Among the too long list of demented, fascistic shit in the Texas Republican Party’s new proposed platform last weekend was a resolution to rig elections in the GOP’s favor permanently, the first being an effective state-level electoral college with “The State Legislature shall cause to be enacted a State Constitutional Amendment to add the additional criteria for election to a statewide office to include the majority vote of the counties with each individual county being assigned one vote allocated to the popular majority vote winner of each individual county.”

The conservatives on the High Court can’t stop themselves from stepping over ethical lines.  Supreme Court Justice Amy Coney Barrett’s husband, Jesse Barrett, has been retained by Fox News to represent the network in a defamation case, Rolling Stone reports.

Mr. Barrett, a lawyer, is defending the network’s Chicago Fox affiliate, which is also owned by the Fox Corporation, in a defamation suit brought by a suburban municipal worker who had a criminal conviction on a sexual assault as a teenager and served 24 years.  The local Fox station, intent on causing panic, reported that the mayor of Dolton, Illinois, hired the man, a known sex offender, to enter and inspect the interior of buildings.  The man was actually hired to inspect the exterior of buildings, he claims, and he alleges the accusations made by Fox caused him to be arrested for violating the conditions of his parole and status on the sex registry.

Defending Fox, Barrett argued that the “gist” of the report was “indisputably true” even if details were incorrect.  While it’s unlikely this case will reach the Supreme Court, necessitating Justice Barrett recuse herself, she’ll still be dining on Fox dollars as she sits on the bench.

Worried that strikes to Russia’s missile early warning system used to detect nuclear attacks could unsettle the Kremlin, the Biden Administration insisting on limits for Ukrainian forces using American weaponry, the Washington Post reports.  The caution came after Kyiv targeted a radar site 1,100 miles inside Russia.

The concern cuts in several ways.  Eliminating the advanced warning system allows Ukraine to more effectively strike targets in both Russia and Ukraine.  But the systems are also key to Russia’s nuclear deterrence capability against potential enemies like the United States and China.  Targeting these systems may push Moscow to higher alert and incite them to take more aggressive action including using nuclear weapons against Ukraine, administration officials fear.

“Russia could think it has a diminished ability to detect early nuclear activity against it, which then could become an issue,” a US official commented. “It should be obvious to everyone that there’s no [American] intention whatsoever of using nuclear weapons against Russia. But there’s certainly concern about how Russia could perceive its deterrent capabilities being targeted and early-warning systems being attacked.”

“But even so, even if they don’t acquit, one juror can stand up and say, I will not be part of this travesty of justice.  I hope and pray that happens,” facial hair “don’t” Ted Cruz (R-Quintana Roo) asserts, making plain Team Trump doesn’t hold out hope for a complete exoneration. “That will be good for the country if they ended this ridiculous charade and they let the voters decide in November.”

Secret Trump advisor and guy who thinks he’s a cast member of “The Sopranos” Sean Hannity is incensed that Judge Juan Merchan is–gasp!–following the Constitution!  “This after constantly favoring the Constitution, susta– uh, the, uh, the prosecution sustaining….”  Sean Hannity is showing the signs of age and mental decline.

David Smith, the CEO of conservative propaganda syndicate Sinclair Broadcasting, has been funding a lawsuit against Baltimore City schools his local stations are covering extensively without any notice that the stations’ owner is responsible for the case, the Baltimore Banner reports.

As the Baltimore Banner notes, Smith’s Sinclair-owned WBFF Fox 45 in Baltimore spotlights various issues concerning city schools but recently an activist named Jovani Patterson filed a lawsuit against Baltimore’s school system claiming the system was defrauding taxpayers by receiving money for “ghost students” who are listed on school rolls but don’t attend class.

A frequent stand-in for Smith in legal suits, Patterson claims a massive problem of “ghost students” in Baltimore City schools are defrauding taxpayers of millions of dollars.  An audit of five years’ of attendance records by the Maryland Office of the Inspector General, however, found the incidence of counting students who are not in attendance happens with about 0.3% of pupils daily, or around 220 students in the 78,000 student system.

Analysts who reviewed photos of a bomb dropped by Israeli forces on Rafah in Gaza that killed dozens of people was a US-made guided munition, CBS News reports.  A photojournalist on the scene assembled fragments of the munition that included English words and other markings hinting it came from the US.

“I instantly knew the housing was a GBU [guided bomb unit],” former US Army bomb disposal specialist Trevor Ball said after seeing photographs. “I’ve seen a lot of them in this conflict, and I’ve even gone back and looked at past conflicts just to get an idea of what ordinance Israel has used in the past when I started looking into this, and it’s a very distinct object, the GBU. It’s a very unique round.”

The Biden Administration has warned Israel about the judicious use of US-supplied weapons, particularly when using them around civilian populations.  Biden held up a shipment of 2,000 bombs to Israel after reports of potential war crimes by Israel including targeting civilian populations.

Believing that they finally solved the problem of the leaking helium in the fuel line, Boeing announced that it will launch the first manned mission of its reusable spacecraft, the Starliner, on Saturday at 12:25 p.m. from Cape Canaveral, Florida, NBC News reports.

It’s at least the fifth scheduled date for the Starliner mission, which will deliver two NASA astronauts to the International Space Station should it ever happen.  The original mission was scheduled for nine days at the ISS before the two-person crew returns in the Starliner, which is unique among American spacecraft because it will use cushions to return to a spot on land, not splashdown in the ocean as typically is done with manned unpiloted landings.

THE BORDER ISN’T SECURE.

JOE BIDEN DOESN’T KNOW WHERE HE IS.

TRUMP DID NOTHING WRONG.

— House Judiciary GOP (@JudiciaryGOP) May 29, 2024

We’re concerned House Judiciary Chair Jim Jordan might’ve overdosed on some anabolic steroid or testosterone supplement or something because this tweet that he definitely wrote in the midst of a chemically-induced mania seems a little more extra than usual. Maybe James Comer should check on him, but they’re probably not genuinely friends in real life. Safer bet they actually fucking hate each other and just pretend for appearances when they go on Hannity and co-sign bullshit letters.

“I never knew Shannon Bream was so ‘naïve.’ In her interview with my Representative, Alina Habba, Shannon just suggested that Crooked Joe Biden was not involved in my Show Trial. HOW STUPID!”

“Not only is he involved, he is virtually leading it, and all of the other Trials as well – Meaning, his people, because he’s not mentally sharp enough to lead anything! Just take a look at the DOJ/White House Thugs involved, and everything else. Biden is incompetent, and feels that Weaponization is the only way he can win. He’s counting on the Shannon Breams of the World to get him there. Bad day for Shannon!” posted fat former President Trump after seeing Bream factcheck Habba on her stupid bullshit claims about Biden secretly orchestrating the trial against him.

Experts are warning dog owners to make sure their precious loved ones aren’t eating more than a few cicadas a day as the disgusting vermin aren’t a healthy snack, the Peoria Journal-Star reports.

American Kennel Club Chief Veterinary Officer Dr Jerry Klein says the noisy six-legged fuckers’ exoskeletons can cause digestive issues such ase abdominal pain, vomiting, and bloody diarrhea. Klein recommends that owners bring treats with them on walks to distract dogs prone to chomping on the bugs while sniffing around. Training expert Harriet Myers writes owners should “get ahead of the game and teach the ‘leave it’ command,” and that “you’ll need to be a constant companion when they go outside” for backyard time should your dog develop a taste for cicada meat.

The article said nothing about cats because lol who the fuck’s going to stop them from eating bugs.

Brainwormed anti-vaccine conspiracy assclown Robert F Kennedy Jr’s campaign on Wednesday filed an FEC complaint against President Biden and disgraced former President Trump’s campaigns alleging collusion or something to shut him out of the June 27th debate on CNN, Axios reports.

“By demanding our campaign meet different criteria to participate in the debate than Presidents Biden and Trump, CNN’s debate violates FEC law and is a large prohibited corporate contribution to both the Biden and Trump campaigns,” Bobby Jr said in a statement. It’s not clear why he doesn’t understand that being shut out is actually a good thing for him given that it’s a virtual certainty that a very large majority of the low-info dipshits who regularly tell pollsters they support him would probably change their minds if they had to hear his voice for more than a few minutes.

“Recently, we have seen viral social posts and poorly sourced reports that McDonald’s has raised prices significantly beyond inflationary rates. This is inaccurate. And for a brand that proudly serves nearly 90 percent of the US population every year, we feel a responsibility to make sure the real facts are available. I can tell you it frustrates and worries me, and many of our franchisees, when I hear about an $18 Big Mac meal being sold – even if it was at one location in the US out of more than 13,700. More worrying is when people believe that this is the rule and not the exception, or when folks start to suggest that the prices of a Big Mac have risen 100 percent since 2019.”

“The average price of a Big Mac in the US was $4.39 in 2019. Despite a global pandemic and historic rises in supply chain costs, wages and other inflationary pressures in the years that followed, the average cost is now $5.29. That’s an increase of 21 percent (not 100 percent). Inflationary pressures have affected all sectors of the economy, including ours. Our franchisees (who own and operate more than 95 percent of all restaurants in the US) set menu prices for their restaurants, which account for the increased costs of running their businesses,” says Joe Erlinger, President of McDonald’s USA division, in a statement clearly meant to interfere in the 2024 election by lying about the price of a Big Mac and not holding Joe Biden directly responsible for it.

Erlinger should be placed under immediate investigation by patriotic FBI agents and prosecutors who disagree and believe that Big Macs cost even more than 100 percent more than they did when President Trump was in office, before the wealthy non-Christian globalists who control the media rigged the 2020 election with negative coverage and suppressing the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Ughhhh. We all know that, outside some attributes you might say approximate “street smarts” and maybe “political instincts,” Donald Trump is an ignorant dumbass. This still manages to be kind of shocking though, that he would fall for this stupid bullshit though and think Mike Tyson is seriously wearing a shirt with that slogan as a message of support for him. Even if maybe the blurry-grainy quality actually helps this pic look slightly more realistic than they usually do.

Far right Supreme Court Justice Samuel Alito on Wednesday continued to blame his wife for both pro-insurrection flag incidents at his homes and told Senate Dems Dick Durbin and Sheldon Whitehouse pretty much to go fuck themselves in response to their calls to recuse himself from deciding any cases related to fat former President Trump and/or the January 6th, 2021 Capitol riot.

“As I said in reference to the other flag event, my wife is an independently ‘minded private citizen. She makes her own decisions, andI honor her right to do so. Our vacation home was purchased with money she inherited from her parents and is titled in her name. It is a place, away from Washington, where she should be able to relax. A reasonable person who is not motivated by political or ideological considerations or a desire to affect the outcome of Supreme Court cases would conclude that this event does not meet the applicable standard for recusal. I am therefore duty-bound to reject your recusal request,” Alito wrote in the letter that of course did not say anything like “Hey, I’ll be happy to meet with you guys and try to smooth things over. What works for you next week?”

Israeli dictator Benjamin Netanyahu this week told a former Trump Admin shitbag-turned-radio host that he’s “surprised and disappointed” that President Biden is backing a GOP bill to sanction International Criminal Court officials over a potential arrest warrant for “Bibi,” Politico reports.

“The United States said that they would, in fact, back the sanctions bill,” Netanyahu says in the interview with former Trump State Department spokeswoman Morgan Ortagus. “I thought that was still the American position because there was bipartisan consensus just a few days ago. Now you say there’s a question mark and frankly I’m surprised and disappointed.” It’s becoming increasingly obvious that Netanyahu is simply prolonging the massacre of Gaza civilians to maximize strife and division between pro-and-anti-Israel liberals in the US to get Trump reelected, so fuck him.

Luling, Texas, already blessed as the home of the massive pagan temples of convenience known as Buc-ee’s, will soon become even more important to its rodent cartoon character-branded empire as the world’s largest location – a 75,000 sq ft behemoth will open on June 10th, KXAN reports.

“We are thrilled to open the doors to the world’s largest Buc-ee’s travel center right here in the Great State of Texas. It’s particularly exciting, considering this is the Buc-ee’s that started it all, so we are really looking forward to celebrating with the incredible people of Luling,” said Buc-ee’s co-founder Stan Beard in a statement proclaiming the New First Temple’s rise from the vast barrens.

“Ph’nglui mglw’nafh Buc-ee R’lyeh wgah’nagl fhtagn,” Beard may have said in an earlier draft.

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— Washington Examiner (@dcexaminer) May 29, 2024