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Sometimes, a news story doesn't need much comment. It's pretty self-explanatory and clear. And that's becoming standard in today's MAGOP.

Like this opening line from an article in RawStory --

"House Oversight Chairman James Comer (R-KY) admitted to a reporter that he's "very concerned" about Donald Trump Jr.'s Russian oligarch scandal."

Gee, ya think?

This is an impressive admission from Mr. Comer who spent a couple years trying to investigate the son of the sitting president because of concerns over his laptop, which produced no criminal charges. So, when a Russian oligarch with major ties to Vladimir Putin -- who the president says he doesn't know and who his other son says he's never heard of -- bankrolls the afterparty for the president's son for hundreds of thousands of dollars, yeah, I can say even James Comer acknowledging that he's "very concerned. Mind you, Don Jr.'s new bride said it was just a wedding gift. Which is very sweet. Of course, on Stephanie Ruhle's MS Now show yesterday morning, she said, "When I give a wedding gift, I give a vacuum cleaner."

Though it's possible that Bettina Trump just made a typo in her social media post, and was really said that it was a "wedding grift."

Or this story --

Trump says that unless his name is put on the Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts because of his support to renovate the structure, he will have it shut down and then demolished.

Honestly, what can one add that will make that story any more clear about Trump's massive insecurity and malignant narcissism? I suppose a reminder that Trump was proud at being able to identify a giraffe in one of his far-too many cognitive tests might be worthwhile perspective, but it's not really necessary, is it?

Or the story that Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth has ordered that only service members who were physically fit and well-groomed would be allowed to merely attend his upcoming speech.

I suppose you could add by this standard, if Hegseth had drafted the cast of the musical A Chorus Line, we probably would be out of the Iran War by now.

Or the story that after MAGOP representative Thomas Massie introduced eight articles of impeachment against Pete Hegseth and his running of Trump's war of choice, Speaker Mike Johnson shut down the House for the day and recessed the House through the Mid-Term elections.

Saying that it was a cowardly, fearful act, not wanting his party's members to have to go on the record about their position on Trump's war in Iran would insult the intelligence of those you're addressing. And that's before even getting to bring up that the House has serious, major issues to deal with, like a worrisome economy and calls to investigate the AI industry before the technology destroys humanity.

And that was just yesterday. And that's the problem. Pretty much nothing was needed to be said about any of those stories coming from the MAGOP. And each one of them is so ridiculously obvious on the surface and harmful to the country. But -- there are so many of these stories...every single day now, like a dam breaking...that if you just describe all the stories each day without even any comment, you end up writing almost more than you would on any other rational day.

That's what today's MAGOP has become. A leak in the damn. With the wall ready to burst. And no, Mexico is not going to pay for it.

Making No Promises

This is nothing more than just a funny moment when Kristen Chenoweth came on stage to present the category for Best Feature Actor in a Musical at the 2010 Tony Awards.  But though less than a minute long, I love self-effacing humor. This was the season she starred in a revival of the musical Promises, Promises with Sean Hayes, who hosted the awards show that year.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=umqHJtelg54

Running on Empty

Every day, there are more and more moments where MAGOPs show they have nothing to run on, don't have a clue how to campaign otherwise, and know they're in trouble. It's not just that they flat out, brazenly lie so openly that only someone who pays so little attention that he or she has no intention of voting will believe them (and even some of them might think something is off...), but they're flailing do wildly in desperation that they seem to not understand that what they're saying is often a condemnation of themselves, and would make a great campaign ad for Democrats. This is not hyperbole. Consider for starters the crackerjack slogan the party has come up with -- "Common sense vs. crazy." Putting aside all the lunatic MAGOPs running this year (far too many to list, like Victor Marx running for Colorado governor who's said "I've met Satan in person" -- through a 15-year-old girl. Or Brandon Herrera, running for the House in Texas, who has a string of racist, sexist and anti-Semitic comments like calling a Nazi submachine gun the "original ghetto blaster" and many candidates), the reality is that it's the very leader of the party who has dementia and regularly is making literally crazy statements and doing crazy actions, as an umbrella covering the whole MAGOP. And this -- "Common sense vs. crazy" is the party's slogan!

Or there was DHS Secretary Markwayne Mullin yesterday saying -- without any apparent awareness that he was making a Democratic TV ad -- "The only way you can take a republic country like the United States and turn it into a communist country is by causing chaos on purpose and then saying, 'Hey, look, government is a mess. 'You need us, the communist country, to rule you.' It's insane."

Yes, it is indeed insane. But insane because Mr. Mullin seems blissfully clueless that this is, of course, not only the MAGOP Playbook -- but it began in as far back as 2016 when Trump campaigned on "I alone can fix it." And by the way, this concept of undermining other centers of authority so people have to give you power is one of the core tenets of fascism.

And on Sunday, Sen. Tim Scott (MAGOP-SC) made of the most tone-dear statements you're likely to have heard for a while, which is saying a lot. And its total clueless emptiness was even more evidence that MAGOPs are thrashing around, trying to find something, anything -- anything -- that will sound patriotic and noble, even at risk of coming off like a soulless, ignorant hack. And no, that's not an exaggeration. Because what he said was:

"Frankly, having the president for the first time in the history of this country abide and put himself and the VP under the federal laws of this country, that is a remarkable shift in the right direction. President Trump should actually be applauded."

Yes, really. Tim Scott actually said that. It's gotten to the point where either he doesn't listen to what he says, or just doesn't care. It puts Tim Scott on the Hall of Fame list of "Incredibly and Inexplicably Stupid Things a U.S. Senator has ever said." And he qualifies in several divisions. But this is what MAGOPs appear to feel is all they have left to them to run on. Because you don't throw out drivel like that if you've got substance, polices and even just a small lead on your side.

Or yesterday, the Senate Commerce Republicans held a big press conference, with Ted Cruz in the lead where they enthusiastically posted a video of it on social media and wrote, "The Protect College Sports Act is the nation's best chance at safeguarding the future of collegiate athletics."

Yes, just weeks before Americans start voting, and with Trump having a 32% approval, gas prices soaring, no end in site to his Iran War of choice, high inflation, high tariffs and high consumer prices, this is the big issue that Ted Cruz and MAGOP think they have that the American public is going to rise up to and rally behind -- college sports!! -- In large part because they can't find anything else to run on.

But if anything truly shows the truly that the MAGOP is in, and shows that they don't have anything to run on and haven't figured out what to do, it's this. They can't even give away free money!! After Trump promised giving all American adults $5,000 if his party retains control of both the House and Senate, a Reuters/Ipsos poll was taken and found that..."63 percent of Americans reject the dividend proposal outright, including nine in ten Democrats and a striking four in ten Republicans"!!! Really. A full 63% of Americans don't want Trump's offer of free money -- and worse, 40% of MAGOPs don't want it either!! So, when I say that every day, there are more and more moments where MAGOPs show they have nothing to run on, don't have a clue how to campaign otherwise, and know they're in trouble -- I mean it.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W2ySBtVLCYA