Trump

Being a Dick

The Trump administration is about to release billions in disaster aid. Several blue states won’t be included  

 

Trump Administration Clown Show

Pentagon shoots down US Customs and Border Protection drone with laser system, lawmakers say

 

Most of what Trump says is unsupported by intelligence.

Trump’s claim on Iranian missile development said unsupported by US intelligence 

 

If Netanyahu, Trump and the right-wing news swamp would stop lying about Iranian nukes, we wouldn't be so worried. According to them, Iran has been two weeks away from nuclear weapon for 20 years!?

Also, if the Trump hadn't blown up Obama's Iran deal it wouldn't be a problem. 

Poll: Most Americans worry about Iran’s nukes — and about Trump’s military judgment 

Some Good News

US citizens’ support for Israel at historic low over Gaza genocide: Poll

Backing for Israel among US voters hits historic nadir, with 41% now sympathising more with Palestinians, Gallup poll reveals.

Good or Bad?

Because the bad shit is piped into our brain multiple times a day.

 It’s the end of the world as we know it (but I feel fine)

Double Standards

From the front page of the Jerusalem POST

Can you imagine the cries of antisemitism if a major news outlet ran a picture like this of a Jewish rabbi?

‘Mouse Ali’: Khamenei’s hidden network sustains his authoritarian rule from hiding
 

 

Trump

Because he's a vengeful dick. 

Why is Trump targeting fraud in blue states, but not red ones? 

HealthCare

Medicare for all !!

2025: Big Insurance’s $1.7 Trillion Year

The seven largest for-profit health insurance conglomerates took in nearly $1.7 trillion from their customers in 2025 – $175 billion more than in 2024 – and they booked more than $54 billion in profits (earnings from operations). 

The Donor Class

How much democracy can you afford?

They Haven't Even Started Spending Yet: The terrifying math of money in politics.  

The six largest political donors in 2024 were all billionaires who gave more than $100 million each to Republicans. (The largest individual donor to Democrats was Mike Bloomberg, who gave $65 million.) Elon Musk’s net worth today, thanks to recent valuation of SpaceX, stands at $845 billion. The $300 million he donated in 2024—which made him the single most influential donor in America—represents 0.035% of his net worth. That is the equivalent of a $77 donation from an American with the median net worth of $193,000. 

Trump Says ...SOTU

I don't know why anyone listens to anything Trump Says. 

Fact-checking Donald Trump’s State of the Union address

Fact check: Trump makes false claims about the economy, elections and crime in State of the Union 

Also... 

US Justice Department withheld allegations against Trump from Epstein files, NPR finds

Investigation finds that FBI interviews with a woman who alleged Trump sexually and physically assaulted her as a minor were missing from Epstein database, in violation of law 

Elon Says ...

The Media Can't Stop Propping Up Elon Musk's Phony Supergenius Engineer Mythology

But it's just an indisputable fact that Elon Musk is a terrible person and stunningly ignorant human being who frequently has no Earthly idea how very basic things work. Huge swaths of his business empire are propped up by memestocks, dodgy financials, and massive, press-aided misrepresentation of what his companies' technologies are, and will be, actually capable of.

For now, Musk is also propped up by an authoritarian government dedicated to slathering him in billions in taxpayer subsidies for genuinely doing nothing. A government that has frozen forty different regulatory inquiries into dodgy or patently illegal violations by his companies.

 

Russia, Russia, Russia ...

Jeffrey Epstein Was Vladimir Putin's Wealth Manager, FBI Source Claimed in Newly Released Epstein Files

US media is quick to run headlines connecting Epstein to Russia but you rarely see a headline about his much larger and stronger connections to Israel.

The 2016 election was much the same. Though Russia did play a part, Israel and Netanyahu were there working for Trump too. 

 

Update: 

 DoJ Released Much More on Epstein’s Israel Ties—But Media Still Aren’t Much Interested