Bad news is no news

 

The Consumer Price Index has risen by three percent since January and Trump's poll numbers have plummeted even among Hispanics, one of his steadiest demographics.  The war with Canada is on again after Ontario premier Doug Ford had the temerity to attack Donnie with the words of Ronald Reagan denouncing tariffs.  ("Trade barriers hurt every American worker.")  The vandalism at the White House is so hated that reporters documenting it were kicked out of the Ellipse park.  Equally unpopular is the latest outrageous pardon -- Zhao Changpeng, founder of Binance and admitted money launderer who helped the Trump crime family amass $4.5 billion since last November.  Higher insurance premiums under the ACA have begun with a 75 percent increase in Idaho.  The ICEstapo is having trouble recruiting goons who can pass its already relaxed fitness tests, even after waiving background checks.  ("Criminal record?  Come and talk to us!")  There is an entire carrier group in the Caribbean (the USS Gerald R. Ford) terrorizing the fishing industry.  As part of his Nobel Prize initiative Trump ordered "tremendous" new sanctions on Russian oil and his fascist ally Viktor Orban is already seeking ways to flout them and keep the oil flowing to Hungary.  The Putin-Trump job review in Budapest?  Not happening.  And the Dutch intelligence services are no longer sharing with the US, citing "respect for human rights" and coziness with Russia.

Despite strongarming from Trump it looks like Indiana won't be redistricting in time to turn the state solid red for the midterms -- the president pro tem of the state senate says the votes just aren't there.  Even Vance's threats to primary these RINOs are not working.  Meanwhile Democratically-controlled Virginia is moving ahead with redistricting, like California, where polls show 62 percent of voters approve.  

With so much happening, not to mention Tropical Storm Melissa shaping up in the Caribbean, you might say Karolyin' Leavitt slipped just a tad when she told the White House stenographers, "At this moment in time, of course, the ballroom is really the president's main priority."  Not the government shutdown he ordered (day 24), not the Epstein file he ordered it to dodge, not even the collapsing "peace" he sent Rubio to prop up.  (Marco, you're no Henry Kissinger.)  Whatever happened to the September jobs report?  There wasn't one, but the Marxist leftist communists at the Bank of America say it wouldn't have been encouraging ("continued slowing in employment growth, rising unemployment claims"), as you would expect with Republicans in control.

So it's time to play WHO'S SLOBBERING ON DEAR LEADER THE BEST?

Senators Bill Cassidy and John Barrasso demanding a Senate resolution nominating him for next year's Nobel because he got out of the way and allowed the development of an effective covid-19 vaccine during his first term, after recommending ivermectin, hydroxychloroquine, bleach, and if I'm remembering correctly, something about light bulbs, while allowing his son-in-law to block governors begging for PPE and respirators.  Now would that be the prize for peace or medicine?

Squeaker Mike Johnson for nearly OD-ing on the fulsome:  "The ballroom is going to be glorious!  It's gonna be used for [sic] everybody!  How in the world can they oppose that?  The only logical reason is because they have Trump Derangement Syndrome!"  TDS is what happens when you can't see that Trump outshines the sun in every possible way.

The Squeaker again, questioned about Trump's "shit on America" video:  "The president used his social media to make a point.  You can argue he's probably the most effective person who's ever used social media for that.  He is using satire to make a point...America is built on the idea of free speech...You don't mock a president who has had two failed assassination attempts on his life..."  I must have missed one -- are you including the escalator at the UN building?  Chevy Chase built his career on mocking Gerald Ford, who survived two real attempts.  Also, Mr. Squeaker, NO KINGS was not satire -- we were dead serious.  We still are.

Step aside, cringers...nobody licks scrotum like Stephen Miller.  "Let me just say, Mr. President, that this country was going to die without you.  That's what we were facing in 2024.  We've been invaded for four years.  Our communities were sinking.  Our public safety had gone to zero.  Cartels were running entire communities.  Sex trafficking, child trafficking, labor trafficking was out of control.  Overdoses were out of control...this was a country on the verge of dying and you alone saved it."  Dogs and cats living together!  Mass hysteria!  No wonder Trump has decided he's better than Lincoln and second only to Washington...maybe.

Blech.  Let's clear our palates with today's champion of the internets and of the streets, Polka Dot Dress Woman.

She reacted as any New Yorker would on seeing ICEstapo hassling people on Canal Street for the non-immigration-related offense of selling designer knockoffs -- she flipped them the double bird.  In front of an armored personnel carrier, dressed for work on Wall Street or maybe jury duty around the corner in Foley Square.  Finally we have our own version of Man With Shopping Bag Yelling at Tank:

And we don't know either of their names.  Never mind.  Thank you for your service.