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Robert Reich in Wednesday's Chimp: "While the bill appropriately bans members of Congress and their families from profit...
17/09/2025

Robert Reich in Wednesday's Chimp: "While the bill appropriately bans members of Congress and their families from profiting off stablecoins, it places no such restrictions on the president. The most dangerous part of the GENIUS Act is how it allows crypto to reach into mainstream financial systems. All this corruption is bad enough. Worse, it could tank the economy."

In the midst of the Trump regime’s shameful attempt to attack any and all organizations and institutions that oppose it, we must not and will not back down from holding Trump accountable for his corruption and lawlessness.

Ailia Zehra in Wednesday's Chimp: "President Donald Trump stirred the GOP on Tuesday with a post on Truth Social announc...
17/09/2025

Ailia Zehra in Wednesday's Chimp: "President Donald Trump stirred the GOP on Tuesday with a post on Truth Social announcing plans for a 'Midterm Convention' ahead of the 2026 elections. 'The Republicans are going to do a Midterm Convention in order to show the great things we have done since the Presidential Election of 2024. Time and place to be determined. Stay tuned, it will be quite the Event, and very exciting! President DJT,' Trump wrote."

President Donald Trump stirred the GOP on Tuesday with a post on Truth Social announcing plans for a “Midterm Convention” ahead of the 2026 elections.

Heather Digby Parton in Wednesday's Chimp: "For some of us who live in blue cities, this all might seem a bit too much. ...
17/09/2025

Heather Digby Parton in Wednesday's Chimp: "For some of us who live in blue cities, this all might seem a bit too much. We would likely prefer the more secular appeal of Zohran Mamdani, another youthful candidate who is running to be mayor of New York City. But despite the differences in their styles, both Talarico and Mamdani are making a strong case against the pernicious influence of the billionaire class and for the old-fashioned notion of the common good — and they are doing it not with angry rants but with smiles. Their words and actions, both in their own ways, offer a measure of relief from the relentless negativity and antagonism we’ve been dealing with for what feels like decades, and they are tailored to the places they seek to represent. It is smart politics."

If you weren’t aware of right-wing organizer and podcaster Charlie Kirk‘s work until his tragic murder in Utah on Sept. 10, you probably didn’t realize he was the likely heir apparent of Donald Trump‘s MAGA movement. In fact, many people who were aware of his mission — which included co-fo...

William J. Astore, in Wednesday's Chimp: "Here’s the rub. As Trump and Hegseth have now tacitly admitted, the national s...
17/09/2025

William J. Astore, in Wednesday's Chimp: "Here’s the rub. As Trump and Hegseth have now tacitly admitted, the national security state has never been about 'security' for Americans. Rather, it’s existed and continues to exist as a war state in a state of constant war (or preparations for the same), now stuffed to the popping point with more than a trillion dollars yearly in taxpayer funds. And the leaders of that war state—an enormous blood-sucking parasite on society—are never going to admit that it’s in any way too large or overfed, let alone so incompetent as to have been victoryless for the last 80 years of regular war making."

My fellow Americans, my critical voice has finally been heard inside the Oval Office. No, not my voice against the $1.7 trillion this country is planning to spend on new nuclear weapons. No, not my call to cut the Pentagon budget in half. No, not my imprecations against militarism in America.

Thom Hartmann in Wednesday's Chimp: "So, the question: How does doubling down on low taxes for the morbidly rich, keepin...
17/09/2025

Thom Hartmann in Wednesday's Chimp: "So, the question: How does doubling down on low taxes for the morbidly rich, keeping our healthcare for-profit, withholding higher education funding, gutting unions, increasing the number of guns, and trash-talking women and minorities make America 'comeback'? Republicans and their well-paid hustlers (Kirk took in hundreds of millions) have been promoting these positions for forty-four years and the result has been the gutting of the American middle class, now leading to anger, resentment, and political violence."

When Charlie Kirk was assassinated, he was sitting under a tent that had “America Comeback Tour” printed in huge letters across all four sides. It was the theme of his tour of college campuses, a tour run by his Turning Point organization that was, according to NBC News, early-funded by ten morb...

Bill Berkowitz in Wednesday's Chimp: "At Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, the Rev. Howard-John Wesl...
17/09/2025

Bill Berkowitz in Wednesday's Chimp: "At Alfred Street Baptist Church in Alexandria, Virginia, the Rev. Howard-John Wesley countered the right-wing’s narrative, delivering a searing and emotional critique of efforts to sanitize Kirk’s legacy. 'Charlie Kirk did not deserve to be assassinated,' Wesley said. 'But I’m overwhelmed seeing the flags of the United States of America at half-staff, calling this nation to honor and venerate a man who was an unapologetic racist and spent all of his life sowing seeds of division and hate into this land.'"

In the aftermath of Charlie Kirk’s murder, right-wing politicians, Christian evangelical leaders, podcasters, and conservative media outlets are casting him as a martyr for free speech, for truth, and for Christian values. President Donald Trump called Kirk “a martyr for truth and freedom,” pr...

The Daily Chimp for Wednesday, 17 September 2025: links to all of today's front page posts.
17/09/2025

The Daily Chimp for Wednesday, 17 September 2025: links to all of today's front page posts.

Robert Reich | Trump’s Calamitous Crypto Corruption Friends, In the midst of the Trump regime’s shameful attempt to attack any and all organizations and institutions that oppose it, we must not and will not back down from holding Trump accountable for his corruption and lawlessness. Yesterday, T...

Thom Hartmann in Tuesday's Chimp: "But when government officials describe people using language that could lead to any o...
16/09/2025

Thom Hartmann in Tuesday's Chimp: "But when government officials describe people using language that could lead to any of us being investigated, arrested, or even imprisoned or deported because of our politics, it’s an entirely different thing. It’s a genuine threat to our system of government, our rule of law, and to the safety and security of all of the American people."

Every president and most members of Congress have known for the past two centuries that having the ability to wield the power of government is a serious responsibility that carries with it real obligations for self-control.

Ailia Zehra in Tuesday's Chimp: "'It sure looks like the president, on his own accord, is deciding to kill people, extra...
16/09/2025

Ailia Zehra in Tuesday's Chimp: "'It sure looks like the president, on his own accord, is deciding to kill people, extrajudicial killings outside of an armed conflict, outside of war. And there's a binary here. The president can use lethal force, can kill people either because they're posing an imminent, deadly threat against Americans or American interests, or we're at war,' VanLandingham said."

Rachel VanLandingham, a retired Judge Advocate General's Corps officer, strongly criticized President Donald Trump over his announcement that the U.S. military forces “literally shot out a boat” believed to be carrying narcotics from Venezuela.

Jaime O'Neill in Tuesday's Chimp: "And, if John Fetterman, Democrat from Pennsylvania, isn’t a puke, he'll do until a re...
16/09/2025

Jaime O'Neill in Tuesday's Chimp: "And, if John Fetterman, Democrat from Pennsylvania, isn’t a puke, he'll do until a real puke comes along. He won election by pretending to be something he’s not—a progressive—and has since positioned himself to be the new Joe Manchin, or a retread of Joe Lieberman, Gore's VP running mate as this century was just getting started."

Some readers may have read earlier pieces from me regarding some of the more egregious pukes who inhabit our politics. Most of those pukes were Republicans because, when it comes to pukes, they're low hanging fruit, to mix my metaphors in a most nauseating way). I am not, however, narrow in my puke....

Amanda Marcotte in Tuesday's Chimp: "This all makes it very surprising — and confounding — that Hegseth’s top adviser ap...
16/09/2025

Amanda Marcotte in Tuesday's Chimp: "This all makes it very surprising — and confounding — that Hegseth’s top adviser appears to be Jennifer Hegseth, his current wife and a former Fox News producer. Press coverage of this marital-work arrangement leans on euphemisms like 'unorthodox' or that it 'draws scrutiny,' but that underplays how frankly weird it is for the defense secretary to have his wife constantly at his side, managing his affairs and advising him on military matters, even though she is not on the Pentagon payroll and she has no experience with the military. Jennifer Hegseth was even part of last spring’s Signal scandal, which revealed she is looped in on top secret military meetings that are supposed to only be available to people with the highest level of security clearances."

However much Donald Trump-style BS-ing he does around it, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth can’t hide the dim view he takes of women’s worth outside of the home.

Mitchell Zimmerman in Tuesday's Chimp: "Killing eleven people in Venezuela was Donald Trump’s out-of-town tryout. Trump’...
16/09/2025

Mitchell Zimmerman in Tuesday's Chimp: "Killing eleven people in Venezuela was Donald Trump’s out-of-town tryout. Trump’s militarization of our cities, if not resisted, could lead to the termination of free elections in America."

Last week President Trump bragged that “On my Orders,” the Navy destroyed a speedboat with eleven people aboard, claiming that those slain were “Tren de Aragua Narco terrorists . . . transporting illegal narcotics, heading for the United States.”

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