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Smarmy attorney. Captain of chivalry. Baron of decency. Tadpole of villainy. Yeoman, Starfleet. If knaves persist and insist, I shall resist till they desist. The helmet keeps my massive brain from oozing out . . .

When I was a kid, Catholics were not supposed to eat fish or meat on Good Friday. Then one day, God sent Pope John Paul II an uneqivocal, incontrovertible signal flare. And he announced that we could eat fish on Good Friday. And here we are. Involuntary pescatarians.

The quandary of being an American in current times: Whenever other countries or world leaders take a stand against my corrupt government, I applaud and cheer. I also die a little more inside . . .

No progress will transpire; no reform will take root, until SCOTUS is reformed. SCOTUS has been captured by tycoons aligned with the GOP. It has anointed itself as a super-legislature, overturning statutes passed by Congress, e.g. the Voting Rights Act. It is unaccountable and nakedly partisan.

Maine. I am blue. You're blue. We must parley. Susan Collins paved the way for Justice Kavanaugh to join SCOTUS on Oct. 6, 2018. On Nov. 3, 2020, you re-elected Collins, despite knowing what was coming. On June 24, 2022, SCOTUS overturned Roe v. Wade. On Nov. 3, 2026, help Susan skip away.

🇺🇦President Zelenskyy: The world has Patriot missiles. What matters now is for our partners to make the political decision to provide the necessary packages. The United States knows what we need. Europe knows what we need. Anti-ballistic missiles must protect people – not sit in stockpiles.

The Reflecting Pool; a reflection of the cesspool which is this putrid regime. US Attorney Jeanine Pirro must be green around the gills to match the algae as Trump denounces her decision to drop the frivolous lawsuit against an Olympian, no less . . . www.cnn.com/2026/08/01/p...

Trump’s Reflecting Pool debacle takes a predictably scandalous turn | CNN Politics

Nothing about what happened Friday, when the Justice Department dropped its case against a purported Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool vandal, was completely surprising.

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The Trump regime had already been doling out cash in shady 'legal' deals. Mike Flynn - who had pleaded guilty - received $1.2 million. Ashli Babbit's family received $4.975 million. The slush fund for insurrectionists is the natural escalation from the status quo. www.cnn.com/2026/07/31/p...

Trump further muddies Blanche negotiations, saying he wishes ‘anti-weaponization’ fund weren’t dead | CNN Politics

President Donald Trump is further complicating negotiations as White House and Justice Department officials try to unstick Todd Blanche’s nomination for attorney general, saying Friday that a controve...

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Never has a political candidate of any sort been booed off the stage as viciously is Ohio gubernatorial candidate, Vivek Ramaswamy. He's fast learning with MAGA that although salamanders and snakes may congregate, one is still a reptile, the other an amphibian . . . www.reddit.com/r/Ohio/comme...

From the Ohio community on Reddit: Vivek Ramaswamy fails to read the room and is booed offstage after telling Ohio crowd, "The truth of the matter is, people in my generation have already made it. We'...

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African countries collectively heave a sigh of relief despite finding that they are now the recipients of the Pumpkin Palpatine's mammalian malice, instead of humanitarian aid from USAID. But they can effectively hide from him, as the man and his regime have trouble locating them on a map . . .

Eric Geller@ericjgeller.com · 6d ago

"A US government map of Africa mislabeled every country during a state department presentation at a global conference in Brazil this week, causing a stir among attenders who took screenshots and posted them online."

Evil is always bold, for it must operate in defiance of its apparent and transparent conscience. Decency is often timid, for its course is habitually plagued by reflection and introspection. For decency to survive, it must care less, in order to care more . . .