As the Epstein scandal refuses to go away, Trump is starting to fear that some of his fawning masses might find out he’s not a nice guy. So, how about some lies in exchange for a pardon?
The DOJ to Ghislaine Maxwell: ‘Pardon me, do you mind lying and denying for Donald Trump?’
It also gets 45 mpg freeway, 35 city.
Papers please! Hope the sickos who voted for Trump are loving this.
Just what we needed, an American goon squad.
Big surprise, yet another federal agency is being dragged down by the most incompetent regime in American history.
In scathing letter, NASA workers rebuke ‘rapid and wasteful changes’ at agency
Especially the annual Festival of Speed which just concluded last weekend. You don’t often see a vintage Cheetah doing a hill climb at full throttle.
With so many rentals in big cities owned by foreign investors who don’t care for the properties. Who knows?
Ohio Renters Need to Make $22.51 an Hour to Afford 2-Bedroom Apartment, New Report Shows
This is a HUGE problem.
Normally I would never post anything related to Buzzfeed, but it shows the lack of reporting on this. The thing is, Trump says crazy stuff so often, it isn’t news. He openly and brazenly lies, or says batsh*t crazy stuff, and his fans just lap it all up. Weird. Or as Trump might tweet, “Sad”.
He jumped from 24 miles up in 2012, when I was just 51 years old. But we should also remember that an Air Force officer named Joseph Kittinger jumped from 19.45 miles up, THE YEAR BEFORE I WAS BORN! He passed away in 2022 at the age of 94.
It should be mentioned that Joe was the technical consultant to Felix on his jump.
How do Trumpers keep swallowing this?
Donald Trump Says Obama, Ex-FBI Director James Comey ‘Made Up’ the Jeffrey Epstein Files
So a few high level Democrats invented a fake file to implicate Trump in the Epstein thing, then did not release it when he ran for President, then did not release it again when he ran for President again? Jeeze, these red hats are morons if they buy that. Remember, Epstein said in an interview that he was Trump’s closest friend. They were neighbors, he was a member of Trump’s Mar-a-lago, he had fourteen different contact numbers for Trump in his infamous “little black book”. And, of course, he introduced Trump to Melania. Supposedly they were first intimate on Epstein’s private plane, upon which Trump was a frequent flyer. In fact, no one is as associated with Epstein as much as Trump except for convicted sex offender Ghislaine Maxwell whom Trump wished “all the best”.
Hmmmmm. Wonder why Trump doesn’t want to release the files?
Update: Mike Johnson Says GOP Should Put “Everything Out There” on Epstein, Then Votes No to Release Epstein Info (WARNING PAYWALL)
Seems Speaker Johnson was all in, as was Majorie Taylor Greene, until Trump had a private word with them. Now they don’t want the files released. Wonder why?
Update: Sure, not guilty at all… Trump Threatened Legal Action to Block Publication of Embarrassing WSJ Jeffrey Epstein Story
Really, not guilty! Honest Injun.
(Two examples of modern Republicans inability to understand logic)
I have friends who have evolving opinions on climate change. Long ago, their opinion was “It’s a hoax”, because a political pundit they liked told them so. I think that because they didn’t seem to have any convincing evidence for their opinion. I should mention that these friends aren’t of limited intelligence. These are intelligent, educated men. Their opinion then evolved to, “Maybe it’s real, but it’s stopping an ice age, and that would be worse.” Then, “Just because it’s getting warmer, doesn’t mean it’s because of carbon emissions.” And finally, “Okay maybe, but China and India aren’t doing anything so why should we?” That year China became the world leader in Solar cells and it had already been leading in batteries. All their arguments were designed to allow them to vote for the party they wanted without feeling that maybe they were making a mistake.
Okay this guy is a terrible public speaker, but I think he has it right.
Debate erupts over role job cuts played in weather forecasts ahead of deadly Texas floods
Short answer: probably not. While the cuts to NWS were done poorly, alerts went out in time. And since it was emergency conditions, a full compliment of staff was there. However, Trump’s cuts don’t get a full pass, more on that later. So what happened? Well, not many people in a known flash flood area had NWS radios. These radios are designed to come on and broadcast a warning to emergency areas even when they are turned off. They were designed after devastating flash floods in Texas in the 1980’s. (See Stevie Ray Vaughn’s “Texas Flood”) Not having one might be forgivable for the average citizen perhaps, but not for a kids’ camp. Heck, it’s 2025, why didn’t they have a satellite phone since they were in a remote area with poor cell coverage? You had elementary school kids for God’s sake! IN A KNOWN FLASH FLOOD ZONE, no less! Water has to go somewhere when it rains, you should know where it goes in your area. That’s common sense. I sense a LOT of nasty lawsuits coming.
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Two men whose opinions I tend to agree with more than just about anyone else.
How the Trump tax bill could help China win at A.I.
It should be noted that Ohio’s corrupt Republican legislature has axed enough solar projects in the last five years to have powered all of Cleveland, Columbus and Cincinnati. All at the behest of the fossil fuel industry.
This is the beginning of a current article in Scientific American…
“From World War II until 2024, the US stood unchallenged as the scientific leader of the free world. Across practically every discipline — physics, materials science, astronomy, chemistry, biology, medicine, geology, etc. — American scientific missions and initiatives, often in collaboration with European, Canadian, Asian, and many other global partners, brought us new advances and breakthroughs, paving the way for generations of scientists to thrive. In a society that values facts, scientific truths, education, and the public good, this recipe led to multiple generations of continued breakthroughs and advances.
Since late January of this year, however, all of that has rapidly changed. Many of the most valuable scientific organizations in the world, including NOAA, NASA, the NSF, the CDC, the EPA, and the FDA, have experienced a set of unprecedented internal attacks.Funding streams have been terminated.
Grants that have been successfully competed for and won have been pulled.
Fellowships and scholarships have been revoked.
Contracts have been broken.
Thousands upon thousands of employees have been terminated, often in defiance of court orders.And now, at the start of the second half of 2025, a new budget is on the verge of becoming law, which would largely eliminate science as we know it across universities and colleges, research institutes, and national labs. This isn’t a horror story; this is a real-life nightmare for the most educated and skilled American workers of all: scientists.”
This is a sad thing indeed. And a real betrayal of our country. Hope all that “winning” was worth it Trumpers.
American science to soon face its largest brain drain in history
Headlines abound. Wives and Husbands of American citizens rounded up by ICE. Students on visas grabbed off the street. Workers who have been in the U.S. for years as taxpayers, active duty soldier’s parents. Cancer patients, nursing mothers, all grabbed by the President’s hand picked squad of masked, plain clothes goons, and all for the amusement of his sick followers. These awful people who have been misled into thinking that foreigners are responsible for the crappy condition of our economy and their own lack of success or, more often, the perceived lack of success of others, rather than the Republican party who has consistently screwed them since Reagan. Not that I am considering the Democrats to be free from sin either. They could have fought back, but their bread was being buttered as well. Still, have these people no human compassion for their fellow man?
Father of 3 Marines who was arrested by immigration agents raised his sons ‘to serve our country’
Is anyone surprised? Only the best people…
Kristi Noem Secretly Took a Cut of Political Donations
As Congress prepares to gut social services, not to balance the budget, but rather to give Jeff Bezos and Elon Musk a bigger tax break, as well as subsidize the fossil fuel industry by gutting clean energy programs. Is anyone surprised?
Last-minute changes to Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ stun clean energy industry (and Elon Musk)
Let’s not forget that the Attorney General, who was A.G. in Florida at the time, dropped her fraud investigation into Trump University after receiving a $25,000 campaign contribution from Trump.
Nope. No fraud here folks.
For more on the danger…
Government drops cases against ‘predatory’ financial firms
During Biden’s administration the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau (CFPB) was led by Lina Khan, who has relentlessly pursued corporations who have preyed on consumers. Khan had earned praise from both sides of the aisle with her actions. Trump and Musk attacked it first, even though it has returned to consumers way more money than it costs to run. They falsely claimed it was waste. Now what’s left of the agency can do little to protect us. So one of Trump’s first acts was to get rid of an agency who was trying to rein in payday lenders. Folks, unless you’re rich, you were had.
In the end, the unifying theme amongst these diverse young men, is fix the economy so I have a place in it. Exactly what Bernie has been saying.
Good thing we’re working hard to fix that, right?
Three years left to limit warming to 1.5C, leading scientists warn
Drill, baby, drill. Your kids and grand-kids will thank you.
“An article recently published in JAMA Pediatrics (or, the Journal of the American Medical Association Pediatrics) presents findings from a study suggesting that Long COVID, a condition where symptoms last at least 3 months and up to several years after a SARS-CoV-2 infection, has surpassed asthma as the most common chronic health problem affecting children.”
Summary here… Long COVID in Young Children, School-Aged Children, and Teens
Full article here… Characterizing Long COVID Symptoms During Early Childhood
Don’t bother vaccinating them, they’ll be fine.