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Didn't they have to change name to MAGA burger?

Cartoon by @davewhamond.bsky.social.

Satire and ridicule are important tools for a civil society working to stave off authoritarianism.

From Stephen Colbert's Late Show:

My state has had a legislative GOP supermajority for 22 years. Missouri is ranked:

50th in classroom funding
49th in starting teacher pay
7th highest in gun deaths
6th highest in maternal mortality

Republicans can’t govern and you can look at every red state to come to that conclusion.

Tucker Carlson's obsession with gay war-mongering GOP senators Who could he possibly be talking about?

"Who could he possibly be talking about?"

www.signorile.com/p/tucker-car...

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let’s start right at the top, with the Bigot-in-Chief — because let’s face it: everyone was just waiting for him to do a racism. it was like that Simpsons meme come to life, if you replace ‘stupid’ with ‘racist’ even the White House press corps were all c’mon, Karoline, throw us a bone. we know he’s gonna do it. just tell us when. reporter: “it’s Juneteenth. does the president plan to commemorate the holiday at all or make any comment?” Leavitt: “I’m not tracking his signature on a proclamation today. I know this is a federal holiday, I want to thank all of you for showing up to work. we are certainly here. we are working 24/7 right now.” second reporter: “will he mark Juneteenth in any way, today, or with an event later on?” Leavitt: “I just answered that question for you.” take note of how Ms. Lie-vitt phrased her evasive non-answer. ‘I want to thank all of you for showing up to work (unlike all those lazy black people who stayed home).’ that’s gonna be a recurring theme, because when Donny — after somehow managing to remain quiet for most of the day — finally farted out a post, he picked up Karoline’s ball and ran with it. “Too many non-working holidays in America. It is costing our Country $BILLIONS OF DOLLARS to keep all of these businesses closed. The workers don’t want it either! Soon we’ll end up having a holiday for every once working day of the year. It must change if we are going to, MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!” awesome. this guy — President Golfcart McChucklefuck — thinks we have too many holidays. hey, let’s check President Golfcart’s official schedule for today. oh look, Mister Too Many Holidays is ditching work again so he can fuck off at his New Jersey ex-wife cemetery. I guess it’s just a coincidence that Donny chose Juneteenth as the day to whine about why do we have so many days off.

from today's post, about Donny's (and every racist's) over-the-top reaction to 'those' people getting a holiday.
please read the whole thing, thanks!
link is here: bit.ly/3ZBDAKb
(and as always, there's a longer excerpt in the alt text)

a man with a beard and the words what 's it look like behind him ALT: a man with a beard and the words what 's it look like behind him

—Political assassinations of the opposition party
—Military occupation of opposition cities
—Arresting judges supporting the rule of law
—Arresting and charging lawmakers of the opposition
—Assaulting a lawmaker for asking a question of the regime
—Kidnapping and rendition to labor camps
#NoKings

Kristi Noem thinks her lie about Sen. Padilla not identifying himself is a real own when, in fact, her supposed inability to recognize a US Senator--who is the chair of the Senate Judiciary Subcommittee on Immigration, Citizenship & Border Safety--makes her goons' thuggery even more disgraceful.

Thread.👇

Gotta love this humble, golden frame... nice touch. Touché!... and they say that Germans do not have the sense of humor.

I never appreciated how manly & dignified J. Edgar Hoover looked in that dress

Fine: Rome is burning

McGovern: One of the previous Republican speakers got up and said Rome is burning but I hate to tell him but Republicans are in charge and Trump is your Caesar.

Cato has published my comprehensive review of the ~240 Venezuelans the US government renditioned 2 months ago to Salvador’s notorious prison. We identified FIFTY who came legally, never violated any immigration law, but are imprisoned at the US government’s request and at US taxpayer expense.

That moment when you realize DOGE was always a scam and your fellow Republicans never actually cared about the debt, all they care about is tax cuts for the rich and transferring wealth from the bottom to the top. @RandPaul

Trump’s Rants About Young Girls’ Dolls Just Got Weirder and Darker Who actually wants to work at a Barbie doll factory in America, anyway?

The dumbest thing about Trump's desire to manufacture dolls in the US is that many of the jobs would be bad ones: Connecting plastic body parts to torsos, attaching nylon hair, etc.

I talked to toy industry people who laid this all out. Striking stuff:
newrepublic.com/article/1949...

@mrshartkopf.bsky.social post something fun

@mrshartkopf.bsky.social Is an amazing educator in Nevada!

“There’s class warfare, all right, but it’s my class, the rich class, that’s making war, and we’re winning.” - Warren Buffett

#TrickleUp

CARTOON OF THE DAY 🇺🇸

(From @MatttDavies)

The court document refers to statements by two former detectives involved in the investigation started by London’s Metropolitan police in 2011 into phone hacking by NGN. The statements relate to the background to the deletion of millions of internal NGN emails. One officer, Sue Akers, a former deputy assistant commissioner in the force, said it appeared that NGN sought to “actively frustrate the police inquiry and undermine our ability to carry out a thorough investigation”, it is claimed. According to the high court document, she further claimed that if she had been aware of certain internal discussions at NGN, she would have “launched an investigation into the matter terminating all contact with [NGN’s general manager] Will Lewis, who would have been a suspect in respect of the deletions”.

Barney Ratcliffe, a retired detective inspector, “also confirms he would have terminated contact with Will Lewis as a suspect and considered arresting him for perverting the course of justice”, it is claimed. Lewis has previously strongly denied wrongdoing. He did not comment when approached by the Guardian. NGN strenuously denied the allegations, saying that its executives acted with integrity. The Crown Prosecution Service concluded in 2015 that there was no evidence that company email deletions were carried out to pervert the course of justice. The claims from the former detectives are contained in a document filed with the high court in London in support of what was a long-running and hotly disputed phone-hacking litigation pursued against NGN by Prince Harry and the former deputy leader of the Labour party, Tom Watson.

News: Two Scotland Yard detectives who investigated Murdoch tabloids say given new evidence they would have considered Will Lewis a criminal suspect in covering up wrongdoing there - via @guardian

Lewis currently chief executive & publisher of WaPo

www.theguardian.com/media/2025/a...

To all those who say Trump has “single-handedly” wrecked the economy: He didn’t do it single-handedly. Congress could’ve stopped him anytime. The Republican-led Congress allowed him to wreck the economy.

An NBC News article headline reads: "New images could change cancer diagnosis but ICE detained the Harvard scientist who analyzes them." The article is by Jean Lee, published on April 21, 2025, at 5:34 PM EDT, with a 7-minute read time. It has 86 comments. The summary states: "A groundbreaking microscope at Harvard Medical School could lead to breakthroughs in cancer detection and research into longevity. But the scientist who developed computer scripts to read its images and unlock its full potential has been in an immigration detention center for two months – putting crucial scientific advancements at risk." The NBC News logo is at the top.

This is who we are now?!

The Trump Admin's Lies About Kilmar Abrego Garcia, Debunked Donald Trump and his administration have been pushing misinformation to justify sending Kilmar Abrego Garcia to a brutal prison in El Salvador.

A must read:
Rolling Stone's real story about Kilmar Abrego Garcia that debunks every Trump administration lie.
www.rollingstone.com/politics/pol...

Nobel Peace Prize winner Maria Ressa discusses state of U.S. democracy Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa has long fought for global press freedom. Her book, "How To Stand Up To A Dictator," detailed her experience running the news site Rappler under…

In her book, "How To Stand Up To A Dictator," Nobel Peace Prize laureate and journalist Maria Ressa details her experience running the news site Rappler under the autocratic regime of President Rodrigo Duterte in the Philippines.

How Trump Courts Disaster, And Leaves Us Bracing For It Incompetence up top, and neglect of details deeper in the government, all but guarantee something important will break, if it hasn't already.

"One torture of living as an informed citizen under an administration this reckless is bracing for a calamity of some sort every day, not knowing when it will arrive, or in what clothing."

@brianbeutler.bsky.social theorizes Trump's recklessness and incompetence:
www.offmessage.net/p/trump-cour...

Larry David writing a NYT guest essay as a man having dinner with Hitler, just to roast Bill Maher as a smug, self-important clown, is the stuff of comedy legend.

www.nytimes.com/2025/04/21/o...

Did not even take 100 days.

I graduated from this district too.