No Half Measures

The Gateway Pundit reporting on whatever propaganda  GOP conjuring-words guru Frank Luntz is catapulting is about as low as it gets:

Remember last year when Sec. Day Drinking called the Generals fatsos and beard-os? Anyway, Tiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks Charlie!) email thingie reports that he is about to do it again, right before he tells them that he is ending their career paths, which is really swell for morale: ALL’S FAIR IN LOVE AND WAR: Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is set to deliver his latest address to generals and admirals today.

And as long as we are talking ‘bout Fancy Autocomplete, so this happened: And bear in mind that what they are really talking about is saving money for the billionaires that control healthcare: “Like, it is time to pull the plug, Grannie!,” he did not add, but surely thought. 👆 “Think of the money we’ll save on lawyers,” RFK Jr.

It's astounding to have the world’s leading liar announce to the runner-ups to police themselves, but it is another thing entirely to call it morally binding. There’s not a person in that room who would not take-away Oliver Twist's bowl of gruel and demand a co-pay from Tiny Tim:

I hear ya, little sign.

Happy Hour News🍸 I laughed, I cried. It was the feel-good FAIL of the year. You see Sen. Eric Schmitt (R- Satan’s Hallow) thought he was building a gotcha moment for Fox New, and well... OOPS! Then this happened: And as this guy says, Altman-esque: And we’ll just leave it right there... OR WILL WE :

All at once, 335M Americans raise their hands, “Me! Call on me!"

“Puppy Court is now in session."

Iowa Is In Play The Mouth of Sauron, er, Axios’ email thingie: "Iowa is on the verge of a farm crisis that threatens to wreck the agricultural heart of the state and hurt the fortunes of Republicans at the top of the midterm ticket, GOP strategists acknowledge to Marc Caputo and Axios Des Moines' Linh Ta." "Democrats could win in several once-reliably Republican states in November.

MPS is a great believer in using Republican's own words against them: The thing is that the 4th Reich is proud of what they are doing, they are not trying to hide it; they don’t understand why their callous cruelty and condescension doesn’t resonate positively with normies. But it doesn’t always resonate even with themselves, as Elmira Huckabee-Sanders demonstrates here:

There’s a simple story here: “Blame Chyyy-na!" The AI build-out is the only thing keeping the economy afloat: ...and it doesn’t take a Stable Jenius to see it.

Always be closing The GOP sent Speaker Pornhub Moses to present the closing argument to the American people, and the DCCC should probably send Team Evil a nice fruit basket to thank them for the in-kind donation: 👆“We got Nothing! Vote Republican!" 👆“Think thing suck right now! Vote Republican!" 👆“You don’t need healthcare! Vote Republican!"

The peach in the logo makes it art. Why am I never invited to the fun branding meetings?

Happy Hour News Not the flex that you think it is, Ken.

A large percentage of our nation’s voters are immersed in Right Wing propaganda. What’s the solution? We should

I know that this dude is dreaming about something seXXX in at least one of its 8 brains. (But really, that’s so freakin’ amazing. All I can do is blush.) (Hat tip: Scissorhead calcurmudgeon)

Speaker Pornhub Moses: Maybe instead of believing in a Chyyy-na psy-ops conspiracy that virtually the entire country would be involved in,  he should start believing in the Manchurian Candidate conspiracy theory. Seems like The Orange 🤡 is a leading contender. In related news from TBotP society pages: "A few hundred (mostly male) AI enthusiasts tried to party through the country’s growing AI revolt at…

It’s alarming (and yet not surprising) that Hair Füror’s 24-hour streaming “news” app is collecting your data, per the Washington Sun (née NOTUS) email thingie (emphasis mine): "The White House app got very popular as the administration launched its own 24/7 stream amid Donald Trump’s newest effort to choose who gets to cover him. Social media channels teased “something’s coming” in the lead up to the launch of Trump TV, and that something came with a hefty privacy price."

Prznint Stupid had a one-on-one dinner with the Anthropic CEO: “President Donald Trump had a late dinner Sunday night with Anthropic CEO Dario Amodei, after Trump spent weeks dismissing Amodei’s calls for the industry to slow down AI development.” “The dinner was the first one-on-one meeting between the president and the head of Anthropic, one of the country’s leading AI firms, after months of tensions between the company and the administration.

And a spitball sailed across the inneernets: Imagine someone behind the camera being proud of that ad, paid for by our tax dollars. However, Krugman approves. heh. And he might be right that it’s good to remind everyone that The Orange 🤡 is behind the circus for this election. The lede onTiger Beat on the Potomac (thanks Charlie!) email thingie is:

"Now you see me, and now you don’t!" Goats are MAGIC! (Direct Link to Instagram Here) (Hat tip: Scissorhead Moeman)

Read Clay Bennett—a comic strip by creator Clay Bennett—for today, September 27, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!

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That's what they got negotiating with Chyyyy-na? I'd go with Fake Intelligence, actually, if you don’t go with Fancy Autocomplete.

Sen. Lurch, er, Fox News Fetterman is making everyone nervous, again: Fetterman, who delivered Democrats a crucial victory in a closely watched race in 2022, has been under scrutiny in recent years for breaking with his party, spurring questions about his future. Asked whether he would leave the Democratic Party, Fetterman said Saturday that he doesn't "have a reason to." And he emphasized, "I am not a Republican." But he cautioned that people should wait until the midterm elections to "see what I do."

It’s more Kabuki from Suki: And meanwhile, how much is that Senator in the window? In the final weeks of 2019, a top fundraiser for Sen. Susan Collins walked into a perilous meeting at a Corner Bakery in Washington, D.C. For the first time in her two-decade Senate career, the Republican lawmaker from Maine was in danger of losing her seat.

...and the band started playing, 'Nearer, My God, to Thee’ .

From the description of the action: Take Control of the Pentagon! Twenty American cities are up for grabs. Control as many as you can. Send in the National Guard. Put your opponents On ICE. The last one standing is the winner! Here’s some of the cards: And now here’s the back story of the game and the people behind it: THEY’RE CANADIAN KIDS!!1!

Happy Hour News Did you mugs know that there is a documentary about Space Karen coming out? Me neither! So Alex Gibney, an award-winning documentary filmmaker, made a documentary that essentially states that unhinged, unaccountable billionaires have way too much power in our society. And as if to prove his point, when he tries to buy ads for it on social media sites…

“The dogs were good again this week."

Read Clay Bennett—a comic strip by creator Clay Bennett—for today, September 26, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!

Nothing good will come of Rahm Emanuel's (likely) entry into the 2028 Goat Rodeo: “As Mr. Emanuel, the longtime Democratic insider, not so quietly explores a run for president in 2028, he has emerged as a behind-the-scenes force in his party’s push to flip the House this fall.” ”He has made calls to recruit candidates, traveled for events in swing districts, offered private guidance to candidates on campaign ads, events and messaging.

Why, you ask? He's probably figured out that he’s a lame duck, and what is The Orange 🤡 doing about it? Another ad paid for by Wee the Peeples (and I’m NOT including a link for it, let them get their saturation numbers elsewhere): "The White House released a second government-sponsored broadcast advertisement on Friday claiming the U.S. is the most successful nation in history amid growing bipartisan backlash over the apparent use of taxpayer dollars to fund the spots."

...served medium rare with sauce Béarnaise: What the eff did these cowboys think the 4th Reich was gonna do?

...especially on National and International Rabbit Day(s) (the hoppy kind, not the serving drinks kind), but we would be remiss if we did not alert you that our pal Burr Deming has posted his best-of-the-web links complete with wry commentary at the essential blog Red-State-Blues. What mischief is Scottie's Playtime up to today? Another colossal, rollicking round-up of cartoons and memes…

Read Nick Anderson—a comic strip by creator Nick Anderson—for today, September 25, 2026, and check out other great comics, too!

Is this the existential wing of the airport? At any rate, I find it comforting that someone knows where I am.