Frank Chow: Asian- American Political Pundit

Is the facade breaking? It appears that the Trump administration is facing some personnel issues. Could this be the beginning of the crumbling? I sure hope so. They can't pay people enough to join the administration, Stephen Miller is flailing, and the FBI is crying about being in an office and working. Tends to happen when you hire the worst fucking people.  Here are your highlights:  The White House acknowledges that it deported people without criminal records.  Make America Healthy Again is fictional AI conspiracy slop .  Gray whales are dying in San Francisco .  China is running circles around the Trump administration.  SCOTUS hates immigrants .  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 I was planning a trip up north this weekend, but everything is so damn expensive. I wish the government would regulate hotels from price gouging. $900 for one night?! What are we doing here? Who taught you to be so damn evil. So, I'm staying home, hiking, and then cleaning up the home. A bland, but much-needed weekend.  Here are your highlights: Is Trump's ban on gender affirming care for prisoners unconstitutional?  TACO Trump. This might be the funniest thing to come out of Wall Street .  Marco Rubio brings back the Yellow Peril .  The failings of Trump. Making America the 1980s . Deporting a 4-year-old to death.   Japan's rice crisis .  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 Day 1 of trying to cut back on caffeine, and I'm already losing my mind. Well, not really; I'm just tired. Like staring at the wall to watch paint dry, tired. I can't make it even one day. That's a problem, isn't it?  Here are your highlights: Bring back pandemics!  IDF has been targeting children. The doctors on the ground have confirmed it . Israel is full of war criminals.  Predatory medical lenders . I've been the victim of this, and it's awful. Sooooo, we're going to ignore that January 6th happened. And right-wing extremists don't exist.   Elon is failing everywhere.  - Every failed SpaceX launch makes Obama's decision to end the Constellation program more logical. Space exploration is merely science fiction at this point. We have the planet we're supposed to be on. It's cool to think of where we can go, but we don't have the technology or the right folks in charge to make that happen.  I am Frank Chow and I approve this messag...

 A very much needed vacation. Time away is nice, but time away and at a fun Midwestern "resort" is even better. I rarely do things like that, but the kiddos enjoyed almost every second of it. Waterpark, arcade, games, cupcakes, you name it. I only wish I made enough money to do it more often. I hope you all had a lovely Memorial Day weekend.  Here are your highlights:  NPR punches back . Penguin poop is good for the environment .  Trump has made the Ukraine and Russia talks worse.  No one likes Elon Musk, and it's hilarious.   Tragedy in Liverpool . Southwest is going to start charging for bags. Because why would anyone in the airline industry care about their customers?   Consumers are dumb. I can't stress this enough. The economy runs on vibes.   I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 Ever get potentially bad news and don't know how to handle it? That's me today. Hoping for the best.  Here are your highlights: House Republicans pass a bill to kill children . 2 killed at the Israeli Embassy . I'm sure Republicans will react calmly.  Potential new aid sites in Gaza . When you lose JD Vance , you've lost everyone.  COVID Boosters are now only for those 65 and up. They're trying to kill more people. It's the cruelty.  OpenAI acquires io for $6.5 billion . They're doubling down on the stupid.  Elon Musk plans to drop robotaxis in Austin . This will not go well.  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 The corruption is the point. Every meme coin, every transaction, every tariff—it's all meant to shake down countries to gift and enrich the Trump family. It's out in the open, and as we know, if it were a Democrat, there would already be nonstop headlines and jail time for the entire criminal enterprise. But thanks to John Roberts and his cohort of activist judges, it continues on, in plain sight.  Here are your highlights: "Not a detail guy." The Trump Organization to build a $1.5 billion golf course in Vietnam .  DHS is ALSO a criminal organization .  RFK Jr. is going to get us all killed. CDC is not allowed to talk about diseases .  Target FAFO .  Banning cellphones in schools is a good thing . Keep it up, America.  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 I woke up today and everything hurt. Bones. Back. Legs. I'm officially that old. WHICH MEANS. I'm old enough to remember "death panels." The GOP screaming that Dems were killing grandma. And yet today, the GOP is willing to kill grandma for tax cuts for the rich. It's truly the most Christian thing they can do.  Here are your highlights:  Palm Springs bombing : What we know.  ICE is awful. They made another deportation error.   30 million brace for more deadly storms .  More news on the Mexican ship that crashed into the Brooklyn Bridge . How a rural hospital could cost Utah millions .  Israel levels Gaza to no end .  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 Another week—another week of chaos. I'm not sure how we're handling this, but we're here, which says something about our resilience. The weather was nice this weekend, and I was able to go on two hikes. It's amazing what getting outside can do for your mental health. Maybe I need to plan a camping trip... Here are your highlights: The New York Times really went after Ms. Rachel .  Sad news, President Biden has been diagnosed with cancer .  Ice Cream recall . FOR PLASTIC.  Trump's big bill will hurt Americans. It's a massive tax cut for the rich while fucking over the poor.  " Golden Dome ," it's clear that Republicans aren't serious about anything.  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 It's graduation weekend on campus. This year is special because I'll be attending and supporting an intern I've mentored the past year. Sometimes you meet people at the right time. I don't have too much hope for this next generation that is terminally online, but this one intern can set the world on fire. It's been a bright spot in the most challenging year of my life. So yes, there's still good to be experienced in this world, which keeps me going.  Here are your highlights: Air traffic controllers in Denver lost contact on Monday. Not sure I'll be flying anytime soon.  Greatest economy ever! Or a recession around the corner.   With the cuts to higher education , it is clear the Trump administration has no idea what federal funding does. Research, technology, and more depend on this funding. It's ridiculously stupid to let America fall behind.  Make water less safe to drink!  Comey, welcome to the resistance ?  Plastic face Kristi Noem wants to turn...

 The corruption is the point. It's all out in the open. It's everywhere. The Trump administration is for sale, and they're advertising it in the Middle East. The media is reporting all of this like it's normal. It's not. And Democrats need to be screaming about it daily.  Here are your highlights: SCOTUS to hear arguments about birthright citizenship . The Roberts court loves to set the Constitution on fire.  This seems unreal, but it's real. Poland prepares for a Russian invasion .  DOJ is up to some shady shit . Charges a Russian researcher who has an anti-Russian stance.  Climate Change is real. NOT TO REPUBLICANS .  Wal-Mart begins raising prices.  So much winning.  In a hilarious AI failure, Elon's AI Grok can't stop talking about "white genocide." I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 Give me a plane. I can't afford it, but if you're listening, Qatar, I would love a private plane. I want one with an air bar and an air lounge—one of those fancy ones like Casey was on . All corruption, all the time. It's in plane sight (pun intended) and the media can't call it out. What are we doing? Here are your highlights:  Mayor Pete to President Pete? Look, nobody has impressed me more than Pete after Trump won. HOWEVER, to think America would elect a gay man...I'm not buying that. Homophobia in this country has heightened. And it's not only in the Republican party.  Anti-trans folks are weakening our military.   Oklahoma Super Indentent is a wackodoodle.  Hey y'all. Concentration camps aren't cool .  Fuck Gavin Newsom . What a total turncoat this guy has become.  Medicaid cuts are wildly unpopular. Dems need to hammer this home.  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 It's almost summer, which means summer camps, pool time, and getting tan. It's the little things that help us survive all of this chaos. Our pool opens at the end of the month. Let's go! Here are your highlights: RFK Jr. is not only dumb, he's an idiot.  Dems call for investigation into Library of Congress upheaval .  Trump goes to the Middle East to accept more bribes.  French Champagne makers are pissed at the tariffs .  Jake Tapper is a piece of shit. He has a new book out about Biden's health. Nary a word about Trump's decline.  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 We had a fantastic birthday weekend. We laughed, ate dim sum, and saw the Minecraft movie. One thing is for sure: if you ever want to write a screenplay, go ahead and do it. The Minecraft movie is proof that anyone can make a movie. Never doubt yourself Here are your highlights: Forget babies named after TV show characters. People today are naming kids after trees.   DHS is threatening to jail more Democrats . It's here.  Cutting Medicaid is cruel and also wildly unpopular. So, of course, Republicans want to move forward with it.  Hurting the poor to benefit the rich. BUT BUDGETS. DEFICITS. FISCAL CONSERVATISM.  Worms in meat .  Dismantling NOAA threatens monitoring of Carbon Dioxide.   Mock, Paper, Scissors had me laughing out loud. Pope poses as the President.   I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

I'm older today, and I feel it. Every bone is cracking. I grunt when I get out of a chair.  But then I went outside, and it was nice out. Genuinely nice out. And I felt young again. I'm technically middle-aged now, but I don't feel like it. I still feel just as clueless as I was when I was 21. The world feels just as chaotic. I'm lucky to be here after all I've been through, especially in the past two years. I'm proud of myself.  Here are your highlights:  Saint Babbit of QAnon . Drifty makes the case that the Republican Party is no longer a party, but a religion.  Pronatalists are weird .  NEW POPE! CHICAGO POPE! The Right is Pissed .  AI is crap. AI is a scam. And people should not bring people back from the dead .  A Hungarian spy operation was uncovered by Ukraine. I am Frank Chow and I approve this message 

 I get older tomorrow. It's an off year with nothing to celebrate except that I'm here, I'm still learning, and we have two amazing daughters. Life, when you simplify it like that, makes it easier. All the chaos that surrounds us, all the terrible shit going on, at the core of it I'm luck to have my family. So tomorrow, I'll cheers to another year on this planet.  Here are your highlights: Asians behaving badly - Outgoing U of Michigan president is a coward . Anyone else weirded out by how much power Laura Loomer has? Our governor in Illinois is doing it right.   The Supreme Court is all about the vibes .  Time to do a wellness check on Sen. Fetterman.  Trump reports more children. ICE needs to be drowned in a bathtub . That'd be a real DOGE cut.  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

Kristi Noem is visiting Springfield, Illinois. If you want to go cause some good trouble. I can't make it, but here are some sign ideas.  Noemone asked for you to visit Leave us a-noem Kristi says she's a "patriot." Noem she's not. Noem more deportations without due process! Would rather deal with a garden Noem. Here are your highlights: Federal judge orders North Carolina to certify the election . New Pope! We're going to get a new Pope . Let's hope JD Vance doesn't meet this one, too.  India and Pakistan. Not good .  The courts will decide if disabled people have a right to equal healthcare .  DOGE is being run by petulant little twerps who deserved wedgies in high school.  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 Alcatraz! Movies! Sharks! Oh my! Trump is clearly in cognitive decline. He watches TV while he shits himself and the press prints it as fact. The failure of our media will be studied for decades . How they capitulated, how they went along with the chaos, and how they refused to stand up to the Orange Menace. It's up to us, lowly bloggers and terminally online folks, to right the ship. Onward. Forward.  Here are your highlights: Texas wants to monitor wastewater for abortion pills . I have no words.  Real ID. It only took 20 years.   Fuck the Great Lakes .  As a girl, Dad, I will stock up on Barbie Dolls.   ICE is killing people , and Congress doesn't care.  Crypto is bad. It's always been bad. It's worse now that Trump is scamming people daily.  If it were any other time, Trump would already be impeached... I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 It's another weekend, another step closer to dictatorship. People are fed up and organizing, a bright spot in a dark climate. Speaking of climate, why did we move to Illinois?! This weather is lame: rain, mud, humidity, allergies. I'm miserable.  Here are your highlights: Does a president need to uphold the Constitution? I can't believe we have to ask that.  "A slow-moving apocalypse" in the world of scientific research . There are openings for other countries to lead in science. Republicans do not understand what they're cutting. It's ignorant and detrimental.  Genocide and the occupation of Gaza .  Re-opening Alcatraz . It's all so stupid, I don't know where to begin. A criminal says we must put more criminals in hard-to-reach prisons.  Crypto is a scam. And it's hurting Americans .  We have a housing crisis on our hands .  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

 Just the dumbest people running the country. They don't get that firing, closing operations, and drowning the government in a bathtub will lead to disasters, disease, and deaths. Or, worse, they don't care. It's ridiculous, and there seems to be no signs of stopping them. Republicans write orders like you're ordering Jimmy John's for your corporate lunch.  Here are your highlights:  NPR and PBS are on the chopping block .  Charter Schools have always been a scam to force religion on children .  55,000 on strike in LA .  Therapy can't make people less trans. HHS is led by a crackpot . Leave Trans kids alone.  DOGE! BUDGET CUTS! $1 trillion to the Pentagon! Wait, what?  Rubio is collecting new roles like Pokémon . But it's clear, he actually isn't doing shit but being a coward. He claims he can scoop citizens off the street for disagreeing with him. Come get me, Marco.  I am Frank Chow and I approve this message

The first 100 days of Trump were precisely what we warned everyone about. We saw chaos. Deaths. Disease. Abuses of power. And more incompetence. Of course, that means Trump is doubling and tripling down on everything from tariffs to kidnappings. It's time for Dems to punch back and stop waiting for Trump to self-destruct because who knows where that will lead. You do realize he has access to nukes, right?! Here are your highlights:  Caps win!  Jobless claims on the rise . It feels all too familiar. Recessiony even.  Protests. As Gov. Pritzker said, take to the STREETS .  MVP Harris has a word for Trump .  1 in 4 Americans believe Chinese Americans are a threat to America.  There's a lot to unpack here, but the thing that sticks out the most is that nearly half of the country thinks Asian-Americans are more loyal to their country of origin than America. We intend to continue to fight the stereotypes, misinformation, and continued Asian-Hate. I've met many As...