Jeff Ash

Wars grab attention. Blackmail networks shape reality. One is on the news. The other is behind the news: Epstein and his connection to Trump is still the biggest story of the weekend.

Each one of those ABA guys was a badass.

That was a different time.

Today's $22 haul of ABA cards from a small vintage card show in Milwaukee. Saw a couple hundred 50-cent basketball cards from 1973, 1974 and 1975, but I already have a bunch of them.

A pedophile.
An adjudicated rapist.
A convicted felon.
A pathological liar.
A sociopath.
A malignant narcissist.
A sadist.
A racist.
A fascist.
A traitor.
An insurrectionist.
A war-monger.
A demagogue.
A despot.
An enemy of the Constitution.
An American nightmare.

Aug. 19, 1953: U.S. and Britain Topple Democratically Elected Government of Iran Democratically elected Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadegh was removed from power in a coup.

Today: US-Israeli strike on a girls’ elem. school in Minab, Iran. Death toll 80+ 💔

1953: US & Britain orchestrated a coup d’etat that toppled the democratically elected gov't. of Iran. Shah took power & signed over 40% of Iran’s oil fields to U.S. companies.
www.zinnedproject.org/news/tdih/ir...

The president of the United States killed children to distract from raping children.

Blank checks for war.

Budget cuts for healthcare.

November is coming.

A mad king's illegal war on Iran is a cry for regime change...in Washington | Will Bunch Democracy really did die in darkness as Donald Trump's unconstitutional war on Iran stamps America as a dictatorship.

No wonder Trump went to war with Iran in the dead of night, with the Capitol empty, most Americans soundly asleep

This war is illegal. Full stop. The worst abuse of presidential power in American history aims to cement a dictatorship on U.S. soil

My instant column www.inquirer.com/opinion/trum...

Friendly reminder: This is all unconstitutional.

Aug. 19, 1953: U.S. and Britain Topple Democratically Elected Government of Iran Democratically elected Iranian Premier Mohammad Mossadegh was removed from power in a coup.

Trump: "For 47 years the Iranian regime has chanted 'Death to America' and waged an unending campaign of bloodshed and mass murder targeting the U.S. ..."
No mention of what happened 73 years ago, when the U.S. overthrew Iran's democratic government, installing the Shah's murderous dictatorship.

Trump said he could end the Ukraine war in 24 hours. He had no plan.

Trump said he could deliver better and cheaper healthcare. He had no plan.

Trump said he he would rebuild US infrastructure. He had no plan.

Trump has no plan for Iran. Just blow shit up, kill some people, and see what happens.

Trump Officials Attended a Summit of Election Deniers Who Want the President to Take Over the Midterms The meeting’s participants included Kurt Olsen, a White House lawyer charged with reinvestigating the 2020 election, and Heather Honey, the Department of Homeland Security official in charge of electi...

NEW: Several high-ranking federal election officials attended a summit last week at which prominent activists who worked to overturn Trump’s loss in the 2020 election pressed for the president to declare a national emergency to take over the midterms.

For Trump, a military conflict with Iran would distract from:

-Epstein files
-His deadly deportation agenda
-Losing on tariffs at SCOTUS
-Tanking polls
-His devastating (and unpopular) budget bill
-Millions of people protesting his authoritarianism

When he's cornered, he lashes out. Be warned.

In the past, sometimes presidents have said it’s just a military operation or limited airstrikes to skirt Congress. Trump has unilaterally launched major combat operations, declaring war with the goal of regime change. A major violation of the U.S. Constitution, also illegal under international law

Here it is. Notice the setup.

Trump is again warning about foreign interference, this time Iran. Meanwhile, plans in his orbit would use interference claims to justify sweeping federal control over elections.

Pay attention.

YouTube video by Edwin Starr - Topic War

What is it good for? Absolutely nothing.

Friend only to the undertaker.

youtu.be/gKAM1NfMXY8?...

My people in Iowa My week of vacation started with Dionne Warwick on Monday night, then Kid Rock on Tuesday night. (A mea culpa from 18 years in the future … Kid Rock didn’t seem as problematic in 2008 a…

RIP, the great Neil Sedaka. We drove out to Iowa to see him 18 years ago. Well worth it.

That week, I also saw shows by Dionne Warwick and -- believe it or not -- Kid Rock. Different times. wp.me/p3pns-bS

I have been outbid for The Home Shopping Network and will have to sell my patented Gravy Guns elsewhere. I appreciate privacy during this difficult time and whatnot.

Good.

John Lewis’s warnings have been on my mind today, as we see the direct vulnerabilities of downplaying civil rights as “activism lite”:

Kansas fascists negating many trans citizens’ licenses serves both genocidal aims (erasure from society) AND voter suppression (immediate disenfranchisement).

Remember what Frank said, boys and girls:
Politics is the entertainment division of the military industrial complex.
-Frank Zappa

Everything the Ellison family could own if Paramount buys Warner Bros:

Paramount+
CBS
CNN
Showtime
HBO
Warner Bros
TNT
TBS
MTV
DC Studios
Nickelodeon
Comedy Central
Cartoon Network
And more...

This is a rotten deal that the Trump regime has rubber stamped.

State AGs must step in and block it.

"he brought props with him: a couple of ginned-up newspaper front pages. one real (Ford to City: Drop Dead) and one completely bogus, designed to appeal to Donny's preening vanity and insatiable ego (Trump to City: Let’s Build). ...

"it f*cking worked. Zohran had Donny eating out of his hands."

Just a note for everyone outside the Twin Cities:

Yes, ICE is still here harassing and kidnapping our neighbors

"Bashful" Meadowlark Lemon, clown prince of the Harlem Globetrotters basketball team, strikes a puzzled pose as an exasperated referee and teammate point him in the direction in which an upcoming free throw should be guided during a game against the Washington Generals at the Brown County Veterans Memorial Arena in Green Bay, Wisconsin, on Saturday, Feb. 26, 1966.

60 years ago last night, on Feb. 26, 1966, there was no ABA yet, so Connie Hawkins was playing with the Harlem Globetrotters before a sold-out crowd in Green Bay, Wisconsin. He dunked to open the game. Meadowlark Lemon led the Globies to a 89-78 win over the Washington Generals.

The best thing you can do in light of the Ellison takeover of Warner Brothers invest your time, energy, and money in supporting independent creators and independent distribution networks and independent venues. It is absolutely crucial to make independence a viable option.

Today marks 14 years since 17-year-old, unarmed Trayvon Martin was shot and killed while walking home.

14 years later, we’re still demanding a country where our children can walk home in peace — without being treated like a threat.

Well, he was from Milwaukee. Lotta 5-8, 250 there.