It seems like the military leadership kept their mouths shut and since this was just step one or two of whatever is planned we have to wait and see.
Release the Epstein Files! Apparently Mike Johnson does not want to swear in Adelita Grijalva from Arizona because she can force the Epstein Files to be released. She should be suing so should her state.
They’re also really smart. The whole lot of Secretaries as well as the idiot in chief would do well to emulate their thought processes and speaking style.
So are a lot of other people. We need to recognize that we have a LOT of heroes and stop denigrating our own because they're not perfect/doing the impossible. My own congresswoman (Shontel Brown) is kicking ass these days and not only speaking out as strongly as AOC, but working on legislation to push back as well as doing amazing work as far as providing hands-on help to constituents. And sorry to contradict some people, but Hakeem Jeffries is doing a good job, even if he's not fulfilling the fantasies some have of leadership turning over tables and throttling their opponents physically.
Even though it's inconvenient, I'm so glad that he and Schumer let the Republicons shut down our government. I was afraid that they would TACO, but they didn't.
I had high hopes for Jeffries, but he basically put the final nail in the coffin this week when he decided to put out a statement praising Eric Adams for his leadership as mayor of NYC, while still refusing to endorse the ACTUAL DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE for mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Instead, he teased that he would endorse someone before the election next month.
Sorry - not sorry - but that is some absolute bullshit. I would maybe still have a modicum of respect left for Jeffries if he hadn’t said anything at all.
Go ahead and endorse sex pest Andrew Cuomo. I don’t fucking care.
Respecfully disagree with Hakeem's leadership, or lack thereof. Leader's lead. Hakeem is metaphorically hiding under his desk. His talking tour is performative nonsense. He had multiple opportunities to give the House Repubs bloody noses and have them not pass some of their BS bills, but he didn't crack the whip on the dem caucus. He should be screaming about the horrendous detrimental effects of GQP legislation FROM THE HOUSE CHAMBER. Not doing spouting policy ideas on the road. Cowardly, like much of the Dem caucus, and I'm not impressed. Hakeem is also clueless about his own district. He doesn't know the difference between Rent Controlled & Rent Stabilized. Someone go kick Hakeem in the ass, wake him up, before he finds himself in a Boxcar headed for Montana.
You don't understand what his job is or the reality of vote counting in the house, the #1 job of a party leader, not "screaming." Have you even noticed that the Democratic caucus votes in unison and the GOP one doesn't? And how are they "cowardly" by voting in unison against GOP proposals, which unfortunately the GOP has the votes to ram through? I get that we're all frustrated but we are often asking him (and the Democrats in general) to do things he doesn't have the votes to do. We should've turned out last November.
I have to say that I read Project 2025 with my book club so what is happening is laid out there, not every detail but a lot of them, and the jist of what they want to do, which is turn this into a White Supremacist Christian Nationalist theocracy.
Look up New Apostolitic Reformation (NAR). Heavy ties to Dominionism, The Heritage Foundation. Russell Vought is one of the key architects of P2025. Hegseth is an NAR member as is Vought, Mike Johnson, MTG, Ted Cruz, Linda McMahon and other big names. Take a look at their 7 Mountains Mandate (or 7 Mountains of Culture) and see the inroads they've made. It will keep you up all night.
After hearing Hegseth, who has a 1950s Christian Nationalist mentality around women, we should be calling for the military to boycott their jobs unless Hegseth reinstates the people that have been fired. Or, do they want to quickly hire a million loyalists to protect our country.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an important expert on fascism, said that Trump is planning on removing the US from a position of being a global power and making it a regional power, leaving Europe to Putin (who I hope crush him), and Asia to Xi. The three will divide up the Arctic, and I don't know who will divide up Africa. Trump just pulled UA aid out, and Xi has his roads and bridges hooks into African countries, and Russia does too with its military, meanwhile thieving from these countries just like Putin does from his own people.
So they world is supposed to be divided up by 3 thieves. Meanwhile, we are looking at a potential nuclear weapons proliferation. Nukes are the only edge Putin has at this point over Europe, and France has nukes too.
I agree with a minor difference in the military boycott ask. The generals should demand that Pete Hegseth be removed from office immediately and signal to the Senate that only someone with accomplished military leadership experience can take his place.
Hegseth invited hundreds of powerful thinkers to watch him flail. As a group, the top brass witnessed a moron insult them and the America people. Waste thousands of tax payers' money on a show because he misses his FOX Weekend camera spots.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. I don't know what Hegseth unintentionally put in motion, but he just dug his own grave.
Alot of people, including the influencers said this big generals & admirals meeting was a prelude to some huge military operation. If it was, there should be some sort of mention of the op. Instead, it looked & sounded like Kegseth being Kegseth, a prancing, preening fool propping up his own ego. Donnie wasn't even going to come until some media fool mentioned it to him. Hey! Lamestream Media, don't give Dipshit clues about what's going on. He Doesn't Know! Ask afterwards. Donnie can't plan 24 hours in advance, so he clearly wasn't thinking about a major op. So I'm stepping back the ledge, only one step, but clearly neither the Secretary of War Crimes nor DumbDonnie don't have some massive civilian round up planned, yet.
Anastasia, I hope you do not have something against good looking women. It reminds me of how Blondes could not be taken seriously because they were considered pretty and empty headed.
AOC has been speaking out all along since before she took office. That is why she won. She took on an issue that my senator Dick Durbin would not even though I asked him to which was to start to impeach the SCOTUS members who most warranted it.
It is sexist for you to say that her looks detract from her message, which has been consistent. She went on the road with Bernie, she has a podcast, she has been speaking out since day one and Trump threatened her, and she continued to speak out. I think that deserves admiration, not attacks.
Yes but not because she is more compelling or insightful than everyone else. Not that she isn't sometimes compelling and/or insightful, but the outsized attention she gets over other equally insightful/compelling public figures is for other reasons.
As long as she keeps saying what she says, I don't give a hoot why she gets more "attention" than others. ANY ATTENTION to what is happening in our current political nightmare, is TERRIFIC!
She does not get outsized attention because she is physically as well as mentally attractive, nor does Bernie for the same reasons, but because they have something to say which has been consistent. She is a Social Democrat and part of the Six pack who have all been courageously speaking out. Why should we not listen to her? She has some understandings of people and politics that we would do well to learn from. People in her community who voted for Trump also voted for her? Why? Because they trust her message, like they trusted his, but he was lying to them and she was not.
"Outsized attention"? Where??? And how has it been established that any coverage of her is due simply to her looks? It actually tends to catch my attention when she does get coverage--not because I find her pretty, but because I find that she is often NOT interviewed on the grounds that she is too radical, so it stands out when she is finally given an opportunity.
A relative of mine is in the cancer ward. The nurse told us that some patients were shocked about this world famous hospital recommending Tylenol: "Wasn't it banned?"
The White House is causing unbelievable damage every minute of every day. It's heartbreaking.
From the expressions on the faces of the military brass, I believe many of them would have loved to have known the word "fucknoodlery" as they were forced to listen to it.
As I understand it, the active military is not supposed to make political comments in public. Hence the silence in the room.....It's also the reason there was a stir when Demento held the rally for which military attendees were pre-screened, so that only Trumpets would be there and cheer him on.
A. It's not the number of words, as long as the words serve the purpose. In that respect you're close to fucking perfect.
B. von Schlieffen's maxim (Great accomplishments, little display. More substance than appearance) guided the general staff of one of the greatest armies the world has ever seen, until it was destroyed by a megalomaniac. Our so-called leaders are on track to do likewise by behaving precisely oppositely.
C. When I was in the Service, it was widely known that one could reach the grade of O4 (Major/LCDR) by fogging a mirror, but to make O5 required something more. At the time, one was up for O5 after 6 or 7 years, so it appears that Hogsbreath wasn't able to make the cut. Full disclosure: I got out after one tour as a LTJG. Made LT while on inactive reserve.
You are great! Love all your posts! It’s sad what’s happening to our country but I love your sense of humor! Yesterday Pete Kegstand and Mr Befuddle pants were so humiliating to all those generals and admirals. I can imagine a lot of the military was thinking “ fuck you guys!”
Sorry, we don't dare run another qualified woman. It's going to be Gavin Newsom with a female VP. Can't run Gov. Pete, either. Gavin will find another job for him. We WILL recover from this.
I know, but AOC IS the real deal. Gavin's doing the slamming and attention matters most. I have a few bones to pick with my dear governor, and he didn't invite me to his victory party like Jerry did.
C'mon. You've got all day, right? I can't count how many times per day I say to myself, "What the fucking fuck are they planning on fucking us with after lunch?" When I have the answer I'll let everyone know.
Jeff, Golf With MAGAS was very uneventful yesterday, it almost seemed they were attempting to avoid any maga discussion, or Donald discussion however I did bring up the crazy talk in front of our elite military officers, the talk of invading our cities, harassment of our citizens, the stationing of federal troops in our cities, the implied threat to roll up on Black people. I explained you rolling up on any Brown person, now as predicted rolling up on Black peoples, will eventually roll up on the LGBTQ community and more to come… All stayed silent, even a fellow whose daughter married another woman.. These guys just cannot admit they were wrong to back a dictator… Sweet…. Best to All
I “January 6 Shamed” a whole table full of Republican couples once, back before Trump 2.0. They all looked down or away. “We’re not *those kinds* of Republicans”, they said. My ass. They know exactly what the fuck they’re doing with their votes.
Fredo, their silence is shame. You're right that they will not admit they made a mistake. Yesterday's dog and pony show at Quantico was a window into the madness of Donnie and Petey that has been ignored by the information bubble they inhabit. As the saying goes, denial is not a river in Egypt.
I've noticed a "tell" when my MAGA relatives and acquaintances are confronted with public and irrefutable displays of Trump's and others' batshit craziness, and are facing being called out for it, they start in with the "Why can't we all just get along" whining.
Here's my question - how many Senators and Congressman got phone calls from generals, admirals, senior noncoms, or just plain military vets who are demanding that they do something about these two fuckwits before they start WWIII?
I wrote one of my senators about Trump yesterday. Told him this guy is seriously threatening the safety and security of us all and recommended he talk with Speaker Johnson and others to 25th Amendment Trump. Not that it will do any good because he's a Republican sh*tbird, but you got to keep trying. One day, I hope we will get through to these guys that Trump is losing his power and to not be afraid of MAGAs because they are in the minority.
Speaker Johnson and the Congress have no power under the 25th Amendment That is up to Shady Vance and a majority of the Cabinet (yeah, the people who get to vote are Marco Sippycup, Scott Pissant, Pete Kegbreath, Pam Blondi, Doug Hamburgum, Howard Nutlick, Bobby Brainworms, Linda McMoron, Sean Duffer, Crusty Gnome, and a few whose names I don't know). The House could try impeaching again, but we've seen how that goes.
Sure, burn everything down, ruin the country, and they just stand there accepting it saying “ we will not be political”. That’s how revolutions and change get started!
In Vietnam, officers like Hegseth, mean, brutal and devoid of conscience, were sometimes dealt with by means of a live grenade rolled into their tent one night. Problem solved.
It takes a special kind of oblivious, unself-conscious, unironic, strutting egomaniac as an obese draft dodger and an unqualified, preening misogynist who divulged top secret operational strategy to stand before our military leadership and lecture them about their shortcomings.
The one thing missing from this event, was these two ignoble poltroons wandering around, shaking the hands of those they insulted by bringing them to this charade!
I watched it too, and I saw him confirming what he said in front of the UN last week. We are no longer the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world. Withdrawing all our troops, saving our firepower for our own country. We're toast. Not really a country any more.
That was the worst General Patton cosplay I've ever seen.The silence was louder than the time Jeb Bush begged, "Please clap." On the crazy scale, right up there with Caligula making his horse a senator.
goodness, I misread that as $6 Billion. But even $6 million was too much for something that could have been an email.
On the other hand, there is a part of me that is happy they put the whole thing on display for the world to see. If the meeting had been secret, it could have been spun. How can you spin the president doing 10 minutes on walking down stairs to a room full of Generals?
Maybe this will get through to the people who voted for the price of eggs.
You probably noticed that the Congress critters will keep getting paid, even as government employees go on unpaid furlough. What is wrong with this picture.
That needs to be changed. Congress needs the same healthcare, 401Ks, time off, and lay offs as the government employees they impose their bullshit on. If they had our measly pay and benefits, they’d quit.
I read somewhere that the Pentagon has to use every penny of their budget money or they won’t get the same amount next year. And yesterday was the last day of the fiscal year. That kind of makes sense even though it was stupid.
what the fucking fuck. I wrote to my "representatives" after midnight last night... susan useless dithering twit "pass me the AIPAC money" collins for one. these rescumlicans ought to be just as disgusted and appalled as we are. but my guess is they'll keep licking the boot as long as he lets them cash in.
pete fucking hegseth. I never knew that human turd existed until this "administration" dug him out of a barroom. his face makes me want to smack it with a crowbar. christ I am angry and sick of this shit!
I was thinking of the same "malicious compliance" that the troops displayed during Trump's parade - the brass won't openly rebel but they'll slow things down and mess things up.
Not just the brass but the National Guardsmen. Most of the news videos show morbidly obese ICE assholes pursuing and arresting immigrants, not actual soldiers. Even some local police are investigating ICE agents for abuse. I'm mudlarking for shards of hope.
I wonder if Petey Kegseth was, in fact, talking about the portly ICE thugs--since Meal Team 6 shows up in their military cosplay outfits, he may have mistaken them for actual, legal professionals. Although their beating the shit out of crying women is a hint that they are just a pack of thugs.
By the way--why are they wearing camouflage on city streets? Is it to stand out vividly, since they're miles from anything the camo would normally be used for? I suppose it's part of their sick performance: "Look at us! We're pretending to be soldiers! Let's find some children to kick!"
Nice one, Jeff - I think we all need your particular voice, this particular week. And thank you for including AOC's voice, particularly this:
"Donald Trump is at record levels of unpopularity in his tenure. the Republican house is at record levels of unpopularity. they are underwater across the board and they know it. and that is causing them to double down in public. but it is backfiring."
This is fact, even if it doesn't feel like it. We must remain steady and not surrender in advance.
I kind of wanted to hear him describing Obama using stairs, but I just can't bring myself to listen to his voice. So, thank you for the transliterated version.
I'm the same. His voice drives me crazy but even reading transcripts makes my eyeballs roll back in my head. And then I get beyond furious that the media spent 3 weeks last year acting as if President Biden's non-existent "cognitive decline" (he is slower snd sometimes gropes for words, in part because of his stuttering, but there are few signs of "cognitive decline") was the worst threat to our country but I have seen almost nothing written about how every time Trump opens his mouth a stream of disjointed incoherence pours out.
Enlisted military tend to skew Republican, but military officers tend to vote Democrat. It is true that in every military base gym that has TVs, Fox is playing - at least, in my experience.
I don't know why that is permitted. Can't base commanders ban Fox from the lineup? Though I suppose now with the internet they can just watch it on their phones. But still- the fact that taxpayers have to pay for propaganda that is in our worst intersts is just sick.
JFC what a preposterous ass Hegseth is. Strolling up and down the stage and gesturing with his hands like a coked-up Shopping Network shill. Pausing for applause that never comes. Enunciating “F. A. F. O.” like he’s a teenager on TikTok. I almost felt embarrassed for the douchebag.
[OFFTOPIC] MzNicky, do you mind if I ask whereabouts in East Doom-Ass? Just idle curiosity--I myself spent some years there--Bristol, Johnson City, Jonesboro.
That’s the area I’m from (Kingsport). I’ve been in Knoxville for decades. You might appreciate then that this deep in the Bible Belt, esp. up here in eastern Tennessee, there’s at least one church on every street corner. My homegirls and I refer to this whole area as East Jesus. It’s really more of a state of mind. 😇
During the silence at Quantico, the regime equivalent of the first term’s staff grownups appeared, hundreds of them, redolent of real-world expertise. They, and the courts, and us, loosen the grip of MAGA fascism.
Tip of the hat to Judge William G Young, whose scathing appraisal of Metamucilini’s trampling of the constitution gives hope that the judicial system remains a check on this tilted power
Particularly love how Judge Young took the anonymous threat he received and addressed it as a simple request for the real truth! Let's hear it for smart judges!
Guess the brass aren't ready to serve as Frump's junta and generalissimos. Since the Meeting of 800 was a surprise even to Shitler, who crashed it like a wedding reception at Mar-a-Lago, I have to think Pete was priming for Vance, Vought, Thiel, and the rest of the Heritage Foundation traitors in preparation for the succession.
oh god, 1,992 words — and I didn't even use half the clips I could have
All I can say is thank you for every single word...do we ever need it. 🤦♀️
Agreed. Also particular thanks for the clip of AOC. She is who we should be listening to, not Hegseth and not Trump.
I love AOC. She is real deal.
And--she speaks in coherent sentences! Love it when she and Jasmine Crockett just lay it on the line.
They are both female warriors. The military could take a lesson from them.
It seems like the military leadership kept their mouths shut and since this was just step one or two of whatever is planned we have to wait and see.
Release the Epstein Files! Apparently Mike Johnson does not want to swear in Adelita Grijalva from Arizona because she can force the Epstein Files to be released. She should be suing so should her state.
https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mike-johnson-refuses-swear-dem-194401227.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAALa3XVuBBxeDDAhbtTNQQmHtKv4IPNOTGrIr4AELiWz9mZZKHfr1IRNJDW-_pmJEwf8BjonzHMMbEi-mPPy4MCmqJ0NxCm76hpd5asg9y4AO7ulVpAhPykSEzmfHAd51kwjy3iqL254wlenEBX0zTpe3VLjwFFmJpCpGcrXCE93t
I have been reading that there is behind the scenes pressure on Mike Johnson. We shall see. We should be asking for his removal.
They’re also really smart. The whole lot of Secretaries as well as the idiot in chief would do well to emulate their thought processes and speaking style.
Me too.
So are a lot of other people. We need to recognize that we have a LOT of heroes and stop denigrating our own because they're not perfect/doing the impossible. My own congresswoman (Shontel Brown) is kicking ass these days and not only speaking out as strongly as AOC, but working on legislation to push back as well as doing amazing work as far as providing hands-on help to constituents. And sorry to contradict some people, but Hakeem Jeffries is doing a good job, even if he's not fulfilling the fantasies some have of leadership turning over tables and throttling their opponents physically.
And a shoutout to my congressman, Maxwell Frost, who is fighting the good fight. I am thankful for him as a counter to my two useless senators.
Maxwell Frost is excellent, a true fighter. Not as pretty as AOC but just as effective.
Even though it's inconvenient, I'm so glad that he and Schumer let the Republicons shut down our government. I was afraid that they would TACO, but they didn't.
Not yet anyway.
I had high hopes for Jeffries, but he basically put the final nail in the coffin this week when he decided to put out a statement praising Eric Adams for his leadership as mayor of NYC, while still refusing to endorse the ACTUAL DEMOCRATIC NOMINEE for mayor, Zohran Mamdani. Instead, he teased that he would endorse someone before the election next month.
Sorry - not sorry - but that is some absolute bullshit. I would maybe still have a modicum of respect left for Jeffries if he hadn’t said anything at all.
Go ahead and endorse sex pest Andrew Cuomo. I don’t fucking care.
That seemed strange to me. Adams is a criminal, right? Why won't the Dems endorse Mamdani? He's obviously going to win. I don't get that, either.
Respecfully disagree with Hakeem's leadership, or lack thereof. Leader's lead. Hakeem is metaphorically hiding under his desk. His talking tour is performative nonsense. He had multiple opportunities to give the House Repubs bloody noses and have them not pass some of their BS bills, but he didn't crack the whip on the dem caucus. He should be screaming about the horrendous detrimental effects of GQP legislation FROM THE HOUSE CHAMBER. Not doing spouting policy ideas on the road. Cowardly, like much of the Dem caucus, and I'm not impressed. Hakeem is also clueless about his own district. He doesn't know the difference between Rent Controlled & Rent Stabilized. Someone go kick Hakeem in the ass, wake him up, before he finds himself in a Boxcar headed for Montana.
You don't understand what his job is or the reality of vote counting in the house, the #1 job of a party leader, not "screaming." Have you even noticed that the Democratic caucus votes in unison and the GOP one doesn't? And how are they "cowardly" by voting in unison against GOP proposals, which unfortunately the GOP has the votes to ram through? I get that we're all frustrated but we are often asking him (and the Democrats in general) to do things he doesn't have the votes to do. We should've turned out last November.
Also to Harris and Clinton. They told us so. Everything they said would happen happened.
It almost makes you think no one listens to women.
I have to say that I read Project 2025 with my book club so what is happening is laid out there, not every detail but a lot of them, and the jist of what they want to do, which is turn this into a White Supremacist Christian Nationalist theocracy.
Look up New Apostolitic Reformation (NAR). Heavy ties to Dominionism, The Heritage Foundation. Russell Vought is one of the key architects of P2025. Hegseth is an NAR member as is Vought, Mike Johnson, MTG, Ted Cruz, Linda McMahon and other big names. Take a look at their 7 Mountains Mandate (or 7 Mountains of Culture) and see the inroads they've made. It will keep you up all night.
After hearing Hegseth, who has a 1950s Christian Nationalist mentality around women, we should be calling for the military to boycott their jobs unless Hegseth reinstates the people that have been fired. Or, do they want to quickly hire a million loyalists to protect our country.
Ruth Ben-Ghiat, an important expert on fascism, said that Trump is planning on removing the US from a position of being a global power and making it a regional power, leaving Europe to Putin (who I hope crush him), and Asia to Xi. The three will divide up the Arctic, and I don't know who will divide up Africa. Trump just pulled UA aid out, and Xi has his roads and bridges hooks into African countries, and Russia does too with its military, meanwhile thieving from these countries just like Putin does from his own people.
So they world is supposed to be divided up by 3 thieves. Meanwhile, we are looking at a potential nuclear weapons proliferation. Nukes are the only edge Putin has at this point over Europe, and France has nukes too.
I agree with a minor difference in the military boycott ask. The generals should demand that Pete Hegseth be removed from office immediately and signal to the Senate that only someone with accomplished military leadership experience can take his place.
Hegseth invited hundreds of powerful thinkers to watch him flail. As a group, the top brass witnessed a moron insult them and the America people. Waste thousands of tax payers' money on a show because he misses his FOX Weekend camera spots.
For every action there is an equal and opposite reaction. I don't know what Hegseth unintentionally put in motion, but he just dug his own grave.
No kings October 18th. Make your sign now.
Alot of people, including the influencers said this big generals & admirals meeting was a prelude to some huge military operation. If it was, there should be some sort of mention of the op. Instead, it looked & sounded like Kegseth being Kegseth, a prancing, preening fool propping up his own ego. Donnie wasn't even going to come until some media fool mentioned it to him. Hey! Lamestream Media, don't give Dipshit clues about what's going on. He Doesn't Know! Ask afterwards. Donnie can't plan 24 hours in advance, so he clearly wasn't thinking about a major op. So I'm stepping back the ledge, only one step, but clearly neither the Secretary of War Crimes nor DumbDonnie don't have some massive civilian round up planned, yet.
Cassandra is rolling her eyes right now.
She certainly is. We're all Cassandras in a way. Sorta makes me proud - and angry.
Amen to that🙏!
Actually, that part kind of spoiled it for me: AOC saying a bunch of stuff everyone has been saying but she's SOOOO pretty so she matters more.
Huh?
I think this might say more about you than what it says about AOC (or JT, even).
Anastasia, I hope you do not have something against good looking women. It reminds me of how Blondes could not be taken seriously because they were considered pretty and empty headed.
AOC has been speaking out all along since before she took office. That is why she won. She took on an issue that my senator Dick Durbin would not even though I asked him to which was to start to impeach the SCOTUS members who most warranted it.
It is sexist for you to say that her looks detract from her message, which has been consistent. She went on the road with Bernie, she has a podcast, she has been speaking out since day one and Trump threatened her, and she continued to speak out. I think that deserves admiration, not attacks.
do you mean "people listen more often"?
Yes but not because she is more compelling or insightful than everyone else. Not that she isn't sometimes compelling and/or insightful, but the outsized attention she gets over other equally insightful/compelling public figures is for other reasons.
As long as she keeps saying what she says, I don't give a hoot why she gets more "attention" than others. ANY ATTENTION to what is happening in our current political nightmare, is TERRIFIC!
She does not get outsized attention because she is physically as well as mentally attractive, nor does Bernie for the same reasons, but because they have something to say which has been consistent. She is a Social Democrat and part of the Six pack who have all been courageously speaking out. Why should we not listen to her? She has some understandings of people and politics that we would do well to learn from. People in her community who voted for Trump also voted for her? Why? Because they trust her message, like they trusted his, but he was lying to them and she was not.
Oh, do fuck off.
"Outsized attention"? Where??? And how has it been established that any coverage of her is due simply to her looks? It actually tends to catch my attention when she does get coverage--not because I find her pretty, but because I find that she is often NOT interviewed on the grounds that she is too radical, so it stands out when she is finally given an opportunity.
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Tiedrich, for Christ's sake, stop worrying about the Goddamn words!
worrying is what I do!
Tylenol will not help but Xanax will!!😆😆
A relative of mine is in the cancer ward. The nurse told us that some patients were shocked about this world famous hospital recommending Tylenol: "Wasn't it banned?"
The White House is causing unbelievable damage every minute of every day. It's heartbreaking.
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My dad was a big worrier. We called him Father Chicken Soup 😂
Luv ya, sweets!
You worry so we don't have to!
Worrying works. I've seen it work.
I graduated a few years ago to worrying about the number of lines. Otherwise, I feel your pain.
Oh, me too!!
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Water Force One did me in!!🤣🤣🚣🚣
My new word for the day is fucknoodlery! Can be used to describe all kinds of shenanigans…Thanks, Jeff!
From the expressions on the faces of the military brass, I believe many of them would have loved to have known the word "fucknoodlery" as they were forced to listen to it.
Not one of those military robots can stand up to Hesgeth? Not one?
And get themselves fired for their trouble, right.
Or courtmartialed
As I understand it, the active military is not supposed to make political comments in public. Hence the silence in the room.....It's also the reason there was a stir when Demento held the rally for which military attendees were pre-screened, so that only Trumpets would be there and cheer him on.
As I’m currently eating lunch alone at a ramen restaurant I actually almost choked on my soup with “fucknoodlery”
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Me too!
I'd read every word. Supplement pls w/ the other clips and commentary.
Yeah, fucknoodlery for the win! Another Tiedrich gem.
Jewel of a post today!
A. It's not the number of words, as long as the words serve the purpose. In that respect you're close to fucking perfect.
B. von Schlieffen's maxim (Great accomplishments, little display. More substance than appearance) guided the general staff of one of the greatest armies the world has ever seen, until it was destroyed by a megalomaniac. Our so-called leaders are on track to do likewise by behaving precisely oppositely.
C. When I was in the Service, it was widely known that one could reach the grade of O4 (Major/LCDR) by fogging a mirror, but to make O5 required something more. At the time, one was up for O5 after 6 or 7 years, so it appears that Hogsbreath wasn't able to make the cut. Full disclosure: I got out after one tour as a LTJG. Made LT while on inactive reserve.
We hang on every one of them 👏
So much material…so little time…
You are great! Love all your posts! It’s sad what’s happening to our country but I love your sense of humor! Yesterday Pete Kegstand and Mr Befuddle pants were so humiliating to all those generals and admirals. I can imagine a lot of the military was thinking “ fuck you guys!”
And to all below in comments, It might be time for AOC 4 POTUS!
Sorry, we don't dare run another qualified woman. It's going to be Gavin Newsom with a female VP. Can't run Gov. Pete, either. Gavin will find another job for him. We WILL recover from this.
I know, but AOC IS the real deal. Gavin's doing the slamming and attention matters most. I have a few bones to pick with my dear governor, and he didn't invite me to his victory party like Jerry did.
My thoughts exactly, Arne. ☺️
It was all relevant and impeccable🥳
careful what u wish for? re: content
C'mon. You've got all day, right? I can't count how many times per day I say to myself, "What the fucking fuck are they planning on fucking us with after lunch?" When I have the answer I'll let everyone know.
Jeff, Golf With MAGAS was very uneventful yesterday, it almost seemed they were attempting to avoid any maga discussion, or Donald discussion however I did bring up the crazy talk in front of our elite military officers, the talk of invading our cities, harassment of our citizens, the stationing of federal troops in our cities, the implied threat to roll up on Black people. I explained you rolling up on any Brown person, now as predicted rolling up on Black peoples, will eventually roll up on the LGBTQ community and more to come… All stayed silent, even a fellow whose daughter married another woman.. These guys just cannot admit they were wrong to back a dictator… Sweet…. Best to All
I “January 6 Shamed” a whole table full of Republican couples once, back before Trump 2.0. They all looked down or away. “We’re not *those kinds* of Republicans”, they said. My ass. They know exactly what the fuck they’re doing with their votes.
Fastball, please keep telling us your golf stories. I love them.
“All stayed silent, even a fellow whose daughter married another woman.” He’s probably a huge Scott Bessent fan.
or Scott Pissant as I refer to him
Fastball, you are a brave man voluntarily hanging out with MAGA nutballs and trying to show them the light.
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Love your golf days!!
Fredo, their silence is shame. You're right that they will not admit they made a mistake. Yesterday's dog and pony show at Quantico was a window into the madness of Donnie and Petey that has been ignored by the information bubble they inhabit. As the saying goes, denial is not a river in Egypt.
I've noticed a "tell" when my MAGA relatives and acquaintances are confronted with public and irrefutable displays of Trump's and others' batshit craziness, and are facing being called out for it, they start in with the "Why can't we all just get along" whining.
"whatever batshit fucknoodlery happened to be pinballing about inside his big dumb pumpkin head" FUCKNOODLERY! 😂😂 Priceless.
"‘bro, aren’t you the fucknut who butt-dialed classified war plans to a reporter? "😂😂
"you can leave the room. of course, there goes your rank, your future.” He's a completely deranged asshole. I can't hate him more than I do.
God help us.
I know. Fucknoodlery was absolutely brilliant. Another word to add to my vocabulary. I learn so much from Jeff and his fans.
Me too, Arne. Fucknoodlery is a particularly delicious word.
I've hated Taco Don since 1985.
1983 for me: he was kicking long time tenants out of the Plaza Hotel. He’s scum.
Yeah!!! Me, too.
I'm 100% with you Susan. He is a completely deranged asshole (actually both of them are!) and I cannot hate either one more than I already do.
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Amen, Susan!
Here's my question - how many Senators and Congressman got phone calls from generals, admirals, senior noncoms, or just plain military vets who are demanding that they do something about these two fuckwits before they start WWIII?
I wrote one of my senators about Trump yesterday. Told him this guy is seriously threatening the safety and security of us all and recommended he talk with Speaker Johnson and others to 25th Amendment Trump. Not that it will do any good because he's a Republican sh*tbird, but you got to keep trying. One day, I hope we will get through to these guys that Trump is losing his power and to not be afraid of MAGAs because they are in the minority.
Speaker Johnson and the Congress have no power under the 25th Amendment That is up to Shady Vance and a majority of the Cabinet (yeah, the people who get to vote are Marco Sippycup, Scott Pissant, Pete Kegbreath, Pam Blondi, Doug Hamburgum, Howard Nutlick, Bobby Brainworms, Linda McMoron, Sean Duffer, Crusty Gnome, and a few whose names I don't know). The House could try impeaching again, but we've seen how that goes.
They could get calls from vets. but the rest have the UCMJ, etc that prevents this.
Don't be naive. They all have ways to get their messages to whomever they want.
Don't be ignorant. Most of these men and women have respect for the rules set out in the UCMJ. Military personnel are not to be political, ever.
Sure, burn everything down, ruin the country, and they just stand there accepting it saying “ we will not be political”. That’s how revolutions and change get started!
In Vietnam, officers like Hegseth, mean, brutal and devoid of conscience, were sometimes dealt with by means of a live grenade rolled into their tent one night. Problem solved.
It takes a special kind of oblivious, unself-conscious, unironic, strutting egomaniac as an obese draft dodger and an unqualified, preening misogynist who divulged top secret operational strategy to stand before our military leadership and lecture them about their shortcomings.
So true! (Did he know what he looked like?)
Obviously not. Have you seen the clip of SecDrunk trying to do a pull-up. It's pretty funny. Very girly.
but not girly like women troops
Not at all. Women troops are just awesome. They can do everything and still fend off all the BS. Women can multitask with aplomb.
My cousin was one of the first two women who passed the Army Ranger requirements. She was captain then, now a major.
He doesn’t have insight. He is now drunk with power!
He looked like a preening rooster strutting around.
The one thing missing from this event, was these two ignoble poltroons wandering around, shaking the hands of those they insulted by bringing them to this charade!
Jeff glad you used all the best words to describe this CF. I watched it (I took one for the team), and the silence was deafening.
I watched it too, and I saw him confirming what he said in front of the UN last week. We are no longer the wealthiest and most powerful nation in the world. Withdrawing all our troops, saving our firepower for our own country. We're toast. Not really a country any more.
elseweb: they bombed so hard the generals are calling them Fat Man and Little Boy. You need the n-word to describe how hard they bombed.
What? The Nazis over Coventry?
I learned some new ones! This is the best um, what do you call a word school?
The literati? A literarium? Verbum locus?
That was the worst General Patton cosplay I've ever seen.The silence was louder than the time Jeb Bush begged, "Please clap." On the crazy scale, right up there with Caligula making his horse a senator.
And Patton was fired. 😂
Yesterday it was estimated that the gong show at Quantico cost over $6,000,000.00. Flying in all the top brass from all over the world for what??
Jesus...that makes me sick. The regime just burns through money as people cant afford groceries.
goodness, I misread that as $6 Billion. But even $6 million was too much for something that could have been an email.
On the other hand, there is a part of me that is happy they put the whole thing on display for the world to see. If the meeting had been secret, it could have been spun. How can you spin the president doing 10 minutes on walking down stairs to a room full of Generals?
Maybe this will get through to the people who voted for the price of eggs.
telling them that we should revisit or think about (or something about) "battleships"......
The republicans couldn't save money if you paid them.
We do pay them
You probably noticed that the Congress critters will keep getting paid, even as government employees go on unpaid furlough. What is wrong with this picture.
That needs to be changed. Congress needs the same healthcare, 401Ks, time off, and lay offs as the government employees they impose their bullshit on. If they had our measly pay and benefits, they’d quit.
Especially 401Ks.
Yep, I knew that and it needs to change. Particularly since the Repubs in the House never showed up.
Waste fraud and abuse. Disgusting!
They don’t care how much it costs- why bring that up? They just know the military has deep and deeper pockets
But they flew in to see in the flesh Steve Austin, the 6 million dollar alcoholic dunk tank clown weekend talk show host misogynist Nazi-tattooed man.
https://youtu.be/0CPJ-AbCsT8?si=KEryQmQZoxztxsXg
I read somewhere that the Pentagon has to use every penny of their budget money or they won’t get the same amount next year. And yesterday was the last day of the fiscal year. That kind of makes sense even though it was stupid.
It's similar to budgeting in many other large organisations--use it, or lose it!
what the fucking fuck. I wrote to my "representatives" after midnight last night... susan useless dithering twit "pass me the AIPAC money" collins for one. these rescumlicans ought to be just as disgusted and appalled as we are. but my guess is they'll keep licking the boot as long as he lets them cash in.
pete fucking hegseth. I never knew that human turd existed until this "administration" dug him out of a barroom. his face makes me want to smack it with a crowbar. christ I am angry and sick of this shit!
It would be better to smack HIM with a crowbar.
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Be very careful as Trump/Hegspeth just told the military they can shoot us.
My fervent wish is that the generals et al will Just Say No and take a page out of the Praetorian Guard Handbook.
I was thinking of the same "malicious compliance" that the troops displayed during Trump's parade - the brass won't openly rebel but they'll slow things down and mess things up.
Not just the brass but the National Guardsmen. Most of the news videos show morbidly obese ICE assholes pursuing and arresting immigrants, not actual soldiers. Even some local police are investigating ICE agents for abuse. I'm mudlarking for shards of hope.
I wonder if Petey Kegseth was, in fact, talking about the portly ICE thugs--since Meal Team 6 shows up in their military cosplay outfits, he may have mistaken them for actual, legal professionals. Although their beating the shit out of crying women is a hint that they are just a pack of thugs.
By the way--why are they wearing camouflage on city streets? Is it to stand out vividly, since they're miles from anything the camo would normally be used for? I suppose it's part of their sick performance: "Look at us! We're pretending to be soldiers! Let's find some children to kick!"
They are very, very stupid people. This is what happens when optics overrides intelligence.
I loved that. It was a wonderful thing that the marching troops did. It gave me hope.
My thoughts exactly!
Nice one, Jeff - I think we all need your particular voice, this particular week. And thank you for including AOC's voice, particularly this:
"Donald Trump is at record levels of unpopularity in his tenure. the Republican house is at record levels of unpopularity. they are underwater across the board and they know it. and that is causing them to double down in public. but it is backfiring."
This is fact, even if it doesn't feel like it. We must remain steady and not surrender in advance.
Lots of alternative news sources are sharing this info, which is why we should be subscribing to them and not to the Washington Post or The NY Times.
I kind of wanted to hear him describing Obama using stairs, but I just can't bring myself to listen to his voice. So, thank you for the transliterated version.
I'm the same. His voice drives me crazy but even reading transcripts makes my eyeballs roll back in my head. And then I get beyond furious that the media spent 3 weeks last year acting as if President Biden's non-existent "cognitive decline" (he is slower snd sometimes gropes for words, in part because of his stuttering, but there are few signs of "cognitive decline") was the worst threat to our country but I have seen almost nothing written about how every time Trump opens his mouth a stream of disjointed incoherence pours out.
Watch Colbert on YouTube play with that one😂
I'm surprised Kegswith didn't bound out in camo with one of those hunting hats with the earflaps, cradling an AR-15. Cosplaying creep.
The sad thing is that most of the people in that room would still vote for trump if given another chance.
Absolutely. The military and cops aren't known to vote for Dems. And with Fox playing on every military base, what do you expect?
Enlisted military tend to skew Republican, but military officers tend to vote Democrat. It is true that in every military base gym that has TVs, Fox is playing - at least, in my experience.
I don't know why that is permitted. Can't base commanders ban Fox from the lineup? Though I suppose now with the internet they can just watch it on their phones. But still- the fact that taxpayers have to pay for propaganda that is in our worst intersts is just sick.
The image of Elmer Fudd went thru my mind as I read your description.
cog diss
JFC what a preposterous ass Hegseth is. Strolling up and down the stage and gesturing with his hands like a coked-up Shopping Network shill. Pausing for applause that never comes. Enunciating “F. A. F. O.” like he’s a teenager on TikTok. I almost felt embarrassed for the douchebag.
A Shopping Network Shill. Perfect! 👏👏👏👏
[OFFTOPIC] MzNicky, do you mind if I ask whereabouts in East Doom-Ass? Just idle curiosity--I myself spent some years there--Bristol, Johnson City, Jonesboro.
That’s the area I’m from (Kingsport). I’ve been in Knoxville for decades. You might appreciate then that this deep in the Bible Belt, esp. up here in eastern Tennessee, there’s at least one church on every street corner. My homegirls and I refer to this whole area as East Jesus. It’s really more of a state of mind. 😇
He is, a jagoff in the truest sense!!
Sorry, Jeff, but I will always read this description as “drunk-tank clown.”
one out of every time times I actually type it as "drunk-tank clown"
(maybe that's auto-correct)
Me too😵💫
During the silence at Quantico, the regime equivalent of the first term’s staff grownups appeared, hundreds of them, redolent of real-world expertise. They, and the courts, and us, loosen the grip of MAGA fascism.
Tip of the hat to Judge William G Young, whose scathing appraisal of Metamucilini’s trampling of the constitution gives hope that the judicial system remains a check on this tilted power
Judge William G. Young, Reagan appointee!
Particularly love how Judge Young took the anonymous threat he received and addressed it as a simple request for the real truth! Let's hear it for smart judges!
Guess the brass aren't ready to serve as Frump's junta and generalissimos. Since the Meeting of 800 was a surprise even to Shitler, who crashed it like a wedding reception at Mar-a-Lago, I have to think Pete was priming for Vance, Vought, Thiel, and the rest of the Heritage Foundation traitors in preparation for the succession.