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Trump doesn’t know what a “corner store” is. But he is familiar with a “quarter store”
“He knows nothing, and he thinks he knows everything. That points clearly to a political career” – George Bernard Shaw On Thursday, Trump traveled to Las Vegas, NV, to celebrate the passage of his “No Tax on Tips” policy. He also boasted of other tax cuts included in his 2025 signature deficit-enhancing legislation. And that’s when…
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A confused Pete Hegseth led the Pentagon in prayer using dialogue from Pulp Fiction
“The devil can cite Scripture for his purpose” — William Shakespeare (The Merchant of Venice) On Wednesday, Pete Hegseth stood before an audience at the Pentagon. He reflected on the rescue of an American aviator from hostile territory during the current war with Iran. He asked the audience to join him in prayer, saying: “This prayer…
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The arrogance of the aggressively ignorant: MAGA lectures the Pope on theology
“A little learning is a dang’rous thing; Drink deep, or taste not the Pierian spring: There shallow draughts intoxicate the brain, And drinking largely sobers us again” – Alexander Pope (no relation) Dr Evil MAGA has picked a theological fight with Pope Leo XIV. Trump set the tone with ad hominems after Leo called for…
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Shoving Jesus down unwilling throats in the federal workplace
“We must respect the other fellow’s religion, but only in the sense and to the extent that we respect his theory that his wife is beautiful and his children smart.” ― H.L. Mencken USDA prime religion On its website, the US Department of Agriculture USDA states its mission thus: “We keep America’s farmers and ranchers…
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Iran’s President supports Pope Leo and defends Jesus against attacks by the blasphemous Trump
“So far as I can remember, there is not one word in the Gospels in praise of intelligence.” — Bertrand Russell On Sunday night, Trump antagonized Christians not…
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Péter Magyar and his Tisza party win the Hungarian election as Viktor Orbán concedes
Autocracy is defeated in Hungary Péter Magyar and his Tisza party have won the Hungarian general election. In a victory for democracy, Viktor Orbán and the…
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‘Lower. Or the same. Or maybe a little higher.’ Trump forecasts gas prices.
Trump waffles On Sunday, Fox News anchor Maria Bartiromo interviewed Trump on Sunday Morning Futures. She wanted to know his thinking on the future of gas…
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Orbán rigged the system to never lose. He’s about to lose.
“We don’t go against the will of the people” — Viktor Orban (2014, when dropping a massively unpopular internet tax.) A reversal of fortune Trump’s man in…
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Swalwell’s campaign for CA Gov roiled by accusations of ‘inappropriate behavior’ with female staff
Do unto yourself as you would do to others” — The Golden Rule (reimagined) The accusation The polls showed Rep. Eric Swalwell (D) as the leading Democratic…
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WaPo editors defend data centers by calling Americans “unhinged,” “Luddites,” and “irrational”
WaPo picks fights with its readers The Washington Post was extolled for holding power to account. It was legend for exposing the Watergate scandal. However…
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Trump’s Pyrrhic ‘victory’: the astronomical cost of losing the Iran war
“It is a tale, told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing” — Shakespeare, Macbeth This is winning? On February 27th, the Strait of Hormuz was…
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“How do we 25th Amendment his ass?” Alex Jones joins MTG in calling for Trump’s removal
“THESE are the times that try men’s souls.” — Thomas Paine, The American Crisis (1776) A genocidal promise … Whatever your politics, Trump’s threat…
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US Army Sergeant reports to base: ICE arrests his wife at the gate
McCarthyism redux In 1954, Army lawyer Joseph Welch famously eviscerated Sen. Joseph McCarthy with the simple question: “Have you no decency, sir?
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“He has gone insane” MTG gives it to Trump with both barrels
MTG tells it like it is On Sunday morning, Marjorie Taylor Greene called Trump a madman. In a 276-word tweet (image below), she wrote: She called him a liar…
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Magical thinking: John Bolton argues China and Russia will help America win in Iran
“There is always a well-known solution to every human problem—neat, plausible, and wrong” — H.L. Mencken Can America win a war? John Bolton thinks that America…
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Trump proposes $1.5 trillion for the Pentagon – while slashing domestic programs by 10%
“The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by an endless series of hobgoblins…
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The CDC is cutting disease surveillance just as disease makes a comeback
The Centers for Disease Control loosens its controls On Wednesday, The New York Times, in a piece headlined, C.D.C. Pauses Testing for Rabies and Pox Viruses…
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In MAGA’s version of history, America won the Vietnam and Afghanistan Wars
The old declare war, the young fight it In Rep. Rich McCormick’s (R-GA) opinion, the US military should land troops in Iran. Fair enough.
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Pardons for profit: Trump’s clemency power is now a revenue stream
Pardon abuse On January 20, 2001, the last day of his second term, Bill Clinton issued 140 presidential pardons and 36 commutations. He wasn’t rubber-stamping…
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ICE got $45 billion for detention: Detainees are dying at record rates
Two narratives According to ICE, the agency runs top-notch detention facilities — in which all inmates are guaranteed food, medicine, and sanitation.
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Trump is building a ‘hotel lobby in the sky’ next to the White House
A building misconceived There is a sweet spot between “act in haste, repent at leisure” and “study long, study wrong.” Trump’s White House ballroom is not in…
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The Houthis join the Iran war, threatening a second oil transit route
The Bab al-Mandab Strait. It is unlikely that most Americans could locate the Bab al-Mandab Strait on a map. Indeed, I doubt most have ever heard of it.
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French Senator says what MAGA pols won’t: Trump went to war without a plan, an ally, or an exit
“They are very predatory, the Americans, they are voracious, and they want to rule the world … Our war against America is a secret war, an eternal war…
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Megalomania: An insane man adds his signature to America’s currency
In the US, paper money traditionally bears the signature of the Treasury Secretary and the Treasurer. Now, in another show of megalomania, Trump is going to…
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CPAC moms say Barron Trump should enlist to fight in the Iran War
The 2026 Conservative Political Action Conference (CPAC) is underway. Sadly, the event, once de rigueur for anybody who was anybody in the right-wing firmament…