Midwest Curmudgeon

07/25/2025

Grifting alert: taxpayers will spend millions so Trump can fly to Scotland — for the opening of his golf course. He's going back in September to have dinner with King Charles.

Scotland is the birthplace of Trump’s mother and a place where he owns two golf resorts. Yet he hasn’t always had a warm reception there.

07/24/2025

Of all the abuses and disastrous feed-the-rich policies of Trump, this is by far the worst because it signals a willingness to destroy the planet for future generations in the name of short-term profits. http://bit.ly/45jL1c0

07/22/2025

Even an avalanche of Truth Social posts, and lies from chief gaslighter Karoline Leavitt can't erase an ugly economic impact of Trump's tariff mania.

General Motors’ net income shrank 35% in the second quarter despite strong sales gains.

07/21/2025

Trump has lied more than 30,000 times as President … but none of his lies hid more damage than this one. That's why it doesn't do into effect until after the mid-term elections.

Trump lied about Medicaid, and people are going to die because of it.The Lincoln Project is a leading pro-democracy organization in the United States — dedic...

07/20/2025

One Trump-proof alternative for the kings of late night TV - resurrecting the "Strike Force Five" podcast. Launched during the writer's strike, it was an instant top-rated show. It's worked for "Smartness" and Conan…

07/16/2025

Colbert and Stewart should loudly leave CBS. Both could continue their careers with lucrative podcasts (like Conan O'Brien has done) and likely have even larger audiences. Only thing stopping them is probably impact on their staffs.

Stephen Colbert returned from vacation loaded for bear. The CBS late-night comic referred to the settlement between his parent company, Paramount Global, and President Donald Trump over a “60 Minutes” interview as a “big, fat bribe.”

07/15/2025

“They simply don’t want the public to see the meticulously assembled and scientifically validated information about what climate change is already doing to our farms, forests, and fisheries, as well as to storms, floods, wildfires, and coast property — and about how all those damages will grow in the absence of concerted remedial action…”

The Trump administration has made it harder for people, local and state governments to find critical climate change reports.

07/15/2025

Cruel and insane - in other words, standard operating procedure for the Trump administration.

" … the food will be destroyed at a cost of $130,000 to American taxpayers (on top of the $800,000 used to purchase the biscuits)…"

Federal workers warned for months that the high-energy biscuits would go to waste.

07/14/2025

"Trump is never responsible for anything and any disaster is always someone else’s fault, whether that someone is God or Gavin Newsom."

He cannot fail. He can only be failed.

07/14/2025

Trump began his political career warning of Mexican rapists and murderers. His demonization of immigrants may also be a part of his downfall with Gallup polling showing increased public support for immigration. 79% say immigrants strengthen the U.S. https://news.gallup.com/poll/692522/surge-concern-immigration-abated.aspx

07/14/2025

Evolution - it's not just a Charles Darwin thing…

07/12/2025

This is not a joke or some low-budget A.I. creation. It is a Saturday rant from a man who needs mental health care.