Financial disclosures should include, like tax returns, that the material presented is true to the best of the submitter’s knowledge and be signed. So of course such a declaimed would be rejected.

Trump said yesterday that he can’t be accused of fraud because in all his financial statements there is a buyer beware clause - a disclaimer that warns the reader that they should not believe anything in them!

If speeding up the trial date is Judge Chutkan’s only practical means of stifling Trump’s continuing assault on the justice system, why is she taking so long to rule on Jack Smith’s gag order motion?

Is anyone who watched Real Time With Bill Maher that aired last Friday (available on Max) still a fan of his after that show?

@AskTheDevil The media could include those issues, but they don’t. Park employees not getting paid is obvious, though. That’s why the parks close.

@FireMonkey That’s a good argument. So why don’t the media say that?

@Heatmizer_626 Well, yeah. That’s why the parks would close!

Oh goodie! The shutdown has been averted - for a month and a half. Then it starts again.

@wolfwoman True, but that’s not the focus. If instead those employees would be listed along with air traffic controllers, TSA employees, and the like, it would more appropriate.

Why is it that whenever a government shutdown looms, closing national parks is one of the awful things that is always mentioned? Like having to forego a vacation trip to Yellowstone is up there with not getting a paycheck?

#RyderCup The reason we keep losing to the Europeans in this biannual golf tournament: they make putts and we don’t. I don’t know why that is, but it’s obvious.

@DrJackBrown He must know enough to get the deal. I predict others will follow, especially those he worked with in the voting machine rip off.

What rationale can there be for paying the members of Congress their salaries when the government shuts down? Congress, at least the House, is responsible for the shutdown. And Congress can’t work during the shutdown because, well, everything will be shut down, including their staffs’ salaries. Congress barely works as it is, but now they’ll get paid for doing absolutely nothing!

Yup.

Pro-life. Gotta hand it to Republicans. They sure can come up with catchy terms perfect for bumper stickers. Pro-life sounds good, right? Who can be against life? But actually, those Republicans are just Pro-Birth. After the delivery, they’re not interested in protecting the life or welfare of the baby or the mother. And they’re Pro-Death Penalty. Wait, how is that Pro-Life? And they’re Anti-Vaccination. But vaccinations save lives, right? Oh, those Republicans, bless their hearts.

When will the media stop saying “X, formerly know as Twitter” instead of X? Do they say Meta now instead of Facebook?

#politics When Trump enthusiasts were asked why they were going to vote for him in 2016 despite all the things he’d said that would have derailed a candidate in pre-Trump times, they would often say, “Because he’s a great businessman, and we need someone like that to run the country.”

But if the lying and cheating is what all crafty businessmen do and is the excuse now, there’s one problem. A truly successful businessman doesn’t get caught doing it!

@danielbsmith The majority came out against Trump the last two times. He won the first, came within a few thousand votes in key states of winning the second. That’s the Electoral College for you.

@ProjectShadow True, and that’s why the Cowboys might take over that lovable losers mantle. Unless the Red Sox “bounce back” from their temporary reprieve of almost a century of losing and continue their “winning” ways of the last few years. Said as a fan of both the Cowboys and the Red Sox.