Rob Fahrni

Sydney Carruth • MS NOW

MS NOW White House reporter Laura Barrón-López and an MS NOW producer were denied access and had their passes confiscated, while another MS NOW producer was granted access. Politico said at least one of their reporters was blocked. CNN said some of its staffers were denied access, but at least one was allowed in.

U.S. District Judge Timothy Kelly ordered the Trump administration early Thursday to temporarily restore White House access to journalists from the three national news organizations as litigation on the matter continues.

This man is going full authoritarian and blowing up our Constitution one piece at a time. There’s rumbling he’s going to declare Martial Law before the election. I wouldn’t put it past him.

If that does happen I’d expect some violence in the streets.

I hope Congress and the Supreme Court grow a pair and stop him from his continued destruction of the country I love. I’m not holding my breath.

It’s the economy, stupid.

Checks out

It would appear that Donald J. Trump is a closeted gay man? Not that there’s anything wrong with being gay but this dude should just come out and admit he’s gay, or bi, or whatever.

Don’t hide it Donnie Boy. There are definitely gay men who’d love to have you, I think? 🤔

Just look at those, clearly, gay cheerleaders in the picture.

Avery Lotz • Axios

Republican lawmakers want a $250 bill featuring President Trump for the nation’s 250th anniversary celebration, but the proposal faces legal and legislative hurdles.

Why would anyone want a giant orange asshole on our money.

Doesn’t he realize his mug and all his gaudy gold shit is going to be ripped off of everything once he’s gone?

Biology will ultimately take care of him. I just hope he hasn’t well and truly fucked the country up beyond repair.

Maybe you knuckleheads shouldn’t have started a war with them? 🤬

The stupidity of this administration is shocking.

No, you orange asshole, you are not entitled to it.

Twenty-Second Amendment

No person shall be elected to the office of the President more than twice, and no person who has held the office of President, or acted as President, for more than two years of a term to which some other person was elected President shall be elected to the office of the President more than once. But this Article shall not apply to any person holding the office of President when this Article was proposed by the Congress, and shall not prevent any person who may be holding the office of President, or acting as President, during the term within which this Article becomes operative from holding the office of President or acting as President during the remainder of such term.

Nothing in the 22nd Amendment says you can be President for more than two terms.

NOTHING.

Even if you try some sneaky ass trick like being Vice President or Speaker of the House, that still doesn’t entitle you to another term. It’s fixed, at two. You’re done at the end of your current term. In 2028 we will have a new President, not you, or there will be a real mess for you to deal with.

To summarize:

• Marmalade Messiah: Narcissistic Sociopath President of the United States
• Whiskey Pete: Drunk White Nationalist Secretary of the Department of Defense
• J. Edgar Boozer: Drunk Dumbass Director of the FBI

Please send help. The United States is a real mess at the moment.

If you have plans to visit the US, please reconsider, it’s not safe to be here.

First time seeing one of these in the wild. 😃

NCR

“I think it’s very, very important for the pope to be careful when he talks about matters of theology,” Vance said. “If you’re going to opine on matters of theology, you’ve got to be careful. You’ve got to make sure it’s anchored in the truth and that’s one of the things that I try to do and it’s certainly something I would expect from the clergy.”

Man, JD Vance is an idiot. Are you saying Pope Leo doesn’t know anything about theology? 😵‍💫

Oh, and there’s this nugget from the article about Pop Leo.

Before becoming a bishop, Leo was head of the global Augustinian religious order inspired by the life and teachings of the saint; he wrote his doctoral dissertation on St. Augustine’s understanding of authority.

So, what we have here is JD Vance questioning a man who is, by all accounts, an authority on St. Augustine. Wow.

Is it just me or is Vance a malignant narcissist like Trump?

JD, go find a couch to hump, get out of politics, and forget about being a Catholic.

No, this guy isn’t off his rocker. 😳

Can Republicans find some intestinal fortitude and 25th Amendment this nut burger before the country is completely destroyed?

Geraldine McKelvie • The Guardian

The global publishing platform Substackis generating revenue from newsletters that promote virulent Nazi ideology, white supremacy and antisemitism, a Guardian investigation has found.

It is the proverbial Nazi bar. I’m glad more publications are talking about this. There are a number of us nobodies out here talking about it and it’s not making a dent in the business or convincing extremely great writers to leave the platform. Even Jewish writers like Robert Reich and Jennifer Rubin remain on the platform. I just don’t get it. It makes me wonder if they’re still using Space Karen’s X platform as well. I wouldn’t know, I’m not there.

Before all the Nazi kerfuffle I read there all the time. They support RSS so it was easy to point Stream at a writer and get their feed. I even subscribed to Michael Beschloss and considered others.

So why is it publications and writers love this platform so much they’ll go against everything they believe? Most of the folks I followed are for decency and democracy and rail against the Trump administration almost every day, but they turn a blind eye to the Nazis sitting at the bar next to them. In the end I’d bet it’s all about the money.

Encourage them to leave if you happen to stumble across this post.

Here are some of the amazing writers I’d love to see abandon the platform.

• The Contrarian - many writers
• The Bulwark - many writers
• Robert Reich
• Steve Beschloss
• Paul Krugman
• Heather Cox Richardson
• Michael McFaul
• Timothy Snyder
• Andrew Weissman
• Michael Moore
• Malcom Nance
• W. Kamau Bell

Seeing this right after a friend died is a real gut punch. So many folks just don’t know they’re gone. 😔

President Biden, thank you for being the President America needs at this very dark time. 🙏🏼

This is pure murder. Zero doubt.

These “agents” need to be brought up on murder charges, especially the first one to fire. What a coward. They cannot be trusted to serve the public much less carry a firearm.

Shut this mess down. Disband ICE and put someone in charge of Border Patrol who will conduct themselves with honor and integrity.

These “agents” are going to start being killed if they keep murdering peaceful protesters trying to help their fellow citizens.

Our democracy is lost. How do we take it back?

War.

⚠️ Before reading any further I’m posting links from writers I really respect who have chosen to use a service that supports and publishes Nazi content. I won’t mention the name here but if you’ve followed me on this blog or on Mastodon you’ve heard me mention it.

I’ve encouraged both of them to leave and find better places to write but I’m a nobody so my begging goes unanswered (by unanswered they don’t interact with their audience much.)

I’ve made a rule not to link to these writers and others as long as they’re using this despicable service but with the murder of Alex Pretti I felt it necessary to ignore my own rule for the moment.

Paul Krugman

It has been clear for a long time, to anyone willing to see, that the people running the federal government — Trump, Miller, Noem, Bovino and more — are monsters.

Robert Reich

He’s coming after all of us who oppose his tyranny and brutality. All of us who defy his dictatorship. All of us who challenge his out-of-control, murderous goons.

Murder. Alex Pretti was murdered in cold blood for what? Filming ICE agents and trying to pick a woman up off the ground.

The man was shot 10 times. If that’s not an intentional act meant to kill him, I don’t know what is.

Our democracy is collapsing. When future generations of Americans and other countrymen write about the Second American Civil War they will name Minneapolis the event that catalyzed Americans to act. To use violence against violence.

Donald J. Trump, you are a thug, racist, pedophile, and rapist. You can now add murderer to that list.

It’s a dark time in the world and to have a once great nation fall this quickly is gut wrenching.

Link to eyewitness statement.

Alexander Willis • Raw Story

“Would you have gone to watch the Olympics in Nazi Germany in 1936?” asked Pekka Kallioniemi, a Finnish social media analyst with a focus on propaganda and disinformation, in a social media post on X Friday. “If the answer is no, it’s time to cancel your US World Cup tickets.”

It’s a shame FIFA is a highly corrupt organization. I know these events take years and years to put together but if FIFA had good leadership they’d have pulled the World Cup from the States. Move it to Canada or Mexico, or both?

I love my country but I’m so embarrassed to be an American at the moment.

By Glen Owen and Dan Hodges • Daily Mail

Donald Trump has ordered his special forces commanders to draw up a plan for the invasion of Greenland - but is being resisted by senior military figures, The Mail on Sunday has learned

All you Republican lickspittle toadies need to grow a pair and push back against this. We cannot just start taking over countries. I don’t care what your justification is. This is as un-American as anything I’ve seen from any administration in my lifetime.

NATO needs to get involved now and American soldiers need to refuse to carry out these orders.

Liz Sawyer, Andy Mannix and Sarah Nelson The Minnesota Star Tribune

Star Tribune identifies ICE agent who fatally shot woman in Minneapolis

Jonathan Ross was dragged in a separate incident last year by a fleeing driver, according to court records.

Jonathan Ross, you’re a murderer.

Daring Fireball

But I want to add another note. The main footage here comes from bystander Caitlin Callenson. Here’s her full 4m:25s footage, uncensored, hosted — with credit, and I hope, permission — on the YouTube account of Minnesota Reformer. Be warned that it shows Good being shot to death (albeit sans gore), and contains many loud profanities. This is very good and clear footage. It is difficult viewing but you should watch it. Callenson was very close to Good’s vehicle. I’d say about 30 feet or so. You can see why she thought to start filming before the murderous agent drew his gun and fired.

Go watch that video. When the ICEholes get out of their vehicles you can hear Ms. Good tell them “go around.” One agent approaches aggressively and tries to open the door. The other one is saying something but it’s hard to make out.

Then the asshole agent shoots her on the face. Once he does that he walks to the SUV, checks it out, turns around and walks away, ultimately LEAVING THE SCENE.

That man needs to get out of this kind of work if he’s that afraid.

He also needs to be brought up on murder charges, which he won’t, because the Trump administration is full of sissies who must’ve been bullied on their grade school playground so they hate everyone and have to carry a gun to feel safe.

In an email today from RetroSnap. (This site for this link may disappear soon.)

Alex here, founder at RetroSnap and the geekiest geek of retro gadgets. You may be receiving this message as part of a store-wide notification. If you have already received your order, please disregard this email.

We’re writing to share an important update regarding our store.

Due to recent increases in international import tariffs and related cross-border compliance costs, we’ve been forced to make the difficult decision to close our store and discontinue operations. These tariff changes are outside of our control and have made it impossible for us to continue operating sustainably. Please note that our business email will also be deactivated shortly.

So, I ordered one of these for Kim in early December, for Christmas. It still hasn’t arrived and I was really worried it wouldn’t get here, but I just checked and it’s due in Richmond, VA today. That’s a relief.

Also, thanks you damned Jackass in the White House whose last name rhymes with Dump. Those tariffs have been a real boon to the economy, right? 🤬

Jackass.

That kind of bullshit is why I’m starting this Substack. To call this moment what it is, to track the erosion of democratic guardrails in real time, and to build a community of people who are sick to death of Trump and ready to fight back. - George Conway

I didn’t link to his piece because he posted on, of all places, Substack.

That’s the last place anyone should post if they’re all about democracy because Substack has a history of supporting Nazis. Yes, Nazis.

George, if you’re serious about democracy you should probably find a better place to write because what I see is a pure money play, not a man trying to save democracy.

Some pictures from No Kings DC.

The GOP is scared. They keep calling it the “Hate America Protest.”

It was a Love America, Hate Trump, Protest. ❤️

Robert Reich - warning: Substack Link

Where’s Trump?

Depending on the day and the issue, Trump wafts around the power map. Because he is not a decision-maker and is pursuing little other than power, money, and praise, no one actually reports to him. They listen to him rave, laud him, tell him how wonderful he is and that he’s right about everything, and then report to the people with real power.

Trump will be out in front on an issue that’s likely to get a lot of positive attention, generate him a lot of money, or enlarge his power. Otherwise, he’s off the map, watching television and playing golf.

I’m sorry for the Nazi loving Substack link but it’s the only place I know of that Robert Reich writes and he always has something really great to say. He has a Tumblr account but he only publishes links there, not the entire article. If there’s another place to find him please let me know and I’ll point there! Thanks!🙏🏼

Anyway, the article is a really great read and he outlines where all of Marmalade Messiah’s lick spittle toadies fall in the Trump Power Map.

Let’s all hope we can get that bum out of office in 2028.🤞🏼

This is so pathetic.

Also, orange asshole dude, being antifascist, or antifa, is a good thing. Thousands and thousands of Americans died to stop fascism on June 6, 1944, AKA D-day.

So, shame on you for calling antifascists a terrorist group. If you believed in democracy you’d be for antifa.