Goddammit this was Obama’s moment and he seized it. A genuine “barn-burner” of a speech, and after the ashes have cooked from this terrible time, if there remain any history books or films that illuminate our moment, this will be one of those moments that endure. We all can draw courage from the well he has tapped. Now let’s kick some Nazi ass.
It was a superb speech. Just one thing bothered me: no mention at all of his Project 2025 which is a lot more than “concepts of one”? 900 pages in great detail which some of it is already in action by his “shadow government officials”. As good as it was the problem remains: race and being a woman. Totally disgraceful. This man is the scum of the earth and people are still voting for him because…he’s white. A racist, a bigot and a traitor.
There is just no fucking way this race is tied. When we clean their clock on November 5th, the madness will finally wane. Then we can get to work fixing the mess of the last 9 years.
Remember when Obama won in 2008 and it was such a done deal that they announced the winner at around 8:30 p.m.?! I hope and pray this is the same way, that there won't be weeks of recounts and lawsuits and bullsh**.
It boggles my mind that the worthless scribblers of the press continue to report that the race is within the margin of error. HELLO! Anybody out there?
I hope it's such a wipeout that when the networks sign on at 7:00 p.m. with their election coverage on November 5, they declare Kamala the winner at 7:02.
The MSM *must* report the race as close; otherwise, they can't justify their existence. They can't get anyone to click on them or read them. If VP Harris was 10 points ahead of Dumpy in the entire US, thevMSM would have nothing to talk about. So they gin up a neck-and-neck competition.
Dean Obeidallah(sp?) interviewed Don Lemon, formerly of CNN, a few weeks ago for his substack. Lemon said they were forbidden to call out Dumpy's obvious lies and incoherent ramblings. Otherwise it would give VP Harris too much good press.
Yeah, but there will be huge attempts by GOP to stop ECV certification in the states. Then it will go to the courts, and eventually SCOTUS. I'm still very nervous.
There are very very good lawyers working to stop the nonsense (such as Mark Elias from Democracy Docket). We need to win PA, MI, NV, NC and AZ so Georgia wonʻt matter. And win BIG.
National Guard is usually called up by governors. So I can just see it: some red governor calls them up. Now they can be "federalized," as happened in the Civil Rights Era to protect elementary school students, but not all NG members might feel inclined to follow the federal call. Can you see that case at this SCOTUS????
Let's not forget that the Heritage Foundation promised "a blood bath" if things didn't go their way. We'll be fighting this fight until the beginning of the year.
And perhaps find ways to REFOCUS ON REAL SHIT!!!! His and his goons’ crap is all that fills the airwaves.
What are we going to do with the reality that FL came close to being wiped off the map? This threat isn’t going to go away just because Milton died (or is still dying??). This is a viable, potentially constant state of things. I’m afraid we’ve screwed the pooch. But hey. Why give that any focus when we’ve got that fucking snake in the grass slithering through our lives in so many ways, that there no room for anything else.
I was mesmerized by President Obama's speech at the rally in Pittsburgh last night. He is an amazing and blatantly honest orator.
SPEAKING FRANKLY, while I can't understand why ANYONE would EVER vote for liar, fraud, con, grifter, felon, traitor, racist, fascist, sex-abuser, women-denigrator, nasty scumbag, Putin's Puppet, America's Presidential Accident and Disgrace DonOLD Scumbag Trump, the idea that ANY Black or Brown person would even remotely consider voting for Trump, or consider not voting for Harris is beyond the pale of imagination! Would it have been wise for Jews in Germany to vote for Hitler or to not vote for Hitler's political opponents? Would it have been wise for Black and Brown people to support racist George Wallace's run for President?
COME ON, PEOPLE, make damn sure that your black and brown friends and neighbors get out to vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz! Make America Sane Again!
I’ve seen it firsthand. In my old neighborhood during the 2020 election, there were a lot of Jewish immigrants who were part of a huge Trump rally and drove around with Trump and Israeli flags. The disconnect was shocking to me at the time.
Gullibility transcends (not how I wanna use that word) race, creed, color, eduction, economics, national origin, religion, sexual and gender orientation, any personal characteristic. Two examples: my wife always asks me why the Log Cabin Republicans exist. We also wonder why Caitlin Jenner is a MAGA.
Well think about all the white women who will vote for Trump, even if they themselves could still get pregnant, or they have daughters or granddaughters who could get pregnant. It's not even that they want an abortion, but that under Trump, doctors could be barred from treating them for a pregnancy complication and have to let them bleed out in a hospital bathroom or parking lot.
That is precisely the point. We vote for the greater good. A young woman bleeding out or, more recently, tragically dying from a pregnancy related sepsis is a terrible price for moralistic policy. Shame on you Texas. IMHO, one doesn’t need to be female to understand the enormity of this offense against women. It is an offense to all that politicians make these choices not the person who suffers consequence.
And OB/Gyn and ER docs will flee the states with bans. Which makes it hard for all to get adequate care. If there is a national ban, we are in big trouble. I foresee that the number of people training in those specialties will plummet and every patient in the country will suffer.
Vote blue up and down the ballot as if your life depends on it. Because it does.
I’m in Idaho. My own doctor left for Washington state due to the ban we have here. They are closing most clinics because most of the providers are leaving. Soon we won’t have OBGYN care
The only "good" news is that Inslee decreed that no healthcare provider or abortion recipient can be punished for crossing state lines. Still doesn't solve the problem of being unable to find an OB/GYN for routine care. So very sorry for Idahoans.
From what I remember from Biology 101, every male had a female progenitor, called a mother, I believe, whose reproductive apparatus had to function in order to bring that individual into existence (with genetic contribution at minimum from a male). So for some of those males to make policies that endanger and oppress the gender that formed, nurtured, and birthed them is not only ungrateful but downright traitorous.
Some of these idiot males have life partners who possess the aforementioned reproductive apparatus, along with offspring of that gender that they seek to endanger and quite possibly cause the death of.
As a male, I say there is no contest which is the dangerously stupid gender.
I will leave the issue of women MAGAs for another time.
I have Mexican American cousins who love Trump because they’re racist. Seriously. Fortunately they’re in the minority in my large Mexican American family.
Um...do they not realize that even if they are American citizens, they are in danger of being rounded up and herded into gigantic detention camps should Trump even get a weak & wobbly shot at the Presidency. It may not be easy to prove citizenship in the mass confusion that such an event will cause. If they don't believe this, they should talk to the surviving Japanese citizens of this country who DID get rounded up. It won't be Trump rounding people up either, it will be his Latino-hating pet vampire, Stephen Miller.
Great historical reference. I have known Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII. They are mostly very old or have passed. That shameful action was a violation of their Constitutional rights and was fueled by racism, unreasonable fear, and economic opportunism. It should remain as an example of resisting such discriminatory impulses aimed at any minority group. After 9/11 when there was so much anti-Muslim bias, many J-As spoke out against it because of their own experiences. Right wing hatemongers, of course, like Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter were viciously persecuting the Muslim American community and Malkin even promoted internment once again. Thank goodness she has faded. What a hateful harpy she was. The internment story has been chronicled in books and movies and should be known to all Americans so that we do not cave in to prejudice, never more than now in the age of trumpist fascism.
Read George Takei...his family--including him, at a very young age--were placed in an internment center and I...can't remember but I think his parents lost their business and perhaps even their house. It was a shameful episode in American History.
Most lost almost everything. They were not given much notice and could take with them only a suitcase. Much was just discarded. Homes, businesses, and farm land were sold for pennies on the dollar. Some farmers entered into agreements with white farmers to lease or temporarily own the land with the understanding that it would revert back to them later but there were instances where the agreements were not honored. There is a book called Stubborn Twig by Laura Kessler chronicling the Yasui family of Hood River, OR. I would recommend it. Min Yasui was an attorney who challenged the constitutionality of the internment.
tRump's already done it once - he'll do it again - he has already said so. If he can see that you are not lily-white and straight, off to the camps you'll go. He'll put Herr Stephen Miller i.e.: mini Goering in charge of his final solution.
One of the books that has been banned from some schools in the South was a YA or elementary-level book on a Japanese-American family's experiences with the internment camps. It's not just Jim Crow that these guys want to pretend never existed.
Yet with all this, a unit of Japaneese-Americans distinguished themselves in combat in Europe during WW2. That unit holds the record for most Medals of Honor.
My two siblings (sister and brother) are MAGAts. I am certain that my parents are rolling over in their graves. I haven't spoken to my brother and sister in five years. I'm not sure I'll ever speak to them again.
Sorry for you and everyone who this has happened to because of him. He is a destructive force at all levels: globally, nationally, and personally. When will his zombies see that he has never done anything for anyone else? Any benefit that spills over to others is purely incidental.
Same with me and my sister. We love each other but cannot talk about anything political. FYI, she lives in a southern state and I do not. For now we just skirt the issue. So sad.
That is so terribly sad, isn't it? The bloated yam has destroyed so many family and friend relationships. It's just a shame. I feel fortunate that my friends and family who believe the schmuck have agreed that we will agree to disagree and go on with our lives.
Traveling throughout Mexico for several months prior to the election of TFG, everyone I spoke to, asked me if America could possibly elect that game show conman? I always replied no chance! I still feel like an idiot Eva!!
We, Democrats, Progressives, & Independents must keep up the political engagement that we have now for many years to come in order to get more of us into state legislatures & Congress; then we must put forward some Amendments that will make our democracy function better.
Getting rid of the EC is one, changing how Senators are apportioned is another. Putting a limit on the number of years a Supreme Court justice can serve or a mandatory retirement age is of utmost importance.
So much work to be done. This election is just the beginning, not the end, of an era.
Excellent point. I recently learned that Hillary beat him by a couple of million votes nation wide. I am having some serious doubts now about the electoral college. Do we really need it at this point? Time for a fresh look.
I think Obama said the quiet part outloud at some point during the speech -- he told the "brothers" that they might be hesitant to vote for a woman. He called them out on that (he said "brothers" which is why I put it in quotes). Gosh I hope we have moved beyond the male-female thing in politics.
I think it’s gotten better , but it’s still out there. Her experience & competence & believability , might sway many men, and they vote for a better future, but there are still neanderthals amongst us.
I believe that without the Apprentice, America would not be where we are today with this human plague threatening to burn it all down. Fuck Mark Burnett and all his fucking shit he puts onto American airwaves.
Noel Casler worked on that show and knows all the backstory. He said the show was heavily edited (as Jeff said) and crafted for the illusory image of trump as a competent businessman. It was all contrived bullshit (as Jeff said). Then there is the rumored tape of trump using the N word. Casler said it exists.
Casler's interviews on YouTube are eye-opening. His comments about Dumpy's GI problems and the stink around him surprized me. I thought he had to be kidding or pursuing a vendetta. Then came the comments about Dumpy passing gas during his trial and I realized that his comments were true.
Well I think there's a vast well of monsters that were born with the tea party. Wingnut for one, won't talk about gaetz, cruz, both scott's, the list is endless. DonOld just found a way to grift, con, lie, feed his narcissistic ego and commit treason. If the magats are indocterated, they will follow anyone spewing the same redderick.
Mark Burnett was probably making big bucks off the show and never realized Trump would use it as a stepping stone to politics. Burnett's failing was hiding the outtakes at a time it might have actually done some good.
For some reason, Burnett is really loyal to Dumpy. It might be blackmail, or the money Dumpy made him with the show, or a religious thing, or some sort of hero worship. Of course he's going to hide all the tape.
AITA for feeling zero empathy toward MAGAs stuck between Scylla & Charybdis? That herd is destructive to everyone — not just themselves — and as far as I’m concerned it can’t be culled fast enough.
I agree about not having sympathy for the MAGA dipshit, but at the same time this guy is causing his family no end of anguish. they're his collateral damage
No matter what, these MAGA dipshits will never learn. How this lying, heartless shitweasel keeps pulling it off while people who desperately need help would rather lick his crusty boots than accept aid. Again, the media could be a big help here but they rather glorify a 300 lb. cancer than tell it like it really is.
My daughter and her MAGA husband didn’t evacuate Tampa, and while they’re OK she sent me a picture of the river where their street used to be with an alligator floating past third mailbox. She said seeing that made it her 5th heart attack in 24 hours. I don’t bother telling her how worried I am — not just about hurricanes but her lack of abortion access and other things my mind makes up because MAGA has fucked the state up so thoroughly.
We already went a year without talking after she married this guy, and that’s worse. So I completely understand the frustration of sane family members dealing with the effects of their loved ones being blinded by lies.
Listening to Obama's speech made me realize how much I miss him. Not only a gifted orator but he quickly cuts to the chase without the petty meanness and vindictiveness that is inherent to MAGA. Obama is right, Chump hasn't stopped whining for 9 years. It's time for all of us to make him STFU.
DJT transformed the GOP into the G.O.ME!! A bunch of selfish anti-government and social media morons who think the whole universe should revolve around them, and their petty grievances.
The MAGA cult loves the message of Trump that it's not your fault that your life is imperfect, you don't have to take responsibility for anything, it's all THEIR fault. The Republican political class will just do whatever they have to to keep the support of the MAGAs. Sad that so many MAGAs already subscribe to a religion that puts all the power outside of themselves and were easy pickings for a demagogue who said he alone could fix it.
Former President Obama is an absolute treasure! And he speaks the truth about DonOld. I just don’t know where we will find the number of trained de-programmers for his cult members after the election. Trump has ruined so many lives. I personally can’t wait until he’s behind bars!
The richest man in the world has an opportunity to supply millions of desperate, homeless people with vital wifi, free phone service for months, if not years. Just says "give me your FEMA emergency money".
Musk probably doesn't care about Tesla or Xitter anymore. He's profiting from having figured out how to sink his fangs into the federal arteries for taxpayers dollars, like his Spacelink scheme. If each victim gets $750 in FEMA aid, Musk is ready to take over half of that upfront for his Internet hardware and more ($120 per month later).
And now Trump would appoint Musk to oversee all of the federal budget. A brainy sociopath with that kind of power, working "under" a lazy sundowner can't be good.
I read this too but unfortunately, it's not true. Geico is insuring the pieces of shit.
I do however believe that instead of following Trump like a sycophant that Leon should be developing a flame retardant that works when these POS's catch on fire. They say it takes 50,000 gallons of water to put out the fire.
So is this only Teslas? Does any battery run car burst into flames during a serious downpour of rain? DAMN those Tesla "trucks"? are so freaking ugly!!
In the hall of shame of stupid press questions, that one deserves a giant gilt frame. Why in the world would President Biden possibly be calling Spanky McBonespurs??
Right? If Biden called T***p and asked him to knock off the lies so people can get the help they need, you know the whiny little bitch would immediately take to Truth Social and scream in all caps "He's trying to take away my free speech".
Man, these cultists are hurting themselves and for what? 😳 Dump is so evil...I hate him with all my being. Exactly what did Dump do to help anyone during his Presidency? NOT A DAMN THING! And....Obama...what a great man. I need this election to be done, over, and finished so we can start restoring the country and get ready for the next wave of fascism that is bound to come up. #TGIF
At my age, time usually flies by, but waiting for this election seems like forever. My level of anxiety creeps up and backs down every time I read something new. I feel like I’m on a roller coaster, and I hate roller coasters.
I think you're right. I never had BP problems unti the spring of 2016. I had several Muslim friends and I as worried for them, as well as just being angry about Dumpy all the time. It's starting to creep back down now, these last few months.
Sharon, me too. Today I unsubscribed from a lot of political blogs (not Jeffʻs of course!!). Do want you can to get out the vote, but otherwise I think itʻs time to disengage from the daily news blasts. Also, there are lots of "fake" polls being taken that are not reliable, so ignore the polls too.
I’m old enough to remember when a private citizen holding private conversations with a russkie president would have caused a rectal exam from the FBI and weeks of congressional investigations. I can’t wait for this galactic scale traitor to be gone from our politics forever
You bet it is. I remember the stink about 15 years ago when Jesse Jackson went to the middle east on his own to try to negotiate for hostages, and you'd think he'd dropped a nuke on somebody or started WWIII. But remember, Dumpy's a Very Special Boy and the rules don't apply to him.
Musk is the new type of billionaire,a greedy corporate raider who used others ideas and innovations and government subsides and deregulation to run his pyramid schemes on investors, to line his own pockets.
Yes Bruce he’s a douchebag of the low rung of a ladder, I had X for a bit because our little neighbor had an account of dogs and kittens. I quit about two months ago and haven’t missed it and surely don’t want to see him again ever!
Now I know why the MAGA cultists want a dictator to rule over them. These people are dumb as dirt. They’re too stupid to tie their own shoes. They NEED someone to take care of them, to think for them since they’ve given up all rational thought. You might almost feel sorry for them. Almost. If Trump ruled, when all their freedoms are gone, they won’t even notice. Freedom...schmeedom! Who needs it? Fuck these people and fuck Trump!
And when they give up their freedoms to Trump, and their lives still suck, they'll be going after whatever scapegoat Trump points to as the reason their lives still suck.
What freedoms will they give up? Already white so white privilege. How many of them plan their families? You get pregnant, you make do. Plus one more government assistance baby. Healthcare? Many are on free healthcare - Medicaid. Student loan assistance? Doubtful when you didn't even graduate from high school. How many of the women even have good paying jobs with a future, muchless concerned with discrimination in the workplace. The women are used to being controlled by either daddy or their husband. But most importantly, they believe that Trump will keep them away from the evil, scary immigrants.
Goddammit this was Obama’s moment and he seized it. A genuine “barn-burner” of a speech, and after the ashes have cooked from this terrible time, if there remain any history books or films that illuminate our moment, this will be one of those moments that endure. We all can draw courage from the well he has tapped. Now let’s kick some Nazi ass.
It was a superb speech. Just one thing bothered me: no mention at all of his Project 2025 which is a lot more than “concepts of one”? 900 pages in great detail which some of it is already in action by his “shadow government officials”. As good as it was the problem remains: race and being a woman. Totally disgraceful. This man is the scum of the earth and people are still voting for him because…he’s white. A racist, a bigot and a traitor.
Couldn’t agree more Neal!!
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There is just no fucking way this race is tied. When we clean their clock on November 5th, the madness will finally wane. Then we can get to work fixing the mess of the last 9 years.
Remember when Obama won in 2008 and it was such a done deal that they announced the winner at around 8:30 p.m.?! I hope and pray this is the same way, that there won't be weeks of recounts and lawsuits and bullsh**.
It boggles my mind that the worthless scribblers of the press continue to report that the race is within the margin of error. HELLO! Anybody out there?
I hope it's such a wipeout that when the networks sign on at 7:00 p.m. with their election coverage on November 5, they declare Kamala the winner at 7:02.
The MSM *must* report the race as close; otherwise, they can't justify their existence. They can't get anyone to click on them or read them. If VP Harris was 10 points ahead of Dumpy in the entire US, thevMSM would have nothing to talk about. So they gin up a neck-and-neck competition.
Dean Obeidallah(sp?) interviewed Don Lemon, formerly of CNN, a few weeks ago for his substack. Lemon said they were forbidden to call out Dumpy's obvious lies and incoherent ramblings. Otherwise it would give VP Harris too much good press.
Polls are BS
I have to keep telling myself that.
Don’t tease me like that.
We need huge numbers so nobody should announce state results until polls on the west coast close. We need the Blue Tsunami!
That’s one reason we have to vote in big numbers. He will try to tie it up in courts but at least we will have the results.
Yeah, but there will be huge attempts by GOP to stop ECV certification in the states. Then it will go to the courts, and eventually SCOTUS. I'm still very nervous.
There are very very good lawyers working to stop the nonsense (such as Mark Elias from Democracy Docket). We need to win PA, MI, NV, NC and AZ so Georgia wonʻt matter. And win BIG.
I'm with you Betsy
One can hope Betsy, knowing the players in this game, the party of chaos isn’t going away without a large measure of violence!!
Sad but probably true. I hope the National Guard is on alert.
They know what to expect this time🎯💙✌🏻
National Guard is usually called up by governors. So I can just see it: some red governor calls them up. Now they can be "federalized," as happened in the Civil Rights Era to protect elementary school students, but not all NG members might feel inclined to follow the federal call. Can you see that case at this SCOTUS????
That cuts both ways. (Are you listening, MAGATs!😡😡)
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Exactly, but it will only wane if we clean their clocks. Anything less won’t put an end to it as we discovered after the 2020 election.
2020 was a trial run, with a useful idiot, except more of the same!!
I absolutely believe this also!!!!!
As do I.
Thank you for your strong, believing words, sir!!!! I just finished reading TPM and it was kinda depressing, to be honest.
American Freakshow, the Nina Burleigh Substack is definitely a good read, I’d recommend reading it asap!!
I'll give it a whirl.
Everyone should remember that our media has 5 corporate owners… it’s only corporate truth, hardly reality!
Let's not forget that the Heritage Foundation promised "a blood bath" if things didn't go their way. We'll be fighting this fight until the beginning of the year.
And perhaps find ways to REFOCUS ON REAL SHIT!!!! His and his goons’ crap is all that fills the airwaves.
What are we going to do with the reality that FL came close to being wiped off the map? This threat isn’t going to go away just because Milton died (or is still dying??). This is a viable, potentially constant state of things. I’m afraid we’ve screwed the pooch. But hey. Why give that any focus when we’ve got that fucking snake in the grass slithering through our lives in so many ways, that there no room for anything else.
The real snake in Florida is sitting in the Governor’s Mansion…eating pudding with his fingers.
Polishing his go go boots.
God. What a perfect image of the piece of slime.
We thought that when we elected Joe Biden in 2020. Still no consequences for Donnie since 1/2021
I need a death certificate.
This is what JV Last of The Bulwark says about the polls. https://www.thebulwark.com/p/the-polls-are-not-underestimating
I was mesmerized by President Obama's speech at the rally in Pittsburgh last night. He is an amazing and blatantly honest orator.
SPEAKING FRANKLY, while I can't understand why ANYONE would EVER vote for liar, fraud, con, grifter, felon, traitor, racist, fascist, sex-abuser, women-denigrator, nasty scumbag, Putin's Puppet, America's Presidential Accident and Disgrace DonOLD Scumbag Trump, the idea that ANY Black or Brown person would even remotely consider voting for Trump, or consider not voting for Harris is beyond the pale of imagination! Would it have been wise for Jews in Germany to vote for Hitler or to not vote for Hitler's political opponents? Would it have been wise for Black and Brown people to support racist George Wallace's run for President?
COME ON, PEOPLE, make damn sure that your black and brown friends and neighbors get out to vote for Kamala Harris and Tim Walz! Make America Sane Again!
Sadly a good number of well to do Jews voted for Hitler because he was “better for the economy”.
Sound familiar?
I’ve seen it firsthand. In my old neighborhood during the 2020 election, there were a lot of Jewish immigrants who were part of a huge Trump rally and drove around with Trump and Israeli flags. The disconnect was shocking to me at the time.
Gullibility transcends (not how I wanna use that word) race, creed, color, eduction, economics, national origin, religion, sexual and gender orientation, any personal characteristic. Two examples: my wife always asks me why the Log Cabin Republicans exist. We also wonder why Caitlin Jenner is a MAGA.
Because Caitlin is a deeply fucked up person. That's you answer.
Agree
Can't argue with crazy
Or why any female would belong to LDS.
Or Islam, or any religion where they are treated like property
It still is. The only way this is working is either no information or distorted, lying information.
Well think about all the white women who will vote for Trump, even if they themselves could still get pregnant, or they have daughters or granddaughters who could get pregnant. It's not even that they want an abortion, but that under Trump, doctors could be barred from treating them for a pregnancy complication and have to let them bleed out in a hospital bathroom or parking lot.
That is precisely the point. We vote for the greater good. A young woman bleeding out or, more recently, tragically dying from a pregnancy related sepsis is a terrible price for moralistic policy. Shame on you Texas. IMHO, one doesn’t need to be female to understand the enormity of this offense against women. It is an offense to all that politicians make these choices not the person who suffers consequence.
And OB/Gyn and ER docs will flee the states with bans. Which makes it hard for all to get adequate care. If there is a national ban, we are in big trouble. I foresee that the number of people training in those specialties will plummet and every patient in the country will suffer.
Vote blue up and down the ballot as if your life depends on it. Because it does.
I’m in Idaho. My own doctor left for Washington state due to the ban we have here. They are closing most clinics because most of the providers are leaving. Soon we won’t have OBGYN care
And yet Idaho will vote for Drumpf!
Crazy!
The only "good" news is that Inslee decreed that no healthcare provider or abortion recipient can be punished for crossing state lines. Still doesn't solve the problem of being unable to find an OB/GYN for routine care. So very sorry for Idahoans.
From what I remember from Biology 101, every male had a female progenitor, called a mother, I believe, whose reproductive apparatus had to function in order to bring that individual into existence (with genetic contribution at minimum from a male). So for some of those males to make policies that endanger and oppress the gender that formed, nurtured, and birthed them is not only ungrateful but downright traitorous.
Some of these idiot males have life partners who possess the aforementioned reproductive apparatus, along with offspring of that gender that they seek to endanger and quite possibly cause the death of.
As a male, I say there is no contest which is the dangerously stupid gender.
I will leave the issue of women MAGAs for another time.
Make no sense to me either, I don't get the attraction, but it's there.
Yes.
Sadly, a fact Hulit!!
The "worker's party", Suuuurrrrre.
I have Mexican American cousins who love Trump because they’re racist. Seriously. Fortunately they’re in the minority in my large Mexican American family.
Um...do they not realize that even if they are American citizens, they are in danger of being rounded up and herded into gigantic detention camps should Trump even get a weak & wobbly shot at the Presidency. It may not be easy to prove citizenship in the mass confusion that such an event will cause. If they don't believe this, they should talk to the surviving Japanese citizens of this country who DID get rounded up. It won't be Trump rounding people up either, it will be his Latino-hating pet vampire, Stephen Miller.
Great historical reference. I have known Japanese Americans who were interned during WWII. They are mostly very old or have passed. That shameful action was a violation of their Constitutional rights and was fueled by racism, unreasonable fear, and economic opportunism. It should remain as an example of resisting such discriminatory impulses aimed at any minority group. After 9/11 when there was so much anti-Muslim bias, many J-As spoke out against it because of their own experiences. Right wing hatemongers, of course, like Michelle Malkin and Ann Coulter were viciously persecuting the Muslim American community and Malkin even promoted internment once again. Thank goodness she has faded. What a hateful harpy she was. The internment story has been chronicled in books and movies and should be known to all Americans so that we do not cave in to prejudice, never more than now in the age of trumpist fascism.
Read George Takei...his family--including him, at a very young age--were placed in an internment center and I...can't remember but I think his parents lost their business and perhaps even their house. It was a shameful episode in American History.
Most lost almost everything. They were not given much notice and could take with them only a suitcase. Much was just discarded. Homes, businesses, and farm land were sold for pennies on the dollar. Some farmers entered into agreements with white farmers to lease or temporarily own the land with the understanding that it would revert back to them later but there were instances where the agreements were not honored. There is a book called Stubborn Twig by Laura Kessler chronicling the Yasui family of Hood River, OR. I would recommend it. Min Yasui was an attorney who challenged the constitutionality of the internment.
tRump's already done it once - he'll do it again - he has already said so. If he can see that you are not lily-white and straight, off to the camps you'll go. He'll put Herr Stephen Miller i.e.: mini Goering in charge of his final solution.
One of the books that has been banned from some schools in the South was a YA or elementary-level book on a Japanese-American family's experiences with the internment camps. It's not just Jim Crow that these guys want to pretend never existed.
Yet with all this, a unit of Japaneese-Americans distinguished themselves in combat in Europe during WW2. That unit holds the record for most Medals of Honor.
Thanks for the recommendation--I'm going to the library later this afternoon and will look for it-- sounds like an important history to read!
I was about to mention George Takei.
George Takei has written movingly about his memories as a little boy in the internment camps.
Nope. Can’t happen to them.
My two siblings (sister and brother) are MAGAts. I am certain that my parents are rolling over in their graves. I haven't spoken to my brother and sister in five years. I'm not sure I'll ever speak to them again.
Sorry for you and everyone who this has happened to because of him. He is a destructive force at all levels: globally, nationally, and personally. When will his zombies see that he has never done anything for anyone else? Any benefit that spills over to others is purely incidental.
I have several family members that are sucked into this bullshit. Can't avoid my dad but I tell him we shouldn't talk about it. He's 87...
How incredibly sad that this empty, hollow human being has blown apart families. I blame a lot of it on Melania too. Be Better Melania!
Sorry, Melanomia is verwy, verwy busy with her "book tour".
Or as Jimmy Kimmel pronounces it, "buuchk"
Melania can't fix him nor any person fix another.
My sister and I have resorted to sending each other cute animal videos. And sharing updates on our 95 yr old mother's daily status.
But we absolutely cannot talk politics. It makes me very sad.
Same with me and my sister. We love each other but cannot talk about anything political. FYI, she lives in a southern state and I do not. For now we just skirt the issue. So sad.
That is so terribly sad, isn't it? The bloated yam has destroyed so many family and friend relationships. It's just a shame. I feel fortunate that my friends and family who believe the schmuck have agreed that we will agree to disagree and go on with our lives.
I've lost a life-long friend because of this.
Traveling throughout Mexico for several months prior to the election of TFG, everyone I spoke to, asked me if America could possibly elect that game show conman? I always replied no chance! I still feel like an idiot Eva!!
We didn't. The electoral college did.
We, Democrats, Progressives, & Independents must keep up the political engagement that we have now for many years to come in order to get more of us into state legislatures & Congress; then we must put forward some Amendments that will make our democracy function better.
Getting rid of the EC is one, changing how Senators are apportioned is another. Putting a limit on the number of years a Supreme Court justice can serve or a mandatory retirement age is of utmost importance.
So much work to be done. This election is just the beginning, not the end, of an era.
P.J. I couldn't agree more!
Excellent point. I recently learned that Hillary beat him by a couple of million votes nation wide. I am having some serious doubts now about the electoral college. Do we really need it at this point? Time for a fresh look.
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I think Obama said the quiet part outloud at some point during the speech -- he told the "brothers" that they might be hesitant to vote for a woman. He called them out on that (he said "brothers" which is why I put it in quotes). Gosh I hope we have moved beyond the male-female thing in politics.
I think it’s gotten better , but it’s still out there. Her experience & competence & believability , might sway many men, and they vote for a better future, but there are still neanderthals amongst us.
very well put, Dave
We haven’t
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I believe that without the Apprentice, America would not be where we are today with this human plague threatening to burn it all down. Fuck Mark Burnett and all his fucking shit he puts onto American airwaves.
Agree that the Apprentice was the yellow brick road for Trump.
Noel Casler worked on that show and knows all the backstory. He said the show was heavily edited (as Jeff said) and crafted for the illusory image of trump as a competent businessman. It was all contrived bullshit (as Jeff said). Then there is the rumored tape of trump using the N word. Casler said it exists.
I follow Casler on threads….good info daily on the lying a-hole!
Noel has the goods on the mewling wastrel, and is an exceptional read on Substack HI2!!
Yep, I listen to his podcast and subscribe to his Substack
Casler's interviews on YouTube are eye-opening. His comments about Dumpy's GI problems and the stink around him surprized me. I thought he had to be kidding or pursuing a vendetta. Then came the comments about Dumpy passing gas during his trial and I realized that his comments were true.
Well I think there's a vast well of monsters that were born with the tea party. Wingnut for one, won't talk about gaetz, cruz, both scott's, the list is endless. DonOld just found a way to grift, con, lie, feed his narcissistic ego and commit treason. If the magats are indocterated, they will follow anyone spewing the same redderick.
Mark Burnett was probably making big bucks off the show and never realized Trump would use it as a stepping stone to politics. Burnett's failing was hiding the outtakes at a time it might have actually done some good.
They both made huge money off the show. Noel Casler said the product placement money was big and trump got half of that
It's the fail of all reality shows. Nothing is real.
For some reason, Burnett is really loyal to Dumpy. It might be blackmail, or the money Dumpy made him with the show, or a religious thing, or some sort of hero worship. Of course he's going to hide all the tape.
Here,here,this BS 'lying, cheating,stealing and backstabbing' for fun and prizes is rubbish, it's an insult to who and what Americans really are.
I say vote for Kamara, or Klama, or do what those darling little girls at the Dem Convention said comma la. Just do it that’s my point today.
I watched about ten minutes of Tfg's crappy show. Like all reality shows, not worth wasting brain cells
But it was popular. That helps explain the mindset behind MAGA
AITA for feeling zero empathy toward MAGAs stuck between Scylla & Charybdis? That herd is destructive to everyone — not just themselves — and as far as I’m concerned it can’t be culled fast enough.
I agree about not having sympathy for the MAGA dipshit, but at the same time this guy is causing his family no end of anguish. they're his collateral damage
Seems like a casualty of war in a sad sense. His family is trying to help.
Old trope: you can't live other peoples' lives for them.
Eugenics is embraced by many members of the GOP Jeff IIRC!!
No, you’re not the asshole. As much as I feel for anyone caught in such a situation, they’ll go right back to being Dump’s drooling sycophants.
No matter what, these MAGA dipshits will never learn. How this lying, heartless shitweasel keeps pulling it off while people who desperately need help would rather lick his crusty boots than accept aid. Again, the media could be a big help here but they rather glorify a 300 lb. cancer than tell it like it really is.
Exactly Kay-EI!
Great mythology reference! Also in The Police's song Wrapped Around Your Finger
Speaking of, check out KAOS on Netflix. A very interesting and appropriately dark take on Zeus and the gods. Jeff Goldblum is fabulous.
5 stars. Canʻt wait for Season 2.
Thanks Zija!
JoJo From Jerz said it well yesterday: "Trusting trump with your life is suicide"
My daughter and her MAGA husband didn’t evacuate Tampa, and while they’re OK she sent me a picture of the river where their street used to be with an alligator floating past third mailbox. She said seeing that made it her 5th heart attack in 24 hours. I don’t bother telling her how worried I am — not just about hurricanes but her lack of abortion access and other things my mind makes up because MAGA has fucked the state up so thoroughly.
We already went a year without talking after she married this guy, and that’s worse. So I completely understand the frustration of sane family members dealing with the effects of their loved ones being blinded by lies.
Unbelievable - so sorry to hear!
I know others are dealing with much worse — I guess I was defending my harsh stance. MAGA has made my family miserable too, just in different ways.
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I love your style Samantha!!
Omg thank you. You made my day ❤️
Listening to Obama's speech made me realize how much I miss him. Not only a gifted orator but he quickly cuts to the chase without the petty meanness and vindictiveness that is inherent to MAGA. Obama is right, Chump hasn't stopped whining for 9 years. It's time for all of us to make him STFU.
DJT transformed the GOP into the G.O.ME!! A bunch of selfish anti-government and social media morons who think the whole universe should revolve around them, and their petty grievances.
The MAGA cult loves the message of Trump that it's not your fault that your life is imperfect, you don't have to take responsibility for anything, it's all THEIR fault. The Republican political class will just do whatever they have to to keep the support of the MAGAs. Sad that so many MAGAs already subscribe to a religion that puts all the power outside of themselves and were easy pickings for a demagogue who said he alone could fix it.
Well said Nancy.
Me too. I attended an Obama rally in 2007 and was filled with hope.
Former President Obama is an absolute treasure! And he speaks the truth about DonOld. I just don’t know where we will find the number of trained de-programmers for his cult members after the election. Trump has ruined so many lives. I personally can’t wait until he’s behind bars!
I've wondered that, too... we're gonna need a lot of counselors and therapists. 🙄
Therapy depends on developing insight. They have no willingness for that. Deprogrammers needed.
Those of us who are not part of the cult, but are emotionally and even physically threatened by it every day are the ones with PTSD.
I have PTSD ‼️
Deb, join the club! This safe kind group helps keep me from being overwhelmed. And TCM.
You have to acknowledge there's a problem and want to change to get anything out of therapy. Doubt if many MAGAts are willing to do that.
Truer words… Pamela!!
AS TO SPACE NAZI MUSK.....
SELL YOUR TESLA.
BOYCOTT TESLA.
The richest man in the world has an opportunity to supply millions of desperate, homeless people with vital wifi, free phone service for months, if not years. Just says "give me your FEMA emergency money".
Musk probably doesn't care about Tesla or Xitter anymore. He's profiting from having figured out how to sink his fangs into the federal arteries for taxpayers dollars, like his Spacelink scheme. If each victim gets $750 in FEMA aid, Musk is ready to take over half of that upfront for his Internet hardware and more ($120 per month later).
And now Trump would appoint Musk to oversee all of the federal budget. A brainy sociopath with that kind of power, working "under" a lazy sundowner can't be good.
Musk is a different kind of ur evil Teri!!
Saw a picture of a Tesla that had exploded after salt water from hurricane Milton got into the battery…
A metaphor for the company owner. An exploding piece of crap
I do think that he is going insane, or maybe it's the drugs he is known to enjoy. IDK. Either way, begone foul spirit!
And GEICO is refusing to insure the dumpsters-on-wheels!
I read this too but unfortunately, it's not true. Geico is insuring the pieces of shit.
I do however believe that instead of following Trump like a sycophant that Leon should be developing a flame retardant that works when these POS's catch on fire. They say it takes 50,000 gallons of water to put out the fire.
So is this only Teslas? Does any battery run car burst into flames during a serious downpour of rain? DAMN those Tesla "trucks"? are so freaking ugly!!
SO... Geico is now saying that no it won't be insuring Cyber Trucks, not because they are pieces of shit but because they cost more than $100,000.00
Didn't an entire dealership of them blow up or catch fire?
Tesla stock on the road to nowhere!
In the hall of shame of stupid press questions, that one deserves a giant gilt frame. Why in the world would President Biden possibly be calling Spanky McBonespurs??
Right? If Biden called T***p and asked him to knock off the lies so people can get the help they need, you know the whiny little bitch would immediately take to Truth Social and scream in all caps "He's trying to take away my free speech".
Exactly. Don't give that criminal any oxygen!
🎯🎯🎯🎯 He needs attention, good or bad. Starve him of it! He will go crazier!
The extreme narcissist he is!
Man, these cultists are hurting themselves and for what? 😳 Dump is so evil...I hate him with all my being. Exactly what did Dump do to help anyone during his Presidency? NOT A DAMN THING! And....Obama...what a great man. I need this election to be done, over, and finished so we can start restoring the country and get ready for the next wave of fascism that is bound to come up. #TGIF
At my age, time usually flies by, but waiting for this election seems like forever. My level of anxiety creeps up and backs down every time I read something new. I feel like I’m on a roller coaster, and I hate roller coasters.
I have had low blood pressure all my life. Suddenly, I'm on BP meds. WTF? I'm sure it's from all the angst waiting to see if America will survive.
I think you're right. I never had BP problems unti the spring of 2016. I had several Muslim friends and I as worried for them, as well as just being angry about Dumpy all the time. It's starting to creep back down now, these last few months.
Sharon, me too. Today I unsubscribed from a lot of political blogs (not Jeffʻs of course!!). Do want you can to get out the vote, but otherwise I think itʻs time to disengage from the daily news blasts. Also, there are lots of "fake" polls being taken that are not reliable, so ignore the polls too.
Obama’s speech was like salve to a wound. Oh my god. Perfect. Absolutely perfect.
He had the gloves off! God, I love this man! 🌊🌊🌊🌊🌊
I’m old enough to remember when a private citizen holding private conversations with a russkie president would have caused a rectal exam from the FBI and weeks of congressional investigations. I can’t wait for this galactic scale traitor to be gone from our politics forever
Or the CIA would have nabbed him/her, never to be heard from again.
I believe it's a violation of the 'Logan Act'.
You bet it is. I remember the stink about 15 years ago when Jesse Jackson went to the middle east on his own to try to negotiate for hostages, and you'd think he'd dropped a nuke on somebody or started WWIII. But remember, Dumpy's a Very Special Boy and the rules don't apply to him.
Where's Joe McCarthy when we need him?
Exactly!
1. FEMA won’t take your house but Lord of the McFries (hat tip to David @blue1959) and Project 2025 will fuck up your life.
2. Elmo + “free” is laughable. Remember, this is the guy who charges for a blue check mark so every day schmucks can pretend they’re important.
Lord of the McFries. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I believe E-Con is charging Ukraine about $20 mil a month for use of Starlink.
Actually, I saw the Pentagon pays for it (at least since last year), but yes it’s millions.
Yes,but Elon claims it's 'philanthropy' when it's convenient for him...
With every day that goes by, Musk shows what a piece of shit he is and probably always was. Now it's out in the open.
Musk is the new type of billionaire,a greedy corporate raider who used others ideas and innovations and government subsides and deregulation to run his pyramid schemes on investors, to line his own pockets.
Damn- I hate these mega rich assholes.
They give being rich a bad name.
Yes Bruce he’s a douchebag of the low rung of a ladder, I had X for a bit because our little neighbor had an account of dogs and kittens. I quit about two months ago and haven’t missed it and surely don’t want to see him again ever!
I sure hope so
I’m thinking most people reached that conclusion long ago HIdeuceth!!
Rather starve than question Donny Gaslight? Darwin bats last.
Now I know why the MAGA cultists want a dictator to rule over them. These people are dumb as dirt. They’re too stupid to tie their own shoes. They NEED someone to take care of them, to think for them since they’ve given up all rational thought. You might almost feel sorry for them. Almost. If Trump ruled, when all their freedoms are gone, they won’t even notice. Freedom...schmeedom! Who needs it? Fuck these people and fuck Trump!
Thats a great point...they are so stupid, they need a dictator to tell them what to do. 🤦♀️
And they pick a “leader” who has probably never tied his own shoes. Sad.
Mousolini and Stalin did the same thing to his people.
And when they give up their freedoms to Trump, and their lives still suck, they'll be going after whatever scapegoat Trump points to as the reason their lives still suck.
What freedoms will they give up? Already white so white privilege. How many of them plan their families? You get pregnant, you make do. Plus one more government assistance baby. Healthcare? Many are on free healthcare - Medicaid. Student loan assistance? Doubtful when you didn't even graduate from high school. How many of the women even have good paying jobs with a future, muchless concerned with discrimination in the workplace. The women are used to being controlled by either daddy or their husband. But most importantly, they believe that Trump will keep them away from the evil, scary immigrants.
That’s the fiery spirit Linda!!