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09 Jul 12:02 • Tengrain

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

Above, Pet Shop Boys perform, Opportunities. I wonder how much money Hair Füror's Crime Syndicate made shorting the market this time?

Ian Welsh explains the "simple calculus of the US trying to open the Strait." Hair Füror and calculus?

I Fucking Love Australia also eff'ing loves Greenland.

Hullabaloo presents a Requiem For A Superpower.

Platypus Economics explains the hidden pattern in gas prices (and how to beat it).

Bonus Track: OK Star Wars and Space Nerds, we found the answer to the eternal question, "What would a rainbow on the fictional, two-sun planet Tatooine look like?"

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Fediverse, or on BlueSky. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).

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09 Jul 12:00 • Ed Scarce

GOP Lt. Gov. Hopeful Disqualified After Signature Fraud In Massachusetts

Irony or karma? She was campaigning on election integrity. Source: International Business Times A Republican candidate for lieutenant governor in Massachusetts has been thrown off the primary ballot after a state commission found that more than 1,200 of her nomination sign...

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09 Jul 03:00 • Steve Greenberg

Outrage Over Enrichment Corruption

Republicans don't care about the outrageous corruption. November can't come soon enough.

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08 Jul 22:51 • NewsHound Ellen

Elon Musk Caught Interfering With Our Elections Again

A firm linked to Elon Musk likely engaged in voter caging. On Tuesday, The Washington Post reported, “Election officials in North Carolina and Georgia are warning about suspicious voter-registration mailers linked to Elon Musk.” I am sure it is no coincidence that Senate ra...

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08 Jul 20:28 • Conover Kennard

DeSantis's 'Stop WOKE' Law Struck Down — By A Judge Trump Appointed Himself

A federal appeals panel took a red pen to Ron DeSantis's Stop WOKE Act on Tuesday, handing the governor yet another lesson in constitutional law he apparently didn't attend. The 11th Circuit ruled 2-1 that the law's higher-ed provisions — which tried to muzzle professors fr...

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08 Jul 20:24 • Conover Kennard

GOP Rep Discovers His Constituents Can Read The Bill He Voted For

A Nebraska Republican ran into an angry crowd when he tried to gaslight his constituents on Trump's megabill. At a Tuesday town hall, Rep. Mike Flood got an earful of boos while attempting to defend the "One Big Beautiful Bill" — and stumbled badly when a constituent presse...

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08 Jul 19:32 • Ed Scarce

Fake GOP Congressman Trolls CNN's Scott Jennings About McConnell

CNN inadvertently included a tweet by the parody account, Rep. Jack Kimble, representing California's fictitious 54th district, in their list of Republicans who said they'd recently talked on the phone with the ailing Mitch McConnell for what seems the obligatory 20 minutes...

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08 Jul 19:32 • Heather

'Stay On Topic!: Fox Hacks Lose It When Dem Brings Up GOP Domestic Abuser

Democratic strategist Mike Nellis took a segment on Fox straight off the rails when he brought up Trump and Republican Congressman Max Miller who's accused of domestic abuse when they wanted to be talking about Platner. Nellis was a guest on this Tuesday's The Story with M...

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08 Jul 18:06 • John Amato

Chris Wright Blames Obama And Biden For Trump's Energy Crisis

Shale gas fracker who is now the U.S. Energy Secretary, Chris Wright, bemoaned the country trying to develop new clean energy sources to enhance and replace fossil fuels by past administrations in an effort to cover up Trump's terrible energy polices having major ramificati...

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08 Jul 16:01 • Conover Kennard

Trump Mixes Up Zelenskyy, Putin, Japan, And Iran In One Meeting — Somehow

The Stable Genius was on a roll today, with his mental decline on full display while in Ankara, Turkey, for the NATO summit. We're way past the "imagine if Biden said this" point and straight into wondering how this man functions in society without a drooling bib. Presiden...

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08 Jul 14:24 • Andrea Thompson

Trump Shreds Deal With 'Scum' Iran For The Nth Time, Declares Ceasefire 'OVER'

Less than a month after Donald Trump finally signed a formal ceasefire agreement with Iran in the unnecessary and illegal war he started with them this year, the US president has already declared that same ceasefire "over," branding Iranian leadership as "scum" and "liars" ...

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08 Jul 14:12 • John Amato

Morally Bankrupt Fox News Claims Dems 'Have No Moral Compass'

Sometimes I am almost left speechless listening to craven Republicans on Fox News make the most ridiculous arguments to defend Trump's immorality, lies and crimes along with the entire GOP. Fox News political analyst Gianno Caldwell - if you can call him that - used one awf...

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08 Jul 13:44 • Chris capper Liebenthal

J6er Cries About Being A Domestic Terrorist Looking For Love

John Cameron, a J6 insurrectionist who had been convicted and sentenced to a handful of days in jail and three years of probation, took to Xitter to bemoan the difficulties one has being a domestic terrorist looking for love. I became single for the first time in twenty y...

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08 Jul 12:24 • Andrea Thompson

Journalist Speaks With Mitch McConnell's Neighbor, This Is What She Had To Say

It seems that every time we turn around now, we are left with far more questions than answers regarding the ongoing medical situation surrounding former Kentucky Senator Mitch McConnell. On the 14th of June, a full three weeks ago now, news broke that the 84-year-old senat...

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08 Jul 12:23 • John Amato

French Convicted Embezzeler Marine Le Pen Will Run For President

After a Paris Appeals court found her guilty of embezzling the European Parliament, French far-right leader Marine Le Pen announced she will run for president next year.

Let Pen claims her "hands are clean" after the conviction a la Trump and said she plans to run no matter what after her election ban is up.

Outside of being convicted Politico reports Le Pen is leading the race in the first round of voting for the 2027 election.

"Le Pen and the National Rally were accused of embezzling nearly €3 million by hiring party staff under fake parliamentary assistant contracts."

Far-right candidates love being criminals.

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08 Jul 12:23 • NewsHound Ellen

Crooked Ken Paxton Caught Voting Where He Doesn’t Live

Once again, a MAGA accusation turns out to be a confession. Texas Attorney General and “voter integrity” maven Ken Paxton seems to have gotten his sleazy hand caught committing voter fraud. Or, at the very least, not following the laws he was elected to enforce. The latest ...

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08 Jul 12:02 • Tengrain

Mike’s Blog Round-Up

On this date in 1996, British girl group the Spice Girls release their debut single "Wannabe" in the UK. Note that this video was filmed all in one-shot (though there might be some Hitchcock-style trickery). As Maya Angelou said, "When someone shows you who they are, believe them the first time."

Mike The Mad Biologist: Oddly Enough, the HR Women Were Right About Platner.

The Fucking News says that the "Defenders of democracy should let democracy happen."

3 Chics Politico says, "Surprise, Surprise."

Left Jabs: Socialism is Still A Four-Letter Word.

Bonus Track: Street Art Utopia plays with statues.

Round-up by Tengrain who blogs at Mock, Paper, Scissors. You can follow Tengrain on the Fediverse, or on BlueSky. Send tips, requests, and suggestions to mbru@crooksandliars.com (with For MBRU in the subject line).

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08 Jul 12:00 • Cliff Schecter

Justin Wolfers Just Exposed The Truth About Trump's Economy

Donald Trump made $2.29 billion off crypto this year. The people who bought in lost $2.28 billion—they may as well have directly handed him their money. Many were working-class Americans who wanted the best for him, and couldn't afford the hit. Not that he gives a shit. Th...

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08 Jul 12:00 • Andrea Thompson

French President Prepared For 'Shooting War' To Defend Greenland From Trump

Disturbing new reporting from the Wall Street Journal is shedding new light on just how fragile the United States' alliance with other world leaders has become under Donald Trump's unhinged authoritarian leadership. Since the beginning of Donald Trump's second term in offi...