Donald Trump’s War of Whimsy Strait of Hormuz blockade: Sorry , Grandpa, no one signs up for this class!

 

Top headline:  Wall Street Journal

Bottom headline:  New York Times

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April 2026

Trump War of Whimsey: 21 days later, Strait of Hormuz is still closed.  (4/12)

What Demon Trump hath wrought in Ireland with his ill-advised War of Whimsy.  (4/12)

Iran hilariously trolls Trump over his War of Whimsy.  (4/12)

Fox News Looney Tunes:  Build a canal to bypass the Strait of Hormuz.  (4/10)

March 16-31, 2026

Q:  What's the difference between Vietnam and Iran?  (3/28)

How NOT to win friends and influence the people of Japan.  (3/20)

Donald Trump:  Asleep at the wheel again as he ignores his pledge to fill US strategic oil reserves "right to the top".  (3/20/2026

The Case of the Missing Zeros.  (3/20)

Dressed for the campaign, Michele Tafoya gives a history lesson.  (3/19)

This should be great for the morale of Pete Hegseth's navy.  (3/19)

JD Vance Clown Show toes to Michigan to mop up damage of Trump War of Whimsy,  (3/19)

Trump War of Whimsy is hell at the gas pump.  (3/19)

Dear New York Times, Have you considered the possibility that Trump dizzying turnabouts have everything to do with his mental health and cognitive decline?  Best, Retiring Guy  (3/18)

Tariffs, trade war, Strait of Hormuz blockade:  Trump piles on pain on American farmers .  (3/17)

March 11-15, 2026

First tariffs, now war in Iran.  Trump is fucking over American farmers big time.  (3/13/2016)

Donald Trump is not a details person (Iran War edition).  (3/13)

Sleepy Don started a most unpopular war.  (3/12)

First tariffs, now war in Iran.  Trump is fucking over American farmers big time.  (3/13)

Meet Chris Wright, clown serving as Trumps energy secretary.  (3/12)

March 6-10, 2026

Sycophants at Fox News give Trump cover with old news clip for his disrespect of slain soldiers.  (3/9)

Thanks to Trump War of Whimsy, you are now paying more at the pump.  (3/9) 

Trump War of Whimsy on Iran:  From "yours to take" to "unconditional surrender".  (3/8)

Donald Trump foolishly takes Randy Newman's advice:  You can leave your hat on.  (3/8)

Stranded in the Middle East?  Sorry, folks, Trump doesn't give a shit about you.  (3/7)

Crude oil futures up 35% since start of Iran "conflict".  (3/6)

GOP as a bag of pretzels.  (3/6)

March 1-5. 2026

Thanks to Trump's War of Whimsy against Iran, the price of crude oil has recently shot up 22%. (3/5)

War of Whimsey aided and abetted by cowering and caving GOP.  (3/5)

Pete Hegseth at the podium:  This is exactly what an authoritarian's henchman and fulltime sycophant would say.  (3/4)

When it comes to Trump breaking news, transcribers @nytimes are at the ready.  (3/4)

Thanks to Trump, price of oil spikes like a bad fever.  You’ll soon be feeling the chill at the gas pump — if not already .  (3/3)

Apparently, coordination is not Pete Hegseth's strong suit.  (3/2).  

Corporate media needs to stop acting like Trump means what he says (Iran War edition).  (3/2)

February 2026

Donald Trump:  Not a details guy (Attacking Iran edition).  (2/26)

WARNING: Donald Trump, Robert Kennedy Jr., and spineless Louisiana U.S. Sen. Bill Cassidy M.D. are hazardous to our health

 

Headline:  Washington Post, 4/9/2026

Lena H. Sun reports:

The acting director of the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention has delayed publication of a CDC report showing the covid-19 vaccine cut the likelihood of emergency department visits and hospitalizations for healthy adults last winter by about half, according to two scientists familiar with the decision. The scientists spoke on the condition of anonymity for fear of retaliation. 

The move has raised concerns among current and former officials that information about the vaccine’s benefits are being downplayed because they conflict with the views of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr., who has been an outspoken critic of the shots.

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Donald Trump on vaccines:  Is he speaking from personal experience?  (1/7/2025)

Six months into the job, MAGA-fried Bari Weiss takes CBS News' ratings to a new low

 

Headline:  New York Post, 4/13/2026

Alexandra Steigrad reports:

Sources said Paramount Skydance CEO David Ellison, who took control of CBS’s parent company last fall, had been hoping that Weiss and [network president Tom] Cibrowski — who had joined CBS News early last year under the network’s previous owner, Shari Redstone — would complement each other’s skills. 

Increasingly, it’s looking like a flopped bet. 

“They are an odd couple to me,” said a CBS insider. “There doesn’t seem to be a lot of synergies between them.” 

A source close to the network brushed off any suggestion that Weiss and Cibrowski are an “odd couple,” instead calling their visions “complementary.” The person added that Cibrowski is taking “some ingredients of ABC” and mixing them with Weiss’ “fresh perspective,” noting that it will “take time” to see progress.

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April 2026

Its Sadie Hawkins Day at CBS News:  MAGA-fried Bari Weiss invites Pete Hegseth to White House correspondents dinner.  (4/10)

MAGA-fried Bari Weiss Clown Show hammers the final nails into the "60 Minutes" coffin (Franklin Graham edition).  (4/6)

MAGA-fried Bari Weiss plans to hammer the final nails into the 60 Minutes coffin.  (4/4)

March 2026

It;s open season on the Bari Weiss Clown Show and its enablers.  (3/29)

Bari Weiss Clown Show runs CBS News into the ground.  (3/25)

MAGA-infused Bari Weiss takes a wrecking ball to CBS News.  (3/20)

And who is responsible for this debacle in the first place?  That would be the Bari Weiss Clown Show!  (3/19)

Ratings for the CBS Evening News Clown Show plummet since hiring of Tony Dokoupil. (3/18)

MAGA-infused Bari Weiss Clown Show takes GOP hypocrisy -- and CBS News -- to new lows.  (3/4)

Bari Weiss Clown Show moves the needle to the right @CBSNews.  (3/1)

February 2026

According to UCLA, the future of journalism is a clown show.  (2/26)

Anderson Cooper "60 Minutes" departure provides an opening at the Bari Weiss Clown Show.  (2/22)

11 of 40 CBS News staffers flee Bari Weiss Clown Show.  (2/13)

CBS News honcho Bari Weiss finds her star hire in the hot seat.  (2/1)

January 2026

Bari Weiss new hire as contributor at CBS News is a well-known quack.  (1/31)

MAGA-coded Bari Weiss continues to flail at CBS News.  (1/28)

It hasn't been a good year so far for MAGA-coded Bari Weiss at CBS News.  (1/23)

Why is Bari Weiss picking on Gayle King, whos been with the network for more than years? (1/22)

See the funny little clown.  (1/21)

Bari Weiss and the Tony Dokoupil CBS Evening News Clown Show humiliation ritual.  (1/18)

Bari Weiss gets kissy face with Sleepy Don.  (1/17)

More Bari Weiss Clown Show shenanigans at CBS News.  (1/16)

The Bari Weiss and Tony Dokoupil Clown Show at CBS News is not going over well with viewers.  (1/15)

Tony Dokoupil Clown Show a ratings disaster for CBS News.  (1/14)

Hire a clown, expect a circus (Bari Weiss CBS News editiona0.  (1/14)

2025

Watch the "60 Minutes" CECOT Segment.  (12/23)

CBS News censorship:  Media undertaker Bari Weiss strangles the last breath of life out of "60 Minutes".  (12/22)

Looks like Bari Weiss forced CBS News to chase a dream yesterday.  (11/5)

The Bari Weiss Clown Show era has arrived at a severely tarnished CBS.  (11/3)

CBS has a history of Trump sycophancy.  (10/17)

Dear Jessica Testa @nytimes: Make that CBS's tarnished crown jewel.  Best, Retiring Guy. (10/7)

All you need to know about CBS News.  (10/6)

Paramount/CBS statement on cancellation of Stephen Colbert's "The Late Show". 

(7/18)

Servile CBS remains in thrall to Donald Trump (Alligator Alcatraz concentration camp edition).  (7/5)

Running scared, Mickey Mouse legacy network CBS bows down, releases fawning Trump poll.  (2/12)

White House press corps is in a Leslie Moonves kinda of mood.  (1/23)

2024

Former CBS exec Leslie Moonves spilled the beans about news media priorities 9 years ago:  Democracy, meh!  "throwing crap", YEE-HAW!!!!!  (11/10)

2023

WATCH LIVE!!!  Mainstream media savors its Leslie Moonves Trump moment:  "It may not be good for America, but it's damn good for us".  (6/13)

2018

CBS makes a damn good decision about Leslie Moonves severance.  (12/18)

Good riddance to Leslie Moonves, Donald Trump enabler.  (9/17)

2016

Why TV executives LOVE Donald Trump.  (10/7)

2015

And you wonder why we get nothing but fluff from the mainstream media!.  (12/10)