“Not talkin’ ’bout the disaster at the border.  He’s not talkin’ about the disaster about law and order and safety and security in towns and cities all across the country.  He’s not talking about the struggling economy, the 60% of our fellow Americans who are living paycheck-to-paycheck, many Americans putting their bare necessities on their credit cards, that’s the only way they can make it every month,” gaslighting Trump advisor using his airtime to give free propaganda to the Trump campaign Sean Hannity says before he goes on to reinforce the false narrative by literally making something up about Biden not noticing Vice President Kamala Harris had been on stage.

But there’s a reason Biden didn’t address those thing in the public appearance Hannity highlighted:  it was a rally about healthcare coverage.  And Hannity wouldn’t like it if Biden talked about facts, like the growing economy and lowering crime.

The US Coast Guard called off the search and rescue effort for the six migrant workers missing after a cargo ship hit the Key Bridge in Baltimore, causing it to collapse into the Patapsco River, the New York Times reports.  A recovery effort, including divers from the state police, will begin in the morning.

The six men, all in their 30s and 40s, were migrants from El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras and Mexico working for a state contractor to fill potholes on the bridge.  Normal traffic on the bridge had largely been stopped after the captain of the Dali radioed a Mayday announcing the ship had lost power and was drifting toward the bridge support.

Missouri Senator Eric Schmitt on Tuesday said it’s fine that lots of MAGA dipshits believe whatever the hell they want to believe about the Baltimore bridge disaster because – and this is actually what he said – “this is an administration that weaponized the Department of Justice, tried to throw political opponents in jail, tried to throw him off the ballot, vast censorship enterprise to silence Americans who don’t buy into their narrative [about COVID bullshit], or the Hunter Biden laptop… I mean time and time again, Laura, these folks have viewed half the country as the enemy.”

Kari Lake has conceded in the defamation suit filed against her by a Maricopa County official who claimed Lake spread false information about him as part of a conspiracy regarding the 2022 election for Arizona Governor she lost, the Arizona Republic reports.

Lake filed a motion seeking a default judgment for Maricopa County Recorder Stephen Richer in part because she would have been forced to turn over information in discovery that would have worked against her defense in trial.  It also would not have helped her latest political grift, her campaign for a US Senate seat.

MSNBC Executive Producer Kyle Griffin reports that NBC News announced it will no longer retain former RNC Chair Ronna Romney McDaniel as a contributor for the network after backlash from the network’s journalists and viewers made it clear she retains significant credibility issues and stinks of Trump.

Disgraced former President Trump is receiving royalties from sales of the $59.99 “God Bless The USA Bible” he’s now hawking with country star Lee Greenwood, the New York Times reports

Texas MAGA Congressman Troy Nehls, a total cocksucker who has admitted repeatedly that he wanted Joe Biden to be impeached to help reelect fat former President Trump, confirmed in a statement Tuesday that he’s under investigation from the House Ethics Committee for some campaign finance scam.

Manhattan Judge Juan Merchan on Tuesday granted a request from DA Alvin Bragg’s office to slap disgraced former President Trump with a gag order ahead of his criminal trial on charges he paid pornstar Stormy Daniels $130,000 to stay quiet about their 45-second sexual encounter.

“ORDERED, that the People’s motion for a restriction on extrajudicial statements by the Defendant is GRANTED to the extent that Defendant is directed to refrain from the following: a. Making or directing others to make public statements about known or reasonably foreseeable witnesses concerning their potential participation in the investigation or in this criminal proceeding, b. Making or directing others to make public statements about (1) counsel in the case other than the District Attorney, (2) members of the court’s staff and the District Attorney’s staff, or (3) the family members of any counsel or staff member, if those statements are made with the intent to materially interfere with, or to cause others to materially interfere with, counsel’s or staff’s work in this criminal case, or with the knowledge that such interference is likely to result; and c. Making or directing others to make public statements about any prospective juror or any juror in this criminal proceeding. The foregoing constitutes the Decision and Order of the Court,” Merchan wrote in the order.

It’s not clear if Merchan was going to do it anyway (he probably was) but that it comes just hours after the fat fuck started in with the judge’s daughter certainly could not have helped.

Trump himself may not be aware yet, as just after the order dropped he posted “I’m not running to terminate the ACA, AS CROOKED JOE BUDEN DISINFORMATES AND MISINFORMATES ALL THE TIME, I’m running to CLOSE THE BORDER, STOP INFLATION, MAKE OUR ECONOMY GREAT, STRENGTHEN OUR MILITARY, AND” a whole bunch of other angry, all-caps bullshit.

“As officers and directors of CPAC, we are pleased to learn about the favorable conclusion of the litigation against CPAC and Matt Schlapp. The Board of Directors stands squarely behind Matt Schlapp as the leader of this organization. The left-wing media did not, of course, wait for the facts to come out and instead launched a character assassination campaign to destroy CPAC, Matt, and his family. CPAC is more resilient now than ever before, despite the constant rush to judgement and attacks from the left. CPAC’s financial position is also at a historic level of strength. Our team is focused, and morale is high. And our supporters remain exceptionally engaged, as evidenced by a sold-out conference just a month ago and meteoric rise in social media engagement.”

“With strong leadership and an engaged Board of Directors dedicated to taking back our country and returning America to her glory days, CPAC continues to be the vanguard of the conservative movement. We will use our resources to advance conservatism, but also to hold accountable so-called journalists who spread false stories to inflict harm on conservatives, their families, and their livelihoods,” writes the CPAC board, spiking the football on all the libs after they paid out God knows how much money to a man who credibly accused Schlapp of sexual assault.

Right before the far-right-wing propaganda cable station and site NewsMax made a push to dethrone its competition at Fox after the latter dared to report the true outcome of the 2020 election, it accepted a $50 million cash investment from a Qatari billionaire, enough to keep the then-struggling operation solvent, the Washington Post reports.  At the time of the investment, the market value of Newsmax was estimated to be between $100-200 million.

At the time of the purchase, Qatar faced embargo from many of its Middle Eastern neighbors for allegedly supporting terror groups throughout the region.  In various transactions in 2019 and 2020, Sheikh Sultan bin Jassim Al Thani used a London-based investment fund to finance the deal and after takeover, allegedly directed the network to broadcast more Qatari-friendly reports, perhaps in an attempt to sway the opinion of then-Oval Office occupant Donald Trump, who sided with those organizing the boycott.

NBC News executives are working on how to frame their announcement that former RNC Chairwoman Ronna Not-Romney’s four days with the network are coming to an end, Puck’s Dylan Byers reports, adding that McRomney is “seeking legal representation” already.

Various public figures and ordinary assholes alike across MAGA world on Tuesday struggled to figure out who and what to blame for the horrible accident that destroyed the Francis Scott Key bridge in Baltimore Harbor this early this morning. Here’s some of their initial brainstorming:

Nancy Mace said President Biden’s $1.2 trillion 2021 infrastructure bill is to blame because it was something something Green New Deal and not actual transportation projects. Sounds like bullshit.

“DA Bragg fought everyone about trying this ‘no crime’ case, but Crooked Joe Biden’s ‘Thugs’ pushed him to go forward, and pushed him hard. They wanted him to go after ME, Crooked’s Political Opponent. He just didn’t want to do it. They ended up sending Matthew Colangelo, Merrick Garland’s ‘right hand,'” …blah blah blah, a bunch of bullshit… “Now their hope is that Judge Juan Merchan, who should be recused, will pull them through. STOP THE STEAL!” posted fat former President Trump on Tuesday as he continued crying about having to go on trial in three weeks… amidst which he squeezed in an informercial for MAGAchurch Pastor Lee Greenwood’s “God Bless The USA Bible,” which costs $59.99, please allow up to 4-6 weeks for delivery.

Shitbag Trump minion Mike Roman, a lead coordinator of the fake 2020 electors scam and the fucker who exposed Fulton County, Georgia District Attorney Fani Willis’s relationship with her deputy Nathan Wade, was subpoenaed recently to speak to the state Attorney General’s office about the same crime in Arizona, ABC News reports. Accomplice Kenny Chesebro, who pleaded guilty in Georgia last year, was also interviewed, but showed up voluntarily without a subpoena.

Texas prosecutors on Tuesday dropped nearly nine year-old securities fraud charges against Picasso-faced Attorney General Ken Paxton in a non-plea deal requiring community service and a $300,000 fine, the Texas Tribune reports on another massive stain on the American justice system.

The US Supreme Court on Tuesday will hear arguments over a Texas MAGA federal judge’s batshit insane overturning of FDA approval of abortion drug mifepristone, used in nearly two-thirds of all US abortions last year. It’s the first major case in front of the court since the Dobbs decision.

“Judge Juan Merchan, a very distinguished looking man, is nevertheless a true and certified Trump Hater who suffers from a very serious case of Trump Derangement Syndrome. In other words, he hates me! His daughter is a senior executive at a Super Liberal Democrat firm that works for Adam ‘Shifty’ Schiff, the Democrat National Committee, (Dem)Senate Majority PAC, and even Crooked Joe Biden. He was recently the judge on an unrelated trial of a long term employee, elderly and not in good health. This judge treated him viciously, telling him either you cooperate or I’m putting you in jail for 15 years. He pled, and went to jail for very minor offenses, highly unusual, served 4 months in Rikers, and now they are after him again, this time for allegedly lying (doesn’t look like a lie to me!), and they threatened him again with 15 years if he doesn’t say something bad about ‘TRUMP.’ He is devastated and scared! These COUNTRY DESTROYING SCOUNDRELS & THUGS HAVE NO CASE AGAINST ME. WITCH HUNT!” writes fat former President Trump on Truth Social.

Well this will probably prompt Merchan to slap the fat fuck with a gag order pretty quickly. Donald also seems to be acutely afraid of ending up at Rikers, something not completely out of the realm of possibility if (really when) he acts up in court during the trial starting next month.

Top executives at NBC News will meet Tuesday to decide whether or not keeping failed former Republican National Committee Chairwoman Ronna Not-Romney McDaniel on the payroll is worth all the fucking grief they got for it, including from their own on-air talent, Variety reports.

Alcoholic shitbrain Rudy Giuliani was recently overheard at Mar-a-Lago complaining that his life has turned into a “nightmare world,” and “he wakes up everyday and can’t believe it’s real,” after having to declare bankruptcy following the $148 million judgment in the defamation case brought by former Georgia election workers Ruby Freeman and Shae Moss, New York Post Page Six reports.

The Post’s celberity gossip blotter staff wrote that they “hear that Trump himself was also at the same event, and that Giuliani stopped by Trump’s table briefly, our source said – despite the former mayor’s February claims in bankruptcy court that the Trump 2020 campaign and the Republican National Committee still owe him $2 million in legal fees.” We would’ve added that it’s like Rudy’s personal 9/11 except this time Trump isn’t even bothering to lie about helping the former NYC mayor out of the rubble that remains of his reputation, but maybe that’d be too tasteless even for the Post.