Done let “outrage fatigue” motivate you to stop reading about what is happening. Each and every twist and turn needs to be chronicled. There will need to be solid evidence so that when the time comes, and it will, then those responsible are held accountable.
Yesterday however was truly encouraging. Literally millions turned out for “No Kings” events all across the nation, while not so many turned up for the Trump parade.
Y’all’s sign game was so on point. Here are a few random samples of the many many more …
As for his parade, I was expecting Moscow 1945, but we got Spirit Halloween instead. This is how it went …
We all know that Trumps you-know-what is tiny, very very tiny …
(I talking about the parade of course, why, what did you think I was talking about?) …
One person we don’t often see did turn up …
- I’d speculate that turning up for a parade is in her contract.
Even MAGA was not impressed …
Least you wonder, yes the army can, when needed, look sharp, and that is very clearly not what happened. Here is a quick clip …
- What he got was no dress uniforms, and marching out of step. This was a not-so–subtle message. The phrase you are looking for is “malicious compliance”.
Let’s finish this opening section with Raskin …
LA
How where things in LA on Thursday last week?
Fine, peaceful. Nothing was happening.
The minute ICE rolled into town, that’s when the chaos started and then add to that—bringing in federal troops.
This is now where we are.
A reporter was shot at and deliberately targeted …
A CNN reporter was detained …
- The “Reporting” of this on CNN: The focus was on how professional the police were and how standard it is to put a CNN journalist bearing press credentials in handcuffs (That sound was my jaw hitting the floor)
Mainstream media may indeed have bent the knee and framed things as “normal”. Thankfully many political cartoonists still speak truth to power.
Via Editoral Cartoonist Michael de Adder …
Apparently everybody in LA is a Criminal …
- She murdered her own puppy. For fuck’s sake.
Oh and as for the claim that LA is in flames, you have to look really really really hard to find the area where the protests are happening…
- The point is this: We are being lied to by the Trump administration, we are being lied to by every Trump supporter online, and we are being lied to by corporate media. There is a deliberate effort to misrepresent the size of the protests to justify a violent fascist crackdown.
There have also been protests in Dallas …
- Dallas is the most conservative big city in America. It is the citadel of the U.S. far-right. It’s where QAnon holds conventions. It’s where Flynn appeared to support a coup of the Biden administration. It’s where Trump’s most radical megadonors are. It’s where I’d most fear a pretextual Kent State.
- Put another way, if you’re the Dallas police chief and if you’re acting in good faith—not on a partisan Trumpist basis—you’re *floored* that it’s *your* city on a split-screen on CNN and you’re determined to make that stop. Because Dallas should *not* be where anything goes down.
As for the actual protesting, this is how you do it … by reaching out to those being used as pawns …
There is also this reminder from 2020 …
- For everything there is always a clip. If you are ever in a hypocrisy competition with this guy then you are not going to win.
The guy with 34 felony convictions … broke the law …
Meanwhile this …
… and also this from the Gov of CA…
The “Crimes” Of Gavin Newsom
Guilty of running for Governor …
- Man with 34 felonies said what?
- If doing a bad job is a crime, then Trump is on death row.
Newsom responded …
US Senator Arrested for the “Crime” of asking a question
So this happened …
- What was perhaps his real “Crime”, the act that motivated her to direct police to arrest him, is that he was guilty of getting between Kristi Noem and a camera.
Blatant lies from official government feeds. Do they not know we all see the video?
Here are one of the many clips doing the rounds that reveal the official lie, you can see for yourself what actually happened …
“Big Beautiful” (Ugly) Upwards Transfer of Wealth
More Bill Updates …
So here is what is happening …
Meanwhile there is a lot of other deeply poisonous stuff in the bill beyond that robbing the poor to enrich the wealthy …
Multiple layers of Lunacy and utter incompetence
Dig this. A two-star general forgot to take food and water on the LA deployment. SecDef Hegseth (who is in overall command) didn’t make arrangements for billeting. So no showers or hot chow. This is an incompetent lifer shitshow.
- Meanwhile, the 2 star général in charge has food and nice accommodations. He’s kicking back in a Hilton. His “command center”.
Not flying the US flag …
ICE Gestapo updates
Under attack …
It is not about immigration at all, ICE is a revenge weapon …
- He appears to be engaging in a civil war against against blue states.
Tariff Updates
So the deal we reached in London was that our consumers and businesses now get to pay 55% taxes instead of 30% !!!
- Create a crisis, avert it, achieve nothing, declare victory – lather, rinse, repeat
War with Iran
War Crimes
- For too many years, both political parties have insisted we blindly support this genocidal monster. Now, we’re reaping what we’ve sowed
- Just to be clear, when Trump claims “Not involved” then know that he is lying. Israeli Official to ‘Post’: ‘There was full and complete coordination with the Americans‘ www.jpost.com/israel-news/… Iran will strike back.
Both the NYT and BBC verify confirming residential buildings were targeted …
Proxy War
Elon Updates
When the Ketamine/Ecstasy/Adderall cocktail wears off …
MAHA – Alternative “Science”
So this has now happened this past week …
- The health of the entire US is being jepordized by this insane, junkie, anti vaxer.
- Reminder: It is not just Trump, it is also all the GOP who enabled this by voting to confirm this pseudoscientific nut.
- You know what comes next – and indeed yes, here it is, a panel of cranks.
- One qualified commentator Notes: This is American Lysenkoism. Lysenko’s crank agricultural science, which became the official science of the Soviet Union, ultimately resulted in the death of millions of people. The only question now is – will RFK Jr surpass Lysenko with a higher body count? The smart money is on yes.
Canadian Update
Conspiracy of the week
Apparently the protests are all being orchestrated by the (*Insert drum roll here*) … Chinese Communist Party …
- They really are one trick ponies. Everything is someone else’s fault. We couldn’t possibly protesting against tyranny, noooooo , its the CCP
Christian Nationalists
The nuttier right-wing religious fanatics within the MAGA cult are as always doing their thing, and so here are a few samples from the past week …
- Antisemitic Christian nationalist fascist pastor Joel Webbon hopes that soon the world will be able to “humanize” Adolf Hitler and see him as someone who “might have been a little overly zealous.“ (Ah yes, the “Nice Mr Hitler” who unfortunately suffered from a bit of bad press – What a total #Arsehole)
- MAGA pastor Larry Huch led a gathering of Christian nationalists in praying that “the spirit of God” will come upon Trump and Musk—”these two unbelievably brilliant, wonderful men”—causing them to put aside their differences: “We bind this devil of division.“ (His claim that Trump and Musk are both brilliant is indeed unbelievable)
- Wesley Todd of Right Response Ministries says the protests against ICE raids in California is a “trial period of Jewish nationalism.” (!!!)
- MAGA pastor/self-proclaimed “prophet” Hank Kunneman is upset that not enough people are signing up to attend his “Opening The Heaven” conference later this year: “This is not right. It’s not fair to God.” (He clearly needs enough marks to attend so that he can enrich himself #NoGodsInvolved)
- Robin Bullock claims that “when Satan finally took control of the Democratic Party, he changed the mindsets of men and women, he turned them upside down.” (He made them Australian?)
- Right-wing activist Seth Gruber says “it is better to have Christians holding the reins of political power” because Christians know they’ll have to answer to God: “They’re going to tread way more carefully and make sure they’re making right decisions in a way more serious manner than anyone else.” (The evidence tells a very different story – greed, financial fraud, intolerance, deeply gullible, xenophobic, child abuse, etc…)
- Far-right pastor John Amanchukwu delivers an anti-LGBTQ sermon in which he warns parents not to allow their children to participate in drama or theater: “These are oftentimes incubation systems for perversion.” (Perpetual reminder: The actual abusers, those that get arrested each and every week are pastors and youth leaders – many churches are literally “incubation systems for perversion” #DramaQueenPastor)
- Far-right pastor David Reece says the 1st, 2nd, 3rd, and 4th commandments “should be enforced by the state”: “There should be a punishing of idolatry, and a suppressing of blasphemies, and a protecting of a sabbath.” (No mention of the 7th commandment “thou shalt not commit adultery”. Perhaps because Trump on wife #3, committed adultery with #2 while married to #1. Hegseth on #3, had 5 affairs while married to #1, including with #2. Kennedy on #3, had sexual encounters with 37 women while married to #2).
- MAGA pastor Shane Vaughn breaks out in song celebrating Israel’s attack on Iran, overjoyed by the prospect that it fulfills biblical prophecy that the End Times are rapidly approaching: “What wonderful days these days are before the coming of the Lord.” (These people yearn for death. Deadly magical thinking fostered by multiple years of terrible theology about Revelation)
- Sean Feucht is launching a “men’s movement”: “We are going to raise up an army of God-fearing, family-loving, America-building men.” (Fact Check: a coalition of former staff members have alleged that over a number of years, Feucht engaged in behavior described as manipulative, controlling, dishonest, and emotionally abusive.)
There is no ducking that their constant stream of hate and bile directed towards democrats, week after week, laid the foundation for the political assassination we were all horrified by a few days ago. If they wish to look evil in the face, then the nearest mirror is all they require.
Since we are on the topic, don’t let anybody gaslight you into believing he was anything but a strong Trump supporter …
If you think I’m going too far in drawing a line between the nutty Christian Nationalists and the shooter, then here is the reveal, he was one of them …
Weirdest of the Weird
Not being invited to a picnic is what tipped Rand Paul into the anti-Trump camp …
- Sexual assault, 34 financial felonies, 2 impeachments, January 6 – not a problem. Not inviting him to a BBQ – a step too far. You know what comes next. He will be back in the cult in less than a week.
- I’m also absolutely certain Rand Paul is used to not being invited to picnics.
Even More Political Cartoons from the past week
As always, there are many excellent cartoons.
Media Sane-washing of Tyranny
Call me a tad picky if you wish, but if the NYT was to actually be honest about it all, then the following heading should actually read something more akin to this – “Trump Realizes deporting innocent hard workers in key industries makes no damn sense, but only after destroying thousands of lives and tearing the country apart”
- TACO: This is the economic suicide via racist mass deportation edition.
- Another Alt headline: “Company owners are angry their cheap labor is being targeted because it hurts their bottom line. Trump couldn’t care less about the workers, but the owners give him money”
Somebody Finally figured out what VOA was for
- It’s a tad tricky to broadcast messages to opposition groups and citizens in Iran when you fired everyone who speaks the language.
Where are we now?
Well this is just the past few days …
- Let’s not also forget locking up innocent people, deporting innocent people, and shooting the media.
- We also have troops on the street of US cities.
- Meanwhile, Trump has been meeting with his entire national security council because of Iran, and remember, anybody who had any expertise in collecting intelligence has been fired, so I have no idea how that could ever go well.
- Personally I don’t think we need to worry about Iran destroying any US assets, all they need to do is to let Trump do it for them.
Grivances
June 14 marks the start of a summer of peaceful protests.
Finally
An excellent coping strategy is to laugh at and mock the utterly absurd lunacy now in play …
