Last time we met, we had just had a TACO Tuesday. The following day was Woo-hooo Wednesday. The announcement of the cease fire prompted the stock market to climb, oil prices to fall, and there was a palpable relief in the air.
It was short-lived, as Israel kept up its attacks on Lebanon, which they say were not part of the cease fire.
The terms of the cease-fire were released, and they were great!
For Iran.
The whole war debacle is infuriating. The "deal" that was supposedly made was that the U.S. stop attacking, and Iran gets all of its demands, including control of the Strait of Hormuz, with new two-million-dollar-per-ship fees. They get to keep their enriched uranium and get to continue enriching uranium, and they get their sanctions lifted.
In other words, Iran: 1; U.S: 0
Headline: The New Republic Trump’s Staggering Humiliation in Iran
CNN and The New York Times published material about the "10-point Plan," which clearly favors Iran.
SCROTUS, of course was clueless.
The Ignoramus-in-Chief blustered that he would sue for "Fake News!" (who else is terribly weary about that line?), but da facts is da facts.
His knowledge about the life outside his ketchup-stained walls is a narrow, carefully curated video montage of what he wants to hear.
When anything enters the picture that is factual but does not fit his imagined world view, one, he cannot hide his ignorance, and two, he gets angry that anything is messing with his nirvana.
Take this:
Reporter: "Iran is not listening to your threats about opening the Strait of Hormuz."
T****: "How do you know that? Why do you say that?"
Reporter: "Because it's still blocked. Are they reopening it?"T****: "Why do you know that?"Then he insulted her with "You don't know anything," dismissing her as "Fake News" and went into a bevy of lies that only he believes.
Watch:
He won't stop his childish posturing.
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The fact is, he got duped by Israel to start this war, and now the U.S. is in a quagmire with no easy end in sight.
The latest at press time (Sunday night) is that he decided to blockade the Strait. Stock market futures tanked.
Iran continues to mock him.
He's Becoming Increasingly Unhinged
Mass Pardons Promised
He has promised his top aides pardons before he leaves office.
Go ahead, do crimes!
I would rather that the officials uphold their sworn promise to support and defend the U.S. Constitution. Yanno, don't do crimes.
So much weirdness at the Easter Egg Hunt
Droning about the war, the price of eggs, and forgetting that his wife is standing right next to him.
Ahhh, the Miracle of Easter. Praise be to Allah!
I bet the little children loved the shade thrown at President Biden on Easter morning!
He got mega mad at MAGA minions
Many MAGA have spoken out about his unhinged threats against Iran.
He wrote this novella last week, replete with his greatest hits.
He posted a video of an actual brutal murder on his social media.
It was an attempt to show bad criminal immigrants. It just showed his sick amoral putridity.
Attacking the Pope?
One more for the WTAF files.
Firstly, Sir, you are unhinged.
Secondly, no one asked you.
And here's a secret, you moron. The Catholic Church is more powerful than you can ever dream of. It's been moving its chess pieces since thousands of years before you could hold a bottle, and it'll be around long after your last diaper is removed.
Shut. The. Eff. Up.
He nearly simultaneously posted this:
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Apparently this is the one that is making MAGAts lose their shit. Buzzfeed has a compilation of their comments. Their weird fakey Christianity is finally kicking over to "normal."
Jamie Raskin Asked for the Dolt to Have a Cognitive Evaluation
More and more people are talking about his disturbing decline. Rep. Raskin (D-Md.) finally made a formal request that the Whitesupremacy House physician complete a "comprehensive cognitive assessment" and make the results public.
Note, a comprehensive cognitive assessment is not the 10-minute screening tool that has been used multiple times before. A proper evaluation would involve several lengthy standardized exams administered and interpreted by a neutral neuropsychologist.
That'll be the day.
The Rest of the Crew
The Mysterious Melanie
Melania did a good job bringing focus back onto the Epstein matter after it had faded a bit with the war.
She made an out-of-the-blue announcement to please please stop linking her and Jeffrey Epstein. Eeets ahl liez.
She implored us, Just stop talking about it!
So, we started talking about it.
Questions abound.
- Why bring it up?
- Why now?
- Why mischaracterize your relationship with Ghislaine Maxwell and J.E., despite there being proof in black and white about your friendship?
- Is bringing up Epstein to distract from the war which was a distraction from Epstein?
- Is some big bombshell about to be revealed?
Some speculate that Meli really cares about the survivors and is distancing herself from the mess.
Many survivors don't believe this. And they really shouldn't have the burden.
There is some speculation that Amanda Ungaro, a recently deported Brazilian model and former friend of the fraud lady has is about to spill some steamin' T.
Stayed tuned.
Pam Bondi thinks she can get out of testifying to Congress
No, ma'am. Just because you are no longer A.G. does not mean that private citizen Barbie does not have to testify.
Congress expects her to testify no matter what.
She is supposed to appear on Tuesday, April 14. Let's see what happens.
The Poison JD Vance Helped Orbán get Defeated
It was really a disgusting sight for a vice president of the United States of American campaign for an evil dictator abroad.
He has that poison touch, though, so it worked out. Today, Hungary voted Viktor Orbán out of the authoritarian power he has held for 16 years. Let Hungary and the world rejoice!
(Old news but did you see this classic JD moment while on the campaign trail for Orbán?)
Vance: I have a special guest. Let's hope he actually answers or this will be very embarrassing.
— Acyn (@Acyn) April 7, 2026
Phone: I'm sorry, the person you're trying to reach has a voicemail box that has not been set up yet pic.twitter.com/tepE8jbhvT
JD also applied his poison touch to negotiations with Iran. They have gone nowhere. Well, that's not true. They have very much gone Iran's way.
Please don't let JD near Pope Leo!
Jared: Master at Self-Enrichment
More Cronie Enrichment
ICEtrocities
An 18-year-old taking pictures at LA's No Kings rally lost an eye.
USC student Tucker Collins was holding a camera above his head with both hands when he was struck dead in the eye with a "less lethal" round from an ICE weapon.
There's video of him being shot. It's awful.
Good Samaritans helped him at the scene and an off duty nurse drove him to the hospital.
Collins is struggling to stay current with his studies in aeronautical engineering and cinematic arts.
He plans to sue, and I hope he wins a lot of money.
These guys are trigger happy. ICE officers in Patterson, California shot at a car and waved their weapons around at other vehicles. Eyewitness and dash-cam videos indicate that the gestapo shot first, before the driver of the car backed up and tried to get away, with more shots being fired after a long pause.
New video refutes ICE's account of a shooting that happened in Minneapolis. ICE had stated that their shooting was justified after a person had supposedly attacked them with a shovel.
The shovel attack never happened. Video evidence proves them wrong.
Kilmar Abrego Garcia's saga is not over. Now they want to deport him to Liberia. This was after they announced an agreement with Costa Rica to take in deportees who cannot return to their home countries. Keep in mind, Abrego Garcia should not be deported anywhere.
As The Guardian reminds us, "US district judge Paula Xinis, of Maryland, previously barred ICE from deporting him or detaining him. She has written that the agency has no viable plan to actually deport Ábrego García, referring in February to 'one empty threat after another to remove him to countries in Africa with no real chance of success'."
This one has been hard for me to write about it. You may remember Nurul Amin Shah Alam, an elderly, blind, unhoused asylum seeker from Myanmar.
ICE had grabbed him. Shah Alam's family did not know where he was and his lawyers had declared him missing. More than two weeks after they had kidnapped him, and just a couple days after being declared missing, ICE dropped off on the cold streets of Buffalo, NY in the middle of the night in freezing February. They did not tell his family or attorney where they left him. Mr. Shah Alam did not speak English.
You can guess what happened next. Mr. Shah Alam was found dead of hypothermia.
His death has been ruled a homicide.
When is this shit going to stop?
Other Stuff
The Arc de T'Romphe
Look at this monstrosity that he wants to construct for his lasting presence in our capital city.
Disgusting.
Eric Swalwell: Go away
Rep. Eric Swallwell (D - Calif.), who was in the running for California governor, has been accused by five women of a bunch of sexual misconduct, including sexual assault, sending unsolicited dick pics, and a host of other awful stuff.
The Manhattan district attorney has opened a case.
Believe the women. Suspend your campaign. Resign from Congress. Let the courts sort it out.
Next.
(This is the difference between the Left and the Right. We insist on consequences for our bad actors and will never stop advocating for the affected.)
Sheriff Chad Bianco: MAGA, MAGA, go away!
This joker, sheriff of Riverside County, California is also running for governor and has been up to MAGA shenanigans.
In cahoots with the right-wing Riverside County Election Integrity Team, Bianco tried to seize 650,000 ballots in order to "investigate" the 2025 special election.
Thankfully, the California Supreme Court stopped him.
Californians, we've got to stop this man from advancing to the 2026 ballot for governor. Vote blue on June 2!
Positives
The Artemis II Mission to the Moon!
What a triumph!
A diverse crew piloted a rocket around the dark side of the moon and back, traveling further than any human has traveled.
It was inspiring! What a wonderful set of emotions bound us together as we watched the mission over 10 days. The mission signified unity, diversity, ingenuity, science, bravery, and spirit.
It was the best of America. And Canada!
The photos! My god.
I love these of the team on the ground:
Congratulations to Commander Reid Wiseman, Pilot Victor Glover, Mission Specialist Christina Koch, and Canadian Space Agency astronaut Jeremy Hansen.
The crew had a moment of resistance when they had a comm from SCROTUS (click on the link in the box to watch on YouTube):
Here is Mission Specialist Christina Koch offering some moving thoughts after their return.
Bruce's recent concert opening in Minneapolis
Pete Buttigieg was on fire on CNBC
Watch him obliterate the MAGA guy, who was on the verge of having a brain vessel burst. I love Pete. We could use him in the White House.
Aaron Rupar
I post clips from Aaron here regularly. He tirelessly follows every move the orange menace makes, and then some. He watches the shit show so we don't have to.
Here is a nice write-up from UK's The Times. Thank you, Mr. Rupar. We are indebted to you!
Mamdani walking to Gracie Mansion
A man of the people!
Mamdani has done great things in his first hundred days. From the New York Times:
"Three months into his tenure, Mr. Mamdani has wrested $1.2 billion in state assistance to further expand free preschool in New York City. ... He has restarted stalled bus-lane projects, filled potholes, targeted bad landlords and bad employers, and built a rest stop for delivery workers by City Hall."
Cal State Channel Islands professor acquitted
A jury quickly acquitted protestor Jonathan Caravello on charges that he assaulted federal officers when he threw a wayward tear gas canister over their heads. No one was hit or injured.
Caravello and hundreds of others were protesting the ICE raid at a cannabis farm down the road in Camarillo. You may remember this incident; a man died at the scene when he fell off a roof.
The jury found that Caravello threw the canister to protect himself and his fellow protestors.
Score one for the resistance!
