Caleb Mercer's Desk

When asked today if he will call for Gonzales to resign, Very Pious Christian Mike Johnson said no. Hanging on to power is the first chapter in MAGA Mike’s Bible.

YouTube video by LastWeekTonight Twitter: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)

On John Oliver last night, a bunch of these accts the right wing fools AND trump admin regard as factual actual NEWS, INCLUDING "EndWokeness" are NOT even IN AMERICA!

www.youtube.com/watch?v=p7ZG...

By the way, while we argue, the fascists are making tremendous progress on the concentration camp warehouses we will all be in soon.

Prediction:

He’s going to reuse his last five Truth Social rants verbatim, add the Davos grievance speech, and sprinkle in some SCOTUS shade over tariffs. The only thing "new" will be the date on the teleprompter.

Magician David Copperfield Accused of Grooming, Groping, and Drugging Women David Copperfield faces misconduct allegations from 16 women, including claims of groping, grooming, and drugging women before sexual encounters.

Additional background

www.rollingstone.com/culture/cult...

If he popped one, he definitely took a bump. His behavior suggests influence of more than light beer.

Here's hoping, but I fear that the 11th's ultimate decision will be appealed right up to SCOTUS with an "emergency stay" by Trump's lawyers. We are in for a slow roast.

www.cnbc.com/2026/02/23/t...

FBI’s “Stand Down” Directive to NYPD on Jeffrey Epstein Investigations, and More The most comprehensive timeline to date of the publicly available record on New York law enforcement authorities’ action and inaction with regard to Epstein, Ghislaine Maxwell and other potential co-c...

NEW: Trump’s DoJ ordered New York SVU and New Mexico to stop investigating Epstein in 2019. www.justsecurity.org/132230/fbi-s...

Does Poillievre think we forgot about his wife's uncle: José Gerardo Galindo Prato?

breachmedia.ca/hypocritical....

As Virginia Roberts Giuffre’s family, we commend the British authorities for taking meaningful action and treating the Epstein files with the urgency they demand. While these arrests aren’t for the underlying exploitation, they are a crucial step toward truth and accountability. The contrast with the continued inaction in the United States is undeniable. Survivors deserve transparency, swift investigation, and real justice, no matter who is implicated. Sky and Amanda Roberts

Virginia Giuffre's family on the arrest of ex-U.K. Ambassador Peter Mandelson:

"The contrast with the continued inaction in the United States is undeniable. Survivors deserve transparency, swift investigation, and real justice, no matter who is implicated."

Full statement

The grift that keeps on grifting.

Google: Two-hour mouth-fart tracks.

Same same..
You're welcome.

Segregation Academies Across the South Are Getting Millions in Taxpayer Dollars North Carolina offers an especially telling window into what is happening across this once legally segregated region where legislatures are now rapidly expanding and adopting controversial voucher-sty...

North Carolina’s Lawrence Academy has never reported Black enrollment higher than 3% in a county whose population hovers around 60% Black.

It received $518,240 in vouchers in the 2023-2024 school year to fund 86 of its over 200 students.

(Published Nov. 2024)

UPDATED: New additions to our running list of judges who have ruled on ICE's mandatory detention policy:

Against ICE: Michael Barrett, Julia Munley, Paul Huck, Joseph Goodwin

For ICE: Douglas Cole

Overall
386 against ICE - 32 for ICE

www.politico.com/news/2026/02...

MAGA Senator Mike Lee: “Cartel hitmen wear mask. Leftists aren’t complaining”

Senator Chuck Schumer: “Yes. Cartel hitmen wear masks. That’s why ICE shouldn’t”

Needless to say, the dipshit deleted his post..

Dear Fellow Americans: This is a friendly reminder that Trump decided to tax you an extra 15% for no other reason than he was mad at the Supreme Court. 🗽

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Agree, though I’d put it more clinically. He is a narcissist whose self-centredness is augmented by dementia. This happens to many elderly people; Trump is unique in having the power to act out his illness.

Trump brain:

They take from us. I make it even. Law says I can. Court says stop. I find another way inside the law. Congress gave the authority. I use it.

Like if someone eats my cookies, I charge a cookie fee next time they come over. If mom says no cookie fee, I call it a snack fee instead.

www.reuters.com/world/us/top...

(*Pending*) Knight First Amendment Institute is appealing to the Eleventh Circuit, arguing Cannon can’t permanently block or bury the report. They’re seeking appellate review, preservation of the report, and eventual release, while coordinating with allied watchdogs. Lastest ruling helps that cause.

Yet he's in power. Really, a very demented petulant man-child. This is the most anticipated series finale of them all, his #BigBeautifulObituary

NEWS: Former ambassador Lord Peter Mandelson has been ARRESTED in the UK after police searched two of his homes as part of an investigation into alleged misconduct in public office tied to the Epstein probe.

(Pending) Knight First Amendment Institute is appealing to the Eleventh Circuit, arguing Cannon can’t permanently block or bury the report. They’re seeking appellate review, preservation of the report, and eventual release, while coordinating with allied watchdogs. Lastest ruling helps that cause.

Drunk on Narcissist dementia.

Katyal: "Here's the problem for Donald Trump: his DOJ, in our case, filed briefs to the courts that said Section 122 is inapplicable and the president can't use it. So now he's turned around & he's gonna have to somehow argue against his own DOJ's interpretation of the statute. I think that's tough"

AP or RCFP files a First Amendment access suit. District court denies post-dismissal secrecy. They appeal. The Eleventh Circuit narrows Cannon’s order, allows redacted disclosure. Congress then lawfully receives and discusses unclassified material. When House flips, they can compell DOJ full report.

Trump is a spoiled 10 yr old:

I can’t use that rule to make them pay? That’s not fair! You’re dumb and you just don't like me!

Fine! I’ll use a different rule. I have lots of rules. I can make them pay even more now. You don’t even understand what you wrote! Everyone charges a fee. Why can’t I?

The Trump administration has generated enough corruption to sustain several future seasons of American Greed.