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Former CNN media guy Oliver Darcy’s Status.News is paywalled and this is almost good enough to justify a subscription, almost is not actually, and the gist is in a tweet by Zeteo media reporter Justin Baragona: Maria Bartiromo was fired from Fox News for “spilling to the White House that the corporate bosses delivered an edict not to cover his election-denying primetime address!” lol.

Guess there’s a non-zero chance that couchfucker blabs for a few minutes and then steps aside to allow for surprise new White House Press Secretary, Maria Bartiromo, to take over the briefing.

“Effective today, Maria Bartiromo is no longer with FOX News Media. In making the announcement, FOX News Media said, ‘We thank Maria for her work over the last 12 ½ years and wish her all the best on her next chapter.’ The last episode of Momings with Maria (6-9 AM/ET) aired this morning on FOX Business Network (FBN) and the show will transition to Mornings with FOX Business beginning tomorrow with rotating anchors. Maria Bartiromo’s Wall Street which also airs weekly on FBN (Fridays, 7-7:30 PM/ET) will shift to FBN’s Wall Street effective this week hosted by Cheryl Casone and helmed by rotating anchors thereafter. FBN will also launch a new weekday programming schedule which will be announced in the coming weeks. Additionally, FOX News Channel’s (FNC) Sunday Moming Futures (10-11 AM/ET) will be hosted by Jason Chaffetz this Sunday and a new host will be announced at a later date,” said Fox News in a press release on Thursday, randomly kicking one of the most important pillars of their brand of bullshit to the curb for reasons unstated.

Batriromo, who everyone thought was just on vacation, propagated lies that cost them $787 million and they didn’t fire her then, so whatever it is now had to be pretty bad, lol.

“The people and Media Outlets that keep harping on the fact that we have no ammunition (And they are 100 percent wrong!), are actually treasonous. They do it because they would rather see the United States LOSE a War that we’re easily WINNING, than see me WIN!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Thursday. Let’s see him react the same way if CNN prints that he’s bisexual and regularly has illicit encounters with spicy Latino hunk Secretary of State Marco Rubio.

Would that be “treason”? Or is it the kind of thing that he would ignore for being stupid and made up? Obviously that scenario is over-the-top and easily invites comments about Rubio willingly further debasing himself and so on, but the silliness is actually kind of the point because there’s no universe in which Trump would actually get angry and defensive over such reporting. And the counterfactual also stands in contrast to the kind of “fake news” they actually do report.

Trump then followed up with “For the treasonous SCUM that refuses to accurately report on our Military Operation in Iran, we have virtually unlimited amounts of Mid to High Grade Ammunition, far more than we could ever use for this, or for any other War (which is highly unlikely!), that could improbably take place. In addition, we are producing Munitions at levels never seen before. We are stockpiling and preparing for any contingency that could happen. We are taking them for ourselves, the USA, rather than selling them to others, but the sales to Allies will soon again, begin. Also, please let it be known, that the Biden Administration gave far more Munitions away to Ukraine, at no cost to them, whatsoever, than we have used in Iran. Hundreds of Billions of Dollars was given to Ukraine and NATO, free of charge, that Europe would have paid for – If they were only asked, but we will be asking for that money, though somewhat belatedly!” Okay, send them the bill.

Evidently more concerned with campaigning than governing, Jesus Dork Speaker Mike Johnson’s House GOP leadership team have nixed the last two weeks of the September session, Punchbowl’s Jake Sherman reports, adding that the cancelation at least won’t interfere with the ceremony unveiling former Speaker Kevin McCarthy’s portrait, scheduled for the 15th, lol.

Former Apollo Capital Management CEO Leon Black, a complete piece of shit who’s always been tight with convicted felon President Trump and their close mutual friend Jeffrey Epstein, filed a lawsuit against the House Oversight Committee “(‘OGR’) and its Chairman, James Comer, in his official capacity” (lol) on Thursday, claiming that the subpoenas issued to Black “are invalid to the extent they exceed OGR’s delegated authority in seeking private information that bears no legitimate connection to OGR’s legislative purpose. OGR also lacks the statutory authority to enforce those subpoenas in federal court against Mr Black,” according to the federal complaint filed in DC.

“The subpoenas reach well beyond Mr Black and are, on their face, overbroad. As written, they compel production of a vast quantity of agreements of all kinds, including the disclosure of the unredacted identities and private circumstances of women who bargained for confidentiality, whose counsel have affirmatively declined to release Mr Black from his confidentiality obligations, and who want no association with the Epstein scandal. These women are not before the Committee, received no notice from it, gave no consent to it, and were given no way to be heard,” said part 8 of the intro.

Translated that means “I can’t cooperate with the committee because that would violate the terms of the confidential settlements I reached with the teenage sex trafficking victims that Jeff supplied to me. The whole ‘non-disclosure agreement’ thing goes both ways, you petulant little insects.”

It’s not clear if Black’s lawyers devoted any of the rest of the 27 pages of the complaint to an appeal to constitutional principle, that if the House Oversight Committee can do this to a billionaire who has effectively acknowledged that he did in fact statutorily rape sex trafficking victims then they can do it to any regular middle class citizen. How would YOU like it if the committee started asking you all sorts of questions about how many times your $500 million yacht docked at Epstein Island?

The moronic House Republican messaging vote on a constitutional amendment to cap the Supreme Court bench at nine justices failed on Wednesday, gaining a single Dem yes vote from North Carolina Congressman Don Davis, Punchbowl’s Jake Sherman reports.

“Now that we have it under USA control, should we change the name Hormuz Strait to TRUMP STRAIT??? Like America itself, it would be ‘hotter’ than ever before! Thank you for your attention to this matter,” posted convicted felon President Trump on Wednesday, as though he were asking permission from the American public instead of simply going ahead and signing the order already.

Like why not just do it? It’s not like Google and Apple are going to take more than a few days to get on board and dutifully apply the change to their map apps as commanded to by the Regime. Go ahead and declare the Strait of Hormuz to be the “Strait of Trump,” and celebrate yet another major win for the American people. Hell the media might even very quickly embrace this one, printing headlines like “US Navy chopper shot down over Strait of Trump,” “Iranians fire another volley of missiles over the Strait of Trump,” and so on. That will definitely help it stick in people’s minds.

“Commemorate America’s 250-year journey with the official Mint-issued Semi-Quincentennial Circulating $1 Coins, available in collector 25-coin rolls and 100-coin bags. Created to celebrate this historic national milestone, these special circulating dollar coins combine everyday American coinage with a once-in-a-generation anniversary design destined to become a standout addition to modern collections. Celebrate a historic American milestone, the official United States Mint-issued Semiquincentennial $1 Coin was struck to honor 250 years of American heritage.”

“The obverse features a portrait of the sitting President, Donald J Trump, with the inscriptions ‘LIBERTY,’ ‘IN GOD WE TRUST,’ and ‘1776 ~ 2026.’ The reverse (tails) design features the Presidential Seal, which shows an eagle holding an olive branch and a bundle of arrows, with a shield on its breast and a banner inscribed ‘E PLURIBUS UNUM’ in its beak. The shield contains the additional inscription ‘250’ to honor the Semiquincentennial of the United States. The additional inscriptions are ‘UNITED STATES OF AMERICA’ and ‘ONE DOLLAR,'” says the announcement that the US Treasury is now basically ProudPatriots.com or whichever scam outfit sold those “Real Trump Coins.”

The price for 25 coins is $61.00, working out to $2.44 each, rather than, you know, $1 each. To be fair, before the fat bastard returned to power the US Mint did sell all sorts of similar tchotkes which, like this one, are legal tender while also designated “non-circulating” currency distributed by the Federal Reserve. Meaning your local 7-Eleven is technically legally obligated to accept it as if it’s a $1 bill (if you’re dumb enough to want to take the $1.44 loss). It’s the only loophole that the Orange God Emperor was able to exploit to get his face on a legal tender, falling well short of his $250 bill fantasy and all the other zero-day hacks he’s been attempting to get around federal statute.

What won’t be zero is the number of the coins that will, sooner or later somewhere in MAGAmerica, be handed to a heroin dealer. Or a family court clerk as part of a monthly child support payment.

For a Kentuckian whose delegation-mate and neighboring Republican Congressman Thomas Massie was railroaded out of his seat for thoughtcrimes against the Trump Regime via a primary challenge, one might be tempted to think that for James Comer to say that House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries wants “to rule” the Dem caucus “with an iron fist” is more of the usual gaslighting just for the fun of it by a member of the party that has made such deliberate misstatements about reality a bedrock part of their brand. However all available evidence strongly indicates that Comer is stupid and incapable of such “strategic thinking,” thus in all likelihood actually believes the shit coming out of his mouth when asked about the mini-Dem crisis spurred by edgelords Jared “Joe Manchin Jr” Golden and Marie “Vacant Billie Eilish Stare” Gluesenkamp-Perez voting with Republicans on Tuesday and thus bailing GOP leadership out of the usual Freedom Caucasian holdout shitshow.

Both face internal discipline – though Golden called it quits and will be back home in northern Maine freezing his balls off starting January – and to Comer that’s totalitarian communism rather than a wrist-slap relative to the abuses regularly inflicted on elected Republicans for daring to question the might of the Orange God Emperor. In fact it’s fair to question whether Comer wants the Dear Leader to be reminded that he was one of a scant few high-profile House Republicans who did not vote to reject the electoral vote count before everything went to shit on January 6, 2021. Trump might not even actually know that and it’d sure be interesting to see what he thinks of Comer if informed.

Following Google’s lead, other tech giant Apple on Tuesday caved to the Trump Regime and “officially” renamed Lake Ontario to “Lake America,” Meidas Touch’s Aaron Parnas reports.

“The United States is, as we speak, striking Iranian Targets near the Strait of Hormuz. The strikes are large and powerful, and in retaliation for the Iranians’ failed attempt at adding sea mines to the Strait, which currently has no mines (They have been completely removed or detonated!), and the Iranians shooting eight missiles, all successfully knocked down, at our Military Base in Jordan.”

“If the failed Nation of Iran retaliates for this very justified attack, they will be hit again at a much harder and higher level, but it will not be the biggest attack of them all, that is waiting in the wings and, when it is over, there will be very little left of the Islamic Republic of Iran!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Tuesday, soiling himself with anticipation of declaring victory.

House Majority Leader Steve Scalise on Tuesday told Fox Business News his caucus will this week be bringing up a constitutional amendment to cap the size of the Supreme Court bench at nine justices, signaling to whoever the hell it is sitting in for Maria Bartiromo and her audience that the Republican Party establishment is now taking seriously the still-theoretical threat of a dismantling of the permanently-entrenched conservative power structure’s most important and durable bulwark.

Or at least seriously enough to take the time to vote on this amendment instead of, say, a bill to help reduce Americans’ electricity bills (in the second half of the above clip Scalise said the House will be investigating the alleged Chinese propaganda campaign against data centers so maybe don’t hold your breath for a vote on the Ratepayer Protection Act). But still not really that seriously since, well, constitutional amendments are kind of hard to get passed and Scalise appears to be betting correctly that Fox Business News viewers don’t understand that. Scalise might as well be pushing it as a non-binding resolution because the practical impact on the politics involved will be the same.

Actually scratch that: A non-binding resolution would be a significantly better idea here because it will pass by a simple majority and give the GOP a rhetorical win on the issue. A constitutional amendment vote, which will fail by coming up very well short of the two-thirds required in the House and the Senate – long before it also will fail to be passed by two thirds of the state legislatures. A resolution, even if passed along party lines, could at least be sold as an affirmation of maintaining the status quo, whereas a failed two-thirds supermajority loss will not only land to the opposite effect in simple kayfabe terms, but probably even add some momentum to the already snowballing movement to abolish the filibuster and then pack the court with as many as six more liberal justices.

A new national survey by Reuters/Ipsos finds approval of convicted felon President Trump’s “official” renaming of Lake Ontario to Lake America at 14 percent versus 63 percent disapprove and 23 percent not sure. The support level for the renaming was just slightly lower than the real economic policy move accompanying it at 20 to 57 percent approve/disapprove and 22 percent unsure.

For perspective, back in February 2025 the same pollster found support for the similarly stupid and fake rechristening of the Gulf of Mexico to the “Gulf of America” at 30 to 65 percent approve/disapprove and 5 percent unsure. Obviously difficult to make a 1:1 comparison given that Americans have always held Canada in higher regard than Mexico, which, let’s be honest, not all or even most of that delta is a right winger worldview of “Canada: white, Mexico: brown.” The 80 percent 59 percent favorable ratings for Canada and Mexico, respectively, that Ipsos found in October 2024 is not solely MAGA. If anything those chuds are probably more likely to hate both equally because Canada socialist and liberal while Mexico poor and rife with cartel violence.

Point being that, even if it’s difficult to weigh that and the other extrinsic variables in, a drop from 30 to 14 percent approval from Trump’s first and second unilateral renaming of an international body of water is hard not to notice. Somewhere in that delta and quite possibly accounting for most of it is the difference between “Lol, suck it Mexico! America is BACK!” and “Who the fuck cares? This is stupid and a waste of time when gas is $4.15 a gallon,” from the fairweather Trump fan.

“I just had a GREAT and very interesting meeting with my Hollywood Ambassador and Movie Legend, Jon Voight! He is a fantastic man who loves our Country, and feels strongly about the Motion Picture and Television Industry. He hates what’s happened to it! It is being dissipated in its entirety. It has moved to Canada, and other Countries, with very little work being done anymore in the United States. Hollywood is a Complete and Total Disaster! Despite the name, it is getting very little work. There is no incentive to be there, and it is hurting California very badly. Jon, and many others in the Industry, are suggesting we do Federal Tax Incentives in order to Make our Movie and Television Production Business GREAT AGAIN, perhaps GREATER THAN EVER BEFORE! The amount of money spent on Tax Incentives will be made up tenfold by the money pouring into the Treasury’s coffers. Meetings are being set up with the Leaders of both Parties in order to get this done.”

“It should be Bipartisan, especially since so much money is being lost in California, and other largely Blue States. I am going to suggest that Republicans and Democrats get together, and immediately craft Legislation to save the Movie, Television, and Entertainment Business in America. Congress should approve, immediately, a Federal Production Incentive to create Entertainment Jobs in America. It can be done quickly, accurately, efficiently and, importantly, will benefit ALL of America.”

“What we watch on the Silver Screen should be made in what was once the Movie and Motion Picture Capital of the World. Let’s get this done!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Monday and it’s entirely fair to question whether the conversation actually took place or if he simply imagined that it did. Acting like “movie” and “motion picture” are two different things is a tell.

After months of internal fighting with his drunken asshole boss Pete Hegseth, Army Secretary Dan Driscoll tendered his resignation on Monday, the Wall Street Journal reports on a great sign of strength from the world’s most powerful military during a war it’s supposed to be winning.