Midwest Curmudgeon

12/20/2025

Sadly, this photo is not AI generated.
It is real life, and it is disgusting.

12/18/2025

Holy f**k. Why not also rename the U.S. capital city "Trump D.C."? 🤮

12/18/2025

Trump's Wall of Political Grievances (which he calls "Presidential Wall of Fame") substitutes an autopen photo for a Biden portrait. Suggestions for replacing the photos of 45/47? How about a Mar-a-Lago pic?

12/16/2025

Donald Trump says, in effect, Rob Reiner was asking for it. Reiner had a much different attitude. If here is a heaven, Rob Reiner is there with Michelle … and be assured they will never by joined there by Trump. https://www.facebook.com/watch/?v=1532279554700701

12/15/2025

An apparent double-homicide of an iconic celebrity and his wife; Trump responds to tragedy with self-serving venom. Disgusting.

12/13/2025

Indiana's Lt. Governor is effectively urging violence against legislators:
"The war didn't start today," Beckwith wrote on X. "But today made it unmistakably clear who's willing to stand... and who isn't."
Attached to his post were the headshots of the 21 Republican senators who voted against redistricting, complete with their names, email addresses and phone numbers.

"Numerous" lawmakers were targeted with bomb threats on the eve of the state senate's redistricting vote, according to the Indiana State Police.

12/12/2025

Exactly when did the federal budget become a political slush fund, with spending subject to political support?

The recently announced USDA hub could be on the chopping block, Beckwith told Politico.

12/09/2025

MAGA billionaire Ellison already has bought CBS News and is turning it into a MAGA messaging network. Now:
"During a visit to Washington in recent days, David Ellison offered assurances to Trump administration officials that if he bought Warner, he’d make sweeping changes to CNN."

David Ellison has launched a hostile takeover bid for Warner Discovery, taking his case directly to shareholders after Netflix clinched a deal.

12/06/2025

If Trump can have people killed solely because he's accusing them of a crime, what's to stop him from killing political opponents he's accused of treason and/or sedition?

Congress is focusing on two deaths in one strike. But nine other people died in that same attack, and the United States has killed 87 in all. Were any of those killings legal?

12/06/2025

Donald Trump's "Hot" Economy:

Recent Layoff Announcements:
1. US Govt: 307,000 employees
2. UPS: 48,000 employees
3. Amazon: Up to 30,000 employees
4. Intel: 24,000 employees
5. Nestle: 16,000 employees
6. Verizon: 15,000 employees
7. Accenture: 11,000 employees
8. Ford: 11,000 employees
9. Novo Nordisk: 9,000 employees
10. Microsoft: 7,000 employees
11. PwC: 5,600 employees
12. Salesforce: 4,000 employees
13. IBM: 2,700 employees
14. American Airlines: 2,700 employees
15. Paramount: 2,000 employees
16. Target: 1,800 employees
17. General Motors: 1,500 employees
18. Applied Materials: 1,444 employees
19. Kroger: 1,000 employees
20. Meta: 600 employees

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12/02/2025

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… After posting a blizzard of deranged QAnon content, threats, and conspiracies on Truth Social past midnight last night, Trump was back at it again starting at 5:48 AM.

12/02/2025

"Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth seems to be a war criminal. Without a war. An interesting achievement." - Conservative columnist George Will

Regarding Venezuela, Ukraine and much more, Trump and his acolytes are worse than simply incompetent.