May 19, 2025 at 10:34 AM EDT
FBI Director Kash Patel Working Hard To Blame Jan 6 Insurrection On FBI

Trump's sycophantic FBI Director Kash Patel says he's going to unearth his truth about the insurrection on January 6, perpetrated by violent Trump supporters. This is the only reason Trump appointed Patel, who was a huge proponent of the BIG Lie that Trump used to claim the 2020 election was stolen from him and deny any involvement with the attack on the Capitol.

May 19, 2025 at 10:24 AM EDT
The Whiny Titty Baby Demands 'Major Investigation' Into Four Celebrities

At 1:34 AM, the insecure co-president took to Truth Social to call for a "major investigation" against Beyonce', Oprah Winfrey, Bruce Springsteen, and Bono for endorsing Kamala Harris's presidential run. Donald claimed that Harris illegally paid the major artists for their endorsements. Kamala Harris' campaign, which raised more than $1 billion in just a few months, paid Beyonce''s production company $165,000 and gave $1 million to Oprah Winfrey's company, Harpo Productions, according to campaign finance records.

May 19, 2025 at 9:17 AM EDT
Freedom Caucus Extremists Demand Even Meaner Budget Changes

House Republicans narrowly advanced Yambo's big "fuck the poor, fellate the rich" package out of committee during a rare Sunday night vote, but just barely, as Freedom Caucus whack jobs are demanding quicker, meaner cuts to Medicaid and even less investment in green energy before promising their support. Via the Associated Press: Speaker Mike Johnson met with Republican lawmakers shortly before the meeting and acknowledged to reporters that there are still details to "iron out." He said some changes were being made, but declined to provide details.

May 19, 2025 at 7:56 AM EDT
Oh, Look! Giant Dictator's Portrait Hanging On Official Building

Ali Velshi this weekend warned of authoritarian encroachment in America, spotlighting a giant banner of Trump's official portrait that was recently hung on a federal building. Via HuffPost: Velshi argued that the oversized image of Trump now hanging on the Department of Agriculture in Washington, D.C., is straight from the strongman playbook and similar to the grandiose imagery used by authoritarian leaders worldwide.

May 19, 2025 at 7:43 AM EDT
ICE Snatching And Deporting Suspects Before Their Trials

Some suspects in violent assaults and sex crimes are escaping American justice because they're being deported before they can stand trial, according to prosecutors and legal experts across the country. Via MSN.com: In one suburban Denver county, the district attorney has tallied at least six criminal cases he's had to shelve or drop because Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents detained or deported suspects before he could prosecute them.

May 18, 2025 at 11:00 PM EDT
Austria Wins Eurovision 2025

Yesterday I watched some of the Eurovision 2025 finals since it has been such a huge contest outside of the US. It is an off-the-wall electro-pop cavalcade of ridiculousness, gaudiness, bad songs, awful costumes, but a whole lot of fun.

May 18, 2025 at 9:28 PM EDT
Mike Pence Admits Knowing Trump Tariffs Raises Prices

Earlier Sunday on Meet the Press former VP Mike Pence admitted that he knew Trump's tariffs in his first term raises prices on the working class but supported it anyway. Trump needs to have help screwing over the majority of the country to support millionaires.

May 18, 2025 at 8:00 PM EDT
Pope Leo XIV Urged The 'Rejection Of Hatred And Division' At Inaugural Mass

At his inaugural Mass, Pope Leo XIV urged the "rejection of hatred and division." He called for a rejection of economic policies that "exploit Earth's resources and marginalize the poorest." NBC News reported there were more than "200,000 people in and around St. Peter's Square, including over 150 international delegations, headed by monarchs, presidents and prime ministers."

May 18, 2025 at 6:27 PM EDT
How Will Jake Tapper And Alex Thompson Make Money From Biden's Cancer?

Former President Joe Biden has an 'aggressive form' of prostate cancer. Biden was diagnosed with prostate cancer on Friday, and the cancer has spread to his bones. The beloved former president was diagnosed with prostate cancer on May 16, per CNBC.

May 18, 2025 at 3:00 PM EDT
Scott Bessent Has A Wildly Dumb Idea To Offset Tariffs

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent played economic jujitsu with CNN by claiming that the higher consumer costs of Trump's tariffs will be offset by Trump's tax cuts. Bessent admitted prices will be higher because of Trumps tariffs, but he pretended they are lowering inflation, which they are not. How can they lower inflation if they raise prices?

May 18, 2025 at 1:46 PM EDT
Mike Johnson: Trump Doesn't Hide His Corruption So It's Legal

During a press conference last week, Speaker Mike Johnson claimed Donald Trump is not engaging in any corruption because he's being open about accepting $400 million bribes as well as shadow figures investing in his meme coin. I've never heard this defense before.

May 18, 2025 at 12:23 PM EDT
Scott Bessent Pushes Fairy Tale That Tax Cuts Pay For Themselves

US Treasury Sec. Scott Bessent blew off Moody's recent downgrade of the US credit rating and instead promoted the fairy tale that their tax cuts will pay for themselves while CNN's Jake Tapper nodded along without questioning it. When asked about the "big beautiful bill" Republicans are trying to pass which will explode the debt, and the fact that Trump's tax cuts exploded the debt during his last term, Bessent blamed COVID and got very little pushback from Tapper who just moved onto the next topic: