Fermi's Political Paradox

Uncle Underage

Next on the agenda for cabinet members: Red ties down to their knees and dead gerbils on their heads.

Their next editorial: Leaving a severed racehorse head in someone's bed is a legitimate exercise in persuasion.

Maybe some patriot can kick Trump in the shins so he feels it in his bones and stops this madness.

Looks like Cohen was only anti-Trump while Trump was out of office. But now that Trump has the pardon power again, Cohen is back in the fold.

Yep. The totally unexamined assumptions that Musk and his fanboys bring to this include "All tax money that isn't spent in a way that personally benefits me is waste", "Every government employee is a moron", "Government functions benefiting the public at large, and not geniuses like me, are fraud".

We want no Trumpist mutilation of English.

Trump here shows that by "we" he means fellow billionaire owners. Still incredible that this greedy sob was sold as some kind of defender of working and middle class white Americans. LOL.

No, the 77 million people stupid or hateful enough to vote for Trump brought this on us.

Exactly. I've been calling him Cheeto Mussolini for years.

George.

When they're right, they're right.

Seriously? You thought Trump's ego project and self-enrichment scheme was ever a serious peacemaking project? How are we to ever take you seriously?

Is there no limit to how much the yes-men ass-kissing sycophants Trump surrounds himself with will humiliate themselves in order to stay in the good graces of their infallible Dear Leader?

Is there no limit to how much the yes-men ass-kissing sycophants Trump surrounds himself with will humiliate themselves in order to stay in the good graces of their infallible Dear Leader?

The MAGA cult members would still vote for Trump even if he shot Melania on the White House lawn on national TV. But they are outnumbered, and those disapproving of the Orange Menace grow in numbers every day.

Here’s the WSJ telling us that Donald Trump is indeed Bibi’s Bitch. (Thanks, MAGA. Now GFY.)

This is what happens when you think actual planning and evaluation of consequences is just for DEI cucks.

This is what happens when you think actual planning and evaluation of consequences is just for DEI cucks.

In today's poll, voters were asked about Trump's handling of: his job as Commander in Chief of the U.S. military: 42 percent approve, while 55 percent disapprove; foreign policy: 40 percent approve, while 57 percent disapprove; the economy: 39 percent approve, while 58 percent disapprove; the situation with Iran: 38 percent approve, while 57 percent disapprove. The 58 percent disapproval for Trump's handling of the economy is the highest disapproval he has ever received for his handling of the economy. The previous high was 57 percent, most recently in Quinnipiac University's December 17, 2025 poll.

New Quinnipiac numbers are out. Trump is:

Negative 19 points on the economy
Negative 19 points on Iran
Negative 17 points on foreign policy
Negative 13 points on performance as commander in chief

The 58% disapproval for his handling of the economy is his highest ever

poll.qu.edu/poll-release...

Trump Plots Petty Revenge on CEO Who Called Him ‘Dictator’ The move against AI company Anthropic could happen as soon as this week.

Nothing refutes a company CEO's charge that you're acting like a dictator than plotting dictatorish revenge against that company. 🙄 www.thedailybeast.com/donald-trump...

If Trump really wants to destroy Iran he should go be its president for a few months.

Knowing that would require him to 1) know how to read, and 2) be willing to accept the advice of experts. Trump is totally incapable of doing either.

Federal Judges Are Slowly Realizing They Can Treat Trump Like Anyone Else Federal judges have been reluctant to hold the Trump administration in contempt for violating court orders. Now, they are getting impatient.

There are signs that at least some federal judges are getting tired of the Trump administration simply ignoring court orders

Guess What Moderate Democratic Voters Aren’t Anymore? Moderate. Two new polls suggest that moderate Democrats too want higher taxes on the rich and some measure of economic populism. Moderate isn’t what it was in 1992.

Guess What Moderate Democratic Voters Aren’t Anymore? Moderate. newrepublic.com/article/2074...

May we assume Kilmeade just enlisted? No?

What an asshole.

Well, this aged exactly how I was afraid it would

Yep, the Dems (with a few exceptions like Chris Murphy) have been mostly lame and not up to the challenge of fighting against an authoritarian regime.

Could she do more? Yes, but only in terms of public statements. Unfortunately when you're out of power, your options to do more are severely limited.