I wish there were words to express what a weasel Karoline Leavitt is. I have tried, in the past, but I could only tell so much of the tale in one post.
16 Weird Project 2025 Secret Training Video: The Art of Professionalism
The watchword for today is “fatuous”. These two entirely unprofessional stiffs define everything in terms of itself, and clearly have no idea what “emotional intelligence” is supposed to mean. Also watch out for “bushwah”, with doses of bogosity, Dunning-Krugeritis, Cognitive Dissonance, self-congratulation…
In this video, Chris Hayes [NOT the fiercely Progressive MSNBC host] and Karoline Leavitt discuss tenets of how to act with professionalism while serving in government.
Hayes worked for the Leadership Institute, a think tank that offers leadership and management resources for the conservative movement.
Rabidly Repellent Republicans Rushing to Ruin/Bad News for Them
Congress passed the Corporate Transparency Act. Trump vetoed it. Congress overrode his veto on a bipartisan vote. So Trump has decided to simply not enforce the law. I do not understand the role of Congress anymore. I guess they just make suggestions?
Treasury Scales Back Scrutiny of U.S. Shell Companies
The Trump administration will not enforce reporting requirements of the 2021 Corporate Transparency Act, which was intended to crack down on money laundering.
Palate Cleanser/Brain Bleach
Sandy Owen – Rock ‘n Boogie
Regular Good News
- Brighter Side
- Chop Wood Carry Water/Jess Craven
- Civil Eats
- Drop Site
- Fix The News
- Good News by Good Good Good
- The Good News Network: Positive Stories 24/7
- Hopium Chronicles/Simon Rosenberg
- Media Matters for America
- Migrant Insider
Killing the Defiance Act — the Disrupt Explicit Forged Images and Non-Consensual Edits Act — is a choice by House GOP leaders, not an accident. The bill is straightforward, uncomplicated, non-controversial, creating a federal civil right of action for people whose likenesses are turned into AI-generated sexual forgeries: a minimum of $150,000 in liquidated damages, $250,000 if the forgery is tied to assault or stalking, the right to sue under a pseudonym, a decade to discover the harm and still sue over it.
IOW, Mike Johnson is a pedophile protector.
- MoveOn
- RAPPLER | Philippine & World News | Investigative Journalism
- Really American
BREAKING: Sailors Jump Overboard to Escape Trump’s War as His Ballroom Hits $900M
Aug 12, 2026
Good evening, this is Really American. It is Wednesday, August 12, 2026. We have some horrifying news to bring you about the US Navy sailors caught in the middle of Trump’s Iran War, plus we just exposed how much his White House construction is really costing.
- Reasons to be Cheerful
- Robert Reich
- States Newsroom
- The Atlantic
- The Contrarian
- The Optimist Daily
- The Parnas Perspective | Aaron Parnas
NEWS: Trump Left Miller Behind for Natalie Harp, MyPillow Guy Humiliated, $900M Funneled to White House Renovation, ICE Buys Shock Gloves
When Trump secretly left Turkey via catering truck last month amid an Iranian assassination threat, he was accompanied by loyalist aides Dan Scavino, Natalie Harp, and Walt Nauta, but no Cabinet officials, notably not Secretary of State Marco Rubio, though Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ended up boarding the smaller decoy plane separately and appeared to be the senior-most official aboard. The rest of the senior staff, military personnel, Secret Service, and press pool remained on the original Air Force One, which the White House had deemed too risky yet still let carry reporters.
ICE plans to spend up to $20 million by March on thousands of “Glove” devices, electric-shock gloves made by Compliant Technologies LLC of Lexington, Kentucky, according to a DHS notice published Monday. The manufacturer says the gloves deliver a painful shock directly to skin that brings people into compliance in under three seconds without leaving burns or scars, and markets them as a “humane, low-optics, de-escalation solution,” though they’ve previously been used mainly in jail settings.
- The Progress Network
- Thom Hartmann
- Uplifting News
- Upworthy
- USA TODAY
- Waging Nonviolence
Science! Lifeforms! Weirdness (Legitimate or Stupid)!
Funny or Fuggedaboudit
Yes, this is correct. I was supposed to be ordering basil from the grocery store three hours ago. I just now stopped and did that.
Funny Music
Roger Miller – Trouble On The Turnpike
Timothy Snyder’s On Tyranny Lessons
- Do Not Obey in Advance
- Defend Institutions
- Beware the One-Party System
- Take Responsibility for the Face of the World
- Remember Professional Ethics
- Be Wary of Paramilitaries
- Be Reflective if You Must Own a Gun
- Stand Out (this means, speak up, even when others do not)
- Be Kind to Our Language
- Believe in Truth
- Investigate
- Make Eye Contact and Small Talk
- Practice Corporeal Politics
- Establish a Private Life
- Contribute to Good Causes
- Learn from Peers in Other Countries
- Listen for Dangerous Words
- Be Calm When the Unthinkable Arrives
- Be a Patriot
- Be as Courageous as You Can.