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TACO Calling PACO - 1
This conversation happened as a very public social-media-fueled breakup between Elon Musk and Donald Trump was unfolding over several hours on June 5, 2025.
By Lana V Lynx9 months ago in The Swamp
Send a Texas Ranger and Call It a Day
The above was posted to the official Face Book account of J. Kenneth Blackwell who is a longtime conservative political figure, former Ohio Secretary of State, and self-described Christian nationalist. He served as co-chair of George W. Bush’s 2004 re-election campaign and has remained an outspoken voice in right-wing media. A frequent critic of immigration policy and progressive social movements, Blackwell gained my attention for a post framing Los Angeles protesters as criminal "invaders." This article is a direct response.
By Lanny Newville9 months ago in The Swamp
South Africa Rolls Out Visas for White Americans Fleeing Trump’s 2025
In response to former President Donald Trump’s Mission South Africa — a scheme to fast-track white South African immigration to the U.S. and repopulate his “revitalized heartland” — South Africa has unveiled its own retaliatory program: the “Trump Escape Visa.”
By Scott Christenson🌴9 months ago in The Swamp
Poe Vices
Introducing Poe ‘Vices: Life Advice You Definitely Didn’t Ask For or Need. From chaos gremlin to cosmic counsellor, Poe (The infinite, scream-Beam) is now solving your deepest problems with her signature style: shouting, biting things, and chicken, obvs. Fools.
By River and Celia in Underland 9 months ago in The Swamp
Voyage of the Doom Goblin
I have a strong aversion to sanctimony, do-gooderism, and "activists" of any persuasion. Sorry, it's just the way I am. I don't understand those self-righteous souls who set out to "save" the world from itself. The world, bubbeleh, is not "you." I reckon it will still be here, in all its ugliness and infamy, long after you (whatever constitutes that which you ultimately are) has ceased to be.
By Tom Baker9 months ago in The Swamp
TACO & PACO. Top Story - June 2025.
On June 1, 2025 Ukraine conducted a massive drone attack on strategic bomber airfields deep in Russia. So deep the drones had to be delivered in secret double ceiling containers by long-haul trucks. The operation had been planned for 1.5 years in complete secrecy and had been personally supervised by President Zelenskyy. The drone attack was incredibly successful as Ukraine claims it has destroyed 41 bombers, or roughly one-third of Russian strategic bomber fleet. Russia has downplayed the operation results claiming that only five bombers had been destroyed.
By Lana V Lynx9 months ago in The Swamp
The clown who wore a crown
You must have heard it has been said the crown just sailed above his head It landed softly and hurt no strand the colors loudly
By G. A. Botero9 months ago in The Swamp
The Silent Superweapon
Editorial Note: This satirical essay is a speculative exploration of administrative overreach, government efficiency rhetoric, and the unintended consequences of digitized control. Inspired by the spirit of The Twilight Zone, it invites readers to imagine a world where a new bureaucracy becomes the engine of dystopia. It is not a declaration of fact, but a provocative thought experiment. License is taken to use the real life Department of Government Efficiency name as it is current in the public ethos.
By Lanny Newville9 months ago in The Swamp
Minions Taxed at Border, Go Absolutely Bananas
The cost of The Minions to enter America has gone up 100%. “They took our jobs! They took our box office dollars! Now they must pay!” declared JD Vance, who has long accused Minions of “undermining American values” by being funny without speaking English.
By Scott Christenson🌴10 months ago in The Swamp
The Ultimate Manifesto of Absurd Revolution
Part I: The Stage is Set, the Play is Mad Act I: The Absurdity Overture Reality, as we've been sold it, is a limited-run stage production directed by a committee of gibbering baboons. The set design is... ambitious. Picture this: gated communities sprouting like gleaming, chrome-plated fungi next to favelas cobbled together from desperation and discarded dreams. A smiling cartoon dog, perpetually sipping coffee, while the ozone layer develops a comb-over and the polar bears start taking bets on which of us goes extinct first.
By Abigail Goldwater10 months ago in The Swamp
“Whose Side Are You On?”
This conversation happened on April 26, 2025 in The Vatican’s Basilica during Pope Francis’ funeral, after Trump shoved off President Macron of France from what was supposed to be a three-person meeting.
By Lana V Lynx10 months ago in The Swamp
India is Done Playing Nice: A Not-So-Subtle Approach to Diplomacy
In what can only be described as the diplomatic equivalent of flipping the table during a chess match, India has apparently reached the end of its legendary patience following the tragic Pahalgam attack in Kashmir. World leaders like US President Donald Trump and Russian President Vladimir Putin have condemned the massacre that claimed 28 lives-a statement so obvious it barely qualifies as news. The timing of the attack during US Vice President J.D. Vance's visit to India seems almost theatrically convenient, as if terrorists consult international diplomatic calendars when planning their atrocities.
By The INFORMER11 months ago in The Swamp