Remember how the adults in the Charlie Brown/Peanuts cartoons used to talk? (garbled?) They’re passing that OFF as policy-speak now… might even be working in a culture of voters raised on that ‘device’… 🫠
What’s REALLY sad is 77M ppl voted for a guy who NEVER PRODUCED ANY KIND OF HEALTHCARE PLAN - since 2015. Not even a couple scribbles on the back of a napkin…
Well, the 'wimmen' press DID have something to say - where are THEY now? All 'magically' vanished from the air waves, with the exception of Rachel and Nicolle who are still hanging on because they're SO POPULAR/RESPECTED that these limp dicks wouldn't dare try to remove them 'at this point' in time. Who knows what tomorrow will bring, though? OR they're just hedging their bets IN CASE we actually DO take the House in 2026 and then they'll claim 'See? We DID care about having GOOD women anchor/reporters' (just not those uppity black/ethnic ones who make us uncomfortable/stepped out of line). Grrrr
No - he 'had a plan'. It'd be ready 'in doo weeks'. Over and over and over, the morons kept repeating that 'doo weeks' mantra as did he. I saw a mash up of just how many times he told everyone it would be done then.. They still 'believe' in his fucking 'doo weeks'.
I'm STILL wondering how ANYONE could 'like' bobby brainworm with his history of utter stupidity, that HORRID voice, his DECADES of heroin addiction and alcoholism (which makes him STILL AN ADDICT/ALCOHOLIC!? WT FLYING FUCK? Ethel had Umpteen OTHER children but 'this one' they like? Do they imagine he 'inherited' his daddy's brains/persona/charisma/caring? Not on a fucking BET! One isn't 'magically cured' from being an addict/alcoholic. It's THERE forever. You can choose TO fight it - or not, but whatever caused it in the first place STILL makes you an addict. And HE is dictating OUR FUCKING HEALTHCARE with his fucking damaged fucked-up brain? AAAAAARGH!
I understand, Linda. I find myself overloaded - at times, so I snuggle with my fat cat Percy OR take Luka (in my photo) and Koda out for a gambol and conversation - no one's around to hear and IF they were? fuck 'em, lol. Luka races around like a veritable deer, leaping and bounding all over our very large property. We snuggle a lot too. I wait to read Jeff's posts until now - around 2:30 - 3:00p.m. Eastern Time. Then feed the critters (our schedule is different mostly because of the neighbour who began the feral cat family's feeding late afternoon since I'm slowly trying to lessen her insistence on giving them only dry food (she complains about being broke and WE spend a fortune on pet food so she could simply stop). She's never befriended the remaining three siblings who 'talk' to me and one little girl allows me to pet her head...more recently all the way up her tail - SO exciting! (this is the same Magat woman who was a friend for years before she fell for that fuckery). She carries so much RAGE no wonder the cats tend to shy away, but I've long been known as 'the' cat person around here - they seem to gravitate towards me for some reason. For a while we've had little heated cat homes for them on our front patio for the Winter (actually more than necessary since their Mom still slinks around making use of one or two, and I do spot another kitty or two sneaking in to eat what they don't - as well as the raccoon family at night). They're probably 8 - 9 years old so it IS a big deal and keeps me very occupied so I don't have to focus on the shitfuckery, else I suspect I'd burst a blood vessel.
So glad none of these are among my friends and family. Call me insulated, but my mental health is better for not being constantly exposed to such thinking.
And now, he has the Shitblizzard of Oz to explain healthcare to him so .... face it, the R's only want to leave it up to the for-profit insurance industry to do whatever the hell they want!
They are brainwashed by Fox News. Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan have worked for years on destroying a free, democratic US. And made billions doing it.
And they got more viewers when Obama became president. I really believe Trump is punishing the Obama voters. He's so racist it was a crime in his mind that Obama became president.
👆🎯It is sad how many racist, stupid, gullible, reality-denying Muppets we have in this country who voted. And even worse the ones who used their affliction to not vote.
The repugs are not too bright. Big flowery words would really impress them. The less they understand the more brilliant they would think the message is.
Even those low income folks who qualify for a 100% tax credit for health insurance using the market place receive renewal notices once a year. Oz is using the ACA For Dummies manual and expects other dummies to believe his bloviations.
You will never hear them say that the reason Autism is spiking isn’t because there is more autism. It’s because the increases into medical research makes it easier to diagnose even the most function person can still be on the spectrum. Now I’m waiting for them to tell us that people with peanut allergies got it from putting jelly on their PB&J.
Next they will tell us that since Tylenol causes autism, you should get a prescription for OxyContin, because of course they need to make their cult even stupider. “No one knew how much stupid there is.”
AB-so-LUTE=letly! And all the makers of its multitude of generics - some of which work far better than others, although explaining this to my pharmacist (a skeptic) is futile since he considers ALL generics alike. Grrr.. My major prescriptions (and hubby's) contain acetaminophen/tylenol which seem to change month to month depending on which one they deem most 'cost effective'. Since I've suffered from diagnosed classical migraines for decades, my last fantastic Neurologist worked with me for several years to come up 'the' perfect meld of meds: a combo of Fioricet to which I add one tiny pill of Topiramate (Topamax). Fioricet is the tylenol version of Fiorinal (with aspirin), now verboten to those of us not allowed to take any aspirin or NSAIDS (anti-inflammatories). Aspirin falls under that category as well: entirely UNacceptable to those prone to ulcers or any stomach issues. I'm just waiting for the 'royal decree' to declare that 'good old aspirin' will do for everyone' - as it was when he was a kid. Of course it was - would it ever occur to any of the dimwits that, just perhaps - it was ASPIRIN which 'could', just possibly be a factor in autism if ANY med does (which I disbelieve)? Fioricet has butalbital/caffeine (a small amt) and acetaminophen. Topamax was developed for epileptic seizures. I've never had those BUT as an 'off' result, it was found (by scientists, of course) to help control migraines. It took years of fine-tuning to achieve exactly the right dosage (we're all so different and unique==Migraine. dot com is a good source of info) and I've had to fight everyone since my Neuro moved up to head a Major Hospital where I live, no longer able to treat individual patients. He never anticipated this type of fuckery. HE gave me years of relief but I've just gone through 2 days of sheer agony with this major rainstorm hitting NY. I always know when one of 'those' is coming - purely from how my head feels squeezed as if in a vice. IF I lose any of these meds without a viable alternative, I've no idea what I'd do. Brainworm and his orange overseer are fucking with a huge population of truly suffering people.
Ok. So I’m not confrontational but your comment has been bothering me. I don’t understand it. Maybe bc my comment wasn’t clear🤷♀️ I meant I was trying to unscramble my brain from the incoherent pompous ramblings from Dr Oz. I didn’t listen to them, just read (the awesome)Jeff’s written words of his verbal diarrhea. Usually when I read such things I may go WTF🤬 🤦♀️and “get it”, while not agreeing with it, but in this case, Dr Oz who was immensely popular back in the day, but not my cup tea, kinda looks like he’s Jumped The Shark by joining tRUMP.
Hollie, I read his response as both kidding and perhaps with a wee touch of sarcasm - NOT pointed at YOU, but at all of us who walk in your shoes. It's a joke, not meant at all to be hurtful. It's why so often putting words to paper (or on a screen) can so often be misunderstood/taken wrong/out of context. Fwiw, MY vision is bad on its own (TED issues) but now with a horrible migraine which focuses on my eyes, I simply have to ignore ANY emoji. Can't see them well enough to decipher their intent. My techie who's NOW, finally - about to get me a new computer (hopefully this week) when I mentioned I NEED to be able to enlarge letters/ print, other things (the mostly solitaire games I sometimes play for relaxation)- said: 'larger screen'. Sigh. IF I had room FOR a larger screen within my computer armoire = a necessity to lock out the dog who steals everything, I'd have gotten one years ago. I don't and thought he already knew this. I assumed with all the new graphics that Windows 11 would be able to BE enlarged. Perhaps not. As it is, I'm still in 'ignore most emojis' mode. :)
Thank you for your gentle, sensible words Elizabeth. They made me think and gave me a smile visualizing a thieving canine. Written words can be very powerful in good and bad ways and be interpreted in ways intended or not.
Heaven knows, says she who rests her coffee cup on a coaster that reads “I run on coffee and sarcasm” I express more than a wee bit of sarcasm myself‼️
I hope you enjoy your new computer and larger screen. I too should use mine rather than my phone bc it would help my RA stiff aching thumbs and eyesight, especially as my computer screen literally lets me zoom in and out like my phone.
That said, I would like everyone in America, everyone who believes that Liar, Fraud, Con, Grifter, Racist, Fascist, Law Breaker, Scumbag, Friend-of-Pedophiles, America’s Disgrace Trump must be removed from the White House, commit to shutting down the US economy for five days straight!
No purchases (except food) for five days straight!
Let’s come up with a starting date and get it done!
I think adopting the "No Kings" slogan was a big mistake. It conjures up goofy images of the Burger King mascot etc. -- Americans don't have much emotional resonance re kings.
What it should be called is "No Dictators" with photos of dead Hitler in his bunker and Mussolini hanging from a gas station roof as the standard imagery.
We have to stop being cutesy and frivolous. We are fast descending beyond the point of no return.
There should be an elected Democratic representative at every protest, if not fed, then state. Can the party just for fucking once mobilize itself in a coherent and strategic manner????
No, No Kings is fine. Part of our country’s legacy/inheritance is that we rebelled against the king. And this inheritance is reflected in many ways. For ex, at the Parade of Nations at the Olympics, the US team does not dip the flag. Because Americans bow to no one.
We still have Kings. Bonesaw Saudi for example and that clown fuck in London. The clown in London has less power than Bonesaw, but he’s just as Fascist and racist.
I don't care one way or the other. But, a word from the former other side: run with what you got. The Left's impulse to get all up in it's own head is a huge boat anchor that keeps it mired in status quo. Your 'words matter' fetishes leads you down rabbit holes and paralyses action. The Right doesn't have that problem, it's all id and impulse. And yeah, that's the problem too. I do not want to live under the Right.
"No Kings" alliterates. It's two syllables. There's no advanced concept or definition to process. The first I heard it, I thought King George, not the Burger King, but maybe that's just me. Point is, it doesn't matter. The Right doesn't moan about 'big mistakes', it adapts, and wins.
Agree. I'm retired now, but when working (in business computing) we had a phrase "analysis paralysis" to remind us that if we had enough information to act on an idea, then act. Refining touchs, if needed, could be woven in during the process. "No Kings" is mainly an event title, and most people have used their own signs with whatever wording they liked, and that fit reasonable guidelines.
No, it doesn't "alliterate": "No Ninnies" alliterates (the term specifically refers to repetition of consonant sounds). "King Kong" doubly alliterates.
Not for anything - but THEY can only win if they cheat AND they know it - so they're ALWAYS looking for ways to cheat, since gingrich began his dirty tricks games.
Elizabeth, then Trump came along and made bald-faced lying the Republican agenda. He saw that most Americans don't pay attention to details so big lies work. Like Holy Mike repeatedly saying "Dems want to give free healthcare to immigrants"...it's pure BS, but it makes trumpers go (even more) nuts.
So, what that tells me is that we need to get better at lying, cheating, and rat-fucking. We used to be better at it, LBJ was a master. Somewhere along the way we were over-run with Goodie Two-Shoes horseshit.
When I participated in one protest, there was my congressman walking the line. No guard, no flack vest, just acting like a normal guy in a golf shirt. That was awesome.
THAT is purely awesome, but I know my husband would never drive me there if I had THAT sign with me. I have vision issues and can't drive myself, sadly. It's fucking brilliant imho.
Look. I sport a broken chromosome like any other card-carrying man (and proud of it). But *maybe* it's time to try something new. This old "listen to and stand by your man" thing has been thoroughly tried, and the results are in.
Now I'm not saying to not listen to your chosen male, you chose him after all. And doing so would be man-splaining in the extreme. But I'm *not* not saying it, either.
My S.O. will hear my (very sage) advice on numerous topics, whereupon she will frequently announce "I have to think about that..."
Oh George! I think you're wonderful! 💋 As for the sign, we, like a sensible couple, compromised. Now it reads, "Elect a rapist, expect to get screwed." He agrees with the sentiment. ♥️
And tell the newly elected Congresswoman to go and sit in her damn chair, and fork Mike Johnson if he won't swear her in. He isn't there anyway. He's MIA.
I really, really, REALLY love this idea. IF every Democrat were to show up, seat themselves, be gaveled in BY the Minority Leader (Hakeem) what on Earth would Holy Mike do? He'd either have to 'ah do declare' his way to trying to demand they stop usurping HIS 'right' OR he'd show up ON the House floor to 'splain why HE's so determined to keep the Government SHUT DOWN while every Democrat is there trying to open it up? It'd put the blatant lie to his - blatant LIES, show him for frump-azz sniffing sniveling fool that he is.
'I' don't think 'no dictators' is AS effective as 'NO KINGS', especially since I'm from Scotland where THEY had to fight English Kings for far longer than Americans did, AND frump literally CRAVES to be 'a king'! He even tried to 'date' Princess Diana (who wanted nothing to do with him or his persistent phone calls) after her divorce from Charles BECAUSE he imagined it would, somehow, make HIM 'royalty'! There are solid reasons behind the NO KINGS protests because everyone who knows anything about this orange fuckwit KNOWS this much about him! Magats think of 'dictator' or as I type it: 'dicktator' wishy-washy and frivolous since they can't imagine what we're talking about.
Thank you, George. I once was far too timid to use so-called 'curse' words. Then my older brother introduced me to the inimitable Billy Connolly, THE singularly most erudite AND funniest Scottish comedian EVER. He has a real way with words. ;) I also had a good friend who used 'fuck' as noun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition and in any possible way she could imagine. She kept me laughing till I cried. STILL does. She couldn't believe that I'd grown up in New York yet never used 'it' so basically set out to educate me as to its proper usage. Succeeded, although it did take a while since my husband was not at all amused or happy. I decided I didn't give a fuck since HE'd been in the Army IN Combat and I knew damn well he and his buddies used far worse language out of our earshot. Got tired of the double-standard which brings us to today. I doubt I'd be 'quite' this verbose if it hadn't been for the orange pig. Might have kept some of the 'fucks' quieter/under wraps. But here we are and this is my contribution for those women who still feel they have to be more 'ladylike' but secretly cheer me on. :) As for Princess Diana - I've known THAT information since her divorce when 'the Palace' tried so hard to paint her as severely mentally ill. I added it to the list of repugnant things frump was and still is. There are still SO MANY people, even amurricans who cried over her awful death - wonder how THEY'LL react to hearing about this~Full denial?
Billy Connolly! OMG, he's the patron saint of middle-aged men *everywhere*! His recounting of his first prostate exam is NOT to be missed. Your friend's flexible use of the word fuck is absolutely proper. It's the Swiss Army Knife of Anglo-Saxon, appropriate for all occasions.
Nice! I didn't realize anyone outside of Scotland knew about Billy. The 'prostate exam' bit he does IS funny as hell! I also spent ages prior to the Internet searching for an old show 'Pale Blue Scottish Person' my brother had shown me on VCR: He and his class 'going to the Beach' with those red woolen bathing suits as they 'streeeeeetched' when wet had me helpless with laughter. Very few others make me laugh quite as hard. :) Robin WIlliams had a Scots accent down SO well he did a bit about 'how the Scots invented Golf' which is SO good (and downright hilarious) it'll have ANYONE on the floor. I'll have to find and post those clips. They'll assuredly add 'some' more humour to our day. In fact Jeff's humour reminds me of Billy's.
Lest anyone think I'm exaggerating or being too wordy (as usual/again) there's THIS little gem from The Meidas Touch. I'd like to preface it with some memories of Diana's Lady in Waiting at the time specifically stating that she would run interference when frump harangued Diana with phone calls insisting that she go out with him while trying to browbeat her with his 'great wealth' as the reason. 'I'm SO Rich'(!!!) The same woman as well as other friends of Diana also divulged that she was REPULSED by him and despite his calls and flowers she had ZERO intention of ever accepting a single 'date' with him. NOW listen to Ben Meiselas and then Michael Wolff talking about Epstein and frump's 'bet' as to who would 'bed' Diana first - and the rest of their disgusting fuckery with Prince Andrew, HIS disgusting fuckery with young girls, the 'rest of the story' and WHY frump is so hot to be part of FUCKING ROYALTY which is why we NEED 'NO KINGS' protests as well as THE EPSTEIN FILES! https://substack.com/home/post/p-170612899
Agree buy nothing. No gas, no Starbucks no Target. All stores empty not trade whatsoever. Hunker down. The leaders will see where the money comes from.
It would also be an awesome wedding present. My daughter is getting married the 18th. We'll have representation at the No Kings event. Some may be late to the wedding but that's fine.
BUT it cannot be anyone doing it TO him! He's already half-'there' with Karma proving she IS a bitch and DOES exist, although of course the orange bozo imagines that his version of 'acing the cognitive test' (no such thing) proves he's in terrific physical shape. Just how dumb can one get? No, don't answer that.
Drastic action *is* being taken. By the government. Tearing apart apartment buildings, beating up old people, shoving around journalists, gutting health benefits, murdering foreign nationals on the high seas.
We got your drastic action right here! But not enough. Stephen Miller is now openly wishcasting for organized, armed insurrections that set cities ablaze and murder Federal agents. He wants it so bad he can taste it.
What's amazing to me is that, in spite of all the wailing by the Left and the Media about 'intimidation' and 'fear', there is remarkably little of that as a response to this shit. Governors are telling Trump to fuck himself. Tens of thousands of citizens come out and tell Trump to fuck himself. Comedians tell Trump to fuck himself.
Meanwhile children are dying in Texas of preventable and treatable diseases. Memaw will soon die since her dialysis will not be available anymore. More than three in four people enrolled in ACA plans live in states Trump won in 2024.
If anything proves that Trump doesn't give a shiny shit about his supporters, it's that statistical fact. Maybe it's what's needed to finally open their eyes to it. Ahh, probably not...
There are some cult experts that have set up shop lately (the Knitting Lady is good). A common message I get is that the MAGA faithful would rather die than admit they made a mistake. This is literal. Memaw and the baby will just have to be taken home to the Lord to support the righteous Orange regime.
Here's a fun angle on it: there is apparently a growing panic among those that overlap MAGA and Born Again fundies (a lot of them) who are struggling with a growing panic because they now see signs that the chaos and cruelty exhibited by Trump and his minions appear... wait for it... evil. As in demonic possession evil. That's the lens they see the world in. If there's anything, *that* is the only thing that could possibly drive a wedge between them and their Orange God King. An artifact of this panic was the recent hilarious outbreak of Rapture euphoria.. they're now hallucinating ways of getting out of all this without losing their immortal souls (while still not having to "open their eyes").
Fuckers shouldn't be allowed to vote, their minds are compromised.
I thought I had seen it all but the currently ongoing televised hearing of Pam Bondi at the Senate is off the charts.
She is shrieking and insulting them, mocking the way they speak, interrupting, refusing to answer pretty much all Dem questions and instead spouting propaganda like "The dimocrats are responsible for the shutdown!" to create video clips to play before the ignorant masses.
She is armed with quips like (repeated mutliple times to Blumenthal) "you LIED about your military record to get elected! Do NOT question my ETHICS!" Screaming.
I have avoided seeing any of her video up to date but man, she is sub-human. Way SUB human.
My god, I cannot imagine living my life so full of complete disdain for everyone. Thinking I'm so superior and completely unable to relate to other human beings. She's an empty void of a skin suit.
So isn't there a way to hold her in contempt of Congress? No checks and balances anywhere anymore? Even Nixon's AG John Mitchell served 19 months in prison for the crimes he committed during the Watergate affair. Demand her resignation at the very least.
Thank you for calling her that Norma! As a former construction worker with a foul mouth I can honestly say I don’t use that word because it’s so offensive ( even to my hard hat ass.) BUT, I approve of your description of the smug bitch AG.
I don't either. 'fuck' is fair game but 'that word' is way out of my ability to use, yet I so enjoy when other women correctly apply it to those who ARE. Appreciated, Chet.
Me too, Gina! Not visitors, but my dogs and cat look at me in utter astonishment when they hear my RAGE after listening to her or another of 'them' - especially these last couple of days. Our animals pick up on our moods and reactions and get SO upset when we are - or our voices are raised, so I try not to, within their earshot. Hard to achieve, lately!
I was surprised to learn that she was Donnie's friend when she was a baby girl. I wonder if he was her first and she fell in love right then and there.
This is dumpf 2.0, belligerence, shouting, and disrespect. Always in attack mode. To quote Pee Wee Herman, their childish tactic seems to be, “I know you are, but what am I?”
She's good at the vehemence and the lying, and the insults. I guess this is an example of how MAGA is brainwashed by "what a dumb person thinks a smart person sounds like."
LOL. I forgot about that... crudités. When Fetterman had a brain, he used that to his advantage. Now, I believe John is hiding under a rock somewhere. 🤦♀️
Fetterman SHOULD hide under a rock somewhere -- he"s siding with Republicans not to negotiate on the health insurance issue and end the shutdown. It's like Joe Manchin never left.
Yes. I’m beyond disappointed with him. That’s putting it mildly. Someone said his stroke really changed him. I took my T-shirt and use it as a dust rag now.
He’s looking for new wardrobe under a rock in Homestead, PA, a shithole very near the shithole in which I grew up in back there but thankfully escaped.
I read once that roughly 300 dogs were killed in his labs when he was developing his shitty diet supplements. So Noem has nothing on this scum. He's more like Dr. Mengele.
We WILL be out in massive numbers for the next protest. We are seeing cracks in the walls of the Orange felon terrorist regime. Pritzker made me proud with his latest speech. Chicagoans are not letting ICE terrorists eat at their restaurants or use the bathrooms. They can drive to a red state for that privilege! It is time to remove the Enemies in the White House…military ..that’s our call to you!
I just read this morning that the stepson of the guy that invented that app was arrested for showing up to meet what he thought was a 14 year old girl.
Not so sure. After further gerrymandering, they will have swing states with GOP State legislatures restrict voting rights, they will station National Guard and troops at polling stations, they will do ALL that they can to take that (a free and fair election) writing OFF the wall.
I really want to know what is going on inside Holey Mike Johnson's head. His outright lying and protecting Preznit Pedophile are stunningly opposite his righteous Xtian persona. How does he live with himself?!
Do you follow the news at all? Bunch of holy types and right winger types showing up in children sex type crimes tells us these are not the people they pretend to be.
Oh. Yes, well, you seem to know a few things about the actual President. This is his House Speaker.
If he were an actual straight up fella, he’d have been out on his ear long ago. A two-faced, hypocritical, lying, cheating weasel that honestly makes two-faced, lying, cheating weasels look so bad they don’t want to know him is pretty much what we can expect.
Exactly what I was going to say: I'm pretty sure that Holy Brother spent a fair portion of each school day inside a locker or upside down in the trash basket.
When Americans get sick and die fewer Republicans will come to Congress for a wide variety of reasons... What they weren't bargaining on was the consequences.
Dear gawd, when will it end?!? Every fKiNg day, there's a new disaster in our country, caused by TRump and his Clown Car Cabinet. Healthcare SHOULD be affordable and to cause this mayhem, when people are already struggling to put food on the table, is just unconscionable. That's the RepubliCons game: Make us so miserable that we give up fighting. That's not gonna happen! Onward!
Throw in all the cuts to universities who teach anything the leader thinks is contrary to his "beliefs", whatever any of that means. The playbook says, keep 'em hungry, poor, and stupid.
Holy Brother Mike is mighty protective of those Epstein Files--leading me to wonder: how many times is his name in them?
At this point, there are only two reasons for the Rethuglicans to be so adamant about not releasing the Epstein Files: 1. they know all of the names and they are vigorously protecting the criminals among them; 2. they are the criminals named in the Epstein Files. Absolutely no other explanation fits the current situation.
I think there is something unbelievably nasty in the files, like a video of Trump with a sobbing 12-year-old, that a lot of them know about and know how nuclear it would be for it ever to come out.
I saw a claim yesterday on the internet (so it must be true, right?) that it does not actually require the Speaker of the House to swear in a member of Congress, but that any judge empowered to administer an oath could legally have Adelita swear allegiance to the Constitution.
I suspect that if that was true, someone would have brought it up already, but are there any lawyers or Constitutional experts out there who would know?
Iirc, LBJ was sworn in twice after JFK was shot. First by a judge on AF1 before it left for DC. We’ve seen this picture. Jackie is standing there in shock in her blood-soaked suit. But I think the Chief Justice re-administered the oath of office once he was back in DC. Just to make double sure it was legal.
And now that my memory is working, didn’t Roberts screw up the oath during one of Obama’s inauguration, & so he re-administered it again at the WH?
Roberts is a fuckup on so many levels. Probably intentionally messed up the oath for Obama. And why wouldn't Trump place his hand on the Bible during the swearing in? Maybe, technically, he was never actually sworn in. Let's go with that.
Calvin Coolidge was on vacation in Vermont when Harding dropped dead. He was sworn into the Presidency by his father-in-law, a local justice of the peace. I think he also decided to take the oath a second time but I'm not sure.
Actually, the 2018/2019 shutdown ended because there was a blue wave in the midterms & Speaker Ryan & Leader McConnell were replaced with Speaker Pelosi & Leader Schumer. And Speaker Pelosi especially led the effort to open the government. (Women have lots of practice cleaning up the messes toddlers make.).
And a big piece of the pressure that got it open was after 1+ month of working without pay, TSA employees were ready to have “blue flu.”
I will also point out that Mr Art of the Deal was a complete failure. Pelosi & Schumer’s opening position was to offer him everything he wanted on the wall & more. And the dumbsh!t wouldn’t take it. So each of their following offers offered less & less. And he was forced to accept less than he wanted. LOSER!
trigger warning: you might actually become stupider just from listening to the following clip. you’ve been warned.
(I actually thought you were ‘kidding’…!? But no…)
I’ll translate for the good doc:
I know you believe you understand what you think I said, but do you realize that what you heard is not what I really meant to say?
Remember how the adults in the Charlie Brown/Peanuts cartoons used to talk? (garbled?) They’re passing that OFF as policy-speak now… might even be working in a culture of voters raised on that ‘device’… 🫠
What’s REALLY sad is 77M ppl voted for a guy who NEVER PRODUCED ANY KIND OF HEALTHCARE PLAN - since 2015. Not even a couple scribbles on the back of a napkin…
and not a peep out of the "press" about it
Well, the 'wimmen' press DID have something to say - where are THEY now? All 'magically' vanished from the air waves, with the exception of Rachel and Nicolle who are still hanging on because they're SO POPULAR/RESPECTED that these limp dicks wouldn't dare try to remove them 'at this point' in time. Who knows what tomorrow will bring, though? OR they're just hedging their bets IN CASE we actually DO take the House in 2026 and then they'll claim 'See? We DID care about having GOOD women anchor/reporters' (just not those uppity black/ethnic ones who make us uncomfortable/stepped out of line). Grrrr
Grrrr is right!
Strange
He told them he had no health care plan and they are so stupified by tv and social media that they cannot think straight to save their lives.
the poppy field in the Wizard of Oz
No - he 'had a plan'. It'd be ready 'in doo weeks'. Over and over and over, the morons kept repeating that 'doo weeks' mantra as did he. I saw a mash up of just how many times he told everyone it would be done then.. They still 'believe' in his fucking 'doo weeks'.
one issue voters...I like Bobby, or I don't vaccinate, or I want a Pontiff at the head of government.
I'm STILL wondering how ANYONE could 'like' bobby brainworm with his history of utter stupidity, that HORRID voice, his DECADES of heroin addiction and alcoholism (which makes him STILL AN ADDICT/ALCOHOLIC!? WT FLYING FUCK? Ethel had Umpteen OTHER children but 'this one' they like? Do they imagine he 'inherited' his daddy's brains/persona/charisma/caring? Not on a fucking BET! One isn't 'magically cured' from being an addict/alcoholic. It's THERE forever. You can choose TO fight it - or not, but whatever caused it in the first place STILL makes you an addict. And HE is dictating OUR FUCKING HEALTHCARE with his fucking damaged fucked-up brain? AAAAAARGH!
And don’t listen to Caroline :/
I understand, Linda. I find myself overloaded - at times, so I snuggle with my fat cat Percy OR take Luka (in my photo) and Koda out for a gambol and conversation - no one's around to hear and IF they were? fuck 'em, lol. Luka races around like a veritable deer, leaping and bounding all over our very large property. We snuggle a lot too. I wait to read Jeff's posts until now - around 2:30 - 3:00p.m. Eastern Time. Then feed the critters (our schedule is different mostly because of the neighbour who began the feral cat family's feeding late afternoon since I'm slowly trying to lessen her insistence on giving them only dry food (she complains about being broke and WE spend a fortune on pet food so she could simply stop). She's never befriended the remaining three siblings who 'talk' to me and one little girl allows me to pet her head...more recently all the way up her tail - SO exciting! (this is the same Magat woman who was a friend for years before she fell for that fuckery). She carries so much RAGE no wonder the cats tend to shy away, but I've long been known as 'the' cat person around here - they seem to gravitate towards me for some reason. For a while we've had little heated cat homes for them on our front patio for the Winter (actually more than necessary since their Mom still slinks around making use of one or two, and I do spot another kitty or two sneaking in to eat what they don't - as well as the raccoon family at night). They're probably 8 - 9 years old so it IS a big deal and keeps me very occupied so I don't have to focus on the shitfuckery, else I suspect I'd burst a blood vessel.
So glad none of these are among my friends and family. Call me insulated, but my mental health is better for not being constantly exposed to such thinking.
Or KH is bad on …Gaza?
This, this, this and FUCKING THIS!
And now, he has the Shitblizzard of Oz to explain healthcare to him so .... face it, the R's only want to leave it up to the for-profit insurance industry to do whatever the hell they want!
F’ing for-profit insurance industry!
They are brainwashed by Fox News. Rupert Murdoch and his son Lachlan have worked for years on destroying a free, democratic US. And made billions doing it.
…and it’s never mentioned. Even Obama couldn’t stop it :/
And they got more viewers when Obama became president. I really believe Trump is punishing the Obama voters. He's so racist it was a crime in his mind that Obama became president.
They got more viewers when Obama was president.
Dead demon Roger Ailes destructive wet dream, has succeeded beyond his wildest fantasies.
https://theweek.com/articles/880107/why-fox-news-created
Yes, its a catastrophe. Thats fairness doctrine was supposed prevent.
👆🎯It is sad how many racist, stupid, gullible, reality-denying Muppets we have in this country who voted. And even worse the ones who used their affliction to not vote.
The repugs are not too bright. Big flowery words would really impress them. The less they understand the more brilliant they would think the message is.
Even those low income folks who qualify for a 100% tax credit for health insurance using the market place receive renewal notices once a year. Oz is using the ACA For Dummies manual and expects other dummies to believe his bloviations.
Is it still infrastructure week? Are we still in the 1st day that dipshit Donny can impose tariffs without the consent of congress? Is it still 1984?
… and Golda Meir was elected in…1969? WTG🇺🇸😒🙄
Ahem P123Sunny. Sorry to correct you. I think it should be “ a cult” of voters. Tho’ probably means the same thing.
"Whomp, whomp, whomp", they sounded like sad trombones to me.
Dear Lord. That is a lot to unpack. Real MAGA nonsense there.
Perfect.
lol
LOL absolutely!!
Not stupider but certainly sadder
I dunno, I think I got the autizmz from it
Me too. Of course in the background I have the Pam Bondi testimony to the Senate running, and now I'm not sure of the real cause of the 'autizmz'.
You will never hear them say that the reason Autism is spiking isn’t because there is more autism. It’s because the increases into medical research makes it easier to diagnose even the most function person can still be on the spectrum. Now I’m waiting for them to tell us that people with peanut allergies got it from putting jelly on their PB&J.
Then don’t be takin’ none of that there Tylenol…
Next they will tell us that since Tylenol causes autism, you should get a prescription for OxyContin, because of course they need to make their cult even stupider. “No one knew how much stupid there is.”
lol
Think we all did Geof. My God. Such kkkrazy pants shit! My ears…
I think Kenvue, the manufacturer of Tylenol, has grounds to sue RFK Jr. (just my opinion).
AB-so-LUTE=letly! And all the makers of its multitude of generics - some of which work far better than others, although explaining this to my pharmacist (a skeptic) is futile since he considers ALL generics alike. Grrr.. My major prescriptions (and hubby's) contain acetaminophen/tylenol which seem to change month to month depending on which one they deem most 'cost effective'. Since I've suffered from diagnosed classical migraines for decades, my last fantastic Neurologist worked with me for several years to come up 'the' perfect meld of meds: a combo of Fioricet to which I add one tiny pill of Topiramate (Topamax). Fioricet is the tylenol version of Fiorinal (with aspirin), now verboten to those of us not allowed to take any aspirin or NSAIDS (anti-inflammatories). Aspirin falls under that category as well: entirely UNacceptable to those prone to ulcers or any stomach issues. I'm just waiting for the 'royal decree' to declare that 'good old aspirin' will do for everyone' - as it was when he was a kid. Of course it was - would it ever occur to any of the dimwits that, just perhaps - it was ASPIRIN which 'could', just possibly be a factor in autism if ANY med does (which I disbelieve)? Fioricet has butalbital/caffeine (a small amt) and acetaminophen. Topamax was developed for epileptic seizures. I've never had those BUT as an 'off' result, it was found (by scientists, of course) to help control migraines. It took years of fine-tuning to achieve exactly the right dosage (we're all so different and unique==Migraine. dot com is a good source of info) and I've had to fight everyone since my Neuro moved up to head a Major Hospital where I live, no longer able to treat individual patients. He never anticipated this type of fuckery. HE gave me years of relief but I've just gone through 2 days of sheer agony with this major rainstorm hitting NY. I always know when one of 'those' is coming - purely from how my head feels squeezed as if in a vice. IF I lose any of these meds without a viable alternative, I've no idea what I'd do. Brainworm and his orange overseer are fucking with a huge population of truly suffering people.
😂
I’m still trying to unscramble my brain😱🤦♀️🥴
Why? Do you think you are more deserving than the rest of us? Duuuuh! Scramble on, it hurts less.
Ok. So I’m not confrontational but your comment has been bothering me. I don’t understand it. Maybe bc my comment wasn’t clear🤷♀️ I meant I was trying to unscramble my brain from the incoherent pompous ramblings from Dr Oz. I didn’t listen to them, just read (the awesome)Jeff’s written words of his verbal diarrhea. Usually when I read such things I may go WTF🤬 🤦♀️and “get it”, while not agreeing with it, but in this case, Dr Oz who was immensely popular back in the day, but not my cup tea, kinda looks like he’s Jumped The Shark by joining tRUMP.
#Everything47TouchesDies
Hollie, I read his response as both kidding and perhaps with a wee touch of sarcasm - NOT pointed at YOU, but at all of us who walk in your shoes. It's a joke, not meant at all to be hurtful. It's why so often putting words to paper (or on a screen) can so often be misunderstood/taken wrong/out of context. Fwiw, MY vision is bad on its own (TED issues) but now with a horrible migraine which focuses on my eyes, I simply have to ignore ANY emoji. Can't see them well enough to decipher their intent. My techie who's NOW, finally - about to get me a new computer (hopefully this week) when I mentioned I NEED to be able to enlarge letters/ print, other things (the mostly solitaire games I sometimes play for relaxation)- said: 'larger screen'. Sigh. IF I had room FOR a larger screen within my computer armoire = a necessity to lock out the dog who steals everything, I'd have gotten one years ago. I don't and thought he already knew this. I assumed with all the new graphics that Windows 11 would be able to BE enlarged. Perhaps not. As it is, I'm still in 'ignore most emojis' mode. :)
Thank you for your gentle, sensible words Elizabeth. They made me think and gave me a smile visualizing a thieving canine. Written words can be very powerful in good and bad ways and be interpreted in ways intended or not.
Heaven knows, says she who rests her coffee cup on a coaster that reads “I run on coffee and sarcasm” I express more than a wee bit of sarcasm myself‼️
I hope you enjoy your new computer and larger screen. I too should use mine rather than my phone bc it would help my RA stiff aching thumbs and eyesight, especially as my computer screen literally lets me zoom in and out like my phone.
Thanks again. Hope you have an amazing week!
I skipped it
The rampant ignorance is astounding!
Oprah has so much to answer for…Dr Phil, Dr Oz. Thanks for nothing Oprah. 🤨
*last seen at the wedding 🫤
I took the warning and did not listen.
How does it feel, I'm reluctant to watch. Does it hurt?
Dying hurts the other people around, but being dead does not hurt. Being stupid is the same way.
Derp…
“No King’s” days are an important way to protest.
That said, I would like everyone in America, everyone who believes that Liar, Fraud, Con, Grifter, Racist, Fascist, Law Breaker, Scumbag, Friend-of-Pedophiles, America’s Disgrace Trump must be removed from the White House, commit to shutting down the US economy for five days straight!
No purchases (except food) for five days straight!
Let’s come up with a starting date and get it done!
I think adopting the "No Kings" slogan was a big mistake. It conjures up goofy images of the Burger King mascot etc. -- Americans don't have much emotional resonance re kings.
What it should be called is "No Dictators" with photos of dead Hitler in his bunker and Mussolini hanging from a gas station roof as the standard imagery.
We have to stop being cutesy and frivolous. We are fast descending beyond the point of no return.
There should be an elected Democratic representative at every protest, if not fed, then state. Can the party just for fucking once mobilize itself in a coherent and strategic manner????
What does it matter? What matters is getting out there on the 18th with a sign of your choice.
No, No Kings is fine. Part of our country’s legacy/inheritance is that we rebelled against the king. And this inheritance is reflected in many ways. For ex, at the Parade of Nations at the Olympics, the US team does not dip the flag. Because Americans bow to no one.
We still have Kings. Bonesaw Saudi for example and that clown fuck in London. The clown in London has less power than Bonesaw, but he’s just as Fascist and racist.
I see we’re all democrats here. Blah blah blah, let’s argue about details blah blah blah.
The circular firing squad. Hey guys and gals, there is no perfect answer. Just make a sign and show up on the 18th!
Leu2500: THIS!
“NO RATFUCKS” covers all of MAGA, top to sub-bottom.
I don't care one way or the other. But, a word from the former other side: run with what you got. The Left's impulse to get all up in it's own head is a huge boat anchor that keeps it mired in status quo. Your 'words matter' fetishes leads you down rabbit holes and paralyses action. The Right doesn't have that problem, it's all id and impulse. And yeah, that's the problem too. I do not want to live under the Right.
"No Kings" alliterates. It's two syllables. There's no advanced concept or definition to process. The first I heard it, I thought King George, not the Burger King, but maybe that's just me. Point is, it doesn't matter. The Right doesn't moan about 'big mistakes', it adapts, and wins.
Agree. I'm retired now, but when working (in business computing) we had a phrase "analysis paralysis" to remind us that if we had enough information to act on an idea, then act. Refining touchs, if needed, could be woven in during the process. "No Kings" is mainly an event title, and most people have used their own signs with whatever wording they liked, and that fit reasonable guidelines.
No, it doesn't "alliterate": "No Ninnies" alliterates (the term specifically refers to repetition of consonant sounds). "King Kong" doubly alliterates.
/pedant
Yes, you're absolutely right. And we lose. Congrats.
Not for anything - but THEY can only win if they cheat AND they know it - so they're ALWAYS looking for ways to cheat, since gingrich began his dirty tricks games.
Elizabeth, then Trump came along and made bald-faced lying the Republican agenda. He saw that most Americans don't pay attention to details so big lies work. Like Holy Mike repeatedly saying "Dems want to give free healthcare to immigrants"...it's pure BS, but it makes trumpers go (even more) nuts.
So, what that tells me is that we need to get better at lying, cheating, and rat-fucking. We used to be better at it, LBJ was a master. Somewhere along the way we were over-run with Goodie Two-Shoes horseshit.
When I participated in one protest, there was my congressman walking the line. No guard, no flack vest, just acting like a normal guy in a golf shirt. That was awesome.
I want to go to the No Kings Protest with a sign that says, "No Dictators, Only Dick Tasters" My boyfriend says no.
My favorite sign is "elect a rapist, expect to get fucked." My husband says no, but I might ignore him.
THAT is purely awesome, but I know my husband would never drive me there if I had THAT sign with me. I have vision issues and can't drive myself, sadly. It's fucking brilliant imho.
Look. I sport a broken chromosome like any other card-carrying man (and proud of it). But *maybe* it's time to try something new. This old "listen to and stand by your man" thing has been thoroughly tried, and the results are in.
Now I'm not saying to not listen to your chosen male, you chose him after all. And doing so would be man-splaining in the extreme. But I'm *not* not saying it, either.
My S.O. will hear my (very sage) advice on numerous topics, whereupon she will frequently announce "I have to think about that..."
Just sayin'.
Oh George! I think you're wonderful! 💋 As for the sign, we, like a sensible couple, compromised. Now it reads, "Elect a rapist, expect to get screwed." He agrees with the sentiment. ♥️
Excellent, excellent.
Margaret: I far prefer the original, but - you do what works for you and hubby. :)
Put it on the back of the sign, and tape a piece of cardboard over it, that can be flipped up to expose it.
I like how you think. :)
I also think we need to get down to. Brass tacks.
Sharp well defined statements.
Setting deadlines.
The Repugs don’t want to keep Congress open and do business- fine. Dems go ahead and do business. Pass laws whatever needs to be done.
Repugs scream oh no Constitution says bla bla.
Constitution says a shit load of stuff Fucking Repugs don’t abide by
Dems declare FOR THE PRESERVATION OF OUR NATION,
WE ARE THE GOOD GUYS WHO WILL PRESERVE OUR UNION.
Dems are waaaay tooo worried about being perfectly perfect.
This is a fight. You don’t figure out how to fight:
YOU LOSE. YOU BECOME THE PRISONER OF YOUR OPPOSITION.
ASK ALL THE PEOPLE ON THIS EARTH WHO ARE NOW THE ENSLAVED OF THOSE WHO DIDN’t follow the prescribed laws.
And tell the newly elected Congresswoman to go and sit in her damn chair, and fork Mike Johnson if he won't swear her in. He isn't there anyway. He's MIA.
I really, really, REALLY love this idea. IF every Democrat were to show up, seat themselves, be gaveled in BY the Minority Leader (Hakeem) what on Earth would Holy Mike do? He'd either have to 'ah do declare' his way to trying to demand they stop usurping HIS 'right' OR he'd show up ON the House floor to 'splain why HE's so determined to keep the Government SHUT DOWN while every Democrat is there trying to open it up? It'd put the blatant lie to his - blatant LIES, show him for frump-azz sniffing sniveling fool that he is.
oops: frump azz-sniffing sniveling fool...
I have a shirt that reads: no kings, no fascists, no tyrants, no Nazis. I’m wearing it on October 18. Join me!
I agree totally.
We don’t relate to kings.
Dictators yes!
Perfectly stated, Veronica!
Yes it matters and is necessary; however it is not sufficient. Prepare yourself for what must be done.
I agree...a KING is too soft..
'FUCK TRUMP - AND FUCK YOU TOO IF YOU VOTED FOR HIM'. Is that 'strong' enough? I quite like that one too.
that's more like it :-)
Funny you should mention, that is word for word my sign in NK 1.
You also don't 'NEED' to carry a 'No Kings' sign. The PROTEST is 'NO KINGS' - the signs can be anything you imagine or want.
'I' don't think 'no dictators' is AS effective as 'NO KINGS', especially since I'm from Scotland where THEY had to fight English Kings for far longer than Americans did, AND frump literally CRAVES to be 'a king'! He even tried to 'date' Princess Diana (who wanted nothing to do with him or his persistent phone calls) after her divorce from Charles BECAUSE he imagined it would, somehow, make HIM 'royalty'! There are solid reasons behind the NO KINGS protests because everyone who knows anything about this orange fuckwit KNOWS this much about him! Magats think of 'dictator' or as I type it: 'dicktator' wishy-washy and frivolous since they can't imagine what we're talking about.
Oh, the Scots. You all have the absolute lock on pure creative verbal viciousness. Well done.
I did not know that about Princess Di. That is so gross. I need to find a way to not know that. Yuk.
Thank you, George. I once was far too timid to use so-called 'curse' words. Then my older brother introduced me to the inimitable Billy Connolly, THE singularly most erudite AND funniest Scottish comedian EVER. He has a real way with words. ;) I also had a good friend who used 'fuck' as noun, verb, adverb, adjective, preposition and in any possible way she could imagine. She kept me laughing till I cried. STILL does. She couldn't believe that I'd grown up in New York yet never used 'it' so basically set out to educate me as to its proper usage. Succeeded, although it did take a while since my husband was not at all amused or happy. I decided I didn't give a fuck since HE'd been in the Army IN Combat and I knew damn well he and his buddies used far worse language out of our earshot. Got tired of the double-standard which brings us to today. I doubt I'd be 'quite' this verbose if it hadn't been for the orange pig. Might have kept some of the 'fucks' quieter/under wraps. But here we are and this is my contribution for those women who still feel they have to be more 'ladylike' but secretly cheer me on. :) As for Princess Diana - I've known THAT information since her divorce when 'the Palace' tried so hard to paint her as severely mentally ill. I added it to the list of repugnant things frump was and still is. There are still SO MANY people, even amurricans who cried over her awful death - wonder how THEY'LL react to hearing about this~Full denial?
Billy Connolly! OMG, he's the patron saint of middle-aged men *everywhere*! His recounting of his first prostate exam is NOT to be missed. Your friend's flexible use of the word fuck is absolutely proper. It's the Swiss Army Knife of Anglo-Saxon, appropriate for all occasions.
Nice! I didn't realize anyone outside of Scotland knew about Billy. The 'prostate exam' bit he does IS funny as hell! I also spent ages prior to the Internet searching for an old show 'Pale Blue Scottish Person' my brother had shown me on VCR: He and his class 'going to the Beach' with those red woolen bathing suits as they 'streeeeeetched' when wet had me helpless with laughter. Very few others make me laugh quite as hard. :) Robin WIlliams had a Scots accent down SO well he did a bit about 'how the Scots invented Golf' which is SO good (and downright hilarious) it'll have ANYONE on the floor. I'll have to find and post those clips. They'll assuredly add 'some' more humour to our day. In fact Jeff's humour reminds me of Billy's.
Lest anyone think I'm exaggerating or being too wordy (as usual/again) there's THIS little gem from The Meidas Touch. I'd like to preface it with some memories of Diana's Lady in Waiting at the time specifically stating that she would run interference when frump harangued Diana with phone calls insisting that she go out with him while trying to browbeat her with his 'great wealth' as the reason. 'I'm SO Rich'(!!!) The same woman as well as other friends of Diana also divulged that she was REPULSED by him and despite his calls and flowers she had ZERO intention of ever accepting a single 'date' with him. NOW listen to Ben Meiselas and then Michael Wolff talking about Epstein and frump's 'bet' as to who would 'bed' Diana first - and the rest of their disgusting fuckery with Prince Andrew, HIS disgusting fuckery with young girls, the 'rest of the story' and WHY frump is so hot to be part of FUCKING ROYALTY which is why we NEED 'NO KINGS' protests as well as THE EPSTEIN FILES! https://substack.com/home/post/p-170612899
I agree. Participated in the first one and felt a stronger message was needed.
'Frump fucked children,.. they're covering it up' Might catch attention?
and trafficked them to his buddies.....
www.nokings.org. Find your local tribe, make a sign, and show the fk up! This is not a drill.
Being 68, honestly a bit afraid now of No Kings on the 18th, but will still be out there, filming and interviewing - and protesting.
MUCH easier - BUY NOTHING, for just 5 days. Already forced to so that at the beginning of every month, so, no problem.
Agree buy nothing. No gas, no Starbucks no Target. All stores empty not trade whatsoever. Hunker down. The leaders will see where the money comes from.
lol, so true!
Agreed
October 21st is my birthday, which is in two weeks. Lord please make that day, Don the Con's kickoff this earth day.
That would be such an awesome birthday present.
It would also be an awesome wedding present. My daughter is getting married the 18th. We'll have representation at the No Kings event. Some may be late to the wedding but that's fine.
With a little dollop of JD on top. Be careful of what you wishfor.
Laugh out loud moment when the rt wing guy is trying to push buttons about the musician chosen and can’t get trumpolini off the kick-off subject..😂😂🤣
BUT it cannot be anyone doing it TO him! He's already half-'there' with Karma proving she IS a bitch and DOES exist, although of course the orange bozo imagines that his version of 'acing the cognitive test' (no such thing) proves he's in terrific physical shape. Just how dumb can one get? No, don't answer that.
I think something is planned for Black Friday week…(?)
Would love to see a very large sign or banner with the Constitution in a guillotine. Artists??
Drastic action needed
Yes.
Drastic action *is* being taken. By the government. Tearing apart apartment buildings, beating up old people, shoving around journalists, gutting health benefits, murdering foreign nationals on the high seas.
We got your drastic action right here! But not enough. Stephen Miller is now openly wishcasting for organized, armed insurrections that set cities ablaze and murder Federal agents. He wants it so bad he can taste it.
What's amazing to me is that, in spite of all the wailing by the Left and the Media about 'intimidation' and 'fear', there is remarkably little of that as a response to this shit. Governors are telling Trump to fuck himself. Tens of thousands of citizens come out and tell Trump to fuck himself. Comedians tell Trump to fuck himself.
Meanwhile children are dying in Texas of preventable and treatable diseases. Memaw will soon die since her dialysis will not be available anymore. More than three in four people enrolled in ACA plans live in states Trump won in 2024.
Winter is coming. Wait for it.
We need millions to stand up/all at once and head to DC
Prepare for it
Do you have a source for that stat about 3/4 of people in ACA plans; I'd like to use it. Thank you.
Here ya go:
https://www.kff.org/quick-take/more-than-3-in-4-aca-marketplace-enrollees-live-in-states-won-by-president-trump-in-2024/
If anything proves that Trump doesn't give a shiny shit about his supporters, it's that statistical fact. Maybe it's what's needed to finally open their eyes to it. Ahh, probably not...
Yeah, proof positive.
There are some cult experts that have set up shop lately (the Knitting Lady is good). A common message I get is that the MAGA faithful would rather die than admit they made a mistake. This is literal. Memaw and the baby will just have to be taken home to the Lord to support the righteous Orange regime.
Here's a fun angle on it: there is apparently a growing panic among those that overlap MAGA and Born Again fundies (a lot of them) who are struggling with a growing panic because they now see signs that the chaos and cruelty exhibited by Trump and his minions appear... wait for it... evil. As in demonic possession evil. That's the lens they see the world in. If there's anything, *that* is the only thing that could possibly drive a wedge between them and their Orange God King. An artifact of this panic was the recent hilarious outbreak of Rapture euphoria.. they're now hallucinating ways of getting out of all this without losing their immortal souls (while still not having to "open their eyes").
Fuckers shouldn't be allowed to vote, their minds are compromised.
Thank you.
no food purchases either. Fast for 5 days... how much do you really despise this abomination criminal president?
It should be a total shutdown and march of millions to Washington. Scattered protests do nothing.
You forgot "Bully".
I’m in!
That would be easy to do and food too. No restaurants, no Starbucks, no gas. That's all doable. Its just hard to organize and get the word out.
I thought I had seen it all but the currently ongoing televised hearing of Pam Bondi at the Senate is off the charts.
She is shrieking and insulting them, mocking the way they speak, interrupting, refusing to answer pretty much all Dem questions and instead spouting propaganda like "The dimocrats are responsible for the shutdown!" to create video clips to play before the ignorant masses.
She is armed with quips like (repeated mutliple times to Blumenthal) "you LIED about your military record to get elected! Do NOT question my ETHICS!" Screaming.
I have avoided seeing any of her video up to date but man, she is sub-human. Way SUB human.
My god, I cannot imagine living my life so full of complete disdain for everyone. Thinking I'm so superior and completely unable to relate to other human beings. She's an empty void of a skin suit.
Check out what she looks like without makeup. She looks like a tranny.
My mother's neighbor worked for her and said she's a major c*nt. No job could pay enough.
That’s why she fits in with this Administration so well. Being subhuman is a prerequisite
So isn't there a way to hold her in contempt of Congress? No checks and balances anywhere anymore? Even Nixon's AG John Mitchell served 19 months in prison for the crimes he committed during the Watergate affair. Demand her resignation at the very least.
I don't think she should be allowed to "resign", she needs to be tried for treason . ( along with the rest of the "cabinet")
I caught part of the hearing as well. She is a classless c**t !
Thank you for calling her that Norma! As a former construction worker with a foul mouth I can honestly say I don’t use that word because it’s so offensive ( even to my hard hat ass.) BUT, I approve of your description of the smug bitch AG.
I don't either. 'fuck' is fair game but 'that word' is way out of my ability to use, yet I so enjoy when other women correctly apply it to those who ARE. Appreciated, Chet.
You’re welcome 😉
And VERY good at it!
That goddamn bitch needs to be brought before the overseers of the bar right fucking now.
But she has a cross around her neck 🙏
🤣🤣🤣
Hopefully, soon it will be a rope.
I usually tune into these things, but having it play on mute is sufficient. (I have someone coming for lunch and I don't want to be a screaming mess)
I tuned in, but only lasted a couple minutes.
Me too, Gina! Not visitors, but my dogs and cat look at me in utter astonishment when they hear my RAGE after listening to her or another of 'them' - especially these last couple of days. Our animals pick up on our moods and reactions and get SO upset when we are - or our voices are raised, so I try not to, within their earshot. Hard to achieve, lately!
my cats run to another room when I start in...dunno whether raging makes me feel better or worse...thinking of shutting off all news
The ads & mailers of Trump’s monkeys hurling feces write themselves.
Is it just my eyes or doe she have a strange facial bone structure ?
Maybe it's just her psychopathic eyes.
You right! Check out her uber jaw bones! Maybe she was born a male.
The upper portion of her face, the area between her eyes is very strange.
I was surprised to learn that she was Donnie's friend when she was a baby girl. I wonder if he was her first and she fell in love right then and there.
Wait, wut? I've missed this - or 'something'! He's 79 - she's clearly younger, so...?
so it’s only Dems in the hearings? all the Rs are out of town, right?
No, this is the senate.
This is dumpf 2.0, belligerence, shouting, and disrespect. Always in attack mode. To quote Pee Wee Herman, their childish tactic seems to be, “I know you are, but what am I?”
Yeah but she is REALLY good at this Pit Bull non-responses. Gotta admit, she knows how to show up.
She's good at the vehemence and the lying, and the insults. I guess this is an example of how MAGA is brainwashed by "what a dumb person thinks a smart person sounds like."
I gave up with hawley’s bullshit comments.
So let me get this straight: Dr. Oz is trying to convince us that health insurance is like vacation time. Use it or lose it? What a dick.
I think he's just trying to make a string of words--ones that aren't entirely related to one another. In that, he pretty much succeeded.
Or, he was saying that, under the Republican lack of a plan, everyone gets a platter of crudites.
LOL. I forgot about that... crudités. When Fetterman had a brain, he used that to his advantage. Now, I believe John is hiding under a rock somewhere. 🤦♀️
Fetterman SHOULD hide under a rock somewhere -- he"s siding with Republicans not to negotiate on the health insurance issue and end the shutdown. It's like Joe Manchin never left.
Yes. I’m beyond disappointed with him. That’s putting it mildly. Someone said his stroke really changed him. I took my T-shirt and use it as a dust rag now.
Just mail Fetterman the shirt. A dust rag would definitely elevate his look.
But FIRST write in BLACK SHARPIE: 'FUCK YOU, TRAITOR' on it. I actually donated to his campaign - from NY. What an idiot I was.
Haha!!
Joe Manic - fuck him and the entire illiterate shithole of West Virginia.
I think Fetterman & Sinema duped voters. They were plants. We should do the same thing to them!
He’s looking for new wardrobe under a rock in Homestead, PA, a shithole very near the shithole in which I grew up in back there but thankfully escaped.
Yeah - WTF? I had such hope for him. 💔🇺🇸
Or at least his brain is.😂😂
Sad but true😞
Like “salsa” + “crudite”
Ooh zing💥😂😂😂😂‼️
"the Shit-blizzard of Oz." Very good. 👍
" the limpest dick in Congress" Accurate. 👏👏👏
"you putrefying pantload" Excellent. 😂
The lying and the dumb is off the charts with these assholes. They lie so much you would think they would be better at it.
They want us all to die.
While I enjoy this moniker for Oz, I like Mary Hall’s too: Dr. Ooze
Dr Ooze covers so much
😂 Thats a GOOD one.
Oz is at the top of my list of who should be deported
I read once that roughly 300 dogs were killed in his labs when he was developing his shitty diet supplements. So Noem has nothing on this scum. He's more like Dr. Mengele.
He's a Turk, & a JERK.
Please refrain from monolithing. A Turk does not a jerk make. A jerk makes a jerk!
Erdogan is a jerk. Oz is a quack , is that better ?
Well, since I believe that southeast Turkey is the birthplace of the modern world (c. 9000 BC) I'm not willing to tar all Turks with the Oz awfulness.
I didn't either , I just stated two facts.
Yes, you're right.
Nice idea, but he was born in Cleveland, OH.
That I fully believe. Well - maybe not all of us. They still need a few of us around to do the stuff they're too lazy to do.
We WILL be out in massive numbers for the next protest. We are seeing cracks in the walls of the Orange felon terrorist regime. Pritzker made me proud with his latest speech. Chicagoans are not letting ICE terrorists eat at their restaurants or use the bathrooms. They can drive to a red state for that privilege! It is time to remove the Enemies in the White House…military ..that’s our call to you!
Holy Moses Johnson’s idea of working around the clock is monitoring his kid’s porno habits. 🙄
I just read this morning that the stepson of the guy that invented that app was arrested for showing up to meet what he thought was a 14 year old girl.
It never ends. Why do men want to fuck baby girls? I will never understand that urge.
Weirdos run in that family, obvs
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Because uncle Jeff the plan is to control the midterms , fuckface knows that congress is gonna flip in the midterms and make him a lame duck ( if not outright neuter him ) https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-fascist-dress-rehearsal-when-jackbooted-thugs-practice-democracy-s-murder-in-broad-daylight
All we have to do is remove trump…immunity gone for all! Dominoes!
I cant agree more, Seeking.
Not so sure. After further gerrymandering, they will have swing states with GOP State legislatures restrict voting rights, they will station National Guard and troops at polling stations, they will do ALL that they can to take that (a free and fair election) writing OFF the wall.
Yer wuz raht, Jeff, Ah iz stoopider after watchin Ozzz
You iz tawkin fur uz all Doc Tank you, tank you vury much
😂😂😂
I ain't got no smarter, I think my cornbread ain't dun in the middle now🤪
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I really want to know what is going on inside Holey Mike Johnson's head. His outright lying and protecting Preznit Pedophile are stunningly opposite his righteous Xtian persona. How does he live with himself?!
Do you follow the news at all? Bunch of holy types and right winger types showing up in children sex type crimes tells us these are not the people they pretend to be.
Yes, but this guy is Speaker of the House, FCS.
Oh. Yes, well, you seem to know a few things about the actual President. This is his House Speaker.
If he were an actual straight up fella, he’d have been out on his ear long ago. A two-faced, hypocritical, lying, cheating weasel that honestly makes two-faced, lying, cheating weasels look so bad they don’t want to know him is pretty much what we can expect.
Based upon his unfailingly fatuous expression, he finds himself to be quite delightful to live with.
Everytime I see Mikey on TV I picture him in middle school getting pansted on a daily basis. "Come on guys, cut it out!"
And stuffed in a locker!
Exactly what I was going to say: I'm pretty sure that Holy Brother spent a fair portion of each school day inside a locker or upside down in the trash basket.
Indeed!😂😂
Eeew🤢🤮🤢🤮🤢🤮‼️
I think we will see mass resignations in the GOP .
🤞🤞 From your lips to gods ear...
When Americans get sick and die fewer Republicans will come to Congress for a wide variety of reasons... What they weren't bargaining on was the consequences.
Fewer people, fewer handouts is what they count on.
" god " is apparently deaf, dumb and blind , so, probably a Republican, since " he " doesn't work either.
We can dream, can't we?
I read that another Republican Congress Critter has chosen to run for statewide office instead of another term in Congress.
State legislatures will rule the roost.
why do you think that? and how soon?
Fake “Christian”
“Save That Job”
He is a faithful servant of the Antichrist.
I would trust Doogie Howser MD more than I’d ever trust the shit-blizzard Oz.
At least on TV medical dramas, experts fact-check the script before filming.
They do! 😂
Dear gawd, when will it end?!? Every fKiNg day, there's a new disaster in our country, caused by TRump and his Clown Car Cabinet. Healthcare SHOULD be affordable and to cause this mayhem, when people are already struggling to put food on the table, is just unconscionable. That's the RepubliCons game: Make us so miserable that we give up fighting. That's not gonna happen! Onward!
Throw in all the cuts to universities who teach anything the leader thinks is contrary to his "beliefs", whatever any of that means. The playbook says, keep 'em hungry, poor, and stupid.
Holy Brother Mike is mighty protective of those Epstein Files--leading me to wonder: how many times is his name in them?
At this point, there are only two reasons for the Rethuglicans to be so adamant about not releasing the Epstein Files: 1. they know all of the names and they are vigorously protecting the criminals among them; 2. they are the criminals named in the Epstein Files. Absolutely no other explanation fits the current situation.
Or…they’re getting paid by the wealthy guilty whose names are in the files. $$$$
Both.
Bingo!!
I think there is something unbelievably nasty in the files, like a video of Trump with a sobbing 12-year-old, that a lot of them know about and know how nuclear it would be for it ever to come out.
Shitblizzard…..my new favorite word…… thanks for increasing my vocabulary today Jeff!
I was going to use TwatAssGoblin today, but I decided against it.
Good one!!!!
I saw a claim yesterday on the internet (so it must be true, right?) that it does not actually require the Speaker of the House to swear in a member of Congress, but that any judge empowered to administer an oath could legally have Adelita swear allegiance to the Constitution.
I suspect that if that was true, someone would have brought it up already, but are there any lawyers or Constitutional experts out there who would know?
In that case--calling Jamie Raskin; Jamie Raskin, please report to the front desk immediately.
I’m not a lawyer but I have Google. I’ll see what I can find out from the dot gov websites.
Okay, it appears the Speaker may delegate someone to administer the oath but that’s the only exception I’ve found so far. Good idea though.
“Delegate” is probably the operative word.
Iirc, LBJ was sworn in twice after JFK was shot. First by a judge on AF1 before it left for DC. We’ve seen this picture. Jackie is standing there in shock in her blood-soaked suit. But I think the Chief Justice re-administered the oath of office once he was back in DC. Just to make double sure it was legal.
And now that my memory is working, didn’t Roberts screw up the oath during one of Obama’s inauguration, & so he re-administered it again at the WH?
Roberts is a fuckup on so many levels. Probably intentionally messed up the oath for Obama. And why wouldn't Trump place his hand on the Bible during the swearing in? Maybe, technically, he was never actually sworn in. Let's go with that.
He's probably on that very long list of
PEDOPHILES.
When I see a political personage wearing a cross or claiming ultra-Christianity, I assume the worst.
As you should. There is nothing more evil than an angry God-fearing "Christian". Do we remember the Inquisition?
Your memory is spot on.
Calvin Coolidge was on vacation in Vermont when Harding dropped dead. He was sworn into the Presidency by his father-in-law, a local justice of the peace. I think he also decided to take the oath a second time but I'm not sure.
Thanks for checking.
Heather Cox Richardson would know. Should we DM her?
Maybe she should request Speaker Spike ON RECORD in writing or before the press to appoint someone to swear her in his absence. Then meme it!
Actually, the 2018/2019 shutdown ended because there was a blue wave in the midterms & Speaker Ryan & Leader McConnell were replaced with Speaker Pelosi & Leader Schumer. And Speaker Pelosi especially led the effort to open the government. (Women have lots of practice cleaning up the messes toddlers make.).
And a big piece of the pressure that got it open was after 1+ month of working without pay, TSA employees were ready to have “blue flu.”
I will also point out that Mr Art of the Deal was a complete failure. Pelosi & Schumer’s opening position was to offer him everything he wanted on the wall & more. And the dumbsh!t wouldn’t take it. So each of their following offers offered less & less. And he was forced to accept less than he wanted. LOSER!
L.O.S.E.R
Always and forever