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Steve in SoCal's avatar

You summed up this entire administration in just three words:

"Firehose of fuckery"

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Juneteenth, Jeff, is my child Gizmo's birthday. She's 19 today. And she is as every part of social justice warrior mixed with ultra empathy person than I could ever have put into someone else, as their mom.

Keep on, Keeping on Jeff.

Hollie Rood's avatar

Happy Birthday Gizmo 🥳 A special girl because of a special Mom❣️

HI2thDoc's avatar

Damn. In one minute and 25 seconds, Barack Obama was more articulate, eloquent, and cogent than trump has been 10+ years.

SethTriggs's avatar

It's sure nice to see a President who can even make complete, beautiful sentences!

Gail (Chicago)'s avatar

I guess Joey Mannarino thinks anyone who can speak intelligently is a loser. Back in the basement, Joey.

Karen Barrett's avatar

Joey Mannarino is most famous for making fake posts—my personal favorite, the one that featured a headshot of a Black woman with this caption:

« I'm a TRUE Black American woman and l've been Black all my life. I was born Black and I will die Black… I will NEVER cast a ballot for that Kamala Harris woman as long as I live!

Trump all the way, all day every day! »

—AND POSTING THEM UNDER HIS OWN NAME because he was too inept to keep track of his fake accounts.

barb's avatar

Just out of morbid curiosity i looked at Cynthia Holt's twitter account as i'd never hear of her or Joey Mannarino. I could only stomach the maga cult comments filled glaring distortions and blatant lies for a minute or two bc they were all so disturbing. Felt physically ill seeing all the racism and hatred on full display.

Jan F's avatar

My thought as well…who the hell is Joey Mannarino? And who cares?

Mike Basile's avatar

The only absolute piece of shit in that screenshot is in the upper left corner‼️

2Cats2Furious's avatar

I miss the Obama presidency so much.

Lucius's avatar

More articulate than Trump's been his whole life...

arne link's avatar

It was wonderful to see a real leader again. How can anyone hate this man?

HI2thDoc's avatar

The types who hate him say a lot more about themselves than their hatred says about him

Nina Simmonds's avatar

The Magatrash know nothing except hatred. It feeds their identity and gives them false courage with their anger. Plus, they don’t have to learn to read and learn things (anathema to the uneducated). All they need to do is sit in their easy chair all day snacking and listening to Faux entertainment, (it’s certainly not news).

HI2thDoc's avatar

I've heard the regurgitated BS talking points from Fox. Brainwashing for the brain impaired

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

The meat-headed cucks in caps are working double-time to deny Shitler is in his last days. A joyfully received rumor circulated yesterday that he had fainted at the G-7. If true, it would have turned the entire Reflecting Pool blue again.

HI2thDoc's avatar

A true measure of a person is the reaction their departure will elicit. We know what his will be.

barb's avatar

Magatrash is a great description, hope it's ok if i borrow it.

Susitrav's avatar

Amen!👏🙏👏🙏

Diana's avatar

You nailed it Doc !! Miss the Obamas so much- I could listen to him all day- Donald is always on mute at this house!

Cyndi's avatar

Than the Tangerine Twaddlehead has in 80 years existence

Linda Wilson-Gordon's avatar

It was so good to hear a true leader for a change! And I loved loved all the news reports last night who were focusing on Obama. I am so sick of hearing about Trump every single day. I can barely stand to turn on the news any longer, wondering what the hell has he done now?

Chris Hierholzer's avatar

Mission accomplished.

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Always has been Docz, Trumps a drug addled, cretinous stunod!

Hollie Rood's avatar

You’re being extra special generous today Doc….more than the 🍊🤡🐖y could ever be in a lifetime!!

Martha Howell's avatar

My cat could easily leap that bar.

Mark Slattery's avatar

Now that the chemical warfare on the Reflecting Pool has failed, perhaps Algae would accept a $300B payout to stop growing.

Paula Brantner's avatar

Maybe J.D. Vance can keep an eye on it from his couch.

Mike Hammer's avatar

JD will also need a psychiatrist’s couch after Trump gave him the responsibility of Iran. So JD “two couch” Vance.

PEACE, LOVE, RESIST's avatar

Oh, JD said “he was just kidding, of course”🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣For someone with no sense of humor, he sure does kid around a lot.

P123Sunny's avatar

Will m a g a twist themselves into pretzels defending HIM?😏

Suel J's avatar

They do not seem to like him. I don't either.

P123Sunny's avatar

They’ve backtracked on quite a few ‘bright red line’ issues (see pedo ring) 😒

Susan Niemann's avatar

😂😂😂😂

Joe Witkowski's avatar

His couch needs hydrogen peroxide to kill off his spooge

Jen's avatar

🤢🤢🤢🤢

HI2thDoc's avatar

And keep their nuclear program the same

Mingo's avatar

Per Simon Rosenberg this am the no bid contract for the reflecting pool went to Donnies neighbor and donor next door to Mar-a-Lago. His name is John Cafaro and he's a fat fuck who looks like he came out of central casting for a role in the Sopranos.

BigDaddy52's avatar

I can imagine all the pool guys knew the whole deal was a cockup and didn't care. Coming out way ahead, even after kickbacks.

Bonnie Council's avatar

My fervent hope is that the H2O2 will peel every last inch of that hideous blue paint up and we can get back our original Reflecting Pool. And then somehow keep donald's creepy hands and handlers away from it.

Hollie Rood's avatar

🤭🤭🤭👏👏👏👏

mermcoelho's avatar

I miss Obama so very much. I miss the feeling that our country could be better, could start to rise above racism, could reach for equality and inclusion. I miss having a president that, while not perfect, was working on behalf of all of us. (This applies to Joe Biden too). I miss having a classy, articulate, funny president who seemed like a regular guy and could relate to the problems of regular people, while also being brilliant.

RZolu's avatar

I so miss that dear man so much and his wonderful wife.

P123Sunny's avatar

Funny - I have a friend (raging lib) who, when Obama kinda came outta nowhere - 100% voted for him only AFTER SEEING MICHELLE ;) 💙💙💙

zuzu's avatar

I used to work in a majority-Black neighborhood in Sacramento during the Obama years. In the post office there, there was the official portrait of Barack, but an entire wall of unofficial portraits of Michelle clipped from magazines and newspapers.

Barack appeared in some of those images, but it was mostly Michelle.

Old Enough To Know Better's avatar

That was the same with me!

Of course, I think I would have voted for him (in caucus) anyway, but Michelle was so inspiring!

I remember we were all dancing and crying happy tears when they won.

It seemed like the beginning of a better America.

P123Sunny's avatar

Crazy that no one ever asked Laura Bush to provide supermodel-level photos (which….Michelle DOES) just sayin

GEEZUS AMERICA - GROW UP

arne link's avatar

I think that Mandani modeled himself on Obama. It's working.

Prima Sarcastica's avatar

I was just saying that to my husband last night. Mamdani definitely gives off Obama vibes! (On another note, my husband wore a tan suit to our wedding almost 47 years ago. LOL!)

Punkette's avatar

Hee hee, Prima! Happy 47th anniversary coming up! 🥂

Prima Sarcastica's avatar

Thanks, Punkette! ❤️🤣

P123Sunny's avatar

Love how every diverse audience at an Obama event looks chill and happy…

(It’s not hard ppl- other forces are pitting us against each other…)‼️

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

It's really amazing to see the MAGAt cultists project the flaws of their divisive idol onto Obama. Every accusation really is a confession.

George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you for sharing Jeff.

Claudia, President Obama, Michelle Obama, Stephen Colbert -it's almost too much joy and heart in one post -and a reminder of what we continue to fight for.

By the way, I know there are Wall Street derivative investments on about anything. Do you or any of your subscribers know where I can buy a boatload of "Tan Suit" futures?

Happy Friday.

Suel J's avatar

Barak Obama rocks about any suit at all. Michelle Obama can wear a sack and just ooze class!!

Mary Greenwald's avatar

And Michelle did not wear a hat that looks like a lampshade! Plus, the entire Obama Family looked happy. Not going to see that at a Trump Family Party.

Kim Steeves's avatar

That hat did what it was intended to do though, keep his kissy face away from Melania's face!

Dave Drell's avatar

Hell no! They are a pathetic group of blood sucking jerkoffs

arne link's avatar

Buy sage futures. You can't go wrong because we're going to need tons of it when the change comes.

myhoopbabies's avatar

Love it. I said something very similar to the hubs the other day: "Somebody's gotta go back and get a shitload of sage!"

SO MUCH toxic juju.

Bonnie Council's avatar

I keep a shit load of sage growing in my yard for that exact purpose! Free to anyone who needs it! 😊

2Cats2Furious's avatar

Aren’t we supposed to burn it all down and salt the ashes? Forgive me if I’m not up on all the latest trends.

George A. Polisner's avatar

Salt is bad for high blood pressure. Based upon the world today, high blood pressure is all there is.

Paula Brantner's avatar

I just read in God's Substack that the company who got the $14 million no bid contract is called....wait for it....GREENWATER SERVICES.

I know this administration is a constant stream of "you can't make this shit up," but this was particularly schadenfreudinous.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

no, Greenwater is the company hired to 'fix' the algae problem. I'm pretty sure a different company was hired to do the shitty blue paint job in the first place

Kathleen Weber's avatar

🎵🎵🎵... gave proof through the night that the flag paint was no longer there...🎵🎵🎵

Dave Drell's avatar

Hilarious K/ maybe you have some musical roots? possible descendent of famed composer

Anton Weber?

Kathleen Weber's avatar

I do have musical roots going back to a great great great grandfather Frederick Bolster who played fviolin for the crown Heads of Europe in the 19th century. The musical genes are not the Webers who were merely Swiss farmers.

P123Sunny's avatar

Someone posted the green algae pic with the caption: PANTONE ‘American Flag Blue’

Paula Brantner's avatar

You're right - Greenwater Services was hired in April under a $1.7M contract to do the water purification system, not the $14M contract to paint it blue (Atlantic Industrial Coatings).

But this is what I read in God's Substack:

BUT NOW we’ve learned the name of the firm that got paid $14 million to screw this up so badly and it’s named GREENWATER SERVICES.

GOD IS NOT KIDDING. The firm is actually named Greenwater Services.

From this NYT article (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/18/us/politics/trump-donor-contract-reflecting-pool.html?unlocked_article_code=1.rVA.35KR.E-BsjvSuOceq&smid=url-share) and info otherwise available, it sounds like they planned to put in a water purification system all along after the paint job was finished, claiming that it was state-of-the-art and better than Obama's.

Now Greenwater Services is providing green water services and the Reflecting Pool looks much worse than it did during Obama and Biden's administrations (where there was still an algae problem, but they stayed on top of it.)

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Seems like the multi-miilion dollar plan to improve the purification system was shitcanned just to meet the deadline for Trump's Birthday/250 Cage Fight. (Optics.) Since Greenwater Services is not re-draining the pool to address the purification problem, but pouring short-term algaecide into it, the pressure must be on to just fix the appearance of the pool before media attention during the July 4th celebrations. (Optics.) Then, for all he cares, it can turn into a septic tank. The Wizard of Ooze working his illusory magic.

2Cats2Furious's avatar

Upvote for Wizard of Ooze.

arne link's avatar

The orange one is going to turn it into a presidential putting green or possibly a miniature golf course with a windmill

Oh, wait.

Nancy Braus's avatar

He hates openly failing- maybe you have the right idea and the next step is draining the whole thing- how about a monument to the Dear Leader's golf prowess? With scuptural representations of all the awards he has won by cheating? And a sculpture of Arnold Palmer, highlighting the part of his anatomy that impressed the donald?

Kay-El's avatar
3hEdited

Yep, Atlantic Industrial Coatings

2Cats2Furious's avatar

They did the paint job and “fixed” the leaks.

john augustine's avatar

Lucien Truscott had a substack post last evening that explained the only way to prevent algae is to use marine paint but it requires wearing hazmat suits and I'm sure donny's no bid contractor buddy never heard of it

Joe Witkowski's avatar

“Re-paint and Thin No More” - #FuckTrump

Cheri Collins's avatar

Bummer. I liked Paula’s take better. 💁🏻

PEACE, LOVE, RESIST's avatar

I’ve heard different things but I’m wondering if the reflecting pool is granite. Not sure why anyone would paint granite but if they can fly people around the moon they should have a better solution to seal granite than slapping dark blue paint on it. It almost looks thick like the material they put on flat roofs. And why did it cost $1.7 million to dump a few gallons of peroxide in the pool? Let me DOGE this fucking government. I’ll get shit done right for a fraction of what they’re paying!

zuzu's avatar

It is, in fact, granite. Which is why it's a bad idea to seal it.

PEACE, LOVE, RESIST's avatar

Well I imagine they needed to seal between the slabs but not the slabs themselves.

zuzu's avatar

Someone was saying that the idea was that the granite filters the water slowly, and the pump refills it as the water level goes down. It's not a recirculating system because it's supposed to be still in order to reflect.

PEACE, LOVE, RESIST's avatar

Oh I see. I know nothing about it but I do believe it’s always wrong to paint granite! I guess trumps dream of having a nice blue pool for the 4th of July was ill conceived, in other words, a shitshow.

Stephen Brady's avatar

If anyone ever wondered how Donnie Dipshit could bankrupt 4 casinos, here you go!

2Cats2Furious's avatar

It’s been reported that Trump wants to take the exterior of the EEOB - which is granite - and paint it white.

Crystal Hartley's avatar

I wonder when they are going to hang a ginormous curtain around the entire pool to hide Donny's latest boondoggle.

Kim Steeves's avatar

This government, years ago, was caught paying stupid money for toilet seats. Just cause they can, and suppliers see them coming!

PEACE, LOVE, RESIST's avatar

It’s all so wasteful and stupid. They treat our tax dollars like a money tree.

P123Sunny's avatar

So BLACKWATER sat this one out ~ /s

Cheri Collins's avatar

Hahahahahaha! Too perfect!

Leu2500's avatar

the felon wasn't there because he wasn't invited.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

(don't tell anyone that I actually knew that, and played fast and loose with the facts JUST THIS ONE TIME in order to have a good narrative. they might take away my Nobel Responsible Journalist and Everything Prize.)

HI2thDoc's avatar

We won't tell.

P123Sunny's avatar

Shite had no idea you had a Nobel(!) well-played SIR 🫡🇺🇸 😆

Kathleen Weber's avatar

My face in you is destroyed... DESTROYED!

HI2thDoc's avatar

Even if invited, he woulda TACOed

arne link's avatar

Idk

He would have arrived late and made it all about himself .he's such an uncouth lump.

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

And none of them will show up when the Trump Library/Hotel opens.

Cyndi's avatar

You think it ever will? I'm pretty sure that Trump will take it into bankruptcy first. 😆

Punkette's avatar

Lol, Cyndi! Good one, girl 😂

Kevin Rice's avatar

The only book in whatever trump opens will be for room service. The permanent special is shitty martinis and store bought taco salad. The hamberders and diet coke are for him alone.

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

Well, you can get a scoop of ice cream for dessert. Only he is allowed two scoops.

US Blues's avatar

Who would want that stinky fart clown anywhere near them? I thought the loser was still constantly embarrassing us in Europe and being Uber trolled by Macron in Versailles.

Joel S's avatar

Submitted on the “Contact the President” form at WhiteHouse.gov:

(Edited final version)

"Hey, Trump, since no one on your inept, incompetent team will tell you the truth….. I’m going to tell you the truth!

Regarding Iran’s nuclear ambitions, President Obama got a MUCH better DEAL than you did!

And, President Obama struck the deal without having to spend over $50 Billion in US Taxpayer money, without causing inflation in the U.S. to spiral out of control, without the loss of lives of American service members, without seriously depleting America’s weapons arsenal, without seriously depleting America’s oil reserves, without damaging relations with America’s allies, without driving up the cost of gas to ridiculously high levels, without breaking any U.S. laws…….and without lying even one time.

And, President Obama struck the deal he did without Iran closing the Strait of Hormuz, without having to order the U.S. Navy to blockade Iranian ports, without having to establish a $300 Billion fund to fund reconstruction projects in Iran, and President Obama released far less Iranian assets than your dumbDEAL TACO’d up.

President Obama is a perfect example of “America’s Brightest”, whereas, to the opposite extreme, you are a perfect example of “America’s Disgrace.”

You can (and, we all know you will) lie over and over about your accomplishments, but Americans who have a working brain (or even half of a working brain) know that you will go down in U.S. History books as the G.O.A.T. Liar and The Worst President in American History."

Thank you for your attention to this banter!

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

I like to note that he will hold the "Worst President in American History" title forever.

Jen's avatar

Can we give him a trophy declaring that? He loves shiny things, after all

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

I've been saying he should be told he's won The Hague Peace Prize but he has to go pick it up in person.

devourerofpancakes's avatar

It was such a good deal, so competently executed, we probably wouldn't have heard much about it if the conservative rage machine hadn't kicked into high gear.

RZolu's avatar

In Heather Cox Richardson’s Letter today, she said the Pedo and hand me down wife were NOT invited to last night’s opening of the Obama Center. Isn’t that something, especially where George and Laura were? So it’s not a partisan thing…

Happy Juneteenth everyone.

Richard's avatar

I agree with you 100%!

Punkette's avatar

Haha, yes! Plus, as I recall, Michelle O and Dubya are buddies!

2Cats2Furious's avatar

W has a huge crush on Michelle, which means he’s not completely evil or stupid.

2Cats2Furious's avatar

When Carter and H.W. were still alive, they - along with the former presidents attending the opening - would get together periodically as a “former presidents’ club,” usually for a charitable purpose.

Trump is so odious that he’ll never get an invite.

Susan Niemann's avatar

" ‘why are we dumping paint-stripper into a freshly painted pool?’" 😂😂😂 That pool is the symbol of the massive amount of stupid that rolls out of the Oval Office on an hourly basis.

The Obama's made me cry yesterday....damn. When I think about what we had, and how the bigoted, greedy, inept Republican party fucked this country completely...They could end this madness right now.

"Pedo-bestie hand me down" LORDY! BURNNNNN!!! 💀💀💀

Claudia smiling... wonderful.

Beth's avatar

Thank you for that clip of Email Lady laughing. That made my day.

And thank you to Italy for not taking his lying shit.

Kay-El's avatar

1. President Obama is the man that Trump can’t be, will never be, no matter what he does. Hail to the former Chief!

2. The Reflecting Pool is just a (fugly) shade of its former self. Another showing of ETTD

3. The only way former living Presidents will show up for Trump is at his grave to make sure he’s really dead.

Robert Eckert's avatar

I hope Obama comes to the funeral in a tan suit!

Nancy Braus's avatar

and why would he waste his time at the funeral? To rub shoulders with the worst people in the world?

arne link's avatar

Oh, dear Lord I hope he does that, even in dead of winter.

Martha Howell's avatar

<whines>We aren't even quite at Summer Solstice. Winter is 6 months away!</whine>

Stephen Brady's avatar

Former President Obama has way too much class to do something like that. I wonder who will deliver the Orange Odium's eulogy?

Richard's avatar

😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Jeff, I remember when Obama was a happy smiling president, who rolled eggs down the lawn at Easter, and how talked eloquently and kindly, and with intelligence. I remember when Obama actually supported the country and those of us that live in it.

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-iran-declares-supreme-victory-over-the-united-states-and-calls-them-sucker

What we have now?

A man in Tehran signed a paper this week, and another man in a gilded room at Versailles signed the same one, and between those signatures sat a corpse-pile of three and a half months no ink will scrub clean. They are calling it peace. Surrender. A historical document — every goddamn thing except what it is, which is the exhausted arithmetic of two regimes that ran out of bodies to spend. The war stopped. Do not mistake stopping for healing.

P123Sunny's avatar

That pic in front of the tv, in a totally modest room - with his mother-in-law holding his hand on Election night 2008 - has got to be my favorite picture OF ALL TIME 🇺🇸🗳️

Leu2500's avatar

the worst thing about the Medal of Honor ceremony? The felon couldn't fasten the ribbon (fine motor skills &/or vision problems because of his dementia) so he TIED it around the recipient's neck.

I blame Susie Wiles big time on this. she's supposed to be the adult.

devourerofpancakes's avatar

Blame them all. They all sit there and praise Trump without a shred of dignity or sincerity as he gets more and more addled.

Dina's avatar

Damn near choked the guy in the process!

Tess's avatar

The whole Obama presentation was so good… I had tears several times watching it. It gave me hope … as does the news today of republicans losing support for the idiot in charge! Love Claudia photos!! Have a safe and peaceful weekend everyone!!

Carol in Maine's avatar

Excellent commentary again. Love the tributes to your wife also. Obama is such a class act and so genuine. As an interesting side note, several years ago my husband and I were in Eleuthera, and because no one is ever there on the stunning beaches, I always talk to people if I see them. We met a couple from Sweden, and we have become great friends, even visiting them in Stockholm. He was a mathematician who was at one time chair of the Nobel Foundation. We learned a bit about the workings of the prizes, and of course the Peace Prize is given by Norway. Evidently there was much discussion about whether or not Obama had done anything to warrant his selection even though they had great respect for him as does much of the world. Ultimately the pro positions prevailed. My friend assures me that there is nothing the disgraceful orange man can do to get it.