If I was Bongino I would have spent Friday researching the best publisher for the book I was planning to write.

REDIAL

Could be there are a lot of Trump's corporate donors on that list . . . Trump's treat.

Duffy only needs one qualification, and we all know what that is.

But maybe there's another facet to this boondoggle appointment of Duffy.

Perhaps Trump did a tradeoff so Russia could win the space race, maybe even for shared military purposes. They both want to rule the world.

Trump's breakup with Putin, at least on the surface, may be as big a farse as Trump himself.

It allows Putin to continue his merciless, demoralizing assault on Ukrainian citizens and, at the same time, allows Trump an opportunity to change his image . . . all to run one of his notorious scams on the Nobel committee.

It might work. Lying, cheating and scamming are Trump's strong points. I doubt it ever occurs to him to do anything honestly.

Netanyahu is in no position to nominate anyone. However, Trump is desperate, so there's no telling what kind of deal was cooked up.

Desperation is also what's driving Trump to ship arms to Ukraine. He needs to turn his image around so he looks like the good guy trying to help the underdog to bring peace.

As usual, Trump is only thinking about himself and how he can get 'one up' on Obama . . . which has been a burr under his saddle for years.

There are probably more names than Trump in that file ~~ probably names of Trump's BFFs that would make the divorce rate in Trump's social circle go through the roof.

I'm only saying that there could be more than one reason to keep the lid on that list. Especially if those very same names hold a job in Trump's administration or, worse yet, is up for re-election in the mid-terms.

They'd also make a nice witness in Trump's impeachment, right after the Blue Wave.

LEGALLY

----- swallower Pam Bondi says she received Epstein's client list from the FBI and, in the interest of transparency, she swears on a stack that she is investigating.

Then, in a reversal, Trump's FBI and DOJ both claim that no such list exists.

It's not unreasonable to smell a rat named Donald J. Trump.

I wonder if this means Elon Musk will fall out a window if he tries to carry out his threat to dish the dirt on the Trump administration.

CLOWN

I'm not sure who holds the winning hand here. If and when the mud slinging starts there's probably enough dirt to bury both of them in a huge sinkhole. Mutually assured destruction, so to speak.

That usually means neither is going to do squat.

A threat of Trump insiders doing prison time?

Now that the veil has been removed, does that include the kanoodling of certain U,S. Supreme Court justices?

An apology by anybody who would sell their soul to do Trump's dirty work isn't worth the paper it's written on.

It was all about greed on both ends. Musk just ended up with the short straw. IOW, ne got skunked by the world's biggest skunker.

He shoulda known better. You don't make a deal with the devil and think you're going to come out on top. The devil will screw you every time.

It's being reported that the religious clerics in Iran have issued a Fatwa on Trump. That usually amounts to an assassination . . . for disrespecting the Ayatollah.

If so, that's serious business considering how wide spread their operatives are reported to be, even here in the U.S.

Jus' saying.

Trump will claim that only the worst and most despicable criminals will be held there.

Year sure . . . but only if one of them is Trump himself.

Trump has a deflated ego temper tantrum any time some of advisers tell him the only real option is to go back to Obama's non-proliferation accords.

Somehow, even though that's the only thing that makes good sense, Trump would rather die than give Obama credit for anything.

Speaking of death, the story is out that Iran's religious clerics have issued a Fatwa on Trump.

Ut-Oh

His GOP sycophants in the Senate will suck that outright lie right up. what about the cuts to Medicare and Medicaid that will cause a long lingering death to millions of people.

I guess it's up to the Dems in the House to squelch this boondoggle of a con job bill.

Maybe the Independents will help.

ZED

I would never believe a word Trump says ~~ even less if he stood on a stack of bibles.

The best advice is don't believe anything Trump says. He's a notorious pathological liar who has proven himself, repeatedly, to be a money-grubbing welcher whenever it profits him and screws the other guy. And he does so with antisocial abandonment without conscious or regret.

At Trump's age and impotence, it's how he gets his jollies.

REDIAL

Trump's mind is a mental minefield. Who knows what's really going on in there.

Trump's Devil's Island.

Thanks again for posting the K.D. Lang songs. She's a remarkable talent. "Constant Craving" always stops me in my track.

LAMP

"Why did Pres Trump lie to Americans?

For the same reason he always lies. A certain percentage of his followers out here in voter-land will believe, and even argue the point, on his behalf. Those are the same people who also believe that the media is out to "get" Trump and who are tone-deaf to any facts to the contrary.

Or it could be Trump was self-aggrandizing to get the attention of the Nobel committee. As dumb as that sounds, keep in mind that Obama's Nobel Peace prize has always been a burr under Trump's saddle.

Thank you LAMP

K.D. Lang still gives me chills. I miss hearing to her sing.

AU

When I was escorting foreign tourists over to see Tin City in Naples they stopped and took pictures of the basking alligators on the other side of the fence. It was quite a novelty to tell the folks back home.

As an afterthought, I also remember finding a Caiman in our koi pond. He ate all the fish.

I had an tourist from Ireland once who was amazed to find out that fireflies and walking catfish weren't myths.

CATDOG

"The bond market, most powerful force in the world."

True dat. I'm surprised that the devastating effect of a joint gang sell-off hasn't been used to hammer Trump's "my way or the highway" tariff negations.

AU

Living just a tad south of the I-70 corridor called "Allegator Alley" it isn't unusual to find a python taking a morning sun bath on the hood of your car.

Been there, done that.