Preznit Snake-oil grifts again, and other tales of dumbfuckery

yellow stars, false herrings and trademarked airports, oh my!

Feb 18, 2026

well, the shitwits have gone and done it again. yesterday was another one of those days where everything was so preternaturally fucking stupid that one doesn’t even know where to start. so it’s time once more to spin the Big Wheel of Moron™ and see where it lands. ready? here we go.

“you take out your driver’s license, and if you’ve got a little yellow— uh, a little yellow star in the right hand corner, it means you’ve already got your Real ID in place, that’s all you need to be able to go in and vote.”

that’s Republican South Dakota Senator Mike Rounds, defending his party’s way-over-the-top solution to the completely imaginary ‘problem’ of voter fraud.

but why in the hallowed name of Tone-Deaf Jesus is Mike Rounds so fixated on reminding everyone to look for the yellow star on their government-issued identification papers?

hey, you know who else had the super-fun idea of assigning people a yellow star as proof of ahem ‘identity’? of course you do.

here’s a fun fact: not every state’s Real ID has a yellow star on it. some are black. some are white. so why even go there? why go out of your way to remind everyone that your whole ideology is basically The Third Reich 2.0?

hey, why doesn’t the government just tattoo everyone’s Real ID number onto their arms?

jeez, I should shut up already. I don’t want to give these fuckwads any ideas.

well, that was fun. let’s crank the Big Wheel of Moron™ again. wheeeeeee!

Minnesota Republican Rep Tom Emmer: “it’s a false herring for these guys to suggest, ‘oh, we now we need a judicial warrant,’ because they know that that’s going to delay any enforcement of the actual administrative warrant.”

‘false herring.’ who wants to tell him? dear lord, the dumbfuck is so thick on the Republican Party that you need a knife to scrape it off.

folks, don’t be taken in by any false herrings. demand to see the herring’s Real ID. if it’s got that yellow star, you know you’re dealing with a True Herring.

oh, and fuck each and every one of these Republican shit-kazoos who insist that it’s totes legal for masked ICE thugs to barge their way into your home without a signed judicial warrant. it’s not. go read your Constitution, you fucking fucks. it’s right there in the Fourth Amendment.

The right of the people to be secure in their persons, houses, papers, and effects, against unreasonable searches and seizures, shall not be violated, and no Warrants shall issue, but upon probable cause, supported by Oath or affirmation, and particularly describing the place to be searched, and the persons or things to be seized.

now here’s some rando who really needs to get a life.

YUGE WIN: Florida House Votes to Rename Palm Beach Airport “President Donald J. Trump International Airport” – 81-30!
Florida just delivered another massive victory for President Trump!
In a resounding 81-30 vote, the Florida House passed HB 919, clearing the path to rename Palm Beach International Airport — right next to Mar-a-Lago — as President Donald J. Trump International Airport.
This is pure Florida pride: honoring the greatest president of our lifetime in his home state.

holy shit, calm the fuck down. how are you this excited about the renaming of an airport?

jeez, it’s a fucking airport. it’s not as if Donny won the Four Seasons Total Landscaping Peace Prize. now that would be something worth crowing about.

I’ve never been in a cult, are they all like this? did Rev. Moon’s cultists all spontaneously orgasm every time their Dear Leader achieved some minor accomplishment? for the life of me, I can’t understand being this invested in the daily goings-on of some sleazy con artist who couldn’t care less whether you live or die.

and check out this rando’s user name: ‘triggeringliberalsdaily.’ life for this schmoe is a zero-sum game. he can’t be happy unless some ‘lib’ is Big Sad.

nobody’s triggered, you dunderhead. and I have news for you: you’re the one getting taken for a ride — and you don’t even know it.

because this ‘rename an airport thing’ is all just another greasy grift for the Grifter-in-Chief. four days ago, Donny filed a trademark for any airport bearing his name.

The private company that controls President Trump’s intellectual property portfolio has filed three trademark applications that would reserve his name for use as the brand of an airport.

that sure is interesting timing, isn’t it, just a handful of days before Florida passed that legislation? who got paid off, do you think?

now check out this fuckery.

Beyond airport services, the trademark filings also claim rights for a range of branded merchandise, including clothing, handbags, luggage, jewelry, watches, and tie clips. Such filings suggest that any airport bearing Mr. Trump’s name could be accompanied by a broader licensing program associated with merchandise.

the grift never ends, does it? this means that any dipshit who wanders into the Donny Convict International Airport gift shop to buy some unspeakably tacky piece-of-shit trinket is just putting more money into Donny’s pockets.

tie clips. who on earth would want a Donny-branded tie clip? it’s like announcing to the world that you’re a fucking moron. thanks for the warning, bro.

and, of course, none of this is normal. shitloads of landmarks have been named for public figures, but leave it to Greedy Donny to cook up a way to profit off it.

The move raises unusual questions about the intersection of public infrastructure and private brand ownership. While presidents and public officials have had landmarks named in their honor, a sitting president’s private company has never in the history of the United States sought trademark rights in advance of such naming.

no fucking shit.

he’s such an embarrassment.

ugh. fuck all that noise. let’s just skip right to our hero of the day: once again, it’s Stephen Colbert.

for the second straight day, Colbert opened his show by poking his finger straight into the eye of his corporate overlords. here, enjoy seven minutes in heaven.

but if you only have 26 seconds to spare, here’s how Stephen closed the segment.

“and for the lawyers to release this [holds up document] without even talking to me is really surprising. I don’t even know what to do with this crap. oh, hold on. [crumples up document into a doggy-poop bag and throws it in a wastebasket]”

fucking with Stephen Colbert is going to be a disaster — for CBS.

pass the popcorn.

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