems like a good guy (I thought the T-shirt was a nice touch)...



...and tomorrow marks the 50th anniversary of the release of “Wings at the Speed of Sound,” including this tune.

(Posting might still be goofed up for a little while...I'm just not sure yet.)

Mike Figueredo brings us the story of three-time Trump voter Amanda Robbins in Millersburg, PA, who apparently has FINALLY seen the light; looks like it took rising gas prices for her to “get religion”...this Trump voter was fine with supporting “Bibi” and his genocide in Gaza (and yes, I know Biden was bad on that also) along with bombing a school of Iranian girls and killing all of them, along with the legion of other awful behavior from our 47th *preznit, but paying 50 cents more a gallon for gas is what woke her up; just no words...anther three-time Trump voter finally perceives reality when he discovered at last that the Gropenfuhrer has less than zero interesting in bringing down the price of housing, as if ANY president can do that by themselves (and Gen Z men, some of them anyway, are breaking from Our Treasonous Orange Pustule over the Iran war)...and as far as all of these remorseful Trump voters is concerned, what the hell did you expect from a con man who has seen multiple businesses of his collapse and who has also been convicted on 34 counts of illegally using campaign funds to pay off a p*rn star, to say nothing of being held civilly liable in a New York court on a charge of what is basically r*pe? Did you HONESTLY expect that he would give a damn about you, ESPECIALLY when he can’t run for anything anymore and officially has nothing to lose for his awful actions? Also, I share Figueredo’s concern about the Illinois 8th District Dem primary; I wasn’t sure exactly how Melissa Bean won, but the foul, fetid influence of AIPAC does explain a lot, sadly (and I definitely share Figueredo’s frustration...NSFW/H)...



...and this clip is a day or two old, but I definitely didn’t want to let it “fall through the cracks”...Brittany Page lets us know that 28 million Americans are skipping meals, borrowing money, prolonging medications, cutting back on utilities and taking other measures to pay for health care expenses, while Combover Caligula has a meeting to discuss his tacky gold inlay at the Kennedy Center (and I’ll ALWAYS call it that)...looks like Bronzer Beelzebub is closing the venue to add his particularly tasteless brand of décor, but good luck trying to find acts other than (possibly) Kid Rock, Nicki Minaj and Ted Nugent to perform there...oh, and the Tangerine Toddler is so pleased with the fact that no taxpayer dough will be involved, supposedly (damn well better not be for this); his egomania is truly bottomless (but a sentence or two later, he says that there will be “tremendous amounts of money” from the Big Beautiful Clusterf*ck presumably to pay for this mess...I don’t think he could tell the truth if his life depended on it, assuming he even knows what it is )...and oh yeah, our ridiculous health care costs in this country are making people forego buying a home, taking a vacation, adopting a child, retiring, and on and on...



...and I know I’ve cut back on TYT clips for what I believe are good reasons, but I’m going to include this one with John and Cenk commenting on a clip of PA’s Republican U.S. House mistake (one of them) Scott Perry, who thinks Iran will pay for the war...you know, the one where we’re bombing the crap out of that country to make Israel and Saudi Arabia happy (oh, excuse me - looks like Perry can't say the "w" word either..this "action"??...anyone who votes for this chucklehead in PA after this idiotic pronouncement should get an MRI on their cranium to detect any activity whatsoever)...I didn’t know the wingnuts were actually using the “47 years ago” thing going back to the hostage crisis (even though that was never an actual war, you assclowns), but I guess they were bound to come up with that since they have absolutely nothing else to try and justify this madness...



...and I now give you the latest installment of “This Day In Doomsy History,” and we’re going back to 3/24/11 to revive this clip of the late, great Ed Schultz calling out then-Repug U.S. House Speaker John “Man Tan” Boehner with his favorite bleat of “where are the jobs?” Well, if you’re looking at the overall presidency of Barack Obama, then more info is here....as for Our Treasonous Orange Pustule, not so much (here – about 181,000 total for 2025, just 15,000 a month on average...with our economy, if you’re not adding about 100,000 a month, something is definitely wrong)...



...and Seth Meyers gives a “A Closer Look” (through a glass darkly, you might say)...looks like Pumpkin Pol Pot is sending ICE to our airports, I guess because he’s not satisfied with beating and murdering those opposing him on our streets and other public areas but now also wants to invade our traveling spaces (and by the way, Democrats have put forward spending bills to fund the TSA and ICE’s non-capturing activities, but Sweaty Orange Bronzer Boy keeps saying “NOOOOOO” as he likely gobbles down another happy meal)...#47 is also looking for ANY exit ramp out of his Iran mess, so I guess throwing SecDef Kegseth under the proverbial bus is part of that...we’re reminded of Our Treasonous Orange Pestilence acting completely in (lack of) character in response to the death of former FBI director Robert Mueller, a man with more integrity in a single molecule than #47 has in his entire corpulent, overfed body (and Kristen Welker once more tries to generate a scintilla of sympathy for Mueller from Scott Bessent, and the result is completely predictable)...and Mush Mouth Tom Homan thinks that all the TSA does is “guard exits” and ICE can do that also?? I’m sure TSA workers are just so thrilled to hear that...



...and as noted here, Moby recently said that he thinks “Lola” by the Kinks is transphobic, which is particularly dumb when you realize that the song was embraced by trans punk rock pioneer Ginger Coyote as well as Jayne County, rock’s first openly trans singer, as the linked HuffPo article tells us...Dave Davies defended the tune and was hesitant a bit to call out Moby over his criticism, and I get that a bit since Davies is reluctant to go after a peer, but I still think that’s an idiotic remark by Moby.

I mean, where does this end? Are you going to try to ban “Walk On The Wild Side” by Lou Reed for the lyric, “shaved her legs and then he was a she”? Or Al Stewart’s song “What’s Going On?” because of the lyric “You walked like Greta Garbo but you talked like Yogi Bear” (the song ostensibly was about David Bowie). Hell, why not try excluding ANYTHING from Bowie during his Ziggy Stardust phase, or for that matter, any “glam” rockers from the 70s since they were all pretty damn androgynous?

Well, if that isn’t an excuse for the tune in question, I don’t know what is.

John Iadarola and Keith Edwards of The Damage Report bring us more madness from Cheetoh Hitler...jeez, when Our Ochre Abomination can’t even make nice with Peter Douchebag, well, isn’t that time to just make the #25thAmendmentNow official? And oh yeah, apparently no one but our alleged orange genius knew that Iran would retaliate as they did – I would say that what has happened was indeed expected by EVERYONE IN THE GODDAMN WORLD WITH A BRAIN!!!...and “thousands and thousands of missiles,” huh? I think that last lonely synapse in his noggin is flickering at this point (and I share Edwards’ concern about “midterm shenanigans,” which are already underway...good point about the election day bomb threats in ’24, which were never investigated as nearly as I can tell...God, I wish JUST ONCE that SOMEBODY from our press corps would call out this demented orange fool for the liar he truly is)...




...and Jesse Dollemore and Brittany Page bring us the disgusting spectacle of Cantaloupe Capone celebrating the death of former FBI head Robert Mueller, which is totally expected for our flatulent orange meat sack...good point about how it’s apparently OK for #47 to do that, in contrast with all the folks who were attacked for not being sufficiently mournful over the killing of Charlie Kirk (and leave it to Couch Boy to get it wrong here also)...good point by Page that there was a time when Repugs would actually do the right thing and properly mourn Mueller’s passing (and by the way, I never blamed Mueller for maybe not going as far as I would have liked with his report because Bill Barr sat all over it and wouldn’t let Mueller go in the direction I personally wanted...I think it was pretty plain when Mueller testified before Congress that he basically wanted our legislature to take his findings and use them for the required prosecution, which, thanks to Merrick Garland, didn’t happen)...good point by Page that it’s a stoo-pid and useless exercise to ask some of the flunkies in our cabinet what they think about their boss dancing on Mueller’s grave, notably Scott Bessent, who indeed should NEVER be allowed to live down his glazing of his boss here; that said, I would ask Kristen Welker what the hell do you THINK Bessent would say? Do you HONESTLY BELIEVE that he’d criticize Dear Orange Leader?? (NSFW/H)...



...and Farron Cousins discusses young MAGA voters (35 and under apparently) abandoning #47 – took them long enough...and I think there’s a lot more going on here than a “vibe shift,” by the way...I don’t know who the hell wrote that WaPo editorial (trying to be hip or something), but I’m sure it’s causing Ben Bradlee and Mrs. Graham to do somersaults in their respective graves...in fewer words, these voters, like anybody else who supports the Tangerine Toddler, got utterly played and they don’t have the first clue about what to do in response (although calling a therapist is probably a good first step)...



...and given that I mentioned earlier about the double standard of Trumpists speaking out against those who weren’t sufficiently grieving over the death of Charlie Kirk while acting like it’s OK to trash Robert Mueller, I should remind us of last week’s clip of the two goofballs advocating the death of James Talarico, which apparently is fine also as far as they’re concerned – given that, I’d like to include Talarico’s response here...

James Talarico, repeating what the entire world already knows: that Trump is a shitstain upon society and a moral abomination. pic.twitter.com/OSqswygpql

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) March 20, 2026

...and here’s a tune from Mr. Newberger about the top story we’re all dealing with in one way or another...



...and today marks the 70th anniversary of the release of Elvis Presley’s debut recording (here), which consisted entirely of cover tunes since he was starting out; “Blue Suede Shoes” is probably the most remembered number, though this was included also.

Jesse Dollemore tells us that some nematode named Brooks Potteiger (a follower of SecDef Pete Kegseth’s “pastor” Doug Wilson), is apparently praying for the death of Texas Dem U.S. Senate candidate James Talarico (here)...what a POS this Potteiger guy is...as usual, Jesse is spot-on about the Constitution and prohibition of a particular religion sponsored by our government, and I don’t know anybody else who’s saying that “Christian” nationalism in this country is our equivalent to the Taliban (including this William Wolfe charlatan), but Jesse is right about that also IMO, with Potteiger et al oppressing folks of all kinds of other faiths in the process...also, this Michael Cloud life form thinks “the left” only knows about Matthew:25; well, speaking only for myself, I’m familiar also with the letters of St. Paul and the Sermon on the Mount, though I definitely AM NOT a “holy roller” by any means, though I WILL say that the common theme is helping the poor and caring for your neighbor, and I definitely think Cloud doesn’t get that despite what he says...and of course, leave it to a Repug like Cloud to suddenly care about THE DEBT THE DEBT THE DEBT!!! when it comes to spending for something besides war and doling out tax cuts for the rich, proving Jude Wanniski and his “Two Santa Claus” theory once again (NSFW/H)...



...oh, and before we get all misty eyed over the departure of Chuck Norris into, presumably, some karate studio in the great beyond, let’s not forget that he and his wife issued this beyond ridiculous pronouncement about what was at that time the potential for a second term under President Barack Obama...I had to “set the wayback” on this clip from David Pakman to tell us about it...



...to be fair to Norris, he definitely didn’t come across as a strident “true believer” of a movement conservative to his credit, though I definitely cannot say that about another wingnut who just left us, and that would be former NRA head David Keene...he and fellow scumwaffle John Lott ended up giving a commencement address to a whole bunch of empty chairs, each representing a student killed from gun violence who would never see graduation (here)...still can’t get my head around the fact that important statements like this (the chairs I mean) will NEVER shame soulless right-wing cretins like these two into doing the right thing, though I of course applaud this then as now by Manuel and Patricia Oliver, whose son Joaquin “Guac” was killed at Marjory Stoneman Douglas High School in Parkland, Florida, in 2018 (a link to the group "Change The Ref" that they founded is here)...Keene and Lott were told the address would be filmed, but the two found out later that the whole thing was staged (as noted in the clip, if they’d actually checked, they would have found out that James Madison Academy, the school allegedly filmming their address, didn’t exist).

Oh, and as noted here, Keene helped mobilize a coalition of Repug senators to block a bill to expand background checks on gun purchases, because of course...Keene also opposed a United Nations Arms Treaty, wrongly saying it was a plot by the Obama Administration against the 2nd Amendment...Keene also alleged that Obama would impose “radical limits on the 2nd Amendment” after the gun massacre at Sandy Hook (if only).

Here’s the “empty chairs” clip (and I believe the phrase “rest in piss” is apropos)...



...and Sam Seder of The Majority Report explains why trying to shut down Kharg Island (presumably to bomb it, given this idiotic crew) could severely hurt Iran’s oil exports...good point that this might be not too awful of a strategy for fighting a war, but assuming you somehow win and you’re responsible to repair the damage, you’ll be screwed...pretty pathetic that we’re lifting sanctions on Iranian oil to do SOMETHING to keep the price under $200 a barrel – I mean, if you’re going to fight the damn war, is it asking too damn much to be consistent in your strategy? And yes, as Sam also points out, Obama and Biden were unfreezing Iranian assets that were originally frozen after the Shah was deposed in 1979 – no, those two weren’t “giving Iran money”...ugh...and oh yeah, along comes Our Sweaty Orange Meat Sack to give us his utterly demented version of how his war is proceeding (oh, sorry...I’m supposed to call it a “little excursion,” like he’s taking a detour of a flight to Mar-a-Lago)...and of course, that bit about another president saying he wanted to do what #47 did in attacking Iran is still another lie...and just when you thought all of this couldn’t get more bizarre and disgusting, along comes Couch Boy to turn the stoo-pid up to 11, you might say (and when it comes to the alleged green energy “scam,” allow me to present this; I’ll admit that Denmark may have soured on solar, but they’re into wind big time, and last I checked, that country didn’t choose to fight any wars for oil...and yeah, one NATO member country had to prepare for a potential invasion from another NATO member country by getting ready to blow up some airfields – just add that to the pile of sick generated on a daily basis from this wretched bunch)...



...and Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show tells us that SecDef Kegseth wants another $200 bil for our war of choice in Iran, but of course, this country can’t find the dough for universal pre-K, extending ACA credits, funding Medicaid including community hospitals, helping our farmers by creating new markets for their crops, supporting debt-free college, universal basic income, community broadband access, affordable housing, funding clean energy initiatives, rebuilding our infrastructure including repairing our power grids, and on and on (and we revisit Our Blundering Orange Fool’s utterly inappropriate remark about Pearl Harbor)...I know I just had a clip of Klepper a couple of days ago, but I absolutely had to include this one also because of Afroman’s court victory; glad I can wrap up the week with SOME good news...



...and I started this week with a newer tune, so I’ll likely end it with another recent selection (and with the first video of this post in mind).

Anybody who voted for this orange scumwaffle in ’24 (maybe in ’16 also) should have a big red “T” tattooed onto their foreheads to advertise their stoo-pidity to the whole world...yeah, just go ahead and piss off one of our most important allies for no good reason...



...oh, and speaking of Japan, they have a 73 percent unfavorable opinion of Cheetoh Benito’s war of choice against Iran, as Sam Seder and the crew of The Majority Report tell us here, with Harry Enten of CNN giving a breakdown of the incredibly negative (and not surprising) global opposition, which could have been foreseen by anyone with an actual brain...yeah, it’s going to take awhile to repair some of the goodwill #47 has utterly destroyed...maybe a decade or two, assuming sane political leadership in this country (which is a big “if,” I know)...



...and Anne Applebaum, staff writer for The Atlantic, gives us more of a historical context – Mango Mussolini is doing his best (worst?) to destroy global alliances that this country has forged over about 80 years or so...

Translation: NATO knows Trump is a piece of shit. 😳👇 pic.twitter.com/8pRtTFFBdp

— Bill Madden (@maddenifico) March 19, 2026

...and John and Nina Turner of The Damage Report discuss Dem U.S. Senator Jon Ossoff holding “Tokyo Rose” Gabbard’s feet to the proverbial fire over who’s responsible for the threat assessment when it comes to Iran in particular and their nuclear capability, with Gabbard trying to evade responsibility (I have to admit that the phrase “ovarian audacity” is a new one)...and believe me when I say that, as someone who once supported John Edwards, I’ve tried to be extra circumspect about politicians who seem to show up late for the party, you might say, and Gabbard to me was always one of those people; she was a fraud then, and she’s an even bigger one now...



...and turning to domestic matters, Chris Hayes informs us that, as bad as the Tangerine Toddler’s approval rating is overall (and it is for sure), it gets worse when he’s polled about what you could call his priorities, with about 70% saying he’s not paying enough attention to the issues that ostensibly got him re-elected (and that includes #47 acting like the ketchup-flinging ingrate we know he is if he doesn’t get his precious SAVE Act to suppress voters everywhere in an effort to make sure Repugs keep control of Congress)...Hayes speaks with NYT columnist Jamelle Bouie and former Dem Senator Jon Tester (I’m actually shocked to hear that Tim Scott collaborated with Elizabeth Warren on a housing bill – I just don’t know enough about that at the moment to say anything, but the ban on single-family homes to rent sounds sketchy – but of course it may go for naught if you-know-who doesn’t end his hissy fit and sign it into law)...and I don’t know much about this Mark Dubowitz person, but even among his most insane followers, I refuse to believe #47’s Iranian mess has 90 percent approval...good point that the cost of fertilizer for farmers is in the stratosphere also in addition to gas because both are affected by the blockage of the Strait of Hormuz...



...and Johnny Rivers debuted on the Billboard Hot 100 with this tune on this day in 1966 (another homage to Patrick McGoohan, who lives on in this humble little blog...today would have been his 98th birthday, oddly enough).

(Posting might get a little flaky over the coming days...I'm just not sure yet).

Rachel Maddow discusses how other nations are taking advantage of the abysmally poor planning by our ruling regime in executing the war with Iran, including Energy Secretary Chris Wright saying we were escorting ships through the Strait of Hormuz, when we weren’t as it turns out...also, it looks like the decision was made fortunately for us NOT to escort ships through the Strait since it would be a “kill box”...but oh yeah, soon a “coalition of allies” will magically appear to escort ships instead of our navy doing that – uh huh...and as always, when it comes to EVERYTHING from this utter disaster of a *presidential administration, Russia emerges as perhaps the only winner here, and they’re also helping Iran attack our troops and target facilities in the Mideast (I’m old enough to recall when we had political parties with actual spines who would speak up and mobilize public support against unpopular wars, but I guess we’ll have to consult the history books if we want to learn about that)...so what does Pumpkin Pol Pot do in response? FURTHER lifting sanctions against Russia...that’ll show them! Oh, and it looks like our DOJ is asking a court to withdraw a guilty plea from a guy linked to Russian intelligence...the hits just keep on coming, and that includes dropping a case against a Turkish bank accused of laundering billions for Iran...oh, and speaking of money, Wonder Boy Jared Kushner is still trying to “make bank” in the Middle East with our dear friends the Saudis while war rages...yep, it does indeed look like our military has been rented out to Israel (which we knew already) and the Saudis...I think calling this whole thing a quagmire is being kind...



...and Kyle Kulinski brings us a clip of 1st Trump term SecDef Mark Esper saying Cantaloupe Capone is losing the Iran war, bringing what I would call some pretty solid analysis to the table (Esper I mean)...man, is Kyle ever right about the influence of the actual adults during the reign of #45...I would add H.R. McMaster and John Kelly to that list; I mean, yeah, they were still conservative, but they had a bit of common sense and actual experience...and when John “Blow ‘Em Up” Bolton looks like the freaking voice of reason, I think it’s safe to say that we’re looking at one great big sh*t sandwich and we’re all going to have to take a bite...and the “smokey-eyed sociopath” Mr. Hillbilly Elegy – good one (NSFW/H)...



...but despite how bad #47’s military misadventure gets, our *preznit will always have the fundie nut jobs in his corner, including this Todd Lamphere character, saying “we’re behind him” when it comes to the war, the jackbooted ICE Gestapo, etc. (of course, not that these people have the slightest inclination to actually carry a weapon to support our country of course)...



...well, to lighten the mood a bit, I give you this item, where Jesse Dollemore tells us about horny MAGA men getting all worked up over a Trumpist woman who happens to be an AI – way too damn funny (especially making donations to her “OnlyFans” account, which, as Jesse says, probably went to some graphic designer who came up with this scam)...this person had better keep a low profile, since I can’t imagine what the rubes will do when they find out that they were utterly played yet again, especially when it comes to the “Border of Peace” (ROFLMAO)...NSFW/H...



...and Jordan Klepper of The Daily Show gives us the rundown that we probably didn’t know we needed (and why am I not the least bit surprised to see the Tangerine Toddler now focusing on Cuba, since everything is just so peachy in Iran?)...and last I heard about this Joe Kent guy, he lost to conserva-Dem Marie Gluesenkamp Perez in the U.S. House, making both of them about the same in my book (and nice job by Pumpkin Pol Pot to appoint the guy who was supposedly “weak on security” to FREAKING HEAD COUNTER-TERRORISM!!)...and man, am I snacking on the popcorn while watching the tweet war between Mark (“Micropenis”) Levin and “Maniac Megyn” Kelly (and even Marjorie Taylor Greene too? Looks like I’m getting extra helpings)..and I’m not going to make a joke about the new ayatollah because, unlike other media idiots (and I don’t mean Klepper, or Troy Iawta), I happen to think actual war, with our people in harm’s way, is serious (NSFW/H)...



...and today marks what would have been the 85th birthday of Wilson Pickett.