Too Venal for Words category archive
Ignorance Is Bliss 0
At least, that appears to be a tenet of the Trump maladministration. Via the Las Vegas Sun, Michael Hiltzik catalogs the casualties in Donald Trump’s war on science. A snippet:
Referring to a list of grant terminations announced in October 2025, the agency admitted that it terminated or canceled 283 grants “solely” based on whether their recipients were in states that had cast its electoral college votes for Vice President Kamala Harris in the 2024 election and had two Democratic senators. Meanwhile, 340 other grants from states that voted for Trump were left in place.
The Me Veneration 0
As we have seen, Donald Trump likes to spread his taint name wherever he can.
At The Root, Phenix S. Halley takes inventory of his masturbatory multiplication of items bearing his moniker.
Devolution 0
At the Hartford Courant, Dr. Michael Good marvels at the American regress. Here’s how his article begins:
In 40 years of medical practice I never saw a case of measles or cyclospora food poisoning.
When I started practice in 1983 we had an almost universally utilized measles vaccine that protected our children and an effective food safety public health system that prevented food contamination and halted contaminated food outbreaks while they were still limited in size.
After the dramatic cuts to public health made during the first year of the Trump administration, coupled with RFK Jr’s campaigns against vaccines, dangerous pathogens that have threatened us for millennia have once again been unleashed upon us.
The Patriot Gamer, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
Ring of Fire’s Josh Gay is appalled at how Donald Trump managed to minimize the sacrifice of American soldiers–and the loss to their families–who have died in the war that he chose to start with Iran.
Republican Family Values 0
Methinks that, when you read this article from the Des Moines Register about the struggles faced by Iowa residents since the Trump maladministration slasched SNAP benefits, you will understand why I hold that mean for the sake of mean is a Republican family value.
That Was the Wierd that Was 0
Seth takes a closer look at how well Trump has lived up to his campaign promises.
Republican Family Values 0
Apparently, as PoliticalProf notices, affordable healthcare is not a Republican family value.
The Rule of Lawless, Republican Family Values Dept. 0
At Above the Law, Liz Dye reports on how the Trump maladministration has unleashed its Department of (in)Justice on E. Jean Carroll for daring to win her suit against Donald Trump.
The Worm Returns 0
Rebecca Watson discusses how Elon Musk and the Trump maladministration contributed to the return of the screwworm.
Or you can read the transcript.
Patriot Gamers 0
It appears that the Trump maladministration now wants to militarize our national park rangers (and, according to the report, retired park rangers do not take kindly to the idea).
Honest to Betsy, we are governed by ten-year olds using government personnel paid with our tax money in order to play toy soldiers.
Strict Destructionists 0
At my local rag, Doug Mercado argues that the current federal maladministration seems to have overlooked the bit in the preamble to the U. S. Constitution that states that one of the purposes of the union is to “promote the general welfare.”
Methinks he may be onto something.
The Art of the Con 0
At the Las Vegas Sun, Tom Harper follows the money.