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VIDEO OF THE DAY: Trump gets schooled by King Charles in front of joint session of Congress
King Charles III spoke before a joint session of Congress yesterday and not-so-subtly roasted America’s wannabe dictator, at one point reminding his captive audience of the abiding principle, first put to paper in the Magna Carta way back in 1215 and subsequently baked into America’s DNA, that executive power is, of course, “subject to checks and balances.”

Let the irony be lost on no one that a LITERAL KING is more sensitive to democratic ideals than the current president of the world’s oldest continuous democracy. Charles’ gentle and quintessentially British reprimand earned him a sustained standing ovation, a sound not dissimilar to locusts laying waste to a waning pharaoh’s realm.

Trump vows “no more Mr. Nice Guy” in 4 AM Iran threat featuring image of himself with gun
Cool, cool, cool. Just another super reasonable social media post from our super reasonable commander-in-chief at the super reasonable hour of 4 in the morning. Stand by for the next Iranian LEGO clapback video in three, two, one…

Conservation Law Foundation takes the fight to Donald Trump and the fossil fuel industry
Conservation Law Foundation: The real battle for our planet, for our environment, and for our public health takes place in the courtroom. Stopping Trump from ruining our clean air, our clean water, and all the progress we’ve made hinges on Conservation Law Foundation’s legal team winning big fights behind the scenes — like their 14 MAJOR lawsuits currently underway against the Trump administration. But they don’t have the war chests that Big Oil does. This Earth Month, will you chip in to support Conservation Law Foundation and help them in their mission to protect the environment and stop Trump’s attacks on our climate?

Justice Department issues new arrest warrant for former FBI chief James Comey over seashells Instagram post
And the petty score-settling continues! Donald’s Department of (In)Justice may be be too busy to release the goddamn Epstein files, but at least they aren’t taking their eyes off one of the biggest targets on Trump’s revenge dart board — James Comey. The DOJ issued an actual arrest warrant for the former FBI director on Tuesday, claiming in a flimsy new indictment that Comey threatened the president’s life — by posting a photo of seashells he saw on a beach that red “86 47.” Intrepid, red-pilled truthseekers will note that “86” is slang for “getting rid of” or “doing away with” while “47” clearly refers to Trump, the 47th president. To the pillory!

Speaking with Good Morning America co-host George Stephanopoulos, ABC’s Jonathan Karl threw cold water all over Trump’s latest desperate bid to punish his old nemesis, stating, “I’ve been talking to current and former prosecutors, federal prosecutors who are calling this the flimsiest federal indictment that they have ever seen. Even Trump’s allies are privately calling it ’embarrassing,’ or as one very prominent former Trump DOJ official told me last night, ‘depressing.'” Karl added, “I have spoken to no serious lawyers who think these charges will result in a conviction. The near-universal view is that it will be thrown out before it gets to trial.”

Take Action: Fire Kash Patel for his corruption and incompetence immediately!

Trump sics FCC on ABC, orders unprecedented review of Disney broadcast licenses
The Trump regime responded to Jimmy Kimmel’s off-hand joke about Melania looking like an “expectant widow” by siccing the FCC on Disney and ordering all eight of ABC’s owned TV stations to file for early license renewal by May 28, years ahead of schedule. The move sounded all kinds of alarm bells for free speech advocates, with Freedom of the Press Foundation’s Seth Stern calling it “illegal jawboning intended to intimidate ABC into kissing the ring.”

Donald’s sun-baked skin is so thin a late-night joke about his wife’s facial expressions now requires the full regulatory might of the federal government — which is either the most authoritarian overreach in the history of American broadcasting, or the start of yet another viral bit Kimmel will milk to no end.

Editor’s note: Yesterday, we ran a story about Trump’s ongoing feud with Kimmel and mistakenly said the late-night talk show host was an employee of CBS and, by extension, Paramount Skydance. The comedian is, of course, the longtime host of “Jimmy Kimmel Live,” which definitely airs on ABC, the network owned by Disney. While both mega-media behemoths have shown an unfortunate willingness to bend to the whims and wants of our wannabe dictator, that’s no excuse to conflate or confuse the two. Our apologies for the unsightly error. There’s plenty of contempt to go around, and we’ll be sure to do a better job accurately identifying their respective transgressions in the future.

State Dept. unveils plans to slap Trump’s face on US passports
America’s wannabe strongman is taking territorial pissings to new heights — or lows, rather — desperately slapping his grotesque name and likeness anywhere he thinks it might stick. Buildings, banners, flags, coins, currency, government agencies, savings accounts, etc. — you name it, he’s tagged it. And good news for gluttons, he’s nowhere near finished.

Wanna leave the comfy confines of the greatest country on Earth and travel abroad but just aren’t sure if you’ll be met with the appropriate levels of scorn and disdain from the locals at your preferred destination? Get yourself a 250th anniversary commemorative US passport with Donald’s dumb face and dumber signature Sharpie-scrawled across the inside cover! Flash that sucker at border crossings or airports all over the world and bask in the incredulous glares that burn with the heat of a thousand suns.

Pentagon demands Congress burn millions to make name change official
The Trump regime wants Congress to drop $125 MILLION or more making its patently absurd “Department of War” rebranding official. That’s right, folks. On the heels of the ballroom bait-and-switch which could end up costing American taxpayers $400 million, Trump and Pete Hegseth are now formally asking Congress to codify the Defense Dept. name switcheroo, which they’ve already dropped nearly $50 million implementing. The total price tag could balloon into the hundreds of millions, according to the nonpartisan Congressional Budget Office.

Despite Donald’s incessant campaign pledges to slash government spending, practically all of the MAGA cult leader’s sweeping government reforms and various vanity projects have come with staggering hidden fees. Grifters gonna grift, grift, grift, grift, grift.

White House crowns Trump with cringy “TWO KINGS” photo alongside Charles III
The White House posted a photo of Donald Trump and King Charles III with the caption “TWO KINGS,” apparently forgetting the entire reason Americans celebrate the Fourth of July or what any of the words in the “Star Spangled Banner” actually mean. It’s a remarkable feat of historical irony: 250 years after the Second Continental Congress unanimously adopted the Declaration of Independence and formally refused to bow to the Crown, our arrogant imbecile-in-chief is on social media thirstily auditioning for the very job George Washington famously turned down.

James Carville says Trump can’t be the Antichrist because he’s too dumb
We here at Daily Dose of Democracy typically don’t give much credence to to the swampwater ramblings of longtime Democratic strategist and “Third Way” revivalist James Carville, but on this specific point we’re inclined to agree. While some folks — including several notable figures in the Republican Party — have intimated that Donald Trump might very well be the “Antichrist,” Carville says that’s a bridge too far because the “Antichrist would be smarter than him.” He does have a point.