Mrs. Peacock . . .

He just called the man who is actively helping Iran rack up US casualties a "humanitarian". What wotld did I wake up in this morning?

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Trump’s special envoy Steve Witkoff to Vladimir Putin today: “You talk so much about Trump being a humanitarian, you are a humanitarian also, sir. And I salute that. I commend you.”

keloland.comKristi Noem out as special envoy to Shield of the Americas. What’s her new role?Former Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem is no longer serving as the Trump administration’s special envoy to “The Shield of the Americas” coalition, a State Department spokesperso…

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This should excite the big insurance companies.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "We will pass a truly great healthcare plan that will stop all payments to big insurance companies"

My goodness, this just eats him up.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "The United States of America, represented by me as your president, should have received the Nobel Peace Prize, but didn't. This is an indelible stain on the country of Norway. We will not forget, Norway." (note how tepid the crowd response is to this whining)

In other news, I'm back to stress baking. And eating.

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Very handy!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

my friend @juddlegum.bsky.social has put together a cool new tool that allows you to photograph political mail and immediately learn who paid for it. Check it out here:

If it isn't one thing, it's goddamn another . . .

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

Cool, cool. Lots of reporting that theres a suspected pneumonic plague outbreak in Russia, and several hospitals are under forced quarantine. Obviously, it’s Russia, so accurate information is scarce.

apnews.comMark Carney's stand against Trump leads to Nobel Peace Prize and Time Person of the Year buzzCanadian Prime Minister Mark Carney has built a global profile by standing up to U.S. President Donald Trump.

How delicious would it be if Carney won the next Nobel Peace Prize? Trump would absolutely lose his sh*t. I hope he's cognitively "with it" enought to know it happened, if it does! apnews.com/article/carn...

Bibi has almost as much of credibility problem as Trump and just as great a need for his party to come out ahead in the next election.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump says Netanyahu told him that an Israeli plumber took over the controls and saved the Flydubai plane from crashing, but admits "I don't know if it's true, but that's the story I got from Bibi"

omg. Is this going to be his Hail Mary right before the election?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: You described the Iranians you're dealing with as 'crazy.' How do you get a deal done with the counterparts are crazy and irrational? TRUMP: Maybe you blow them up. Maybe you blow them up. We have to make that decision. We blow them up. The time is coming.

There are other forms of justice including him being young enough to actually see his legacy and having to live out the rest of his life as a global laughingstock and pariah. When this is done, NO ONE will acknowledge him. He will be that toxic.

Chris Hayes@chrislhayes.bsky.social

Pretty clear to me there’s a very good case against this man for mass murder, and I’m saying that in as measured a fashion as I can. He’s order the killing of 234 people under no plausible war or legal justification. I am skeptical he will ever face legal accountability for til his but he should.

The acceleration has been breathtaking. His decline is much more rapid than I expected to see. At this rate, he'll be an incoherent, babbling mess before the next Congress is sworn in. Even MAGA will notice it and most likely, be repulsed by it. Hard to believe, but it's already happening.

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social

Exactly. As he becomes more deranged and politically weaker, he will become more desperate and more dangerous.

Miracle Monday right on schedule.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

I’m beginning to notice a pattern on Sundays.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Yeah, what psychopath would want his name on a building associated with an assassinated President

Disappointing, John. You had a genuine opportunity to rise above it all, be there for the American people, and this is what you chose instead.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

John Thune says Republicans are getting "lead on the target" on Democrats

19 Sept

He is NEVER going on Mt. Rushmore. Ever.

George Conway ⚖️🇺🇸@gtconway.bsky.social

It’s really that simple. His ego and megalomania tie everything together—the war, the tariffs, the economy, affordability, the grift, the corruption, and his attempts to glorify himself with shiny objects large and small.

19 Sept

They aren't going to stop until they can control every last inch of your life, gentlemen.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

NEWS: The Pentagon has announced mandatory low-testosterone screenings for male troops 30 and older, including screening for symptoms such as “reduced libido, loss of spontaneous morning erections, erectile dysfunction,” and other symptoms.

How to say "I'm desperate for a win" without actually winning anything.

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Trump posts about a “new” deal with Greenland and Denmark which appears to be just about exactly the same as our current deal with them, but nobody tell him that.

Oh - FFS!

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "We will immediately begin the process of developing a large Military presence in the appropriate part of Greenland, of which there are many"

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

WAPO is reporting that at least four more service members have died in the war in Iran than DOD is publicly acknowledging. CNN is reporting that the US almost seized a Chinese vessel because AI incorrectly identified it as containing Iranian nuclear material. Clown show.

Oh, I don't think so.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump: "I think everybody is gonna be a Republican"

Spitballing here, but how about you come up with your own memorial like The Greatest Liars in History museum so the world never forgets? You'd actually be #1.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Q: But why do you want you name on the memorial for President Kennedy? TRUMP: Because we should be recognized, the Trump administration

16 Sept

Better to keep your mouth shut and let everyone think you're a fool than to open your mouth and prove it.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Emmer says Republicans need to talk more about grocery prices that aren't expensive: "Eggs are at pre-pandemic prices. Ah, beef is at, ah, less than $2 a pound for ground beef ... I think we have a lot to run on."

13 Sept

Those damn details.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

MIKE JOHNSON: Lutnick said the $5k check would come from tariff revenues. Trump thinks of the American people as shareholders in this American dream TAPPER: The tariffs revenue is about $300 billion, not $1.3 trillion, and obviously Americans are paying those revenues. But devil is in the details

13 Sept

Kevin is looking a little rode hard and put up wet these days.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Hassett: "President Trump and I actually think that there isn't a reason right now to raise rates ... it's pretty important for the Fed to just leave things alone ahead of an election to preserve its independence"

12 Sept

Didn't he have an episode like this at last year's 9/11 event right before he went MIA inspiring much delightful speculation?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump's face droops while he attends the 9/11 ceremony this morning at the Pentagon (Finn Gomez/Getty)

10 Sept

www. . . What?

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bessent: "We've gone from a president who couldn't stay awake to a president who refuses to sleep" 🙃

That ought to help win over allies. 🙄

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump posts a map depicting the US conquering the entirety of North America

To be fair, self awareness - or awareness of any kind at all - doesn't seem to be a strong suit for MAGA.

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I will never try to find commonality with former MAGA who somehow found a way to get their heads out of their asses. They helped cause this because they were in complete support of this happening to someone else. They won't eat at my table and I don't care if they starve.

All he did was BRAG after 9/11. How quickly some forget.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Trump claims that after 9/11, "I went down, I was building a building in New York, and I went down there very shortly thereafter -- the following day, you couldn't go down the same day -- and we worked long and hard"

6 Sept

Oh, f*ck me! I just . . . . . wow. How long does anyone think it will take for Google and Apple to change their maps this time?

MeidasTouch@meidastouch.com

Trump suggests renaming New Mexico to "New America"

4 Sept

First, is this the REAL number? Second, wait until it gets revised downward next month. Third, really?

Angry@angrystaffer.bsky.social

I know it’s a long list, but this might be the dumbest thing Trump has ever tweeted. The Fed would love to be able to lower rates, but Trump’s policies (including the moronic one he announces here) are preventing that from happening.

4 Sept

We've pretty much given up on beef. Who can afford it anymore?

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Me crossing beef off my shopping list …

2 Sept

I will NEVER own Apple anything ever again in my life.

Ron Filipkowski@ronfilipkowski.bsky.social

Apple caved to the insanity after Trump called their new CEO.

2 Sept

May his prison sentence be long and meaningful.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Homan: "As far as Mamdani, look, I'm an equal opportunity deporter"

2 Sept

Maybe I'll wake up and this will all have been a horrific nightmare.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Bessent on Iran: "Maybe the people will rise up"

1 Sept

And you will watch it fail.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Scalise on what the House is up to this week: "I think most Americans wants it to stay at nine [Supreme Court justices], so we're gonna bring that constitutional amendment this week. You will see that vote."

Please excuse the vulgarity of what's about to be posted: motherf***er, I worked in the pharmacy of one of the major regional hospitals in a super red state during the first round of covid. I heard and saw it ALL.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

speaking in front of placards that read "FAUCI MUST ROT IN PRISON," White House official Peter Navarro downplays covid -- which killed one million Americans! -- as "not that infectious" and only dangerous for people with comorbidities

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Little fun fact: the morgue was right next door to the pharmacy. Hardly a day went by during that time that I didnt meet a shadow cart on my way up to one of the floors - usually ICU. And on most days, there was a literal line of undertaker waiting outside the morgue to pick someone up.

I still have days, all these years later, where I think I just heard "the code". And I will mever not appreciate the sound of the little lullaby played when a baby has been born because that was one of thr only positives anyone in that hospital had some days.

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Eve though I quit right after that round, I still wake up after dreaming (more like nightmare) about that time. I left healthcare and will never consider going back.

28 Aug

The peak for the partial lunar eclipse of the 2026 Sturgeon Moon. Glad I looked up while walking the dog tonight!

28 Aug

Hello Sturgeon Moon! Tonight there is a partial lunar eclipse - this beautiful full moon is passing through the Earth's shadow.

28 Aug

A little better photo.

24 Aug

Just as it was designed to work.

Max from UNFTR@unftr.com

You paid the 2025 tariffs. The New York Fed put close to 90% of the burden on American firms and consumers. Now the Supreme Court voided them and $166B in refunds is going back to importers. Apple got $2.2B. Walmart is in line for $10B. You get nothing. Watch the full video: youtu.be/cKDaQG_ZQ2U

23 Aug

icormier.bsky.social@icormier.bsky.social

Yeah right

23 Aug

Aaron Rupar@atrupar.com

Sean Duffy: "The fact we provide their security for them, and they take advantage of us? ... I think you're gonna see Mark Carney come to the table very very quickly, because it's gonna be devastating for his country."