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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

TRUE FACT: the intended headline of this piece was "dumpster fire blames plane crash on the gay" — and then, just as I was finishing up writing, Wonkette published -their- piece, titled "Did Trump's War On Competence Cause DC Plane Crash, Or Was It The Gay?"

*shakes his fist at the sky* curse you, Wonkette!

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

this is why I type with one eye on the clock

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Janet Ridgley's avatar

Buttigieg was a Rhodes scholar, who went to a real university. I always liked his sound analysis.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

He's reassuringly logical and intelligent. Has street smarts, too. Makes actual points when he responds to questions or presents opinions. In short, everthing that the current regime couldn't do/be with guns to their heads.

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PTW's avatar

I used to hope I would live long enough to see Pete Buttigieg become President. I'm pretty sure, given the current regime, I will not live that long.

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Katharine Peck's avatar

Yes, I would have loved to see Pete as President and AOC as as his VP. Not at all likely I will live that long, and the way things are going, even want to.

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Linda Weide's avatar

And it was a round about way of saying, I am not in charge any more. This is on you Dumster!

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drosophilist's avatar

Pete’s response was great. Civil, no cursing, but with an obvious and well-deserved undertone of “you shithead, WTF are you gibbering about.”

Buttigieg 2028 FTW!

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Nevertheless, She Persisted's avatar

I really hope Buttigieg becomes POTUS eventually. I really think he will.

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arne link's avatar

He would make a great president. People couldn't bring themselves to vote for an intelligent, well-educated woman so it's probably not going to happen. Sad.

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Ole Anderson's avatar

Unfortunately you are right. Pete is a very clear headed and intelligent man. The diametric opposite of the lunkhead in chief.

But unelectable in the Bizarro country in which we now reside. And an electorate with brains of pablum.

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Nevertheless, She Persisted's avatar

I dunno...a gay friend of mine laments that the electorate would not choose Buttigieg, but I disagree. He's still young, and the younger generations are much less homophobic than the older ones--I'm 62.

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Lord John Whorfin's avatar

Didn’t like him at all in 2020. The self hating gay catholic churchy vibe really made me nauseous, and as a mayor of a podunk town I thought he was overreaching. The churchy vibe is gone, his secretary of transportation term has been very successful, and he is awesome at getting under shitler’s skin. And he seems to be well liked by all. So 2028 might be Pete’s year to shine after all. He would make a great president. Then again, a fucking ficus would do a better job than the moron cult leader we ended up with, so the bar is pretty low…

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Don't know why you got that vibe from him.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Me either he has always been intelligent and relatable. I didn't even know he was Catholic!

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Robert Eckert's avatar

He isn't.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

A lot of nonsense was thrown at Pete in the 2020 cycle (more from the Bernies than from the Trumpies). A sum-up at the end of his campaign:

Peter Sagal (of NPR Chicago)

@petersagal (Mar 1st 2020)

Okay, if @PeteButtigieg is ending his campaign, time to say some things I refrained from saying because, you know, Neutrality and all that.

1) I know both Pete and @Chas10Buttigieg and consider myself lucky to do so. Two wonderful people who make an even more wonderful couple. 

2) While never sure if Pete would make the best nominee for President -- I am not sure of anything -- I had no doubt he would make an excellent President, and someday, he still might. 

3) All the people On Here and elsewhere who insulted him, mocked him, for not being Democratic enough, for not being gay enough, for not being progressive enough, for being insincere and manufactured... you were all, every one of you, dead wrong the whole time. 

4) If you still hate him, then you'd better loathe me, because I'm not a fraction of the man he is. In fact, watching my friend get flamed every day On Here made me finally see how toxic Twitter, and maybe all discourse, is these days. 

5) (To paraphrase an old joke On Here... you know who else mocks, belittles, insults and slanders his political opponents?) 

6) Pete is going to do great things, not for himself, but for others. Like me, he was given a lot, and chose -- in a way I never did -- to try to give back. So I have no doubt that he will continue to do so, and I look forward to seeing it unfold. 

7) But in the meantime: congrats to my friend for being a pioneer, for making history, being a leader, for inspiring so many, and for never, ever, stooping to the level of his worst critics. 

Well, this seems to have blown up. Couple of points: Of course people can criticize him, his manner, his background, his positions. Of course you can argue for other candidates. over him. That's democracy, and that's what he signed up for when he chose to run. 

What I was appalled by was how vicious, personal, and simply *false* many of the attacks on him were. Eg: he's a secret Republican. No he's not, he's spent his entire adult life working in and for Democratic politics. 

Or more specific lies: eg, that he said he'd appoint justices like Kennedy. Nope: a distortion of a more complicated argument he made about expanding the Supreme Court. 

But the larger phenomenon, of people deciding that he must be a traitor/rat/liar simply because he had the temerity to criticize or even just oppose Their Favored Candidate was alarming to me. 

The rise of Trump said a lot of about him, and about the Republican party. But it also said a lot about the nature of people most deeply involved in politics, something that is apparently not limited to one party, and something that fills me with apprehension as we move forward. 

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Linda Weide's avatar

Certainly my fourth grade students would because I teach critical thinking. Also, because they would ask not assume.

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Christine's avatar

I agree. He would be the best!!!

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Robert Eckert's avatar

He is the President America needed, but did not deserve. Let's hope America starts deserving better.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

The pendulum swings this will help with that aspect, continuously this swing that Amerika chose will cause a giant swing back.

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J.R.'s avatar

I’m grateful for what you do and how you do it, Jeff, because, with these assholes and their paragon of common sense nonsense, I can’t, I just can’t. Nevertheless, Resist.Reclaim.Rebuild!

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Susan Niemann's avatar

I like that: Resist. Reclaim. Rebuild! And add ReEducate. People are so damned dumb and unaware. Every Democrat in state government needs to educate their people at home…town halls? Local radio? Present the facts, refute the lies. I dont have the answer but it seems that people dont have the real story.

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

…aaaaand that is why we rely on Jeff. The REAL story.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Jeff should run the town halls! Can you imagine! It would be one helluva Power Point Presentation! It would be epic! 😂

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Tess's avatar

And ending with the damn longest run-on sentence description of our dear fucking leader!!🤣

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Mary Hall's avatar

For the newbies:

A quadrice-indicted twice-impeached once-convicted popular-vote-losing adderall-huffing insurrection-leading testimony-ducking judge-threatening lawyer-ignoring witness-tampering day-one-dictatoring disabled-veteran-dishonoring inheritance-squandering rube-fleecing clown-makeup-smearing language-mangling serial-sexual-predating draft-dodging casino-bankrupting butler-bullying daughter-perving hush-money-paying real-estate-scamming bone-spur-faking ketchup-hurling justice-obstructing classified-war-plan-thieving golf-cheating weather-map-defacing horse-paste-promoting paper-towel-flinging race-baiting tax-evading evidence-destroying charity-defrauding money-laundering diaper-filling 88-count fluorescent tangerine felony factory.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

LOL!!!

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Diane J's avatar

I know, I envy Jeff's talent for finding the words to describe such a slimy creature.

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arne link's avatar

It would never work. People would be rolling the the aisles with laughter. The knee-slapping would be cataclysmic.

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Douglas's avatar

Excellent idea Susan....Dem politicians must get out there and EXPLAIN stuff..

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KP Johnson Austin, TX's avatar

Yes! Very loud, clear, and continuous. Dems don't push back or re-push back with any real conviction, which is part of the reason he's back. This crazed king and his ilk need to be knocked down publicly every time shit spews out of their mouths. It's the only way to get the word out. Let's saturate all the fence-sitters and right-wing thugs with the truth--continuously.

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Bonnie Council's avatar

The push back is exactly why Jim Acosta was rudely moved to midnight on CNN and why he then politely resigned. Because cowardly CNN didn't want him pushing back against the wannabe king's outrageous lies. And which is why we don't watch CNN anymore. If we can't trust our news channels to tell us the truth, what good are they?

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KP Johnson Austin, TX's avatar

Sadly, this is why the media and politicians have kept quiet. We're in a really awful time. We need a super man or woman to swoop in as our next candidate and knock the shit out trump and his cronies every time they open their mouths. I also wish our public servants could get a little more snarky with their public comments. By being classy, they've missed many opportunities to bat down the rhetoric and call out the lies.

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Altamama2's avatar

Yes now that's perfect that you added Re-educate - that could be a worthy theme, the 4 R's. I like it a lot.

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Cheryl Seybert's avatar

Now he’s doubled down I see. It was the Blackhawk’s fault…Although all the other agencies are saying it may be a month before a preliminary report to come out! All he had to do is what every Magapublican does for school murders.… offer thoughts & prayers he couldn’t even get that right!!🤬😡🤦🏼‍♀️

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J.R.'s avatar

Great idea! Let’s create the

RESIST.RECLAIM.REEDUCATE.REBUILD movement! Perhaps we can convince Mark Cuban and Jeff to plant the seeds to create a grassroots movement? Any thoughts from the community at large?

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Bonnie Council's avatar

Let's roll!

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Lois Henry's avatar

Um… I’m not really behind ‘Re-education’ as a concept because China and history and camps and struggles and beatings and confessions and such. But maybe just plain Education would do the job.

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Jan Moon's avatar

THE PROBLEM IS THAT every MAGA twaddlebrain believes only the load of bullshit that projects out of that ORANGE MONSTER'S FACE FUNNEL. The truth is absolutely irrelevant. And we all know that most of these maggots haven't read or watched the news since the election. So there we are.

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Bonnie Council's avatar

Absolutely right. Every time he repeats one of these outrageous lies, they become more believable in the MAGAts' brains. They never actually hear the truth, so all they know is the lies.

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arne link's avatar

Um, they probably have never read. Can't.

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P123Sunny's avatar

A former Wendy's social media person was begging Cory Booker to let her help them - FOR FREE!...(f'n embarrassing)

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Knowing the truth is often painful, Trump hasn’t ever delivered truth… just his twisted perception from his drug addled mind Susan, fact is, the blood is on his tiny fingers!!

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Charles Austin's avatar

There's your ad hook! Go for it!👍😃

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Stranger Than Friction's avatar

Calling each meet and greet a part of the "Refute the Lies" campaign would be a beginning

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Christine's avatar

Check out Dave Trotter’s video on Utube. He makes a good argument agreeing with that statement.

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

The problem is that every time Democrats reclaim & rebuild, another moron Republican administration is voted in & they proceed to tear everything down again

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Eileen's avatar

Lynn: Spot on! Why? Because the Democrats have not mastered more communication channels to reach more people and when they reach them, they don’t do a good job of keeping it simple. Studies show that attention spans have decreased exponentially over the last 20 years. Getting people to appreciate and understand anything is a fight for a diminishing mind share. The Democrats need to understand the playing field and seek to dominate it. Until they do that, Republicans can do absolutely no work, not govern, ruin everything, but then effectively chant their lies and upset the apple cart every goddamn time.

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meryl selig's avatar

Has anyone seen a democrat lately? MIA

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Christine's avatar

We can’t let them! RESIST!!

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celeste k.'s avatar

Resist, Reclaim, Rebuild!! Perfect! This will be my next yard sign, to go next to the 3' x 4' one in my front yard that says, "Republican politicians are destroying freedom in America...Vote them out!"

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Christine's avatar

I like it!

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SeekingReason's avatar

J.R., I prefer switching to stronger words.Rather than resist, I will Defy, Not Comply, oppose anything the illegitimate White House Occupant suggests. He is in office illegally.

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J.R.'s avatar

I dig the vibe! All I’ve come up with is a slogan, so far. Defy Don’t Comply works better on merch, esp bumper stickers and t-shirts. TBH, so long as we find a way to build an effective coalition of citizens opposed to Trump, racism, and theocratic fascism, I’m for whatever works best.

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Kay-El's avatar

Great minds think alike.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Jeff, you sure know your stupid when you see it. You're a bloodhound. I have just appointed you head of my DSD—Department of Stupidity Detection.

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

Perhaps you meant “your” instead of “you’re”? cuz Jeff’s not stupid.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Thx! Proofreading assistance is always appreciated by me.

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

Once a copyeditor, always a copyeditor. 🫡

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

I got myself through grad school by part-time proofreading.

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Like so many other civilized things, it's a lost art. Tech has destroyed language competence. I cringe each time I see stuff like that in print!

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arne link's avatar

I worked for a while as a proofreader in aerospace. It was pretty boring. My partner and I read to each other all day long. You have to actually hear the words to make corrections.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

Actually Kathleen you had it correct the first time, it should be the possessive form; not “you are” stupid.

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Kevin Rice's avatar

You could've said, "Demented Oompah Loompah blames dwarfs for big wet water crash"

And it is DEI, if that means Demented Elderly Imbecile.

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Geoff Anderson's avatar

Those fuckers at Wonkette!

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Mary Hall's avatar

Great minds ....

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Altamama2's avatar

She's quick, that one!

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Dang! Wonkette kinda beat you to the punch🥊. Not fair, I tell you!

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

here's a fun story: apparently, every air traffic controller at the San Carlos Airport in northern California QUIT after "the Federal Aviation Administration reassigned controllers' contracts to a firm that pays less." so yeah, Team Donny is keeping us safe.

https://www.alternet.org/air-traffic-controllers-resign/

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Kay-El's avatar

I read that yesterday. Outsourcing something like ATC to a firm that pays sub par wages is a guaranteed disaster.

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PTW's avatar

The controllers got a new contract, article updated:

https://www.alternet.org/air-traffic-controllers-resign/

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Senator Tammy Duckworth reports that Trump's letters offering a buyout to federal workers were sent to several air control workers, despite the shortage of these workers and the difficulty of training more. With the Trump administration, the toddlers are running the day care facility.

https://www.alternet.org/air-traffic-controllers-resign/

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Bob Bowden's avatar

Reagan was the first to screw with ATC, and 45 years later we get the headline “Understaffed ATC Screwup at Reagan Airport”/No survivors

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Susan Keefer's avatar

My best friend had just become an air traffic controller when the air traffic controllers walked out on strike. Reagan fired all ATCs and privatized the system. That was illegal. 🤬

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

You're the first person I've seen to point that out, Bob. BRAVO!

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Trump's offer is that you can receive your pay until September 1, and you don't need to come in to work. Kinda sounds like a buyout. But federal law only allows 10 days of administrative leave, not 8 months

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P123Sunny's avatar

They can work from home still, is how I understood it

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Ole Anderson's avatar

To what purpose was this cockamamie idea put forward ?

To Magatize air traffic control? Again, to what purpose?

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Musk thinks the bureaucracy is bloated. You can get all the work done with half the workforce come and save all those salaries.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

But will the sane people stop flying? I want airlines to hurt. They pack us in like sardines, give us stiff seating, while we are having to sit near a kid kicking the back of our seat or sit next to a snorer, all while charging us a fortune to have the pleasure (?) of flying with them!

Yay for our San Carlos traffic controllers! They remember the abysmal Reagan years.

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Kate's avatar

Seriously considering taking a train for our next trip in June.

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Paula Dean Coykendall's avatar

I would!

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Cathy 98280's avatar

Hard to find the train that goes from here to Amsterdam. 🧐

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skangirl's avatar

Just ask ill douché! He's going to build a tunnel to Greenland and a bridge to Amsterdam. Elon will design it. At least there's a concept of a plan.

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Dave Drell's avatar

I’m flying in Feb - getting my last will & testament lined up

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Prepare for a failing industry lesson in complete incompetence I hope you live to tell us about it.

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Irascible Ink's avatar

Same. 😬

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Richard Von Busack's avatar

Fun fact: San Carlos airport is like five miles from SFO, which hosts dozens of harrowing landings a day. What could go wrong?

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Yes, I live in the Bay Area.

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Cathy 98280's avatar

That would be a control tower that serves SFO - ie San Francisco. That has to be a tad worrying.

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Cathy 98280's avatar

I have since learned it’s the control system for a local airport. I don’t think they have any “control” over SFO. My apologies.

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Cheryl ODonnell's avatar

Holy shit.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Good they could get better when djt has his heart failure directly from god.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

First, every single thing Dump says is a lie.

Second. this is sooooo beyond reality. What is the hold this asshole has over people…someone tell the Emperor he has no clothes. A washed up, unintelligent, evil fuck. Why is ANYONE afraid of this idiot? Pull the plug.

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Dina's avatar

That's what I've always wondered—why is everyone so afraid of him?

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Right. These Republicans who cower to him…whats that about? Is being “primaried” that much of a threat when they point out the MANY obvious lies and misdeeds of this heinous man? And do they not possess the character and decency to do so, even at the risk of their own future?

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Dina's avatar

I don't know how they live with themselves when they kiss his ass all the time. When they settle into bed every night, do they do so with a smile on their face and think, "Ah, another day of propping up the biggest asshole in the world and pretending he's a political genius...zzzzz..." No regard for anyone but themselves (and him).

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Geoff Anderson's avatar

They all think that once Trump snarfs his last hamberder they can go back to being "normal" republicans.

Uh folks, that ship has sailed. It is MAGA all the way from here on out.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Republican politicians are all playing Renfield to the Undead, brain-sucking monster that is MAGA. But they were the same under Reagan, who fired 11,300+ striking air traffic controllers and destroyed their careers by barring them for life from those jobs.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

True dat Sharon!!

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Cowards and hypocrites…every one. And evidently with little intellect. 😡

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Lisa59's avatar

Jim Crow is back. Crypto Ponzi scheme. Red state social networks burned to the ground. Forced birth. John Birch society reborn. Fucking with our Allies. Planes colliding. The dumbest mother fuckers in charge of our Institutions. All labor protections torched. Gee, what will week 3 bring?

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Charles Austin's avatar

They're actually outsmarting themselves, which is an alternative definition of stupidity.

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P123Sunny's avatar

and hollowed out the whole meaning of even BEING a senator, imo

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Imbeciles elect imbeciles Susan!!

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

They’re all politicians. This is what politicians do: Maintain their phony-baloney jobs at all costs. Looking at you, spineless Dems, as well as the loathsome Repubs.

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Punkette's avatar

Truly. I am shocked that 25 Dem senators voted to confirm Big Oil toady Doug Burgum as our new Secretary of the Interior. Such a huge step backwards from our previous secretary, the fabulous Deb Haaland - first Native American to hold that post. (Hoping Deb runs for governor of New Mexico so I can move back and vote for her.)

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

C’mon home Punkette, you’ll be so glad you did; & great idea for Deb to run for Gov, she’d be great. 👍

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Punkette's avatar

Awww, thanks P.J. I have been trying to get back to the Land of Enchantment for five years now. Was on my way in 2020 and then the pandemic hit. I miss NM like an arm! 🥲 🌶️

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

25? I need a list...

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Okay, I got the list of the senators voting for Burgum. If you live in CO, MN,NH, NM, NV and VA, your senators both voted for this Big Oil enthusiast. For those of us who are big environmental and climate change enthusiasts (!), not so good. CA, DE, and MA--both senators voted against him. The real shocker was Schumer voted against him!!! My advice is do NOT donate to the DNC and the DSCC! Donate to individuals only. A lot of these senators could care less about the environment, apparently.

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Punkette's avatar

Ellen, here is a Senate vote summary for the Burgum confirmation:

https://www.senate.gov/legislative/LIS/roll_call_votes/vote1191/vote_119_1_00026.htm

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

There must be more money in being a congressperson or a senator than meets the eye. Or Putin knows something about them that he's passed on T and they're afraid of being outed. Their behavior is not normal.

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Carol C's avatar

They are assuming they would lose in those primaries Trump sponsors. Why? Do they assume R voters want worse representatives than themselves? Or maybe it would cost them to have to campaign in a primary? Who knows?

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PEACE, LOVE, RESIST's avatar

So what happens when trump kicks off? Do they continue the lies or do they come out of their cult trance and admit they were wrong?

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Lisa59's avatar

Leonard Leo will find replacement.

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Fred's avatar

The answer to your primaried question is YES and the answer to the character question is NO. As the Democratic Senators who questioned Trump's cabinet nominees -"it's a simple YES or NO answer". They're just deplorable and despicable

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

They are cult character's, but posses no character!!

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Because he is covering up what Putin has on him (think “pee tapes”and more) and the others (think Ms. Lindsey). Their lives have been threatened and yes, Donnie is Vlad’s secret agent. That motherfucker has been infiltrating our government for years and he primed Donnie for over 40 years.

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Dave Drell's avatar

Ruskies have learned to “butter him up” with praise …. and then remind him, oh yeah, we bailed you out of a lot of financial problems… we OWN u MOFO!

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Well stated fact Marlene, the KGB arranged his 1987 first trip to Moscow.. after Trump met Gorbachev in DC pedaling a Trump Hotel in Moscow: https://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2017/11/19/trump-first-moscow-trip-215842

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

YES, Patrick…exactly!

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arne link's avatar

Everyone on earth knows Mz. Lindsey is gay. Why would he worry?

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Well, let’s see…Donnie’s thugs might care! Donnie wants to erase LGBTQ+ of which we know Ms. Lindsey is part of even if she is in the closet.

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Geoff Anderson's avatar

It isn't so much Trump and other MAGA republicans.

NO what strikes fear in their hearts is the rabid MAGA in the population that will flood them with violent voicemails and calls, emails, highlighting their addresses and movements of them and their families.

That shit scares people (it would terrify me), so to avoid being put into the crosshairs it is just easier to put your head down and go along to get along.

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Lisa59's avatar

Here's a little gem I found in the Guardian this morning. David Lebryk, top-ranking career official in the Treasury Department, quit over clashing with Elon's cronies over access to sensitive payment systems used to pay our more than 6 trillion a year in Social Security, Medicare, federal salaries, government contract payments and tax refunds.

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Linda Fulcher's avatar

Musk is attempting to gain access to the Bureau of Fiscal Service, the agency that handles Social Security and Medicare payments, among many other responsibilities. Is this the first step to denying benefits to anyone who does not sign a loyalty oath and toe the MAGA line?

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Lisa59's avatar

Oh, yeah, anything can happen. Vichy government. Republicans have declared war on its citizens.

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Linda Fulcher's avatar

If I lose Social Security, I will be homeless and destitute. Thinking about saying enough and giving up. Who's going to stop Musk - the Democrats? What a farce.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

That's a great description, "Vichy government." Unfortunately, we're probably the last generation to understand what it means.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Good catch Lisa!!

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P123Sunny's avatar

I never read one mention of elno having conflicts of interest (targeting gov't divisions that have criticized his businesses)... what has HAPPENED TO US???? Just passing the popcorn while this unfolds???

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Lisa59's avatar

Project 2025. They said, they would do this. White, heterosexual, wealthy Christian Nationalists are exempt.

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Douglas's avatar

yeah Jeff....MAGA does have a formidable Cyber warrior army....and Podcaster that have hundreds of thousands of followers. Why did the Dems not do this?

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Well, I have no cell phone, have never listened to a podcast, and have never watched Fox. I'm not a candidate for a Cyber army.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Well, what happened to Anonymous? Gone.

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P123Sunny's avatar

are they all rogan followers and/or other podcasters

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P123Sunny's avatar

how many ARE there in that population that all this strikes fear? Warren said it was only 12 ppl who spread the anti-vaxx stuff online for YEARS... is this maggy community a tiny but vocal online cohort that has everyone shaking in their boots - serious Q

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Ask yourself, would it have frightened Washington?

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Nancy Potter's avatar

Well, look at the Fox chyrons below Trump's bloviating, reporting his "Strong opinions" as fact. Trump, to the extent he ever could be said to work hard, is working hard to move us back to Jim Crow and white male supremacy as fast as he can. He may soon entirely forget about blood-poisoning immigrants.

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Mary Hall's avatar

I think they are compromised (Putin's specialty) and are afraid of Shitler's MAGA flying monkeys. Those fkers are unhinged and will do whatever dear leader tells them to do.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Putin is Trumps puppet master, they own Trumps debt, knows everything about his criminal history and sexual perversion, and are looking for a huge payback Mary!!

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Laundered money is Trumps specialty, his tower is full off money from foreign enemies!

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P123Sunny's avatar

yet folks i know still INSIST they have seen no proof of any connection... doesn't ruzzia own a floor at tRumP tOwer - and China owns THREE????

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Lisa59's avatar

He's the abuser that threatens his wife with death if she leaves him. In addition, to accessing Putin's KGB handbook on how to fuck with people. Politicians are afraid their own fuckery will be exposed. They're willing to throw the country off a cliff to save their own white lily asses. Over 50 yrs of corruption is in our faces.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Yes…and you gotta believe there is plenty of fuckery to expose. Komprimant. Pictures? Videos? I shudder to imagine what they’ve got on Lindsey Graham. 🤮

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Lisa59's avatar

Yuk! That and their excited about bringing Jim Crow back into government. Protect white privilege and their wealth at all cost.

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arne link's avatar

Right? Everyone knows Miss Lindsey is gay, gay, gay.

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Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

Maybe they all have no other skills except looking good in TV. Dunno, Dina. They sure aren’t holding their jobs to help us. Some Dems are. MAGAts? Nope. And why did Duffy or Hegseth or Vance not go to the scene? Perhaps really it woulda caused more problems. Why do I think Mayor Pete woulda been there?

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skangirl's avatar

I think it's a lot like their fear and loathing of minorities (and women). They are scared shitless of having to compete on a level playing field. Still, I agree with the "wtf is wrong with these cowardly assholes?" question.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

My wife and I were talking about the same thing this morning. Why are so many people scared shitless of this demented imbecile? Makes no sense. If only fuckface was held to the same set of high standards and qualifications that are required for air traffic controllers, we wouldn't be dealing with four more years of his incompetent, dangerous, delusional bullshit.

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Altamama2's avatar

What they are scared of is all of his demented, threatening crappers who follow him! They are the ones who do the dirty work.

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Schnauzermom's avatar

Look what happened the last time he called on his mob of morons to “stop the steal.”

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Dirty Rubles are a strong influence Rick!!

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Cheryl ODonnell's avatar

His army of brownshirts ready to kill for him.

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Susan Burgess's avatar

Because he can and will revoke your and your family’s safety and stability. Then your lives will be endangered by his goons that he recently pardoned.

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Susan Burgess's avatar

It’s called mob fascism.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

We are being run my a mob state Susan… the biggest mobster of them all is Putin!!

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Susan Burgess's avatar

That fits. What about Leonard Leo and the rest? Where do they and the project 2025 originators fit in?

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Definitely started by Leonard Leo!!

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James Stanley's avatar

You heard it from Tucker Carlson and Mel Gibson..they need a "Daddy" figure. Dunno what leads to that. Inability to comprehend what goes on in the world?

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Does that mean they grew up in single parent families, not fine Christian families?

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Dave Devine (Cologne, Germany)'s avatar

They are terrified of being primaried because they care more about retaining their privileged positions than the welfare of the country. Implement term limits so that each election cycle, 20-25 percent of the House and Senate will be ineligible to run again. This will allow them to regrow a spine and vote their conscience for the good of the country.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Absolutely agree.

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john tindall's avatar

spell check?

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Dave Devine (Cologne, Germany)'s avatar

Thanks, John. Corrected!

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P123Sunny's avatar

wondering what all of those magaT grandparents are thinking rn... re: their gandkids future.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Everyone here certainly has Susan, it’s a cult of imbeciles, they were never accepted by anyone in their lives, so easily influenced and manipulated by an obvious con man!

MSM has fallen in line with the billionaire class that owns them! Resistance, rejection, revealing the truth and revolution are all highlighted on the whiteboard!!

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Gerard's avatar

What's really bizarre is that there's a strong argument that Trump -- the President of the United States -- actually did cause the crash by yanking critical people from their jobs. Every accusation is an admission of guilt.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

Without a doubt. And it's spreading across the country. What happened at San Carlos Airport with all of their air traffic controllers quitting is another very dangerous example of the chaos he continues to cause. Having grown up 15 minutes from that airport, I've been there a number of times and seen how busy it is. Besides its close proximity to SFO, a major thoroughfare, Highway 101 is adjacent to it. Sure as hell hope they can get their staffing issues resolved ASAP.

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Schnauzermom's avatar

What most people don’t understand is that training an air traffic controller is a long, arduous process (as it should be). You don’t just walk in, fire everyone, and put up a Help Wanted sign.

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Bob Bowden's avatar

… unless you’re a 34 times-convicted felon declared immume from further accountability by your country’s brainless, corrupt-to-the-bone Supreme Court.

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Susan Burgess's avatar

Maybe their aim is to halt public mobility. No one will fly without air traffic controllers in place. Maybe crippling all the commercial airlines is where they’re headed?

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Susan Burgess's avatar

And destabilizing more workers by sending them either buyout letters or letters telling them their contracts have been sold to another company that pays less. All the air traffic controllers at San Carlos airport just quit because of that letter.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

Like

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Exactly Gerard, Trump has a lot of blood on those tiny fingers!!

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Susan Burgess's avatar

That’s why he was so quick to blame others. He forgot all about the victims of the crash in his rush to blame.

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Laurie's avatar

I'm not sure I can take this for four years again. In fact, I know I can't.

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Betsy L's avatar

But what else are you going to do? Move to another country? Unsubscribe from Jeff's substack? Stop looking at the news? It's like saying "I don't ever want to get old," without realizing that the alternative is much worse.

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Laurie's avatar

Oh, I didn't say I wasn't fighting. I didn't say I didn't get a moment of levity when I read Jeff's take. I just submitted another LTE in our local paper. I testified in our state legislature. I donate to organizations to help. I can't move. I'm staying to fight for my grandchildren. But I also have cut off the corporate media because I cannot stand listening to that ignorant, racist POS any longer.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Laurie, you are certainly doing your part. If it will make you feel better, call them all NAZIS, like I do. One Word. It encompasses everything hateful, like racism and fascism.

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Deborah Arapa's avatar

You are too kind.

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Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

I’m resisting for all those he’s harming here and abroad.

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Alison Parker's avatar

For those who can do so, I hardly see how moving to another country would be "much worse".

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arne link's avatar

I'm kinda old so moving to another beautiful, safe and sane country isn't really an option.

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Alison Parker's avatar

I'm middle-aged but I'm disabled, so moving even to the next neighborhood isn't a possibility. But if I could leave, I would.

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Linda Fulcher's avatar

I've already been told by a few countries that I don't qualify for residence - too old and too poor. So I'm trapped here.

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Suzn Sez's avatar

If hindsight was foresight I'd have saved up for exactly this eventuality and started packing my bags on November 6th.

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Edith Brideau's avatar

I know a couple who travel the world to play golf at various courses (must be nice!). They have selected Portugal as the country they will move to when this country is no.longer liveable and they're Trumpers!

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Portugal is near the top!

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Go somewhere that you are appreciated, Mexico is easy but others much better you have the whole world. They hate the states too!

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Marty's avatar

We either stay and fight with everything we have or we leave, recognizing there are some things we can't change. We aren't at that decision point yet.

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Mary Hall's avatar

"My country, right or wrong; if right, to be kept right; and if wrong, to be set right.” -- From a 1872 speech by U.S. Senator Carl Schurz

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Charles Austin's avatar

The fascists are all over the world.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Plus, I can't think of any country in the world that is begging for American ex-pats who are political asylum seekers. Not even Canada or Portugal. All are dealing with unresolved tensions and resource issues (housing) related to immigration. Climate change and wars will worsen that.

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Maryann Boyd's avatar

Laurie I say that several times a day! How could so many people vote for him? Did they just forget the 1st 4 years? He can't even string a coherent sentence together!!!

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Dave Drell's avatar

But MAGAs never saw that bumbling old fart. They saw what Newsmax& Faux fed them

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Deb Martina's avatar

I'm with you Laurie.

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Susan Travis's avatar

🙏💔🥺

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Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

It’s been less than 2 weeks and my left eye is twitching horribly. I’m not as threatened as so many but friends & neighbors are. What I fear is another major health crisis & the US outta WHO & not allowing health agencies to provide info.

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Alison Parker's avatar

That press conference was so fucking repugnant. What a hateful worthless fetid sack of garbage. I don't like hating people, but I hate him so much. I fear for what this country will even look like by the end of his term.

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Dina's avatar

It won't even be recognizable.

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Kimberly Sandwisch's avatar

So agree with every sentence you just said, Alison! So very, very frightening!

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Susan Burgess's avatar

Can’t you feel it building? We will rise up. Some are already rising up.

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Bethie U's avatar

Based on the past 11 days, I'm not sure we will make it to the midterm elections.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

The country was already deeply divided Alison , chat will be left after 4 years of this, won’t be recognizable!

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Chris Ortolano's avatar

Every time he fucks something up he will blame Biden, Democrats, and DEI. No surprise.

But now we really can't believe anything from this administration, because I guarantee you the report on this accident will NOT be the truth. Some trump loyalist will be reviewing all these reports, and make sure the treason weasel doesn't look bad.

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Geoff Anderson's avatar

Seriously, they still blame Obama and Clinton for shit the R's did

Lather, rinse, repeat

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Chris Ortolano's avatar

And the maga cult members just lap it up!

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Cynthia Turner's avatar

What I don't understand is how the people in congress can really support something they know is hurtful to people. Maybe they are just removed from real life, or I'm just in it, but these people do not represent anyone I know.

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Chris Ortolano's avatar

Two reasons; both are stupid. They like being cruel (I think is most of them), or they only want to remain in power and won't go against trump or musk. Cowards all of them!

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Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

And Pelosi and Kamala & any Dem whose name comes to mind.

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Mary Beth's avatar

When the Mango Mussolini said “it’s just common sense,” my brains almost blew out of my head. He just said that “it’s just common sense” that white guys are better and smarter than women and minorities out loud. If that ain’t racism, I don’t know what is.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Exactly. They’re not hiding it anymore. Justa Dick Vance will have to send his Indian wife packing, then. They dont think that the reason we have to even HAVE DEI programs is because of THEM and the absurd notion that the color of your skin has anything to do with your intelligence and abilities. Judging from the actions and beliefs of these old white guys, they’re falling behind and are NOT superior in any way. It makes me so angry!

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Dave Drell's avatar

Pure, unadulterated racist bigotry.

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

I kept hoping that they’d just die off, but they keep reproducing.

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

Of course it is. Soon they’ll drop the idiotic euphemism of ‘DEI’ and go directly to using the N-word. And the C-word (let’s not forget how much he also hates the ladies).

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Cheryl ODonnell's avatar

Can we find a way to remind The Toad and the MAGAts what DEI is really about? It’s leveling the field, allowing Black and brown people with talent and education, women even, to be considered for jobs previously held by lazy white guys. Jobs that the MAGAts wouldn’t qualify for anyway because they have the brains of addled gophers and minimal education.

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Kay-El's avatar

Planes, Trains and Automobiles: No one is safe with Orange Fuckwit on board.

Heartfelt condolences to the families of those on Flight 5342 💔

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Deb Martina's avatar

💔😢

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Charles Austin's avatar

💔😢

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steve robertshaw's avatar

You had me at Patented Oompa-Loompa Face Paint.

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Koko in AZ's avatar

I couldn't believe it when I read that Trump's comments about swimming in the crash site are being reported as an inappropriate joke. It wasn't a joke. He lacks any humor or joking abilty. He can't even recognize sarcasm, which is what that "joke" would have been.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

You get it sociopaths are murderers for the fun and other fruitful things like using the skin from a cadaver for a lovely lampshade, that’s what we’re talking about.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

The demented old flatulent felon just gets keeps getting better with age. Impeachment anyone?

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Mingo's avatar

It's remarkable that he can't even go 10 minutes without being an asshole. As my late mother would say, "that's just who is".

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

I think his mother, the immigrant, said that too.

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

But how? And why bother? It’s not like the first two impeachments did anything.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

2026 I think when we flip the house. It’s necessary regardless to claw our democracy back.

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Brenda McDonald's avatar

We can’t depend on congress to do anything.

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Dave Drell's avatar

The only way is that there is such feedback & outcry against these policies of his… that the Senators& Congress start denying him.

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meryl selig's avatar

Nor MIA DEMS

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Think that 3rd time is a charm?

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Mike Hammer's avatar

From what I’m seeing the American people are beginning to wise up.

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Deborah Hunter's avatar

We'd get Vance. Can't see that's an improvement. Vance is smarter and much younger.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

All too true.

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Gini Kramer's avatar

In four days I’m going to be flying half way across the country. I’m confident that trump won’t have enough time to replace all the air traffic controllers with howler monkeys. Not so sure about the return trip though.

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Marty's avatar

You make a good point, though, and one I'm thinking myself. How safe will air travel be now? He is decimating our law enforcement, our medical infrastructure, and now our air safety.

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MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

On purpose. These monsters are doing exactly what they said they would: Burn everything to the ground.

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Stephen Brady's avatar

His only mandate is from Uncle Vlad and that is to effectively destroy the US Government.

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Susan Burgess's avatar

I’d omit the word Government.

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Mary Hall's avatar

And take down as many Americans as possible in the process.

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Dave Drell's avatar

We all knew he was a traitor - from what happened 1/6 and the possession of classified docs.

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Douglas's avatar

Exactly, Stephen

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Forrest Grump's avatar

Rest assured he will not be recruiting howler monkeys, Gini. I believe there’s enough on-air talent at Fox who can get the job done. Have a nice flight.

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Toby Koch's avatar

Is there any way you can publish without the talking cantaloupe's picture? Maybe blur his face out. I can't stand seeing it.

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

sorry, I don't see how, when he's the main topic right now

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arne link's avatar

I never listen to his voice. It is unbearable. What I don't understand is this, politicians and business people fly all the time. Aren't they worried? Don't they care about their safety? I know that I won't be flying again for a long time. Damn, how will I emigrate to Portugal? Boat through the Panama canal war zone? Crap! I'm doomed.

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Dina's avatar

You'll be fine once you get out of US air space.

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arne link's avatar

If I can.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Arne, I am hoping for a visit to Portugal in the spring to check things out. I thought the same thing as you about flying. Hell if it was possible, I’d drive. 🤓

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Charles Austin's avatar

😂😂😂

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

You’re getting it get the hell out as you know I have won’t go back.

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Deborah Hunter's avatar

I just flew home from Europe yesterday. Perfect flight. I fly again in 3 weeks. Heaven help me.

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Marty's avatar

Substitute his voice and face with a cartoon (which he is anyway). I'm with you Laurie, I don't think I can take this for four years ... none of us can. So how do we organize to address it? That's what I'm struggling with.

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Carol JLH's avatar

I love what Mary Trump does with her uncle's voice to keep the triggering to a minimum. Her audio transforms Trump into a teeny, wittle, ineffectual, cartoon villain.

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Mary Hall's avatar

Ever seen "Life Accordion to T💩p"? It's good for comic relief. He is such a mofo clown -- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S65jqrHQi_c

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Dave Drell's avatar

That’s hilarious Mary- although I had to look at the Putz face for 1 minute straight.

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Deborah Arapa's avatar

Or use the appropriate emoji?

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Tess's avatar

Imbecile…and he is president! What in the actual fuck…we need Pete B to get in the senate and rake this shit up! Trump is such a conniving liar-NOTHING is his fault. Sean Duffy-sorry-he is from WI—-Up North…RED as Hell!

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Allan Voorhis's avatar

Every time I see one of Donny Dementia's shitshow press conferences, I want to punch Merrick Garland in the nose for dragging his feet and not sparing this country of another Trump term. At least Garland kept his membership in The Federalist Society in good standing.

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