Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Fail: destroyed redefined,  oil prices up, Houthi hoohah--

“.. the country maintains an ability to inflict damage on precise targets, despite the Trump administration’s repeated claims that Iran’s military capabilities have been diminished or destroyed.” @nytimes.com www.nytimes.com/2026/07/22/w...

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) July 23, 2026 at 5:49 AM

 

captures the essence. based on the means he's willing to use, Trump lost this conflict in early March. He's just been putting off accepting that. the things he would have to do to change that equation he has shown zero willingness to do.

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— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) July 23, 2026 at 9:33 AM

 

BREAKING: NEW YORK (AP) - International benchmark oil prices cross $100 a barrel again as violence escalates in the Middle East.

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) July 23, 2026 at 9:30 AM

Under Trump/Hegseth, the US already went to war with the Houthis in Yemen. Started Mar 2025 with White House fanfare. Spent valuable munitions, lost a few jets, killed some people, failed to stop Houthi fire at ships in the Red Sea, lied about it, leaked plans on Signal, blustered more, then quit.

— Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) July 23, 2026 at 6:36 AM

 

A second Trump-Epstein files bill introduced in the House as Blanche stonewalls --

 

Khanna: Katie Phang brought a lawsuit under the original Epstein transparency act, and the judge has ruled that Todd Blanche needs to release the remaining files. And he has been in defiance of already a federal judge's order

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— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 9:32 PM

 

Also, to expand the Supreme Court, abolish ICE, etc. -- 

This should be a lightbulb moment for Democrats: You are free to run on this platform because Republicans are going to accuse you of it whether you do or not!

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— Brandon Friedman (@brandonfriedman.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 7:57 PM

Abolish ICE. Dismantle DHS. ICE’s funding needs to be canceled. The employees fired. Investigations conducted. Trials, where appropriate, held. DHS needs to be broken up and the useful functionality moved to other departments. Return it to pre-2001 organizational structure.

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— Jim Teeth (@drjamesjteeth.bsky.social) July 23, 2026 at 5:42 AM

 

Some ominous polls for the corrupt and demented Malignant Fascist. Sad! --

 

A new Fox News poll has Dems up 53/46 on the generic ballot. Says Fox: “Notably, 53% is the highest percentage either party has received on the generic House ballot in Fox News polling since 1996.” www.foxnews.com/politics/fox...

— Taniel (@taniel.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 6:37 PM

 

Democrats have the enthusiasm advantage. We are sick of the Trump/Republican nightmare. Turns out “I’ll vote for Trump” and “I’ll vote in the midterms” aren’t the same thing. Fox News poll

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— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) July 23, 2026 at 8:54 AM

 

The Smoot-Hawley Tariff Act, the Malignant Fascist, and Ferris Bueller. Prepare for a Depression -- 

The irony of Trump saying multiple times he doesn't want to be Hoover but then using the Smoot-Hawley Act to enact ridiculous tariffs. 😆😆

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— Lynne (@lynne-sails.bsky.social) July 23, 2026 at 8:51 AM

It's a cult. A deeply sick, dangerous one --

 

There is "I'm going to pretend an incompetent buffoon is accomplishing imaginary things to help me" kind of being in a stupid cult—and then there is "I don't mind if a notorious pedophile sexually abuses my own children" kind of being in an extremely dangerous cult. Sheesh.

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— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) July 23, 2026 at 11:21 AM

 The MF's continued corrupt, retribution campaign hits Medicaid --

Let me get this straight... Trump is blocking $1B in Medicaid payments to blue states over spurious accusations of mass fraud. Meanwhile, he's literally pardoned over 70 convicted fraudsters — including a nursing home owner who stole over $1.3B from Medicare and Medicaid. Hello?

— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 5:15 PM

"I'm angling for a larger cubical....." --

 

Please, step into my office.

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— Cats with Jobs ⚒️ (@catworkers.bsky.social) July 17, 2026 at 10:31 PM

 

Trump's Sketchy Nuke Deal With Corrupt Saudis

 

It appears that the lucrative "business" links between the corrupt and felonious Malignant Fascist and his counterpart Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin "Bone Saw" Salman are coming to fruition. Yesterday, the U.S. and Saudi Arabia announced a deal to permit Saudi Arabia to enrich nuclear fuel by itself, an act that could result in a race in the region to develop enrichment capabilities.  The New Republic reports:

"The Trump administration on Wednesday signed a nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia that, per The New York Times, 'could lead to the country enriching its own fuel for nuclear reactors' and is estimated to 'provide billions of dollars for the U.S. nuclear industry.' This news took much of Washington by surprise, given the rift between the two countries over the U.S. war against Iran. Nuclear experts have long been expecting such a deal, but President Trump’s reported concessions to Saudi Arabia raise legitimate concerns and unless addressed could lead to a Middle East filled with nuclear weapons programs. This would undermine decades of U.S. work to prevent the spread of the most destructive weapons humanity has ever created."

The U.S. has agreements with 26 nations including Japan and the European Union for selling nuclear reactors and low enriched uranium that can't be used in weapons, as provided under Article 123 of the Atomic Energy Act.  This deal with the Saudis is different:

"Almost all of the deals omit permission for states to pursue uranium enrichment or plutonium reprocessing—thus reducing global risk, as highly enriched uranium and separated plutonium can both be used to produce nuclear weapons. Japan and the European Union, with their strong legal systems and acceptance of the most stringent inspection obligations conducted by the International Atomic Energy Agency, or IAEA, are the only two 123 deals that allow significant enrichment or reprocessing of U.S. materials.

Saudi Arabia is not Japan or the EU, and its agreement with the U.S. sounds a lot different from the standard 123 deal. This raises concerns that Saudi Arabia is using its close financial ties to the Trump family to manipulate U.S. cooperation to pursue a nuclear weapon option, especially if Iran continues to be a nuclear threshold state.

Of greatest concern is a provision that could open the door to Saudi Arabia having a uranium enrichment facility." (our emphasis)

The MF's loosened requirements on the Saudis are detailed further in the article, and represent a threat of proliferation.  It's something the MF won't let stand in the way of more payoffs to his interests from the Saudi regime and big profits for the U.S. nuclear industry.

 

Houthis Close Key Strait To Saudis

 

Iran-allied Houthi rebels in Yemen reportedly struck two Saudi Arabian oil tankers in the Red Sea earlier today, as they attempt to close off the Bab el-Mandab Strait at the southern end of the Red Sea to Saudi shipping.  From the Associated Press:

"The Houthis’ SABA news agency said the rebels had struck two tankers, the Encelia and the Layla, in the Red Sea, leading to fires on both. That would be their first reported attack on a vessel since they announced a blockade of Saudi-linked shipping through the Bab el-Mandeb Strait earlier this week in retaliation for the kingdom’s blockade on Yemen and a recent attack on the international airport in Yemen’s rebel-held capital, Sanaa.

Bab el-Mandeb, at the southern tip of the Arabian Peninsula, is a vital shipping chokepoint connecting the Red Sea to the Gulf of Aden. Around 12% of the world’s trade, including a fourth of global container traffic, passes through there, moving between Europe and Asia via Egypt’s Suez Canal.

A senior Houthi official said the blockade on Saudi-linked shipping would remain in effect until a years-old Saudi blockade against the Houthis is lifted. The official gave no details of the attack and spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to talk to the media." (our emphasis)

The Houthis have been the target of airstrikes by Israeli and U.S. in the past over their assaults on shipping in the Red Sea near the vital Strait.  This blockade is targeted at the Saudis, who have backed the government in Yemen for years and provided military support to them.  With the closure of the Strait of Hormuz forcing higher oil and gas prices, the Houthi action puts additional pressure on the reckless regime of the Malignant Fascist and his corrupt friend Saudi Crown Prince Mohammed bin "Bone Saw" Salman, not to mention world oil prices already rising due to the MF's war on Iran.

 

Trump's Lackey Jim Jordan Wants Jack Smith Prosecuted

 

This is the convicted felon Malignant Fascist's world, where "truth," "justice," and "weaponization" have no meaning, except to serve his demented, lawless purposes:

Here's the story:

President Donald Trump exposed his own revenge plot against the man who tried to prosecute him twice.

Rep. Jim Jordan of Ohio, chair of the House Judiciary Committee, wrote to the Department of Justice on Wednesday night to ask it to consider criminally charging former Special Counsel Jack Smith for allegedly misleading Congress.

Trump, who has called for Smith to be jailed, applauded Jordan’s letter in a 5:31 a.m. Truth Social post on Thursday. “Justice at last???” the president wrote, attaching an article by pro-Trump outlet Just the News headlined, “House panel accuses Jack Smith of lying to Congress, urges DOJ to prosecute.”

Jordan’s letter landed on the desk of acting Attorney General Todd Blanche, the president’s former personal defense attorney. Blanche stepped up to run the DOJ in April after Trump fired Pam Bondi in a tantrum over her failure to successfully prosecute his political enemies and has now been nominated to replace her.

A DOJ spokesperson told CNN it would “investigate all evidence of criminal conduct.” The network notes that members of Congress quite routinely fire off requests like this, and that the department is ordinarily free to can them if it sees fit. 

Smith led two investigations into Trump under the Joe Biden administration. One probed Trump’s efforts to overturn the 2020 election results, and the other his alleged mishandling of classified documents at Mar-a-Lago.

Neither made it to trial. A judge threw out the documents case in July 2024, ruling Smith had never been lawfully appointed in the first place. Smith himself dropped both cases after Trump won that November, citing the department’s own rule against prosecuting a sitting president.

Trump, who was convicted of falsifying business records in a separate case, has long demanded jail time for Smith. Jordan now says in his letter that the former special counsel misled the House Judiciary Committee at a closed-door session in December, before Smith testified in public in January. The department handed the committee a stack of documents on July 14 showing Smith’s team had gotten hold of text messages involving members of Congress.

Jordan’s Wednesday letter doesn’t accuse Smith of saying anything untrue. It accuses him of giving “half truths” by not explaining where those texts came from—a move Republicans have been building toward for months.  [snip]

Rep. Jamie Raskin, the committee’s top Democrat, savaged Jordan for going after Smith over the texts. “The Republicans fault Mr. Smith for not reading the minds of congressional investigators and for not volunteering information they didn’t ask for,” he added. “This is absurd. Mr. Smith may be telegenic but he’s not telepathic.”

An X account for House Judiciary Democrats posted his statement with a rebuke of its own. “Republicans just sent a laughably weak and vindictive criminal referral of Jack Smith, the former Special Counsel who prosecuted Trump’s crimes, to the DOJ,” it wrote.

Xochitl Hinojosa, a Democratic strategist and former Justice Department spokesperson now at CNN, said Jordan was doing the president’s bidding. “Trump called for Jack Smith’s prosecution, so DOJ spent 20 months trying to find ANYTHING on Jack and failed,” she wrote. “Now we’re seeing a desperate attempt to try to prosecute this longtime career prosecutor for following the facts and the law.”

Trump has gone after other officials who investigated him, including former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James. Both were charged—and both cases collapsed. 

Attorneys for Smith have hit back in a letter to Jordan and Blanche, calling his answers “unimpeachably truthful” and the referral “spurious.” The Daily Beast has contacted the White House, the DOJ, and Smith’s lawyers for comment on this story.  (our emphasis)

What a disgraceful, but completely in character, display of subservience by Jim "Gym" Jordan, whose own moral failures should have made him ineligible for office.  So far, the mentally and morally hollow Malignant Fascist has had little success in his revenge and retribution harassment tour, but the damage to the innocent individuals involved, who were just doing their jobs, is what should anger any person who loves what this country should stand for.

Today's Cartoons

 

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(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)

(Rick McKee, caglecartoons.com)

(Chris Britt, Creators.com)

(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

(Christopher Weyant, Boston Globe)

(Gary Markstein, Creators.com)

(Kevin Kallaugher, kaltoons.substack.com)

(Paul Duginski, caglecartoons.com)

(Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune)

(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

(Brendan Loper, The New Yorker)

QOTD -- Defining How The Government Should Spend Tax Dollars

 

"... The second Trump administration is forcing the American people to define how they think the United States government should spend their tax dollars.

"Today Senator Andy Kim (D-NJ) introduced a proposal to expand Medicaid to all American children from birth to age 26. Kim noted that about 4.4 million children in the U.S. don’t have health insurance and 23 million are underinsured. The One Big Beautiful Bill Act will make things worse.

"Joseph Choi of The Hill reported that Democratic senators Alex Padilla of California, Cory Booker of New Jersey, and Tammy Duckworth of Illinois are co-sponsoring the bill. The legislation proposing 'MediKids' has been endorsed by a range of organizations, including the American College of Obstetricians and Gynecologists and the American Academy of Pediatrics.

“'Every child should have health care,' Kim said in a video. ''very child should have the ability to go to a doctor when they’re sick. Every child deserves to be healthy.' MediKids 'would automatically enroll every child in health care coverage at birth. Because the system we have right now isn’t working. Because healthy kids make healthy adults, and that makes for a healthier, stronger future for our country. Because, as a parent, you deserve to be able to provide care for your kids without worrying about going into debt, emptying your savings, or straining the family budget. And because…we all have a responsibility to care for each other.'”  -- Heather Cox Richardson, in her "Letters from an American" Substack, as part of her contrasting the Malignant Fascist's policies of Supplemental Nutritional Assistance Program cuts, withholding billions of Medicaid dollars from California and Minnesota, degradation and dismantling of our National Park System, and requesting $67 billion in addition to the low-balled $37.5 billion already spent on Operation Epic Fail.  This is the choice, as John Pavlovitz put it, between a party that defaults to cruelty versus one that defaults to compassion. 

 

Skeets Of The Day

 

The Epstein-Trump files coverup / Susan "Concerned" Collins' checks --

 

Financial disclosures show that Susan Collins was taking checks from some of the men named in Epstein Files.

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— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) July 21, 2026 at 5:04 PM

 

Operation Epic Fail /  Law of Armed Combat violations / but things are going great! --

Some LOAC issues raised by Trump’s latest version of this threat: —threat of indiscriminate attacks (not against specific military objectives) —threat of attacks against civilian objects (not all those targets will be military obj) —threat of violence intended to terrorize civilian population

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— Brian Finucane (@bcfinucane.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 9:05 AM

Things are going great!

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— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 9:49 AM

 

Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.

— Elizabeth N. Saunders (@profsaunders.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 9:57 AM

 

Bone Saw gets his nuclear deal; "nukes for you, and you, and you..." --

lol hi Bibi

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— Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.com) July 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM

 

Remember this from Trump’s first campaign? “Saudi Arabia, I get along with all of them. They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.” Wonder how much they spent for this?

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— Robert Maguire (@robertmaguire.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 10:58 PM

 

... and oil states' ownership of proposed Paramount/ Warner merged company --

An under-the-radar part of the Paramount/Warner Bros merger is that the merged company would be 49.5% owned by the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar. Somehow this hasn't raised the ire of those who most fear Sharia law. prospect.org/2026/07/21/a...

— David Dayen (@ddayen.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM

 

Has anyone checked Trump's pockets? --

“Where is the money? There is no transparency and the US government does not inform us.” From @financialtimes.com, on Venezuela giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu) July 22, 2026 at 9:50 AM

 

Election-denying MAGAt Republicans win Arizona primary, boosting Dems chances --

Oh brother .. The candidates who won the Arizona GOP primaries yesterday are a MAGA election denying nightmare 👇 www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

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— Mona Burns (@monaburns.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 7:03 AM

 

Trump's economy --

 

This morning Brent crude oil prices surge above $95/barrel

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— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 9:31 AM

 

Trump claimed his tariffs would bring about a golden age of American manufacturing. Yet since his re-election, we've lost 75,000 manufacturing jobs. Over the same time period, Biden had created 625,000.

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— Steve Rattner (@steverattner.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 10:18 AM

 

Trump's "Freedom Fuel" grifters --

The Freedom Fuel stations were put together by a pair of serial grifters who stole $667,000 worth of gas from a distributor five years ago, a private credit sponsor, and an energy trader tied up in multiple Trump schemes and profiting heavily off the war in Iran. prospect.org/2026/07/20/k...

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— David Dayen (@ddayen.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 9:43 AM

 

Your tech overlords deliver, again -- 

Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot.

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— Rav (@rvbdrm.com) July 21, 2026 at 11:38 PM

 

 

Mid-Week Song

 

Indie rock group Death Cab for Cutie has produced several platinum-selling albums over a 30 year span.  Their Grammy-nominated album "Plans" from 2005 cemented their status.  Their new album, "I Built You A Tower," was released last month, and a track from that album "Trap Door," featuring lead singer Ben Gibbard, is our song today.

Judge: BBC Can See Trump Financials In Lawsuit

 

Earlier this year, the lawsuit-happy con man and convicted felon the Malignant Loser sued the venerable British Broadcasting Corporation, falsely claiming that in a broadcast the network edited his infamous speech to his violent mob on January 6, 2021, to suggest that he called for violence ("if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore").  Yesterday a Federal judge in Florida ruled that, because the lying MF claimed the BBC broadcast injured his reputation, his financial and business records must be provided to the BBC in the discovery process.  From Politico:

"U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett concluded that Trump’s sweeping complaint put injury to his businesses at the forefront and made their vitality a fair subject for the BBC to demand information about.

'All of President Trump’s brand, properties and businesses are impugned or said to have been impugned. Reputational, economic damages, all of that is now at issue in this case,' Lett said at the conclusion of a three-hour hearing.

Her decision opened the door for the BBC to explore the finances of more than 400 companies owned by a Trump family trust, but Trump can appeal the ruling to U.S. District Court Judge Roy Altman, a Trump appointee."  (our emphasis)

You can bet that the moronic MF will do everything he can to avoid releasing any of his financial and business records, just about as fiercely as he's blocked the release of the remaining Trump-Epstein files to shield his perverse relationship with the pedophile.

As in many of his frivolous lawsuits intended to intimidate, misdirect and gaslight, the MF has shot himself in the foot with his false claims.  This legal boomerang, if it gets past an MF-appointed judge, is a classic: handing financial information on himself to one of the world's greatest media companies.  

(photo: Trump bellowing on January 6, inciting riot. Evan Vucci / AP File)

 

Pricing Out Trump's Mis-Adventure In Iran

 

If we're to believe DUI hire "Whiskey Pete" Hegseth's testimony yesterday (we don't), the Trump Operation Epic Fail quagmire, a.k.a. the war in Iran, has cost the American taxpayers $37.5 billion just to fund the military campaign (not counting the impact on gas prices and other downstream costs):

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced fiery questions and protests Tuesday over the U.S. war with Iran, which he estimated has cost $37.5 billion so far, as Republicans prepare a $95 billion package to fund the military, along with other White House priorities.

Hegseth provided the new estimate, up from earlier assessments, during a combative Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, which came days after the Pentagon announced that three more American service members have died in the conflict, bringing the death toll to 17, and that more than 100 have been injured since early July. Several times protesters interrupted his opening remarks.

Hegseth said the supplemental war funding is an “urgent, necessary” injection of money, and with President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget a generational investment in the military. [snip]

President Donald Trump has said repeatedly that “a deal is near, and the war will be over soon,” she [Democratic Sen. Patty Murray] said. “But now, he’s asking for $70 billion more — and for us to just trust him it’ll all work out fine.”

Others have been keeping track of the pricetag, though.  They've put the cost at well over $150 billion in military, energy, borrowing, food, etc., with no end in sight for the clowns running the show in the White House and Secretary of High-T's office.

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QOTD -- Dividing Lines

 

John Pavlovitz discusses why America isn't politically divided, it's morally fractured.  Here's the heart of his observation:

The dividing lines in America have nothing to do with party affiliation anymore.

Just open up your phone, eavesdrop at the checkout line, or talk to your neighbor, and you’ll see the lines along which we now find ourselves:

One side celebrates innocent people being assassinated in front of their children, without due process.

One side rejoices in strangers going without food or medical care or housing, without knowing a single one of their stories.

One side applauds the bombing of foreign school children and the destruction of entire populations.

One side blindly despises other people for their gender identity, despite it having no impact on their lives whatsoever.

One side reduces an entire population to terrorists and drug dealers to justify their swift eradication.

One side conflates whiteness with righteousness.

One side defends the protection of pedophiles.

One side steadfastly worships a felonious, treasonous rapist.

And none of this is about politics; it’s about when faced with the suffering and injustice in our path, whether we will default to compassion or to cruelty...

Faced with these contrasts, millions of Americans will choose the "cruel side" former pastor Pavlovitz cites above, again and again.  He's written in the past about the necessity to ostracize them if America's to survive.  That's why it's always good to remember that while the Malignant Fascist is perhaps the purest manifestation of this moral evil in our history, it's dark ugliness certainly preceded him and will certainly outlast him as the "cruel side."

Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Fail: bombing fail, another front, quagmire  --

Scoop: U.S. intelligence reports offer a pessimistic view of new rounds of U.S. military strikes against Iran: They are unlikely to have a significant impact on Iran or soften its negotiating position, current and former officials tell Warren Strobel and me

— John Hudson (@johnphudson.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 8:08 PM

 

uh oh. * TWO OIL TANKERS LADEN WITH SAUDI CRUDE MAKE U-TURNS IN RED SEA, HEAD FOR SUEZ -- DATA @reuters.com

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 8:46 AM

 

‘This is what a quagmire looks like’: Trump enters bleak new phase with Iran

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— Politico (@politico.com) July 21, 2026 at 5:49 AM

The unending corruption of the Malignant Fascist and his regime -- 

Taylor Farms' parent company has given $2.2M to GOP PACs this election cycle. That includes $1M to Trump's own PAC, just 6 days after the FDA delayed new food tracing requirements last year. Money in politics is sickening.

— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 7:22 PM

The Trojan horse was a gift too. Air Force One never should have been gifted from another country. That raises serious corruption and national security concerns.

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— CREW (@citizensforethics.org) July 20, 2026 at 3:28 PM

 

The MF's criminal defense lawyer is the quintessential mob lawyer / pedo protector -- 

Every crime family needs a mob lawyer. Meet Donald Trump's.

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— The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) July 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM

 

Todd Blanche says there are no investigative leads left in the Epstein case.That simply isn't true.   The FBI never questioned key figures tied to Epstein, and survivors continue to say critical records remain missing.   He is unfit to lead the DOJ.

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— Rep. James Walkinshaw (@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM

The MF's idiotic tariffs on Canada going to bite us back -- 

Such a damned idiot. He is taxing us for breathing smoke because of the climate change he doesn't think exists. "Trump imposed an additional 50% tariff on certain goods from Canada, including wine, hockey sticks and cement" www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

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— Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 8:29 PM

 

FBI's "Ka$h" Patel heading to Russia (for instructions?). Stock up on vodka, comrades! --

The FBI director is traveling to Russia weeks before the midterm elections. “His host is likely to be the FSB, the Russian security service that is heir to the Soviet-era KGB” www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

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— Roger Sollenberger (@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM

Yes, it's not like ICE ever harmed any U.S. protestors... -- 

Trump on an authoritarian regime killing protesters: "Savages!!!"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Will the White House Stenographers Association cancel their dinner? You must be joking -- 

This weekend, President Trump and his top aides will be guests at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner, which theoretically honors the First Amendment. But you can't celebrate the First Amendment with a president who doesn't believe in it. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

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— Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM

Are you cheering now, MAGAts? -- 

Oh how the cultists used to cheer at his campaign rallies when he said this.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 9:27 AM

 

Respected world wide <snort>  --  

Canada turning red is the geopolitical version of your golden retriever biting you.

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— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.lol) July 21, 2026 at 5:46 AM

Rinse and repeat -- 

U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

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— The Onion (@theonion.com) July 20, 2026 at 10:30 AM

 

More Tariff Idiocy From The Malignant Fascist

 

Always looking for ways to undermine our friends abroad, while pleasing our adversaries, the deranged and vindictive Malignant Fascist is imposing 50% tariffs on many Canadian goods, ostensibly in retaliation for Canada restricting U.S. goods.  The tariffs would take effect in 30 days.  The MF has also mused nonsensically about punishing Canada for the fires burning there which have caused smoke across the upper Midwest and east coast.  From the Associated Press:

"President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products.

The move could unleash a new wave of economic chaos, with risks of higher inflation and further fraying of relations between two nations that had been closely woven together before Trump’s return to the White House. The administration official previewing the action said that Canada was one of the only nations other than China that retaliated against Trump’s previous tariffs and must be held accountable.

The official insisted on anonymity on a call with reporters to preview the president’s actions and said that Trump signed three proclamations to launch the tariffs under Section 338 of the 1930 Trade Act. Several Democratic lawmakers last year proposed repealing the section because they said Trump could use it to destabilize the economy." (our emphasis)

Of course, this destructive action will raise prices for American consumers, and likely force Canada to impose similar tariffs on U.S. imports, all because the MF is unmoored and vengeful over the smallest perceived slight.  The MF is ordering the tariffs under section 338 the 96 year old 1930 Trade Act, after having been rebuffed by the Supreme Court last February on broad tariffs that he imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, but without Congressional authorization.

 

Today's Tomorrow Cartoon

 

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Ah, the "greatness" of the unhinged and corrupt Malignant Fascist era. From explosive diarrhea and measles outbreaks, to endless war in the Middle East, to rigging elections for the MF, to ICE murders in our streets.  No, we've never seen the likes of it before, as the MF would phrase it, and hope we never will again. 

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Trump's "Meritocracy"

 

ICYMI, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart covers a range of topics starting with "Cankles Muldoon's" photobombing Spain's World Cup celebration, last week's bullshit gaslighting on election security, the explosive diarrhea outbreak that was un-monitored by the incompetent regime, along with many other examples of Trump's clown car "meritocracy" -- Whiskey Pete Hegseth's testosterone testing, Bobby "Brainworm" Kennedy making America un-healthy again (Stewart eviscerates this particular clown), and more.   A great puncturing of the anti-DEI balloon.