If there is nothing truly damaging to President Donald Trump in the Jeffrey Epstein files, he and his administration did a great job of making it look like there could be. How else to explain their promises of full transparency, their sudden and inexplicable U-turn, and then their (ultimately unsuccessful) efforts to fight Congress' push to get the files? It seems the administration didn't learn its lesson from that episode. Because it looks like history could be repeating with the boat strikes video. read more
Trump pardoned the former Honduran president this week because, sure. Why not? read more
The top Democrat on the House Armed Services Committee [Adam Smith] said Sunday that surveillance video of U.S. military strikes targeting an alleged drug trafficking vessel in the Caribbean Sea on Sept. 2 would contradict how Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and other Republicans have described it. read more
Juan Orlando Hernndez, whom Mr. Trump called a victim of persecution, helped orchestrate a decades-long trafficking conspiracy. read more
Donald Trump's drive to secure peace in Ukraine must not let Vladimir Putin off the hook for war crimes committed by Russian forces, a top EU official has warned, effectively setting a new red line for a deal. read more
Well, the US just seized an oil tanker off Venezuela: "US seizes oil tanker off coast of Venezuela, officials say" at www.reuters.com
"I think that when a 27-year-old guy who has never gotten laid, never had a meaningful relationship with a woman, says women aren't allowed to vote, they should stay at home, that all they do is fantasize about getting raped and beaten up, that's what they want, that they're annoying, that they get fat, that they get ugly " that's a misogynist," Morgan said.
"Have you ever had sex?" the Brit then boldly asked:
The Hitler-loving podcaster, who has previously said he doesn't believe women should have equal rights to men and insisted they shouldn't have a right to vote, shot back: "No, absolutely not."
"Wow, says the guy who's never got laid," a deadpan Morgan responded.
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Priceless.
Trump's wildly self-absorbed, cringeworthy whiney, sadly embarrassing performance before some folks in that ballroom at a hotel/casino up in the Poconos was just a warm-up for the latest in his by now almost predictable nightly mental breakdowns on social media. Here's a sample of that therapy session:
"In addition to all of that, I go out of my way to do long, thorough, and very boring Medical Examinations at the Great Walter Reed National Military Medical Center, seen and supervised by top doctors, all of whom have given me PERFECT Marks " Some have even said they have never seen such Strong Results. I do these Tests because I owe it to our Country. In addition to the Medical, I have done something that no other President has done, on three separate occasions, the last one being recently, by taking what is known as a Cognitive Examination, something which few people would be able to do very well, including those working at The New York Times, and I ACED all three of them in front of large numbers of doctors and experts, most of whom I do not know. I have been told that few people have been able to ace' this Examination and, in fact, most do very poorly, which is why many other Presidents have decided not to take it at all."
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Trump posted two fulsome endorsements on Truth Social, both spelling Gonzalez's name incorrectly, and aligning him with the Trump agenda for "secure borders" and cracking down on "migrant crime".
www.theguardian.com
Well done, Sirrrrrrr!
Congress will vote on limiting Hegseth's travel budget unless he releases unedited video of boat strikes
There is bipartisan support to release the full video of the controversial strikes that day.
www.wbaltv.com
Tucked into Congress' massive defense policy bill is a provision that would limit Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth's travel budget unless he provides the House and Senate Armed Services committees with unedited video of U.S. military strikes in the Caribbean.
The mandate in the must-pass piece of legislation " known as the National Defense Authorization Act " would withhold a quarter of the budget unless the Pentagon provides lawmakers "video of strikes conducted against designated terrorist organizations in the area of responsibility of the United States Southern Command."
It comes as a Sept. 2 "double-tap" strike on an alleged drug boat in the Caribbean has come under intense scrutiny on Capitol Hill.
Worst Henny Youngman impression, ever.