CATCHING UP ON THE WEEKEND

Corporal Couchfucker got a chilly—and loud—reception at the Winter Olympics during opening ceremonies. The Corporal -, who represented the U.S. as the presidential delegate to the Milano Cortina Winter Olympic Games -, was greeted with a chorus of boos when he and his wife, second lady Usha Vance, appeared on the big screen during the Parade of Nations. NBC commentator Mary Carillo said during the broadcast of the opening ceremony “There’s the vice president, JD Vance, and his wife, Usha - oops - Those are not - oh, those are a lot of boos for him. Whistling, jeering, some applause.” Unlike most other national leaders during the Parade of Nations, Vance’s name was not publicly announced. The jeers came despite an advisory from the International Olympic Committee to refrain from heckling the U.S. delegation, as the organization’s president instructed in a press conference on Wednesday. “I hope that the opening ceremony is seen by everyone as an opportunity to be respectful of each other,” IOC President Kirsty Coventry said when asked if it would be understandable that Americans were booed during the opening ceremony, given the “geopolitical backdrop” of the Games. “No one is asking what country they come from or what religion. They are all just hanging out,” she said. “It was a real opportunity to put into perspective how we could all be. And so, for me, I hope that the opening ceremony will do that and will be a reminder for everyone how we could be.” Those of you watching the Winter Olympics on NBC should be aware that the network is cuting out boos of Vance and others and substituting cheers on the feed.

A pardoned Jan. 6 rioter who was arrested on felony charges for destroying an anti-ICE sculpture at the Minnesota state capitol now claims he was simply exercising his freedom of speech. Jacob Lang was captured on video, dressed in camouflage, kicking to pieces a giant ice sculpture of the words “PROSECUTE ICE,” taking out the “SECUTE” portion so the remaining sculpture then read “PRO ICE.” The sculpture had been commissioned by the Common Defense Organization for $6,250, plus an additional $600 removal fee. According to a probable cause statement filed in court, Lang conveyed the following message to the prosecuting attorney: “I was creating art. I was exercising my First Amendment right to artistic expression.” “Complainant notes that the First Amendment does indeed protect artistic expression — the creation and display of an ice sculpture, for example. The First Amendment does not, however, provide protection against damaging someone else’s property,” said the document. “A trooper contacted the Common Defense Organization organizer and asked what the group’s plan was for the Capitol ice art installation after their permitted event ended on February 5, 2026. The organization intended to donate the ice sculpture to a local business after the permit expired so the artwork could be displayed for a longer duration.” Lang, who received a blanket pardon for Jan. 6-related offenses from Trump, has gotten into a number of other turbulent situations in the past several months. In November, Lang participated in a march against Muslims in Dearborn, Michigan, where he wrote “CUCK” on the side of a campaign bus for pro-Trump candidate Anthony Hudson after he refused to endorse anti-Islam rhetoric; Lang would also be punched in the face during confrontations at this march. Then, earlier this week, he was ejected from a Minneapolis tavern after harassing the staff, accusing them of being anti-white, and threatening to call ICE on employees. The people at the bar should have taken him out back and given him the beating he deserves, then stuffed him in the snow and left him there for the spring melt.

The Wrong RFK Got Shot continues to prove he is no Kennedy inheritor, but rather the bad seed in need of expulsion, not just from his family, but by this country. He lied to the Senate Committee vdetting his nomination to be Secretary of HHS, telling them he did not go to Samoa to interfere with measles vaccinations. The Guardian and the Associated Press obtained emails from U.S. Embassy and United Nations staff saying Kennedy visited Samoa to spread his skepticism of vaccines. One email read: “The real reason Kennedy is coming is to raise awareness about vaccinations, more specifically some of the health concerns associated with vaccinating (from his point of view).” After his visit, antivaccine activists gained ground, and vaccination rates dropped. A subsequent measles outbreak sickened thousands and killed 83, most were children under the age of five. Senator Ron Wyden told The Guardian: “Lying to Congress about his role in the deadly measles outbreak in Samoa only underscores the danger he now poses to families across America. He and his allies will be held responsible.”

This week, Dem Sen. Ruben Gallego laid out a plan to stop Trump from rigging the 2026 midterms, centered on holding a general strike. If Trump follows through on his threats to “nationalize the vote,” Gallego said: “If you’re a pilot, do not show up. If you drive a train, do not show up. If you’re a teacher, do not show up. We grind the country to a halt. If we have to destroy the stock market to save democracy, we need to accept that. The richest and the most powerful people in the world and in this country need to understand that that is a real possibility. There is no economic stability without democratic stability.”

Under Trump’s orders, the DOJ has been targeting the six lawmakers who produced a video reminding active-duty military not to obey illegal orders. Dem Sen. Elissa Slotkin is one of them, and she’s refusing to comply with the DOJ’s demand for an interview. Slotkin declared: “I’m not going to be sitting down for this inquiry. I’m not going to legitimize their actions . They’re purposefully using physical and legal intimidation to get me to shut up.” But Slotkin isn’t just refusing to cooperate—she’s preparing to fight back in court. Slotkin warned AG Pam Bondi to preserve all records, saying she may sue for infringement of her constitutional rights. “Until we stand up to this kind of weaponization, it’s just going to keep happening to more and more of my colleagues and then, to average Americans,” Slotkin warned.

New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani signed a broad executive order yesterday strengthening sanctuary protections for immigrants in the city. Mamdani said: “Across this country, day after day, we bear witness to cruelty that staggers the conscience. Masked agents, paid by our own tax dollars, violate the Constitution and visit terror upon our neighbors.” The executive order prohibits ICE from entering NYC property, including schools, hospitals, and shelters—without a judicial warrant. It also enhances privacy protections to block the Trump regime from accessing New Yorkers’ private data, creates a crisis-response committee, and mandates compliance audits. Mamdani also launched a citywide campaign to educate New Yorkers on their rights during encounters with ICE, along with a legal support hotline for anyone who needs help.

Mamdani said, “As ICE fosters a culture of suspicion and fear, let this city of strangers set an example for how to make the sorrows of others our own. Let us offer a new path—one of defiance through compassion.”

Andrew Tate reveals everything wrong with the MAGAts: “Reading books is a very cheap way to, I guess, entertain. I wouldn’t call it entertainment, because my brain is far too advanced. I’m too smart to read. I know you’re sitting there going ‘smart people read.’ no. I need action. I need constant chaos in my life, to feel content. I need to be driving in a supercar, and fucking fighting and fucking a bunch of ho’s and champagne going crazy. I can’t just sit there ‘oh, and the pirate on the boat.’ It’s for people with slow brains.” In your case, you worthless bozo, you have NO BRAIN. Like the rest of you shit kicking, hay shaking redneck scum.

Major cities around the country are moving to block construction of new AI data centers, the hulking complexes that make up the backbone of the artificial intelligence industry. But what do Americans really think of them? Some interesting partisan trends are starting to emerge. There are, for instance, “discrete pockets of people — often quite conservative in their politics — who care a lot about” opposing the centers, even as voters as a whole increasingly see the tech companies as aligned with Republicans.

Yesterday, Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer said it is an “absolute lie” that he suggested renaming Penn Station after President Trump, a claim that the president made earlier in the day.

“Absolute lie. He knows it. Everyone knows it,” Schumer said in a post on the social platform X. “Only one man can restart the project and he can restart it with the snap of his fingers. Schumer rejected Trump’s proposal last month to rename Penn Station and Washington Dulles International Airport after him in exchange for over $16 billion in funding to go toward the Gateway tunnel project connecting New York and New Jersey. While speaking to reporters on Air Force One Friday night, Trump said Schumer “suggested that to me about changing the name of Penn Station to Trump Station,” adding that Dulles Airport is “really separate” and “not too involved with Congress,” according to a pool report. Every word out of his mouth is ALWAYS a lie, including “and” and “the”.

When Elon Musk’s social media platform X launched a contest to promote its “Articles” feature, the guidelines were explicit: Submissions “must not contain political, or religious statements.” But when the company announced the winners on Tuesday, the results appeared to contradict those rules. While the stated criteria emphasized high-quality writing and nonpolitical content, more than $2 million in prize money largely flowed to users ranging from popular right-wing influencers to anonymous accounts whose content mirrored the policy positions and grievances Musk has amplified since acquiring the platform. The $1 million grand prize went to X user @beaverd for an article titled “Deloitte, a $74 billion cancer metastasized across America,” which aggregated data about government contracts with the consulting giant. Deloitte contracts were targeted for cuts by the Department of Government Efficiency when Musk was leading the Trump administration initiative. DOGE terminated at least 127 Deloitte contracts, according to Business Insider. The user has a history of racist and fringe posts on X. In one post, @beaverd wrote, “i think america is ready for a shade of white lets send those somali’s back.” In another, the user said, “we gave multi culturalism a good college try it doesnt work. no more white guilt.” In December, Musk made a post saying “No more white guilt” as well.In a November 2024 exchange, @beaverd weighed in after another user commented on photos of then-President-elect Donald Trump meeting with President Joe Biden at the White House. “Weird that he looks so happy while hanging out with literally Hitler,” the other user commented, to which @beaverd replied: “God I wish he was literally Hitler.”

It literally took FOURTEEN C-17 Air Force cargo planes to haul J.D. Vance’s FORTY armored Chevy Suburbans to Milan to carry his retinue for his attendance at the Olympics - where he got the kind of review from those at tghe opening ceremonies he should get everywhere he goes - boos so loud the Olympic Committee begged them to stop. And the 40 armored Suburbans - each of which barely fits in the narrow streets of Milan - caused traffic in the city to come to a halt yesterday when he beclowned the opening events with his presence. Including the USA figure skatin athletes who almost didn’t get to the venue in time to perform their routines - where they became the leaders in their competitions. That’s how much value Coach Couchfucker brings to anything he does anywhere. He must be in practice for 228, when he’s dumb enough to think he;ll beable to become that “American Caesar” GERMAN IMMIGRANT Peter Thiel is always going on about as what we need since freedom is incompatible with democracy, as this clownfucking gay Nazi (He’s really gay; he’s really a Nazi - go figure) tells us. Vance and uber-clownfucker Widdle Mario together need a Praetorian Guard of 300 SS men, er, I mean ICE goons - for their protection at the games.

Meanwhile: Louisiana Democrat Chasity Verret Martinez defeated her Republican opponent by double digits in the special election Saturday night for a state House seat in a district President Trump won by 13 points in 2024. Martinez won 62% of the vote compared to 38% for her Republican opponent, Brad Daigle, according to unofficial results from the Louisiana Secretary of State. A 37-point swing from red to blue. In Not-New Orleans Louisiana. The seat was already held by Democrats, but Republicans viewed it as a prime pick-up opportunity because Trump had carried it three times. Instead, it swung even more toward Democrats.

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