Year: 2025
— Elon Musk, on X.
Trump Says He Gave US Enemy Permission to Bomb US Military Base This is not a drill
TPM: The right-wing Washington Times reported that at a press conference at the NATO Summit in the Netherlands on Wednesday, Trump revealed that he had given Iran permission to bomb the U.S.’s Al Udeid Air Base in Qatar in retaliation for the American bombing of their nuclear sites.
“They said, ‘We’re going to shoot them. Is one o’clock OK?’ I said it’s fine,” Trump said. “And everybody was emptied off the base so they couldn’t get hurt, except for the gunners.”
CBO: Trump’s ‘Big, Beautiful Bill’ Would Add $3.3 Trillion to Deficit
$3.3 trillion
The CBO estimates that the Republican reconciliation bill that the Senate is considering will increase the deficit by nearly $3.3 trillion between 2025 to 2034, Bloomberg reports.Punchbowl News says Senate Republicans and the White House reject the CBO estimate as inaccurate. The White House estimates it will cut the deficit by $4.9 trillion over the next decade.
Of Warriors and Worriers
Trump said he and Marco and Pete all “feel like warriors,”
As if a failed air raid on Iran turned them into praetorians.
He wants to change from “Defense” to “War,”
And we can only wonder what we’re in for,
As, like most Americans, we become fearful, chronic worriers.
Worst Job Ever
This Israel-Iran-U.S.-Qatar situation is really a downer.
Iran matched bombs dropped with missiles in the encounter.
As rockets, bombs and lies get lobbed,
You’ve got to figure the world’s worst job
Is being a professional Iranian bomb counter.
Cato Institute: 65% of ICE Detainees Have No Criminal Records
93%
Cato Institute: As of June 14, ICE had booked into detention 204,297 individuals (since October 1, 2024, the start of fiscal year 2025). Of those book-ins, 65 percent, or 133,687 individuals, had no criminal convictions. Moreover, more than 93 percent of ICE book-ins were never convicted of any violent offenses. About nine in ten had no convictions for violent or property offenses. Most convictions (53 percent) fell into three main categories: immigration, traffic, or nonviolent vice crimes.
Trump’s Toddler Thinking
“Nobody came to my birthday parade — poor, pitiful me.
“Then Bibi got all the Iran glory from my friends on Fox TV.
“You wouldn’t like it if it happened to you,
“But what’s a gonna-be dictator to do?
“I wanted all the attention, so I started World War III.”
L’il ‘Marquito’ Rubio’s Lament
I wake up every morning wanting to be the best that I can be,
But circumstances always seem to conspire against me.
I really want to be good,
But Trump runs the ‘hood,
So every night I look in the mirror and say, “I’m so sorry.”
Missing Middle East Memories
So now Donald’s joined Bibi in bombing Iran,
After the spies said there’s no nukes in the can.
Oh, for goodness sake,
Don’t they remember yellowcake?
Or is this just another Iraq all over again?
