Skeets Of The Day

 

NEW: the Malignant Fascist fires AG Bondi for not being fascist enough, Gabbard next? --

BREAKING: President Trump removed Attorney General Pam Bondi from her post, a White House official said, following mounting frustration with her performance, including her handling of investigative files related to the late financier and sex offender Jeffrey Epstein reut.rs/4cnl6ni

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— Reuters (@reuters.com) April 2, 2026 at 1:13 PM

 

Pam Bondi was the worst attorney general in US history, but not bad enough for Trump. The Trump family motto: Be worst.

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 12:19 PM

 

Unfortunately, we're about to find out who could possibly be worse than Pam Bondi and Tulsi Gabbard.

— The Sgt Joker (@thesgtjoker.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 12:37 PM

After ICE Barbie’s ouster, and with Attorney General Pam Bondi sweating, Trump is eyeing another top official.

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— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 10:43 AM

 

Operation Epic Epstein Fury: gone, damned schedules, damned liar --

“He’s gone.” Podcaster and conspiracy theorists Alex Jones turns on Trump. Says the president is in “free fall”, and it’s time to “cut bait” with him. Jones adds, “He’s not the man he was last year. We need to be sad about Trump. This is not funny. This is not good. But he’s gone. And that’s it.”

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— Mike Sington (@mikesington.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 7:13 AM

Tom Nichols: “His address did not come across as a wartime speech but instead was a disjointed series of complaints, brags, and exaggerations (along with a few outright lies) delivered by a man who looked and sounded tired.” @radiofreetom.bsky.social www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...

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— Barbara Kaskosz (@kaskosz.bsky.social) April 2, 2026 at 12:07 PM

 

No money for daycare, but money for trillions in tax cuts for ultra wealthy. Got it -- 

WATCH: The White House took down this video, but we still have it. Trump: We can't take care of daycare. We're a big country. We're fighting wars. It's not possible for us to take care of daycare, Medicaid, Medicare, all these things.

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— The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) April 2, 2026 at 11:45 AM

Federal Judge rules that the MF can be held accountable for Jan. 6 actions. Get him! -- 

A federal judge has ruled that President Trump can be held accountable for his actions on January 6. Bring on the lawsuits. trib.al/i9GfYhW

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— The New Republic (@newrepublic.com) April 2, 2026 at 9:07 AM

 

Praise the Golden Calf! He thinks his evangelicals are "smart" despite being Christians.  --

 

***Leaked White House Video*** Trump at Easter event: “So you’re Christians, but you’re very smart and have great common sense.”

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— PatriotTakes 🇺🇸 (@patriottakes.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 10:21 PM

Will accept Fancy Feast for payment -- 

 

Party decorator for hire. Will install decorations at a height relative to his own.

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— Cats with Jobs ⚒️ (@catworkers.bsky.social) March 28, 2026 at 2:05 PM

 

QOTD -- Amusing Ourselves To Death

 

"Donald Trump got elected president, twice so far, because people have become so easily bored, and so desperate for constant stimulation, that the election of this subliterate carnival barker with the morals of a pimp and the intellect of a dull normal junior high school bully was sufficiently entertaining to them to entice them into making this fundamentally insane choice. Trump was entertaining to the voting public in the same way he was entertaining as the host of The Apprentice, which, crucially, allowed him to present himself to millions of television viewers as a 'successful businessman.' He was entertaining as the host of Wrestlemania, and as a constant gossip column item in New York in the 1980s, and in the pages of People magazine. He wasn’t, as so many of his voters emphasized when asked about why they were voting for him, 'a politician' – meaning, above all that he was amusing, rather than boring.

"We can only hope that, in the words of Neil Postman’s prophetic polemic on the degradation of knowledge in the information age, we are not now in the process of amusing ourselves to death." -- law professor Paul Campos, LGM, on the Malignant Fascist in general and his shambolic Operation Epic Epstein Fury address last night in particular.

(Image:  our new favorite, on-point Venn poster, via @kuperart) 

 

Trump's Slurred, Deranged Address Deepens Worries

 

If anyone was expecting FDR or Churchill from the sundowning Malignant Fascist last night, please get back on the turnip truck. 

As any sentient person would have predicted, there was not only nothing new in his "plans" for the Iran war Operation Epic Epstein Fury, but that whatever came out of his slurring mouth would make things worse than they already are for the U.S. and world economies, and for American honor and credibility:

Oil prices climbed sharply and stock futures sunk early Thursday after President Donald Trump vowed Wednesday night to strike Iran "extremely hard" over the next two to three weeks and offered no clear path to end a war now in its second month.

U.S. West Texas Intermediate crude futures rose as much as 10% to $110.21 a barrel. Brent crude futures climbed 8% to above $109 a barrel. Futures tied to the Dow Jones Industrial Average slid 718 points, or 1.5%, while S&P 500 futures dropped 1.7% and Nasdaq $NDAQ +0.31% 100 futures fell 2.1%.  (our emphasis)

Here's a summary of how it went last night:

A weary President Donald Trump slurred his way through a disjointed national TV address Wednesday night in which he repeated the same justifications for his war with Iran that he’s been posting on social media throughout the month-long conflict.

The primetime speech, which pre-empted scheduled television programming on all broadcast networks at the request of the White House, had been billed as a major address in which Trump would finally lay out the justifications for the military action he started against Iran.

Trump was expected to finally provide details on how and when the conflict would end to an American populace that has grown tired of it.

Instead, the president spent nearly 20 minutes speaking from a lectern in the White House’s main foyer, in prepared remarks that often repeated, word for word, his Truth Social posts.

He offered contradictory statements about the war, Iran and the now bogged down Strait of Hormuz, while repeatedly having trouble pronouncing words like “enemies,” “Venezuela” and “battlefield.”

Addressing both the cameras and an audience of cabinet members who’d been summoned to offer support — including Vice President JD Vance, Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio — Trump began by claiming the joint U.S.-Israeli campaign had “delivered swift, decisive, overwhelming victories on the battlefield”.

He said that “victories like few people have ever seen before” before repeating many of the same claims he has made about damage to Iran’s military capabilities for the last month in appearance after appearance.  [snip]

The president’s rambling address took place just hours after a new CNN poll revealed that Americans have largely soured on the war, with just 34 percent of respondents voicing approval of it. The poll also found a super-majority of 66 percent of Americans disapproving of the war, with 43 percent of those reporting that they strongly disapprove.

Trump proceeded to change subjects once more by launching into another series of grievances as justification for launching the war, including blatantly false claims about Iran’s alleged culpability for the 2000 bombing of the U.S.S. Cole, for which al-Qaeda terrorists are preparing to go on trial before military commissions at the U.S. naval base in Guantanamo Bay, Cuba.

He later returned to discussing present events by repeating his oft-used lines about America’s purported objectives of “crippling” Iran’s military capabilities and said he was “pleased” to say the “core strategic objectives are nearing completion.”

Without offering any evidence, he claimed that the families of the 13 American service members who’ve been killed since the start of the conflict had each asked him to “finish the job” while suggesting that failing to “complete the mission” would dishonor the fallen soldiers and airmen.

And inexplicably, he boasted that U.S. “has never been better prepared economically” to deal with the skyrocketing gasoline prices his war has caused while blaming the sky-high energy costs solely on Iran “launching deranged terror attacks against commercial oil tankers in neighboring countries that have nothing to do with the conflict.”...  (our emphasis)

The summary goes on to document the series of jaw-dropping non sequiturs, juvenile boasts, and verbatim "Truth social" rants that peppered the address.  The MF then closed on a note that sent chills up spines and oil prices through the roof today:

His remarks were no different from anything he’s offered over myriad public appearances since the start of the war, despite hopes that he would provide a timeline for winding down the unpopular military operation.

Instead, he claimed the war would continue for “the next two or three weeks” while U.S. forces “bring [Iran] back to the Stone Age where they belong” and threatened indiscriminate attacks on Tehran’s electrical generation capacity — something that would be a war crime under U.S. law.

“We are going to hit each and every one of their electric generating plants very hard and probably simultaneously, we have not hit their oil, even though that's the easiest target of all, because it would not give them even a small chance of survival or rebuilding. But we could hit it and it would be gone. And there's not a thing they could do about it,” he said.  (our emphasis)

Brother Hackwhacker adds this:

The Associated Press listened to the mentally ill and raging Malignant Fascist last night so we didn't have to. Here are some of their take aways:

"President Donald Trump sought Wednesday to explain his rationale for the war against Iran at a pivotal moment at home and abroad, but he offered few new details as he amasses extraordinary executive authority to prosecute the military operation.

Notably missing from Trump’s primetime address was his oft-repeated assertion that negotiations with Iran were underway. He softened his insults against NATO allies and did not indicate he was preparing to send in ground troops, particularly to retrieve Iran’s enriched uranium. But he gave no definitive end date for the conflict.  [snip]

He aimed to show that one goal of Wednesday’s speech was to take on the confusion that has persisted as the administration shifted its reasons for launching the war.

But over the course of nearly 20 minutes, Trump did not offer any new explanations. [snip]

While he said Iran’s ballistic missile capacity was greatly reduced, he didn’t explain how the operation had headed off Iran’s nuclear ambitions. He and his administration had previously insisted that the U.S. and Israel “obliterated” Iran’s nuclear program in strikes last summer.  [snip]

Thousands of additional U.S. troops are heading to the Middle East. Gulf allies are urging Trump to finish the fight, arguing that Tehran hasn’t been weakened enough.

And yet Trump days ago predicted the U.S. will be done “within maybe two weeks.” On Wednesday, he said the U.S. would hit Iran “extremely hard over the next two to three weeks.” Then oil prices rose." (our emphasis)

Yes, oil prices surged 10% after the MF's rambling and contradictory remarks. Oh, and stock market futures are dropping, too, with the Dow shedding 718 points after listening to the moron's speech. Winning!

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We're sure we all feel more confident and secure in the knowledge that the United States of America will continue to be held in the highest esteem by the other nations of the world because of the actions of this narcissistic, war-criming half-wit whom voters have made responsible for the world's biggest economy and most powerful military.

 

Trump's "12-Dimensional Chess" (And A SCOTUS Checkmate?)

 

ICYMI, Stephen Colbert talked about the Malignant Fascist's "12-dimensional chess" on display in his Operation Epic Epstein Fury, the MF's humiliating appearance at the SCOTUS' hearing of arguments on his bogus birthright citizenship executive order, the Artemis II mission, and more.

Today's Cartoons

 

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(Ben Jennings, The Guardian, UK; context here)

(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

(Jonathan Brown, caglecartoons.com)

(Steve Sack, stevesack.substack.com)

(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(Michael de Adder, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(Jimmy Margulies, King Features)

(Jen Sorensen, gocomics.com)

(John Cole, The Scranton Times-Tribune, PA)

(Steve Greenberg, steve@greenberg-art.com)

(Rick McKee, caglecartoons.com;  context here)

(Paul Noth, @paulnoth)

Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Epstein Fury --

 

It’s actually possible to write headlines that don’t obscure who did what. Thanks, AP.

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— Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 6:59 AM

 

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— Tyler K. Stroud (@stroudarian.bsky.social) March 31, 2026 at 2:41 AM

 

SCOTUS hearing on birthright citizenship & Trump's transparent intimidation ploy --

 

NEW: 24 state attorneys general statement ahead of Supreme Court arguments on Trump birthright citizenship order: "We're optimistic the Supreme Court will agree with every judge to consider this exec. order on the merits and hold that it violates this fundamental constitutional right"

— Scott MacFarlane (@macfarlanenews.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 9:11 AM

 

I'm at the Supreme Court this morning, and we're expecting President Trump to attend oral arguments over his attempts to unilaterally re-interpret the 14th Amendment. Several nearby streets are closed. Secret Service agents & some guys in military olive drab & sidearms are roaming the hallways.

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— Jose Pagliery (@josepagliery.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 8:08 AM

 

i like the fantasy of trump attending the supreme court hearing on revoking birthright citizenship, as though he will be thoughtfully considering the legal merits of the case with great intellectual mind, instead of staring down conservative justices to make sure they do his bidding

— derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 2:47 AM

 

The writing on the wall was there all along  --

Starmer sees the writing on the wall. @financialtimes.com www.ft.com/content/9f3d...

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 8:44 AM

 

In interview with the London Telegraph, Trump threatens to withdraw from NATO and says he never trusted the Alliance and that he and Putin agree it's "a paper tiger." He also sneers at the UK - "you don't even have a Navy." www.telegraph.co.uk/world-news/2...

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— Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.com) April 1, 2026 at 9:00 AM

 

Most corrupt regime ever:   insider deals / pardon power corruption --

In what world is it okay for the Defense Secretary to make multi-million dollar investments in defense companies: a) Ever; b) In the run-up to starting a war in the Middle East FT has the scoop: www.ft.com/content/744e... In a functional democracy, he would offer his resignation tonight.

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— Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) March 30, 2026 at 7:28 PM

 

NEW: Trump pardoned nursing home owner Joseph Schwartz just 3 months into his sentence for a $39 million fraud scheme. Meanwhile, families who won multimillion-dollar wrongful death suits against Schwartz haven’t collected a cent.

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— ProPublica (@propublica.org) March 30, 2026 at 8:15 AM

 

Trump's "stealing the midterms concept of a plan"  --

I think this falls under 'scary flailing' - it's insane that he's trying this, he's trying to grab power he isn't even close to having, but the chances it actually works (yes, even with this supreme court) are very low this is not the action of someone who has a grand plan for stealing the midterms

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— Micah (@rincewind.run) March 31, 2026 at 7:17 PM

 

Kid Rock(head) and the right's cultural fakery --

 

lmao

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— Denny Carter (@dennycarter.bsky.social) April 1, 2026 at 8:36 AM

April Fools Day --

 

April fools only works when reality isn't this stupid.

— Lee Hurley (@hleehurley.com) April 1, 2026 at 6:51 AM

 

 

Mid-Week Songs

 

Modern folk artist Maggie Rogers was one of the featured performers at the "No Kings" rally in St. Paul, MN, performing "Different Kind of World."  Here she is, after an introduction by Jane Fonda.

Last night, "The Boss," Bruce Springsteen, launched his "Land of Hopes and Dreams" tour at the Target Center in Minneapolis with his E Street Band.  He was also in the Twin Cities for the "No Kings" march on Saturday.  He starts his concert with a rousing denunciation of the lawless and evil Malignant Fascist, followed by rousing a cover of Edwin Starr's "War (What Is It Good For)," and his own "Born In The U.S.A."

Trump's Latest Threat To Leave NATO

 

A humiliated and over-his-head Malignant Fascist, smarting after not getting bailed out by our allies after he launched a war of choice on Iran, is once again lashing out at the NATO alliance for not fixing the mess he created, along with Netanyahu's government.  It doesn't matter to him that NATO is a defensive alliance -- an attack on one is an attack on all -- not an aggressive pact supporting wars of choice, especially for dubious, ever-changing reasons.  Now he's threatening to pull out of NATO, something that he can't do without Congressional approval.  From CNN:

"President Donald Trump suggested in an interview with a British newspaper that he’s considering withdrawing the US from NATO after repeatedly criticizing a lack of support from members for the Iran war.

Asked by the right-leaning Telegraph if he would reconsider the US’ membership of NATO after the war, Trump said: 'Oh yes, I would say (it’s) beyond reconsideration… I was never swayed by NATO. I always knew they were a paper tiger, and (Russian President Vladimir) Putin knows that too, by the way.' [Ed.: if it's a "paper tiger," it's because Putin knows he has a friend in the Oval Office.]

Members of NATO, a defensive military alliance, have been reluctant to deploy military assets to reopen the Strait of Hormuz, a crucial oil shipping lane that Iran effectively closed in response to the US and Israel attacks.

Trump’s comments, reported Wednesday, are the latest in a series of rebukes he has issued to NATO members over not 'being there' for the US. On Tuesday, he told countries struggling to source jet fuel due to the closure of the Strait of Hormuz to “build up some delayed courage, go to the Strait, and just TAKE IT.”  [snip]

Trump’s position has been puzzling to members of NATO, which is an alliance based on the principle of collective defense. Article 5, which states that an attack on one is an attack on all, has only been invoked once in the alliance’s history, following the September 11, 2001, attacks on the US. More than 1,100 non-US troops were killed after allies joined the US’ ensuing war in Afghanistan."  (our emphasis)

In continuing to undermine NATO after his disastrous decision to go to war with Iran, the MF is advancing one of the Kremlin's key goals: the degradation and elimination of the NATO alliance which has kept an aggressive Russia at bay for nearly 77 years.  The MF has always falsely seen NATO as a "protection racket" where the U.S. receives payments, benefits, etc. from the member countries in exchange for U.S protection, much like the organized crime model in his experience in New York real estate. 

On the upside for the MF, Putin might award him the Hero of the Russian Federation medal.  The MF would like that. 

Strong Dear Leader Vibes For Trump's Vulgar Library

 

It's April Fools Day, but no fooling, this is the design the Malignant Fascist himself came up with for the main hall of his planned Presidential Library in Miami, with a 10-meter-tall golden statue of himself:

Here's a look at the skyscraper exterior:

If you want to look at more of what this vulgarian monument to bad taste and out- of- control narcissism and cult worship is supposed to look like:

 

Looking at that failure of phallic architecture, one might wonder what's going to fill that giant expanse since the MF is not known for his interest in books or anything that engages the intellect.  Perhaps the still unreleased, unredacted Epstein-Trump files?  Files from the lawsuits filed by and against him?  Bound compilations of his ranting "Truths"?  Classified documents for sale?  Vaults where his illegal emoluments and bribes are kept?

All in all, we think this Trump Library is far more accurate and appropriate.

BONUS: The MF apparently wants his "library" to double as a hotel. Always grifting.

 

Today's Cartoons

 

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(Christopher Weyant, caglecartoons.com)

(David Rowe, Financial Review, Australia)

(Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune)

(Ed Wexler, caglecartoons.com)

(Kevin Kallaugher, gocomics.com)

(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com)

(Paul Duginski, caglecartoons.com)

(Joel Pett, Tribune Content Agency)

(Gary Markstein, Creators.com)

(Nick Anderson, Raw Story)

(John Darkow, Columbia Missourian)

(Adam Douglas Thompson, The New Yorker)

The Malignant Fascist's Market Manipulation

 

With the delusional and deceitful Malignant Fascist's war of choice on Iran going south and with the vital Strait of Hormuz effectively closed to most shipping, the MF has seen voter discontent rise over gas prices and the prospect of ground troops.  His strategy has been to issue statements on his ironically-named social media site "Truth Social" that are intended to present a rosy picture of non-existent "peace talks" and victories.  It seems to have lost it's magic, according to this Associated Press report:

 "As the Iran war intensifies, President Donald Trump has prioritized efforts to calm the financial markets — trying to keep oil prices from exploding upward, stocks from cratering and interest rates from surging.

When the markets have flashed danger, Trump has been quick with a social media post or a remark to claim the war he launched last month could soon end. He’s publicly declared that the markets are doing better than he expected, even with the S&P 500 stock index declining over the past five weeks and the global oil benchmark up roughly 60%. [snip]

The White House sees the stock, energy and bond markets as a way to indirectly reach voters. Trump has staked his economic agenda on cheap prices at the pump, robust gains in 401(k) accounts and cheaper mortgage rates.

But that messaging appears to be wearing thin as the president’s various pronouncements have done little to change the reality that a large chunk of the world’s energy supplies is stranded by the conflict. Just 38% of U.S. adults approve of how he’s handling the economy and only 35% support him on Iran, according to a March survey by The Associated Press-NORC Center for Public Affairs Research. [snip]

Trump’s strategy of giving mixed messages has started to work against him, said Jeffrey Sonnenfeld, a professor at the Yale University School of Management and co-author of the new book “Trump’s Ten Commandments: Strategic Lessons from the Trump Leadership Toolbox.”

'The uncertainty is now soaring,' Sonnenfeld said. 'As the messaging to calm markets with false reassurances is having diminishing credibility in financial markets, so, too, has Trump diminished public confidence.'”  (our emphasis)

The MF is profoundly ignorant, but can see stock prices down and gas prices up, along with tanking poll numbers.  Iran's decimated leadership is certainly on to his market manipulation, with their parliament speaker Ghalibaf calling out the MF's tactic by saying 

"Heads-up: Pre-market so-called “news” or “Truth” is often just a setup for profit-taking. Basically, it’s a reverse indicator. Do the opposite: If they pump it, short it. If they dump it, go long. See something tomorrow? You know the drill."

The MAGA cult hasn't caught on yet, and the greedy hustlers on Wall Street are happy to use the MF's false optimism to pump stocks up, only to see the MF's statements prove false shortly after.  The rest of us "know the drill," and are watching for the MF's latest lie.

Border Barbie's Cross-Dressing Husband

 

Those Republicans sure like their cosplaying.  The =ugh= New York Post has the "salacious" tale of the husband of cosplaying Border Barbie Kristi Noem's "bimbofication fetish":

Former Department of Homeland Security chief Kristi Noem is “devastated” by salacious allegations her husband Bryon lives a double life where he cross-dresses and chats online with fetish models.

“Ms. Noem is devastated. The family was blindsided by this, and they ask for privacy and prayers at the time,” Noem’s representatives told The Post.

According to reporting by the Daily Mail, Bryon Noem chatted up women from the so-called “bimbofication” fetish scene, in which adult performers augment their breasts with massive amounts of saline to achieve a “Barbie doll”-like appearance.  [Ed.:  we believe that's called the Mar-a-lago look.]

Citing “hundreds” of messages purportedly sent by three women from the scene, Noem’s husband enthusiastically praised their heavily augmented appearances, and proclaimed he coveted “huge, huge ridiculous boobs,” according to the Mail.  [Ed.:  "huge ridiculous boobs" - he must be a big fan of the Malignant Fascist!]

One photo the Mail claims Bryon Noem shared with the women features him wearing pink hot-pants and a flesh-colored, skin-tight suit.

He appears to have put balloons in his shirt to mimic comically oversized, lopsided breasts – complete with fake protruding nipples.

His face is fully visible in several of the photos, one with a completely straight visage and an other making a flirtatious kissy-face with pursed lips.

Bryon, who made his fortune in the insurance industry, allegedly sent women he met in the online fetish community some $25,000 via Cash app and PayPal as he admired their over-the-top bust sizes and “amazing” curves,” the DM reported.

HE traded selfies with one woman he pledged to worship like a “goddess,” telling her, “you turn me into a girl,” before asking if he should “put in leggings.”

One of the models claimed she once butt-dialed “Jason” and heard a voicemail greeting saying “Noem Insurance, leave a message.”

When she Googled Noem Insurance, she found pictures of Bryon and his DHS secretary wife, accordng to the Daily Mail.

When she confronted him about it, he reportedly told her that “he didn’t care” 

The Post has not confirmed the details reported by the Mail.

The outlet spoke to national security experts who surmised her husband’s alleged proclivities could have left the former DHS secretary – who was fired last month – vulnerable to potential blackmail.

The Noems have three children, daughters Kassidy, 31, and Kennedy, 29 and a son, Booker, 23. Kassidy and Kennedy both have children of their own.

In a 2022 interview with Elysian, Kristi Noem said, “We are such a transparent family” over their willingness to put their family life out there, adding that they’re “an open book.” [Ed.:  apparently the book is "Kinky Family Fetishes."]

However big questions have swirled about the state of the Noems’ marriage in recent years, primarily concerning the ousted DHS chief’s relationship with Trump confidant Corey Lewandowski.

Lewandowski, who is also married, has been by Noem’s side at high-profile events, even sitting side-by-side across from Guyanese President Irfaan Ali during a meeting in the South American country earlier this month.

Their cozy appearance came just weeks after she was grilled over the alleged affair in a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing in which she dodged questions as Bryon sat directly behind her.  [Ed.:  was he wearing Gucci or Prada?]

Well, if she spent more time with him, rather than Corey, she might not have been "blindsided."  And they could have done their cosplaying as a family.

Here's one of the money shots via =ugh again= The Daily Mail:

On the obviously serious note that any foreign security service having this information would have made the former head of Homeland Security vulnerable to blackmail, who did her FBI background check? Was it handled personally by FBI Director Kash "No Credit" Patel or some other incompetent flunky?  What a bizarre, dysfunctional regime full of bizarre, dysfunctional people.

(Top photo:  Kristi Noem Facebook)

Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Epstein Fury: moving goal posts, losing friends, the lost deal --

President Trump told aides he’s willing to end the U.S. military campaign against Iran even if the Strait of Hormuz remains largely closed, likely extending Tehran’s firm grip on the waterway.

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— The Wall Street Journal (@wsj.com) March 31, 2026 at 6:03 AM

 

Now France is denying airspace…

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— Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) March 31, 2026 at 7:21 AM

 

Trump to the UK and Europe: "The U.S.A. won’t be there to help you anymore." RIP Special Relationship RIP NATO Putin's glee must be sickening.

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— Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.com) March 31, 2026 at 8:42 AM

 

It was called the Iran nuclear deal. You threw it out because it was negotiated by a black president.

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— Oliver Willis (@owillis.bsky.social) March 31, 2026 at 8:44 AM

Nice that the reddest states are getting hardest hit with gas prices -- 

States with the largest percentage jump in average gas prices compared to a month ago: Utah up nearly 54% Tennessee up 46% Idaho up 45% Louisiana and Florida up 44%

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— Patrick De Haan (@gasbuddyguy.bsky.social) March 31, 2026 at 8:41 AM

Some sick, cruel, un-American fuckery from the Trump regime, part infinity -- 

ICE agents will be stationed outside graduation events for the nation’s newest Marines to identify whether any of their family members are undocumented, according to the Marine Corps.

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— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) March 31, 2026 at 8:20 AM

Plenty of fraud for JD Vance to investigate right in front of him --

The call is coming from inside the house.

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— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) March 30, 2026 at 6:35 PM

It figures that this guy is a big fan of the pedo President -- 

Jan. 6 rioter pardoned by Trump gets prison sentence for possessing 'enormous child pornography collection'

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— Ryan J. Reilly “paints a vivid and urgent portrait of… disarray” (@ryanjreilly.com) March 30, 2026 at 11:50 PM

Miss Lindsey had to go and get butched-up after Disney World. Drop him on Kharg Island -- 

Lindsey at Disney World with a bubble wand.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) March 30, 2026 at 12:26 PM

 

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SCOTUS Hears Birthright Citizenship Case Tomorrow

 

Chris Geidner at LawDork writes about the oral arguments being heard Wednesday on the "birthright citizenship" issue so dear to the hearts of our fascist white nationalists:

...On Wednesday, the U.S. Supreme Court will be hearing oral arguments over the legality and constitutionality of Trump’s January 20, 2025 executive order seeking to end birthright citizenship in the United States.

Trump appointed three of the nine justices on the court, and, in a pair of rulings in 2024, the court made Trump’s second term possible — first by preventing states from enforcing the Insurrection Clause of the Fourteenth Amendment, keeping Trump on the ballot, and second by dramatically expanding the scope of presidential criminal immunity, delaying Trump’s criminal trials beyond his re-election.

Now, days after millions of people came out across the nation in protest of this man and his presidency, the Trump administration will be asking the justices to uphold Trump’s executive order as “compl[ying] on its face with“ the Fourteenth Amendment’s Citizenship Clause, as well as federal law implementing the same.

“All persons born or naturalized in the United States, and subject to the jurisdiction thereof, are citizens of the United States,” the amendment states.

No court has sided with the Trump administration on that question thus far. No district court, no appeals court, no judicial body. In Trump’s first year back, the conservative justices blocked “universal injunctions” in cases about the birthright citizenship executive order, but the opinion from Justice Amy Coney Barrett made clear the decision was only about the universal injunction remedy — not the merits of Trump’s order. When cases went back down, and a new case was filed, courts again found paths to keep the order broadly blocked — through multi-state litigation or class-action litigation.

That should not change when the Supreme Court rules — likely this June — but we will get a picture of where things stand when the justices take the bench to consider Trump v. Barbara, the new case filed after the universal injunction decision, on Wednesday.

The "brains" behind this, of course, is the Malignant Fascist's own white nationalist alter ego Stephen "PeeWee Goebbels" Miller, who harbors a pathological hatred of immigrants and their children.  Geidner, however, is hopeful that the plain language and intent of the Constitution will be upheld:

Ultimately, this should not be a close case. As American Immigration Council’s Aaron Reichlin-Melnick told Law Dork on March 27, “My hope is that what we hear is that it’s going to be at minimum 7-2, and that we don’t lose any further justices than that.“ Although his view is one I share, it does reflect the alarming reality that Justices Clarence Thomas and Sam Alito are more willing to align with Trump — and Miller — in their ideological project than anyone else on the court, even more so than the three Trump appointees.

Whether they do so here — and whether they have any other support — will be front and center on Wednesday. Coming out of Wednesday, Trump — and the rest of us — will have a better idea of what people remain able and willing to stand up against Trump’s anti-immigrant authoritarian project and whether those people include a strong majority of the Supreme Court...

It's just another "how did we get to this point" moment in our history.  The thought that a case that is this profoundly and absurdly un-American on its face, be slapped down by multiple lower courts, and still find its way to the Republican Supreme Court is still shocking, even though it was a central agenda item in the MF's "Project 2025" autocratic blueprint known years before the 2024 election.  How the Court rules in June (?) is going to be another watershed in whether we become an authoritarian, un-Constitutional republic of the Epstein-class elite right -- or not.

(Image:  Akshita Chandra / The Atlantic, Getty)