(click to enlarge images)
(Robert Ariall, Andrews McMeel Syndication)
(Michael Ramirez, Las Vegas Review-Journal)
(Nick Anderson, Raw Story)
(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)
(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)
(Michael de Adder, deAdder.substack.com)
(Jeff Stabler, Andrews McMeel Syndication)
Dr. Jesus, calling Dr. Jesus --
Should be part of his next test.
— Marcy Gall (@marcygall.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 10:35 PM
[image or embed]
— christhebarker (@christhebarker.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 1:28 PM
And, for the record, this was also very obviously Trump depicting himself as a doctor. About to do a prostate exam.
— News Eye (@newseye.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 5:11 PM
[image or embed]
If supporters are quibbling about if you’re the Antichrist, you know things have taken a turn
— Molly Jong-Fast (@mollyjongfast.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 8:22 AM
[image or embed]
How's that "blockade" going? --
when is a blockade not a blockade....
— @NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) (@newsjennifer.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 9:14 AM
[image or embed]
In face of Orban defeat, Dems need to take anti-fascist / pro-democracy message to world --
The massive Orban defeat should prompt Dems to align themselves more firmly with anti-fascist and pro-democracy forces abroad. There's a powerful link to be drawn between the celebrations in Budapest and the confrontations with ICE in Minneapolis. 1/ (new piece) newrepublic.com/article/2090...
— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 7:30 AM
[image or embed]
J(unior) D(ictator) Vance's loser week --
JD Vance’s no good, very bad weekend The vice president has racked up losses in talks with Iran, hyping up Hungary’s soon-to-be former president and his boss’ fight with the Pope.
— Jon Cooper (@joncooper-us.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 8:45 AM
[image or embed]
Street thugs with badges: Trump's "personalist, violent" force beyond the law --
I think this is correct. Congress gave Trump the personalist, violent paramilitary force he's always wanted, but without the statutory hurdles, internal accountability, resistance from the courts, and institutional pushback that would come with deploying the actual military.
— Radley Balko (@radleybalko.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 8:30 AM
[image or embed]
Germany stands strongly with Ukraine, sends message to Russian war criminals --
Chancellor Merz: Russia has no chance of winning the war. We will not waver in our efforts to defend Ukraine, and Russia should end this war as soon as possible.
— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 7:32 AM
[image or embed]
Cancel the White House Stenographers Correspondents Dinner, knee-benders --
The White House Correspondents' Dinner later this month – with Trump as guest of honor – is shaping up as an embarrassing surrender to a criminal president who is trying to destroy the free press. Cancel the damn dinner. My Stop the Presses newsletter.
— Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 3:12 PM
[image or embed]
"Mr. Orban, that red Speedo you're wearing is giving Melania the 'vapors'" --
Well that was fast.
— TheSnarkTank (@thesnarktank.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 7:51 PM
[image or embed]
Nahal Toosi, Politico's senior foreign affairs correspondent, writes on the increasingly defiant world that is facing the belligerent and unhinged Malignant Fascist as he tramples on treaties, other nations' sovereignty and more. Here's an excerpt, but read her entire article:
"Iran’s Islamist leaders abandoned peace talks with the U.S., choosing to keep waging war instead. Hungary’s voters tossed out one of Trump’s closest European allies, Prime Minister Viktor Orbán. Then there’s Pope Leo, who presumably answers to a higher power, saying he has 'no fear' of Trump after the president taunted him.
Trump and his aides often appear to operate as if most other people on the planet are 'non-player characters' in a video game. They believe, with few exceptions, that America can use threats, economic muscle and military action to bend other capitals to its will.
But foreign policy has some basic laws. One of them, similar to physics, is that every action has a reaction. It may not be equal or opposite, but it also may not be what the Trump team wants.
So far, the Trump administration does not appear to be adjusting well to the reality that more international players are willing to buck the American superpower." (our emphasis)
We have, in the Malignant Fascist, a common thug and sociopath, whose megalomania is driving his actions. He once said ignorantly the U. S. Constitution allowed him to do "anything", and he clearly thinks that's the case on the world stage, too, by applying punitive economic force in tariffs, and military force against Iran and Venezuela. As he declines in popular opinion domestically and abroad, as well as in his mental state, more nations are likely to defy his bullying and threats.
Jimmy Kimmel had a lot of news to cover in last night's monologue, from the attack on Pope Leo from the deranged Malignant Fascist, to his blasphemous AI portrayal as Jesus, to the lame "Door Dash Grandma" stunt, to Vance's failure in peace negotiations, to his lusting after both a woman at his golf course and a UFC fighter, and more. Check it out, ICYMI.
Robert B. Talisse, Professor of Philosophy at Vanderbilt University, writes an interesting article in Salon.com about the demented Malignant Fascist's perceived lies are meant to demean his detractors. An excerpt, but please read the entire article:
"By resolutely asserting unbelievable falsehoods, Trump is expressing contempt. He is deriding the enterprise of journalism, in effect forcing reporters to write stories about his incredible statements, thereby indirectly controlling the news cycle.
It seems to me that his purpose is not to convince anyone, but rather to declare to the press, and perhaps also to his opposition, 'You cannot stop me.' For a political movement rooted in the idea that U.S. politics is a swamp in need of draining, Trump’s defiant style has been successful.
But here’s the catch. It appears that Trump’s supporters are now beginning to feel that they, too, are on the receiving end of his contempt.
His recent claims that grocery prices are falling, his tariffs are working, the economy is roaring and the operation in Iran is a 'little excursion' that has already been successful are not only obvious falsehoods.
In asserting them, Trump belittles those who must bear the effects of a struggling economy and an ill-conceived war. From this perspective, the shift among his base is not due to their realization that Trump lies. It’s that he has betrayed them. " (our emphasis)
Some have caught on, and are leaving his camp, but far more of his cult are too deep into it to understand his deep contempt for them.
Operation Epic Epstein Fury: now a blockade and diplomatic failure--
“.. Trump wants a quick fix. The reality is, this mission is difficult to execute alone and likely unsustainable over the medium to long-term,” said Dana Stroul, a former senior Pentagon official .. @militarytimes.bsky.social www.militarytimes.com/news/pentago...
— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM
[image or embed]
Trump lured the Iranians to the bargaining table under false pretenses, telling them their 10 point plan would be the basis for negotiation only to try to impose his own wishlist as the basis. Then he violated the ceasefire with a blockade, itself an act of war. Nobody will ever trust us again.
— Lindsay Beyerstein (@beyerstein.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 8:00 AM
"All of Trump’s weaknesses as a negotiator are now on display: His refusal to comprehend the substance, his childish understanding of the nature of power, his inability to grasp the perspective of his opponents, and his belief that anything can be accomplished with sufficient threats and violence."
— Susan McPherson (@susanmcp.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 8:56 AM
[image or embed]
Insane, narcissistic blasphemy by the Malignant Fascist --
He is delusional. He is demented. He is crazy. He does not care about religion or you. In the past 24 hours he lashed out at The Pope and posted this. If you are elected, a business CEO, or a voter and you enabled this to the American Presidency, today is a great day to move on and stop him.
— Fred Guttenberg (@fredguttenberg.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 8:17 AM
[image or embed]
Even his cultists on Truth Social aren’t thrilled with this one from the demented megalomaniac.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 6:32 AM
[image or embed]
Pope Leo responds to the MF --
— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 8:19 AM
Pope Leo: "I'm not afraid of the Trump administration or of speaking out loudly about the message of the Gospel, which is what the Church works for." "We are not politicans. We do not look at foreign policy from the same perspective that he may have."
— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 7:55 AM
[image or embed]
Autocrat and MF pal Orban goes down in humiliating defeat in Hungary --
Viktor Orban accomplished so much of what the Trump movement wants to accomplish here he ruled for 16 years and rewrote the rules in his favor and still, they threw him out and you know what? they did it by voting don’t let anyone tell you voting doesn’t matter
— Micah (@rincewind.run) April 12, 2026 at 3:47 PM
www.theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/0...
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 6:49 AM
[image or embed]
J(unior) D(dictator) Vance's golden touch, and a welcome home --
Vance has really got that global magic touch. Shown in diff ways with: -Booed out of visiting anywhere in Greenland except US military base -Pope Francis, RIP -Pope Leo, declines his invite to visit DC -Orban -Iran "deal" What a guy.
— James Fallows (@jfallows.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 3:40 PM
After unsuccessful negotiations with Iran, Vice President JD Vance returns to the US and appears genuinely touched to see the love of his life there waiting to welcome him home. (waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaait for it) #JDVance #Iran
— Paulley Ticks (@tomadelsbach.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 11:29 PM
[image or embed]
Buh-bye. Guess we didn't know you after all --
Done. wapo.st/3Qiry6u
— Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) April 12, 2026 at 9:03 PM
[image or embed]
The MF's sleepless, raging nights a sign of his demented mind --
— George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) April 13, 2026 at 8:34 AM
Make America Swollen Again: Eat Those Bees! --
Swollen RFK Jr. Warns Americans Not Eating Enough Bees
— The Onion (@theonion.com) April 12, 2026 at 12:00 PM
[image or embed]
(click to enlarge)
The Malignant Fascist's insanity and instability are growing daily as his poll numbers drop in reaction to the war on Iran, the struggling economy and more. The corporate media plays its part in sane washing him, Dems issue feeble responses, as the corruption and self-dealing rage on. We know that he'll have some new outrage the next day, and the next. As a malignant narcissist, he demands that the spotlight always be on him.
Please consider supporting Tom's work by going here,
Not long after he attacked Pope Leo for urging peace, and rejecting war mongers, along with "the delusion of omnipotence," the mentally ill Malignant Fascist posted a sacrilegious, AI-generated portrait of him self as Jesus, healing a sick man. The vile portrait also had military aircraft and personnel in the background, endorsing his reckless war of choice on Iran. On MS Now this morning, Jonathan Lemire remarked:
“I think Trump's not used to, he's not used to sharing the stage with anyone. And Pope Leo has been a very quiet figure in his first month in the Vatican. That has now changed.”
Guest Jim VandeHei added:
“Watch the numbers. The trajectory is not great for Donald Trump. He's losing young Americans. He's losing Hispanics. He's losing all of the MAGA podcasters with the biggest audiences. Yes, he still has his mesmerizing hold over the base. But little by little, he's starting to lose that coalition, that new coalition that brought Republicans into power. It's the reason they think they're going to lose the House, and they now think there's a 50/50 chance they lose the Senate.” (our emphasis)
The MF's profane outburst against Iran on Easter Sunday caused some in the right-wing bubble to criticize the MF, including Tucker Carlson, Marjorie Taylor Green, Alex Jones and Megyn Kelly, which in turn prompted the MF to attack them.
The MF is clearly mentally ill, exhibiting sign of dementia on top of his untreated extreme narcissistic personality disorder. It's long past 25th Amendment time as the U.S. moves into uncharted territory in its war on Iran, while the MF portrays himself as Jesus, but his loyal sycophantic cultists around him will never let that happen because he's truly their "Jesus".
Fresh off of the lame and unqualified Vice President's floundering at the ceasefire talks with Iran in Islamabad, the crazed and confused Malignant Fascist is imposing a blockade of Iranian ports. Iran has threatened to attack the ports of the U.S.'s Persian Gulf states as well as U.S. military facilities there. From the Associated Press:
"The U.S. military announced it will begin a blockade of all Iranian ports and coastal areas on Monday, as President Donald Trump sought to pressure Iran in a move that risks driving oil prices even higher and renewing the war. The announcement set the stage for a showdown, as Iran immediately responded with threats on all ports in the Persian Gulf and the Gulf of Oman.
'Security in the Persian Gulf and the Sea of Oman is either for everyone or for NO ONE,' the Islamic Republic of Iran Broadcasting reported Monday. 'NO PORT in the region will be safe,' according to a statement from the Iranian military and the Revolutionary Guards.
U.S. Central Command announced the blockade would begin on Monday at 10 a.m. EDT, or 5:30 p.m. in Iran, and would be 'enforced impartially against vessels of all nations entering or departing Iranian ports and coastal areas, including all Iranian ports on the Arabian Gulf (Persian Gulf) and Gulf of Oman.' CENTCOM said it would still allow ships traveling between non-Iranian ports to transit the strait, a step down from the president’s earlier threat to blockade the entire strait." (our emphasis)
The MF's plan will not only provoke Iran to attack oil facilities in the region, but will impact nations like China and India which import from Iran. Oil prices will surge as violence escalates. Additionally, ships carrying food and medicine to Iran would also be impacted by the MF's escalation. It promises to be a destructive escalation by a flailing and reckless MF.
(photo: Halden Krog/EPA/Ritzau Scanpix)
Again, FYI folks:
During the next 2 weeks, half of the Hackwhackers staff will be away, and the other half will be hosting family and performing other Springtime activities. Consequently, some regular features (e.g., "The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly," "Across the Universe," multiple daily cartoons) will also be "away," and the volume of posts will be somewhat less than usual. We're fully back the week of April 27.
"Thank you for your attention to this matter."
Hungarian authoritarian Kremlin stooge Viktor Orban is facing election, and from all indictions he's not doing well, despite a last minute push from J(unior) D(ictator)Vance to endorse his candidacy. From Salon.com:
"Orbán has ruled Hungary for 16 uninterrupted years, for most of that time with an unassailable legislative supermajority. As reporters have told us endlessly over the past decade or so, he was 'Trump before Trump,' and the truism is at least partly accurate.
As Hungarian journalist Ivan L. Nagy puts it, Orbán has survived and prospered through an ingenious pattern of 'shadowboxing' against an ever-shifting cast of 'make-believe enemies,' telling the conservative and nationalistic elements of the Hungarian public that only he can save them from dark-skinned immigrants, European bureaucrats, meddling American liberals, the globalist plots of Hungarian-born George Soros, LGBTQ activists, 'gender ideology' and wokeness. It isn’t entirely fair to say he built his regime on veiled or coded racism, antisemitism, misogyny, homophobia and trans panic; for the most part, it wasn’t coded at all. [snip]
Since the Russian invasion of Ukraine began in 2022, Orbán’s principal target has been Volodymyr Zelenskyy, who is supposedly in league with Brussels apparatchiks and other sinister forces (all of them more or less identified as Jewish) in a conspiracy against the Hungarian economy, heterosexual marriage and so on. None of that has any logical coherence, but do I need to explain to Americans under the second Trump administration how little that matters?" (our emphasis0
Orban has been long been doing the Kremlin's bidding for years, and is war criminal Putin's staunchest ally in the West. He represents a strain in European politics of anti-Semitism and exclusion that fits with the Kremlin's underlying philosophy. The Trump regime has been working to elect their authoritarian allyy. But he's unpopular at home, given his inability to control prices and his obvious subordination to his backer in Moscow. In other words, his similarity to the unfit and corrupt Malignant Fascist. We'll see if the equally corrupt and beholden to Moscow Orban is finally tossed out, or whether he'll cheat his way back and give the MAGAts the incentive to do the same here.
UPDATE: Orban defeated in a landslide election, giving the Trump-Vance regime a decisive blow.
(photo: Losers. Evan Vucci—Getty Images)
"Prayer teaches us how to act. In prayer, our limited human possibilities are joined to the infinite possibilities of God. Thoughts, words and deeds then break the demonic cycle of evil and are placed at the service of the Kingdom of God. A Kingdom in which there is no sword, no drone, no vengeance, no trivialization of evil, no unjust profit, but only dignity, understanding and forgiveness."
"It is here that we find protection from the delusion of omnipotence that surrounds us, and which is becoming increasingly unpredictable and aggressive. Even the holy name of God is drawn into conversations about death."
“Enough of the idolatry of self and money! Enough of the display of power! Enough of war! True strength is shown in serving life,” -- excerpts from Pope Leo XIV's evening prayer yesterday, addressing without naming the unhinged Malignant Fascist and his war criminal flunky Whiskey Pete Hegseth, over their belligerent, genocidal and blasphemous statements toward Iran. Sadly for humanity, these two sick and violent sociopaths won't heed the Pontiff's words, and many many innocent people will die from their actions.
Melanoma Melania Trump's strangely timed claim of innocence in the Epstein - Trump scandal last week prompted both Saturday Night Live in the U.S. and the U.K. to focus on it in their cold opens, in an example of the Streisand Effect. Great imitations of the sorry MAGAts on both sides of the Pond, and an indication that the world is getting on the same page with mocking these corrupt and dishonest hacks.
(click on image to enlarge)
(Jack Ohman, Tribune Content Agency)
(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)
(Jeff Danziger, The Rutland Herald)
(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)
(Matt Wuerker, Andrews McMeel Syndicate)
Robert Kuttner, writing in The American Prospect, about the right-wing Israeli Prime Minister Bibi "Bomb Bomb" Netanyahu's successful effort to convince the unfit, violent and ignorant Malignant Fascist that the war on Iran would be simple, successful and over quickly:
"This week, The New York Times published a detailed investigative piece on the key meeting on February 11 in the White House Situation Room, where Netanyahu, joined by Mossad director David Barnea speaking on a screen, made the case for war, supposedly based on deep Mossad intelligence.
According to the Times, Netanyahu claimed four benefits. 'Iran’s ballistic missile program could be destroyed in a few weeks. The regime would be so weakened that it could not choke off the Strait of Hormuz.' The risk that Iran could harm U.S. interests in neighboring Gulf countries was assessed as minimal. And street protests would resume and create conditions for regime change.
John Ratcliffe, the CIA director, described the Mossad claims as 'farcical.' According to the Times, Trump then asked Gen. Dan Caine, chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, for his view.
Gen. Caine replied: 'Sir, this is, in my experience, standard operating procedure for the Israelis. They oversell, and their plans are not always well-developed. They know they need us, and that’s why they’re hard-selling.'
Despite these warnings, which proved prescient, Trump was all in. One can only imagine the buyer’s remorse that Trump feels now.
Just as Bibi pushed Trump into making war based on false premises, he now wants the war to continue as long as possible. His corruption trial resumes Saturday. Elections must be held by October, and despite his multiple wars, Netanyahu’s governing coalition has consistently been well behind in polls." (our emphasis)
The MF has said nary a word about Bibi's deceptive sales job, perhaps because he's too busy figuring out a scheme to make money off of a peace deal with Iran, which the Israeli leader would oppose before Iran is reduced to rubble. Bibi's joined by the sinister, murdering Crown Prince Mohammed bin "Bone Saw" Salman of Saudi Arabia and others with that position. With friends like these.....
(photo: He sold me a lemon, and I don't know how to make lemonade)
