Lowering the Bar
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Legal humor. Seriously.
By Kevin Underhill
By Kevin Underhill
Completely insane
REPORTER: Do you commit to not militarily engaging NATO partners?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
TRUMP: I don't talk about that
REPORTER: You're not willing to commit to not attacking a NATO partner?
January 17, 2026 at 5:24 PM
Completely insane
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From @jamellebouie.net: “All occupations resemble one another in some way, and it is striking to read descriptions and accounts of the occupation of Boston in light of events in Minnesota.”
January 17, 2026 at 4:46 PM
From @jamellebouie.net: “All occupations resemble one another in some way, and it is striking to read descriptions and accounts of the occupation of Boston in light of events in Minnesota.”
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Do you know why you've heard of the Boston Massacre? Because in 1768, when the British military began occupying Boston, Bostonians syndicated a "Journal of Occurrences" in newspapers around the country to help Americans understand what abuse of power looks like. By the 1770s, readers understood.
January 16, 2026 at 3:23 AM
Do you know why you've heard of the Boston Massacre? Because in 1768, when the British military began occupying Boston, Bostonians syndicated a "Journal of Occurrences" in newspapers around the country to help Americans understand what abuse of power looks like. By the 1770s, readers understood.
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A downside to literally no one in this Administration understanding basic economics is that "we're going to raise tariffs until you give up Greenland" is the econ version of "I'm going to repeatedly kick myself in the testicles until you do what I want"
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
Trump: NATO members to face tariffs increasing to 25% until a Greenland purchase deal is struck
Trump recently hinted that he may pursue a tariff strategy on Greenland similar to the one he used to force foreign countries to change their drug prices.
www.cnbc.com
January 17, 2026 at 5:06 PM
A downside to literally no one in this Administration understanding basic economics is that "we're going to raise tariffs until you give up Greenland" is the econ version of "I'm going to repeatedly kick myself in the testicles until you do what I want"
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
www.cnbc.com/2026/01/17/t...
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This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
January 16, 2026 at 5:28 PM
This makes me feel more patriotic than the national anthem ever could
Sure, there’s the way that makes sense mathematically and is based on facts and rational thought, and the other way. Who’s to say which is better?
Trump: We are bringing medicine down by many times -- and there are two ways of calculating, you could say 1000%, 2000%, or 90% or 80%. The Democrats want you to say 90 or 80, but there are two ways of calculating it
January 16, 2026 at 3:56 PM
Sure, there’s the way that makes sense mathematically and is based on facts and rational thought, and the other way. Who’s to say which is better?
Right? Her job is literally to bear false witness.
January 16, 2026 at 3:52 PM
Right? Her job is literally to bear false witness.
It really does seem like satire. “Yes, I know they’re shooting innocent people in the face but I am appalled by your expletive-laden signage.”
January 16, 2026 at 3:50 PM
It really does seem like satire. “Yes, I know they’re shooting innocent people in the face but I am appalled by your expletive-laden signage.”
The amount and scale of the lying is just astounding. Total gaslighting.
”They agreed to discuss giving us Greenland.”
“Uh, excuse me, Danish prime minister here, no we did not.”
“Thank you for Greenland!”
“We will never give you that.”
“Already did.”
“You are mentally ill.”
”They agreed to discuss giving us Greenland.”
“Uh, excuse me, Danish prime minister here, no we did not.”
“Thank you for Greenland!”
“We will never give you that.”
“Already did.”
“You are mentally ill.”
White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt says the Danes agreed to form a working group to discuss the surrender of Greenland to Trump. "No we didn't" says the Danish foreign minister, indeed "there will be no discussion of turnover." www.berlingske.dk/indland/det-...
Det Hvide Hus: Arbejdsgruppe skal drøfte »erhvervelsen af Grønland« – Løkke afviser
Onsdagens møde og NATO-allieredes styrker i Grønland ændrer ikke Trumps ambitioner om, at USA skal erhverve Grønland, lyder det torsdag aften fra Det Hvide Hus.
www.berlingske.dk
January 16, 2026 at 3:36 PM
The amount and scale of the lying is just astounding. Total gaslighting.
”They agreed to discuss giving us Greenland.”
“Uh, excuse me, Danish prime minister here, no we did not.”
“Thank you for Greenland!”
“We will never give you that.”
“Already did.”
“You are mentally ill.”
”They agreed to discuss giving us Greenland.”
“Uh, excuse me, Danish prime minister here, no we did not.”
“Thank you for Greenland!”
“We will never give you that.”
“Already did.”
“You are mentally ill.”
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Look at this absolute queen
January 16, 2026 at 12:22 PM
Look at this absolute queen
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“the visual evidence shows no indication that the agent who fired the shots, Jonathan Ross, had been run over…. It also establishes — millisecond by millisecond — how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
Video Analysis of ICE Shooting Sheds Light on Contested Moments
www.nytimes.com
January 16, 2026 at 11:51 AM
“the visual evidence shows no indication that the agent who fired the shots, Jonathan Ross, had been run over…. It also establishes — millisecond by millisecond — how Mr. Ross put himself in a dangerous position near her vehicle in the first place.”
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
www.nytimes.com/2026/01/15/v...
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Guillotines
"A fellow detainee says he witnessed Geraldo Lunas Campos being choked to death by guards at an ICE detention center in Texas on Jan. 3."
SCOOP from Douglas Macmillan
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
Medical examiner believes death of man in ICE custody was homicide, recording says
www.washingtonpost.com/immigration/...
January 15, 2026 at 11:02 PM
Guillotines
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Lawmakers from both parties consider the Justice Department’s piecemeal release of files so far to be wholly inadequate to what the law requires. They’re not treating it as a small thing, either. Good.
Hey. Remember the Epstein Files?
Congress’s legal fight with the administration is far from over.
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January 16, 2026 at 2:00 AM
Lawmakers from both parties consider the Justice Department’s piecemeal release of files so far to be wholly inadequate to what the law requires. They’re not treating it as a small thing, either. Good.
Right—in their view, there is no limit on their ability to kidnap or even kill citizens, let alone non-citizens. Pretty soon they won’t even bother to lie about the reasons. This is how it works. They’ll stop when forced to stop. Not before.
"If, as Noem said on Thursday, the administration’s view is that anyone 'surrounding' any person involved in a Kavanaugh stop can have their citizenship questioned — a Kavanaugh stop once removed, if you will — then virtually anyone in the U.S. could find themselves subject to a Kavanaugh stop."
Noem says that virtually anyone could face a Kavanaugh stop
Trump started off the day with an Insurrection Act threat. DHS Sec. Noem followed up by saying that anyone "surrounding" any DHS target has to prove their legal status.
www.lawdork.com
January 16, 2026 at 5:18 AM
Right—in their view, there is no limit on their ability to kidnap or even kill citizens, let alone non-citizens. Pretty soon they won’t even bother to lie about the reasons. This is how it works. They’ll stop when forced to stop. Not before.
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He looks like a 79-year-old Make-A-Wish kid
January 16, 2026 at 2:46 AM
He looks like a 79-year-old Make-A-Wish kid
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‘Unconstitutional conspiracy’: Judge slams Trump administration over targeted deportations
‘Unconstitutional conspiracy’: Judge slams Trump administration over targeted deportations
A Reagan appointee pointedly rebuked decisions by Trump, Rubio and Noem.
dlvr.it
January 16, 2026 at 3:51 AM
‘Unconstitutional conspiracy’: Judge slams Trump administration over targeted deportations
The Nobel committee already said that’s not how it works.
If somebody gives Trump his Heisman Trophy that doesn’t make Trump a Heisman winner.
If somebody gives Trump his Heisman Trophy that doesn’t make Trump a Heisman winner.
January 15, 2026 at 9:47 PM
The Nobel committee already said that’s not how it works.
If somebody gives Trump his Heisman Trophy that doesn’t make Trump a Heisman winner.
If somebody gives Trump his Heisman Trophy that doesn’t make Trump a Heisman winner.
If you disagree with them that proves you’re biased and your opinion isn’t valid.
“Why was Renee Good unfortunately and tragically killed?” Leavitt asked.
“You’re asking me my opinion? Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably,” The Hill’s Niall Stanage said.
“Oh, OK, so you’re a biased reporter with a left-wing opinion." trib.al/8nozEl6
“You’re asking me my opinion? Because an ICE agent acted recklessly and killed her unjustifiably,” The Hill’s Niall Stanage said.
“Oh, OK, so you’re a biased reporter with a left-wing opinion." trib.al/8nozEl6
Karoline Leavitt Gets Hysterical After Simple Question on ICE
The White House press secretary crashed out after a reporter asked her about ICE and the killing of Renee Good in Minneapolis.
trib.al
January 15, 2026 at 9:44 PM
If you disagree with them that proves you’re biased and your opinion isn’t valid.
A lot of them are demanding that you retire in favor of somebody who will DO SOMETHING
Schumer as a major American metro is being brutally occupied by Trump goons: "The affordability crisis will be our focus throughout 2026 because that's what the American people are demanding"
January 15, 2026 at 4:02 PM
A lot of them are demanding that you retire in favor of somebody who will DO SOMETHING
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that wasn’t his stench
January 15, 2026 at 1:22 AM
The greatest trick the Devil ever pulled was convincing the world that wasn’t his stench
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Yes
A competent opposition political party would cut together the footage of what ICE had been doing in the twin cities with Mike Johnson saying "ICE is doing what ICE is designed to do" and have it in ads all across the country
Mike Johnson comes out against additional guardrails on ICE as Democrats call for it.
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
“I think there's a lot of Democrats playing games right now with national security and with law enforcement. And I think it's dangerous. Ice is doing what ice is designed to do by its very name.”
January 15, 2026 at 1:12 AM
Yes
The video shows he was never even touched by her car. Just a complete bald-faced lie to protect a murderer.
January 15, 2026 at 1:16 AM
The video shows he was never even touched by her car. Just a complete bald-faced lie to protect a murderer.
“You subjects must cease obstructing us, that’s why we massacred those people in Boston,” the redcoat said.
Helpful locals then gave him directions to Lexington and Concord.
Helpful locals then gave him directions to Lexington and Concord.
“The ICE agent who had pepper sprayed into the vents of my car said ‘you guys gotta stop obstructing us, that’s why that lesbian b—— is dead,’ verbatim, speaking of Renee Good. Which filled me with absolute rage and shock...”
Via @jcollins.bsky.social's report buff.ly/6kapH0C
Via @jcollins.bsky.social's report buff.ly/6kapH0C
www.mprnews.org
January 15, 2026 at 1:11 AM
“You subjects must cease obstructing us, that’s why we massacred those people in Boston,” the redcoat said.
Helpful locals then gave him directions to Lexington and Concord.
Helpful locals then gave him directions to Lexington and Concord.
Plus intervening on *behalf* of protesters sets a bad precedent. Hurts thug morale here at home.
Trump says killings in Iran subsiding as experts warn on military intervention reut.rs/3YFPphE
Trump says killings in Iran subsiding as experts warn on military intervention
The president did not rule out potential U.S. military action.
reut.rs
January 15, 2026 at 1:01 AM
Plus intervening on *behalf* of protesters sets a bad precedent. Hurts thug morale here at home.
But you’ll like this case, where class members were only getting gift cards—for the same store that allegedly cheated them—and so the judge said their lawyer had to get paid in gift cards too. Didn’t last, but I liked it.
www.loweringthebar.net/2010/02/repr...
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Censure for Judge Who Ordered Attorney Be Paid In Gift Cards, Like Class Members
Last year, Los Angeles County Judge Brett Klein was presented with a proposed class-action settlement in which the plaintiffs' attorney would get $125,000, but class members would get only a $…
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January 15, 2026 at 12:50 AM
But you’ll like this case, where class members were only getting gift cards—for the same store that allegedly cheated them—and so the judge said their lawyer had to get paid in gift cards too. Didn’t last, but I liked it.
www.loweringthebar.net/2010/02/repr...
www.loweringthebar.net/2010/02/repr...