Skeets Of The Day

 

The Epstein-Trump files coverup / questions for Bondi deposition / Kahn deposition / Trump mentions --

 

Here are some tips for members of Congress when AG Pam Bondi appears for her deposition to discuss her botched release of the Epstein files. Survivors deserve the facts. substack.com/@barbmcquade...

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— Barb McQuade (@barbmcquade.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 8:40 AM

 

Today, Richard Kahn, Jeffrey Epstein’s accountant, will appear before our Committee for a deposition. Kahn was a central facilitator of Epstein’s ability to exploit girls and women. We will leave no stone unturned as we seek answers. abcnews.com/Politics/hou...

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— Oversight Dems (@oversightdemocrats.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 9:45 AM

 

Good morning and a reminder Donald Trump is mentioned over a million times in the Epstein files and none of those mentions is an exoneration.

— Tim Hannan (@timhannan.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 7:28 AM

 

Operation Epic Epstein Fury --

 

Trump said this week that Iran was 2 weeks away from having a nuclear bomb. This is what he said in July.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) March 10, 2026 at 9:11 PM

 

This story suggests that Witkoff and Kushner bungled the negotiations with Iran because they don't understand nuclear technology www.ms.now/news/trump-i...

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— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 1:07 AM

 

He’s not playing chess literally. He’s not playing chess figuratively. He’s not playing chess on any level of abstraction whatsoever. I doubt he can play chess.

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— southpaw (@nycsouthpaw.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 7:52 AM

 

I'm starting to suspect making an idiot president was not a wise move

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— Thor Benson (@thorbenson.bsky.social) March 10, 2026 at 11:15 PM

 

The state of things (Thanks, Trump!) --

 

“.. For the American consumer, things are getting very real, very fast: average gasoline price is now up by 19.9% over the past 10 days ... that eclipses the move in 2022 and is now the largest spike we've seen in the history of the data going back to 2004.” ⛽️ - Schwab

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 7:32 AM

 

tariffs happening for no reason and theyre making your life worse, secret police kidnapping people for no reason and making your life worse, firing thousands of government employees for no reason and making your life worse, going to war with iran for no reason and making your life worse

— Andrew Lawrence (@ndrew.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 8:38 AM

 

The.  Worst.  Cabinet.  Ever. -- 

 

This is wonderful: www.publicnotice.co/p/trump-cabi...

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— The Purple Pimpernel (@thepurplepimpernel.bsky.social) March 10, 2026 at 8:19 PM

 

Fifteen years after Fukushima --

 

Fifteen years after Fukushima

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— John Quiggin (@johnquiggin.bsky.social) March 11, 2026 at 5:45 AM

 

 

Mid-Week Song

 

Bleachers, led by famed singer / songwriter / producer Jack Antonoff, released their latest single "You and Forever" last month, a love song for Antonoff's wife Margaret Qualley. Antonoff has won 13 Grammy awards and has co-written or produced works from artists like Taylor Swift, Lana del Rey, Lorde and many others. Enjoy.

i had never known my name until you spoke it from your chest

yes the heavens opened up and pulled me in i stared and said 

that’s forever 

darling just you and forever 

now it’s just you and forever

 

 

Resistance To "SAVE Trump Act" In Senate

The corrupt and failing Malignant Fascist concocted a dangerous and anti-democratic piece of legislation in the so-called SAVE America Act, which would introduce biases in elections that favor his MAGA cult.  It proposes to eliminate mail-in voting except for overseas military and others, and would require official IDs to vote, among other actions that would dampen likely Dem votes.  It's a naked attempt by an increasingly unpopular MF to get an advantage in the 2026 mid-term elections.  But the bill is facing surprising pushback from some Republicans in the Senate, who are declining to apply filibuster limits in order to move the bill forward:

"Conservatives are putting John Thune in a political pressure cooker as they try to bypass the Senate filibuster and pass a controversial elections bill. The majority leader is making it clear he’s willing to take the heat.

Thune is at the center of a relentless pile-on from prominent figures in the GOP’s MAGA wing who want Senate Republicans to force a 'talking filibuster'  to smoke out and ultimately defeat Democratic opposition to the bill known as the SAVE America Act — a tactic Thune believes doesn’t have enough support from his members.

President Donald Trump declared the bill his 'No. 1 priority' going into the midterms Monday, and House Republicans are vowing to gum up their own chamber in a bid to squeeze the Senate GOP. An intense online campaign reached a crescendo this week with tech mogul Elon Musk joining online calls to remove Thune as leader.

Thune, confident of his support from fellow Republican senators, brushed off the criticism in an interview Tuesday." (our emphasis)

The MF has vowed not to sign any more legislation unless his "save me" bill is passed.  That should help with his poll numbers.

One of the false rationales advanced by proponents of the bill is that there is massive voting by illegal immigrants, a lie they hope to use as pressure on hesitant Republicans. The MF can be counted on to try to extort votes through threats and bribes, as he faces an electorate poised to turn his party out of power in the House and conceivably the Senate, outcomes which would effectively put an end to his reactionary, retribution agenda. 

Statuary Of The Day -- Don And Jeff, Again

 

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The story behind the art:

A new statue depicting President Donald Trump and deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein recreating a famous movie scene was placed on the National Mall near the U.S. Capitol Tuesday.

The large sculpture — titled “King of the World” — is a nod to the famous moment from the 1997 blockbuster The Titanic, when the film’s protagonists stand together at the prow of the doomed ship.

“The tragic love story between Jack and Rose was built on luxurious travel, raucous parties and secret nude sketches,” a plaque at the base of the installation states. “This monument honors the bond between Donald Trump and Jeffrey Epstein.”

Tourists were seen snapping pictures of the statue, which was situated in front of a row of banners displaying photos of Trump and Epstein along with the phrase “Make America Safe Again.”

It’s the latest piece of protest art to be installed on the National Mall by Secret Handshake, a group whose members are anonymous, according to The New Republic.

In September, the group erected a sculpture of the Republican president and Epstein holding hands in front of the Capitol. It was quickly removed.

The organization was also behind a poop statue criticizing January 6 rioters and a large replica of Trump’s alleged birthday letter to Epstein...

We hope these works of art are being preserved for a future museum exhibit, or some at other public venue, so that future generations can be reminded of their infamous crimes and the pedo protection coverup that the Malignant Fascist has been engaged in.  As James Baldwin said, "The purpose of art is to lay bare the questions that have been concealed by the answers." 

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Today's Cartoons -- Operation Epstein Fury Edition

 

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(Jack Ohman, Tribune Content Agency)

(Clay Jones, claytoonz.substack.com)

(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(Steve Sack, stevesack.substack.com)

(Michael de Adder, The Contrarian, Canada)

(John Cole, The Times-Tribune, Scranton, PA)

(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)

(Dave Granlund, politicalcartoons.com)

(Jonathan Brown, caglecartoons.com)

(Joe Heller, hellertoon.com)

(Bruce Plante, caglecartoons.com)

(Paul Noth, @paulnoth)

Your Tax Dollars At Work -- Hegseth's Spending Spree

 

Those warfighters boys at the Pentagon sure know how to spend our money -- like "Whiskey Pete" Hegseth on a toot :

The Pentagon spent more money in September—the end of the 2025 fiscal year—than it had in any other year since 2008. But a good chunk of the budget wasn’t used for anything that could be considered a pertinent military expense.

The Defense Department burned through $93 billion that month alone, signing checks left and right in order to dry up its congressionally allocated budget, according to a recent analysis by the government watchdog Open the Books. 

There is pressure to spend: If federal agencies don’t use the entirety of their budgets by the end of the fiscal year, then they lose access to that cash forever, potentially putting themselves in a situation where they have to request a reduced budget the following year. But the Pentagon’s long list of luxuries is hardly defensible.

Some of the frivolous September purchases made under Secretary Pete Hegseth’s stewardship include a $98,329 Steinway & Sons grand piano for the Air Force chief of staff’s home, $5.3 million for Apple devices such as the new iPad, and an astronomical amount of shellfish, including $2 million for Alaskan king crab and $6.9 million worth of lobster tail. (Lobster tail is apparently a favorite of Hegseth’s Pentagon—the department spent more than $7.4 million total on the luxury item in March, May, June, and October.)

In other pricey food purchases, the government decided to drop $15.1 million for ribeye steak (again, just in September), $124,000 for ice cream machines, and $139,224 on 272 orders of doughnuts.

Weeks later, millions of Americans would lose their SNAP benefits amid the longest government shutdown in U.S. history. More still stand to lose eligibility to the food assistance program thanks to a Republican crusade that added stricter work requirements to the program, piling on paperwork and documentation mandates.

One of the largest bulk expenditures was just for furniture, for which the Pentagon decided to shell out $225 million. That included $12,000 for fruit basket stands, and checks totaling more than $60,000 for Herman Miller recliners. All in all, the agency spent more on furniture in 2025 than it had in over a decade.

In the last five days of September alone, the department blew through $50.1 billion on just grants and contracts. For context, only nine other countries spend that much on the entirety of their defense budget per year. It’s also more than the total military budgets of Canada and Mexico combined... (our emphasis)

Good to know those MAGAts who embraced DOGE to cut social safety net programs are just as hypocritical about "fiscal conservatism" as they are about illegitimate wars, a pedo president, free and fair elections, deficits, etc., etc.  Well, as long as the "right" people are comfy and well-fed, let everyone else eat cake, amirite?!

Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Epstein Fury: girls school shame and Malignant Fascist lies --

SEVEN. That’s how many strikes hit near the Iranian girls’ school. Video shows a tomahawk missile hitting a building next to the school. The kind of “precision” you get when an incompetent administration runs a war on outdated intelligence. Don’t look away —we should all see the deadly destruction

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— Christopher Webb (@cwebbonline.com) March 9, 2026 at 11:03 PM

 

The U.S. killed those little girls over a week ago. Only an idiot would believe Trump still doesn’t know what happened.

— Sam Youngman (@samyoungman.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 6:34 PM

 

RAJU: Footage shows an American missile likely destroyed the Iranian girls' school. Will the US accept any respons-- TRUMP: Well, I haven't seen it. I will say that the Tomahawk, which is one of the most powerful weapons around, is sold and used by other countries. Iran has some Tomahawks.

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) March 9, 2026 at 6:15 PM

 

Great quotes in military history. @atrupar.com

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) March 10, 2026 at 7:35 AM

Iran, the gullible markets, gas prices and TACO -- 

The markets said stop.

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— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 5:16 PM

 

“Markets rejoice as man who always says what everyone wants to hear tells them what they want to hear”

— Will Stancil (@whstancil.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 6:44 PM

 

Colossal suckers and gullible chumps, all of them

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— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 6:33 PM

Our broken media, CBS "News" edition -- 

You can devastate a news organization The Jeff Bezos Way, by slashing the budget in half and forcing massive layoffs. Or you can do it The Bari Weiss Way, by steadily eroding your journalism standards, week after week, so the talented people who can leave, do leave. Via @oliverdarcy.bsky.social

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— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 10:20 PM

The Malignant Fascist issues threat for his election-rigging "SAVE America Trump Act" --

🚨BREAKING: President Donald Trump urged House Republicans Monday to halt legislative business until the Senate passes the SAVE America Act. But in new comments, the top Senate Republican again questioned whether the bill can realistically advance. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

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— Marc Elias (@marcelias.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 7:33 PM

 

This is why they're desperate to pass the SAVE Act

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— Laura Bassett (@lebassett.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 1:02 PM

MAGAts increasingly feed at Government trough, but hate "socialism" --

 

They scream about Socialism while their roads, hospitals, and schools are basically on a Federal IV drip.

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— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.lol) March 9, 2026 at 8:08 PM

The Onion reports -- 

Girlfriend Changes Man Into Someone She's Not Interested In https://theonion.com/girlfriend-changes-man-into-someone-shes-not-interested-1819565990/

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— The Onion (@theonion.com) March 9, 2026 at 5:00 PM

 

 

Dementia Don's Further Descent Into Madness, Cont.

 

Yesterday, the demented Malignant Fascist claimed that his Operation Epic Epstein Fury would be over soon, in an effort to calm tanking markets.  A few hours later, it didn't seem so imminent:

Using the language and bravado of an 11-year-old Call of Duty gamer (no offense to them), the MF at once threatens, then hopes his threat doesn't have to be employed, then demands thanks for his bumblefuck adventure's endangering oil shipments through the Strait of Hormuz.  What an epic clown.

Is TACO Back?

 

Guess who sees the falling stock market and ballooning gas prices as a result of his war of choice on Iran?  Commander Cankles, that's who.

He went from “unconditional surrender” and “I must pick their new leader” to full “just declare victory and get the hell out” TACO Trump.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 3:42 PM

It was a certainty that he'd declare victory no matter the situation when things started going south. The ever-shifting rationales for a war he now calls a "little excursion", the varying positions coming from the Pentagon and the White House all pointed to a reckless adventure, ill thought out and with little regard to the potential consequences. When those consequences become real, the Malignant Fascist is caught unprepared and fearful. And the consequences may not end with the MF declaring victory;  he may be done with Iran, but they may not be done with him (and us).

Stay tuned because the MF's position changes continuously.

 

Trump's Beelzebub Bubble

 

Last night, Jimmy Kimmel roated the Malignant Fascist's disrespectful showing at the Dover AFB dignified transfer of the remains of servicemembers killed in Operation Epic Epstein Fury, how Fox "News" covers for him, his monetizing everything including the Bible, his embarrassing ignorance and lack of self-awareness... not to mention how the Epstein-Trump files account of a teenage girl who reported being sexually and physically assaulted by him became a quickly passed over story.  Another day in America.

QOTD -- A Time Of Lunatics And Monsters

 

"...We have, thankfully, never seen anything like this president who believes he is the last word on anything that happens in the world. A commander-in-chief who acts independently of our Congress as if he was king. A chief executive who believes his domain is limitless and behaves like the emperor of the world.

"A man who behaves like a god, who gives and takes life like a god, who determines who to lift up and who to cast down like a god, who feels there is nothing to constrain him but his own conscience… but who is too disturbed and out of touch with reality to realize has no conscience or that he is just a man and a profoundly flawed one at that.  [snip]

"And looking at what we are confronted with today and all the grim precedents in history for it, we also, if we are honest, realize that those who are most likely to argue they should hold a place above ordinary people are actually, in fact, the least of us, the most contemptible among us, the banes of our existence.

"And given that, it is up to us, if we wish to contain and ultimately defeat such threats to our well-being and to our world at large, to demythologize them and their power, to demystify their actions rather than to cloak them in the somber grey cloth of polite political discussions, to see them for who and what they are—to acknowledge them as lunatics and monsters." -- David Rothkopf, concluding an essay in his "Need to Know" Substack, on "Living in a Time of Lunatics and Monsters."  Look around.  It's not just the Malignant Fascist and his regime of lunatics and monsters.  It's all those little everyday lunatics and monsters who enable him, support him, follow him.  He may be the worst (he is), but he has plenty of company.

 

Cover Of The Week

 

The cover of the upcoming issue of The New Yorker  -- "War-a-Lago" (cover art by Barry Blitt):

Skeets Of The Day

 

The Epstein-Trump files coverup --

 

If there were credible allegations against a Democratic president that he had punched a 13 yr old girl in the face after she bit his penis while he was raping her, Fox would be running that shit on a loop 24/7 and calling for his arrest/execution let alone his impeachment.

— JoJoFromJerz (@jojofromjerz.bsky.social) March 6, 2026 at 3:34 PM

 

Page One @miamiherald.com

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 7:20 AM

 

Operation Epic Epstein Fury:  Nostradumbass Trump in free fall --

 

Trump is in serious trouble. His war is deeply unpopular. He's now in the toilet on the economy, immigration, and national security. His public standing is getting close to being broken in an irreparable way, akin to Bush after Iraq and Katrina: newrepublic.com/article/2074...

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— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 7:31 AM

 

I don't think you have to Nostradamus to figure that bombing Iran might raise oil prices. And it seems pretty obvious that buying oil in advance of causing an oil price spike might just save Americans a lot of money. But... ...maybe there wasn't much planning?

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— Justin Wolfers (@justinwolfers.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 7:46 AM

 

I’m sure Trump anticipated all of this happening and has a great plan.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) March 8, 2026 at 9:46 PM

 

Trump: It's a small price (for you) to pay.

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— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) March 8, 2026 at 9:07 PM

 

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— George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸 (@gtconway.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 10:58 AM

 

the affordability and iran president

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— Josh Marshall (@joshtpm.bsky.social) March 8, 2026 at 11:18 PM

 

Trump just put in charge of Iran a guy considered to be a hardliner *before* we killed his father, mother, and wife. We helped cement his rule by blowing up a girls elementary school, scorching their skies, and cutting off their water. We should expect retaliation—and blame Republicans for it.

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— Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 9:16 AM

 

Meanwhile, Trump's master profits while Ukraine fights harder.  Slava Ukraini!-- 

This is how war criminal trump is propping up his favorite dictator, war criminal Putin. 1/Start an unprovoked war 2/Use russian propaganda to justify it 3/watch as oil prices go through the roof 4/fund Putin’s war against Ukraine #TrumpRussiaCollusion #TrumpsOwnsIransWar #FDT #DV1 #ProudBlue

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— PoliticalNash (@politicalnash.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 9:19 AM

 

❗️Ukraine's FP-2 long-range drone's warhead will be increased to 158kg, Fire Point co-owner and chief engineer Denis Shtilerman announced. Currently the FP-2 holds a 60-100kg payload depending on the configuration. #Ukraine

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— NOELREPORTS (@noelreports.com) March 9, 2026 at 10:12 AM

 

Hard to fathom --

 

Thought I would have gotten used to it by now, but I’m still grappling with the realization of just how stupid the men running this country are.

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— Mrs. Betty Bowers (@mrsbettybowers.bsky.social) March 9, 2026 at 10:21 AM

 

 

Decision To End War On Iran "Mutual" With Israel

In an interview yesterday with the Times of Israel, draft-dodging sociopath Malignant Fascist declared that ending the war with Iran would be by mutual agreement with Israel's far-right Prime Minister Bibi "Bomb Bomb" Netanyahu.  The MF keeps deferring to Netanyahu on war strategy ("regime change") and targets in Iran, also. 

"The US president was asked whether he alone would decide when the war with Iran ends or if Netanyahu would also have a say.

'I think it’s mutual… a little bit. We’ve been talking. I’ll make a decision at the right time, but everything’s going to be taken into account,' he responded, indicating that while Netanyahu will have input, the US president will have the final say. [snip]

Trump’s answers to The Times of Israel pointed to the significant degree of influence Netanyahu would appear to have over Trump’s decision-making in the war, which the US and Israel launched jointly on February 28 with a strike that killed Iran’s supreme leader Ali Khamenei."  (our emphasis)

The pathetic MF is trying to project a role as the dominant partner with the Israeli leader, but the history of this conflict doesn't support that.  If we can believe figurehead Secretary of State "Li'l Marco" Rubio, it was Israel's plan to attack Iran that triggered our attack several days ago, in concert with Israeli armed forces.  The specious rationale was that knowing Israel would attack Iran, we preemptively attacked Iran in anticipation of a strike from them.  It's a safe prediction that the MF will declare victory when the U.S. ends its campaign against Iran no matter how disastrous the reality might be.

It appears that Netanyahu was the tail wagging the MF dog in this latest war in the Middle East.

(photo: Who's the boss? Evan Vucci / AP)

 

Today's Tomorrow Cartoon

 

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Time to update patriotic war poster themes of the past, featuring "Whiskey Pete" Hegseth, Tom "Rotten" Cotton, White House spokes liar KKKaroline Leavitt, criminal ghoul Stephen Miller, and of course the delusional, demented Malignant Fascist himself and his golden ballroom construction priorities when he's not distracting from the Trump - Epstein files.

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