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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I hope you all have as much fun reading this as I had writing it

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Bob Bowden's avatar

I loved Kamala’s debate performance so much that I’m desperately scouring the Internet for an app that will allow me to inject it directly into my veins.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Someone's been working too hard: "Healthcare Concept Decade" takes its place alongside "Infrastructure Week."

In contrast, it took Taylor Swift *minutes* to post the "Endorsement of the Century." 👍🏽👍🏿👍🏻🥇🥇🥇

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P123Sunny's avatar

For me - having him FINALLY (try to) answer that single question -

💋👌

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Yep, at last. He can't fit a policy into his brain if it doesn't include the word tariff and some random percentage figure.

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Marie Martin's avatar

Why oh why didn’t someone stop and make him explain tariffs??? You know he doesn’t have a clue! He’s got it all wrong.

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un poco loco's avatar

I was hoping Kamala might drill him on it, but no, she had bigger fish to fry. I am okay with that -- she's a pretty good chef.... It's not like most of his followers have any idea how tariffs work, either...

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DR Darke's avatar

As Lawrence O'Donnell pointed out the other night, it doesn't matter because apparently nobody in the Corporate Media knows jack about tariffs any more, either!

https://youtu.be/sFd4zflqfeA?si=NYtxFgsVE0WFsZr8

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

For just once, I would like to hear a moderator push back & state that tariffs are levied on to the IMPORTER & passed directly on to the consumer. David Muir did try & push on this issue a bit, but then allowed Donny to just repeat that tariffs brought “billions & billions of $$$ into the country”

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Joseph Michaels's avatar

He mumbled on all night. I was like "Answer the question, Claire!!!"

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Ed Cooper's avatar

I'm pretty sure that was the first and only time he came within a country mile of telling a truth.

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Bill Corbett's avatar

I can't wait to go to my next doctor appointment and tell the lady at the desk I have "Concept Supplemental Insurance".

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Frances Kern's avatar

I just ordered one and shared the link with several friends, THANKS, KATHLEEN! :)

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RZAngel's avatar

Ha! That didn't take long.

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DR Darke's avatar

Yeah, but you can tell Bezos doesn't approve b/c there's no Prime Free Shipping!

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Ellen Howe Ballou's avatar

“Oh, my, my, oh, hell yes

Honey, put on that party dress”

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P123Sunny's avatar

BRILLIANT✨

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P123Sunny's avatar

Bahahahahahahahahahaha

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Mindy OkayIloveyoubyebye's avatar

I cannot like this and Jeff's post enough times. 💙

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Jayme Wolworth's avatar

@politicsusa46 (Truth Matters) has an excellent montage of highlights on Xitter

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Peaceful Mary T.'s avatar

Oh, that's great! Thanks for letting us know about it!

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Ransom Rideout's avatar

You be a straight shooter, Bob?

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P123Sunny's avatar

( Could be a small business start up idea, sir… the line for the 50k forms at the left…)👍

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TCinLA's avatar

Go look t 20+ pages of "I have concepts of a plan" merch on Amazon,. created overnight by people who got the concept and executed the plan:

https://www.amazon.com/s?k=%22I+have+concepts+of+a+plan%22&crid=3SA9I9ESNSGCJ&sprefix=i+have+concepts+of+a+plan+%2Caps%2C1114&ref=nb_sb_noss

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Sky 777's avatar

Let me know if you find it!

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Deb Martina's avatar

Excellent

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Sentimental Journey🎭's avatar

Wonderful! 👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼🩵

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Eileen's avatar

Jeff, I couldn’t wait to read your post this morning. America, Fuck Yeah!

FINALLY someone who knows how to wipe the floor with Trump.

The eating dogs and cats moment should have a reverse gif: dogs and cats eating Donald Trump. He self inflicted harm. No one asked him to go there. He fed himself to the wolves single-handedly. That stink that insanity will echo around the world and stick to him forever.

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SuNew's avatar

TikTok is awash with videos of pets reacting to his lunatic rant. It’s hilarious.

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insert_something_creative's avatar

I don't have TikTok but I would love to see those.

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SuNew's avatar

Believe it or not, it has helped keep me sane. So many valuable political viewpoints. (And hilarious pet videos)

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insert_something_creative's avatar

I'm really tempted to sign up, I could use the pet videos at a minimum to help stay sane.

Any recommendations of accounts to follow?

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Maui Wahine's avatar

O I want to seeeeee!!!!! And I donʻt have TikTok!!!!!!!

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Ole Anderson's avatar

I have it but don’t have a clue how to use it. I just get crazy shit floating by, and Asian models.

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Ellen Howe Ballou's avatar

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

May I suggest dogs spitting out DonOLD? And cats sitting by their food bowls and giving their owners offended looks when offered a can of DonOLD?

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Ellen the Wise's avatar

Yes! Yes!

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Val's avatar

The cat trying desperately to cove the horror of shit in the bowl....litter box action over breakfast....never a good way to start the day....

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Rick Calegari's avatar

Many dogs and cats including ours wouldn't want any part of that shit sandwich. Our four-legged friends that the raging lunatic doesn't care for are a hell of a lot smarter than he and his two-legged followers will ever be.

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Charlie Phillips's avatar

His Haitians eating pets - could open up a whole new market - We'll call them Hush Puppies yummm yummm

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Leslie Foy's avatar

I just watched the Game of Thrones episode where Ramsay has finally met his match and he is devoured by his starving dogs. It was epic!!

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Frances Kern's avatar

BTW, tRUMP HATES dogs and cats and all animals, for that matter. I wish Biden's German Shepherd had had a chance at him....

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Linda Fulcher's avatar

Absolutely made my morning. Somehow my coffee tasted better than usual. Thank you!

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Jane John Jones's avatar

That's because it was Cofeve!

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Tess's avatar

Laughing my HEAD OFF!!!!!!!😂😂 I scared the birds away I was so loud!!

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Mindi H's avatar

Jeff can make you wake the neighbors. When I played some of his videos, the Trumper’s next-door have to hear it.

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Megan Ross's avatar

I love waking up to Jeff Tiedrich in my inbox 😁

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arne link's avatar

I wish it would come out sooner in the am. I can't start my day without Jeff and I need to get some stuff done. Oh, well. Not today.

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Sooz Hall's avatar

Move to the Left Coast! 🤣

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arne link's avatar

I'm here.

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Sooz Hall's avatar

Ahh. Just looked at the post time: 8:30. For this retired person, that’s early enough:-) Perhaps not for everyone. Glad you’re here.

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Cat Cafe's avatar

I love the smell of Jeff Tiedrich in the morning. It smells like WARM BUTTERED CINNAMON TOAST and also victory.

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OBS's avatar

Sitting in a doc office in a right-wing, rual town laughing my ass off. People are looking at me like I'm crazy. Little do they know...

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

Good for you!!! Let ‘em think you’re crazy, maybe, juuuust maybe, 2-3 of them will come over to the side that laughs & has hope in our hearts 💞 rather than stay angry & wallowing in self pity. We can hope. 💙💙💙💙💙

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Susan Keefer's avatar

It’s one of your best!

New name for Trump: Little Donny Crapthebed.

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Lisa59's avatar

I call his elected Republican supporters: Trumper's Humpers. Grab a leg and show your support. And he'll yell, "see how they love me." 🫣😅

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Susan Niemann's avatar

THAT is the best name! 😂😂😂

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Susan Keefer's avatar

Yep. Thank you Jeff. 😂

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James Starr's avatar

Im saving that one ! 😂

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Frances Kern's avatar

I still like Donny Shizinpants best.....

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steve robertshaw's avatar

"I hope you all have as much fun reading this as I had writing it" - Oh hell yeah!

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Leigh Woodward's avatar

A masterpiece!

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Zija Pulp's avatar

As I watched, I kept wondering what your column would include. Can’t say I expected this gem: The Adventures of Little Donny Crapthebed. Have mercy. Coffee was spraying all over the table.

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KL Pierce's avatar

I’ve been waiting all morning for your post! And you didn’t disappoint. I do wish you had stopped the clip about trump’s nonsense about a healthcare plan after the moderator said, “so you don’t have a plan” and moved on. 😂

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Ellen Howe Ballou's avatar

Almost laughed myself into an asthma attack. 🤣👍🏼

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Chet Brandt's avatar

LDFF got toasted by a strong, educated, compassionate woman. As soon as she cornered him into shaking her hand he was done. LDFF did not look at her during the entire debate. Don’t let the door hit you on your diaper loaded ass as you stumble out the door into the outer limits of irrelevancy…adios mother fucker!

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Karen Hall's avatar

Brilliantly done, Jeff. Loved it! 💙🩵💙

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kdsherpa's avatar

"now it can be told: ABC had an insidious plan called Operation Just Let Him Speak and Donny walked right into their trap." FOTFLMAO!!!

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Mindy OkayIloveyoubyebye's avatar

I have been looking forward to this since 9:01 last night. You never fall.

I had no doubt she would excell in the debate, but I never thought Shitzinpants would so completely lose it soooo splendidly. Chef's 😘 to VP Harris for pushing all the buttons and in the proper order.

My deepest respect for Ms Swift's perfectly timed endorsement. And extra cat treats for Benjamin Button. 💙

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Samantha M's avatar

And the icing on the democracy cake … MO left Amendment 3 on the Nov ballot. Choice is coming back to the Show Me state despite the far-right stranglehold on this state. ✌🏼

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Susan Niemann's avatar

I'm in Missouri now...and we have got to get more Democrats to run for office...even if they lose, we have to try!

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Susan Keefer's avatar

Susan, here’s some good news from Marc Elias this morning.

Pro-abortion advocates won in Missouri. After a lower court halted the pro-abortion ballot measure, supporters of the measure went to the conservative state Supreme Court. Yesterday, in a surprise decision a majority of the Missouri Supreme Court ordered that the abortion ballot measure be placed back on the ballot.

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Let me sum up's avatar

Good God, did the overreach actually become too much for the state court? Wow.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

This makes me so happy. Yes 🙌 Now we have to get DeSatan to back the fuck off in FL.

DonOLD keeps repeating over & over that “We sent it back to the states for The People to decide” but then they try their damnedest to prevent The People from deciding!!!

The Republicans are all liars & they definitely do not want The People to decide anything!

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Karla K's avatar

Unfortunately, they're referring to it and the activists as "pro-abortion" -- No -- Missourians won.

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Annelise Brown's avatar

Desantis is trying the same move in Florida. It has caught the attention of the courts as well.

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Susan Keefer's avatar

It’s the same problem where I live. There are no Democrats running.

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mark rubin's avatar

The opposition in your county is Jerry Mander. Until the dems figure out how to eliminate him from all states we will have too many Rethuglicans in legislative bodies all around the country.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

Well, Jerry isn’t ever going to get fixed until people step up to the plate & run.

As Jess Piper in MO says, we have to run a Democrat in every district in every election. Maybe we have to email/call the DNC, DCCC, & every other national org that starts with a D & let them know that our donations will dry up if they don’t start investing in red states so that we have a fighting chance to beat ol’ Jerry!!

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

You run! You’d be fantastic!

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

How about yourself Susan?

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David (Dave) Jaspers's avatar

Same here in SC.

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Let me sum up's avatar

I remember reading somewhere that SC would be competitive on the whole but for all the Black Americans in prison & w/o restored voting rights - I wish I remember where I saw it. Its a hell of a lot more believable that cat murdering Haitians at least.

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David (Dave) Jaspers's avatar

All the gerrymandering in the state doesn't help, either. This is the district I'm in, SC 2. On the east side of the district, look at the loop around Columbia - where the University of South Carolina (a bunch of eggheads) is.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/South_Carolina%27s_2nd_congressional_district

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Let me sum up's avatar

Thankfully our Supreme Court betters put an end to racism in the Shelby County decision. Otherwise you'd swear the motives for that district map were nefarious.

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Let me sum up's avatar

It's so frustrating...we can never win back seats if we keep ceding the landscape to the heartless buffoons.

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Tess's avatar

Go for it Susan!!!!!! Who couldn’t like you??!!

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Samantha M's avatar

I’m fortunate in KC to have Dems representing me so I go canvass for others. In ‘22 both candidates I volunteered for won ❤️

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Perfect Samantha, that was just the glacé cherry atop the sumptuous cake!

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Rhoda Ozen's avatar

We have Cory Booker but then again we had a lying thief, Menendez, he’s gone. Our Congressman is also a Democrat.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

I adore Cory Booker, I would love to vote for him for President. He speaks fluent Spanish & he’s vegan.

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Funny Eye Guy's avatar

He’s also a serious policy wonk. I looooove him.

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P123Sunny's avatar

Gutsy judges???

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Samantha M's avatar

Not really — they called the appeal too late, which means they respected their own deadline. It’s a low bar, but again … I’ll take it. ❤️

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Jeff. I’d posted this earlier today:

It is unfathomable to me that at this point any rational voter required 80 minutes of debate to make a decision about who should be sworn in as President in January 2025.

We have the four years of chaos, corruption, and lawlessness of Trump's 1st term versus governance and leadership, not only of the Biden/Harris Administration, however the dedication to public service by VP Kamala Harris and Governor Tim Walz throughout their lifetime.

While I'm pleased that VP Harris was able to provoke the criminal Trump into his usual array of toxic lies, his tired barrage of racist and xenophobic attacks on immigrants, and fundamental ignorance about economics, the facts and evidence of the Trump Administration versus the Biden/Harris Administration are in plain sight.

Anyone who still believes that China will effectively pay for tax cuts for billionaires (the centerpiece of Trump's campaign), I have a wall to sell you (that was paid for by Mexico), and a non-existent replacement of the Affordable Care Act.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Well, he has a concept of a plan to replace ACA. It's two weeks away

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George A. Polisner's avatar

His plan “concept” to replace the ACA.

1. Pardon myself

2.

That’s all for now.

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Robin's avatar

Exactly

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P123Sunny's avatar

Good one

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

😂

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

🤣🤣 Perfect.

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Mindi H's avatar

Perfect

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Didn’t he provide that same nonsensical statement 9 years ago… time is a flat circle!

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Patty Mooney's avatar

THAT.

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Ole Anderson's avatar

But it’s waiting for a decrepit bridge that it must cross to be repaired, once trumps infrastructure bill is passed. Or at least seen.

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Mary's avatar

Ask your kids how well telling their teachers “I have a concept of an essay” works when asked to turn one in. Or your boss when you owe a report or plan. I am so sick of this pitiful excuse of a man baby. 🗳️🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊

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HI2thDoc's avatar

100%! His popularity is unfathomable to me.

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Ellen the Wise's avatar

Old Donnyboy has the 2%, the corporatocracy, The Heritage Foundation and the main stream media behind him telling the rubes and cult that fascism in America is brilliant! His popularity is based on deceit and conning the rubes. If ANY of our media decided to grow a pair and actually do journalism, he’d be toast. But they don’t have the guts and they are all in on fascism. His popularity is a cult.

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David A Pitock's avatar

The corporates want tariffs to drive the prices of goods up even higher than they have them now.

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

Unfortunately there are many people who like him because they are in many ways like him. Eases the pain.

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Rhoda Ozen's avatar

Hmmm… he gives me a pain in my large white tush!

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Brenda Ball's avatar

🥺🤮

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Mindi H's avatar

Because you’re sane!😊 I treat any trumphumpers as I would dementia patient.

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Victoria Wilson's avatar

Yes,I am with you.How dull does one have to be to not know that Little Donnie FF is a felonious, traitorous , not-fit-to govern disaster at this late stage in the game?! Geesh!

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Stephen Brady's avatar

She tore him a new one... apparently Donnie's super power doesn't work on her - and then she flashed her kryptonite at him. In my crystal ball I see the loss of one major donor and 2 high-level staff members.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

Are Chris LaCivita & Susie the 2 staff members you think will be gone? & the 1 big donor ??? Leon? 🤣🤣

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Patty Mooney's avatar

Dull and in DIRE need of psychotherapy

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M.T. Kelly's avatar

malignant narcissists are immune to psychotherapy.

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Dave Drell's avatar

correct- you can only hope they stay away from you and fade away.

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Patty Mooney's avatar

That's really sad, a form of self-loathing I guess.

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

Psychotherapy would never work on Trump. He is too damaged to mend.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Amen Victoria!

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David A Pitock's avatar

Your right, you would think that the tRumplings should have figured it out before now, but judging from the replies to Eric Erickson about the Haitian lies that were believed, considered true, I mean, damn.

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Mindi H's avatar

It’s not like he’s younger than Hitler was.

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Kim Nesvig's avatar

I just realized this: Trump has the imaginary border wall confused with the Great Wall of China. (Which also didn’t work as intended)

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Yes. And the “Mediocre wall of the Felon Trump” doesn’t have a pleasant ring to it.

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Mindi H's avatar

Except to grift folks for wall funds.

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P123Sunny's avatar

*details*…

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HI2thDoc's avatar

But MAGAs have a very short attention span. They don't remember that he did not build his "powerful wall" nor did he get a red cent from Mexico. And MAGAs have no clue how tariffs work. Neither does he.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

True. He doesn’t care how they work. If it’s not about enriching himself, his brand, or staying out of prison he has zero interest. His cultists will care when they are paying tariff-inflated prices.

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arne link's avatar

No, they will just blame Kamala. That's how these things work.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

True, although I think they are still blaming Hillary.

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arne link's avatar

And Nancy Pelosi. Don't forget Nancy. He had to bring her up last night, a morsel for the Magats.

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Teri's avatar

They'll still blame the Dems. Or The Deep State. Marxists. BLM. Migrants.

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Blame, lying, and gaslighting are their specialties.

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

Which high lights that his followers are damaged like him. No one who is bright and all right would be like this. If you were to look into their lives, it would sicken you and you would run.

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Karla's avatar

Agree. Sometimes I ask myself who the hell would vote for him and then I remember how cults work.

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P123Sunny's avatar

Remember: low info voters! Someone had a friend (Ivy educated working doctor) text him this morning with: “Why isn’t Mike Pence rump’s running mate this time?” 😳🚨✋

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Teri's avatar

Crazy! Even low info or tuned out voters, to think they missed Jan 6 "Hang Mike Pence"

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

Oh good grief!! How in the hell did that Dr managed to completely miss that DT called Pence a P_$$y, a coward, & refused to lift a finger when the mob was hell bent on hanging him? Was the doc so busy caring for patients they had no time to watch the news or read a newspaper?

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CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

Oh and dumbass forgot to mention his conceptual framework for infrastructure. “Wait, you mean Biden’s already done that - shit, I’ll just have to scrap it and invent my own”!

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Infrastructure is much harder to repeal. 🤓 I’m sure he will just start taking credit for it.

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CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

Yes, much better punch line. Thank you for your more believable addition.

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

But Republicans still believe the bs that Republicans are better for the economy, despite FACTS to the contrary

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George A. Polisner's avatar

Facts for the “Factose” intolerant.

Interestingly, one of the books from John Kenneth Galbraith described the GOP’s favorite fraud “trickle-down economics” as one of the most successful economic systems as it accomplishes exactly what it is intended to do -the extreme concentration of wealth into the hands of a few on the backs of everyone else.

I’ve never forgotten to qualify what a fraud and evidenced failure it is -for all of us, just not for Trump, Musk, Thiel, Crow, Adelson, and other billionaires who exploit people and planet to attempt to satisfy their infinite greed regardless of the suffering it causes everyone else.

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David A Pitock's avatar

Well said thank you.

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

The best, the crowning jewel moment in there, the clip that should be a GIF, is the video of his face when she talked about his rallies. THAT, Friends and Neighbors, is where the electricTrump train derailed into the shark tank. The bulging eyes, the flush. Priceless.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Can you give a link to that spot in the video? Or an idea of what time it occurred?

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

That is the exact minute long clip of the moment. Thanks! His face turns a shade of purple.

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David A Pitock's avatar

O, she went there.

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Songgirl Kim's avatar

I was sitting at the edge of my couch the entire 90 minutes shaking my head. And then I donated to ActBlue.

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Bonnie Boyce's avatar

Me too!

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Patty Mooney's avatar

Me three!

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Rhoda Ozen's avatar

That irked the hell out of me. ActBlue sent at minimum 35 texts and 40 emails. I donate when I can and didn’t they want us to watch the debate?

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Songgirl Kim's avatar

I receive numerous daily texts and emails from them too. I also donated during the DNC, just to give Kamala a boost. Sometimes I wish I could respond with a message that I Just Donated.

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Marcie's avatar

If it is a text try typing just the word STOP then send it, It works sometimes. After I sent money, the messages doubled.

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Rhoda Ozen's avatar

I should’ve but I waited until today.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

I turn off email notifications and silence texts. Otherwise I would be annoyed.

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Mark Marderosian's avatar

I actually woke up this morning in a good mood. FINALLY, someone more than capable prosecuted him for his continual nonsense and lies. Within the first few moments, she addressed Americans as if we're the jury, and she didn't let up. And my opinion of David Muir and Linsey ticked upwards for not letting BS like about states murdering babies to go unanswered.

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Kim Nesvig's avatar

My thought was that Kamala showed the country how to dismantle trump’s fragile ego and unremitting bullshit. And the ABC moderators showed the press that it is in fact possible to refute unremitting bullshit with facts and follow up. What a thought!

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

It was the first fact check the Orange Orc has ever gotten during a live so-called debate. I think the ABC moderators could have done it again when he exclaimed: "I took a bullet to the head!" and also cut his mic more often, but overall kudos for their job!

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arne link's avatar

It was better than I expected.

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Stephen Brady's avatar

They didn't pitch slow balls either.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

They were smart to let him talk. He just dug deeper.

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Karla's avatar

Yes! Kudos to ABC!!! I read a couple of things earlier this morning that made me think other news organizations may be following suit (don’t as me what I read because I don’t remember). If it happens, we have ABC to thank for it.

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David A Pitock's avatar

It was inspiring

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Megan Ross's avatar

I was so proud! She's been the only one who has debated him in the last 9 years that called him out on his lies.

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counterlife's avatar

She's the only person who has ever dominated Trump in a debate setting. His R opponents in 2015 could not, Hillary could not, Biden could not. She ran the table and the night was hers. I will never forget how he could not even look at her. And how he appeared to be looking for a way out when she entered his space to shake his hand (ick). He was and is afraid of her. As he should be.

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arne link's avatar

I give her credit for touching his filthy hand. Who knows where that has been?

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Marie Martin's avatar

I had a gut feeling that if he looked at her, his rage would explode.

By not looking at her, he could deny murderous thoughts.

I’ve known men who’ve ultimately had to face their lack of emotional connection, lack of an emotional vocabulary, being non communicative, and carrying varying levels of anger, were cover. Fear that, if they did express, did look a woman in the eye and got into an argument, that their rage would turn into a (wait for it) bloodbath.

His use of that word, and his idea that “if not elected the nation will blow up and we’ll see another civil war”, and “she’s going to take us into WWIII”, are all expressions of his fear of the huge load he’s carrying inside.

Will there be something, some event, some person, that will ignite his interior well of “who-knows-what”?

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Whether he wins or loses he'll set fire to himself. The wheels are falling off the bus.

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P123Sunny's avatar

Prolly slathering Philly w/billboards demeaning him prior helped her cause psychologically;)

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Teri's avatar

Oh, do tell!!!

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Deb Martina's avatar

Me too 💙

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

It used to drive me insane that no journalist pushed back on that nonsense before

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Susan Niemann's avatar

They're eating dogs! Thats really all we needed to hear...😂 What a great night for democracy. And Taylor Swift? Her impeccable timing was the icing on the cake. STILL. We have to get out the vote and CRUSH this delusional criminal. Take nothing for granted! 💙💙

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Charles Austin's avatar

Cornered animals are dangerous animals.

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Vickie Berry's avatar

Let’s all do something to ensure we get Harris/Waltz and other important races elected. There’s lots of opportunities out there. LFG harder than ever.

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Scott Gilbert's avatar

I am a big strong man, and I just now subscribed, with tears streaming down my face, just so I could say, "Sir, Sir, Thank you Sir, for writing SUCH a WONDERFUL and ENJOYABLE article! HOW DO YOU DO IT?"

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And I FUCKING DID just pay for my subscription, and I FUCKING mean it, because I fucking LOVE getting THE DAILY JEFFY in my email box every day! (Well, that's what I call your emails...)

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Susan Niemann's avatar

😂😂😂😂

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James Starr's avatar

yes, welcome aboard !

My blood pressure meds have been reduced since I joined this brilliant substack community. I've followed Jeff since 2019 on the not-Twitter platform

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Scott Gilbert's avatar

Oh, I'm sorry, I don't do Shitter.

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James Starr's avatar

i left shitter as soon as Elmo took over ! understood? 😂

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Scott Gilbert's avatar

I left the day after the 2020 election.

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

That’s where I first encountered the brilliant musings of Jeff

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Troll Slayer's avatar

I just subscribed too after freeloading for a few months. Go Jeff! Thanks for articulating what we are all feeling, every day for the last long 9 years

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Teri's avatar

😂😂😂😂 Daily Jeffy !!

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Scott Gilbert's avatar

Yeah, I call it the Daily Jeffy.

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Deb Martina's avatar

Love Jeff

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Susan Keefer's avatar

Fox Propaganda lost their minds last night and I love it!! 😂

Strange that they never mentioned Taylor Swift. 🤔

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Patty Mooney's avatar

Oh, that's gonna get mentioned. 8.7 million Swifties have"liked" her post.

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Lairbo's avatar

I switched over to Fox for a peek at their spin and caught a minute or so of Brit Hume acknowledging that "Trump had a bad night" before they cut over to Trump's support Fox Host Sean Hannity.

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David A Pitock's avatar

Very true , even CNN ran a banner

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Eva Porter's avatar

This: “she wants to do transgender operations on illegal aliens that are in prison.” I’m surprised he didn’t add “and have Hannibal lector feed them your pets.” He’s doing the weave, don’t you see. Love that Erick got all worked up. You morons. You know Trump latches on to the last thing you said. Good lord, he spent all day sharing AI cats.

I KNEW she’d nail him on the abortion issue.

I have better concepts for my three unfinished novels than he has for health care.

That the usual suspects are melting down isn’t surprising. They’re married to this guy for life.

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David Lehnherr's avatar

The split-screen was priceless. It allowed us to catch all of trump's very unattractive scowling and smirking, as well as his rising anger. I wouldn't have been surprised if he had yelled, "Get off my lawn!" He did not say one positive or inspiring thing during the entire debate. Best of all were the looks Kamala gave trump, from the "Oh, really, tell me more" look to the look we give each other when watching the crazy guy on the corner shout psychotic nonsense.

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

And her looks of pity. for the befuddled OLD degenerate.

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Dave Drell's avatar

Her facial/ body expressions won a million votes. And Kudos to her not yelling at him to stfu ( something I would have done)

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Jane John Jones's avatar

She did have that fantastic "This... (beat, beat, beat) former President." moment while looking at him with complete and utter disdain. We could all fill in our favorite epithet in her beautiful restrained pause.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Looked like she came close.

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Eric Smith's avatar

Post debate: Trump got SWIFT VOTED.

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Karla's avatar

I’ve been wanting this for so long but she’s brilliant so it’s no surprise that her timing was impeccable.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Good one 😂

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Megan Ross's avatar

I laughed throughout the entire debate! Watching Kamala bait TRump and for him to take the bait every time, was hilarious! And to top the night off the Childless Cat Lady gave TRump a big old SWIFT kick in the butt. 🤣🤣🤣

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Cassandra Here's avatar

The debate was a spectacular owning the clown. And we now have a new set of memes. And Four Seasons Landscaping trolled with “we may not be a hotel, but we are the concept of a hotel.”

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

OMG--best quip of the night came from Four Seasons! How poetically delicious!!!

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Teri's avatar

😂😂💥💥💥

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Morgan OCailleigh's avatar

🤣

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

My favorite.

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Kim Nesvig's avatar

This morning, as I expected, a MAGA indoctrinated acquaintance sent out “proof” that Kamala was coached via secret audio earrings (compelling evidence, I know). Not surprised that MAGA is looking for all sorts of excuses, but my question is why would any sane campaign advisor send Trump out there with nothing but the voices inside his head?

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arne link's avatar

OMG! Really? Secret earrings? Dayum, I want me some of those.

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insert_something_creative's avatar

I saw a post from a moron about the secret earrings who was promptly shut down when told they are actually earrings from Tiffany (with actual proof). I'm hoping this one doesn't fester in the right-wing nutosphere, we already have to deal with so many of their insane lies and aggressive coping.

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Betsy L's avatar

THEY'RE EATING DOGS!!!

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Troll Slayer's avatar

Fester it will

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insert_something_creative's avatar

Sure as the sun rises in the east, unfortunately.

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

CULT

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

He may have had special earrings from the discount spy store, but with so many voices in his head...

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BARRY GANDER's avatar

Great article!! Kamala nailed his ass when she said "We will hear a bunch of lies coming from this guy!" Absolutely true:

https://barrygander.substack.com/p/harris-meets-and-exceeds-expectations

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Mark Marderosian's avatar

THAT was her prosecutor moment, laying out her case to we, the jury and boxing the Loser in. Perfect.

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