By BRUCE LOWITTThe 100th day of Donald Trump’s second presidency ends Tuesday, and multiple polls on his performance show his approval ratings on the economy, immigration and numerous other policies sliding below that of gangrene, gonorrhea and Elon Musk.Trump’s approval rating was at 6% when voters were asked, “Who would you want to manage theContinue reading “Poll-axed”
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The POTUS and The Pontiff
By BRUCE LOWITT President Donald Trump said he and first lady Melania will attend the funeral Saturday of Pope Francis at the Vatican, and announced that a limited number of $500,000 seats will be available for purchase to join him on the Air Force One flight and at the services. “It is in times likeContinue reading “The POTUS and The Pontiff”
GOP Brains: Running on Empty
By BRUCE LOWITT Partial transcript of a conversation at Internal Revenue Service headquarters involving former IRS Commissioner Danny Werfel, former Acting IRS Commissioners Melanie Krause and Douglas O’Connell, former IRS Chief Privacy Officer Kathleen Walters, former IRS Chief Financial Officer Teresa Hunter, former IRS Chief Risk Officer Mike Wetklow, former IRS Chief Counsel Marjorie Rollinson,Continue reading “GOP Brains: Running on Empty”
Livin’ La Vida Mjørkadalur
By BRUCE LOWITT A federal judge, finding the Trump Administration in criminal contempt of court Wednesday over its transporting U.S. legal residents to El Salvador, ordered the immediate deportation of President Donald Trump to Mjørkadalur Prison on Streymoy Island, one of Denmark’s Faroe Islands near the Arctic Circle. “I told Trump’s people to turn thoseContinue reading “Livin’ La Vida Mjørkadalur”
Trump: Taxing Credulity
By BRUCE LOWITT President Donald Trump, while refusing to admit his decision to levy a 145% tariff on China was one of his dumbest ideas ever and one which could cause a world-wide recession and possibly trigger World War III, announced Saturday he would exclude “electronics and various other items” from reciprocal tariffs. The decisionContinue reading “Trump: Taxing Credulity”
Law and Disorder
By BRUCE LOWITT Five additional major law firms caved Friday to pressure from Donald Trump rather than deal with punitive action by the White House and immediately went to work for the president, suing the rest of America’s top 97 law firms, the Democratic and Republican parties, Augusta National Golf Club, several sports leagues, Kimberly-ClarkContinue reading “Law and Disorder”
Big Trouble for Little Marco
By BRUCE LOWITT Four days after revoking the visas of all South Sudan passport holders, U.S. Secretary of State Marco Rubio was arrested Wednesday by Immigration and Customs Enforcement officers, hurriedly flown to Cuba, and imprisoned at Guantanamo Bay after President Donald Trump said he was in the United States illegally. “Because Little Marco –Continue reading “Big Trouble for Little Marco”
ACME: “The Best or Bust”
By BRUCE LOWITT With the sudden emergence of the torpedo bat as baseball’s hottest new offensive tool, the ACME Corporation, best known as the supplier of insane weaponry for Wile E. Coyote in his relentless pursuit of the RoadRunner, has jumped into the sports market with devices like rocket shoes and giant rubber bands toContinue reading “ACME: “The Best or Bust””
Lock, Stock, and Bankrupt
By BRUCE LOWITT Despite stock markets being closed for the weekend, securities have continued to collapse, losing another 9.7% worldwide Saturday and 11.4% Sunday after President Donald Trump declared, “It’s all going to be okay because I’m about to sign an executive order declaring my $TRUMP memecoin the official currency of the United States, soContinue reading “Lock, Stock, and Bankrupt”
Trump: Inheriting the Wind
By BRUCE LOWITT President Donald Trump issued an executive order Thursday banning all names of potential 2025 hurricanes after the Department of Government Efficiency researched them and reported that “not one of them was an American name.” The White House said DOGE, currently run by political albatross Elon Musk, spent $1.2-million investigating the 21 namesContinue reading “Trump: Inheriting the Wind”