Paul Hallasy
@paulhallasy.bsky.social
New York City-based comedian, writer, actor and singer. Performs regularly in New York City, at clubs and colleges across the U.S. & around the world. www.paulhallasy.com
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/a... There’s no limit to the ego and inferiority complex of this POS, up to and including a “transparent effort to circumvent the court’s ruling.” #TrumpKennedyCenter
Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump’s Name on Building
The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge’s order to remove his name.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u... Another frivolous Trump lawsuit dismissed. #TrumpHarvard
Judge Dismisses Trump Administration’s Antisemitism Case Against Harvard
The government argued the university had not done enough to combat antisemitism during campus protests. A judge called the incidents “isolated and episodic.”
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www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u... “While federal agents repeatedly broke the law, ordinary people exercised their First Amendment rights to protect their neighbors. The Trump administration is now trying to intimidate individuals and organizations who opposed his agenda.” #HomelandSecurity
U.S. Investigated Left-Leaning Groups During Minnesota Immigration Crackdown
The government conducted expansive surveillance, infiltrated group chats and obtained financial records of organizations never accused of crimes.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/u... THE CORRUPTION NEVER ENDS WITH TRUMP!!! #HomelandSecurity
Homeland Security Paid $464 Million for Airplanes. Then It Parked Them.
The agency used a no-bid contract to buy 10 used jets, saying they were urgently needed for deportation flights. But the fleet has largely sat idle for months.
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TOMORROW!!! It’s summer laughin’! Advance tickets available here: cur8.com/23871/projec... #eatdrinklaugh #pangeanyc #standupcomedy #newyorkcity
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/13/a... Fuck this fucking asshole! Is there no limit to his ego/inferiority complex? #TrumpKennedyCenter
Kennedy Center Board Decides to Inscribe Trump’s Name on Building
The vote to add “Restored and Renovated by President Donald J. Trump” is an aggressive test of a judge’s order to remove his name.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u... Trump Always Chickens Out #TrumpAirForceOne
With Trump Secretly Evacuated, Imperiled Air Force One Became a Flying Decoy
In response to a threat against the jet last month, the president was clandestinely removed in a catering container. But the plane was sent into the skies anyway with government employees and reporter...
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www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/b... David Ellison Blackmails Hollywood. There, I fixed it. #DavidEllison #Paramount #WarnerBros
David Ellison Floats Hollywood Exit as States Threaten His Warner Bros. Deal
Mr. Ellison told Paramount executives that he was considering pulling the company out of California amid a lawsuit brought by state attorneys general.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/08/10/u... “Noncitizen voting is extremely rare, and there have been no instances in which their votes are known to persuade an election.” #TrumpVoting
Homeland Security Intensifies Pursuit of Noncitizens on Voter Rolls
Immigrants who said they inadvertently registered to vote while obtaining or renewing driver’s licenses are increasingly facing deportation under the Trump administration.
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Electrical shock gloves? Are you fucking kidding me?!!! #ICE
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/11/u... ICE IS RACIST!!! #ICE
New Evidence Shows Federal Agents Using Racial Slurs During Immigration Sweeps
Body-camera video and other court evidence capture federal agents using slurs and targeting Latinos while bypassing white bystanders during immigration sweeps in Chicago and Los Angeles
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NEW BLOG POST: All the News That's Fit to Print (Online) thegaycurmudgeon.blogspot.com/2026/08/all-... #TheNewYorkTimes
YOU CAN’T FIND A NEW YORK TIMES IN MIDTOWN MANHATTAN!!! #ThisCountryIsIlliterate
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u... “The pool became a striking reflection of the second Trump administration’s willingness to skirt laws, expend millions of dollars, ignore facts and punish truth tellers in service of the president’s demands to put his mark on the capital.” #TrumpReflectingPool
How the Reflecting Pool Came to Mirror Trump’s Washington
A hospitality manager for the Trump Organization traveled to Las Vegas to find a solution to problems at a national landmark. This is the untold back story of the fallout.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/08/08/u... Another Trump/Iran war failure. #Trump/Iran
The U.S. Is Burning Through Weapons in Iran. Russia and China Are Taking Note.
The Iran war has depleted U.S. weapons stockpiles, resulting in a significant erosion of firepower. A more drawn-out Iran conflict benefits Moscow and Beijing, some analysts say.
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thegaycurmudgeon.blogspot.com/.../late-fam.... NEW BLOG POST: Late Fame/Shoot the Moon #LateFame #ShootTheMoon
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/t... A pro-monopoly, pro-censorship decision by fuckface Brendan Carr’s FCC. #FCC
F.C.C. Removes Limit on Broadcast TV Ownership
The move lifts a rule that said a single television-station owner could not reach more than 39 percent of U.S. households.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u... Good start, now force him to rebuild the East Wing. #TrumpBallroom
Appeals Court Upholds Block on Trump Ballroom Construction
A federal appeals court panel backed a lower court’s ruling, and made it likely that the Supreme Court will decide the case. But the decision does not mean construction will halt immediately.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u... Fuck yeah! #TrumpTaxDeal
Union Representing IRS Workers Sues Over Trump’s Deal Granting Sweeping Tax Protections
The request was the first time that anyone had used the courts in an effort to directly kill the sweeping tax protections offered to the president and his family.
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www.nytimes.com/2026/08/07/u... Why the fuck do we even have a Senate if they won’t provide advice and consent? Fuck this Republican Senate! Confirming Trump‘s personal attorney as attorney general before going on vacation. Fuck every last one of them! #ToddBlanche
Blanche Is Confirmed as Attorney General After Overcoming G.O.P. Concerns
Todd Blanche, who has served as acting attorney general since April, eked out Senate approval, despite growing unease about his willingness to rein in President Trump.
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Max Miller is following the Trump playbook on sexual abuse allegations. #MaxMiller
So is Trump going to scapegoat Pete Hegseth (who never should’ve been confirmed in the first place) for his failed Iran war? #TrumpHegseth
Bill Cassidy has secured his place as the most pussy-ass Republican in Congress, along with EVERY REPUBLICAN IN CONGRESS. #BillCassidy
www.nytimes.com/2026/08/06/u... “A crude political stunt intended to punish Dr. Fauci for exercising his constitutional rights.” “It was ‘molecularly impossible’ for the taxpayer funded experiments in Wuhan to produce the pandemic, causing virus.” #AnthonyFauci
Senate Panel Votes to Hold Fauci in Contempt of Congress
Dr. Anthony Fauci had refused to answer questions at a hearing last week, invoking the Fifth Amendment. Republicans argued he wasn’t entitled to that protection because he had a presidential pardon.
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