Oh, rats, did I miss it? Thursday, a feud erupted between 47 and Musk. It was inevitable. These are two of the softest walking egos I’ve ever seen in my life. Each man thinks HE and he, alone, is God and the other is a pretender. Since the beginning, this has been the most predictable spat in the history of predictable spats.

It was never a matter of “if,” only “when.” I noticed that Steve Bannon is out there trying to take credit for brilliant insight, claiming he and he, alone, had predicted the inevitable breakup that everybody on the planet knew was sure to happen. Sure, Steve. Thanks for that. Now go away. Bannon also suggested deporting Musk. That’s an idea I can get behind.

As nearly as I can piece this together, Musk started being a problem for the regime. He was getting into spats with various secretaries and, really, he and his DOGE team made lots and lots of mistakes. It got to the point where he was asked to leave. He did, but he didn’t go quietly. He decided to publicly denounce 47’s pet project, his “Big, Barfy Bill” that will do so much damage to so many Americans – and MAGA, too.

He even threatened to use his vast resources to remove any Republican who voted for the bloated thing. The threat seems real as he also exposed the fact that they wouldn’t be there without his help. Had he not messed with the tabulators in the “election,” according to him, 47 wouldn’t be President and the GOP would not control Congress.

Donny, obviously, took the criticism in stride and expressed his deep belief in the First Amendment and Musk’s right to his opinion. Ha, ha, just kidding! He actually threatened to cancel contracts and subsidies to Musk’s various companies – pointing out that doing so would save “billions and billions” of dollars – sending Tesla stock into yet another tailspin.

Musk, ever the gentlemen, responded by claiming the reason the Epstein files haven’t been released is because the name ‘Trump’ is everywhere in them. As if the world didn’t already know that. Donny and Epstein were very close friends for something like 15 years. Of COURSE Donny’s name is all over those files. He would absolutely release them if he wasn’t in them.

So this was shaping up to be a wonderful spectator event and I ordered more popcorn. But then I woke up on Friday morning and Musk had offered an olive branch. I’m sure it had nothing to do with the downturn in fortunes of Musk’s companies. When Donny said he would cut the contracts, Musk replied with “bring it on” but the stocks headed down because everybody knows the companies depend on those government contracts for their existence.

Whatever it was, Musk said he would stand down and wanted to talk to 47 on Friday to patch things up. NOW what am I going to do with all of this popcorn? Hold the phone. Donny said no. Someone asked him if he would talk with Musk and 47 replied, “You mean the man who has lost his mind?” He added that he was “not particularly” interested in talking to him right now.

Donny’s skin is the thinnest in the history of skin and the Epstein comment really WAS a low blow. Musk put 47 in a very difficult position. Now he has no choice but to release the files to prove he’s not in them – his word alone carries NO weight – but he can’t release the files because his name is all over them. That’s not the kind of bind one can just apologize their way out of. “I’m sorry I exposed you as a pedophile,” just doesn’t get it done.

So on Friday, the White House trotted out Epstein’s lawyer to verify that Epstein had no dirt on Donny. He knows, he says, because he asked. Um, so what? I don’t know this guy. Maybe he’ll say whatever someone wants him to say – or pays him to say, who knows? Hell, maybe Epstein DID tell his lawyer that. Maybe Epstein lied. It happens, you know. Virtually the ONLY way 47 can prove he’s NOT in those files is to release the files unredacted. He’s not going to do that, which, of course, should tell you a lot. And now Elon dragged it out again. No, there will be no forgiving that.

The GOP Congress critters took turns coming out to support The Felon in the exchange. Musk threatened to support primary challengers against sitting critters if they support this nightmare bill but MAGA is convinced that Donnie’s words of support go further than Musk’s money, despite the fact that Musk’s money is what just gave them the control they have. I think Musk should stop with the public spat but make sure each Congress critter knows he intends to follow through with his plan.

So by Saturday, it looks like Musk lost. Still, I expect that Musk is about to find out what actual, deep, true pettiness looks like. Just stopping isn’t enough. It was noted that, as of Friday, the SwastiKar Donny bought from Musk is still sitting out there in the White House lot but I’m guessing that car will be gone before too much longer. Musk has to come out and publicly kiss the ring and do as he’s told or he’ll be in 47’s sights from now on – and may be anyway.

I don’t know what I was hoping for but it turned out to be a bit anticlimactic. A charge here, a threat there, a loss of $150 billion dollars in market cap and, boom, it’s over. It was fun but it was short. Too short. I’ve still got all of this popcorn left…

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AGAIN? Yet ANOTHER moron attacking Jews in the US in “protest” of the Israeli government WAY over there, in Israel? Does the idiot who attacked THIS time think the people he injured and killed had some kind of direct line to Netanyahu and were calling in and supporting his actions? Maybe, secretly, Jews in the US were laying out the war plans and telling Netanyahu what do to?

Do you know what I’ve seen? I’ve seen Jews out there with other protestors, standing against the actions of Israel in Gaza. It turns out, morality, not politics or religious affiliation, dictates which side a person stands on over this damned little war and plenty of Jews see the actions of the Israeli government as wrong, immoral, and indefensible. Hell, the attacker may have attacked and killed allies in his goal of stopping the killing in Gaza. What a dumbass…