Skeets of the Day

 

Operation Epic Surrender: front loading incentives, Trump's words, etc. --

By front loading incentives to Iran, Trump makes it unlikely that a deal will ever be reached. “All the key elements of limiting Iran’s nuclear capabilities are to be negotiated over the next 60 days. But that period could be extended. It is possible that there will never be a completed agreement.”

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— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) June 18, 2026 at 9:16 AM

 

There is, literally, always a tweet.

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— Charlie Sykes (@sykescharlie.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 8:23 PM

 

Of course a deal that tilts heavily toward Iran was available beforehand but that's the point - whatever leverage Trump had BEFORE he started the war evaporated once it became clear he LOST the war. As they say, today's price isn't yesterday's price. Iran got a better deal b/c they won.

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— scarylawyerguy.bsky.social (@scarylawyerguy.bsky.social) June 18, 2026 at 8:26 AM

 

Just a friendly reminder. If the US had taken only a small fraction of the money and military equipment it has squandered fighting and losing to Iran, and instead helped Ukraine, the Middle East would be more stable and Russia would be facing defeat.

— Phillips OBrien (@phillipspobrien.bsky.social) June 18, 2026 at 3:49 AM

The 2026 G7 wraps up and the Malignant Fascist is still toxic and alone -- 

When you’re *still* the least popular person at a party . . .

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— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 6:48 PM

Sen. Jon Ossoff shows how its done against his MAGAt mid-term opponent -- 

THIS is how you step up, Democrats! Clear, concise, and simple to understand.

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— Susan McPherson (@susanmcp.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 11:04 PM

South Afrikaner fascist and head of Fascist Internationale Elon Musk's treasonous China ties --

 

NEW: We got a private SpaceX investor list, from way before the IPO. It's a rare window into a particularly delicate issue for Musk: which investors in countries like China got stakes in SpaceX, and how. One investor has ties to Chinese military contractors. www.propublica.org/article/spac...

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— Josh Kaplan (@josh-kaplan.bsky.social) June 18, 2026 at 8:59 AM

"Goodness gracious", the Malignant Fascist's polls with independents deep underwater -- 

Enten: "With independents, Trump is 55 points underwater. My goodness gracious! This was a political disaster. No wonder he wants to move on from it. There was no president ever before that had any poll in which he was 50 point underwater inflation. The Iran war absolutely drove Trump to new lows."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 18, 2026 at 9:53 AM

"Pastors for Trump" guy caught in sexting scandal. We're shocked, shocked! --

 

I really thought being the ‘Pastors for Trump’ founder and everything that he would be an upstanding moral Christian man. What a shocking development.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 9:52 PM

MAGAt Knicks owner wants team to visit White House. Remember the boos; don't go --

 

Don't go, Jalen, please don't go. Knicks Accept a White House Invitation to Celebrate Title, Owner Says www.nytimes.com/2026/06/17/n...

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— Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) June 18, 2026 at 6:53 AM

This will feed the failed and corrupt Malignant Fascist's Obama Derangement Syndrome -- 

Obama Center’s grand opening lineup is a Trump HUMILIATION wrapped in Grammy winners. The contrast could not be more brutal — or more humiliating for Donald Trump.

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— thebobbygee (@thebobgoodman.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 10:26 PM

Ukraine Drone Attack on Major Russian Refinery

 

Earlier today, Ukrainian drones struck a major oil refinery near Moscow and caused three airports in the region to shut down, the Associated Press reports:

"Ukraine struck a major Moscow oil refinery Thursday for a second time in a week, sending huge plumes of black smoke over the capital and disrupting flights at its airports in one of its biggest drone attacks since Russia’s full-scale invasion over four years ago, officials said.

Ukraine has repeatedly targeted Russian oil facilities, aiming to cut Moscow’s revenue for the war and make Russians feel the consequences of the invasion. Some areas have reported fuel shortages. [snip]

The Moscow attack was the latest embarrassment for Russian President Vladimir Putin, after a Ukrainian drone attack on his hometown of St. Petersburg earlier this month as he welcomed foreign VIPs to his showcase economic forum in the city.

Thick, black smoke and occasional flames spewed from the Moscow Oil Refinery amid its red-and-white smokestacks on the southeastern edge of the city, about 15 kilometers (9 miles) from the Kremlin. Sooty, black rain fell on cars, according to local video. [snip]

The refinery is one of Russia’s biggest, according to its official website, and produces more than a third of the Moscow region’s fuel. It was last attacked by Ukrainian drones on Tuesday, catching fire, but officials said the blaze was swiftly put out.

Flights from four Moscow airports were temporarily halted, transport and aviation authorities said." (our emphasis)

Imagine how much more Ukraine could be doing if the groveling Malignant Fascist hadn't tied an arm behind President Zelensky's back out of fealty to the Russian war criminal. Pressure is growing in Congress to pass more sanctions on the Russian regime to force it to negotiate with Ukraine, but a phone call from Putin to the MF could derail tougher sanctions. Nonetheless, Ukraine increasingly has the initiative, and its drone and cruise missile force is tipping the balance in the unconventional war with the Russian imperialists.

BONUS: Check out this vid of a storage tank lid sent flying by the explosions.

The moment a storage tank at the Moscow oil refinery was hit: the blast blew the tank's lid off.

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— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) June 18, 2026 at 2:43 AM

(photo:  Exilenova+ / Telegram)

The Malignant Fascist's Stunning Flip Flops

Here are just a few quotes on the "deal" voiced yesterday by the weak and unstable Malignant Fascist in a press conference after the G7 meeting in France. They are the polar opposite of what he claimed our goals in attacking Iran were, standing firmly with Israel, and the impact of a Strait of Hormuz closure would be (emphasis added):

On Iran maintaining ballistic missile capabilities:

“I mean, they have to have some, because other people have some. You got to have some,” Trump told reporters Wednesday. 

“I like some of these guys, but I … don’t think they’re smart. ‘Sir, you shouldn’t let them have any missile,’” the president said of unnamed advisers. “I said, ‘well, what am I going to do? Am I going to let Saudi Arabia have missiles, but they can’t have them?’ ‘Yes, sir.’”  

“Doesn’t work that way, you know, it doesn’t work that way, and missiles aren’t the problem,” Trump said, adding that missiles “hurt a little location, but they don’t blow up the planet.”

On Israel and Lebanon:

“We have a little dispute over Lebanon,” Trump said, referring to Netanyahu.

“I say you can do a little softer touch, Bibi. You don’t have to knock down a building every time somebody walks into it that’s from Hezbollah,” the president continued. 

“I’m not saying they shouldn’t protect themselves. I’m saying when two drones are shot into the desert and drop harmlessly, you don’t have to knock down buildings in Beirut.”

On whether the U.S. is impacted by Persian Gulf oil:

“We run out of reserves at about four weeks,” Trump said. “You know, there are reserves all over the world, and we would really run out, and there’ll be a time when you wouldn’t be able to get it.” 

He said it would be “bedlam” if the oil ran out. 

“What this does is it allows the ships to go,” he said of the Iran deal. “If we keep bombing, those ships won’t be going.”

For someone who creates his own "reality" and has no fixed principles or values beyond asking what's good for me, this comes as no surprise that his interest is in protecting his hide for the mid-terms and trying to sell a "deal" that three months ago he would have angrily derided. For those having to negotiate with this dangerous ignoramus, never assume he's dealing with you from any principled position.  

The Lost War

 

Outside of the delusional and mentally unfit Malignant Loser's most devoted circle of sycophants in his regime and in Congress, the 14 point "memorandum of understanding" with Iran represented a defeat for him and a diminishing of the U.S.'s standing in the world. Jonathan Lemire writes in The Atlantic:

"President Trump lost. The war he waged against Iran promises to conclude in a humbling whimper with the signing of a cease-fire agreement later this week. The United States is left weaker—diminished militarily, strategically, economically, and perhaps morally.

The war, which the United States fought alongside Israel, accomplished none of the goals that Trump named at the outset. Instead, it only empowered the hard-liners in Tehran and arguably emboldened them to someday seek a nuclear weapon. Despite that, the president was so desperate for the war to end that he repeatedly backed off his threats—allowing Iran to call his bluff—and upbraided his close ally Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu for responding to attacks in the region in a manner that jeopardized the negotiations.

Trump won’t admit to any of this. He has spent recent days furiously spinning the tentative deal as a clear win, and has seethed at unflattering comparisons with the deal that President Obama struck with Iran more than a decade ago, aides and outside advisers told me. Trump, they said, has privately denounced Iran hawks, some of whom are among his closest allies in the Republican Party, for questioning the strength of the agreement. Within the administration, there is a divide on the deal, but Trump sided with those advocating for the war to wind down, no matter the terms, as fears mount about the economic toll on Americans and the political costs for Republicans in the midterms." (our emphasis)

The MF was virtually isolated at this week's G7 conference, with attendees coordinating their efforts to keep him from tantrums and to focus on issues like Russia's war on Ukraine, which is going increasingly badly for his guru Vladimir Putin. They praised his "deal" with Iran, knowing it was a capitulation but one that would reopen the Strait of Hormuz and allow Iranian and other Persian Gulf states' oil and petrochemical products to flow again.

It's doubtful that the "deal", once absorbed by the public, will help him, given the anger among hawks aligned with right-wing Prime Minister Netanyahu's policies. In fact, the "deal" is widely seen as a big blow to Netanyahu's chances in the next election, which he's rightfully fearful of losing now that his "friend" the MF has undercut him with Israel's mortal enemy. Netanyahu cast his fate with the MF, and now he's finding what so many others have: the MF only cares about himself and has no moral core.

Today's Cartoons

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(Steve Breen, Creators.com)

(Robert Ariail, gocomics.com)

(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal Constitution)

(Matt Wuerker, Politico.com)

(Joel Pett, Tribune Content Agency)

(Clay Jones, claytoons.substack.com)

(Harley Schwadron, Cagle Cartoons)

QOTD: A Trump Exorcism

 

Andi Zeisler, writing today in Salon.com, looks at the pure joy of the New York Knicks winning the NBA championship, the "exorcism" of the hated Malignant Fascist, and what is says about the optimism and future of the city. Excerpts, but read her entire article:

"Whatever New York is becoming, 2026 has made one thing clear: It will never again be Donald Trump’s city. Knicks fans felt the vibe souring as soon as Trump announced that he would be attending Game 3 of the finals, and social-media platforms lit up with a determined boo-this-man energy that was in full force the night of the game. Trump got the dog-and-pony show he thrives on  — the barricades that shut down watch parties around Madison Square Garden, the beefed-up entry process that inconvenienced both attendees and MSG staff, the demonstrators holding oversized orange letters that spelled out GO KNICKS F*CK TRUMP. But however powerful he felt as boos rained down and drowned out the National Anthem, the strongman bravado fell apart when Trump was seated and became, as Jimmy Kimmel put it, 'the first sitting president to shut down a major United States city so he could take a nap in front of a sold-out crowd.' [snip]

Well before he was elected president, Donald Trump sought to turn New Yorkers against each other; sadly, he often succeeded. The people of New York vanquished him with none of the spite he has spent decades sowing, but with grace, love, and pride in their city."

So well expressed. Zeisler quotes Toi Derricotte saying, "Joy is an act of resistance," and the people of New York City expressed cosmic joy this past weekend.

(photo: Worth a thousand words. Jim Watson via Getty Images) 

 

Skeets of the Day

 

Operation Epic Failure: deal/no deal, lovebombing Iran, Iran knowledge, reminder of girls slain --

Clearly, there is no “peace deal.” One side says “no money exchanged.” The other side says “$325 billion.” This isn’t a negotiating gap; it’s a different universe.

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— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) June 15, 2026 at 12:07 PM

Wow: the cover of today’s NY Post.

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— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) June 17, 2026 at 8:50 AM

 

No peace deal like a secret peace deal.

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— Brian Finucane (@bcfinucane.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 7:42 AM

 

“This time, the Iranians will come to the table armed with valuable knowledge: They can survive the worst the Americans can throw at them.” Bargaining power includes both material capabilities and perceptions, and right now Iran (and everyone) sees the US as weak. www.wsj.com/world/middle...

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— Abu Aardvark (@abuaardvark.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 9:17 AM

 

Paying Tribute to the 168 school girls murdered by Donald Trump

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— Georgia DiPirro 📎 (@georgiadipirro.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 7:11 AM

Malignant Fascist treated like temperamental toddler at G7 -- 

They expect so little of him at the G7 Summit.

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— Bob Geiger (@bobgeiger.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 5:48 PM

 

I guess a G7 meeting that ends without a social media meltdown or a public fight now counts as a major success

— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu) June 17, 2026 at 1:39 AM

Mass-murderer fascist and rocket man Elon Musk using wealth to incite white supremacist violence--

"Fascist" and "pogroms" are absolutely the appropriate terms for the explicitly racist violence Elon Musk encourages, most recently in Belfast. He and X are at the center of Fascist Internationale. As @gregsargent.bsky.social and @polphilpod.bsky.social argue, anyone else should oppose it together.

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— Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 10:35 AM

 

The MF's tariff idiocy won't die -- 

Trump's trade war has been struck down in court. Twice. So now we're on version three. Same trade war. Better lawyers. Worse economics. This week's Diving In: newsletter.platypuseconomics.com/p/better-law...

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— Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 10:19 AM

MAGA's toxic and puerile view of "manhood" -- 

 

I’ll say it again: The folks in our public life most vocally obsessed with the idea of masculinity all very conspicuously act like an adolescent boy’s idea of a man, not an actual grown ass man.

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— Julian Sanchez (@normative.bsky.social) June 17, 2026 at 10:17 AM

Cornyn, snubbed by the MF, is "undecided" on nomination of Todd Blanche as Attorney General --

 

Ya hate to see it … Cornyn Suggests He’s Undecided on Blanche After Predicting ‘Miserable’ Final Two Years for Trump talkingpointsmemo.com/where-things...

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— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 7:29 PM

Bodies of water fighting back -- 

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— Philip Bump (@pbump.com) June 16, 2026 at 11:10 PM

 

Mid-Week Song

 Grammy and Brit Award winning English folk rock trio Mumford and Sons released a new album earlier this year, "Prizefighter", and a single from that album "Here," performed with Chris Stapleton, is today's song choice. Enjoy.

Patel Compromises Investigation...Again

 

The FBI's paranoid and attention-seeking Director, the corrupt Kashyap "Ka$h" Patel, is getting blamed for prematurely leaking information about an ongoing investigation into an alleged plot to attack the Malignant Fascist's UFC event. MS Now's Ken Dilanian broke the story:

"Secret Service officials are furious that FBI Director Kash Patel prematurely announced on Tuesday morning the details of a sealed and ongoing criminal investigation into a plot to attack the UFC fight event this weekend with drones, according to three people familiar with the incident.

Secret Service and FBI agents had been partnered on the investigation into a group of individuals discussing plans for a drone attack at the White House in the last week, and had discussed unsealing the case and making an announcement later that day. The problem with Patel’s social media announcement, the sources say, was the case had been sealed in court and roughly ten suspects had not yet been arrested and placed in custody at the time Patel made his public social media post.

Secret Service and FBI officials had discussed seeking to make more arrests, unseal the case by late Tuesday afternoon and make a joint public statement, and were surprised by Patel 'jumping the gun.'

'We all woke up this morning to see this on Twitter,' said one administration official, who like others, asked to speak confidentially to discuss sensitive matters."  (our emphasis)

Actually, it shouldn't surprise anyone that the bug-eyed FBI director would push his name out in front of making sure all suspects had been arrested. When right-wing activist Charlie Kirk was shot, Patel prematurely announced that a suspect was in custody. He obviously is primarily concerned with his image and maintaining his shaky position with the MF, after numerous allegations of excessive drinking, partying and using FBI resources for personal activities. MotherJones.com has a litany of Patel's previous incompetence and recklessness. His one quality in the eyes of the MF is his abject and zealous loyalty to his cult leader, a quality that has done tremendous damage to the FBI as key senior officials and agents have left during his tenure.

(photo: Kashyap's official photo)

Pic of the Day: Alone and Frowning

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As the world leaders mingle and chat before the G7 group picture, the mentally ill and unstable Malignant Fascist stands alone and ignored by them as he frowns. Not one of them supported his failed and destructive war on Iran, to his humiliation. Sad!

(photo:Haiyun Jiang/The New York Times)

Today's Cartoons

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(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)

(Jorge Gonazlez, Cartoonmovement.com)

(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)

(John Deering, Creators.com)

(Nick Anderson, The Contrarian)

(Michael DeAdder, Caglecartoons.com)

(Michael Ramirez, Creators.com)

Pic Of The Day: Lindsey Makes Friends

 

Sen. Lindsey "Lady Lindsey" Graham (MAGAt-SC), major suck up to the degenerate Malignant Fascist, met up with two UFC fighters last Sunday at the White House. He apparently was impressed with the fighters, and asked if they could "oil him up" back at his place. 

Btw, Happy Pride Month!

(photo: AI- generated satire; also, the bulge is too big)

Skeets of the Day

 

Operation Epic Fury Epic Failure: why bother?, Israel is big mad, Trump out, winner --

You could make the case that we didn’t need to kill over 100 Iranian schoolchildren, countless other innocent civilians, and 13 of our own service members, but why even bother

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— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 10:45 AM

That’s what you get when you put your faith in Donald Trump. www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/w...

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— John Sipher (@johnsipher.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 8:04 AM

 

Trump is done with Iran: President Trump is considering dismissing senior administration officials who opposed the agreement with Iran, including War Secretary Pete Hegseth and CIA Director John Ratcliffe.

— Shipwreck (@shipwreck75.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 7:55 AM

 

Iran's government thinks it has won the war. This may be hubris, but it's also the assessment of a large number of independent western military analysts. And this sense of victory will make it very difficult for Trump to achieve any advance in the nonproliferation discussions.

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— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 8:50 AM

 

In addition to ponying up tens of billions of dollars to prop up the mullahs, Trump's failure also provided them with a recurring and, I'm going to assume, quite lucrative new funding stream which they can spend on rebuilding their military. Trump fucked this six ways to Sunday

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— scarylawyerguy.bsky.social (@scarylawyerguy.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 7:56 AM

So annexing other countries is called "maintaining a security zone," got it, no war crimes detected

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— Seth Abramson (@sethabramson.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 12:46 AM

 Another Malignant Fascist screw up --

 

Quintessential Trump: In 2025, Trump axed the program to combat New World Screwworm, stating that they had "saved" $1.5 million a year. In 2026, the Trump announces a $1 billion emergency program to combat the Screwworm outbreak. $1 billion would have funded the old program for 667 years.

— Ambassador Ken Fairfax (ret) (@portlandken.bsky.social) June 15, 2026 at 8:35 PM

Hiding the MF's humiliation. Bring the tarps and scaffolding down, morons -- 

Trump’s name is off the Kennedy Center but I guess they’re just going to leave the tarp up until a judge tells them to take that down too

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— Roger Sollenberger (@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social) June 13, 2026 at 11:59 AM

More Epstein Wars coming --

 

So far there have been two Epstein Wars, Venezuela and Iran. Cuba seems a likely third and Greenland is in the running. What they all have in common is that there is no reason for them except to distract from the president's criminality (which unsurprisingly he seeks to do with more criminality.)

— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 10:19 AM

 Trump Crime Family watch: crypto bank coming for bribe payment --

 

New: Trump’s family crypto business expected to soon be allowed to operate like a bank Decision will be made by Trump-appointed regulation Charter approval would allow US companies to complete transactions - like Venmo - on Trump platform, with cut for the firm www.notus.org/economy/trum...

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— Jeff Stein (@jeffstein.bsky.social) June 16, 2026 at 9:19 AM

Checking for a pulse -- 

Macron’s not shaking Trump’s hand, he’s checking for a pulse.

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— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.lol) June 15, 2026 at 1:04 PM

Israeli Anger at Trump, Netanyahu Rises

 

After the delusional and mentally ill Malignant Fascist's "deal" with Iran was announced, the opinion of Israelis across the political spectrum was one of anger. PBS reports:

"Israelis from across the political spectrum reacted angrily Monday to the news of an initial deal between the U.S. and Iran, calling it a disaster for Israel and directing their fury at one man: Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.

The Israeli leader said at a news conference Monday that 'with an agreement, without an agreement,' he would continue fighting to prevent Iran from obtaining nuclear weapons, which Tehran has long maintained it isn't trying to do, saying its nuclear program is for civilian purposes.

'As long as I am the prime minister of Israel, it will not happen,' Netanyahu said.

But other Israeli government officials, rivals, politicians and commentators were quick to criticize the preliminary deal between the U.S. and Iran, marking a sort of informal referendum on the premier's tenure ahead of elections this fall and underscoring his deepening isolation at home, in the region and, increasingly, from the United States." (our emphasis)

The MF was in a hurry to get something signed by his 80th birthday, so he signed off on a memorandum of understanding that tilts strongly to Iran's interest, without guaranteeing Israel's security from Hezbollah attacks or a definitive solution to Iran's nuclear program. The MF is clearly angry with Israeli right-wing war monger Bibi "Bomb Bomb" Netanyahu for not lining up and praising the raw deal, claiming he's responsible for Israel existing on CNN this morning:

"Without the United States, there would be no Israel. Without me, there would be no Israel, because no other president was willing to do what I did. I had a great relationship with Bibi [Netanyahu], but now Bibi has to be more responsible with respect to Lebanon."

"I had a great relationship..." says it all about their damaged partnership in Middle East violence. We're certain that the MF's braggadocio will go down well with the Israeli people, not to mention Bibi and Company. Shalom! 

Jimmy Kimmel On Prez Cankles B-Day

 

Last night, Jimmy Kimmel covered the Knick's championship win and New Yorkers' reaction, some soccer news from the World Cup, and the Malignant Fascist's vulgar 80th birthday party with his blood sport event on the White House grounds.