A Porcine Pause
Oh. Well, when you explain it like that...
A real scholar, that one.
And now, our feature presentation...
Cheers and Jeers for Tuesday, November 25, 2025
Note: Here’s what you can expect C&J-wise for the rest of the week: regular C&J tomorrow, special Thanksgiving edition Thursday morning, no formal C&J Friday evening (we may post a “Who won the Week” poll), back Monday, dogs and cats living together, mass hysteria, and Grandma’s olive and sour-apple marshmallow Jello which you will eat because she worked on it over two consecutive weekends and put it through a thorough EPA inspection. Thank you. —Mgt.
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By the Numbers:
9 days!!!
Days 'til the next full moon: 9
Days 'til the 28th annual Festival of Ice in Lewistown, Pennsylvania: 9
Percent of Americans polled by CBS News who believe Trump's policies are causing the ongoing price spikes: 65%
Percent approval of Trump's handling of the economy in the same poll: 36%
Opening weekend worldwide gross for Wicked—For Good: $226 million
Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene's (MAGA-GA) last day in Congress: 1/5/26
Depth at which Dick Cheney was buried: 6.66 feet
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Puppy Pic of the Day: Meanwhile, across the pond…
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CHEERS to Republicans in disarray. If you've noticed that the House leadership in D.C. has abandoned all pretense of being anything other than the executive branch's lapdog, you're not alone. In fact, the mighty MAGA majority is spending an ever-larger chunk of time wondering not if they should jump ship, but when. Apparently Marjorie Taylor-Greene's resignation may be just the tip of the weirdo iceberg:
“This entire White House team has treated ALL members like garbage. ALL," said one senior House Republican.
White House employee.
"And Mike Johnson has let it happen because he wanted it to happen. That is the sentiment of nearly all—appropriators, authorizers, hawks, doves, rank and file. The arrogance of this White House team is off-putting to members who are run roughshod and threatened. … Now even the high profile, the regular rank and file random members are more upset than ever. Members know they are going into the minority after the midterms."
“More explosive early resignations are coming," that senior House Republican added. "It’s a tinder box. Morale has never been lower. Mike Johnson will be stripped of his gavel and they will lose the majority before this term is out.”
By the way: what do you call a MAGA member of Congress who resigns? Trash that takes itself out.
JEERS to scorching the earth faster than planned. Let the news at last be spread: that wicked old DOGE at last is dead…
U.S. President Donald Trump's Department of Government Efficiency has disbanded with eight months left to its mandate, ending an initiative launched with fanfare as a symbol of Trump's pledge to slash the government's size but which critics say delivered few measurable savings. […]
Their job is done here.
DOGE claimed to have slashed tens of billions of dollars in expenditures, but it was impossible for outside financial experts to verify that because the unit did not provide detailed public accounting of its work.
Yes. The operation to stop waste, fraud and abuse through greater scrutiny and transparency was shuttered because the Trump regime learned to its horror that greater scrutiny and transparency might result in stopping waste, fraud and abuse. Or as it's better known: their oxygen.
CHEERS to confronting the bullies among us. Today is International Day for the Elimination of Violence Against Women. The United Nations provides a reminder that...
» Violence against women is a human rights violation.
» Violence against women is a consequence of discrimination against women, in law and also in practice, and of persisting inequalities between men and women.
» Violence against women impacts on, and impedes, progress in many areas, including poverty eradication, combating HIV/AIDS, and peace and security.
» Violence against women continues to be a global pandemic.
» Violence against women and girls is not inevitable. Prevention is possible and essential
Just as pink is worn for breast cancer awareness and purple is worn for LGBTQ Spirit Day, this year the U.N. urges everyone to wear and/or display orange between now and December 10 to show support for the fight to prevent violence against women. On this site I don’t think that'll be a problem.
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BRIEF SANITY BREAK
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END BRIEF SANITY BREAK
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JEERS to Reagan's Katrina Monica Watergate Reagan Moment. On November 25, 1986, the Iran Contra "Affair" busted wide open when #40 appointed the Tower commission to find out what the $#!!#$ was going on. It later resulted in this public admission from Reagan:
"A few months ago I told the American people I did not trade arms for hostages. My heart and my best intentions still tell me that's true, but the facts and the evidence tell me it is not. As the Tower board reported, what began as a strategic opening to Iran deteriorated, in its implementation, into trading arms for hostages. This runs counter to my own beliefs, to administration policy, and to the original strategy we had in mind."
Eleven people ended up getting nailed, but George H.W. Bush pardoned them all before he left office. Some of the Iran-Contra figures, like Elliott Abrams and John Negroponte, would pop up again in the Bush II administration despite the black stains on their names. Because truly scurrilous help is so hard to find.
JEERS to today's edition of Lather, Rinse, Repeat. If there's one hard and fast rule of the universe, it's this: the Trump organization is nothing but a handful of grifters who peddle expensive junk (Bibles! Shoes! Crypto! Non-fungible tokens!) to their gullible marks, and half the time they don’t even deliver. Right on cue, here's their latest scam via NBC News:
In June, President Donald Trump’s two older sons held an event at Trump Tower where they touted a new made-in-the-USA mobile phone with an American flag on its back, plus a new wireless service called Trump Mobile. … According to the initial announcement, the phone was supposed to be released in August.
But three months later, there are no signs that the phone has become a reality. The Trump Mobile website has scrubbed any mention of a specific release month, but continues to collect $100 down payments on the promise of availability “later this year.”
This has been today's edition of Lather, Rinse, Repeat.
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Ten years ago in C&J: November 25, 2015
JEERS to Behind-the-Times Ben. As if things couldn’t get any nuttier than Carly Fiorina raging against a non-existent Planned parenthood "fetus harvesting" video, Ben Carson has now joined Donald Trump in claiming he saw footage of "thousands of" Arab-Americans in New Jersey laughing and cheering after the 9/11 attacks. First things first: neither of them saw such footage (even Carson is flip-flopping now), and we hardly need a president with such scrambled-egg memories. But what caught my eye about Carson is how he described his source of what he claims he saw:
Ben Carson, who told reporters gathered in Nevada that he did see celebrations of American Muslims in New Jersey after 9/11.
“I saw the film of it, yes,” he said. Asked what kind of film, he said: “The newsreels.”
Yes. The newsreels. Specifically, Movietone News in a darkened theater just after a Three Stooges short and right before an Andy Hardy feature. At least that's what I read in this morning's broadsheets.
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And just one more…
CHEERS to gettin' outta Dodge. Thanksgiving is looming like a 20-pound platter of mashed potatoes, and Triple-A predicts that there’s a 90% chance travelers will—against the direct orders of Transportation Secretary Sean Duffy, mind you—scream, curse, dress like slobs, and smell kinda gamey between now and next Tuesday. Triple-A also says more of us will be on the roads and airborne sardine cans compared to last year:
AAA projects 81.8 million people will travel at least 50 miles from home over the Thanksgiving holiday period from Tuesday, November 25 to Monday, December 1. This year’s domestic travel forecast includes an additional 1.6 million travelers compared to last Thanksgiving, setting a new overall record.
If you see this on the road, your best advice is to slow down and give Justice Sotomayor a wide berth.
AAA projects at least 73 million people will travel by car, that’s nearly 90 percent of Thanksgiving travelers and an additional 1.3 million people on the road compared to last Thanksgiving. That number could end up being higher if some air travelers decide to drive instead of fly following recent flight cancellations.
At the pump, drivers are paying about the same as last year, when the national average for a gallon of regular gasoline was $3.06 on Thanksgiving Day.
6 million U.S. travelers are expected to take domestic flights over the Thanksgiving holiday period, a 2% increase compared to 2024. According to AAA data, which is based on what travelers paid when they booked their Thanksgiving trips, a roundtrip domestic flight is averaging $700 which is similar to last year.
If you'll be among the road-trippers, please be safe and practice proper driving etiquette: the right hand is for texting, the left hand is for flipping the bird, and your lap is for your tablet so you can binge-watch stuff on Netflix.
Have a tolerable Tuesday. Floor's open...What are you cheering and jeering about today?
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