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(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)
(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)
(Michael de Adder, deAdder substack.com)
(Clay Jones, claytoons.com0
(Robert Ariall, GoComics.com)
Tuesday, April 21, 2026
Skeets of the Day
Operation Epic Epstein Fury: Iranian no show --
So let me get this straight: the U.S. is sending a delegation overseas led by JD Vance to negotiate with Iran… and Iran might not show up? Genius at work.
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) April 21, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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"Trump did this" --
Trump did this 👇🏽
— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) April 20, 2026 at 11:43 PM
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Virginia Dems and Independents, get out and vote today --
Virginia votes TODAY on a referendum that would enable Democrats to redraw the congressional map for 2026 in response to new Republican gerrymanders in other states. The map targets 4 of 5 Republicans & aims to elect a 10-1 Dem majority. Interactive map+data: davesredistricting.org/maps#viewmap...
— Stephen Wolf (@stephenwolf.bsky.social) April 21, 2026 at 8:16 AM
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Judge Sullivan should have fun with Kashyap Patel's meritless lawsuit against The Atlantic --
NOTED: FBI Director Kash Patel's libel lawsuit against the Atlantic was assigned to Judge Emmet Sullivan, a Clinton appointee in DC. Sullivan won few fans in the MAGA camp with his handling of the case against former DNI Michael Flynn. Earlier: www.politico.com/news/2026/04...
— Josh Gerstein (@joshgerstein.bsky.social) April 20, 2026 at 11:11 PM
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Sorry Tuck, you made your bed. Now lay in it --
Tucker Carlson: “I’ll be tormented for a long time by the fact that I played a role in getting Donald Trump elected. And I want to say that I’m sorry for misleading people.”
— The Tennessee Holler (@thetnholler.bsky.social) April 21, 2026 at 12:46 AM
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Let's see which journalists boycott the White House Correspondents Dinner "nerd prom" --
CBS News has invited Pete Hegseth and Stephen Miller to join them at that execrable dinner, and now, via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social, we learn that CBS’s parent, Paramount, has invited Brendan Carr. Yes, that Brendan Carr. www.status.news/p/brendan-ca...
— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) April 20, 2026 at 10:53 PM
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Menu for the White House Correspondents' Dinner: / Gulf of America shrimp cocktail / Leni Riefenstahl salad, sanewashed and served with normalized onions / Quisling stew / Quiet Piggy pork roast / Sauvignon Blanc, very blanc, imported from South Africa / Orange sherbet / Let them eat cake
— Mark Jacob (@markjacob.bsky.social) April 21, 2026 at 10:18 AM
Wajahat Ali gives Whiskey Pete Hegseth's "pastor" a righteous reaming. Loving it! --
It's Time to Drag Pete Hegseth's Bigoted Pastor and Expose Trump's Failed Iran War Pete Hegseth believes he's on a mission from God and supports an American Crusade. His pastor, Doug Wilson, demands Christian domination. Well, I would like to retort. open.substack.com/pub/thelefth...
— Wajahat Ali (@wajali.bsky.social) April 20, 2026 at 9:42 PM
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Financially and morally bankrupt Alex Jones' "Infowars" now belongs to The Onion. Glorious! --
https://www.theonion.info/
— The Onion (@theonion.com) April 20, 2026 at 1:03 PM
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Another Trump Cabinet Member Gone
Before she could be fired, Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer has resigned after accusations of misconduct, having an affair with a staffer and drinking on the job. From The Guardian:
"The labor secretary and her close aides are currently under investigation by the department’s inspector general over allegations of professional misconduct.
These include claims that Chavez-DeRemer had an affair with a member of her security detail, kept a 'stash' of alcohol in her office and used government resources for personal travel, while her aides allegedly sought to channel grants towards politically connected figures, the New York Times reported in March.
The inspector general is also reviewing material showing Chavez-DeRemer and her top aides and family members routinely sent personal messages and requests to young staff members, another Times report said last week. Chavez-DeRemer’s husband and father exchanged text messages with young female staff members, according to the newspaper.
The scandals did not end there. The secretary’s husband, Shawn DeRemer, an anesthesiologist, was barred from the department’s headquarters after allegations by at least two female staff members that he had sexually assaulted them. The women told department officials that Shawn DeRemer had touched them inappropriately at the department’s building on Constitution Avenue in Washington." (our emphasis)
Her situation is reminiscent of ICE Barbie Noem's, whose "alleged" affair with gutter dweller Cory Lewandowski helped remove her from the Malignant Fascist's cabinet.
In sum, it sounds like some serious family therapy time is in order for this troubled couple, if not public corruption and sexual assault charges. We bid Chavez-DeRemer a heartfelt "buh-bye!"
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Tim "Apple" Stepping Down at Apple
Tim "Tim Apple" Cook is stepping down as CEO of Apple effective in September, as reported by NPR:
"'I will be transitioning into a new role, leaving the CEO job behind in September and becoming Apple's executive chairman,' Cook, 65, said.
Apple's then-CEO, Steve Jobs, stands on a stage to introduce new colors for the iPod Nano in September 2008. Behind him is an enlarged image of a row of iPod Nanos in seven rainbow colors and gray.
From scrappy startup to tech giant, Apple celebrates its 50th year
Cook added the company's new CEO will be John Ternus, an engineer who has been with Apple for 25 years. According to Apple's web site, Ternus has overseen hardware engineering on several of its products, including iPads and AirPods, Macs, the Apple Watch, and the iPhone."
In a White House conference in the Malignant Fascist's first term, the MF referred to him as "Tim Apple", in a mental lapse so common with him. He was one of several tech oligarchs to attend the MF's inauguration as a sign of things to come. Last August, to curry favor with the narcissistic MF on tariff relief, Cook presented him with a plaque (i.e., a bribe) with a 24 carat gold base in the Oval Office, bending the knee to the deranged MF.
Profile in courage? No. Profile in bribery? Yes. Buh-bye.
(photo: "Now may I have my tariff exemption, sir?" Win McNamee/Getty Images)
Monday, April 20, 2026
Disgraced Kashyap "Kash" Patel Suing Magazine
Well, this should be good. Bug-eyed MAGA cultist FBI Director Kashyap "Kash" Patel is suing The Atlantic for a well-sourced article about his bizarre habits and excessive drinking. Now that the hack is suing, litigation discovery by The Atlantic's legal team should produce some interesting facts:
"Kash Patel has filed a defamation lawsuit against The Atlantic, accusing the magazine and its reporter Sarah Fitzpatrick of defamation over an article that alleged the FBI director has a drinking problem.
The lawsuit, filed in the U.S. District Court for the District of Columbia on Monday, refers to an article published April 17 that claims Patel has a habit of 'excessive drinking and unexplained absences,' among other recurring behavioral patterns.
The suit argues that Fitzpatrick’s reporting is part of an ongoing pattern from The Atlantic to 'damage Director Patel’s reputation and force him from office.'
The Atlantic on Monday defended its reporting.
'We stand by our reporting on Kash Patel, and we will vigorously defend The Atlantic and our journalists against this meritless lawsuit,' The Atlantic said." (our emphasis)
"Vigoursly defend" signals The Atlantic will "go to the mattresses" with the compromised MAGA cultist FBI Director in terms of the discovery process, which will expose many cases of Kashyap's misbehavior and his abuse of the FBI. Get the popcorn ready.
(photo: Kashyap chugging a beer at the Winter Olympics. "X")
Skeets of the Day
Operation Epic Epstein Fury: peace promises, press hackery, oil up/stocks down --
Trump’s amazing peace deal is going well. A peace deal the likes of which nobody has ever seen. Best peace deal ever. Nobody thought it was possible.
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) April 19, 2026 at 3:37 PM
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Friday: "trump says Iran deal in a day or two" Two days later: Iran says no to further talks Maybe just maybe it's time for reporters to stop blasting their latest phone chat with trump across the media ecosystem without facts, context AND without a transcript of the call.
— @NewsJennifer (Jennifer Schulze) (@newsjennifer.bsky.social) April 19, 2026 at 4:19 PM
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The price of oil jumps sharply, and stock futures tumble as traders digest renewed tensions between the U.S. and Iran over the critical Strait of Hormuz.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 20, 2026 at 5:40 AM
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The felonious Malignant Fascist's unprecedented corruption --
SCOOP --> Paramount, Meta, and X are refusing to say what happened to their huge contributions to Trump's presidential library after Sen Elizabeth Warren raised questions about its fund getting dissolved. Ds say tens of millions remain unaccounted for. Details here: newrepublic.com/article/2092...
— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) April 20, 2026 at 7:30 AM
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NEW: Stories about pardons are often about presidential power. But what about people on the other side of that grace? The Coulson family may never receive millions from a wrongful death lawsuit it won years ago. @jeremykohler.bsky.social
— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein.bsky.social) April 20, 2026 at 8:41 AM
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MF son-in-law Kushner's Saudi cash grab and the media's lack of interest --
Articles about Jared Kushner's diplomatic role with Iran that mention Kushner has received billions from the Saudi government (2/28-4/19): NYT: 5 of 58 WashPost: 1 of 43 WSJ: 0 of 40 AP: 0 of 26 CNN Wire: 0 of 18 NY Post: 0 of 17 Chicago Tribune: 0 of 4 LA Times: 0 of 4 Boston Globe: 0 of 2
— Judd Legum (@juddlegum.bsky.social) April 20, 2026 at 8:57 AM
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The FBI's disgraceful, boozing Kashyap "Kash" Patel is often MIA --
No previous American president, in any era, of any party, would have tolerated a drunken, erratic, absent FBI chief www.theatlantic.com/politics/202...
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) April 20, 2026 at 2:14 AM
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The impressive, rising star Sen. Jon Ossoff. Dems, take note of how it's done right --
Ossoff: "How does American politics really work? It's coin operated. Money goes in, favors come out. It's been running on secret money, corporate money, billionaire money ... all of this gave rise to a depraved president who exploits this rot to empower and enrich himself"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) April 20, 2026 at 12:42 AM
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This is genuinely impressive. Ossoff knows what he is doing.
— James Fallows (@jfallows.bsky.social) April 18, 2026 at 7:48 PM
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Ukraine's impressive drones strike again --
❗️Warriors from #Ukrainian Defense Intelligence launched strikes on 2 Russian large landing ships&a radar system in Russian-occupied Crimea on April 19. These are Yamal (about $80 million) &Nikolay Flichenkov (about $70 million) The destroyed Podlet-k1 radar is about $5 million. Glory!
— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) April 20, 2026 at 3:21 AM
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The MF's new low in the polls. Sad! --
Trump's job rating hits a second-term low as two-thirds of Americans disapprove of his handling of inflation and the Iran war, according to a new NBC News Decision Desk Poll.
— NBC News (@nbcnews.com) April 19, 2026 at 9:07 AM
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The Onion delivers with exclusive story --
Trump Escalates Feud With Unclear Adversary By Posting AI Video Of Self Fucking Basketball
— The Onion (@theonion.com) April 18, 2026 at 2:00 PM
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QOTD: Stop The Steal
Conover Kennard, writing in Raw Story about the grifting, mentally ill felon the Malignant Fascist's lawsuit against his own IRS for the leak of his tax returns 2018 -2020:
"Donald J. Trump — the guy who spent years screaming 'I’m under audit!' like a broken record while refusing to release his own tax returns — is now suing the IRS for $10 billion (that’s taxpayer money, you guys, our money) because some contractor leaked his returns back in 2018-2020. [snip]
This is perfect after Americans just filed their taxes, since Trump’s leaked returns showed that the overprivileged grifter paid next to nothing in taxes some years, lost a fuck-ton on his 'genius' businesses, and generally made him look less like a billionaire mogul and more like a walking tax-loss harvesting machine."
The super weird MAGA cultist Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent will make sure his subordinates at the IRS make his greedy grifter boss happy that he again cheated the tax system, this time by outright theft of taxpayer money rather than bogus tax write-offs.
Today's Cartoon: Coming from the Tech Bros
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Our tech bro overlords are ready to spring a massive amount of AI on us, to their huge financial benefit and our long lasting regret. If you think these arrogant right wing billionaires don't control enough information through "X", Meta and political ads, just wait for their AI tool to go into full swing.
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Note To Hackwhackers Readers
FYI folks:
As we've been saying, during the next week, 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."
Sunday, April 19, 2026
QOTD: "Everybody Knows It"
The charismatic and amazing Sen. Jon Ossoff (D-GA) on the Malignant Fascist's family raking in tens of millions while Americans pay more for food, gas, housing and healthcare. Star power:
“Ground beef’s up 20% since Trump took office. Coffee, 40%. Health premiums: through the roof. And remember, while you pay more for everything, the first family’s wealth is growing by billions of dollars. Because they’re crooks, and everybody knows it.” (our emphasis)
By far, the most corrupt Administration in American history, as well as the most deranged and cultish.
Please support Sen. Ossoff's reelection campaign by going here. It really counts to have his voice in the Senate.
(photo: Aaron Schwartz, Sipa USA)
Sunday Reflection: Infamous Anniversary
On April 19, 1995, two white supremacist militia members set off a truck bomb outside the Murrah Federal Office Building in Oklahoma City, OK, killing 168 people, including 19 children. Five hundred more were injured in the enormous blast which ripped off the front of the building:
"Timothy McVeigh, a veteran of the Gulf War and a sympathizer with the U.S. militia movement, planned and carried out the Oklahoma City bombing. McVeigh detonated the Ryder rental truck full of explosives that he parked in front of the building.
Terry Nichols, a fellow veteran who met McVeigh during their time in the U.S. Army, assisted in the planning and preparation of the bombing.
In a federal case, McVeigh received the death sentence for his role in the bombing and the deaths of eight federal agents. He was executed by lethal injection in 2001. Nichols was sentenced in the federal case to life in prison without the possibility of release. [snip]
The Ruby Ridge standoff of 1992 and the 1993 Waco siege came just two years before the bombing. However, McVeigh's plans had already started forming and instead only solidified the view that the government was going to disarm the public and take away the Second Amendment right, according to History.com.
McVeigh chose to bomb the Murrah Building on the two-year anniversary of the fire at Waco that left 75 members of the Branch Davidian religious sect dead, 25 of whom were children. Before his 2001 execution, McVeigh said that he intended the 1995 bombing to be retribution for the deaths at Ruby Ridge and Waco, History.com reports." (our emphasis)
The bombing marked the first major exhibition of the right-wing's virulent, anti-government movement's willingness to use violence to strike back against what they saw was a violation of their a' Second Amendment rights", a core feature of right-wing beliefs which, if anything, is stronger today with rulings by the Supreme Court and actions by the Malignant Fascist in each of his terms in office against gun safety. The red flag couldn't have been more clear then, and it's has largely been dismissed or explained away since then.
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Trump's Megalomania and the Medal of Honor
Profound narcissist and mentally ill clown the Malignant Fascist is seriously contemplating awarding himself the Congressional Medal of Honor for his tribulations in the war he started on Iran. From MSN:
"Amid the ongoing U.S. war against Iran, President Donald Trump considered awarding himself the Medal of Honor, the most prestigious military award issued by the U.S. government, White House insiders claimed in a report published Saturday evening in the Wall Street Journal.
Citing a 'senior administration official' and people who have 'spoken' with the president, the Journal’s report revealed that Trump had privately panicked in early April after learning of the downed U.S. fighter jet over Iran. [snip]
According to a senior administration official, Trump had demanded that the pilots of the downed fighter jet be rescued immediately, though discussions grew adversarial due to the president’s 'impatience.'
'Aides kept the president out of the room as they got minute-by-minute updates because they believed his impatience wouldn’t be helpful, instead updating him at meaningful moments, a senior administration official said,' the Journal’s report reads.
Amid the chaos, which according to the insiders also involved Trump 'sometimes' losing focus and attempting to pivot to topics unrelated to the U.S. war against Iran such as his White House ballroom, the president also actively considered awarding himself the highest military decoration in the United States’ history." (our emphasis)
"Losing focus" is also a sign of his growing dementia on top of his underlying narcissistic personality disorder, which in this time of war when he controls the nuclear launch codes, should be grounds for immediate removal from office. Of course, his cult and their ciphers in Congress won't lift a finger, fearing a nasty attack on them via his failing "Truth" Social platform.
The Medal of Honor is reserved for those serving in the military for acts of valor above and beyond the call of duty in action against an enemy force. The MF in no way qualifies, just as he would never be considered for the Nobel Peace Prize or any other distinguished award or honor. His approach is merely to grab an award or honor and present it to himself, not caring that it was unearned. A complete disgrace and mental case.
(photo: Now, if there were a Medal of Dishonor.....)
Thursday, April 16, 2026
Family Time
Hi everyone --
Hackwhackers will be on a temporary hiatus while we have family visiting. That is, we're literally going to spend more time with the family, as some retiring from political life might say.
Thanks for your loyal readership, and we'll see you Sunday!
Wednesday, April 15, 2026
Today's Comics
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(Michael de Adder, deAdder.substack.com)
(Michael Ramirez, Las Vegas Review Journal)
(Ann Telnaes, anntelnaes.substack.com)
(Gary Markstein, Creators Syndicate)
Skeets of the Day
Operation Epic Epstein Fury: deal or no deal (in "two weeks"?)--
Trump: 2/6-“They want to make a deal badly 3/2-“They want to make a deal badly 3/16-“They want to make a deal badly 3/24-“They want to make a deal badly 3/25-“They want to make a deal badly 4/1-“They want to make a deal badly 4-13-“They want to make a deal badly 4/14-“They want to make a deal badly
— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 9:30 PM
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The blasphemous posting never stops with the deranged Malignant Fascist --
Trump is posting fresh blasphemies this morning
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) April 15, 2026 at 8:37 AM
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Look who's lecturing the Pope on....theology. The couch f*cker himself. Another fail. --
JD Vance lectures the Pope on how to talk about theology.
— Mike Sington (@mikesington.bsky.social) April 15, 2026 at 7:27 AM
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Hubris
— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) April 15, 2026 at 5:49 AM
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Having lost in Iran, the Trump admin is picking a fight they think they can win: arguing with The Pope about Catholicism.
— Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) April 15, 2026 at 7:33 AM
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Dems introduce bill to have experts assess the MF's mental fitness under 25th Amendment --
NEW: Raskin, w/ 50 House Dem co-sponsors, formally introduces a bill which would create a commission to assess Trump's fitness for office under the 25th Amendment. Bill text here: www.documentcloud.org/documents/28... Story TK
— Andrew Solender (@andrewsolender.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 12:05 PM
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The shameless, lawless DOJ wants Court to absolve January 6 seditionist rioters --
Trump’s DOJ trying to erase the seditious conspiracy he caused was not some inevitability and marks a further descent. www.motherjones.com/politics/202...
— Dan Friedman (@dfriedman.bsky.social) April 14, 2026 at 8:15 PM
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ICE bringing Orwell's Big Brother state to life --
— David Sirota (@davidsirota.com) April 14, 2026 at 9:23 PM
Things that go "boom" in war criminal Russia. Slava Ukraini! --
Explosion on a gunpowder plant in Russian Samara. Reasons unclear. Yesterday, there were explosions on a gunpowder plant in Russian Kazan. Coincidence?
— Anton Gerashchenko (@antongerashchenko.bsky.social) April 15, 2026 at 7:11 AM
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The MF's negative effect on this summer's World Cup games. Winning! --
With Trump in power, no one wants to come to the US, not even to view the World Cup. The hospitality industry faces a severe crisis, which is 100% of Trump's making. www.ft.com/content/7fd5...
— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) April 15, 2026 at 8:29 AM
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And his valedictorian speech was purrr-fect! --
— gatos fazendo gatices (@gatinarios.bsky.social) April 10, 2026 at 4:27 PM
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