Crooks and Liars

Donald Trump is now using tariffs as a cudgel to interfere in other countries' elections and politics. Cut to Brazil, where Trump's good friend, former President Bolsonaro, has been charged along with 33 allies in the conspiracy to overthrow the 2022 election…

CNBC interviewed Peter Navarro earlier Monday where he offered nothing but lies, and exaggerations while making ridiculous claim after claim.…

Labor Secretary Lori Chavez-DeRemer told Fox News that American citizens are willing to do those jobs "illegal migrants are doing" to defend Trump's destruction of Medicaid and his mass deportations by using the Apprenticeship Programs as proof. I don't see…

Durham, North Carolina, is facing horrible flash floods this week.…

The Trump administration is "investigating" James Comey. And it's definitely to distract the public from the Epstein cover-up.…

Political Science Professor Adam Bonica prepared a chart (see below) that is worth at least a thousand words. He accompanied it with the explainer, “When lower courts blocked Trump admin policies, SCOTUS intervened on an emergency basis to lift those orders…

Georgia Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene said Americans are "not going to accept" that convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein did not have a client list. She's correct to a point. Some in MAGA World are colluding with the Trump administration in burying the Epstein…

The Trump administration's assault on minorities and migrants continues as they implement English-only requirements for truck drivers.…

Donald Trump was put on the spot Wednesday and started babbling uncontrollably after the NY Times' Shawn McCreesh asked him how it feels to be left out of the loop on such an important decision.…

These people are monsters, but sadly no one's going to hold any of them accountable for the blood they've got on their hands.…

Ten people are charged with attempted murder after attackers in black military-style clothing (you know, like ICE?) opened fire outside a Texas immigration detention center in a “planned ambush” that left one police officer wounded, a prosecutor said.…

Roughly 8 million student loan borrowers will see their interest charges restart next month, Trump flunky Linda McMahon announced Wednesday. Via ABC News:…

CNN’s Jake Tapper has accused the Trump administration of playing the public for fools by closing the case on Jeffrey Epstein. Via the Daily Beast:…

Today’s killer news about the Trump administration’s deliberately deadly policies comes via The New York Times.…

Above, The Polecats perform, Make A Circuit With Me. A calendar bot reminded me that today July 10 is the blog-a-versary of the late and lamented Skippy The Bush Kangaroo, may he blog in peace, and that brings us to AI, or as I like to call it: Fancy…

Loyalty tests are a staple in the Trump administration, where employees must vow fealty to the president. Now that Musk and Donald have been publicly feuding, it's becoming more bizarre with each passing day. The bromance is over between the White House and…

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Trump supporters who think the One Big Beautiful Bill is going to mean a huge windfall for them (just like they believed tariffs would benefit them and Trump would bring down the price of groceries on day 1) are in for a RUDE surprise. And wow, is it going to…

ICE Barbie will deport anyone. Literally, anyone. And a Hispanic conservative who actually advised Oklahoma Governor Stitt found that out the hard way when he was sent to Guatemala.…

Detainees being held at the Florida migrant center, "Alligator Alcatraz," have spoken out about the deplorable conditions at the facility, including maggots in the food, lack of access to water to bathe, and denial of religious rights. And now we know why…

There are a lot of hypocrites in politics, people who will say one thing and do another. But none can match Ted Cruz. He's on a completely different level from everyone else. And there are reasons for his particular noxious brand of sanctimonious piety. For…

Sen Ron Johnson did an interview with Politico, at which time he said that he wanted to take a "second bite" out of Medicaid. He also said that he had commitments from leadership and the White House to let him do just that:…

Fox News' Outnumbered cut away from their program to air Trump' s latest remarks only to suddenly cut away from an apparently medicated Trump because his face was so heavily dyed and shiny, it was distracting.…

Clarence Thomas and his MAGA buddies on the Supreme Court can probably look forward to extra generosity from their ultra-wealthy benefactors. Because destroying the federal government is the first step toward privatization. That’s exactly what Project 2025…

On Tuesday, Agriculture Sec Brooke Rollins was asked about mass deportations and amnesties within the farming industry, and she unconscionably claimed 34 million able-bodied Americans on Medicaid could fill those roles because they are lazy people refusing to…