Skeets Of The Day

 

The Epstein-Trump files coverup / Susan "Concerned" Collins' checks --

 

Financial disclosures show that Susan Collins was taking checks from some of the men named in Epstein Files.

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— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) July 21, 2026 at 5:04 PM

 

Operation Epic Fail /  Law of Armed Combat violations / but things are going great! --

Some LOAC issues raised by Trump’s latest version of this threat: —threat of indiscriminate attacks (not against specific military objectives) —threat of attacks against civilian objects (not all those targets will be military obj) —threat of violence intended to terrorize civilian population

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— Brian Finucane (@bcfinucane.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 9:05 AM

Things are going great!

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— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 9:49 AM

 

Can't get numb to this: The United States is stuck in a war it started, cannot end, and may further escalate to no avail, having dismantled its diplomatic apparatus, depleted its military stockpile, and destroyed its credibility. A historic strategic mistake harming millions in many different ways.

— Elizabeth N. Saunders (@profsaunders.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 9:57 AM

 

Bone Saw gets his nuclear deal; "nukes for you, and you, and you..." --

lol hi Bibi

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— Helen Kennedy (@helenkennedy.com) July 21, 2026 at 9:51 PM

 

Remember this from Trump’s first campaign? “Saudi Arabia, I get along with all of them. They buy apartments from me. They spend $40 million, $50 million. Am I supposed to dislike them? I like them very much.” Wonder how much they spent for this?

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— Robert Maguire (@robertmaguire.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 10:58 PM

 

... and oil states' ownership of proposed Paramount/ Warner merged company --

An under-the-radar part of the Paramount/Warner Bros merger is that the merged company would be 49.5% owned by the sovereign wealth funds of Saudi Arabia, Abu Dhabi, and Qatar. Somehow this hasn't raised the ire of those who most fear Sharia law. prospect.org/2026/07/21/a...

— David Dayen (@ddayen.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 6:00 PM

 

Has anyone checked Trump's pockets? --

“Where is the money? There is no transparency and the US government does not inform us.” From @financialtimes.com, on Venezuela giftarticle.ft.com/giftarticle/...

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— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.wsocial.eu) July 22, 2026 at 9:50 AM

 

Election-denying MAGAt Republicans win Arizona primary, boosting Dems chances --

Oh brother .. The candidates who won the Arizona GOP primaries yesterday are a MAGA election denying nightmare 👇 www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

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— Mona Burns (@monaburns.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 7:03 AM

 

Trump's economy --

 

This morning Brent crude oil prices surge above $95/barrel

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— Scott Horton (@robertscotthorton.bsky.social) July 22, 2026 at 9:31 AM

 

Trump claimed his tariffs would bring about a golden age of American manufacturing. Yet since his re-election, we've lost 75,000 manufacturing jobs. Over the same time period, Biden had created 625,000.

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— Steve Rattner (@steverattner.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 10:18 AM

 

Trump's "Freedom Fuel" grifters --

The Freedom Fuel stations were put together by a pair of serial grifters who stole $667,000 worth of gas from a distributor five years ago, a private credit sponsor, and an energy trader tied up in multiple Trump schemes and profiting heavily off the war in Iran. prospect.org/2026/07/20/k...

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— David Dayen (@ddayen.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 9:43 AM

 

Your tech overlords deliver, again -- 

Quick thinking having a tablecloth handy. I didn’t even notice the twitching from that dead robot.

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— Rav (@rvbdrm.com) July 21, 2026 at 11:38 PM

 

 

Mid-Week Song

 

Indie rock group Death Cab for Cutie has produced several platinum-selling albums over a 30 year span.  Their Grammy-nominated album "Plans" from 2005 cemented their status.  Their new album, "I Built You A Tower," was released last month, and a track from that album "Trap Door," featuring lead singer Ben Gibbard, is our song today.

Judge: BBC Can See Trump Financials In Lawsuit

 

Earlier this year, the lawsuit-happy con man and convicted felon the Malignant Loser sued the venerable British Broadcasting Corporation, falsely claiming that in a broadcast the network edited his infamous speech to his violent mob on January 6, 2021, to suggest that he called for violence ("if you don't fight like hell, you're not going to have a country anymore").  Yesterday a Federal judge in Florida ruled that, because the lying MF claimed the BBC broadcast injured his reputation, his financial and business records must be provided to the BBC in the discovery process.  From Politico:

"U.S. Magistrate Judge Enjoliqué Lett concluded that Trump’s sweeping complaint put injury to his businesses at the forefront and made their vitality a fair subject for the BBC to demand information about.

'All of President Trump’s brand, properties and businesses are impugned or said to have been impugned. Reputational, economic damages, all of that is now at issue in this case,' Lett said at the conclusion of a three-hour hearing.

Her decision opened the door for the BBC to explore the finances of more than 400 companies owned by a Trump family trust, but Trump can appeal the ruling to U.S. District Court Judge Roy Altman, a Trump appointee."  (our emphasis)

You can bet that the moronic MF will do everything he can to avoid releasing any of his financial and business records, just about as fiercely as he's blocked the release of the remaining Trump-Epstein files to shield his perverse relationship with the pedophile.

As in many of his frivolous lawsuits intended to intimidate, misdirect and gaslight, the MF has shot himself in the foot with his false claims.  This legal boomerang, if it gets past an MF-appointed judge, is a classic: handing financial information on himself to one of the world's greatest media companies.  

(photo: Trump bellowing on January 6, inciting riot. Evan Vucci / AP File)

 

Pricing Out Trump's Mis-Adventure In Iran

 

If we're to believe DUI hire "Whiskey Pete" Hegseth's testimony yesterday (we don't), the Trump Operation Epic Fail quagmire, a.k.a. the war in Iran, has cost the American taxpayers $37.5 billion just to fund the military campaign (not counting the impact on gas prices and other downstream costs):

Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth faced fiery questions and protests Tuesday over the U.S. war with Iran, which he estimated has cost $37.5 billion so far, as Republicans prepare a $95 billion package to fund the military, along with other White House priorities.

Hegseth provided the new estimate, up from earlier assessments, during a combative Senate Appropriations Committee hearing, which came days after the Pentagon announced that three more American service members have died in the conflict, bringing the death toll to 17, and that more than 100 have been injured since early July. Several times protesters interrupted his opening remarks.

Hegseth said the supplemental war funding is an “urgent, necessary” injection of money, and with President Donald Trump’s proposed $1.5 trillion defense budget a generational investment in the military. [snip]

President Donald Trump has said repeatedly that “a deal is near, and the war will be over soon,” she [Democratic Sen. Patty Murray] said. “But now, he’s asking for $70 billion more — and for us to just trust him it’ll all work out fine.”

Others have been keeping track of the pricetag, though.  They've put the cost at well over $150 billion in military, energy, borrowing, food, etc., with no end in sight for the clowns running the show in the White House and Secretary of High-T's office.

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QOTD -- Dividing Lines

 

John Pavlovitz discusses why America isn't politically divided, it's morally fractured.  Here's the heart of his observation:

The dividing lines in America have nothing to do with party affiliation anymore.

Just open up your phone, eavesdrop at the checkout line, or talk to your neighbor, and you’ll see the lines along which we now find ourselves:

One side celebrates innocent people being assassinated in front of their children, without due process.

One side rejoices in strangers going without food or medical care or housing, without knowing a single one of their stories.

One side applauds the bombing of foreign school children and the destruction of entire populations.

One side blindly despises other people for their gender identity, despite it having no impact on their lives whatsoever.

One side reduces an entire population to terrorists and drug dealers to justify their swift eradication.

One side conflates whiteness with righteousness.

One side defends the protection of pedophiles.

One side steadfastly worships a felonious, treasonous rapist.

And none of this is about politics; it’s about when faced with the suffering and injustice in our path, whether we will default to compassion or to cruelty...

Faced with these contrasts, millions of Americans will choose the "cruel side" former pastor Pavlovitz cites above, again and again.  He's written in the past about the necessity to ostracize them if America's to survive.  That's why it's always good to remember that while the Malignant Fascist is perhaps the purest manifestation of this moral evil in our history, it's dark ugliness certainly preceded him and will certainly outlast him as the "cruel side."

Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Fail: bombing fail, another front, quagmire  --

Scoop: U.S. intelligence reports offer a pessimistic view of new rounds of U.S. military strikes against Iran: They are unlikely to have a significant impact on Iran or soften its negotiating position, current and former officials tell Warren Strobel and me

— John Hudson (@johnphudson.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 8:08 PM

 

uh oh. * TWO OIL TANKERS LADEN WITH SAUDI CRUDE MAKE U-TURNS IN RED SEA, HEAD FOR SUEZ -- DATA @reuters.com

— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 8:46 AM

 

‘This is what a quagmire looks like’: Trump enters bleak new phase with Iran

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— Politico (@politico.com) July 21, 2026 at 5:49 AM

The unending corruption of the Malignant Fascist and his regime -- 

Taylor Farms' parent company has given $2.2M to GOP PACs this election cycle. That includes $1M to Trump's own PAC, just 6 days after the FDA delayed new food tracing requirements last year. Money in politics is sickening.

— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 7:22 PM

The Trojan horse was a gift too. Air Force One never should have been gifted from another country. That raises serious corruption and national security concerns.

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— CREW (@citizensforethics.org) July 20, 2026 at 3:28 PM

 

The MF's criminal defense lawyer is the quintessential mob lawyer / pedo protector -- 

Every crime family needs a mob lawyer. Meet Donald Trump's.

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— The Lincoln Project (@lincolnproject.us) July 15, 2026 at 10:00 AM

 

Todd Blanche says there are no investigative leads left in the Epstein case.That simply isn't true.   The FBI never questioned key figures tied to Epstein, and survivors continue to say critical records remain missing.   He is unfit to lead the DOJ.

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— Rep. James Walkinshaw (@repwalkinshaw.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 6:55 PM

The MF's idiotic tariffs on Canada going to bite us back -- 

Such a damned idiot. He is taxing us for breathing smoke because of the climate change he doesn't think exists. "Trump imposed an additional 50% tariff on certain goods from Canada, including wine, hockey sticks and cement" www.wsj.com/economy/trad...

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— Jeff (Gutenberg Parenthesis) Jarvis (@jeffjarvis.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 8:29 PM

 

FBI's "Ka$h" Patel heading to Russia (for instructions?). Stock up on vodka, comrades! --

The FBI director is traveling to Russia weeks before the midterm elections. “His host is likely to be the FSB, the Russian security service that is heir to the Soviet-era KGB” www.politico.com/news/2026/07...

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— Roger Sollenberger (@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 8:24 PM

Yes, it's not like ICE ever harmed any U.S. protestors... -- 

Trump on an authoritarian regime killing protesters: "Savages!!!"

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) July 21, 2026 at 9:00 AM

Will the White House Stenographers Association cancel their dinner? You must be joking -- 

This weekend, President Trump and his top aides will be guests at the White House Correspondents' Association's annual dinner, which theoretically honors the First Amendment. But you can't celebrate the First Amendment with a president who doesn't believe in it. www.mediamatters.org/donald-trump...

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— Matthew Gertz (@mattgertz.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 1:14 PM

Are you cheering now, MAGAts? -- 

Oh how the cultists used to cheer at his campaign rallies when he said this.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) July 21, 2026 at 9:27 AM

 

Respected world wide <snort>  --  

Canada turning red is the geopolitical version of your golden retriever biting you.

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— 𝕊𝕦𝕟𝕕𝕒𝕖 𝔾𝕦𝕣𝕝 (@sundaedivine.lol) July 21, 2026 at 5:46 AM

Rinse and repeat -- 

U.S. Suffers Additional Casualties In War It Won Last Week

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— The Onion (@theonion.com) July 20, 2026 at 10:30 AM

 

More Tariff Idiocy From The Malignant Fascist

 

Always looking for ways to undermine our friends abroad, while pleasing our adversaries, the deranged and vindictive Malignant Fascist is imposing 50% tariffs on many Canadian goods, ostensibly in retaliation for Canada restricting U.S. goods.  The tariffs would take effect in 30 days.  The MF has also mused nonsensically about punishing Canada for the fires burning there which have caused smoke across the upper Midwest and east coast.  From the Associated Press:

"President Donald Trump on Monday imposed 50% tariffs on most Canadian goods, declaring that Canada has unfairly discriminated against American autos, alcohol and dairy products.

The move could unleash a new wave of economic chaos, with risks of higher inflation and further fraying of relations between two nations that had been closely woven together before Trump’s return to the White House. The administration official previewing the action said that Canada was one of the only nations other than China that retaliated against Trump’s previous tariffs and must be held accountable.

The official insisted on anonymity on a call with reporters to preview the president’s actions and said that Trump signed three proclamations to launch the tariffs under Section 338 of the 1930 Trade Act. Several Democratic lawmakers last year proposed repealing the section because they said Trump could use it to destabilize the economy." (our emphasis)

Of course, this destructive action will raise prices for American consumers, and likely force Canada to impose similar tariffs on U.S. imports, all because the MF is unmoored and vengeful over the smallest perceived slight.  The MF is ordering the tariffs under section 338 the 96 year old 1930 Trade Act, after having been rebuffed by the Supreme Court last February on broad tariffs that he imposed under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, but without Congressional authorization.

 

Today's Tomorrow Cartoon

 

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Ah, the "greatness" of the unhinged and corrupt Malignant Fascist era. From explosive diarrhea and measles outbreaks, to endless war in the Middle East, to rigging elections for the MF, to ICE murders in our streets.  No, we've never seen the likes of it before, as the MF would phrase it, and hope we never will again. 

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Trump's "Meritocracy"

 

ICYMI, The Daily Show's Jon Stewart covers a range of topics starting with "Cankles Muldoon's" photobombing Spain's World Cup celebration, last week's bullshit gaslighting on election security, the explosive diarrhea outbreak that was un-monitored by the incompetent regime, along with many other examples of Trump's clown car "meritocracy" -- Whiskey Pete Hegseth's testosterone testing, Bobby "Brainworm" Kennedy making America un-healthy again (Stewart eviscerates this particular clown), and more.   A great puncturing of the anti-DEI balloon.

Judge Pauses Trumpian Paramount - Warner Merger

A coalition of twelve states' attorneys general won a 14-day temporary restraining order from a Federal judge to delay the Malignant Fascist-friendly merger of Paramount and Warner Bros. Discovery.  From NBC News:

"Paramount Skydance’s takeover of Warner Bros. Discovery hit a roadblock Monday after a federal judge temporarily paused the proposed merger, granting a request from a coalition of 12 state attorneys general who sued to thwart the $110 billion deal.

U.S. District Judge Araceli Martínez-Olguín of the Northern District of California issued a temporary restraining order barring Paramount from closing the transaction, a corporate tie-up that would unite two movie studios, two streaming platforms and two news organizations under the control of David Ellison, the son of billionaire technology tycoon Larry Ellison.

Martínez-Olguín’s order said the restraining order will remain in effect for 14 days. She scheduled an Aug. 3 hearing on the states’ motion for a preliminary injunction, which would freeze the transaction while the legal process plays out."

Right-wing MF-megadonors father-son duo Larry and David Ellison got the MF's regime's green light from the Justice Department and the FCC, likely by suggesting that CNN -- which is owned by Warner Bros. Discovery -- would be giving the MF more favorable coverage in the future if the merger went through.  Earlier this year, the MF's regime approved the acquisition of Paramount by Ellison-owned Skydance Media which resulted in CBS' turn to the right under David Ellison and his pick to head CBS News, right-winger Bari "Bad News" Weiss.  A number of journalists were fired, including 60 Minutes stalwarts Sharyn Alfonsi, Cecelia Vega and Scott Pelley, while Stephen Colbert's The Late Show, which targeted the MF for criticism and ridicule, was cancelled.

 

Skeets Of The Day

 

The Epstein-Trump files coverup / delay, delay --

 

Today, 7/20, is the deadline for Acting AG Todd Blanche to respond to my latest filing demanding: *specific documents from the Epstein Files be produced in the judge's chambers AND *for Blanche to pay a $1000 fine/day until he complies with the rest of the preliminary injunction entered in my favor

— Katie Phang (@katiephang.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 4:04 AM

 

Operation Epic Fail / crude inventory/ Trump's forever war --

 

Crude Oil has 43 days of supply left in the U.S. — the lowest inventory in 45 years @barchart.com ⛽️

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 7:19 AM

 

BREAKING: Iran’s Houthi allies in Yemen declare maritime embargo of Saudi Arabia. Trump's war is escalating. This has all the makings of a forever war that could spiral out of control. www.cnbc.com/2026/07/20/i...

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— Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 8:57 AM

 

Narcissist at the World Cup / all in a week's work --

 

Infantino tries to get Trump to leave. “Nah I’m okay standing right here.”

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— Rav (@rvbdrm.com) July 19, 2026 at 7:04 PM

 

is there a pulitzer for photo captions because if so @theguardian.com just won it

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— shauna (@goldengateblond.bsky.social) July 19, 2026 at 7:29 PM

 

Spain edited Trump out of its celebratory photo.

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— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) July 20, 2026 at 6:26 AM

 

A 25 and 19 year old dead in another endless Republican Middle East war while Trump played golf, hosted a high dollar fundraiser, and tried to jump on a stage to act like he won the World Cup.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 8:12 AM

 

Explosive diarrhea company's payoff.  Most.  Corrupt.  Regime.  Ever --

Total purchase price for a Trump administration public statement: $1 million donation

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— Matt Ortega (@mattortega.com) July 19, 2026 at 9:16 PM

 

Trump and the lunacy of the moment --

This combination, two days apart, will serve for future historians as an effective shorthand for the lunacy of the moment.

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— Philip Bump (@pbump.com) July 20, 2026 at 7:04 AM

 

Trump's taxpayer- paid flying $400 million palace tub --

You mean the luxurious Palace in the Sky that is costing us a fortune which he plans to keep for himself in 2 years after we’ve spent all this money to upgrade it?

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 6:22 AM

 

The turmoil of "Whiskey Pete" Hegseth's feelings --

She makes a Very Valid Point….

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— Brant Reeves (@bireeves95.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 5:33 AM

 

It would've been better in the original German (context here) --

 

This is what a Nazi would have tweeted about making Germany “Judenfrei.”

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— Rachel Bitecofer (@rachelbitecofer.bsky.social) July 20, 2026 at 12:01 AM

 

Picking the World Cup winner (#ETTD) --

 

Donald Trump makes his official World Cup Finals prediction: youtu.be/8z3FKaepSYM?...

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— J-L Cauvin (@jlcauvin.bsky.social) July 19, 2026 at 12:15 PM

 

 

QOTD -- A Disgusting, Reprehensible Display

"... Trump’s display, therefore, was not just embarrassing. It was disgusting. It was reprehensible. It was yet another instance of him showing disregard and contempt for our military. Indeed, while reports came in of Americans killed and missing over the course of the weekend, he played golf, he attended parties, and he could barely be bothered to comment on the tragedies unfolding thanks to his malevolence and incompetence. 'Very sad,' was all he could muster, almost dismissively as during past such instances when he shrugged off the loss of life as just the sort of thing that happens in war.

"Happens to soldiers. Happens to innocent civilians. Does not happen to serial draft dodgers or rich guys who live in gilded palaces and who care not one whit for the consequences of their actions and policies.

"It was another nauseating, Nero-fiddles-while-Rome-burns display of insensitivity from the American president. Gut-wrenching. Infuriating..." -- David Rothkopf in his "Need To Know" Substack, on the Malignant Fascist's trying to bask in Spain's glory yesterday at the World Cup final as troops die in his war with Iran, in "Ten Reasons Why The war with Iran Is Going From Bad To Worse."  Read his excellent piece, and you'll see the tie-in.

Sick Trump Thinks He's The Star

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The delusional and deeply narcissistic Malignant Fascist has to have everything be about him.  He shows up every time the cameras are rolling at a major event, this time at the World Cup final yesterday.  He also expects "participation" trophies and trinkets to make him feel part of the moment.  When he carried the cup along with his butt-boy, the corrupt Gianni Infantino, to the stage for presentation, he was loudly booed.  Later, he would not get off the stage to let the Spanish national team celebrate.  He wanted to believe the cheering was for him.

It's noteworthy that both the King and Prime Minister of Spain were in attendance, but had the character and dignity not to insert themselves into the team's celebration.  After his attacks on Spain at the recent NATO summit, it's no wonder that the King and Prime Minister wanted little to do with him.  The MF is a huge national embarrassment. 

BONUS: As hoped, Spain edited the disturbed clown out of their picture. Well done!

(photo: The MF stands next to the Spanish team trying to bask in their victory. Tom Weller/Picture Alliance via Getty Images)

 

The Good, The Bad, And The Ugly

 

The good:

Troy Jackson has effectively secured the Democratic nomination in the crucial Maine Senate race, winning the support of a majority of the state delegates who will officially nominate a candidate next weekend.

While they are not legally bound to support him, nearly two-thirds of the 601 delegates have committed to voting for Jackson at that statewide convention. Jackson dominated the county-level meetings this weekend that selected those delegates, with two rivals falling far behind — and one of them, Maine Secretary of State Shenna Bellows, dropping out of the race partway through the process Sunday.

The party’s statewide convention in Bangor, Maine, next weekend will cap a tumultuous scramble to replace Graham Platner, who won the primary but dropped out this month after POLITICO reported that a woman he previously dated said he forced her to have sex with him. Platner denied the allegations.

A progressive 5th generation logger from the far-northern corner of Allagash, Maine, Jackson has had a long career in organizing progressive activists and ties to Sen. Bernie Sanders (I-Vt.), who had endorsed him in his gubernatorial race earlier this year.

The candidate will have less than four months to spin up a major battleground Senate campaign against GOP Sen. Susan Collins, the only Senate Republican running for reelection in a state carried by former Vice President Kamala Harris in 2024.

 Jackson turned his attention to the general election at a Sunday morning rally ahead of the delegate meeting in York County, where he secured the support of enough delegates to cross the 50 percent threshold.

“Whether you supported me from the beginning, or are still deciding, or support another candidate, there is a place for you in this movement,” he told a few dozen supporters in a school parking lot in Sanford, Maine, echoing what has been a familiar line in his speeches since entering the Senate race. “Because we’re not going to defeat Susan Collins by making this movement smaller. There’s no way that that’s ever going to work.”

Bellows dropped out of the race just minutes before voting began on Sunday and encouraged Democrats to coalesce behind Jackson...

The process need not be dragged out any longer.  It's time to get on with the business of defeating the useless Susan Collins and edge closer to flipping the Senate.  No time to waste. (UPDATE:  They wasted no time:  Jackson's the one.)

The bad:

U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents recently have been told that the FBI will no longer investigate claims of assault against the federal officers, according to a report by The New York Times.

On Thursday, FBI managers received written notice of the change, sources told the Times, and some ICE agents throughout the country were informed by their FBI counterparts.

In incidents where ICE agents have been involved in fatal shootings, the FBI under the Trump administration has been tasked with determining whether the agents were assaulted before opening fire. But evidence revealed during those investigations could later be used in civil rights investigations or prosecutions against ICE agents.

The new guidance would likely mean Homeland Security Investigations, an arm of ICE, would investigate such assault claims by their own agents, according to the Times. Allowing DHS to handle those investigations could lead to less accountability for immigration agents, sources told the NYT.

Since DHS does not have the jurisdiction to investigate civil rights violations, the policy change could lessen the likelihood that ICE agents who shoot unarmed people would be investigated for breaking federal law...

This amounts to legal immunity for brutalizing and killer ICE thugs. Not that lawless, Korrupt Ka$h Patel would have it any other way.

The ugly: 

Influencer brothers Andrew and Tristan Tate, whose social media empire promoting wealth, male dominance and misogyny has made them among the world’s most polarizing internet personalities, were arrested Saturday in Miami as British authorities sought their extradition on rape and sex trafficking charges.

The brothers were taken into custody by the U.S. Marshals Service on a sealed warrant, agency spokesperson Brady McCarron told The Associated Press, placing the United States at the center of an international legal saga that has stretched from Romania to Britain.

British prosecutors announced Saturday that they were seeking the brothers’ extradition on charges alleging they raped and trafficked women between 2010 and 2017.

The dual U.S. and British citizens moved to Romania in 2016. They were arrested there in 2022, accused of participating in schemes to lure women for sexual exploitation. They denied those allegations and the Romanian case hasn’t gone forward because of legal and procedural problems.

Last year, they were allowed to leave Romania and flew to Florida on a private jet.

The brothers are expected to appear in Miami’s federal court early next week, according to a person familiar with the matter who spoke to on the condition of anonymity to discuss sensitive law enforcement operations.

The pending charges in the United Kingdom accused the brothers of abusing women in an area north of London, where they grew up. Their lawyers had said they denied the allegations.

Joseph McBride, an attorney representing the Tate brothers, said in a phone interview Saturday evening that he has not been able to speak with his clients but called the new charges out of the U.K. “filth and slander” intended to derail defamation lawsuits filed by the brothers in the U.S.

“They’re pulling out all the stops to make sure these guys never get their day in court,” McBride said.

“We are confident that once a competent judge sees the facts, and once the Department of Justice confronts this egregious abuse of its own authority, Andrew and Tristan Tate will walk free. America does not do Britain’s political dirty work.”

Andrew Tate, 39, first reached a mainstream audience as a contestant on the U.K. reality television show “Big Brother” in 2016. He was removed from the show when a video surfaced that appeared to show Tate assaulting a woman. He and his brother Tristan Tate, 38, are vocal supporters of U.S. President Donald Trump.

Of course, these sleazebags are vocal supporters of the adjudicated rapist sexual abuser MF.  Of course, their mouthpiece thinks the fix will be in for them because of that.  Let's see how corrupt the MF's "Justice" Department is in how they handle this.

Across The Universe, Cont. -- Protostars

 

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From NASA/ ESA, July 2, 2026:   NASA’s James Webb Space Telescope captures the infrared light from bright protostars in young star system FS Tau. FS Tau A, a pair of protostars that creates the largest diffraction pattern slightly to the left of center, is about half the mass of our Sun. FS Tau B, the orange protostar slightly right of center, is thought to be responsible for the red (molecular hydrogen) and orange (soot-like molecules known as polycyclic aromatic hydrocarbons) outflows that we see amid the dusty region. The blue ridges are areas where light has been scattered by dust.

The different colors of the background galaxies indicate how much dust is in front of them, as dust both absorbs and scatters light. Redder galaxies lie behind larger amounts of dust, yellower galaxies lie behind thinner layers of dust, and whiter galaxies are mostly unobstructed.

Credit: NASA, ESA, CSA, STScI; Image Processing: Alyssa Pagan (STScI)