This past week has been full of the bright shiny object for us to fixate on and sucks all the air out of anything else…..war with Iran…so some of the silliness was not noticed as much as usual.
First we had huge banners of Donny’s mug hung off the Dept. of Labor building and now we have that far right loud mouth Kirk’s mug hanging off the dept. of education. Both are tacky at best.
Then he wants to give himself a birthday present….we know he has destroyed the White House for his stupid ballroom and his silly arc de Trump and now a stadium…..
President Donald Trump says he plans to build a 100,000-seat stadium near the White House to host a UFC fight on his birthday.
The president confirmed the MMA event last year, although his critics have branded the plan to build an arena for the event as “Kim Jong Un-level insanity.”
“They are going to put up something that’s really amazing,” Trump told reporters. “It’s really having to do with our great 250th birthday, where we’re having so many wonderful things.
Then there is Pistol Pete bitching about dead Americans….
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s remark Wednesday about U.S. troops dying in the Middle East was so callous it reportedly stunned everyone—including Pentagon officials.
During a press briefing, Hegseth claimed that the press was only reporting on the deaths of American soldiers in order to “make the president look bad.”
“But when a few drones get through or tragic things happen, it’s front-page news,” he said. “I get it, the press only wants to make the president look bad—but try for once to report the reality.”
The Atlantic’s Nancy Youssef, who was present for the briefing, told her colleague that Hegseth’s comment “sent a stunned silence through the briefing room.”
She claimed that some members of Hegseth’s staff appeared to flinch at what he was saying, while others ducked their heads.
https://newrepublic.com/post/207400/pete-hegseth-dead-troops-aides
Seriously? That is the best he can say about dead Americans? I want some MAGA idiot to explain why that is not offensive.
Not really as moronic as something Donny said….
“The situation with a very bad and very sick group of leaders, who were killing a lot of people,” he said. “A lot of our people were being killed. They were being maimed. They were being destroyed with their bombs all over the place, planted in roads, and we called them the roadside bombs. Walking around without legs, without arms, face blasted. Killed many, many people.”
To be fair he was talking about our last Iraq War and roadside bombs….
Just a little something to think about….
The daily price tag of US President Donald Trump’s illegal war on Iran would be enough to cover the daily costs of federal nutrition assistance for more than 40 million Americans, as well as daily Medicaid costs for the roughly 16 million people expected to lose health coverage due to the Republican budget package that Trump signed into law last year.
That’s according to an analysis published Thursday by the National Priorities Project (NPP), which noted that—on an annual basis—the estimated $1 billion-per-day cost of the US war on Iran is “higher than the appropriated budget of any federal agency except the Pentagon itself.”
https://www.commondreams.org/news/daily-cost-iran-war
Is this something out of Bay Watch?
The U.S. Coast Guard has obtained a new tool in their arsenal for patrolling the U.S.-Mexico border: jet skis.
In a video posted to Instagram in February, the Coast Guard confirmed that they are deploying ‘Coasties’ on jet skis to control, secure, and defend the border.
This investment came as Coast Guard Commandant Admiral Kevin E. Lunday said that despite a large infusion of cash from the federal government, the Coast Guard still needed higher annual funding appropriations, according to the Military Times.
Seriously? Jet skis?
We know the favorite pastime of Repubs is to blame everything they have done on the Dems….and that includes retaliatory strikes by Iran….
The reality is President Trump started the war unilaterally, without making the case to Congress or the American public. He did not attempt to obtain congressional approval, and would likely veto any constraints the legislature passes. He has already said publicly to expect more American deaths. If there were ever a clear shot to entirely fault one party, it’s this one.
But Republicans are already laying the groundwork to blame Democrats, should the (politically) worst occur: retaliatory violence on U.S. soil. (Law enforcement is already investigating an early Sunday mass shooting in Texas for motives; the shooter reportedly wore a shirt with an Iranian flag emblem.)
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“Now would be a good time for Democrats to drop their opposition to DHS funding and pass the bill to support our homeland security,” wrote Sen. Dave McCormick (R-PA). “Continuing to play political games with our national security given the unfolding situation in the Middle East is dangerous.
GOP trying anything to get that despicable DHS funding through Congress.
Now that I have upset your day allow me to try and make things better.
Years ago I lived in Colorado and my best friend was a Husky named Nikita and when I saw this video it reminded me just what a character he was….
I hope that cheered you up a bit….
Have a wonderful Sunday and as always…..Be Well and Be Safe…..
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