The Common Ills

Saturday, June 27, 2026

What is Leon Black hiding about Epstein?

Did he disappear for a McDonald's original fried Apple Pie?

BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB & THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS & THE COMMON ILLS -- THE KOOL AID TABLE

THE HEAD OF FEMA'S OFFICE OF RESPONSE AND RECOVERY IS MISSING!

INSIDERS TELL THESE REPORTERS -- MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB & THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS & THE COMMON ILLS -- THAT GREGG PHILLIPS HAS BEEN OUT FOR DAYS.

DHS IS TELLING REPORTERS THAT PHILLIPS IS ONLY "TAKING LEAVE FOR PERSONAL REASONS" WHILE OTHERS ARE SAYING HE WAS FIRED.

WE THINK THERE'S ANOTHER EXPLANATION: PHILLIPS NEEDED MCDONALD'S.

BEAR WITH US. PHILLIPS HAS A HUGE HANKERING FOR FRANCHISE EATINGS AND MCDONALD'S HAS JUST BROUGHT BACK THEIR ORIGINAL FRIED APPLE PIE. WHAT IF, HE WENT TO MCDONALD'S?

B-B-BUT TO BE GONE FOR DAYS, YOU ASK?

REMEMBER WHAT HE REVEALED:

I was with my boys one time and I was telling them I was gonna go to Waffle House and get Waffle House. And I ended up at a Waffle House – this was in Georgia and I end up at a Waffle House like 50 miles away from where I was. And they said, “where are you?” and I said, “A Waffle House.” And “a Waffle House where?” And I said, “Waffle House in Rome, Georgia.” And they said, “That’s not possible, you just left here a moment ago.” But it was possible. It was real…

Teleporting is no fun. It’s no fun because you don’t really know what you’re doing. You don’t really understand it, it’s scary, but yet – but so real.

THAT'S RIGHT. WHAT IF GREGG PHILLIPS -- GOVERNMENT EMPLOYEE AND SELF-NOTED TELEPORTER -- TELEPORTED TO A MCDONALD'S TO GET A FRIED PIE AND NOW IS STUCK THERE BECAUSE HE IS UNABLE TO TELEPORT BACK HOME. AS HE ADMITTED HE "DOESN'T REALLY KNOW WHAT [I] AM DOING" AND HE DOESNT "REALLY UNDERSTAND IT."

THESE REPORTERS -- MUST CREDIT BULLY BOY PRESS & CEDRIC'S BIG MIX & THOMAS FRIEDMAN IS A GREAT MAN & ANN'S MEGA DUB & THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS & THE COMMON ILLS -- ARE DEMANDING THAT THE JUSTICE DEPARTMENT OPEN A NATION WIDE SEARCH OF MCDONALD'S TO LOCATE GREGG PHILLIPS. IT MUST TAKE PLACE IMMEDIATELY. WHAT IF, IN TRANSPORTING, HE ENDED UP LANDING RIGHT UNDER THE MCFLURRY MACHINE?

FROM THE TCI SNAPSHOT:

On Wednesday's embarrassing kick-off to Chump (Fading) Mania, Tommy Christopher (MEDIAITE) notes Jen Psaki's MS NOW commentary:

So who did Trump manage to book for his big event? Who was the big name they managed to lock in? Well, it’s Kash Patel’s 27-year-old girlfriend. Get excited everybody.

The FBI director’s 27-year-old girlfriend is a featured performer at Trump’s big celebration, which I’m sure was thrilling news for all of these 6,000 people who are following her budding country music career on Spotify. I’m sure they are absolutely delighted.

But it turns out well-known musicians are not the only ones dropping out of Trump’s big state fair. The website for the event says it will feature more than 150 exhibits from all 50 states and territories. Sounds good, right?

Only it turns out that some of America’s states and territories are just as reluctant to participate in this thing as Milli Vanilli or one half of Milli Vanilli, to be exact, because several states have now also announced that they are pulling out of this event, too. According to various news outlets, at least 10 states have dropped out and will not have exhibits at the event.

Trump couldn’t even get all 50 states of the United States of America to attend the Great American State Fair.

And he can’t even deliver on the food he promised for this event, it turns out, because yesterday “Axios” reported that a local D.C. sandwich shop that appeared on the event’s vendor list said they never agreed to participate in the fair at all. Again, this is — this is supposed to be the kind of thing that is easy for a president. It’s the kind of — kind of the presidential equivalent of a local politician showing up at a ribbon cutting ceremony, but Donald Trump can’t even pull this off.

And Jen was right. In fact, as Ben reported in the video at the top of the snapshot, thee food situation was much worse because some vendors did show up . . . only to have the power go out and food get ruined. And the Ferris wheel wouldn't work.

How much of our tax dollars were wasted on that garbage? And don't pretend you want the nation to come together and to unify when you've got Sean Duffy on stage cursing at liberals or Chump onstage insisting that two years ago the country was the laughing stock and blah blah blah. This was a partisan event. This was not about unity, it was not about America.

Glory was being sought. But not for this country. Not for its founding. Not for the hope of what it can be. Everyone on stage was present to glorify the Convicted Felon.

And, no, you're not going to get even half the country willing to go along with that as a celebration of 250 years of existence.

Last night, in "MAHA finally catches on to Chump," Elaine noted Chump was seeing members of Make America Healthy Again leaving his hate-filled tent. Tom Boggioni (RAW STORY) notes:

The Make America Healthy Again movement that helped sweep Donald Trump back into the White House is fracturing over his betrayal on pesticides — and MAHA activists are now threatening to stay away from Republicans in the upcoming midterm elections.

According to a report from MS NOW's Arielle Hixson, the Trump administration's decision to back Monsanto in the Supreme Court's Roundup pesticide liability case is turning into a pivot point for the administration. The company is fighting to shield itself from state lawsuits claiming the herbicide should have carried cancer warnings. By supporting Monsanto's legal team, Trump signaled whose side he's on—and it's not the health-conscious base that carried him to victory.

[. . .]

That threat of voter disengagement represents a catastrophic risk to Trump heading into 2026. MS NOW is reporting a Kaiser Family Foundation poll found 41% of American adults support MAHA — voters who skew Republican but whose loyalties are now visibly shaken.

Alexandra Muñoz, a toxicologist working with the MAHA movement, warned that a Monsanto victory would "strip accountability from a category of chemicals that includes known carcinogens and could clear the way for more hazardous pesticides to reach the market," according to the report.

Hannah Dunning, the "Clean Clothing Chick," articulated the movement's ultimatum, telling MS NOW, "If they want to be disrespectful to the point where they're going to side with Big Chemical in the Supreme Court, watch out for angry moms, because we're here; we're ready."

Sheryl Gay Stolberg (NEW YORK TIMES) reports:

President Trump, facing a backlash from supporters of Health Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr. for allying himself with the chemical industry, issued an executive order on Thursday aimed at reducing pesticides in the food supply and studying the health risks they pose.

The order does not involve new federal funding, and does not call for new regulations or legislation. Critics contended that it did little to meaningfully address the consequences of pesticide use. Two White House officials, speaking anonymously to preview the order before it was announced, said it was timed to coincide with a dinner Mr. Trump was hosting for farmers.

And it's not just independents, swing voters, Republicans and MAGA that Chump's losing, Nicole Charky-Chami (RAW STORY) reports even the tin foil hatters of QAnon are leaving Chump Land:

QAnon believers have turned on President Donald Trump, and despite an attempt from the White House to win them back, it has backfired among the president's former allies, an analyst reported on Thursday.

Will Sommer, senior reporter at The Bulwark, described how the Trump administration dropped a "bizarre QAnon-themed social media campaign" this week. In posts on X, the White House used slogans associated with QAnon, including “trust the plan” with a mock Q design to try to promote Trump executive orders and references to "quantum computing."

"There are several reasons why QAnon believers are turning on Trump," Sommer wrote. "But the main thrust boils down to this: After trying to block the release of the Jeffrey Epstein files and failing to deliver deep-state arrests, some of the movement’s dissatisfied stars think it’s a bit gauche, if not insulting, that the president and his team are appropriating QAnon culture."

QAnon John, a former movement personality, described the backlash over Trump's second administration and the online group.

“Now, [sic] that Trump’s approval is in the toilet after endless broken promises to the American people and blatantly Israel first policies, they are using Q propaganda in a last ditch desperate attempt to reel the deceived loyalists back in," he wrote.

Chump's reflecting pool nightmare continues but it's not the only damage he's physically done to the area. Vic Verbalaitis (DAILY BEAST) notes:

Yet another of President Donald Trump’s vanity projects has left a nasty scar on an iconic Washington, D.C. landmark.

The White House South Lawn, the featured site of the president’s 80th birthday bash, housed the 600-ton metal behemoth dubbed “The Claw” for Trump’s birthday fight night, which ruined the historically pristine green lawn in the process.

As can be seen in aerial photos captured on Wednesday, workers have arrived to repair the grass damaged by the UFC Freedom 250 event held on June 14.

[. . .]

Trump’s other vanity projects, such as his botched Lincoln Memorial Reflecting Pool renovation and his demolition of the White House East Wing to make way for his $600 million ballroom, have irrevocably changed the historic People’s House and its surrounding landmarks.

All that money wasted on Chump's personal birthday. Corruption, corruption, corruption. Chump can -- and does -- add to our national debt constantly. He's just not very good when it comes to generating income for the United States. Tristan Bove (FORTUNE) reports:

U.S. colleges are dealing with plummeting international student enrollment, and the consequences could go far beyond shrinking tuition revenue.

International students have become less likely to pursue education in the U.S. since President Donald Trump’s return to office. The administration has introduced more restrictive anti-immigration policies, including measures that explicitly target foreign-born students, and tightened rules about post-schooling employment for international graduates.

Last fall, schools reported international student enrollment had dipped 17%, according to NAFSA, an education nonprofit. Declining tuition spending translated to $1.1 billion in lost revenue for universities, and almost 23,000 fewer jobs.

Those figures might just be a drop in the bucket if international students end up permanently absconding from U.S. schools. International enrollees disproportionately pursue technical degrees, including in scientific, technology, engineering, and mathematics domains, otherwise known as STEM. The skills and the professions these lead to are cornerstones to U.S. innovation and technological breakthroughs, which in turn bolster all sorts of businesses and jobs. By cutting off those foreign-born grad students and PhDs at the source, the U.S. risks gutting its own economy years down the line.

That’s the finding of a paper published Tuesday by researchers at the Peterson Institute for International Economics. If the number of transplant STEM graduates trained in the U.S. were to fall by a third over the next decade, the blow to entrepreneurship, productivity, and business dynamism would claw anywhere between $240 billion and $481 billion from the country’s GDP, the paper found.

Whether it's the White House lawn or the influx of money to the country from foreign students, Chump destroys it all. He's a screw up, a loser, and always has been.

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