| THG: ‘It’s settling in’: Conservative says something’s finally clicked with MAGA on Trump |
| second: America’s Orange Jesus. Reflections on a week in which Donald Trump decided to feud with the Pope while comparing himself to the Saviour. The point is simply this: in Trump 1.0, Orange Jesus was a snarky shorthand for the hypocrisy of Republicans who knew better but joined up with the cult of Trump anyway. In Trump 2.0, Trump thinks he has actually become Orange Jesus.
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| 6ixStringJack: Oh... and a little correction to your last article. It was not Austria's opinion. It was the opinion of just one diseased brain in Austria, not dissimilar to your own. |
| 6ixStringJack: You're the joke. You're a shitty joke, but you make me laugh. So at least you have one purpose in life. |
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| second: 6ixStringJoker goes "hee-haw" like a braying jackass. Meanwhile, the opinion from Austria: The Ruins of Trump’s Genocide Diplomacy
April 16, 2026. Published in Der Standard
He is the most unworthy, unfit, and above all, most dangerous president the United States has ever had.
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Hitler was born in Braunau am Inn, Austria, which can certainly recognize a Nazi when it sees one. |
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| second: He is prosecuting a war of choice with Iran with no exit ramp and no clear objective. He blew up the global trading order with tariffs and then with a mined, drone-swept, and now blockaded Strait of Hormuz. He picked a fight with the pope (an American pope!) and then posted an image that suggests he sees himself as a rival to the Godhead. [go to link] If you are a MAGA influencer, you must know how all this ends. |
| second: "Pete" Hegseth channels his inner Tarantino with a fake Bible verse from Pulp Fiction. The defense secretary said his prayer drew on Ezekiel, but wording closely matches Quentin Tarantino dialogue [go to link] The braggadocios Christian nationalist defense secretary elevated from his role as a weekend Fox News television host plucked a fake Bible verse from a violent Hollywood blockbuster and presented it at a Pentagon prayer session to rally the troops for the “holy war” in Iran. |
| second: Amid quarrel with pope, Trump abruptly strips Catholic charity of funding for children [go to link] Since Trump can’t harm the Pope in revenge for not supporting Trump’s war in Iran, he’ll hurt the children, instead. “IN-YOUR-FACE, Pope Leo,” Trump twitted. Did I mention that Trump bombed a school filled with children? Then Trump said the Iranians bombed themselves in a false-flag operation to make Trump look bad. |
| 6ixStringJack: How about it, Ted? When's the last time somebody gave you a hug? 2001? Do we have to go back to last century? |
| 6ixStringJack: Pope can go eat a dick. Another one. |
| second: 6ixStringJack wrote: "Pope can go eat a dick. Another one." The Pope is infallible on Trump's out-of-control spending for his war-making hobby. Trump specifically requested $200 billion to pay for his Iran war. Divide that price by 340,000,000 population equals $588 per American. [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: Pope can go eat a dick. Another one. |
| second: Pope criticizes 'tyrants' who spend billions on wars after Trump spat [go to link] Trump specifically requested $200 billion to pay for his Iran war. Divide that price by 340,000,000 population equals $588 per American. [go to link] |
| THG: 'Denied': Trump lawyer and J6 architect disbarred for good |
| THG: That's funny SECOND; meanwhile, Six House Republicans have broken with Donald Trump on immigration, forcing a floor vote to restore temporary legal protections for some 350,000 Haitians living in the U.S. |
| second: Did Trump graduate last in his class at the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania in 1968? Thankfully, no. There were two who were dumber. [go to link] |
| second: it’s just too easy for a president to do a lot of damage. So we put layers of insulation. Members of the Federal Reserve Board are appointed for long terms. The whole setup doesn’t allow a madman in the Oval Office to muck with monetary policy.
It’s especially bad if the guy in the Oval Office is somebody like Trump, who is impulsive, very much short-term reward-centered, and, of course, doesn’t read, doesn’t study, doesn’t listen to experts. And we know that Trump has a bee in his bonnet, that interest rates should be drastically lower than they are now, which is simply not supported by any of the facts about what’s happening to the economy.
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| second: It’s Not Just Iran. Trump Is Flailing on Multiple Fronts.
The Venezuela raid in the year’s first days altered the course of Trump’s presidency. By the closing months of 2025, the momentum of his first six months in office had dissipated and his party had suffered a series of electoral losses. He looked to some like an early lame duck. But the Caracas military operation, White House aides felt, righted the ship. Trump, though never restrained, was transformed into pure id, acting on impulse and goaded on by advisers who saw an opportunity to further expand executive power. And he fell further in love with the might of the U.S. military, telling advisers that it was an unstoppable force. Greenland. Iran. Cuba. His legacy, he believed, would be redrawing the world’s maps.
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