Monday, August 03, 2026
Small Pleasures
The replacements are usually worse, but one small joy we get is Trump humiliating his lickspittles.
President Donald Trump is considering removing Jeanine Pirro, the US attorney for the District of Columbia, over a Justice Department conclusion that problems with the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool stemmed from a flawed renovation rather than vandalism, two people familiar with his thinking told CNN.
No she doesn't get any credit for doing the right thing here. She had no choice.
On The Trump Train
I can't claim that nobody has benefitted from their relationship with Trump, but many get burned, especially the ones who are confident they won't.
FIFA President Gianni Infantino wants the Trump administration to help keep him in office and has scheduled private talks with Secretary of State Marco Rubio Monday amid growing pressure to resign over his scheme to sell off the World Cup to Josh Kushner’s private equity firm, The Post has learned.
Two sources familiar with the matter confirmed Infantino will hold a call with America’s top diplomat just after 9 a.m. ET.
“He wanted to get online with the secretary and talk about how soccer can be a form of soft power for America,” said one insider briefed on the matter. “But we all know that it is about job protection. It is not about anything else at this point.”
Maybe this will work out for him, but even with the Kusher connection, I suspect Trump has already forgotten him.
I Do Love The Free Market
Not that the fossil fuel industry has ever been that.
WASHINGTON, Aug 3 (Reuters) - President Donald Trump again called on oil companies to lower gasoline prices for U.S. consumers on Monday, chiding Chevron (CVX.N), opens new tab Chief Executive Mike Wirth for not crediting his administration's efforts to help the oil industry.
Trump took issue with Wirth a day after the CEO was interviewed on the Fox News program "Sunday Morning Futures with Maria Bartiromo."
"The only thing he conveniently forgot to mention is that, without the genius, foresight, strength, and stability, of the TRUMP Administration, the Oil Industry, and our Country itself, would be DEAD!" Trump wrote on his Truth Social platform. "As an example, they threw Mike and Chevron out of Venezuela, but now they're back, far bigger and stronger than ever before, expecting to make a fortune!"
"That goes for other Oil Companies as well ... and get your consumer (retail!) Oil Prices DOWN, NOW!" Trump wrote.
I hate how expensive things are at the oil station, that place where I buy retail oil.
Mallory
.@RepChipRoy what are you doing about it? We hear about mosques in your state more than any other, besides Michigan. We don’t need to hear your impassioned interview appearances about it; we need you guys to DO something.
— Justine Bateman (@JustineBateman) August 3, 2026
You guys run the US government.
DO something. https://t.co/ZdZpKRAs2D
This Looks Like A Job For The 101st Fighting Keyboarders
The request from a senior officer at the US military command carrying out President Donald Trump’s war with Iran came in an email: We need ideas.“We are looking for new creative and unconventional ways to pressure and punish Iran,” an officer in US Central Command’s intelligence branch wrote in a message sent Wednesday to a broad group of military analysts, according to a source familiar with the message. A second source also said that a senior US military officer sent the message last week soliciting new ideas for how to deal with Iran.
Please, Sir, Show Us Mercy
In his latest comments, Trump said Iran and US partners Saudi Arabia, the United Arab Emirates and Qatar had urged him to hold off on the strikes.
“When the allies asked to call it off, you’ve got to sort of say, ‘Well, let’s see.’ And the reason they ask is they think there’s a deal,” he said.
“There’s a deal on [the Strait of] Hormuz, and then there will be a deal on the nuclear, or you might call it the denuclearisation of Iran.”
He said Saudi Arabia’s Crown Prince Mohammed bin Salman had also urged against the strikes, warning of possible unintended consequences.
Sunday, August 02, 2026
At Least Get Better At Stitching Up Elections
If I were upset about primary successes of The Left, I'd be mad at the Professional Democrats in charge of making that not happen.
For months, Schumer and Democratic Senatorial Campaign Committee Chair Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand of New York had made their unofficial backing of Stevens clear, inviting her to donor events and directing other support her way. Gillibrand even went so far as suggesting to several donors, ominously, that McMorrow had been a member of the Democratic Socialists of America – even though McMorrow isn’t.
Another Deal
I bet this is the one!
President Donald Trump said Saturday night that the US is canceling a planned attack on Iran, citing progress in talks.
Trump said the US “is locked and loaded and ready to go against the Islamic Republic of Iran,” but that he agreed to requests by Iran and other Middle Eastern countries “to hold off any attack in that the perimeters of a deal has been agreed to.”
"Conventional Wisdom"
I think this "conventional wisdom" was always self-serving nonsense designed to please the donor class, and the broader class of people served by their donations.
NEW: Polling of 18 Cook-rated toss-up districts shatters conventional wisdom about how to win in a swing district.
— Ravi Mangla (@ravi_mangla) July 31, 2026
Independents *and* moderates want outsider candidates who will stand up to the political establishment.
The middle of the road is where you get run over. pic.twitter.com/oVQl3SypV8
Saturday, August 01, 2026
I Can't Believe They Were Lying About That
No worries, journalists, you can still trust them presumptively next time.
WASHINGTON — The Trump administration has dropped its case against a former Olympic canoeist charged in connection with damage to the Reflecting Pool, acknowledging their allegations against David “Davey” Hearn don’t hold water.
In a filing Friday afternoon, a supervisor in the U.S. Attorney’s Office for the District of Columbia, which is headed by Jeanine Pirro, wrote that officials obtained information that undermined “the evidentiary basis for the indictment” against Hearn.
I know we have the problem of 'which scandal to choose' but every American should know Davey Hearn's name and hear about this for the next 15 years. Using the DOJ to go after private citizens for Trump's bullshit is actually a big deal.
That And Putting Tits On Garfield
cool use case of chatgpt work i heard last night:
— Sam Altman (@sama) July 31, 2026
connect your family calendars and explain your kids' interests.
every morning for the drive to school, have it make a podcast that talks about one kid's soccer game that afternoon, one kid's upcoming birthday, some news, etc.
