Trump's war on kids
It’s Wednesday. There are 412 days until the midterm elections. House Republicans get tough on kids, pro-torture people say Trump has gone too far and KASH SAID WHAT ABOUT EPSTEIN?!
Be advised: This newsletter uses profanity. But at least it didn’t break up Ben and Jerry.
Note: Ya know, Sexy Patriots, fascism really freaking blows. Yeah, we’re coming with the deep thoughts today. But it’s so true. It’s just a giant dark cloud of suck hanging over everything and making everything shitty. But it also does something really special. If you’ve been with us for a while, you know that we are fond of noting how Trumpism creates chances for everyday people to become heroes. This (and hope) is what rebellions are made of. Please don’t sue us, Disney.
Well we want to take a second today and offer an Official Sexy Patriot Salute to our friends in the U.K. Don’t worry. It’s not as dirty as it sounds. No, rather we just want to say a proper thank you to the Brits for this bit of cheekiness…
Blimey! That’s some beautiful mischief! It’s nice to see that people all over the world are repulsed by our president and his best friend, Jeffrey Epstein. Sure makes you proud to be an American, don’t it? And while Trump keeps doing everything he can to call this an old story, this is more proof that it ain’t going away. So thank you to these brave Brits, and of course Thomas Massie and Ro Khanna, for keeping this important story in the news. This is what good trouble looks like in 2025. Because fuck fascism. Y’all have a blessed day. More: CNBC
Note two: The plan is to do a therapy session today at 1:30 PT. Please join us.
Note three: This is the piece on Charlie Kirk to read. Ta-Nehisi Coates is bringing thunderbolts of truth and receipts. More: VanityFair
Note four: Man, this is really just America in a nutshell. A Spirit Airline plane got too close to Air Force One. If we make Air Force One a Spirit Airline plane, then our transformation will be complete. More: WCVB
Note five: We were gonna post a clip of Chuck Schumer on Morning Joe calling for bipartisan talks on spending. But honestly it’s just too fucking depressing. So here’s a real leader in the streets fighting for her people. Chuck could never.
Note six: Congratulations to Democrat Xp Lee on winning Melissa Hortman’s seat in Minnesota. We will always remember her. Even if the president won’t. More: NBC News
Note seven: We are SO here for Justice Sotomayor talking a little shit about Pam Bondi’s dumb ass. More: HuffPost
Note eight: The CDC director who brain worm guy hired and then fired because she wasn’t crazy enough for him is testifying in front of Congress today. More: NBC News
Note nine: Trump and Republicans are very angry that Jack Smith investigated Charlie Kirk’s group. Yeah, that happens when you pay to send a busload of people to a violent coup attempt. More: Mediaite
Note 10: Here’s the Ghislaine Maxwell guy saying he can bring RICO charges against Code Pink protesters for making Trump sad at dinner. This asshole must really love losing in court.
Note 11: Speaking of losing in court, Judge Jeanine the Joke lost again. Ouch. More: HuffPost
Note 12: It looks like Trump is going to get his interest rate cut. And all he had to do was fuck up the economy. More: NBC News
Note 13: Republicans have spent the last week lying about far-right extremist violence, but the facts kept getting in the way. So they decided to erase the facts. More: HuffPost
Note 14: We weren’t kidding about Ben and Jerry. Jerry is splitting because the company they sold out to won’t let them be political. It’s almost like you can’t trust big corporations. More: Mediaite
Note 15: Thank you for saying this, Tim Walz!
Note 16: Here’s some more updates on the two hangings in Mississippi. We’re trying like hell to avoid rumors and conspiracy theories, so this is the best reporting we could find. Also, we know our friends in the Magnolia State can’t see the Bluesky posts. We’re sorry, but we can’t post tweets because it’s gross. More: Mississippi Free Press, Mississippi Free Press II
Note 17: Oops! Bloomberg has a story today (paywall) about how Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent did the same thing Lisa Cook has been accused of. Except Cook has actually been cleared. We’re sure Bill Pulte will start going after Bessent today. Right? More: Bloomberg
Note 18: We freaking love Jasmine Crockett. And we’re grateful to her for showing up to Marjorie Taylor Green’s stupid weather shit to tell some truth. We probably would have just skipped it.
Note 19: For today’s Happy Ending, we’re going back to Colbert. Last night on his show, he celebrated his big Emmy win. Why is that worthy of a Happy Ending? Because he trolled Trump for not having an Emmy. LOLOL!!!! THE APPRENTICE FUCKING SUCKED!!!!! More: HuffPost
Note 20: And on that hilariously petty note, let’s go do some news! We sure hope y’all are having a good week and keeping your heads up. We know it’s not easy. Just remember that there are millions and millions of people who feel just like you do. Poor bastards. Love y’all!
Kids
Last night, House Republicans voted to make it easier to treat kids as young as 14 like adults when it comes to criminal cases in D.C. So yeah, Trump is going to start locking up Black kids. Where the fuck are all the rappers who hated Joe Biden because of the crime bill? Thank you to Thomas Massie (we seriously can’t believe how much we like this guy these days) for pointing out that his colleagues are protecting people who raped 14-year-olds while going after 14-year-olds. Also, giant FUCK YOU to the Democrats who crossed the aisle to vote for this shit. Instead of standing up to Trump, there are many in our party who seem to be enjoying his fascism. More: New York Post, Click Orlando
Yoo don’t say
Remember the name John Yoo? He’s the former Bush administration official who infamously argued that torture against terrorism suspects is totally fine and legal. And even that heinous motherfucker says Trump is breaking the law with his strikes on Venezuelan boats. We really never thought we’d see the day when the pro-torture guy said the Republican Party is breaking the law, but here we are. Sounds like Trump’s murder spree should be a pretty big scandal. More: Politico
Wait… WHAT?!
Yesterday Kash Patel made a total ass of himself in front of the Senate Judiciary Committee, and the White House loved it. While there were big blow-ups between Schiff and Kash and Booker and Kash and so on and so on, the part we can’t get past is Patel telling senators that “there is no credible evidence” that Jeffrey Epstein trafficked minors to other people. WHAT THE FUCK IS HE TALKING ABOUT?! WHY THE FUCK IS MAXWELL IN PRISON IF THAT’S TRUE?! We have known for a while that Kash is involved in a shocking cover-up, but this is egregious even for him. Imagine if our Senate Democrats understood how the media works in 2025 and were able to make hay out of this crazy shit. More: Axios
Today’s clips
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has ordered that troops who need an exemption from shaving their facial hair for longer than a year should get kicked out of the service. More: Associated Press
The government is planning to phase out paper checks for most consumers receiving Social Security benefits and other federal payments this month. More: NBC News
Cardi B is welcoming another addition to her family. On September 17, the rapper announced that she is expecting her fourth child, her first with boyfriend Stefon Diggs. More: Yahoo News
The Trump administration is using civil rights laws to wage a campaign against the University of California in an attempt to curtail academic freedom and undermine free speech, according to a lawsuit filed Tuesday by faculty, staff, student organizations and every labor union representing UC workers. More: HuffPost
Top Trump administration officials are pressuring federal prosecutors in Virginia to bring charges against New York Attorney General Letitia James for mortgage fraud, despite investigators so far failing to find sufficient evidence supporting such charges, according to sources familiar with the investigation. More: ABC News
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My observations are that Charlie Kirk’s killer was apolitical. The Discord app for group text, video, and screen sharing and discussions is used by gamers, not for politics. In Discord over 6 years, Tyler Robinson, an avid gamer, used the word Trump once in 2019, and the word Biden once in 2020. That is it, people. I call that apolitical. His friends said he never talked politics. Only games.
For political reasons, the Administration and the Republican Utah governor are trying very hard to paint Tyler Robinson into the left camp. The right needs that Reichstag Fire pivotal event, the root of their biases (plural).
Tyler Robinson had a grudge against homophobic Charlie Kirk and Tyler could not resolve that. Evidently Tyler Robinson’s mother said he had moved left recently. I think first, slightly to the left of Nick Fuentes, then that his mother and the Utah governor conflate bisexuality with the left. Therein lies a problem. Many on the right are confused by God-given sexual orientations. Confused they indiscriminately throw out chum. Bloody chum in the water brings sharks. Frenzied sharks will bite anything. That is not violence. What they bite brings emotionally soothing food to them.
There is a need for health social services to address those emotionally challenged individuals that strike out with gunshots. Instead of reaching out to help, some crazed individuals with megaphones torture them repeatedly with heteronormativity. Alex Jones. Charlie Kirk, et al.
That is not politics, that is abuse. Yes. This is systemic abuse and societal failure. Those are both fixable. Some do not want to fix. They want to exploit it to make money. I am disgusted by those making a living by bellowing insults in this type of torture chamber.
https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/bloody-chum?r=3m1bs
https://www.meidasplus.com/p/dems-outperformed-2024-in-38-out?r=y78r7&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
Adam, Dems are outperforming in several states. I hope that keeps up.
I HOPE we can bury this administration as if it never existed.