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SRSLY? Kari Lake Says Trump Has ‘the Greatest Sense of Humor of Any Modern Day President…Ever’

Posted by on October 4, 2025 at 12:09 pm. 0 Comments :

Perhaps the most important function of a totalitarian regime is its propaganda aimed at casting the leader as a giant among men with superior intellect, infallible instincts, and unshakeable courage. Which explains why Donald Trump’s propagandists work so hard to make people believe that he is a near deity whose power cannot be challenged.

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Donald Trump, Mocking Disability

The tricky part is that they also need Trump to come off as an everyman to whom all of his subjects can relate. And with that in mind his PR team needs to convince the masses that he has a genial personality, some measure of empathy, and a sense of humor. But given Trump’s well known personality disorders, that’s a task with an extraordinarily high degree of difficulty.

SEE THIS: Trump’s 97% Solution is Further Evidence of His Declining Mental Acuity and Pathological Lying

Now That Trump has orchestrated a shutdown of the U.S. government, the blame game has begun in earnest to politically tarnish whichever party is determined to be responsible for it. That shouldn’t be hard considering that Republicans are in control of both houses of Congress and the presidency, and that they have openly celebrated the shutdown as a long hoped for opportunity to cause great damage to the governmental institutions they despise.

Republicans have no rational argument for continuing the shutdown. And they are taking most of the heat from the public for having caused it. Consequently, they have resorted to a campaign of ridiculing Democrats as a substitute for engaging in a cogent debate.

The campaign of mockery includes a noxious and racist fake video, posted by Trump, of House Democratic Leader Hakeem Jeffries in a sombrero, and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer spouting obscenities. And that was supposed to be funny. However, when the public reaction to it was overwhelming disgust, Republicans complained that Democrats just don’t have any sense of humor.

Among those making that charge was Trump’s head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media, Kari Lake. She appeared on the right-wing network, Newsmax, with Chris Salcedo to elaborate…

Salcedo: The left is in full collapse. They can’t argue issues anymore. So they argue, “Stop making fun of my stupid policies.” Unreal, isn’t it?
Lake: And they don’t have a sense of humor. That’s funny, no matter how you slice it it’s funny. The memes that have come out of that, and seeing the sombrero everywhere, it just made me laugh.

And if we can’t laugh, my goodness, how do we get through difficult times like we’re seeing right now? I think it’s hilarious. Good for president Trump for having the greatest sense of humor of any modern day president we’ve ever seen, and keeping us in stitches over everything that he’s been putting out on social media.

WHUT? Lake thinks that Trump has “the greatest sense of humor of any modern day president we’ve ever seen”? Now THAT is really funny. Trump couldn’t even show up once to the annual White House Correspondents Dinners, where comedians – and the president – get to crack jokes about politics, and sometimes themselves. His idea of a joke is to ridicule the poor, minorities, the disabled, women, and always those on his personal enemies list. He’s just plain cruel.

Lake also thinks that Democrats need to get a sense of humor. Really? Trump and his MAGA minions got Stephen Colbert canceled (but not until next May). They got Jimmy Kimmel thrown off the air (for a few days). Trump celebrated those victories for censorship by declaring that Jimmy Fallon and Seth Myers would be next.

Republicans all cheered this muzzling of comedians that was orchestrated by Trump and his fascist regime. And yet, the MAGA GOP is incensed that Democrats don’t find Trump’s flagrant racism funny.

However, there are some significant differences between Trump’s pathetic, allegedly humorous put downs of Jeffries and Schumer, and the Democrats’ response to it. First of all, no Democrat has censored Trump or any other Republican for their lame attempts at comedy. And secondly, the Democrats’ humor is based on the politics and policies of Trump and the GOP, while Trump’s humor is just infantile invectives and bigotry aimed at society’s most vulnerable.

The fact that Lake and other Trumpists actually think that they can sell the preposterous notion that Trump is America’s funniest president is downright hilarious. But there is nothing funny about how Trump & Company malign Democrats and disadvantaged Americans. And laugh so heartily while doing it.

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Fox News is Hot on the Trail of the Presidential Health Story – Bill Clinton’s, Not Trump

Posted by on August 30, 2025 at 1:16 pm. 0 Comments :

The assortments of “firsts” achieved by Donald Trump is extraordinarily long, and littered mainly by affairs most often associated with shame and disgrace. For instance, he is the first president to be impeached twice; the first to have been convicted of felonies; the first to have been adjudicated as a rapist; the first to engage in the flagrant profiteering of the presidency. And that’s an abridged list.

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Donald Trump, coronavirus

Another milestone achieved by Trump is that he is currently first among the most elderly American presidents. Now at 79, Trump is showing his age. He noticeably hobbles to and from his planes and limousines. And recent photos have shown him with severe bruises on his hands and badly swollen ankles. Both of which can be symptoms of more serious ailments. Yet he refuses to release detailed medical reports from his annual physicals. Although, he does frequently boast about his alleged mental acuity in a manner that is more revealing of cognitive dysfunction than clarity.

SEE THIS: YIKES! Trump Admits His Dreams of Dictatorship, While Bragging About ‘Acing’ a Dementia Test

Naturally, Fox News is vigorously pursuing the timely and relevant story of the health of an American president. Just like they did when Joe Biden had the job. Except for one little thing. The president whose health they are probing is Bill Clinton, who left office 27 years ago. According to Fox News…

“Former President Bill Clinton is facing questions about his health after he was spotted in the Hamptons with what appeared to be a portable defibrillator. Photographs show someone accompanying the 79-year-old Democrat and his wife, Hillary, carrying what appeared to be a medical device.”

Fox News notes that “In 2004, he underwent quadruple bypass surgery. [And that] Years later, in 2010, he had another heart surgery in which he received coronary stents.” And demonstrating their journalistic bona fides, Fox News Digital “contacted Katz’s Delicatessen to verify Clinton’s order.” Watch out Woodward and Bernstein!

While Fox News was nailing down this epic scoop, the phrase “#TrumpIsDead” was a trending topic on Twitter/X for several hours. Obviously that isn’t true, but the reactions have been entertaining. The left is fake-celebrating, with clear knowledge that it’s a joke. MAGA, on the other hand, is furiously debunking it as if it were a serious news story.

Meanwhile, Trump isn’t helping matters by declaring his hopes of going to Heaven. “I want to try to get to Heaven if possible,” Trump grumbled. “I’m hearing I’m not doing well. I am really at the bottom of the totem pole.” Why is he suddenly fretting about his fate in the afterlife? Does he know something?

Trump makes the ascension to Heaven sound like it’s a prize to be won on a reality TV game show, like the one that he used to host. What’s more, he wasn’t seen in public for five days, until Sunday when the White House allowed him to be photographed on his way to his golf resort in Virginia. And even in that staged photo-op he didn’t look particularly well, and wasn’t seen golfing.

And yet, 79 year old Bill Clinton, with a history of heart problems, is seen with an aide carrying a medical device, and the MAGA media goes apeshit? They never bother to explore the very real health concerns of their Dear Leader, that actually ought to trouble them. But if Clinton or Biden get a pimple it dominates the news cycle for three weeks.

If Trump were to actually shuffle off this mortal coil, Fox News would likely report it as bad cold. And Trump’s cult followers would insist that he was still alive and partying with JFK Jr. Or worse, they would accuse some innocent Democrat of assassinating him. They are, if nothing else, imaginative.

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Jon Stewart Blasts His Bosses Over the Firing of Colbert with a Choir Singing ‘Go F**k Yourself’

Posted by on July 22, 2025 at 1:59 pm. 3 Comments :

Last week Stephen Colbert announced that the corporate wankers who run Paramount were canceling his show at the end of the current season. So come May of 2026 there will be no more “Late Night with Stephen Colbert.” It’s a decision that ends 30 years of the show that David Letterman began, and became the number one rated program in its time period after Colbert took over.

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Jon Stewart, Donald Trump

Paramount and CBS have said that the reason for the cancelation was “purely financial.” But that doesn’t align with the fact that it is the top rated late-night shows and, if there were financial issues, they could be addressed with measures to reduce costs and increase revenue. Furthermore, if it were purely financial they would have made the decision, but not announced it until next March.

The only reason to make this announcement now is to grease the wheels for their pending multibillion dollar merger, for which they need the approval of the Trump administration ASAP. But the corporatists didn’t bother to try to resolve any financial matters. Instead, they capitulated to Dear Leader Donald Trump, who couldn’t have been happier…

SEE THIS: Big Baby Trump Celebrates CBS Firing Stephen Colbert and Hopes that Jimmy Kimmel Will Be Next

On Monday night Jon Stewart of “The Daily Show” expressed his feelings about the cancelation of Colbert, his friend and colleague who began his television career on “The Daily Show.” It was a moving – and hilarious – half hour of passion and outrage and courage (video below). The monolog was not just a tribute to Colbert, but a condemnation of the forces that fired him. Stewart said in part that…

“The fact that CBS didn’t try to save their number one rated network late-night franchise, that’s been on the air for over three decades, is part of what’s making everybody wonder: Was this purely financial? Or maybe the path of least resistance for your $8 billion merger. Was killing a show that you know rankles a fragile and vengeful president, so insecure, suffering terribly from a case of chronic penis insufficiency – truly it’s a viscous disease. I believe CBS lost the benefit of a doubt two weeks prior when they sold out their flagship news program to pay an extortion fee to said president.”

SEE ALSO: Paramount Caves to Trump’s Extortion, Disgraces CBS, Pays a $16M Bribe to Settle a Bogus Lawsuit

Stewart noted that the multibillion dollar value that the media companies enjoy is derived from shows like Colbert, and that if they continue along a path of canceling them in favor of “gruel so flavorless that you will never again be on the boy-king’s radar, then why will anyone watch you? And you are f**cking wrong!”

Stewart also pointed out that capitulating to Trump is futile, because he will only want more. Trump is even suing his main media benefactor, Rupert Murdoch, the owner of Fox News. Which is the network that Stewart correctly observed “spends 24 hours a day blowing Trump. And it’s not enough. Imagine suing someone mid-blow.” Stewart went on to shine the light onto media corporations that have a fear “that is gripping all of America’s institutions at this very moment…”

“Institutions that have chosen not to fight the vengeful and vindictive actions of our pubic hair doodling commander-in-chief. This is not the moment to give in. I’m not giving in. I’m not going anywhere. I think. So to those institutions, those corporations, advertisers, universities and law firms, all of them, if you still think that bending the knee to Trump will save you, I have one thing to say: Sack the f**k up!”

Following that, Stewart launched into a musical rendition, backed by a gospel choir, of the message that he wants to make clear to those cowardly, un-American institutions…“Go F**k Yourself!” Which is a sentiment that Colbert shared…

Stephen Colbert replies to Trump’s post on Truth Social: “How dare you sir? Would an untalented man be able to compose the following satirical witticism? Go fuck yourself.”

— Phil Lewis (@phillewis.bsky.social) 2025-07-22T04:20:24.439Z

For his part, Trump is gloating about Colbert’s cancelation, and hoping for more to come. He delights in the hardship of others, especially if he can assume the “credit” for it. On Tuesday morning he posted a typically puerile comment on his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social, saying that…

“The word is, and it’s a strong word at that, Jimmy Kimmel is NEXT to go in the untalented Late Night Sweepstakes and, shortly thereafter, Fallon will be gone. These are people with absolutely NO TALENT, who were paid Millions of Dollars for, in all cases, destroying what used to be GREAT Television. It’s really good to see them go, and I hope I played a major part in it!”

Sadly, while Trump is wrong about his assessment of their talent, he may not be wrong about the fate that awaits Kimmel and Fallon. And you can add to that list Seth Myers and, of course, Jon Stewart himself. After all, his show airs on Comedy Central, which is also owned by Paramount. We’ll see.

It’s heartening to see, in the meantime, that Stewart is not cowed by the cowardly Trumpian corporatists. And it’s pretty certain that wherever any of these valiant entertainers end up, they will rise to ever higher levels of popularity and influence. In fact, it may be a blessing in disguise.

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Big Baby Trump Celebrates CBS Firing Stephen Colbert and Hopes that Jimmy Kimmel Will Be Next

Posted by on July 18, 2025 at 1:15 pm. 3 Comments :

The innately infantile tendencies of Donald Trump are on display again as he reacts to the announcement by Paramount/CBS that this season will be the last for its hit program, “Late Night with Stephen Colbert,” after ten successful and hilarious years. Colbert himself revealed the bad news to his audience on Thursday night, that the show will go dark when this season ends in May of 2026.

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Stephen Colbert & Trump Baby

The timing for this announcement could not be more suspicious. Paramount is in the midst of a proposed multibillion dollar merger with Skydance Media, a firm owned by Trump’s billionaire pals David and Larry Ellison. Paramount recently settled an utterly meritless lawsuit with Trump, paying $16 million to grease the wheels for Trump’s administration to approve the merger.

SEE THIS: Paramount Caves to Trump’s Extortion, Disgraces CBS, Pays a $16M Bribe to Settle a Bogus Lawsuit

Meanwhile, Colbert’s monologue on Monday night addressed the merger and the corrupt settlement. And he was not shy about criticizing what he called a “big fat bribe.”

This Stephen Colbert monologue from Monday night, followed by a bit about the MAGA contingent calling for Trump to release the Epstein files, is the reason why Paramount fired Colbert and canceled his show. That, and the Midterm elections are coming up, and he would continue to go after Trump.

— Amee Vanderpool (@girlsreallyrule.bsky.social) 2025-07-18T00:37:15.836Z

No one should be surprised that Trump lashed out maniacally upon hearing about Colbert’s cancelation. Trump posted a typically noxious comment on his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social, to gloat over what is sad news – not just for Colbert and his staff – but for millions of Americans who find joy and solace in Colbert’s humor and insights.

“I absolutely love that Colbert’ got fired. His talent was even less than his ratings. I hear Jimmy Kimmel is next. Has even less talent than Colbert! Greg Gutfeld is better than all of them combined, including the Moron on NBC who ruined the once great Tonight Show.”

There’s a lot of bullpucky stuffed into that blast of explosive dia-rhetoric. Beginning with Trump’s orgasmic pleasure from the hardship of others. More to the point, Trump is hardly a credible source for measuring the talent of any entertainer. His own talent is mainly limited to whining, exalting himself, insulting people, and shamelessly lying.

Trump shows off that, despite 14 seasons on TV, he has a profound ignorance of television ratings. He doesn’t know that Colbert is the highest rated late night talk show, and that its popularity is still growing. It was the only late night show to draw more total viewers in the second quarter of 2025 than it had in the first.

Trump goes on to praise Fox News hate-comic, Greg Gutfeld, whose idea of comedy is mocking the homeless and openly referring to himself a Nazi, as in “What up, my Nazi.” And it makes no sense to compare Colbert to Gutfeld because Gutfeld is not a late night program. It airs at 11:00 PM only on the east coast. Everywhere else in the country he is on in prime time. If Trump knew anything about how ratings work, he would know that you can’t compare programs in different time periods. HUT levels (Homes Using Television) are much higher prime time. Even so, Colbert gets a higher viewing share than Gutfeld.

Trump’s obsession with celebrities is evident in his frequent attacks on those who don’t worship him. In addition to his hatred for Colbert and Kimmel, Trump has recently gone after Rosie O’Donnell, whose citizenship he threatened to revoke and said is “a threat to humanity.” And he maligned Bruce Springsteen as a “dried up old prune.” And he famously posted that “I HATE TAYLOR SWIFT.”

So Trump is clearly in touch with the American people, right? I mean, who doesn’t hate Taylor Swift and Bruce Springsteen? And Trump is currently languishing at record lows in every poll. So it’s all working for him, isn’t it?

And then there's this…"Newsweek's tracker, which shows Trump's net approval rating at an all-time low of -11 points, with 43 percent approving and 54 percent disapproving."www.newsweek.com/donald-trump…

— News Corpse (@newscorpse.bsky.social) 2025-07-18T16:51:28.378Z

As for Colbert, he will land on his feet. He has ten months to prepare for the next chapter in his career. He is a valuable brand that could succeed at levels transcending what he achieved at CBS. Many other former mainstream media folk are doing so. In fact, Colbert might have been goading CBS into firing him so that he could prosper more with his own media venture. But Trump will always wallow in mud and, with any luck, will end up in his Alligator Alcatraz.

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Trump Plans a UFC Fight at the White House to Bring it More of that Trump Class and Dignity

Posted by on July 4, 2025 at 12:47 pm. 3 Comments :

Following his triumphant mission to terminate health insurance for nearly 12 million Americans, while cutting taxes for billionaires and exploding the national debt, Donald Trump has quickly pivoted to a new project that is certain to shower the nation in the stately grandeur that makes so many citizens proud.

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During a campaign style rally in Iowa, Trump announced his intention to stage an Ultimate Fighting Championship (UFC) event at the White House. This is the sort of august affair that is consistent with Trump’s other recent enhancements to the People’s House, such as two giant flag poles, the paving over of the Rose Garden, the hanging of his mugshot paintings, and refurbishing the Oval Office with faux-gold ornaments and décor. All in an effort to encourage pride and patriotism.

SEE THIS: Trump Goes Bonkers Ranting that Democrats Are ‘Evil, Nasty People Who Hate Our Country’

Where would the nation be without Trump’s lofty facade of MAGA-sterial munificence? The elegance that he exudes with every utterance was evident as he thrilled his cult followers at the State Fair in Des Moines with news of his latest sleazy spectacle…

“We’re going to have a UFC fight. Does anybody watch UFC? The great Dana White? We’re going to have a UFC fight. We’re going to have a UFC fight — think of this on the grounds of the White House. We have a lot of land there. We’re going to build a little — we’re not, Dana is going to do it. Dana is great, one of a kind — going to be a UFC fight, championship fight, full fight, like 20,000 to 25,000 people, and we’re going to do that as part of ‘250’ also.”

Trump: "We're gonna have a UFC fight on the grounds on the White House … we're gonna do that as part of 250."

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) 2025-07-04T01:13:18.000Z

What could be more representative of the Era of Trump than a phony sporting event featuring hulk-like contestants in trunks pretending to battle it out to win a humongous, gaudy belt and a dubious title? Maybe Trump himself will enter the contest and win another participation trophy like the dozens he has awarded himself at his own golf courses.

In addition to boosting the classiness of the White House, Trump is rewarding a longtime political ally and financial backer. UFC boss, Dana White, is an old friend and business associate of Trump’s who donated a million dollars to his “America First Action” super?PAC. That political action committee was chaired by Linda McMahon, the former head of World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE), which is part of the same corporate family as the UFC.

McMahon is also Trump’s current Secretary of Education. Seriously…Education(!?) She recently decreed that, in order for universities to receive federal grants that fund life-saving research on cancer, Alzheimer’s, and other devastating illnesses, they must be “in sync” with the Trump administration. And she is a full fledged member of the Trump cult who giddily participates in his glorification ceremonies…

SUCH AS…Trump Gathers His Cabinet Members to Conduct Another Festival of Feckless Trump-Fluffing

As usual, Trump is bathing America in the sewage of his tacky persona, and exploiting his office to benefit himself and his cronies. He couldn’t care less about the American people or the reputation of the United States as it nears its 250 year anniversary. Count on Trump to make things even worse as the celebration nears and he begins to pitch his 250th birthday bibles, sneakers, and posters of himself as a jacked Uncle Sam.

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Jon Stewart Obliterates Trump’s Abysmal Economic Crapulence: Trump Released the Contagion

Posted by on April 8, 2025 at 11:43 am. NO Comments :

The devastation that millions of Americans have suffered due to Donald Trump imposing his profoundly ignorant torrent of tariffs on nearly every country across the globe (except of course for Russia), has produced results that can and were predicted by knowledgeable economists and trade experts.

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Jon Stewart, Donald Trump

Now, after the stock market has wiped out some $6 trillion in assets, even some of Trump’s biggest backers and donors are starting to call him out for upending America’s relationships with the world, and for needlessly harming so many innocent people, including many of those who voted for him because he promised to lower the cost of living and improve the state of the nation’s economy. Which was already booming when he inherited it from President Biden. Even Fox News is beginning to wobble…

SEE THIS: UH-OH: Fox News Trump-Fluffer Admits that Trump’s Tariffs Will Fuel Higher Prices and Recession

Naturally, the knee-jerk response by the faithful devotees of the Trump cult is to stiffen their noodly spines and lie that everything is fine and is going precisely according to plan. Consequently, we have people like…

Peter Navarro (Trump’s senior counselor for trade) celebrating that “There’s going to be plenty of jobs for robots” as Trump’s policies pan out.

And there’s GOP House Speaker MAGA Mike Johnson begging everyone to “give him space,” to let his strategy work. But rest assured that when it fails Johnson will be calling it Biden’s strategy.

And the Trump-fluffers on Fox & Friends are consoling their viewers to relax because “If it doesn’t work, [Trump] can always go back to the way it used to be.” Right! But after all the damage has already been done, who’s gonna reimburse those who lost their life savings? Trump? Fox News?

Another example of a Trumpist pitching a blatantly dishonest perspective on Trump’s still unfolding catastrophe was the Director of his National Economic Council, Kevin Hassett, who rushed off to Fox News (where else?) to praise Trump for being a master dealmaker and author of “The Art of the Deal,” In reality, Trump is neither.

While it may seem that there is nothing funny about any of this, Jon Stewart of the Daily Show tackled this subject Monday night and found a way to be both educational and hilarious. He hit on a variety of critical components of the Trump economic fiasco, such as…

  • On Tarriffs: They are both a negotiation and not a negotiation – both temporary and permanent.
  • On Job Creation: Millions of people screwing in little screws – We are robot fluffers.
  • On the Stock Market Crash: We should be impressed by how smoothly it went.
  • On Trusting Great Negotiator Trump: His own book cites his “successes” – Like his casinos that went bankrupt.

As is often the case, comedy is proving to be a better vehicle for informing the public than much of the mainstream news. It not only delivers complex facts in a digestible and understandable format, it offers the emotional release that most people can relate to when confronted by such disturbing facts. Conventional journalists should be watching and taking notes.

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The Daily Show Hysterically Skewers Trump and Republicans for Blatantly Lying About Tariffs

Posted by on April 4, 2025 at 1:36 pm. 1 Comments :

Two days after “Liberation Day” (as Donald Trump likes to call the day he imposed his disastrous tariffs on the world), the stock market is once again in a tailspin, erasing much of the gains from the past few months and depleting the savings of millions of investors and especially retirees. It’s the worst decline since March of 2020, during COVID. And it’s a wholly self-inflicted economic apocalypse that Trump somehow regards as proof that everything is – in his own words – “going well.”

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Donald Trump Circling the Drain

Sure it is. It’s going to be just fine if you happen to have a few billion dollars and can spend your days playing golf and sailing on your superyacht. The rest of us need to just STFU and put our blind faith behind Dear Leader Trump who, despite having bankrupted four casinos, and presided over the last stock market crash, and has embraced the world’s wealthiest robber barons (Musk, Zuckerberg, Bezos, Putin, etc.), is hailed by the MAGA cult as an infallible messiah.

SEE THIS: TRUST IN TRUMP? That’s the Only Solution Offered By the Trump Cult to Counter His Disastrous Tariffs

As is often the case, the truth about many of America’s most prominent catastrophes has been summed up in the insightful political satire of The Daily Show. Host Michael Kosta did a better analysis of Trump’s tariff fiasco than much of the mainstream media. He began by putting the blame for the nation’s ills where it belongs… On all of us.

“Whether you like it or not, Republicans don’t want to hear your bitching, because we all knew this was coming.”

[Plays clip of MAGA media hacks saying that everyone knew prices would go up]

“That’s right voters. You can bellyache all you want, but we all knew what we were voting for. Trump was very honest during the campaign that tariffs would drive prices higher, right? Right? RIGHT?”

[Plays clip of Trump promising that tariffs would not drive prices higher]

“Okay, technically he said prices wouldn’t go up, but in his defense, he was lying. And you should have known that, so that’s on you.”

See? It’s the fault of voters for not knowing that everything Trump says is a lie. And sadly, in this regard, Kosta is actually making a good point. The people who voted for Trump had mountains of evidence, compiled over dozens of years, that he couldn’t be trusted to tell the truth about anything. And yet, they voted for him hoping that this time he would come through and fulfill the promises that he made, despite having no idea how to do so, or any record of having done it in the past.

The question going forward is whether those voters will believe anything that Trump is saying now. He continues to defend his horrendously harmful policies, even insisting in an all-caps post on his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social, that “MY POLICIES WILL NEVER CHANGE.”

That declaration is wrong on so many levels. First of all, he has already said that he would change his tariff policies for any country that agrees to make concessions. Secondly, never changing the policies, if he held to that, would mean permanent tariffs and permanent higher costs for American consumers. Third, this comment was meant to assuage the concerns of potential investors, who already don’t trust him and regard him as unreliable and unstable. For good reason.

So Trump’s declaration that his policies will never change is not only another lie, it would be devastating if it happened to be a rare instance of him telling the truth. Which, to be fair, he has done on occasion. For instance, on Friday morning he posted a comment on Truth Social that was surprisingly honest, saying that “Trump is Purposely Crashing The Market.” Of course he is. Because…because…be…oh f*ck it!

Trump actually posted this on his failing Twitter ripoff, Truth Social, that "Trump is Purposely Crashing The Market."There…Feel better now?

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White House Correspondents Association Axes Comedian Amber Ruffin After Tantrum By Trump Aide

Posted by on March 30, 2025 at 12:58 pm. 1 Comments :

The determination of Donald Trump to put his bone-spur infected boot down on the throats of the free press has been a hallmark of his career in politics. And in his reoccupation of the White House, his animosity toward the media that he repeatedly maligns in Stalinist terms as “the enemy of the people” has never been more pronounced.

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Amber Ruffin and Donald Trump baby

In recent weeks Trump has escalated his threats toward the press by filing frivolous lawsuits and banning media organizations that don’t worshipfully exalt him. And, unfortunately, the media has not been particularly eager to confront him or to stand up for themselves. To the contrary, they have been letting him get away with some of the most atrocious assaults on the Constitution’s First Amendment by any president in modern times.

SEE THIS: Trump Declares Himself King of the White House Press Corps, Will Now Decide Who Can Question Him

On Saturday the White House Correspondents Association (WHCA) provided another example of the lily-livered behavior that has stained their reputation. Every year the WHCA holds a gala dinner to honor members and raise funds for journalism scholarships. That dinner usually features addresses by the current president and a well known comedian.

This year the WHCA announced that the comic host would be, Amber Ruffin, a popular talent with an extensive and impressive resume. She has been an Emmy winning writer and performer on Late Night with Seth Meyers. She has authored best selling books. She has written Tony Award winning plays. And she is currently a regular on CNN’s comedy news program, “Have I Got News For You.”

But apparently that wasn’t good enough for the WHCA to retain her services after an attack by a bitter and belligerent Trump bulldog. As reported by Variety…

“The White House Correspondents’ Association has canceled plans to have comedian Amber Ruffin perform at its annual dinner on April 26, a new sign of the pressures being brought to bear on news organizations during President Donald Trump’s second term. The journalism group, which has seen its control over interactions with Trump eroded in recent weeks, made the decision after Taylor Budowich, a White House deputy chief of staff, raised comments Ruffin has made in the past that are critical of Trump.”

What Budowich was triggered by was Ruffin’s biting satire and political quips. Which is precisely what the comedian’s role at this dinner has always been about, no matter who was in the White House. Other presidents enjoyed the program with good humor, and even joined in it themselves. But Trump’s massive yet fragile ego couldn’t bear it. He was even too afraid to attend the dinner during his prior occupation of the White House. And he won’t be going this year either. So Budowich went after the WHCA and Ruffin saying that…

This year’s WHCA dinner will be hosted by a 2nd rate comedian…What kind of responsible, sensible journalist would attend something like this? More importantly, what kind of company would sponsor such as hate-filled and violence-inspiring event?

The Trump Doctrine demands that any criticism they make of others cannot be merely an expression of their disagreement. It must be rife with insults and threats. Consequently, Budowich resorts to calling Ruffin a “2nd rate comedian,” and adds some totalitarian-style coercion to sponsors to scare them off of contributing to the charity dinner. And to make matters worse, he inserts a preposterous assertion that Ruffin’s presence is “violence-inspiring.” That’s coming from a top aide to Trump who incited a deadly insurrection and then pardoned the rioters who stormed the Capital and put 140 police officers in the hospital.

In response to Budowich’s whining, the WHCA released a pathetic statement saying that…

“The WHCA board has unanimously decided we are no longer featuring a comedic performance this year. At this consequential moment for journalism, I want to ensure the focus is not on the politics of division but entirely on awarding our colleagues for their outstanding work and providing scholarship and mentorship to the next generation of journalists.”

With all due respect…BULLSH*T! Why didn’t the Board make this decision last month before they invited Ruffin to be the host? And what is it about “this consequential moment for journalism” that makes political satire unsuitable? What could be more suitable? And how does Eugene Daniels, the president of the WHCA, explain his remarks when he hired Ruffin saying that…

“Amber’s unique talents are the ideal fit for this current political and cultural climate. Her perspective will fit right in with the dinner’s tradition of honoring the freedom of the press while roasting the most powerful people on all sides of the aisle and the journalists who cover them.”

So what changed in a couple of weeks? Other than the attack by Trump’s flunky? This is another bad omen for the fate of journalism in the Era (Error) of Trump. Daniels and the WHCA are kneeling at the feet of a neo-fascist authoritarian regime. And it’s a bad sign for Daniels, who was recently hired to co-host a weekend program on MSNBC. After this capitulation, how can anyone trust that he will be a reliable journalist who reports without fear or favor?

UPDATE: Seth Meyers and Amber Ruffin respond to her cancelation by the WHCA. Here are three things that Ruffin learned from the experience…

  • “When you watch The Sound of Music, you have to root for the singing children and the other people [e.g. Nazis]”.
  • “We have a free press so that we can be nice to Republicans at fancy dinners. That’s what it says in the First Amendment.
  • “I thought when people take away your rights, erase your history, and deport your friends, you’re supposed to call it out. But I was wrong. Glad to find that out now because if they had let me give that speech, ooh, baby. I would have been so terrifically mean.”

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The Daily Show Welcomes the Astronauts Back to an Earth They Won’t Recognize Or Want to Live On

Posted by on March 20, 2025 at 1:17 pm. 1 Comments :

It has been only 59 days since Donald Trump was inaugurated. And in the short passage of time he has managed to do more harm to American democracy than any prior occupant of the White House. His implementation of policies in conjunction with Elon Musk’s Department of Government Elimination (DOGE) are ripping apart the foundations of the American way of life.

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Donald Trump, Woman, Fear

If someone were to have been in a coma for the past three months, they would be awakening to a country that would seem foreign, oppressive, and steeped in the dystopia of totalitarian regimes. They would find it hard to believe that they weren’t still in a nightmarish comatose state. They would be seeing an autocratic leader imposing his will on the nation, disregarding its Constitution, and ignoring its laws.

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It’s not really funny. However, The Daily Show couldn’t resist bringing to life a scenario wherein someone who was temporarily removed from this world would be reintroduced to it in all its gory. So Desi Lydic anchored a video wherein she welcomed the astronauts who enjoyed an extended stay on the International Space Station back to what they thought was their home planet. She began with a hearty “Hello astronauts, and welcome back to Earth.” Then she went on (video below)…

“As you are flown back to the U.S., this video will re-acclimate your mind on what you missed while you were in space. First, the Gulf of Mexico you landed in is now the Gulf of America. But don’t worry, the name change is symbolic. We’re not going to war with Mexico. We’re going to war with Canada and Greenland, maybe Panama, also Mexico.”

Imagine their surprise to learn that Trump assumed the authority to rename international bodies of water to whatever he thought would tickle his cult followers. And worse, he embarked on a series of threats aimed at American allies, demanding that they bow to his will and agree to become colonies of the imperial empire he hopes to create. Then Lydic elaborated…

“Speaking of wars, when you left it was Russia that invaded Ukraine. Now it’s the other way around. Don’t worry about it. For now, just focus on resting. And after you enter U.S. territory, your space capsule will face crippling steel tariffs and you will be deported to an El Salvadorian prison just until we’re sure that you’re not Venezuelan gang members.

“And after your release in 2026, you will be honored at the White House, which is now run by Fox News anchors. Also, the anti-vaccine guy (RFK Jr) is now in charge of vaccines. The anti-FBI guy (Kash Patel) is now in charge of the FBI. And the lady in charge of the WWE (Linda McMahon) is now running the Education Department.”

That’s right! Whatever you thought you knew before you left, is no longer true. Russia is the American Fuhrer’s best buddy. Europe will be hammered with punitive tariffs. And Fox News now has a stranglehold on government operations with at least nineteen from their ranks working for Trump in the White House.

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Lydic then points out that Trump is welcoming back all of the astronauts except for Suni Williams, because “when you left, you were a female astronaut. Now you’re a DEI astronaut, and also you’re fired.” And her job prospects are going to be hindered by an economy that is careening into recession. “The stock market is down, Lydic notes, “and eggs are $400.00. But those are both good things, and also Joe Biden’s fault.” Then Lydic closes saying that…

“At this point you’re probably wondering ‘When can NASA send me back up into space?’ Well, it probably can’t. NASA just got DOGE’d. Which is a real sentence now. So from all of us here in America, welcome to Hell – Earth. Welcome back to Earth.”

Lydic’s humorous take on current events is a welcome respite from the horror show being played out by Trump and company. And while the decidedly pessimistic outlook that anchors her comedy is, sadly, rooted in reality, there is a plus side. The American people are beginning to awaken themselves.

CNN’s Harry Enten unveiled the recent polling on Trump and his policies. And the numbers are likely to trigger another Trump tantrum. They show that Trump in his current term is only the second president since 1937 to have a net negative approval two months into a term. The other president to achieve that dishonor? That was also Trump in his first term. So at least he is consistent in his ignorance, incompetence, and deliberate malfeasance.

Enjoy Lydic’s welcoming to the astronauts. But don’t miss Jordan Klepper’s ruminations on Elon Musk.

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Charlamagne Tha God to Democrats: If You Tell Us Someone is Hitler, At Least Act Like He’s Hitler

Posted by on January 24, 2025 at 1:10 pm. NO Comments :

The presidential election of 2024 was an extraordinarily momentous and peculiar affair in the history of the United States. It pitted the first Black Vice-President, Kamala Harris, against the first convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and openly authoritarian aspirant, Donald Trump.

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Donald Trump, Adolf Hitler

Trump’s craving for unchallenged dictatorial powers has been evident in his extremist rhetoric that embraces the sort of strongman reign enjoyed by his heroes, Vladimir Putin, Xi Jinping, and Kim Jong Un. He shamelessly advocates for reforms that give him sway over the other co-equal branches of government. He threatens to silence the free press. He ignores the Constitution and its limits on executive power. And he isn’t shy about declaring his supremacy over the whole of government, as he did explicitly in his inauguration address.

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Throughout much of the 2024 campaign, Democrats staunchly stood up for democracy and the principles that have defined American freedom for more than two centuries. They emphatically warned of the dangers posed by Trump’s pursuit of a neo-fascist agenda inspired by another one his idols, Adolf Hitler, whose book of speeches Trump kept at his bedside, according to his ex-wife.

The Trump v Hitler comparisons practically wrote themselves. And Trump did little to discourage them. In fact, he seemed to regard them as compliments. Both Harris and President Biden spoke movingly about Trump’s threat to democracy and affinity for fascism. However, after the election, all of that seemed to evaporate. Biden and Harris attended Trump’s inauguration and greeted Trump to the White House. These absurd pleasantries were notice by Charlamagne tha God in a segment on Thursday’s episode of “The Daily Show” (video below)…

“What about the Democratic politicians who spent four years calling Trump the new Adolf Hitler, and then started doing stuff like this. I’m sorry. If you tell us someone is Hitler, you have to at least act like he’s Hitler. […] In fact, here’s the energy I wanted to see more of on Monday:

Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez: All these journalists are, like, Congresswoman, are you going to the inauguration? Let me make myself clear. I don’t celebrate rapists. So no, I’m not going to the inauguration.

“See? That’s right. That right there, that’s backbone. That’s principle. Man, I’m gonna miss AOC when she’s deported to Nicaragua.

“Listen man…Donald Trump won this election by a little over two million votes and Democrats are acting like he’s unstoppable. Do you remember how Republicans acted when Biden won by seven million votes? […] They tried to impeach Biden from day one for the crime of getting elected. I like that energy though. They weren’t worried about alienating Democrats. They said f**k Democrats. They riled up their base and it worked. Today Democrats are patting themselves on the back for allowing a peaceful transfer of power. And I have no problem with conceding the election. But don’t concede the Constitution.

“Democrats, I am begging you. For once, treat Republicans the way they treat you. And treat Trump as if you believed that everything you’ve said about him is true.”

‘Nuff said! Democrats, we’re all begging you. Trump is an imminent threat to democracy. He’s a foaming-at-the-mouth fascist. and we all need to treat him like one.

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