Any solution to the Israel-Palestine conflict based on the idea that one side will cease to exist isn’t a solution at all — it’s a fantasy indulged in by people a world away from the catastrophe who can afford the luxury of urging others to do the fighting and the dying.

The fact that Google co-founder Sergey Brin has enough loose change to spend $100 million of it on a campaign to defeat the proposed one-time 5% tax on California billionaires is itself the single most powerful argument in favor of a one-time 5% tax on California billionaires.

“He says what he thinks!” insists Trump’s fans — which they apparently consider a GOOD thing. So why do they get so upset when I say what I think and call them racists? Because they really mean that Trump says what THEY think — and say when only white people are in the room.

HEADLINE OF THE DAY:

If Trump had been president when FDR was president, he would have aligned America with the dictators of the Axis. theatlantic.com/ideas/2026/1…

At a rally in Kentucky, Trump tells his zombie army that “I am working my ass off for you!” This is obvious not true — his ass is still very much there.

In today’s America, there’s no better way to launch a career in politics than by denouncing career politicians.

Trump waives sanctions against his pal Putin, saying it’s in the "national interests.” Clearly the nation he was referring to is Russia.

WHY I WOULD BE A TERRIBLE POLITICIAN: A politician says “Welcome to the Democratic Party, former Trump voters!” I say “You voted for Trump? What the fuck were you thinking?”

Columbus discovered America the way Bonnie and Clyde discovered banks.

Trump had a brief moment of panic this morning not knowing what he was supposed to do today — until someone found his Russian-to-English dictionary.

Say what you will about hookers, at least a hooker would have the brains to charge Putin for what Trump is giving Vlad for free.

What Pete Hegseth calls "being a man," men call "being a sadistic asshole." politico.com/news/2026/10/09…

AN ACTUAL FOX “NEWS” HEADLINE: “President Trump blasts Nobel Peace Prize snub” I know how he feels. I keep getting snubbed by the Heisman Trophy.

North Korea doesn’t do it. Russia doesn’t do it. China doesn’t do it. The world’s most evil regimes don’t do it. But the United States will soon be the only nation on earth that televises live executions. I guess that’s what the right-wing means by American exceptionalism.

U.S. ambassador to Greece Kimberly Guilfoyle reportedly hit up a wealthy Trump donor for $100,000 in exchange for access to the administration. It’s a shame Kimberly was dumped by Donald Jr. — clearly she would have been a perfect match for the Mar-a-Lago mafia.

Karoline Leavitt is the perfect match for Fox “News” — she is to journalism what Vincent Van Gogh was to cosmetic surgery.

As White House Press Secretary, Karoline Leavitt lied for Trump. As a Fox “News” contributor, she’ll have a different title but the same job description.

The Washington Post: Rep. Juan Ciscomani, an incumbent Republican running in a swing district in Arizona, is out with a new campaign video in which he says he won’t be a “rubber stamp” in Washington. Of course he won’t be a rubber stamp. This is 2026. He’ll be a screen capture.

Karoline Leavitt is joining Fox “News.” This comes as a complete shock to those who were expecting her next gig to be press secretary for the DSA.

“There has been a concerted effort to intimidate the court — and justices on the court — to try to influence us to decide cases differently from the way in which we have been deciding them.” — Sam Alito, expressing his deep disappointment with the First Amendment