Fred Grimm

DC pols and commentators have suddenly embraced “kinetic” to describe military violence, never mind the actual definition. Can’t get through cable new show without references to a kinetic solution to travails in Iran, Venezuela, Canada and Greenland. So says this old grouch.

Bruce Springsteen - Streets Of Minneapolis (Official Audio) youtu.be/wWKSoxG1K7w?si… via @YouTube

In a courageous act of civil disobedience this morning, in full view of my MAGA neighbors, I swallowed two Tylenol lol. To the ramparts . . . right after brunch.

In an act of civil resistance, I’ve swallowed two Tylenol. Call me in the morning.

@Acyn x.com/barackobama/st…

Trump: Biden was always a mean sob.. Not working out too well for him right now. So, when you start feeling sorry for him, remember he’s a bad guy

@pbpost Cancel culture goes fishing

On Monday, the Florida Fish and Wildlife Conservation Commission announced it fired an employee over an Instagram post mocking Charlie Kirk's death. palmbeachpost.com/story/news/202…

Maybe ABC will replace Kimmel with the alway hilarious Pete Hegseth.

Maybe ABC will replace with the very hilarious Pete Hegseth.

Newsom doesn't think Trump "wants another election." In a sit-down interview with POLITICO, Gavin Newsom predicted Trump does not want to leave office after his term ends. "Wake up," the California governor told the audience, "You will lose your country."

Under the regime of knuckleheads washingtonpost.com/climate-enviro…

How low can he go? washingtonpost.com/dc-md-va/2025/…

@TalbertSwan @ZaleskiLuke theguardian.com/us-news/2020/m…

Only a white man in America can… be videotaped with underaged girls while hanging with a child sex trafficker cheat on his wife with a porn actresses and pay her to keep quiet publicly fantasize about having sex with his own daughter openly boast about sexually assaulting random women be convicted of 34 felonies have 91 criminal charges, 26 sexual assault allegations, 5 bankruptcies, and 2 impeachments be sued by the Department of Justice for racial discrimination have a $25 million fraud settlement, a $400 million fraud judgment, and a $96 million sexual assault judgments …and be considered a good Christian by white evangelicals and elected president of the United States

UNEARTHED: Donald Trump judges the 1991 Look of the Year modeling competition organized by Elite Model Management, featuring participants as young at 14-years-old. A 2020 Guardian investigation into Elite's Look of the Year competition uncovered allegations from former contestants and industry insiders that the competition was used by founder John Casablancas and others to engage in sexual relationships with vulnerable young models, some of whom were teenagers.

It contains several lines of typewritten text framed by the outline of a naked woman, which appears to be hand-drawn with a heavy marker. A pair of small arcs denotes the woman’s breasts, and the future president’s signature is a squiggly “Donald”

Former Models for Donald Trump’s Agency Say They Violated Immigration Rules and Worked Illegally – Mother Jones MAGA’s man of god motherjones.com/politics/2016/…

New poll from Gallup: 30% say immigration should be reduced (down from 55% last year) 79% say immigration is a good thing for the country (all-time high) and 17% say it’s a bad thing (all-time low) Pathways to citizenship ⬆️ Measures to deter/reverse illegal immigration ⬇️

nytimes.com/2025/07/08/opi… via @NYTOpinion. Cruelty as policy

Wages of idiocy washingtonpost.com/health/2025/07…

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Oh for the vagaries of American politics: Mamdani wins 43 percent in the New York mayoral primary and is hailed as the way forward for the Democratic Party. Harris receives 48.3% of the presidential vote in 2024 and her methods are disparaged as the party’s downfall.