Attribution: Ann Telnaes @anntelnaes.bsky.social
Update #9 – Answer the Damn Question
Please Read This
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🚨 HUMILIATION AT THE WORLD CUP: SENEGAL STARS TREATED LIKE CRIMINALS BY US BORDER THUGS
Senegal 🇸🇳 national team arrives in the US for #WorldCup2026 — and what do they get?
US authorities pulling them off the plane for aggressive bag searches, invasive checks, and public… pic.twitter.com/Urba0LuOVE
— New Direction AFRICA (@Its_ereko) June 8, 2026
The 2026 FIFA World Cup, which began on Thursday, is expected to draw between 5 million and 7 million soccer fans to the 11 U.S. host cities. New York City, which is hosting games in partnership with East Rutherford, New Jersey, is expecting 1.2 million fans. But as the games begin, Kline and many others say the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown and the planned presence of Immigration and Customs Enforcement agents is casting a pall over an event that is supposed to bring the world together.
“To say that you might get racially profiled, you might get interviewed, or you might be pulled aside. Yeah, that’s incredibly embarrassing,” Kline said.
This week, White House border czar Tom Homan told CBS News that ICE officers will provide security during the games, but that they will focus primarily on public safety, not immigration enforcement.
“I don’t think anyone really can take their word for it, given the record of the last year and a half.” In April, the ACLU and more than 120 other groups issued a travel advisory warning soccer fans, journalists and players that they could be arbitrarily denied entry to the country, be arrested or detained, or be subjected to surveillance or racial profiling as part of the Trump administration’s immigration crackdown.
Worst. World Cup. Host. Ever.
We’re Among Friends
Floriduh, Here We Come
Watch it, Pal
Best Wishes from Team USA at the FIFA World Cup
Spoiled Brat
USA! USA! USA!
Disgraceful
Award-winning Somali referee Omar Artan, set to be the first from his country to officiate at the World Cup, was denied entry to the United States, a sports ministry official told AFP on Monday u.afp.com/SDH9
— AFP News Agency (@en.afp.com) 2026-06-08T18:00:16.840Z
The Stamp of Approval
Ballers
The One-Finger Wave Wishing Trump A Very Happy Birthday
The Beginning of the End
“Goldfinger, He’s the Man, Beckons You to Enter His Web of Sin, But Don’t Go in”
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Which is which? Goldfinger’s fictional henchman Odd Job and Trump’s real henchman Stephen Cheung.
Concord Monitor — Opinion: Trump is Goldfinger
It is a mistake to size Trump up compared to past presidents. I would suggest a different frame of reference since reality has proven to be stranger than fiction. The character I would compare Trump to is Ian Fleming’s titular character in “Goldfinger.” In the novel, Auric Goldfinger has a plan to steal the gold reserves from Fort Knox. The plan is called Operation Grand Slam. Trump might as well be backing up a Brink’s truck to Fort Knox. His scheme to remove $1.776 billion from the U.S. Treasury is Goldfinger-like.
Consider the Trump slush fund. When his $10 billion lawsuit against the IRS proved to be a non-starter, he revised the plan to allow a supposed settlement of the non-dispute where he could grab $1.776 billion of taxpayer money. He has been trying to settle the case with himself and cut out any judicial interference.
What we are seeing is a heist movie. Even the least ethical presidents like Richard Nixon never tried for anything on a scale like this. Trump is, in effect, saying, “I can take anything I want. Sky is the limit.” He is not asking Congress or any entity for permission. Normally, the Department of Justice would defend a lawsuit like this but the acting Attorney General Todd Blanche is behaving as Trump’s consigliere. The DOJ is supposed to be the steward of the peoples’ money but we are so far past that point. They have become the tool of a thief.
Goldfinger, He’s the Man
Goldfinger, he’s the man
The man with the midas touch
A spider’s touch
Such a cold finger
Beckons you to enter his web of sin
But don’t go in
He loves only gold
Only gold
He loves gold
He loves only gold
Only gold
He loves gold
Separated at Birth
His Heart is Cold
Actually, The Ghost, I’ll think you’ll find that Goldfinger intended to leave the gold inside Fort Knox and irradiate it with a cobalt and iodine atomic bomb, thus rendering the US gold reserves unusable for 58 years and increasing the value of his own gold by at least ten times. Tsk-tsk.
— Scott Gray (@scott1gray.bsky.social) 2026-05-28T16:28:17.711Z
The Man With the Midas Touch
Down With Tyrants
Walter Cronkite – “And That’s the Way It Is: Sunday, June 14, 2026“
Destroying CBS News
Attribution – Matt Wuerker, Politico – https://www.politico.com/cartoons/2026/06/02/matt-wuerker-cartoons-june-2026-00947343?slide=3
Blowing it Up
The Ellison Family’s Doing
Tastes Great, But Less Filling
Dan Rather’s right. Every story run by CBS and Bari Weiss next fall should have an asterisk superimposed: “This story was approved by Donald Trump.” When a fascist authoritarian regime’s in charge of what the American people should know, the country has gone full banana republic.
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico.bsky.social) 2026-06-09T22:10:15.458Z
MAGA Mania and the Cage Fight
Political Wire — Trump Bets on Cage Fight to Revive His Political Power
Wall Street Journal: “The event portends an unprecedented fusion of the presidency and extreme combat sports, intended to bypass traditional norms and reconnect the president with a base that feels alienated by Washington.”
“In recent weeks, the verdant space better known for the Easter Egg Roll and receptions for world leaders has been transformed into an arena for a violent spectacle that has electrified mixed-martial-arts fans, outraged critics and intensified the collision of sports and politics.”
Beauty and the Beast
Drunk on Trump
Look in the Mirror, Pal
All Good Things Come to An End
Manual Updates Posted Here
Update #18 – 8:05 pm ET
He Isn’t Done
Do MAGA Folks Know About This?
Update #17 – 8:01 pm ET
He’s No Vince Lombardi
Not the Art of the Deal
Update #16 – 7:56 pm ET
Needed: Some Sanity
An Appropriate Monument
Update #15 – 5:22 pm ET
What Climate Change?
The Main Attraction
Update #14 – 5:17 pm ET
The People’s House
A National Disgrace
Update #13 – 5:13 pm ET
Low Brow White Trash
We’re on the cusp of discovering how the battle against the Deep State is progressing. Who controls the weather? This year instead of a parade. For Donald’s birthday, really sweaty men will do battle for the pleasure of our Grifter in Chief under the threat of severe weather.
— John (repeat1968) Buss (@johnbuss.bsky.social) 2026-06-12T15:43:40.821Z
War Games
Update #12 – 4:38 pm ET
Give Me a Fu#@^%g Break!
Crooks
Update #11 – 4:35 pm ET
Ball and Chain
Aren’t We Great Hosts?
Update #10 – 4:31 pm ET
Criminal
Lock This Guy Up
Update #9 – at the very top of the diary.
Update #8 – 3:52 pm ET
Conspiracy, Indeed!
Just Let Him Go to Mars
Update #7 – 3:48 pm ET
So Generous of You to Show Up!
In Donald We Trust
Update #6 – 3:45 pm ET
Yeah, Have a Good One!
Not Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood
Update #5 – 1:10 pm ET
He Loves the Gold!
Loser
Update #4 – 12:56 pm ET
Still Guilty
He’s Going Down
Update #3 – 12:53 pm ET
Unequal Justice
Fool
Update #2 – 11:54 am ET
Criminally Incompetent
Fate
With thousands of people watching a livestream and a crowd of people cheering and waving flags as the loathsome piece of shit’s name was being stripped from the Kennedy Center — a rainbow suddenly appeared. If this isn’t a sign of good prevailing over evil, I don’t know what is.
— Bill Madden (@maddenifico.bsky.social) 2026-06-13T01:47:23.345Z
Update #1 – 11:50 am ET
The Voters Would Love to Kick You Out
The Epstein Class
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