September 30, 2025

Chairman of the Bored

September 30, 2025 Buck Banks

Donald Trump thinks he should chair an international “board of peace”
To rebuild Gaza if the Israelis ever tire of war and desist and cease.
But he wants to take Baghram back from the Taliban
And he’s been doing a lot of blowing up of Venezuelans,
So from his actions, it seems more likely that Trump is already bored of peace.

Disney’s Streaming Services Had 1.7 Million Cancellations After Kimmel Suspension

September 30, 2025 Buck Banks

1.7 million

Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancellations in the week after suspending Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show, The Handbasket reports.

Shaman Suit’s a Hoot

September 30, 2025October 9, 2025 Buck Banks

No one would accuse rioter Jacob Chansley of being a polymath,
But on January 6, the “QAnon Shaman” was clearly on the war path.
Now his $40 trillion Trump suit
Will surely get the judicial boot,
Because it’s 26 pages long and written in a single paragraph.

Day: September 30, 2025

Chairman of the Bored

Disney’s Streaming Services Had 1.7 Million Cancellations After Kimmel Suspension

1.7 million

Disney saw more than 1.7 million total paid streaming cancellations in the week after suspending Jimmy Kimmel’s late night show, The Handbasket reports.

Shaman Suit’s a Hoot

Poetic Justice

Verbatim

— Rep. Jamie Raskin (D-MD), quoted by CBS News.

“Here’s the problem with the red meat: It becomes an addiction. Once you go there and you put that out there, then you’re forced to defend it. So what do they do? They double down. They triple down again.”

— Sen.-elect Abdul El-Sayed (D), quoted by the Washington Post, on Republicans relying on anti-Muslim attacks in the Michigan U.S. Senate race.

— Stephen Miller, quoted by The Guardian, pledging “total devotion” to President Trump.

Numerati

3,824

$1.4 billion

-35 points

31%

63% to 38%

KFF Poll: “With the 2026 midterm campaigns in full swing and early voting about to begin, there is a wide enthusiasm gap between partisan voters, with Democratic voters 25 percentage points more likely than Republican voters to say they are ‘more motivated’ than usual to vote (63% vs. 38%).”