It’s Friday.
Shitshow’s public schedule for…
This week in review…
This week had that weird, in-between feeling. Not quiet, not loud. Just… tense.
Like the story hasn’t actually started yet, and we’re all stuck in the prelude whether we like it or not.
We came into Monday already on edge, and within hours the solution being floated was… a luxury ballroom with a military-style bunker underneath it.
According to the “happy to spend all your money” crowd, it’ll come with a state-of-the-art underground complex and a hospital, because apparently we’re one bad night away from needing triage beneath the shrimp cocktail.
And because no bad idea travels alone, here’s how it played out:
In the House (where subtlety goes to die):
I’m working with my team to draft legislation ensuring the White House Ballroom is completed.
— Rep. Lauren Boebert (@RepBoebert) April 26, 2026
I don’t believe congressional approval is required for the project, but if it’ll keep activist judges on the sideline, so be it.
More to come this week.
In the Senate (where it somehow gets worse):
Lindsey Graham: "If you don't think $400m of taxpayer is a good investment to create a secure facility at the White House … the number one job of national security would be to protect the commander in chief, and to have infrastructure under the ballroom that is very national… pic.twitter.com/vpwKPVEABP
— Aaron Rupar (@atrupar) April 27, 2026
The rest of the tweet says: the number one job of national security would be to protect the commander in chief, and to have infrastructure under the ballroom that is very national security-centric.”
The week also included a reminder that “free speech” is apparently situational.
A late-night joke prompted a response from the Leader of the Free World and his wife, followed by the FCC poking around Disney/ABC licenses that aren’t even close to expiring.
All very measured. Definitely not weird.
The FCC hadn't taken this type of early-renewal action in decades… although, strangely enough, the agency just filed an early-renewal order yesterday against a small station license holder called Bridge News. https://t.co/grx2J9FeXq
— Brian Stelter (@brianstelter) April 28, 2026
The week also gave us the “seashells are now evidence” segment.
A now-deleted Instagram post from James Comey reading “86 47” got interpreted as something far more sinister, depending on who you ask.
We’ve officially reached the point where even abstract beach art comes with a political risk assessment.
Yes.. an arrest warrant has been issued against Comey
— Scott MacFarlane (@MacFarlaneNews) April 28, 2026
Two counts in a bare-bones indictment
Threats Against the President and Successors
Transmitting a Threat in Interstate Commerce
Yesterday didn’t give us much to work with. No big moments, no fresh disasters.
Just that uneasy pause that makes today feel less like a reset and more like a warning.
Fresh off the UK’s royal visit, the King of Tariffs announced tariffs on whiskey were coming off.
Turns out diplomacy pairs nicely with a decent pour.
From tariff tweaks to the House moving to end the partial DHS shutdown, which felt less like momentum and more like checking a box before whatever comes next.
THE HOUSE just funded DHS by voice vote.
— Jake Sherman (@JakeSherman) April 30, 2026
76-day DHS shutdown is over.
They didnt even take a recorded vote
CNN: In the end, House GOP leaders conceded in a weeks-long DHS funding fight in a major retreat by Speaker Mike Johnson as he faced a growing revolt from centrists in his party, multiple sources told CNN. The House abruptly passed the package — which includes no money for federal immigration enforcement, in a major win for Democrats — by a voice vote Thursday afternoon.
Speaking of Congress, Toddler in Charge spent part of yesterday going after Senator Bill Cassidy for objecting to Casey Means as Surgeon General.
Turns out “advice and consent” is only fun when it goes your way.
Still big mad…
Speaking of Louisiana, Governor and Special Something to Greenland Jeff Landry postponed the state’s congressional primaries after a Supreme Court ruling blew up the district map mid-cycle. Because nothing says stability like redrawing the lines while the game is already in progress.
Louisiana Secretary of State Nancy Landry said Thursday that the state will suspend its House primaries for the upcoming elections on May 16 in the wake of the Supreme Court striking down the state’s congressional map.
Landry said that while the U.S. House races will remain on voters’ ballots, “any votes cast in those races will not be counted.”
“Pursuant to 18:401.1(B), I have certified the emergency in light of the Supreme Court ruling. This is a mandatory step prior to the Governor issuing an executive order suspending the upcoming Louisiana U.S. House races,” Landry said in a statement on social media.
Gov. Jeff Landry, who is not related to the secretary of state, signed an executive order Thursday suspending the House primaries until July 15, or “until such time as determined by the legislature.”
The order also encourages the Louisiana State Legislature to pass new congressional maps and schedule elections “as soon as practical.”
The other races, including the Senate primaries, are set to go on as planned, Nancy Landry said. She said her office will post notices at early voting sites.
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And CBS New Orleans affiliate WWL-TV says both Landrys and Louisiana Secretary of State Liz Murrrill are being sued in federal court by former NAACP Baton Rouge Branch President Eugene Collins and U.S House candidate Lindsay Garcia in an effort to have the House primaries go on as previously scheduled.
Their suit asserts that the suspension of the primaries would disenfranchise voters. It points out that absentee ballots have already been cast and the Supreme Court didn’t order the “cancellation, postponement, or suspension of any election.”
CBS News. Updated 05/01/2026.
Toddler then announced a new Surgeon General nominee he appears to have discovered while watching Fox News. Because nothing says rigorous vetting like channel surfing.
And that brings us to Friday. Nothing resolved, nothing settled, just a brief lull before the next round.
So far he’s been pleased to announce more rounds of tariffs.
He just wrapped up shouting to the press.
We will circle back to it on Monday…
This is an Open Thread
Have a great weekend.
