Wednesday, August 12, 2026

Today's Cartoons

 

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(Michael de Adder, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(Brendan Loper, @b_loper)


(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

(Chris Britt, Creators.com)

(Ann Telnaes, anntelnaes.substack.com)

(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)


(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)

(Robert Ariail, Spartanburge Herald-Journal, SC)

(Jack Ohman, Tribune Content Agency)

(Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News)

(Bill Day, caglecartoons.com)

(Adam Douglas Thompson, The New Yorker)


Trump Underwater In All But Three States

 


A stunning analysis by The Economist of the latest YouGov poll shows that not only is the crazed and lawless Malignant Fascist's approval numbers down to a record 33% nationally, the would-be dictator's poll numbers are underwater in all but three states: Idaho, West Virginia and Wyoming.  From The Economist:

"Using YouGov’s data, The Economist has projected Mr Trump’s approval rating state by state. As you might expect, approval of Mr Trump is lowest in states that tend to vote for Democrats and highest in those that tend to vote for Republicans. Mr Trump’s voters still overwhelmingly approve of his performance as president But the projection also shows how dissatisfaction with Mr Trump is widespread even in states that voted for him in 2024. The numbers will make anxious reading for Republicans facing competitive races in this year’s midterm elections." (our emphasis)

On the key issue of inflation / prices, the affordability crisis-denying MF is 44 points underwater, with his handling of foreign policy coming in at negative 27 points. 

"Mr Trump’s net approval rating for his handling of inflation and prices reached -44 in August, the lowest it has been this term. That is hardly unexpected. Before the Iran war began, the average price for a gallon of petrol was under $3. Now it is around $4, although inflation has cooled somewhat since the start of the war.

The combination of his dangerous and bumbling war of choice with Iran, his insanely inflationary tariffs, and his focus on his vanity projects above everything else is bound to drive his poll numbers increasingly lower as the weeks pass. 

 

Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Fail / losing faith in the attention-seeking moron --

 

Trump, who clearly feels he isn't getting enough attention this morning, lies that "the U.S.A. has total control over over the Strait of Hormuz. I THINK WE WILL KEEP IT! ... Praise be to Allah!" Completely demented.

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) August 12, 2026 at 10:33 AM

 

Gulf energy producers have lost all faith in Trump and are quietly accepting Iran's permanent control over the Strait of Hormuz — because the alternative, returning to war, would be worse, the WSJ reports. The global damage Trump has wrought with his incompetence is incalculable.

— Mark Chadbourn (@chadbourn.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 4:37 AM

 

Operation Catering Truck / who counts --

 

Tremendous insight into the inner workings of the Trump administration that the NSA/SecState was allowed to go down in a fireball but the person who posts AI slop for the President qualified as needing to survive at all costs.

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— James (@gravitysra1nbow.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 7:53 AM

 

Trump's plans at taxpayer expense --

 

timesofindia.indiatimes.com/world/us/tru... Trump administration is planning to spend at least $900 million on construction and modernisation projects across the White House grounds.

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— Deborah Lynn (@mrsdeborahlynn.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 8:54 AM


Apparently Trump doesn’t plan on leaving.

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— freefairelections.bsky.social (@freefairelections.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 9:31 AM

 

Extended Trump Crime Family corruption, cont. --


The worst people in the world keeping getting rewarded

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— AdotSad (@adotsad.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 10:12 AM

 

Mark Walter selling RAPIDLY to a Kushner a week after the SEC probe into him was announced? www.espn.com/nba/story/_/...

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— Jason Concepcion (@netw3rk.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 10:32 AM

 

It's who they are --


😳

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 9:52 AM

 

It's always right to suspect one party's voter fraud  😀--

 

to be fair if there is one group u might suspect election fraud from it is the GOP

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— darth™️ (@darthbluesky.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 12:34 AM

 

The only voting irregularities were that Mike Lindell got any votes at all.

— Eric Lahti (@ericlahti.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 8:56 AM

 

Exploding cars, DOGE, X's fascist slop.  With Musk, what could possibly go wrong?! --


Man who plans to bring us data centres in space next year can't figure out how to dim car headlights... 🤔

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— Mike D London (@mikedlondon.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 8:08 AM

 

Stand up to desperate war criminal Putin! --

 

The article is about Russia systematically using drones to probe air defenses in Europe, looking for weaknesses to exploit. ​Why they call actual attacks "hybrid," though, is beyond me. Maybe if they just called them attacks, they’d actually have to do something about it. 🤷‍♀️

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— Kate from Kharkiv (@kateinkharkiv.bsky.social) August 12, 2026 at 10:05 AM

 

Reaching new heights --

 

gets incredible air here

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— Razzball (@razzball.bsky.social) August 7, 2026 at 12:09 PM

 

 

Mid-Week Song


Philadelphia-originating indie band 2nd Grade released a catchy song a couple of weeks ago that evokes 1960s pop tunes and themes.  It's full of jangly instrumentation and harmonies, so we hope you'll enjoy Cellophane Girls.

The Malignant Fascist's Imperial Ambitions

 



The delusional and corrupt Malignant Fascist's sick obsession with acquiring Greenland has reached another level, with an oil drilling company aligned with him placing drilling equipment on their territory without permission. From The Guardian:

"An American oil company connected to Donald Trump is preparing to sink wells in remote Greenland despite not having received permission from the local authorities.

As the US president renews his threats to claim the vast Arctic territory, materials to prepare for drilling were brought ashore in recent days on Greenland’s eastern coast.

That has prompted Greenland’s government to issue a 'strong warning' that no approval had been granted to land the kit. 'All future logistical matters must be advised and approved by the mineral resources authority – before they are carried out,' the government said in a statement. [snip]

Executives of Greenland Energy, a Texas company set up last year, have claimed that $1tn of crude may lie beneath the Jameson Land region. They announced plans to spend $60m drilling two wells to find out.

Although Greenland stopped issuing new oil licences in 2021 on environmental grounds, a UK company called 80 Mile had secured exploration rights in Jameson Land. Greenland Energy’s corporate filings say it will take a majority stake in the project in exchange for funding the exploration, though it still needs government permission to proceed." (our emphasis)

Although the lying MF had previously claimed the U.S. needed Greenland for his "Golden Dome" national security boondoggle, it's clear that the oil and mineral resources are what has him violating Greenland's rights with arrogance and lawlessness.  Greenland is also part of the Kingdom of Denmark, a staunch ally and member of NATO, and will likely weigh in against any unauthorized drilling as should NATO.

It follows a pattern of the MF seeing other nations with mineral wealth as future U.S. acquisitions.  When Maduro was brought out of oil-rich Venezuela, the MF imposed an imperial system where the nominal head of government essentially reports to him, while oil flows into U.S. tankers for sale on the market with no apparent accountability.  It's pure theft and on brand for the MF, but it needs to end, and a new Congress must find a way to end it.

(Illustration: via Politico)

 

Yesterday's Primaries

 

Our friends over at Electoral-vote.com give us the top-line results from yesterday's most-watched primaries:

Governor, Wisconsin: The polls said Democratic Socialist Francesca Hong (D) would win her party's nomination in a walk. The aggregators all had her up an average of 23-25 points. The two polls of the race conducted in August (and therefore after Mandela Barnes dropped out) had her up 22 points (44% to 22%) and 18 points (42% to 24%) on the more moderate David Crowley.

The race went down to the wire, with the counting of the ballots continuing into the wee hours of the morning. But finally, with a bit more than 98% of the vote in, it was called... for Crowley. As of 1:00 a.m. PT, Crowley has 39.78% of the vote to 39.37% of the vote. The last big tranche of votes was from Milwaukee, and they put Crowley over the top, as he outpaced Hong by about 5% there. NBC News was the first to call the race for Crowley, but the AP, Decision Desk HQ and other outlets followed suit soon thereafter. [snip]

U.S. Senator, Minnesota: Here, the progressives had a stronger candidate, and got the result they wanted. Looking to replace the retiring Sen. Tina Smith (DFL-MN), the more progressive Lt. Gov. Peggy Flanagan (DFL) trounced the more moderate Rep. Angie Craig (DFL), 59.0% to 39.4%. Flanagan has twice won statewide, and is not prone to saying unwise things that can easily be turned into Republican campaign ads. Between Flanagan and El-Sayed, the lefty wing of the Democratic Party is going to be watching the upper Midwest with great interest on election night.

The Republican in the race, as expected, will be former TV sports reporter Michele Tafoya. She is somewhat the opposite of Flanagan, as she has no political experience and a pretty long history of saying stupid things. The most recent poll of this matchup gives Flanagan a 7-point lead over Tafoya, 51% to 44%. It's a pretty old poll (conducted in late May), but that matches our gut feel, as Tafoya is certainly the weaker candidate and Minnesota is just barely swingy these days. The race raters all have it as either "Likely D" or "Safe D."  

U.S. Senator, South Carolina: An important election, though one that did not offer much in the way of surprises. The Donald Trump-backed Darline Graham (R), sister of Lindsey, took 32.7% of the vote, which was not enough to avoid an August 25 runoff, but was enough to be one of the two candidates to advance. Her opponent will be Rep. Ralph Norman (R), who claimed 24.6% of the vote. Lindsey was not especially popular in South Carolina, Darline is a cipher, and Trump's endorsement doesn't have quite the oomph it once did, so this one could certainly go either way.

Governor, Minnesota: Speaking of Trump's endorsement, it did not get the job done on the Republican side of this primary. The President backed loyal sycophant, and all around nutter, Mike Lindell. Lindell was left crying into his MyPillow, because he got thoroughly outclassed by Speaker of the Minnesota House Lisa Demuth, with 43.4% of the vote for her and 32.5% for him. Although the President bends over backwards to maintain a pristine batting average, this is his seventh endorsee to go down this primary season, a higher total than for any other election held while he was in office.

On the Democratic-Farmer-Labor side, Sen. Amy Klobuchar easily dispatched her several challengers, hauling in nearly 90% of the vote. Klobuchar is popular, has won statewide four times previously, it's barely a swing state anymore, and there figure to be Democratic tailwinds this year. Add it up, and it's hard to see how Klobuchar does not get chosen as the successor to Gov. Tim Walz (DFL). Early polling has the Senator up about 10 points.

CT-01: This seat is D+12, so it's going to stay in Democratic hands. However, there was a "generational change" election here yesterday, with 78-year-old incumbent John Larson (D) gunning for a 14th term against three younger upstarts. The Representative is going to have plenty of time to wave his fist at clouds, and to shout at kids to get off his lawn, come January 3, because he was knocked off by 47-year-old former Hartford Mayor Luke Bronin. It is not often that a 13-term member gets primaried. (our emphasis)

Crowley upsets Hong in Wisconsin, Flanagan gets the nod for Senator in Minnesota, Trump-endorsed Graham in South Carolina couldn't avoid a runoff, and Trump-endorsed crackpot Lindell in Minnesota loses his bid.  We can live with those results.

Results from other primaries are at the link above.


Tuesday, August 11, 2026

Today's Cartoons

 

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(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(Bart van Leeuwen, Oedipoes.com, Netherlands)

(Jeff Koterba, caglecartoons.com)

(Kevin Kallaugher, kaltoons.substack.com)

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

(Milt Priggee, caglecartoons.com)

(Paul Duginski, caglecartoons.com)

(Matt Davies, Newsday; context here)

(Pedro Molina, Tribune Content Agency)

(Ed Wexler, cagecartoons.com)

(Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune)

(Dan Misdea, @dan_misdea)


QOTD -- "Pooping In The Beverage Cart"

 

"... Trump doesn’t deserve the respect of the office he holds, so it is fine to make jokes about him pooping in the beverage cart in the bed of the catering truck.

"Also, he is a coward who’s scared of everything, who’s building a bunker so he can hide from the fruits of his own late-stage emperor syphilis brain destruction of the world, so that is some context.

"Also, Trump is currently declaring that we’ve got Iran right where we want ‘em! That we are “low-keying” it with them, letting them run out of money while we don’t attack them, you betcha! Meanwhile Iran is explaining that it’s gonna just wait to negotiate with the US until there’s somebody in office who isn’t totally braindead, let’s pencil it in for 2029 or so..." -- Evan Hurst, in "Wonkette," writing about "Why Is The Airplane's Catering Truck Farting, Mommy? Because The President Is In It, Dear."  This story has so many legs on so many levels that it could become The Metaphor/ Meme of the Malignant Fascist's second go-around.  But we promise to move on ... eventually.


Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Fail: Hormuz nuz, movin' on, you lost --


> @reuters.com www.reuters.com/world/gulf-s...

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) August 11, 2026 at 7:36 AM

 

Trump may want to “move on,” may be eager to “declare success,” and be trying to “impose his will.” But his missteps have been disastrous, leaving Iran in a far stronger position (and the U.S. weaker) than it was before he started this war of choice with Iran. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u...

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— Larry Glickman (@larryglickman.bsky.social) August 11, 2026 at 6:16 AM

 

A quick lesson on winning and losing a war. If you start a war of choice, blow through masses of your weapons stocks so that you cannot escalate effectively, and find the country you attacked dictating negotiating terms while in a stronger strategic position. You lost.

— Phillips OBrien (@phillipspobrien.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 5:59 AM


We could have just not done any of this. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

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— Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) August 11, 2026 at 8:02 AM

 

Operation Catering Truck -- 


STUNNING: Trump left the White House press corps in Turkey as a decoy to be attacked by Iran—and instead flew out on a secret plane: wapo.st/4i1OByh

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— Garrett M. Graff (@vermontgmg.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 7:48 PM

 

I’ll have the chicken. Youre in luck, there’s one left.

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— David Waldman (@kagrox.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 10:20 PM

 

the press corps just held a dinner in his honor

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— shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 8:53 PM

 

The catering cart memes are doing me in ☠️😭 Please add any I missed in the replies. We need this laugh.

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— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) August 11, 2026 at 7:15 AM


The depraved Malignant Fascist's political war on childhood illnesses -- 


Trump trying to shore up the MAHA base ahead of the midterms.

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— Walker Bragman (@walkerbragman.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 5:40 PM

 

"States, rather than the federal government, generally set vaccination requirements for children attending school. Many states have already said they no longer follow vaccine recommendations from the federal government and instead follow those from the American Academy of Pediatrics..."

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— Justin Baragona (@justinbaragona.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 3:06 PM 


Who's holding the cards now? Slava Ukraini! -- 


U.S. President Donald Trump told Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskyy he had 'no cards' in the war against Moscow's invasion. Then Kyiv took the fight to Russia.

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— The Associated Press (@apnews.com) August 11, 2026 at 6:15 AM

 

Drones reportedly attacked an oil refinery in Orsk,Russia’s Orenburg region. Orsknefteorgsintez is one of Russia’s largest oil refineries, with a processing capacity of around 6 million tonnes of crude oil per year.It produces gasoline, diesel,fuel oil,bitumen,jet fuel, other petroleum products.

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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) August 11, 2026 at 3:30 AM


Kiss of death, or ETTD --

 

Kiss of death.

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— Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.com) August 11, 2026 at 5:40 AM


Worth remembering -- 


EVERYTHING this man does is to divert the focus from the EPSTEIN Files. E-V-E-R-Y-T-H-I-N-G.

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— Mark Hamill (@markhamillofficial.bsky.social) August 11, 2026 at 9:05 AM

 

Epstein died 7 yrs ago; happy anniversary to all who celebrate. If Trump & Blanche have nothing to hide, there's an astonishingly easy way to prove it: stop breaking your own law to hide the damn files. johnfugelsang.substack.com/p/the-gops-l...

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— John Fugelsang (@johnfugelsang.bsky.social) August 11, 2026 at 10:49 AM


Such a happy marriage (compared to Abdul El-Sayed's !) -- 


Melania’s face just hit CtrI+Alt+Delete.

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— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.lol) August 11, 2026 at 5:31 AM

 

Primaries Today -- Vote!

 

Several states are having their primaries for various offices.  Here's a McPaper summary:

Major battles in Wisconsin and Minnesota highlight a six-state primary field on Tuesday, Aug. 11. And much like in Michigan's Aug. 4 Democratic Senate primary, a progressive upstart candidate is making headlines in the Upper Midwest.

Outspoken state Rep. Francesca Hong, a democratic socialist, leads polls in a chaotic Democratic primary for Wisconsin governor despite being publicly ridiculed for her questionable past social media comments. Outgoing Gov. Tony Evers, a Democrat who endorsed her rival Milwaukee County Executive David Crowley, is publicly questioning if Hong could win the general election.

And in Minnesota, President Donald Trump is putting his winning endorsement record at stake by backing controversy-prone former MyPillow CEO Mike Lindell for governor in the Republican primary. The winner will face Sen. Amy Klobuchar, a likely lock in the Democratic primary, to replace embattled Gov. Tim Walz, who is not seeking a fourth term amid a [weaponized] federal investigation into widespread welfare fraud in the state.  [snip]

And in South Carolina, U.S. Senator Darline Graham, two congressmen and a former governor are among the 10 Republicans competing in a special primary election to replace her brother, the late U.S. Sen. Lindsey Graham, on the Palmetto State's general election ballot in November.

Even though Trump endorsed Graham, who was sworn in last month and became the first woman to represent South Carolina in the U.S. Senate, to complete the remaining months of her brother’s current term, she's not a lock to win the special contest. The crowded field could lead to a runoff if no candidate captures 50% of the vote.

Three other states, Alabama, Connecticut, and Vermont, will hold primaries ranging including congressional, state house seats and governor's races in the two New England states...

Wisconsin is the big focus for Dems today;  South Carolina for the Republican cult.  We hope if you're in any one of today's primary states that you exercise your right to vote.


Trump's War On Vaccines Continues



The Malignant Fascist's regime has been the most anti-science, anti-medicine administration in U.S. history, and yesterday's issuance of a MF executive order on vaccines for children just underlined that fact.  In a dangerous and potentially lethal change from medically-approved practices, the junk science advocate MF's order provides for spacing of childhood vaccinations, rather than administering them in combination.  From the Associated Press:

"President Donald Trump on Monday signed an executive order calling for revamped childhood vaccine recommendations that promote his long-held but discredited theory that childhood shots should be spaced out into separate medical visits.

The order advocates separating the measles, mumps and rubella (MMR) vaccine into three different single-disease shots and administering all childhood immunizations at separate appointments whenever possible. It also directs the nation’s health department to improve research on vaccines, which are already extensively studied, and present a plan to offer separate measles, mumps, and rubella vaccines for children, since that is not currently an option in the United States. [snip]

Public health experts have raised concerns that spacing out shots as Trump suggests can lead to an increased risk that children become infected with a vaccine-preventable disease before returning for another visit. Childhood vaccines — and how and when to give them in combination — go through rigorous studies, and safety tracking continues for years as the shots are used." [snip]

 Dr. Andrew Racine, president of the American Academy of Pediatrics, said the announcement spreads uncertainty, fear and confusion where 'there doesn’t need to be any of that.' He disputed Trump’s recommendations and said previous ones should stand.

'Science about vaccines and their efficacy has not changed,' he said. 'The distribution of viruses and other pathogens in our environment has not changed. Children in this country have not changed in the last 48 hours.'" (our emphasis)

The MF's flaky Health and Human Services Secretary Bobby Brainworm has long been an advocate of few to no vaccines, spreading the debunked theory that vaccines cause autism in children. Vaccines and other medical practices are a popular target for far-right, conspiracy promoting ignoramuses, who favor Facebook medicine, home remedies, and snake-handling over a physician's care. This is a serious setback for children's health.

BONUS:  As expected, the presidents of both the American Medical Association and the American Academy of Pediatrics have issued statements blasting the MF's EO.  The American Pharmacists Association and American Public Health Association followed suit.  But, one could choose to believe the narcissistic psychopathic moron and Bobby Brainworm instead.

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Trump's Catering Truck Caper

 

You might recall when the Malignant Fascist was leaving the NATO summit in Turkey last month with his tail between his legs, opting not to fly on his Omani bribe jet because of an assassination threat from Iran?  Well, the plot just thickened:

President Donald Trump is facing criticism for using the press and others aboard Air Force One as decoys last month when he faced a threat from Iran ― all while reportedly dodging that threat himself.

The Washington Post and The New York Times on Monday reported that last-minute travel changes on July 8, as the president left a NATO summit in Ankara, Turkey, were far more extensive than the public had been led to believe. 

Trump had arrived in Turkey on his new plane, a $400 million gift from Qatar. On departure, however, he sent that plane ahead to a U.S. military base in the United Kingdom. Trump, his staff and the media then boarded an older Air Force One plane.

But Trump was not on that older Air Force One plane when it took off.

Right after boarding, he hid in a catering container truck, which took him to a third aircraft ― a U.S. military C-32A ― while the press and some of his staff stayed aboard the previous Air Force One, all while letting them remain under the impression that he was aboard as well.

Once all three planes were on the ground in the U.K., Trump secretly returned to the older Air Force One aircraft and exited as if he had been there the whole time. Everyone then returned to the Qatar-gifted jet to complete the journey back to the United States, according to the reports. 

Trump not only didn’t disclose the ruse to the media on the plane he left behind, but later made light of the situation when reporters asked why they had to keep the shades down when the plane was in Turkey. He said it was because they had been aboard a “dangerous flight” due to the threats he was facing from Iran... (our emphasis)

The MF using the air crew, press, and others as human decoys -- priceless.  The MF hiding in a catering truck to avoid detection -- that's the first place we'd expect the Bulbous One to be!!  

LOL:


🚨🚨🚨EXCLUSIVE. Meidas has obtained footage of Trump hiding in the catering truck while switching planes.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 10:06 PM

 

Somehow this is less "Mission Impossible" than "Mission Impossible Burger," but totally on-brand for our brave Cadet Bone Spurs!

BONUSMore here.


Monday, August 10, 2026

QOTD -- From World Power To Regional Bully?

 

"... Each member of the trio brings something valuable to the deal. Pakistan has nuclear weapons, Saudi Arabia has more money than Croesus and Turkey has the second-biggest standing army in Europe. This is a formidable team.

"This story has flown a bit under the radar, but anything involving war and peace in the Middle East clearly has potential to affect U.S. politics. For starters, Saudi Arabia no longer has to count on the U.S. for its defense. If Iran were to attack the Kingdom, the large, modern, and well-equipped Turkish army would be there for the Kingdom of Saud, backed up an implicit threat from Pakistan to go nuclear if things began looking bad. That won't make the U.S. irrelevant in the Middle East, but it does reduce its power. If Trump were to give MbS an order he didn't like and MbS disregarded it, Trump might say: 'I won't defend you anymore.' MbS can now reply: 'My friends will.'

"Fundamentally, the agreement says that an attack on one of them is an attack on all of them. The agreement also strengthens military cooperation among the three countries in other ways. Among these is work on a maritime defense coalition. Turkey is also a major producer of military equipment, which the other two countries could start buying instead of U.S. equipment. Clearly this pact is aimed at Iran, but it is also a warning to the U.S. that it is not the only game in town anymore.

"It is also a model for the E.U. If Trump pulls out of NATO, the members (which include Turkey) could also form a new defense pact. Japan, South Korea and other countries in Asia could also agree to form defense pacts. There could end up being half a dozen or more of them, the result of which would be a greatly reduced role for the U.S. in the world, something the next president would not be able to put back together. Trump would then have succeeded in his goal in changing the U.S. from a dominant world power to just another regional bully. That genie is not going back into the bottle." -- Andrew Tannenbaum, Electoral-vote.com, on the formidable new alliance between Turkey, Saudi Arabia, and Pakistan.  Under the Malignant Fascist, any hope that America would continue to project power through its alliances is fading fast.  When that power was used to forward democracy and prosperity around the world, as it is not under the MF, it was clearly a good thing.  No longer.  Now it's every country, every bloc, for themselves in a world that is measurably less stable, less secure, less peaceful now that the MF is running his worldwide grift and extortion racket.  Sic effing transit gloria, America.


Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Fail / Trump's awesomeness has limits --

 

Iran is now publicly talking about what I’ve been saying since this war started: They’re trying to Jimmy Carter him, and he’s letting it happen while telling everyone he’s winning.

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— Angry (@angrystaffer.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 10:24 AM

 

"Trump is accustomed to surrounding himself with sycophants whose only skill is assuring Trump that Trump is the greatest. More, Trump is accustomed to relentlessly refusing to absorb or understand anything that contradicts his own fantasies of his own overweening awesomeness."

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— Shola Hoon (@sholahoon.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 8:30 AM

 

TRUMP, IN JUNE, to BBC regarding Netanyahu: “If I tell him to do something, he does it.” NETANYAHU, IN AUGUST:

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— Sahil Kapur (@sahilkapur.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 2:57 AM

 

Trump's crooked princeling son-in-law / tyro "diplomat" --


“A letter from 2 years ago written by villagers from an Albanian peninsula where Ivanka Trump and Jared Kushner plan to build a luxury resort has undermined their assertion they were unaware of claims the land was stolen...” 🤔 So many corrupt lies. www.thedailybeast.com/bombshell-le...

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— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) August 9, 2026 at 10:25 PM

 

Two words you don’t see in most of the recent stories about the quagmire in Iran: “Kushner” and “Witkoff” As for Jared, his wife has been posting cutesy photos of their family vacation in Iceland.

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— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 7:55 AM

 

Trump's ICE thugs ramping up terror --


Employing new tactics, ICE arrested more people in July than in any previous month of the Trump administration. via @stateline.org www.newsfromthestates.com/article/new-...

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— States Newsroom (@statesnewsroom.com) August 10, 2026 at 8:00 AM

 

Meet Whiskey Pete Hegseth's spiritual advisor --


This is the white supremacist, domestic terrorist, religious wack job that Hangover Hegseth worships. Its time to start putting these people in Supermax prisons where they belong so they spend the rest of their lives in solitary confinement and can't spread their poison anymore.

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— Veterans Against Trump (@vetsat.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 10:35 AM

 

Incompetence and worse at Interior --


Remember when Doug Burgum was touted as one of the sensible Republicans? At the Dept. of Interior, he's surrounded by a toxic, hyper-ideological leadership team, paranoia & secrecy & document shredding are rampant, career staff are stampeding out the door, & incompetence rules the day.

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— David Roberts (@volts.wtf) August 9, 2026 at 1:23 PM

 

Looming Medicaid crisis thanks to Trump / Republicans' "Big Beautiful Bill" --

 

Things are atrocious rn on this front but I do not think we are prepared for what happens after January, if we’re indeed on track for what Republicans and trump have planned for medicaid

— Asawin Suebsaeng (@swin24.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 10:15 AM


Body- shaming is appropriate in Trump's case --

 

The Leaning Tower of Feces has got to be one of the best descriptions of Trump.

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— The Sgt Joker (@thesgtjoker.bsky.social) August 10, 2026 at 7:11 AM

 

Maybe stick with the Nazi salute, "Leon"? --

 

the falling robot danced better than this

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— Nitish Pahwa (@nitishpahwa.com) August 10, 2026 at 12:42 AM

 

Amen! --

 

Can I get an amen?

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— God (@thegodshow.com) August 9, 2026 at 5:27 PM

 

 

Working Hard / Hardly Working And Bruising

 



While working families can't afford gas, groceries or health insurance, and as the war with Iran simmers and threatens to expand, the increasingly deranged and decaying Malignant Fascist was at his Bedminster golf club this weekend working hard at .....golf.  Observers also noted what appeared to be bruises on his right forearm (from shaking hands?).  The obese Captain Cankles is suffering from chronic venous insufficiency in his legs, but these arm bruises are very curious.  From MSN:

"Donald Trump looked a little worse for wear as he bared his bruised arms during a golf outing.

The 80-year-old president was captured in Bedminster, New Jersey on Saturday, attending the LIV Golf New York tournament at his own Trump National course.

Not one to spend too much time on foot while golfing, Trump was photographed slouching in a golf cart, decked out in his bright white, heavily-branded presidential merch.

With his forearms exposed by a polo shirt, Trump revealed bruises of varying sizes, alongside what looked to be a couple of scrapes.

Trump also sported Band-Aids on a couple of fingers of his right hand, which he rested on his knee while squinting forward at the route ahead.

While Trump is known for suspicious bruising, usually it’s the president’s hands—not arm—which draw attention.

Previously, Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt blamed a career of frequent hand-shaking for the bruising on his right hand, which is often slathered in a shiny layer of makeup." (our emphasis)

His corrupt and dishonest team won't level with the American people about his mental and medical problems. Meanwhile, the out-of-touch MF has spent the first two weekends in August golfing.  He's spent 126 confirmed days golfing out of 567 days in office (22% of his time).  Recently the New York effing Times' Maggie Haberman estimated that the MF is spending 70% of his time building monuments to himself / building a gilded ballroom, etc., so that leaves only 8% of his time left for shitposting on his failing "Truth" Social and grifting.

(photo: Dennis Schneidler / IMAGN IMAGES via Reuters Connect)