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Proof of the Kremlin operative in the White House accusation would be just splendid.

This is from the Kremlin on Sunday - and who do you think is responsible for making this happen?

"The new administration is rapidly changing all foreign policy configurations," Kremlin spokesman Dmitry Peskov told state television on Sunday. "This largely aligns with our vision."

MAGAs who still can't see what pathetic little treasonous bullies DJT and JDV were in that meeting at some point have to admit that's who they are as well. Europe is now the leader of the free world. DJT is Putin's stooge.

Enhancing sensitivity toward all people is good -- for ALL people. To those snickering, God forbid you ever have a serious health issue and have to experience the terrors and isolation of undergoing various procedures in a hospital for a few weeks. If you do, you'll appreciate efforts by hospitals to recognize you as a human.

"Duck, I says." - one of the greatest line deliveries of all time. Simultaneously funny and menacing.

Yes. He was so menacing and tough at times, or hilarious - Royal Ts and The Bird Cage.

As it stands, the House budget plan would allow for up to $4.5 trillion in tax cuts over the next 10 years and calls for perhaps $2 trillion in spending reductions. = + 2.5t in debt.

Trump is squeezing poor people all over the world so he can enrich himself and his cronies. Very smart, too, because they represent power, which is all he cares about.

Is this a good time to mention the Trump Gaza video? If you haven't seen it, Google it.

Ford knew the car was unsafe and vulnerable to fire in a rear end collisions

I was a child in that era and distinctly remember riding in the very back of my neighbor's yellow Pinto. It was years later before I became aware of the stories...

(Houston Chronicle)

In its first year on the road, the Cybertruck ended up being tied to five fire fatalities through Jan. 1, a concerning trend that makes the rate of such fatalities higher than that of the notorious Ford Pinto, which was in production from 1970–80.

According to an analysis by auto news website Fuel Arc comparing the rate of fire fatalities in the Cybertruck's first year to that of the Ford Pinto during its life, the Cybertruck has a fatality rate 17 times of the problematic Pinto. Fuel Arc carried out its analysis by calculating the fire fatalities per 100,000 units, which was 14.5 for the Cybertruck compared to 0.85 for the Ford Pinto.

They'll go down in history as the least qualified most thunderously incompetent cabinet ever. But first the MAGA jackals will continue to cackle for a few years - enjoy it while you can.

The WHO warned that its largest global laboratory network is on the brink of collapse unless new funding is secured to replace the support lost after President Donald Trump’s order to withdraw from the United Nations agency. It has 760 labs worldwide and is the main force tracking and controlling infectious diseases, including measles. (Measles cases rise to 124 in Texas.)

They tried to wheel her up towards business class

If there was space in business class, why didn't they relocate the (living) passengers there?

What Trump and Musk don't understand is, the ones with principles are the most competent - because they rely solely on their abilities. The craven sycophants get by with flattery. They aren't competent. There will be a price to pay.

Or, if he really has no shame

You're being overly generous with that 'if' there!

I agree with Deo Gratias. "Control your children?" Sure, maybe when they're 10. It's not like you can lock up a 17-year-old and say, "Hey, study hard, be a good boy or no dinner" and expect compliance if their hormones are acting up. Plus, lots of single parents are stretched enough just working to pay the bills.

“Yeah, he will accept it,” Trump told reporters at the White House. “I have asked him that question. Look, if we do this deal, he’s not looking for world war.”

Echoes of Chamberlain. Too bad he's an ignoramus and wouldn't have a clue about history.

Finally Bond will be humiliated and defeated, and the megalomaniac villain, surrounded by his cackling minions, will prevail. It's going to be yuge!

Luckily if you peruse the statistics this is a fairly rare crime. Or at least medium rare.

Nick Kristof quotes Chris Patten, who's been around:

“We have Trump and his oligarchy of ignorant shoe shiners vandalizing the network of organizations, agreements and values — largely put in place by America since the Second World War — which have given most of us, including America, on the whole an extraordinary degree of peace and prosperity,” says Chris Patten, the former British Conservative Party chairman and European foreign affairs chief.

Imagine the frustration of being a competent, non-partisan and dedicated FBI employee and then having to interact with this loser.

 wouldn’t expect American policy to need to be good for Japanese businesses.

Technically that's true, but global commerce is all connected. It's not good for US manufacturers trying to sell products to Japanese firms if they can no longer afford to buy them. That's why global stock markets tend to move in tandem.

You gotta separate the idiocy by categories.

I wonder. I sometimes think it's ALL meant to undermine any normal sense of decency or justice so thoroughly that in the end we can't distinguish between idiocy that threatens us versus idiocy that merely bewilders us. It's all gaslighting.

 suspect most of his lawsuits go down in flames.

That would indeed be good to see, but there's also the chilling effect of the lawsuits. His goal is to flood companies with costly litigation -- whatever the outcome -- so they eventually give up. He wants zero scrutiny, zero oversight.

should go back up unless Trump does something really stupid.

You mean like ban a widely read wire service from press conferences out of petty pique? Or threaten law suits against media companies that report accurate news that doesn't flatter him?

Without a free and independent press, there's no oversight. And an administration that lies or makes things up needs more oversight than ever. From the NYT:

DOGE Claimed It Saved $8 Billion in One Contract. It Was Actually $8 Million.

Facts matter.

The "nurse" men are all idiots. They live by the romantic images of whatever last Japanese porn movie they saw last night, and fail to think that nurses are generally overworked, overcaffeinated, underpaid and very stressed.

So true. Try being hospitalized for a few weeks, and you'll develop huge respect for them -- but also probably lose any tawdry fantasies. They are ruthless in the best way -- heroes.

Whatever makes her happy is the most important thing. Whatever the skillsets, you don't want to be stuck with a miserable person. A happy person is great company.

One that is very good at clearing snow from the driveway and roofs.

I imagine this would get a lot of positive response on dating apps. "Looking for a woman who likes fine dining and music -- and who can clear a meter of snow off my roof as the need arises."

Trump shifts blame for Russia's invasion to Zelensky: "You should have ended it -- three years, you should have never started it." Sure. Ukraine started it...

Well that's a relief. According to Steve Bannon, Musk is a “parasitic illegal immigrant” whose work is “performative.” (from an interview with UnHerd in the UK)

He stopped, shot at and killed them.

However, the victims survived. 

A lot of plot twists in this article.