DYSPEPSIA GENERATION

Johnson: ‘We’re barreling toward one of the longest shutdowns in American history’ (Emily Brooks/The Hill)  Because the Republicans haven’t caved. Kudos to Trump for passing out spines.

The Right’s Secret Plan to Help Billionaires Buy Elections (Rolling Stone)  So secret that even Rolling Stone knows about it?

Feds deploy tear gas in another Chicago neighborhood: ‘We chased federal agents out of Albany Park today’ (Violet Miller/Chicago Sun Times)

Parliament Hands Out MAGA-Style Hats Before Trump’s Speech (Harry Thompson/The Daily Beast)

ICE tickets Chicago man with legal residency $130 for not having his papers on him: ‘It’s not fair…I’m a resident’ (Gregory Royal Pratt/Chicago Tribune)

Pakistan PM Nominates Trump for Nobel Peace Prize

Majority of The View’s Cast Refuse to Credit Trump for Ceasefire

The Speaker of the House Is Abetting Authoritarianism (Will Saletan/The Bulwark)

Sea-Tac won’t air Noem video blaming shutdown on Democrats (Caitlyn Freeman/The Seattle Times)

As the shutdown continues, Trump and his team advance plan for ‘Democrat-oriented’ firings (Steve Benen/MSNBC)

Pressed on Tom Homan controversy, JD Vance and Pam Bondi struggle to answer (Steve Benen/MSNBC)

On keeping health care coverage affordable, the GOP’s Steve Scalise gives away the game (Steve Benen/MSNBC)

Ald. Jessie Fuentes to file lawsuit against ICE agent who handcuffed her in Humboldt Park incident (Jake Wittich/Windy City Times)

Trump Refuses To Let Go Of Macron During Aggressively Long Handshake At Egypt Summit (Graeme Demianyk/HuffPost)  SCRAAAAAPE that barrel….

Trump Offers All Colleges Preferential Funding Plan Rejected by MIT (Liam Knox/Bloomberg)

Washington state waters down child abuse law after pressure from Trump administration (Ja’han Jones/MSNBC)

Majority of special education staff in US education department laid off – report (Maya Yang/The Guardian)  Because, AS WE ALL KNOW,  the education of ‘specials’ is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government–and the Federal taxpayer.

Trump says immigrants are driving violent crime in Illinois, but ICE can’t find many who are (MSNBC)  Because pro-crime Democrats are hiding them. That’s what “Sanctuary Cities” are all about.

Airports Are Pushing Back Against Kristi Noem’s Shutdown Propaganda (Robert McCoy/New Republic)

Tackles, projectiles and gunfire: Many fear ICE tactics are growing more violent (Meg Anderson/NPR)  No mention of the more violent tactics of the anti-ICE terrorists.

Fake TV President Martin Sheen Gives Real President Donald Trump Advice on Being Real President: ‘Start Being Human’ (Warner Todd Huston/Breitbart)

Trump has done the impossible in Gaza, and the media still sneer (Andrea Peyser/New York Post)

Why I’m handing in my Pentagon press pass (Tom Bowman/NPR)  Don’t let the door hit you in the butt on the way out.

The small cracks of dissent emerging in Trump’s GOP (Alex Isenstadt/Axios)  So small that only the Narrative Media can see them.

Jeffries slams GOP spending bill: ‘Gutting the health care of the American people’ (MSNBC)  Because, AS WE ALL KNOW, the health care of the American people is TOTALLY the responsibility of the Federal government–and the Federal taxpayer.

Pete Buttigieg on Rebuilding America After Trump (New York Times)

Trump: Time Photo ‘Maybe Worst of All Time’

Quid Pro Presidency (Judd Legum/Popular Information)

MAGA Rage at “No Kings” Boils Over–and It Quickly Backfires on Trump (New Republic)  MAGA is the New Nigger.

Chuck Schumer Calls For “Forceful” Uprising Against Trump Administration

Colbert and Kimmel Hail Gaza Deal, But Mock Idea Of Trump Winning Peace Prize

Left-Wing Group Instructs How to Fight ICE in Chicago

America Needs a Mass Movement–Now (David Brooks/The Atlantic)  David Brooks has evidently tired of being the NYT’s Pet Conservative and decided to go full Woke.

In the New Trump Era, the Proud Boys Are ‘Not Apologizing Anymore’ (Hunter Walker/Talking Points Memo)  Not that they ever did.

Drug Runners Shifting Strategies After Trump Strikes

Biden, Blinken take credit for groundwork behind Trump’s Gaza ceasefire deal (Fox News)  I’m sure they do.

RFK Jr. Adviser Has Shock Theory for Trump’s ‘Dementia’ and Cankles (Tom Latchem/The Daily Beast)

 

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