I couldn't watch. Both parties are such a fucking total mess, not that I would ever be caught dead voting for a GOP candidate. And the fucking ear bandages....
The very fact that people in the audience were also wearing ear bandages tells me everything I need to know about our society right now. Unbelievable. 🤦♀️
It was pretty damn eerie to say the least. Couldn't stand to watch his usual rambling bullshit so I went for the lowlights on Twitter. That fucking facade of him kissing the down fireman's helmet was the epitome of the phoniness he and all of his GOP enablers continue to practice. We need to do better and we can only hope last night opened up some more eyes. Have a good weekend everyone.
Ellis, that people have the freedom to act as the corrupted Republican Party has is a stain on the concept of liberty! It is, unfortunately, All American at the moment. I blame my country for falling under the spell of such monsters as Trump, Limbaugh, Alex Jones and their ilk. And for believing Fox News Network.
Sadly, I blame myself and others like me..I wasn’t as involved back in the day when I was a young mom raising my family. I always voted, but was not really aware of what was going on. I didn’t really start paying attention until 2016..I don’t know if the information was out there , back then, when the “white supremacy, christian national, conservatism” movements started taking hold of things..but it’s out there now. And we all have to do our part to get the word out to those, who like me, had “better” things to do back then…I just hope it’s not too late for us..
If anyone in this mess of a country wants to know why we have so many lunatics shooting up every fucken thing in sight Look no further than the God damn imbeciles we elect to run this insane asylum! The REPUBLICAN CONVENTION is a friggen study in The putrid decaying Of the Human Spirit ,totally corrupted with zero redeeming qualities a vast waste of human flesh,and lack of any vision for the future of the children they claim to love !🤢😵💫🤮🤮
It looked like a Kotex convention of the functionally illiterate. The only celebrities they could get are the ones who's careers are in the toilet. Politics is a reflection of the general population. They sure are making Putin's birthday wishes come true. Both sides are stuck in their own cluster fuck they created.
I hate to say this but lots of those brain dead recognition seekers look for their 15 minutes of validation with another15 the AR 15 and none of them see the connection ! Jumping Jesus Christ they are the ones who worship the right to have unlimited access ,and unlimited numbers of them !
I always think I won't be surprised by whatever else the sheep do, then I'm gobsmacked again. The overpriced gold sneakers, then the Bibles, now the ear maxi pads. What next
It fascinates me to look into the eyes of someone who appears to be quite normal and ask a simple question regarding their support of Trump ,the eyes go blank and the mouth spits out a robotic line of rehearsed monotone babbling! I’ve seen this many times in everyday life at stores ,meetings ,all over my town ! A very weird feeling,multiple emotions of pity ,anger and sadness all at the same moment!
His “doctor “ Texas Representative Ronny Jackson said the would didn’t require any stitches & the bullet took the tip of his ear. Now how stupid does he think we are out here? Did anyone notice that tRump had no blood in his hair when the Secret Service got him up off the ground. Looking more & more that he was not hit by a bullet at all-the impact would have blown his ear off. Whenever he does take the maxi pad off, there will probably be little or no evidence that it ever happened-this is all some plot to make him look like he’s been spared by God & therefore he is “a very special boy “. The shooting did happen to kill one & injure 2 others but I just don’t think Donny got grazed by a bullet-probably glass that shattered-that’s believable
I have been saying for a while that we have front row seats to the total decline of western civilization and it’s ramping up in speed.
This election. This Congress. This SCOTUS. AMERICA needs a complete overhaul. Sadly, I don’t trust the Dems to accomplish this even with a blue wave mandate.
The MAGA cult can go off to a South American jungle and sip.
The Democrats are too busy, worried about identity politics and making sure that every group is catered to. It’s time for that is past now. We must win to save America and everyone needs to get behind the Democratic candidate to block felon 45 from destroying this country.
Here, here. I just sent us the biggest political contribution in my life. (out of my inheritance that I was never going to touch, this is more important than leaving it for my KIDS.) I wasn't big on Biden, but of course I voted for my party. I now think Joe is our only answer. His administration has done a fantastic job, despite the press and maniac Republicans. I heard Tom Emmer on NPR yesterday, and after gagging at the hypocrisy, the DFL got a contribution, too.
I am all in for Harris taking the ticket top and someone like Andy Beshear (current Dem Gov of Kentucky—yes, you read that correctly—a popular Dem Governor of KENTUCKY) as VP.
I have been speaking with people all over these United States that have nothing to do with the polls…and none of them are in for Joe . They are all in for changing up the ticket. They are all in because Joe is too old and though he can float on his laurels that we all KNOW aRE awesome and fabulous; and I agree are incredible as presidential accomplishments after a horrible 4 years of Trump in the Oval Office.
NONE OF the “2020 campaigning Joe” that all the pundits keep saying aloud is the JOE OF NOW. We need an incredible ORATOR right at this moment in our political lifeline. That has never been Joe. He HAS BEEN AN AMAZING ONE TERM PRESIDENT. He delivered us from the ills and evils of the 45 Presidency.
I have been seeing the Joe decline for OVER A YEAR in every speech he has made. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE HORROR OF THE DEBATE. That was the end for me.
I teach college courses. My students have ZERO connection with Joe for myriad reasons. I am in California and my people are not confident in Joe.
They are good with Kamala Harris at the top and an excellent VP choice.
The Dem party needs a HUGE RESET at the DNC (imo) and have for YEARS.
Harris/ Beshear for the 2024 ticket TO RESET AND WIN!
I am also a Californian. I think we live in a bubble of iinclusivity and don't realize it. Every day I see people of every hue doing all kinds of jobs. This seems unremarkable to me. I do not think is is true in some other places. Many people would never, never vote for a woman, especially if she is brown. Biden is a man and he is white. He has to be on top of the ticket.
It was an over 90 minute "speech", (if you can call mostly rambling incoherence a speech), and I lasted all of about 6 minutes throughout.
And, Jeff, the reason Whatshisname keeps bringing up Lector is because he thinks it hilarious when he says "He had a friend over for dinner".
It's one of the final taglines at the end of the movie. When Lecter calls Clarice from wherever he is in South America, he ends the phone call by saying, "I've got to go, Clarice. I'm having a friend over for dinner." Why Whatshisname keeps calling him "late, great" is past me though.
For your health and sanity i hope you didn’t watch the whole speech and just skipped to random bits of it because I’m sure at any random timestamp you’d find a wealth of material
I’m still without cable or internet since the 2 fires here in Ruidoso, NM so I couldn’t watch; but I did listen to the whole 90” on msnbc using TuneIn app.
My gawd it was interminable 🙄 Just a repeat of all of the old favorites, he droned on & on. As Jeff said, no change, same ol’ whack job
I hope the MSM starts showing all of his rallies now and scrutinize every single thing he says just like they do to President Biden . Most people will come to the conclusion that Biden is the only choice (and best choice ) for president
Thank you, I & my 6 dogs are fine my house didn’t burn & I’m on high enough ground that even though I live near the river I’ve not been affected by the horrible flooding that’s happening. The little stream that runs through town that’s usually only ankle to mid-calf deep, has come on a 12 ft rise 2-3 times already. It’s been so bad.
Thank you, Jeff, for enduring the bullshit fusillade-stravaganza so we don't have to.
Just seeing some stills from the bloated orange full-auto dumpster fire was all I can tolerate, and with the captions, we don't have to hear that half-strangulated whiny little bitch voice, either.
Also Nate Silver is apparently taking some bad mushrooms in his morning smoothie, because, "Not a bad speech" isn't even remotely accurate. In what universe was that not bad?
Wasn't Silver sane at one time not long ago? Before their disastrous election polling? They could rename it Five Thirty Hate.
If today's post was incomplete, it'll provide a bonus helping for This Week In Stupid, served with a dollop of tangy sarcasm on top and a side of hot ridicule.
He's an abject moron who has a knack for being consistently wrong about everything, but I've never heard anything incel-related. He's just a dumb pundit who had good polling once for an election over a decade ago (he started Five Thirty Eight).
I appreciate what you gave us. It has been a shitty week and being able to know what kind of speech he gave without having to watch for two hours is a gift.
Jeff, thanks for the big laugh today. I didn't watch his speech - there's no enough anti-nausea medicine in the world for that to happen. My favorite line of yours - despot snugglebunnies! LOL. It really is quite comical until you come back to reality that this is our country and way of life we're talking about. Even if you're a huge racist, misogynist and horrid person - how can you listen to this moronic nonsense and not say to yourself - WTF? His Cult must be as brain scrambled as he is. I can just imagine the movies that will be made when we are finally rid of him one day.
Yeah, creepiness aside, he has a fixation on all dictators for the way those brutal monsters oppress with impunity. He loves money and power above all else, even above Ivanka
And here I thought it was because of the strongmen Trump gets a wobbly warhead for, Kim's North Korea was the only one small enough, with a weak enough military, not to seriously threaten him! Russia and China are BIG countries with powerful militaries (though maybe not as powerful as originally thought), and Hungary has alliances Orbán can call on if he decides to play hardball with the U.S.—but even North Korea's *allies* hold them at arms-length like a skunk-sprayed dog.
The Fascist's Dilemma—loving other Fascists, while being terrified at the same time that they might devour THEM next.
I'm sure the dumbass donald doesn't see it that way. He thinks that his charm and perceived "relationship" with murderous dictators will be beneficial. He's more afraid of Hannibal Lecter than actual autocrats. That's how much of an idiot he is
Just spitballing ideas here—I have never worked for or met Donald Trump (thank the Gods for small favors!), so I have only my opinion about what goes in what passes for the brains of A Very Stable Genius.... 😁
I always said this is why he did not have a VP candidate until the last minute. It is because he does not want a VP. He wants monarchy. Fascists are modern day monarchs, not born to rule, but they anoint themselves. We can stop his rulership and hopefully get him out to the back pastor or to some prison cell where he belongs along with his psychopathic cohorts like Bannon.
Seems that Clooney and the Disney princess can't even agree on a replacement ticket. I vote the rich elites who think my primary vote shouldn't count STFU.
One minute into the debate I became absolutely certain that Joe Biden was incapable of redeeming himself from a dramatic public display of age-related mental decline. This information came to me via my own eyes and ears processed by my own brain, with zero help from George Clooney or moneyed “elites”. After the debate I communicated with five good friends, and four of them reported the same spontaneous reaction in real time, all occurring within the first five minutes of the debate and before any “elite” or any TV pundit (or friend) had uttered a word.
I’ve seen him many times, and if he non-defensively answers a question, somewhat coherently articulates a message, finishes a sentence and acts in a fashion that might appeal to undecided voters I (like many others) breathe a sigh of relief. Unfortunately, doesn’t happen as frequently as it needs to.
It is consistent with my personal experience (whatever that's worth) in talking to Dems where I live (all of them want Biden to leave). Do you have evidence that counters the poll results?
Dems need to be behind Biden 100%! GOP playbook says they will be 100% behind their guy even though he’s a serial liar, has been convicted felon 34 times, still facing 50+ indictments and on and on but they’re still all in on tRump. Dems listen up! We MUST win this election and that means voting for Biden and ALL Dems in numbers never seen before in our lifetimes!!! A blue wave to wash all the Rs into oblivion once and for all!
And your replacement is??????? Harris won't win swing districts. Unfortunately we're still so backward we won't elect a woman, much less a black woman. She will definitely not help Tester or Brown. Harris is the only one who can use the campaign money. Start a campaign from scratch 110 days before an election? You all are the ones that will ensure a Trump win. Get behind the candidate. This circular firing squad is stupid.
I am despondent and terrified. I can't imagine a tRump dictatorship...um...Presidency. I can't even watch the news. I'm 63, and I can't believe what is happening in this country. The orange turd must be stopped.
73 here 🤯 I said hat to a friend this morning. I can’t believe at my age, I’m fighting for my daughter and granddaughters rights to safe healthcare and fascism? How is this even possible?
I don't know. Women fought for these rights and they need to fight to keep them. Are they finally pissed off enough to do that? To actually vote? Or will they remain apathetic?
Absolutely. And waking up to a virtual death warrant hit-list of Americans who committed "treason" from Trump's would-be Pinochet "Minister of Retribution" naming the journalists and Jan. 6 committee among their top targets is one thing I never thought I'd see someone shamelessly publicizing in the US...
I’m 81 (and REALLY resent the “too old” BS); have been on my own without family support since I was 16, have had some really great jobs with a tremendous amount of responsibility. I rely on my SS and corporate pension income, Medicare and a (government-funded) Corps of Engineers b/c of the levees protecting the large city where I live, and a predictably civil society. A Trump/Project 2025 ETHOS OF MEANNESS puts ALL of that at risk
I could do that. I'm Jewish and have right of return. I could easily live Portugal, Dominican Republic. But this is my country, and I'll be damned if Iet these bastards chase me out. Regardless of who wins, we are in for a dark period of history. If Biden wins , the orange malignancy will never concede and will incite violence. There is only one way to be rid of him.
Same feelings here....a mere 57 year old. The Trump Effect for me is anxiousness, anger, dread, worry, fear...and more. All of those are unhealthy conditions exacerbated by this moron.
I like to frame my arguments with the other side as "He just wants your money. He's a grifter. He doesn't care about you." And the answers I get are "but he's different or he gets me" Bull crap...I'll say...wait till his so called friends get a hold of the reins. We will all be sorry. He isn't smart enough to come up with all these plans on his own. Don't vote for him. He is surrounded by shit." And shit stinks.
82 here. I don’t know how much longer I have, but my heart is breaking for all the families and little ones who would have to suffer under TFG and his cult. Actually, his cult will suffer too because they don’t realize how bad it will become. Democrats have got to stop this bullshit about replacing Biden. The alternative would mean the loss of everything the Constitution stands for, and it’s already happening. Vote Blue and America will remain the great country that it has ALWAYS been been.
I’m 71, and I feel the same way. I’ve lived a good, full life, and don’t expect to be around a whole lot longer, and anyway it’s not about me/ us — it’s the hellish existence our kids and grandkids will be facing. The unraveling of so much progress that so many have worked so hard for over the last five decades is unbearable to contemplate.
I hear about people’s plans to move abroad if the unthinkable happens. But I’m stubborn and feel like Fuck No, this is MY country and I’m stayin’ right here, all y’all Nazis GTFO. Well that, plus my kids refuse to move to Ireland with me.
Both my bride and I are of Irish descent. We are stubborn as the day is long and we are not ready to leave this country of ours. Our families helped build this country, fought and died for this country. We could possibly leave and head to Ireland or the Netherlands where we have family. For what? To let these Maga idiots win and chase us out. Fuck that. We are staying for our children's and grandchildren’s future — we are going down swinging if necessary. Fuck you LDFF and JD whatever your name is!
Today is my 61st birthday. I married a Swede and live there now (easier for me to get a permit than for him to get a green card). I feel somewhat safer here from certain things. BUT….. I have siblings, nieces, nephews and friends I love in the US. My 28 year old son is getting his graduate degree at Columbia. My kids are adopted from Korea. I have a lesbian niece with a trans girlfriend. I have a white nephew with a black husband and a biracial daughter. I’m fucking terrified and feeling powerless. I’ve spoken with Swedish, French and Dutch friends/colleagues who are concerned. They understand the importance of this election not only for the US, but for Europe and globally. There is frustration with the fact that this election can and will have consequences for people and countries that have no possibility to vote. It’s a ginormous clusterfuck!
This is good news...they gotta stop f'ing around. Let's GO. Full steam ahead. Project 2025 has got to be pushed hard...and women, if they ALL come out to vote, will save the day. Again.
YES! Was on a call with Heather Cox Richardson sponsored by Red Wine & Blue. There were 40,000 on the call. Telling us how to talk about Project 2025, especially to the swing state voters.
I just don’t get it. How can he give financial support to people who hate gays & are actively working to overturn laws that prevent people from discriminating against LGBTQ persons? He also is a woman hater & thinks we should never have been given the right to vote!! He’s a horrible person. 🤬🤬
He's also an immigrant to the United states when he was 8, If I recall correctly. He and Elon Musk have the Nazi/destroy democracy thing in common (they were in PayPal together).
Yes he is, & worst of all, he doesn’t even believe in Democracy!! He thinks it’s a terrible form of govt & wants ppl who think like him to live in floating container cities in international waters so they don’t have to obey any country’s laws. He’s definitely a weird dude.
Here this tells you who they are Thiel got outed by "Gawker", and so he funded a lawsuit with "Hulk Hogan" (who had sex-tape of him boning his friend "Bubba the Love sponge" a local shock jock's wife). Gawker released it, and Hulk sued the outlet funded by Theil. He bankrupted them in retribution.
“If you don’t publicly call for Biden to step aside, you are not getting a dime from me,” said Tom Strickler, the founder of Hollywood talent agency WME, to New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich’s team last Thursday.
Wow! Thanks for that info! I always trusted Nate Silver’s poll predictions, but now how can he possibly be impartial when he’s in Peter Theil’s pocket, along with JD Vance, etc.
I didnt watch the shit show because I knew Jeff would bring the highlights. And for that, sir, I am so grateful. This was a great gift to the Democrats, who absolutely MUST get their shit together.
"guzzle horse goo." 😂😂😂 Spelling the fireman's name wrong-what an insult. 🤦♀️ And the the NYT to toss some shade, wow. I'm so fucking exhausted. #TGIF
Just before the Grand Flim-Flam Emperor took stage, the RNC provided musical “entertainment “ w/ Kid Rock screaming into mic about some crap ( my sound was off). Then some UFC owner came on kissing Donnys ass- then the
Kotex Kid came on stage and put everyone to sleep- i lasted 1/2 hr - he’s such a loser
Holy clown, what a shit show! So first they had the has-been grappler, threatening to suplex those who dared oppose Daffy Don. Next that fuckin Middle Aged Rock (I could just see all those nice white ladies, the ones who were holding those pro-deportation* signs, clutching their ears as that great American jerk sang about shit. And then they had some yob who pays fools to slap each other in the arena. And at long last, his wisdom bourn if pain, Dear Leader Daffy Don.
CNN observers quacked into their mikes, no sir, this wasn’t any GHW Bush convention. Look at how energized these attendees are!
Hang on to your energy, you’re gonna need it as that wellborn fuckhead goes into his second hour of word jazz!
*with the immigrants bussed to the Mojave, who will dry your privates, Madge, who will tend your bedsores? Don’t look now, it ain’t you or me.
Every time Agent Orange has some semi-catastrophe, people think he’ll become a changed man, but it never happens and never will. He’s a one man band of lunacy enabled by all the fuckwits that like that kind of showmanship. He gets a -45 on Rotten Tomatoes for that unhinged speechifying.
The press keeps pushing this nonsense that he'll "rise to the occasion." He never has, he never will. That'd require being a totally different human being.
Media uses that phrase..'Rise to the occasion'?? It said that in 2016. He WILL rise to the occasion but not in the way they think. It'll be frightening 🫣.
I think lots of folks who have never lived up-close and in-person with a true malignant narcissist just don’t realize that they are incapable of changing their behavior, ever. If anything, they only get worse and worse.
Just like Operation Valyrie didn't humble Hitler who miraculously escaped. That afternoon after 'the incident' he met Mussolini. And then he proceeded to hunt down all the July 7, 1944 conspirators....and many not....& executed most of them. He enjoyed it as he videotaped hangings. A real peach of a guy....
My dad used to say,” leopard doesn’t change its spots.” I used to give him a dumbfounded look and say,”yea, okay pop.” Seems, over the years, that saying has come to be true on more than one occasion.
I chose not to listen to any of the current criminals speak because I had to retain some of my sanity that’s left. Jeff, you’re a gem for taking in all the bullshit from the Fascist Party. Have you been bathing in bleach to get all of fuck and muck out of your system?
I sometimes wonder if the "call is coming from inside the house." Maybe some true americans are doing a bit of sabotage behind the scenes. I mean, if you're going to make a prop andyou can't spell the name right? Really? Did he hump the uniform like he does to our flag?
We just had a coworker die and had a little memorial service for her at work. Nice thought, but whomever made up the pamphlets honoring her life didn't double check their work. They had her dates as 1965 - 2004. She died this month. The family was handed that literature. The Keystone Cops that ran the Trump WH made all kinds of clerical errors throughout their 4 years. This should be no surprise. There's no overall pride in the work you do anymore. People count on spell check to find their errors and they're in such a hurry to get back to their phones that they don't take the time to proofread what they just did.
You are my hero! No one should have to sit through that droning, driveling orange puss bucket with a sanitary napkin stuck to the side of his ugly face! 🙌 thank you for your service!
Castro used to give endless droning speeches with mandatory attendance. I hope some people who were watching last night thought, "Four more years of having to listen to this guy? No thank you."
Another unbiased opinion here: I subscribed to his substack not knowing a thing about him a month ago. I'd stumbled across it and found the stats interesting. Yikes. Just unsubscribed yesterday after his rambling post.
Good grief, they just don’t ever stop with the voter suppression tactics.
Cleta Mitchell of coup plotting infamy is funding massive attempts to purge voter roles. Someone on msnbc asked DNC Chair Jamie Harrison about what they were doing to counter those efforts & he replied that he wouldn’t say on TV exactly what they were doing but assured the host that they were on top of it.
Seems like a bunch of celebs like Clooney & Maddow are represented by the same huge talent group - likely owned by a 🍊 donor? Thought I saw that someplace.
I heard it on NPR after a one-sided (how great trump was at the convention) discussion. The comment was made by the host of Politically Georgia. Said many leaks from democratic party people. I turned off the radio.
'Unnamed'? Yes 'unnamed', 'a senior aide', and ‘someone close to…’ are getting QUITE their moment in the imaginary spotlight this week AS WELL (or ever since 'the debate', actually:)
There is no evidence that the Biden slide has stopped. Imagine what an articulate and sentence-finishing Dem could do to energize undecided voters (without them we lose) and to put the focus on trump, where it belongs.
I hadn't seen or listened to him beyond sound bites for over a year. If I thought it was good, I'd say so. This was so low-energy as to be watching fingers nails grow. I seriously think once the high of the crowd adulation wears off, he crashes into an unfocused ramble. Word from the floor was the crowd largely deflated by the one hour mark. Now I understand why people walk out of his rally speeches.
I know the press won't mention it again and again like they did with Biden but this was, without bias, uninspiring BAD.
How many times and for how long could a rational person get riled up about the 2020 election being "stolen" or any of Donald's other whining gripes? Would that rational person actually share his doom and gloom outlook? I think that many are tiring of him and his own problems.
D DID diabolically and in humble fashion ask for a vote even if one didn't vote for him before....and he said he wanted to be Prez for ALL. Yeah I know it was BS....but it was in first 30 minutes & many gullible Americans may have been pursuaded/impressed by the statements.
Trump has dropped out of the race in his own way; he fell asleep every chance he got. He couldn't win a race to the corner. The whole RNC debacle needs to move to Venezuela. They can take Trump and everyone who "loves" him with them.
I didn't watch it. Neither did 100 million other Americans. I knew there would be no truth or sanity in his speech. There never is. If Trump is breathing he is lying.
It is up to the American voter. The Returds hope that only their people will vote, that Democrats will be too discouraged. Fat chance, bastards. We will not put up with a Toddler King Dictator.
And without him, who have they got? People are gonna follow J.D. Vance? DeSantis? Abbott? You know, with or without Biden (WITH, STFU!), we have an actual bench, full of capable leaders of all colors and genders. They have "factions."
His handlers don't care that he's crazy and senile. They think that Vance will be President and that they can get rid of Donnie after the inauguration. Trump is simply a front now, though I doubt he realizes it.
BINGO! Vance will be in the 8am briefing room taking care of “business” while Drumpf will still be sleeping. About 11am he will stroll down to the oval Orifice and say “You’re Fired “ to some lackey and then tweet & rant the rest of the day
It's also possible that they will use the 25th Amendment to push him out, assuming that he doesn't die first. Trump will become a major obstacle to their plans because of his monstrous ego. The moneybags want Vance in sole power.
Tip for Nate Silver, wait until speech is over before evaluating.
Should anyone be running for president who mentions Hannibal Lecter positively?
What about his continued love affair with Kim Jong Un?
President Biden is older, his voice sounds scratchy sometimes. He has a life long habit of getting ahead of things, but NYT&WaPo, Biden has never mentioned Hannibal Lecter or sharks out of context, or professed love for a murderous dictator.
there was so much batshit that I didn't have room to mention it all
I couldn't watch. Both parties are such a fucking total mess, not that I would ever be caught dead voting for a GOP candidate. And the fucking ear bandages....
The very fact that people in the audience were also wearing ear bandages tells me everything I need to know about our society right now. Unbelievable. 🤦♀️
They may as well have been wearing white pointy hoods. It’s what I see.
It was pretty damn eerie to say the least. Couldn't stand to watch his usual rambling bullshit so I went for the lowlights on Twitter. That fucking facade of him kissing the down fireman's helmet was the epitome of the phoniness he and all of his GOP enablers continue to practice. We need to do better and we can only hope last night opened up some more eyes. Have a good weekend everyone.
And they spelled the guys last name WRONG??!! They could fuck up a wet dream.
Go figure. They could fuck up any kind of dream.
Apparently that’s how it was always spelled on his uniform and the victim was fine with that. This coming from the township he served.
The same folks who mocked people for… wearing masks? GEEZus
Not about our society. About the Republican Party. There's a difference.
Ellis, that people have the freedom to act as the corrupted Republican Party has is a stain on the concept of liberty! It is, unfortunately, All American at the moment. I blame my country for falling under the spell of such monsters as Trump, Limbaugh, Alex Jones and their ilk. And for believing Fox News Network.
Rupert Murdoch used and abused our tradition of free speech to spread lies and right wing propaganda, which have irreparably damaged America.
The media mogul from Australia whose bullshit peddling is banned in Australia. That says it all
Don’t forget his buddy Roger Ailes
Sadly, I blame myself and others like me..I wasn’t as involved back in the day when I was a young mom raising my family. I always voted, but was not really aware of what was going on. I didn’t really start paying attention until 2016..I don’t know if the information was out there , back then, when the “white supremacy, christian national, conservatism” movements started taking hold of things..but it’s out there now. And we all have to do our part to get the word out to those, who like me, had “better” things to do back then…I just hope it’s not too late for us..
Same here...when you're raising kids and working, there isnt a lot of time for anything else. I get that.
If anyone in this mess of a country wants to know why we have so many lunatics shooting up every fucken thing in sight Look no further than the God damn imbeciles we elect to run this insane asylum! The REPUBLICAN CONVENTION is a friggen study in The putrid decaying Of the Human Spirit ,totally corrupted with zero redeeming qualities a vast waste of human flesh,and lack of any vision for the future of the children they claim to love !🤢😵💫🤮🤮
It looked like a Kotex convention of the functionally illiterate. The only celebrities they could get are the ones who's careers are in the toilet. Politics is a reflection of the general population. They sure are making Putin's birthday wishes come true. Both sides are stuck in their own cluster fuck they created.
Omg Lisa, your 1st sentence is hilarious 🤣
I'm on a roll these days. 🥴 The shit my head. Scary!😂
Boy thats for sure…we need high quality, decent people to get into our government.
Kotex Convention ! 😂😂😂 He needs a box of extra strength tampons shoved down his throat to complete the picture and shut him the fuck up ! 😂😂😂
I swear if he strapped on male genitalia, they would too.
Since he doesn’t have any inside his tighty whities.
🤣🤣🤣
Really it’s enough to gag a MAGAT! What a pack of juvenile brainwashed friggen zeros! Like little kids playing dress up !
I hate to say this but lots of those brain dead recognition seekers look for their 15 minutes of validation with another15 the AR 15 and none of them see the connection ! Jumping Jesus Christ they are the ones who worship the right to have unlimited access ,and unlimited numbers of them !
Just an observation, not a judgement. Didn’t he get ppl to come out and vote who had never participated before and felt left out? That’s all I meant.
Nothing says 'cult' more than ear bandages and $500 'Assassination Sneakers'
I always think I won't be surprised by whatever else the sheep do, then I'm gobsmacked again. The overpriced gold sneakers, then the Bibles, now the ear maxi pads. What next
Aint it the truth! I’m blown away by it all. 😂
It fascinates me to look into the eyes of someone who appears to be quite normal and ask a simple question regarding their support of Trump ,the eyes go blank and the mouth spits out a robotic line of rehearsed monotone babbling! I’ve seen this many times in everyday life at stores ,meetings ,all over my town ! A very weird feeling,multiple emotions of pity ,anger and sadness all at the same moment!
Would you trust your financial future to a bunch of cult members?
Culty beyond words!
Get used to it. He's going to wear the Maxi-pad until November.
Hell regrow that ear, like a LIZARD.
O M G - the King Lizard- like in a Doors song
😂😂😂😂
LOL!!
The damn ear's not the problem, something needs to cover his mouth.
Probably to hide the fact that he still has an ear and it looks fine. I’m reminded of Jackie Childs from Seinfeld. “Who told you to put the balm on?”
I doubt that the "injury" was more than a small cut. If it were more extensive, there would have been more bleeding.
I think that when he eventually emerges without it - the ear will look perfectly normal because of the miracle of “ plastic surgery.” 🤗
Seems Matt Gaetz knows a guy...
Did you catch Stephen Colbert analyzing Gaetz's fivehead? Hilarious
Eddie Munsters make up artist perhaps?🤔
😂😂😂
It will be miraculous healed by that Protective Hand Of God. You won't even be able to tell there was a scratch! MIRACLE!!!!!
Praise Jeeeezus!!!!!!!!!!!
Hope he registers when he gets his period! 😉
Lol
His “doctor “ Texas Representative Ronny Jackson said the would didn’t require any stitches & the bullet took the tip of his ear. Now how stupid does he think we are out here? Did anyone notice that tRump had no blood in his hair when the Secret Service got him up off the ground. Looking more & more that he was not hit by a bullet at all-the impact would have blown his ear off. Whenever he does take the maxi pad off, there will probably be little or no evidence that it ever happened-this is all some plot to make him look like he’s been spared by God & therefore he is “a very special boy “. The shooting did happen to kill one & injure 2 others but I just don’t think Donny got grazed by a bullet-probably glass that shattered-that’s believable
It looks like the ear Kotex is larger than on the first day. Still pointless and unnecessary as a bandage, but bigger.
He's gonna need a bigger ear!
Is there not a bigger attention whore than drumph???
Nope, none!
If I was the ER doc, I'd use a staple.
Id nail it on.Oh wait, Orange Jesus might like that .
That earhole has a good breeze flowing through it.
Ear stigmata???🥴🤮
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😂😂
On his mouth just as a precaution !
I have been saying for a while that we have front row seats to the total decline of western civilization and it’s ramping up in speed.
This election. This Congress. This SCOTUS. AMERICA needs a complete overhaul. Sadly, I don’t trust the Dems to accomplish this even with a blue wave mandate.
The MAGA cult can go off to a South American jungle and sip.
The Democrats are too busy, worried about identity politics and making sure that every group is catered to. It’s time for that is past now. We must win to save America and everyone needs to get behind the Democratic candidate to block felon 45 from destroying this country.
Here, here. I just sent us the biggest political contribution in my life. (out of my inheritance that I was never going to touch, this is more important than leaving it for my KIDS.) I wasn't big on Biden, but of course I voted for my party. I now think Joe is our only answer. His administration has done a fantastic job, despite the press and maniac Republicans. I heard Tom Emmer on NPR yesterday, and after gagging at the hypocrisy, the DFL got a contribution, too.
I am all in for Harris taking the ticket top and someone like Andy Beshear (current Dem Gov of Kentucky—yes, you read that correctly—a popular Dem Governor of KENTUCKY) as VP.
I have been speaking with people all over these United States that have nothing to do with the polls…and none of them are in for Joe . They are all in for changing up the ticket. They are all in because Joe is too old and though he can float on his laurels that we all KNOW aRE awesome and fabulous; and I agree are incredible as presidential accomplishments after a horrible 4 years of Trump in the Oval Office.
NONE OF the “2020 campaigning Joe” that all the pundits keep saying aloud is the JOE OF NOW. We need an incredible ORATOR right at this moment in our political lifeline. That has never been Joe. He HAS BEEN AN AMAZING ONE TERM PRESIDENT. He delivered us from the ills and evils of the 45 Presidency.
I have been seeing the Joe decline for OVER A YEAR in every speech he has made. THIS IS NOT ABOUT THE HORROR OF THE DEBATE. That was the end for me.
I teach college courses. My students have ZERO connection with Joe for myriad reasons. I am in California and my people are not confident in Joe.
They are good with Kamala Harris at the top and an excellent VP choice.
The Dem party needs a HUGE RESET at the DNC (imo) and have for YEARS.
Harris/ Beshear for the 2024 ticket TO RESET AND WIN!
I respectfully disagree.
I am also a Californian. I think we live in a bubble of iinclusivity and don't realize it. Every day I see people of every hue doing all kinds of jobs. This seems unremarkable to me. I do not think is is true in some other places. Many people would never, never vote for a woman, especially if she is brown. Biden is a man and he is white. He has to be on top of the ticket.
We need Dems with spines…Whitmer, Newsom, and others who stand up to bullies. Not people like Durbin.
I love the meme that says:
"So they wouldn't wear a mask because it makes them "look stupid" but they're wearing maxi pads on their ear???"
Not even if the Dem candidate were Hannibal Lecter.
Have some respect for bandages - those are maxi pads :)
I think the assassin attempt was staged!
You mean maxipad!😂
It was an over 90 minute "speech", (if you can call mostly rambling incoherence a speech), and I lasted all of about 6 minutes throughout.
And, Jeff, the reason Whatshisname keeps bringing up Lector is because he thinks it hilarious when he says "He had a friend over for dinner".
It's one of the final taglines at the end of the movie. When Lecter calls Clarice from wherever he is in South America, he ends the phone call by saying, "I've got to go, Clarice. I'm having a friend over for dinner." Why Whatshisname keeps calling him "late, great" is past me though.
But to him, it's a knee slapping joke.
I bet he's watched that movie a hundred times... 🙄
I bet he just saw the quote somewhere. I don’t think he has the attention span
He's playing golf,or watching TV,or groping someone,that's about it.
The tRump trifecta!
I have no doubt he's never seen it, but rather someone told him about it, and he took that to heart. And now he thinks it's a laugh riot.
What I find hilarious, is that I've never heard anyone laugh when he says it.
He probably thinks Lector was an actual person, not merely a character in a movie.
I’m so glad Jonathan Demme didn’t live to see it
It’s a sick movie. I am sure he loved it
I think he said “I’m having an old friend for dinner” cuz he’s actually not having him over to eat dinner he’s having him as dinner.
I think you're right. Regardless of the actual words, Whatshisname thinks it's some funny stuff.
He’s such a blithering idiot. Bloviating buffoon. How anyone takes him seriously is flabbergasting!
I have a theory....Jeffrey Dahmer, the serial killing cannibal of 1990 was from Milwaukee. So this is Ds way of entertaining himself. 🤔
Nah! Autoearotica is his favorite pastime ,can’t beat it ! But he tries when he’s just hanging around!
For your health and sanity i hope you didn’t watch the whole speech and just skipped to random bits of it because I’m sure at any random timestamp you’d find a wealth of material
I’m still without cable or internet since the 2 fires here in Ruidoso, NM so I couldn’t watch; but I did listen to the whole 90” on msnbc using TuneIn app.
My gawd it was interminable 🙄 Just a repeat of all of the old favorites, he droned on & on. As Jeff said, no change, same ol’ whack job
I hope the MSM starts showing all of his rallies now and scrutinize every single thing he says just like they do to President Biden . Most people will come to the conclusion that Biden is the only choice (and best choice ) for president
P.J.!! I’m sorry to hear about the aftermath of Ruidoso fires and all you’re living through.
Hope you and yours are safe.
Thank you, I & my 6 dogs are fine my house didn’t burn & I’m on high enough ground that even though I live near the river I’ve not been affected by the horrible flooding that’s happening. The little stream that runs through town that’s usually only ankle to mid-calf deep, has come on a 12 ft rise 2-3 times already. It’s been so bad.
Stay safe, P. J.
That's wild. That part of NM is supposed to be dry this time of year. Hang in there.😀
Fat Fidel!!😆😆
I can watch that guy! His toxic energy is more than I wanted to deal with. He is a mentally ill and should not be a candidate
Can’t not can
Thank you, Jeff, for enduring the bullshit fusillade-stravaganza so we don't have to.
Just seeing some stills from the bloated orange full-auto dumpster fire was all I can tolerate, and with the captions, we don't have to hear that half-strangulated whiny little bitch voice, either.
Also Nate Silver is apparently taking some bad mushrooms in his morning smoothie, because, "Not a bad speech" isn't even remotely accurate. In what universe was that not bad?
Wasn't Silver sane at one time not long ago? Before their disastrous election polling? They could rename it Five Thirty Hate.
If today's post was incomplete, it'll provide a bonus helping for This Week In Stupid, served with a dollop of tangy sarcasm on top and a side of hot ridicule.
With gratitude,
I can't wait.
Isn't Nate an incel??
He's an abject moron who has a knack for being consistently wrong about everything, but I've never heard anything incel-related. He's just a dumb pundit who had good polling once for an election over a decade ago (he started Five Thirty Eight).
I appreciate what you gave us. It has been a shitty week and being able to know what kind of speech he gave without having to watch for two hours is a gift.
Kudos to you, sir, for listening to donny’s slur-stumble; you’ve spared your readers that agony.
Jeff, thanks for the big laugh today. I didn't watch his speech - there's no enough anti-nausea medicine in the world for that to happen. My favorite line of yours - despot snugglebunnies! LOL. It really is quite comical until you come back to reality that this is our country and way of life we're talking about. Even if you're a huge racist, misogynist and horrid person - how can you listen to this moronic nonsense and not say to yourself - WTF? His Cult must be as brain scrambled as he is. I can just imagine the movies that will be made when we are finally rid of him one day.
I hear there's a long line to shit on Rush Limbaugh's grave.
There's an actual grave? I'll get in line.
If we bagged that speech we could keep America green!
'Screw you guys,I'm going home'
Eric Cartman,comes to mind for some reason.
😂😂
Please do some self-care after subjecting yourself to that.
Thanks. I appreciate your listening to this sh-- so we don't have to hear the full speech. You always choose the best parts to illustrate your points.
Barbie and Donnie— both say, “math is hard" and both are blondes—coincidence?
No. Not one thing.
If his mouth is moving, then he's lying.
If he's breathin', he's deceivin'
The lights are on,but nobody's home.
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It is nigh impossible to debate a constant liar.
https://x.com/bobcesca_go/status/1814397657801994391?s=46
The part about him having a boner for Kim Jong-Un was true
Why is it that even the fictional characters he admires are psychopaths?
I realize that was a rhetorical question because we know the answer
He has a special love of Kim, I think, because his power over North Korea is absolute.
Yeah, creepiness aside, he has a fixation on all dictators for the way those brutal monsters oppress with impunity. He loves money and power above all else, even above Ivanka
And here I thought it was because of the strongmen Trump gets a wobbly warhead for, Kim's North Korea was the only one small enough, with a weak enough military, not to seriously threaten him! Russia and China are BIG countries with powerful militaries (though maybe not as powerful as originally thought), and Hungary has alliances Orbán can call on if he decides to play hardball with the U.S.—but even North Korea's *allies* hold them at arms-length like a skunk-sprayed dog.
The Fascist's Dilemma—loving other Fascists, while being terrified at the same time that they might devour THEM next.
I'm sure the dumbass donald doesn't see it that way. He thinks that his charm and perceived "relationship" with murderous dictators will be beneficial. He's more afraid of Hannibal Lecter than actual autocrats. That's how much of an idiot he is
I think he is very CD afraid of them and he thinks if he sucks up to them, they won’t hurt him. Same mindset his Republican suckups have for him.
Just spitballing ideas here—I have never worked for or met Donald Trump (thank the Gods for small favors!), so I have only my opinion about what goes in what passes for the brains of A Very Stable Genius.... 😁
I always said this is why he did not have a VP candidate until the last minute. It is because he does not want a VP. He wants monarchy. Fascists are modern day monarchs, not born to rule, but they anoint themselves. We can stop his rulership and hopefully get him out to the back pastor or to some prison cell where he belongs along with his psychopathic cohorts like Bannon.
Butt buddies to the end I guess
Haha. Haven't heard that term in a while. BOGU, donald.
Yes he mentioned that he was alive!! lol u lucky for the country.
IT WAS CONTINUED BULLSHIT THE WHOLE 93 MINUTES. NOW LET'S STOP OUR OWN CIRCULAR FIRING SQUAD AND GET BEHIND BIDEN/HARRIS 2024🗳💙
Seems that Clooney and the Disney princess can't even agree on a replacement ticket. I vote the rich elites who think my primary vote shouldn't count STFU.
Uh, it’s most ordinary Dems that want Biden to step aside.
Disagree, it’s from the top down. Biden still has support from 90 percent of Dem elected officials. This palace coup must end.
He needs some independent voters to get on board & vote for him, not just us due-hard Dems & the Dem caucuses.
Some of the field offices are having a hard time getting people to knock on doors, etc. They’re saying there’s just no enthusiasm & motivation.
I find that very distressing because a candidate can’t win without a strong ground game, field teams.
* Die-hard
One minute into the debate I became absolutely certain that Joe Biden was incapable of redeeming himself from a dramatic public display of age-related mental decline. This information came to me via my own eyes and ears processed by my own brain, with zero help from George Clooney or moneyed “elites”. After the debate I communicated with five good friends, and four of them reported the same spontaneous reaction in real time, all occurring within the first five minutes of the debate and before any “elite” or any TV pundit (or friend) had uttered a word.
It was a shit show. He was sick. He got better. See him at the NAACP speech?
I’ve seen him many times, and if he non-defensively answers a question, somewhat coherently articulates a message, finishes a sentence and acts in a fashion that might appeal to undecided voters I (like many others) breathe a sigh of relief. Unfortunately, doesn’t happen as frequently as it needs to.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/new-ap-norc-poll-finds-nearly-two-thirds-of-democrats-want-biden-to-withdraw
Who cares?
One poll?? Come on, man!!
It is consistent with my personal experience (whatever that's worth) in talking to Dems where I live (all of them want Biden to leave). Do you have evidence that counters the poll results?
Wrong! We voted for Biden. He should run. If HE decides to withdraw, OK. But enough with the politicians trying to push him out.
Dems need to be behind Biden 100%! GOP playbook says they will be 100% behind their guy even though he’s a serial liar, has been convicted felon 34 times, still facing 50+ indictments and on and on but they’re still all in on tRump. Dems listen up! We MUST win this election and that means voting for Biden and ALL Dems in numbers never seen before in our lifetimes!!! A blue wave to wash all the Rs into oblivion once and for all!
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George Clooney doesn’t speak for me. He should apologize and GTF back to his Euro palace.
And you don’t speak for any other Dem, most of whom want Biden to step down.
And your replacement is??????? Harris won't win swing districts. Unfortunately we're still so backward we won't elect a woman, much less a black woman. She will definitely not help Tester or Brown. Harris is the only one who can use the campaign money. Start a campaign from scratch 110 days before an election? You all are the ones that will ensure a Trump win. Get behind the candidate. This circular firing squad is stupid.
AGREE ! Julie you are right 💯%
YES!!!!!!
I am despondent and terrified. I can't imagine a tRump dictatorship...um...Presidency. I can't even watch the news. I'm 63, and I can't believe what is happening in this country. The orange turd must be stopped.
I’m 70 & you just described how I feel
I am 68 and feeling the same way!! Biden has to win because my family has no escape route!!
73 here 🤯 I said hat to a friend this morning. I can’t believe at my age, I’m fighting for my daughter and granddaughters rights to safe healthcare and fascism? How is this even possible?
IDK 🤷♀️ many of us were around for the women’s liberation movement, the Roe decision, the ERA (that never got done) & now we’re losing it all???!!!
Perhaps we neglected to impress upon our sons & daughters how important it was to be involved in politics & stay vigilant; & our grandchildren too.
I don't know. Women fought for these rights and they need to fight to keep them. Are they finally pissed off enough to do that? To actually vote? Or will they remain apathetic?
I hoped they are pissed off otherwise these christo-fascist Maga scum are going to piss all over them(and the rest of us)…
Oh, WE ARE FUCKING PISSED.
Yes, the majority of us are fucking enraged and will absolutely vote.
Absolutely. And waking up to a virtual death warrant hit-list of Americans who committed "treason" from Trump's would-be Pinochet "Minister of Retribution" naming the journalists and Jan. 6 committee among their top targets is one thing I never thought I'd see someone shamelessly publicizing in the US...
I’m 81 (and REALLY resent the “too old” BS); have been on my own without family support since I was 16, have had some really great jobs with a tremendous amount of responsibility. I rely on my SS and corporate pension income, Medicare and a (government-funded) Corps of Engineers b/c of the levees protecting the large city where I live, and a predictably civil society. A Trump/Project 2025 ETHOS OF MEANNESS puts ALL of that at risk
I'm making plans to leave the country. I'm 66 and I'll be damned if I'm going to spend my golden years in a Christofascist state.
I could do that. I'm Jewish and have right of return. I could easily live Portugal, Dominican Republic. But this is my country, and I'll be damned if Iet these bastards chase me out. Regardless of who wins, we are in for a dark period of history. If Biden wins , the orange malignancy will never concede and will incite violence. There is only one way to be rid of him.
I'm investigating the same, Julie. I'm outta here.... I dont have a lot of money, but it can be done.
I’m also 68 Cathy and you’re not alone there’s millions of us in the same leaky boat ,hang in there it’s gonna get better soon !
Same feelings here....a mere 57 year old. The Trump Effect for me is anxiousness, anger, dread, worry, fear...and more. All of those are unhealthy conditions exacerbated by this moron.
I like to frame my arguments with the other side as "He just wants your money. He's a grifter. He doesn't care about you." And the answers I get are "but he's different or he gets me" Bull crap...I'll say...wait till his so called friends get a hold of the reins. We will all be sorry. He isn't smart enough to come up with all these plans on his own. Don't vote for him. He is surrounded by shit." And shit stinks.
Or a Dem that can win needs to win.
82 here. I don’t know how much longer I have, but my heart is breaking for all the families and little ones who would have to suffer under TFG and his cult. Actually, his cult will suffer too because they don’t realize how bad it will become. Democrats have got to stop this bullshit about replacing Biden. The alternative would mean the loss of everything the Constitution stands for, and it’s already happening. Vote Blue and America will remain the great country that it has ALWAYS been been.
DAMN STRAIGHT.
Same here and I hit 70 next month.
I'M old enough to retire, and I'm not going to bust my butt making money that's going to go to taxes to finance the new Fascist regime.
I'm almost 73, if he wins . . .well , I've had an interesting life.I will not live in a tRump SHITHOLE.
I’m 71, and I feel the same way. I’ve lived a good, full life, and don’t expect to be around a whole lot longer, and anyway it’s not about me/ us — it’s the hellish existence our kids and grandkids will be facing. The unraveling of so much progress that so many have worked so hard for over the last five decades is unbearable to contemplate.
This is exactly how I feel.
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62, anxious all the time. Devastated that I'm too broke (thanks, ruinous GOP economic policies and GOP opposition to M4A!) to move to Canada.
I hear about people’s plans to move abroad if the unthinkable happens. But I’m stubborn and feel like Fuck No, this is MY country and I’m stayin’ right here, all y’all Nazis GTFO. Well that, plus my kids refuse to move to Ireland with me.
Both my bride and I are of Irish descent. We are stubborn as the day is long and we are not ready to leave this country of ours. Our families helped build this country, fought and died for this country. We could possibly leave and head to Ireland or the Netherlands where we have family. For what? To let these Maga idiots win and chase us out. Fuck that. We are staying for our children's and grandchildren’s future — we are going down swinging if necessary. Fuck you LDFF and JD whatever your name is!
Fuckin’ A, man. My grandparents were Irish immigrants, and yes, we are of stubborn stock!
Yep. I will not let these christofascist bastards chase me out! And, like you, no one would go with me.
East Jesus, haha! Haven't heard that I moved to California...
He's never actually won an election by the popular vote,and he's never going to win with his idiotic ramblings like that.
This might help. Professor Allan Lichtman has predicted that President Biden will win.
He has been correct about every prediction for every election except when the Supreme Court gave the election to Bush.
https://x.com/meidastouch/status/1814347109908488609?s=61&t=yhYiX46kUQXLskUKRjXsFw
I hope he's right this time. I have trouble believing that the magats outnumber the sane people in this country. But the sane people need to vote!
Damn straight.
💯💯💯Lichtman is who I think of when reading all the doubters.
I'm turning 65 next month and am right there with all of you. If there's a God... "Help Us".
The whole gop is absolutely bat shit fuckin crazy, as are Clooney and any of the other people trying to oust Pres Biden, including Dems.
Agree 100%
Today is my 61st birthday. I married a Swede and live there now (easier for me to get a permit than for him to get a green card). I feel somewhat safer here from certain things. BUT….. I have siblings, nieces, nephews and friends I love in the US. My 28 year old son is getting his graduate degree at Columbia. My kids are adopted from Korea. I have a lesbian niece with a trans girlfriend. I have a white nephew with a black husband and a biracial daughter. I’m fucking terrified and feeling powerless. I’ve spoken with Swedish, French and Dutch friends/colleagues who are concerned. They understand the importance of this election not only for the US, but for Europe and globally. There is frustration with the fact that this election can and will have consequences for people and countries that have no possibility to vote. It’s a ginormous clusterfuck!
Trump is losing voters while President Biden is gaining.
Rep. Jeffries says President Biden is staying in the race to win!
https://x.com/andrewbatesnc/status/1814323351143268665?s=61&t=yhYiX46kUQXLskUKRjXsFw
This is good news...they gotta stop f'ing around. Let's GO. Full steam ahead. Project 2025 has got to be pushed hard...and women, if they ALL come out to vote, will save the day. Again.
YES! Was on a call with Heather Cox Richardson sponsored by Red Wine & Blue. There were 40,000 on the call. Telling us how to talk about Project 2025, especially to the swing state voters.
HCR is the best.
Absofuckinglutley!
#BidenHarris2024 🗳️🇺🇸
Side note: Nate Silver is now working for Peter Thiel. 🤬
https://x.com/riotwomennn/status/1814316313793176032?s=61&t=yhYiX46kUQXLskUKRjXsFw
Always follow the money.
Dear god...the evil is thick. Thanks for the link. 👍
But , but ,isn't Thiel gay ? What a weird dude. Obviously he hates himself.
I just don’t get it. How can he give financial support to people who hate gays & are actively working to overturn laws that prevent people from discriminating against LGBTQ persons? He also is a woman hater & thinks we should never have been given the right to vote!! He’s a horrible person. 🤬🤬
He's also an immigrant to the United states when he was 8, If I recall correctly. He and Elon Musk have the Nazi/destroy democracy thing in common (they were in PayPal together).
Yes he is, & worst of all, he doesn’t even believe in Democracy!! He thinks it’s a terrible form of govt & wants ppl who think like him to live in floating container cities in international waters so they don’t have to obey any country’s laws. He’s definitely a weird dude.
Ayn Rand worshippers.🤮🤮
He’s rich, white and a narcissist. He wants to keep his money and women don’t count to him anyway.
Here this tells you who they are Thiel got outed by "Gawker", and so he funded a lawsuit with "Hulk Hogan" (who had sex-tape of him boning his friend "Bubba the Love sponge" a local shock jock's wife). Gawker released it, and Hulk sued the outlet funded by Theil. He bankrupted them in retribution.
https://newrepublic.com/article/168125/david-sacks-elon-musk-peter-thiel
And here's this! HOLY MOLY! 😂
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11926699/Peter-Thiels-model-boyfriend-died-WEEKS-NYE-showdown-billionaire-husband.html
Wonder if it was him, or the spouse?
How does anyone in Trumpworld stand for this? Must be all the MONEY!!!
https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11926699/Peter-Thiels-model-boyfriend-died-WEEKS-NYE-showdown-billionaire-husband.html
And there is blackmail from Tom Strickler.
“If you don’t publicly call for Biden to step aside, you are not getting a dime from me,” said Tom Strickler, the founder of Hollywood talent agency WME, to New Mexico Senator Martin Heinrich’s team last Thursday.
JFC. 🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Yes, that was so obvious, he got fired from his own 538, Disney chose not to renew his contract after the red wave never materialized.
Unholy shit happening and i’m not referring to the gay details.
LOVE THIS verification - !!!!!!! Thx
Wow! Thanks for that info! I always trusted Nate Silver’s poll predictions, but now how can he possibly be impartial when he’s in Peter Theil’s pocket, along with JD Vance, etc.
Thank you Susans! You both encourage me.
#Jeffries2028 mark my words.
I LOVE this idea!!!!
I prefer Senator Cory Booker 💙💙
I called his office to thank him and tell him he’s the future of the party…not that that’s much of a compliment these days!
THANK YOU REP. JEFFRIES!
wonder if that was based on very recent calls / donations...
Wishful thinking? How about some evidence?
I didnt watch the shit show because I knew Jeff would bring the highlights. And for that, sir, I am so grateful. This was a great gift to the Democrats, who absolutely MUST get their shit together.
"guzzle horse goo." 😂😂😂 Spelling the fireman's name wrong-what an insult. 🤦♀️ And the the NYT to toss some shade, wow. I'm so fucking exhausted. #TGIF
I got a 50 gal.drum of horse goo for Adam Schiff.
😂😂😂
I would be happy to carry it to him in person 😂😂💩💩
I shall help you dunk him in it
😂😂😂😂
Just before the Grand Flim-Flam Emperor took stage, the RNC provided musical “entertainment “ w/ Kid Rock screaming into mic about some crap ( my sound was off). Then some UFC owner came on kissing Donnys ass- then the
Kotex Kid came on stage and put everyone to sleep- i lasted 1/2 hr - he’s such a loser
The Kotex Kid….I LOVE IT! 😂😂😂
I bet most of the readers forget how awful Kotex was.
Holy clown, what a shit show! So first they had the has-been grappler, threatening to suplex those who dared oppose Daffy Don. Next that fuckin Middle Aged Rock (I could just see all those nice white ladies, the ones who were holding those pro-deportation* signs, clutching their ears as that great American jerk sang about shit. And then they had some yob who pays fools to slap each other in the arena. And at long last, his wisdom bourn if pain, Dear Leader Daffy Don.
CNN observers quacked into their mikes, no sir, this wasn’t any GHW Bush convention. Look at how energized these attendees are!
Hang on to your energy, you’re gonna need it as that wellborn fuckhead goes into his second hour of word jazz!
*with the immigrants bussed to the Mojave, who will dry your privates, Madge, who will tend your bedsores? Don’t look now, it ain’t you or me.
The real insult is the poor guy’s dead as a result of a friggen election gimmick !
love to know what 'Collins and Murkowski' think of all this... Lisa could ALWAYS caucus with the Dems! I mean come onnnnnnn
According to the department he served his name was always wrong on his gear and he was ok with it and just left it that way.
Every time Agent Orange has some semi-catastrophe, people think he’ll become a changed man, but it never happens and never will. He’s a one man band of lunacy enabled by all the fuckwits that like that kind of showmanship. He gets a -45 on Rotten Tomatoes for that unhinged speechifying.
The press keeps pushing this nonsense that he'll "rise to the occasion." He never has, he never will. That'd require being a totally different human being.
Remember, he was going to PIVOT, into being presidential ? 🤣🤣🤣
That bird flew out the window for me when he sent Sean Spicer out to lie about crowd size,and Kellyanne's 'alternative facts'.
Hahahaha! They never fucking learn.
The republican evil doers are counting on that.
Exactly Mark. That is the press putting that out there!
Media uses that phrase..'Rise to the occasion'?? It said that in 2016. He WILL rise to the occasion but not in the way they think. It'll be frightening 🫣.
Mushrooms grow in shit,don't they?
My wife wanted kids so I “ rose to the occasion”! But all I ended up with was
trouble!
The only thing he raises is a fork to his mouth.
Kay-el, I am shocked anyone would think that. That would mean they are unfamiliar with Orange psycho.
I think lots of folks who have never lived up-close and in-person with a true malignant narcissist just don’t realize that they are incapable of changing their behavior, ever. If anything, they only get worse and worse.
And if they are unfamiliar they’ve either died or having been living under a rock.
Just like Operation Valyrie didn't humble Hitler who miraculously escaped. That afternoon after 'the incident' he met Mussolini. And then he proceeded to hunt down all the July 7, 1944 conspirators....and many not....& executed most of them. He enjoyed it as he videotaped hangings. A real peach of a guy....
My dad used to say,” leopard doesn’t change its spots.” I used to give him a dumbfounded look and say,”yea, okay pop.” Seems, over the years, that saying has come to be true on more than one occasion.
I chose not to listen to any of the current criminals speak because I had to retain some of my sanity that’s left. Jeff, you’re a gem for taking in all the bullshit from the Fascist Party. Have you been bathing in bleach to get all of fuck and muck out of your system?
I really had a hard time staying awake through the whole thing, Donny's droning monotone was soporific
Imho, he sounded like a robot droning on and on and on. I only heard a few words, but it was terrible.
I sometimes wonder if the "call is coming from inside the house." Maybe some true americans are doing a bit of sabotage behind the scenes. I mean, if you're going to make a prop andyou can't spell the name right? Really? Did he hump the uniform like he does to our flag?
I heard he actually kissed the helmet.
My favorite moment was when he humped the flag/pole when he was in the WH. Probably the only thrill he gets anymore.
Melania wouldn't KISS the Orange Turd
🤣😅😂
I’m wouldn’t be surprised if Melania was “ordered” to show up? If so, who gave the command?
He did. I saw it on social media, I believe it was BlueSky.
We just had a coworker die and had a little memorial service for her at work. Nice thought, but whomever made up the pamphlets honoring her life didn't double check their work. They had her dates as 1965 - 2004. She died this month. The family was handed that literature. The Keystone Cops that ran the Trump WH made all kinds of clerical errors throughout their 4 years. This should be no surprise. There's no overall pride in the work you do anymore. People count on spell check to find their errors and they're in such a hurry to get back to their phones that they don't take the time to proofread what they just did.
imo we are ALL suffering from 'the acceleration of everything' tbh
He did.🤮🤮
JFC Thats just SO WEIRD.
He has three settings: WEIRD, LYING, ENRAGED.
I watched Marc Elias on YouTube instead.
So appreciate you watching, listening & writing this blog, Jeff.
You are my hero! No one should have to sit through that droning, driveling orange puss bucket with a sanitary napkin stuck to the side of his ugly face! 🙌 thank you for your service!
Castro used to give endless droning speeches with mandatory attendance. I hope some people who were watching last night thought, "Four more years of having to listen to this guy? No thank you."
Yes, Joy Ann Reid mentioned Castro & Kruschiev, said Castro holds the record clocking in at 7 hours!!!
Bahahahaha everyone hated it! Rare consensus :)
I cannot imagine lasting through that without copious amounts of alcohol
Or really good gummies.
how a stupid hack like Silver who was lucky to get one thing right 15 years ago continues to be a thing I swear to pete...
Another unbiased opinion here: I subscribed to his substack not knowing a thing about him a month ago. I'd stumbled across it and found the stats interesting. Yikes. Just unsubscribed yesterday after his rambling post.
I'm so tired of his bullshit. He just meanders from one side to the other, hedging his bets the whole time. As you said, just another hack.
True run....As axiom goes...'A broken clock is correct once a day'
While MSM is focused on ear bandages on the diaper wearers, MAGAs in Michigan
filed a bill to stop the VA and SBA from registering new voters,and Kari Lake and others are still trying to overturn the votes in the 2022 midterms.
They know they can’t win without suppressing the vote
Hopefully that dies. Michigan slaughtered the Republicans in 2022.
Good grief, they just don’t ever stop with the voter suppression tactics.
Cleta Mitchell of coup plotting infamy is funding massive attempts to purge voter roles. Someone on msnbc asked DNC Chair Jamie Harrison about what they were doing to counter those efforts & he replied that he wouldn’t say on TV exactly what they were doing but assured the host that they were on top of it.
I sure hope so
If this continues the Democrats won't need to replace Biden. Not that they really really needed to in the first place.
I'm not hearing any "Biden must go" talk this morning
That’s because his campaign manager announced that President Biden is staying in the race.
Here Rep. Jeffries announces it.
https://x.com/andrewbatesnc/status/1814323351143268665?s=61&t=yhYiX46kUQXLskUKRjXsFw
Yes, it's still out there. We can only hope that George Clooney and the rest of the
big money donors get over their "king maker" fantasies, right now, please.
They can stick their money! Small donors can get this done.
Seems like a bunch of celebs like Clooney & Maddow are represented by the same huge talent group - likely owned by a 🍊 donor? Thought I saw that someplace.
Give it a few hours 🙄🙄🙄🙄
Thank you, Jeff! We need to get behind Biden! 💙🌊
Oh, it's there.
I heard it on NPR after a one-sided (how great trump was at the convention) discussion. The comment was made by the host of Politically Georgia. Said many leaks from democratic party people. I turned off the radio.
'Unnamed'? Yes 'unnamed', 'a senior aide', and ‘someone close to…’ are getting QUITE their moment in the imaginary spotlight this week AS WELL (or ever since 'the debate', actually:)
Like the letters bashing Anita Hill,
" coming over the transom " by Allen Simpson, during the Clarence Thomas confirmation ? Total BULLSHIT.
NPR is compromised by "Corporate Underwriting".
These days? It stands for "nice, polite, republicans."
One more sen. and three or four reps. have called for him to go. It's in The Guardian.
It's called the 'slow drip-drip'....
See today’s Substack The Warning by Steve Schmidt
The Democratic Convention is coming up for that...
Thank you!!
See: REAGAN / SECOND TERM - Joe's more than fine :)
Hey just following R ‘precedent’… amirite 🤗
There is no evidence that the Biden slide has stopped. Imagine what an articulate and sentence-finishing Dem could do to energize undecided voters (without them we lose) and to put the focus on trump, where it belongs.
I can't imagine that, that's the thing.
they did not
I hadn't seen or listened to him beyond sound bites for over a year. If I thought it was good, I'd say so. This was so low-energy as to be watching fingers nails grow. I seriously think once the high of the crowd adulation wears off, he crashes into an unfocused ramble. Word from the floor was the crowd largely deflated by the one hour mark. Now I understand why people walk out of his rally speeches.
I know the press won't mention it again and again like they did with Biden but this was, without bias, uninspiring BAD.
How many times and for how long could a rational person get riled up about the 2020 election being "stolen" or any of Donald's other whining gripes? Would that rational person actually share his doom and gloom outlook? I think that many are tiring of him and his own problems.
He's like a brain-damaged parrot.
I've never been near a brain damaged parrot! 😂
See: MAGAs.
I listened to the entire think & it was low energy & horrible, same old lies & weird stories, & repeating himself 2-4x
WHEN are they going to stand Trump against a wall and have a goddamn press conference?
D DID diabolically and in humble fashion ask for a vote even if one didn't vote for him before....and he said he wanted to be Prez for ALL. Yeah I know it was BS....but it was in first 30 minutes & many gullible Americans may have been pursuaded/impressed by the statements.
I cannot understand, assuming the media is even halfway sane, how Trump’s mental derangement (to put it mildly) is not the top news story every day!
EVERY. DAMN. DAY.
Most Main stream Media is owned by republicans CNN for one.
ABC, CBS, NBC…I think they are all Trump donors 🖕
Trump has dropped out of the race in his own way; he fell asleep every chance he got. He couldn't win a race to the corner. The whole RNC debacle needs to move to Venezuela. They can take Trump and everyone who "loves" him with them.
I didn't watch it. Neither did 100 million other Americans. I knew there would be no truth or sanity in his speech. There never is. If Trump is breathing he is lying.
It is up to the American voter. The Returds hope that only their people will vote, that Democrats will be too discouraged. Fat chance, bastards. We will not put up with a Toddler King Dictator.
From CNN website:
Fact check: Trump makes more than 20 false claims in RNC acceptance speech
They ran out of time trying to count the lies and falsehoods Trump uttered in that one speech.
(don't forget the mistruths)
He couldn't win a race to the corner! Hilarious 😆
How could you spell the name of the fireman wrong???? Are there no one with an organizational brain that realized
“do we have the spelling right?”
NOT- oh, whatever, close enuf !
And without him, who have they got? People are gonna follow J.D. Vance? DeSantis? Abbott? You know, with or without Biden (WITH, STFU!), we have an actual bench, full of capable leaders of all colors and genders. They have "factions."
His handlers don't care that he's crazy and senile. They think that Vance will be President and that they can get rid of Donnie after the inauguration. Trump is simply a front now, though I doubt he realizes it.
BINGO! Vance will be in the 8am briefing room taking care of “business” while Drumpf will still be sleeping. About 11am he will stroll down to the oval Orifice and say “You’re Fired “ to some lackey and then tweet & rant the rest of the day
It's also possible that they will use the 25th Amendment to push him out, assuming that he doesn't die first. Trump will become a major obstacle to their plans because of his monstrous ego. The moneybags want Vance in sole power.
In Tiedrich’s immortal words, sitting around while his diapers fill to capacity
Now we just need the democratic "leadership" to stop doing damage to the ticket. Repeat after me: "Biden is NOT dropping out!"
Tip for Nate Silver, wait until speech is over before evaluating.
Should anyone be running for president who mentions Hannibal Lecter positively?
What about his continued love affair with Kim Jong Un?
President Biden is older, his voice sounds scratchy sometimes. He has a life long habit of getting ahead of things, but NYT&WaPo, Biden has never mentioned Hannibal Lecter or sharks out of context, or professed love for a murderous dictator.
IK,R? Biden is so boring. And old.