"Smiley" Hassett said this was all good news, because all 92,000 jobs had been held by people who have now been deported. Not that 92,000 citizens can take the jobs, they just disappeared with the deportees.
EVEN tucker with an F carlson still doesn't rise to the level of most punchable face (although his IS punchable)- that 'honorific' goes to goebbels/miller in my book. My URGE to punch that smug smirk off HIS face right through my screen gets a tad overwhelming at times. IF it were on the floor of the Senate I doubt even Bernie could stop me (an older than Goebbels/miller woman) from throwing down. They'd be too stunned to stop me, lol. Btw, that idiocy from mullin - he's a former MMA fighter so already knew he 'could' seriously hurt/damage the older Teamsters Leader so was behaving like a typical fucking cowardly bully with an urge to get himself on camera just like his narcissistic orange piggy-boss. .I keep hearing that he's supposed to be Native American. Is there any actual proof of this - especially after frump went after Elizabeth Warren so viciously and his decidedly UN-Native American behaviour.
Hmm🤔🤔🤔🤔a most punchable face indeed AuntTeeFa, but not sure thee most punchable. The pickings in this Administration has waay too many to count and keep track of😵💫
I agree, I’ve said that more than once. He and Bessent are both always smirking, it makes me want to punch them in the nose. I’m non violent, so I wouldn’t do it, but I want to.
I’m pretty sure that President Joe Biden never had a single quarterly negative jobs number, thanks dopey don for turning all that around fucking dipshit.
Of course the orange piggy keeps LYING about President Biden over and over and over ad nauseam, JUST so his magat cultists won't 'lose the plot' he concocted for them. Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth Joe Biden was working hard at FIXING all the shitgibbery from frump's FIRST disastrous term and trying to get our financial house in order WHILE passing really good bills to help every single American. Now? He's been relegated to nothingness, not only by frump's agents but ALSO by certain democrats which just pisses me off so much.
Any data from our DOGE-fucked government now is about as reliable as economic and war casualties numbers issued by Putin. Major companies, from Amazon to tech corporations, had big layoffs recently. They weren't gunning for deported undocumented immigrants.
Boy you’ve got that right H12thDoc. My wife and my weather vane for trump is that we know whatever trump says the exact opposite is true…without exception.
Yep, pretty much all assertions he has ever made. The latest, most mind-numbingly absurd is hard to choose, but that we are "winning" the whatever is going on with Iran and his being "completely exonerated" in the Epstein ring stand out. The capacity to swallow bullshit by his supporters is also unfathomable.
"They came to me with tears in their eyes, and said 'sir, sir,'" and they wanted to a) thank him, b) shake his hand, or in the latest and most preposterous, c) kiss him. Yeah, that happened.
And Leavitt will whine about the press reporting on the job losses then lecture the press about not being grateful enough for "president tRump." Eye roll.
If I were Bondi, I would create a folder tucked in a safe deposit box that should be "opened upon my untimely death." Knowing too much is what happened to Epstein. Knowing too much is what happened to a whole lotta Russians after the Steele Dossier was published. Knowing too much is what Ivana Trump took with her to the bottom of the stairs.
I don't believe she's there. I think she was cremated AND in an urn on her daughter's mantel. What's in that far-too-heavy casket buried in the suddenly designated cemetery/golf course/tax deduction in NJ? The rest of the boxes the REAL FBI didn't get before they were shoved onto a plane with the help of Nauta (remember that?) and flown off to NJ. That casket was SO HEAVY the 'pallbearers' were stumbling and red-faced with the strain, at least one nearly fell.
She was supposed to testify in court about trump's finances.
"Ivana Trump, the first wife of Donald Trump and the mother of his three oldest children, died from blunt force injuries to her torso that she suffered after an accidental fall, New York City’s chief medical examiner said Friday. On Thursday afternoon, emergency responders investigating a call from Ivana Trump’s home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side found her unconscious. They pronounced her dead at the scene. Trump, Donald Jr and Ivanka were supposed to be questioned Friday as part of a New York civil investigation into their business dealings.
But the New York state attorney general’s office postponed the depositions as a result of Ivana Trump’s death. New dates for the depositions weren’t immediately set.
Bloomberg News is gaining on that fucking skank Bondi. I posted the entire text of this article below. Now we know where the fucking Space Nazi got his unlimited supply of ketamine too. 😡 This whole fucking criminal syndicate should be incinerated in The Hague.
The Democrats must hold the line in not approving more funding for ICE. They're demanding "decency reforms" that Markwayne opposes, however. He's going to be Steven Miller's cowboy, I'm afraid -- proving his chaps by striving to reach the impossibly high deportation numbers pulled out of Miller's twisted dark little Nosferatu ass.
Doesn’t the Senate get to confirm Twonames McShit4brains? If so, I have two, no three fearless predictions: 1 Susan Collins will express concern but vote to confirm; 2 John Fetterman will enthusiastically support the nomination; and e No Republicans will vote against.
Wonkette reported yesterday that Markwayne Mullin was talking shit about Rand Paul behind his back at a political event on Valentine's Day. Guess who is the Republican head of the committee in the Senate to confirm Markwayne Mullin to be head of DHS? Go on, guess! LOL
Mullin also expressed with moral disdain how Creepy Matt Gaetz would show inappropriate pics on the House floor and openly brag about mixing Viagra with Red Bull so he could "go all night." Then a couple of years later Mullin is downplaying, denying, and defending drumpf's apparent inclusion in the Epstein scandal.
Where we live people are on the struggle bus with continued high rents, high prices for groceries and now gasoline prices being suddenly jacked up will put more stress on commuters.
Oh did I mention steadily rising utilities like electricity and gas? Those will go up. Everything will. Remember that people voted for him because eggs 🥚
Oh boy. Buckle up.
But up and coming…Pam Blondi will have to testify under oath about her abysmal handling of the Epstein files releases AKA “the Trump pedo bestie coverup”. Popcorn 🍿 time. Who will take her BS apart? Step right up!
In the meantime, I’m going to cheer myself up by watching Thom Tillis (who I have never agreed with until recently) take Kristi Noem apart on repeat.
Jeff, expect the waves of happy/sad. They’ll happen for a while.
On another note, if you are too busy to mess with You Tube, that’s why I’m here. Check Lisandra out if you aren’t familiar. She does a great impression of Leavitt too. https://youtube.com/shorts/WyxvZLGr2nA
Trump is now begging Zelensky for Ukraine drone technology that has managed to thwart the drone attacks they’re battling daily. Zelensky is asking for weapons we’ve run short of, which Advisors warned Trump about before we dropped the first bomb…ignorance and incompetence are running this country! Need more examples, this is the best interview I’ve seen on Trumps incompetence, everyone should watch and learn what this war will bring!:
I was one of those people…but it pales in comparison to what you’ve lost. May Mrs. Spouse continue to be an inspiration and may the everlasting love you shared be of some comfort. We appreciate you.
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which falls under DHS, has been at the center of numerous controversies under Noem’s leadership. They include delays in disaster response and recovery efforts nationwide, the cutting of popular preparedness programs, and putting whistleblowers on administrative leave. At times, Noem has advocated for abolishing or eliminating the agency in its current form — a position Trump once promoted.
Earlier this week, she faced a bipartisan backlash in Congress for her oversight of FEMA, which has included unprecedented control over agency spending and repeated rounds of staff cuts that eroded the agency’s expertise.
“You’ve failed at FEMA,” Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina told her at a Tuesday hearing.
Though the agency’s staffing and capacity are strained, FEMA hasn’t yet been tested by a severe, multi-state catastrophe since Trump returned to the White House last year. The 2025 hurricane season — which passed without a landfall in the US — “was a gift,” says Pete Gaynor, who ran FEMA during Trump’s first term in office and briefly served as acting DHS secretary in 2021.
“It’s just a matter of time before FEMA is put to the test against something that stresses the nation,” Gaynor says, pointing to year-round wildfire risks and the upcoming hurricane season.
Trump announced Thursday that he intends to replace Noem with Senator Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican who will need to be confirmed by the Senate. It comes as DHS is in the midst of a three-week partial shutdown that has led FEMA to pull back on some disaster response and freeze emergency management training. With the change in leadership at DHS, Gaynor and other experts say FEMA is facing big questions that will help determine how it responds to the next big disaster.
Love the nun with a ruler line. My husband was taught by the ironically named Sisters of Mercy many decades ago. He loves to tell the story of being grabbed by the hair by Sister Mary Gabriel when he was talking during an air raid drill. She slapped him back and forth across his face while hissing “We do not talk during an air raid drill.” One slap per word.
Same here. Jeff, I'm still keeping you in my heart. ❤️ My mom died this past November, and I'm so heartbroken for my dad, who misses his soul mate who was his high school sweetheart. 💔 😢 I'm heartbroken for you as well. Sending much healing and love.
Is the "Shield of the Americas" the name of the defence system to repel those Jewish space lasers? It's exhausting trying to keep up with all this gratuitous twitter...
Wonder if Lewandowski is going to cash in his Frequent Fucking Miles from those luxury jet trysts with Noem. Also, wonder where he's going to pop up next, like a political herpes sore.
You’d need a huge notebook to keep all the information straight… it might change tomorrow though. You know … when it gets tough HE either never knew them or didn’t know about it…. He was probably taking a long blink at the time! Bad B movie 🍿
You'd think that someone who screwed up as bad as she has would be told that she should go home and spend more time with her family. Not get some cushy unimportant job with large taxpayer funded salary.
Sending you prayers, hugs, and good thoughts, my friend. I cannot begin to fathom your loss.
On a side note, I texted "Markwayne Mullin" to my husband yesterday but accidentally typed "Markwayne Mullet" so he shall henceforth be forever referred to as such.
I was beaten with a wood cane while standing at the blackboard in 4th grade during math class when I couldn't get the answer out fast enough. I could write a book about the travesties I witnessed during my seven-year sentence in that place.
Wow--stuff that is done to innocents in the name of religion!
So sorry you suffered that. I had a brother who was paddled daily in a Texas public school first-grade classroom because he wouldn't read. He was learning disabled and *couldn't* read. So I'm certainly willing to believe you suffered.
Markwayne Mullin - Highest degree- Associate in Construction tech, Only US Senator without a Bachelors degree, No law degree, No law enforcement background, No national security experience, No security, intelligence or emergency management skills.
So OF COURSE Dipshit DonOld appoints him to head Homeland Security.
It never ceases to amaze me that these people that are SO over their heads actually accept these positions knowing they are TOTALLY unqualified to do the job.
His utter lack of experience in every aspect of the job is what concerns me. Plus him sounding stupid everytime he speaks. AND a major ass kisser. Not having a 4 year degree is not a deal breaker for me. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs never graduated. Did find an interesting fact - Bezos graduated from Princeton with an engineering degree, focusing on electrical engineering and computer science. Never knew that. I work with all college graduates and trust me, the degree does not guarantee that you are smart.
Agree, but Gates and Jobs were geniuses and MWM is an idiot. Remember when he accused Dr. Monarez (who was fired by RFKjr) of lying and saying he had heard the tape and the other Senators were pissed because they never got that information. He's a liar as well as an idiot.
I know that there are a lot of smart people that don't have degrees but he's not one of them as far as I can tell.
Markywayne numbnuts is also in the dictionary for No impulse control! I can't believe he wanted to fight that union guy in a hearing! Oh yeah he'll do just peachy taking killer puppy/goats Noemi's job.
This price hike is almost certainly price gouging. It's not as if gas which is stuck in the Strait of Hormuz would have gotten to the local pumps between Friday and yesterday. The news announces a potential oil shortage due to the blockade and all the stations that bought fuel at pre-war prices jack it up now, rather than when any shortage actually hits.
Gas is always over $4 a gallon for premium in Vegas. NV has some of the highest gas prices in the country. I'm sure it will be over $5 a gallon if it's not already there. My worry is the stock market (401K). I'm getting ready to retire and if Trump trashes it, I won't be able to recover like in past when I was working. I'm sure there are many boomers on here with the same worry.
A 401k-crushing financial event has happened during every Republican presidency of my lifetime. They got rid of pensions and told us it would be a vast improvement for us to surf the waves of The Market God Created to Bring Us Freedom. How does that feel now that we're being freed of our hard-earned financial security?
In San Diego the average price has increased 15 consecutive days, rising 28.7 cents, including 7 cents on Wednesday, to $4.78 today. If Republicans think Californians are going to give up EVs, they can fuck themselves 70 ways to Sunday.
It punishes the 4 X 4 jacked up muffler free road warrior pickups that are so prevalent here.
Works for me as I cruise by the pumps in my plug in Hybrid that gets 60 miles on battery and somewhere around 400 MPG. Bought the damn thing in September and still have 1/3 of a tank
I get over 500 miles to a tankful which lasts me at least 2 weeks or more. When I retire, I won't be driving much. The price of food and everything else is a much bigger worry than gas.
Hey fellow dot. That’s amazing. Orlando area? I’m driving an 11 year old Toyota that will probably outlast me. But I always recommend a hybrid to anyone looking to buy.
I don't drive that much any more here in So. Cal - but gas hovers around $5 on a good day ... so I'm assuming we're on our way to $6-7. I'd love to be a "Republican" running for office in 8 months. Anywhere.
While anyone who poses in front of half naked, jailed and stacked humans in a concentration camp while wearing a $50K Rolex obviously is no more capable of shame or embarrassment than Caligula - it's hard to lay 100% of the HS clusterfuck at the pedicured feet of Noem. "Republicans" confirmed a Fellini movie cast of broken toys who re-define "unfit". They knew better, were too afraid not to and 75MM voters are to blame for all of it. So much blood on so many hands. This country is literally teetering on the brink of collapse - but look at those curtains.
Jeff, you're making a huge adjustment amid what must be incredible sadness.
But also too (thanks Sarah Palin/Wonkette), you must be asking yourself every day, what would Mrs Jeff say? And my hunch is that she is going to be a continued source of good advice.
today in Shit That Happened While I Was Busy Writing This Shit —
the US economy lost 92,000 jobs in February. that seems bad
https://www.nbcnews.com/business/economy/2026-labor-market-set-begin-taking-shape-february-jobs-report-rcna261994
Watch the Biggest Liar in WH History (either KKKarolyin' or SShitler hisownself) claim that thousands of jobs were "created" in February.
"Smiley" Hassett said this was all good news, because all 92,000 jobs had been held by people who have now been deported. Not that 92,000 citizens can take the jobs, they just disappeared with the deportees.
Hassett looks like he should be baking cookies in the Keebler Tree
He just looks baked.
A most punchable face
Agree but I think Fucker Carlson still is more so
EVEN tucker with an F carlson still doesn't rise to the level of most punchable face (although his IS punchable)- that 'honorific' goes to goebbels/miller in my book. My URGE to punch that smug smirk off HIS face right through my screen gets a tad overwhelming at times. IF it were on the floor of the Senate I doubt even Bernie could stop me (an older than Goebbels/miller woman) from throwing down. They'd be too stunned to stop me, lol. Btw, that idiocy from mullin - he's a former MMA fighter so already knew he 'could' seriously hurt/damage the older Teamsters Leader so was behaving like a typical fucking cowardly bully with an urge to get himself on camera just like his narcissistic orange piggy-boss. .I keep hearing that he's supposed to be Native American. Is there any actual proof of this - especially after frump went after Elizabeth Warren so viciously and his decidedly UN-Native American behaviour.
Hmm🤔🤔🤔🤔a most punchable face indeed AuntTeeFa, but not sure thee most punchable. The pickings in this Administration has waay too many to count and keep track of😵💫
He never stops smirking
I agree, I’ve said that more than once. He and Bessent are both always smirking, it makes me want to punch them in the nose. I’m non violent, so I wouldn’t do it, but I want to.
😂😂😂😂
I’m pretty sure that President Joe Biden never had a single quarterly negative jobs number, thanks dopey don for turning all that around fucking dipshit.
Of course the orange piggy keeps LYING about President Biden over and over and over ad nauseam, JUST so his magat cultists won't 'lose the plot' he concocted for them. Meanwhile, back on Planet Earth Joe Biden was working hard at FIXING all the shitgibbery from frump's FIRST disastrous term and trying to get our financial house in order WHILE passing really good bills to help every single American. Now? He's been relegated to nothingness, not only by frump's agents but ALSO by certain democrats which just pisses me off so much.
Just heard him speak at the Jesse Jackson funeral. Wish we had him back (if we couldn't have Obama back: he was electrifying like usual).
Yes‼️ President Biden sounded great and comforting💕
Oh yeah, I hear you. I had to point out to one, the things a poster was bitching about, had been addressed by Biden, and disabled by Piggy.
Wow. Who makes this stuff up. Did all those deportees work for the state department? Who knew?
What an absolute load of ass-gaslighting. There’s no way he has the slightest idea who held those jobs.
Any data from our DOGE-fucked government now is about as reliable as economic and war casualties numbers issued by Putin. Major companies, from Amazon to tech corporations, had big layoffs recently. They weren't gunning for deported undocumented immigrants.
DOGE-fucked government says it all.
Smiley lying Hassett! Lies just like all the rest!😡
He looks like one of those ancient vampires, that doesn't understand the modern world, and lives in the past.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/videos/2026-03-06/hassett-on-oil-price-pressure-us-jobs-report-video
When will the angel of death visit the satanic energy vampire Hassett? 😡
Whenever it may be, it will be far too late.
🤯🤯🤯🤯🤬🤬🤬🤬
Boy you’ve got that right H12thDoc. My wife and my weather vane for trump is that we know whatever trump says the exact opposite is true…without exception.
Yep, pretty much all assertions he has ever made. The latest, most mind-numbingly absurd is hard to choose, but that we are "winning" the whatever is going on with Iran and his being "completely exonerated" in the Epstein ring stand out. The capacity to swallow bullshit by his supporters is also unfathomable.
When he tells a story where someone calls him "Sir" we know it's a lie. When he calls something a "hoax" we know that it's true.
"They came to me with tears in their eyes, and said 'sir, sir,'" and they wanted to a) thank him, b) shake his hand, or in the latest and most preposterous, c) kiss him. Yeah, that happened.
Big men, strong men...
And handsome! with rippling muscles…
Exactly Nuts- every time he opens one of his arse holes- shit comes out!
And Leavitt will whine about the press reporting on the job losses then lecture the press about not being grateful enough for "president tRump." Eye roll.
She's a gross breeder for facism.
It will be Joe Biden’s fault
I mean , lets celebrate jeff that we got rid of Noem and her bullshit.
Let's think about celebrating Bondi getting impeached.
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/the-daily-exhale-kristi-noem-will-be-homeless
Today's wisdom?
"I refuse to live a small life. I refuse to be diminished by the world's insistence that I should be less." — Dorothy Allison
Bondi knows everything about Epstein. Trump cannot and will not fire her. She holds the whip if she chooses to use it.
If I were Bondi, I would create a folder tucked in a safe deposit box that should be "opened upon my untimely death." Knowing too much is what happened to Epstein. Knowing too much is what happened to a whole lotta Russians after the Steele Dossier was published. Knowing too much is what Ivana Trump took with her to the bottom of the stairs.
A small dose of the right drug, and Ivana’s fall could have gone right through the ME’s office as an accidental death.
or a push from behind as she started down the stairs ..
Or catch the trailing foot as it’s moving forward.
And now the poor woman is buried at a toxic dump with no perpetual-care option.
Ah, but she lives on in Donald’s heart as a tax break for his Jersey golf slum.
I don't believe she's there. I think she was cremated AND in an urn on her daughter's mantel. What's in that far-too-heavy casket buried in the suddenly designated cemetery/golf course/tax deduction in NJ? The rest of the boxes the REAL FBI didn't get before they were shoved onto a plane with the help of Nauta (remember that?) and flown off to NJ. That casket was SO HEAVY the 'pallbearers' were stumbling and red-faced with the strain, at least one nearly fell.
She was supposed to testify in court about trump's finances.
"Ivana Trump, the first wife of Donald Trump and the mother of his three oldest children, died from blunt force injuries to her torso that she suffered after an accidental fall, New York City’s chief medical examiner said Friday. On Thursday afternoon, emergency responders investigating a call from Ivana Trump’s home on Manhattan’s Upper East Side found her unconscious. They pronounced her dead at the scene. Trump, Donald Jr and Ivanka were supposed to be questioned Friday as part of a New York civil investigation into their business dealings.
But the New York state attorney general’s office postponed the depositions as a result of Ivana Trump’s death. New dates for the depositions weren’t immediately set.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2022/jul/15/ivana-trump-donald-trump-wife-death-cause
You speak the truth Eileen .
He'll fire her and then claim she's lying--she'll get the Margie Three Toes treatment.
Ya think? We shall see. Who knows what will happen as he continues to drift into his dementia.
We know that, already, he can't distinguish between his father and his grandfather.
Bloomberg News is gaining on that fucking skank Bondi. I posted the entire text of this article below. Now we know where the fucking Space Nazi got his unlimited supply of ketamine too. 😡 This whole fucking criminal syndicate should be incinerated in The Hague.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/features/2026-03-06/epstein-investigated-in-dea-probe-for-ketamine-money-laundering
I ran into the paywall but thanks for the link, Joe. Yep, she's an awful, venal, mendacious witch, or worse. I'll have a limerick about her tomorrow.
When there's a paywall and Wayback doesn't work, try archive.ph - - it sometimes works when nothing else will
https://archive.ph/MTr3o
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/congratulations-republicans-you-own/comment/224020267?r=wflz8&utm_medium=ios
Thank you, Joe!
The full text is in my other comment
Thanks!
and stays away from open windows
I wouldn’t be surprised if Bondi has also been on the island. I don’t know, but something smells
🐟🐟y
Have thought that all along. Something definitely not right with her.
Only Trump knows if she uses the whip he knows people who know people and the problem would disappear.
noem's replacement is probably much worse
However, there is a difference between evil and just plain stupid masquerading as evil.
Several people have posted that it's like shitting your pants and changing your shirt.
He might be worse but he’s also really, really dumb. His evil juices don’t flow as smoothly as Noem’s.
Well, yes and no. To me it's like comparing which you would rather not step in, horse or bull excrement. Both awful but not identical
WWE plumbing idiot
Not probably, I guarantee he’s much worse, remember his history John.
I recall the asshat in 2023 ready to start a fist fight in senate
https://bsky.app/profile/northjules.bsky.social/post/3mgexolh6222s
Replacements will always be worse. We can count on that.
Orange Hitler will replace her with Matt Gaetz if that skank blonde lying whore is impeached
Hear hear!!!
I really love Dorothy Allison's writing.
The poor schmuck who released the jobs report will be out of a job by noon.
-92,002 (I included Noempathy).
🎯… the nerve😡
It's 2008 all over again. Republicans smashing things, pretending it's all just inevitable like the weather, and then doing jackall to help people.
The Democrats must hold the line in not approving more funding for ICE. They're demanding "decency reforms" that Markwayne opposes, however. He's going to be Steven Miller's cowboy, I'm afraid -- proving his chaps by striving to reach the impossibly high deportation numbers pulled out of Miller's twisted dark little Nosferatu ass.
2008 multiplied by a zillion times worse
Now with even less competent leadership.
New and not improved
They are as worthless as a
(fill in your own words!)
_________________
Orange Jabba's concealer.
Tits on a boar.
Doesn’t the Senate get to confirm Twonames McShit4brains? If so, I have two, no three fearless predictions: 1 Susan Collins will express concern but vote to confirm; 2 John Fetterman will enthusiastically support the nomination; and e No Republicans will vote against.
Wonkette reported yesterday that Markwayne Mullin was talking shit about Rand Paul behind his back at a political event on Valentine's Day. Guess who is the Republican head of the committee in the Senate to confirm Markwayne Mullin to be head of DHS? Go on, guess! LOL
Mullin also expressed with moral disdain how Creepy Matt Gaetz would show inappropriate pics on the House floor and openly brag about mixing Viagra with Red Bull so he could "go all night." Then a couple of years later Mullin is downplaying, denying, and defending drumpf's apparent inclusion in the Epstein scandal.
😆
are those confirmation hearings televised ?
Accurate, unfortunately.
Fetterman has already said that he will support the nomination.
I wouldn’t use the name of an irreverent late night host as substitute for Feckless Fetterman.
Corrected
Me thinks it may be a typo.
Could be, but correctable if Mjr. Kong knows about it.
Death to a Fetterman political run in 2028. He's better off running as a Republican.
Of course he did 😤
Fetterman has already said he'll vote to confirm.
https://thehill.com/homenews/senate/5769789-fetterman-backs-mullin-dhs/
Overall job losses since he took office
Unemployment up
Gas prices up
Security net- SNAP, etc - down
WAR
Even the market is cooling off
But Trump and his cronies are a lot richer.
I'm starting to feel Les Misérables vibes
The relentless Javert was a pussycat compared to the brutal ICE goons and their handlers. And Javert had a conscience.
Tumbrils, we need tumbrils.
Where we live people are on the struggle bus with continued high rents, high prices for groceries and now gasoline prices being suddenly jacked up will put more stress on commuters.
Oh did I mention steadily rising utilities like electricity and gas? Those will go up. Everything will. Remember that people voted for him because eggs 🥚
Oh boy. Buckle up.
But up and coming…Pam Blondi will have to testify under oath about her abysmal handling of the Epstein files releases AKA “the Trump pedo bestie coverup”. Popcorn 🍿 time. Who will take her BS apart? Step right up!
In the meantime, I’m going to cheer myself up by watching Thom Tillis (who I have never agreed with until recently) take Kristi Noem apart on repeat.
Cricket and the goat…
Fun times.
We've already seen Bondi in action. Nothing will change.
She screams like my high school French teacher. God, what awful memories.
It’s that rigid Scientology training
Indeed IHP!
Jeff, expect the waves of happy/sad. They’ll happen for a while.
On another note, if you are too busy to mess with You Tube, that’s why I’m here. Check Lisandra out if you aren’t familiar. She does a great impression of Leavitt too. https://youtube.com/shorts/WyxvZLGr2nA
Lisandra is the best. From KKKaroline to Melania to Noem. Her KKKaroline is spot on. A joy to watch.
Thanks! Subscribed. Funny, and frighteningly accurate.
The only gains were in healthcare…surprise!
Trump is now begging Zelensky for Ukraine drone technology that has managed to thwart the drone attacks they’re battling daily. Zelensky is asking for weapons we’ve run short of, which Advisors warned Trump about before we dropped the first bomb…ignorance and incompetence are running this country! Need more examples, this is the best interview I’ve seen on Trumps incompetence, everyone should watch and learn what this war will bring!:
https://thelefthook.substack.com/p/world-war-iran-how-trump-and-israel?r=qvheo&utm_medium=ios
I was one of those people…but it pales in comparison to what you’ve lost. May Mrs. Spouse continue to be an inspiration and may the everlasting love you shared be of some comfort. We appreciate you.
I'm truly surprised it wasn't more that 92,000 jobs lost. This shit show is exhausting.😞
I wonder whose head is going to roll...
Much love to Jeff.
https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2026-03-06/what-kristi-noem-s-firing-means-for-the-future-of-fema
The Federal Emergency Management Agency, which falls under DHS, has been at the center of numerous controversies under Noem’s leadership. They include delays in disaster response and recovery efforts nationwide, the cutting of popular preparedness programs, and putting whistleblowers on administrative leave. At times, Noem has advocated for abolishing or eliminating the agency in its current form — a position Trump once promoted.
Earlier this week, she faced a bipartisan backlash in Congress for her oversight of FEMA, which has included unprecedented control over agency spending and repeated rounds of staff cuts that eroded the agency’s expertise.
“You’ve failed at FEMA,” Republican Senator Thom Tillis of North Carolina told her at a Tuesday hearing.
Though the agency’s staffing and capacity are strained, FEMA hasn’t yet been tested by a severe, multi-state catastrophe since Trump returned to the White House last year. The 2025 hurricane season — which passed without a landfall in the US — “was a gift,” says Pete Gaynor, who ran FEMA during Trump’s first term in office and briefly served as acting DHS secretary in 2021.
“It’s just a matter of time before FEMA is put to the test against something that stresses the nation,” Gaynor says, pointing to year-round wildfire risks and the upcoming hurricane season.
Trump announced Thursday that he intends to replace Noem with Senator Markwayne Mullin, an Oklahoma Republican who will need to be confirmed by the Senate. It comes as DHS is in the midst of a three-week partial shutdown that has led FEMA to pull back on some disaster response and freeze emergency management training. With the change in leadership at DHS, Gaynor and other experts say FEMA is facing big questions that will help determine how it responds to the next big disaster.
Love the nun with a ruler line. My husband was taught by the ironically named Sisters of Mercy many decades ago. He loves to tell the story of being grabbed by the hair by Sister Mary Gabriel when he was talking during an air raid drill. She slapped him back and forth across his face while hissing “We do not talk during an air raid drill.” One slap per word.
I can’t imagine the loss and sadness you feel, Jeff. I am so very sorry.
Ms. Spouse was your partner in many ways, Jeff. And she will always be so as her memory lives on in you.
Your last line made my heart ache.
Same here. Jeff, I'm still keeping you in my heart. ❤️ My mom died this past November, and I'm so heartbroken for my dad, who misses his soul mate who was his high school sweetheart. 💔 😢 I'm heartbroken for you as well. Sending much healing and love.
I shed a tear, so sad 😢
I’m not crying after reading that last line. It’s allergies 😢
I know. There’s a lot of that going around in my neck of the woods 😢😢
I was coming to the comments to say the exact same thing. Thank you, Sue. We all love you, Jeff, and we’re here for you.
Yes❣️A nun with a ruler. 🥰
Is the "Shield of the Americas" the name of the defence system to repel those Jewish space lasers? It's exhausting trying to keep up with all this gratuitous twitter...
I think that it's a type of condom that comes in red, white and blue. It looks good but it's unreliable.
That's a perfect description!
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haha!!! Good one!!
Shield of the Americas = Wingnut Welfare
That's all
Wonder if Lewandowski is going to cash in his Frequent Fucking Miles from those luxury jet trysts with Noem. Also, wonder where he's going to pop up next, like a political herpes sore.
"Mazel Tough!"😂😂😂😂
So what exactly is the job you do in Shields of Americas? What a crock of shit!!!
Actually it sounds like the name of a shopping mall. Only white people can go. Hence the shield.
You’d need a huge notebook to keep all the information straight… it might change tomorrow though. You know … when it gets tough HE either never knew them or didn’t know about it…. He was probably taking a long blink at the time! Bad B movie 🍿
You'd think that someone who screwed up as bad as she has would be told that she should go home and spend more time with her family. Not get some cushy unimportant job with large taxpayer funded salary.
Sending you prayers, hugs, and good thoughts, my friend. I cannot begin to fathom your loss.
On a side note, I texted "Markwayne Mullin" to my husband yesterday but accidentally typed "Markwayne Mullet" so he shall henceforth be forever referred to as such.
That’s been my name for him as well 😂
Interesting piece about Trump begging Ukraine for drone technology help, you might enjoy Kay: https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/the-guy-who-abandoned-ukraine-is?r=qvheo&utm_medium=ios
Best line: That is a geopolitical hand that was dealt by Trump’s own incompetence, and Zelensky is picking it up with both hands. 🙌🏼
That’s rich, Patrick, and fucking nervy. Will read!
MarkyNoBrain Mullet
Yes, but mullet as in the fish, like the expression “ stunned mullet.”
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I dubbed him Marky Mark Wayny Wayne a long time ago but yours is better.
What would I do without your fuckity-fucks?? They help me stay sane. Hugs, Jeff.
Exactly!! Both my husband and I love his posts- keeps us updated and sane.
I LOVE Claudia’s take on the shitheads in congress; “a nun with a ruler” is not only brilliant, it’s hilarious! Sending you love.
And relatable to those of us who went to Catholic schools. Those nuns could be MEAN!
Not Catholic, no Catholic schools, but the horror stories are enough! :)
I was beaten with a wood cane while standing at the blackboard in 4th grade during math class when I couldn't get the answer out fast enough. I could write a book about the travesties I witnessed during my seven-year sentence in that place.
Wow--stuff that is done to innocents in the name of religion!
So sorry you suffered that. I had a brother who was paddled daily in a Texas public school first-grade classroom because he wouldn't read. He was learning disabled and *couldn't* read. So I'm certainly willing to believe you suffered.
djw, me too my wife and her friends had ‘Sister Victor’ and the fear ran deep ruler stories as well. She got out asap.
My Mom went to a Catholic school- nuns in their habits with a ruler- it’s why she had great penmanship!🥰
You and Mrs. Spouse were a helluva team. I’m so sorry. And yet here you are, keeping us informed in a way only you can do.
Markwaynes picture is in the dictionary under Dumbass. We are royally screwed.
I should never have left Spain. JFC🤦♀️
In that spirit, this one is fer you, Susan:
Tough guy dipshit plumber Markwayne
Becomes America's newest bane
He'll worsen the mess
Of the fucked up DHS
With his delusional MAGA brain
Markwayne Mullin - Highest degree- Associate in Construction tech, Only US Senator without a Bachelors degree, No law degree, No law enforcement background, No national security experience, No security, intelligence or emergency management skills.
So OF COURSE Dipshit DonOld appoints him to head Homeland Security.
It never ceases to amaze me that these people that are SO over their heads actually accept these positions knowing they are TOTALLY unqualified to do the job.
His confirmation hearing will be interesting.
WTF
But he is an MMA fighter and a drumpf delighter.
Ya I looked that up too. He was a 5'8" 170lb. MMA fighter in 2006 and has a
5-0 record.
Then he hid behind the chairs on J6 like a little bitch.
Short man syndrome like Bovino. Expect a bully.
So we are both in agreement that he's massively qualified (in MAGA world)!
I would have enjoyed the Teamsters boss kicking his ass on C-SPAN.
His utter lack of experience in every aspect of the job is what concerns me. Plus him sounding stupid everytime he speaks. AND a major ass kisser. Not having a 4 year degree is not a deal breaker for me. Bill Gates and Steve Jobs never graduated. Did find an interesting fact - Bezos graduated from Princeton with an engineering degree, focusing on electrical engineering and computer science. Never knew that. I work with all college graduates and trust me, the degree does not guarantee that you are smart.
As I am finding out at my advanced age, being smart also does not guarantee that you are not a piece of shit
Agree, but Gates and Jobs were geniuses and MWM is an idiot. Remember when he accused Dr. Monarez (who was fired by RFKjr) of lying and saying he had heard the tape and the other Senators were pissed because they never got that information. He's a liar as well as an idiot.
I know that there are a lot of smart people that don't have degrees but he's not one of them as far as I can tell.
Point of fact: the lawyers around Trump.
MMA fighter. He can manage the setup of the arena on the White House front lawn. He represents fucking Dopelahoma. Nuff said.
Trump apparently liked seeing him on television and is too low IQ to understand how Mullin did nothing but embarrass himself.
Interesting but totally predictable.
That is award winning Doc! 👏👏👏👏🤣🤣
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Didn't we tell you to relocate to Spain? Did you listen? No! Now we cannot visit your palatial estate in the Barcelona area. We are so sad.
LOL! Well, damn. I've let everyone down. I'm sorry. 🤓 😂😂
Lol! Tell ya what? I’ll go back and find us a nice spot! 🤣🤣
Sorries aren’t going to cut it this time, Susan! 😂
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Markywayne numbnuts is also in the dictionary for No impulse control! I can't believe he wanted to fight that union guy in a hearing! Oh yeah he'll do just peachy taking killer puppy/goats Noemi's job.
Loss has no timetable, Jeff. You continue in my thoughts and prayers.
Noem's lies aren't worth repeating
But her term she won't be completing
Of course Corey's going too
To some grift that is new
And fer sure they will still be cheating
Doc rises to the occasion once again! Beautiful! You win a Noemi HairExtension kit…
Thanks. I’ll haveta rig up a scarecrow to put them extensions on. That’ll keep the varmints away
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Hope you’re feeling a little better today Jeff. 60 cent hike in central Florida. Blue dot in a redneck state. Greedy bastards.
I gassed up on Sunday here in North Texas at $2.42 a gallon. It's now up to $3.19. Are we winning yet??
This price hike is almost certainly price gouging. It's not as if gas which is stuck in the Strait of Hormuz would have gotten to the local pumps between Friday and yesterday. The news announces a potential oil shortage due to the blockade and all the stations that bought fuel at pre-war prices jack it up now, rather than when any shortage actually hits.
Absolute greed
"If they rise, they rise"--Donnie Demento's shrug off about the gas prices.
And "If they die, they die." Donnie's comment on Americans killed in the Middle East or terrorist attacks inside the U.S.
Gas is always over $4 a gallon for premium in Vegas. NV has some of the highest gas prices in the country. I'm sure it will be over $5 a gallon if it's not already there. My worry is the stock market (401K). I'm getting ready to retire and if Trump trashes it, I won't be able to recover like in past when I was working. I'm sure there are many boomers on here with the same worry.
A 401k-crushing financial event has happened during every Republican presidency of my lifetime. They got rid of pensions and told us it would be a vast improvement for us to surf the waves of The Market God Created to Bring Us Freedom. How does that feel now that we're being freed of our hard-earned financial security?
The Invisible Middle Finger of the Market
In San Diego the average price has increased 15 consecutive days, rising 28.7 cents, including 7 cents on Wednesday, to $4.78 today. If Republicans think Californians are going to give up EVs, they can fuck themselves 70 ways to Sunday.
I don't even think Kamasutra has 70 ways 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
buy a volt
Fuck no!
It was $3.09 yesterday in NC.
Fellow dot here in Central Fl.
It punishes the 4 X 4 jacked up muffler free road warrior pickups that are so prevalent here.
Works for me as I cruise by the pumps in my plug in Hybrid that gets 60 miles on battery and somewhere around 400 MPG. Bought the damn thing in September and still have 1/3 of a tank
I get over 500 miles to a tankful which lasts me at least 2 weeks or more. When I retire, I won't be driving much. The price of food and everything else is a much bigger worry than gas.
The best part of retirement - my car sits on its ass in the driveway while I read on the porch.
Premium gas is $4.74 in Vegas today. Up about .50 - .60 cents from 2 weeks ago.
Hey fellow dot. That’s amazing. Orlando area? I’m driving an 11 year old Toyota that will probably outlast me. But I always recommend a hybrid to anyone looking to buy.
Just got a Volvo EX30 - 💯electric!
"is there a gas leak in their editorial board offices?" You've still got it, keep up the good work.
great line
Yep, that one made me lol.
Gov. Walz said Kristy should get used to staying in Minnesota…I hope they convict her of every state charge possible.
I just love Governor Walz. He is a real mensch. He would have been a great VP.
Could we get her to be cell mates with Gishlaine Maxwell? Wouldn’t those conversations be interesting?
Get her, Tim!!👍👍
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I don't drive that much any more here in So. Cal - but gas hovers around $5 on a good day ... so I'm assuming we're on our way to $6-7. I'd love to be a "Republican" running for office in 8 months. Anywhere.
While anyone who poses in front of half naked, jailed and stacked humans in a concentration camp while wearing a $50K Rolex obviously is no more capable of shame or embarrassment than Caligula - it's hard to lay 100% of the HS clusterfuck at the pedicured feet of Noem. "Republicans" confirmed a Fellini movie cast of broken toys who re-define "unfit". They knew better, were too afraid not to and 75MM voters are to blame for all of it. So much blood on so many hands. This country is literally teetering on the brink of collapse - but look at those curtains.
Jeff, you're making a huge adjustment amid what must be incredible sadness.
But also too (thanks Sarah Palin/Wonkette), you must be asking yourself every day, what would Mrs Jeff say? And my hunch is that she is going to be a continued source of good advice.
Hang in there internet buddy, we love you.
You’re doing everything right, Jeff: taking time off when you need it and continuing to do what you’re best at when you feel like it. ❤️