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Trump supporters rip president for saying there aren't enough talented people in America
Once more for the many millions in the way, way back: Donald Trump does not give a shit about you or the hats upon your heads. If you are shocked to hear the nincompoop-in-chief casually piss all over the American people, you just might be in a cult. Laura Ingraham questioned the wannabe dictator on his H-1B visa plan to bring in hundreds of thousands of highly skilled foreign workers, which doesn't exactly square with the nativist, white replacement theory fearmongering and America First rhetoric he's long been famous for at his pep rallies. "We have plenty of talented people here," Ingraham insisted, to which Trump quickly responded, "No, you don't." Ingraham gave Trump the chance to walk back or expound, asking, "We don't have talented people here?" Donald shot back curtly, "No." Welp, the far-right was listening, and they were none too pleased. The Blaze's Logan Hall tweeted, "I'm sorry but what the f*** is this?... This is insanity." He was far from alone. Keep up the stellar work, sir!

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VIDEO OF THE DAY: House Speaker Mike Johnson gets bad Epstein news
If you tilt your head and squint your eyes just right you'll find the faintest of silver linings in the unconscionable cave by "moderate" Senate Democrats to end Trump's historic government shutdown: House Speaker Mike Johnson is officially out of excuses for NOT swearing in Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, which he has refused to do for more than seven weeks, citing the shutdown. Grijalva crucially represents the decisive vote on a petition to force the House to finally release the infamous Epstein files, which of course explains Johnson's unprecedented and deeply cynical delay. Looks like Republicans' "Pedophile Protection Program" is finally starting to crack. Time will soon tell.

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Trump's top goon launches purge of critical workers
EDF Action: The mass firings ordered by President Trump’s budget director, Russ Vought, are not only a continued attack on public service, they’re an attack on efficiency and expertise in our government. Without these workers, our air will be smoggier, our water dirtier and chemical plants more dangerous. That could put every American’s health at risk. If no one is enforcing limits on pollution, we get more of it, and more pollution means more cancer, birth defects and children with asthma. We must stand up to protect federal workers. Will you add your name to demand the Trump team stop purging critical federal workers?

Donald Trump revives 1 of his most despicable, racist lies online
Birtherism is back, baby! Donald Trump's weird obsession with Barack Obama has apparently been renewed for another season, as America's imbecile-in-chief shared an incredibly stupid meme on his incredibly stupid social media platform yesterday, re-animating a long-dead, very racist conspiracy that his first-term predecessor was born abroad and is secretly Muslim. That Barack has lived rent-free inside Trump's decrepit head for so long is something of a marvel. Despite conceding in 2016 that birtherism had no basis in reality, Donald just cannot seem to let this whopper die. To be fair, the internet IS full of memes, and Trump's attraction to stupid, shiny things is well-documented. Do we really expect a man with zero self-control and utterly devoid of self-reflection to NOT jump at the chance to be racist online? It's his birther-right, after all!

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GOP senators sneak sweet little payday into government funding bill for themselves
If you weren't already maximally pissed about a peculiar group of Senate Democrats who unconscionably caved this week to end the GOP shutdown in exchange for exactly nothing, this just might get you across the line. Tucked in the bill they definitely did not read is a cute little provision giving eight Senate Republicans the chance to each snag a cool $500,000 — from taxpayers, of course — in "statutory damages" for suffering the indignity of being investigated for their suspected involvement in Trump's failed insurrection on Jan. 6, 2021. The FBI sought phone records from eight GOP senators in 2023 as part of its investigation into the MAGA cult leader's desperate campaign to overturn the 2020 election, because, well, law and order! The new provision, which was met with bipartisan disbelief and resignation in the House, would require senators to be notified if federal law enforcement seeks phone records from an official Senate office. Failure to notify would give senators a chance to sue, for each offense — and is curiously retroactive to January 2022, meaning the aforementioned eight Republicans are all set for a fat, year-end bonus courtesy of the American taxpayer. The grift is so good.

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Trump says his "greatest strength" is building ballrooms
When we watched "Silver Spoons" as kids, we never thought anyone actually grew up like Ricky Schroder's character, lil' Ricky Stratton. But the more we hear about Donald Trump's garish and cartoonishly stupid "home improvement" projects at the White House, we're starting to reconsider. During a borderline unwatchable, two-part interview with Fox News' Laura Ingraham, Lord Goldemort took the right-wing TV talker on a personal tour of his gold-crusted "Presidential Walk of Fame" and bragged about all the many ways he's personally beautifying the White House. Regarding the gallery of portraits, Ingraham asked, "Whose idea was this?" Trump responded, "My idea. Everything’s my idea." Trump then led Ingraham to a large marble room and turned his attention to the current pet project of his affection. "This is the equivalent of what I’d do with the ballroom," he boasted. "I've built many ballrooms in many buildings. And that’s my greatest strength, actually. I might as well do this." For a man who's apparently ended eight wars and counting, eradicated all crime, saved several hundred million Americans from overdosing on fentanyl, and pulled the United States from the brink of total ruin, building "many ballrooms" is a pretty weird #1 strength, but who are we to judge the random, rabid musings of an increasingly senile man?

Republicans vote "no" on using Argentina bailout money for ACA subsidies
Every single Republican member of the House Rules Committee voted "No" on a sensible amendment to the bill to reopen the government offered by Democratic Rep. Mary Gay Scanlon, which would have redirected billions of dollars in financial bailouts to Trump's fellow far-right faux-populist pal in Argentina instead into extending Affordable Care Act subsidies through December 31, 2027, to prevent healthcare premiums from doubling for millions of Americans in January. Any questions?

MAGA influencer with "Mar-a-Lago face" who was in the running to be Trump’s press secretary wanted for assault
Imagine slipping into a coma in 2008, waking up this morning, and after — or perhaps during — a long bathroom break trying to come to terms with phrases like "MAGA influencer," "Mar-a-Lago face," and "Trump press secretary." But we digress... Melissa Rein Lively and Philip Ostermann are wanted by the British Transport Police (BTP) following an attack on October 11, where the couple allegedly attacked a mother who bumped into them...with a baby stroller. According to the police report, Ostermann "began shouting racial abuse at the victim and her family, before [Lively] grabbed her hair. When the victim tried to defend herself, [Ostermann] pulled out a small bottle and said it was pepper spray before spraying it in the direction of the victim and her family. The woman shouted abuse and made lewd gestures at them before both parties left the area." The 34-year-old victim was accompanied by her sister and two young children, according to police. Ms. Rein Lively, the Arizona-based owner of the America First PR firm, which describes itself as "America’s #1 Anti-Woke PR Firm," was apparently on Donald's short list for press secretary. Oh, what could've been.

The no. 1 country song in America is by a non-human "artist"
We thought about asking ChatGPT to write a scathing critique of "Walk My Walk," the AI-generated song "written" by virtual "artist" Breaking Rust, which just reached the top of Billboard's "Country Digital Song Sales" chart, but we've watched "Black Mirror" and read enough Philip K. Dick novels to know it's probably best not to anger our imminent machine overlords. It was a good run, humans. Arnold ain't coming back as a reprogrammed T-800 to save us, so we'd best just sit back, accept our fate, and let incredibly fancy fuzzy logic tell us what it's really like to be human. According to Breaking Rust, it goes something like this: Been beat down, but I don't stay low / Got mud on my jeans, still ready to go / Every scar's a story that I survived / I've been through hell, but I'm still alive. Same, bro.