Weekend Music

 

On this day in 1969, supergroup Crosby, Stills, and Nash released their self- titles debut album. Several hits, including "Suite: Judy Blue Eyes" and "Marrakesh Express," were spawned from the album, but one of our favorites remains "Wooden Ships."  A collaboration of David Crosby, Stephen Stills, and Jefferson Airplane's Paul Kantner, its apocalyptic vision of a post-nuclear war is somewhat belied by the melodic qualities of the song.  It brings back memories for us, and maybe you.  Hope you enjoy.

Face(s) Just Asking For A Punch

 

Terminally weird and sycophantic Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent holds up a sample of a proposed $250 bill with his cult leader's mug shot on it at a press conference yesterday. In his position, Bessent would know that it's illegal to put a living person's image on circulating U.S. currency (31 U.S.C. § 5114(b). In addition to this, the MF's signature will be added to new printed currency in place of the Treasury Secretary's. 

It's more diversion from the growing outrage over the MF's fraudulent MAGA thug slush fund, where Bessent played a key role in overseeing the defendant IRS and approving the illegal "settlement," a role for which he should be impeached and removed. 

(photo: Punchable face of a Bond villain. Facebook)

Bezos' Rocket Goes "Boom"

 

A Blue Origin New Glenn rocket experienced a sudden disassembly (explosion) yesterday at Cape Canaveral during a "hotfire" ground test. There were no injuries, except to Blue Origin owner, Trump suck-up and gazillionaire Jeff Bezos' ego. From CNN:

"Video captured from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station in Florida Thursday evening appears to show a rocket exploding on its launchpad.

'All personnel are accounted for and safe,' Jeff Bezos, Blue Origin’s founder, said in a separate X post. 'It’s too early to know the root cause but we’re already working to find it. Very rough day, but we’ll rebuild whatever needs rebuilding and get back to flying. It’s worth it.'”

Easy for the smug Bezos to say, as he competes with South Afrikaner fascist and white supremacist Elon Musk's SpaceX exploding rockets in their puerile race to space. It followed an April failure that resulted in a failure to deliver its payload:

"The company announced New Glenn’s plans to return to flight earlier this week after a failure during the rocket’s third flight on April 19 prompted a Federal Aviation Administration investigation. During the April mission, the rocket’s first stage booster landed successfully on a seafaring barge, but the upper portion, or second stage, of the rocket didn’t manage to deliver its payload..."

Sadly, both Bezos and Musk will keep plowing ahead on their quest to see how much money they can set fire to. This is the result of privatization of a national mission, where two arrogant moguls vie for supremacy in space. 

Here's video of the rocket exploding:

Today's Cartoons

 

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 (Ruben Bolling, dailykos.com)

(Pedro Molina, Tribune Content Agency)

(Jimmy Margulies, King Features)

(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(Adam Zyglis, The Buffalo News)

(Bill Bramhall, New York Daily News)

(Michael de Adder, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

(Jeff Stahler, gocomics.com)

(Drew Sheneman, Tribune Content Agency)

(Nick Anderson, Dallas Morning News)

(Paul Noth, The New Yorker)

Next "No Kings" Events Scheduled For June 14

 

Here we go:

As America approaches its 250th anniversary, we have a choice about what story we tell.

We can let strongman politics and corruption define the moment. Or we can make the story of America about people coming together — across race, background, identity, belief, and community — to defend our rights and build a future rooted in people power.

On June 14, we rise up, we sing out, and we keep organizing.

On June 14, No Kings and the Committee for the First Amendment are coming together for Rise Up, Sing Out — an uplifting national concert event celebrating the freedoms that belong to all of us: speech, assembly, protest, religion, press, and expression.

Across the country, communities will gather for local watch parties to sing along, make art, share food, connect with neighbors, and take meaningful action together.

Join a Rise Up, Sing Out event near you — or host one in your community...

This is good counter-programming on the Malignant Fascist's June 14 birthday and his low-class UFC cage match on the White House South Lawn.  Here is the initial list of events, which will be updated, so check back in case you don't see one in your area right now.

It should go without saying, but --

A core principle behind all No Kings events is a commitment to nonviolent action. We expect all participants to seek to de-escalate any potential confrontation with those who disagree with our values and to act lawfully at these events. Weapons of any kind, including those legally permitted, should not be brought to events.

Each "No Kings" event has been bigger than the last.  Let's make this one no exception.

Skeets Of The Day

Operation Epic Epstein Fury continues: threats and confession  -- 

So I just had about 12 hours away from the news of the day, lay down, googled “Iran” and saw the president apparently said this out loud at a cabinet meeting

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— Roger Sollenberger (@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 11:23 PM

 

He is out of his mind, cannot control himself or hold course on any mildly complex or stressful issue for more than a day or two, tops, and it looks like the war is back in full swing. And apparently he also helpfully said out loud and publicly that he doesn’t care about the midterms.

— Roger Sollenberger (@sollenbergerrc.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 11:29 PM

The rapist-in-chief's "Justice" Department going after his victim E. Jean Carroll.  Vile. -- 

As always, every conservative accusation is a confession. The renewed interest in claiming "weaponization" by Biden is because Trump is ramping up his weaponization of DOJ.

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— Max Kennerly (@maxkennerly.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 8:40 PM

 

A President ordering the Justice Department to criminally investigate a woman who won a sexual assault lawsuit against him makes Watergate look like an unpaid parking ticket.

— Patrick Chovanec (@prchovanec.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 11:15 PM

The ongoing corruption of the Malignant Fascist and his crime family -- 

Follow this: First, Trump quietly buys up to $5 million of Dell stock. Then, he urges his followers to “go out and buy a Dell.” Today, his Pentagon awards a $9.7 billion deal to Dell. www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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— Bill Grueskin (@bgrueskin.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 7:45 PM

 

🚨🚨🚨The White House Intervened to Get a $620 Million Deal for a Company Tied to Donald Trump Jr. by @robert-faturechi.bsky.social

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— Charles Ornstein (@charlesornstein.bsky.social) May 28, 2026 at 6:05 AM

Judges ask for review MF's MAGA thug slush fund scam.  CA fighting back. --

BREAKING 35 former federal judges move to reopen Trump v. IRS in an effort to kill the $1.776B slush fund. Doc buff.ly/1065CA7

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— Adam Klasfeld (@klasfeldreports.com) May 27, 2026 at 4:02 PM

 

BREAKING: California will impose a 100% tax on payments distributed from Trump’s Jan. 6th “slush fund.”

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— Governor Newsom Press Office (@govpressoffice.gov.ca.gov) May 27, 2026 at 5:37 PM

 

CBS' shame under right-wing news chief Bari "Bari Bad News" Weiss: Alfonsi leaves "60 Minutes" --

 

60 Minutes' Sharyn Alfonsi pens a goodbye note slamming Bari Weiss' actions against her "as a deliberate choice to penalize a journalist for refusing to sanitize factually accurate reporting." Read the rest:

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— Tim Karr (@timkarr.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 1:16 PM

James Talarico won't put up with puerile MAGAt taunts --

Ken Paxton has taken to calling you ‘Talafreako’ If Paxton is worried about freaks, he should stop giving Epstein-style sweetheart deals to pedophiles. This is the guy who just released Adam Hoffman from jail, an admitted child rapist

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— Rachel Bitecofer (@rachelbitecofer.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 1:04 PM

Sycophants want to put the MF's face on a new "$250" bill.  That's illegal of course --

 

This is like playing with Confederate money. It isn’t statutorily permitted. wapo.st/4fM4Hei

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— Anthony Michael Kreis (@anthonymkreis.bsky.social) May 28, 2026 at 7:23 AM

To the carnival barker, the show must go on -- 

In the end we were just his latest casino and whatnot.

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— George Wallace (@mrgeorgewallace.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 4:02 PM

 

 

Aced Them!

 

He's so proud of his dubious achievement (i.e., the ability to name a camel and a lion!).  Bwahahahaha:

Um, maybe, they didn't need to take them on a regular basis, like YOU, Dementia Don!  My gawd what a clueless moron!

Also, release the results so we can judge for ourselves.

Former Judges Want Trump's Slush Fund Settlement Reviewed

 

The Malignant Fascist's $1.8 billion taxpayer-funded slush fund for insurrectionists, cop assaulters, and other assorted MAGAt cronies is being challenged by some heavyweight jurists:

A group of 35 former federal judges from across the country asked the U.S. District Court for the Southern District of Florida to reopen President Donald Trump’s $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS and U.S. Department of the Treasury on Wednesday.

In their motion to set aside Trump’s voluntary dismissal of the case, the judges accuse the Trump administration of corrupting the judicial process by announcing a “settlement agreement” that was never brought before a judge or filed in the case.

“Movants are filing this motion because they have dedicated their professional lives to the administration of justice,” the judges wrote in their filing.

“The purported ‘settlement’ that the parties never placed before this court raises profound questions about the parties’ candor toward the court and manipulation of the judicial system, which threatens to undermine confidence in the administration of justice,” they added.

The judges asked U.S. District Judge Kathleen Williams to reopen the case so the court can inquire into whether the president fraudulently purported to have “settled” the case.

That “settlement” includes $1.776 billion from the Treasury to be handed out by a Trump-controlled, five-person commission to people wrongfully targeted by the government.

“Doing so will allow judicial review of the extraordinary — and historically unprecedented — circumstances presented by this litigation and by the collusive ‘settlement’ that invokes this litigation as the legal justification for its terms,” the judges wrote.

“The court was deceived,” they added.

Shortly after Trump’s suit was ended on May 18, the Justice Department announced its “settlement agreement” establishing an “anti-weaponization fund.”...

In addition, 

Just before Trump dropped his lawsuit, 93 Democrats in the U.S. House filed their own brief, accusing the president of “undermining the Constitution by bringing this collusive suit.” Watchdog groups and outside lawyers also filed briefs in the case, challenging Trump’s lawsuit as a conflict of interest because the president oversees the IRS.

Last week, a pair of former police officers who clashed with rioters on Jan. 6, 2021, sued to block the anti-weaponization fund, claiming the money will go to Jan. 6 defendants and result in the “public financing of paramilitary organizations” in the country...

The slush fund is also highly unpopular across the political spectrum with folks whose tax dollars would be paying for yet another MF travesty:

A poll by the Economist/YouGov found a majority of Republicans (52%) and a plurality of MAGA supporters (45%) oppose the fund set up to offer payouts to people who believe they’ve been wronged by the government.

Only 24% of Republicans support it and 24% aren’t sure, while 32% of MAGA Republicans support the fund and 24% aren’t sure.

The numbers are similar for Democrats: 25% support the fund, 56% oppose it and 19% aren’t sure (the poll of 1,520 U.S. adults was conducted May 22-26 and has a margin of error of 3.6).

Overall, 49% of respondents oppose the fund, 24% support it, and 27% aren’t sure.

Clearly, this settlement was a brainstorm of the MF since (as a Republican senator put it) it's "stupid on stilts."  His paramilitary goons who stormed the Capitol on January 6 shouldn't be counting their chickens just yet.

The Rapist Seeks Revenge

 

The corrupt and deviant Malignant Fascist's revenge tour continues.  CNN broke the story last night that the weaponized "Justice" Department under the convicted sexual predator Malignant Fascist has launched a criminal investigation of the MF's victim, journalist E. Jean Carroll.  A jury found that the MF sexually abused Carroll in 1996 in a Bergdorf Goodman dressing room, with the judge in the trial Lewis Kaplan later stating that the "sexual abuse" could also be termed "rape." From CNN:

"The Justice Department has launched a criminal investigation into E. Jean Carroll, the former magazine columnist who accused President Donald Trump of sexual assault, according to multiple sources familiar with the matter.

The investigation is focused on whether Carroll committed perjury in testimony tied to her two civil lawsuits against the president – one alleging he sexually abused Carroll in a New York department store in the mid-1990s, and a second for defaming her when in 2019 he repeatedly denied the assault, said she wasn’t his type and claimed she made it up to boost sales of a book.

Prosecutors’ theory hinges on a 2022 deposition statement by Carroll, 82, that she received no outside funding for her lawsuit, though it was later revealed that billionaire Reid Hoffman had paid some legal fees and expenses."

In 2024, a three-judge federal appeals court panel in New York dismissed the claim that Carroll had lied in her deposition.  The MF's criminal defense attorney and current Acting Attorney General, the execrable Todd Blanche, has recused himself from the "investigation" since he was the predator's criminal defense attorney at the trial.  The jury ordered the MF to pay Carroll $5 million plus an additional $83 million for continuing to defame her. An appeals court has paused a decision on that fine temporarily.

 

Today's Cartoons

 

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(Jonathan Brown, caglecartoons.com)

(Steve Sack, stevesack.substack.com)

(Michael de Adder, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(Matt Wuerker, Politico)

(Marian Kamensky, caglecartoons.com, Austria)

(Jeff Koterba, caglecartoons.com)

(Chris Britt, Creators.com)

(Mike Luckovich, Atlanta Journal-Constitution)

(Clay Bennett, Chattanooga Times Free Press)

(Jeff Stahler, caglecartoons.com)

(John Branch, King Features)

(Banx, @banxcartoons, UK)

British Intelligence: 500,000 Russians Killed In Ukraine War So Far

 

This is shocking and would go far in explaining why war criminal Putin is looking over his shoulder in the Kremlin:

Almost 500,000 Russian soldiers have been killed since it launched its fullscale invasion of Ukraine in 2022, according to the UK's largest spy agency.

The numbers were revealed by GCHQ director Anne Keast-Butler in her inaugural public speech as she set out the threats facing the UK and the measures she believes need to be taken to confront them.

The spy chief warned the UK is at a "moment of consequence" with Russia "relentlessly targeting" critical infrastructure across the country.  [snip]

While both Kyiv and Moscow have regularly published estimates of the other side's losses, they have been reluctant to detail their own.

However, in February, President Volodymyr Zelensky said Ukraine had lost 55,000 soldiers since 2022.

BBC News Russian has been counting Russian war losses together with independent outlet Mediazona and a group of volunteers since February 2022. A list is kept of named individuals whose deaths we were able to confirm using official reports, newspapers, social media, and new memorials and graves.

The BBC has so far been able to confirm the names of 223,539 soldiers and officers, killed fighting for the Russian side in Ukraine.

The real death toll is believed to be much higher, and military experts we have consulted believe our analysis of cemeteries, war memorials and obituaries might represent 45-65% of the total...

To put this in perspective, the United States lost 58,220 service members in the Vietnam War (1955-1975).  The Ukraine-Russia war has taken place over 4 years, with a Russian death toll nearly 10 times what America suffered in the 20-year Vietnam War.  Even if that number is off by half, it would still represent an enormous loss of life and military strength, enough in itself to explain why Russia's made no headway in Ukraine in years.  Regardless, Putin and his gang of war criminals have a lot of Russian blood on their hands (but not so many cards as our Malignant Fascist says they have), not to mention the blood of Ukrainian service members and innocent civilians.  They might want to stay away from windows, because that's usually the way disasters like this are rewarded.

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Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Epstein Fury / eating crow, not lobster --

 

“Trump, Vice President JD Vance, Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth and Secretary of State Marco Rubio will all be remembered as the team that gave the Islamic republic a second lease on life just when it was more on the ropes than ever with its own people.” www.nytimes.com/2026/05/26/o...

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— John Sipher (@johnsipher.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 8:43 AM

Career criminal wins Texas Republican runoff primary; Talarico reacts --

 

Donald Trump told Texas Republicans to turn back a four-term incumbent senator and to vote for a man who is basically a walking Thomas Nast illustration of corruption and the cult members said, yes sir, right away, sir.

— Kevin M. Kruse (@kevinmkruse.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 8:41 PM

 

I get the sentiment but this use of "moderate" to mean "not an insane criminal" is kind of absurd. Cornyn is in no sense a moderate Republican! He is a standard-issue conservative who's never bucked the right on anything, nor Trump for that matter. It's not about policy. The depravity is the point.

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— Andy Craig (@andycraig.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 1:48 AM

 

"Ken Paxton has a criminal record. I have a legislative record,” James Talarico after Paxton won run off! 😀

— Dean Obeidallah (@deanobeidallah.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 7:40 AM

 

This is Ken Paxton's mugshot. He was indicted on 3 felony counts for investment fraud. He was reported to the FBI by his own staff for bribery. He was impeached by his own party for corruption. Now he’s the Republican nominee for US Senate in Texas. Together we will stop him.

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— Team Talarico (@teamtalaricohq.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 9:52 PM

 

American hero Sen. Andy Kim (D-NJ)  --

In case you have forgotten who Andy Kim is, he’s the rep who came into the Capitol building after Trump’s J6 goons had trashed it, got down in his hands and knees, and cleaned it up. And ICE have gassed him. They have peppersprayed the true patriot who thinks American ideals are worth defending.

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— Van Badham (@vanbadham.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM

 

Trump's Epstein class economy: "Let them eat cake!" --

“.. ‘It’s going to be a challenging year,” said Ricky Volpe, an agribusiness professor .. ‘Food is going to become less affordable, and consumers should be prepared for it.’” @bloomberg.com www.bloomberg.com/news/article...

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 7:26 AM

 

Trump's war on NATO --

When do we wake up to the ongoing reality of Trump and his team actively weakening the Western alliance and strengthening Russia at every move. For years. With devastating effect. Not a hoax. A scandal and a crisis.

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— David Rothkopf (@djrothkopf.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 9:01 AM

 

Trump's "Board of Peace" shell game --

Donald Trump’s “Board of Peace,” which vowed to help rebuild Gaza, has no real funding despite receiving billions of dollars in pledges, according to a new report.

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— The Daily Beast (@thedailybeast.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 6:44 AM

 

DHS Sec. Markwaynesworld Mullin don't read no stinkin' Constitution! --

"No Preference shall be given by any Regulation of Commerce or Revenue to the Ports of one State over those of another" U.S. Const. Art 1, s. 9, cl. 6

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— The Questionable Authority (@questauthority.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 12:57 AM

 

This plan is actively *insane.* Airlines cannot divert large numbers of international flights from one city to another; they'd just have to cancel flights en masse, causing enormous economic damage that splashed waaaaay beyond a few big cities that were the target.

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— Aaron Reichlin-Melnick (@reichlinmelnick.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 10:36 PM

 

More of Trump's Insane Clown Cabinet (p.s., Trump doesn't study anything except the inside of his eyelids) --

Because everyone knows that a flap of skin over the dick is an integral part of the human brain.

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— The Volatile Mermaid (@ohnoshetwitnt.bsky.social) May 27, 2026 at 7:29 AM

 

RFK Jr just caught dinner.

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— Ron Filipkowski (@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 10:50 AM

 

 

Mid-Week Song

 

With the death of the preeminent jazz tenor saxophonist Sonny Rollins on Monday at age 95, we observed a passing of a generational talent who played with the likes of Miles Davis, Charlie Parker, Thelonious Monk, the Modern Jazz Quartet, and Coleman Hawkins among so many more.  Rollins received a Lifetime Achievement Grammy in 2004, and a National Medal of Arts award in 2010. His 1957 album "Saxophone Colossus" was widely acclaimed, and featured a variety of styles ranging from fast bebop, to an instrumental version of "Mack the Knife," to blues.  His best known composition on the album is "St. Thomas," a salute to his parents' Virgin Islands home.  With Tommy Flanagan cutting loose on piano, Doug Watkins on bass, and drummer Max Roach delivering a stunning drum solo, here is Sonny Rollins' "St. Thomas."

TX MAGAts Pick A Fraud And Adulterer (Again)

 

The vindictive and unhinged Malignant Fascist's favorite candidate for Senate from Texas, fellow fraudster and adulterer Ken Paxton, handily won the runoff election for the MAGAt cult nomination for Senate yesterday, defeating lame incumbent Sen. John "Big John" Cornyn, who tried to out ass-kiss Paxton for the MF's endorsement.  The corrupt slug Paxton will face rising Dem star James Talarico in November's general election. The contrast between Talarico and the grimy Paxton (and the MF) couldn't be greater.  Here's a thumbnail description of Paxton:

"Paxton first gained national attention when he sued four key battleground states in an attempt to overturn Joe Biden’s 2020 election victory. He has also been the subject of several scandals during his tenure. In 2015, he was indicted on two counts of securities fraud and one count of failing to register as an investment adviser with state regulators. In 2024, Paxton agreed to pay nearly three hundred thousand dollars in restitution and to perform a hundred hours of community service, without admitting wrongdoing. In 2023, Paxton was also accused of abusing his office to assist in the case of Nate Paul, a real-estate developer and a donor to Paxton’s campaign who was separately charged with wire fraud and making false statements on loan applications. Paul had allegedly helped fund a renovation of Paxton’s Austin home and had hired a woman with whom Paxton was reportedly having an extramarital affair. Paxton was impeached by the Texas House before being acquitted by the state Senate." (our emphasis)

As with their glorious leader in three Presidential elections, the MAGAt cult supported the corrupt, sleazy Paxton over the incumbent, who was deemed by the MF to be insufficiently loyal to him, despite indications that Paxton will face a tougher race against Talarico and require more money for his campaign to overcome his glaring character flaws with the general electorate.  Incumbent Cornyn was no savior of the Republic either, abasing himself before the MF and declining to buck him on any issue of importance, including his vote to acquit the MF after he was impeached for the January 6 insurrection at the Capitol.  Here's Texan Michael Wood's take on Cornyn:

"John Cornyn is not and never was a victim. Actually, he has had more agency in our country’s existential fight against Trumpism than roughly 99.999% of Americans. In 2021 there were exactly 100 people who could have put this sad and sorry chapter of American history behind us for good, and in that moment John Cornyn hid behind Mitch McConnell’s skirt, who was himself hiding behind a completely contrived constitutional justification for letting Trump get away with an attempted coup—as if McConnell himself wasn’t the reason the Senate trial was delayed until after January 20.

Fifty-seven United States senators were able to do the right and obvious thing and voted to convict and bar that evil man from ever holding public office again, including seven Republican senators. John Cornyn, however, could not do what his oath of office required. I’m sure the senator was very lawyerly and eloquent in his explanation of why the man sitting in the seat of George Washington and Abraham Lincoln shouldn’t have been held responsible for the feces his mob spread all over the walls of our seat of government—but you know, and I know, and John Cornyn knows, that this little man didn’t want a primary challenge six freaking years later.

And yet again the world is shown the fruits of every Faustian bargain ever made: you sell your soul, and in the end you lose your soul without even getting the object of your desire." (our emphasis)

Now Cornyn can decide whether he wants to remain on the MAGAt train for the rest of his term, or grow a spine and gonads and oppose the vindictive monster he enabled. Our money is on his continued submission.

 

A Wedding, A Cage Fight, And An Ass Phone

 

Well, we don't have Colbert (for now), but we still have Jimmy Kimmel (and Stewart, Oliver, and Meyers).  Last night, Kimmel covered Don Jr.'s daddy-free wedding, the Malignant Fascist's garish UFC event on the South Lawn, the on-off-on-off "deal" to stop his disastrous war with Iran, the MF bragging about his cognitive test again (and his third physical of the year), the Trump phone's security issues, and the higher-quality "Lincoln phone."

Today's Cartoons

 

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(Paul Duginski, caglecartoons.com)

(David Rowe, Financial Review, Australia)

(Pat Bagley, The Salt Lake Tribune)

(Marian Kamensky, caglecartoons.com, Austria)

(Drew Sheneman, Tribune Content Agency)

(Randy Bish, @bishtoon)

(Jimmy Margulies, King Features)

(John Deering, Arkansas Democrat-Gazette)

(Christopher Weyant, caglecartoons.com)

(Benjamin Slyngstad, @slyngstad_cartoons; context here)

(Dave Whamond, caglecartoons.com, Canada)

(David Horsey, The Seattle Times)

(Ivan Ehlers, L.A. Taco)

Skeets Of The Day

 

Operation Epic Epstein Fury Files: ceasefire blues,  deal or no deal --

BREAKING: The U.S. military saye it carried out "self-defense" strikes in southern Iran, including on missile launch sites and boats placing mines — even as Trump said online that negotiations were 'proceeding nicely.'

— Kyle Griffin (@kylegriffin1.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 8:40 PM

 

Why would the U.S. need to bomb an Iranian naval base, boats, and missile sites if the U.S. already destroyed all of Iran’s navy and missiles?

— Nicholas Grossman (@nicholasgrossman.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 9:55 PM

 

Congratulations to every reporter and pundit who mindlessly quoted "anonymous" sources that a deal was 95% complete and the sides were just haggling over some minor details. Wrapping yourself in glory as always when it comes to your coverage of Dear Leader 🤡

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— scarylawyerguy.bsky.social (@scarylawyerguy.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 8:28 AM

 

"Given the Trump White House gutted most of the US’s experienced diplomatic service, and killed many of Iran’s top officials, it seems like the talks have been negotiated like a game of telephone, with middlemen telling those involved what they’d like to hear, instead of what was actually said."

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— James Ball (@jamesrball.com) May 26, 2026 at 9:26 AM

Court strikes down Alabama's racist Congressional redistricting map -- 

🚨BREAKING: 3-judge panel finds that congressional map that Alabama wants to use for this year's midterms is intentionally discriminatory and issues a preliminary injunction. drive.google.com/file/d/1K2Zf...

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— Michael Li (李之樸) (@mcpli.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 9:31 AM

How can you tell ICE from a mugger? Turns out you can't --

 

“.. I raised my hands, and he asked, ‘Where’s the money?’ That’s when I realized it was a robbery. It wasn’t ICE.” @nbcnews.com www.nbcnews.com/news/us-news...

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— Carl Quintanilla (@carlquintanilla.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 7:14 AM

The Malignant Fascist's plainly deteriorating health. He's checked out, too  --

Trump is visiting Walter Reed Medical Center for an annual physical. This is his second "annual" checkup in just 7 months.

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— FactPost (@factpostnews.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 9:51 AM

Dr. Jonathan Reiner: "The president has severe daytime somnolence. He's fallen asleep in the Oval on multiple occasions & I was concerned he might have fallen asleep at Arlington. Chronic insomnia is a severe illness. It can result in an increase in risk of dementia, decrease in cognitive effects."

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— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 26, 2026 at 8:09 AM

  

GOP has "abandoned the idea of crafting policy. They are a full-time media operation, trolling and creating content. The president is checked out. There is no turnaround coming as long as Trump/GOP are in power." On the pod, @dceiver.bsky.social nails the moment: newrepublic.com/article/2108...

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— Greg Sargent (@gregsargent.bsky.social) May 26, 2026 at 8:10 AM

Polling looks good for Dems, but you have to VOTE -- 

 

NEW Strength In Numbers/ @verasight.io poll: Trump approval on prices falls to -47; new high says inflation is the “most important problem” (39%); voters say they trust Ds over Rs to handle their personal most important problem by 13 points; D+8 for House vote www.gelliottmorris.com/p/2026-05-26...

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— G Elliott Morris (@gelliottmorris.com) May 26, 2026 at 8:55 AM

Jazz great Sonny Rollins dies at 95, last of a generation of jazz legends (story of picture here) -- 

RIP Sonny Rollins, a great jazz talent and the last surviving musician in one of the best photos of men in suits during the 20th century

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— derek guy (@dieworkwear.bsky.social) May 25, 2026 at 11:55 PM

Look out Greenland, you're being stalked by a perv -- 

I didn’t know Greenland had entered a teen beauty pageant.

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— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) May 22, 2026 at 9:34 PM