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Minor Problems…

by MyBaconPress

“I never had the privilege of going to his island.” That’s Donald Trump speaking. He never had the “privilege?” His word, not mine. Of course, he didn’t need to go all the way to the island. His good buddy Jeffrey Epstein lived only a short distance from Mar-a-Lago and they did most of their partying with minors there, at Jeff’s house.

Still, I think MAGA is starting to fall in line with 47, based on social media posts I’ve seen. This was NEVER going to be the deal killer Americans wanted it to be. MAGA wasn’t going to turn away from him, not over this. Yes, they were angry with him. Nobody stoked the Epstein files story more than Donny did and he promised and promised and promised to release them and now he won’t. So they’re angry about that.

But it’s like when a politician YOU like does something you DON’T like. You condemn that one thing but say, “but overall I like the job he’s doing.” THAT is the MAGA position.

Now, in MY mind, this one should be a little different. We’re not talking about some policy detail an administration and supporters disagree on. We’re talking about sex with minors. But in the MAGA mind, the details are only a… um… “minor” problem to be overcome…

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My position on any “deal” Donny gets “done” is simple and static: wait for the paperwork. 47 runs around claiming deals. He makes up numbers and pitches them out like they mean something. He recently announced South Korea was going to surrender a full 25% of their total Gross Domestic Product (GDP) to the US. To be clear, he didn’t KNOW he was claiming South Korea was going to surrender a full 25% of their total GDP to the US.

He just made up a number and threw it out there in an effort to impress people. He doesn’t even know that he only makes himself look more and more foolish to people who DO know what he’s talking about when he pretends a country will surrender 25% of their total GDP just to get a deal with him. But it’s not just South Korea he lies about.

Here’s a quote about Europe, “We have a deal with Europe where they’re doing $750 billion plus $400 billion plus $300 billion and many other countries.” Okay, first, “and many other countries?” What the hell does that even mean? Europe is going to hand over $1.45 TRILLION dollars AND some countries? I’m sure MAGA is VERY impressed.

He does this all the time. Worse, the longer he talks about the same issue, the higher the number gets. If reporters were to ask him about the South Korea deal a few more times, he would eventually claim that South Korea was surrendering 236,000% of their total GDP, just because he would keep increasing the number in order to sound more impressive to his base, who doesn’t understand things. What did he call them? Poorly educated? Stupid? Weaklings? Yeah, all of the above. Not MY words. HIS words.

Of course, the dumbest of the dumb is leading the parade. Maybe those other countries ARE telling him these things in an effort to placate the petulant potato-head. Why not? So long as it’s not in writing, it’s not real. It’s just talk. He gets to brag, you get some temporary relief.

So, if YOU want to get rid of the bloviating windbag, tell him what he wants to hear. It’s a simple strategy with predictable results and most countries seem to have adopted it. Count on the fact that he’ll trumpet the story as a “done deal,” then his tiny little mind will move on to the next lie…

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“In a way, it’s a backdoor to privatizing Social Security.” That’s a quote from evil Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent, saying the quite part out loud at a Breitbart event.

It’s not ME saying they’re coming for Social Security. THEY’RE saying they’re coming for Social Security…

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He REALLY DOES seem to think that if one doesn’t measure a problem, the problem goes away. Yes, that’s stupid, but consider the source. Now he has fired Erika McEntarfer, commissioner of labor statistics, because he didn’t like the most recent jobs report. The numbers weren’t as good as he would have preferred. Is that McEntarfer’s fault, or is she just the messenger?

It’s a difference without distinction to a dumbass. He wants to only see good numbers – like the kinds HE makes up – and if the numbers aren’t good and worse, she accurately reports that they’re not good, it must be HER fault they’re not good. Perhaps it’s all those tariffs she has imposed, but put on hold, but imposed for real this time, but wait, no, not you, but everyone else, no exceptions, except you, any day now, except we’ll wait another 30 or 60 or 90 days.

Maybe it was her constant whining about the Fed chair and how Powell is not doing what the President asked, exactly as his job description says he should not because she doesn’t seem to grasp that the Fed chair’s independence is about the last shred of credibility that remains for the US dollar and fear that she’s going to stick her face in anyway scares away investment. Obviously, but does that mean she has to report it accurately?

Oh, but wait. (Checks notes.) Nope, it’s Donny threatening on again/off again tariffs and it’s Donny threatening the Fed chair, which means it’s Donny creating the uncertainty in the economy, so of course it’s McEntarfer’s fault and she must be fired. She reported on the results of his stupidity. There can be no greater crime. Out she goes.

So, because we live in the Upside Down, he wrote “We need accurate Jobs Numbers,” in social media. I’ll tell you this: Firing the person who presents accurate jobs numbers and replacing them with a toady that will dutifully report full employment, at all times, in every sector, no matter what because some orange moron says so isn’t the way to get accurate jobs numbers…

Paying the Price…

by MyBaconPress

Things known and Unknown…
One of the things we know is that Ghislaine Maxwell recruited her victims from Mar-a-Lago, among other places.
What we don’t know? Is it at ALL possible that Mar-a-Lago’s hiring practices took into account that Maxwell would be “fishing” there? If 47 was hiring girls that seemed particularly vulnerable to Maxwell’s advances, might that make Donny a co-conspirator in the scheme?

All of that is just random thinking while the Epstein File crisis continues to simmer. Deep State Donny promised to release the files and is now working as hard as he can to distract his base from them. He doesn’t WANT to release them. I’ll just bet.

Now MAGA Mike the Johnson is running interference for Donny in Congress, where a bipartisan effort to force the release of the files is gaining steam. The Johnson said, “I agree with President Trump, with the Department of Justice, with the FBI that you need all credible evidence and information out there. That word ‘credible’ is important. And why? Because you have to protect innocent people’s names and reputations whose names might be, as you noted at the outset of the program, intertwined into all these files.”

Yeah, Mike, we do that with a difficult, challenging process called “redaction.” It’s a tough concept so, try to stay with me, here. What you do is, you cross out the names of the victims with a magic marker. Black, preferably. I wouldn’t normally specify ‘black,’ but this is MAGA we’re dealing with, here. These guys might grab a yellow highlighter and consider it good enough.

As it happens, people are less interested in the victim’s names than they are in the perpetrator’s names. Most especially when it turns out that ONE of those perpetrator’s names is likely ‘Trump.’ Or ‘Clinton,’ if you’ve contracted MAGA. I mean, let’s be honest. But I’ll tell you this: The only way we can ever know for sure is if we see the files…

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Unmask the ICEholes…
Uh-oh. It seems some of these ICEholes who arrested protestors in LA lied. Yeah, who knew that someone who could so easily terrorize human beings by kidnapping innocent people off the streets while wearing masks and who make jokes about tossing innocent people into ‘Alligator Alcatraz’ might be moral reprobates?

The ICEhole’s testimony included “false and misleading” statements in their arrest reports. Prosecutors have had to dismiss at least eight cases against Angelenos because their prosecution relied so heavily on false ICEhole claims.

Nine people arrested for “assault” and “impeding” felony cases were paraded around by Pam Bondi in a great show, then, almost immediately, seven of them were released with charges dismissed because the agents lied. Notably, there was less pomp associated with the dismissals.

DHS agents made “false or misleading statements” (they lied) about sequences of events and “misrepresented” incidents captured on video. One guy got arrested for pushing an agent, only to have the video showing the exact opposite – the agent “forcefully” pushed the citizen.

A former California state prosecutor named Cristine Soto DeBerry, now director of a criminal justice reform group called ‘Prosecutors Alliance Action,’ said, “When I see felonies dismissed, that tells me either the federal officers have filed affidavits that are not truthful and that has been uncovered, or US attorneys reviewing the cases realize the evidence does not support the charges.”

She said it’s common that officers call for charges that prosecutors end up not filing, but called it uncommon for the justice department to file and then dismiss those cases – especially numerous felonies in rapid succession. Then she added this little tidbit: “It seems this is a way to detain people, hold them in custody, instill fear, and discourage people from exercising their first amendment rights.” In short, it’s a terror campaign, intended to quell dissent.

The President of the United States is running a terror campaign against the American people. Is THAT how one makes America great again? It seems like petty tyrant bullshit, to me…

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Lindsey’s Reward…
Here’s the standard reward for loyalty in the Republican Party: Challenges in elections. Consider this: Lindsey Graham. You know who he is. He’s a senator from South Carolina. He has been as loyal to Donny as anyone can be. He has debased himself on command. He has publicly bent the knee, kissed the ring, and groveled for approval. I’ve known dogs with less enthusiasm for their owners.

So, obviously, Donny is getting a different dog. Graham’s loyalty is being rewarded with a primary run by one of Project 2025’s evil authors, Paul Dans. Dans is an attorney who worked in the first Trump administration as White House liaison to the office of personnel management before going to work for the America-hating Heritage Foundation and working on Project 2025.

Stay loyal to Donny, get primaried anyway. What a great deal. Behave and get primaried or misbehave and get primaried. It seems one should just vote one’s conscience either way. But we know no MAGA can do that. It’s not allowed…

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Grass is hard…
This is nothing, really, but did you know 47 paved over the Rose Garden at the White House? The official reason was that the grass was always wet and it was difficult for people in heels to walk on. The thing is, I’ve noticed that Donny is a feeble old man who has difficulty walking under the best of conditions and stands like he has an invisible little holder up his behind, holding him up.

Perhaps, he paved over the Rose Garden because HE can’t easily walk on the grass and the Rose Garden, famously, a place where pressers were held, paid the price…

Guilty is Guilty…

by MyBaconPress

It’s the obvious advantage of being a lefty. We get to make determinations based on right and wrong, not political affiliations. I hear Bill Clinton’s name is in the Epstein files. I’ve long suspected that’s the main reason MAGA is interested, a chance to “get” Bill Clinton. My attitude? So, what? Guilty is guilty. To a lefty, this issue is about sex with kids and it’s not sorted by party affiliation.

If Bill Clinton was part of that scene in a criminal way, he should be tried. Maybe he could be tried in the courtroom right next to Donny. I’m not going to defend Clinton if he’s in those files. I say, release the files and let the chips fall where they may. Nobody – I mean NOBODY – should get away with what the perpetrators did to those kids and I don’t care which party they claim.

But, hey, if we have over 200 victims of Epstein’s evil scheme – and according to lawyer Brad Edwards, who represented them, that’s the count – why don’t we just ask THEM who might be in those files for inappropriate behavior? If anybody knows who did what to whom, it’s the victims they were doing it to, right?

There seems to be a new scheme afoot, as well. Donny’s corrupt DOJ has been visiting Ghislaine Maxwell in prison. After Jeffrey himself, nobody has more information about the goings on than Ghislaine. She, of course, is sitting in prison for her role in the evil scheme that doesn’t exist but the Democrats made up and it’s fake news and… Jeffrey who? Even without dangling a pardon, she’s motivated to say nothing happened and it’s all an overblown misunderstanding.

So, I expect to see her soon, declaring Donny’s innocence. The pardon will only be to “correct the miscarriage of justice,” right? Personally, I still want to see the files, themselves. Donny promised repeatedly to release them and this is one ‘promise made’ he should keep.

I can’t just take his word for it, though. I don’t believe Deep State Donny. I’m a little surprised he went Deep State, too. I don’t believe Bondi. I won’t believe Maxwell when she comes out with whatever statement she’s been handed. ONLY the files will tell the story.

So far, 47 has done anything and everything he could think of to keep from having to release the files he promised over and over to release. This whole effort to create a “nothing to see, here” atmosphere is shown false because of the obvious, common sense response: if there’s nothing incriminating in the files, why not release the files?

When he landed in Scotland and was asked about the files, yet again, he said, “You’re making a very big thing over something that’s not a big thing.” No, Donny. YOU are making a very big thing of it by refusing to keep your promise. If it’s “not a big thing,” as you pretend, then it’s no big thing to release the files. Right? I mean, right?

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The situation in Gaza has become so dire, I’m finding it difficult to stay informed. I wonder if there are STILL defenders of Israel out there because there can be no question this is an intentional, attempted genocide. Starving babies? Are you really going to try to convince me those babies are Hamas?

Even if they’re not babies, starving the people. Then, offering them food. Then, when they come for the food, cutting them down with bullets? These are not armed people. They’re not legitimate combatants. They’re starving civilians. Maybe this is something the Israelis picked up from the Nazis during WWII. Maybe not, but it sure seems like a Nazi move.

To my mind, not only has Israel surrendered the moral high ground, they’ve surrendered their morality entirely. These are not legitimate military operations. They’re crimes against humanity and the US is complicit. WE keep sending the weapons that allow Netanyahu to get away with his murderous rampage – but 47 thinks he deserves a Nobel Peace Prize? The world is clearly in upheaval. We seemed trapped in an endless “opposite day,” but if facilitating a genocide earns one a “Peace Prize,” my head just might explode…

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I haven’t seen the whole episode but I’ve seen enough. I just LOVE what ‘South Park’ did to Donny. I was laughing harder than I have for a long, long time. I don’t know if it’s true, about old Tiny Hands, but it sure would explain why he prefers to be with kids, doesn’t it? He still has a chance to convince them he’s swinging pipe, even if it IS only a tiny little straw. A grown woman knows better.

I’m not normally one to tease people about physical attributes, especially things one has no control over. I feel like one can’t tease ONE guy about “little hands” without risking offending ALL guys with “little hands.” He sure does take the bait though, doesn’t he? He’ll be talking about how he’s “fine down there” for months to come. Like many Alzheimer’s patients, the dude obsesses.

The way he is, I half-expect him to release photos of his junk before he releases the Epstein Files. Well, unless releasing said photos would only reinforce the public perception the same way the Epstein Files would. Especially if he used a Sharpie to make it look bigger…

Feints and Frauds…

by MyBaconPress

Well, let’s see what fresh hell he’s serving up today…

On the left, they’re saying 47 was dealt an early blow because the harassment lawsuit 47 filed against ‘The Wall Street Journal’ was assigned to an Obama-appointed judge, Darrin Gayles. I suppose it’s true that an Obama judge is bad news for the Drumpfster, but not because he’s an Obama-appointed judge.

People NEED to know when a case comes before a Trump-appointed judge because those “judges” are appointed by how well they kiss his a–, um, ring and not by qualification. Obama-appointed judges were appointed based on qualifications and judicial history. In short, an Obama-appointed judge will be fair and impartial and rule according to the law, so the case will be judged on the merits and that, obviously, IS a problem for 47.

I suspect big, tough Donny will drop the suit before it ever gets that far. At some point, Murdoch’s lawyers are going to want to depose 47. Among Donny’s evil powers is the ability to string out lawsuits until mountains crumble into the sea, but he’ll be stringing out his own lawsuit if he does that. Worse, the deposition is always out there, waiting, stalking his deranged mind, and threatening his safety. The longer he strings it out, the longer his own lawsuit haunts him. Eventually, he’ll drop it. Taco…

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Remember, it’s better to stonewall and be thought a child-raping pedophile,
than to release the files and remove all doubt…

When it comes to the Epstein files, the latest word is that Pam Bondi told Donny back in May that he was in the files. My guess is, that’s how Elon knows. He was, likely, present at the briefing. People keep stressing, because that’s the way we do things in this country – or used to, that there’s no evidence that Trump did anything wrong or broke any laws with Epstein’s victims.

Of course, there’s also no evidence that he didn’t and so far, we, the people have seen an awful lot of smoking guns sitting around suggesting he did. If I was going to bet, based only on the available evidence today, I would bet Donny is clearly identified as a perpetrator in those files because that’s the direction the evidence is leaning.

Donny, of course, has resorted to his usual playbook: distract and lie. He tried several distractions. The one that seems to have succeeded, for now, was his move to have the grand jury testimony released. The regime had to get the judge’s permission to do that. The thing is, everyone agreed the grand jury testimony was about other things, not the specific charges of who did what with whom and when. It’s a moot point now, though, because the judge denied the request, as expected by every legal scholar I heard from.

So now, Team Evil will start, “Well, we tried. The judge wouldn’t let us. Oh, and we wanted to so badly. You KNOW we were just about to release those files when that big, old, meany-pants judge told us we couldn’t, right?” Then they’ll breathe a sigh of relief as MAGA stands down and the Epstein file scandal recedes into the background.

I think MAGA got hooked on those files because they thought they were going to finally nail Bill Clinton, whose name also appears in the files. I think MAGA was surprised to find 47 protecting the files that could bring old Bill down and then more surprised to find out Trump is all over them.

Consider this: one of Trump’s many dodges in this case is an oldie but a goodie: fake news. But in trying to protect his own worthless name by lying about the files, he’s also, de facto, protecting Bill Clinton’s name. Talk about strange bedfellows. Maybe that’s a poor choice of words, considering the topic at hand. The point, here, is, Donny knows his name appears in the files. Bondi told him so.

Speaking of which, guess who else thinks Donald Trump’s name is all over those files. That would be one MAGA Mike the Johnson. HE’S so sure of Trump’s guilt, he shut down the House of “Representatives” a little over a week early in an effort to stop a bipartisan effort to force the DOJ to release the Epstein files. Just… shut it down. You know, as one does over fake news.

I’m sure we’d ALL like to just shut down and take August off. Congress actually does. Well, the House anyway. 47 is trying to get the Senate to hang around and confirm corrupt judges. Even with an entire month off, the House is leaving early. Is it a commitment to that ‘work ethic’ they’re always on about for workers? No, they’re actually lazy. It’s not JUST laziness, though. It’s a dodge. MAGA Mike is hoping the news cycle has moved on by September and then the Epstein files might be a distant memory.

It speaks volumes about the GOP that they know Trump is in the files, they know he was best friends with Jeffrey Epstein and as far as they’re concerned, the biggest problem with all of that is having to do damage control. The sex with minors part? Oh, THAT part is just fine with them, but this damage control is really hard.

I’ve always been glad I never contracted MAGA, but I’m extra happy these days. I REALLY would not like having to pretend I’m okay with pedophiles or that sex with children is something I can overlook. But MAGA is going to have to.

If it wasn’t such a nightmare, it would be fascinating to watch this case study in how an entire group is slowly peeled away from whatever moral base they may once have had. Before Trump, I suspect they would have been offended if you had suggested they might defend pedophiles or kill their own parents for a political win…

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All right, I need something different. It looks like the 49ers are already in injury trouble and the season hasn’t even started yet. The expected starting Wide Receivers are not in great shape. Brandon Aiyuk won’t be opening the season. Ricky Pearsall may not be opening the season. This created an opening for a new guy, Jacob Cowing. He’s been shiny in camp, but, oh, rats, now HE pulled a hamstring.

The team still has Christian McCaffrey at running back but there’s a great big question mark over him. Will he be the McCaffrey of old, the guy who ran all over the league a couple of years ago, or has he crossed a tipping point? We’ll all find out as the season opens and progresses but going into it, things look a little… disquieting…

A Peek Into Moral Failing…

by MyBaconPress

When Donny was terrorizing his base by insisting foreign countries were emptying their prisons of the worst of the worst and sending them to the US, he called it a “bad thing.” But now, he claims he’s rounding up the worst of the worst in the US and sending THEM to foreign countries. Suddenly, sending your worst to someone else isn’t bad anymore. Imagine how the countries receiving these planeloads must feel.

Fortunately for them, Donny is lying about his victims being the worst of the worst. Many of them are very fine people so their new host countries aren’t really in any increased danger…

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Hey, the evil founder of the evil Heritage Foundation, Edwin J. Feulner, has died at age 83. See? It’s NOT all bad news…

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I get that the whole kiss cam thing is fun and all, but that guy’s wife, soon to be ex-wife, is likely not having as much fun with it as the rest of us – and it just keeps getting shoved back in her face while the rest of us play. I feel badly for her. But now he’s going to have to support her in the lifestyle to which she’s become accustomed – and that’s CEO level. But he’s not a CEO anymore and may not be again. This seems like it’s going to be one of the more costly affairs in the history of affairs…

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A pedophile, a rapist, and a thief walk into a bar.
The bartender looks up and says, “Hiya, Donald…”

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There’s a “tell.” A tell is a behavior that gives away the strength of a player’s hand in poker. The GOP KNOWS the things they’re doing are unpopular. They KNOW that if people could, people would retaliate at the ballot box. They KNOW they would be out on their ears. The tell? They’re planning to gerrymander Texas (and probably other states, as well) to protect control of Congress in a way they couldn’t manage on policy or popularity alone. They’re cheating.

I hope I don’t sound surprised. Cheating is the order of the day in MAGAmerica. It means that even THEY know they suck so they dare not leave it to democracy. This is why I shake my head when people talk about strategies for future “elections.” They’re telling us – to our faces – “Yeah, we’re going to go ahead and cheat, and there’s nothing you can do to stop us so, ha, ha,” and people STILL think maybe we can get ’em in the next election.

We’re not voting our way out of this one. The GOP is working overtime to make sure of it. That warning from JFK is just getting louder. “Those who make peaceful revolution impossible, will make violent revolution inevitable.” Every day, the GOP is working to make peaceful revolution – a revolution at the ballot box – impossible…

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Donny wants the Washington Commanders football team and the Cleveland Guardians baseball team to change their names back to the original Washington Redskins and Cleveland Indians. It could just be an old, old, like, VERY old man pining away for ‘the way things used to be.’

But remember, The Drumpfster’s name is all over the Epstein files as he and Epstein were very good friends. He really should release the files he promised to release…

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Jeez, I’m getting tired of the idiots. Putin won’t stop attacking Ukraine. Netanyahu won’t stop attacking Gaza. Donny won’t stop attacking America. They’re ALL so locked into their own, selfish positions, they seem unable to reconsider their behavior, nor the consequences of their actions. Maybe they can all share a cell together, after…

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We keep hearing reports that ICE is being cruel to it’s victims in their various concentration camps and gulags. Decent human beings wonder why ICE has to be so cruel so, here’s your clue: the cruelty IS the point. It’s supposed to discourage undocumented people from coming or staying in the US. It’s domestic terrorism…

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Dear MAGA,
At the end of WWII, suddenly, nobody in Germany knew anything about being Nazi. Nobody confessed to being Nazi. Nobody knew what the Nazis were doing. Everyone claimed wide-eyed innocence. You know, the same strategy YOU plan to use about MAGA once Cadet Bone-spurs goes the way of the Little Corporal.

But here’s the thing. They had written letters. They had participated in events. They had gleefully attended the rallies. They publicly supported the immorality and crimes against humanity. Everybody knew who the Nazis were. During the war, they were proud to be Nazis.

Their families knew they were Nazis the same way your family knows your MAGA. Their friends knew they were Nazis the same way your friends know you’re MAGA. They tried to hide their swastika armbands and blend into the crowd, hoping to evade responsibility for their dedicated and loyal support of evil. Yeah, you’ll burn your red hats and try to blend into the crowd.

I know. Right now, you’re thinking, “Never!” That’s the same thing the Nazis thought when they were winning. Then they lost and the once-proud Nazis scurried to the shadows the way rats do. The longer you support this nightmare, the darker the corner you’re going to need to find once it’s over. The law came for them and the law will come for you – and everybody knows who you are…

The New Paradigm…

by MyBaconPress

It’s weird, I know, but I kind of “get” where Paramount is coming from. In one sense, they’re as much a victim of Donny’s cruel regime as any of the rest of us. I don’t even approve of the constant, ongoing consolidation in ownership of media. Hell, that’s part of what got us into this mess in the first place – corrupted airwaves. But if that IS the current paradigm – and it is – then Paramount is just doing what the other corporations have been doing for quite some time: merging.

I think they’re wrong to cancel Colbert, but I suspect THEY think they’re wrong to cancel Colbert. These people are greedy, not stupid. One does NOT kill off their cash cow blithely. They just have no choice. If you’re doing big business and you want to make a deal, you’ve got to get 47’s beak a little wet and, just for good measure, punish one of Donny’s enemies. Sure, it’s corruption at its worst but that’s the way MAGA wants things and that’s the way things are.

I didn’t realize “drain the swamp” was only the precursor to refilling it with fresh and revitalized swamp juice and a whole new generation of new and improved swamp monsters. Thanks, MAGA…

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Look, I get this. We’re all starting to voice, in private conversation, thoughts I can’t legally write in this space. Americans want Donny out and, increasingly, we don’t care how. This Epstein thing seemed to be a possibility. MAGA got mad at 47 right along with better Americans and the pressure has built and remained. It really IS his own doing. HE is the one who promised, and promised, and promised, AND promised to release the Epstein files, exposing all of the rich and powerful men who think statutory rape is an awesome way to demonstrate their untouchable status.

Then Elon says the Drumpfster is in the files and suddenly the Drumpfster won’t release them. He released parts everybody had seen before so, really, a re-release, then declared it a done deal. He has suggested he might release some bits that don’t really relate to the public interest but based on everything everybody knows about the guy, there’s little to no doubt that Elon wasn’t wrong. Donny IS in those files. Probably a LOT. So Donny said no.

This is a common sense thing. The best way – the ONLY way – to prove he isn’t in the files is to release the files. He adamantly will not release the files. IF he could prove his innocence by releasing the files but won’t? Is there some other reason possible?

MAGA is all in a dither about it. Some have burned their MAGA hats. Some have publicly declared they will no longer bend the knee to him. Some have said some pretty harsh words about him. As this scene has played out, Americans have been joining in. It SEEMED like this might be an opportunity to maybe get through to a MAGA with some actual facts. It certainly IS uncomfortable for 47.

In the end, I suspect MAGA is going to remain disappointed in him on this one, but realize he’s still their Precious and they’ll stick by his side. They’re not trying to decide if they should renounce him. They’re trying to find a way to accept that he is a pedophile and continue to stand with him. Remember, this is the crowd that killed their own parents during Covid just to ensure he got the political “win.”

They’ve already accepted and approved of the fact that he’s a rapist so how much harder is it going to be to just add the word “statutory” and keep on keeping on? That was the whole point of chipping away at MAGA morality over the last 40+ years. Hell, they can buy new hats…

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Donny seems to be having tremendous success cornering the market in coal. It helps that nobody is trying to stop him or even compete with him. Every intelligent person on the planet knows that renewables are the future, so of course Donny’s all in on fossil fuels. Why go forward when you can go backwards, right?

Just to make sure it’s the dumbest possible move, he’s ALSO doing everything he can to eliminate renewable energy technologies from the US. Leave that to all of the other countries. Let THEM be “stuck” with the advantages while the US continues to be mired in the muck of coal…

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I keep seeing stories about how the budget shows a surplus month over month. Sure it does. The government stopped paying it’s bills. ANYBODY can have a lovely balance sheet if they don’t pay their bills – for a short while. But at some point, the lights get shut off and no water flows from the faucets.

Right now, we’re in the “put it back in the mailbox” stage, but pretty soon? It’s going to be lights out…

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Color me disappointed, but not surprised, that the toady Congress voted to claw back money from PBS. Donny doesn’t see the value in PBS. He doesn’t watch it, the words are too big. The US is quickly running out of valid, non-partisan sources of information. That’s not an accident. Donny said he loves the poorly educated and he wants the entire country to be as dumb as him.

This MAGA Congress is so servile it’s disgusting. Even when they KNOW they’re doing wrong, they do it. They KNOW they’re attacking their own constituents and they KNOW there might be a backlash so they’re preparing to gerrymander Texas in an effort to keep their phony-baloney jobs. (Dear MAGA, the previous sentence was a lesson in they’re, there, and their. You’re welcome.)

After the revolution, our new Constitution needs to specify that congressional districts need to be as close to square-shaped as possible. Gerrymandering is an affront to democracy…

Epstein Really Won’t Die…

by MyBaconPress

Well, it just keeps getting weirder, doesn’t it? Look, it makes sense to me that if one is part of a shady group that traffics in, or benefits from, underage women forced into prostitution, there might be some private, inside jokes, doesn’t it? Here’s one the Wall Street Journal (WSJ) is attributing to our inglorious misleader, the Drumpfster:

According to the WSJ, Donny was asked by Epstein’s girlfriend and co-conspirator, Ghislaine Maxwell, to submit a letter to a collection from Epstein’s friends. She put them into a leather bound volume. Nice gift, really, if only the topic was less sordid. The page from Donny to Epstein was said to include a drawing of a nude woman and “a typewritten note said to be styled as an imaginary conversation between Trump and Epstein.

“Voice Over: There must be more to life than having everything,” the note reportedly began.
Donald: Yes, there is, but I won’t tell you what it is.
Jeffrey: Nor will I, since I also know what it is.
Donald: We have certain things in common, Jeffrey.
Jeffrey: Yes, we do, come to think of it.
Donald: Enigmas never age, have you noticed that?
Jeffrey: As a matter of fact, it was clear to me the last time I saw you.
Donald: A pal is a wonderful thing. Happy Birthday – and may every day be another wonderful secret.“

47 has filed a lawsuit against the WSJ. HE says he knows nothing about it. Of course, he also says he doesn’t know who appointed Jerome Powell Fed Chair. Spoilers: it was him. HE says he doesn’t know who negotiated the US-Mexico-Canada Agreement (USMCA). It was him. I must admit, I was surprised he filed. Now there can be depositions all around. Under oath. On the Epstein Affair.

Oh, yeah, the Epstein Affair. He found a new trick. He said he ordered Pam Bondi to release the transcripts of the Grand Jury testimony. She said she would – right after the judge gave the okay. Here’s the thing, the Grand Jury testimony is mostly about Epstein and Maxwell. It’s not about the rich and powerful people who were availing themselves of Epstein’s victims and continue to be protected by other rich and powerful people. Worse, Grand Jury testimony is commonly NOT released.

Every American wants to see the client list. Most MAGA want to see it, too. Epstein didn’t keep a client list? Maxwell did. Even if one didn’t use Maxwell’s little black book, the FBI could MAKE the list based on the DVDs that were found at Epstein’s properties during the FBI raid. We don’t need to see the videos. We don’t need to know the victim’s names. We want confirmation on who these men were – and we already know some of them.

Donald J. Trump, for example. We KNOW he was there many times. We KNOW he was very good friends with Epstein for years and years. We KNOW Donny knew what Epstein was about. It remains to be seen as to how MAGA will react to this latest trick. I suspect they’ll give him a little time, since he said he might release something. When he doesn’t? They’ll get irritated again, but then what?

One of the biggest faults I see in this whole play is this: MAGA has no where to go. Sure, they’re pissed off at Donny right now as they discover he’s every bit as “Deep State” as any other politician, but what are they going to do, vote AOC? And just to be sure MAGA has no where to go, I’m sure the Democrats are out there, beating the bushes looking for their next sure-fire candidate – a black, trans, half Jewish, half Muslim woman who espouses abortions for all and a complete open border…

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I’ve heard some grumbling about how Deep State Donny is cowing the media with threats and lawsuits. What I’m watching feels more like the Capitalist-owned, corporate media is willingly standing down. I suspect that the ‘Capitalist-owned, corporate media’ part is the reason. The latest co-conspirator? CBS. 47 filed a lawsuit against them, whining that ’60 minutes’ had edited an interview with Kamala Harris that made 47 look bad. CBS doesn’t need to do that. He makes himself look bad by the minute. But that was his claim and he sued for $20 billion dollars.

Everybody knew CBS was going to win in a walk. Everybody knew CBS had only engaged in standard practices, made no effort to distort the interview, made no effort to smear 47 and would easily win their case – so CBS settled. They gave him $16 million dollars. Oh, AND they canceled ‘The Late Show’ with Stephen Colbert. In fairness CBS doesn’t deserve, Colbert DID call the $16 million dollar bribe payment a $16 million dollar bribe payment.

CBS said it was a “financial decision.” That’s a kind of truth, if you stand on your head and look at it just the right way. The Late Show is the late night ratings leader. Colbert is VERY popular. The show was making money. If the decision had anything to do with the show, itself, it was essentially killing a cash cow. Yes, that IS a “financial decision,” but it’s a very, very stupid one. Maybe there is some other financial consideration, yes?

See, CBS wants to merge with another company, Skydance, and they need FCC approval to do so. The FCC is ultimately controlled by – wait for it – Deep State Donny and he doesn’t LIKE Stephen Colbert. (He doesn’t like anybody smarter than him so, just about everybody.) The merger is worth billions to the execs at CBS. Since no big business he can interfere with gets done without getting Donny’s beak wet, the $16 million was a small price to pay. Firing Colbert was just the cherry on top.

Frankly, if I was Skydance, I’d be pissed off that Paramount just hurt the value of the deal by canceling one of the more popular shows on the network. But Donny’s a petulant child everyone has to placate, lest he wish them into the corn field, so Colbert had to go. There’s speculation ‘The Daily Show’ is next, since Donny doesn’t like Jon Stewart, either.

I hope, after the revolution, that we, the people put some controls on the abuses of wealth. We had them once. The guardrails made America great in the first place. Let’s do that again…

They’re Here, They’re Gone, They’re Back…

by MyBaconPress

Our story so far: the DOJ released a statement that declared there are no Epstein files and that the old pervert definitely killed himself. They released a video of some jail cells and they pretended it was “raw” footage of Epstein’s cell. It was supposed to prove nobody entered the cell the night Epstein died. But there was a minute missing. It was easy to see. The time-stamp jumped from 11:58:58 to midnight.

That got people who know about these things to start digging into the footage. It took them a very short time to discover the so-called “raw” footage had been manipulated – badly. They even know the software that was used to do it. THEN it turned out it wasn’t one bit, slightly altered. It’s two different videos spliced together. THEN it turned out, it wasn’t even showing Epstein’s cell.

There were definitely files on Jeffery Epstein, before there weren’t. 47 was definitely, positively going to release that list before he wasn’t. Then the list didn’t exist, but only for a short time. It’s back again but now was written by James Comey, Obama, Hillary, and maybe Biden. Epstein was arrested the second time on July 7, 2019. Donny was playing ‘President’ at the time. WHY would he ask Obama, Hillary, and maybe Biden to write the report? It wasn’t even their job. But, hey, the idea was floated. It sank.

So, when THAT didn’t discourage interest, Deep State Donny contacted some of the MAGA influencers, Charlie Kirk, for one, and got them to back off in hopes the base would back off. On Monday, Kirk declared he was “done talking about the Epstein files for now.” (Good dog.) The backlash he received from MAGA was so severe, by Tuesday he pretended he had only meant he was done talking about Epstein for that segment. (Ooh, bad dog…)

When that effort to manipulate them failed, Donny tried scolding his followers. That didn’t work, either. So now the files are back and they’re real, although we’re assured there’s nothing in them. As of Wednesday morning, to hear Deep State Donny tell it, he doesn’t know what’s in the files except for a quick brief from Bondi, but he ALSO knows they’re boring. Then the Drumpfster said he was going to leave it to Pam Bondi to decide if the files should be released.

Yes, this is the same Pam Bondi who assured everybody the Epstein list was on her desk waiting to be reviewed (because who wouldn’t take their sweet time looking at THAT list?) before assuring everyone there is no list, but when MAGA wasn’t having any of that, the list suddenly reappeared. On Tuesday, even MAGA Mike the Johnson called for the release of the files, and that dude goes to great lengths to avoid “release.”

Donny says anything “credible” should be released, but he has also taken to calling it a hoax. He says only “bad people” want to see those files. Well, color me bad, then. I’ve known speed freaks with more credible stories. I agree with Elon on this one, “He should just release the files and point out which part is the hoax.” I’m still not buying a rolling crematorium, though.

At one point, the Drumpfster tried calling the people who want to see the files “stupid.” When you think about it, they want to see the files because they believed him. If they react half as badly to him calling them stupid for believing him as they react when I say they’re stupid for believing him, he’s in trouble. He has also taken to calling them “weaklings.”

A reporter asked 47 if he would consider a Special Counsel to investigate the Epstein files. His answer? “I have nothing to do with it,” as he dashed for the door. He has tried name calling, lying, threatening, lying some more, insulting, a few more lies, and manipulating. That pretty much sums up his entire negotiating strategy. I think next, he holds his breath until he turns blue, which would be a welcome change from his usual orange.

I’ll tell you this: this cover-up is so…professional, except where it’s not. It’s completely convincing except where it isn’t. Maybe these guys are trying to prove they know what they’re doing by demonstrating what it would look like if they they didn’t – because it sure looks like they don’t…

GOP Priorities…

by MyBaconPress

It kind of sums up GOP priorities, doesn’t it? The GOP in Texas keeps insisting that nothing could be done to warn people about the flood that was coming. They just didn’t have the needed tools in place. They’ve spent YEARS refusing to PUT the needed tools in place. Why? Well, that would be too expensive.

Apparently, they consider the deaths of over 100 people “less expensive.” THAT’S a loss they can absorb, the deaths of others. Just don’t try to touch their money. Yep, it sums up GOP priorities nicely…

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It sounded like booing to me. The First Felon polluted the World Cup finals where he was roundly booed by the crowd. Several times, in fact. In fairness, he DID receive some salutes, but as far as I could see, they were of the one-finger variety. Some of his supporters, that is, people who back criminals, rapists, and alleged pedophiles, tried to pretend it was cheering. You can even hear some whistling as they tried to overpower the crowd – but it was a BIG crowd and, clearly, the vast majority really doesn’t like that guy, proving that most of America is still more decent than MAGA.

That didn’t stop him from crashing Chelsea’s trophy lift, though. He walked out onto the pitch with FIFA president Gianni Infantino to present the competition’s trophy, individual awards, and runners-up medals. When it came time to celebrate the win with a team photo, Infantino left the stage so the team could have their moment. 47 stayed. Infantino tried to get Donny to leave. He didn’t. He just stood there, grinning like the buffoon he is, not caring that he was crashing their big moment. The dude just ruins everything.

I wonder how much money American taxpayers shelled out for Donny and the rest of Team Evil to enjoy a luxury box at the World Cup. What, you thought HE paid for it?

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Deep State Donny sure is making an effort to make the Epstein file scandal go away – and that’s saying something. That guy doesn’t make an effort at anything other than crime and/or golf – which I hear he plays badly so he cheats.

He’s the one who stoked the fire. He’s the one who rang the alarm bells. He’s the one who promised to release the files. But he’s also the one claiming they don’t exist. He’s also the one insisting people should just look at something else. He’s also the one saying the files that don’t exist were written by Obama, maybe Hillary.

It’s a kind of a-la-cart offering of lies for the cover-up. MAGA can find one they like and cling to it like a life preserver as they’re being swept away in a GOP-induced flood. Actual, legitimate journalists reported on the seizure of materials from Epstein’s various houses. We KNOW they exist. Ghislaine Maxwell’s little black book exists – or did.

Now there’s no “there” there? So why is Maxwell in prison? She was convicted of participating in a sex trafficking ring that never existed? (Spoiler alert, look for an impending pardon for her.) They’ve tried everything, man. Well, everything except releasing the files. Releasing the files is the ONLY way to prove there’s nothing in them, at this point.

Everyone remember – because Deep State Donny wants you to forget – the Epstein Files are real. They exist, or they did. They implicate a large number of very powerful men – men for whom “party” is less important than privilege. Donny’s one of them, in my opinion. Why do I think so? Donny wouldn’t lift a finger to help someone else if he didn’t benefit as well. He doesn’t give two figs about anyone else – but he loves himself unconditionally. The ONLY person he’s trying to protect with all of this mendacious manipulation is himself…

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The cons are holding hearings attempting to “prove” that Joe Biden didn’t know about the pardons he ordered. If Autopen signed them, that’s all the proof they need. In fact, they don’t really need ANY proof. They thought of a scheme and that’s good enough for them. It ‘s so easy for them to ignore that fact the Biden is on record, clearly saying he ordered the pardons. He DID use Autopen to sign them – because there were so many.

But the GOP is STILL working an angle that suggests that if Biden didn’t sign them, he didn’t know about them. Ergo, they’re invalid. This is “important” to the cons, you see, because they have some political harassment to engage in if they’re going to “get even” with Dems for prosecuting their favorite felon, and the pardons are really cramping their efforts.

I’m not aware of any provisions that allow for the revocation of a pardon once it has been accepted, so I’m not sure what they think they’re doing. Of course, the legal toadies of the most corrupt, most-high court might rule anything in this nightmare MAGAmerica, but in OG America, rescinding pardons that have been accepted wasn’t possible. They’ll spend millions of taxpayer dollars on this pageantry, though…

Sex, Lies, and Video…

by MyBaconPress

It’s not very often one will find common ground between left and right, but the pervert Jeffery Epstein and his very good, allegedly pervert friend, Donald Trump, seem to be the great unifier. We ALL want to know what’s in the Epstein files. Maybe not for the same reason, but we all want to know. Donny said they would be released before backing off of that statement. Pam Bondi said she had the file on her desk being reviewed and it was just about to be released – then she claimed she meant something else and there IS no Epstein client list.

Whatever else may be true, Ghislaine Maxwell kept a binder, the so-called little black book of clients and contacts. Release that. That should be enough to give everyone the information they’re looking for. But, no. Suddenly, the Drumpfster has gone all “deep state” and is trying to cover up information. Worse, they’re lying about it – badly.

They released a video, supposedly untouched, of the surveillance camera keeping an eye on Epstein’s cell. In the bumbled cover-up, the video includes a segment in which the timestamp in the bottom left corner jumps from 11:58:58 to 12 midnight. It just…skips a minute. No good explanation for how that minute disappeared. We were told it was just the system resetting itself. We were told it does that every night at the same time. We were NOT shown any other videos that might support the seemingly fraudulent claim.

NOW, people who know about such things are saying the video was heavily doctored. They even know which editing tool was likely used as the thing was edited and saved “multiple times.” From ‘Wired:’ “The file appears to have been assembled from at least two source clips, saved multiple times, exported, and then uploaded to the DOJ’s website, where it was presented as “raw” footage.”

There are a LOT of accusations against 47 out there. I can’t say which might be true and which are not but there are a LOT of them and we all know the adage, ‘where there’s smoke, there’s fire.’ What we DO know is that Donny is not playing this straight. ‘Deep State Donny’ strikes again…

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Well, we seem to be moving into the next level of violence at this point. I’ll give him this, 47 seems to be moving at a very fast pace. Violence is on the table far sooner than I expected. In fairness, I’m sure the guy who allegedly shot at cowardly ICE agents raiding a farm provided the excuse the regime was looking for.

So, now the Felon has posted on his social media website, “I am giving Total Authorization for Ice to protect itself, just like they protect the Public.” Like so many of the word salads that spew from his lips, I don’t know what he means. These face-covered cowards are NOT protecting the public in any way, shape, or form. Does that mean they don’t have any authorization to protect themselves, either?

Of course not. They’ll come in even heavier-handed. Their “agent” cosplay STILL creates the problem of not knowing if one is dealing with actual cops or some bad guy posing as cops. Generally speaking, people have a right to defend themselves. So, if people start to defend themselves against the “maybe cops,” and the cops start “defending” themselves from their victims? Well, let the shooting begin, I guess…

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Listen, if ICE is going after criminals and rapists, I have a tip: there’s one currently living at 1600 Pennsylvania Avenue in Washington DC. He’s old. He’s fat. He’s often orange. You can’t miss him. Oh, AND he’s an anchor baby. His mother was born in Scotland and immigrated to the US at age 18. He sometimes hides out at his lair in Florida, called Mar-a-Lardo.

He was best friends with a known pedophile for more than 15 years. He’s KNOWN to have been convicted in a real court of law for 34 felonies and he has been shown in another court that sexual assault is a thing he likes to do. That’s a REAL threat to US citizens, not some guy picking lettuce in Southern California. C’mon, ICE, do your job. Deport him. Now. Make America Safe Again…

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The Drumpfster doesn’t like Rosie O’Donnell and he hasn’t liked her for a long time. He knows she’s smarter than him and he doesn’t like that at all. From what I can see, she doesn’t much care for him, either. O’Donnell moved her family to Ireland in order to get away from the chaos that IS this moronic regime. She said some minor critical thing about him at the time and he handled it with the same grace and maturity with which he handles everything else: he threw a tantrum.

Now he says he’s looking at “revoking” O’Donnell’s citizenship. Rosie O’Donnell was born in Commack, New York. You know, in the USA. He posted: “Because of the fact that Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country, I am giving serious consideration to taking away her Citizenship.” I’ve got to tell you, I’m not even sure what ‘Rosie O’Donnell is not in the best interests of our Great Country’ even means, but it seems to mean he knows she doesn’t like him.

In response, O’Donnell said 47 “has always hated the fact that i see him for who he is – a criminal con man sexual abusing liar out to harm our nation to serve himself.” She added, “he is a dangerous old soulless man with dementia who lacks empathy compassion and basic humanity…”

Don’t sugar coat it like that, Rosie. Tell us how you really feel…

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Have you seen Whiskey Pete’s official announcement that the US is going to build more drones? It looks like one of those monster truck show advertisements: “SUNDAY, SUNDAY, SUNDAY!” complete with Metallica playing in the background. Drones flying all around him, he steadily walks forward while talking tough about things he doesn’t understand. At one very dramatic point, he reaches up and takes a piece of paper from a drone, the order he’s planning to sign.

I guess it was supposed to look inspirational. Really, it just looked stupid and overdone. But then, what about this regime doesn’t look stupid and overdone?