Jan. 6 scum rub our noses in it

Today’s Big Stuff. January 23, 2025.

It’s Thursday. There are 649 days until the midterm elections. Republicans attack religious freedom, America is getting really unhealthy fast and the Jan. 6 scum rub our noses in it.

Be advised: This newsletter uses profanity. It really needs something stronger.

Note: Well, Sexy Patriots, we regret to inform you that shit didn’t get any less stupid or mean yesterday. In fact, it went the other way. With the guy who did a nazi salute by his side, Trump started purging the federal government of DEIA hires. In other words, he started purging the federal government of women and people with Black or brown skin and the disabled. They even sent out a fucking snitch line for whiny incompetent white dudes to complain and get their bosses and co-workers fired…

Goddamn motherfuckers. Oh well, we’re convinced. We’re gonna email them and tell them we found a DEI hire who needs to be shitcanned immediately. Wanna see the email?

Dear racist shit-eating snitches,

We found you a good one. This dirty motherfucker not only lies, cheats and steals on the job, but he’s also a convicted felon, raped at least one woman and let hundreds of violent criminals out on the streets his first day on the job. He also smells fucking awful, and we’re pretty sure he can’t read. This dude is definitely a DEI hire and needs to go. Because the United States of America can’t have a Doodie-Eating Idiot (DEI) as president of the United States. Isn’t that what DEI stands for? Or is it Dick Envious Incels? Either way, y’all need to come get this asshole. Or just eat shit and then go tell your parents they failed.

Thanks and go fuck yourselves,

TBS

P.S. Y’all have a blessed day.

Note two: Btw, this is a real purge and it is being conducted by obvious racists. But you won’t hear that on any news show because the ones who aren’t losing their jobs are kissing ass like it’s made out of candy to try and stay in orangey’s good graces. Both CNN and NBC are about to start slashing jobs. More: CNBC

Note three: We rarely cheer when someone loses their job, but we’re kinda hoping that CNN fires the fuck out of the reporter whose story yesterday was headlined “Melania Trump is brimming with plans for second term.” Yeah, fuck CNN. NO GODDAMN LINK ON PURPOSE

Note four: We’d just like to take a second to say a big FU to the people in our own party who helped Republicans pass the cruel Laken Riley Act that gives Trump more power to detain immigrants. If you want to know what our party stands for right now, well, we’ll have to get back to you. More: Yahoo News

Note five: We are TBS, and we approve this message…

Note six: Lauren Boebert offered to give a tour of the Capitol to the Jan. 6 trash. We’re surprised she didn’t invite them to the theater. More: The Hill

Note seven: Last night Trump went on Hannity. And while he said a lot of alarming and incoherent shit, the big one was him blaming California for the fires and hinting that he’s going to get rid of FEMA so states can take care of themselves. Good luck, Southern states! More: Associated Press

Note eight: Btw, more fires broke out yesterday and last night. L.A. is still very much in hell, and now we have the goddamn devil as president. More: NBCLA

Note nine: Oh this is fun. One of the Jan. 6 dirtbags told Alex Jones he’s planning “retribution.” We assume that will get him a cabinet spot. More: The Independent

Note 10: Has anyone checked Putin’s colon?

Note 11: Oh look, more testimony from a woman who was married to Pete Hegseth and told Senators he’s an alcoholic. And those weak shitheads will still confirm him. More: CNN

Note 12: Mark your calendars and put on your tinfoil hat. The asshole with the brainworm is having his confirmation hearing on the 29th. More: Axios

Note 13: The Oscars nominations were announced this morning. We’re a little behind on seeing most of the movies, but we fucking love Wicked and we’re happy Hollywood will have something to celebrate after a rough few weeks. More: Deadline

Note 14: Thank you to Jim Acosta for once again acting like a real journalist while his colleagues cower and kiss taint. More: New Republic

Note 15: It’s egregious shit like this that really makes us wish the U.S. had an opposition party right now…

Note 16: Trump’s big plan to end the illegal war against Ukraine was a fucking Truth Social post threatening tariffs against Russia. We don’t even really trade with Russia! So yeah, it was really more concepts of a plan. More: NPR

Note 17: The party of free speech just got a reporter fired for not being cool with Elon Leon’s nazi bullshit. Milwaukee’s CBS 58 fired weather reporter Sam Kuffel for speaking truth, and so yeah the free press is pretty much over. More: Huff Post

Note 18: Thank you to the judges who are being very clear about what really happened on Jan. 6. Trump and his cult can erase a lot of history, but they can’t erase that. More: ABC News

Note 19: For today’s Happy Ending, well, we were really struggling to find something. So here’s this weird shit…

Note 20: And on that stanky note, let’s go do some news! We would never suggest you send a prank email to that DEI snitch line, but we also wouldn’t judge you if you did it over and over and over again. Love y’all!

Religious freedom!
You might remember when Republicans thought asking Amy Coney Barrett about her cultish religion was an attack on the freedom to worship. Or maybe you remember every anti-gay bigot using religious freedom to whine about how they can’t be bigots. Well, Republicans appear to be over that as they have now spent days attacking a priest because she had the gall to call for kindness and mercy. What a bitch. We love Bishop Budde, and watching Trump and his army of scum go after her has been a painful reminder of the high price of resistance in Trumpland. Thank you, Bishop Budde, for standing your ground and leading the way. More: NPR

Make America Die Again
Wouldn’t it be great if the anti-vaxx brainworm asshole was the only threat to our health we have to worry about? Unfortunately for all of us, the president who mismanaged a once-in-a-century pandemic has learned his lesson. No, he’s not preparing for the next pandemic or surrounding himself with smart public health officials. Instead he has gagged all public health agencies from sharing information with the public. That means we aren’t getting updates on bird flu or even the regular fucking flu. Imagine a pandemic where the government pretends it isn’t happening and hides the death count. Oh and these twisted fuckers also shuttered medical research because, hey, who really wants to cure cancer anyway, right? Eat right and exercise, SPs. Because shit is getting unhealthy fast. More: NPR, Science.org

Scene of the crime
Traitor Stewart Rhodes returned to Capitol Hill yesterday. Rhodes, the leader of the Oathkeepers and one of the militant terrorists who tried to help Trump’s coup against the United States succeed, was welcomed by Republican lawmakers and even had lunch in the same building his army of human garbage defiled. Oh and Trump made Brent Bozell, whose son Brent Bozell was convicted of Jan. 6 crimes, the new head of the U.S. Agency for Global Media. Politico has a story about how these assholes are going to start running for office, but we’re not linking to fucking Politico. Oh and Mike Little Johnson announced yesterday that he is cool with the pardons and House Republicans are going to launch a new investigation on what really happened that day. And honestly that’s fine with us. We want to keep talking about this fucked up shit for a long damn time. More: NBC Washington, NBC News, NBC News II

Today’s clips
President Donald Trump’s new Justice Department leadership has put a freeze on civil rights litigation and suggested it may reconsider police reform agreements negotiated by the Biden administration, according to two memos obtained Wednesday by The Associated Press. More: Associated Press

President Donald Trump has pardoned two D.C. police officers who were convicted after one chased a man riding a moped, which ultimately led to his death, and the other helped cover it up. More: WTOP

Elon Musk is clashing with OpenAI CEO Sam Altman over the Stargate artificial intelligence infrastructure project touted by President Donald Trump, the latest in a feud between the two tech billionaires that started on OpenAI’s board and is now testing Musk’s influence with the new president. More: Associated Press

The Federal Communications Commission revived three complaint against NBC, ABC and CBS on Wednesday, after a conservative group alleged multiple instances of bias against now-President Donald Trump during the election season. More: Huff Post