four seasons total dumbfuckery: Donny blows up Iran negotiations with his own reckless mouth Dear Leader always makes things worse for himself

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as unlikely as it may seem, somehow the Shitwit Brigade of Witkoff, Kushner and Couchfuck McGee were actually making headway — but then Preznit Fuckwit started posting once again about how he was going to bomb the shit out of Iran if they didn’t dance to his tune, at which point the Iranian negotiating team was all ‘why the fuck are we even talking to you?’

so, Donny's ace team of parking lot negotiators were actually close to a deal with Iran, when Donny blew it all up by tweeting infantile threats. awesome job, you fucking idiot. take a victory lap. I mock all that shit in today's post. thank you for your attention to it. link is here: bit.ly/3QkGa5v

all of this would be hilarious if it were happening in some small, powerless third world banana republic, where some tinpot’s disastrous decisions would have no effect beyond its own borders — but this is the United Goddamned States of America. everything we do affects the whole planet. all it took were the reckless actions of one moron to destabilize the entire world’s economy. how is that even allowed to be a thing? ‘what if the leader of a country were a fucking moron?’ is a great premise when it’s a movie like Duck Soup. not so much, however, when you have a real-life Donald J. Firefly in command of a nuclear arsenal.

it's insane that we live in a world where the impulsive actions of one thin-skinned imbecile can fuck shit up for the entire planet. big, strong readers with tears in their eyes are saying to me, "sir! sir! thank you for your angry post about it, sir!" link is here: bit.ly/3QkGa5v

When historians write about how the second Trump coalition actually ended... this past weekend is a chapter. Not because of what Greene said. Because of what the enforcers could not stop.

The mainstream coverage is missing what actually happened this weekend inside MAGA.
They're asking whether Greene believes Butler was staged.
The real question is why the enforcement mechanism failed to silence her. New piece 👇
www.jackhopkinsnow.com

MTG walked across the one red line MAGA said could never be crossed. She questioned the Butler mythology. The electric fence was off. That is Stage 4. You are watching it.

Preview: WH Bible reading

“I like all the verses in the Bible. ‘Jesus Swept’ might be my favorite. It’s simple. A lot of people don’t know this, but Jesus was a carpenter. Bigly hard worker like me. He had to sweep a lot of wood shavings, nails…A LOTTA SWEEPING! That’s how you keep a clean shop.”

Donald says we would have won the Vietnam War if he'd been president.
Maybe he should have just served.

Republicans in the states are redistricting early at the behest of Donald Trump.

The response by Dems in Virginia, California, and elsewhere to counter-balance is being triggered only by a blatant plot to steal the midterms.

This isn’t a race to the bottom.

It’s a means of avoiding the bottom.

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GENTEXT/Remarks: 1. Te) Directive: Demobilize National Guard personnel on Title 10 (T-10) status assigned to Federal Protective Missions (FPMs) in Portland, Los Angeles, and Chicago per SEWAR's verbal order of 31 December 2025. 1.A. hE» Los Angeles FPM: Demobilize the remaining 104 (+) Soldiers on T-10 status. 1.B. «CuT) Portland FPM: Demobilize the remaining 109 (+) Soldiers on T-10 status. 1.C. » Chicago FPM: Demobilize the remaining 314 (+) Soldiers on T-10 status. 2.7 → Demobilization planning: 2.A. 40H5) USNORTHCOM will coordinate with 1st Army to execute the demobilization of FPM forces in Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago IAW SEWAR's VOCO and receipt of this GENADMIN. 2.B. ( Guard personnel sourced from Texas will remain on T-10 status until further notice.

NEW: In a court filing today, it was detailed that Pete Hegseth verbally ordered an end to National Guard mobilization in Los Angeles, Portland, and Chicago on December 31, 2025—the day that Trump announced on Truth social that the deployment would be ending. The written directive was dated 1/1/26.

I remember the Vietnam War well. Trump should too — we're the same age.

I was too short to serve and lost good friends in the war. Trump pretended to have bone spurs.

That war was characterized by lies, arrogance, and stupidity.

What's happening in Iran is starting to feel a lot like Vietnam.

I had the opportunity to confront Pete Hegseth's bigoted spiritual mentor, Pastor Doug Wilson, and call him out on his history of hate, his misreading of the Bible, his hijacking of Jesus, and his cosplay Crusading.

It was worth it.

Trump's Sinister SAVE Act: Desperate Authoritarian Rigging of the 2026 Midterms

Trump's frantic, all-or-nothing obsession with forcing through the SAVE America Act lays bare his authoritarian desperation to rig the 2026 midterms before a single vote is cast.

Studies consistently show...

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GALLEGO: Earlier today, you told Sec. Kennedy that Trump never demanded you to cut interest rates. Is that your sworn testimony?

WARSH: That is, senator.

GALLEGO: Okay. Well someone here is lying then. Because Trump confirmed he pressed you on interest rate cuts.

Warsh hearing so far has been kind of frustrating. No one has asked the questions that seem most relevant to me:
1) is Trump's criminal investigation into Powell appropriate?
2) what would you do if Trump threatened retribution against you if he didn't like your actions/Fed policy decisions?

@marcelias.bsky.social, the great Democratic legal fighter for democracy, on me:

"We need more people like this guy in Congress…This guy's a fighter. And he's not just saying he's a fighter, he's got the receipts, because he has gone toe-to-toe with Donald Trump and the Republicans for years now...

Bannon warns ‘demonic’ Dems will impeach Trump if they win Virginia redistricting vote As Virginia’s redistricting referendum comes down to the wire, Steve Bannon is warning that “demonic” Democrats will impeach President Donald Trump and gerrymander congressional districts nationwide i...

As Virginia’s redistricting referendum comes down to the wire, Steve Bannon is warning that “demonic” Democrats will impeach President Donald Trump and gerrymander congressional districts nationwide if they win in the Old Dominion Tuesday. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

Judge schedules potentially pivotal hearing for April 28 in legal challenge against Trump’s plan to shutter & renovate Kennedy Center

Judge orders attorneys for plaintiff, Rep. Joyce Beatty (D-OH) & Trump attorneys to be ready to tackle wide range of issues in the case by then

Washington Examiner: Imagine it was someone other than President Donald Trump. Suppose a different leader were posting deranged rants in the small hours, insulting the spiritual leader of 1.3 billion Catholics, threatening entire civilizations with annihilation, and comparing himself to God. What would be the reaction?

trib.al/8NOOXa6

Here is what Democracy Docket is tracking today:

Active Voting Rights Cases: 158
Active Redistricting Cases: 44
Active Anti-Voting Cases: 85
Active Pro-Voting Cases: 71
Active DOJ Lawsuits: 30

Become a Democracy Docket subscriber to receive in-depth insight and analysis: bit.ly/4qmEiFz

WARREN: That's not my question. Are you refusing to tell us if you have investments in vehicles set up by Jeffrey Epstein?

KEVIN WARSH: Those assets will be sold if I'm confirmed

The most fundamental disconnect between MAGA and everyone else is that we believe everything Trump does is about promoting, enriching and empowering himself because he’s a greedy malignant narcissist, and they believe he actually cares about other people and is primarily motivated by that.

New lawsuit aims to block Trump DOJ from building national voter database via state voter roll grab The lawsuit calls the effort “a key component of the Trump Administration’s attempts to take over elections from states and subvert the 2026 midterms.”

🚨BREAKING: Pro-voting groups sued the U.S. Department of Justice (DOJ) Tuesday to block its bid to build a national voter database using private voter data from every state. www.democracydocket.com/news-alerts/...

And .. here come the Freedom of Information Act requests for Kash Patel records

DC watchdog group Democracy Forward has formally requested Patel's calendars & any messages from security detail that include words "drinking", "hungover", "inebriated"

democracyforward.org/wp-content/u...

This Isn't Trading. It's Theft from Your Retirement. Someone keeps making perfectly-timed bets right before the President speaks. The victims are your pension, your 401(k), and the country I took an oath to defend.

Fifteen minutes before the President announced he was pausing strikes on Iran, somebody moved $500 million in oil futures. Somebody knew. Somebody told them. Or somebody is them.
New piece ↓
open.substack.com/pub/adamkinz...

Imagine how great America could be if wealthy pedophiles were prosecuted for their crimes and Americans were at a place where women could win the Presidential vote.

'I know everything': Brazilian model Amanda Ungaro, Paolo Zampolli, and how the Epstein Network Brought Them Both to Trump's White House Flown to New York on Epstein's jet at 17, partnered for two decades with the man who brought Melania to the US, deported before she could post bail after a single phone call to a federal official, Ama...

In 2002 a 17 year old from Londrina, Brazil boarded Jeffrey Epstein’s private jet in Paris and was trafficked to New York. Around 30 girls were on that flight. Ghislaine Maxwell prowled the cabin. Some girls sat on Epstein’s lap. The teenager was Amanda Ungaro.

www.yacnews.com/amanda-ungar...