Category: Politics, Religion & Money

Muted Phone Talk

Despite claims that the Trump Phone is shipping, the product is nowhere to be seen, other than the single unit that NBC holds. For now, we should assume it’s a pre-production sample.

https://boingboing.net/2026/05/22/no-sign-of-fabled-trump-phone-in-the-wild.html

Until regular customers start receiving their Trump phones, it seems likely this is yet another Trump Scam.

Trump Mobile CEO says the phones are shipping. The terms and conditions say it doesn’t have to.

https://mashable.com/article/trump-mobile-t1-terms-conditions-never-release

Colbert’s Second Hello, Goodbye

Douglas Pratt, Colbert Hero

The Colbert Report came and went. Now The Late Show With Stephen Colbert has come and gone. For no good reason. In fact, CBS BS claims aside, it was for a very bad reason, named Trump.

Having Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello present for Stephen’s Last Show made the farewell special for me. There is no “best” Beatles song, but forced to choose one Beatles song as my favorite, over all others, it would be ‘Hello Goodbye’.

I’m not done with Colbert yet, as I await the delayed delivery of my Last Show t-shirt.

Stephen autographing his ‘Best of The Colbert Report’ DVD for me at the NYTimes Center, November 2007. Photo by Denro.

China: 2 America: 0

Gawd, how embarrassing. Putin was treated to the exact same pageantry in his greeting from Xi that Trump received. Then Putin and Xi met to say what they really think of Trump.

Domestically, there is the blatant self-dealing with the slush fund and the freedom from family tax audits. As always, an accusation by Trump and his supporters is a confession. Right now, it’s the “weaponization of the DOJ” getting the most attention.

I have to laugh at Republicans who claimed outrage at Biden pardoning his son. Obviously, without that pardon, Trump would have sicced the DOJ on Hunter.

The Greatest Grift

Now available in Slush Money Lime Green flavor!

Justice Dept. Announces $1.8 Billion Fund in Settling I.R.S. Suit

https://www.nytimes.com/2026/05/18/us/trump-irs-lawsuit.html?unlocked_article_code=1.jVA.aLKQ.fleK20Nr9WOV&smid=url-share

There’s no money for public radio or PBS, but suddenly there’s $1.8 billion for a Trump slush fund. This is outrageous beyond belief.