In a few weeks, we’ll find that the Kennedy Center has been sold in a “bankruptcy” sale at below-market price to real estate developer John Barron…

All Hillary did was call them all deplorable, and they all clutched their pearls over it.

They’ve removed committee assignments from members who do dumb things before

If the Democrats win an extra seat, they should double dog dare him to switch. Make him Chairman of the committee for naming post offices.

Because ICE has that app that can tell a person’s citizenship by their picture. Their plan will be to harass and arrest anyone their app tells them looks foreign. Even if that person has their ID, and proof of citizenship, ICE will just tell them their ID is fake and confiscate it.

YouTube/Google doesn’t have a broadcast license, so can’t be harassed in quite the same manner by the FCC. Although Google has a history of premature compliance…

So, they’re taping the interview along with the rest of the show’s content, but not broadcasting it? Are they going to show dead air in its place? Or maybe a QR code to the interview, along with a countdown timer? I don’t think even Jimmy has the balls for that, but it would be awesome.

Yet another headline that gets my hopes up, but turns out to be a metaphor.

He’s probably talking about all the equity deals the US government is getting involved in

https://www.cfr.org/articles/washingtons-growing-portfolio-tracking-u-s-government-investments

Remember when Republicans had a cow when part of the Obama administration’s bailout of GM involved the US government taking an equity stake in the company (which it has a plan to sell a few years later?) Well, now that Republicans are in charge, they’re doing the same thing, in overdrive.

According to that link, it’s only 27B total to far. But, of course Trump not only takes credit for it all, but overvalues it by at least 10x…

The America Files, apparently.

Kinda sucks that the USPS is diminished either way. Even if we nip this creeping fascism in the bud, the price is forcing states to use these private couriers for ballots, further eroding the Postal Service’s reason for existing.

The USPS operates under a Universal Service Obligation to provide mail service to every addressing the US, no matter how remote, and regardless of whether the delivery is part of a profitable route. The irony is that if Republicans suceed in abolishing or privatizing it, Republican voters in rural areas will find themselves paying the true cost of delivery to their locations. Yet again, Republicans vote for politicians who actively work to undermine those voter’s interests.

I think it’s more about mobilizing voters. Yes, voters who are paying attention have chosen their side already, for the most part. Both parties are now going after the apathetic voters.

Since we are talking about Texas, I found some data from Texas about voter turnout.

First, for the non-Americans, not that the “Primary” elections are just to pick the candidates from each major party, and in many cases are not highly contested. So many Americans just skip those. They have 12 to 15% turnout of registered voters, but those elections maybe outright canceled in some districts if neither party has multiple candidates.

For the purposes of this, also ignore elections in odd years. No Federal races are on these ballots.

The even years labeled “Presidential” have over 60% turnout the last few years. But the even years labeled “Gubernatorial” correspond to mid-term elections like this one, because Texas elects their governor at the same time. And note how that turnout is < 50% most years.

The goal of each party in the midterms is to try to motivate the 10%+ of their voters who only pay attention to the Predisential election to show up for this one, while at the same time try to discourage the voters from the other party from making the effort. Margins are so thin right now that even a Democrat can win in Texas if enough of their people show up.

Donald Trump did not become President (twice!) by listening to anything experts had to say.

Turns out the “Tabletop exercise” was just Hillary Clinton playing Avalon Hill’s “Diplomacy”…

This might be a good time to remind you all that a significant part of this wealth has been accumulated in the past two years. In fact, when NYS was going after his companies, and those big financial judgements came in, it was assumed he didn’t have that much liquid cash on hand, and would have to liquidate some of his properties to pay it off.

But then not only did the judgement get reduced, and he got reelected, but he also found crypto. He stated his Trump coin only a few days before inauguration, and has made bank on it.

All this wealth is due primarily to fleecing his supporters into buying his meme coin.

That’s funny, his wife tells him the same thing

It’s not that the army is out of Generals, but rather that the main civilian leadership posts in the Army (that require Senate confirmation) are all vacant. The ones who are currently in those posts in an acting capacity can’t get confirmed, because even Republican Senators think they are morons.

https://thehill.com/policy/defense/6062211-army-secretary-driscoll-to-depart-pentagon/

And while we are not out of Generals, it turns out Kegsbreath has pissed off quite a few generals who have resigned, and he has fired a bunch more who he doesn’t like. So there are a shit-ton of openings.

https://www.ndtv.com/world-news/us-army-faces-leadership-crisis-after-pete-hegseth-fires-top-generals-11960093

In January 2025, when Hegseth became Defence Secretary, the Army had 10 active-duty four-star generals. It now has only five, the lowest number in decades. Some senior positions have been removed, while others are being filled by officers from other military services.

I don’t think Trump voters asked the rest of the world for permission to be bigots

“We have no government-owned operational capability per se in the oil and gas sector,” says Gerald Kepes, president of Competitive Energy Strategies, an energy consultancy in Washington, D.C. “The question is, who’s going to operate on the ground?”

I bet it’s hidden behind a bunch of shell companies which obfuscates that whatever entity is involved on the US side is already owned by Trump and/or Kushner, and designed to siphon all the profit away and leave the government with the bill.

It was only about one third of the country. Another one third didn’t bother voting.

But a significant part of that one third of the country who voted for him (and the 1/3 who opted out entirely) just couldn’t seriously consider voting for a woman for President. It’s that simple. They’re all intimidated by the thought of a woman taking that last step towards real power.