Go buy some cheap gas!
Thursday, June 18, 2026
Lickspittles
I think a lot of people don't get that Trump understands the flattery he gets is bullshit. It is his power play, how he humiliates people, how he establishes he is on top. He doesn't actually respect the bootlickers.
Weeks after they met with Trump, he was still regaling associates with stories of how Zuckerberg and Bezos were “kissing my ass,” according to the book. “You would not believe the texts I got from these tech guys. I've got to show you,” Trump is quoted as telling some guests.
The episodes also show how Trump reveled in the genuflections of the titans of Big Tech—Google’s Sundar Pichai and Apple’s Tim Cook also met with the incoming president—before relentlessly deriding their efforts.
At Least The War Is Over
Maybe for real!
I am curious about why, precisely, Trump told his people to do whatever was necessary to end it. Was he just sick of it? Did he think, rightly or wrongly, that economic Armageddon was imminent?
The Black President - Pretty Popular
57% favorable for Obama is pretty high! That is higher than I would have expected.
I think it is pretty hard for any national politician to get much over 50% approval.
Trump is at 34%.
Abundantly Clear
It was instantly obvious that "Abundance" hijacked lefty urbanism to put a friendlier face on evil rich guy bullshit.
According to Zack Rosen, founder of California YIMBY and the Abundance Network, the problem with politics is Americans being too involved. Bemoaning the rise of small-dollar political donations in fundraising documents leaked to the Prospect, Rosen is blunt: “Small dollar internet fundraising makes politics dumber.” Rosen misses what he considers to be a bygone era of elite dominance. Lamenting the current state of democratized influence, Rosen says “the old gatekeepers were political professionals who could count cards; small dollar donors today are amateurs yanking the handles of ActBlue slot machines.”
This sentiment is laid out in substantial detail, filling 31 pages across two separate documents obtained by the Prospect. In an email exchange, Rosen confirmed the documents’ legitimacy.Rosen and his allies have no need for small-dollar donations or mass-membership politics: They come to do political battle with $260 million annually (yes, each year!) from billionaire benefactors, one document asserts. This “Abundance Capital Stack” is being deployed to organize in all 50 states and consists of a $120 million annual commitment from ex-hedge fund manager and current Meta board member John Arnold, $40 million from Facebook/Meta co-founder Dustin Moskovitz, and $100 million from Steve Ballmer, the L.A. Clippers owner and former Microsoft executive. Ballmer, who is currently embroiled in a scandal surrounding alleged off-book pay for NBA star Kawhi Leonard, was not previously known as a funder of the abundance movement.
What do you have against building more houses, Atrios? How dare you criticize our selfless movement.
Wednesday, June 17, 2026
The Man Has A Point
Imagining all of Official Washington (including the press) completely exploding if anyone but Trump said this.Trump endorses Iran having ballistic missiles: "I'm saying that if other countries have them, it's a little unfair for them not to have some"
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) June 17, 2026 at 8:14 PM
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Hometown Paper
It is funny, but probably it is better if everyone pretends it is a wonderful deal to keep our very special president happy.
Otherwise the lovebombs will be replaced with bombbombs
The Last Person Who Has Sat On Him
No deal with President Deals is actually a deal
EVIAN-LES-BAINS, France, June 17 (Reuters) - U.S President Donald Trump said on Wednesday that the memorandum of understanding on Iran was not final, and that he could resume a bombing campaign if he did not like it.
"It's a memorandum of understanding. And if I don't like it, we'll go back to shooting at them, dropping bombs on their head. If I don't like it, if they don't behave, we'll go right back to dropping bombs right smack in the middle of their head, OK?" said Trump, at the G7 summit in France.
Tuesday, June 16, 2026
Southland Tales (2006)
Sorry I doubted you, Kash.
RIVERSIDE COUNTY, Calif. (KABC) -- Two men from Riverside County were arrested in connection with an alleged plot targeting the "UFC Freedom 250" fights at the White House, Eyewitness News has learned.
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The alleged plot came to light after Proper's mother overheard conversations on encrypted chats and phone calls and contacted police, according to court documents.
At Least The War Is Over
A lot depends on whether Bibi behaves (unlikely) and how serious Iran is about Israel not attacking Lebanon (I have absolutely no idea).
I realize this is Captain Obvious level commentary, but I write it to highlight the fact that a lot might depend on an American president telling Israel to knock it the fuck off.
Speaking of Kash
Seems worrying!
FBI Director Kash Patel may have authorized taxpayer-funded special payments to his inner circle of FBI executives and agents on his protective detail, according to the ranking Democrat on the House Judiciary Committee.
“We have been receiving troubling reports that you may be using part of the budget of the Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) as a personal slush fund to make tens or hundreds of thousands of dollars in unlawful ‘bonus’ payments to loyalist MAGA henchmen who have engaged in misconduct,” says a letter from Rep. Jamie Raskin to Patel, obtained exclusively by MS NOW.
When Dems take over, people will scream about "partisan witch hunts" if ever anyone tries tries to prosecute anyone who has engaged to obvious illegal corruption. If they listen, this will keep getting worse and worse.
The "institutionalists" need to accept they let all their beloved institutions become corrupt. It is on them!
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