SCOTUS Not Political? Now That’s Comedy: WTF! Edition

By Michael Woyton

Sometimes the news just makes you shake your head. Sometimes it makes you shake your fist. Here are some of the recent WTF! headlines.

Supreme Court Chief Justice John Roberts said that his court — with a six ultra right wing Conservative majority — isn’t political.

So says the chief justice who continues to allow a convicted felon and adjudicated rapist, not to mention Pal O’Epstein, to have complete immunity.

Maybe we should ask majority-Black congressional districts which the court said could up and disappear what they think about Roberts and his SCOTUS buddies.

There is something deeply pathological about Chief Justice Roberts insisting the Supreme Court isn’t political while sitting atop the most ideological supermajority in modern history.

Andrew Weinstein (@andrewjweinstein.com) 2026-05-07T03:45:14.863Z

Read “Chief Justice John Roberts says Supreme Court is not political.”

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If Ka$h Patel, who has never ever been drunk but has his own brand of bourbon, why didn’t James Comey come out with his own line of seashells?

On the same day it was announced that the FBI was investigating journalist Sarah Fitzpatrick after her devastating article on Kash Patel and alcohol…Sarah Fitzpatrick publishes yet another article on Kash Patel and alcohol.GIFT ARTICLE to read/share.www.theatlantic.com/politics/202…

TrumpsTaxes (@trumpstaxes.com) 2026-05-06T21:24:56.438Z

Read “Kash Patel’s Personalized Bourbon Stash.”

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War. What is it good for? Apparently it’s gangbusters for oil companies.

Shell reported huge profits following the surge in oil prices prompted by the U.S.-Israel war with Iran. The earnings were more than double the previous quarter’s and follow similarly strong results of rivals.

The New York Times (@nytimes.com) 2026-05-07T16:00:05.439186Z

Read “Shell Reports Nearly $7 Billion Profit Amid ‘Unprecedented Disruption’.”

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An editorial cartoon is worth a thousand words.

Bill Bramhall/New York Daily News Bill Bramhall's editorial cartoon for Wednesday, May 6, 2026.

(@mikeymomo.bsky.social) 2026-05-06T22:53:35.803Z

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* I’m following what the wannabe king declared on social media that he will only refer to the Supreme Court in lowercase because he has a complete lack of respect for them after the illegal tariffs ruling.

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Published by Michael Woyton

Michael Woyton is an award-winning journalist who covered municipalities and school districts for the Poughkeepsie (NY) Journal and local and regional news in the Hudson Valley for Patch Media.

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