Clearly meddling in the internal affairs of a sovereign country. Acceptable all around, right, Righties?

In a few months Heroin Bob will announce findings from his cabal of Kool-Aid drinkers, and the findings reported here will be ignored, discounted, or edited to agree with the conclusions of the college of the clueless...

Meanwhile, wanna-be governor Casey DeSantis is distracted with other business far removed from south Dade County. Her campaign spokesman reported Mrs. DeSantis plans to visit the detention center under cover of darkness, while wearing clothing that will disguise her physical appearance, because, well, you know...

Mam oh man--I'm glad we sold all those Twitter bonds earlier this year!
--Morgan Stanley dealmakers, this week (and almost every week since the leftover bonds were sold)

In a larger sense this doesn't matter. Firing Drinky Pete would be the admission of an error in judgment on Der Dotard's part, and that will NEVER happen. Short of grabbing a feel of Ivanka or vomiting on the floor in the Oval Office, Hegseth is safe in his job. Of course, he could always fall out of a window, or get run over by a tank or have to go to the Betty Ford clinic...

Just to mess with El Rey Dotardo II, Obama should roll out his Peace Prize, and give a series of lectures at Harvard, discussing his own efforts toward world peace. He could also throw in lines like 'I was humbled by the award', or 'this becomes a great responsibility', or 'it made my Johnson 3 inches longer'. Trump would be on Truuf Social lickedy split. It would be comedy gold to watch the reaction of a guy so unaware of himself...

The 50% tariff threatened by Der Dotard on imports from Brazil is clearly an attempt to meddle in the internal affairs of another country. China is reported to be Brazil's #1 trading partner, and the PRC must be thrilled at the better trading advantage they will soon enjoy, vis a vis the US.

Pay attention folks, stable genius at work in the White House...

There you have it. No more hurricanes. If we can't see them, they don't exist. All those people flooded out are just cosplayers, actors, shills for Big Weather. All those destroyed homes and cars--all fake, phony, ersatz. I hope all those coastal communities are listening because they have nothing to worry about anymore...

Why the face masks? I'll wager that sooner or later it will come out that a sizeable percentage of these ICE or other agents are nothing more than hired bullies and cosplayers, nothing more than stand-ins, wanna-be agents, Blackwater contractors, moonlighting cops from the outer burbs working on their day off or 1/6 criminals who got on with flexible employers. Nearly all will be on the Barney Fife protocol with no ammo in their guns and smaller 'sticks', just out to impress girls with their outfits...

TSA: Thousands Standing Around. Each missed the cut to be greeters at Wal-Mart.

A few months ago, while flying out of OKC I observed a guy bypass the two TSA agents who were checking ID by walking between the two active stations, and he proceeded to the conveyor belt. When I alerted the TSA people on duty, one nearest to me thought it was a joke and started chuckling. I persisted, so they pulled the guy aside. Turns out he was an airline employee (or so he said) and produced a badge. He was traveling out of uniform, so was like the rest of us traveling stiffs and had to be screened. The event made me further lower my expectations of TSA agents...

Perhaps the most surprising part of this story is that a reporter from Fox News moved this matter into the spotlight. Karoline Leavitt must have felt blindsided by Peter Doocy's questions. Perhaps its time to replace Fox with some news organization more compliant with the administration's wishes...

This is what civilized societies do. It is certain those on the ground are very thankful for the help given. The Mexican visitors are spreading good will, at a time of division. If Der Dotard follows through on his threat to visit the area this week, it can be sure that he will be nowhere near the Mexican team.

In a larger sense, Americans thank you for your help...

So what. The guy will get re-elected, probably with 70% or more of the votes. His constituents will have their heads so full of all things illegal immigration that they will have long forgotten about 300 dead at the hands of MAGA GOP politicians ...

Party, eh? Will Leon serve beer, like at the Beer Hall Putsch? Asking for some Nazis who want to come to the party...

A man who will not defend his wife from the insults of another man is a coward who doesn't deserve to be married to ANY woman, even a horse like Heidi Cruz...

The blind leading the blind. Nutlick is so much a toady that if Der Dotard asked him if he smoked, Howie would light himself on fire, just to see. As for the head cheese, Trump has placed himself in a box with his phony negotiations, bullying tactics and fake deadlines. Rather than humiliate himself, Trump will gladly send the US economy into idle mode, so he can say he 'won' the 'negotiations'...

Lamp: Um, it appears you are the last person in the US to understand that the end consumer is who pays the tariff, NOT some foreign manufacturer or government. And if tariffs are not passed to the end consumer, that means the entity which sells to the end consumer is making less profit (or in some cases, selling at a loss). That action translates to lower profit for the seller, and lower stock price for the investor. With so many in the US with 401-k or other investment vehicles, that means a loss in value to their investment. You're welcome...

Hey there, MAGA World: you voted for this.

If you didn't realize it, you were not listening to your orange deity as he spoke at every tractor pull, county fair, WWE dance-a-thon and opening of every Port-O-Let door. You asked for Trump and his attack on waste, fraud and abuse. And you got it. It's sad to see news reports about all those dead people, but they were just in the way of your god's leadership...

One of the worst negotiators in world history. Sets an artificial deadline, and when there is no movement on the part of the other side, our guy faces the choice of imposing tariffs and losing face, or 'revising' his deadline and looking foolish while still no closer to any of his '90 deals in 90 days'.

The nasty letters Der Dotard will reportedly send out this week will probably have the same effect--nothing.

Were I advising the countries threatened with tariffs I would advise all to engage slowly, so as to demonstrate a willingness to negotiate, but do so on a reasonable timeline. Have and keep to their negotiating position. The fatal flaw in the Trump administration's plan is that they they are relying on fast response, which can cause the other side to simply agree with what Trump and his minions are offering. Trump does not have the patience, analytical capability, intellect or negotiating position to work through protracted negotiations. He wants people to like him, which means that if they 'agree' with him on some point, he can declare victory and move on. String him out, wear him down, get him impatient, and he will give up most of what he seeks so that he can declare' victory', no matter how small or meaningless...

Must have fallen off of Blondi's desk and into the trash. Those things happen. Oh well. And Epstein is still dead. Case closed...

Maybe Der Dotard is going for the Nobel Peace Prize for Gaza and the Nobel War Prize for Ukraine...

The MAGA GOP: Christians for Hunger...

Somehow Der Dotard will blame Biden, or even the victims. Now that he has signed a disaster declaration, Trump has put this matter out of his mind; otherwise it would interfere with his golf game...

What we need is a new vaccine. I've taken the Heroin shot and look at me now!
-Heroin Bob Kennedy

Boy, that DOGE is doing great. We need to do that in our (insert name of a political subdivision here) ...
"no one in a long time