Sam Bellamy
@sambdesk.bsky.social
Not the pirate. Contributor to fightthefire.substack.com, an all-free site. Longtime ink-stained wretch. Wears shoes that fit. Whistles through darkness. Aspires to ask "WTF did you just say?" at a WH press conference. Say hi to your dog for me.
New at Fight the Fire: "Kennedy is not, as he portrays himself, an independent thinker positing theories as part of the scientific method. He’s more like a man who claims a medical degree after he reads a few back issues of the National Enquirer and Weekly World News." Free links/subscriptions.
That boy's a worm short of a full bait box
RFK Jr. dazzles us once more with the medical degree he doesn't have
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New from Christopher Shields: The most ingesting man in the world Free links. Click for the full toon. And subscribe (for free) to see more of his great cartoons.
The most ingesting man in the world
Cartoon by Christopher Shields
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New: Self-righteous Senate Republicans, led by self-certified ophthalmologist Rand Paul, subjected Dr. Anthony Fauci to an old-school bare-bulb interrogation this week. It didn’t turn out so well for them. New at Fight the Fire. Free links. Free subscriptions. Read the column before commenting.
Fauci takes the Fifth once every 97 seconds
Impressive, Doc, but still short of Trump and Epstein's average of once every 33 seconds
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🎶One of these things is not like the others One of these things doesn't belong Can you tell which thing is not like the other By the time we finish our song?🎵
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New: "From the Trump administration’s burgeoning What Could Go Wrong? Department comes news that U.S. hospital emergency rooms and clinics are seeing as many as 20% more uninsured patients because of last year’s courageous cuts to HusseinObamacare." Free link. Don't comment unless you read column.
ERs see a surge in patients after GOP cuts ACA
Gee, who could have seen that coming? Well, other than everyone with a heart
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Sen. Moreno's daughter alleged abuse by Rep. Miller in June 2024. Two years later, Sen. Moreno musters the courage to say, “If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them.” Former Trump press sec. Stephanie Grissom alleges Miller abused her too.
Max Miller legal dispute: What police and court records indicate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) announced he will file for a House Ethics Committee investigation into himself in an atypical push to clear his name amid renewed attention on…
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At a GM plant in Michigan last week, Trump told the crowd: "I've done more for you than your parents, OK? Your parents are good. I'm not going to knock your parents, but I have been better to you than your parents. That I can tell you, and they would agree with me." Maybe, if their dad was:
At a GM plant in Michigan last week, Trump told the crowd: "I've done more for you than your parents, OK? Your parents are good. I'm not going to knock your parents, but I have been better to you than your parents. That I can tell you, and they would agree with me." Maybe, if their dad was:
Just think: If you agree to a three-year contract, you can get drivel like this earlier than other people for a mere $60,000 a month.
In honor of Trump "resting his eyes" at Lindsey Graham's funeral, a flashback to that sleepytime favorite, "Goodnight Buffoon." (All links are free. Subscriptions, too. <--That's hint.) fightthefire.substack.com/p/goodnight-...
Goodnight buffoon
*With apologies to Margaret Wise Brown (although she'd despise him too)
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🎶One of these things is not like the others One of these things doesn't belong Can you tell which thing is not like the other By the time we finish our song?🎵
Sen. Moreno's daughter alleged abuse by Rep. Miller in June 2024. Two years later, Sen. Moreno musters the courage to say, “If there are any basic standards of character required to hold elected office, Max Miller fails them.” Former Trump press sec. Stephanie Grissom alleges Miller abused her too.
Max Miller legal dispute: What police and court records indicate
COLUMBUS, Ohio (WCMH) — Rep. Max Miller (R-Ohio) announced he will file for a House Ethics Committee investigation into himself in an atypical push to clear his name amid renewed attention on…
nbc4i.com
Our readers have said: "Great Substack. Follow wildly!' "Source of some of the best political cartoons capturing this moment in history." "Fight the Fire's writing is top-notch. I've been enjoying it." And often: 🤣🤣🤣 Please give us a try, and help us give Trump hell. Free links and subscriptions.
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Defend democracy: join the patriotic bucket brigade. Click to read Fight the Fire, a Substack publication.
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The House Ethics Committee has censured Rep. Chuck Edwards for inappropriate behavior with 2 staffers. Details below. Samples: He talked to staffers about going to strip clubs and texted one that she had "written a complex chapter in my heart that I will never stop reading," Do better, NC's 11th.
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New: Trump's battle against the news media - and Obama Derangement Syndrome. "Only the Trump administration would bill a speech by the president as 'unifying but vicious.' " All links and subscriptions are free. Please read the column before commenting here.
Trump’s battle against the news media – and OBS
Only working part of his brain appears to be occupied by Obama
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Our batshit secretary of health and human services has launched a new online venture. Best headline so far on this development: "Hope You Like Raccoon Penis, Because RFK Jr. Has a New Cooking Show."
Rep. Barry Loudermilk, criticizing Smithsonian historians: "Slavery is a black mark on our history. But what they fail to present about it is how the fight against slavery has been going on since the very founding of our nation." Uh-huh. Some years better than others? Do better, Georgia's 11th
In supporting Trump's voter suppression SAVE America bill, Rep. John McGuire tells Newsmax you can't even get medicine or enter the Obama Museum without a photo ID - neither of which is true. Trust us, pal. No one is trying to impersonate you. Do better, Virginia's 5th District.
Marc Beckman, a senior adviser to Melania Trump, seems to think she should get a FiFA prize or something. "...it's time for someone to formally recognize first lady Melania Trump's work on the humanitarian front. Never before has America had a first lady involved in this level of humanitarian work."
Matt ol' boy, it looks like Yelp's most highly rated moving company in Alexandria is Potomac Moving. Fascism has consequences.
Given Trump’s demented pastime of turning the Oval Office into an amusement park replica of the Palace of Versailles crossed with a French whorehouse, it wouldn’t be surprising to hear the buffoon float the idea of invading France any day now. The likelihood might have nudged up a bit this week.
We see London, we see France, we see Trump's sycophants
U.S. delegation walks out on the French in UN, which can only mean, 'Viva la France!'
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"Perhaps there has never been a group of people treated so badly in our Nation’s history." Other than indigenous peoples, enslaved black Americans (and their descendants), immigrants (especially today), interned Japanese-Americans during WWII, gay Americans, women, all of us under his regime ...
Yep. Earlier this year I was interviewed by Sharyn Alfonsi of 60 Minutes about my Epstein investigation. Subsequently, CBS pulled the segment and fired the reporter. The MAGA buyout of media is aiding the Trump administration’s Epstein cover up.
The New Republic@newrepublic.com · yesterdayBanks permitted millions in suspicious transactions tied to Epstein—and former 60 Minutes correspondent Sharyn Alfonsi had the story months ago. But the report would never air. trib.al/ZShZlIS
One abuser to another, Trump called Rep. Max Miller - accused of abusing his now ex-wife, Emily, daughter of Sen. Bernie Moreno - to tell Miller his poll numbers don't look good. "I know Max. He's a good person. I mean, I always thought he was a very good person," Trump said later.
