Just learned about this travesty & tragedy this morning …
Here’s a MUCH BETTER approach …
Upbuilding and constructive instead of tearing down and destructive. I like this much better.IG: @wainwrightbookbinding
Who else thinks the DJT has taken his renaming stunt too far?
And just like his bungling of the Lincoln Reflecting Pool, a satellite shot now shows Lake Ontario is full of algae …
Although it’s possible that there might be one bright & welcomed outcome …
Wednesday, I went to bed around sunrise, and got up around sunset, and stayed up. On Thursday, I did the same, and finished and posted this in real time, around sunrise. That won’t last too long. The opera is tomorrow, and Trinette will be coming over Sunday. By Tuesday at the latest I should be back on a schedule which, if not exactly normal, is at least normal for me.
ttps://harrylitman.substack.com/p/the-other-side-of-dojs-corruption
I am not saying, and I don’t think Harry is saying, that this is entirely due to this DOJ having thrown the presumption of regularity out of a fiftieth story uindow. But I can’t help but think it does play a part. And so does sheer incompetence (something which affects every aspect of this regime, not merely the DOJ.)
https://joycevance.substack.com/p/revisiting-can-federal-troops-be
It always surprises me – and, frankly, feels false – when the Mango Moron is described as using a “trial run.” simply because I don’t think is intelligent eough – and I do think he is too vain – to believe he needs one. However, he does have lackeys who are knowledgeable enough to recommend trial runs to him, and possibly glib enough to get his approval. Of course, a trial run on his part may also become a trial run on our part – or, at the very least, a telegraphing of the nature of the attack before it occurs. I’m very glad Joyce Vance is doing the analysis so that I don’t have to – she is SO much better at it than I could possibly be.
https://thefuckingnews.substack.com
I expect the Guardian has all of these stories, and a lot more respectfully at that. Somehow, to me, the tone felt exactly right.
https://www.confrontthehate.com/p/the-american-caesar-why-extremists
Well, here it is at last – the truth that, if we become a fascist nation, it won’t happen or at least not completely, from our being careless and just sliding into it. We will have been deliberately dragged into it by people who know exactly what they are doing, and want it to happen, because tthey think it will allow them to get everything they want. It won’t. But by the time they figure that out, since they are wealthy and think wealth will buy everything, i will be far too late for all of us. So much for “most of us just want the same things.” The people who want the power they believe a monarchy will give them re totally different. They are a minority, yes -but they are a larger minority than normal people can begin to comprehend.
Yestersay, I saw Virgil – we played cribbage – I passed on a greetng from and old friend 9n Florida, and he asked me to pass it back (which I intend to do via Jacquie Lawson.) Oh, yes, and Lindsey Graham suddenly died. There seems to be a lot of discussion about it. If I find one or two that are particularly illuminating, I’ll post them Wednesday.
On Saturday, Common Cause (commoncause dot org) emailed it mailing list (which includes me) to report that since the beginning of the year, they have tracked 149 bills in 38 states calling for an Article V convention. I knew there were numerous crazy people who want to use Article V to tear up the Constitution so they can replace it with an authoritarian document – but 38 states? That’s very unwelcome news. I didn’t put this up on Sunday so as not to contaminate the good news, and the link I provide is to their home page, but they may ask for a donation/ I am not asking. That’s up to you.
This week, Todd Blanche faces confirmation hearings for his nomination to Attorney General. Last Friday, Joyce Vance discussed the potential for these hearings with another former DOJ prosecutor – one who worked with Blanche when he was still sane.The link is to a Substack video, so there’s a transcript. If I had to summarize it, I would say that even after almost 2,000 years, no one still now why a disciple into a Judas (I would argue that it isn’t money – or at least not just money. There’s something else going on.)
And speaking of Todd Blanche, there’s this. Adam is a journalist who specializes in legal news – he’s not a lawyer himself, but a good number of lawyers rspect his judgment when he does proffer an opinion, which he doesn’t here. I personally am not panicking – but this doesn’t exactly help.
This is a bunch of coprolites. Of course it’s pure projection. A black personin the public eye like this has everything to lose and nothing to gain from attacking physically or verbally a white person also in the public eye. God knows it can be tempting is the white person is a ritchbitch (not saying Clark is – I know zero about her.)
No doubt we’ve all enjoyed mocking DJT’s “Great State Fair” fiasco. And some took the opportunity to rub salt in his wounds with delightful trolling expertly done.
I decided to share a few that I came across that were delightful – and I hope you will feel free to add more in the Comments section.
A good place to start might be with DJT inspecting the construction amidst the scaffolding when the Fair was going up.
(Oops … just some hopeful thinking on my part.)
The whole world is aware that hardly anyone showed up. Crowd estimates are running between 45 – 47 attendees.
It’s been so dismal that DJT at first decided to take appropriate steps to try to salvage some dignity ..
But when it was painfully obvious that the crowds he fantasized about were never going to show up, he took it up a notch and ditched the whole plan …
Sadly the embarrassment didn’t let up, so DJT ratcheted it up another notch …
Well, the crack White House PR team decided to save the sad situation with their standard MO – LYING!
When it was clear Americans weren’t buying their lies they decided to provide visual proof of the “YUGE” turnout …
It’s really going to be hard to pick the most appropriate metaphor for DJT’s 2nd term – but certainly in the running are the Great Reflecting Pool Debacle …
Of course his lies to try to cover up his Great State Fair FLOP …
Hell, the even the Fair’s stage was literally falling apart …
So, if you came across more – please feel free to share them!
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Who you going to believe? Donnie “I-Just-Make-Shit-Up-to-Make-Me-Look-Important” Trump:
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2026/jun/19/giorgia-meloni-stunned-donald-trump-claims-begged-him-photo
Or your lying eyes?
And then DJT calls in the National Guard to battle the Reflecting Pool Algae Army …
Forget his surrender to Iran. Hell, DJT …
Yesterday, I got an email from Jasmine Crockett about a new poll – she is leading the Republican by 9 points, 51% to 43%, and this was just days after she entered the race. Fingers crossed! Also Trinette was by. Always so great to see her. We didn’t talk as much as usual – she is learning to crochet and I’m doing my best to help make it easier.
ICE Has Domestic Abuser Agent Locked Up In Their Own Facility
When I first saw this story, I hoped o find it in “Law & Order” – but no luck I’d love to see what their take would be. It seems to me wrong on so many levels.
https://archive.is/ICy7q
This (archived) from The Nation is not brand new, but I just received it yesterday from Dose of Democracy. All things considered, it probably should not be surprising, but I hadn’t thought about it. So I was surprised.
https://steveschmidt.substack.com/p/jfk-vs-donald-trump
This is not new either – except to me, probably. I was alive and I believe sentient during the Kennedy Presidential campaign, though not old enough to vote. I graduated from high school that year and started my freshman year of college. And I knew Kennedy had served in the US Navy during World War II. I had heard about PT-109. But I never realized that he and 12 others had been been presumed dead and actually had a funeral service. Steve Schmidt brings it up now to emphasize the contrast between JFK and the Orange Oligarch.
This past week “Dear Leader” took the next step on the way to becoming a fascist dictator by unfurling a HUGE banner – of HIMSELF – at the Ministry of Truth USDA.
A colossal, brooding image of Donald Trump now looms over the U.S. Department of Agriculture headquarters in Washington, D.C. The banner is unmistakably authoritarian in both style and scale. It features a stone-faced Trump gazing down upon the capital like a watchful overlord.
History has shown that such arrogant, pompous, narcissistic displays of self-exaltation do NOT herald a healthy, thriving democracy. Quite the opposite.
But folks took advantage of such pretentious chutzpah to have some fun …
If that wasn’t galling enough, salt was rubbed into the wound as it was displayed alongside a banner of Pres. Lincoln. It was Lincoln who founded the USDA in 1862 to
” … provide leadership on food, agriculture, natural resources, rural development, nutrition, and related issues based on public policy, the best available science, and effective management.”
But one Paulley Ticks took a bit of “artistic license” and saved the day with his pièce de résistance revision:
And he interestingly notes that the hand doing the flipping-off is his, because he could NOT find a pinky-sided image of a “giving-the-finger” photo.
https://x.com/PaulleyTicks/status/1923130550459470260
One would think that destroying democracy, ratcheting up in inflation with his tariffs and trade war, abandoning our longtime allies, kissing Putin’s ass and firing people would keep Donnie busy enough.
But now he’s investigating his desire to pave over the lawn in the Kennedy Rose Garden so it more closely resembles his Mar-a-Lago place.
(An aerial view of Kennedy Rose Garden PRIOR to Melania’s desecration)
While that’s galling enough, White House Communications Director Steven Cheung released a statement “justifying” Trump’s intentions to modify the grounds:
Designers are already busy drafting options for how to “remake” the Rose Garden to then recreate the patio experience at Mar-a-Lago.
But Donnie isn’t stopping there with his makeover plans:
Sadly, the White House Historical Association has no statutory authority over the premises. Additionally, the Rose Garden is outside of its scope because it is outdoors.
And worse, the National Park Service, controlled by the Department of the Interior, maintains the grounds, including the Rose Garden.
At least the roses are currently reported to remain.
Anyone else reminded of the lyrics from “Big Yellow Taxi”?
Don’t it always seem to go
That you don’t know what you’ve got ’til it’s gone
They paved paradise, put up a parking lot
STORY SOURCE:
Trump Considers Paving Grass at White House Rose Garden to Match Mar-a-Lago – The New York Times