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Lisa Needham at Daily Kos:

Attorney General Pam Bondi took time away from not releasing the Epstein files to appear on Fox Business Monday, where she offered proof that Washington, D.C., residents are thrilled to be occupied by the military: a secret whispering campaign! “Listen, our law enforcement officers are telling us that people are coming up to them on the street. And they said, a lot of people are walking by, whispering, saying, ‘Thank you, thank you, thank you,’” Bondi told the ever-credulous Larry Kudlow. “They're hearing stories every single night and day of people saying that they feel safe now to walk their own neighborhood where they live because of what our great men and women in law enforcement are doing at the directive of the president.”

Bozo blowhard AG Pam Bondi went on FBN’s Kudlow Monday to absurdly state that most DC residents are applauding Donald Trump’s anti-American power grab. Most DC residents are likely to be opposed to such.

From the 08.18.2025 edition of FBN's Kudlow:

Like We’re Surprised?!

Two days ago, Trump went into what was supposed to be an infrastructure meeting with Democratic Congressional leaders. He didn’t even sit down; instead, he immediately announced that he would not work on any legislation whatsoever while Democrats were conducting “phony investigations.” Trump railed against the Democrats for about three minutes, and then left the meeting without ever allowing anyone else to say anything.

Trump proceeded straight to the Rose Garden, to give an “impromptu” press conference angrily defending what he had just done. It was so impromptu that the White House was already setting up for it during the supposed meeting, and had prepared a podium for Trump with signs and posters complaining about the time and money spent on the Mueller investigation (using false and inflated figures, of course), blaming the “angry Democrats,” and declaring “NO Collusion NO Obstruction” (also falsely).

Yesterday, Trump was again furious... this time at multiple reports that he’d been angry during the meeting. (Reminder: It is undisputed that he ranted for three minutes and then left without allowing anyone else to speak.) So during an unrelated event he spent over seven minutes trotting out his most loyal surrogates to vouch for him, say that the “fake news” media was lying, and affirm that Trump had been very calm the whole time he was ranting about phony investigations and storming out without letting anyone else say a word. “Couldn’t have been more calm,” in fact.

Next, Trump invoked his usual tactic of trying to paint his critics with his own shortcomings, claiming that House Speaker Nancy Pelosi was really the one who was falling apart:

“She’s a mess. Look let’s face it, she doesn’t understand it. They sort of feel she's disintegrating before their eyes. ... [she’s] got a lot of problems. ...  I watched Nancy yesterday. She was crazy with the hands and everything. She reminded me of Beto.”

Finally, Trump took the opportunity to remind everyone once again that he’s “an extremely stable genius.” Because this is exactly how you’d expect an extremely stable genius to behave, right?

karma is a bitch

Andrew Perez at Rolling Stone:

Elon Musk, the world’s richest man and the head of Donald Trump’s so-called Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), wants massive cuts to America’s core safety net programs.  “Reports don’t mean anything, you’ve got to actually take action,” Musk said in an interview Monday on FOX Business Network, explaining that his goal is to slash up to $700 billion from entitlement programs — essential services and programs like Social Security, Medicaid, Medicaid, unemployment insurance, and food stamps.  Since Trump took office, DOGE and Musk have initiated mass firings across the government, while calling for numerous contracts and leases to be terminated. Trump’s hatchet men have also specifically honed in on Social Security. Already, they’ve closed 10 Social Security Administration field offices, with plans to close dozens more, while also eliminating workers who were meant to help seniors access their benefits. Social Security experts and insiders warn these cuts — and the DOGE team’s access to data and operations they don’t understand — threaten the program’s ability to function, and could lead to checks not going out to seniors who rely on them. Trump and Musk have also repeatedly, falsely suggested that Social Security payments could be going out to dead people who are over 100 years old — or even 300 years old, as Trump claimed in his address to Congress last week. Musk has also asserted, with absolutely no basis, that Social Security is “the biggest Ponzi scheme of all time.” Musk’s slash-and-burn role in Trump’s administration appears to be generating real blowback: Tesla’s stock has been plunging as vehicle sales decline, activists protest outside the company’s showrooms, and vandals tag Cybertrucks with graffiti and dog feces. Despite reporting from The Washington Post on Monday suggesting that DOGE officials are starting to worry about bad “PR,” Musk suggested later in the day he could push for big cuts to Social Security, Medicaid, and other safety net programs.

“The waste and fraud in entitlement spending — most of the federal spending is entitlements — that’s the big one to eliminate,” he said. “That’s sort of half trillion, maybe $600-700 billion a year.” 

During an interview with FBN host Larry Kudlow on his program Monday, unelected co-President Elon Musk calls for big cuts to the social safety net, such as Medicaid, Medicare, and Social Security, along with unemployment benefits and food assistance.

I long for the day Musk get a cactus chucked at him for the destruction he’s doing to our country.

From the 03.10.2025 edition of FBN's Kudlow:

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