| second: Senior State Department officials delivered an ultimatum to Cuba's communist government during a secret meeting. U.S. diplomats told their Cuban counterparts that they had a small window to meet U.S. demands before circumstances irreversibly worsened. The Pentagon was asked to draw up contingency plans in case Trump decides to launch a military operation: [go to link] Trump did not slap down the notion that he was considering military action when reporters prodded him to comment. |
| second: As of April 25, 2026, Trump has reportedly killed over 160 people in International waters since September 2025 because, hey!, he feels like it is a grand idea, better than firing squad executions because there is no need to dispose of the bodies floating in the ocean. The fish will eat the yummy, yummy corpses for Trump. [go to link] You gotta appreciate the HUGE cost-savings for the US government by letting sharks eat the people Trump kills. |
| 6ixStringJack: Fags. |
| second: Because Trump is a big fan of Malcolm Reynolds and River Tam shooting people, the Trump administration announced that the Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution: [go to link] Will execution by ax and sword also be adopted because River Tam used both in the movie? Waiting for Trump's decision on those two methods. |
| second: Because Trump is a big fan of Malcolm Reynolds and River Tam shooting people, the Trump administration announced that the Justice Department will adopt firing squads as a permitted method of execution: [go to link] Will execution by ax and sword also be adopted because River Tam used both in the movie? Waiting for Trump's decision on those two methods. |
| THG:
This resurfaced clip of Trump saying “you could never catch me sleeping” is going viral
[go to link] |
| second: Trump admin fired Navy secretary for refusing to ignore court order. Hegseth and Phelan "butted heads" when Phelan refused to ignore a recent federal judge’s ruling that it would be a violation of First Amendment rights to punish Senator Mark Kelly (D-AZ) for making a video in which he reminded military officers of their constitutional duty to reject illegal orders: [go to link] |
| second: Former Trump official confirms age is 'enhancing' Trump’s craziness: [go to link] |
| second: White House officials are doing a lot more than just saying preposterous things. They're also doing preposterous things: [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: "THG: Too bad no firefly browncoats are coming to the site to protest the destruction of America and therefor its democratic ways. Shame on them" No. Shame on YOU for living the way you do. You two assholes scare everyone off. |
| second: Trump’s first term featured plenty of people freaking out over his day-to-day pronouncements. But a large amount of abnormal rhetoric or reported behind-the-scenes behavior was also waved aside as hot air, or exaggeration, or dark humor for supporters who were in on the gag. That’s much harder this time, when there’s frequently the force of government behind them, something the media members in attendance for Trump’s speech on Saturday understand all too well.
This is the difference between Trump I and Trump II: Nobody is laughing this time. [go to link] |
| THG: Too bad no firefly browncoats are coming to the site to protest the destruction of America and therefor its democratic ways. Shame on them |
| second: The trap Trump set himself by launching his war against Iran is twofold—sparking frustration among Americans over rising gas prices while deepening divisions in his MAGA base. A host of MAGA figures have turned on the warmongering president, feeling betrayed over his reversal on his “no new wars” pledge. [go to link] |
| second: The White House press corps should ask these 2 questions every time. Every time President Trump asserts a fact at a podium, on a tarmac, or in the Oval Office, the White House press corps should respond with two questions, asked plainly every time: “How do you know that?” and “What does that mean?”
Used as a standing protocol rather than an occasional follow-up, they would do what shouted questions and next-day fact-checks have not managed to do — make evasion visible in real time and render “fake news” an insufficient reply. [go to link] |
| second: "We would go in to talk in the Oval Office about matters of life and death. And there was always a weird non-sequitur, a complete distraction, unfocused, couldn't remember things. The guy was a basket case," said Taylor. "There's no better way to put it. There's no academic way to put it. He was a basket case. Any normal person would have sat there on the couch in the Oval Office and said, 'What's this guy taking? What's he on? He's acting in such a bizarre manner, given the subject. So that was always true.” [go to link] |
| second: President Donald Trump seems to have lost his marbles, according to some critics, but one former Trump official said the man was already in decline in his first term. Trump’s former Homeland Security chief of staff Miles Taylor on Wednesday took to task Nicole Wallace's point about Trump’s behavior getting bizarre, saying that he picked up on hints of breakdown during his "two and a half years inside the administration." [go to link] |
6ixStringJack: Oh. Looks like you're winning again today. Good for you, Second.  |
| second: Virginia voters yesterday agreed to a constitutional amendment that would temporarily redistrict the state if any other state redistricted for partisan reasons: that is, in retaliation for the partisan redistricting President Donald J. Trump launched in Texas in 2025 in an effort to retain control of the House of Representatives. [go to link] |
| second: There is an uncrazy argument to be made for calling for the removal of the brutal Iranian regime. But there is no uncrazy argument to be made for choosing to go to war without a plan for the day after. There are uncrazy, if unsound, arguments for protectionist tariffs, but none for a policy of tariffs by tantrum. [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: $600 to $10 is a little more than 98% price reduction. |