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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I've been silent about this whole "Joe Biden is old thing," I know. I don't really know what to say about it. I personally saw Biden give a speech about a year ago, and he knocked it out of the park. mostly I'm annoyed that this is what the media is wasting their time on, when Donny brain is leaking out of his ears

vorpal 🚫♔'s avatar

Reading down that, this nugget of info turns up:

Before joining Axios, Jake Wilkins was the spokesperson for Ron Johnson (R-Batshit Crazy)

Declan's avatar

And people keep telling me Axios isn't a right wing rag that amplifies what the radicalists say.

Kathleen Weber's avatar

"Dear Leader is getting rich while your social safety net is going fuckity-bye."

There are ways to partially block Trump's big stupid bill. read this:

Trump's ᗺig ᗺackassward ᗺoondoggle

https://kathleenweber.substack.com/p/trumps-ig-ackassward-oondoggle

MountainBoyMike's avatar

you really can't make this shit up...but it serves the narrative they want and choose to believe, so fuck reality!...even when it literally comes from the 'horse's mouth'!!!

Rick Calegari's avatar

And the horse's ass. Reality doesn't exist in Donnie's world of delusional, childish, mob boss like shenanigans. It's only going to get worse and far more dangerous. My wife just showed me the final tally of this shitty disastrous election. Not sure if it's accurate or not but it showed that over 89 million didn't vote. That's apathetic as hell but you have to wonder if Smuk and his techie nerds rigged the election; especially in all of the swing states.

arne link's avatar

There were large statistical anomalies in the swing states. It was not a fair and honest election IMHO.

MountainBoyMike's avatar

oh, there is evidence that the election was rigged and manipulated...check this out, it's worth your time...and google the dude, he's about as much as an expert as there can be about this shit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0LN65qFUDDo

Rick Calegari's avatar

Thanks MountainBoyMike, I'll check it out.

DonP's avatar

Or check out these guys if you're interested in the data. These folks don't present conclusions based in fantasy, or some conspiracy theory, but simply point to the data and what it means.

https://electiontruthalliance.org/eta

Denise Donaldson's avatar

I've read Pelast's stuff for years, and if he says it, I believe it. And he's not the only one; lots of material here:

https://smartelections.us/

Denise Donaldson's avatar

According to my reading. Drumpf's win of all the swing states is statistically impossible. I have no doubt that Elmo put his hacker crew to good use.

Barbara Morgan's avatar

And the popular vote as well

Kathy J's avatar

And lol of all lol's they have hired Risa Heller for crisis PR ahead of the launch since the shit has been hitting the fan. Last fall, Heller was at an event speaking, and her salient point, the top of the article, is that truth matters! Ha ha ha, I am going to laugh myself into another century, later!

Stranger Than Friction's avatar

I should have scrolled down. I hope you read that damn book and take the pair of them apart for their disingenous BS speculation train to...profit! Fame! Did we mention MONEY! Etc.

Kati Kertesz's avatar

Yikes. What a tool Wilkins is.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

DONNY'S brain. doesn't anyone proofread this shit?

CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

Yes, some of us ran into it this morning, and just said to self : I can live with small errors because the story is real and isn’t that the point of your posts, not the silly ‘s missing in a sentence. Jeff, just keep doing what you’re doing. This post brought some fine giggles on a Friday morning.

Bonnie Council's avatar

Ha! I do (can't help myself; it's a fatal addiction), but then I decided I actually like the term "donny brain." I can use it.

Jan Moon's avatar

Albrecht Grob. My new favorite name. I'm going to call my kitties that when they're naughty. Albrecht Grob! Get off the table!

Susie's avatar

Jeff, you’re priceless!

Geoff Anderson's avatar

I am active in Never Trump areas (yeah, I am a glutton for punishment) and they are having a fucking field day with all this "Biden old" shit, the good ol' "We Told You So" schtick.

Biden on his worst day is better than this tangerine shit-gibbon on his best day.

And all the fucking apologists in the Senate and Congress who want to let the tantrum boy get his binkie (the flying whore-house) is discouraging.

Meanwhile the insanity of the South African "Refugees" has been forgotten.

I want off this world.

SeekingReason's avatar

Geoff, great comment but don’t hop off, let’s kick their asses and then be smug as hell about it.There are some MAJOR take-downs by Congress members. Noem got her ass kicked through the roof of her mouth the other day. And I so enjoyed it!

meryl selig's avatar

Wish someone would remove her hair extensions while kicking her ass thru her mouth

SeekingReason's avatar

And remove the fluff she’s injected into her lips. Look at her pic from a few years back. Laughable.

Bonnie Council's avatar

And I'm thinking RFK,Jr might be weakening in light of all the assaults by actual truth. Bye bye worm brain.

Kay's avatar

Enjoyable to watch but what was the point and what will happen to her? Her heart is black and she has no soul and she continues her rampage.

Kay-El's avatar

I won’t leave this country (yet, anyway), so I’ll take my (glutton for) punishment like a woman: strong and fearless (for now, anyway)

Richard Von Busack's avatar

"I'd run if I had a place to run to"--MDC, "Fogtown."

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Geoff, my Druid Coven lead does all that for us on Twitter. Shes impervious to their shit, and she drops Thistle links on nearly every post. Course thats probably why I get flooded with MAGA DMs on Substack calling me any number of Trans Slurs that you can think of. Or being accused of certain physical conditions and such. Anyway. I commend YOU and HER for doing that.

Geoff Anderson's avatar

Thanks, it gets tiring.

The Never Trump people are all so fucking proud of their "anti Trump" stance. But they are utterly ineffective in building a meaningful coalition. Probably 2/3ds of The Bulwark's audience are liberals desperate to find some common ground with any rational actors on the right.

But then the team at places like The Bulwark will go on to shit all over this large cohort that supports them.

They are far less influential than say The Free Press, NRO, and the others who play Anti-Anti footsies with the MAGA influencers.

Your work is stellar, and I know how much hate it brings you. That sucks, but it beats the alternatives.

longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Wendy, dear, every time I see you on a post, I'm happy. You're in the right place at the right time, and I just hope the rest of us are too.

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Well I just dropped the post about Which president we get in 2028. And this was a , I broke out all my statistics and math books to do a regression analysis. Have fun. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/who-could-run-in-2028-we-want-a-real

Greg Conners's avatar

It might mean you are paying too much attention to the media. They aren't writing history, which will be kind to Biden. They are playing politics.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

as a media critic, it's sort of what I have to do

Greg Conners's avatar

Yeah, I can't ignore them either. Wishful thinking.

Veronica von Bernath Morra's avatar

Obviously Greg Conners has not done his research. There is always,a rotten apple somewhere.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

The corporate media is far worse, they are cementing Magat lies, into otherwise sane people's memories. Just like they did with Carter.

meryl selig's avatar

History will not be entirely kind to Biden

Bonnie Council's avatar

That depends on who's writing it. As it stands now, I'll take Biden on his worst day over what we have now.

Tess Étouffée's avatar

Biden's legacy will be amongst the best. He literally saved our asses and restored our geopolitical standing in the world after Trump 1.0 destroyed it.

Wendymae's avatar

I'm so mad about the Biden bashing. He fucking saved us as far as I'm concerned and I don't give a fuck even if he had been in an iron lung he'd still be 1000x better than FF.

Ole Anderson's avatar

Before the election I always said I would vote for Joe Biden’s head in a canister of blue liquid before letting the shit stain take over again.

Stranger Than Friction's avatar

AND never forget the racism and misogyny that made it possible for Kamala to lose. I wonder if Tapper's stupid book says anything about that. I myself am heartily disgusted by the "Of course I'll vote for a woman, just not THAT one" BS. Every. Election. Year.

Tess Étouffée's avatar

Are you just an angry contrarian or are you a troll? Go read a book.

Mary Hall's avatar

Biden is yesterday's news and I DGAF about how old he is. He was a great president. Now, we need to focus on the very real horrors that this evil T💩p administration is causing us.

meryl selig's avatar

Thank you Mary!! The Biden Is Old blah blah is ancient history (haha) but also a ginormous distraction. Thank you MSM and engineered tactics from pro Trump experts at media manipulation. Who gives a flying f—- about what Joe Biden did or didn’t do?!?! We have to focus on now and the short & longer term future.

Nobody ever wins a race by turning their head and looking backwards. Our eyes are where they are in our faces so we can face forward…

Tess Étouffée's avatar

Even in cognitive decline, Joe was still a better POTUS and human being than The Felon will ever be. Joe's legacy will stand the test of time and be considered one that helped the middle class and rescued our country after Trump 1.0's fumbling of the pandemic. We lost a million Americans to COVID-19 because of Trump, and hundreds of thousands of jobs. Biden brought back jobs and saved the economy.

meryl selig's avatar

Who cares? We have work to do saving our democracy, not writing history about Joe

Victoria Wilson's avatar

The media is doing what they have been doing for years-smoke screening about Biden’s age while ignoring the YUGE elephant in the room that Little Donnie FF has the mind and attention span of a 2 year old. Biden is an octogenarian but can out-think LDFF any day of the week.The shitty press knows this too but choose to write for clicks.

shee-rah's avatar

Yes! We should be talking about how bat-shit crazy, demented and nazi-wannabe the current occupant of the WH is.

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

I think alot of it is bluster. We slow down as we get older, and Ive seen many speeches with him that were spot on. I think Donny ShitsHisPants is worse than that, and has shown visible signs of Sundowners, far worse than Biden has EVER been accused of.

Hmmm....I feel an article coming on for tomorrow.

Lois Henry's avatar

Biden and I are the same age. I post comments on Substack as a regular thing and so far I haven’t been called out as too old to have an opinion. Thanks, y’all, I appreciate it.

Just let me know when I start to drool and I’ll sign myself into a short staffed nursing home where I belong.

Patricia Gomes's avatar

😂😂😂 I’ll be 83 this month and will be happy to share a room in that nursing home. I think we’d have a hell of a good time !!

Rosemary Orlandi's avatar

I too will be 83 in August; if I didn't have this format to express myself I would lose what is left of my mind. Every so often I wonder what my high school history teacher would make of this shit show.....

Patricia Gomes's avatar

Appalled ! It’s obvious that the idiots rounded up by “ SIR “ have chosen to ignore whatever they learned or slept through class. History is repeating itself daily… “SIR” and his syncophants need to be flushed down the golden toilet no matter how much water it takes.

Lois Henry's avatar

I’ve tried to write a Substack for people like us (octogenarians) to share but I can never get a comment published. They just sit there as drafts. Maybe I have started drooling and just haven’t noticed yet.

Lynn Van Haren's avatar

If Joe Biden was so addled, surely one of the world’s leaders that he met with would have remarked on it. Or when Biden changed Holy Mike’s mind about decimating the US economy & convinced him to raise the debt ceiling. Or when he worked with a bipartisan group of Senators to write a border bill. I’m not buying this bs. Yes, Biden is old & probably does tire more easily, but you can’t hide that type of decline from the world. Trump, on the other hand, shows every single day that he is deep in dementia

Deborah Hunter's avatar

Trump's problem is that he's stupid. Because he's been stupid at every point in his life, it makes it harder to compare his 20 year old stupid with his 78 year old stupid. But in earlier interviews, he didn't ramble on about stupid stuff that made no sense. He was just full of himself and full of s*** and didn't know anything.

Abby From Maine's avatar

Once again for the people in the back: BIDEN IS NOT THE PRESIDENT NOW!

Norma's avatar

Jake Tapper, who I refuse to watch anymore I hawking his new Biden bashing book on his very own show! Is that ethical?

drosophilist's avatar

Eh, I think it’s pretty common and socially acceptable for a show host to say “I’ve got a new book out, here it is.”

Tess Étouffée's avatar

That's not what free speech alludes to. At all.

vorpal 🚫♔'s avatar

Oh, there's a long rich history of worthless scribblers ignoring the big event and going after the loser:

From the TIME/LIFE Historical Punching Down series:

1066 : What the Ealdorman were hiding about Harold Godwinson's lack of arrow-dodging ability

by Jacobus The Untapped

1938: Officials feared that Neville Chamberlain wasn't appease-y enough

by Jacob Van Taproot III OBE

1979: We don't think the media has paid enough attention to Billy Beer... those hostages had to free themselves.

- By Take Japper

Robert Eckert's avatar

Richard III: ugly hunchback or just a nasty villain?

Stephen Schiff's avatar

I'd say Nice scoop on the plane, Jeff, but it doesn't seem right because the story is five years old. But you are still ten years ahead of the cub reporters of the MSM.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

Lawrence O'Donnell was where I heard about the plane being a white elephant.

DuduLovesBubu's avatar

Why in the fuck would they care how much that plane costs to operate? JFC they have money to burn. Maybe its something more insidious? Air frame is cracked from all the boom-boom action in the back.

arne link's avatar

Great! Maybe it will come apart in the air. Could we be that fortunate?

SethTriggs's avatar

It's mainly because Murc's Law is Cruise Control for Cool (and Clicks!)!

Also a lot of Democrats are actually really easy to play if you shovel enough FUD at them.

SeekingReason's avatar

But will Donny Dumbfuck’s crowd EVER hear this information? No! I’d like to spread this story far and wide so everyone else BUT them sees it. Nice article Jeff! And you are so correct…it’s no surprise at all…just par for the course.

Kathleen Weber's avatar

There is an obvious and cheap solution to the Donny Convict wants a gold plane problem. Spray paint existing Air Force One gold. Find an outlet making gold toilet paper. The flight attendant throws a gold robe around Trump's shoulders as he enters the plane. Big Macs come with gold rappers.

Problem solved! Duh!

Veronica von Bernath Morra's avatar

I am afraid most of substack writers support each other and preach to the choir. Yours truly included.

SeekingReason's avatar

But there are millions of us and I share articles via email etc. So when a lot of people are talking about something, others nearby, hear it repeated…regardless of their opinions.

HI2thDoc's avatar

I sooo want Shitler and all his fucking traitorous stooges locked up in Albrecht Grob

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

I think that is forgiving. Id rather they go to a Turkish Prison.

Have you ever spent time in a Turkish Prison Billy?

Tess Étouffée's avatar

I want Noem, Bondi and Homan sent to Libya.

SeekingReason's avatar

Wendy, I think your idea is perfect. I've also thought about using Guantanamo and letting former prisoners be the guards now. Or Super Max. But off shore allows for more “options” to get at the truth. It’s their approved technique after all.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

They could waterboard Trump in a tub of his own orange face paint and he would emerge looking .... the same.

Dave the Spot-on Moron's avatar

Nice “Airplane!” reference to tie it all back to the main subject of Jeff’s post.

Alethia St. Joan's avatar

Billy, do you like movies about gladiators?

arne link's avatar

Oooh, what was the name of that old film?

meryl selig's avatar

His entire cabinet needs American Nuremberg

Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Meryl that leads to the courts and wha is going on which is a lot of losing when will they get tired of losing? Marc Alias is listing them off today and tRamp is getting his ass whipped but of course not his fault. Sloppy and getting kicked out or downgraded, I call it losing a bunch and at least NC finally got the seat on that state Supreme Court a rare win for a democratic in that awful state. Of course Riggs won only 6 months ago. Everything is a war now nothing in between like diplomacy.

DJ Headthrob's avatar

Sultan Whatsisface: "Now what is it gonna take to get you into this plane?"

Robert Eckert's avatar

We can give you a discount on the Kleer-Kote

DJ Headthrob's avatar

Just spring for the extended warranty.

Rick Calegari's avatar

That's a good one! And it also gives a whole new meaning to Con Air.

Elaine the Mean Old Feminist's avatar

I is a baaaaaaaaaaad girrrrrrrrl 🤣

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

I dont think you are bad, I just think you are drawn that way.

Course I am too.

Joe Witkowski's avatar

Every time his trophy wife rides it

Joe Witkowski's avatar

“Whore” was mentioned as in “Whore Force One”. Reading is Fundamental (RIF).

Elaine the Mean Old Feminist's avatar

As the original commenter, I can assure you that I was not speaking of Melania. The Donald is a whore of the first order.

Tess Étouffée's avatar

She's nothing compared to her husband. Why even bring her up?

Irascible Ink's avatar

I had a cousin 86 me off his Farcebork friend list after lecturing me about how THIS administration was finally going to find all Biden's "carruption". It's nothing but revenge grievance all the way to the bone with these dopes. Thanks, Comer Fudd and good luck with that.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

Your cousin 86 you, and you're still alive ?! 😳

Tess Étouffée's avatar

Your cousin needs Spell-check.

Discreet Music's avatar

Flying Bordello. Pimp Force One.

Best. Post. Ever.

Te saluto

Greg Conners's avatar

It's Friday. Let's see what kind of shit they pull today.

Rick Calegari's avatar

It's probably already happening at this very moment.

Wendy OConnor's avatar

I feel like everyday is a WTF day, but this airplane shit is mind boggling. Today is WTAF.

Jan Moon's avatar

Well, I'm wondering how much it's going to cost us taxpayers to GILD that plane because we all know Mr. Shite won't use it unless it's as white trashy as the oval office.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

I think tr💩mp will find a way to back out on accepting the plane, and claim victory. Like he does with every stupid fuck up.

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

You arent alone. And I write about this shit constantly, and yet every day, some random unknown spot fills up on my Trump Dystopia bingo card.

Steve Kelly's avatar

Every day? Seems more like every hour.

Brooks R Susman's avatar

Laughing through my fears. Media is playing into DonnieFelon's playbook...focus on Joe Biden as though he is still a relevant possibility back to the Resolute Desk.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

It's WHATABOUTISM at its best. The oligarchy-complicit media and right wing corporatists know Trump is a stinking bag of rotting fruit and the GOP lacks the balls and ethics to do anything about it. So accuse the Dems first of covering up Biden's stroke or whatever he had and make it the issue of the day. Oh, and Noem is investigating James Comey for spelling out "86 47" with seashells on the beach as an act of instigating terrorism.

Stranger Than Friction's avatar

While the RWNJs sold 86*46 t-shirts about Biden for fun and profit. Sure, Jan. Discovery will be a bitch in court, assholes.

Chet Brandt's avatar

In the same breath Noem wants a new $50 million dollar jet because some terrorist supporters want to give the mango moron a 13 year old , $400 million dollar aircraft??!!

J.R.'s avatar

Thank god you write about the truth of this bumbling 🍊 fool. We all know how demented and broken he is. I just want it to go away. I guess it will take 12 million people in the streets and strong Dems to get our country back. And maybe Bruce with us.

Mary Hall's avatar

I heard that a mere 11 million people will be enough to make a difference. Show up and speak out while we still can. There are a fkton more of US than there are of "them".

June 14th is a day of national protest -- https://www.commondreams.org/news/no-kings-day-protest

J.R.'s avatar

3.5% of the population.

SethTriggs's avatar

There are no bounds to how stupid this pricktator is. Unfortunately we're all tied to him because Americans helpfully gave the keys to law enforcement to him and his transnational ethnonationalist, racist, criminal syndicate (headed up apparently by Frau Pam).

And hey if media outlets gotta sanewash and let this maladministration continue playing in our faces, that's more likely their owners will get those Republican tax cuts. Besides, accountability is only for Democrats. Never forget Murc's Law.

Rick A.'s avatar

So serial killers of women love Trump. Enough said…………….

Kay-El's avatar

1. Qatar giving The Orange One a flying piece of crap is a right proper analogy

2. Glen looks made up to await his idol in hell.

Stephanie Sepaugh's avatar

Thanks for continuing to point out the absurd and for not being afraid to share unvarnished truths. Helping us laugh about what's going on is a gift and a service.

Kim Nesvig's avatar

Nice to know that Trump still retained Glen Roger’s support.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Pieces of shit like that serial killer, as well as the J6 shitbags, the Tate bros, etc. love him because he's the president of pieces of shit

Sharon Senkiew's avatar

Probably wanted a last-minute pardon. Oops!

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Donny Dumbfuck is gonna Dumbfuck his way through life.

So now Noem and the DHS is investigating Comey for the 8647 thing, calling Comey out for calling for Donny Convict's Assassination ALLEGEDLY

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/live-updates-day-whatever-in-the-f29

But if you want the real fun and games, read the historical on the 14th Amendment deal. I hated to have to write this one, but if you want some clarity and safety on how the court will go on this, look at the 1982 case Plyler v. Doe

https://thistleandmoss.com/p/turdwaffle-trumps-birthright-citizenship

Lois Henry's avatar

I can’t care what happens to Comey after what he did to Hillary Clinton - still, 8647 is kinda clever.

Stephanie Sipe's avatar

Umm yeah. Facebook flagged me because some international group it contacted with said my post was false. It was me wearing my pretty 8647 tshirt!! It's still up but WTF

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

Right, and you know the MAGA nutjobs are all over it. THEY ARE TRYING TO KILL HIM TO GET TO ME…..NO WAY…..PROTECT THE LEADER……