Year: 2026
House Republicans Are ‘Clueless’ on Strategy
“They’re clearly not talking to their members. They have no clue on strategy or how to move anything across the finish line, and it’s just frustrating as hell.”
— Rep. Jim McGovern (D-MA), quoted by Punchbowl News, on the House Republican leadership.
Germans Appalled at Lack of Planning for Trump’s Iran War
“It is quite obvious that the Americans have absolutely no coherent strategy whatsoever. And the fundamental problem with these kinds of conflicts is always the same: it is not enough to simply get yourself in—you must also figure out how to get yourself out.”
— German Chancellor Friedrich Merz, speaking at an event on the war with Iran.
All Over the Map
Need something nefarious done? Ron DeSantis will take a gander,
Especially if it’s for Donald Trump, to whom he loves to pander.
As for Florida law, here’s the thing,
DeSantis puts the “dick” in “redistricting,”
By flaunting the constitution to do what they’re calling a “dummymander.”
Warnock Says Kennedy Should Resign
“Personally, sir, even as you seem distracted while I talk to you about deadly diseases, I think you’re dangerous to the American public, and you ought to be fired. And if you’re not fired, you ought to have the decency to resign. You’re way in over your head.”
— Sen. Raphael Warnock (D-GA), at a Senate hearing with Health and Human Services Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.
Voters Are Fed Up with Trumponomics
30%
A new AP-NORC poll finds Donald Trump’s approval rating on the economy dropped to 30%, down from 38% in last month’s poll.
Worst President Ever
“The damage President Trump has inflicted on the United States and the world is so enormous and wide-ranging that it is hard to grasp. … It runs the gamut from public and private institutions to core democratic customs and traditions, from the legal system to universities, from innocent targets of fraud to those duped into believing vaccines do more harm than good.”
— Thomas Edsall
Fake Hormuz Dues
With hundreds of ships and 20,000 sailors the Persian Gulf is jammed,
And with the U.S. Navy on the prowl, blockade runners could get rammed.
Now shipowners are getting anonymous emails,
Saying a little crypto will allow them to sail,
But alas, those poor, desperate shipowners are just getting scammed.
