I saw a video - unfortunately I didn't bookmark it - taken from behind the stage, and you can see the lifts come flying out of Trump's shoes as the Secret Service tries to get Donny to safety
From James Blair, Trump Campaign & RNC on talking about Trump’s assassination attempt:
“Anyone who speaks with the press, even on background or off the record, will be found and terminated immediately. Refrain from commenting, speculating, posting on social media etc. Complete and total lockdown.”
My grown son made the comment to me when we were speculating whether this was fake, that if you didn't hear much about the motive or they weren't sure why the shooting, then begin to wonder what really happened. I live in Vegas and it's still a "mystery" 7 years later why the largest mass murder in US history happened here 10/1/17. Many here believe that the real Vegas story has been hidden. The sheriff at the time is now our GOP governor. They seem to know right away the motive for all the other young, white, male shootings but this one - 3 days later. I'm not into conspiracies usually and it is what it is. The most important thing is that Biden wins.
LOL. I saw it on Twitter last night I think. The poor little lifts are lying in the grass by the stage. He's obsessed with height. He's not short to begin with, I don't know what the lifts are for then. He mentions how tall Barron is every chance he gets. You'll never see Barron at a rally again and where was the loving wife last night?
We have limited news in Portugal, but my first thought was, will we see Melania bedside like the loving wife? But then I found he actually went to the golf course, so no, she wasn't needed, even for a photo op.
The lifts are because of his posture. Have you not noticed that he leans forward awkwardly? It’s a symptom of some disease. So he has started wearing lifts to keep him upright rather than leaning forward.
I've seen that mentioned before. It can be a sign of frontotemporal dementia. I know why he falls asleep all the time. It must be exhausting at his age to unsuccessfully keep up the pretense than you're a young, virile warrior (he never was, BTW). Dyed and ferret like hair, spray tan so much he looks like he has jaundice, lifts in his shoes, diapers so he doesn't poop his pants in public. Wow. I get sleepy just talking about it. Everything about him, inside and out is FAKE. If he wasn't such a horrible human being, I'd actually feel a little bit of compassion for him, but my compassion supply ran out a long time ago regarding sociopathic narcissists. Did you see the picture of him asleep last night at the RNC? The Dems should just run with that after hearing about sleepy Joe for so long. The GOP is so ridiculous that talking about them is like you're talking about a fictional political party for a Netflix series.
A professor of Neurology at George Washington University says he believes there may be legitimate concerns over President Donald J. Trump's "forward-listing posture" ... "I know something about political figures and observable signs of illness from afar," Richard E. Cytowic M.D. wrote in Psychology Today. ...
"While most frequently observed in Parkinson's Disease, the bent posture so evident in Trump may also be seen in Alzheimer's Dementia, movement disorders of the basal ganglia, and as the side effect of certain medications," Cytowic continued. "Also noted are the sudden, jerking movements of Trump's right arm. Since they occur only on one side, the prefix "hemi" is applied, while "ballistic" means sudden or flinging in the manner of a projectile. Trump's hemiballistic arm movements are evident in news clips from Memorial Day (also here via C-Span) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as are his uncontrolled swaying and forward tilt. He is seen to grab his wayward arm with the left one in an effort to keep it under control."
Love the article Jeff. The title falls in the "no shit" category.
Thanks for putting better words to it than I would have.
The pandering of the media is abhorrent, but predictable. Shit I grew up in the, Huntley and Brinkley report, era. When we all got the same, probably gilded, info before Rush Limbaugh et al and the rise of right-wing broadcasting after Ray-gun castrated the fairness doctrine in '87.
There will be no quarter given on my part. This bullshit rhetoric is just annoying background noise to me. I hope others see it that way too. Nothing has changed, especially Trump, or the media's whoring quest for clicks.
I would like to see an entire flock of technicolor pigs flying out of Trump's ass. That's a Kodak moment.
And speaking of the pandering media, a trump loving friend sent me this regarding my mistaken beliefs about Jan 6. I didn’t respond.
Where would I even begin:
“Lynn Small O'Neal Did you miss the FBI agent (Ray Epps) the day before and the day of exhorting a crowd to go to, and into the capitol, or the police removing barriers, or the capitol police opening the doors for the crowd, or the citizens asking the riot gear dressed police to step in, or Lt Byrd executing Ashley Babbit while several swat officers stood behind he five feet away, or the police escorting individuals around to include the senate chamber? Perhaps you didn't catch the crows of people changing into their "MAGA," clothes as they got off several white busses parked out of sight. Or why the Jan 6 hearings sealed and deleted information that didn't support their narrative. I loath conspiracy theories but when this much stuff is included, ... And the only disruption to the election process was the crowd asking for the hundreds of affidavits alleging election fraud be investigated and not just recounts (that count fraudulent ballots again) but a forensic audit that didn't give Dominion a free pass.”
You've seen those clowns wearing a diaper with his name on it, haven't you? The only presidential candidate in history to boost diaper sales. Dr. Scholls will be happy too. You can just laugh and cry at the same time over this nonsense.
And Trump didn’t want anyone to see them lest we find out that it adds 5 inches to his height. Now if he could only figure out how to add 5 inches to his mushroom, he might have something going. 😆😝
How anyone, regardless of how much fake money he has, could ever sleep with him is beyond my comprehension. I'd live in a boy scout tent in a landfill before I'd even go on a date with him. He's always been unattractive. The whole Trump family is ugly. Looks at his parents. Love, love that hairdo of Mom's. I know the times were different, but yikes. Ivana's wasn't much better. That family puts the G in gaudy. While I'm thinking of Ivana, got a laugh out of the comments from Eric the dum dum, that his mom was watching over dad from heaven and that's why he's still alive. I think she must have had a periscope in her golf course coffin and was checking out to make sure Donald was o.k. LOL.
The communist dad is a spitting image of Trump. Old and overweight. Same type of body build. I used to feel sorry for her at first when I didn't know her history with him. But after seeing her in the WH for 4 years and the things I read, she's every bit as bad as he is only in a silent way. She promoted the birther nonsense with Obama, wore that I don't care jacket and she's perfectly content with spending his money that he gets illegally. Notice no one anymore says "free Melania". She is bought and paid for. I hope he lives to be 120 and she's stuck with him for decades.
When I asked some ppl on fb him asking for shoes several times was a lot odd for me, their response, well when you’re in shock you have weird and strange reactions!! NO it’s fn weird! But then look who you’re dealing with!!
I love all the ex-military/security weighing in on TikTok - on how this was SO WEIRD - and absurd the way it was handled....esp the unsecured book depository bldg - geezus
Without minimizing the trauma Trump went through… i was struck by how much his bandage looked like ones I’ve had after basal cell carcinomas were removed.
Everytime I hear that news about his looking for his shoes I think of the Fear and Loathing bit with Johnny Depp as Hunter S. Thompson looking for his golf shoes. FEAR and LOATHING is what I feel now.
Trump is so cheap he probably didn’t want to pay for a new pair of shoes!!! He wasn’t grazed by the ammunition it was a piece of glass!! Every day I have more fear and anxiety! The media is acting like Trump already has his crown! Thank you Jeff for a perspective that eases the pain a little!
One problem the MSM created, 24 hour/wingnut outrage machine has created, everyday is like 'Groundhog Day',the brain-dead marks don't possess critical thinking anymore,or if they had it to start with.
I think it's about his being germaphobic (I am, a tiny bit, and I won't walk around without shoes) + always being concerned about his image ( = not dignified to be seen and filmed walking in socks) + being in shock.
The agents hustled him to the ground with such force that his shoes came off; as they started moving him to safety, he said, "Let me get my shoes."
Some people view that request as proof that he was in shock. Others view it as proof that the assassination attempt wasn't real -- that he was completely composed after it happened. I lean toward the former; I don't think that scump, deplorable though he is, would agree to a fake-assassination plot with an assault weapon that could easily blow his head off.
So the shot was so huge it knocked him out of his lace ups? Or, his feet were too hot to wear shoes so he took them off prior to speaking? So weird. Not as weird as Alex Jones discussing killing Trump on air, but still weird.
Protocol of secret service is to assume there may be more than one shooter, and look for them. Keep the assassination target down, head protected. Apparently protocol was not followed at Trump’s request that he be allowed to show defiance and “strength.”
I’m not talking what Secret Service protocol requires. I’m talking how TRUMP reacted. Had they said “may be another one out there” I’m pretty sure he’d have stayed close to his shoes.
Yes, I agree with your point. I was repeating what a former agent described as the protocol. The agents didn’t say, wait, we have to make sure there are not others. They apparently let Trump have his way. They let him stand up, contrary to protocol.
The fist pump got to me, too. But also, such a trumpy thing to do. Upon reflection, I wonder if the agents knew at the time Crooks was dead & the exit wasn't so urgent. Regardless, I still loathe the felon more & more everyday.
The malignant narcissist never once considered their lives were also in danger. This speaks volumes: his lift embedded shoes over the life of a protectors. Dreadful man and not deserving of being president.
I would love for scump to drop dead from a heart attack, but I'm glad that he wasn't killed by an assassin. He would have become a martyr, and maga-ism would have become even more entrenched in our national politics.
It's bad enough that the right is using this attempt to blame Dems, and that Dems are temporarily suspending their anti-authoritarian-donnie comments.
Alison, I think it is gearing us ALL up to fight this until they are gone.
Separate note, In Lenoir City, TN. There is a big sign up for Biden/Harris Truth over Lies!! They are getting grief for it. Please write to their city council and to the building owner. To say WE SUPPORT YOU! I don’t know if I can post a link or pic here. Don’t think I can. I’ll put the picture on my Substack. Seriously we need to support Blue dots in Red oceans!
The business in the building is complaining. But the OWNER if the building put it up.
From a site (news-herald dot net) that might or might not be reputable:
On the morning of July 14, the status of Honey Blossom Boutique’s Facebook page read: “I DID NOT PUT THIS SIGN ON MY BUILDING!!! No one associated with Downtown or City would’ve done this. After an attempt on Trump’s life, this is just down right sick.” The post included a photo of the banner above the shop, which is owned by Angie Monahan-Gordy.
It's astonishingly coincidental that fangirl Aileen shitcanned all the really bad no good charges on the first day of Trumpy the electric shark fucker's big show.
And just after a miserable young republican shooter missed him. Lucky coincidence, uh. Why von trump does not show his poor “wrecked” ear wound for the world to see? Maybe it is already healed! What a true wonder would it be.
That ear mini pad bullshit was another bizarre display of his never ending phonyness and fraudulent behavior. Nurses were commenting on Twitter that they had never seen a bandage like that used for an ear wound. Amazing how he was on the golf course the very next day without anything covering that very suspicious ear. Unlike Biden, he didn't even call the fallen firefighters wife to offer his condolences. So once again media, stop glorifying this dangerous, self-centered, grandstanding asshole before it's too late.
FYI, that “bandage” is a Telfa 2x2 or 4x4 with adhesive on two sides. Dermatologists use them a lot after Mohs surgery. Keeps the use of other adhesive at a minimum. Frankly, I’m surprised he didn’t arrive with half his head swathed in gauze just so he could drum up even more sympathy from his cult members.
Someone made the comment that Lucifer must be protecting the orange gasbag but I’m thinking Lucifer is doing everything he knows to do to keep him away from Hell too. No one wants Shitzhispants around them.
Oh my God. Biden phoned the fallen firefighter’s wife and Trump did nothing for them? Oh but sir sir, you’re so overwhelmed by the attempt on your life. The only way to calm yourself is to golf. God bless you. Let the firefighter’s family wait until you’re better.
Not only that--the firefighter's wife REFUSED TO TAKE THE CALL! From the President of the United States! She said "her husband wouldn't have liked it." They are such HATEFUL NASTY people. And you'd think they'd NOTICE that BIDEN called, and not their fucking hero! AHhhhhhhhh.
I do not doubt she has had her life turned upside down. I also know that the human psyche is such that she will go to HER grave defending her decision to rebuff President Biden, the man who has been trying to return civility to our country. She will never admit it was Trump and the bought and paid for Republican politicians (gun lobby) who made MAGA unsafe. I fear that her children will likewise be poisoned by the myth she is creating with her actions around their father's death. Misery magnified once again by the criminal who gets away with everything. As Jeff writes, the Very Special Boy gets a pass no matter what evil he commits.
Well, that's a relief that she gave the "nothing against Joe" comment. What a tragedy. Dead husband for what? Good ol' W who would renew the ban on automatic weapons, good ol' Mitch McConnell who growled every time someone had the nerve to mention gun legislation after another mass shooting, the NRA Wayne la Pierre flossing his teeth with gold wire while robbing the idiots of gun fetishdom blind...the fireman died for unbridled greed.
He’ll milk it until it’s almost falling off, then he’ll rebrand it as the, “Ear Square” and sell it for the low, low price of only four payments of $49.99. Not only do you need a pocket square for your suit jacket, you’ll need an Ear Square to look just like dear leader. Put on your Ear Square and watch the sympathy roll in and the harsh criticisms wash away before your eyes!
What I want to say to why isn’t the media asking for doctors’ and the hospital reports about Fuckface’s injury. How was he able to go golfing the next day? Does he have stitches? Did he have red ink stains? Where are the details?
I know, but if this had been Joe…MSN would have insisted that he release the medical and hospital records. After Joe had released his medical records, there were those wanted him to have a second exam by an “independent doctor”to see whether he was fit for office!
I’m so sorry you feel that way. I loathe tfg and everything he stands for and the cult that worships him, but I keep thinking that if I hold on, things will come out right. If they don’t, and tfg is re-elected, my family has a backup plan. BTW, I’m 75 (today, actually).
Happy birthday, dear Susan. I, too, am 75. I am using my early morning hours to fight LDFF in all the ways and on all the platforms I can. If I go out, I will go out in a blaze of keyboard glory. (I have plans.)
Happy Birthday Susan ! 82 here. Haven’t decided if I want to go before or after ! Think I’ll stick around for the fireworks when Biden takes office and watch the military take down the insurrection that I’m sure is already in the planning stages.
Happy birthday. I'm 82 and my back up plan was to get the hell out starting 2 years ago. We now live very happily in Portugal, are registered to vote in California and contribute to at least a dozen Congressional races to elect young progressives plus Justice Democrats, Biden Harris, Sunrise, and a dozen or so Senate races with young progressives with all the money we save living here. Unfortunately, I can't unaddict myself for US politics. I need poladone which is methadone for political junkies.
We live in the Algarve as we were so spoiled with Napa Valley weather, we opted to keep that similarity, plus I craved water. Yes there are lots of expats, but we've only met 2 US couples so far, so not many countrymen. Lots of Brits, Irish, Scandinavians, Germans and French. Virtually everyone under 40 speaks English as it's required in their schools. Older people no, but they get cafe latte por favor or cerveza which is pretty universal even in the US. And the locals are lovely. This is a tourist area and the livelihoods of so many depend on us as well as the locals when we shop, dine, uber, etc. so yes, they're not just friendly, but helpful and very much into live and let live. We've been here 7 months and have yet to read about a shooting, murder, even robbery if you don't count an occasional pick pocket claim but only in the big cities. It is very much as advertised with the added bonus of great health care at extremely reasonable cost.
Susan, happy birthday 🎂! We both share same b’day 75 today as well and trying desperately to find plan B to get out of what used to be a free country full of opportunities to a fascist nation similar to Russia, North Korea et al. Perhaps going back to my former home London, UK where now Labor won and Starmer puts country first. I had the pleasure to have lived there 25 years till this psycho arrived.
Thank you and happy birthday to you as well! We’ve been trying to decide between Ireland and Spain. Both countries have large expat populations, welcome newcomers, and allow non-citizens to buy property. If you invest in the country and show you can support yourself you can get visas. UK is also welcoming.
As far as I know there has been no early election called by either the GG or Trudeau. Given his poll numbers I doubt that he’ll call an election prior to Oct 2025. Our wannabe Trump holds a significant lead in all polls. Just saying.
74 here. I am doing all I can to encourage everyone to VOTE BLUE. Not for me, but for my grandchildren. I won’t be around to witness the destruction of our democracy. My grandchildren will be left with a very different America and a planet destroyed by the right wing ignorance of climate change.
I, too, am 75 and, frankly, too old for this shit. Also too old to acquire citizenship in another country, although I’ve looked into it casually. Considering buying a place somewhere, though. We’ll see.
Thank you! I’m still hopeful that President Biden will win re-election, but I also think there will be an even bigger insurrection by the maga cult. We have to bring the “master minds” behind J6 to justice and neuter the idiots on the not-so-supreme court.
Hey, lots of us are old, but we aren't giving up when the whole world's at stake and there's so much great comedy available on line with all these gifted writers. Take heart dear girl. The year is young.
Strange that he didn't have any bandage on his right ear when he got off his plane or when he went golfing the next day. Only when he was acting out in public did he have something on his right ear. Very suspicious and just like when he got COVID then ripped off his mask with great drama. Trump is nothing but a fake person. If he gets elected America will collapse and be attacked by Russia, China, and North Korea. There will be no NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, or anything else.
Maybe he’s planning to rip off that mattress on his ear after his unity speech on Friday and bring this repugnant theatre performance to a dramatic end !
That is exactly what has been worrying me. The fascist have been in a tearing hurry to control the courts and neuter all the parts of government that might stop them. And now the full craziness of their "Project 2025" is laid bare. They're fuckin Nazis!!!!
Having batshit crazy opinions isn't strictly illegal, but lying about them in political campaigns probably should be. Unfortunately the fascists control the courts and the electoral college and the red state legislatures because they've fire-hosed lies into the heads of red state voters for decades. And American voters have short attention spans, so we're being sleep walked into falling under the control of a fascist party, just like Germany in 1933. Everything the Nazi party did was technically legal. By the time they showed their true colors it was too late to do anything about it.
I was absolutely thinking the same thing this morning, especially after Canon threw out his case. I just feel like it’s all around me and I can’t do anything about it because nobody else seems to be seeing what a shit fest this is. Yes, I am almost 80 and I am getting quite the potty mouth. We need more words because the ones I know aren’t quite enough.
The scariest words, I hope to never have to say, are “ I told you so; why didn’t you listen?”
There were a couple of thousand people demonstrating outside the Republican convention last night, but God forbid the mainstream media cover any of that.
Saw last night on Twitter where Vance's wife worked with Roberts and Kavanaugh at one time. It's just a cluster of greed, corruption and lust for power out of all of them.
I suggest hosting block parties to watch "Bad Faith". For the price of the movie and a few bowls of pop corn, you might convert a whole neighborhood. Unless you live in Northern California, and then it's probably not necessary.
This is the downside of reading comments - I'd actually forgotten about that Pile of Human Butthair (trademark: Wonkette) for a few minutes, whilst focused on other snark targets.
The ship is sinking. Old Skipper-rock-me-to-sleep soggy pants has multiple peons manning the ship. Never mind that they are unaware that when the ship goes down there are absolutely no lifeboats. Voting is our life jacket. Get busy and make sure everyone has one!
Hi Jeff, thank you for posting that pic of the N. Korea news reader, it seems Americans are incapable of comprehending the comparison… as our country is becoming more authoritarian on a daily basis… do not question authority because they know best, and those adoring crowds last night in Milwaukee cheering on fascism makes me sick🤮. JD Vance..among his reprehensible views is his endorsement of “Great Replacement Theory”.. the same theory that prompted those Nazis in Charlottesville a few years ago… “Jews will not replace us” was the rallying cry from the tiki torch brigade. These are a bunch of very sick and twisted fascists… but I repeat myself… Best to all fellow travelers, we must be ready for this assault on our Democracy.
The old JD Vance: “Trump makes people I care about afraid. Immigrants, Muslims, etc. Because of this I find him reprehensible. God wants better of us.”
Thankfully, Vance realized his polling numbers went up when he stopped pretending to be a good guy and started appealing to the very worst human impulses. This has always been the most effective strategy to win a US election.
It's amazing to look at current house and senate republicans current fawning ass-kissing in split-screen views of the same people in 2016 calling trump the end of the world. They were right in 2016. He's the single most dangerous man in the world.
Just so I could see what the media was spinning, article after article tried to outdo themselves with florid hyperbole explaining how the orange turd very special boy is such a hero and I threw up 🤮. What are they trying to do. It’s so sickening.
These last few days have been unnerving. I've had a pit in my stomach and feel incredibly anxious. There is no person on this planet I despise more than "Bandage McGrazedear" (Adding it to the list of oh so clever monikers!! ) It's down now to voting... we MUST save this country and vote EVERY Republican out of office. If not, Fascism wins and America dies.
And I used to love Jon Stewart. He can fuck off now. What a disappointment. :(
Agree. Project 2025 is a very winning card. The fact the JD Vance is even against divorce in violent marriages is also a point. My mother would have been beaten to death by my father if JD had his way. These are appalling people. :(
I think Trump's little media stunt is to distract from Biden's growing poll numbers,and distract from Americans anger over Project 2025...but I believe everything Trumpy does,fails.
I feel the same exact way Susan!! Jon Stewart has been the most disappointing!! I have had the pit in my stomach since 2016. When Biden was elected I felt better for a day then it came screaming back!! We all have to vote blue and hope that saves us!!
The only thing that has changed for me is that I somehow amazingly loathe him even more.
It was the fist-pumping that really got to me. SS agents trying to pull him to safety, and he wants his fucking shoes.
They had lifts in them.
I saw a video - unfortunately I didn't bookmark it - taken from behind the stage, and you can see the lifts come flying out of Trump's shoes as the Secret Service tries to get Donny to safety
I would like to know what this is about.
From James Blair, Trump Campaign & RNC on talking about Trump’s assassination attempt:
“Anyone who speaks with the press, even on background or off the record, will be found and terminated immediately. Refrain from commenting, speculating, posting on social media etc. Complete and total lockdown.”
What are they trying to hide⁉️
My grown son made the comment to me when we were speculating whether this was fake, that if you didn't hear much about the motive or they weren't sure why the shooting, then begin to wonder what really happened. I live in Vegas and it's still a "mystery" 7 years later why the largest mass murder in US history happened here 10/1/17. Many here believe that the real Vegas story has been hidden. The sheriff at the time is now our GOP governor. They seem to know right away the motive for all the other young, white, male shootings but this one - 3 days later. I'm not into conspiracies usually and it is what it is. The most important thing is that Biden wins.
That it wasn't a real attempt.
Absolutely staged from the get-go.
Everything.
It's a good thing the pants didn't fly off - we would have seen a diaper lying sadly along with the lifts.
Speaking if things flying off, it would have been a real hoot if his orange gerbil came flying off his head.
Oh, and btw, now I can’t the image of his used diaper out of head! TY!
Actually, we saw A LOT of pink scalp as he was being hustled into that SUV. I bet he was screaming when he saw that. 🤭
I figured that is what he would wear on his head to the convention.
LOL. I saw it on Twitter last night I think. The poor little lifts are lying in the grass by the stage. He's obsessed with height. He's not short to begin with, I don't know what the lifts are for then. He mentions how tall Barron is every chance he gets. You'll never see Barron at a rally again and where was the loving wife last night?
We have limited news in Portugal, but my first thought was, will we see Melania bedside like the loving wife? But then I found he actually went to the golf course, so no, she wasn't needed, even for a photo op.
The lifts are because of his posture. Have you not noticed that he leans forward awkwardly? It’s a symptom of some disease. So he has started wearing lifts to keep him upright rather than leaning forward.
I've seen that mentioned before. It can be a sign of frontotemporal dementia. I know why he falls asleep all the time. It must be exhausting at his age to unsuccessfully keep up the pretense than you're a young, virile warrior (he never was, BTW). Dyed and ferret like hair, spray tan so much he looks like he has jaundice, lifts in his shoes, diapers so he doesn't poop his pants in public. Wow. I get sleepy just talking about it. Everything about him, inside and out is FAKE. If he wasn't such a horrible human being, I'd actually feel a little bit of compassion for him, but my compassion supply ran out a long time ago regarding sociopathic narcissists. Did you see the picture of him asleep last night at the RNC? The Dems should just run with that after hearing about sleepy Joe for so long. The GOP is so ridiculous that talking about them is like you're talking about a fictional political party for a Netflix series.
From Alternet, 10-22-20:
A professor of Neurology at George Washington University says he believes there may be legitimate concerns over President Donald J. Trump's "forward-listing posture" ... "I know something about political figures and observable signs of illness from afar," Richard E. Cytowic M.D. wrote in Psychology Today. ...
"While most frequently observed in Parkinson's Disease, the bent posture so evident in Trump may also be seen in Alzheimer's Dementia, movement disorders of the basal ganglia, and as the side effect of certain medications," Cytowic continued. "Also noted are the sudden, jerking movements of Trump's right arm. Since they occur only on one side, the prefix "hemi" is applied, while "ballistic" means sudden or flinging in the manner of a projectile. Trump's hemiballistic arm movements are evident in news clips from Memorial Day (also here via C-Span) at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier, as are his uncontrolled swaying and forward tilt. He is seen to grab his wayward arm with the left one in an effort to keep it under control."
It’s a symptom of dementia. He shouldn’t even be running for president, but rethuglicons don’t care, he’ll be easy to manipulate.
I've heard it's frontal lobe dementia...or frontal lobe lobotomy,I forget which...
He needs negative heels to keep from pitching forward.
But lifts, as their name suggests, lift your heels UP, making you tilt forward even more.
fake tan obv, shoe lifts, an actual diaper - yet nothing seems to matter :?
oh yes - doesn't even call the family of the dead rallygoer - ???!
Checking on the life insurance policy I imagine.
Not to give him credit for anything but those may have been Orthopedic inserts.
don't care
Oh please 🙄
Love the article Jeff. The title falls in the "no shit" category.
Thanks for putting better words to it than I would have.
The pandering of the media is abhorrent, but predictable. Shit I grew up in the, Huntley and Brinkley report, era. When we all got the same, probably gilded, info before Rush Limbaugh et al and the rise of right-wing broadcasting after Ray-gun castrated the fairness doctrine in '87.
There will be no quarter given on my part. This bullshit rhetoric is just annoying background noise to me. I hope others see it that way too. Nothing has changed, especially Trump, or the media's whoring quest for clicks.
I would like to see an entire flock of technicolor pigs flying out of Trump's ass. That's a Kodak moment.
I say a prayer every night that Rush isn't around.
I'll admit it still makes me happy to write like Francisco Franco, he's still dead...
And speaking of the pandering media, a trump loving friend sent me this regarding my mistaken beliefs about Jan 6. I didn’t respond.
Where would I even begin:
“Lynn Small O'Neal Did you miss the FBI agent (Ray Epps) the day before and the day of exhorting a crowd to go to, and into the capitol, or the police removing barriers, or the capitol police opening the doors for the crowd, or the citizens asking the riot gear dressed police to step in, or Lt Byrd executing Ashley Babbit while several swat officers stood behind he five feet away, or the police escorting individuals around to include the senate chamber? Perhaps you didn't catch the crows of people changing into their "MAGA," clothes as they got off several white busses parked out of sight. Or why the Jan 6 hearings sealed and deleted information that didn't support their narrative. I loath conspiracy theories but when this much stuff is included, ... And the only disruption to the election process was the crowd asking for the hundreds of affidavits alleging election fraud be investigated and not just recounts (that count fraudulent ballots again) but a forensic audit that didn't give Dominion a free pass.”
For some claiming they loathe conspiracies they sure know a lot of them. I guess it must have a different meaning if you spell it loath.
Epps sued and won for that bullshit.
The wing nut universe would just find a way to make lifts manly, rather than part & parcel of that insecure fuckface's being.
I'm just surprised that all MAGA men aren't painting their faces with bronze makeup yet.
And sticking minipads on their ears.
You've seen those clowns wearing a diaper with his name on it, haven't you? The only presidential candidate in history to boost diaper sales. Dr. Scholls will be happy too. You can just laugh and cry at the same time over this nonsense.
I'm voting the straight 'Dr. Pepper' ticket.
LIFTS & DIAPERS, required apparel for the dapper Nat C's.
Heel spurs with “special “ orthotics. ? 😂
Just like Depends, they all started wearing them when it was suggested he did.
I still say we should congratulate them for coming out publically with their diaper fetish!
Sir, only manly men wear lifts, diapers & hair weaves “
"before 6:00"
What if Crooks was a PATSY, set up to shoot & then be killedto cover up the plot ?. So many tragedies happened because of a FAILURE OF IMAGINATION.
Think RFK and Sirhan Sirhan…
must I
Good to know! Yet another lie. AND there are several photos of him playing golf on Sunday with NOTHING on his ear!
I think he got 'My Pillow Guy' to put the dressing on his ear!!
Ahahahahahahaha!!!!
love an unhinged laughter post - ty
https://x.com/Kaylan_TX_/status/1812926756300726439
SS Lift-toss video (ABOVE)
Somebody probably grabbed them for a souvenir! lol
Thanks!
And Trump didn’t want anyone to see them lest we find out that it adds 5 inches to his height. Now if he could only figure out how to add 5 inches to his mushroom, he might have something going. 😆😝
How anyone, regardless of how much fake money he has, could ever sleep with him is beyond my comprehension. I'd live in a boy scout tent in a landfill before I'd even go on a date with him. He's always been unattractive. The whole Trump family is ugly. Looks at his parents. Love, love that hairdo of Mom's. I know the times were different, but yikes. Ivana's wasn't much better. That family puts the G in gaudy. While I'm thinking of Ivana, got a laugh out of the comments from Eric the dum dum, that his mom was watching over dad from heaven and that's why he's still alive. I think she must have had a periscope in her golf course coffin and was checking out to make sure Donald was o.k. LOL.
Take a gander at Melania's father...I'd say there are some daddy issues there. 🤢
The communist dad is a spitting image of Trump. Old and overweight. Same type of body build. I used to feel sorry for her at first when I didn't know her history with him. But after seeing her in the WH for 4 years and the things I read, she's every bit as bad as he is only in a silent way. She promoted the birther nonsense with Obama, wore that I don't care jacket and she's perfectly content with spending his money that he gets illegally. Notice no one anymore says "free Melania". She is bought and paid for. I hope he lives to be 120 and she's stuck with him for decades.
😂😂😂😂
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When I asked some ppl on fb him asking for shoes several times was a lot odd for me, their response, well when you’re in shock you have weird and strange reactions!! NO it’s fn weird! But then look who you’re dealing with!!
This stood out to me when I saw the video. Considering what was happening, I thought his insistence on getting his shoes to be a surreal.
Shock trauma from an ear booboo?? OK...
😂😂😂
I love all the ex-military/security weighing in on TikTok - on how this was SO WEIRD - and absurd the way it was handled....esp the unsecured book depository bldg - geezus
He is Earth’s strangest person, and I say that as the son of a man who was in the top 100.
Without minimizing the trauma Trump went through… i was struck by how much his bandage looked like ones I’ve had after basal cell carcinomas were removed.
Shock, the look I saw was not one of even surprise.
Everytime I hear that news about his looking for his shoes I think of the Fear and Loathing bit with Johnny Depp as Hunter S. Thompson looking for his golf shoes. FEAR and LOATHING is what I feel now.
Trump is so cheap he probably didn’t want to pay for a new pair of shoes!!! He wasn’t grazed by the ammunition it was a piece of glass!! Every day I have more fear and anxiety! The media is acting like Trump already has his crown! Thank you Jeff for a perspective that eases the pain a little!
One problem the MSM created, 24 hour/wingnut outrage machine has created, everyday is like 'Groundhog Day',the brain-dead marks don't possess critical thinking anymore,or if they had it to start with.
A Ground Hog Day remix with 1984, Metropolis, and Birth of a Nation tossed in.
I think it's about his being germaphobic (I am, a tiny bit, and I won't walk around without shoes) + always being concerned about his image ( = not dignified to be seen and filmed walking in socks) + being in shock.
RFK has no problem bare
footin ' on a plane.
He should know better,that's how you catch brain worms.
And that movie also mentions adrenochrome...
Tell me more about shoes. Didn't catch.
The agents hustled him to the ground with such force that his shoes came off; as they started moving him to safety, he said, "Let me get my shoes."
Some people view that request as proof that he was in shock. Others view it as proof that the assassination attempt wasn't real -- that he was completely composed after it happened. I lean toward the former; I don't think that scump, deplorable though he is, would agree to a fake-assassination plot with an assault weapon that could easily blow his head off.
If Trump is a germaphobe, my guess he's a bulletphobe, too. Bigly.
roger stone probably would
Probably poop first,then shoes.
That just showed what an idiot he is.
So the shot was so huge it knocked him out of his lace ups? Or, his feet were too hot to wear shoes so he took them off prior to speaking? So weird. Not as weird as Alex Jones discussing killing Trump on air, but still weird.
With those huge lifts your heels can't keep the shoes on well.
😂😂😂
It's been reported that the agents hustled him to the ground with such force that his shoes came off.
Not lace-ups, then?
right but you can't yell 'FIRE' in a theater - merrick *shrugs*
Fake assassination.
SS as in Nazi Schutzstaffel (protection squads, more commonly called storm troopers)?
I haven't watched any of the videos. From reports of them I'm wondering if the order of things was
a. Shooter shoots
b. Trump hauled down out of range
c. Secret Service Sniper gets shooter (reported "seconds" after first shots)
d trump still down (reported to be for about a minute) when
e. he hears reports from the SS on top of him that shooter is down and
f. Rises for the photo op he knows is waiting for him.
Whereas of he hadn't heard "shooter down" he'd have stayed right there with his shoe
Protocol of secret service is to assume there may be more than one shooter, and look for them. Keep the assassination target down, head protected. Apparently protocol was not followed at Trump’s request that he be allowed to show defiance and “strength.”
I’m not talking what Secret Service protocol requires. I’m talking how TRUMP reacted. Had they said “may be another one out there” I’m pretty sure he’d have stayed close to his shoes.
Yes, I agree with your point. I was repeating what a former agent described as the protocol. The agents didn’t say, wait, we have to make sure there are not others. They apparently let Trump have his way. They let him stand up, contrary to protocol.
Knowing trump, he was probably biting them to make them get away.
The fist pump got to me, too. But also, such a trumpy thing to do. Upon reflection, I wonder if the agents knew at the time Crooks was dead & the exit wasn't so urgent. Regardless, I still loathe the felon more & more everyday.
Some rube paid good money for those shoes.
Did you see them finally PUSH the bastard into the car? Like "SHUT THE HELL UP AND GET IN THE DAMN CAR!!" He must be a security nightmare.
The malignant narcissist never once considered their lives were also in danger. This speaks volumes: his lift embedded shoes over the life of a protectors. Dreadful man and not deserving of being president.
Part of donny's con
photo was all over the front page(s) next day.... just like they rehearsed it :/
that was certainly a legit response under fire!? :)
Same. Glad he didn’t die or get really injured. Can you imagine? 🤮
My hubby is keeping me laughing at least. Melania’s statement: Dahling, next time adjust for wind speed.
Too soon?
Hell no it's not too soon. Good one!
Nope. I would suspect she would say or think that,
I'm pissed Crooks missed.
I would love for scump to drop dead from a heart attack, but I'm glad that he wasn't killed by an assassin. He would have become a martyr, and maga-ism would have become even more entrenched in our national politics.
It's bad enough that the right is using this attempt to blame Dems, and that Dems are temporarily suspending their anti-authoritarian-donnie comments.
With Trump it is never too soon for humor !!
The war would have started at 7 PM Saturday.
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No, that’s in bounds!
Nope,😂😂😂😂
Alison, I think it is gearing us ALL up to fight this until they are gone.
Separate note, In Lenoir City, TN. There is a big sign up for Biden/Harris Truth over Lies!! They are getting grief for it. Please write to their city council and to the building owner. To say WE SUPPORT YOU! I don’t know if I can post a link or pic here. Don’t think I can. I’ll put the picture on my Substack. Seriously we need to support Blue dots in Red oceans!
The business in the building is complaining. But the OWNER if the building put it up.
So, I found out it was the building OWNER who put the sign up and the business is unhappy about it.
Please google first.
From a site (news-herald dot net) that might or might not be reputable:
On the morning of July 14, the status of Honey Blossom Boutique’s Facebook page read: “I DID NOT PUT THIS SIGN ON MY BUILDING!!! No one associated with Downtown or City would’ve done this. After an attempt on Trump’s life, this is just down right sick.” The post included a photo of the banner above the shop, which is owned by Angie Monahan-Gordy.
I DID google it. Just because it says .net does not make it illegit! That is a very commonly used ending. Did you not know that?
Also it is the shop owner complaining, the BUILDING OWNER put it there!
It’s amazing isn’t it…there is no end to the loathing!
Oh, I like this so much. Yes!!!!
me too
I agree 💯
Come sit by me.
It’s his superpower- making sane people hate his froggonian face.
Same…and I didn’t think I had any cells left in my body that weren’t already fuming.
It's astonishingly coincidental that fangirl Aileen shitcanned all the really bad no good charges on the first day of Trumpy the electric shark fucker's big show.
And just after a miserable young republican shooter missed him. Lucky coincidence, uh. Why von trump does not show his poor “wrecked” ear wound for the world to see? Maybe it is already healed! What a true wonder would it be.
That ear mini pad bullshit was another bizarre display of his never ending phonyness and fraudulent behavior. Nurses were commenting on Twitter that they had never seen a bandage like that used for an ear wound. Amazing how he was on the golf course the very next day without anything covering that very suspicious ear. Unlike Biden, he didn't even call the fallen firefighters wife to offer his condolences. So once again media, stop glorifying this dangerous, self-centered, grandstanding asshole before it's too late.
FYI, that “bandage” is a Telfa 2x2 or 4x4 with adhesive on two sides. Dermatologists use them a lot after Mohs surgery. Keeps the use of other adhesive at a minimum. Frankly, I’m surprised he didn’t arrive with half his head swathed in gauze just so he could drum up even more sympathy from his cult members.
Someone made the comment that Lucifer must be protecting the orange gasbag but I’m thinking Lucifer is doing everything he knows to do to keep him away from Hell too. No one wants Shitzhispants around them.
Oh my God. Biden phoned the fallen firefighter’s wife and Trump did nothing for them? Oh but sir sir, you’re so overwhelmed by the attempt on your life. The only way to calm yourself is to golf. God bless you. Let the firefighter’s family wait until you’re better.
Not only that--the firefighter's wife REFUSED TO TAKE THE CALL! From the President of the United States! She said "her husband wouldn't have liked it." They are such HATEFUL NASTY people. And you'd think they'd NOTICE that BIDEN called, and not their fucking hero! AHhhhhhhhh.
I do not doubt she has had her life turned upside down. I also know that the human psyche is such that she will go to HER grave defending her decision to rebuff President Biden, the man who has been trying to return civility to our country. She will never admit it was Trump and the bought and paid for Republican politicians (gun lobby) who made MAGA unsafe. I fear that her children will likewise be poisoned by the myth she is creating with her actions around their father's death. Misery magnified once again by the criminal who gets away with everything. As Jeff writes, the Very Special Boy gets a pass no matter what evil he commits.
Well, that's a relief that she gave the "nothing against Joe" comment. What a tragedy. Dead husband for what? Good ol' W who would renew the ban on automatic weapons, good ol' Mitch McConnell who growled every time someone had the nerve to mention gun legislation after another mass shooting, the NRA Wayne la Pierre flossing his teeth with gold wire while robbing the idiots of gun fetishdom blind...the fireman died for unbridled greed.
It’s ear-tie! Little Svengoolie caliber joke
I bet he’ll be sporting that ear bandage till November!
He’ll milk it until it’s almost falling off, then he’ll rebrand it as the, “Ear Square” and sell it for the low, low price of only four payments of $49.99. Not only do you need a pocket square for your suit jacket, you’ll need an Ear Square to look just like dear leader. Put on your Ear Square and watch the sympathy roll in and the harsh criticisms wash away before your eyes!
That's hilarious... and likely true, lol!
What I want to say to why isn’t the media asking for doctors’ and the hospital reports about Fuckface’s injury. How was he able to go golfing the next day? Does he have stitches? Did he have red ink stains? Where are the details?
Apparently the MAGAs have been sworn to secrecy about medical records.
Medical records are confidential and it is absolutely illegal to release them without the patient's consent.
I know, but if this had been Joe…MSN would have insisted that he release the medical and hospital records. After Joe had released his medical records, there were those wanted him to have a second exam by an “independent doctor”to see whether he was fit for office!
Well said Deb. The retrumplicans are fucking hypocrites!
Yeah, the fact they are refusing to release it when you know it would be a huge fucking deal for Biden is so infuriating.
Good question but we may never get to see the details.
HIPPA.
We used to put band aids on damaged ears if they would cover. They fit better
Pretty sure now we know he bleeds ketchup.
He doesn't want people to see that it looks suspiciously like a shark bite.
My smile just broke out into a laugh at that one!
I don't know why he's afraid of sharks. If he went near the ocean someone would harpoon him.
Moby Don!
Moby Dickhead.
Go, shark, go!
Well, it is Shark Week on the Discovery Channel. Nah, trump never watched that channel. So, what’s up with the fear of sharks LDFF??
Well he does have a semi-moat around his castle.
I don't believe he goes near water of any kind.
It might dissolve the industrial strength glue hehe uses to stick the dead badger to his head and then where would he be?
😂😂😂😂😂, imagine the stink emanating from him...ugh.
Because " it's very wet, from the standpoint of water ". 🙄
Honestly, I doubt a shark would even bite him. Professional courtesy and all.
Sharks have standards .
Besides, where would a shark get Listerine?
Hahaha good one
Oh, yeah. He would say that he had "the laying on of hands" and that miraculously healed him in seconds. I'm so exhausted.
The folks who wanted Biden to take a physical last week are now NOT releasing Trump's ER visit records or medical reports.
SUPER STRANGE
All medical records are confidential, and it is absolutely illegal to release them without the patient's consent.
It is my understanding from what I’ve read that Trump’s people wanted Absolutely no photographs taken in the emergency room..
does anyone else think they will eventually sell “The Trump Crucifix?” At this rate, it certainly feels like it…
Designed by no talent Melania.
Jesus no doubt touched him and all is well.
It's just fucking amazing God saved Agent Orange, but not the children of Uvalde. One of those fucking mystery deals. Toxic as fuck.
Saved Trump but not the poor firefighter.
God’s hand to TFG’s ear. Boom! All fixed.
Probably
This is one of those days when he’s made me hate the whole world and be glad I’m old and won’t be around much longer to see how awful it gets.
I’m so sorry you feel that way. I loathe tfg and everything he stands for and the cult that worships him, but I keep thinking that if I hold on, things will come out right. If they don’t, and tfg is re-elected, my family has a backup plan. BTW, I’m 75 (today, actually).
Happy birthday, dear Susan. I, too, am 75. I am using my early morning hours to fight LDFF in all the ways and on all the platforms I can. If I go out, I will go out in a blaze of keyboard glory. (I have plans.)
Thank you! And thank you for working for democracy.
Happy Birthday Susan ! 82 here. Haven’t decided if I want to go before or after ! Think I’ll stick around for the fireworks when Biden takes office and watch the military take down the insurrection that I’m sure is already in the planning stages.
I think there will be a very different response to any type of insurrection bullshit when Biden wins…
I’m afraid that you may be right. “Militias” are not out of the question.
Happy birthday. I'm 82 and my back up plan was to get the hell out starting 2 years ago. We now live very happily in Portugal, are registered to vote in California and contribute to at least a dozen Congressional races to elect young progressives plus Justice Democrats, Biden Harris, Sunrise, and a dozen or so Senate races with young progressives with all the money we save living here. Unfortunately, I can't unaddict myself for US politics. I need poladone which is methadone for political junkies.
Thank you! Portugal is on my short list. You were wise to plan ahead.
Ah, you lucky stiff! But you worked for it.
Where in Portugal do you live? Are there a lot of expats there? Do a lot of people in the area speak English? Are the locals friendly to expats?
We live in the Algarve as we were so spoiled with Napa Valley weather, we opted to keep that similarity, plus I craved water. Yes there are lots of expats, but we've only met 2 US couples so far, so not many countrymen. Lots of Brits, Irish, Scandinavians, Germans and French. Virtually everyone under 40 speaks English as it's required in their schools. Older people no, but they get cafe latte por favor or cerveza which is pretty universal even in the US. And the locals are lovely. This is a tourist area and the livelihoods of so many depend on us as well as the locals when we shop, dine, uber, etc. so yes, they're not just friendly, but helpful and very much into live and let live. We've been here 7 months and have yet to read about a shooting, murder, even robbery if you don't count an occasional pick pocket claim but only in the big cities. It is very much as advertised with the added bonus of great health care at extremely reasonable cost.
Thank you so much! If Trump wins in November we might be neighbors!
Happy birthday!
🎉
Thank you! For some reason it seams like an achievement. 😂
Happy birthday 🎂
Thank you!
Susan, happy birthday 🎂! We both share same b’day 75 today as well and trying desperately to find plan B to get out of what used to be a free country full of opportunities to a fascist nation similar to Russia, North Korea et al. Perhaps going back to my former home London, UK where now Labor won and Starmer puts country first. I had the pleasure to have lived there 25 years till this psycho arrived.
Thank you and happy birthday to you as well! We’ve been trying to decide between Ireland and Spain. Both countries have large expat populations, welcome newcomers, and allow non-citizens to buy property. If you invest in the country and show you can support yourself you can get visas. UK is also welcoming.
Rusalka!! I hope someone sang the Song to the Moon for your birthday!
Happy birthday!!!!!
Thank you!
As long as your backup plan doesn't include Canada, because our election is before next October and it's not looking good.
No, not Canada, although I love BC. I’ve been reading about your problems. I hope your election follows the UK/France scenario.
That's what I said. Next October. Not THIS October.
Oh no not Canada! That was my go to plan!! Now I have to rethink my escape!
That's why I keep warning people. We have a Trump too. He just looks like Peewee Herman.
As far as I know there has been no early election called by either the GG or Trudeau. Given his poll numbers I doubt that he’ll call an election prior to Oct 2025. Our wannabe Trump holds a significant lead in all polls. Just saying.
Happy Birthday to another Susan! 🎉🎉
Thank you!
74 here. I am doing all I can to encourage everyone to VOTE BLUE. Not for me, but for my grandchildren. I won’t be around to witness the destruction of our democracy. My grandchildren will be left with a very different America and a planet destroyed by the right wing ignorance of climate change.
Happy birthday ! Wishing you many more years. 🎂
Thank you!
Happy birthday 🎂
Thank you!
Happy birthday!
Thank you!
Happy birthday, Susan! ❤️
Thank you!
Happy Birthday, Susan.
I, too, am 75 and, frankly, too old for this shit. Also too old to acquire citizenship in another country, although I’ve looked into it casually. Considering buying a place somewhere, though. We’ll see.
Thank you! I’m still hopeful that President Biden will win re-election, but I also think there will be an even bigger insurrection by the maga cult. We have to bring the “master minds” behind J6 to justice and neuter the idiots on the not-so-supreme court.
Happy Birthday Susan!!! 🎉
Thank you!
Happy birthday!
Thank you!
Hey, lots of us are old, but we aren't giving up when the whole world's at stake and there's so much great comedy available on line with all these gifted writers. Take heart dear girl. The year is young.
Oh, there's one more thing I want to see before I can die with a smile on my face and a song in my heart. See if you can guess what it is.
A re-run just 3 millimeters to the right?
Now, now…
The Dumpster behind bars.
My feelings, Martha!
Well, there’s that, but I have grandkids…
Ditto for me. I’m simply exhausted by the constant noise, and geeze, I don’t even live in the US.
Its pretty awful right now !!
I feel exactly the same, I'm 72 & healthy, but I WILL NOT LIVE IN A FASCIST USA.
That’s a damn maxi pad on his ear- didn’t see it the day after when he was golfing! Yuk! Pissin media…..🤬
He must be bleeding from his whatever.
Trumpy's still trying to figure out why he got a prostate exam at the ER...damn Democrats.
🤪🤪
So they were mushroom hunting ? 😊
Hahahaha!!
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😂😂😂
Ha! I should have said it LOOKS like a…..lol
Golf photo I heard was not from then, but another day.
Strange that he didn't have any bandage on his right ear when he got off his plane or when he went golfing the next day. Only when he was acting out in public did he have something on his right ear. Very suspicious and just like when he got COVID then ripped off his mask with great drama. Trump is nothing but a fake person. If he gets elected America will collapse and be attacked by Russia, China, and North Korea. There will be no NBC, CBS, ABC, CNN, MSNBC, or anything else.
MADE FOR TV.
Dr. Ronny Pillpopper just wanted to get him in for his weekly prostate exam... different Repugs keep trying to get up in there...
Didn't he just pull JD Vance out from trump's ass?
I think Lindsay Graham or Ted Cruz are in there,but JDs in there now.
Maybe he’s planning to rip off that mattress on his ear after his unity speech on Friday and bring this repugnant theatre performance to a dramatic end !
Feeling especially nauseated this morning. I wonder if this is how folks felt in Germany in 1933.
That is exactly what has been worrying me. The fascist have been in a tearing hurry to control the courts and neuter all the parts of government that might stop them. And now the full craziness of their "Project 2025" is laid bare. They're fuckin Nazis!!!!
And what is happening now s called Censorship. But they never censor the republican fascist mafia party. We NEED to see ARRESTS. It would be legal!!
Having batshit crazy opinions isn't strictly illegal, but lying about them in political campaigns probably should be. Unfortunately the fascists control the courts and the electoral college and the red state legislatures because they've fire-hosed lies into the heads of red state voters for decades. And American voters have short attention spans, so we're being sleep walked into falling under the control of a fascist party, just like Germany in 1933. Everything the Nazi party did was technically legal. By the time they showed their true colors it was too late to do anything about it.
I was absolutely thinking the same thing this morning, especially after Canon threw out his case. I just feel like it’s all around me and I can’t do anything about it because nobody else seems to be seeing what a shit fest this is. Yes, I am almost 80 and I am getting quite the potty mouth. We need more words because the ones I know aren’t quite enough.
The scariest words, I hope to never have to say, are “ I told you so; why didn’t you listen?”
My potty mouth has been on steroids since 2016. Fuckity fuck him !!!
Yeah, fuck that guy to hell. You're in good company.
Probably, yet we persist.
NEVERTHELESS
Gesundthight dumkopf !
Dumkopf, was the tRumps original surname, not Drumpf.
Probably not. Hitler seems to have actually been popular until 1940.
There were a couple of thousand people demonstrating outside the Republican convention last night, but God forbid the mainstream media cover any of that.
81 million protested in 2020,the media continues to ignore that.
I saw some of it on ABC. They covered it all.
MSNBC posted footage.
It was on Instagram
A pox on them all. Just us sane people stick together, vote Blue, and bleeding demolish Trump, et al, in November (et cetera).
Saw last night on Twitter where Vance's wife worked with Roberts and Kavanaugh at one time. It's just a cluster of greed, corruption and lust for power out of all of them.
Unfortunately us peasants can only sit and watch, and hope there are enough of us that vote for democracy not autocracy.
Make our voices heard!
I suggest hosting block parties to watch "Bad Faith". For the price of the movie and a few bowls of pop corn, you might convert a whole neighborhood. Unless you live in Northern California, and then it's probably not necessary.
Probably Harlan Crow paid off her student loans.
Final Jeopardy category:
BUTT-KISSING THE NARCISSIST.
Final Jeopardy answer:
This US Senator has had his nose the farthest distance up Trump’s butt since 2020.
Final Jeopardy question:
Who is Vance?
This is the downside of reading comments - I'd actually forgotten about that Pile of Human Butthair (trademark: Wonkette) for a few minutes, whilst focused on other snark targets.
And yet his wife is INDIAN.
Pretty sure progressive media will be playing ole JD on a 24 hour loop with him bad-mouthing Trump.
The ads just write themselves don’t they!
Both Vance and tRump have "anchor babies". Will they be departed during the new Reich?
Hate used to be a mortal sin. Not any more.
The ship is sinking. Old Skipper-rock-me-to-sleep soggy pants has multiple peons manning the ship. Never mind that they are unaware that when the ship goes down there are absolutely no lifeboats. Voting is our life jacket. Get busy and make sure everyone has one!
I like this description Deb!!
Hi Jeff, thank you for posting that pic of the N. Korea news reader, it seems Americans are incapable of comprehending the comparison… as our country is becoming more authoritarian on a daily basis… do not question authority because they know best, and those adoring crowds last night in Milwaukee cheering on fascism makes me sick🤮. JD Vance..among his reprehensible views is his endorsement of “Great Replacement Theory”.. the same theory that prompted those Nazis in Charlottesville a few years ago… “Jews will not replace us” was the rallying cry from the tiki torch brigade. These are a bunch of very sick and twisted fascists… but I repeat myself… Best to all fellow travelers, we must be ready for this assault on our Democracy.
Trump has found his Mini Me.
From Normal Island News this morning:
The old JD Vance: “Trump makes people I care about afraid. Immigrants, Muslims, etc. Because of this I find him reprehensible. God wants better of us.”
Thankfully, Vance realized his polling numbers went up when he stopped pretending to be a good guy and started appealing to the very worst human impulses. This has always been the most effective strategy to win a US election.
https://www.normalisland.co.uk/p/trump-chooses-vance-because-he-couldnt
It's amazing to look at current house and senate republicans current fawning ass-kissing in split-screen views of the same people in 2016 calling trump the end of the world. They were right in 2016. He's the single most dangerous man in the world.
If I may:
This has always been the most effective strategy to win a GOP election.
Fear and hate have been their thing for at least the last 4 decades.
And they STILL let donnie get away w/o showing his infamous healthcare plan. unbelievable
Just so I could see what the media was spinning, article after article tried to outdo themselves with florid hyperbole explaining how the orange turd very special boy is such a hero and I threw up 🤮. What are they trying to do. It’s so sickening.
I'm not watching the propaganda networks anymore.
Neither am I after yesterday. Can’t stomach it.
These last few days have been unnerving. I've had a pit in my stomach and feel incredibly anxious. There is no person on this planet I despise more than "Bandage McGrazedear" (Adding it to the list of oh so clever monikers!! ) It's down now to voting... we MUST save this country and vote EVERY Republican out of office. If not, Fascism wins and America dies.
And I used to love Jon Stewart. He can fuck off now. What a disappointment. :(
Agree 100% Susan. Now if we can just settle down and let Biden run the way he should. Attacking tfg’s Project 2025 is still a winning card.
Agree. Project 2025 is a very winning card. The fact the JD Vance is even against divorce in violent marriages is also a point. My mother would have been beaten to death by my father if JD had his way. These are appalling people. :(
😩—-let’s hope Biden takes it from here——like he did with Lester Holt
I sent an email to NBC, like they care anyway, to stop the damn Biden rectal examinations. They are all a toxic sellout.
I think Trump's little media stunt is to distract from Biden's growing poll numbers,and distract from Americans anger over Project 2025...but I believe everything Trumpy does,fails.
I feel the same exact way Susan!! Jon Stewart has been the most disappointing!! I have had the pit in my stomach since 2016. When Biden was elected I felt better for a day then it came screaming back!! We all have to vote blue and hope that saves us!!
Loved Bandage McGrazedear