During his 60 minutes interview right after the WHCD incident Ms O’Donnell read out to him the manifesto of the shooter. He knew it was coming, and he really thought he was one step ahead with his usual “You are all horrible people for bringing that up” rebuttal. O’Donnell however anticipated that reply and had a beautiful one liner ready …
You can tell it’s all true by how rudely he denies it.
For the record, and as we all know, a New York judge, E. Jean Carroll, and an $88.3 million judgment against him, disagree with his denial. To clarify this a bit, a civil jury found him liable for sexually abusing E. Jean Carroll, and the judge later said that conduct amounted to rape as the term is commonly understood.
Then, beyond that there is a very very very long list of credible accusations from multiple women against him, and some were under age (Via that link you will find some deeply sick stuff).
The incident itself also triggered the usual BS demand that the left needs to tone things down, so let’s cover that now.
Violent Rhetoric
Once again WE are supposed to tone down the rhetoric when something happens. Remember that almost all the criticism directed at both him and those around him is both fact-based and wholly valid.
Calling him out for the shit he does is a consequence of his own actions.
If he really wishes to tone down batshit crazy and totally tone deaf rhetoric, then yea, that judgement starts in his own house.
Some keep the receipts …
Dave Whamond – No one knows more about violent rhetoric than Donnie.
Dave Whamond – Stand with Jimmy #Kimmel #freeSpeech #firstAmendment
Was it staged?
Right now there is no evidence it was staged, but below is a video made by @ endofnews, from Instagram. He lays out an explanation of why so many lean into the idea that it was.
Briefly: everything he does is fake and staged, hence it is natural to think the WHCD incident was all part of that same pattern …
It is a truly understandable reaction. Remember that it all started with paid actors back in 2016, and we only found out about that in 2021 …
Let’s now talk about about that ballroom.
Ballrooms
The WHCD is a private event, it is not hosted by any arm of state. Using what happened to justify burning tax dollars to build his ballroom is insane for that reason alone.
However, it may also be worth pointing out that the proposed ballroom initially had a capacity for only 650, but was revised to a 900 seat capacity. That is not sufficient to hold even half of the number that attended the WHCD. 2,600 attended, so it far closer to just one third.
We should perhaps also mention that the WH did have ballroom facilities to enable it to host events, but he then opted to level it without asking anybody.
So now the reveal.
Mexico will pay for the ballroom.
Nah, just kidding. He never had the money to pay for the ballroom. It was always a scam. Just like the wall, we were always going to have to pay for it. They were just waiting for the right moment to hit us with the bill.
This is now the time.
Clay Jones – The very first thing Donald Trump talked about after the shooting was his stupid illegal ballroom. #WHCD #Trump #Ballroom #AssassinationAttempt
Daniel Boris – The Denial Two-Step.
Dennis Goris – The solution #ballroom
Dennis Goris – We ARE the donors #ballroom
Let’s now chat about the First Escort and how she made the news.
First Escort Hates Satire
The 1st Amendment wasn’t written so we’d feel free wishing each other a happy birthday. It was written so we’d feel free saying sharp and difficult things, such as stating plainly that the president of the United States is a convicted felon who is trying to destroy American democracy.
So Kimmel made a joke, and she hated it and demanded that he should be fired.
Kimmel pushed back …
Meanwhile, an Evangelical broadcasting group asks FCC to investigate ABC over Jimmy Kimmel joke.
- Evangelical broadcasters spent years warning about censorship, then heard one Jimmy Kimmel joke and immediately sprinted to the government like: “Officer, the comedian hurt my feelings.”
- The bought and paid for, hence now totally corrupt FCC, has now moved to review Disney-owned ABC station licenses earlier than scheduled, which critics describe as politically motivated pressure on broadcasters
Ann Telnaes – Melania attacks satire and the First Amendment
Clay Jones – A $400 million ballroom can save Donald Trump from late-night zingers. #Trump #JimmyKimmel #WHCD #WhiteHouseBallroom #MAGA #Snowflake #MelaniaTrump
The 8647 “Crime”
We’re in extremely deep shit when people are being criminally prosecuted for committing no crime.
This is where we are now, the country is currently unrecognizable …
There is also this fascinating insight …
- “You’d have to be either very stupid or very fucked up to believe any of that, Mr. President” I wish that a reporter, just one reporter, would say this to Trump on their last day on the job because you damn well know it’s what every single one of them is thinking about him daily
Dennis Goris – what ever you do, do not, do not, DO NOT post the numbers #8647 #comeyindictment
Matt Davies – DOJ Mussel
Nick Anderson – Shells
The other big event of the week was the visit by King Charles III.
King(s)
Trump continues to be Trump (Me me me me). In the clip below his cabinet were all there to shake hands with The King and then Trump jumps in while the King looks on as Trump starts shaking all their hands as if he has never met them before (it really is deeply embarrassing stuff) …
The King gave a Checkmate speech to Congress. What I mean is that within his words were a few very clear messages …
- Link to article here (it really is worth reading it)
- Example: What he said: “The U.S. Supreme Court Historical Society has calculated that Magna Carta is cited in at least 160 Supreme Court cases since 1789, not least as the foundation of the principle that executive power is subject to checks and balances.” What he meant: We gave you the tools to hold this guy to account, chaps.
- I applaud King Charles for having the skill to make a truly diplomatic speech. Diplomacy is the fine art of telling Trump and MAGA to go to Hell in a manner that enables Trump and MAGA to actually look forward to going on that journey..
Clay Jones – No kings also includes no Berder Kings #KingCharles #Trump #KingTrump #FakeKing #NoKings #PedoKing #PrinceAndrew #MAGA
We are also in the middle of a war at the moment, so what is new there?
WarGames
- Link to Article
- Quote: “There is no moral case for hiding Israel’s foreign interference in US policy. A press that openly lies is not free. But a press that tells only partial truths may be even more unfree, as these half-truths serve as a mask for its unfreedom.“
There is what is being said and then there is what is really going on – somebody somewhere is playing a round of game of thrones …
This is what he has actually achieved …
- Link to article here
- Quote: “But perhaps the war’s grimmest outcome is that it stifled a potential internal transformation. Regime change strategies often fail not because regimes are inherently strong but because they are adaptable. In Iran’s case, external pressure did not fracture the system; it reinforced the position of its most hard-line figures. The result is an Iran that is less predictable, less restrained, and probably more dangerous“
Matt Wuerker – Oh say can you see…..
Voting Rights
The deeply corrupted US Supreme Court is our democracy’s most powerful enemy.
Because of them, dark money has poisoned our elections and wildly gerrymandered districts intended to disenfranchise people of color and city dwellers will proliferate, resulting in election outcomes that defy the will of our citizens.
Nick Anderson – The Voting Rights Act
Matt Davies – Showing Their Stripes.
Clay Jones – SCOTUS answers the caw of racism. #VotingRightsAct #SCOTUS #Racism #Gerrymandering
Economic Impact
For those of them that voted for you know who despite being warned, my degree of sympathy for them is exactly zero …
This is the bigger picture, a brief snapshot of where all the $$$ are going …
A rather astonishing message to win over voters …
Clay Jones – Gas prices and Trump’s approval ratings are going in opposite directions. #Trump #GasPrices #ApprovalRatings #TrumpApproval #TrumpSucks #MAGA #8647
Corruption on a truly epic scale
The very blatant in-you-face corruption continues, the concept of free and fair elections and democracy is rapidly dying …
Multiple layers of Lunacy and utter incompetence
ICE Gestapo updates
This hell-spawned propaganda is not satire, it is actually real …
- “NICE” Guard in the above: “Sorry kid, you are too brown, off the the gulag you go“
Unacceptable. Jonathan Ross should be in custody awaiting trial for the murder of Renée Good.
Immigration
The Trump regime is reportedly now denying people access to US if they are critical of Israel. www.nytimes.com/2026/04/25/u…
MAHA – Alternative “Science”
MAGA Christian Cranks
The nuttier right-wing religious fanatics within the MAGA cult are as always doing their thing, and so here are this week’s samples.
- If Mr Webbon is wondering if there is any evidence of racism, then he need look no further than the nearest mirror, he is literally white racism incarnate.
- Even within conservative Christian circles he is perceived as racist. Baptist News Global described a rift involving Webbon and others over remarks critics saw as racist.
- When the above was criticised, he responded as follows: “Guess I should’ve been more clear. America is absolutely racist against White people.“. Webbon’s position seems to be: racism doesn’t exist, America has no racism problem, and also white people are its real victims. It is impressive to be that wrong in three different directions before finishing one thought.
- To fully understand him, you need to understand that he is to his core a fascist. That’s not a slur, it is a fact. For example, this past week he also explained that since people will never give up democracy and the right to vote, they must be taken away by force: “Virtuous, ambitious, masculine men have to climb the ladder of power and forcefully take away from the people that which is their detriment.“
Josh McPherson is hosting a “Freedom Con” men’s conference in June to raise up Christian nationalists who understand that “our nation was the Founders’ attempt at a theocratic expression from Old Testament roots in a New Testament context.”
- Nothing says “Old Testament roots in a New Testament context” quite like pretending the First Amendment was just a typo.
- If the Founders wanted a theocracy, they had a very strange way of showing it: no national church, no religious test for office, and a Constitution that mentions religion mainly to keep government’s hands off it.
- “Freedom Con” is a bold name for a conference about replacing democracy with Bible cosplay and calling it liberty.
- Reminder: Lauren Witzke has explained that she used to be a runner for a Mexican drug cartel, and is also famous for promoting the truly crazy claim that planet earth is flat.
- Witzke calling immigrants ‘parasites’ is projection doing parkour. Immigrants build businesses, staff hospitals, pick crops, pay taxes, and raise families. The parasite is the pundit class monetising panic because someone heard Spanish at Costco
- Meanwhile, and I’m really not kidding because this plot twist is real, she now apparently runs a supplement company that claims that cancer and other diseases are actually caused by parasites.
- Oh, and if you are wondering how crazy she actually is, well … this past week we also got this gem of raw lunacy: She insisted that “dinosaurs were a Nephilim inspired cross-breeding science experiment that died with the flood and you can’t convince me otherwise.“
Lance Wallnau declares that “these people on the left are demonized.”
- “The left are demonized,” says Lance Wallnau, bravely diagnosing half the country with Satan because they keep doing terrifying occult rituals like voting, reading books, and asking where the evidence is.
- Apparently the Gospel now comes with lethal injection. ‘Good news, sinner: Indiana has upgraded salvation to same-day delivery.
The Catholic League’s Bill Donohue declares that New York City Mayor Zohran Mamdani “wants to rape the rich.”
- “Rape the rich” is a truly weird way of saying “Paying their fair share of tax”. Bill Donohue’s real complaint is that Mamdani wants to touch Wall Street in its no-no loopholes.
Stephen Wolfe asserts that Christians must “claim ownership of the public space” by banning the construction of mosques and all other non-Christian houses of worship.
- Wolfe’s vision of religious freedom is basically: ‘You’re free to worship, provided you worship exactly like me, in a building I pre-approved, under a steeple of sufficient patriotic height.’
- Where this stance becomes truly “interesting” is when you consider what his definition of non-Christian actually is. From his viewpoint non-Christian includes all other variations of Christianity that don’t align with his beliefs such as Catholic and perhaps also Methodist, but also definitely Mormon and JWs and … well you get the idea. The interesting plot twist is how he would feel about his variation being banned by some other variation of Christian belief. The moment you step away from religious freedom for all, is when things get very very messy. The founders were well aware of this via rather a lot of European history that was far closer to them than it is to us.
- Shane has deployed the perfect MAGA miracle formula: invent the danger, declare Trump divinely rescued from it, then call anyone who noticed the first part a demon.
- What would actually be a real miracle is if I ever believed anything this convicted fraudster says, and yes, he really is a convicted felon who went to jail for fraud, not before he was a pastor, but when he was a pastor.
- Wallnau is pretending to condemn political violence while openly admitting he enjoys the political usefulness of it.
- The wider Trump-aligned response has been to blame “left-wing” rhetoric and the media for the attack, even as reports say officials had not produced a specific evidential link showing that media reporting caused the alleged attacker’s actions.
- A shooter is responsible for a shooting. You can discuss political rhetoric seriously, but Wallnau is not doing that. He is converting violence into a tribal sermon prop. The logic is basically: “Violence is terrible, unless it lets me score a point against journalists, in which case I will call it an eye-opener.” That is not analysis. That is moral arson, followed by pretending the flames are a useful teaching aid.
- The hypocrisy is even thicker because this crowd usually treats any criticism of Trump-world rhetoric as outrageous
- That is a man seeing political violence and asking, “How can I make this about my enemies?” For someone constantly warning about demonic influence, he has a suspiciously warm relationship with the part of himself that enjoys other people being terrorised.
Dale Partridge asserts that Abraham and Moses “did not practice Judaism” and were, in fact, “Old Testament Christians.“
- Yes indeed, Dale is this week’s winner of the gold medal for some rather impressive mental gymnastics.
Even More Political Cartoons from the past week
As always, there are many excellent cartoons.
Dave Whamond – Is MAGA finally becoming woke?
Matt Davies – Food For Thought.
Clay Jones – Donald Trump can fall asleep anywhere #Trump #SleepyTrump #SleepyDon #AssassinationAttempt #WHCD #SecretService
Clay Bennett – Artificial Intelligence
Pat Bagley – You can now bet on anything
New Passport
This is apparently your new passport …
- Why would Trump put his face on a passport. None of his supporters are going to see it
The slightly better news here is that there will be a choice. @cnn.com says Trump passport only avail in person in DC. Some could choose to get one. Apart from everything else wrong with this, doesn’t seem great for democracy to have people display political loyalties to “Dear Leader” on a document used for entry and proof of citizenship. www.cnn.com/2026/04/28/p…
Village Idiot Updates
We live in an age where the village idiot and also the President are one and the same …
Oh and yes, this is where irony went to die this past week …
- The lack of self awareness is truly stunning.
Finally
Trump Spins Dinner Shooting for Ballroom Agenda & Blitzer Is CNN’s One-Shoed Hero | The Daily Show
6,021,313 views Apr 28, 2026 #DailyShow#JonStewart#WHCD
Jon Stewart dives into the chaos at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner: After a shooter interrupted mentalist Oz Pearlman revealing Karoline Leavitt’s baby name, cabinet members abandoned their wives to rush to safety, Wolf Blitzer reported on the scene without a shoe, and Trump insisted none of this would’ve happened in his larger, more secure, East Wing ballroom. Plus, Triumph the Insult Comic Dog recounts his traumatic night of dodging bullets while trying to avoid having his carcass eaten by RFK Jr. #DailyShow#JonStewart#WHCD#Trump#WolfBlitzer
- 0:00 – Jon Stewart’s TDS Welcome
- 0:48 – Jon Stewart Recaps the Shooting at the White House Correspondents’ Dinner
- 4:46 – The Trump Admin Made a Swift Exit Following the Shots
- 9:45 – Mentalist Oz Peralman Reveals His Side of the Event
- 11:36 – Trump Sits Down with Norah O’Donnell to Recount the Dinner
- 14:30 – Trump Claps Back at Norah O’Donnell After Reading the Assassins’ Manifesto
- 16:50 – The President Uses the Shooting to Push His Ballroom
- 19:22 – Wolf Blitzer Becomes the MVP of the WHCD Attempted Assassination
- 22:15 – Triumph the Insult Comic Dog Covers the Red Carpet
If you skip to the end of the following you will find the truly wonderful spoof Rezyne ad.
Trump’s Totally Unhinged Assault Rifle Pic, Big Night with King Charles & James Comey Vendetta
3,269,721 views Apr 30, 2026 #Kimmel
King Charles and Queen Camilla spent the day in New York, last night they were honored with a lavish dinner at the White House, Charles is here trying to mend the fractured relationship between the U.S. and everyone else, he gave Trump a big shiny golden bell, his MAGA-sty offered some remarks about the royal mess he’s made in Iran, he posted a truly unhinged picture of himself this morning holding an assault rifle, the State Department is planning a limited edition passport with Trump’s face on it, Donald welcomed the astronaunts from Artemis II to the White House, he has an absolutely pigeon-brained vendetta against former FBI Director Jim Comey, and with everything going on it’s very clear that Trump isn’t well, but help is a TrumpRX prescription away!