Listen, I was tired so I mailed this one in.

Open thread.

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It turns out that sneering at the troop families and sailors aboard the USS Abraham Lincoln is not only because of MAGA callousness.

It’s also a cover up.

The reason sailors are out of needed supplies is “because Pete Hegseth hid the fact that Iran destroyed the main resupply base that the United States has in the gulf,” Senior National Security Reporter David Rohde explained on MS Now.

Secretary of Defense Hegseth “did not make that public in press conference after press conference,” Rohde continued, “and that is, again, the way that they have mishandled this war.”

It’s bad enough that our troops are bearing the brunt of Trump’s misbegotten war. But’s beyond disgusting for him and his toadies to smear them for needlessly suffering.

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When a poll came out late last month that had Hallie Shoffner within the margin of error against loathsome scumbag Senator Tom Cotton (Cotton 46 - Shoffner 43), most of us just dismissed it as the sort of silliness one sees from both Republican and Democratic pollsters. Thi...

Darline Graham, the sister of the late Sen. Lindsey Graham and Donald Trump’s pick to temporarily succeed him, is trying to explain away a disastrous debate performance after getting booed for admitting she wasn’t well-versed in national security. During Tuesday’s Republica...

A New York Times article has confirmed what I’ve long suspected: Jennifer Hegseth has installed herself at the Pentagon, essentially, to make sure Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth can do his job. That includes keeping the known boozer from hitting the sauce. Supposedly. Je...

There are certain things one might reasonably expect when working inside the White House. A background check, for example. A security clearance, especially if your job involves being in close proximity to the President and handling information that passes through the Oval O...

Republican Florida nominee for governor Byron Donalds sang the same tired song to defend Trump's destruction of the economy, healthcare, and foreign policy by blaming President Obama and Biden for all their current woes. Taking responsibility for one's actions is not part...

According to new reporting from MS Now, citing a Trump White House official, Donald Trump is slated to sit down for a podcast interview with none other than Michael Cohen -- his former personal attorney who served as the prosecution's star witness in the President's infamou...

Fox News' Outnumbered program, which features a bevy of beauties day in and day out, attacked Democratic politicians like Mayor Mamdani, Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, and Abdul El-Sayed for being very attractive. This is high comedy. Watching blonde beauties Kaylee McEnany...

In her desperate attempt to dig herself out of this ridiculous Reflecting Pool hole she's found herself in with Donald Trump, former Fox News talking head turned United States Attorney for the District of Columbia just unironically argued to a court of law that her vandalis...

Sen. Jon Ossoff doubled down on his comments about Trump's disgusting, enabling sycophants he's surrounded himself with after the right wing freakout this week over his line about Trump's "binky," Natalie Harp. MS Now host Lawrence O'Donnell asked Ossoff during an intervie...

Fresh off his primary win to become Florida’s Republican gubernatorial candidate, Byron Donalds predictably tried to slither away from responsibility by blaming higher, GOP-caused, health insurance costs on Democrats. “Look at health care today,” Donalds said accusingly. “T...

Recently, reports indicated that Donald Trump's favorite pet pundit and CNN's resident asshole, Scott Jennings, is shaking out to be the frontrunner to replace outgoing White House Press Secretary Karoline Leavitt, who recently announced she was parting ways with the Trump ...

Rep Ro Khanna explained to Don Lemon why Trump is flailing around so badly: He is jealous of Barack Obama and can't believe a Black man was better than him. And so it is just this actual anger as an American citizen that we've got a president so incompetent that he is des...

While the rest of the right-wing media went into freakout mode over Sen. Jon Ossoff's jab at Trump and his aide Natalie Harp, Fox's Jesse Watters had a rare moment of candor. As we already discussed here, Ossoff hit Trump during a speech in Atlanta this past Sunday, telling the audience that Trump would rather build the White House ballroom and travel with Harp than “do the job” of President.'

Trump responded by attacking a reporter's children for daring to even ask him about it, and by calling Ossoff "Pee Wee Herman."

During a discussion on this Tuesday's The Five, Watters downplayed the comments and said he wasn't fazed by them:

On Tuesday’s edition of The Five, Fox News’ Dana Perino said to Watters, “It wasn’t a quip that just came rolling off the tongue. It was written into the speech.” Notably, the segment’s chyron read “SEXIST SMEAR.”

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In the United Kingdom, on this very day in 1971, the soon-to-be classic, whimsical musical (yes, it's a musical) fantasy that is "Willy Wonka & the Chocolate Factory" was turned loose on the British public. I love the movie, which was so innovative in so many ways. F...

Fox host Martha MacCallum was speaking with Elijah Manley, who was running to represent Florida in Congress. The subject was immigration, and MacCallum tried to be slick and trip Manley up. It didn't turn out the way she expected. MacCallum laid the trap by saying, "There a...

I first remembered seeing Hayden Panettiere when she was in Heroes, because I had completely forgotten she had played Ally McBeal's IVF daughter in season five.

She was equally impressive in "Nashville," as the diva, country pop rising star that took on Connie Britton's legendary Rayna Jaymes.

I was never a big country music fan, but the music on Nashville was wonderful.

The cause of death has not been determined yet, but she had her struggles.

Panettiere had been candid about her struggles from child stardom through adulthood. She released a memoir this May titled "This Is Me: A Reckoning.

"In the memoir, she shared "a rare and intimate glimpse into her life behind closed doors, opening up about postpartum depression, addiction and recovery, trauma, domestic abuse, and loss," according to a synopsis for her book.

Open thread.

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If Fox News hadn't been caught in their lie, would they have admitted this massive error?

FOX: Yesterday, we aired a graphic that showed gas prices incorrectly last year were $4.13 a gallon. They were $3.13 a gallon. pic.twitter.com/WzhgugTli4

— Acyn (@Acyn) August 18, 2026

How embarrassing.

How could any TV producer make such an error? When Joe Biden left office, gas prices averaged around $3.10 to $3.12 per gallon. In contrast, current prices under Donald Trump's second term hover around $4.00 to $4.16 per gallon.

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Serial adulterer Newt Gingrich is the last person one would think to weigh in on the alleged controversial relationship between Donald Trump and Natalie Harp.

In one sentence, Democratic Georgia Sen. John Ossoff caused the MAGA universe to explode over calling attention to 35-year-old Trump aide Natalie Harp's companionship with Demented Donald.

Gingrich has admitted to having multiple affairs during his first two marriages, the first one during the Clinton impeachment saga.

Gingrich reached the height of hypocrisy when he demanded an apology for Ossoff's observable fact.

The Georgia Senator is fully lodged in the brains of the GOP, and they are frightened of what he represents.

Sen. Ossoff, keep doing what you're doing.

Like most, I did not see this one coming. Everyone just assumed Alex Vindman would win, as he had more money, more endorsements, and more institutional support. And that Vindman would go on to lose to Republican Ashley Moody in November. But in the end, it was not even clos...

Natalie Harp does not do "no." Back in October 2023, when Trump's motorcade was ready to roll to a Manhattan courthouse and there wasn't a seat left for her, the fiercely loyal aide didn't sit it out — she climbed inside the SUV's trunk rather than be left behind, according...

Jacob Smith is a lifetime Republican who has worked for Republicans in the House and the Senate. For the last five years, he has worked for Sen. John Cornyn (R-TX) as a deputy legislative director and policy adviser. Now he is deputy policy director for Democrat James Talar...

With only 78 days left before the 2026 midterms, Trump and the GOP were hit with horrendous polling numbers for Hispanic men, a group he was +10 in 2024. Trump is 51 points underwater now, and he's sinking lower as I write this. The news for the GOP is equally as bad. Re...

Pitiful, pathetic Susan Collins is begging her supporters to chip in as little as 5 measly bucks to help her get enough gas to "keep her team on the road," even though her husband holds thousands in stock in the oil and gas industries and she voted not once, not twice, but ...

CNN's Dana Bash reviewed the Republican primary in Florida District 19 being held Tuesday night by going through all the candidates, most of whom had been in prison or came from other states, including MAGA creep Madison Cawthorn.

Steve Contorno's article fueled Bash's segment: A ‘clown show’ of carpetbaggers and characters has upended a Republican primary in Trump’s backyard

Madison Cawthorn came from North Carolina.

Chris Collins came from NY and was sentenced to 26 months in jail for his role in an insider trading scheme.

Ola Hawatheh is from New York.

Catalina Lauf is from Illinois.

Jim Oberweiss.

Jim Oberweiss and Catalina ran against each other in Illinois.

Now let's not forget John Strand. He was in prison for what he was convicted of doing on January 6th, 2021.

What a motley and despicable crew.

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If you've ever wondered whether there is a line Donald Trump and his people are unwilling to cross, let me assure you there isn't. The Trump White House is currently getting its ass handed to it on social media after they invoked a reporter's children in their extremely pe...

Multimillionaire Fox News frat boy Jesse Watters sh*t on the health and safety of the working class by claiming he refuses to pay for those big babies who run to the doctor for bumps and bruises, refuse to work, and should use the internet to self-diagnose themselves, as he...

Smack dab in the middle of a scandal about how he has screwed his troops on the USS Lincoln and dangerously depleted our weapons supply, Pete “WhiskeyLeaks” Hegseth apparently thinks it’s a great time to start stumping for president or some other public office.

The Washington Post reported that the defense secretary was traveling to Iowa in his “personal capacity” on Monday, “further fueling speculation that the former Fox News personality is mulling a run for president at some point … or some other political office after his time in the Trump administration is over.”

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In a rather sudden and abrupt announcement made on his failing Truth Social platform, the sitting President of the United States rather unceremoniously declared any peace talks between Washington and Tehran officially dead in the water, as Iran continues to make a complete ...