Put Republicans in charge, and you get flooded with shit like this.
Apr 10, 2026
The What Papacy?
I think most people agree that an awful lot of churches are just plain full of shit, they're practically nothing more than privileged businesses with a license to steal, and way too many of them have been shown to be a rat's nest of abuse and hypocrisy.
And the Catholic Church's history in particular has been rife with shitty deals and coverups and monumentally stupid alliances.
That said, when the leader of the world's biggest cult stands up for peace and principled conduct, and says there's a real problem with the way certain governments are behaving, and my government decides to get shitty with that church - then I do care. I care a lot about that.
Angela gets it right - "Who the fuck does Elbridge Colby think he is?"
Deconstruction
I've had a deep-seated suspicion of law enforcement for the better part of six decades. I grew up in the late stages of Jim Crow, and my schooling was pretty good in that I had classes in current affairs, in which I started learning a bit about J Edgar Hoover, and some of the shit he was pulling - COINTELPRO, MLK, etc.
We can bandy words over Lord Acton's thing about power corrupting, but I think the main thing to remember is that power will be abused. The more power you hand to somebody, and the longer they hold it, the higher the probability that they can duck being held to account for their actions. There's a reason invisibility is the greatest superpower.
Trump is - and has been - playing that out in real time, right in front of us.
It comes as a bit of a surprise to learn that until recently, FBI recruits were being exposed to the Holocaust Museum, and the MLK Memorial, in order to instruct them on the dangers posed to everybody - including themselves - when we let law enforcement go nuts.
Trump is tearing it all down.
Because everything Trump touches dies.
Apr 9, 2026
Today's Belle
You fight a war in order to change the landscape - to make things more conducive to furthering your policy objectives.
Trump has handed Iran the perfect means to raise their stature on the world stage, prove their potential to exert influence, and show us all that as long as we're dependent on the largesse of the Dirty Fuels Cartel, we will never be free from the grip of whoever chooses to be the biggest asshole.
We've been watching Iran beat Trump like a rug at spring cleaning, and his biggest failure may be that he's got a fair bunch of people in the world thinking that Iran has somehow become the good guys.
NO MATTER WHAT,
NOTHING'S GOING TO
MAKE ME FORGET
ABOUT THE EPSTEIN FILES.
Leopards Eating Faces
This kind of thing is starting to break through. It's not exactly a landslide just yet, but it'll probably accelerate when the last of the oil shipments come in, and people start to realize Trump is even way more of a fuckup than they're just now starting to understand.
Apr 8, 2026
Erika
When you've secured your very own exclusive lifeboat, sinking the ship that everybody's on becomes profitable.
Never forget, population reduction is always part of the plan.
Their Next Gambit
It's always a matter of coercion or outright force for these assholes.
Trump’s border chief threatens to close customs at top US airports
Markwayne Mullin said officers in some Democrat-run ‘sanctuary’ cities could not be relied upon to enforce immigration policy
President Trump’s new homeland security secretary has suggested he will withdraw customs officers from the airports of Democrat-run “sanctuary cities” that protect undocumented migrants.
The proposal from Markwayne Mullin, who was appointed to the role last month, would affect international travellers at many of the busiest airports in the United States, including JFK in New York, Los Angeles international airport and Denver international airport.
“If they’re a sanctuary city, should they really be processing customs into their city?” Mullin said on Fox News in his first interview since taking up the role.
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His words are seen as an attack on local sanctuary policies, which typically limit police co-operation with federal immigration authorities.
“Right now remember the Democrats are wanting to defund Customs and Border Patrol,” Mullin added, misnaming Customs and Border Protection. “Well, who processes those individuals when they walk off the plane?
“If they’re a sanctuary city and they’re receiving international flights, and we’re asking them to partner with us at the airport, but once they walk out of the airport they’re not going to enforce immigration policy? Maybe we need to have a really hard look at that, because we need to focus on cities that want to work with us.”
Twelve states and 18 cities are recognised as sanctuary jurisdictions by the US government. Their status has survived a number of legal challenges.
New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Boston and Chicago are all on the list. Each of those cities has a big airport.
Mullin, a former Oklahoma senator, replaced Kristi Noem as head of the department after Trump fired her last month. She had carried out the president’s mass-deportation agenda for more than a year.
Model was ‘paid $25 a minute to talk dirty with Kristi Noem’s cross-dressing husband’
Experts said Mullin, a longstanding ally and friend of Trump, was unlikely to go through with the customs proposal as it would devastate the aviation industry, but still expressed concern.
“I did some research. By administration’s own definitions this would end international air travel at US airports where about 58 per cent of international traffic happens,” Todd Schulte, president of the pro-immigration political advocacy organisation FWD, wrote on X, “so would crash economy (hence won’t happen). [But] it’s very bad it even gets floated!”
Gavin Newsom, the governor of California and a possible Democratic presidential contender for 2028, also condemned the idea. “If you thought the economy was bad with Trump’s war driving prices at the pump up … just wait until international travel is halted at some of the busiest airports in the world,” he said on X. “Talk about a stupid idea (no wonder it’s being considered by the Trump admin).”
California Governor Gavin Newsom gestures during a press conference on law enforcement efforts targeting illicit fentanyl in San Diego.
Gavin Newsom called the proposal “stupid”
Federal funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on February 14, triggering a partial government shutdown and a prolonged stand-off between Democrats and Republicans over immigration enforcement funding.
The Trump administration has long fought a legal and political battle with sanctuary jurisdictions. Last year a federal judge in San Francisco issued an injunction prohibiting the White House from retaliating against sanctuary cities by withholding federal funding.
They don't get what they want with persuasion and negotiation, so they try to muscle their way through.
Fuckin' bullies. Weak shit bullying pussies.
Markwayne Mullin said officers in some Democrat-run ‘sanctuary’ cities could not be relied upon to enforce immigration policy
President Trump’s new homeland security secretary has suggested he will withdraw customs officers from the airports of Democrat-run “sanctuary cities” that protect undocumented migrants.
The proposal from Markwayne Mullin, who was appointed to the role last month, would affect international travellers at many of the busiest airports in the United States, including JFK in New York, Los Angeles international airport and Denver international airport.
“If they’re a sanctuary city, should they really be processing customs into their city?” Mullin said on Fox News in his first interview since taking up the role.
Sign up for The Times’s weekly US newsletter
His words are seen as an attack on local sanctuary policies, which typically limit police co-operation with federal immigration authorities.
“Right now remember the Democrats are wanting to defund Customs and Border Patrol,” Mullin added, misnaming Customs and Border Protection. “Well, who processes those individuals when they walk off the plane?
“If they’re a sanctuary city and they’re receiving international flights, and we’re asking them to partner with us at the airport, but once they walk out of the airport they’re not going to enforce immigration policy? Maybe we need to have a really hard look at that, because we need to focus on cities that want to work with us.”
Twelve states and 18 cities are recognised as sanctuary jurisdictions by the US government. Their status has survived a number of legal challenges.
New York, Los Angeles, New Orleans, San Francisco, Seattle, Philadelphia, Denver, Boston and Chicago are all on the list. Each of those cities has a big airport.
Mullin, a former Oklahoma senator, replaced Kristi Noem as head of the department after Trump fired her last month. She had carried out the president’s mass-deportation agenda for more than a year.
Model was ‘paid $25 a minute to talk dirty with Kristi Noem’s cross-dressing husband’
Experts said Mullin, a longstanding ally and friend of Trump, was unlikely to go through with the customs proposal as it would devastate the aviation industry, but still expressed concern.
“I did some research. By administration’s own definitions this would end international air travel at US airports where about 58 per cent of international traffic happens,” Todd Schulte, president of the pro-immigration political advocacy organisation FWD, wrote on X, “so would crash economy (hence won’t happen). [But] it’s very bad it even gets floated!”
Gavin Newsom, the governor of California and a possible Democratic presidential contender for 2028, also condemned the idea. “If you thought the economy was bad with Trump’s war driving prices at the pump up … just wait until international travel is halted at some of the busiest airports in the world,” he said on X. “Talk about a stupid idea (no wonder it’s being considered by the Trump admin).”
California Governor Gavin Newsom gestures during a press conference on law enforcement efforts targeting illicit fentanyl in San Diego.
Gavin Newsom called the proposal “stupid”
Federal funding for the Department of Homeland Security lapsed on February 14, triggering a partial government shutdown and a prolonged stand-off between Democrats and Republicans over immigration enforcement funding.
The Trump administration has long fought a legal and political battle with sanctuary jurisdictions. Last year a federal judge in San Francisco issued an injunction prohibiting the White House from retaliating against sanctuary cities by withholding federal funding.
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