The International Embarrassment Tour Begins Today.
Below, you will find some headlines and events we may have missed. Feel free to share what you have found interesting as long as it comes from `a credible source, not some far right, fake news cesspit.Today’s blog or the failed, ‘Trust Me, Bro” nonsense as a source.
Updates:
Fetterman Must Go:
Congresscritters React to Trump’s Ignorant Comments:
Watch as U.S. senators react to Trump saying he doesn’t think about Americans’ financial situation when making decisions about the war with Iran.
— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) May 12, 2026 at 2:05 PM
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How Low Can He Go?
New Golden Age…for terrible presidential poll numbers.
— Robert Reich (@rbreich.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 8:52 AM
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Congress:
Jeffries: "We're gonna win back the House … the ghost of the Confederacy has afflicted the Supreme Court majority, & is invading & haunting the nation right now, & we take that seriously. Which is why Democrats are committed to launching a decisive and overwhelming response in advance of 2028."
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar.com) May 13, 2026 at 9:21 AM
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"You ultimately lost this." Hakeem Jeffries: "Who lost?" "You lost in the Supreme Court." "Did the voters lose?" "Do you take responsibility for investing $10 million in an ultimately fruitless effort?" "We're just getting started."
— Craig R. Brittain (@craigbrittain.com) May 13, 2026 at 11:16 AM
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2026 Election:
Georgia Candidate for Governor Received Threat Before Bomb Scare
A four-page ‘manifesto’ targeted Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state, and featured his photo with the word “Boom” written across his forehead, his campaign said.
Brad Raffensperger, the Republican secretary of state in Georgia and a candidate for governor, received a “manifesto” deemed to be a “credible threat on his life” on Monday, the day before a suspicious object disrupted a campaign event in Macon, campaign officials said.
The four-page, handwritten document included a photograph of Mr. Raffensperger with the word “Boom” written across his forehead, campaign officials said. It was “multipage,” and “it was obviously targeting the secretary of state,” Ryan Mahoney, a campaign spokesman, told The New York Times.
Mr. Raffensperger has been the subject of hundreds of threats since the 2020 presidential election, when he bucked President Trump’s efforts to reverse his defeat.
The Worst People in the World:
The Gestapo:
‘Failed experiment in human suffering’: Alligator Alcatraz immigration jail to close
State officials told vendors at the facility to prepare for a breakdown of the tented camp beginning next month
An alliance of environmental groups and immigration advocates has welcomed what looks to be the imminent closure of Alligator Alcatraz, the notorious immigration jail in the remote Florida Everglades celebrated by Donald Trump for its harsh conditions.
State officials told vendors at the facility on Tuesday to prepare for a breakdown of the tented camp beginning next month, the New York Times reported, citing its ongoing cost.
It was revealed in March that Ron DeSantis, Florida’s Republican governor, spent $1.2m a day opening and operating the camp that quickly attracted headlines for the brutal treatment of detainees, and had essentially given up on a promised $608m rebate from the Trump administration.
At a press conference in Titusville on Wednesday, DeSantis dodged the direct question if Alligator Alcatraz, run by his state’s division of emergency management for the homeland security department (DHS) and Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE), would close.
The Worst President Ever & His Brownshirts:
I wish someone would corner these chuds on "only when the sun shines or the wind blows." It's spectacularly embarrassing that the ENERGY secretary doesn't know how storage batteries work.
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) May 13, 2026 at 11:42 AM
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This HUD chode
— Mueller, She Wrote (@muellershewrote.com) May 12, 2026 at 6:20 PM
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Straight Outta Gilead:
— Rep. Jim McGovern (@repmcgovern.bsky.social) May 13, 2026 at 11:28 AM
Another Ohio Man Speaks Out His Ass:
JD Vance: "California isn't taking fraud seriously. People have been prescribed medications they don't even need. Sometimes they've had drugs put into their bodies that they don't need because fraudsters encouraged false prescriptions and false administration of medications."
— Craig R. Brittain (@craigbrittain.com) May 13, 2026 at 11:44 AM
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