Central Coast FOG
@centralcoastfog.bsky.social
Retired Tax Attorney (Board Certifed Specialist), former Army Infantry and JAGC.
"I was at Gettysburg with Charles Linbergh when we defeated the Spanish Armada"
Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 20h agoTrump claims he was basically lifted out of the rubble on 9/11: "Two fireman, big strong guys, they grabbed me under the arms -- 'got to get our of here!' -- and they literally lifted me up, and they started running with me."
I’ll never get over Trump’s betrayal of America and our 17 intelligence agencies when he sided with Putin at the 2018 Helsinki summit and Putin’s assertion that he didn’t interfere in the 2020 election.
The Clown Witkoff is a national embarrassment. Totally unqualified for the task. Totally incompetent.
Tim White@twmcltd.bsky.social · 3d agoIt's hard to express the disgust felt by Ukrainians (and me) at these words from Steve Witless. Incredible memories of rape, castration, POWs being executed, apartment blocks and kids' hospitals bombed. This is why idiots cannot be diplomats or envoys. #WitkoffResign
In Missouri, GOP officials argue that swapping election maps between the primaries and the midterms will confuse voters. But in Texas, Republicans are doing exactly that. For GOP leaders, the issue seems to be less about voter impact and more about how much their candidates will or won’t benefit.
In Missouri and Texas, Republicans make opposite arguments on whether redistricting maps can change after a primary
Missouri’s GOP state officials say they are taking the extraordinary step of asking the U.S. Supreme Court to overrule a unanimous Missouri Supreme Court decision.
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Newsom: "Do you know how much his supporters lost on that memecoin? It's down 98%. They lost $3.8 billion. His supporters. And he took home over $600 million. That says everything you need to know about the president of the United States, Donald Trump, about who this man is."
Federal law governing US coins state “no coin issued under this subsection may bear the image of a living former or current President" & no “portrait or bust of any person, living or dead, and no portrait of a living person may be included" in the design. www.huffpost.com/entry/live-u...
U.S. Mint Releases New $1 Coin With Trump's Face On It
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The richest man owns X. The second and fourth richest men control Google. The third richest man owns The Washington Post. The sixth richest man owns Facebook, Instagram, and WhatsApp. And now the seventh richest could soon take over both Paramount and Warner Bros. See the problem here?
I’m curious, if “eggs expensive under Biden” was newsworthy, how come “Trump intentionally caused every single fucking thing to be heinously expensive” isn’t a story?
"The time Hegseth wastes enforcing ideological purity or instituting quack manosphere nostrums like testing service members for testosterone levels is time unspent understanding and operationalizing the lessons learned from the battlefield of Ukraine..." digbysblog.net/2026/08/30/t...
Trump, Putin And Whiskey Pete - Digby's Hullabaloo
This piece by Mike Lofgren in the Washington Monthly takes a deep dive into what they're doing to the military. It's not good: One of the most astonishing developments of the 21st century has been Ukr...
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As noted by Paul Krugman in the article referenced here, the GOP has presented to the extremely wealthy the effective repeal of tax enforcement. With great disappointment and alarm, I have witnessed this development. Krugman speaks absolute truth here. paulkrugman.substack.com/p/from-kakis...
From Kakistocracy to Cheatistocracy
Rewarding the most dishonest
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Pritzker: So here’s the truth, plain and simple: Our state is under siege. Not by protesters, immigrants, the deep state, the press, Canada or Mexico or Greenland, Antifa or Jewish space lasers or pride parades. No. Our state's under siege by a petty, corrupt man in Washington.
"[Donald Trump] is the most lawless president in American history. I don't think anyone even comes close. And the attempt to require the U.S. Postal Service to interfere with elections—that he knows he will lose—is itself an impeachable offense."
Whenever we are finally able to unravel all the details of the Venezuelan oil theft to uncover all the bribes, kickbacks and corruption by American and Venezuelan politicians, greedy oligarchs & swindlers it’s going to make Trump’s $2 billion crypto scam look like an appetizer.
So far this year, Hegseth has removed at least 45 officers, selected by boards made up of peers, from promotion lists. More than half of those officers have been female or Black. These actions appear to violate the rules governing a promotion system that is meant to be apolitical and merit-based.
Lindsay Beyerstein@beyerstein.bsky.social · 2w agoHow many rounds of "purge widens" headlines is this?
So, let me get this straight, the US illegally attacks a country, kidnaps its president, threatens its government with massive military force, gets them to hand over to US control a huge portion of their national assets, hails the billions it has already brought in and promises billions more...
WHY IS THE USA INCAPABLE OF REMOVING AN OBVIOUSLY INSANE AND INCOMPETENT PRESIDENT?
This is a more significant breakdown in the fundamental bonds of the union than the headline might imply. www.nytimes.com/2026/08/27/u... 🎁
ICE agent Christian Castro Released From Texas Jail After Minnesota Loses Court Fight (Gift Article)
The state had sought to have the agent extradited from Texas to answer charges in Minneapolis related to an on-duty shooting that wounded an immigrant.
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The United States has never looked weaker or more ridiculous and incompetent to allies and enemies around the world than we do right now.
“My parents died so fuck yours too,” is quite the argument against reasonable healthcare
President Obama, Most Admired, And Who Inspired, The U.S. .......
The degree to which it is conventional wisdom around the world that the president of the United States is a corrupt, untrustworthy, mentally imbalanced, declining, idiot is really remarkable. I mean, yes, those are the obvious facts, but still...
Absolutely accurate. They are reactionaries. Extremists. NOT conservatives.
Randi Mayem Singer@rmayemsinger.bsky.social · 2w agoThey are NOT "conservatives." STOP calling them "conservatives." They are extremists. They are reactionaries. They are right wingers. "Conservatives," they are NOT. So friggin' stop using that word. Not for SCOTUS justices. Not for elected reps. Not for maga voters. Not for Fox News. STOP doing it.
Trump personally intervened in the DOJ’s case against LiveNation-Ticketmaster, reportedly telling top officials to “settle it.” LiveNation donated $500K to Trump’s inauguration, then hired a law firm with close ties to Trump weeks before the scheduled trial. The corruption is endless.
Trump Told DOJ to Settle Live Nation Case After Meeting With CEO in Oval Office
Donald Trump directed the DOJ to settle its antitrust case with Live Nation after meeting with CEO Michael Rapino in the
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The president made over 1,000 stock transactions, according to the most recent disclosure form released on Saturday.
Trump Made Big Stock Trades In SpaceX, Palantir And Tech Companies In June
The president made over 1,000 stock transactions, according to the most recent disclosure form released on Saturday.
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How much evidence is there that Trump is a very, very mentally deranged individual, demanding that his name is on everything. Even the new helipad has his name on it. At least people will be able to walk on his name and spit on it before the offending granite slab is torn out by his successor.
Unbelievable. Hagueseth kills the unit created by Gen. George to prepare the US for drone warfare. Current DoD leadership advocates "back-to-basics," core soldiering skills. This reminds me of Poland in 1939 bragging about having horse cavalry to fight Panzers. www.msn.com/en-us/news/u...
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The failure in Iran is a direct consequence of the war of attrition waged against expertise in the government by this admin and its allies since January 20, 2025. This was all predictable and predicted. Thanks to @gregsargent.bsky.social for having me on the pod.
Greg Sargent@gregsargent.bsky.social · 3w agoTrump officials now admit his team failed to grasp Iran's rulers and were too confident in surrender, per Politico. But as @atabatabai.bsky.social notes on the pod, he gutted civil service/diplomatic corps, making this sort of failure more likely! She's so good here: newrepublic.com/article/2144...
