Civil disobedience should include collective laughing at these creatures for two reasons. First it makes use feel better (thank you Mr. Tiedrich), and second, it hurts the the Dunning Kruger sadists who are currently running far too much of the show. They are desperate to be perceived as clever, unique and smart, laughing at them is sometimes the only weapon that hurts them. It won't change them, but I am okay with denying them what they want most
Right you are! One of our best defenses is to point and laugh. Nazis marching? Hit them with glitter bombs and then laugh at them and call them "Gay Glitter Babies." They will absolutely hate it and not be able to combat it.
And that is exactly what Trump's followers are, Ameri-nazis as members of the New American Nazi Party. It will be killing off children who will no longer be getting money through SNAP, while the farmers have to throw food away, Ameri-nazidom will be killing off children and their parents through starvation. Can you imagine going to an orphanage under the Trump administration. Call them concentration camps of Christian Nationalist evil doers.
Single them out. They are cowards alone. Their only “strength” is when these “Patriot Front” (for example) assholes gang up. They can’t stay in a mob forever. Eventually, they have to go home. When they do, call them out on their Nazi shit. Bully them for a change.
No way do I feel hopeless. I feel pissed and robbed of a working government, replaced by a pack of criminals.
I attend a rally at 5PM today, and thereafter where and whenever I can. I also try to share a civics lesson with those who will listen, and hand out copies of the Constitution. All that while warning and informing people of the cluster fuck happening because of an orange traitor. Never hopeless.
Capitan ShitInPants should get down on his knees daily and praise Reagan. Reagan & his administration declared war on democracy (in a subtle but evil way) and his war was continued by Shrub (esp. with NCLB) and now Drimpfy wants to made voting illegal. But it was Reagan who sufficiently damaged democracy, and resulted in at least one invalid Presidential outcome, and several Republican congressional majorities that had democracy not been wounded, wouldn't have happened. I curse Reagan on a daily basis. What I say about Drimpf is unchristian & profane so I won't say it here, but I'm sure I'm not alone about my feelings about Mr. StupidTieFiftyTwoInchWaist.
I've been up since 4:00 am calling Senators and Representatives. These mother fuckers are saying in the next 2 to 3 months our social security payments will stop. They're going to force us into Social Security Advantage Plan. Then they will shut the whole system down. The head of SS said, "People better start saving now."
My daughter lost her job yesterday. They fired the whole department because of tariffs. Over 145 people. Goddamn mother fucking sons of bitches. Call the pricks. 202-224-3121.
Her education is in biology and chemistry. She's a trained EMT. But they don't make any money. She sold defibrillators and educated companies how to save a life. The parts come from China. The company shut the entire department down.
Well, that's longer than I've been. I started watching birds when I was eight, so she has four years on me. I was outrageously intellectually spoiled by my parents and they bought me a bird guide and for Christmas, a birding set, and my father helped me build a bird feeder which I still have. They took me on special birding walks and when we went to the shore (we were in NJ then) they took me to the egret sanctuary every evening. When we moved to California, they and my grandmother gave me all kinds of western/California bird books that first Christmas, and they took me to Lake Merritt in Oakland every weekend. I wish her luck in becoming an ornithologist, I went to Berkeley, and I'm not a science type, and Cornell is cold... When she gets to be my age (almost 75), she won't need binoculars, you usually only need one clue to identify a bird, and you can recognize a lot just by songs or calls. Bird guides are always valuable and I swear by my bird feeders. Do that native plant thing. My love to you both, as I fear for our birds.
I share your thoughts. My daughter is USAID stranded in a foreign country on Administrative Leave. It is a limbo for her and her colleagues. The Trump Administration is betraying the USA. and the citizens. I am sorry for your daughter, and hope she soon finds a new career.
What is a Social Security Advantage Plan? I know about Medicare Advantage and Biden's boost but I have no knowledge of a Social Security Advantage Plan.
I have Kaiser and it's absolute shit. Even worse in CO. There was a reason the employees went on strike in various locations. The rest were ready, but came to an agreement.
Is MediCal going to be gutted? Is it not state mandated? I understand that CA and the feds equally fund it. Have you gotten any word that MediCal will be cut?
If SS goes away, then we revolt. And we'll be joined by all the foolish SS recipients who voted for the whole bunch of fascists. We run them out of town.
As the saying goes, we don't know what we have lost until it's gone. Well, as much as I am disgusted. The unifying message has to be its not a red or blue issue. It's a war on the citizens of this country. We have to give them an off ramp. That's the right thing to do. They're seriously misinformed. Division isn't the answer. That hasn't worked. Democrats should be showing up in town halls in Eastern Kentucky, with trucks filled with food, diapers, and medicine. I worked with people who needed help, but didn't want it. There is a way to do it.
That's what other side thrives on. Violence. Hey, I've tangled with some. However, if I can find a common ground, I use that. I empathize and validate. Patience listening. Soft land with facts. And then if that doesn't work...throat punch them. If they're bigoted misogynistic dicks, I don't waste my breath. I get pissed.
We actually need them…to see the light and see how they were lied to. I would rather not abandon them completely. They may have ammunition we might need!
It's hysterical. My favorite is when the money experts say we should have 6 to 12 months worth the savings for an emergency. Right! If I stopped having a fucking emergency other month, maybe I could do that. That's never going to happen. Without our ss, we're fucked.
I'm a 1959. Too old to be young and to young to be old. 😉
Thank you. ❤️ It sucks! She became a single mom at 38. Pandemic baby. She doesn't receive financial support. We are there for her and our grandson 24/7. We adore them. She's strong.
And I'm so sorry for all our collective worry and heartache we are feeling. At least we have these safe spaces where we can hangout and not feel insane for a brief time. Thanks so much for Jeff's smart ass humor and intelligence. 😁 It's critical right now. 😱
I understand. I subscribe to several Substacks and it's all so depressing. We have to support these beacons of truth in spite of our depression. At least with Jeff "A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down."
Truth. I financially support Randi Rhodes' and Thom Hartmann's radio shows but can't bring myself to listen to either of them right now because it's not good for my mental health. I start my day with Jeff and love reading comments from the fine folks here. Y'all are my people!
That’s the way I feel about the approximately 1,000 Substacks I’ve now subscribed to — best of the best, like Jeff and HCR, get read every day, but most of the must-reads now go unread because I can’t take it all anymore.
So we start drinking cheap Russian vodka and shoot AK-47 assault rifles instead of drinking Kentucky whiskey and shooting AR-15’s? Kinda feels like a wash. And Tommy Tubberville is so stupid he thinks fucking is a city in China.
Well, I guess a silver lining,for our farmers producing more than America can consume, is that there won’t be enough migrant farm workers to get many of the crops in. Of course their numbers might somewhat be made up for by out of work federal employees.
Hey I read something today about the last farm tariff debacle and why farmers still voted for trump...and it's not a total shocker but it pissed me off. Last time they bailed the farmers out after tanking ag markets with $28 billion - larger than some agencies. We paid for the tariffs to make it right last time and there were zero consequences for orange shitstain. This whole pretend that he doesn't know we the people are going to pay for it again is complete bullshit.
I’m so depressed. We’re failing fast. I still can’t believe there isn’t one Republican with even a shred of conscience to stand up to all this. Did you see Dump signed an EO against Covington and Burling who are representing Jack Smith? https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/why-president-trump-targeting-a-major?r=39x24&utm_medium=ios It was in The Contrarian. Dump is dangerously insane. How can we stop all this?
It’s certainly taken people far too long to understand these truths Susan! Hillary told the world, the world wasn’t apparently listening… there’s a plethora of books, investigations and articles that spelled out the Trump/Putin history. My angst is based on our own intelligence knowledge of this fact, but electing to remain silent!!
I read about the possible repeal of FDIC and the other one for credit unions. There are some people writing about it on substack. Maybe pay attention to any news that hints at FDIC reform or whatnot. I'm keeping an eye on it.
That will render the Dollar utterly worthless… like the Deutschmark in 1932. There is one country in Sub-Saharan Africa which was printing 2 trillion dollar bills…
I think that's what they're working toward. trump announced somewhere that the U.S. Treasury is going to be investing in 5 cryptocurrencies. Your tax dollars at work... So even our cash is going to be worthless at some point in the (near?) future.
But shitheads that vote (congress) on it will be wimpy and get hammered in advance, now we have the roadmap for how a dipshit can go thru one fortune after another.
All Democrats in the House and Senate MUST boycott Trump's State of the Union address.
All Democrats should show up for the SOTU address wearing blue and yellow armbands. Four minutes after Liar, Fraud, Con, Grifter, Fascist, Racist, Putin’s Puppet, Traitor Trump begins what we all know will be nothing but a MAGAt pep-rally, all Democrats should stand up and, together, walk out of the Capitol chamber.
In addition, on March 2, 2025, Heather Cox Richardson posted on her Substack a running, damning history of Trump vis a vis Russia. That POST is an ABSOLUTE MUST READ - for all Dems in the House and Senate.
Senator Elissa Slotkin, who's going to give the Dems response to Liar Trump's SOTU address MUST read Heather's entire post. We need everyone in America to understand that Trump is a traitor..... and that Traitor Trump must be removed from office.
Everyone, please call today the elected officials who represent you in the Senate and House and demand that they show all due disrespect to Trump, America’s Disgrace.
I think the Dems should all show up wearing blue and yellow, walk out one by one while Agent Orange is speaking, and then hold a forceful press conference outside.
An excellent but a very frightening read. As Fuckface the First continues his mission of destruction as ordered by the Kremlin, it's getting to the point that looking at my phone first thing in the morning is bumming me out for the rest of the day. We're now only six weeks into this shitstorm and tonight, Putin's insane puppet is going tell us how he's making America great again. Fuck him and everyone in Congress who continues to back his fat ass. I won't be watching and I'm sure many here won't be either. We'll get the lowlights soon enough.
Putin is merely followed the writings of Alexsandr Dugin, America is Russia’s largest enemy, too powerful to fight, and must be destroyed from within… hence Musk Rick, but I’m guessing you’ve already known much of this!!
Has anybody shared a plan (Dems) if there is anything planned, it would necessarily be secret I would think but we’ve never seen the decorum adjustment that will occur due to spontaneous booing in congress and at the tv across the world!
Nobody is answering their phones today. Call forward is all I'm getting. They better not normalize anything that comes out of that Russian fuckwads mouth.
My two Repug senators have been completely MIA since the inauguration. No one answers the phones, no responses to messages or contact forms. Utter silence. F*cking cowards!
I will follow the fuckupery on Bluesky and not tune any TV stations on so he gets shitty ratings. Personally hoping someone goes Designated Survivor on him.
Apropos of nothing on this post, but after the Oscars, all I can say is that I really don't see why I'd want to watch a movie about a stripper / hooker who marries into a Russian crime family who hates her when I've had the Trump family in front of my face every fucking day for a decade.
No, because unlike Lara Trump, Incitatus was actually quite moral!
The only reason Claudius had to rescind his Senate seat was because once Caligula stopped paying for it, that poor horse couldn't pass the means test. OTOH, his post-Senate career in Claudius's stables was preferable—plenty of oats, and no haggling with other Senators (like the Roman equivalent of Tommy Tubesteak!) he was clearly smarter than....
It’s desantis who May appoint her. But he wants to put a space saver in there so he can run for the seat in 2026 when he term limits out as Guv. Shades of shady rick scott
I went on Fox News website to see her face. It reminds me more of those blank face masks on a stick in those anti-depressant ads--a face without a soul!!
“when you have companies like this coming in and almost forty percent of their company in one signature is going to be devoted to what he does which is one of the most important businesses in the world. that’s an unbelievable thing.”
Reminded me of a stunning quote from Jeff last month about “the family of raccoons living in his head won’t stop chewing the wires.”
I thought of musk when I read that line. It’s gibberish, but I think he may be talking about how much of our tax money the ketamine kid is getting. BTW, I read yesterday he and his mommy and son-shield moved into the WH, arriving on Marine I, which no one other than a president ever travels on.
Oh, probably you’re right, he’s trying to reference the Space Nazi’s Space X. That’s convenient for Musk to live in the White House while Trump is away from DC (and cognitive functioning.)
Love it. He’s always away from cognitive functioning. And since the president usually lives in the WH & the felon in chief is only the figurehead to the musk/vance presidency orchestrated by putin, I’m not surprised musk & fam have taken up residence.
He was rambling on about Apple moving all their manufacturing back to the US. Fat chance, they can’t employ 11 year olds here, and the wages will surely be more than $5 a day.
I'm heartsick that half of this country is too stupid to not have seen this coming. I can't wrap my head around the concept that the price of eggs is more important than this nation's place in world affairs. We will not be planting Victory Gardens. We will be planting Survival Gardens. Tighten your belts.
It wasn’t about eggs or Gaza (note the complete lack of protests even tho trump is supporting bibi’s genocide there and now in the West Bank). Those were excuses to not vote for a woman of color. I am so angry.
Reminds me of that stupid grammar school joke: "When they handed out brains he thought they said trains and he wanted to be the caboose." Well congratulations, Tommy, you got your wish.
Donny doesn't understand tariffs, but his puppet masters do so I'm assuming this would not be happening if they didn't want it as well. Why? How about creating a peasant class - poor, sick, uneducated - who have to work at shitty jobs if they want any kind of health insurance. And for those on SS and Medicare? To quote Scrooge, "Let them die and reduce the surplus population.
I think their game is to destroy the government and then privatize everything, so Donny Dumbass's nasty little oligarchs can have a feast of new profit centers from which to exploit us.
Wasn't is a core element of Government AND Economics courses in HS and college that McKinley's fucked up tariffs were the worst idea...EVER? WTH? Well at least now that McMahon is SecEd, all the children in America will finally learn that professional wresting is REAL!
Which will likely be be surpassed by his response, or lack thereof, to H5N1 (bird) flu.
Last time it was livestock dewormer, bleach ingestion, and a UV light in the backdoor; I wonder what the recommendation will be next time? Perhaps "Bobby Brainworm's Miracle Elixir", only $99 per bottle.
I know it's hard, but remember: they -want- you to feel hopeless. not giving into it is an act of civil disobedience
Civil disobedience should include collective laughing at these creatures for two reasons. First it makes use feel better (thank you Mr. Tiedrich), and second, it hurts the the Dunning Kruger sadists who are currently running far too much of the show. They are desperate to be perceived as clever, unique and smart, laughing at them is sometimes the only weapon that hurts them. It won't change them, but I am okay with denying them what they want most
Right you are! One of our best defenses is to point and laugh. Nazis marching? Hit them with glitter bombs and then laugh at them and call them "Gay Glitter Babies." They will absolutely hate it and not be able to combat it.
Y'know, shit like that.
That glitter needs to have all the colors of the rainbow. They are terrified of rainbows.
I imagine they’re not all that keen on glitter of any color.
I say, I like your style! glitter is a great weapon and it ends up everywhere!
Glitter is official the STD of crafts
And that is exactly what Trump's followers are, Ameri-nazis as members of the New American Nazi Party. It will be killing off children who will no longer be getting money through SNAP, while the farmers have to throw food away, Ameri-nazidom will be killing off children and their parents through starvation. Can you imagine going to an orphanage under the Trump administration. Call them concentration camps of Christian Nationalist evil doers.
Single them out. They are cowards alone. Their only “strength” is when these “Patriot Front” (for example) assholes gang up. They can’t stay in a mob forever. Eventually, they have to go home. When they do, call them out on their Nazi shit. Bully them for a change.
YES!
Trump is the upper left peak on the Dunning-Kruger curve. 👇 https://bsky.app/profile/justinsg.bsky.social/post/3lgyra2gsl22b
I wonder how these SS Advantage plans will be funded with the Markets cratering?
Well dug comment counter!!
I’m marching today, even though it’s raining
Me too, Kay-El! Working on my sign now.
Same
Excellent, so very good on you Kay-EI!!
I went to a rally at noon. Weather was beautiful. Still hard to stay confident.
Yeah, I know. However, the weather cleared up so I’ll take it as a good sign
Kay-El a march against the Con or a march against the Swastikkkar maker?
It was definitely both
civil disobedience is my middle name! MR CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE CITIZEN!
No way do I feel hopeless. I feel pissed and robbed of a working government, replaced by a pack of criminals.
I attend a rally at 5PM today, and thereafter where and whenever I can. I also try to share a civics lesson with those who will listen, and hand out copies of the Constitution. All that while warning and informing people of the cluster fuck happening because of an orange traitor. Never hopeless.
I’m trying to find copies of my Catholic grade school 8th grade civics book to hand out to these fucking MAGA mental mendicants
❤️❤️❤️
I'm not hopeless. I'm so furious I almost can't see straight.
Capitan ShitInPants should get down on his knees daily and praise Reagan. Reagan & his administration declared war on democracy (in a subtle but evil way) and his war was continued by Shrub (esp. with NCLB) and now Drimpfy wants to made voting illegal. But it was Reagan who sufficiently damaged democracy, and resulted in at least one invalid Presidential outcome, and several Republican congressional majorities that had democracy not been wounded, wouldn't have happened. I curse Reagan on a daily basis. What I say about Drimpf is unchristian & profane so I won't say it here, but I'm sure I'm not alone about my feelings about Mr. StupidTieFiftyTwoInchWaist.
Good to see you in Peekskill
Reading you has given me hope. But, sorry, but I just can't get up any empathy for Lara Trump's failed plastic surgery.
Every day the first thing I see is Heather Cox Richardson’s news rundown. Then I see more in Wonkette and here
I’m very glad to be informed but also exceedingly angry and depressed at the same time.
I've been up since 4:00 am calling Senators and Representatives. These mother fuckers are saying in the next 2 to 3 months our social security payments will stop. They're going to force us into Social Security Advantage Plan. Then they will shut the whole system down. The head of SS said, "People better start saving now."
My daughter lost her job yesterday. They fired the whole department because of tariffs. Over 145 people. Goddamn mother fucking sons of bitches. Call the pricks. 202-224-3121.
I’m so sorry to hear about your daughter! What does she do? Maybe if you share the type of job she’s looking for, someone will have a lead.
Her education is in biology and chemistry. She's a trained EMT. But they don't make any money. She sold defibrillators and educated companies how to save a life. The parts come from China. The company shut the entire department down.
😔 What's happening to our bright and critically thinking adult kids is reprehensible!
Lisa, where does she work?
Completely irrelevant to this thread, but I love your username! My 9yo has been a birder since she was 4, and she wants to become an ornithologist. 😊
Well, that's longer than I've been. I started watching birds when I was eight, so she has four years on me. I was outrageously intellectually spoiled by my parents and they bought me a bird guide and for Christmas, a birding set, and my father helped me build a bird feeder which I still have. They took me on special birding walks and when we went to the shore (we were in NJ then) they took me to the egret sanctuary every evening. When we moved to California, they and my grandmother gave me all kinds of western/California bird books that first Christmas, and they took me to Lake Merritt in Oakland every weekend. I wish her luck in becoming an ornithologist, I went to Berkeley, and I'm not a science type, and Cornell is cold... When she gets to be my age (almost 75), she won't need binoculars, you usually only need one clue to identify a bird, and you can recognize a lot just by songs or calls. Bird guides are always valuable and I swear by my bird feeders. Do that native plant thing. My love to you both, as I fear for our birds.
I share your thoughts. My daughter is USAID stranded in a foreign country on Administrative Leave. It is a limbo for her and her colleagues. The Trump Administration is betraying the USA. and the citizens. I am sorry for your daughter, and hope she soon finds a new career.
Thank you, Lisa. I called. Getting ready to protest at my State Capitol. When I get home I'll write post cards. WE CAN DO THIS!
We have to do this. We don't have a choice. Keep the pressure on. 💙
You ladies are Awesome!
What is a Social Security Advantage Plan? I know about Medicare Advantage and Biden's boost but I have no knowledge of a Social Security Advantage Plan.
Don't. Unless you have Kaiser HMO it will not be helpful AT ALL.
I have Kaiser and it's absolute shit. Even worse in CO. There was a reason the employees went on strike in various locations. The rest were ready, but came to an agreement.
Scroll to "The plan to “demolish” Social Security is underway right before our eyes: who will stop them?" (about halfway down the page)
https://hartmannreport.com/p/saturday-report-3125
Swell. Thanks for the link.
Yeah I’m immuno compromised lost my insurance because I fell below their earning stats.. now on Medi-Cal which they’re going to gut..
Us too, Morgan. Hoping California protects us.
Is MediCal going to be gutted? Is it not state mandated? I understand that CA and the feds equally fund it. Have you gotten any word that MediCal will be cut?
If SS goes away, then we revolt. And we'll be joined by all the foolish SS recipients who voted for the whole bunch of fascists. We run them out of town.
As the saying goes, we don't know what we have lost until it's gone. Well, as much as I am disgusted. The unifying message has to be its not a red or blue issue. It's a war on the citizens of this country. We have to give them an off ramp. That's the right thing to do. They're seriously misinformed. Division isn't the answer. That hasn't worked. Democrats should be showing up in town halls in Eastern Kentucky, with trucks filled with food, diapers, and medicine. I worked with people who needed help, but didn't want it. There is a way to do it.
You are right. Wishing harm to others doesn't make you a nice person.
That's what other side thrives on. Violence. Hey, I've tangled with some. However, if I can find a common ground, I use that. I empathize and validate. Patience listening. Soft land with facts. And then if that doesn't work...throat punch them. If they're bigoted misogynistic dicks, I don't waste my breath. I get pissed.
I just keep my distance. Luckily I don't have to see or hear that shit.
Well yeah, misogyny is everywhere from any political stripe.
We actually need them…to see the light and see how they were lied to. I would rather not abandon them completely. They may have ammunition we might need!
Whut the hell is a "Social Security Advantage Plan"? What does that even mean?
Privatized social security. They're not offering specifics on their next ponzi scheme.
JFC.
Start saving?? That’s a joke. We can barely get by on our Social Security as it is. All by design to keep us under the poverty level. Grrrr 😖
So sorry about your daughter, Lisa. Are you a 1959 model? Me too!
It's hysterical. My favorite is when the money experts say we should have 6 to 12 months worth the savings for an emergency. Right! If I stopped having a fucking emergency other month, maybe I could do that. That's never going to happen. Without our ss, we're fucked.
I'm a 1959. Too old to be young and to young to be old. 😉
Yay sister 1959er! 💖 I was supposed to be born end of 1958 but managed to hang on until the new year and my poor mum has never forgiven me. Hehe 🙃
Back at you sister! 😅 💙
Like you Lisa, the office pages know the sound of my voice… unfortunately not enough people have done the same!!
I call Tom Emmer daily. I hope, I am a pain in their ass. Everyone needs to call. Now!
Don't be so sure about that.
I'm sorry Lisa. That's awful 😞
Fucking A, Lisa! I am very sorry for your daughter and for all of us.
Thank you. ❤️ It sucks! She became a single mom at 38. Pandemic baby. She doesn't receive financial support. We are there for her and our grandson 24/7. We adore them. She's strong.
And I'm so sorry for all our collective worry and heartache we are feeling. At least we have these safe spaces where we can hangout and not feel insane for a brief time. Thanks so much for Jeff's smart ass humor and intelligence. 😁 It's critical right now. 😱
Stomach churning as usual. I almost can’t stand to be informed anymore.
HCR has the highest-earning Substack account by a huge margin. And it's well-deserved.
I understand. I subscribe to several Substacks and it's all so depressing. We have to support these beacons of truth in spite of our depression. At least with Jeff "A spoonful of sugar makes the medicine go down."
Truth. I financially support Randi Rhodes' and Thom Hartmann's radio shows but can't bring myself to listen to either of them right now because it's not good for my mental health. I start my day with Jeff and love reading comments from the fine folks here. Y'all are my people!
That’s the way I feel about the approximately 1,000 Substacks I’ve now subscribed to — best of the best, like Jeff and HCR, get read every day, but most of the must-reads now go unread because I can’t take it all anymore.
You’re not alone Eva, being” mad as hell and not taking it anymore” is the best way going forward!!
I can relate.
Lisa, your anxiety is ours too. Yes, this space is what saves us all. Look at what Leonard Leo is up to now! https://www.catholicnewsagency.com/news/262311/pro-life-coalition-launches-30-dollars-million-pro-life-venture-fund-to-protect-unborn
Agree
So we start drinking cheap Russian vodka and shoot AK-47 assault rifles instead of drinking Kentucky whiskey and shooting AR-15’s? Kinda feels like a wash. And Tommy Tubberville is so stupid he thinks fucking is a city in China.
Lol! 👏👏👏
Fact checked ever? Call him on this shit he makes up is so wonky there is nothing written about these things it’s fabricated!
Well, I guess a silver lining,for our farmers producing more than America can consume, is that there won’t be enough migrant farm workers to get many of the crops in. Of course their numbers might somewhat be made up for by out of work federal employees.
Ammunition is the only thing to not depreciate in this coming Trump recession. Actually having ammunition might be well appreciated.
😂😂😂
Damn! You made me laugh so hard I almost chocked🤣🤣
Old McDonald had a farm
EIEIO
In the shitter it will go
EIEIO
With a tariff here and a tariff there everywhere a tariff
Donny Fuckwit made it so
EIEIO
Nice. 🤣
👏👏👏👏
We need audio Kay-EI!!
Nobody wants to hear me sing, my friend.
Well done Kay-El
Hey I read something today about the last farm tariff debacle and why farmers still voted for trump...and it's not a total shocker but it pissed me off. Last time they bailed the farmers out after tanking ag markets with $28 billion - larger than some agencies. We paid for the tariffs to make it right last time and there were zero consequences for orange shitstain. This whole pretend that he doesn't know we the people are going to pay for it again is complete bullshit.
I’m so depressed. We’re failing fast. I still can’t believe there isn’t one Republican with even a shred of conscience to stand up to all this. Did you see Dump signed an EO against Covington and Burling who are representing Jack Smith? https://open.substack.com/pub/contrarian/p/why-president-trump-targeting-a-major?r=39x24&utm_medium=ios It was in The Contrarian. Dump is dangerously insane. How can we stop all this?
It’s so obvious now that Trump IS Putin’s Puppet.
Glad I got rid of my stocks before I lost everything.
It’s certainly taken people far too long to understand these truths Susan! Hillary told the world, the world wasn’t apparently listening… there’s a plethora of books, investigations and articles that spelled out the Trump/Putin history. My angst is based on our own intelligence knowledge of this fact, but electing to remain silent!!
I have CD's. I hope the FDIC continues but they will probably fire all those people, too.
They better not!
I read about the possible repeal of FDIC and the other one for credit unions. There are some people writing about it on substack. Maybe pay attention to any news that hints at FDIC reform or whatnot. I'm keeping an eye on it.
"Not the puppet, not the puppet. Yes, massa!"
I remember that. 😂
Market down 650pts now 600 at close yesterday, but what do they know.
There's still opportunity to loss everything when Donny Convict decrees fuck paying on debt and bonds.
That will render the Dollar utterly worthless… like the Deutschmark in 1932. There is one country in Sub-Saharan Africa which was printing 2 trillion dollar bills…
I think that's what they're working toward. trump announced somewhere that the U.S. Treasury is going to be investing in 5 cryptocurrencies. Your tax dollars at work... So even our cash is going to be worthless at some point in the (near?) future.
Shit.
Jen Rubin was horrified this morning and for good reason.
There may be nothing legal. The Founders never imagined a creep like Comrade Krasnov getting within shouting distance of the Oval Office.
Susan Niemann- That is very scary. And so predictable
Hitler was, as Mussolini was as well Susan, Trump should meet the same ending!!
exactly. it is time for the GOP to treat his diktats for what they are, meaningless viz a viz law and Congressional legislation.
But shitheads that vote (congress) on it will be wimpy and get hammered in advance, now we have the roadmap for how a dipshit can go thru one fortune after another.
Right...It still sends a dangerous message. I'm confident that the people at C&B are up to the challenge.
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True dat P123!!
All Democrats in the House and Senate MUST boycott Trump's State of the Union address.
All Democrats should show up for the SOTU address wearing blue and yellow armbands. Four minutes after Liar, Fraud, Con, Grifter, Fascist, Racist, Putin’s Puppet, Traitor Trump begins what we all know will be nothing but a MAGAt pep-rally, all Democrats should stand up and, together, walk out of the Capitol chamber.
In addition, on March 2, 2025, Heather Cox Richardson posted on her Substack a running, damning history of Trump vis a vis Russia. That POST is an ABSOLUTE MUST READ - for all Dems in the House and Senate.
Senator Elissa Slotkin, who's going to give the Dems response to Liar Trump's SOTU address MUST read Heather's entire post. We need everyone in America to understand that Trump is a traitor..... and that Traitor Trump must be removed from office.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com
Everyone, please call today the elected officials who represent you in the Senate and House and demand that they show all due disrespect to Trump, America’s Disgrace.
I think the Dems should all show up wearing blue and yellow, walk out one by one while Agent Orange is speaking, and then hold a forceful press conference outside.
I think they should all shout LIAR when he lies. It would be a constant chant to be sure.
Everytime he opens his mouth it’s a lie
Dems should just show up and sit on their hands. It is important for the World to see that all of America has not joined the trumptard train.
The orange Shit stain is promising
‘Many made for TV moments’, whatever the fuck that means.
I can’t watch. Listening to that braying drone of his and just looking at him would do too much harm.
An excellent but a very frightening read. As Fuckface the First continues his mission of destruction as ordered by the Kremlin, it's getting to the point that looking at my phone first thing in the morning is bumming me out for the rest of the day. We're now only six weeks into this shitstorm and tonight, Putin's insane puppet is going tell us how he's making America great again. Fuck him and everyone in Congress who continues to back his fat ass. I won't be watching and I'm sure many here won't be either. We'll get the lowlights soon enough.
Putin is merely followed the writings of Alexsandr Dugin, America is Russia’s largest enemy, too powerful to fight, and must be destroyed from within… hence Musk Rick, but I’m guessing you’ve already known much of this!!
Personally, I'd rather go out and pound sand in a blizzard than watch the damn thing.
I'd rather stick pins in my eyes and stuff shit in my ears.
Has anybody shared a plan (Dems) if there is anything planned, it would necessarily be secret I would think but we’ve never seen the decorum adjustment that will occur due to spontaneous booing in congress and at the tv across the world!
Nobody is answering their phones today. Call forward is all I'm getting. They better not normalize anything that comes out of that Russian fuckwads mouth.
My two Repug senators have been completely MIA since the inauguration. No one answers the phones, no responses to messages or contact forms. Utter silence. F*cking cowards!
They're busy protecting their stock portfolios. Do they get their rubbles laundered through crypto or an off shore shell account? 🤔
OUCH. 😂😂
I'm with you, Lisa!
I will follow the fuckupery on Bluesky and not tune any TV stations on so he gets shitty ratings. Personally hoping someone goes Designated Survivor on him.
Designated Survivor, Yes! I have been saying this since Nov 5!
It starts after my bedtime.
my sentiments too. time to make good trouble.
Apropos of nothing on this post, but after the Oscars, all I can say is that I really don't see why I'd want to watch a movie about a stripper / hooker who marries into a Russian crime family who hates her when I've had the Trump family in front of my face every fucking day for a decade.
Exactly!
Art imitates life.
Wait, is Lara Trump the horse Daffy Don is going to appoint to the Senate?
Mr. Ed makes more sense than Lara Trump
And he's dead!
He's a Rhodes Scholar in comparison to her.
LOL
No, because unlike Lara Trump, Incitatus was actually quite moral!
The only reason Claudius had to rescind his Senate seat was because once Caligula stopped paying for it, that poor horse couldn't pass the means test. OTOH, his post-Senate career in Claudius's stables was preferable—plenty of oats, and no haggling with other Senators (like the Roman equivalent of Tommy Tubesteak!) he was clearly smarter than....
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It’s desantis who May appoint her. But he wants to put a space saver in there so he can run for the seat in 2026 when he term limits out as Guv. Shades of shady rick scott
I went and looked at an article on Lara Trump's debut at Fox News. Her face reminds me more of Tweedle Dee & Tweedle Dum.
Two more things: Lara Trump already had a horse face🐴. And WHERE THE FUCK ARE THE DEMOCRATS??????
Hey Lara, why the long face?
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hopefully taking talking points from rep jasmine crockett
Dem Leadership is at a cafe
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HA! Thats accurate. We need a NEW party. Cause the D's are doing nothing...
New party. Dems equal old lady knitting group. I AM SICK OF IT. THEY HAVE NO BACKBONE. WOULD NOT SHOUT FIRE IN A BURNING HOUSE.
THINK ABOUT IT.
HOW IN THE FUCKING HELL COULD YOU LOSE TO REPUGS?????????
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I don’t think they actually did legitimately lose, Terri.
Totally agree Terri
I went on Fox News website to see her face. It reminds me more of those blank face masks on a stick in those anti-depressant ads--a face without a soul!!
Great column as always! This quote:
“when you have companies like this coming in and almost forty percent of their company in one signature is going to be devoted to what he does which is one of the most important businesses in the world. that’s an unbelievable thing.”
Reminded me of a stunning quote from Jeff last month about “the family of raccoons living in his head won’t stop chewing the wires.”
Or like an AI response powered by failing batteries.
I thought of musk when I read that line. It’s gibberish, but I think he may be talking about how much of our tax money the ketamine kid is getting. BTW, I read yesterday he and his mommy and son-shield moved into the WH, arriving on Marine I, which no one other than a president ever travels on.
I want to know where he gets seated at SOTU tonight. That will tell a lot.
I don’t think I can watch it.. I’ll just throw up from all the bullshit
It's not a SOTU. It's just a stupid speech.
Oh, probably you’re right, he’s trying to reference the Space Nazi’s Space X. That’s convenient for Musk to live in the White House while Trump is away from DC (and cognitive functioning.)
Love it. He’s always away from cognitive functioning. And since the president usually lives in the WH & the felon in chief is only the figurehead to the musk/vance presidency orchestrated by putin, I’m not surprised musk & fam have taken up residence.
He was rambling on about Apple moving all their manufacturing back to the US. Fat chance, they can’t employ 11 year olds here, and the wages will surely be more than $5 a day.
I'm heartsick that half of this country is too stupid to not have seen this coming. I can't wrap my head around the concept that the price of eggs is more important than this nation's place in world affairs. We will not be planting Victory Gardens. We will be planting Survival Gardens. Tighten your belts.
It wasn’t about eggs or Gaza (note the complete lack of protests even tho trump is supporting bibi’s genocide there and now in the West Bank). Those were excuses to not vote for a woman of color. I am so angry.
Also, the election was not fair and honest. There was definitely interference.
That, too. 1 in how many gazillion chances a popular vote “win” of less than 1% included a sweep of all 7 swing states?
Outright hacking, IMO, arne.
Is it wrong to want to punch Tommy in the mouth every time he opens it?
Reminds me of that stupid grammar school joke: "When they handed out brains he thought they said trains and he wanted to be the caboose." Well congratulations, Tommy, you got your wish.
I always heard that joke as the LOCOmotive. 🤣
That works too!
No. It’s a patriotic duty.
Nothing we wish on these people is "wrong" anymore, Chris.
Nope Chris I’ll be the back up and we can Abbot and Costello him..
It's not just the batshittery, it's no one calling it out (besides you, Jeff) that really scares me.
Not really that bad The Bulwark does a great job I watch John Flannery on YouTube daily so smart people are starting to catch up.
Donny doesn't understand tariffs, but his puppet masters do so I'm assuming this would not be happening if they didn't want it as well. Why? How about creating a peasant class - poor, sick, uneducated - who have to work at shitty jobs if they want any kind of health insurance. And for those on SS and Medicare? To quote Scrooge, "Let them die and reduce the surplus population.
Serfin' USA.
Good one.
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So true Kristy
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Putin wants to knock America down a few pegs. Donny is doing that for him.
I think their game is to destroy the government and then privatize everything, so Donny Dumbass's nasty little oligarchs can have a feast of new profit centers from which to exploit us.
Sorta like what Putin did to Russia. Coincidence? I think not!
I was listening to James Carville and he was perplexed. He said the only thing that makes sense is that trump hates America.
That would certainly explain it.
Wasn't is a core element of Government AND Economics courses in HS and college that McKinley's fucked up tariffs were the worst idea...EVER? WTH? Well at least now that McMahon is SecEd, all the children in America will finally learn that professional wresting is REAL!
So where Smoot's & Hawley's, according to Prof. Sarah Paine:
https://youtu.be/IxKiP84_hFM?si=XdYy47aLILFtPXXh
"Donny Convict will probably never put up numbers like that — but that isn’t going to stop him from trying like hell."
For those keeping score, the latest estimate of American deaths due to Trump's poor response to Covid-19 is
1,700,000.
Yup I’m a long Hauler and now have a heart condition from it and the vax’s..
Which will likely be be surpassed by his response, or lack thereof, to H5N1 (bird) flu.
Last time it was livestock dewormer, bleach ingestion, and a UV light in the backdoor; I wonder what the recommendation will be next time? Perhaps "Bobby Brainworm's Miracle Elixir", only $99 per bottle.