“As per letters sent to various countries yesterday, in addition to letters that will be sent today, tomorrow, and for the next short period of time, TARIFFS WILL START BEING PAID ON AUGUST 1, 2025. There has been no change to this date, and there will be no change. In other words, all money will be due and payable starting AUGUST 1, 2025 – No extensions will be granted. Thank you for your attention to this matter!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Tuesday, leaving himself more than three weeks to TACO once again and create more uncertainty.

Never mind that this dipshit is lying about the crime stats on New York City’s subway system by coming up with a percentage based on the absolute increase that doesn’t account for overall growing ridership. That’s priced in with the MAGA Reich’s fanbase who want to feel like it’s true.

Instead look at it from the perspective of his fat boss, convicted felon President Trump saying “My parents would drop me off at a subway, and I’d go to Union Turnpike, or I’d go to wherever I – they had no fear that I was going to be disappearing. They would take me to a subway, put me on, and say, ‘Bye darling. Bye.’ If you do that today, you have about a 75 percent chance that you’ll never see your child again” during his Long Island rally last year. Or the Bronx rally in May when Trump told the crowd “There’s a 53 percent increase in felony assaults on your subways, 53 percent. That’s in a short period of time. Since 2019, murders are up more than 20 percent, shootings are up more than 30 percent,” and if the implication wasn’t obvious enough he then said “Together, we are going to make New York City great again, and simultaneously, we are going to make America great again. I’ve come tonight to talk about solving problems. The simple fact is Joe Biden is not getting the job done for the Bronx, not getting the job done for New York, and he’s not getting the job done for America.”

And this morning the former MTV’s Real World cast member-turned-Secretary of Transportation Sean Duffy whined about “stupid liberals with stupid policies that impact the lives of New Yorkers.”

In a press release headlined “Little Caesars Cements Its Status as Value Leader with First-Ever ‘More for $9.99’ Menu,” the Michigan-based fat food pizza chain on Monday asserted itself as constant as the northern star of resting quality and Pretzel Crust Pizza with a Crazy Combo that includes Crazy Bread and Crazy Sauce. There is no fellow in the firmament of Crazy Puffs Party Pack with twelve Pepperoni or Cheese Crazy Puffs, or a combination of both flavors. The dark fields are painted with unnumbered sparks of glowing signs of “Pizza Hut,” “Dominos,” and “Papa Johns.” They are all fire and every one doth shine, but there’s but one in all doth hold his place bearing a Crazy Puffs Party Pack with twelve Pepperoni or Cheese Crazy Puffs, or a combination of both flavors.

“As the value leader in pizza, we don’t follow trends – we set them. Our new $9.99 menu is a bold move that delivers unbeatable variety and flavor at a price that speaks for itself. Our customers expect more from Little Caesars, and this menu proves we’re ready to bring it – again,” said Little Caesars Chief Marketing Officer Greg Hamilton, unshaked of motion from without, firm within.

The Trump Regime IRS on Monday rescinded the threat of rescinding tax-exempt status for houses of worship, the New York Times reports on the official sanctioning of a proscription that had never really been enforced in practice but obviously is a green light to MAGAchurches.

The prohibition, which still applies to other non-profits, was ended in a settlement between the IRS and a set of plaintiffs including two Texas churches and a group of Christian radio broadcasters. In a joint filing the agency and the proselytizing peckerwoods declared endorsements to be more like “a family discussion concerning candidates” than a violation of secular constitutional principles. “Thus, communications from a house of worship to its congregation in connection with religious services through its usual channels of communication on matters of faith do not run afoul of the Johnson Amendment as properly interpreted,” the settlement of the rigged lawsuit continued.

Rural podunk Chester, Wisconsin is now without a town chairman or an animal control officer sooner than they had expected as Richard Van Buren, who served in both capacities, died Wednesday of complications from surgery weeks after he was charged with using a leash to strangle a golden retriever a woman had turned over to him after finding the dog on a walking path, WBAY reports .

The 55 year-old Van Buren had been charged with felony mistreatment of animals/cause death after, per a complaint obtained by WKOW, the dog bit the rural politician as he tried to put her in a kennel, sending him into a rage in which he pretty much hanged her with the leash and collar.

Hours of attempts to ascertain Van Buren’s politics were unsuccessful and the chairmanship post he held is officially non-partisan. On the same token, he sure as shit did not look like a leftist and a search of donors with the same surname in the area shows an extensive history of supporting Republicans, especially notorious piece of shit former Wisconsin Governor Scott Walker.

Not exactly important but still funny from WBAY’s article: “Due to Van Buren’s death, it’s likely the case will be dismissed, as that is usually the course of action in these circumstances, according to the district attorney’s office.” Why is it just “likely” and what would the second-most usual course of action be when a criminal defendant dies before trial? How else could this shake out?

The tragedy in Texas could have been avoided if both sides stopped playing politics and better prepared our communities for extreme weather disasters. I examine how the political discourse has become a "virus."

Link to the full breakdown in the bio. #kerrville #flood #texas… pic.twitter.com/R5jZRjbZly

— Chuck Todd (@chucktodd) July 7, 2025

A State Department cable obtained by the Washington Post reveals that a fake Secretary of State Marco Rubio is out there impersonating him using an AI-generated voice and a Signal account with a display name of “Marco.Rubio@state.gov” to contact “at least five non-Department individuals, including three foreign ministers, a US governor, and a US member of Congress,” per the cable.

Whoa, this could be devastating for a presidential campaign just as it was for another former senator-turned-Secretary of State who was accused of being lax with operational security.

The death toll in the cataclysmic flooding in Texas over the weekend continued its grim climb as it now stands at 104 with the discovery of new victims in the muddy riverbanks, the AP reports.

BREAKING: ESPN commentator Stephen A Smith’s agent on Monday said Smith will not be running for president in 2028, completely upending the America Party primary field, AF Post reports.

Massive joint federal immigration operation happening now in Los Angeles.

🎥: @Julio_Rosas11 pic.twitter.com/UlRaJj0ABE

— TheBlaze (@theblaze) July 7, 2025

Convicted felon President Trump’s stormtroopers just marched around an empty park in Los Angeles on Monday, the AP reports on the scene shitty right wing outlet The Blaze was triumphal about.

Sur-fucking-prise: The Daily Beast reports, with confirmed photos of the podcaster outside the Parthenon in Athens, Greece, that Texas Senator Ted Cruz was in the ancient Mediterranean country on July 4th during cataclysmic flooding that has killed at least 90 of his constituents.

Now in an effort to be fair, this is not the same sin as fleeing to Cancun when the February 2021 cold snap/ice storm was already underway. It’s not like he knew it was coming or was even supposed to and he’s self-aware enough of his history to fly back apparently as soon as he could to do what he should have been doing in 2021*, even if it’s just media appearances. It’s just a bad look that an alleged “patriot” is not in Texas but in fucking Greece on America’s independence day.

(You can go back and forth all you want about what Ted Cruz’s power is in a disaster affecting his state, but the truth is he’s not the governor and has no immediate powers or responsibilities. The 2021 debacle was just a display of his level of willingness to suffer alongside voters – which was zero – rather than anything that would have had any meaningful difference on that suffering)

At least three people were hospitalized – one an octogenarian who had to be resuscitated from cardiac arrest – and dozens more were stung a bunch of times after a swarm of bees suddenly erupted from a rooftop apiary in the town of Aurillac in France on Sunday, EuroNews reports.

The fuckers were believed be driven into a frenzy by the presence of a hive of Asian murder hornets nearby, but the article does not indicate whether that hive exists or has been located.

A Texas South Carolina Bloomington, Indiana man was utterly stunned and left breathless by an incredible, dazzling post-4th of July fireworks display early Monday on Thursday Saturday night, KSAT San Antonio WPDE in Florence, South Carolina the Indianapolis Star reports.

Pablo Ruiz, 43 Allen Ray McGrew, 41 Tyler Pinkley, 23 was [probably] drinking heavily and lighting off fireworks with friends when he decided to make things even more exciting by placing a lit mortar upright on his head… and yeah Ruiz McGrew Pinkley was pronounced dead at the scene by cops.

This article originally appeared on National Zero under the headline “Texas man absolutely blown away by amazing fireworks display” on July 6, 2022, and then reprinted on July 6, 2024 with minor edits to adjust for differing details as “South Carolina man blown away by amazing fireworks display.” Per the Star, Pinkley’s friends tried to stop him but he claimed he’d done it before.

A Colorado federal judge on Monday fined two of mustachioed pillow man Mike Lindell’s lawyers for using AI to draft or complete a pretrial motion in the case and included “thirty defective citations” in the filing, CBS’s Scott MacFarlane reports without naming the price the two dumbasses paid.

Full-time podcaster and part time federal legislator Ted Cruz on Monday responded to a reporter’s pretty general question about what could have been done in terms of a warning system that could’ve prevented more than 80 people – dozens of young girls among them – from drowning during a catastrophic flash flood with a monologue about how “people immediately say, ‘the hurricane was Donald Trump’s fault.’ I think most normal Americans know that’s ridiculous,” which says maybe more than he intended about where his head’s at in the wake of this tragedy.

Toward the end of this clip – and it isn’t 100 percent clear what the question is given the audio, but it seems likely that another reporter was not asking about weather control conspiracy shit and yet Cruz said “To the best of my knowledge, there is zero evidence of anything related to anything like weather modification. Look, the internet can be a strange place,” and blah blah blah.

In a draft of a notice to the federal register obtained by CBS Miami, dog-murdering Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem will this month announce she’s “terminating the designation of Honduras for Temporary Protected Status (TPS). The designation of Honduras is set to expire on July 5, 2025. After reviewing country conditions and consulting with appropriate US Government agencies, the Secretary has determined that conditions in Honduras no longer support its designation for TPS. The Secretary, therefore, is terminating the TPS designation of Honduras as required by statute.” Per CBS Miami, about 72,000 Honduran and 4,000 Nicaraguan refugees who have lived and worked in the US, many of them since 1999, are fucked.

“Brazil is doing a terrible thing on their treatment of former President Jair Bolsonaro. I have watched, as has the World, as they have done nothing but come after him, day after day, night after night, month after month, year after year! He is not guilty of anything, except having fought for THE PEOPLE. I have gotten to know Jair Bolsonaro, and he was a strong Leader, who truly loved his Country – Also, a very tough negotiator on TRADE. His Election was very close and now, he is leading in the Polls. This is nothing more, or less, than an attack on a Political Opponent – Something I know much about! It happened to me, times 10, and now our Country is the HOTTEST in the World!”

“The Great People of Brazil will not stand for what they are doing to their former President. I’ll be watching the WITCH HUNT of Jair Bolsonaro, his family, and thousands of his supporters, very closely. The only Trial that should be happening is a Trial by the Voters of Brazil – It’s called an Election. LEAVE BOLSONARO ALONE!” posted convicted felon President Trump on Monday.

The fat fucking idiot doesn’t understand that Bolsonaro is banned from office until at least 2030 and isn’t running in the 2026 presidential election, so no, he isn’t “leading in the Polls.”

BREAKING: Gunman opens fire on Border Patrol agents in McAllen, Texas, is killed after they return fire, sources tell @BillMelugin_ pic.twitter.com/U809ecgPWH

— Fox News (@FoxNews) July 7, 2025

You think you’re having a bad Monday after a nice holiday weekend? Try being Russian Transport Minister Roman Starovoit! First his hardass boss Vladimir Putin fires him for a bunch of fuckups in the country’s air travel system, then hours later he was found dead in his car of a gunshot wound in what was probably an “assisted suicide” since it’s Russia. Friday can’t come soon enough, right?

It’s not clear why Starovoit wasn’t tossed out of a window the usual way, but it’s entirely possible that was the original plan – and that he knew it, so he was staying out of tall buildings and then Putin’s goons got sick of waiting for him to slip-up so they just did it the old-fashioned way.