As Hire As and Bs Hire Cs: And so on down the line. It explains why Trump surrounds himself with such incompetent, unqualified people.

The Externality Is Sitting in the Oval Office: 

If They Didn’t Have Double Standards Then They Wouldn’t Have Any Standards: One of Trump’s lackeys was on the news promoting his tariffs. He was asked why there weren’t any tariffs placed on Russia and proceeded to jump though his own asshole about how they’re in important peace negotiations right now and they don’t want to do anything to upset that, …

The Frogs Desiring a King from The Fables of Aesop: Frogs were living as happy as could be in a marshy swamp that just suited them; they went splashing about caring for nobody and nobody troubling with them. But some of them thought that this was not right, that they should have a king and a proper constitution, so they determined to send up a …

The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly: G: Liberals will win majority of the Wisconsin Supreme Court, CNN projects B: Trump has the world on edge as he mulls fateful tariffs decades in the making U: ‘It’s a bloodbath’: Massive wave of job cuts underway at US health agencies

Never 51: 

An Easy Mark: ‘He Thinks He and Putin Are Friends’: John Bolton on How Trump Gets Manipulated Something fun - learn about Don Rosa.

In Other News...: DHS Sec. Noem says will move to ‘eliminate’ FEMA, a long-time Trump target

A Can of Worms: The problems associated with this Signal fiasco are too many to count; but let’s try. It was probably a violation of the Espionage Act. It was probably a violation of the Presidential Records Act. It endangered the lives of U.S. military and intelligence personnel. It gave our adversaries …

Accountability? Hypocrisy? Pick a Noun.: The flaming liberals at The Bulwark list the people on the Signal message chain that had hissy fits about Hillary Clinton’s email server. Among them: Marco Rubio (Secretary Of State) Stephen Miller (White House Deputy Chief of Staff for Policy and United States Homeland Security Advisor) Pete …

But Hillary's Emails!: From The Atlantic: The Trump administration planned its strikes on the Houthis using a group chat—and accidentally included The Atlantic’s Jeffrey Goldberg. The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans

Earlier, in explaining why rates were being kept unchanged, Powell described the uncertainty faced by Fed policymakers as “unusually elevated.” With overall sentiment sliding due to policy “turmoil,” prices are projected to rise faster than previously expected at least in …

There Are Dangerous Nuts Out There: “It is unclear how many other people whose Social Security numbers are in the documents and are also still alive. The Washington Post reported that data of more than 200 former congressional staffers and others was made public.” Released JFK files reveal Social Security numbers of former …

Tennessee Brando talks about Kentucky Governor Andy Beshear. Jennifer Rubin writes about Illinois Governor JB Pritzker. A plain-spoken, fearless politician with a twinkle in his eye

Crazier than a shithouse rat.

The Deciders: You may have seen the news stories about Elon Musk reversing government cuts after personal appeals from lawmakers. That’s problematic in part because it opens the door to favoritism, not to mention crony capitalism. But on a larger level, the fact that these cuts are occurring at all raises …

“We Want to Put Them in Trauma.”: Meet Russell Vought, Trump’s director of the Office of Management and Budget. He was also a major contributor to Project 2025. Remember Project 2025? During the campaign Trump claimed to know nothing about it. He got up to speed quickly. Here’s the kind of person we’re dealing …

Stupid Isn't Partisan: Gavin Newsom has started a podcast. Guests have included Charlie Kirk and Steve Bannon. This is a dumb idea. Adam Kinzinger summed it up well. I’m probably closer to Newsom on most issues, but I have a hell of a lot more respect for Kinzinger. Federal Worker Emails Elon: Week 2

What? You Believed Me?: “So, when I win, I will immediately bring prices down.” - Donald Trump, 15 August 2024 Trump promised to bring down egg prices on day one. Now, he’s sharing articles telling people to ‘shut up’ about it. Don’t worry, though. The Secretary of Agriculture has a plan. Trump Admin Says …

Damn Hippies: Do you know about The Bulwark? Here’s what Wikipedia has to say: The Bulwark is an American conservative, anti-Trump news and opinion website launched in 2018 by Sarah Longwell with the support of Bill Kristol and Charlie Sykes. It initially launched as a news aggregator but in 2019 was …

You Can't Tell Me What to Do: In 2000, the United States declared that measles was eliminated from this country. Why? Vaccinations. Simple. Of course, all it takes is a pandemic to convince some people that they shouldn’t do something because they think the government is trying to make them. (Spoiler: it wasn’t.) As …

Up Next: The Department of Transportation: War heroes and military firsts are among 26,000 images flagged for removal in Pentagon’s DEI purge “WASHINGTON (AP) — References to a World War II Medal of Honor recipient, the Enola Gay aircraft that dropped an atomic bomb on Japan and the first women to pass Marine infantry training are …

Time to Wake Up: I’ve been doing this on and off for a few years. I started in 2020 when the pandemic hit and moved to another site when we seemed to be past that. Keeping up with it started to become a grind, though. I had locked myself into a structured daily format that was getting tiresome to maintain. I …