Speaker Johnson goes ALL IN on psychotic MAGA candidate

Top Stories for September 14:

Speaker Mike Johnson says Nazi-curious GOP House candidate who called children “cum trophies” and said old people should be abolished is a “thoughtful guy”
Technically speaking, fondling a Nazi-era machine gun on camera and calling it “the original ghetto blaster,” disparaging millions of mothers and calling their children “cum trophies,” and calling for old people to be “abolished” are all “thoughts,” and GOP House candidate Brandon Herrera is certainly full of them.

But wow, it sure is wild to watch the very pious congressional leader of the so-called FaMiLy VaLuEs™ party go out of his way to normalize and sane-wash the absolutely indefensible. There simply is no bottom with the Republican Party.

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump makes ridiculous weekend announcement in Ireland
While spending the weekend at another golf event at taxpayers’ expense — this one in Ireland — the president of the United States announced the surprise removal of his 15% tariff on Irish whiskey. When asked for the reason why, Trump responded, “Everyone’s been bugging me to do it.”

That’s right. Donald’s entire rationale for suddenly dropping his whiskey tariff on Ireland was “people here have been pestering me.” No economic justification, no reciprocal trade deal, no nothing.

And while this act alone may seem inconsequential, it undercuts his entire argument for slapping tariffs on trusted trade partners in the first place. There is no rationale. Only the meandering whims of a vainglorious old man.

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Progressive champion Abdul El-Sayed takes on MAGA pawn in massive Michigan race
Abdul El-Sayed for Senate: Abdul El-Sayed is running for Senate because it shouldn’t be this hard for everyday Americans to simply get by. He’s running on three basic principles: money out of politics, money in your pocket, and Medicare for all. El-Sayed’s Republican opponent can’t run on his record, so he’s resorting to what the GOP knows best: xenophobic attacks and shamless fearmongering. Will you chip in to help Abdul El-Sayed take on Trump’s hand-picked Michigan pawn and flip the Senate blue?

Trump guarantees the $5,000 bribe he floated is “100%” happening — but adds “I don’t want to it do now”
Just like his mythical DOGE refund checks and tariff dividend checks, Donald Trump says the $5,000 checks the US government will soon send to every adult American are “100%” happening — with a giant catch, of course.

When a reporter asked why he doesn’t just issue the checks now instead of waiting until after the midterm elections, the grifter-in-chief blurted out, “Because I don’t want to do it now. Because if the Democrats go to get in, our country will be in shambles and they won’t be able to do it.”

A bribe by any other name would smell as sour.

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Trump downplays the need to check AI development and says he doesn’t want to cede edge to China
As we barrel ahead into what quite literally could be human civilization’s final frontier, the person we should definitely all be taking guidance from on the wisdom and prudence of technological guardrails is obviously Donald Trump.

Who better than an 80-year-old wannabe dictator — who famously avoids email, literally has aides print out the internet for him, and dictates his idiotic social media screeds to a breathless, doe-eyed sycophant — to lead us into the abyss?

White House congratulates Trump for thwarting hurricanes in the Atlantic
Blessings be upon our Dear Leader! How does the great slayer of many storms do it?! And why didn’t he wield his magical powers to protect Hawai’i this summer? Duh, blue state. Never mind.

Don Jr.’s lavish Bahamas wedding was secretly bankrolled by Russian oligarch with close ties to Putin
On May 24, Donald Trump Jr. was celebrating in the Bahamas, as scantily clad dancers in stilettos and sailor caps performed for him and his guests. It was the last night of his wedding, a lavish, three-day party held across a pair of ultra-exclusive private islands.

A five-tier funfetti cake had been airlifted in from Florida, and helicopters and seaplanes descended on the islands before guests settled into their oceanfront villas. That night on the beach, Trump Jr. lifted his bride into the air while fireworks launched from a barge over the sea.

“It was everything we dreamed of and more,” his wife later wrote on Instagram.

That dream was heavily funded by a secret benefactor: Umar Kremlev, a Russian oligarch close to President Vladimir Putin.

Questions? Yeah, we’ve got a few.

Ex-Anthropic employee who issued dire warning likens AI to an alien species
The call is DEFINITELY coming from inside the house, but the threat is anything but familiar or known. Pump the fucking brakes already!

Trump loyalist tapped to lead DOJ’s sweeping conspiracy probe of president’s political enemies resigned over AG Blanche’s meddling
Joe diGenova, a devout Trump loyalist and fellow conspiracy theorist who was tapped by the Dept. of Justice to lead a sweeping conspiracy probe to target former government officials who investigated the MAGA cult leader, abruptly quit one day after a tense phone call with Attorney General Todd Blanche, who was reportedly unhappy with the pace of the ~~witch hunt~~ investigation. Let THAT sink in.

Kennedy Center board packed with Trump sycophants says only thing that can stave off performing arts center’s imminent fiscal collapse is putting his name back on the building
This makes perfect sense so long as you definitely do not think about it.

Trump says White House was a “dump” and that he loves “renovating it during [his] spare time”
Quick question: should the president of the United States have THIS much “spare time” on his hands? Asking for 342 million friends.