Suppressing News of Troop Casualties Is a Bad Omen for DonOld's 'Big Iran Armageddon Adventure'

It's been stated multiple times on the pages of this shitty little blog.

If they would seek to deceive us about life and death matters of this type, in this case - US troop casualties, then it stands to reason that they will lie to us about nearly anything and everything: 

 

Link:  Hidden Pentagon data reveals 70 US casualties in a single day of Trump's Iran war - Raw Story

 

"The Pentagon never told the public that 70 American troops were wounded in a single day during President Donald Trump's Iran war, according to newly obtained records.

The War Horse obtained the records through a Freedom of Information Act request — a demand for government documents — covering the first six weeks of the war, from Feb. 28 through April 8.

The data logged more than 400 casualties in that window and included details the Pentagon's public system has never provided — each service member's branch, rank, injury type, and the date they were wounded, the War Horse reported.

Head trauma was the most common injury by far, accounting for at least 170 cases, according to the War Horse. Troops also suffered shrapnel wounds, broken bones, and smoke inhalation.

Army soldiers made up most of the casualties — more than 270 troops, roughly one-third of them reservists — along with 64 officers, the War Horse reported.

The single largest casualty day in the data came on March 18, roughly 24 hours after a U.S.-Israeli airstrike killed Ali Larijani, a senior Iranian political figure, the War Horse reported.

Seventy casualties were recorded that day, according to the data. More than two dozen were classified as resulting from enemy attack. The Pentagon never announced the toll."

  

How do you keep a populace from finding out you are losing a war that you foolishly and recklessly started against the wiser advice of military and intel experts?

Well, hiding troop casualties would be one place to start.

 

 

---TFG

Drumpf's 'Psychophant' Treasury Secretary is a Shameless Bullshit Artist

Drumpf's cartoon villain character Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent says Americans shouldn't bother to plan for retirement savings because Elon Musk and his AI products are going to guarantee an "abundance" of wealth that will magically trickle down equitably to all Americans providing all with comfortable living in our golden years:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link:  Bessent says Americans won't need retirement savings: 'Elon's so far ahead of the curve' - Raw Story 

 

"Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent told Fox News host Sean Hannity on Monday night that he agrees with Elon Musk's prediction that artificial intelligence will produce so much abundance that Americans won't need to save for retirement.

The exchange, flagged online by journalist Aaron Rupar, came when Hannity asked Bessent whether he believed Musk's claim that AI-driven wealth would make traditional retirement savings unnecessary.

"I do, but I think I would change the timeline," Bessent said. "I've seen Elon speak for a long time and he is — look, his record speaks for itself in terms, as an inventor, as a venture capitalist, as a great American. He's normally early. He's just so far ahead of the curve. He sees things that no one else sees. But I do think we are building this incredible economy that we can't even imagine.""

  

These Trump administration guys are all such bullshit con artists.  And Scott Bessent has to be one of the slicker, smarmier ones of the execrable bunch.

I mean seriously - who but the MAGA dolts believe that the world's wealthy elites are going to use AI to create a near-future economic utopia where Americans will no longer have to worry about planning and saving money for their retirements?

This idea that Elon and his wealthy techbro friends are going to create this magical AI economic utopia for us all if only we will trust them and give them free, unregulated reign to use their AI products any way they wish across our society is as laughable and believable as MuskRat's claim there will be colonies of humans on Mars in the next 20 years.

And then people wonder why our nation is drowning in debt, is throwing millions of Americans off of healthcare, taking food away from poor kids, trying to eliminate Medicaid and Medicare, and refusing to do anything about strengthening the Social Security Trust Fund which will start running into the red and be forced to cut SS benefits within the next 5-6 years.

This is the end result of putting clowns, charlatans, and grifters like Scott Bessent into high-level positions with power and influence over the implementation of US economic policy in government.

You get a three-ring circus that protects and expands the already rapidly expanding wealth of the elites while gaslighting and preying on the non-elites.

And that is how we arrived at the point where the current US Secretary of the Treasury is pimping futuristic AI pablum to the dumb and gullible while the person who employs him rakes in billions from the safe and comfy interior confines of the American people's White House.

 

 

 

---TFG

A Plea to American's Sense of Duty and Patriotism From a Former Drumpf Lawyer

Drumpf's former White House Counsel calls for his immediate impeachment and removal from office for a multitude of "high crimes." 

 

 

Drumpf's accomplices in the MAGA-controlled Congress will never allow that to occur while they control the House of course.

And that is why Elmo is plowing gobs of his own billions into buying himself more Republican seats in Congress so that the corrupt GOP can maintain their majority and continue enabling the criminal-in-chief.

 

 

 

 

---TFG

Elmo Tries to Buy A Government to Keep Himself Off The Congressional Investigations Radar

Wash, rinse, repeat cycle.

 

Link:  Money usually wins elections. Billionaires have already poured $433 million into the 2026 midterms—and 80% of it is going to Republicans

 

"American billionaires have already poured more than $433 million into the 2026 midterms, and nearly 80 cents of every dollar is backing Republicans.

That’s according to an analysis released by the Americans for Tax Fairness (ATF), a progressive advocacy group, which examined Federal Election Commission data through March 1. The group found the 50 biggest-spending billionaire families had funneled $344.3 million, or about 79%, to Republican candidates and conservative organizations. 

The pro-Trump super PAC MAGA Inc. was the single largest beneficiary, pulling in $89 million, followed by America PAC ($45.3 million), Senate Leadership Fund ($36.3 million), and Congressional Leadership Fund ($30 million), all of which support Republican candidates. 

The biggest individual donor, unsurprisingly, is Elon Musk. The world’s richest person (and first trillionaire) had committed almost $71 million to Republican midterm efforts as of ATF’s count, followed by Wall Street financier Jeff Yass at more than $55 million."

 

It should not be surprising at this stage to hear that the same 'Epstein Files' alumni, immigrant billionaire who poured hundreds of millions of his ill-deserved wealth into the 2024 presidential campaign of a twice-impeached convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and confidant of Jeffrey Epstein, is now, along with other morally bankrupt billionaires, pouring hundreds of millions of his and their own cash once again in to this November's US midterms elections, with 80% of that cash going to the political party currently in power that has been actively aiding and abetting the cover up of the Epstein files pedophilia ring and DonOld Drumpf's involvement in it.

Do the math kids. 

A criminal Pedo ring among American elites + 💲💲💲💲+ CORRUPTION = COVERUP 

 

 

---TFG

In Demonizing Blue-voting Americans and Their Communities, Drumpf Signals His Dictator Intentions

JfC... words truly and decisively fail.

I mean - this should put a resounding STFU! end to the mewling chuds who keep whining about dangerous "rhetoric" coming from those on the left, and by 'left,' I mean anyone to the left of MAGA:

 

Link:  Post by @atrupar.com — Bluesky

 

He is talking about American cities populated by American citizens of all manner of political affiliations, all manner of religious faiths, all types of economic and educational backgrounds,  and of course, all types of ethnic and cultural backgrounds, which is what Drumpf's real peeve is, huh?

And just because these American citizens who reside in these American "Blue cities" as Drumpf refers to them, often tend to vote for Democrats, King Drumpf has declared these cities to be "dirty" cities that are in need of federal cleansing.

The filthy old fascist's messaging is pretty clear here, not to mention sardonically ironic.

Blue (Democratic-run) cities and states are "dirty," as are the American citizens residing therein presumably, and the guy who is at the center of a massive, coordinated, ongoing effort to cover up an extensive pedophilia ring among some very wealthy, powerful VIP people in this country, and internationally as well (Prince Andrew for ie.), and the guy who has repeatedly stated he wants to be America's first 'dictator' wants to be the one to clean up all those "dirty" "Blue cities."

Can you imagine that? 

Fuck Donald Trump.  25th Amendment.  Impeachment.  Those are the two immediate, available solutions to ending this madness and putting a merciful stop to this America-hating, despot wannabe's desire to tear this country apart and pit American against American.  Short of that, we are stuck waiting for the arterial plaque buildup in a five-foot eleven inch 300 pound pig whose idea of fine dining is KFC, Big Macs and French Fries to finally catch up to him.

Seriously though - Fuck Donald Trump.

 

 

---TFG

I Wonder How The Decision to Re-elect a Mobster as POTUS in 2024 is Working Out?

Meanwhile, on the economic home front, you will never ever ever get DonOld's MAGA supporters to admit the obvious, namely that Drumpf has screwed them over economically much, much worse than Biden's policies and management of the economy, which was improving when he left office, could ever have done: 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

And those numbers above are only going to get worse and DonOld's 'Big Iran Armageddon Adventure' spins further out of control and inflicting long-term damage on world energy markets, damage which will eventually make the above price differences feel comforting compared to what's coming if Drumpf's Iran boondoggle implodes.

 

 

 

---TFG

Donald and Todd Join Forces to "Derail" Discovery of the 'Epstein Files' Horrors That Implicate Donald

It will never ceasing being mind-boggling that in the year 2026, President Donald Trump and his personal criminal defense attorney, an individual whom the POTUS is cynically attempting to install as the country's highest law enforcement official, are eyeballs deep and actively involved in a coordinated effort to hide the truth about Trump's pedophilia problem from the American public:

 

Link:  Blanche-led DoJ likely to derail Epstein survivors’ pursuit of justice, experts say | Jeffrey Epstein | The Guardian

 

"As Donald Trump’s former defense lawyer Todd Blanche appears poised for confirmation as attorney general, numerous Jeffrey Epstein survivors have sounded the alarm that a US justice department helmed by him would derail their pursuit of justice.

In a letter urging Republican senators Thom Tillis and John Cornyn to reject his nomination, these survivors said that Blanche’s handling of the Epstein case as acting attorney general was characterized by misstep after misstep.

Legal veterans told the Guardian that a Blanche-led DoJ would likely derail survivors’ efforts for accountability. Several survivors’ advocates said that all hope was not lost, noting that roadblocks likely under Blanche did not portend a permanent impediment to justice."

 

Blanche and Drumpf haven been breaking the law by refusing to release the more than three million remaining documents from the 'Epstein Files' as they were MANDATED to do so by Congress's passing of the Epstein Files Transparency Act last November.

Drumpf and Blanche remain in violation of that law as this post is written.

It's just gob-smacking to me that the President of the United States is colluding with his personal criminal defense lawyer to essentially defy the law, and bury any and all investigations of likely child sex crimes committed by that POTUS and half the country seems to be ok with it.

But this is what Republican voters chose.  This is the kind of corruption Republicans voters have been consciously choosing for the past decade.

I mean, in 2024, Republican voters had a choice between a black woman who had an impeccable career in law enforcement and public service, or a twice-impeached convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and a suspected child rapist. 

Republican voters opted for the twice-impeached convicted felon, adjudicated rapist, and suspected child rapist.  That is the whole story.  That is the whole 'moral values' ball game right there.

That vote alone, in that election, will always be the loud public confession by those who cast a vote for Donald Trump that their very own conservative world is devoid of values that could even remotely be considered 'moral,' and that they really only give a shit about themselves and their 'own kind.'

In other words, they are still the same shitty citizens, and same shitty human beings who voted for the guy who openly confessed to serially sexually assaulting women at random in 2016.

 

 

---TFG

Drumpf's Continued Presence In Washington Sickens Americans In More Ways Than One

When the manifestly unqualified POTUS DonOld Drumpf chose a manifestly unqualified, anti-vaccine nut job and former heroin and cocaine addict with a worm-eaten brain who has a fetish for collecting animal road-kill carcasses as the person to oversee and safeguard the public health of 330 million Americans, who on God's earth could have predicted that we would see a resurgence of the previously eliminated disease of Measles and tens of thousands of Americans sickened by food-borne illnesses across the country?

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Link:  Salmonella outbreak tied to eggs sickens 98 | AP News 

 

"WASHINGTON (AP) — Nearly 100 people in 17 states have been sickened in a salmonella outbreak tied to recalled eggs, federal health officials said Friday.

The 98 people had illnesses that started between Nov. 21 and June 30, according to the U.S. Food and Drug Administration. No deaths have been reported, but 26 people have been hospitalized.

Investigators have determined that shell eggs recalled by Midwest Poultry Services are a likely source of the germ, but the Indiana-based company doesn’t account for all the illnesses.

Midwest Poultry previously recalled eggs produced and distributed from farms in Texas between June 6 and July 3. The eggs were sold under several brand names and have sell-by or best-by dates between July 20 and Aug. 17.

Among the stores that received the recalled eggs were Kroger stores in Texas and Louisiana and Brookshire Grocery stores in Texas, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, New Mexico and Mississippi."

 

What is the glaringly obvious moral of the story here?

Don't hire a manifestly unqualified, anti-vaccine nut job and former heroin and cocaine addict with a worm-eaten brain who has a fetish for collecting animal road-kill carcasses as the person to oversee and safeguard the public health of 330 million Americans.

That sounds reasonable, doesn't it?

 

 

 

---TFG

A Lifelong Criminal Fraudster is Hiding $13 Billion in Pilfered Cash - It's Business As Usual in Trump World

Hmm... Now what would I do with $13 Billion in pilfered oil cash If I were a lifelong criminal, con-man, business fraudster, tax cheat, embezzler, multi-indicted convicted felon, serial sex offender, adjudicated rapist and suspected child rapist who has sold this country out to a Russian mob kingpin and mass murdering, wanted war criminal? 😐

 

 

Link:  The U.S. has US$13 billion of Venezuela's oil money. Where is it? | Financial Post 

 

"The Trump administration has collected more than US$13 billion in revenues from Venezuelan oil sales this year, according to FT calculations, but has said almost nothing about what has happened to the money.

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The U.S. took control of Venezuela’s oil exports and suspended some sanctions after capturing President Nicolás Maduro in January and installing vice-president Delcy Rodríguez as leader.

Oil revenues make up around a quarter of Venezuela’s GDP, and the sanctions relief was expected to provide a major boost to the economy, which was in crisis even before last month’s devastating earthquakes.

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But six months after the U.S. seized control of the funds, economists say the evidence of a recovery in Venezuela is relatively muted — a potential sign that the U.S. has not sent all the revenues back to Caracas."

 

Where is the $13 Billion in Venezuelan oil that Donny and Pete heisted from the Venezuelan people when they performed their stunt of sending in the US military to abduct Venezuela's dictator and install Maduro's dictator VP as new dictator? 

Sadly for the suffering, impoverished people of Venezuela, they will very likely never see that money again.  

Were I a betting person, I would confidently wager that the Drumpf crime family has already dispersed a sizable chunk of that purloined cash among themselves and their crooked cronies, and that there will never be a full, forensic accounting for where this cash has seemingly disappeared to, much less holding accountable those who had a hand in causing that $13 Billion in cash to 'disappear' to begin with.

And does anyone believe for a nanosecond that the MAGA Republicans in the House who spent five years holding one taxpayer-funded congressional hearing after another chasing dick pics on Hunter Biden's laptop and laughably trying to prove criminal intent in Joe Biden's act of having lent his only surviving son $8000 to buy a pickup truck, will even pretend to care about this missing $13 Billion, much less want to investigate it?

'Fuck no' is the only valid response to that question.  MAGA Republicans only give a shit when it's a Democrat suspected of having committed wrongdoing, no matter how inconsequential the offense.

Honestly though - I would not be shocked in the least, and it's pure speculation of course, that we eventually discover the dirty old traitor funneled that $13 Billion to his pal Putin who is currently getting his ass kicked in his illegal, genocidal war against Ukraine and is in big economic trouble in Russia.  

That is just how perfidious an individual I believe Donald Trump to be.

 

 

 

---TFG

There is Nothing "Stunning" About Crooks Being Crooked

Oh for fuck's sake.

There is nothing "stunning" about Drumpf's brazen corruption as he plots out this "deal" with his Saudi Arabian oil sheikh pals to provide the Saudis with nuclear enrichment capabilities.  This would be the same Saudi Arabia which supplied 15 of the 19 terrorist hijackers who attacked the US on September 11, 2001 killing 3,000 Americans.

 

Link:  'It's stunning!' CNN's Erin Burnett floored as Trump 'raking it in' with Saudi deal - Raw Story

 

"The details of President Donald Trump's nuclear deal with Saudi Arabia caused alarm bells to ring out on CNN on Thursday.

CNN's Erin Burnett and Rep. James Walkinshaw (D-VA) discussed a new report during a segment on "OutFront" that the Trump company has been awarded a $63 billion development opportunity in Saudi Arabia, and that award happened around the same time that the Trump administration was negotiating with the Saudis in a deal that allows the country to enrich nuclear energy for civilian purposes. The company that awarded the development agreement is also linked to Saudi Arabia's Crown Prince Mohammed Bin-Salman, who has also invested in Jared Kushner's $2 billion hedge fund during the first Trump administration.

It also noted that Trump gets to keep 80% ownership in the development deal himself, while his family gets the remaining 20%."

  

You just have to laugh at the mainstream media in this country and how they continue to pretend to be surprised and stunned at Drumpf's crooked depravity.

But sure Ma and Pa MAGA - keep on whining about the $8000 interest-free loan that Joe Biden gave his son to purchase a pick-up truck while watching Drumpf and his offspring continue to rack up BILLION$ of personal profit in illicit deals brokered through Daddy Dearest's corrupt and compromised White House.

 

 

---TFG