Sunday, April 12, 2026
If You Wanna Hang Out You've Got To Take Her Out
Poor Vance didn't get to have any fun!Secretary of State Marco Rubio at UFC in Miami tonight as diplomatic negotiations with Iran fail (Julia Demaree Nikhinson/AFP via Getty)
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) April 12, 2026 at 3:32 AM
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COUNTDOWN TO MY 24TH BLOGIVERSARY FUNDRAISER - DAY 2!
It's also quite funny that people still try to use that tactic against The Left, even now.
A bunch of big meanies!
More Like 5K Peace Talks, Amirite???
No agreement: US Vice President JD Vance says no agreement was reached with Iran after marathon talks in Pakistan. Iran would not commit to forgoing a nuclear weapon, Vance said. Iran’s foreign ministry told state media that disagreement over “two, or three” key issues prevented a deal.Though given all of the positive press Vance's people planted, I don't think he was in on the "joke."
Saturday, April 11, 2026
Purging Trump
Any fretting about this is just acknowledging that Dems won't let Interior Secretary Mamdani send the bulldozers and wrecking balls to it in February of 2029.
The White House has unveiled plans for a gold-accented giant victory arch dubbed the "Arc de Trump", that Donald Trump wants built in the nation's capital.
The 250ft (76m) monument, if approved, would be taller than the US Capitol building and the Lincoln Memorial, and feature a golden Lady Liberty-like torch and crown.
Trump's Capitalism
Whatever, Gramps
Always The Ones You Most Suspect
A former staffer of Rep. Eric Swalwell, a leading Democratic candidate for California governor, says that the congressman raped her when she was heavily intoxicated and left her bruised and bleeding, an allegation Swalwell strongly denies.It isn't just this accusation or this woman. There are many allegations.
Friday, April 10, 2026
I Guess Trump Had Better Do Some Unhinged Posts About China
China has indicated it will halt exports of sulfuric acid from May, hitting metals and fertilizer industries already strained by raw material bottlenecks resulting from the Iran war.
Some sulfuric acid producers in the country recently received notifications about the change, and one large buyer has been told about it by their Chinese supplier, according to people familiar with the matter, who asked not to be identified discussing confidential information. The ban will cover sulfuric acid that’s a by-product of copper and zinc smelting in China.
Cash Up Front
Trump’s warning: If a peace deal is not reached this weekend, the US is prepared to renew and intensify strikes on Iran, President Donald Trump warned. Iran’s parliament speaker said the talks cannot start until the US meets two conditions: a ceasefire in Lebanon and the release of blocked Iranian assets.But, Atrios, surely political reporters understand this too! They just pretend not to, because journalism.
Fair enough.
Vance, Chief Diplomat
I am sure this dumb asshole has the necessary smarts and charm to pull off a miracle.
What Was That About
Washington — First lady Melania Trump on Thursday delivered remarks denying any friendship or relationship with Jeffrey Epstein and Ghislaine Maxwell, and she called on Congress to hold a public hearing with Epstein's survivors.
Not Enough Teen Pregnancy
Teen sex and pregnancy were once the great social and moral problems of the country, consequences of our extremely generous welfare state and of course LIBERAL PERMISSIVENESS and FEMINISM. Now apparently teens aren't fucking and getting pregnant enough.
Teens aren't fucking enough, because of woke.
I'm so old I remember when journalists would happily maintain the fiction that all young Republican staffers and politicians were virgins until marriage, and believed strongly that gross personal hypocrisy never justified contrasting "private" (very public, actually) lives with public proclamations and policy positions.
It is one thing to respect privacy, quite another to just ignore what is in front of you and present a completely fake narrative to the public. I don't mean they should have been dragging low level staffers by name, just that they should not have been maintaining the general facade of fake Christian Conservativism.