The Mahablog

Today’s big yuk was Trump’s offer to pay every American $5,000 if the voters keep the House and Senate in Republican hands. A lot of people sincerely believed they’d get a $5,000 DOGE check, or else the $2000 tariff check. I encountered a couple of people who were checking the mail every day waiting for that check. Will voters believe him this time? The Washington Post editor...

Here’s a fun read — All the Places Trump Was on 9/11 by Marie-Rose Sheinerman at The Atlantic. I doubt Trump was in any ...

My biggest worry for the week is that some jerks will show up at the New York City September 11 observance to protest Mayor Mamdani. On social media one cannot mention Mayor Mamdani without attracting hoards of bigots, often saying that NYC “forgot” 9/11 when they elected a Muslim mayor. In their minds all Muslims are personally responsible for 9/11, it seems.

Note tha...

This is just a quick note to let you know I haven’t evaporated and advise you to rest up tomorrow for the rest of the week. Among other upcoming events will be the Republican midterm convention featuring Peak Trump. I will not be watching if it’s televised. There’s to be a Charlie Kirk memorial on September 10th that I intend to entirely ignore. (See

I’m reading about the first-ever Republican midterm convention to be held in Dallas next week. There’s a Wall Street Journal headline about it that mentions “Trump fatigue.” I don’t subscribe, unfortunately. But