Iranian-backed Yemeni militia the Houthis are still attacking vessels in the Red Sea despite convicted felon President Trump’s declaration of victory over them a few months ago, with the AP reporting at least three crew members of the Greek-owned Eternity C are dead and several more are missing after a bombardment. The attack followed the Sunday sinking of the bulk carrier Magic Seas.

Audio of a 2024 campaign speech to donors at a private event obtained by CNN reveals that convicted felon President Trump had told donors he had at some point between 2017 and 2021 warned Russian dictator Vladimir Putin he would “bomb the shit out of Moscow” if they invaded Ukraine and that he separately had delivered a similar warning to Chinese dictator Xi Jingping that the same would happen to Beijing if the People’s Liberation Army invaded Taiwan.

“With Putin I said, ‘If you go into Ukraine, I’m going to bomb the shit out of Moscow. I’m telling you I have no choice. And then Putin goes, like, ‘I don’t believe you.’ But he believed me 10 percent,” said Trump, who pretty obviously did not order a bombardment of Moscow upon reassuming office nearly three years after Russia launched the “special operation” starting the still-ongoing war.

Ronald McDonald statue stolen from Pa. McDonald’s in broad daylight: ‘This was a full-blown McNapping’ https://t.co/EsoJw4sSuB pic.twitter.com/JJX5y5zVl0

— New York Post (@nypost) July 9, 2025

“As of 1:00 PM PT on July 8, 2025 – an earthquake swarm, consisting of hundreds of very small earthquakes have occurred since approximately 1:30 AM PDT this morning. An earthquake swarm is a cluster of earthquakes occurring in the same area in rapid succession. Currently, there is no indication that the level of earthquake activity is cause for concern, and the alert level and color code for Mount Rainier remain at GREEN / NORMAL” says a Tuesday USGS press release about recent activity on the mountain, urging people in the Seattle area to not freak the fuck out yet.

“Do they pose any significant threat to people hiking on the mountain today? No. These events are too small to feel and the shaking from these is too small to trigger any additional activity from cliff faces or glaciers. Warm temperatures on the volcano have occurred over the past couple of days that have caused an increase in rockfall and icefall that has been noted by Mount Rainier National Park. The current warm weather is not related to the swarm under Mount Rainier,” says one of the frequently asked questions listed under the press release, emphasis added on the last part because man that’s kind of depressing people would ask that frequently enough for them to include it.

“I brought down costs more than any President in recorded history. The Crooked Democrats are using the opposite narrative, even though they know it is a total LIE. Remember this when you hear their phony soundbites. MAGA!!!” posted convicted felon President Trump late Tuesday.

Douchebag podcaster Patrick Bet-David was about as unsparing as one could get on stupid Jesse Watters’ show on Tuesday night – meaning he was still pretty sparing relative to the shit the other fanboys have been posting on Twitter. Still, it was better than him trying to dodge it altogether, which was the whole point of the rest of the hour with all the shit about the FBI opening an investigation into friggin James Comey and former CIA Director John Brennan. No way they were keeping that in their pocket for when they needed a timely distraction right? Lol.

White nationalist alcoholic Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth last week unilaterally halted arms shipments to Ukraine without informing the White House he had ordered the stop, CNN reports.

Ben Black, son of Leon, one of the shitbags on Jeffrey Epstein’s supposedly nonexistent client list, is set for a confirmation hearing on his nomination to be Chief Executive Officer of the “United States International Development Finance Corporation” on Wednesday. Not great timing, lol.

Concluding that because by August 1st most retailers will have stockpiled everything they’re going to sell this holiday season, Axios reports that convicted felon President Trump’s TACO-ing has saved America Christmas from himself and his pointless, destructive obsessions with this stupid tariff shit.

“The Administration has consistently maintained that the cost of tariffs will be borne by foreign exporters who rely on access to the American economy, the world’s biggest and best consumer market,” Axios prints from White House spokeswiener Kush Desai in their article before pointing out that in August 2019 Trump himself acknowledged that consumers actually pay them by delaying tariffs on Chinese goods then, telling reporters that he were pushing it back “for the Christmas season… Just in case some of the tariffs would have an impact on US customers.”

In related-ish news, the weekly YouGov/Economist national survey found Trump’s approval on his handling of inflation/prices – the number one issue for all respondents – is now down to 33 percent.

Texas Governor Greg Abbott on Tuesday told reporters that at least 161 people are missing on top of the known 109 found dead so far since Friday’s catastrophic flash flood event, the AP reports.

Why did Roy Cooper give so much North Carolina farmland to China? 🧐 https://t.co/DVQBWkmffY

— Senate Republicans (@NRSC) July 8, 2025

Yeah it was obvious enough from the NRSC trashing the Dem former governor on Chinese-owned farmland, but further indication comes from the North Carolina State Journal’s AP Dillon, who reports multiple sources that Cooper will be launching a bid and that state Attorney General Jeff Jackson “spilled the beans at a recent event” and “said he was planning on endorsing Cooper.”

Despite receiving his Holy Orange Allah’s pre-endorsement in a campaign, complete ballsucker Pennsylvania MAGA Congressman Dan Meuser will not be mounting a bid to challenge incumbent Gov Josh Shapiro, probably out of fear he’d lose given Shapiro’s high approval, ABC News reports.

“He’s been a great congressman,” Trump said of Meuser during a May rally. “And if you run, you have my full support. And you’ll win. The people are going to get it real fast.” Sources tell ABC that Meuser delivered the news to Trump in a Saturday phone call. “Also weighing a bid is state senator Doug Mastriano, the Republican nominee for governor in 2022 whose election denialism and anti-abortion stances doomed his bid, which ended in a 15-point defeat to Shapiro that fall,” ABC News writes.

“Mastriano has floated a campaign in public radio interviews in recent weeks,” lol.

Former 1980s actor Gary Coleman’s ex-wife Shannon Price failed a polygraph test she submitted for an episode of some reality show, with results “inconclusive” on the questions of whether she ever hit Coleman and if she took her time dialing 911 when he fell and later died in 2010, TMZ reports.

Trying to work the refs, Price told TMZ she’s “extremely disappointed with the overall experience of both the polygraph testing and dealing with A&E. Many promises were made and not kept. The testing situation was unfair and very uncomfortable, and the testing was performed non-verbally, which I should have refused. From the beginning, it was apparent they cared more about ratings than finding the truth,” but did not address why the fuck she went on this show.

In related news, Emmanuel Lewis, star of Webster, was not murdered by his ex-wife as of Tuesday.

Cops in Milan, Italy were astonished by the uncanny abilities of the amazing Goose-Man, whose powers delayed Spanish carrier Volotea’s flight bound from the city’s Bergamo Airport to Asturias, Spain on Tuesday. CNN reports the enigmatic waterfowl man used his anseriforme-like powers to run toward the passenger jet on the tarmac and immediately get sucked into an engine, killing him instantly and delaying the plane’s departure. All 162 passengers and crew were evacuated safely.

It’s not clear if Goose-Man, whose secret identity remains unknown pending a formal determination by a coroner, was making his signature honking noises as he sped toward the aircraft on foot or what his purpose was – though it’s possible he may have spotted a discarded piece of bread crust somewhere on the tarmac and was so focused on it he failed to notice the taxiing jet in his path.

Bannon is in the Epstein files

— Elon Musk (@elonmusk) July 8, 2025

“Five months ago, the Department of Justice (DOJ) dismissed the pending case against Waltine Nauta and Carlos De Oliveira, depriving the American public of an opportunity to hear the evidence of how they conspired with Donald Trump to help him stash hundreds of highly classified records at his Mar-a-Lago Club, defy subpoenas, obstruct law enforcement, hide evidence, and lie about his continuing retention of these records. Since then, you have continued to conceal the evidence against Donald Trump and his co-conspirators by refusing to release the report of Special Counsel Jack Smith’s investigation into this matter. You have done so even as House Judiciary Committee Republicans continue to make baseless claims of bias and misconduct on the part of Special Counsel Smith and compel testimony from members of his team – all without a shred of evidence.”

“Your conduct is particularly worrisome as it appears to be part of a pattern of using the DOJ to cover up evidence of criminal wrongdoing by President Trump, including information allegedly contained in the Epstein files. We write today to demand you release the Smith report immediately, as well as any evidence mentioning or referencing Donald Trump in the Epstein files,” write House Dems Jamie Raskin, Dan Goldman, Lucy McBath, Deborah Ross, Becca Balint, Sydney Kamlager-Dove, Jasmine Crockett, and more in a letter to scumbag Attorney General Pam Bondi on Tuesday.

The livestream’s still running below but this is worth its own post: Interrupting Attorney General Pam Bondi’s answer to a reporter’s question about a missing minute of footage on the jailhouse video put out by the Justice Department from the night of Jeffrey Epstein’s suicide in 2019, convicted felon President Trump got angry on Tuesday and asked “Are you still talking about Jeffrey Epstein? This guy’s been talked about for years… We have Texas, we have this, we have all of the things… I mean, I can’t believe you’re asking a question on Epstein at a time like this… It just seems like a desecration.”

Convicted felon President Trump is, as of this typing, 55 minutes late for starting what’s supposed to be a super important 11:00 AM cabinet meeting with all of his minions in front of reporters.

“Today, the strategic incoherence of underfunding our military and restricting lethal assistance to partners like Ukraine is measured in the avoidable erosion of American credibility with allies and the mounting deaths of innocents. I’m glad that President Trump wants to resume deliveries of lethal capabilities to Ukraine. America’s policy of providing lethal support to Ukraine began during his first term, and likely helped deter earlier Russian escalation. This time, the President will need to reject calls from the isolationists and restrainers within his Administration to limit these deliveries to defensive weapons. And he should disregard those at DoD who invoke munitions shortages to block aid while refusing to invest seriously in expanding munitions production. The self-indulgent policymaking of restrainers – from Ukraine to AUKUS – has so often required the President to clean up his staff’s messes. And the budget OMB sent to Congress does not put America on a path to peace through strength,” said Cocaine Mitch (can’t really call him “Moscow Mitch” in this context) in a statement Tuesday, cheering the Orange Toddler’s independence from the Kremlin.

“Ten individuals have been charged for their roles in the shooting of an Alvarado police officer at the Prairieland Detention Center. Today’s announcement was made by Acting United States Attorney for the Northern District of Texas Nancy E Larson, Special Agent in Charge of the Dallas FBI R Joseph Rothrock, and Enforcement Removal Operations Dallas Acting Field Office Director Joshua Johnson.”

“According to a criminal complaint filed today, the defendants, dressed in black military-style clothing, began shooting fireworks at the facility, as part of an organized attack. After approximately 10 minutes of convening, one or two individuals broke off from the main group and began to spray graffiti on vehicles and a guard structure in the parking lot at the facility. An Alvarado police officer responded to the scene after correctional officers called 911 to report suspicious activity.”

“When the Alvarado police officer arrived, one alleged defendant positioned in nearby woods shot the officer in the neck area. Another alleged assailant across the street fired 20 to 30 rounds at unarmed correctional officers who had stepped outside the facility. As alleged in the complaint, AR-style rifles were found at the scene. The assailants fled from the detention center but were stopped by additional law enforcement officers. Some defendants were wearing body armor, some were armed, and some had two-way radios. A total of twelve sets of body armor were found during searches of vehicles associated with the defendants, on their persons, and in the area around the Prairieland Detention Center. Additionally, officers found spray paint, flyers stating, ‘FIGHT ICE TERROR WITH CLASS WAR!’ and ‘FREE ALL POLITICAL PRISONERS,’ and a flag stating, ‘RESIST FACISM – FIGHT OLIGARCHY.’ One of the alleged attackers had cell phones inside a ‘Faraday bag,’ used to block phone signals and commonly used by criminal actors to try to prevent law enforcement from tracking their location,” says a Justice Department press release.