Mentally fine president warns Americans of animatronic Joe Biden
So where's the book, Jake Tapper?
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A data analysis and tech firm is compiling info on you for the federal government. It’s called Palantir, it was founded by Peter Thiel, DOGE dudes used to work there, and their CEO looks like this:
Elon hates the big, ugly bill too. Though in his words, it’s a “disgusting abomination,” aka what he originally considered calling the Cybertruck.
“Not recommended for human consumption.” A new bill in Texas targeting food dyes, bleached flour, some oils, and preservatives could put that label on things like Mountain Dew and Doritos.
The acting FEMA Director David Richardson (”acting” here just means he wasn’t confirmed by Congress, a dumb loophole) told staffers he was unaware of the existence of hurricane season, which the White House now says was a “joke.” And, yeah, totally, if anyone knows what’s funny, it’s this guy—
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth is celebrating the beginning of Pride Month by being a bigot and erasing Harvey Milk’s name from the naval ship that honors the gay rights leader and veteran. Under consideration for the new title: USNS No Homo, USNS Your Aunt’s Long-Term Roommate, USNS Joe Rogan. (Hegseth is also “reviewing the names of a class of ships named after Black and Hispanic civil rights leaders and prominent women” because why just be a homophobe when you can be a racist misogynist homophobe?)
And finally, Donny Trump sounded the alarm on Saturday night, reposting a ~fun new~ conspiracy theory on Truth Social that former President Joe Biden was executed back in 2020—you know, when he ran for + won the presidency—and then was replaced with “robotic engineered soulless mindless entities” slash clones + body doubles. Meanwhile, a certain CNN anchor is out there calling Joe Biden not recognizing George Clooney “worse than Watergate” to promote his book, so just wondering where “thinks predecessor is secret clone” falls on that scale!!! Feel free to email me or comment below,
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Congressional tips: Rep. Jasmine Crockett is running for Ranking Member on the House Oversight Committee, so please consider this Hot Tip’s official endorsement. Marj TG admitted she didn’t read the big, beautiful bill she voted for—because now she’s saying if she had, it would’ve been a nay. Oh to be a fly on the wall in her office as she tries to find a way to blame the Jews for this one. And Sen. Joni Ernst has a challenger for her Senate seat in former Congressional candidate J.D. Scholten, who decided to run against her after she ridiculed her constituents for not wanting to die.
Mags: The Haim sissies are on the cover of British GQ to promote their new album. In Touch + Life & Style magazines are no more, because invasive tabloid gossip is (finally) less popular. And Paralympic swimmer Ali Truwit won two medals in Paris last summer, just one year after losing a leg in a shark attack; then this week she walked the Sports Illustrated Swimsuit Runway after appearing in the 2025 magazine: “I’ve heard from amputees, young female girls who look at my photos and think, ‘Gosh, I could see myself in that, I can be that, I can feel beautiful in my prosthetic leg.” <3
TV: I binged all eight episodes of Adults (FX/Hulu) in one night and felt not a single regret. Though I did feel called out, as one character on the show repeatedly drops by her high school years after graduating—which I obviously don’t do anymore!!!! And God bless (19th century) America, because The Gilded Age is finally back this month; it’s been far too many weeks since Carrie Coon has graced my television screen.
Art tips: Donny T dropped a scary new presidential portrait this week and simultaneously fired the director of the National Portrait Gallery for “supporting DEI,” which may or may not be legal—I’m leaning not. And a 200-year-old condom featuring an “erotic etching of a nun and three clergymen” is going on display at Amsterdam’s Rijksmuseum—finally a definitive answer to the age-old question “should condoms have drawings on them?” with a resounding “sir, this is a museum.”
Dear New York Times + Peter Baker: Trump’s so-called “efforts” to address antisemitism are not “complicated” by his history of amplifying white nationalists. They are revealed to be entirely bullshit by his hanging out with Holocaust deniers, owning a book of Hitler speeches, and calling tiki torch bearing dudes chanting “Jews will not replace us” very fine people. If I was an outspoken vegan who ate a cheeseburger every night, my efforts wouldn’t be “complicated.” They would just be delicious, artery-clogging lies. Hope this helps!!! xoxo, Alex
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