Polly Ticks

Kristi Noem riding into the sunset on a broomstick, in her witch's garb

Best of the day... from Clay Bennett

From NPR:
"Magamyman" made over $553,000 by betting on the timing of US-Israel strikes in Iran. Other accounts, including "Planktonbet," "Dicedicedice," and "nothingeverhappens911," also made significant profits, prompting investigations into potential insider trading.

Corruption, thy name is trump

Noem is out: is this trump's first step toward actually reducing corruption, fraud, and waste in the government?

I suspect Noem's first question upon being tossed was, "can I keep my costumes?"

The real reason Noem was fired: it turns out murdering citizens is not as popular as trump hoped, so now she's the scapegoat: "i got rid of her because of her terrible policies!"

Or maybe, it's just, after a long search, trump finally found someone less competent, and even dumber.

To paraphrase Terry Jones in Monty Python and the holy grail, "It got better".

In June, MAGA thought invading Iran was a bad thing. Charlie Kirk was instrumental in convincing trump and the MAGAts that it was bad.
Then Kirk was killed by someone who thought he "wasn't conservative enough".
Now MAGAts are OK with invading Iraq.
Let's revisit why Kirk was killed. And by whom.

I had no doubt there was a bribe or extortion involved, but I didn't know how much.

Now the unanswered question: bribe or extortion?

Wait until tomorrow.

Slow day.

Refund... Refund... Refund... Refund...

Now that trump's illegal tariffs have been struck down, what's next?
I mean, who gets that $18 trillion trump says the tariffs have brought it? The importers? The foreign manufacturers? The retailers who had to eat those tariffs?

trump has made an impact on prices!
- He imposed (illegal) tariffs, which made the price of many goods to go up.
- The tariffs were correctly struck down.
But does anyone want to bet that the prices of those goods do not go down? They never do. He's affected affordability, just not for us.

If a person or persons make you or your group feel unsafe, afraid of doing certain activities, that is the definition of terrorism.

Which raises the question: Is ICE a terrorist organisation, or is the whole federal government under trump (as the mafia don) a terrorist organisation?

DC asked the fed for assist & reimbursement to clean up the 300 million gallon raw sewage spill in the Potomac.

They should help. The trumpers are going to run out of sh-t to foist upon the us if they don't get an infusion.

In exchange, they can call it the DONALD J TRUMP MEMORIAL SEWAGE SPILL.

You mean, the people Cupid should shoot with a crossbow. 😀

Good news: Inflation is down. GDP is up. Job growth is up.

Bad news: these statistics come from trump's hand-picked sycophants who are generating numbers that reflect whatever makes President Stupid look good.

Since openly jimmying the gov numbers, I believe nothing good from this administration.

Don't worry. They're playing "can you top this" and the next will be worse.

Burying the lede, extreme example.
In a WaPo article about how trump wants to block the opening of a US-Canadian bridge, in parg 14, they wrote that a nearby bridge is owned by Detroit’s Moroun family. They asked Trump to stop the new bridge b/c it will infringe on their "right to collect revenue."

Gov Wes Moore said being dis-invited from the NGA meeting with the president is a snub to bipartisanship.

Don't be silly. You're Black. Gov Polis, also dis-invited, is Jewish.

Wait until president stupid finds out that there are two other Jewish governors.

I know trump is going to rot in hell. I would like the starting date. Please.

The king of the Kennedy Center, realising that he's chased away all class acts, has announced that he's going to close the building for two years for what he's called "a complete demolition of that beautiful building so I can remove every reference to JFK and art". That's what I heard him say anyway

He has his hat and backpack and enough trauma to last him six lifetimes. I do believe reparations are in order.

In fact, DHS should reimburse every citizen for every broken door/window/car window, every bullet hole, every medical treatment for reaction to tear gas, therapy...

The deeper question: Why would the people of this country prefer a deranged narcissistic felon over a qualified woman?

When is that going to change?

Ya think?

Stop! I know the ICE agents need punishment but this is too too much!
Kudos to Clay Bennett.

Kevin Couch resigned as senior VP of artistic development at the Kennedy Center after being on the job for only 1.5 Scaramuccis.

Maybe a joke but it's so very likely it's not.
Also likely the attendees will have to sign an NDA so they can't squeal when they don't get paid.

Keep On Rocking in the Freezer World!

I won't say peace and prosperity, but you'd know, in four years, there'd be a US, a NATO, a UN, a respected constitution.

It could have been worse. If the agent who took his gun was a bit slower, he might have lost a finger in the shower of bullets.