“A Disgusting Abomination” Indeed June 4, 2025 The headline says it all: MUSK DERIDES TRUMP’S BILL, SAYING IT WILL “MASSIVELY INCREASE THE ALREADY GIGANTIC” DEFICIT He calls it “a disgusting abomination.” The CBO agrees the bill would add trillions to our National Debt. But Trump has no real interest in lowering the deficit — nor in preserving the strength of the dollar or the enormous advantage its being the world’s reserve currency confers. He’s more of a crypto-corrupto kinda guy. (My solution to the deficit problem. All of 250 words. With colors! Green for revenues, red for spending.) BONUS HEGSETH ORDERS NAVY TO RENAME SHIP HONORING GAY RIGHTS ACTIVIST HARVEY MILK Kerry K.: “This is really insane. The Harvey Milk is in the same class of Navy ships with the Sojourner Truth, the John Lewis, the Cesar Chavez and the Robert F. Kennedy. I wonder which of them will be next.” (Other vessels under consideration: the Thurgood Marshall, the Ruth Bader Ginsburg, the Harriet Tubman, the Dolores Huerta, the Lucy Stone, and the Medgar Evers.) June is Gay Pride month. “A defense official said the timing of the decision was intentional.”