The tiny silver lining is they expect the 11th judges will overturn it and it can be reassigned. She was always going to delay this thing from trial before the election. So there's that.
For most of my adult life, I drank about one alcoholic bev every two months -- it hadn't been a big part of my parents' life and wasn't a big part of mine. From Jan 2022 thru May 2024, I had zero drinks (bc of health problems). But with all of this fuckery, I've started drinking a couple of times a week, which is a lot for me.
I'm not recommending that you do so -- just saying that I empathize with your being enraged. (My other go-to to try to calm down: YT clips on stand-ups, on the Comedy Central or Dry Bar channels).
also, my dear husband is the most even-tempered man I know -- I cannot imagine why he married me, but he usually keeps me from going completely off the rails...
Completely understand~ when tfg was elected the first time my good and caring doctor prescribed us both a tiny dose of xanax per day. This year she's increased it a bit, lol.
I can't drink more than a few ounces of alcohol a month but thank whatever liberal heaven exists that legal (hemp-derived) weed is now available by mailorder... it's pretty good at mellowing me out. Yes, this is me, mellow :D
Gummies are keeping me sane. I have PTSD from my malignant narcissistic family members. Apparently, I woke everyone up Saturday night, because I was screaming in my sleep. I made a therapy appointment this morning. I know what these people are cable of. Heavy sigh.
I'm so sorry you're having a rough time. I also suffer from a mental health issue (meds help) One thing I that may help is "these symptoms come & go. I will feel much better soon."
Everclear, damn! I use that to make tincture for my gummies. A winter pick me up around here, is Everclear and apple cider cooked together. Tasty. But you will get shit faced.
I just feel totally defeated. I'd move out of the country to get away from all of this, but that's not a financial reality. I've never, ever seen anyone that I can think of or even read about in history that literally gets away with everything bad he/she does like him. This is unbelievable. I have serious doubts about Saturday. I'm not a conspiracy person. I don't even like Sci-Fi movies. The story, the blood splatter doesn't just add up. Then I read that his Fla. girlfriend judge has dismissed what I consider a treasonous case. I'm sure the week will heat up with the obnoxiousness going on in Milwaukee and whatever freak he picks for VP. French fries wouldn't even cheer me up right now :(
Sorry Deborah. It is deeply frustrating to be sure. Of all of the indictments, this prosecution seemed a slam dunk. Georgia is halted, not because Trump is innocent, but because Fani Willis may have had a relationship that has nothing to do with Trump (and vastly different from Harlan Crow's special relationship with 'Justice' Thomas. The Washington DC case is delayed due to the "immunity for official acts" ruling (although an elementary school student could determine that inciting an insurrection is not an official Presidential act). Sentencing in Manhattan is delayed because, again, is paying the press to not release a story that's harmful to your CAMPAIGN an official act?
I am hopeful that justice will prevail, but until it does, I'll be watching "Idiocracy" -either the speculative documentary, or the actual, real-time unfolding of it.
Deborah, I feel your pain and I would do the exact same thing if I could financially. Unfortunately, that’s not possible for me. What do we do as the normal people in the room in times like this? I feel like there’s nowhere to hide.
Except for Jeff, I've stopped looking at the news. If a meteorite is coming towards the earth, my family can call and let me know. The anxiety over this election won't go away. Even when I don't read/watch the news. And I'm more fortunate than many - I'm white, not a minority religion or background and I'm too old to have any more children. Trump can't go after me like he can some people. Where he can ruin me is financially. I'm getting ready to retire - mess with my social security or cause the stock market to go into a recession, and my 45 year work record in my profession (nursing) will pretty much be financially for nothing. I was quite ill with COVID (in the hospital for 3 weeks and missed 2.5 months of work) so his policies almost got me then in 1/2021. It's too late in life to begin saving in a different direction. I'm in good shape now, but the MAGAs could easily ruin that in a short period of time. My parents were depression/ WWII generation - I miss them. but I'm glad they aren't around to have to deal with all of this in their senior years.
We talk to each other, so go ahead and vent~ I have broad shoulders. We must always keep lines of communication open. Get things off your chest so you can take a full, deep breath...we're here for you.🌬
Deborah, feeling the same. Also abhor conspiracies. Who would benefit from Turd injured or dead? With the Nazis, Putin, Alex Jones, Roger Stones -- he's BEEN a useful idiot. Who would take his place if he died? I mean, look at the vile, soulless people who surround him -- that we know of.
I'm usually 99% of time anti-conspiracy, but this doesn't pass the smell test. Never seen anyone truly shot at that jumps up and waves their fist around. Never seen either the SS not push them to the ground to avoid them being shot twice. His behavior after he was "shot" was just bizarre. I don't care who you are, you would be terrified being shot, especially around your face/head. No sign of that on his face and he's a big, fat pussy as we all know. His blood pattern was weird on his ear/face. Blood looked too cherry red for blood (but picture maybe wasn't accurate), ear and scalp wounds bleed profusely, even when they're not serious. No blood on his neck, no blood on his shirt and the blood streak across his right cheek had about a 2 inch spot where there was no blood at all. No one had wiped his face then. I worked in a Trauma OR and an ER and I just never saw a blood pattern like that from a wound on the face/scalp or ear. When you put your hand to where you're shot if you're bleeding, there's blood all over your hand. Didn't see that. I'm no forensic scientist so just my opinion.
Deborah, thank you. In my experience during a vacation to Indochina I've seen what an M-16 does to flesh. This didn't appear to me to be a bullet wound, which is, in your observation, a bit shaky. His ear would have disappeared and much more blood spilled. When the facts are in, and prove me wrong, I'll change my mind.
That's interesting. I wondered about the same things, especially that his head was still completely open as a target during all his "we're going to fight" bs. How did they not slam him on the ground, but let him flounder around and get dramatic and vulnerable for another head shot? That made no sense to me. That round must have whizzed by just centimeters too far away, but you would think the burn from the casing if nothing else would damage his ear. It strangely didn't look "like enough," but I no nothing about this expertise that you have.
For a while the news was that Trump said his ear was grazed by the bullet. Trump said. Doctors maybe can’t say, patient records confidential, I suppose. (Lyndon Johnson opened his shirt to show his surgery scar.)
How are the two people who were critically injured doing? I suppose they want their privacy, but I am curious.
The media have since accepted the ear-grazed-by-bullet story without question.
I had dual citizenship until I turned 21. Every time he says he wants to deport ALL foreign-born people even if they have citizenship here, I dream of a trip I could not otherwise afford!
No comfort but people walk barefoot from the lower Americas to get to the USA, with probably less than you have. Any Eastern European country that has a low cost of living and where enough people speak English until you can get up to speed in their language, if you do not know it, might be a place where you can make your way. I am just thinking of places in the world that are relatively safe and not so expensive. A friend went to Albania on vacation. Something where your English skills would be seen as useful.
I am not saying leave, and I believe in Biden. But, having a sense that you have an out can be helpful. At least looking over where you might live and what you could do, and then getting back to making sure that Biden wins. We the people can make that happen. Most Americans do not want Project 2025. We need to let them know what is in it. I am meeting with my Project 2025 discussion group where we are going to discuss what we have read. Our goal will be to make one page handouts targeted to different demographies on what is in it.
Thanks for the info. I would rather live in Europe/Eastern Europe than anywhere else. But leaving the country's not practical for me. I'm in my mid 70's, single and own a home here. I have no family in Europe if I would need help when I was living there. If I was younger and had someone to go with, I'd go in a heartbeat just to experience living there. If the MAGAs mess with our social security and he causes the stock market to bottom out, it won't matter where I live. That's what I'll be dependent on living on. Can't imagine the horrible feeling that minorities must feel about him becoming president again and what could happen to their lives. I took this country for granted. We had our ups and downs since WWII, but I always thought our country would be the same as when I grew up. Dictators and fascists were what some other countries have had to deal with - not us. Until Trump. But the seeds were planted back in the 70's and we were just too naive or busy to pay attention. This is why I have an issue with some of the prominent Republicans now that are screaming about him. Nicolle Wallace, Michael Steele etc. Not that I don't think their concern is genuine, but for years they pushed these GOP candidates down our throats. Sorry, they're complicit in this also. It wasn't too long ago that Wallace was McCain's campaign manager and Steele was chairman of the RNC.
I am seeing immigrants getting support just like we do. A home is money to start off. There are expat groups everywhere who can help you out and with the ropes. You might find friends who feel the same way. Other countries have reasonable fees for health care and insurance that people in the US are not used to. Paying 215 Euros a month or less for health insurance plus long term care insurance is not unreasonable. So, it might just cheer you up to look into these costs.
Yes, but I have a non-citizen husband, so we can pay separate taxes. Also, if we pay taxes abroad we have to report this to the USA not pay them twice. If social security is done away with I have health insurance abroad plus long term care for very little money a month. Comparable to plan B of Medicare for the lowest paying person. Democrats Abroad constantly has webinars of taxes and other things. Heath, housing and food are cheaper here, clothing, electronics and energy are not. using solar and a heat pump and happy that geothermal is being discussed in a bigger way, will help with this down the road. Transportation is bike, and the monthly 49€ transportation ticket that takes me almost in the country as well as the city I live in with no additional cost.
Sorry, George! And here I was thinking The Waltons was soooo soothing yesterday - you have a great point. Well, I am from the state that produced Betsy DeVos, so there’s that, much to my embarrassment. She certainly tried her hardest to do the same thing.
Yeah - my husband was watching the baseball game. He said, “Well, there goes the game.” It was on Fox (🙄) so I had him switch to a better news channel.
SAME!! Watching CSI re-runs and not even watching shows like Good Morning America because I can't stand any of it. They too talk about Biden's age. And the hypocrisy of trump calling for 'unity'. Really? HE created this mess. And his 'rallies' are HATE rallies so why is ANYONE surprised at the violence?!! HE is the reason for all of it. And I'm glad he is okay because if he wasn't, I WOULD fear that whomever the repukes coughed out to take his place would be able to beat Biden regardless of Project 2025.
I am with all of you. I am so fucking pissed off I can barely function. I took a bit of a news break back after the shooting news as it was just too much for me. I think it’s a hoax as well. But this news with cannon dismissing this case is just so over the top, I can’t even breathe. It just seems impossible to live a normal life right now with all this going on. I don’t even know what a normal life is anymore. I would expect an appeal immediately, if not sooner.
Do you realize we've had to deal with this evil moron for NINE YEARS of our life? I can't even see a picture of the Obamas without crying and think back to when chaos was not even a word to describe our government on a daily basis. It's not just Trump though. He has powerful, smart enablers that are pushing his agenda. They're the ones that really scare me. And 71 million 'Mericans that voted for him. I don't feel the same about his voters as I did before he came on the scene. I think you have serious integrity issues if you vote for him.
9 years! No wonder people are breaking down! I see a therapist once a month and it doesn't really help. I'm a wreck every hour I'm awake seeing how our country is tumbling down so quickly. I'm really scared.
Working from home does have its advantages - at least I can sit here and be totally pissed off in private. I am so thankful for you guys, you make me feel like I am not totally losing my sanity!!!
That's why Cannon needs to be removed. She'll delay this case until Trump is long gone. On a good note, it was just reported that this ruling is only on a technical issue and not the merits of the case. Smith probably saw this coming so he'll appeal immediately and hopefully the luckiest criminal alive will finally have to face the music and find himself in the deep shit he belongs in for a change.
Essentially she's removed herself. We are glad about that but it slows it all down. We have known for a while and certainly by now this trial was NOT going to happen before the election anyway. I suspect Smith was pushing any way he could to get something like this to happen because the handwriting has been on the wall for quite some time. And I have been commenting on Trump's amazing, uncanny luck. Surely there's going to be the day all that runs out all at once.
That is a GLORIOUS thought. Fwiw, I'd settle for the gradually running-out, as we've seen with E. Jean Carroll (sexual assault; defamation) and the 34 felony counts -- provided that the gradual continues with a resounding loss in Nov. 2024 and with the remaining cases.
They might be again Joe is still the PREZ ! He might just go a little bugshit ! He is old and feeble right ? No telling what he might do to protect the country from harm ..As a demented old man sees it !The best part is he’s IMMUNE TO PROSECUTION!🇺🇸😜
I believe that was Jack’s plan all along-since the first set of delays revealed the breadth of her fandom, anyway. And revealed her absolute lack of experience for a case like this. I don’t think Jack takes ANYTHING lying down.
We're counting on that. I remember well the high hopes we mistakenly had with Mueller. We all thought we knew what he would do and he was a straight down the line, less is more and nobody was happy.
Well, duh, Mary. We have our work cut out for us and WE have the power, if we use it. One thing that is simple for a start is to call the DNC @ (202) 863-8000
and tell them loudly to cut out the crap and start campaigning SERIOUSLY for Biden before it's too late. Back the GOTV orgs that reach the young and never voted w/$$ It all helps. Despair does'nt.
Please don't be derisive (Well, duh) or dismissive of others' choices (watching TV to escape). This comments section is one of the few places of refuge for people who feel demoralized by what the US has become. Let's not demoralize each other. Thanks.
I'm calling the DNC every f*cking day. Today I called them. Messaged them on their website and emailed them.E-mail- information@democratsenatemajority.com
Alan Weisman also said Jack Smith could start all over again with a US Attorney in Florida. That way, he'd avoid being appealed to Supreme Corrupted Court.
Thanks Mary. I would rather be reading about it in a novel written from someone's drug-induced imagination than watching it unfold in what was once America. Now looking for my blood pressure pills.
Even if the Documents case is overturned on appeal this bullshit will continue until it reaches the Supreme Court where the asshole fascists are in charge. They’ll do anything to support the orange anus face.
I do not know the mechanics of it. That's what I'm hearing from my lawyer friends out and about but lawyers also disagree on some details. It's not over. And I'm sorry it couldn't have been done at the latest at the beginning of the year. I was a court reporter and now edit live trials so I get to hear every single word and I watch tons of rulings but I do not know the rules and believe me, they're all out researching the heck out of it. I think what we all need to do is as upset and worried as we are, we need to hang in there, vote no matter what, get as many people to as you can. Pay attention to Gen Z and Millennials and impress on them the fact that sitting home because Biden is old only means you vote in a monster who's also old and incompetent and corrupt and what he would bring a second time is to kill not just democracy but American life.
Thanks to Jeff, I remembered that Jack Smith can appeal to the 11th circuit..and he will. I’m looking at this as a blessing in disguise because if I don’t, I won’t be able to function.
Well said George. We need someone to demand the arrest of these monsters. We keep normalizing them by doing nothing. It’scan ugly situation and one that calls for the arrest of a few SCOTUS and most of the republiCon congress. Start with MTG, DUMBERT, CreepyASS mike Johnson, and a laundry list of Heritage fascist- foundation.
Nightmare scenario: Trump is elected, Clarence Thomas retires, Cannon appointed to the Court. She is beyond corrupt. Even if she is slapped down by the 11th Circuit and another judge is assigned, she is the big MAGA heroine.
She accomplished her mission,but I'm pretty sure she'll be discarded after her usefulness, just like all the MAGAs. Maybe she'll get a timeslot on Fox after Drunky-McWine-Box.
I am glad he led with this. I think we need to put out that the the Head grifter of the Republican party has no loyalty to anyone. In other words, while it seemed clear to me that the Heritage Foundation is planning on controling Trump through his Chief of Staff if he wins, which they expect him to because they have the judges to place him in office if the people don't, as a mentally addled easy to control guy. This is the problem with people only spending time with people who think like them, they may lose sight of reality. Trump does not strike me as someone the Chief of Staff is going to just "manage" while secretly making all policy himself. See how this is set up in Project 2025 in the section called "White House Office," where the Chief of staff is most important and the VP is a useful idiot. However, the elite of Germany who backed Hindenburg putting Hitler into the Chancellor seat, thought Hitler would be their useful idiot. It seems to me that Trump could turn the tables on them. He likes being adored, too much anger about him and his policies could turn him in a different direction because he has no loyalty to anyone, just himself. I am reading Strongmen by Prof Ruth Ben-Ghiat, and at the part where we learn what undoes these Strongmen. Guess who one of the Strongmen is? Yes. Donald Trump because she wrote it during his first term where he already showed his fascist tendencies. This term will be no holds barred. https://www.amazon.com/Strongmen/dp/1788164768
Alison, I think it may be related to Cannon’s husband…. He is supposedly a mafioso in Miami. Her husband is a crime-boy. Miami mafia… so they are one piece with the Maralago mafia.
We are all in this together, most of us are wtf-ing all day every day now. If we don’t spread the message of P-2025, we will end up in deep sh*t. Tell everyone you know to google it.
Right there with ya! I am surprised my parrot isn’t saying it yet right along with me. She says everything else. She did say “shit” one time and I told her I would wash her mouth out with soap - no bad words since. Though I am a poor example for her to follow! 😠
I don’t usually read People, but I’ve seen it just about every waiting room I’ve ever been in. What a great way to get the horrors of P2025 to a vast number of people.
I used to read People faithfully for the Hollywood gossip before the internet. It's written at a 4th grade level a child could understand and no controversial stories at all.
Also, the headline and deck pull no punches, which is good. Thank you v much for sharing this -- I wdn't have known otherwise.
What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Education / Trump's allies started Project 2025 as a blueprint for marrying church and state at the highest levels of government if he's elected
It's a very good article! I don't read PEOPLE magazine, but the target audience is middle-america, so maybe it will reach folks who as of yet haven't been paying attention.
Also, Jeff -A great reminder that Flynn should have been court-martialed and shouldn't be collecting his military pension. It's an affront to every soldier who has honorably served the United States, as opposed to undermining sanctions, defying the Logan Act, and lying about it. Flynn is a miserable POS.
It shouldn’t e neglected here—- why were these unlawful criminals not charged and tried and jailed? Canon, Trump, Flynn, all those who paved frump’s way to crucifying our country. Why? I never get an answer to that. All the insurrectionists. TRUMP. LED THE INSURRECTION. WHY WASN’T HE TRIED?? GARLAND DID NOTHING. BARR DID NOTHING. WE GOT SCREWED. WHY? WHY? WHY?
Fully agree Terri. Although Barr was worse than nothing. He intentionally misled on the Mueller Report. Garland should be pursuing every elected official who acted as Trump’s co-conspirators or accessories after the fact.
"let’s all play dress-up and wear black jackets!" Mother of dragons! 😂😂😂 Maybe these idiots are going to just self implode. "Not conservative enough?" FFS. And the fangirl bullshit....The 11th circuit better get this right. America is dissolving before our eyes. I hate everybody today-except you guys.
Same here. Now on my Facebook/insta feeds, I'm both blocking and reporting (for false information) media outlets whenever I see a deceitful, disingenuous headline. So far, politico and ABC news, that's only because that's all I could handle seeing for the day. I'll tell you, I feel more hopeful after reading insta comment section of politico -there was only 1 trumper per every 20 people saying "come on politico, what are you doing with these awful headlines?!!!!" Etc. This is my only "safe space" for political talk, no more msm, I'm done. If we all unsubscribe from all of them, won't that hurt them losing 50% of their readers? Like seriously fuck the MSM!!!!
We've got to get every single voting blue person out there to keep Trump out of the White House again, foiling a whole lot of awful headed if he wins. Doesn't the Raikin guy look like one of the dueling banjos guys in the movie Deliverance? They seem to have a certain kind of vacancy to their "look." And Cannon I saw around is speaking at the Convention. Scary thought, Trump wins and someone drops off the Supreme Court, she will be in there in their place.
She's speaking at the convention? Holy shit, talk about timing being everything. In the meantime, the head orange MAGAt gets another delay just in time for the GOP's Milwaukee horseshit fest.
If indeed she is speaking at the Convention, she will get a standing ovation from that crowd and then go through th rest of her days thinking, like Trump, that if people are clapping for you you must be okay.
Yes! Marc Elias says there are somethin like 63 or 67 voter suppression bills makin their way thru the states as we speak. He calls it "a red alert" we should ALL be worried about.
And of course Rs are sayin that Dems are stealin the election and that Pres Biden is already preventin the peaceful transfer of power.
And MSNBC took ‘Morning Joe’ off the air for today because they were afraid that someone on the show might say something inappropriate after Trump’s assassination attempt.
And Joe just plays an ex-Repub on TV. He and Mika are raking it in, they make literally millions each, every year with that horse and pony show. I think 6 million apiece, IFRC.
Could be -- or it could be that they're protecting Joe, who's a bit of a blowhard. He could do a lot of harm to the Dem cause by making impolitic remarks, and could even become a target himself.
yeah the corporate comcast owners are not doing anything to protect the democrats reputation..they are all on board with tRump... what keeps Lawrence O'Donnel, Katie phang, Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow from joinnig the rest of the sell-outs? Like Andrea (she needs to retire) Mitchell, Katy (I hate my dad) Tur, Ari, Nicole and many others.
Joe S. is a loose cannon who overalls others. Maybe MSNBC doesn't want to throw gas on a fire. Didn't he call for Joe to quit? He used to be buddies with turd, until turd was elected & began to go off the rails immediately.
It is resplendent with tragic irony. Let us mourn the unfortunate man and wish well the injured. Let us not forget despite his survival, good, Mr. Trump remains an unacceptable person unsuited for the presidency.
Notice that she dragged the case out for a year and then dismissed it. She could have dismissed it many months ago, allowing Jack Smith to appeal it at that time and to request her removal from the case.
Old hillbilly grifter already said it’s the dems fault and all the loons in my husband’s office are convinced that the gubmint did it. So there’s that, too.
His pot-stirring is esp. repugnant bc he's both smart enough and well-enough educated to know better. So the only explanation is that he's so hate-filled, and such an ambitious sociopath, that he doesn't care what happens to this country as long as he can pursue his path to the VP-ship.
I don't think he's hate-filled, just overly ambitious, lacking in moral character, and willing to do whatever it takes to advance himself beyond his phony hillbilly roots. He's not really a sociopath, just a socially avaricious slug of a human.
Educated yet utterly thoughtless. His character is summarized best when he described being in a class w students who criticized whichever war we were in at time. Rather than consider that opinion, he was all butthurt o/b/o his alleged brothers in arms (how he escaped being fragged is a mystery) and decided to just finish undergrad as quickly as possible (if his stupid book is to be believed, and I shall remain forever angry w my book club for choking that one down). Zero critical thinking skills, zero morals.
Vance is nothing more than a hillbilly grifter. He was raised in an amoral family environment. Totally wantonly amoral. His book made it quite clear… where his “values” were formed.
Extraordinarily narrow minded and narrow focused. Not one molecule of awareness of the Greater Good concept, or social justice. His Meemaw sat with a rifle to keep neighbors away. They trashed a drugstore because the proprietor chastised angel-boy for playing with a toy they were not intending to buy. Etc Etc.
Laughed at Meemaw. I'm originally from the Midwest and I hate those terms for grandparents. When I found out I was going to be a grandmother, my son knew never, ever to refer to me as that.
Re: the weird dots -- agreed. This whole thing is chock-full of anomalies. So many things just don't make sense: lax perimeter security, Trump stopping to put on his shoes, insisting on the raised-fist photo op (who does this right after an "assassination" attempt?)....to name but a few other weird dots. My Spidey-sense is going crazy right now.
Re: Judge Cannon dismissing the case -- good. Jack can appeal to the 11th circuit, and use the delay to regroup and get the financing for his office reorganised under the DOJ budget. He can also re-file the indictments and get another judge on the case. This gets Trump fan-girl out of the way. There was no way the case would proceed any further before the election, so to my way of thinking, this is actually good news. My only concern is that if any of it ends up back at the supreme court (I refuse to capitalise any more -- they don't deserve the respect), we may see them totally trash the case on some weird bogus grounds akin to total immunity. We shall have to wait and see.
All to convenient for my liking as well. Seemed more like a photo op, when he went down he did an ole WWE move with the razor blade. Crazy I know but, we live in crazy times. Up is Down
Hey Doc, I understood the above comments (my own included) to be sarcastic! Given that we don't actually know for sure what happened, and may never, a little sarcasm seems warranted. Just my two cents' worth! Cheers!
I think it was ABC which had a graphic overhead map of where tRump was, where the incel shooter was and where the SS sharpshooter was. The sharpshooter had the closest and best angle for Donnie's ear. The incel was 400' away and likely would have to had to shoot the Orange menace' left ear...
Nope, TFG was facing the roof where the shots were fired, reading from the stage-right prompter.
I don't know how many thousand rounds of 5.56 you may have fired, but I am lucky to get 'em into 3 inches at 100 yards, using a Colt 6920 LE model, and that's when I have all day to do it. Clown-boy was at 150 yards, there's no picking what ear you want to get, that's fantasy-land, respectfully.
If it was an AK, that's so much the worse, they are really inaccurate. For what it's worth.
I don't know -- but several sources have mentioned that he stopped to put on his shoes before being taken off the stage. Maybe he wears loose loafers that came off during the SS pile on?
FELON trump just recently met with Orban!! A FELON meeting with a dangerous fascist!! After trump met with Putin a few years back, US spies were killed in higher numbers all of a sudden. The biggest mobster Fascists are let in to this country without a peep of protest!!! The fact that there have been no consequences for the traitorous republicans and dear leader is at the ROOT of the problems today. Maybe we should roll out the red carpet just before they drive tanks over our bodies. That’s what it feels like is happening as I write! We need JUSTICE then the political temperature will be reduced as Biden asked!
Hi Jeff, this ruling by Judge Cannon is pure BS.. Maybe we should use this to remove the SC in Hunter Bidens case, or disqualify SC Hur in his investigation of Biden. Cannon aiming for an appointment to Supreme Court Court after this event… Also I think the press should look into Cannon’s husband, since he is a good buddy of Jonny Rosetti, a mobbed up NYC resident. This whole kettle of fish stinks…..
the thing is, Hunter Biden already tried the "special prosecutors are unconstitutional" move in his trial and the appeals court for that circuit told him to go fuck himself
And now we find out JD’s wife, who also went to Harvard Law, clerked for 3 Justices… if Donald gets back in I would expect him to nominate her… BTW, I’m not sure how MAGA will react when they find out her heritage is E. Indian… Judging by the treatment Nikki received from MAGA, well, “things will get interesting right about now” Dylan
Aileen Cannon (I don’t believe she is qualified to be a judge) should step down and let adults handle our national security breeches by tfg. He has no care about our security, and is only running for president to stay out of prison. He should have been prosecuted years ago for RICO violations.
Thanks Jeff.
I thought for sure you'd lead with the RNC Keynote from Judge Aileen Cannon-Trump.
Blatantly corrupt and deeply incompetent -however, follows orders with absolute fealty to Trump. (Everything the would-be Prison Apprentice likes).
Steal Top Secret documents? Cool. Hide them? No problem. Put our national security at risk (as well as our allies?) No big deal.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/article/2024/jul/15/judge-dismisses-trump-classified-documents-case
The tiny silver lining is they expect the 11th judges will overturn it and it can be reassigned. She was always going to delay this thing from trial before the election. So there's that.
Mary Virginia, from your lips to God’s ears. I am so livid this morning I can’t even work. 👿😡🤬
For most of my adult life, I drank about one alcoholic bev every two months -- it hadn't been a big part of my parents' life and wasn't a big part of mine. From Jan 2022 thru May 2024, I had zero drinks (bc of health problems). But with all of this fuckery, I've started drinking a couple of times a week, which is a lot for me.
I'm not recommending that you do so -- just saying that I empathize with your being enraged. (My other go-to to try to calm down: YT clips on stand-ups, on the Comedy Central or Dry Bar channels).
Breathe. I kinda forgot to.
I've started hugging my dog more. Her unconditional love, and not watching MSM anymore, will get me through this nonsense, I hope.
my 110-lb lapdog and the cat who is currently passed out upside-down in my lap help a lot :)
also, my dear husband is the most even-tempered man I know -- I cannot imagine why he married me, but he usually keeps me from going completely off the rails...
My little tabby Tigger is about the only thing that keeps me sane these days. Well, Tigger and Jeff! :)
Sweet! Yes, hold er tight...
Completely understand~ when tfg was elected the first time my good and caring doctor prescribed us both a tiny dose of xanax per day. This year she's increased it a bit, lol.
Never enough sedatives for these American politics.
I would be happy for some good news so I can unclench my jaw that has been this way for 9 years!!
Yep, I keep a bottle on hand for the days when it is all too much, one now and then sure helps.
I can't drink more than a few ounces of alcohol a month but thank whatever liberal heaven exists that legal (hemp-derived) weed is now available by mailorder... it's pretty good at mellowing me out. Yes, this is me, mellow :D
Gummies are keeping me sane. I have PTSD from my malignant narcissistic family members. Apparently, I woke everyone up Saturday night, because I was screaming in my sleep. I made a therapy appointment this morning. I know what these people are cable of. Heavy sigh.
I'm sorry -- get that completely. I don't think I've talked to my mother since my dad's funeral 5 years ago. She holds a doctorate in gaslighting.
I'm so sorry you're having a rough time. I also suffer from a mental health issue (meds help) One thing I that may help is "these symptoms come & go. I will feel much better soon."
Add some 190-proof Everclear to regular gin. At about a 25/75 ratio. Wait for 17:01. Add vermouth.
-Pro advice.
You're welcome. 🤔
Everclear, damn! I use that to make tincture for my gummies. A winter pick me up around here, is Everclear and apple cider cooked together. Tasty. But you will get shit faced.
I just feel totally defeated. I'd move out of the country to get away from all of this, but that's not a financial reality. I've never, ever seen anyone that I can think of or even read about in history that literally gets away with everything bad he/she does like him. This is unbelievable. I have serious doubts about Saturday. I'm not a conspiracy person. I don't even like Sci-Fi movies. The story, the blood splatter doesn't just add up. Then I read that his Fla. girlfriend judge has dismissed what I consider a treasonous case. I'm sure the week will heat up with the obnoxiousness going on in Milwaukee and whatever freak he picks for VP. French fries wouldn't even cheer me up right now :(
A bullet from an AR15 would have ripped off his ear and half of his face. He was hit by glass shards. This is a nightmare.
Nah. Where it grazed him looked about right to me. He's just one lucky SOB, that simple.
(I'm an armed investigator, have qualified on pistol and rifle every year for 15 years, not an armchair commando. FWIW).
I bow to your expertise.
Sorry Deborah. It is deeply frustrating to be sure. Of all of the indictments, this prosecution seemed a slam dunk. Georgia is halted, not because Trump is innocent, but because Fani Willis may have had a relationship that has nothing to do with Trump (and vastly different from Harlan Crow's special relationship with 'Justice' Thomas. The Washington DC case is delayed due to the "immunity for official acts" ruling (although an elementary school student could determine that inciting an insurrection is not an official Presidential act). Sentencing in Manhattan is delayed because, again, is paying the press to not release a story that's harmful to your CAMPAIGN an official act?
I am hopeful that justice will prevail, but until it does, I'll be watching "Idiocracy" -either the speculative documentary, or the actual, real-time unfolding of it.
I'm terrified that he's going to get away with it all.
I think terrified is the correct response. We just can't let it get in the way of steadily doing the work required to cause a big blue voting tsunami.
Ballot box bravado.
Terrified and traumatized.
It is starting to look like it.
Deborah, I feel your pain and I would do the exact same thing if I could financially. Unfortunately, that’s not possible for me. What do we do as the normal people in the room in times like this? I feel like there’s nowhere to hide.
Except for Jeff, I've stopped looking at the news. If a meteorite is coming towards the earth, my family can call and let me know. The anxiety over this election won't go away. Even when I don't read/watch the news. And I'm more fortunate than many - I'm white, not a minority religion or background and I'm too old to have any more children. Trump can't go after me like he can some people. Where he can ruin me is financially. I'm getting ready to retire - mess with my social security or cause the stock market to go into a recession, and my 45 year work record in my profession (nursing) will pretty much be financially for nothing. I was quite ill with COVID (in the hospital for 3 weeks and missed 2.5 months of work) so his policies almost got me then in 1/2021. It's too late in life to begin saving in a different direction. I'm in good shape now, but the MAGAs could easily ruin that in a short period of time. My parents were depression/ WWII generation - I miss them. but I'm glad they aren't around to have to deal with all of this in their senior years.
We talk to each other, so go ahead and vent~ I have broad shoulders. We must always keep lines of communication open. Get things off your chest so you can take a full, deep breath...we're here for you.🌬
Deborah, feeling the same. Also abhor conspiracies. Who would benefit from Turd injured or dead? With the Nazis, Putin, Alex Jones, Roger Stones -- he's BEEN a useful idiot. Who would take his place if he died? I mean, look at the vile, soulless people who surround him -- that we know of.
I'm usually 99% of time anti-conspiracy, but this doesn't pass the smell test. Never seen anyone truly shot at that jumps up and waves their fist around. Never seen either the SS not push them to the ground to avoid them being shot twice. His behavior after he was "shot" was just bizarre. I don't care who you are, you would be terrified being shot, especially around your face/head. No sign of that on his face and he's a big, fat pussy as we all know. His blood pattern was weird on his ear/face. Blood looked too cherry red for blood (but picture maybe wasn't accurate), ear and scalp wounds bleed profusely, even when they're not serious. No blood on his neck, no blood on his shirt and the blood streak across his right cheek had about a 2 inch spot where there was no blood at all. No one had wiped his face then. I worked in a Trauma OR and an ER and I just never saw a blood pattern like that from a wound on the face/scalp or ear. When you put your hand to where you're shot if you're bleeding, there's blood all over your hand. Didn't see that. I'm no forensic scientist so just my opinion.
Deborah, thank you. In my experience during a vacation to Indochina I've seen what an M-16 does to flesh. This didn't appear to me to be a bullet wound, which is, in your observation, a bit shaky. His ear would have disappeared and much more blood spilled. When the facts are in, and prove me wrong, I'll change my mind.
You got that right! I worked as a consultant at Sutter Health in San Francisco for years. Great comment, Deborah.
Trumps team did NOT allow any photos to be taken at the hospital. Why not???
That's interesting. I wondered about the same things, especially that his head was still completely open as a target during all his "we're going to fight" bs. How did they not slam him on the ground, but let him flounder around and get dramatic and vulnerable for another head shot? That made no sense to me. That round must have whizzed by just centimeters too far away, but you would think the burn from the casing if nothing else would damage his ear. It strangely didn't look "like enough," but I no nothing about this expertise that you have.
For a while the news was that Trump said his ear was grazed by the bullet. Trump said. Doctors maybe can’t say, patient records confidential, I suppose. (Lyndon Johnson opened his shirt to show his surgery scar.)
How are the two people who were critically injured doing? I suppose they want their privacy, but I am curious.
The media have since accepted the ear-grazed-by-bullet story without question.
"General" Flynn and Putin.
I had dual citizenship until I turned 21. Every time he says he wants to deport ALL foreign-born people even if they have citizenship here, I dream of a trip I could not otherwise afford!
It's 2:25 pm CDT & the orange shit just chose JD Vance for vp...
I guess JD won the ass kissing contest— he’s the guy who wants a national abortion ban!
And he’s already talking shit !
Peter Thiel's 'special boy' I guess he won the VP auction donation.
No comfort but people walk barefoot from the lower Americas to get to the USA, with probably less than you have. Any Eastern European country that has a low cost of living and where enough people speak English until you can get up to speed in their language, if you do not know it, might be a place where you can make your way. I am just thinking of places in the world that are relatively safe and not so expensive. A friend went to Albania on vacation. Something where your English skills would be seen as useful.
https://www.destatis.de/Europa/EN/Topic/Population-Labour-Social-Issues/Labour-market/EULabourMarketCrisis.html#:~:text=Germany%20has%20one%20of%20the,%25)%20and%20Poland%20(3.0%25).&text=Bar%20chart%20with%2030%20bars.
Here is another index of life in EU countries.
https://n26.com/en-eu/liveability-index
I am not saying leave, and I believe in Biden. But, having a sense that you have an out can be helpful. At least looking over where you might live and what you could do, and then getting back to making sure that Biden wins. We the people can make that happen. Most Americans do not want Project 2025. We need to let them know what is in it. I am meeting with my Project 2025 discussion group where we are going to discuss what we have read. Our goal will be to make one page handouts targeted to different demographies on what is in it.
Thanks for the info. I would rather live in Europe/Eastern Europe than anywhere else. But leaving the country's not practical for me. I'm in my mid 70's, single and own a home here. I have no family in Europe if I would need help when I was living there. If I was younger and had someone to go with, I'd go in a heartbeat just to experience living there. If the MAGAs mess with our social security and he causes the stock market to bottom out, it won't matter where I live. That's what I'll be dependent on living on. Can't imagine the horrible feeling that minorities must feel about him becoming president again and what could happen to their lives. I took this country for granted. We had our ups and downs since WWII, but I always thought our country would be the same as when I grew up. Dictators and fascists were what some other countries have had to deal with - not us. Until Trump. But the seeds were planted back in the 70's and we were just too naive or busy to pay attention. This is why I have an issue with some of the prominent Republicans now that are screaming about him. Nicolle Wallace, Michael Steele etc. Not that I don't think their concern is genuine, but for years they pushed these GOP candidates down our throats. Sorry, they're complicit in this also. It wasn't too long ago that Wallace was McCain's campaign manager and Steele was chairman of the RNC.
I am seeing immigrants getting support just like we do. A home is money to start off. There are expat groups everywhere who can help you out and with the ropes. You might find friends who feel the same way. Other countries have reasonable fees for health care and insurance that people in the US are not used to. Paying 215 Euros a month or less for health insurance plus long term care insurance is not unreasonable. So, it might just cheer you up to look into these costs.
James, unless you repulse your US citizenship, you will still have to pay US taxes. Also, they are going to do away with Social
Security--will that have a significant financial impact on you? Spain is getting more expensive, too!
Yes, but I have a non-citizen husband, so we can pay separate taxes. Also, if we pay taxes abroad we have to report this to the USA not pay them twice. If social security is done away with I have health insurance abroad plus long term care for very little money a month. Comparable to plan B of Medicare for the lowest paying person. Democrats Abroad constantly has webinars of taxes and other things. Heath, housing and food are cheaper here, clothing, electronics and energy are not. using solar and a heat pump and happy that geothermal is being discussed in a bigger way, will help with this down the road. Transportation is bike, and the monthly 49€ transportation ticket that takes me almost in the country as well as the city I live in with no additional cost.
So am I. But I'm furious all the time now.
I’m glad I’m not the only one. I am reduced to watching reruns of The Waltons because it’s like pablum for my poor stressed-out brain!
Darn it Becky -now thinking of the Wal*Mart Walton heirs working to destroy the public school system! Arrrrrgh!
:)
TV rots your brain. Pulling weeds is a possitive and meditative distraction from the shit, if you need a break. It's gotta be 5:00 somewhere.
Sorry, George! And here I was thinking The Waltons was soooo soothing yesterday - you have a great point. Well, I am from the state that produced Betsy DeVos, so there’s that, much to my embarrassment. She certainly tried her hardest to do the same thing.
I watch stuff I would have NEVER watched before, especially yesterday when they pre-empted all the good early Sunday stuff to feature this.
Yeah - my husband was watching the baseball game. He said, “Well, there goes the game.” It was on Fox (🙄) so I had him switch to a better news channel.
I recommend watching Bringing Up Baby with Katharine Hepburn and Cary Grant. It always makes me laugh when things seem dark.
Thank you, Susan! I love old movies, so I will definitely look this one up! Between that and the Klonopin, I will be a temporarily happy camper! 💊
Love TCM! Watched Stephen King's "Thinner" (yeah, wish he was riding with Joe). Nature shows too.
One of my all-time favorites. There's always Duck Soup too. Also check out Nothing Sacred and The Awful Truth.
Love TCM! Watched Stephen King's "Thinner" (yeah, wish he was riding with Joe). Nature shows too.
Great movie!
SAME!! Watching CSI re-runs and not even watching shows like Good Morning America because I can't stand any of it. They too talk about Biden's age. And the hypocrisy of trump calling for 'unity'. Really? HE created this mess. And his 'rallies' are HATE rallies so why is ANYONE surprised at the violence?!! HE is the reason for all of it. And I'm glad he is okay because if he wasn't, I WOULD fear that whomever the repukes coughed out to take his place would be able to beat Biden regardless of Project 2025.
I haven't gotten to the Walton stage yet, but I'm sure it's coming.
Law and Order reruns for me just to remember the sound of those words!
You know, ADA McCoy would never have put up with this shit. The Orange Jenius would have been behind bars back in the 90s...
It's the Law & Order music at the beginning for me...Yep, I'm not doing ANY news on ANY channel either...Not even local...My bp thanks me...
Sometimes pablum is good therapy.
Me too!
I am with all of you. I am so fucking pissed off I can barely function. I took a bit of a news break back after the shooting news as it was just too much for me. I think it’s a hoax as well. But this news with cannon dismissing this case is just so over the top, I can’t even breathe. It just seems impossible to live a normal life right now with all this going on. I don’t even know what a normal life is anymore. I would expect an appeal immediately, if not sooner.
Right now: Steady On. Self Care. Turn off TV/sm (except Jeff). Try to stay calm. Breathe. This is what I'm telling myself.
I feel like I'm stuck in a Twilight Zone episode, ever since Trump was the nominee in 2016.
Do you realize we've had to deal with this evil moron for NINE YEARS of our life? I can't even see a picture of the Obamas without crying and think back to when chaos was not even a word to describe our government on a daily basis. It's not just Trump though. He has powerful, smart enablers that are pushing his agenda. They're the ones that really scare me. And 71 million 'Mericans that voted for him. I don't feel the same about his voters as I did before he came on the scene. I think you have serious integrity issues if you vote for him.
9 years! No wonder people are breaking down! I see a therapist once a month and it doesn't really help. I'm a wreck every hour I'm awake seeing how our country is tumbling down so quickly. I'm really scared.
Babette: Yep… the Twilight Zone is how I, too, characterize our current country/politics.
🎯Yes, being originally from the northeast, I've always known what a crooked idiot he was.
I'm just furious. I'm just sitting here in stunned silence, also unable to work.
Working from home does have its advantages - at least I can sit here and be totally pissed off in private. I am so thankful for you guys, you make me feel like I am not totally losing my sanity!!!
I agree Bec...Folks on here just keep me sane...Well, alittle bit...
*hugs* I feel the same.
That's why Cannon needs to be removed. She'll delay this case until Trump is long gone. On a good note, it was just reported that this ruling is only on a technical issue and not the merits of the case. Smith probably saw this coming so he'll appeal immediately and hopefully the luckiest criminal alive will finally have to face the music and find himself in the deep shit he belongs in for a change.
Essentially she's removed herself. We are glad about that but it slows it all down. We have known for a while and certainly by now this trial was NOT going to happen before the election anyway. I suspect Smith was pushing any way he could to get something like this to happen because the handwriting has been on the wall for quite some time. And I have been commenting on Trump's amazing, uncanny luck. Surely there's going to be the day all that runs out all at once.
That can't happen soon enough.
R'Amen!
That is a GLORIOUS thought. Fwiw, I'd settle for the gradually running-out, as we've seen with E. Jean Carroll (sexual assault; defamation) and the 34 felony counts -- provided that the gradual continues with a resounding loss in Nov. 2024 and with the remaining cases.
Today on Truth Social, Trump defamed E. Jean again.
I hope I'm alive to see that day. I will dance in the street.
Remember when Biden was elected, and people all over the world were dancing in the street?
They might be again Joe is still the PREZ ! He might just go a little bugshit ! He is old and feeble right ? No telling what he might do to protect the country from harm ..As a demented old man sees it !The best part is he’s IMMUNE TO PROSECUTION!🇺🇸😜
Every time I think Trump will pay a price for his evil and corruption it doesn’t happen. I give up!
Only if Democrats win in November-if not, then there will be no more trials or justice for Donny
The only ray of light is that she didn't dismiss the case with prejudice, so it can be appealed.
I wonder why? Maybe she doesn't know what that means?
😳🤣🤣🤣🤣
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We dont know how it will go but if this MF somehow wins you will never hear about it again. Fascists dont play.
Allan Wiesman, on MSNBC a few minutes ago laid it out well. 11th is the option for Smith to take right now that will get the case re-asigned. FINALLY!
I believe that was Jack’s plan all along-since the first set of delays revealed the breadth of her fandom, anyway. And revealed her absolute lack of experience for a case like this. I don’t think Jack takes ANYTHING lying down.
We're counting on that. I remember well the high hopes we mistakenly had with Mueller. We all thought we knew what he would do and he was a straight down the line, less is more and nobody was happy.
He's smart; he has strategies. It will move on somehow.
Still won't matter if Trump wins again. This case will be thrown right out the window for good. We cannot let that happen.
Well, duh, Mary. We have our work cut out for us and WE have the power, if we use it. One thing that is simple for a start is to call the DNC @ (202) 863-8000
and tell them loudly to cut out the crap and start campaigning SERIOUSLY for Biden before it's too late. Back the GOTV orgs that reach the young and never voted w/$$ It all helps. Despair does'nt.
Please don't be derisive (Well, duh) or dismissive of others' choices (watching TV to escape). This comments section is one of the few places of refuge for people who feel demoralized by what the US has become. Let's not demoralize each other. Thanks.
So, Dee, did anyone make you CommentCop? I didn’t find Ransom’s
Oh Duh very offensive. We are all on the same page… and we use our derisiveness only for the Right.
I'm calling the DNC every f*cking day. Today I called them. Messaged them on their website and emailed them.E-mail- information@democratsenatemajority.com
Correction information@democratssenatemajority.com
Thank you gor sharing the website...I appreciate that info
So back at ya, Ransom. You play rough. And yes, I guess if you read my comment again, that's exactly what I just said, in a whole lot fewer words.
Canon is counting on that, her husband is a mob lawyer.
Alan Weisman also said Jack Smith could start all over again with a US Attorney in Florida. That way, he'd avoid being appealed to Supreme Corrupted Court.
Thanks Mary. I would rather be reading about it in a novel written from someone's drug-induced imagination than watching it unfold in what was once America. Now looking for my blood pressure pills.
Same here. And that tiny silver lining only stays in tact as long as he isn't elected.
It is rather Hunter S. Thompson-esque isn't it? By the way did you ever read his satire on then judge Thomas?
https://beatpatrol.wordpress.com/2010/02/23/hunter-s-thompson-fear-and-loathing-in-elko-1992/
And then the Democrats should impeach her…along with the usual suspects in SCOTUS.
Even if the Documents case is overturned on appeal this bullshit will continue until it reaches the Supreme Court where the asshole fascists are in charge. They’ll do anything to support the orange anus face.
Don't sugar-coat it!
It's good to see Liberals and dems not sugar coat something.
Mary Virginia: is that how it would work? Case reassigned to another judge? That does rekindle hope….
I do not know the mechanics of it. That's what I'm hearing from my lawyer friends out and about but lawyers also disagree on some details. It's not over. And I'm sorry it couldn't have been done at the latest at the beginning of the year. I was a court reporter and now edit live trials so I get to hear every single word and I watch tons of rulings but I do not know the rules and believe me, they're all out researching the heck out of it. I think what we all need to do is as upset and worried as we are, we need to hang in there, vote no matter what, get as many people to as you can. Pay attention to Gen Z and Millennials and impress on them the fact that sitting home because Biden is old only means you vote in a monster who's also old and incompetent and corrupt and what he would bring a second time is to kill not just democracy but American life.
Not just American life. Global warming is not a voting issue— why???
Thanks to Jeff, I remembered that Jack Smith can appeal to the 11th circuit..and he will. I’m looking at this as a blessing in disguise because if I don’t, I won’t be able to function.
Yes, for sure the 11th circuit judges will overturn it.
Thank you for this.
Well said George. We need someone to demand the arrest of these monsters. We keep normalizing them by doing nothing. It’scan ugly situation and one that calls for the arrest of a few SCOTUS and most of the republiCon congress. Start with MTG, DUMBERT, CreepyASS mike Johnson, and a laundry list of Heritage fascist- foundation.
YES YES YES YES YES
My question is: Does the felon now get to retain them in his bathroom or do they go back to their legal owner, The United States of America?
It would be great to recover them from Putin and the Saudi’s if they are done making copies.
😂😂😂😄,funny...but not funny either....
Seriously, a lot of boxes were in a room with a copier. Coincidence? Probably not.
You forgot Dons lover in North Korea 🇰🇵 the little round fellow is always last !💥🚀🚀🚀💥🔥🔥💥boo hooo!
I think they use the same barber.
I believe FBI has seized everything they could find during the search warrant phases.
Except for the ones that were $old…
And at the other vermin-infested golf motels.
But TFG has people smart enough to keep the originals, probably. I theoretically would. ;-)
Evidently more turned up after the famous raid...https://www.politico.com/news/2024/05/21/trump-classified-documents-bedroom-00159182
Nightmare scenario: Trump is elected, Clarence Thomas retires, Cannon appointed to the Court. She is beyond corrupt. Even if she is slapped down by the 11th Circuit and another judge is assigned, she is the big MAGA heroine.
She accomplished her mission,but I'm pretty sure she'll be discarded after her usefulness, just like all the MAGAs. Maybe she'll get a timeslot on Fox after Drunky-McWine-Box.
There is no doubt that she will become a Fox spokesperson or "legal expert".
Drunky-McWine- Box great description thanks I needed a laugh. 😃
Outlived the usefulness as of 7/5/2024. There's the pull date.
Thank you Linda. The first sentence is indeed the nightmare scenario. Everything that happens after is just a kick in the head.
Trump’s running mate …. Just joking of course.
Judge Kimberly Guilfoyle.
🤢🤮Not Gargoyle, the shreiking death Harpy! She even looks ike a monster these days having had botched plastic surgery.
Makes me ill even thinking about it.
I am glad he led with this. I think we need to put out that the the Head grifter of the Republican party has no loyalty to anyone. In other words, while it seemed clear to me that the Heritage Foundation is planning on controling Trump through his Chief of Staff if he wins, which they expect him to because they have the judges to place him in office if the people don't, as a mentally addled easy to control guy. This is the problem with people only spending time with people who think like them, they may lose sight of reality. Trump does not strike me as someone the Chief of Staff is going to just "manage" while secretly making all policy himself. See how this is set up in Project 2025 in the section called "White House Office," where the Chief of staff is most important and the VP is a useful idiot. However, the elite of Germany who backed Hindenburg putting Hitler into the Chancellor seat, thought Hitler would be their useful idiot. It seems to me that Trump could turn the tables on them. He likes being adored, too much anger about him and his policies could turn him in a different direction because he has no loyalty to anyone, just himself. I am reading Strongmen by Prof Ruth Ben-Ghiat, and at the part where we learn what undoes these Strongmen. Guess who one of the Strongmen is? Yes. Donald Trump because she wrote it during his first term where he already showed his fascist tendencies. This term will be no holds barred. https://www.amazon.com/Strongmen/dp/1788164768
Thank you Linda -and yes, Prof. Ben-Ghiat is excellent.
Judge Cannon is applying for the job of Supreme Court Justice Cannon when Clarence Thomas retires
Or she’ll be a great Attorney General.
Pardon me for being crass, but can a reporter ask Judge Cannon how Trump's dick tastes? Fucking hell.
Alison, I think it may be related to Cannon’s husband…. He is supposedly a mafioso in Miami. Her husband is a crime-boy. Miami mafia… so they are one piece with the Maralago mafia.
Like ketchup ?
Like a tiny canned cocktail weenie?
Dinky lil Vienna sausage 😊
Mushrooms?
Enoki mushrooms. FIFY
According to his former dates it’s definitely not a magic 🍄 mushroom probably tastes like a toads tool 🤪😜🤣😂
POISON MUSHROOM
😂😂😂
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😂😂😂
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You want fries with that?
Deep State Fries.
Deep fried State, with a side of what in chicken-fried fuck slaw.
LIP 💋
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Like mushrooms? 🍄🟫
😅 tastes like 💩 of course! 😏
Crass is good, sometimes. lol
A totally reasonable question....😂😂😂
Depends on whether she gargles his balls before or after. Intensity of putrid flavors may vary.
Probably hawk tuis it.
mushroom dick?
I'm glad I wasn't drinking coffee. At least warn a guy.
Scorecard on how many times I say WTF in a day:
2016: 15
2018: 48
2019: 76
2020: 85
2021: 110
2022: 150
2023: 225
So far in 2024: 988
We are all in this together, most of us are wtf-ing all day every day now. If we don’t spread the message of P-2025, we will end up in deep sh*t. Tell everyone you know to google it.
Always call it "Donald Trump's Project 2025."
That's what Mary Trump recommends.
We're in so deep there should be free snorkels mailed out like COVID tests were.
Right there with ya! I am surprised my parrot isn’t saying it yet right along with me. She says everything else. She did say “shit” one time and I told her I would wash her mouth out with soap - no bad words since. Though I am a poor example for her to follow! 😠
The kids hear everything!
By the end of today you will break 1K
I've given up counting.
🚨‼️ Proj2025 featured in PEOPLE:
https://people.com/what-is-project-2025-inside-far-right-plan-trump-presidency-8622964
Yeah, that's a big deal. People has a huge subscriber base, most of whom I'd imagine are normies who don't pay much attention to political news.
So maybe People mag saves this dumbass country? Wouldn't that be a fine how do you do.
Teen Vogue has also been doing some pretty excellent reporting lately. Who would have though?
I used to like them, saw one recently, it is all those vapid (so-called) reality show people now.
This is good...My lawyer pal told me she reads People because it's "juror research". 😂😂
I don’t usually read People, but I’ve seen it just about every waiting room I’ve ever been in. What a great way to get the horrors of P2025 to a vast number of people.
I used to read People faithfully for the Hollywood gossip before the internet. It's written at a 4th grade level a child could understand and no controversial stories at all.
That is an excellent critique, they do know the majority of their audience.
Big print and nice pictures. Sums of much of Merica that would enjoy reading at that level.
Whatever it takes
Interesting…
Oh my... that's right up there with 'How to answer pollsters'.
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Also, the headline and deck pull no punches, which is good. Thank you v much for sharing this -- I wdn't have known otherwise.
What Is Project 2025? Inside the Far-Right Plan Threatening Everything from the Word 'Gender' to Public Education / Trump's allies started Project 2025 as a blueprint for marrying church and state at the highest levels of government if he's elected
Helpful to send to folks (accessible?!)
Yes, it is not behind a paywall.
Total dictatorial bases for government.
It's a very good article! I don't read PEOPLE magazine, but the target audience is middle-america, so maybe it will reach folks who as of yet haven't been paying attention.
That HAS to help!
Yay!!!
FYI: the current parent company of People magazine has ChelseaClinton and BarryDiller on their Board
I really, really, really hope it's also in the print edition,too. It's a pretty good article too.
Wow, that is awesome. I didn't know this happened.
Go to 1:00 mark in this video (The Big Chill)…
https://youtu.be/1oHYpGi16-8?si=1Nr1jbGEwD6Z3NEV
People magazine’s parent company: IAC (NY based)… Board member: ChelseaClinton
Also, Jeff -A great reminder that Flynn should have been court-martialed and shouldn't be collecting his military pension. It's an affront to every soldier who has honorably served the United States, as opposed to undermining sanctions, defying the Logan Act, and lying about it. Flynn is a miserable POS.
I finally understand 'fragging'.
Tom Cotton did that for me.
Veterans and active-duty military breaking their vow to defend the Constitution makes me ill,and angry.
I know, I expect better from an oth taker.
It shouldn’t e neglected here—- why were these unlawful criminals not charged and tried and jailed? Canon, Trump, Flynn, all those who paved frump’s way to crucifying our country. Why? I never get an answer to that. All the insurrectionists. TRUMP. LED THE INSURRECTION. WHY WASN’T HE TRIED?? GARLAND DID NOTHING. BARR DID NOTHING. WE GOT SCREWED. WHY? WHY? WHY?
HAD SOMETHING ON THEM?
MUELLER DID NOTHING.
WE WERE SCREWED BY OUR OWN PEOPLE.
Fully agree Terri. Although Barr was worse than nothing. He intentionally misled on the Mueller Report. Garland should be pursuing every elected official who acted as Trump’s co-conspirators or accessories after the fact.
Fan girl wanted to give trump a gift before he spoke at the convention. What better than this?
Great timing right 🤬
Just a millimeter too obvious. Jack Smith will win on appeal and the case will be taken away from Trump's little girlfriend.
But too late for when it would have really mattered. I still can't figure out WTF with Merrick Garland and his two years, wasted.
Too much time wasted contemplating democratic norms, like that's a thing that matters anymore
Unfortunately ‘time’ is not on our side. Justice is about as slow as it could possibly be.
"let’s all play dress-up and wear black jackets!" Mother of dragons! 😂😂😂 Maybe these idiots are going to just self implode. "Not conservative enough?" FFS. And the fangirl bullshit....The 11th circuit better get this right. America is dissolving before our eyes. I hate everybody today-except you guys.
Fan girl should have been removed months ago.
Big hugs, Susan. I feel ya...
Same here. Now on my Facebook/insta feeds, I'm both blocking and reporting (for false information) media outlets whenever I see a deceitful, disingenuous headline. So far, politico and ABC news, that's only because that's all I could handle seeing for the day. I'll tell you, I feel more hopeful after reading insta comment section of politico -there was only 1 trumper per every 20 people saying "come on politico, what are you doing with these awful headlines?!!!!" Etc. This is my only "safe space" for political talk, no more msm, I'm done. If we all unsubscribe from all of them, won't that hurt them losing 50% of their readers? Like seriously fuck the MSM!!!!
Oh I agree…. MSM is helping walk us right into a dictatorship.
I keep hoping for those scenes in 'Scanners' with the exploding heads...😜
We've got to get every single voting blue person out there to keep Trump out of the White House again, foiling a whole lot of awful headed if he wins. Doesn't the Raikin guy look like one of the dueling banjos guys in the movie Deliverance? They seem to have a certain kind of vacancy to their "look." And Cannon I saw around is speaking at the Convention. Scary thought, Trump wins and someone drops off the Supreme Court, she will be in there in their place.
She's speaking at the convention? Holy shit, talk about timing being everything. In the meantime, the head orange MAGAt gets another delay just in time for the GOP's Milwaukee horseshit fest.
I read that but haven't confirmed it. I am almost to the point where I just assume it's right if it's awful.
She timed this so she’d bring the roof down at the convention. The darling of all Magadom
The fake Trump electors from 2020 are appearing at the convention,thanks Merrick Garland.
Is that Merrick “Do Nothing” Garland you refer to? Jeez, my Illinois politicians & gov. workers are S O F T.
That's the one...
If indeed she is speaking at the Convention, she will get a standing ovation from that crowd and then go through th rest of her days thinking, like Trump, that if people are clapping for you you must be okay.
And we need to monitor every precinct every vote. The repugs might cheat.
Yes! Marc Elias says there are somethin like 63 or 67 voter suppression bills makin their way thru the states as we speak. He calls it "a red alert" we should ALL be worried about.
And of course Rs are sayin that Dems are stealin the election and that Pres Biden is already preventin the peaceful transfer of power.
Earth 1 and Earth 2...
Might 😂😂😂
Raikin is rounding up former dishonorablely discharged military, who refused the COVID vax,for future military operations,just like Michael Flynn.
Will it be a true fair vote/counting?
From Robert E Kelly on Twitter:
The assassination attempt says more about MAGA’s febrile dysfunction than the rest of us
- a Republican
- exploiting Republican-supported gun laws
- fired a gun beloved by Republicans
- at another Republican
- who routinely traffics in incitement & threats
-at a Republican rally
And MSNBC took ‘Morning Joe’ off the air for today because they were afraid that someone on the show might say something inappropriate after Trump’s assassination attempt.
The corporate owned media are protecting Trump! 🤬
They're probably doing another 'Biden Old' piece tomorrow.
Only two things I don't like about Joe.
His face.
Scarborough already wants him to step down. Hows that sit ?
Good to know, I guess they'll get a lot of clicks with that...
And Joe just plays an ex-Repub on TV. He and Mika are raking it in, they make literally millions each, every year with that horse and pony show. I think 6 million apiece, IFRC.
Could be -- or it could be that they're protecting Joe, who's a bit of a blowhard. He could do a lot of harm to the Dem cause by making impolitic remarks, and could even become a target himself.
yeah the corporate comcast owners are not doing anything to protect the democrats reputation..they are all on board with tRump... what keeps Lawrence O'Donnel, Katie phang, Joy Reid and Rachel Maddow from joinnig the rest of the sell-outs? Like Andrea (she needs to retire) Mitchell, Katy (I hate my dad) Tur, Ari, Nicole and many others.
The way it’s being reported is that MSNBC is protecting Trump.
Ya think? All of the American media are.
Republicans will always republican, not to be trusted.
Joe S. is a loose cannon who overalls others. Maybe MSNBC doesn't want to throw gas on a fire. Didn't he call for Joe to quit? He used to be buddies with turd, until turd was elected & began to go off the rails immediately.
Joe Scarborough suggested that President Biden step aside right after the debate, but now he and Mika are standing with Biden.
Whatever, he would sell rats assholes as wedding rings to blind people if there were a dollar in it.
I was wondering what the f#ck was going on. I'd never seen those people before.
Trump is a bully. The gunman was bullied “everyday in school”. So there’s that.
It is resplendent with tragic irony. Let us mourn the unfortunate man and wish well the injured. Let us not forget despite his survival, good, Mr. Trump remains an unacceptable person unsuited for the presidency.
Also killed two probable Rethugs who were watching.
To the best of my knowledge, not once in my 62 years on Earth have I made a cartoon face of astonishment -- eyebrows way up, mouth agape.
Until now, when I read that the FL "judge" dismissed the charges (eta: I think that should be "dismissed the case").
What. the. fuck. ????? And how do we remove her from the bench?
But can we really be that surprised??
Color me naive, but I was. Shouldna been, but I was.
Notice that she dragged the case out for a year and then dismissed it. She could have dismissed it many months ago, allowing Jack Smith to appeal it at that time and to request her removal from the case.
I did the mouth agape thing too, while eating lunch, so I was halfway there at the critical moment.
Old hillbilly grifter already said it’s the dems fault and all the loons in my husband’s office are convinced that the gubmint did it. So there’s that, too.
His pot-stirring is esp. repugnant bc he's both smart enough and well-enough educated to know better. So the only explanation is that he's so hate-filled, and such an ambitious sociopath, that he doesn't care what happens to this country as long as he can pursue his path to the VP-ship.
Evil, actually. He's evil.
I don't think he's hate-filled, just overly ambitious, lacking in moral character, and willing to do whatever it takes to advance himself beyond his phony hillbilly roots. He's not really a sociopath, just a socially avaricious slug of a human.
You just described the republican party.
This description describes a lot of them.
Educated yet utterly thoughtless. His character is summarized best when he described being in a class w students who criticized whichever war we were in at time. Rather than consider that opinion, he was all butthurt o/b/o his alleged brothers in arms (how he escaped being fragged is a mystery) and decided to just finish undergrad as quickly as possible (if his stupid book is to be believed, and I shall remain forever angry w my book club for choking that one down). Zero critical thinking skills, zero morals.
Vance is nothing more than a hillbilly grifter. He was raised in an amoral family environment. Totally wantonly amoral. His book made it quite clear… where his “values” were formed.
Extraordinarily narrow minded and narrow focused. Not one molecule of awareness of the Greater Good concept, or social justice. His Meemaw sat with a rifle to keep neighbors away. They trashed a drugstore because the proprietor chastised angel-boy for playing with a toy they were not intending to buy. Etc Etc.
Laughed at Meemaw. I'm originally from the Midwest and I hate those terms for grandparents. When I found out I was going to be a grandmother, my son knew never, ever to refer to me as that.
Almost as creepy as calling your wife 'mother'.
It does sound like Hee-Haw!
Pretty sure Trump smeared some ketchup because Biden is old.
Re: the weird dots -- agreed. This whole thing is chock-full of anomalies. So many things just don't make sense: lax perimeter security, Trump stopping to put on his shoes, insisting on the raised-fist photo op (who does this right after an "assassination" attempt?)....to name but a few other weird dots. My Spidey-sense is going crazy right now.
Re: Judge Cannon dismissing the case -- good. Jack can appeal to the 11th circuit, and use the delay to regroup and get the financing for his office reorganised under the DOJ budget. He can also re-file the indictments and get another judge on the case. This gets Trump fan-girl out of the way. There was no way the case would proceed any further before the election, so to my way of thinking, this is actually good news. My only concern is that if any of it ends up back at the supreme court (I refuse to capitalise any more -- they don't deserve the respect), we may see them totally trash the case on some weird bogus grounds akin to total immunity. We shall have to wait and see.
All to convenient for my liking as well. Seemed more like a photo op, when he went down he did an ole WWE move with the razor blade. Crazy I know but, we live in crazy times. Up is Down
Ah, the old razor blade trick!! I had thought maybe ketchup? But the razor blade is way better!!
Nah, he would never purposefully harm himself. It was fake blood from the prop master.
No.
No.
Yeah, I thought it was stage blood.
No.
Let's not dip into crazy-land. That's an exclusive club for the MAGAs. He was grazed and lucky.
Hey Doc, I understood the above comments (my own included) to be sarcastic! Given that we don't actually know for sure what happened, and may never, a little sarcasm seems warranted. Just my two cents' worth! Cheers!
Seems like a classic Russian Intelligence 'false flag' operation.
No. If anything the shooter was listening to Jones and the clown possie and tried to "help".
That does make sense as much as crazy people can make sense.
I think it was ABC which had a graphic overhead map of where tRump was, where the incel shooter was and where the SS sharpshooter was. The sharpshooter had the closest and best angle for Donnie's ear. The incel was 400' away and likely would have to had to shoot the Orange menace' left ear...
Nope, TFG was facing the roof where the shots were fired, reading from the stage-right prompter.
I don't know how many thousand rounds of 5.56 you may have fired, but I am lucky to get 'em into 3 inches at 100 yards, using a Colt 6920 LE model, and that's when I have all day to do it. Clown-boy was at 150 yards, there's no picking what ear you want to get, that's fantasy-land, respectfully.
If it was an AK, that's so much the worse, they are really inaccurate. For what it's worth.
Why were trumps shoes off? Rump was very poised fist raised for photo opt.
I don't know -- but several sources have mentioned that he stopped to put on his shoes before being taken off the stage. Maybe he wears loose loafers that came off during the SS pile on?
He probably has some special 'bone spurs' shoes.
yes with lifts that's why he stands like a sway-backed mule, that and his protruding gut.
FELON trump just recently met with Orban!! A FELON meeting with a dangerous fascist!! After trump met with Putin a few years back, US spies were killed in higher numbers all of a sudden. The biggest mobster Fascists are let in to this country without a peep of protest!!! The fact that there have been no consequences for the traitorous republicans and dear leader is at the ROOT of the problems today. Maybe we should roll out the red carpet just before they drive tanks over our bodies. That’s what it feels like is happening as I write! We need JUSTICE then the political temperature will be reduced as Biden asked!
Orban delivered Putin's plan for Trump's 'false flag' operation last weekend.
I put absolutely NOTHING past people who collude with Putin, Orbán, kimjong Un
This stunt reeks of a Russian Intelligence 'false flag' operation, remember when Putin claimed he was 'removing Nazis from Ukraine'??
Yet they scream and scream about immigrants at our southern border.
Their mojo is to go after anyone who doesn’t look like them and blame them.
Well Russian mobsters are white guys, so...
Hi Jeff, this ruling by Judge Cannon is pure BS.. Maybe we should use this to remove the SC in Hunter Bidens case, or disqualify SC Hur in his investigation of Biden. Cannon aiming for an appointment to Supreme Court Court after this event… Also I think the press should look into Cannon’s husband, since he is a good buddy of Jonny Rosetti, a mobbed up NYC resident. This whole kettle of fish stinks…..
the thing is, Hunter Biden already tried the "special prosecutors are unconstitutional" move in his trial and the appeals court for that circuit told him to go fuck himself
We can but hope the 11th says the same to Whatshisname.
Precedent to use on Cannon-ball.
And now we find out JD’s wife, who also went to Harvard Law, clerked for 3 Justices… if Donald gets back in I would expect him to nominate her… BTW, I’m not sure how MAGA will react when they find out her heritage is E. Indian… Judging by the treatment Nikki received from MAGA, well, “things will get interesting right about now” Dylan
Yep…. Judge Kneepads is influenced by her mob-friendly husband… clearly. Married to the Mob
When do we get an investigation focusing on to whom did he sell our state secrets residing in those docs? Isn’t that important??
Not unless Merrick Garland is replaced.
Aileen Cannon (I don’t believe she is qualified to be a judge) should step down and let adults handle our national security breeches by tfg. He has no care about our security, and is only running for president to stay out of prison. He should have been prosecuted years ago for RICO violations.
PREACH! I never used the word "judge" when her name is mentioned.
Most MAGA judges swear fealty to Trump,not the law or Constitution.
Amen