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The MAGA Merry-Go-Round

It’s all horse’s asses.

It goes in circles but never gets anywhere.

And there is no brass ring.

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Fire At The Giant Scary Font Factory...

...has disrupted production at A-List political podcasts on both coasts.  

Speaking on condition of anonymity, the publisher of a notable podcast with over a million subscribers told us they became concerned when they learned that a fire had spread to the wing of the factory that manufactures Scary Yellow and Yellow-Orange Nouns, Verbs, Adjectives, and Comparative Adjectives, as well as what industry insiders call "Urgent Paintbrush Underlines" and "You Should Be Panicking" exclamation points.

At first, however, the publisher remained optimistic.

"I figured we could get by with ordinary black-and-white boldface Jump Scare font until the factory was back up and running."

However, once word came across the wire that the factory was a total loss and would take months to rebuild, the publisher's mood darkened considerably.  The losses include Concerned Red Arrows, Shocked Open-Mouth Reaction Faces. Even the shed where emergency backup "DESTROYS", "SLAMS", "EXPOSED", "DEVASTATING", "STUNNING", "BRUTAL", "TERRIFYING", "MUST WATCH" and "EVERYTHING CHANGED" were stored was, uh, DESTROYED.

"We might as well shutter the place and hit the beach for the rest of the summer," they said mournfully. "It's hitting us all pretty hard, but before we lock down the office until the Fall, we'll make sure are network is protected with... NordVPN ™.  After that, I know we could all use a good night's sleep on a Caspar Mattress ™, and probably a little BetterHelp ™ therapy.  Then it's off to the beach for me, with a Magic Spoon ™ beach snack in one hand and an Audible ™ beach read in the other!"

I Am The Liberal Media

Professional Left Podcast Episode 1003: Science Fiction University - Trust

“History does not always repeat itself. Sometimes it just yells, 'Can't you remember anything I told you?' and lets fly with a club.”  -- John W. Campbell Jr. 

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"We"? Who The Fuck is "We"?

Once again, it is breathtaking but not at all surprising to see former Republicans, who were already deeply wired into the legacy media, building a massive media conglomerate by just copy/pasting what Liberal bloggers were writing about the Right more than 20 years ago.

Everyone out here in what's left of the Liberal blogosphere knew who they were, and not one of us were letting anyone off the hook.  If the Bulwark crew want's to get a good look at who was letting them off the hook back when they might have been stopped, I'd suggest at their next staff meeting they should take a good, hard look around the table because the culprits are in your house.  

All of this would sting a little less if it weren't for the fact that those Liberal voices who were, in fact, right all along, are the same Liberal voices they mocked and castigated as crackpot alarmists back when they worked for Team Evil.

And it would sting a lot less if they stopped using their new media conglomerate to continue pretending those Liberal voices never existed.

But of course, you know the rule...

No Fair Remembering Stuff

Professional Left Podcast Episode 1002: It’s Still the Republican Party

“Never half-ass two things. Whole-ass one thing.”  -- Ron Swanson

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Allies, Allies Everywhere

All lies.  All lies.  Everywhere.

I love this story.

I love everything about it.

Not just because it's an old story, but because, since form follows function, it's always the same old story: one we've heard from dozens of grifters dozens of times. The words and pauses as well-worn by repetition as Mark Antony's funeral oration.

From NBC San Diego, June 22:

Tucker Carlson says he'll no longer support the Republican Party

Longtime conservative commentator Tucker Carlson said on a podcast that “there's no chance I would support the Republican Party" ahead of the November midterm elections, dismissing the political affiliation he's defended as a pundit for decades, including as one of Fox News Channel's most popular hosts.

“Not gonna support the Democratic Party,” Carlson was quick to add, speaking late last week on the show “Can't Be Censored.” “I don't know what I'm going to do.”

Carlson, who has amassed a large following on his own podcast since being fired from Fox News in 2023, has more recently diverged from the party, a disillusionment supercharged by President Donald Trump's decision to go to war with Iran in February.

Carlson supported Trump in 2024. After the war began, he apologized for supporting the then-presidential candidate and “misleading people," saying it wasn't intentional.

He’s repeatedly criticized the war as being at the behest of Israel at the expense of Americans, and attacked the party for failing to represent its own voters, citizens and nation.

“They are making decisions on the basis of other criteria, what’s best for this company, what’s best for Israel, what’s best for our donors,” he said. “That’s not just, like, they are off in the wrong direction, like, that is unacceptable, that’s treasonous, it’s immoral, it can’t continue."

“I’ve been a consistent defender for 35 years of the Republican Party, I mean very consistent defender, but there’s no defending this," he said. “So no, I’m out. And if I’m out, then I think a lot of other people are out.” 

It wasn't my fault.

I was misled.

I was bamboozled.

Sorry!

But Dems suck too so...

Hey, look who's angling for a spot in Tucker Carlson's future freakshow!

From The Hill:

Former Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene (R-Ga.) on Monday joined another prominent ex-supporter of President Trump in pulling back their support for the Republican Party.

Former Fox News host Tucker Carlson said he “would not support” the GOP following his split with the Trump administration over the U.S. military operations against Iran. 

“Tucker is not the only one who is done supporting the Republican Party,” Greene wrote in a social media post.

“There is A LOT of us that are absolutely fed up and will not support a party that betrays its voters and country,” she continued. “That does not mean we are turning into Democrats either. But we are DONE with the America LAST Republican Party.” 

To bookend this little puppet show, you might remember this entry from the 'Same Tune, Different Decade' file."   Its from way back in 2016 when this racist scuttlefish leaped off what he believed to be Trump's sinking ship back.    

From CNN, October 11, 2016:

Glenn Beck: Opposing Trump is ‘moral’ choice — even if Clinton is elected

Conservative political commentator and media personality Glenn Beck said opposing Donald Trump is a “moral, ethical” choice — even if that results in Hillary Clinton becoming the next president.

The outspoken opponent of the GOP’s presidential nominee wrote on Facebook over the weekend that every voter had to decide for themselves what constitutes “a bridge too far,” after the release of footage last week in which Trump can be heard making lewd and sexually aggressive comments about women.

“It is not acceptable to ask a moral, dignified man to cast his vote to help elect an immoral man who is absent decency or dignity,” Beck wrote on Facebook in reference to Trump. “If the consequence of standing against Trump and for principles is indeed the election of Hillary Clinton, so be it. At least it is a moral, ethical choice.”

You might also remember that everybody covered it as if it were actual news instead of a con man trying to fold his tent and skip town ahead of John Law. 

You may also remember this same cockroach scuttling right back onto the deck of the USS Trump once it turned out that there were, in fact, just enough bigots and imbeciles in just enough of the right states to elect Donald Trump.  

It stops being tortured-conscience fence-straddling once you've torn down the fence and installed a turnstile so you can change sides any time it's convenient.

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Ew!

If this new revolution comes with show trials and tumbrels I might be down.

Otherwise, just...ew!

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