The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues

IIRC, children under one year of age do not need a SSN on the 1040.

Not in my experience as a volunteer tax preparer. If you want to claim a child as a dependent, a SSN is required on the tax return. At least in the software that we use, which is Tax Slayer.

ETA: verified by the IRS:

If you file your return claiming your daughter as a dependent and don’t provide her Social Security number (SSN) on your return, the IRS will not allow you to claim her as a dependent.

I don’t see any such exception on the IRS website or their FAQ here:

Dependents 9 | Internal Revenue Service.

Then I did not recall correctly. IDNRC?)

In this clip, Trump explains to Maria Bartiromo that the Iranians couldn’t have moved their uranium in time before the strikes because it’s “very, very, heavy”

Did Iran hide uranium before the US’ air strike? Trump clears the air

I guessing someone once told Trump that uranium is a heavy element, but was talking about its atomic weight and Trump didn’t understand.

I’m reminded of the “trick” question “What weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of rocks?” AIUI, the Iranian uranium was thought to be only a few hundred pounds. Moving it might have required advanced technology such as forklifts and trucks.

It’s like how Trump seems to think stealth aircraft are invisible to the eye, clean coal has been physically washed, and asylum is where Hannibal Lecter was locked up.

I’m starting to suspect Trump’s not the genius that he’s been telling us he is. Trump probably weighs something around 275 lbs (maybe in the ballpark of the weight of the uranium). To quote Lex Luthor in the Superman movie talking about his henchman Otis: “It’s amazing that brain can generate enough power to keep those legs moving.”

Try saying this ten time fast!

But once it’s made into a bomb it, somehow, becomes very easy to move…

Rocks are typically weighed in avoirdupois units, so it should be ‘What weighs more: a pound of feathers or a pound of gold?’ (Answer: A troy pound of gold weighs 0.82 avoirdupois pounds.)

Yeah, I mean, all you have to do then is just drop it.

I originally typed “Iran’s uranium” but realized “Iranian uranium” sounded catchier.

It was definitely catchy. Good job.

(This has been my “Iranian uranium” encomium.)

We got a regular Tom Lehrer over here.

Yeah. It’s kinda like when UCLA plays Notre Dame. Somebody has to win. :thinking:

You can always root for injuries.

Well, moving even 900 pounds of the stuff is trivial is trivial logistically but it would take several trucks because you want to keep the stuff spread out. Knowing Trump he just wants to keep his not responsible for anything lifetime streak going.

Plus, he’s still undefeated on the golf course.

The former de facto president has vowed a vow.

Aside: I can’t think of a pithy title for the felon and the loon’s incredibly public divorce. I’ll happily take suggestions.

Cruella de Vile had a secret stash of cash.

I’m shocked, shocked I say, anyone in this administration could be corrupt!

I think we really must be next door to Armegeddon. Fox News is criticizing co-conspirator Hegseth for being easily triggered.

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Better yet. He should just leave.

The felon gouged us for six hundred grand so he could go play with himself.

Co-conspirator has an interesting response to someone dying in his custody: People die.

Felon junior gets called out by his cousin for his bigotry. (The bolding is mine.)

This seques to this report about the felon threatening New York City if the newly-elected mayor doesn’t do what he wants them to.

The felon seems to have a heart after all.

So what I glean from this is on July 27, 2025, a mere 26 days from now, the felon is going to deny citizenship to infants born in the United States of America and will deport them.

Hurricane forecasts are going to be iffy a month later than announced before.

How many hurricanes, on average, each year hit Mar-a-Lago?

The felon got called out for plagiarizing, and he freaked out.

Taco Melt!

I had to snip the beginning and end of that because it’s so short. Do yourself a favor and read the whole thing. Quite funny!

But this next bit regarding the felon and the press AND CONGRESis not funny at all.

“Mister Japan”? (The bolding is mine.)

And he still doesn’t realize it’s the US consumer who pays the tariffs on imported goods. I have no doubt His Excellency Shigeru Ishiba knows this fact.

The felon has made MS-13 stronger.

And finally, a good bit of news from Murdoch.

No more days of whine and doses?

From the poem “Vitae Summa Brevis” by Ernest Dowson:

They are not long, the days of wine and roses:

That is good.

“Kick the football, Charlie Brown!”