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05 Sep 12:06 • Red Painter

Deadbeat: Former Kentucky Matt Bevin Sentenced To 60 Days In Jail

The Republican Party of Family Values strikes again! In hilarious fashion. FAFO? Maybe. But I just like to call it karma. Former Kentucky Governor Matt Bevin was arrested while participating in a movie being produced in Bourbon County after someone CALLED the Sheriff's offi...

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05 Sep 12:06 • John Amato

Markwayne Mullin’s Latest Immigration Idea Is A Doozy

In an effort to undermine the Supreme Court ruling against Trump's attempt to undo the 14th Amendment on birthright citizenship, DHS Sec. Markwayne Mullin compared pregnant women to sick people who should not be allowed to enter the country. On Fox News, Mullen made these m...

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05 Sep 12:06 • Tengrain

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

Above, Dolly Parton and Kermit perform, Everyday People. On this date in 1976 Jim Henson's The Muppet Show premiered on television. Once upon a time, we were kinda nice.

Paul Krugman presents solid-gold evidence that the world no longer trusts the United States.

Michael in Norfolk says that The Felon Can't Handle The Truth.

Pluralistic reminds us: payola is Amazon's single largest source of profits.

The Editorial Board says that MAGA is the politics of authoritarianism, but you could also say it's the politics of liars, cheats and thieves.

Bonus Track: Street Art Utopia presents the most loved photos as voted on by their audience. “Crunchie" is my favorite, which is yours?

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05 Sep 12:06 • Cliff Schecter

Jamie Raskin EXPOSES Trump's $1.7 Billion Pardon Racket

I sat down with Rep. Jamie Raskin, ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee, to talk about his life in Congress, his colleagues, and specifically about the committee’s new report on Trump’s pardons. Raskin’s committee found nearly $1.7 billion in fines and restitut...

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05 Sep 00:12 • John Amato

Friday Night Funnies: Tommy Davison On Spanish TV

Tommy Davidson is one of the most underrated funnymen in comedy today.

I first saw him on In Living Color and it's a laugh riot.

I met him years ago through some friends, and he is a great guy. I went to see him at a comedy club in Anaheim, and we laughed through his entire set.

If Tommy is performing in your neighborhood, go and see him. You will not be disappointed.

Open thread.

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04 Sep 22:45 • John Amato

Rep. James Comer Calls His Constituents 'Village Idiots'

Rep. James Comer, the powerful chairman of the House Committee on Oversight, attacked his own constituents when he has no interest in holding a town hall if people who show up act like village idiots. Since Trump took over and trashed the economy with his illegal and moroni...

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04 Sep 22:15 • John Amato

Kevin Hassett Tries A New Spin On Soaring Gas Prices

Trump high-level propagandist Hassett told Fox News today that growing frustration over high gas prices are just a "very short-term thing" and they soon will be coming down. Since 2026, gas prices have risen 48%. Nine months is not a "short-term thing" or a minor inconvenie...

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04 Sep 20:51 • Heather

Paul Ryan Still Pushing For Means Testing On Social Security

Former cat-food commissioner proponent Paul Ryan hasn't changed his tune since he's been Speaker of the House. Ryan made an appearance on this Thursday's Squawk Box on CNBC, and was once again ringing the alarm bell over our debt and deficit. Ryan, of course, like all Repub...

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04 Sep 19:57 • NewsHound Ellen

Bartiromo’s Lawyer Insists She Wasn’t Fired And Still Has Fox Job

Fox News Media abruptly announced on Thursday that it had parted ways with Maria Bartiromo. The terse statement strongly suggested she had been fired. So did subsequent reporting. In the wake of Fox’s announcement, two, separate reports said she was likely fired from Fox fo...

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04 Sep 19:00 • Chris capper Liebenthal

Van Orden Tries To Start A Fight But Keeps Getting Beat Up

Rebecca Cooke, Drunken Van Orden's opponent, was doing the usual campaign things over the weekend, such as visiting American veterans at a breakfast event. She posted about it on Xitter and said she comes from a long line of veterans and that, if elected, she will fight to help them get and keep the benefits they deserve. This was enough to set off DVO, who accused Cooke of using the vets as political props: It wasn't long before DVO was called out by James Wigderson, a Wisconsin native and a Never Trump type of Republican. Wigderson pointed out that DVO was a traitor, not a hero, because he participated in the insurrection. DVO shot back with a personal insult and a threat because that's what insecure drunks do: Wigderson has been mocking him ever since. And not to be left out of the action, Rep Mark Pocan got his punches in from the left: read more

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04 Sep 18:18 • Chris capper Liebenthal

GOP Personality Complains DSA Members Think They're Like Jesus

Reince Priebus was complaining on Fox about Democratic Socialists and said that they were the wrong kind of radicals: Sorry, he doesn't get the credit he deserves, but you know, the most offensive thing that's going on now with these guys and and and Nixon in Florida and E...

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04 Sep 16:54 • Andrea Thompson

Trump Marriage Under Water As Melania Serves Her Husband Yet Another BRUTAL Snub

While Donald Trump is desperately scrambling to save whatever slim hope he has left for the midterms, his wife Melania is seemingly desperate to stay as far away from him as possible. President Trump is slated to headline the second day of a Dallas midterm convention next ...

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04 Sep 16:15 • John Amato

Judge Slaps Down Trump's Latest Birthright Citizenship Idiocy

US District Judge Deborah Boardman bashed Trump's legal team by calling their latest attempt to undermine the US Constitution and the Supreme Court on birthright citizenship "distorted" and "completely misread" the ruling. After being kicked in the nuts by his personal Su...

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04 Sep 15:00 • Andrea Thompson

Trump WH Launches Video Games Where Players Round Up Immigrants And Build The Wall

If you've ever wanted to try your hand at rounding up immigrants, building a border wall, or getting into a cage fight with "unhealthy" foods, you're in luck! The Trump White House is here to make all your dreams come true. In what may be one of their most bizarre moves ye...

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04 Sep 14:09 • John Amato

Ludicrous Lutnik Claims There 'Haven't Been American Deaths' From The Iran War

Commerce Sec. Howard Lutnick was pumping up the Trump economy and claimed on CNBC Wednesday morning that, so far, there were no American deaths in our war against Iran, which is a complete fallacy. Lutnick lives on CNBC and Fox Business and rarely faces pushback or repudiat...

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04 Sep 12:45 • Heather

Missouri Supreme Court Unanimously Blocks Gerrymandered Map

The Missouri Supreme Court has ruled against Trump and the Republicans' plot to further gerrymander the Congressional districts for the 2026 midterm elections despite their best efforts to run out the clock. As we already discussed, they heard oral arguments this Wednesday...

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04 Sep 12:06 • Andrea Thompson

Ted Cruz Seems To Be Plotting Another White House Bid

Apparently, Cancun's favorite Texas senator is hoping to give the presidency another shot. This won't be Texas Senator Ted Cruz's first shot at the Oval Office, as no one will soon forget the embarrassing fiasco that was his 2016 run against Donald Trump, who cinched the R...

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04 Sep 11:36 • Chris capper Liebenthal

Van Orden Denies That Trump Is Doing Any Insider Trading

TMZ caught up to Rep Drunken Van Orden and asked him about insider trading. His comments were a bit odd, to say the least. Rep. Derrick Van Orden told @hicharliecotton that a bunch of members of Congress shamefully use insider trading to make loads of cash, but he says Pre...

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04 Sep 11:36 • Ed Scarce

Susan Collins, 73, Open To Seventh Term If She Wins

Whether Collins was serious or just giving off a false sense of bravado, because she's now in a race where she's expected to lose in November to Democrat Troy Jackson, the mere thought of Susan Collins remaining in the U.S. Senate until 2039 should fill anyone paying attent...

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04 Sep 11:36 • Tengrain

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

Above, Pink Floyd performs, Money. It’s always the poor, women and children who get hit hardest and hit first, and it seems that’s by Republican design. It’s the miracle of the Orange Clown's economy today.

eVille Times has thoughts on the passing of Gloria Steinem.

OtherWords writes, "Harsh safety net cuts are coming after this year’s midterms. With health care and food already so expensive, what will happen to us?"

This Is Not Cool reports on shortages as winter approaches.

The Fucking News —speaking of winter— says that we're cooked. Climate change, ya know?

Bonus Track: Seed art! The whole Bluesky thread is from the Minnesota State Fair - and as you scroll it gets progressively more political. Seeds? Who knew?

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04 Sep 03:06 • John Amato

6 Foot Lizards Populating In South Florida

Ron DeSantis has more problems than trying to burn books and taking rights away from minorities.

The Nile Monitor is a huge lizard.

ABC News reports,"The Nile monitor -- a semi-aquatic lizard that can grow up to 6 feet and is equipped with razor claws -- has been establishing populations in the area since the 1980s, according to ecology experts."

Frank Mazzotti, a professor of wildlife ecology at the University of Florida, told ABC News said, "They're crazy. They're very hard to handle, and you have to take great care that they don't escape and that you don't get bit."

Good night and good luck.

Open thread.

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04 Sep 01:42 • Heather

MO Supreme Court Hears Arguments On Gerrymandered Redistricting Map

And astoundingly, the MAGA Republicans argued in front of the Supreme Court that they plan to defy court orders if they rule against them. Or maybe it shouldn't be that astounding since they're taking a page straight out of the Trump playbook, and we've got an election deni...

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03 Sep 22:30 • Ed Scarce

Cedartown Cop Claims Petting Zoo Donkey Charged Him

If Officer Trenton Garner had an ounce of integrity, he'd resign from the Cedartown Police Department instead of releasing this ludicrous statement in the incident report. On the other hand, though, Cedartown is about to get slapped with a lawsuit, and an admission of guilt...

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03 Sep 22:30 • Conover Kennard

Trump’s Ag Secretary Spins Bizarre Horror Story About Kamala Harris And Ranchers

Agriculture Secretary Brooke Rollins is a font of disinformation and fever dreams. She never fails to disappoint. Rollins somehow touted the administration's record for farmers and ranchers while contrasting it with what a Kamala Harris presidency supposedly would have mean...

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03 Sep 21:18 • Heather

Lara Trump Grilled By Fox On Trump PAC's Failure To Spend On Paxton

Fox's Martha MacCallum pushed Lara Trump on when Texas Senate candidate Ken Paxton is finally, if ever, going to see some of that MAGA Inc. PAC money coming his way. From some of the reporting in Politico this week, it seems the answer could be never: MAGA Inc. sits on camp...

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03 Sep 20:54 • Conover Kennard

'Treasonous SCUM!': Trump Is Totally Losing His Sh*t Over Criticism Of His Iran War

Within just a few minutes, Donald J. Trump somehow managed to call the press "treasonous SCUM" for reporting a munitions shortage, then spent his next post insisting the U.S. has "virtually unlimited" ammo and is producing "levels never seen before" — the kind of overcorrec...

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03 Sep 19:48 • NewsHound Ellen

Maria Bartiromo Is Out At Fox

A terse statement from Fox News Media offered no explanation for Maria Bartiromo’s sudden exit. “Effective today, Maria Bartiromo is no longer with FOX News Media,” it said. “We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter....

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03 Sep 18:51 • NewsHound Ellen

Why Isn’t Elon Musk Getting The Hasan Piker Treatment From The Media?

Elon Musk has publicly expressed his belief that Jews are not white.

In response to a Xitter poll asking if Jews are white, Musk seemed enthusiastic to let the public know he doesn’t think so. He even offered up scientific-sounding mumbo jumbo to back up his antisemitism. “I’ve met so many people who look extremely European in every way and tell me they’re Jewish,” he said in his three-paragraph response. “Well, maybe there are a few OG ‘Jewish ACTG’ sequences in there somewhere, but clearly not many! Where is the list of these ACTG sequences?”

Gonna print this out and put it under wipers on Teslas in Los Angeles

— Razzball (@razzball.bsky.social) 2026-09-02T22:01:22.540Z

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03 Sep 16:54 • Andrea Thompson

McConnell's D.C. Home Under Heavy Guard As Vanishing Act Stretches Toward 100 Days

It has now been more than 80 days since 84-year-old Kentucky Republican Senator Mitch McConnell was rushed to the hospital in an ambulance from his Washington, D.C., home on June 14. The American public hasn't seen him since. McConnell has been playing a rousing game of S...

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03 Sep 15:51 • John Amato

Republicans Are Turning On Pete Hegseth

The resignation of Secretary of the Army Dan Driscoll over clashes with Pete Hegseth is starting to reverberate throughout the GOP. Driscoll spoke with Trump while resigning and told him that Hegseth's firing of many qualified and combat tested leaders was having a drastic...