Some people ask "If Donald Trump were a Russian asset, what would he do differently?" But you could equally well ask "If Donald Trump were a complete fucking idiot, what would he do differently?" In both cases, the answer is "Nothing", so asking the question isn't really that helpful.

Nigel Farage just took a question from a 'journalist' at his press conference, who turned out to be his former chief adviser Raheem Kassam, who asks him why the media are being so unfair to him

You know what? Maybe we should let him have his flying bordello after all. What's the worst that could happen?

Shepherd@neolithicsheep.bsky.social · 3w ago

"Several key security and safety features on the Boeing planes that have been used for decades as Air Force One are not visible on the upgraded jet, including a lower-level exit for high-risk situations, additional backup power capacity and AN ADVANCED ANTIMISSILE SYSTEM" (emphasis mine)

How to survive the apocalypse: 1. Get a billionaire to build state-of-the-art bunker. 2. Get hired on their security force. 3. Convince them to hire your friends. 4. When apocalypse begins, kill/toss billionaires. 5. Invite your friends & family to move into bunker with you. 6. Wait out apocalypse.

Gojira1000@gojira1000.bsky.social · last mo.

The "bunker bros" amuse me. Day one their security force - or a band of former contractors - is going to kill them and toss the corpse out prior to looting the place.

Every time I think that this timeline (and this administration) cannot possibly get any stupider, I am proved wrong.

Matthew Gault@mjgault.bsky.social · last mo.

Hegseth announced they're gonna start screening for T and administering testosterone treatment for warriors found wanting

I won't believe Mitch McConnell is dead until I hear Donald Trump say he's alive.

Putin's probably watching the wave of sudden fatal illnesses striking down Republican politicians and thinking "What's the matter? Don't they have any windows in the US?"

People have a lot of harsh words for Donald Trump, but it’s worth remembering that he will one day do something that will make more people happy than any public figure before him, and that’s no small accomplishment.

Y'all holy shit, everyone wished McConnell was dead so hard that Graham caught the strays

Sen. Lindsey Graham dies after sudden illness, family asks for privacy

(WJBF) — The office of U.S. Senator Lindsey Graham says the South Carolina Republican has died following a brief and sudden illness. In a statement released Sunday, Graham’s office said he passed a…

wjbf.com

With the death of Lindsay Graham and the suspected demise of Mitch McConnell, authorities have called on President Trump to open the nation's strategic schadenfreude reserves. "We've seldom seen this level of demand for schadenfreude," said one expert, "One more death could send us over the edge."

So now Lindsay Graham's dead, who gets all the kompromat Trump apparently had on him? Is it just buried with him, or will it go in the Trump Presidential Library?

No one is more disappointed today than Satan, who came to collect Lindsay Graham's soul only to discover that he didn't have one.

Donald Trump is virtually brain dead in the White House, and Republicans are not merely content but determined to leave it that way indefinitely, so the McConnell case is certainly not without precedent.

BrooklynDad_Defiant!@mmpadellan.bsky.social · last mo.

It is INSANE that Senator Mitch McConnell is virtually brain dead in the hospital, and Republicans are content to leave it that way indefinitely. His wife is in China, just DAYS after he received CPR, so nobody with power of attorney? Something ain't right here

A credibly-accused sexual abuser dictating terms is pretty much where we're at in this timeline. Nothing says putting the needs of the people above your personal interests quite like "Do what I say, or I'll remain in the race and make sure Maine gets Susan Collins again".

Peter Baker@peterbakernyt.bsky.social · last mo.

Platner aide lists terms for dropping out: “If he was to step down it would only be with a guarantee of being replaced by a candidate who he believes is true to the values and vision and policy agenda of the campaign that Maine voted for." @shanegoldmacher.bsky.social www.nytimes.com/live/2026/07...

Pretty obviously, no one wants to open the box to find out if Mitch McConnell is alive or dead, so he will remain permanently in a superimposed state in which he is both alive and dead at the same time. Call it quantum physics, call it black magic, but it’s firmly on-brand for him.

I think this means that the US is about to go to war with Belgium.

John Bull@garius.bsky.social · last mo.

That Belgian FA statement, with alt. The can of worms FIFA have just poured over themselves is huge. This has spooked all the European FAs. Their whole deal with FIFA has ALWAYS been that you don't let the leopard bite their faces. They just chomped on Belgium's nose www.rbfa.be/en/news/upda...

Reports that the Trump corruption machine allegedly celebrated America's 250th birthday by stealing donations intended for a national celebration are, perhaps, the least surprising news story of the decade.

Bill Prady@billprady.com · last mo.

There were two entities: America 250, a bipartisan organization chartered by Congress, and Freedom 250, a Trump-backed group. Companies intending to donate to America250 were supplied routing and account numbers that directed their funds to Freedom 250. wapo.st/4fe4Whs

The Pope says he hopes JD Vance has "learned" from what he just did to the Society of Saint Pius X.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 2mo ago

JD Vance says he hopes the Pope has “learned” from what he and Trump have said about immigration

I think the question we're all asking is: how long before J.D. Vance rushes to join the Nazi-adjacent white supremacist schismatics and declares that they, not Woke Pope Leo, are the true heirs of St. Peter? By the sound of it, these are absolutely his kind of Catholics.

Claire Willett@clairewillett.bsky.social · 2mo ago

a fun fact about SSPX is that the main founder was a Vichy regime sympathizer and one of his founding bishops was an outright Holocaust denier. both excommunicated in the 80s I’m no JPII stan, but you KNOW that was one thing former Polish Resistance member Karol Wojtyla was NOT going to stand for

"It's clearly wrong the candidates we backed didn't win. Something needs to be done about that." "Have you tried not sucking?" "Excuse me?" "Maybe if establishment Democrats weren't spineless & apathetic, the socialists wouldn't win. You could try to do better." "Yeah, that's not an option."

Truthout@truthout.org · 2mo ago

“The mayor and I agree to strongly disagree about some of his endorsements,” Jeffries said after all three of Mamdani's endorsements won in NYC. “He’s got work to do in terms of the conversations that he’s going to have with members of Congress moving forward,” Jeffries said of Mamdani.

Not enough people understood that when Donald Trump said he'd run the country like one of his businesses, it was a threat, not a promise.

Just a Dad 📎@dadmakingcans.bsky.social · 2mo ago

Can we finally all agree that the argument “we should run the country like a business, and therefore elect businessmen to run it” has been a failed experiment?

One way or another, Trump's ballroom will never get built before his term ends, and he will leave the US with another perfect metaphor for his presidency: a hole in the ground half-filled with rubble where something much better once stood.

Vance: "Childless cat ladies" is one of the dumbest things I ever said. Everyone: Nope. Not even close.

Snitty@clofsnitville.bsky.social · 2mo ago

NBC should be embarrassed to let Vance use them for image rehab like this: www.nbcnews.com/politics/jd-...

You know, between the child pornography, the Nazi salutes and this whole "instigating murderous fascist riots" thing, I'm starting to think that this Elon Musk guy might not be a very nice person.

"So why aren't the Democrats … so why don't the Democrats …" Let me stop you right there. Whatever question you're asking, the answer is either "Because they don't want to anger their wealthy donors" or "Because they're afraid that the billionaire-owned media would criticize them for it."

The New York Times@nytimes.com · 2mo ago

In @nytopinion.nytimes.com “Americans hate data centers. They really, really hate them,” our columnist Tressie McMillan Cottom writes. So why aren’t the Democrats, desperate for organized voters, jumping at the chance to get into the fight?

The house is on fire, but I'd like you all to take a minute to stop and admire my helicopter beanie. And look! The guy who poured gasoline through the mail slot and lit the match is wearing one too! We're beanie buds! So freaking cute!!!! xxx

Senator Amy Klobuchar@klobuchar.senate.gov · 2mo ago

Happy National Seersucker Day! Great to join my colleagues from both sides of the aisle in kicking off summer with this time-honored tradition.

Here is a definitive summary, by a group of Conservative jurists with integrity, of the facts in those 64 cases against our 2020 elections. The cases were a numb, cynical train wreck of falsehoods. Every judge threw them out of every court. Sixty four times. —> lostnotstolen.org

I don't know about you, but I am absolutely getting "the yips" at the thought that the United States is run by a man who is demonstrably, flagrantly insane. Or that there are apparently large numbers of people in the US who can read a screed like this and go "Yep, totally normal, no problem there."

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com · 3mo ago

Trump: “I understand Artists are getting ‘the yips’ having to do with their performance on Wednesday, so I am thinking about bringing the Number One Attraction anywhere in the World, the man who gets much larger audiences than Elvis in his prime, and he does so without a guitar, DONALD J. TRUMP”

I think it's clever of him to get an early start so he can beat the rush.

David Ho@davidho.bsky.social · 3mo ago

Peter Thiel fleeing to Argentina seems a bit too on the nose.

Look -- it's the Zuckerbarge!

Dom Ervolina@dominicervolina.com · 3mo ago

Redistribute their wealth