King of Make Believe

Is there anyone left to rise up after tens of thousands were murdered following the last time an American told them to rise up?

Trump wants a war on cartels. Mexico's president says he should start by combatting guns and addiction After President Trump announced a military coalition to fight cartels and mocked Mexico's refusal to allow operations there, Mexican President Claudia Sheinbaum said the U.S. should address drug demand and stop illegal arms trafficking.

Trump wants a war on cartels. Mexico's president says he should start by combatting guns and addiction

And covered it up

And lied about it

Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson criticizes Supreme Court emergency rulings During a public forum, Jackson and conservative Justice Brett M. Kavanaugh offered differing views of President Trump’s wins before the high court.

“What is happening now is the administration is making new policy, but then insisting that the new policy take effect immediately before a challenge about its lawfulness is determined,” Jackson said. www.washingtonpost.com/politics/202...

Despite Using Iranian Meddling to Justify War, Trump Axes Election Defenses It's hypocritical for the President to pretend to care about foreign actors influencing US elections, writes Paul M. Barrett.

Trump is signaling that he's going to try to use his fascist war against Iran to justify restrictions on elections in the U.S. I explain in this new piece for Tech Policy Press (spoiler alert: I draw on Tim Snyder and Marc Elias to make the case -- it's scary). www.techpolicy.press/despite-usin...

President Trump will go down in history as Netanyahu’s idiot stooge who started a war of choice in the Mideast and slaughtered 168 schoolgirls with a cruise missile on the very first day.

And then lied to us and refused to take responsibility.

Has Trump made America great yet?

‘A very dangerous person’: alarm as Pete Hegseth revels in carnage of Iran war Critics say brash, bombastic Fox News host out of his depth to guide US military through murky new Middle East conflict

“I wish I could say how cavalier, obtuse and hopeless Secretary Hegseth is at leading the Pentagon. I can’t even muster the words to describe his self-adulation, matched only in scope by his apparent moral depravity.”

www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026...

The WSJ calls it “the most severe energy crisis since the 1970s.” ⛽️

@wsj.com
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"They looked forward to speaking again soon" must be doing a lot of work.

Especially when the "shield" sounds like a mile-high prophylactic.

Is it bad if a shield is full of holes

Former staff show how Trump acted to upend EPA's mission and "make America sicker" Their new report details relaxed restrictions on dangerous chemicals in food, consumer products, water and air.

Trump's EPA relaxed restrictions on dangerous chemicals in food, consumer products, water and air

He lies when it rains,
He lies about Spain.
He lies at night,
He lies mid flight.
He lies every afternoon,
He lies when he drops his spoon.
He lies sitting in a chair,
He lies while coloring his hair.
He lies about an economy on the skids,
He even lies about dead school kids.👇

Occasionally conspiracy theories turn out to be true.

Reminder: Epstein’s former BFF Donald Trump was president when he died in federal custody. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Cryptic Emails and No Strings Attached. How MacKenzie Scott Gives Away Billions. The injections of cash, which arrive without warning, have led to bolstered finances, scholarships, jobs—and sometimes even more money.

MacKenzie Scott’s more than $26 billion in charitable gifts have arrived without warning and have led to bolstered finances, scholarships and jobs.

Occasionally conspiracy theories turn out to be true.

Reminder: Epstein’s former BFF Donald Trump was president when he died in federal custody. www.miamiherald.com/news/local/c...

Rapid heating of the atmosphere of an extrasolar planet - Nature This paper reports 8-µm photometric observations of the planet HD 80606b during a 30-hour interval bracketing the periastron passage of its extremely eccentric 111.4 day orbit. As the planet received ...

It’s pretty damned neat that we can watch in real time as an extrasolar planet heats up by thousands of degrees as it swings in close to its parent star.

Anyway, Trump keeps trying to cut NASA’s budget and Congress keeps funding the agency. Good times.

Trump: "A lot of our people were walking around without legs"

NEW from me: Ketamine, Prostitution and Money: Here Are The Details of a Secret DEA Probe of Jeffrey Epstein

🎁 www.bloomberg.com/news/feature...

Brent Crude over $90. When it hits $100 MAGA GOP's will light their hair on fire

CFR: Qatar’s energy minister issued a stark warning about the war’s impact on energy prices today, telling the Financial Times that continued war could force Gulf energy exporters to shut down production within days and drive oil prices to $150 per barrel.

Trump Farquad

When asked if USians should worry about a retaliatory attack in the US by Iran.

Trump: “I guess,” “they’re worried about that all the time." "yeah, you know, we expect some things" "some people will die," "When you go to war, some people will die."

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News Corp is essentially an AI ‘input company’, chief executive says, after US$150m deal with Meta Chief executive Robert Thomson says he often speaks to both OpenAI’s Sam Altman and Meta’s Mark Zuckerberg News Corp’s global chief executive has described news organisations as a valuable “input” for artificial intelligence, as the media empire signs an AI content licensing deal with Meta worth up to US$50m (A$71m) a year. In an upbeat presentation, the chief executive of Rupert Murdoch’s company, Robert Thomson, said the “reliable” breaking news and information in publications like the Australian, the Times of London and Dow Jones was “hard to beat” as an “input” for AI. Continue reading...

News Corp is essentially an AI ‘input company’, chief executive says, after US$150m deal with Meta

So now the total number of countries attacked by Trump is 8. 9 if you count his sending US military into US cities.

Why is it Donald Trump is quick to kick around little countries, but not great powers? Does it say something about his own weakness and cowardice?