I don’t mean that this makes her good. I just think it is funny that right wingers often can't stand each other because they are assholes.
Friday, June 19, 2026
You Don't Have To Hand It To Her, BUT
It is funny that Meloni has been less willing to take any shit publicly from Trump than most other European leaders.
Mr. TRUMP DOES NOT LIE
Vile slander.
A diplomatic row between United States President Donald Trump and Italian Prime Minister Giorgia Meloni has escalated, with Italy’s top diplomat cancelling an upcoming visit to the US.
At issue is Trump’s claim that Meloni “begged” him for a photograph during the Group of Seven (G7) meeting in France earlier in the week.
Sure Why Not
Normal behavior.
One morning, White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt walked into the Oval Office and found Trump “clutching a tube of superglue and attempting to affix gold decorations to the marble fireplace mantel,” according to the book.
“As he was known to prefer his own aesthetic handiwork to anyone else’s, the sight of the President squeezing glue onto gilded appliques and mounting them on the wall himself surprised no one in his inner circle,” Haberman and Swan write.
Bibi Won't Stop
Not until somebody makes him.
Talks under pressure: Vice President JD Vance is no longer traveling to Switzerland for US-Iran negotiations today, with talks postponed. Iran has asked for guarantees that hostilities in Lebanon will end before it resumes the talks, a diplomat told CNN.
The script after 10/7 was that Israel would get to spend a few months slaughtering mostly innocent Palestinians, as a treat, and then somehow Netanyahu would be pushed out a d Good Israel would return.
And then...
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
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