Jeff Tiedrich

2 days ago | smirkingchimp.com | Jeff Tiedrich

The Daily Chimp for Friday, 6 June 2025 The 25 most-recent front page postsRobert Reich | Musk vs. Trump: A Big Beautiful BrawlFriends, I’m trying not to be too delighted about the new reality TV show starring Elon and Donald, but the dialogue is truly extraordinary (I’m quoting them verbatim but putting their volley in what appears to be its intended order).

2 days ago | jefftiedrich.com | Jeff Tiedrich

pinch me, I’m dreaming. Comer Fudd — the banjo kid from Deliverance who somehow grew up to chair the House Oversight Committee — is at it again. Congress’ rake-steppingest glutton for punishment is fucking livid right now. Joe Biden is old? why didn’t anyone tell me that Joe Biden is old? this does not happen on my watch. we’re gonna git to the bottom of this. “at the end of the day, we may demand that he had to come in and uh answer questions. and uh they could refuse to do that.

3 days ago | smirkingchimp.com | Jeff Tiedrich

The Daily Chimp for Thursday, 5 June 2025 The 25 most-recent front page postsThom Hartmann | The Normalization of Evil: We Thought We Were FreeIt wasn’t all at once (although sometimes the last three months seem that way). Authoritarianism never is. It happens drip by drip, crisis by crisis, until people forget what normal even felt like. This is how fascism seduces a nation: not by storming the gates, but by wearing down our ability to be outraged. And ...

3 days ago | jefftiedrich.com | Jeff Tiedrich

what in the hallowed name of Intolerance Jesus is this childish, hateful bullshit? oh for fuck’s sake. what’s the fear here? that a gay boat is going to turn all the other boats gay? look, that’s a discredited theory about how boat gayness works. one can’t help but notice that Piss-Drunk Pete ordered this renaming during Pride Month, because fuck you, that’s why. it’s an asshole move, because in-your-face assholishness is the point.

4 days ago | smirkingchimp.com | Jeff Tiedrich

The Daily Chimp for Wednesday, 4 June 2025 The 25 most-recent front page postsRobert Reich | The Three Huge Lies Trump Is Telling Republican Senators About His Medicaid Cuts—To Finance a Big Tax Cut Mostly for the WealthyFriends, I never thought I’d agree with Elon Musk, but even he thinks Trump’s Big Ugly Bill is a “disgusting abomination.” Trump is busily working the Senate this week in an effort to get his Big Ugly Bill across the finish line.