Posts by Shopie Claire
MAGA Demands Bondi’s Head After Failed Comey Indictment
MAGA is furious at U.S. Attorney Pam Bondi and the Department of Justice over the entirely “avoidable” botched indictments of President Donald Trump’s political enemies. A federal judge on Monday dropped the criminal indictments against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, deciding that the prosecutor who brought the charges…
Read MoreD.C. Mayor Bowser Finally Says She Won’t Run Again. It’s About Time.
“Thank you, Mayor. You led our city through tough times, delivered some huge wins, and consistently stood on the right side of public safety issues … including rejecting calls to defund the DC police,” one user wrote. “Wishing you the best as a private citizen.” “The city has been unfortunate to have you serve as…
Read MorePete Hegseth Takes His Petty Culture War to … the Scouts
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is attacking the Scouts for not being nice enough to boys. Hegseth plans to cut all military ties with Scouting America, formerly known as the Boy Scouts, on the grounds that they are attacking “boy-friendly spaces,” being too “genderless,” pushing “gender confusion,” and adopting DEI, according to a draft memo to…
Read MoreDOGE May Be Dead, But Its Crimes Live On
DOGE’s supposed North Star was taxpayer savings, but by that yardstick it was a dismal failure. Elon Musk, the billionaire ketamine fancier who ran DOGE through May as a time-limited special government employee, predicted up front that he could cut “at least $2 trillion” from the $7 trillion budget. Then he said $1 trillion. Then he said $150 billion.…
Read MoreWhite House Declares All of Trump’s Orders to Military Are Legal
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says “all orders” from President Trump are “lawful orders,” and troops have no right to question him. “All lawful—all orders—lawful orders are presumed to be legal by our service members. You can’t have a functioning military if there is disorder and chaos within the ranks,” Leavitt told reporters outside…
Read MoreTrump Cancels Release of Crucial Economic Report to Hide His Failures
Are Americans supposed to think that the Trump administration canceling the release of economics reports is somehow a good sign for the economy? The Bureau of Economic Analysis announced Monday that it had officially canceled releasing the advance estimate on gross domestic product (GDP) for the third quarter of 2025. The Trump administration had previously…
Read MoreJD Vance Snaps Over Mitch McConnell’s Comments on Trump Ukraine Plan
Vice President JD Vance threw a fit Monday over Republicans criticizing President Donald Trump’s—or possibly, Vladimir Putin’s—latest scheme to give Russia everything it wants from Ukraine. Vance fumed on social media as Republicans voiced their concerns about the latest sprawling peace plan that was essentially a “wish list” of Russia’s long-standing demands, requiring Ukraine to…
Read MoreTrump Begs GOP Billionaire to Bring Back the Movie Rush Hour
Trump has already sent aircraft carriers to the Caribbean Sea, part of a deployment of dozens of warships, as well as 15,000 troops, to the region. The administration has been bombing boats in the waters around central America, north of Venezuela, which the government claims are transporting drugs to the U.S., with very weak legal…
Read MoreTrump Is a Weak, Failing President, and the Media Is Finally Saying So
Suddenly, media outlets seem to have figured out that President Donald Trump is really, really unpopular. There’s been a palpable shift in the discourse: The New York Times reports that Republicans are quietly looking beyond Trump, suggesting he’s losing his grip on the party. Axios claims that it’s “red alert” time for Trump and the…
Read More“Not Going To Be Intimidated”: Dem Senator Rips Into Trump
Senator Elisa Slotkin, a Democrat from Michigan, received a bomb threat at her home on Friday. In a statement on X, a spokesperson for Slotkin said that she wasn’t home at the time, and that the police “searched the property and confirmed no one was in danger.” The offices of representatives Jason Crow, Chrissy Houlahan,…
Read MoreMy Weekend With the Anti-Vaxxers
The last presentation of the morning was a tour of the anti-vaccine movement’s historical canon by physician Suzanne Humphries. This was, admittedly, difficult to follow; my notes are just full of “!!!!” over and over again. As best as I can recall, among the featured players was a 17-year-old female savant in biochemistry dragooned into…
Read MoreDem Lawmakers Get Bomb Threats After Trump Calls For Their Execution
“Her lawyers have replied that she’s not going to answer any questions,” Comer told Politico. “She’s only going to plead the Fifth. I mean, I could spend a bunch of taxpayer dollars to send staff and members down there, and if she’s going to plead the Fifth, I don’t know that that’s a good investment.”…
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