Mark Alesia

Cartoon by Mike Luckovich.

Underneath the name Charlie Hebdo is a pile of bloodied dead bodies representing US citizens killed by ICE. The pile of bodies are collected in one corner to represent the stars of the US flag and the streaks of blood caused by them being dragged across the ground form the red and white stripes. In the foreground an armed skinhead officer with an ICE vest is dragging his latest victim with multiple gunshots to join the pile. The world is watching in horror.

Wow.

The front page of tomorrow’s Charlie Hebdo magazine in France.

This week, Trump will bomb someone, impose a ridiculous tariff, make some crazy announcements - do anything he can to divert attention away from this outrage. He wants the public to move on and forget this as so many have done with his past crimes and transgressions. Don’t let him.

Fascism is here.
The Department of Justice isn't.
This is all just brown-shirting now.

The USS Bone Spurs

Here we go. Elise Stefanik changed everything she was, everything she believed in, for power. And in the end, Trump endorsed another dude and Elise is out.
Shameful

Julian Sayin had taken just six sacks all season, and only two in a game once (Purdue). Indiana logged three that half. #iufb

Not sure why there's so much focus on the bogus rationale for the second strike when it's pretty clear they were just eliminating the witnesses.

Outstanding reporting today from the New Media at the Pentagon.

The new Pentagon press corps is laser focused on serving the American people by working their sources to bring you the most impactful stories because, as Jefferson said, “a well-informed citizenry is the best defense against tyranny.”

I for one think the Epstein Ballroom will be magnificent. I love the decor theme of “what if Uday Hussein ran a Ramada Inn.” And giving it a theme song everyone will associate with it is a stroke of brilliance! “Thank Heaven for Little Girls” is very catchy.

Wouldn’t the best way to honor Charlie Kirk’s belief in free speech be to reinstate Jimmy Kimmel?

Media loyalty oaths have no place in fact- based journalism so there's only one legitimate choice here for journalists: turn in your pentagon press pass and start covering the Defense
Dept from outside the building.

Jonas Salk died in 1995.

Thirty years later:

So we’re planning an MMA fight card at the White House on the 250th anniversary of our nation? That means a spectacle at a place sacred to our culture where hitting a man/woman when they’re down is not only against the code and rules of the sport, it’s *encouraged*. Sounds about right for our times.

Don't like the numbers? Just fire the person responsible for gathering them.

Trump's doing what every tyrannical regime has always done: wiping out the truth and replacing it with lies.

TBT 1956, when recruiting athletes to college was deemed unsavory.
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again Swan, because he is not trained in the US interview school of obeisance to power, was able to ask follow-up questions and confront the president with facts.

Trump said he ‘never wrote a picture in my life.’ Here are four. Trump claims he’s never made drawings. He’s done many. Here are four examples.

1. He’s a stone cold liar, as always
2. That said, he is not without talent in the writing a picture department and certainly better than Dubya, John Wayne Gacy and, of course, a failed painter who went into politics in post WW1 Germany.
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Now she tells me.

We’re at the Nuremberg trials, and he starts playing the kazoo believing we’ll look away.

Pardoned Jan. 6 Rioter Who Threatened Police Joins Justice Dept.

"A former F.B.I. agent who was charged with encouraging the mob... to kill police officers has been named as an adviser to the Justice Department task force that President Trump established to seek retribution against his political enemies." www.nytimes.com/2025/07/01/u...

a photo of the statue of liberty with the sun setting behind

happy summer solstice 🗽 🌅

U.S. Soccer committee to evaluate college system U.S. Soccer announced on Tuesday a committee that will evaluate and potentially overhaul the college soccer system.

This is simply outlandish. A parallel would be the NFL calling pro owners, pro agents, and college ADs together to “fix” CFB. I almost admire the audacity, if it weren’t for the obvious— who is not at the table?
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MLB exec to lead new college enforcement arm Major League Baseball executive Bryan Seeley will become the CEO of the new College Sports Commission, a vital enforcement arm that will have final say in doling out punishments and deciding when rule...

“Seeley was hired by the four power conference commissioners…” Translation: Hired by P2. That is all you really need to know.
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A Letter from NCAA President Charlie Baker - NCAA.org Many looked to April's hearing about the House settlement as a culmination of sorts, but the court's final approval of the settlement in fact marks a new beginning

"[This] marks a huge step forward for college sports. [Directly paying players] is a tremendously positive change and one that was long overdue." - NCAA President Charlie Baker.

Spare us this insulting b.s., Chuck. You were dragged kicking and screaming into this.

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