MIDWEEK MADNESS

CINCUS in charge

It appears we’ve entered the I Don’t Give A Fuck period of Trump’s second term. A friend of mine commented yesterday that Trumpers are the ones you didn’t like back in school, all grown down.

Proof he’s scared: Trump kicked off Tuesday’s Cabinet meeting by railing against criticisms that the cost of living is too high and that goods are unaffordable. “The word affordability is a Democrat scam. They say it, and then they go onto the next subject,” Trump said. He also repeated his complaint that attacks on his administration’s handling of affordability is a “con job.” He’s run out of shiny objects to distract from his incompetence. Not only that, but Don Snoreleone fell asleep in the middle of his his own praise-a-thon “Cabinet meeting.” Probably due to the lack of sleep from all the rageposting Monday night (see below). D. Earl Stephens got it right, calling him “Bull Dozer”.

At yesterday’s Potemkin Cabinet Meeting, Pissdrunk Pete announced “We’ve only just begun striking narco folks and putting narco terrorists at the bottom of the ocean because they’ve been poisoning the American people. He went on to say that commanders have Maladministration II’s full support: “President Trump always has our back, we always have the back of our commanders who are making decisions in difficult situations, and we do in this case and all of these strikes. They’re making judgement calls and ensuring that they defend the American people. They’ve done the right things. We’ll keep doing that. And we have their back.” Pete also said he did not “stick around” to see live the second U.S. military strike. “I watched that first strike live. As you can imagine, at the Department of War, we got a lot of things to do, so I didn’t stick around for the hour and two hours, whatever, where all the sensitive site exploitation digitally occurs. So I moved on to my next meeting.” Pissdrunk then went into an attack on the media over the initial story about the strikes: “You sit in your air-conditioned office or up on Capitol Hill, and you nitpick, and you plant fake stories in The Washington Post about ‘kill everybody,’ phrases on anonymous sources not based in anything,” his voice rising. “Then you want to throw real irresponsible terms about American heroes, about the judgment that they made.” The latest strike took place on Nov. 15, with the U.S. military killing three alleged “narco-terrorists” in the eastern Pacific. Hegseth indicated that the administration has not carried out an attack since (because they’ve been outed), but that could always change: “We’ve had a bit of a pause because it’s hard to find boats to strike right now, which is the entire point, right? Deterrence has to matter, not arrest and hand over and then do it again, the rinse and repeat approach of previous administrations.” That last sentence proves he is a war criminal. And at the end of all that, Sundowning Grampa - seated beside him - said: “As far as the attack is concerned, I didn’t, you know, I still haven’t gotten a lot of information because I rely on Pete. I didn’t know about the second strike. I didn’t know anything about people. I wasn’t involved. I knew they took out a boat.” Say “hi there” to the underside of the bus, Pete. None of you fuckwits ever thinks the leopards are going to eat your face. Until they do. You’re gonna wish you were pissdrunk.

Further proving the overall worthlessness of the collection of incompetents assembled around the table who were cosplaying “A Cabinet Meeting,” during the marathon meeting filled with Trump’s collection of sycophants lauding him with praise, Kristi Noem topped them all when she thanked Trump for keeping hurricanes at bay. “You made it through the hurricane season without a hurricane—you kept the hurricanes away. We appreciate that,” she said. When that got a laugh, she pivoted to praising Dearest Leader for FEMA’s performance, saying the organization is “deploying resources and dollars 150 percent faster than ever before.” Trump has spent much of 2025 threatening to cut FEMA entirely, saying disaster relief should be left to the states. FEMA was hit by DOGE-related staffing cuts and so-called “efficiency” measures that hampered the organization’s effectiveness following the deadly Texas floods that killed more than 100 people over the July 4th weekend. It took ICE Barbie 72 hours to deploy FEMA to Texas.

Proof they’re all out of excuses. When questioned about the boat attack and the order to “kill ‘em all,” House Squeaker MAGA Mike declined to say if he viewed the second strike as a war crime, as other lawmakers have. “I’m not going to prejudge any of that,” he said, adding that there would be congressional hearings on the matter. He then brought up strikes conducted overseas while Obama was in office. “I will say that, you know, it’s not an unprecedented thing. One of the things I was reminded of this morning is that under Barack Obama, President Obama, he had — I think there were 550 drone strikes on people who were targeted as enemies of the country, and nobody ever questioned it.” (FACT CHECK: Contrary to MAGA Mike, the strikes during the Obama Administration in Yemen, Pakistan, Somalia and elsewhere were the subject of widespread scrutiny, including in congressional hearings.)

A narcissist unraveling, or “narcissistic collapse,” is a psychological crisis that occurs when their fragile ego and false self-image can no longer be maintained, often due to a significant blow to their ego like public humiliation or loss of control. Proof of this: Trump went on a relentless Lies Anti-Social posting spree Monday nightthat is unhinged even by his standards, posting almost non-stop on Lies Anti-Social for a total of 160 times between 7:09 p.m. to 11:57 p.m. ET, with most posts shared twice. At one point he was firing off more than a post a minute. Most of the posts involved sharing MAGA content from Fox News, Benny Johnson, Scott Jennings and a special one from Alex Jones - a clip from InfoWars with the bizarre caption: “Michelle Obama may have used Biden’s autopen in the final days of his disastrous administration to pardon key individuals.” He targeted his usual enemies: California Gov. Gavin Newsom, Gov. Tim Walz and Rep. Ilhan Omar of Minnesota, former House Speaker Nancy Pelosi, former presidents Barack Obama and Joe Biden, former FBI chief James Comey, former Attorney General Eric Holder, and Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff. One video was headed “Make Christmas Great Again” with the momentary footage of him alongside Macaulay Culkin in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.” He continued his attack on Sen. Mark Kelly and the other Democrats who posted about illegal orders: “Mark Kelly and the group of Unpatriotic Politicians were WRONG to do what they did, and they know it! I hope the people looking at them are not duped into thinking that it’s OK to openly and freely get others to disobey the President of the United States!” He also proudly shared the Thanksgiving video of him calling a female reporter “stupid” after she questioned him on when the Afghan suspect in the D.C. shooting had been granted asylum in the U.S. He also posted “Colorado, FREE TINA PETERS, NOW.” This is a classic case of Sundowners Dementia, in which they go on rants, walk around all night, and literally fall asleep the next day usually between 11am-3pm. Crazy, but it’s true and this is unfortunately pretty common for old people with dementia.

Dr. Jonathan Reiner thinks there’s something fishy about Trump’s medical testing.“There really is no preventative cardiac MRI. This is not a standard test for an 80-year-old man to undergo advanced imaging.” Reiner, who served as the late Vice President Dick Cheney’s cardiologist for over 30 years, said the lack of transparency regarding the clandestine medical procedures has a “weird, defensive, evasive tone to it.” “If you look at his first administration, the president, like most presidents, only underwent one comprehensive physical exam every year, so this comes completely off-cycle. Dr. Barbabella, the president’s physician, states that he underwent advanced imaging. Well, what specific advanced imaging did the president have? “Was it an MRI, as the president said? Was it a CT? Did he have both? Why not just spell it out? It’s as if a patient came in for a chest X-ray, and then I only told people that the patient underwent simple radiologic imaging.” He pointed out that “preventative” imaging of the abdomen was especially peculiar. “This obviously was performed in response to some clinical concern, which is fine. Things happen to people as we all get older, and the president is almost 80. So, instead of this kind of evasive, almost laughable kind of note, just spell out what happened. But this kind of piece-by-piece, drip-by-drip release of information is just concerning. I think most physicians would basically agree that advanced imaging is not a routine part of an executive physical for a man or a woman of any age. It’s just best to have the president’s doctor come out, answer a few questions and put the whole mystery to bed, and then we can all move on.”

The Wrong RFK Got Shot makes his attack on science, intelligence and common sense worse:

HHS announced Martin Kulldorff’s appointment to be chief science officer for the Office of the Assistant Secretary for Planning and Evaluation (ASPE). Kulldorff, a Swedish biostatistician, served as chair of the Advisory Committee on Immunization Practices at the CDC after Wrong RFK placed vaccine skeptics and critics on it. Kulldorff was fired from Harvard medical school in 2024 for refusal to receive the COVID-19 vaccine. He was an author of the “Great Barrington Declaration,” that called for promoting herd immunity early in the pandemic by allowing the virus to spread unmitigated. Wrong RFK said: “Martin Kulldorff transformed ACIP from a rubber stamp into a committee that delivers gold-standard science for the American people. I’m glad to welcome him to my team to help develop bold, evidence-based policies to Make America Healthy Again.” Pediatric cardiologist and former Air Force flight surgeon Kirk Milhoan will replace Kulldorff as chair of the ACIP. He is also an ardent vaccine critic who has argued that vaccines were ineffective, arguing only natural immunity could end the COVID-19 pandemic. He is a senior fellow at the Independent Medical Alliance, an organization that opposes mRNA vaccines and promoted use of ivermectin and hydroxychloroquine to treat COVID-19. Paul Offit, director of the Vaccine Education Center at the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, on how to restore trust in science: “I don’t think there is any way to regain that trust other than have the viruses do the education, and the bacteria do the education, and then people will realize they paid way too high a cost.”

Healthcare fail, part 983: Discussions between the White House and congressional leaders about reforming healthcare have been put on ice. Republicans had brought up the possibility of new legislation being passed through the reconciliation process. But this stopped after Trump floated a proposal to extend ACA subsidies without conferring with anyone on the Hill. This derailed separate bipartisan Senate talks for short-term insurance premium relief. Democrats walked away convinced their GOP counterparts would never agree to any Obamacare subsidy extension, even with Trump’s buy-in. On Tuesday, Trump publicly stated his opposition to doing anything to save the ACA. While this is bad news for those who will be hit with the increased insurance payments next month, it is good news for November, since Trump has now self-identified as the person responsible for inflicting these increases on his own supporters. Democrats have the upper hand on messaging, policy, and politics, as Republicans prove once again that they either can’t or won’t legislate on healthcare.

Monday, Indiana Republicans released a proposed congressional map that eliminates the two Democratic seats in the state by dividing Indianapolis into four districts. The state House is expected to take up the measure this week, and the Senate could do so next week. But there’s a lot of uncertainty about what the Senate will actually do. Senate President Pro Tempore Rodric Bray had been adamant there weren’t enough votes to pass a new map, but reversed course last week and said he would consider bringing it up. Some Republicans want to hold the vote and get it over with—thereby ending the political pressure from Trump, threats of violence, and swatting incidents that have accompanied the debate. Others think Bray won’t actually hold the vote, in order to protect his members from potentially getting crosswise with Trump in public. Either way, it’s far from clear whether Indiana - which has been reluctant to redistrict - will pass these maps.

Proof of how unserious Trump is about his war on drugs: former Honduras President Juan Orlando Hernández was released from prison Monday after Trump pardoned him of charges related to assisting drug traffickers. Hernandez was found guilty in U.S. court of acting to smuggle one million pounds of cocaine into the U.S. over the past 20 years. When asked why he granted clemency, Trump told reporters he was asked by “many of the people of Honduras.” The pardon came just days before Hondurans voteD for a new president. Trump threw his support behind conservative candidate Nasry “Tito” Asfura, “because the United States has so much confidence in him, his Policies, and what he will do for the Great People of Honduras, we will be very supportive.” The pardon is not only morally and legally indefensible, it is pragmatically and politically stupid. There is nothing to be gained from it. At least nothing over the table.

Yes, these people are all completely unserious: Matt Gaetz made a bizarre return to Capitol Hill on Tuesday as part of the Pentagon’s new MAGA-friendly press corps. Gaetz joined a ragtag cast of MAGA influencers and conspiracy theorists filling the seats vacated by major news outlets at Kingsley Wilson’s Pentagon briefing Tuesday. It was the first Pentagon press briefing since the DOD instituted a new rule requiring journalists to obtain DOD approval before publishing information, prompting veteran Pentagon journalists to leave. Gaetz, now an “anchor” at One America News Network was there with fellow “journalists” Jack Posobiec, Joey Mannarino and Laura Loomer - who gleefully posted on X: “The Pentagon Press Briefing is about to begin at 11 a.m. EST! I’m here in the front row, eagerly waiting to ask questions!” Gaetz asked if the U.S. considers every member of Maduro’s government a “narco-terrorist.” Wilson did not directly answer; she responded by bragging about the strikes on “drug boats.” Vanity Fair’s Washington correspondent Aidan McLaughlin mocked them: “New Pentagon press corps is botching their first big story.” Right-wing content creator Cam Higby posted: “The point is: we’re in, you’re out.” Welcome to the Moral Slum, you pondscum.

Yesterday, pop musician Sabrina Carpenter blasted Maladministration II for using her song in a video showing ICE goons making arrests. The video features Carpenter’s 2024 song “Juno,” with the lyric “have you ever tried this one?” running on a repeat over a montage of ICE goons arresting, confronting, tackling and handcuffing people. Carpenter said “This video is evil and disgusting. Do not ever involve me or my music to benefit your inhumane agenda.” She got this from Moral Slum dweller Abigail Jackson, who said: “We won’t apologize for deporting dangerous criminal illegal murderers, rapists, and pedophiles from our country. Anyone who would defend these sick monsters must be stupid, or is it slow?” These Moral Slum scum all need a smack in the mouth. With a baseball bat. Repeatedly.

Finally, Republicans held onto Congressional District 7’s seat in Tennessee last night. Matt Van Epps, a Trump-endorsed Army veteran and former state commissioner, defeated Democratic State Representative Aftyn Behn by barely a 9 point margin, according to the Associated Press. In 2024, then-Rep. Mark Green carried the district by 22 percent. The district also backed Trump by the same margin. Losing 13 points to the Democrat in a seat gerrymandered to be solid-Republican means the GOP’s November 2026 troubles are real. The GOP congresscritters who won their seats by 12-15% last time are going to be “whistling past the graveyard” between now and November, and they will be re-thinking their lockstep support for the guy who has a 36% approval rating. There are 35 GOP seats now “in play” that will flip in November with this kind of math.

While Sundowning Grampa spent most of yesterday’s cabinet meeting sleeping through the compliments of the Moral Slum dwellers who are Maladministration II, he managed to wake up enough to show what a truly terrible piece of shit he is, with a slur-filled attack on the Somalis who have relocated to Minnesota, saying: “I hear Somalians ripped off that state for billions of dollars, billions. Every year, billions of dollars, and they contribute nothing. The welfare is like 88%, they contribute nothing. I don’t want ‘em in our country, I’ll be honest with you, okay. Somebody would say, ‘Oh, that’s not politically correct.’ I don’t care. I don’t want ‘em in our country. Their country’s no good for a reason. Their country stinks, and we don’t want ‘em in our country. I can say that about other countries, too. I can say it about other countries, too. We don’t want them the hell, we gotta—we have to rebuild our country. He went on: “You know, our country’s at a tipping point. We could go bad. We’re at a tipping point. I don’t know if people mind me saying that, but I’m saying it. We could go one way or the other, and we’re going to go the wrong way if we keep taking in garbage into our country.” After that he turned on Representative Ilhan Omar, saying: “She’s garbage. Her friends are garbage. These aren’t people that work, these aren’t people that say, ‘Let’s go. Come on, let’s make this place great.’ These are people that do nothing but complain. They complain, and from where they came from, they got nothing. You know, if they came from Paradise, and they said, ‘This isn’t Paradise.’ But when they come from hell, and they complain and do nothing but bitch, we don’t want them in our country. Let them go back to where they came from and fix it.”

The Moral Abomination that is Maladministration II announced that the target for the next ICE pogrom will be Minneapolis-St. Paul and the Somali community. They also announced a pause on all immigration applications from 19 “shithole” countries and a halt to processing green cards and citizenship applications. The people that need to be expelled from this country are the scummy white pigs who support this worthless excuse for a human being. MAGA must be destroyed and their fields salted (politically). No MAGAt you know - family or friend - can ever redeem themselves for what they have done by supporting this.

JoJoFromJerz gets today’s last words (because they’re so awesome): “This is a man whose cranial landscape is less ‘organ of cognition’ and more intellectual skid row where common sense turned tricks for loose change. Inside that gilded skull is the cognitive gangbang of confusion, ego, lies, and erectile insecurity grinding under a flickering neon sign. His frontal lobe functions like a cerebral glory hole where stray thoughts wander in and never emerge, while the cortical motherboard sizzles like a cursed relic stolen from a museum basement. The entire operation is run out of an internal call center staffed by three disgruntled possums on a smoke break, misrouting calls and occasionally fighting over an old ham wrapper. And at the center of it all is the cranial snuff film where synapses go to get waterboarded by confusion.”

Photo: KarenRN

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