Retired surgeon admits to 'hideous acts' as France's largest child sexual abuse trial gets underway

Gas prices are down, border closed. Trump makes me feel safe | Opinion

“Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do. In fact, he is doing more than any president has ever done in my lifetime.”

I think Trump and his staff are doing an excellent job. I am confident they will continue. Donald Trump is doing exactly what he said he would do. In fact, he is doing more than any president has ever done in my lifetime. Gasoline prices are coming down, which is so helpful since I travel for...

Room for dessert? Here's why your brain says yes to sugar

When you've eaten a good meal at a restaurant and the waiter asks, "Got any room for dessert?" where does the voice that craves a gratuitous slice of pie come from? Your brain. Scientists now have a better understanding of the neural origins of this urge thanks to a new study published in the...

We Finally Know Who's (Supposedly) Running DOGE

“It's Amy Gleason. Does she know that, though?”

Will there come a time when even our Usual Suspects have had enough of President Musk's crap? Probably not. They LOVE President Musk's crap. 

BREAKING: Kyiv, Washington reach agreement on minerals deal

“The final version of the agreement, dated Feb. 24, establishes a fund to which Ukraine will contribute 50% of proceeds from the "future...”

Ukraine has reached an agreement with the U.S. on a minerals deal, Olha Stefanishyna, Ukraine’s deputy prime minister and justice minister, told the Financial Times on Feb. 25. President Volodymyr Zelensky's office confirmed to the Kyiv Independent that an agreement has been reached....

10 Dystopian Books You Need To Read To Understand Today's America

10 Dystopian Books You Need To Read To Understand Today's America All too often, life can feel like a dystopian novel. Endless wars engulfing the Middle East, a semi-zombified population glued to their Twitter feeds, a creeping state surveillance . . . you know the drill. But it's one thing to...

Trump says he wants Keystone XL Pipeline to be built

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Inflation, looming trade war take a toll as confidence of the U.S. consumer tumbles

“ U.S. consumer confidence plummeted in February, the biggest monthly decline in more than four years . . .”

Photo: Shoppers pass by a dining room set on display in a Costco warehouse Thursday, Jan. 23, 2025, in Sheridan, Colo. (AP Photo/David Zalubowski)

House passes GOP budget bill in key step for Trump agenda

The House passed Speaker Mike Johnson's (R-La.) budget bill Tuesday despite a short-lived GOP revolt earlier in the day. Why it matters: It is the critical first step for passing the massive fiscal agenda that Johnson and President Trump have championed — though there are still more hurdles to...

Trump administration shuts down national database documenting police misconduct | Trump administration | The Guardian

“Database, first proposed by Trump in 2020 and created by Biden administration in 2023, is now offline”

Well, looks like another win for the police state...

Meet Ed Martin, Trump’s Pet Prosecutor and U.S. Attorney

“On Monday, following the Associated Press lawsuit against the White House barring them access for refusing to use Trump’s “Gulf of America” name,...”

nymag.com /intelligencer/article/ed-martin-u-s-attorney-trump-pet-prosecutor.html On February 17, President Donald Trump nominated a lawyer named Ed Martin to serve as the acting U.S. Attorney for Washington, D.C., and Martin jumped into the job with great vigor — including decisions to...

RETURN  OF THE CLASSIC MOVIE QUIZ

RETURN  OF THE CLASSIC MOVIE QUIZ PLEASE DO NOT POST YOUR ANSWERS, ANY MOVIE OR ACTOR NAMES, IMAGES, MOVIE QUOTES OR EVEN A HINT IN A COMMENT, OR YOU WILL RUIN THE QUIZ FOR EVERYONE ELSE.  POST YOUR ANSWERS IN A PRIVATE NOTE TO ME, BUZZ OF THE ORIENT, AND I WILL REPLY WITH YOUR SCORE AND THE...

More than 150,000 Canadians sign petition to revoke Musk's citizenship

“Parliamentary petition launched due to billionaire's link to Trump, who has repeatedly threatened to conquer Canada”

Here's the occasion, Buzz, Hallux, and whoever else is lurking... Almost makes me wish I were... nah...

DOGE Employees Revolt Against Musk With Multiple Resignations

“DOGE Employees Revolt Against Musk With Multiple Resignations”

Is there trouble afoot at the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE)? In the opening weeks of the second Trump presidency, Elon Musk's dubiously constitutional government agency took a sledgehammer to the executive branch while making questionable claims about how much money it saved. More...

U.S. votes against U.N. resolution condemning Russia for Ukraine war

The United States voted with Russia, North Korea, Belarus and 14 other Moscow-friendly countries Monday on a resolution condemning Russian aggression in Ukraine and calling for its occupied territory to be returned that passed overwhelmingly in the U.N. General Assembly on Monday. The U.S....

Trump undercuts Zelenskyy — but Americans are not abandoning Ukraine | Salon.com

“As Trump tries to demean Ukraine, millions of Americans reach out to President Volodmyr Zelenskyy”

oh look, another failed litmus test of character strength for maga republicans ...

The Leader of the Anti-Authoritarian Resistance

The scene in Kyiv earlier this month recalled the darkest days of oligarchic rule. U.S. Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent slipped a piece of paper across the table to Volodmyr Zelensky. “You really need to sign this,” Bessent told the Ukrainian president, according to The Wall Street Journal. The...

A new document undercuts Trump admin's denials about $400 million Tesla deal

The controversy started in a very Washington way: as a line item in a government spreadsheet buried on the State Department's website. It appeared as if the State Department was taking steps to award Elon Musk's Tesla a $400 million government contract to buy armored electric vehicles to...

Maybe Europe doesn't need the US anymore

“Shortly after the German election results came in, Friedrich Merz — the man who is likely to be the country’s next leader — outlined a vision for a...”

Apparently, the President of the United States wants his country to be alone in the world. I'm sure there's a reason. Probably because he's a narcissistic fool.

Trump administration does not have to allow The Associated Press access yet, judge rules

“U.S. Attorney Brian Hudak argued that the case was about whether the president could decide who has access to him. No one, he said, has "special...”

A federal judge on Monday declined to issue a temporary restraining order against the White House for denying The Associated Press full access in covering the administration, asking for a fuller briefing before making a decision. The AP was barred indefinitely from the Oval Office and Air Force...

Chaos in House as Comer Threatens to Have Sgt. of Arms Forcibly Remove Congressman For Calling Trump ‘Grifter’

“A House hearing Tuesday descended into chaos when James Comer threatened to have Rep. Maxwell Frost forcibly removed for calling Donald Trump a...”

A House hearing Tuesday descended into chaos when Chairman James Comer (R-KY) threatened to have Rep. Maxwell Frost (D-FL) forcibly removed for calling President Donald Trump a "grifter." During his speaking time, Frost called Trump the "grifter-in-chief" and accused both him and Elon Musk of...

WHOA: Trump officials finally TURN ON Elon Musk

“If the Republicans could take five minutes to remember one modicum of what they once pretended they stood for, ..., they might be able to...”

At least there was sense from Trump appointees.   But what on Earth was Musk thinking?

TBR's Traitor of the Week

“Quisling”

I'm of an age that still remembers Vidkun Quisling. He was not simply a traitor to the Norwegian state. He betrayed the people. He betrayed their honor. That's why Borowitz's weekly prize is a "good" idea. MAGA is betraying America in the deeper ways, as Quisling betrayed his people.

Consumer confidence registers biggest monthly decline since August 2021 as inflation fears take hold

“ The American consumer is getting worried about the economy.”

Shipping containers at the Port of Los Angeles in Los Angeles on February 20. The busiest trade hub in the US moved more containers last month than in any previous January, as importers rushed to bring in goods before widely anticipated tariff hikes from President Donald Trump.  Kyle...

Donald Trump's first law: There is no law | Salon.com

“There's one coherent principle behind all the chaos: a world ruled by the whims of "great men" like him”

americans can restore due process after maga ideologists have been dealt with ...

The infinite war

““Three years of resistance. Three years of gratitude. Three years of absolute heroism of Ukrainians. I am proud of Ukraine!” Zelensky posted to X....”

Today marks the third anniversary of the day that Russia invaded Ukraine. The Office of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) verified a total of 41,783 civilian casualties during the Ukraine War. The Wall Street Journal estimates from September place the total number of...

Diverse Perspectives

“"We want peace. And I think the initiative of President Trump is a very positive one. But my message was to say be careful because we need...”

Yesterday France's left leaning leader Emmanuel Macron visited President Trump at the White House. European leaders are concerned about the U.S. commitment to help the Ukraine. They kind of want what Biden did, which was unlimited monetary support while managing the Ukrainian response. Trump has...

Harvard/Harris Poll: Trump Approval Rating at 52 Percent

“A Harvard University/Harris poll had President Donald Trump’s approval rating at 52%, with voters most satisfied with his job on immigration,...”

One month in, a majority of those polled have a positive view of the Trump administration. A Harvard University/Harris poll had President Donald Trump’s approval rating at 52%, with voters most satisfied with his job on immigration, reducing the cost of the government, and returning America to...

"Slavery produced a genuine affection between the races": Hegseth's church foretold "DEI" firings

“With Hegseth, there's a direct line from his bigoted religious beliefs to his bigoted writings to his bigoted behavior in office.”

Donald Trump's administration is barely bothering to pretend that the firings at the Department of Defense are about anything but bigotry. On Friday, Trump fired Air Force Gen. CQ Brown Jr., only the second Black person to be chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff. To add insult to injury, the...

Trump warning: Shape up or Americans will ship out

“The Wall Street Journal on Trump and our European allies”

The Yuma Sun is a very good local newspaper. It has lots of local news. It walks the tightrope of a social conscience in a MAGA market. Well done!

Outcry as DC US attorney claims he and colleagues are 'President Trump's lawyers' | Trump administration | The Guardian

“Ed Martin condemned for X post that directly contradicts federal oath of office he swore to support constitution”

But... but... but... the man was hired for his loyalty to Trump personally. Now somebody wants him to be loyal to the Constitution?? Nonsense!