Pam Bondi is going to dunk those files in a bucket of bleach. That said, roughly 1,000 FBI and DOJ personnel have already seen them. Information will leak like the plumbing in a Trump apartment. I'm looking forward to real prosecutions with Bondi, Miller, Bonvino, Noem and the whole rotten cabal at the Defendant's table.
I think we will see the files...all of them. Eventually. To your point, there are plenty of outlets. BUT.
Jay Kuo says: The “Epstein Files” isn’t some centralized database. They comprise a host of electronic and physical evidence collected by the FBI, held under seal by the courts, used in civil proceedings, and held by third parties. The core investigative files, gathered by the FBI, are subject to strict chain-of-custody controls, meaning they have electronic timestamps, evidentiary IDs, digital authentications and audit trails. That’s very hard to mess with, at least not without someone noticing.
He and Joyce Vance are doing a thing on this topic on Substack. Forgive me if I dont know the exact time...or if its over. But between the two of those sharp minds, they would know!
They don't have the blackmail videos Epstein took: the FBI seized those long ago. If there is something that really nails Trump it will be a video with him.
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin broke the bill down in its entirety on her You Tube channel yesterday and said pretty much what Jay Kuo indicated but with even more detail. youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ
I hope the link works but if not, do a YT search. She’s quite good in her explanations.
However, a reading of the bill shows that there are a number of loopholes the DoJ could use to withhold lots of material, and that's what Rump is counting on. It's why he gave Rs the OK to vote "yes" on the bill. We see that Blondi is already taking advantage of those exceptions.
Speaking of trials, and not that I have one iota of sympathy for That Man, but his closest staff appear to be manipulating an old man with dementia so that they can wild out in the WH, doing a bit of ethnic cleansing here, a little robbing of the Treasury (the People's Treasury) there, maybe throwing in some murder on the high seas, breaking international laws, possibly preparing to warmonger and throw our service members into harm's way, including compelling them to follow illegal orders. My point? ELDER ABUSE. Who is going to speak out and keep hammering home that That Man is unwell and being taken advantage of? Where are the Trump children, BTW? Are they looking out for "dear ol' dad"? It's just more shit on the big ol' pile of excrement this kakistocracy is building in a deep pool of corruption. When the dam breaks...hoo boy!
I'm currently on vacation in Scotland and I had a conversation with an average guy of approximately 50 or so, who said pretty much exactly what you just said. All the normal, same people around the world see it.
There is something in the files Trump doesn't want us to see. It might just be something embarrassing like the 'Bubba photo', but there is definitely something. Until they release whatever that is public pressure won't ease up. Once you take into account the nature of the information and the amount of people who have seen it, it's probably not an option to keep anything hidden,
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase, among others, for files on Epstein. JP Morgan Chase had cited over 4500 suspicious financial transactions involving Epstein. As I have previously said, I doubt Pedo Donnie will be brought down by any nefarious sexual proclivity. If he can be tied to financial involvement with Epstein's trafficking, that will be his Achilles cankle. Always follow the money.
Yeah, but money laundering is so 1980s. That’s been Donnie’s bread and butter for many, many years. I’d be surprise if the IRS and DOJ don’t already know this. I think whatever is in these files must be really bad.
I'm wondering if it isn't something about pedophilia, but rather some sort of Russian/crypto/classified information and/or money laundering deal that has some horrifying market-crashing implications or something of that nature?
I keep saying SNUFF FILM, only because it's the most horrible thing I can think of that they want to hide. Financial shenanigans seem ho hum , at this point.
Remember that fiasco of a review last spring where the entire unfiltered data set sat on an open FBI-wide network without any access or usage logging for at least six weeks?
God only knows how many copies there are out there...
Speaking of leaks, do you remember when a fatal fire broke out in Trump Tower and there were no sprinkling systems on the residence floors? Blob the Builder.
I’m confident that Halligan will find a meaningful career at Fox News after she leaves government service. She has all the qualifications imposed upon female reporters and consultants at Fox.
I don't understand where lawyers like her got their license to practice law. I live in California so maybe bar exams vary extensively from state to state? Can you get one from a cereal box? Do some not require taking an ethics oath? I'm reading the new John Gresham book "Framed" about famous cases of innocent people incarcerated for years so I guess crooked people can get licenses. Sad
The stupid bullshittery is always stratospheric. But perhaps that bit about killing members of congress for advising soldiers to be loyal to the Constitution might get some attention today. Even Susan Collins might be concerned.
I'm curious. What do you think about the mussel farming guy? Did his tattoos put him out of the running? What is the local scuttlebutt? Does Maine have a decent challenger?
I really like the oyster farmer and people do make mistakes when they are young, drunk, far from home and fighting a war in a country that is referred to as "The Graveyard of Empires".
That he didn't know what it meant but thought it was "cool" isn't too hard to believe. It's a little harder to believe that no one TOLD him what it meant...but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Tattoo removal is costly but he could have had it reworked.
I don't know. I do think we need some progressive young blood in the Senate, but Fetterman has unfortunately given everybody a fit of cynicism and doubt. Too bad.
I'm a bit frosted that Schumer talked Janet Mills (Governor who will be termed out in 2026 (and no relation btw)) into running for the Senate, because while she's done a decent job as Governor, I don't think her centrist views are what we need to get us past Trump and his destructive authoritarian bullshit. But if she wins the primary I will vote for her as opposed to Susie Concerned, that much is for certain.
Where did it say 'killing members of Congress'? Is that something advocated officially by Miller or another official? Or is it just another window-licking cretin with a keyboard?
Neal: I laugh about her "concern" but how out of touch must she be NOT to realize she keeps saying something that is the subject of nationwide ridicule?
Jeff, first off that insurance attorney doesn’t know shit from shinola..never argued a federal case, no experience in criminal or civil proceedings.. She cut and pasted another indictment claiming it was from GJ.. she is lying and it shows. She fucked the case so bad I’m sure her bar card is in trouble as well as Bondi’s since she approved this charade. Next up the meeting with that bone saw prince, who, of course did not wear a suit and tie- oh where is that outrage energy from Just Dance Vance or MTG’s reporter boy toy?Selling F35 fighter jets to SA? So they can turn around and sell or give to the Russians or Chinese or Iran for their advanced technology values.. This is so very wrongheaded. Best to all.
My WWII father used to use that wonderful phrase, "shit from shinola," which is one of my many fond memories of him. It certainly speaks to the moment and the stunningly incompetent idiots stumbling around in this administration. Can't wait to see if Mamdani can keep Trump awake, or if Trump even manages to find the oval office with both hands.
If so, he will really earn some kind of prize (although not the Pulitzer, since he isn't a journalist or a writer) and the admiration of everybody in New York---Most New Yorkers have been yelling that at Trump for decades.
I'm afraid Mamdani's visit will loose another litany of "terribles" from Prez Dumbfuck's piehole: You're terrible: Where did you say you're from? New York? Terrible City. New York's a terrible state. You say you were elected Mayor? You shouldn't have been. You're terrible. New York should be removed from the country. It's terrible. Who did you say you are again?
The Saudis are allowing three Trump Organization developments to be built, two in Riyadh and one in Jeddah, I believe. And they get to buy the F-35, our most advanced (and secret technology possessing) fighter. I call that a fucking quid pro quo. What say you, Counselor Fredo?
I'm a card-carrying, dues-paying member of DSofA. We are NOT Stalinists, just ordinary people who think our government should work for us and take care of those in need. We don't advocate for nationalizing businesses - only regulating them to keep them honest and unharmful....and paying their fair share in taxes!
Corner any MAGA, or indeed anyone who votes rethuglican and ask them to define socialism, DEI, woke, CRT, even non-cultural terms like GDP. Jimmy Kimmel had a correspondent ask trump rally attendees in CA just before the election last year and they could not define any of those. They just know they hate and fear whatever those terms represent. And these were Californians, not the deep red dummies usually seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7661YW0FH4
The ACA has been around since its passage in 2010. But they are in their right wing media bubble and are so knee jerk conditioned against things they are told to hate and fear that they do not investigate for themselves. They are the perfect patsies for MAGA and thus here we are.
Liddle Donny Dipshit has immunity (thanks to John Roberts), but everyone in the chain of command bellow him does not. Executing boatloads of people on the high seas without accountability or due process violates dozens of domestic and international laws.
This country has shown the world, in the worst way, that we are not - and never were - any model of justice. Now at least let’s get “boatloads” of Trumps minions prosecuted and sent to Rikers asap.
I also can't WAIT to see Mamdani with the orange shit stain tomorrow. Cochfuck McGee will likely be there to hurl reeeedonkulus insults in his face. It will blow up on Trump & Vance. I love hearing Zo speak, calm, educated, competent. A true breath of fresh air and a beautiful contrast in the kind of politicians we COULD have, if we could have nice things.
He's gonna make rumpy look reeeeal old and icky. Also, jd won't be able to make any clothing jokes since he'll be outclassed as well. A couple of buffoons up against a rising, shiny, new star.
I don't think JD realizes the extent to which South Park has obliterated any shred of dignity he might imagine he still has. Standing beside Trump just reinforces that.
Watching them in action with Zelenskyy tells me exactly how this will go. They're not big on subtle. It'll be an ambush attack with six or eight cabinet and media stooges there to berate and insult ZM. They will have to scream to drown him out, because his responses will be polite and viciously pleasant. He will pretend he's dealing with rational human beings. They will humiliate themselves by looking like maniacs. Fox will declare 'victory' that Donny and his Band Of Scum "owned' Mamdani and etc and etc. Stephen Miller will declare he should be put to death.
He is drawing them out, and his objective is unclear to me. Maybe it's to gather the sympathy for putting up with Donny's abuse.
When Brian Glenn berated President Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit, I wish the President would have said, at least I'm not stupid or desperate enough to bang MTG
I envision, Mamdani explaining his vision for N.Y. only to be over ridden by Preznut exclaiming "He built N.Y., he only knows what is right for N.Y. etc. etc. etc.
Mamdani knows to flatter him. He'll probably even bring some swag.
He knows that JD and others will be there to try to attack from his flank.
He just did a very smart thing and invited Jessica Tisch to stay on as Police Commissioner even though they have very different goals and even though she is a billionaire (scion of a real estate developer family, in fact). It gives some continuity, shows he can work with people who are more conservative/lawn-order than he is, and gives the billionaire class and the cops both some reassurance that he's not going full-bore antifa right off the bat, even if he has some longer-term goals that are at odds with what they ultimately want.
"Stephen Miller throws the word insurrection around as easily as he swallows live bats."
There it is. 😂 Poor Little Lindsay H. 🤣🤣🤣
And, the fact that MBS or MSB or whatever he calls himself was in the White House, that we're going to give him fighter planes? WTF? And there are Republicans who say we have Trump Derangement Syndrome? If Democrats dont screw up, we must get rid of these traitorous cult members....I dont think Donnie will even live long enough to see the midterms. 🙏 Here's hoping.
That's the panic of a man who didn't get the dictatorship locked down tight before things went to shit.
Unlike Trump, he's not protected by the bullshit presidential immunity that the Supreme Court granted and is reportedly reconsidering just in time for a Democratic administration. He knows if the Dems get into power, he's cooked.
I wonder which person will be in charge of keeping track of all the corruption and laws broken, and who broke them during Trump's regime? The next Pam Bondi? That's a helluva lot of bookkeeping. Whomever gets that job needs a raise and they haven't been appointed yet.
Also, raise your hand if you're surprised the Epstein files are coming out heavily redacted and/or "nope just kidding" because investigation reasons.
Consequences? We keep using that word. I don't think it means what we think it means.
And while we’re making plans, how about a class action suit by all Americans who started drinking more heavily since 2016, to cope with living in this fucking timeline. Alcohol costs need to be reimbursed and on top of that, the cost of all the morning-after Tylenol we’ve had to consume. And don’t get me started mentioning the pain and suffering
Any Black woman would have my vote. Not only do they have to be 10 times more competent to get anywhere, but it would drive Trump insane. He'd be shouting "piggy piggy piggy" until they came with nets to take him away.
I was wondering that same thing. Surely someone in the Democratic party is keeping list of all the laws that have been broken under this administration. It's gonna be one helluva impeachment too. If the old fuck even lives that long.
My gov (Pritzker) formed a special committee to record every video, interview, photo, of every I.C.E. Violation. Pritzker has a law degree. He’s prepping for international court.
I am certain it’s several of them but wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t Eric Swalwell, Jasmine Crockett, or Joe Neguse. Neguse’s takedown of Republicans this week was epic! https://youtu.be/U9IfJvg2E8k?si=UsfmNOXC0UYBcSIz
I agree, I don't think it means what we think it means either. Our republic has already been taken way out into uncharted waters. The Nuremberg trials were unprecedented for their time, whatever comes now will be equally so.
There will be everything you say, and more. What there won't be is any finality of "once and for all". The pressure will not suddenly dissipate when Bondi, not exactly chock-full of credibility now, announces some lame-ass excuse for not releasing the files. And the 'files' still grow. The job of documenting their *current* atrocities is already well underway by citizen-sleuths and reporters. Record everything. Some of it will pay off in the future.
See, their whole formula for success was predicated on a solid belief that they could bulldoze past every law and institution (public and private) in their way, distract and intimidate the American people with their 'might', and successfully reign for a Thousand Year Reich. That scenario seems to not be playing out quite as they planned. They may or may not remember that even Hitler's Reich lasted only 12 years. This one is sputtering and may not see one or two.
The next administration has a fine line to walk. We can't let 'throw the other party in jail' become the norm for every succeeding administration. But, we can't let actual crimes go unpunished.
Republicans won't be charged by a Republican AG and they'll yell partisan bias if charged by a Democratic AG. The new AG has to make it clear that the DOJ doesn't take party affiliation into account for any reason. The fear of what will happen when the other party comes into power has kept the kinds of things we're seeing now mostly in check. We've got to reestablish that fear going forward while making it clear that we are following the rule of law.
You know what, though...we ought to thank them. Halligan and Bondi and the rest. Because of them, none of us should ever ever ever fall victim to imposter syndrome, since there's no fucking way we'd be worse at any job we might ever have than they are at theirs.
And meanwhile, Donnie’s ambassador to Russia is attempting to again impose surrender of Ukraine to the real leader of the US, Vladmir (I have the Epstein files) Putin.
Dementia Donny will still try to work that angle. His followers are so full of hate that they will take anything he says as gospel, especially if it's racist.
He knows nothing about nuance. Same as with irony, wit, grace, empathy, kindness, contrition, compassion, scholarship, intellectual curiosity, sincerity, probity, morality, dignity, ethics, humility, shall I go on?
“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:
A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.
Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.
There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
Or, rather--implying that Mamdani is pretending to be Black (just like that other famous imposter, Kamala Harris, who couldn't be Black because she has Indian heritage).
Pam Bondi is going to dunk those files in a bucket of bleach. That said, roughly 1,000 FBI and DOJ personnel have already seen them. Information will leak like the plumbing in a Trump apartment. I'm looking forward to real prosecutions with Bondi, Miller, Bonvino, Noem and the whole rotten cabal at the Defendant's table.
Ways they can leak(?):
- Epstein Estate
- Maxwell
- Survivors
- FBI Agents who did redacting
- Guiffre’s ghost writer…
I think we will see the files...all of them. Eventually. To your point, there are plenty of outlets. BUT.
Jay Kuo says: The “Epstein Files” isn’t some centralized database. They comprise a host of electronic and physical evidence collected by the FBI, held under seal by the courts, used in civil proceedings, and held by third parties. The core investigative files, gathered by the FBI, are subject to strict chain-of-custody controls, meaning they have electronic timestamps, evidentiary IDs, digital authentications and audit trails. That’s very hard to mess with, at least not without someone noticing.
Good info, thx. I do think "eventually" is the key word. Jay's great.
He and Joyce Vance are doing a thing on this topic on Substack. Forgive me if I dont know the exact time...or if its over. But between the two of those sharp minds, they would know!
My calendar says 7 PM (Central time).
Thanks for sharing that!
The Epstein estate is fully cooperating with the House Oversight Committee. Most of what blew the lid off came from them.
They don't have the blackmail videos Epstein took: the FBI seized those long ago. If there is something that really nails Trump it will be a video with him.
But.....what the FBI reveals is up to Patel, right? And yeah, we trust him, right? No.
Or it might be up to a disgruntled fired career FBI agent that Patel did not know had a copy squirreled away.
I hope this is the case. We gave them plenty of time to plan.
Elizabeth Cronise McLaughlin broke the bill down in its entirety on her You Tube channel yesterday and said pretty much what Jay Kuo indicated but with even more detail. youtube.com/live/xEB1mOJ
I hope the link works but if not, do a YT search. She’s quite good in her explanations.
THANK YOU for this!! 🙌
Sadly, it’s no longer available. Sigh.
However, a reading of the bill shows that there are a number of loopholes the DoJ could use to withhold lots of material, and that's what Rump is counting on. It's why he gave Rs the OK to vote "yes" on the bill. We see that Blondi is already taking advantage of those exceptions.
Corner Michael Wolff with a Congressional subpoena...
That lowlife knows shit we wouldn't believe.
"Lowlife" doesn't begin to cover it. He is just so skeevy, almost as gross as
Bannon. He looks like he showers but he's still gross. Yes, someone subpoena him.
I hate that fucking guy so much. Part of the problem.
Worse than Woodward holding back the 🦠 knowledge the president had ‘for his book’?
Yeah. Tricky Dick was just a loathsome cheaty criminal. Trump is a monster.
He is a spoiled, narcissistic, rich kid who never grew up and has gotten every wish fulfilled. He needs to be in prison, but never will be.
The evil Peter Pan.
Agree
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Oops kRemLin, MI6, LeOnMusk?
I wish Maxwell was leaking blood.🩸
Follow the money. They are already subpoenaing bank records.
Don't forget Russia or England
Also this;
https://youtu.be/0PVnaXdZ0i8?si=Uko0Cn73Mwp8Z7js
Nuremberg 2.0. Can’t wait!
Speaking of trials, and not that I have one iota of sympathy for That Man, but his closest staff appear to be manipulating an old man with dementia so that they can wild out in the WH, doing a bit of ethnic cleansing here, a little robbing of the Treasury (the People's Treasury) there, maybe throwing in some murder on the high seas, breaking international laws, possibly preparing to warmonger and throw our service members into harm's way, including compelling them to follow illegal orders. My point? ELDER ABUSE. Who is going to speak out and keep hammering home that That Man is unwell and being taken advantage of? Where are the Trump children, BTW? Are they looking out for "dear ol' dad"? It's just more shit on the big ol' pile of excrement this kakistocracy is building in a deep pool of corruption. When the dam breaks...hoo boy!
"Where are the Trump children, BTW?" Kicking back waiting for their inheritances, when not grifting in dubious Arab sheikdoms.
I'm currently on vacation in Scotland and I had a conversation with an average guy of approximately 50 or so, who said pretty much exactly what you just said. All the normal, same people around the world see it.
Today’s the Nuremberg anniversary too!
Jackie, Nothing less will do! 👍🏼
There is something in the files Trump doesn't want us to see. It might just be something embarrassing like the 'Bubba photo', but there is definitely something. Until they release whatever that is public pressure won't ease up. Once you take into account the nature of the information and the amount of people who have seen it, it's probably not an option to keep anything hidden,
The House Committee on Oversight and Government Reform has subpoenaed Deutsche Bank and JP Morgan Chase, among others, for files on Epstein. JP Morgan Chase had cited over 4500 suspicious financial transactions involving Epstein. As I have previously said, I doubt Pedo Donnie will be brought down by any nefarious sexual proclivity. If he can be tied to financial involvement with Epstein's trafficking, that will be his Achilles cankle. Always follow the money.
Re: “I doubt Pedo Donnie will be brought down by any nefarious sexual proclivity”
We already know from MAGA-owned South Park that he fucks the devil
Apparently he's getting pretty hot and heavy with Tatoo JD as well.
LOLOLOL
David: 100%! I have been saying this for a while now, that for him, money is everything so it has to be some laundering or other fucked up stuff.
Yeah, but money laundering is so 1980s. That’s been Donnie’s bread and butter for many, many years. I’d be surprise if the IRS and DOJ don’t already know this. I think whatever is in these files must be really bad.
I'm wondering if it isn't something about pedophilia, but rather some sort of Russian/crypto/classified information and/or money laundering deal that has some horrifying market-crashing implications or something of that nature?
I agree. Money is his only true love, so to scare him this much for this long, it has to threaten his wallet.
I bet he killed someone. Possibly a young girl.
Most likely, not "something," but many things.
Agreed!
I keep saying SNUFF FILM, only because it's the most horrible thing I can think of that they want to hide. Financial shenanigans seem ho hum , at this point.
My bet is on a video of him with a sobbing 13-year-old who has since died under questionable circumstances.
Just one something??
Don’t forget Hegseth, for all the boat murders!
I’m a little upset that Uncle Jeff didn’t include the nut-bashing skateboard video in today’s post.
At least that many did.
Remember that fiasco of a review last spring where the entire unfiltered data set sat on an open FBI-wide network without any access or usage logging for at least six weeks?
God only knows how many copies there are out there...
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I hear the Epstein Estate has the files in full form
Speaking of leaks, do you remember when a fatal fire broke out in Trump Tower and there were no sprinkling systems on the residence floors? Blob the Builder.
https://www.commondreams.org/news/2018/04/09/trump-aggressively-fought-sprinkler-system-law-could-have-saved-man-trump-tower-fire
She will exclude damaging pics and video under 3 (c) exclusions I read in Act. I love your last sentence. Sounds so right!
Our lips > God's ear.
We all knew that was going to happen. The only thing that could bury these people will be the dear women who were victims naming names.
I’m confident that Halligan will find a meaningful career at Fox News after she leaves government service. She has all the qualifications imposed upon female reporters and consultants at Fox.
You’re assuming fox will still exist. I really think we need to do a class against them. Create precedent. Amend the First.
Fawx is an entertainment Chanel.
They've admitted in court that fawx "news" is entertainment, not actual news.
That was really all she ever wanted.
Especially now.
She could try being a synchronized swimmer at Mar-a-Lago parties, but she'd probably drown.
( and the right hair color)
I don't understand where lawyers like her got their license to practice law. I live in California so maybe bar exams vary extensively from state to state? Can you get one from a cereal box? Do some not require taking an ethics oath? I'm reading the new John Gresham book "Framed" about famous cases of innocent people incarcerated for years so I guess crooked people can get licenses. Sad
I believe she is licensed in Floriduh. That pretty much explains it.
She must be disbarred and she SHOULD serve a prison term after the orange criminal is removed from the WH.
She could be another Mar-a-Lago groupie. She already has the look.
Pretty face, empty head?
Aka she can suck a golf ball through a screen door
Absolutely!
The stupid bullshittery is always stratospheric. But perhaps that bit about killing members of congress for advising soldiers to be loyal to the Constitution might get some attention today. Even Susan Collins might be concerned.
True, Susan Collins might be very concerned. When will Maine get rid of that twerp? I hope that this is the year Maine frees itself.
Fingers crossed, here in Maine!
I'm curious. What do you think about the mussel farming guy? Did his tattoos put him out of the running? What is the local scuttlebutt? Does Maine have a decent challenger?
I really like the oyster farmer and people do make mistakes when they are young, drunk, far from home and fighting a war in a country that is referred to as "The Graveyard of Empires".
That he didn't know what it meant but thought it was "cool" isn't too hard to believe. It's a little harder to believe that no one TOLD him what it meant...but I'm willing to give him the benefit of the doubt. Tattoo removal is costly but he could have had it reworked.
I don't know. I do think we need some progressive young blood in the Senate, but Fetterman has unfortunately given everybody a fit of cynicism and doubt. Too bad.
I'm a bit frosted that Schumer talked Janet Mills (Governor who will be termed out in 2026 (and no relation btw)) into running for the Senate, because while she's done a decent job as Governor, I don't think her centrist views are what we need to get us past Trump and his destructive authoritarian bullshit. But if she wins the primary I will vote for her as opposed to Susie Concerned, that much is for certain.
Nah, that guy creeps me out.
🤮 Do not trust him or his mental state.
..... he's given permission to kill people....anyone ....and his cult is listening.
Where did it say 'killing members of Congress'? Is that something advocated officially by Miller or another official? Or is it just another window-licking cretin with a keyboard?
Fatfuck hisself.
https://open.substack.com/pub/americamattershq/p/trump-melts-down-calls-for-executions?r=3rccqg&utm_medium=ios
Nice. I missed a spot.
Susan Collins’ concern is worth Zero
Neal: I laugh about her "concern" but how out of touch must she be NOT to realize she keeps saying something that is the subject of nationwide ridicule?
Jeff, first off that insurance attorney doesn’t know shit from shinola..never argued a federal case, no experience in criminal or civil proceedings.. She cut and pasted another indictment claiming it was from GJ.. she is lying and it shows. She fucked the case so bad I’m sure her bar card is in trouble as well as Bondi’s since she approved this charade. Next up the meeting with that bone saw prince, who, of course did not wear a suit and tie- oh where is that outrage energy from Just Dance Vance or MTG’s reporter boy toy?Selling F35 fighter jets to SA? So they can turn around and sell or give to the Russians or Chinese or Iran for their advanced technology values.. This is so very wrongheaded. Best to all.
My WWII father used to use that wonderful phrase, "shit from shinola," which is one of my many fond memories of him. It certainly speaks to the moment and the stunningly incompetent idiots stumbling around in this administration. Can't wait to see if Mamdani can keep Trump awake, or if Trump even manages to find the oval office with both hands.
I hope Mamdani surrounds himself with his own trusted security and doesn't eat, drink or touch anything given to him while in the WH.
I hope he picks a big communist booger and mashes it into fat fuck Orange Hitler’s desk
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The Mad Orange Goblin and Eyeliner Boy are probably planning an ambush for Mr. Mamdani, just like the one they held for Zelenskyy.
TL, hopefully, Mamdani will say to trump and vance, "What the fuck is wrong with you?"
If so, he will really earn some kind of prize (although not the Pulitzer, since he isn't a journalist or a writer) and the admiration of everybody in New York---Most New Yorkers have been yelling that at Trump for decades.
I'm afraid Mamdani's visit will loose another litany of "terribles" from Prez Dumbfuck's piehole: You're terrible: Where did you say you're from? New York? Terrible City. New York's a terrible state. You say you were elected Mayor? You shouldn't have been. You're terrible. New York should be removed from the country. It's terrible. Who did you say you are again?
I have every confidence in Mamdani telling them where to shove their indignation.
He's so smooth, he's going to do it in a way that will charm the socks off them.
I almost said "pants," but stopped myself, because . . . ew.
I do too - he is also quick in his responses. I can't imagine him putting up with a$$hole's demented vomit
Well, he does have a sign to help him. He should get there eventually. The real question is whether they can dope him up enough to stay awake.
Meth and Roids…. Dinner of Champions..
Hemorrhoids?
Predatory H ?
Oh right. I forgot that sign attached to the wall outside the oval office with scotch tape. They need a small arrow that points to the door.
My mom used the phrase, He doesn’t know his ass from a hole in the ground.😂
My dad used that phrase too. 🥰
My mom, also WWII generation, was fond of that phrase. More so than Dad. 🤣
I remember the cranky old Doc Hogue using that phrase to deride young Michael J Fox's character in Doc Hollywood
FF, just start calling JD “JustaDick”, just because…
Your phrase is better… Love it
I honestly cannot take credit. Andy Borowitz held a contest for nicknames for Vance and this was the winner, for obvious reasons.
I call him "shady JD" but yours has a certain flair that I like!
Shady Vance has a certain sufficiency to it.
I've been calling him Justa Dick for a year ,at least.
The Saudis are allowing three Trump Organization developments to be built, two in Riyadh and one in Jeddah, I believe. And they get to buy the F-35, our most advanced (and secret technology possessing) fighter. I call that a fucking quid pro quo. What say you, Counselor Fredo?
I agree completely with your statement.
Is BEE FACE persona non grata , since Marge turned on tr💩mp ? 😁
I would imagine so.
I'd prefer a democratic socialist regardless of ethnicity than a greedy, self-serving Nazi loving authoritarian buffoon any day.
Also, one who is drifting deeper into his dementia every day. We are in deep trouble every day.
Arne you don’t think Drumpf would “out poll” Lincoln?
I'm a card-carrying, dues-paying member of DSofA. We are NOT Stalinists, just ordinary people who think our government should work for us and take care of those in need. We don't advocate for nationalizing businesses - only regulating them to keep them honest and unharmful....and paying their fair share in taxes!
Corner any MAGA, or indeed anyone who votes rethuglican and ask them to define socialism, DEI, woke, CRT, even non-cultural terms like GDP. Jimmy Kimmel had a correspondent ask trump rally attendees in CA just before the election last year and they could not define any of those. They just know they hate and fear whatever those terms represent. And these were Californians, not the deep red dummies usually seen. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=W7661YW0FH4
I just watched a video where MAGAts were asked if they preferred the ACA or Obamacare. Every one of the numbskulls said they much preferred the ACA.
The stupid is astounding.
The ACA has been around since its passage in 2010. But they are in their right wing media bubble and are so knee jerk conditioned against things they are told to hate and fear that they do not investigate for themselves. They are the perfect patsies for MAGA and thus here we are.
Hear! Hear!
Liddle Donny Dipshit has immunity (thanks to John Roberts), but everyone in the chain of command bellow him does not. Executing boatloads of people on the high seas without accountability or due process violates dozens of domestic and international laws.
IT IS PREMEDITATED MURDER, IN THE FIRST DEGREE!
Remember, Donnie used up all the due process, so there’s none left for anyone else.
🤣🤣
This country has shown the world, in the worst way, that we are not - and never were - any model of justice. Now at least let’s get “boatloads” of Trumps minions prosecuted and sent to Rikers asap.
I'm still pining to ship them to some sea-level radioactive coral in the South Pacific.
or maybe to CECOT?
I also can't WAIT to see Mamdani with the orange shit stain tomorrow. Cochfuck McGee will likely be there to hurl reeeedonkulus insults in his face. It will blow up on Trump & Vance. I love hearing Zo speak, calm, educated, competent. A true breath of fresh air and a beautiful contrast in the kind of politicians we COULD have, if we could have nice things.
Agree. Mamdani is smarter than both of them a million times over.
I look forward to Mamdani biting a big chunk out of Donnie and JustaDick.😂
I bet he will, too! 😂😂😂
Oh god yes
He's gonna make rumpy look reeeeal old and icky. Also, jd won't be able to make any clothing jokes since he'll be outclassed as well. A couple of buffoons up against a rising, shiny, new star.
I don't think JD realizes the extent to which South Park has obliterated any shred of dignity he might imagine he still has. Standing beside Trump just reinforces that.
tattoo lost his dignity the day he said yes to donnie johnboy
Watching them in action with Zelenskyy tells me exactly how this will go. They're not big on subtle. It'll be an ambush attack with six or eight cabinet and media stooges there to berate and insult ZM. They will have to scream to drown him out, because his responses will be polite and viciously pleasant. He will pretend he's dealing with rational human beings. They will humiliate themselves by looking like maniacs. Fox will declare 'victory' that Donny and his Band Of Scum "owned' Mamdani and etc and etc. Stephen Miller will declare he should be put to death.
He is drawing them out, and his objective is unclear to me. Maybe it's to gather the sympathy for putting up with Donny's abuse.
When Brian Glenn berated President Zelenskyy for not wearing a suit, I wish the President would have said, at least I'm not stupid or desperate enough to bang MTG
i doubt the donnie johnboy/vance/miller team could beat their way outta wet paper bag!
George: Given the past, I am sure Zo is going in with a plan in case he gets the Zelenskyy treatment.
"In a battle of wits, they are unarmed."
I forsee Zohan laughing in their faces 😂 🤣!
And Jeff, he might win your challenge!
Delicious. I'm going to manifest that.
I envision, Mamdani explaining his vision for N.Y. only to be over ridden by Preznut exclaiming "He built N.Y., he only knows what is right for N.Y. etc. etc. etc.
Mamdani knows to flatter him. He'll probably even bring some swag.
He knows that JD and others will be there to try to attack from his flank.
He just did a very smart thing and invited Jessica Tisch to stay on as Police Commissioner even though they have very different goals and even though she is a billionaire (scion of a real estate developer family, in fact). It gives some continuity, shows he can work with people who are more conservative/lawn-order than he is, and gives the billionaire class and the cops both some reassurance that he's not going full-bore antifa right off the bat, even if he has some longer-term goals that are at odds with what they ultimately want.
It'll probably be like Pete Buttigieg on Fox. All smiles while he puts the knife in, and they don't even understand what hit 'em.
"Stephen Miller throws the word insurrection around as easily as he swallows live bats."
There it is. 😂 Poor Little Lindsay H. 🤣🤣🤣
And, the fact that MBS or MSB or whatever he calls himself was in the White House, that we're going to give him fighter planes? WTF? And there are Republicans who say we have Trump Derangement Syndrome? If Democrats dont screw up, we must get rid of these traitorous cult members....I dont think Donnie will even live long enough to see the midterms. 🙏 Here's hoping.
His voice gets higher and higher as he rants. If you let him squeak on does it become only audible to bats?🤣😂🦇
LOL!!!
I think I’ll call him LSMFT (that’s for all the old people out there. )
Lucky Strike Means Fine Tobacco? I’m old.
HA! I got it! Good one.
Yeah! I used to smoke those. In a galaxy far far away long long ago.
Been quit 21+ years now.
Lord, hear our prayer.
That's the panic of a man who didn't get the dictatorship locked down tight before things went to shit.
Unlike Trump, he's not protected by the bullshit presidential immunity that the Supreme Court granted and is reportedly reconsidering just in time for a Democratic administration. He knows if the Dems get into power, he's cooked.
I wonder which person will be in charge of keeping track of all the corruption and laws broken, and who broke them during Trump's regime? The next Pam Bondi? That's a helluva lot of bookkeeping. Whomever gets that job needs a raise and they haven't been appointed yet.
Also, raise your hand if you're surprised the Epstein files are coming out heavily redacted and/or "nope just kidding" because investigation reasons.
Consequences? We keep using that word. I don't think it means what we think it means.
just as long as it's not Merrick Garland in charge of the next Democratic president's DOJ
Jack Smith, Letitia James or Tanya Chutkan would get my vote
How about all three of them share that job?
There's going to be plenty of work to keep a tribe of decent judges busy for a decade or more.
Marlene, I like the idea of all three!
And while we’re making plans, how about a class action suit by all Americans who started drinking more heavily since 2016, to cope with living in this fucking timeline. Alcohol costs need to be reimbursed and on top of that, the cost of all the morning-after Tylenol we’ve had to consume. And don’t get me started mentioning the pain and suffering
I'm with ya!
Any Black woman would have my vote. Not only do they have to be 10 times more competent to get anywhere, but it would drive Trump insane. He'd be shouting "piggy piggy piggy" until they came with nets to take him away.
Kamala would be quite appropriate in that role
Anyone but him. We'll all be fossils by the time anything happened.
It's not easy for someone to make Neville Chamberlain look like Genghis Khan
For realz. Fuck that guy.
i vote
McGruff the Crime Dog
HA! I played that video tape for my now 42 yr old daughter over and over again when she was little c
A big OY
I won’t be around long enough for the outcome if it would be Garland!!
I was wondering that same thing. Surely someone in the Democratic party is keeping list of all the laws that have been broken under this administration. It's gonna be one helluva impeachment too. If the old fuck even lives that long.
My gov (Pritzker) formed a special committee to record every video, interview, photo, of every I.C.E. Violation. Pritzker has a law degree. He’s prepping for international court.
I used to live in Illinois and I’m a BIG FAN of Pritzker. This is great to know!! 👏👏👏👏
I'm a diehard Petenik, but I could easily support Pritzker for President (though I assume he would rather stay in his current job)
He's going to be term-limited out at some point, isn't he? Or does Illinois not have term limits?
Wow, that's excellent!!! I love Pritzker!!
God, I love the thought of this…
Love Pritzker!
Good to know.
I am certain it’s several of them but wouldn’t be surprised if it wasn’t Eric Swalwell, Jasmine Crockett, or Joe Neguse. Neguse’s takedown of Republicans this week was epic! https://youtu.be/U9IfJvg2E8k?si=UsfmNOXC0UYBcSIz
Eric Swalwell is announcing his candidacy for Governor of California tonight on the Kimmel show I was told by his campaign manager.
Yippee! Inasmuch as I want a woman for governor, Swalwell should win.
I’m a fan of Swalwell.
He was our guy when we lived in the East Bay 💙
I’m impressed, Mary Lou! Thank you!
We’re seeing big fighters like the ones you mention. It’s uplifting!
Any trial of crimes include ALL who helped in any way.
😋
See Democracy Docket with Marc Elias! And there are many others.
Hopefully someone is hiring all the fired DoJ employees to do this.
We need a BIG shadow government.
I agree, I don't think it means what we think it means either. Our republic has already been taken way out into uncharted waters. The Nuremberg trials were unprecedented for their time, whatever comes now will be equally so.
There will be everything you say, and more. What there won't be is any finality of "once and for all". The pressure will not suddenly dissipate when Bondi, not exactly chock-full of credibility now, announces some lame-ass excuse for not releasing the files. And the 'files' still grow. The job of documenting their *current* atrocities is already well underway by citizen-sleuths and reporters. Record everything. Some of it will pay off in the future.
See, their whole formula for success was predicated on a solid belief that they could bulldoze past every law and institution (public and private) in their way, distract and intimidate the American people with their 'might', and successfully reign for a Thousand Year Reich. That scenario seems to not be playing out quite as they planned. They may or may not remember that even Hitler's Reich lasted only 12 years. This one is sputtering and may not see one or two.
The next administration has a fine line to walk. We can't let 'throw the other party in jail' become the norm for every succeeding administration. But, we can't let actual crimes go unpunished.
Republicans won't be charged by a Republican AG and they'll yell partisan bias if charged by a Democratic AG. The new AG has to make it clear that the DOJ doesn't take party affiliation into account for any reason. The fear of what will happen when the other party comes into power has kept the kinds of things we're seeing now mostly in check. We've got to reestablish that fear going forward while making it clear that we are following the rule of law.
I read that Halligan was actually chewing gum when she appeared before the judge. How professional.
No shit? 🤦♀️
That's what I read.
Stupid girl. 🙄
ya hire trailer trash ya get trailer trash!
Indeed!
REALLY stoopid girl!
1. “Lindsey Halligan dreams of someday going to law school and becoming a lawyer” Andy Borowitz
2. Bozo no-no’s is the perfect accompaniment to the Clown Car Cavalcade that passes for our government.
You know what, though...we ought to thank them. Halligan and Bondi and the rest. Because of them, none of us should ever ever ever fall victim to imposter syndrome, since there's no fucking way we'd be worse at any job we might ever have than they are at theirs.
Brilliant, Alison Parker! Expensive therapy is no longer necessary.
The Department of What Used To Be Justice
🔥🔥🔥
"Bondi: “information that has come for— information. um. that’s information that— new information, additional information.”
If I said that word salad nonsense in the presence of my wife, at 80yo I would be sharing a room with another old codger at the home, in a heartbeat.
"We have information about some information that, according to information, is information."
lol!!
And meanwhile, Donnie’s ambassador to Russia is attempting to again impose surrender of Ukraine to the real leader of the US, Vladmir (I have the Epstein files) Putin.
Why does he put an apostrophe around Mamdani’s middle name?
Ms Spouse asked me that very same question. it's because Donny's an asshole
Since the name is Kwame I bet because that is an African name he's also highlighting that Mamdani is—at least partially—Blackity Black Black Black.
Mamdani is not Black, though he was born in Uganda. There were lots of Indian people in Uganda until Idi Amin threw them out.
Dementia Donny will still try to work that angle. His followers are so full of hate that they will take anything he says as gospel, especially if it's racist.
That makes sense. But then it does seem like the nuance there is not intended to be carried by the pricktator.
He knows nothing about nuance. Same as with irony, wit, grace, empathy, kindness, contrition, compassion, scholarship, intellectual curiosity, sincerity, probity, morality, dignity, ethics, humility, shall I go on?
“Why do some British people not like Donald Trump?” Nate White, an articulate and witty writer from England wrote the following response:
A few things spring to mind. Trump lacks certain qualities which the British traditionally esteem. For instance, he has no class, no charm, no coolness, no credibility, no compassion, no wit, no warmth, no wisdom, no subtlety, no sensitivity, no self-awareness, no humility, no honour and no grace – all qualities, funnily enough, with which his predecessor Mr. Obama was generously blessed. So for us, the stark contrast does rather throw Trump’s limitations into embarrassingly sharp relief.
Plus, we like a laugh. And while Trump may be laughable, he has never once said anything wry, witty or even faintly amusing – not once, ever. I don’t say that rhetorically, I mean it quite literally: not once, not ever. And that fact is particularly disturbing to the British sensibility – for us, to lack humour is almost inhuman. But with Trump, it’s a fact. He doesn’t even seem to understand what a joke is – his idea of a joke is a crass comment, an illiterate insult, a casual act of cruelty.
Trump is a troll. And like all trolls, he is never funny and he never laughs; he only crows or jeers. And scarily, he doesn’t just talk in crude, witless insults – he actually thinks in them. His mind is a simple bot-like algorithm of petty prejudices and knee-jerk nastiness.
There is never any under-layer of irony, complexity, nuance or depth. It’s all surface. Some Americans might see this as refreshingly upfront. Well, we don’t. We see it as having no inner world, no soul. And in Britain we traditionally side with David, not Goliath. All our heroes are plucky underdogs: Robin Hood, Dick Whittington, Oliver Twist. Trump is neither plucky, nor an underdog. He is the exact opposite of that. He’s not even a spoiled rich-boy, or a greedy fat-cat. He’s more a fat white slug. A Jabba the Hutt of privilege.
donnie johnboy led the birther charge against hawaii born barack hussein obama!
Bets on Trump giving him the nickname Kwame the Swami? 🙄
Just like he emphasizes Barack "Hussein" Obama...
Or, rather--implying that Mamdani is pretending to be Black (just like that other famous imposter, Kamala Harris, who couldn't be Black because she has Indian heritage).
Good answer!
A PIG IGNORANT asshole
An ignorant asshole
Same reason it is always Barack HUSSEIN Obama. Foreign-sounding, and therefore automatically scary to white bread America.
I feel like he is going to have Ice come and take Mamdani captive. Trump and his entire entourage are bad actors.