Congress and the American people deserve answers about whether the Trump White House is rigging or intervening in Pentagon contracting decisions to benefit the President’s family.
A firm tied to Trump Jr. got a $620M Pentagon-backed loan after the White House reportedly pushed for the deal.Now lawmakers want answers.Funny how "government waste" never seems to include taxpayer-funded favors for the president's family. We need an investigation NOW.
You bunch of spineless motherfuckers.”“Should be Palm Bitch.”“Please!!! Block this travesty.”@notus.com got copies of fliers’ comments to Palm Beach Airport over its Trumpian name change. Buckle up: it’s a bumpy ride.www.notus.org/donald-trump…
NEW: The USPS is starting to create a new records system to track mail ballots, laying the groundwork to collect records related to mail-in and absentee ballots.The revelation underscores the Trump administration is taking steps to build out his anti-mail voting order amid legal challenges.
1. The Secretary of Defense is an idiot.2. Disease has killed more soldiers than any enemy ever did.Scores Fall Ill at Air Force Base After Hegseth Makes Flu Vaccine Optional http://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/u…
U.S. Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth lashes out at NATO allies for not taking more responsibility for their own security.He announced a six-month Pentagon review of American forces in Europe to ensure NATO moves toward Europe leading its own defense.
Part of Donald Trump’s unconditional surrender to Iran is a promise of providing $300 billion in reconstruction funds. Trump has spent years attacking President Barack Obama, and the JCPOA, the nuclear treaty that President Obama and several other countries negotiated with Iran that gave it billions in unfrozen assets, but the deal he signed yesterday, or Sunday, depending on which version of his own stories you want to believe, provides even more funds to Iran.
Yesterday, Trump said, “And you know what the Iranians did? They laughed at Obama, and they said, ‘He’s a stupid son of a bitch.’” Of course, that’s not true, but they are probably saying it about an American president now. Trust me on this, Donald Trump is a stupid son of a bitch.
Today, Senator Chuck Schumer called Trump a “terrible negotiator,” telling reporters that the agreement with Iran was “one of the worst deals that we’ve ever seen in the United States’ foreign and diplomatic policy.” And the criticism of the deal is bipartisan, as several Republicans, including former Vice President Mike Pence, have criticized it.
So, how bad is the Iran deal? Dick Wright, Gary Varvel, and Chip Bok, and Chip Bok are criticizing it. You know it sucks when the Kool-Aid drinking MAGAts hate it and can actually summon up enough independence to say something about it. (snip-MORE)
It is 6:15 my time and I am in a lot of pain and struggling. I had my allergy shots this morning then when I got home, I started to work on the laptop Ron’s sister gave him. It is a cheap incerolron windows 11 with 6 GB of RAM. It was so frustrating to deal with. I spent nearly five hours on it before I gave up, put his old Windows 10 laptop back on his desk and hooked it to his monitor along with his USB devices. By this time my pain levels were hitting maximum.
So then I went to my office and started to make tomorrow’s cartoons / memes / news post I just wore out. I started too late and am in too much pain. So Ron made supper so I could go to bed. We had originally planned for a hamburger and salad each. But as he went to make supper I told him I just wanted the salad. After I ate I was glad I did I barely ate the entire salad he made for me.
But when I thanked him and said it was good he had not cooked the hamburgers he told me he had cooked them after I told him that as he figured I wouldn’t be able to eat a salad and a hamburger so he had always planned to eat both burgers himself, which he did. I guess good that it worked out for both of us but bad that he already knew I wouldn’t be able to eat.
By the way even though this bit of information is not needed or necessary the salad was the only thing I have eaten today. I don’t know what changed. I was making great improvement in staying up and in eating. I was up to eating two rather decent meals a day. Then suddenly I couldn’t, and I suddenly needed to go back to bed in the morning and to bed before 6 or 7 pm. Ron is again worried. I told him it probably was my pain levels as the pain clinic needed to cancel my in person visit to get my trigger point injections. But I am not sure if he is buying it. Anyway. I will try to get up by 4 or 5 to get the mentioned post out in the morning. But no guarantees on that. I can only say I enjoy doing them, I really love that people want and enjoy them, but my idea of doing them one day to post the next has not worked out since my relapse. Best wishes for all and hugs for those that want them. I am off to bed.
Today, this cartoon was challenged on Facebook by a couple of MAGAts.
One wrote, “One would think with the superior ‘intelligence’ of liberals, they could do a little better job at convincing the masses they’re right than grade school cartoons and hyperventilated delusions…….”
The other argued, “More dumbass dumbocrap shit.” Thank God, Donald Trump told him there’s a B in dumb.
The Trump regime and Iran have a peace deal to have a peace deal in 60 days. Donald Trump said that he digitally signed the deal on Sunday in Washington, and today, an administration official said Trump signed it in Versailles on Wednesday. We are not sure if Donald Trump signed it twice, or if he lied about signing it on Sunday, or what. Later, Trump said that he had signed it in Versailles. This regime that can’t even clean a swimming pool has not been straight about anything. Wasn’t this supposed to be the most transparent administration in American history?
Did they or did they not take Trump’s name off the Kennedy Center last Saturday? The Kennedy Center says they have, but we can’t be sure because the tarp is still in front of it.
It wasn’t until today that anonymous US officials read the language of the memorandum on ending the war to journalists after days of secrecy. The Trump regime blamed Iran for the secrecy, saying that’s how they wanted it. Who’s calling the shots here?
The terms of the agreement would reopen the Strait of Hormuz, outline a $300 billon plan for Iran’s reconstruction, and lift restrictions on the country’s oil exports. It kicks the can down the road on Iran giving up its nuclear material. It calls for Israel to end its attack against Hezbollah in Lebanon, despite the fact that Israel is not a party to the MOU, the Memorandum of Understanding.
The MOU is a 60-day extension of the ceasefire. It outlines that Iran and Oman will manage the Strait of Hormuz and that there will not be a toll for ships to pass through during the 60-day ceasefire. There’s no mention of there not being any tolls in the future.
This agreement is different from the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) negotiated by President Obama, which Trump ended, which eventually led to this war. The JCPOA was broad in detail and was working in preventing Iran from developing a nuclear weapon, while Trump’s Iran deal is about as vague as that peace treaty he signed with North Korea several years ago.
As you may recall, the so-called peace treaty with North Korea didn’t obligate North Korea to do anything. And this so-called peace deal with Iran achieves none of the goals that Donald Trump and Pete Hegseth laid out at the start of the war. But remember, Donald Trump is the greatest negotiator in the world.
This deal does not accomplish regime change in Iran. It doesn’t end their missile program. It does not end the persecution of its people. And Iran does not surrender unconditionally. What it really does for Donald Trump is that it gives him an out from this war, so maybe he can focus on his next conquest, Cuba.
Iran walks away from this conflict with more power and more money. The United States walks away with nothing it set out to do, and after spending billions of dollars.
Senator Bill Cassidy said, “Reagan is rolling over in his grave. Before the war, the strait was open, Iran was being crushed by sanctions, and 13 service members were still alive,” Cassidy said, “Now, 13 Americans are dead, families have paid billions at the pump, sanctions will be lifted, and the bombing has stopped.”
Cassidy found his spine after losing his primary reelection bid after Trump endorsed his challenger, and is now free to openly criticize Donald Trump. “This is the worst foreign policy blunder in decades,” he said.
Senator Ted Cruz, who doesn’t even have a spine, said, “Giving billions of dollars to theocratic lunatics who want to murder us is not a good idea. I think the president, unfortunately, is receiving bad advice.”
He also said, “Setting up Iran to be in charge of the Strait of Hormuz in perpetuity and to charge tolls is not in America’s interest. In my view, the Ayatollah should not reap a single penny from the free transit of the seas.”
What does it tell you when even Republicans are not happy with this deal?
Creative note: Right after I finish the lettering in this cartoon, news broke that some anonymous administration officials had read details of the agreement to reporters. So I almost shelved this. But after talking to Laura and another friend, they convinced me that I should still go with this, so I did. But while building up to that decision, I wrote two more ideas that I like, and I plan to do them over the next couple of days.
The performers for the Obama Presidential Library opening on June 18 have been announced:Stevie WonderJohn LegendJennifer HudsonThe RootsBruce SpringsteenChristina AguileraMarsai MartinCommonU2’s Bono and The EdgeEddie VedderMarc AnthonyTems
“Records reveal $600M estimate for Trump’s ballroom project, with half from taxpayers: An internal cost estimate in March by the project’s contractor ran $200m more than Trump has said publicly and counters his claims that no taxpayer money will be spent.” http://www.washingtonpost.com/investigatio…
Good, and there needs to be more of this. Put people on notice that they will be held accountable because right now they think they can get away with anything. http://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u… Democrats Warn Trump Officials Not to Pursue Arch Project Without Congress
January 6 defendants pursue millions in claims through obscure federal processFederal Tort Claims Act, over which DoJ has total discretion, provides workaround to Trump’s $1.8bn slush fundwww.theguardian.com/us-news/2026…
US President Donald Trump told a roomful of global leaders 'I'm the boss,' as he and other G7 leaders acknowledged Ukraine's improved battlefield fortunes with a unified pledge of support and fresh sanctions against Russia. Follow our live coverage here: reut.rs/4aAYG0C
G7 day two: Trump enters late, declares he is the boss, then tries to offer photographers to remain in the room during the session.My 2 cents: this is the exact behavior style that then ultimately made him the center of concerns at the G7 last year.. on day two. Let’s see if the agenda stays as is
Kash Patel ‘jumped the gun’ with announcement of UFC plot arrests, sources saySecret Service officials are angered by the FBI director's early morning social media post that was shared before some suspects were arrested. http://www.ms.now/news/kash-pa…
Jackson Lahmeyer, a Trump-endorsed pastor who has five kids and a wife, is accused of sexting a woman on his own campaign payroll.The screenshots are brutal.His white evangelical base probably won't care.His primary is today.www.friendlyatheist.com/p/trump-back…
U.S. Rep. Barry Moore has won the Republican primary runoff for an open Senate seat in Alabama. Moore defeated political newcomer Jared Hudson on Tuesday to advance to the November general election. bit.ly/4xxNhIH
NEWS: Trump suffers a major Republican primary defeat in Georgia.Trump-backed Burt Jones has LOST the Georgia GOP gubernatorial runoff to Rick Jackson, per Decision Desk HQ.Jackson will now face Democrat Keisha Lance Bottoms in November.
NEW: A federal court dismissed a far-right group's lawsuit seeking to block Wisconsin from sharing voter data with ERIC, a data-sharing network helping states maintain accurate voter rolls.Red states began withdrawing from ERIC after far-right conspiracy theories about the program spread in 2022.
White Christian Nationalists apply only. A Muslim Texan sought to find his place in the party at the state GOP convention. He left in tears. http://www.texastribune.org/2026/06/15/t…
WOW! Stephen Miller and Trump considered suspending Habeas Corpus last year -that would mean they could arrest and hold you in jail for as long as they want–and you could not challenge it. This is how dangerous Trump is!! He MUST be REMOVED!! (Gift link below)www.nytimes.com/2026/06/15/u…
Pete Hegesth, "Obama begged Iran for a deal, we bombed Iran"Journalist, "The JCPOA (Iran deal) did that too"Hegseth, "We devastated their military"Imagine celebrating achieving the thing a previous president achieved without killing the 3,000+ Iranians dead since the US/Israel attacks
There are several this time! The titles are links, as usual, but for space consideration, I’m leaving Clay’s awesome commentary on his pages, and posting only toons this time. Go see what he has to say, though-it’s always good!
A while back, Scottie asked me to post “Lay Lines” regularly. So, I do. Usually, it’s quirky humor that tickles my funny bone, sometimes it’s a deep thinker or quite emotional, and sometimes it’s all at once.Rarely, it’s meh.This week’s comic is not meh, but I find it personally offensive, and I have concern about the possibility of someone being negatively affected by it.
I am avowed non-violent. If I was able, I would put all knowledge or even spark of an idea about gunpowder and any of its future incarnations back into the genie’s bottle, and toss it into space. I can’t do that, but among other things I do that I can do, I do not promote gun violence. So, I am not posting this week’s toon. The link is below if you care to see it, and comments are open here if you have something to say. You know we love the comments here! And I intend to continue reading and posting the weekly “Lay Lines.” Just not this one.
