ONN: Megachurch conducts successful nuclear missile test
The Imperial Rule of Leon and His Sidekick, The Felon Von Shitzenpantz:
- Parody Project: ♫ Oops, I did it again ♬
- Stephen: Трамп’s destructive weekend & Canada is booing us & tariffs will cause “pain” & going back to 1913
- Jabari Jones: Flunky Трамп—Executive orders
- Mr. Newberger’s AI Funnies: Anatomy of a lie
- Seth Meyers: Musk’s Трамп-approved takeover sparks backlash as protests erupt & Dems demand answers
- Rachel Maddow: Трамп’s “stupidity problem” frustrates his efforts and emboldens his opponents
- Parody Project: ♫ DICTATOR DREAMS – And Now It Begins ♬
- The Other Brother: ♫ Tarrifs, Tarrifs ♬
- Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Blame DEI ♬:
- ScaredKetchup: Трамп Show 64—Confirmation hearings from HELL w/Kash Patel, Tulsi Gabbard, Bernie, Boebert, RFK Jr
- The Late Show: Resettling the residents of Mar-a-Lago
- Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ How many deaths will Dotard cause today? ♬
- Jesse Welles: ♫ Black Hawks and DEI ♬
- Ari Melber: Flailing fast! Трамп loses in court as MAGA leader blasts Musk as a dangerous phony
- LegalEagle: Can Трамп steal Greenland and Panama?
- Robert Reich: The REAL waste that DOGE should cut
- Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп starts the world’s dumbest trade war, doubles down on DEI & turns on California’s faucet
- Stella Magz: The Dotard’s plan goes up in smoke
- Parody Project: ♫ Got GITMO? ♬
- Lawrence O’Donnell: Трамп letting Musk intrude into Treasury is biggest, most important data breach ever
- Stephen: Трамп’s Gaza plan, atrocity or distraction? CIA and FBI purges underway
- Desi Lydic: Elon Musk purges government budget with federal aid cuts & Трамп continues Jan 6 revenge
- Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Making America Great (but Just for Billionaires and Трамп) ♬
- The Late Show: Elon Musk And His Doge Bags
- Steve Shives: Teacher enraged by Трамп era changes
- Ari Melber: That was fast! Flailing Трамп “folds” immediately in failed tariff clash (with Paul Krugman)
- Parody Project: ♫ I Brought you Tarrifs ♬:
- J-L Cauvin: The Dotard says he wants to own Palestine!?
- Seth Meyers: Трамп caves in tariff fight with Canada and Mexico & Musk takes control of government
- Jon: Трамп’s trade war, the war on DEI & the myth of “meritocracy”
- Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Трамп’s is tiny compared to Putin’s ♬
- Parody Project: ♫ Put Your Beer On A MAGA’S Heart ♬
- Steve Shives: Tariffs, USAID, and Трамп and Musk’s cruel incompetence
- Desi Lydic: Трамп proposes Gaza takeover as GOP tries to defend Palestinian relocation plan
- Seth Meyers: Late Night White House press briefing: How would you describe Трамп’s Cabinet?
- Jimmy Kimmel: Трамп backs off of tariffs & Senate advances RFK Jr
- The Ezra Klein: Don’t believe him
- Stephen: China is Big Mad over U.S. tariffs & How is Musk allowed to do this?
- Tommy Campbell: Трамп loses trade war he started
- Beyond America—Canada Looking South: ♫ Canada’s anti-Трамп anthem 🍁 “Stay Away Трамп—STAY AWAY” ♬
- Rachel Maddow: Judge drops hammer on the Трамп-Musk Treasury takeover gambit
- The Other Brother: ♫ Трамп wants Gaza ♬
- Lauren Mayer: ♫ So Long Ma (The Трамп Trade War Song) ♬
- Parody Project: ♫ Mr. Musk ♬
- Daily Soak: ICE srrests Speedy Gonzales near US-Mexico border
- J-L Cauvin: The Dotard claims credit for Mexico, Canada & Luka trade
- The Daily Show: How to un-DEI your workplace: An HR training video
- Mitch Benn: ♫ Everybody In America Is Female ♬
- Bill Hoover: ♫ “Magalot” (formerly Gaza) ♬:
- Patrick Fitzgerald: ♫ Meanwhile, in Project 2025 ♬
- Seth Meyers: Трамп shocks world with plan to “take over” and “own” Gaza, undercuts “America First”
- Christopher Titus: Трамп so far?? LOSERS GONNA LOSE!
- Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Truth behind Трамп’s 90-Day Freeze on Food Aid ♬
- John Waldron: Трамп press secretary tied to MISSING MONEY!
- Desi Lydic: Team Трамп does damage control on Gaza plan & issues trans sports ban
- Liberal Redneck: The insanity continues (Трамп’s second week)
- Stella Magz: Questioning Трамп Press Secretary KKKaroline’s “merit”
LegalEagle: America’s unhinged driving laws
Deplorables:
- Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ Good News for MAGAts ♬
- Tommy Campbell: Lauren Boebert CAN’t give all pardoned rioters her Capitol tour
- Kat Abu: Delta smelt–Why conservatives have blamed California drought on a tiny fish for almost 20 years:
- Bruce W. Nelson: ♫ The Fox is in the Henhouse (by invitation) ♬
- The Late Show: NFL removes “End Racism” from the Super Bowl end zones
Steve Shives: Democrats need to be fearless
The Late Show: Is Joe Biden the next James Bond?
Last week’s Friday Night Multimedia Extravaganza can be found here.
If the access of the data from the Payment system is ID theft, any recourse?
@1 Possible criminal and civil liability for the thief. Possible negligence claim against the government under the Federal Tort Claims Act. The Westfall Act bars lawsuits against federal employees individually for actions within the scope of their employment, even if they were negligent. That law converts claims against federal employees into claims against the government.
The FTCA is a limited waiver of sovereign immunity. In any FTCA case, the plaintiff’s lawyer has to research whether the particular type of claim is allowed under the act. As in any tort claim, you must prove a breach of duty, actual harm, and damages. A quirk of the FTCA is that for tort claims it applies the law of the state where the tort occurred.
I definitely have concerns that actions of the Trump administration, even if unconstitutional or unlawful, might be without legal recourse.
However, Trump’s presidential immunity is only immunity from criminal prosecution. His actions could still be the basis of tort claims under the FTCA.
The FTCA waives sovereign immunity for federal law enforcement, so if ICE deports U.S. citizens, they may be able to sue under the FTCA.
As for identity theft concerns, I think the best hope for a remedy there is if federal courts step in and block DOGE’s access with injunctions. Mixed results on that so far, but judges are viewing Musk’s activities with skepticism.