You may want to get something to drink and get comfortable ... this one's a major rant.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, we present the award for
The Left-Cheek Ass Clown for August, 2026
to
The United States Congress,
with Special Recognition to
the Republican Majority
The current session of Congress, the 119th, is the least productive in history. Under the spineless and inept "leadership" of House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader John Thune, Congress has accomplished nothing of consequence other than passage of Der Furor's disastrous "Big Beautiful Bill," the negative impacts of which for ordinary Americans were carefully designed to come into force after the upcoming midterm elections. The Congress, both houses of which are controlled by the increasingly authoritarian* Republican Party, has completely abdicated its Constitutional responsibilities to appropriate funds, exercise oversight of the Executive Branch, and declare war**.
Republicans in Congress have been completely cowed by the vindictive anger of Der Furor and the unfocused rage of his MAGA faithful, to the point where they are unwilling to take the tiniest and most timid action in response to behavior which, in a Democratic president, would have heads exploding in a number that would trigger seismographs around the world.
Republicans in Congress have turned a blind eye to the arguably immoral, illegal, and unconstitutional treatment, and even outright murder, of persons - including American citizens - at the hands of the ill-trained, over-equipped, and violence-prone agents of Immigrations and Customs Enforcement, a modern-day version of the dreaded
Gestapo of Nazi Germany.
Republicans in Congress have cheerfully confirmed a series of unqualified, incompetent, and/or corrupt figures to senior positions in the regime - Pete Hegseth at Defense (not War), Robert F. Kennedy, Jr, at Health and Human Services, Todd Blanche at Justice, Kash Patel at the FBI, Linda McMahon at Education, Howard Lutnick at Commerce, Scott Bessent at Treasury, to name but a few.
Republicans in Congress have supported the extrajudicial killing*** of persons in boats on the high seas, allegedly for transporting drugs, although no evidence of this has ever been provided by the regime.
Republicans in Congress have cheered on Der Furor's wanton alienation of our allies and ignored his obvious preference for and support of autocrats who have long been our adversaries.
Republicans in Congress have blindly supported Der Furor's war of choice against Iran, which has led to utterly predicable consequences for the military, the U.S. and world economies, and what's left of our international standing.
Republicans in Congress have ignored the grossly unprofessional, childish, and unpresidential behavior of a president who has no respect for the office he holds and the nation he represents. The unending stream of ludicrous, AI-generated social media slop alone would not be considered acceptable behavior for a middle-manager at a commercial entity, much less the former leader of the free world.
Republicans in Congress have ignored or pretended to be unaware of the unending stream of blatantly obvious untruths pouring out of the Gilded House. Any acknowledgement of such lies is tepid in the extreme, usually offering some weak rationale or blather of whataboutism.
Speaking of the Gilded House, Republicans in Congress have ignored the flagrant waste of taxpayer dollars being squandered on golden highlights on the People's House, making the Oval Office look more like the reception room of a cheap whorehouse than the seat of the democratically elected leader of a free people ...
... or have they pushed back on the wanton destruction of an entire wing of the Gilded House to erect a vast, gilded ballroom demanded by no one but a wannabe autocrat ignorant of and indifferent to history, propriety, and the law.
I could go on, but you get the idea.
Ladies and Gentlemen, Dear Readers, the Left-Cheek Ass Clown for August, 2026, is the United States Congress, with Special Mention - signified by the Poop of Distinction in Gold - to the Republican majority.
The 119th Congress is not only as useless as a potted plant ... it is as useless as a dead potted plant.
Have a good day, and come back tomorrow for Cartoon Saturday, when we'll take a look at the original guy with the impossible job - Sisyphus. More thoughts then.
Bilbo
* Okay, let's just say it out loud - fascist.
** Yes, the Iran fiasco is a war, not an "excursion."
*** We used to call it "murder."
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