Beyond parody

Seeking a pardon from President Trump has become big business for lobbying and consulting firms close to the administration, with wealthy hopefuls willing to spend millions of dollars for help getting their case in front of the right people. nbcnews.com/politics/donal…

I’m finding myself using X less and less. I paid for the highest “premium plus extra 2.0” level ($500ish a year), but my engagement is down, my views are down, I’m inundated with spam and/or porn, and my “For You” feed is mostly Nazis. What am I paying for?

Trump's approval among Latino voters is crashing, new poll shows ow.ly/zgb7106aS9E

Israel bombed Iranian state TV

OK maybe Trump wants to lie about job numbers, his golf scores, and the historical fact of his two impeachments ... but his word is totally solid on the total innocence of his long intimate friendship with America's most notorious sex offender.

RFK: We need to study the safety of aluminium in vaccines! Denmark: Here is a study of *all children* born in a 23 year period, finding no safety issues from aluminium in vaccines RFK: Not THAT kind of study! I meant one that supports what I already decided to believe!

Is it too much to ask for a president who knows how numbers work.

Worth remembering

Donald Trump’s name is in the Epstein files and JD Vance has been plotting with the AG and FBI Director to cover it up Release the names! Democrats, Republicans, billionaires, or not. What are you afraid of, JD Vance?

Al Jazeera: "The order to kill Anas Al-Sharif, one of Gaza’s bravest journalists, along with his colleagues, is a desperate attempt to silence voices ahead of the occupation of Gaza." cnn.com/2025/08/10/mid…

The president falsely claimed the 2023 number of murders in DC was probably the district's highest ever. Not even close. It did spike to 274 in 2023, but it was 482 in 1991. And he didn't mention that it plunged to 187 in 2024 or that it has fallen further year-to-date in 2025.

MSNBC puts the actual crime statistics on the screen, and Trump lies and invents imaginary stats about crime surging.

man, the guy who was president during covid sounds awful (yes, Charlie Kirk was on CNBC this morning)

The guy Trump nominated to lead the Bureau of Labor Statistics at January 6, amazing scoop by Ryan Reilly nbcnews.com/politics/justi…

A compilation of Aaron Rupar clips documenting Trump's repeated promises that he'd end the Russia-Ukraine war before taking office or within 24 hours after—at one point declaring he was "100% sure."

that summit could've been an email

Well, Putin does know a lot about rigging elections

One problem is that mortgage rates aren't based off the Fed's rate but the ~10y Treasury, which is being driven by uncertainty, Trump's deficits and his moron risk premium. The Fed's cuts had a small dent in mortgages in 2024 but reversed once Trump won. Unlikely to move now.