Putin's Poodles in D.C. Keep Helping Russian Aggression

The Pentagon has for months been blocking Ukraine from using U.S.-made long-range missiles to strike inside Russia, limiting Kyiv’s ability to hit targets deep behind enemy lines, The Wall Street Journal reported, citing U.S. officials.

A high-level approval process, kept under wraps until now, has prevented Ukraine from firing Army Tactical Missile Systems (ATACMS) against Russian territory since late spring. On at least one occasion, Ukraine sought clearance to use ATACMS but was denied, two officials told the paper.

The Demented Mango, the Couch Fucker Petey Kegstand always seem to do what they can to have Putin's back.

Fucking With ICE

One woman has an idea:

You can order them here.

JD Vance is Dumber Than a Box of Hammers; His Schools Should Revoke His Degrees

On Meet the Press, the Faux-Hillbilly Couch-Fucker said this: <br />

If you go back to World War II, if you go back to World War I, if you go back to every major conflict in human history, they all end with some kind of negotiation.

Oh, really.

OK, WWI technically ended by negotiation, in a one-sided treaty that was brought about because the German army was pretty much broken and the home front was increasingly in revolt.

Vance is a tool and not the sharpest one in the box.

Your Sunday Morning Prop Noise

Ops in Ireland.

Dumping American Software, Plus Putin's European Poodles

Hard on the heels of concerns about a killswitch in F-35s, Europeans are now worried about digital sovereignty.

Denmark's Minister of Digitalization, Caroline Stage, has announced that the Danish government will start moving away from Microsoft Office to LibreOffice. Why? It's not because open-source is better, although I would argue that it is, but because Denmark wants to claim "digital sovereignty." In the States, you probably haven't heard that phrase, but in the European Union, digital sovereignty is a big deal and getting bigger.

They didn't worry much about it before. But with Brain-Rotting Mangolini as our president, the U.S. has become an unreliable ally, if not an adversarial state, to European countries. It makes eminent sense for them to reduce reliance on American technological services. The article didn't mention Amazon's cloud service, but you can bet heavily that's also being eyed to be replaced.

Pissing off a bloc of about 350 million people in mostly-wealthy nations isn't smart business. But that's what this Administration, helmed by a dementia case with the impulse control of a toddler, is doing.

Also, some of Putin's useful idiots are squawking about being affected by the war:

Russian oil supplies to Hungary and Slovakia could be suspended for at least five days after a Ukrainian strike on a facility in Russia, Hungarian and Slovakian officials said on Aug 22, in a widening of the fallout of Russia’s war in Ukraine.
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EU members Slovakia and Hungary have maintained relations with Russian President Vladimir Putin and opposed sanctions against Russia that Ukraine says are vital to make Moscow drop unacceptable war demands. They also oppose the phase-out of Russian energy supplies via the Druzhba pipeline.

Awww, the Quisling Caucus in the EU isn't happy. Cue the violins.

Caturday

Chip is in kitty jail to preclude an escape attempt.

I Remember When Conservatives Were Bellyaching About "Government Motors"

President Donald Trump said that Intel has agreed to give the U.S. government a 10% stake in its business.

Speaking with reporters on Friday, Trump said the deal came out of a meeting last week with Intel CEO Lip Bu Tan — which came days after the president called for Tan to resign over his past ties to China.

“I said, I think it would be good having the United States as your partner,” Trump said. “He agreed, and they’ve agreed to do it.”

So now a far-right authoritarian wannabee is going in for state-owned enterprises.

And they call my side "socialistic". If Obama had forced Intel to cough up 10% of its shares to the USG, the Tea Party loons would have been protesting with their AR-15s, again. (H/T)

Because It's Friday

Guess Which Has Upset MAGA the Most? (plus more grifting of the faithful)

Changing Cracker Barrel's logo or Trump's continuing refusal to release the Epstein files?

Guess which?

Meanwhile, both the Orange Turd and Wifey #3's memecoins have done a good job at grifting the MAGA Morons.

Trump’s Nobel is Possible

If he got Russia to end its war on Ukraine and withdraw from all conquered territory, including Crimea, he'd be a shoo-in for the Peace Prize.

Other than that, not so much.

1-Adam-12, 1-Adam-12, 459, Silent Alarm, Suspect There Now

I took a Model 14 and a Model 15 to the range today.

The show used Model 14s for the first three seasons and Model 15s for the last four. These don't have custom grips.

On a sad note, I finally burned through the last of the Winchester White Box .38s that I bought when Walmart was running clearance sales before ceasing the sale of pistol ammunition.

Toting These Down, Here

The Level of Treason and Subservience to Russia Accelerates in the Trump Administration

First, there is symbolic:

US special envoy Steve Witkoff delivered a Russian medal to the grieving family of an American who was killed fighting for Russia in 2024, a senior administration official told CNN.

Imagine an American serving in the Luftwaffe being killed during the Battle of Britain. Imagine Hitler awarding the dead guy the Iron Cross and having Charles Lindberg hand-deliver it. That's the level of pro-Russian, anti-Western animus propelling our government these days.

Meanwhile, Russia's favorite American woman is busily neutering our intelligence community.

Every GOP senator is complicit in Trump's treason. And so is every person who voted for him. You clowns could successfully plead ignorance of who and what he is in 2016, but the only way you didn't know in 2024 was because of willful iggnorance.

Pirro Welcomes Militias to D.C.

Federal prosecutors in Washington, D.C. have been directed not to pursue felony charges against people caught carrying rifles or shotguns in the city, a dramatic departure from long-standing practice. The instruction, confirmed by US Attorney Jeanine Pirro in an email obtained by The Washington Post, follows guidance from the Justice Department and its solicitor general.

It does sound as though she's signalling that they're looking for another stupid punk-ass kid like Rittenhouse.

Fox News: All Trump's Lies, All the Time

One of the defamation cases is uncovering how much and how often Fox News in service of Trump. Their main function is to catapult the propaganda in favor of whatever the Rotten Mango is doing.

If you know someone who watches Fox, then you know that they either like being lied to or they are just gullible.

Trump Whitewashes Slavery

President Donald Trump on Tuesday confirmed the White House is conducting a review of the Smithsonian museums and expressed frustration over their portrayal of dark parts of America's history, including slavery.

"The Smithsonian is OUT OF CONTROL, where everything discussed is how horrible our Country is, how bad Slavery was, and how unaccomplished the downtrodden have been -- Nothing about Success, nothing about Brightness, nothing about the Future," Trump wrote on his social media platform.

He seems to be one of those right-wing morons who think that the slaves enjoyed being whipped and raped. It's the same shit that one might expect, as he honors traitors.

Meanwhile, Avaricious McRapeyman seems to now be wondering if he can buy his way into Heaven after a lifetime of evil deeds.

Crapping These Down, Here

It's always projection with the Trump clan. 

They accuse people of doing what they're doing (and haven't been caught yet).

Trump: Poland Started the Second World War

I'm pretty sure that's what he would say if he were to be asked who started the war, because he keeps blaming Ukraine for being invaded by Russia.

On the one hand, he's got the mind of a sexual predator, who blames his victim for his having to rape them.

On the other hand, he's clearly slipping far into dementia, since he believes that he has to have a license plate in order to vote.

But you won't see shit about that on the networks or in the press. Because they're basically the Vichy press, pretending everything is normal while a dictator does his thing.

Also, this, because the Orange Dementia Case, Bribe-Taking Barbie and Krazy Ka$h are taking FBI agents from serious cases to do streetwalking in D.C. and harass politicians:

"Vladimir, I Need Instructions!"

US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin spoke after Trump paused his meeting with Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelensky and other European leaders on Monday, a source familiar with the matter told CNN.

He must of had to check in with his boss.

Need further proof that Trump is a rapist? Rapists always blame their victims for being raped. Trump blames Ukraine for being invaded.

The Krasnov Files

Someone asked Grok what would have happened in Alaska if Trump was a Russian asset.

This is the scenario. Seems accurate.

The Russians Know

Trump has turned the United States into a Russian client states.

From Russia Today's Telegram channel, this morning

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— Anne Applebaum (@anneapplebaum.bsky.social) August 18, 2025 at 7:12 AM

He has surrendered his administration to Russia. Everything he has done and is doing is guided by the idea of weakening America and making Russia and, by default, China, the powers of the 21st Century.

I don't know what hold Putin has over him, but it has to be something really, really bad.

And if you voted for him, you're complicit.

Beating These Down, Here.

I have a lot for today, so let's get this posted and running!

Maybe Putin Has the Epstein Files

...with video, to boot.

That would explain a lot about Trump donning his kneepads in Alaska.

European Leaders to Meet With Russia’s Representative in Washington

European leaders including Britain’s Keir Starmer will join Ukraine’s president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, at a White House meeting on Monday with Donald Trump, in a coordinated effort to push back on a US-endorsed “peace plan” that would allow Russia to take further Ukrainian territory.

The UK prime minister, the French president, Emmanuel Macron, Germany’s chancellor, Friedrich Merz, the European Commission president, Ursula von der Leyen, the Finnish president, Alexander Stubb, and Italy’s prime minister, Giorgia Meloni, will all accompany Zelenskyy in the Oval Office.

The European leaders have better memories of what happens when you cede land to an aggressive dictator who is bent on territorial expansion. Trump's so-called plan is nothing more than a surrender plan. Because Trump, of course, being both an acolyte of Hitler and a lacky of Putin, is on the side of the aggressive dictator.

Also, very much this:

Your Sunday Morning OSH Noise

You'll see a Champion Lancer, probably the only twin with a single-engine ceiling below sea level.

What Does Putin Have on Trump?

One meeting and he's spouting Russian talking points.

Donald Trump will back a plan to cede unoccupied Ukrainian territory to Russia to secure an end to the war between the two countries, it was reported on Saturday, after details of his post-summit call with European leaders leaked out.

Trump told European leaders that he believed a peace deal could be negotiated if the Ukrainian president, Volodymyr Zelenskyy, agreed to give up the Donbas region, which Russian invaders have not been able to seize in over three years of fighting, the New York Times reported, citing to two senior European officials.

Nothing about a ceasefire, about sanctions. He is the best negotiator since Chamberlain gave Czechoslovakia to the Nazis. Probably worse, because Hitler didn't own Chamberlain as Putin owns Trump.

Or it took one face-to-face meeting for Putin to remind Trump that Putin has the mortgage on his fat ass.

Baked Alaska Amateur Hour

Idiot Trump staffies made copies of summit schedules and protocol mattrrs in the printer at a hotel in Anchorage.

This is what happens when the only quality necessary to get hired in that shop is loyalty to the Orange-Faced Hair Furor.

Caturday

Chip didn't like this little house, so it went down the road.

Trump Got Played, Bigly

And even Fox News can't hide it.

Fox News Reporter Jacqui Heinrich: The way that it felt in the room was not good. It did not seem like things went well. And it seemed like Putin came in and steam rolled, got right into what he wanted to say and got his photo next to the president and then left

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— Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social) August 15, 2025 at 7:32 PM

Color me both "unsurprised" and "disappointed". Maybe it was unrealistic as fuck to hope that Trump migt, for once, actually pull off a good result.

But here we are. All he produced was hype, spin and bullshit.

Same Shit, Different Day.

Demented or Drunk. Choose One.

Trump struggled to walk in a straight line as he went to greet Putin

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— MeidasTouch (@meidastouch.com) August 15, 2025 at 3:40 PM

Heiling These Down, Here

Trump is a shitheel and he has no qualms about showing that.