Trump’s coal mascot, racist Obama meme & Trevor Noah threats can’t distract from the Epstein Files
As millions of newly released Epstein Files once again place Donald Trump under scrutiny, the former president appears to be unleashing a barrage of spectacle designed to drown out attention. From a cartoon coal mascot to racist AI memes and legal threats against comedians, the political noise is deafening — and entirely deliberate.
I think we are somewhere in the Political Twilight Zone now…
The Coal Mascot Distraction: Fossil Fuels as Political Theatre
‘It’s sick’: Trump administration uses mascot called ‘Coalie’ to push dirtiest fossil fuel
The Trump administration has turned to an unusual weapon in its attempt to resurrect coal mining – a cartoon lump of coal, complete with giant eyes and yellow mining garb, called “Coalie”.
…Shane Jones is 30 seconds away from pulling the same stunt…
…this as Trump attacks and threatens jesters again…
Threatening the Jesters: Trump’s War on Satire and Comedy
Trump threatens to sue Trevor Noah over his Epstein island joke at the Grammys
Donald Trump hit out at Trevor Noah over a joke about the US president and convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein at the 2026 Grammys. ‘I think he’s terrible. I think he did a terrible job at the Grammys,’ Trump told reporters during an Oval Office meeting. In a social media post, Trump earlier threatened to sue Noah
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…and then this breathtaking racism…
Racism as Noise: When Trump Pretends Not to See the Obvious
…Jesus H Christ that’s Grand Cyclops in front of a burning-cross-hooded-pointed-white-hat level racist ffs!
…Trump’s defence is that his racism is just lazy attention on his part, and he didn’t ‘see’ the opening sequence as racist in any way shape or form, which if true is just as concerning as him shit posting for the Klan!
I mean, there’s, ‘misread the room’ and ‘not recognising a room’ eh?
Why the Epstein Files Matter — And Why Trump Wants Them Buried
When the Epstein Files were causing him grief last time, Trump illegally kidnapped the President of Venezuela and seized their oil. With the release of 3 million more damning files, he’s threatened a comedian, adopted a farcically offensive coal mascot as the planet burns and retweeted such an egregiously racist tweet that it all reminds us he really doesn’t want any more attention on the Epstein Files does he?
Which is why we must keep reading the Epstein Files.
Every day something new and horrific bobs up from the ocean of toxic sewage that has been released like burst puss from an unholy wound.
Let’s not focus on the things Trump want’s to eclipse our attention with, let’s focus on the thing he desperately doesn’t want us looking at.
The Epstein Files.
Escalation as Distraction: When Spectacle Isn’t Enough
I feel a military strike on Iran coming up.
