Shine on my shoes

 


It's just like Fort Sumter, except that both sides are wrong to the point of evil and it can only end well.  To borrow a line from Gods and Monsters, "a couple of old men slapping each other with lilies."

If you're joining the show late, Elon was angry that Donald's hateful budget bill, which set out to damage millions of people in multiple ways, also ended government subsidies for electric vehicles.  Never mind Meemaw's Medicaid and Ayesha's food stamps, how's a multi-billionaire supposed to reverse the Tesla slide and even turn a profit on the world's ugliest cars?  Et tu, senile Russian puppet who would be on trial now for even more crimes if I hadn't bought Pennsylvania?  Donald reports Elon to be a victim of Trump Derangement Syndrome, confusing Chancellor Merz, who thought they were discussing Ukraine.  Elon advises MAGA to join with him:  "Trump has 3.5 years left as President but I will be around for 40+ years."  (Give or take a daily dose of ketamine.)  Donald is selling the Tesla he bought ("bought!") in March.  Good luck, Mark Kelly is trying to unload his, too.  [Sidebar:  Steve Bannon calls on Trump to "seize" SpaceX, gets called a communist.  Bannon offers to "rip your fucking face off," hilariously warns his crew to beware of "oligarchs" who are plotting even now to steal the 2028 election for Hakeem Jeffries.]  Give me a minute, OK?  Need a cold drink.  Enjoy some exuberance.


Fred Astaire, of course, and Leroy Daniels, who didn't even get screen credit in 1953.

Most countries are watching this with amusement and awe, but not Trump's patrons.  Dmitri Novikov, who heads the State Duma Committee on International Affairs, told TASS, "[Musk] will not need any political asylum, although if he did, Russia, of course, could provide it."  Interesting.

Well, enough fun.  In "making a loss look like victory" news, Kilmar Abrego Garcia is back in the US (not impossible after all, it turns out) and the Bondi Department has decided to charge him with people smuggling rather than admit they were wrong.  At least he can see his family and will have a lawyer next time.  Dumber-than-the-average-MAGA Rep. Mary Miller (R-IL) went nuts because a Muslim opened Congress with a prayer and had to retract on learning that Giani Singh is a Sikh from New Jersey.  Tennessee businessman and convicted drug trafficker Joshua J. Smith was duly pardoned by Trump and will be the deputy director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons.  Gospel singer Michael Tait, who laid hands on Trump during a 2020 rally and asked God to help him win the election, has been accused of also laying hands on numerous men for non-consensual purposes unrelated to politics.  

To let everyone know he isn't even thinking about E--- M---, Trump pulled out his phone to boast of his newest assault on the character of the White House.  He doesn't mention how much the Boom Boom Room will cost or when it will be finished but you can bet it will be ultra-classy in that Vegas-meets-Saddam-Hussein's-Palace manner.


Dear King Charles, any chance you could burn it down again?  








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