Tuesday Fascistic Follies

Naturally, he never answers any questions:

Kaitlan Collins reminds Donald Trump that he agreed to abide by Supreme Court decisions just a few days and he flies off the handle, berating her and her news organization. This pathetic little bully needs to be impeached and fired ASAP. pic.twitter.com/IctJZ8bb6Q

— Piyush Mittal 🇺🇸🇺🇦🇬🇪🇨🇦🟧🌊🌈 (@piyushmittal) April 14, 2025

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Even 90-something Charles Grassley of Iowa isn't spared an earful from constituents:

Prehistoric Chuck Grassley getting an earful from his constituents when he tried to make excuses for Trump’s refusal to obtain Abrego Garcia’s return. One asked “if I get a court order to pay $1,200 can I ignore it like Trump ignored the Supreme Court?” Absolute gold. pic.twitter.com/TN6yJmiYKR

— John Jackson (@hissgoescobra) April 15, 2025

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Trump continues to say "fuck you" to the United States Supreme Court; in this case, ALL of the justices:

Van Hollen: "If the president gets to shred the Constitution and ignore the Supreme Court in this case, it is a very short path to the president ignoring court orders in other cases. So every American should care about this." pic.twitter.com/xIJVIXnEwv

— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 15, 2025

The court fucked up royal when they gave this criminal immunity. Now he thinks he can do whatever he wants.

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Harvard University continues to dig in and stand up for the First Amendment and academic freedom.  Trump actually thinks he can blackmail and bulldoze (not to mention bullshit) colleges and universities to do his bidding.  He is batshit insane.

Snip:

It seemed somehow fitting that Harvard’s stand was being made on the same day that the Trump administration was openly defying a supreme court ruling to return a wrongfully deported Salvadorian man, Kilmar Abrego García, and El Salvador’s president, Nayib Bukele, was visiting the White House.

That posture appeared to put the onus on the supreme court to take a more forceful stand against the White House’s defiance.

Now, thanks to Harvard’s stance, some establishment figures hope the court may just find the spine to do so.

Michael Luttig, a conservative-leaning former federal appeals court judge who has previously accused the administration of “declaring war on the rule of law”, said Harvard’s pushback had “momentous significance”.

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Not fascistic or anything, but entertainer and game show host Wink Martindale has died at the age of 91.   He had been battling lymphoma for about a year.  

His real name was Winston Conrad, so changing his name wasn't such a bad idea after all.

Snip:

He was actually working at WHBQ when the station became the first to play Elvis Presley's debut hit, "That's All Right" in 1954 -- and he reportedly invited Elvis down to the station for his very first interview.

He and the King became lifelong friends, and after Elvis' 1977 death ... Wink hosted a nationally broadcast radio tribute show. He actually met his wife through Elvis, who she'd previously dated.

In the '60s, Wink made the jump to L.A. radio stations, and then TV stations ... where his first game show hosting gig was "What's This Song?" in 1964.