for the record, I think he's playing with his phone. but I wanted SO MUCH for Donny to be asleep. Marco definitely looks like he smelt a fresh one, tho
Playing with his phone? At a cabinet meeting? The president? 1.6 second attention span? Maybe some of his security people will tell him what went on. Aren't we glad, though, that Muskox in chief has things under control. Fuckaduck!
What else does the Bloated Yam of Scam need to do to prove he is a non-functioning, air polluting, nonsense spewing gargoyle? At this point, even the MAGATS know a madman is in charge of our country. They don’t care, though, as long as they keep “owning those libs,” to their own detriment.
“Bloated yam of scam” has a nice ring to it Walt… while the autogolpe by the billionaire criminal syndicate, slices large swaths of social programs, jobs and the few military personnel that could provide protection from autocracy. We’re now merely weeks away from completion of the Fourth Pillar!!
Where was the note taker - was it the dog killer or Putin’s ally or the former FL AG? Will there be official minutes of this very important meeting… Nah, unlikely.
donald does not allow people to take notes during meetings, not that there were serious topics discussed during this Kiss Ass Fest. Seriously. Same reason he never emails (then there would be written record to come back and bite him). He never allowed his attorneys to take notes during meetings. True Mob Boss behavior.
Well, a goldfsh has a 3 second attention span. And his latest makeup 'look' is increasingly golden-orange. Perhaps, he's aspiring to be a large carp. Could happen.
All that incompetence fit in that tiny room? Tight squeeze. And then the Dick Tator shits his pants, looks ups and smiles about it. As seen by Rubio's response. That's hysterical. Another circle jerk meeting.
This pile of idiots and the damage they are doing. How is the stock market keeping stable? The value and earnings prospects of very company in the S&P 500 is at risk. The next stupid Donny trade war stunt, tariff or threat of tariff, DOG-E edict, Executive Order, friendly nation insult, could cause any of them to crater. Look out below!!!
Greed is the stain on the souls of the billionaire class! Kate! The playing field is tilted so far against “we the serfs”it seems impossible to imagine… let’s all do our part tomorrow!!
You know I thought it was a personal failure of mine not having money to piss away on the market until I read a few days ago that some ungodly percentage - 80? - of consumer spending is done by the top 50% of earners. So it really is a completely two tiered economy. People have no idea why they have it so badly or some have it so well. It really isn't sustainable. And chaos theory in business (some people are serious about this) does not make for more resilient and sustainable companies, it just breaks shit for the benefit of the highest bidder. It's morally defunct. Like our country.
I’m lucky in that I have the Toronto Stock Exchange TSE and have used both 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸stock exchanges. Much more expensive to deal with the US because I have to pay in US funds. I do my reasearch and have made good choices. But I’m getting out befor3 the moron ruins everyone’s life.
Jeff, I think Donny sleeping (just like the Hand bruises issues hes having) is just the least of our worries, but also things that we will end up seeing in the very near distant future.
Yes.. my dad had the same thing. Blood thinners to stave off heart attack and stroke. Had those really big bruises on his arms and hands cause he’d bump into things. Not paying attention. But not on his legs..
Surprisingly (considering its governor), Texas still mandates childhood vaccinations. However, exemptions are allowed for religious reasons. The outbreak there occurred in a Mennonite community. So God's will?
Religious exemption schmemption! A person’s religious beliefs have nothing relevant to do with national health and safety. To see measles coming back with a vengeance, just 30 some days into this bedraggled presidency is an early indicator of woe to come.
I hate to be the outlier here but I think Rubio is doing an Eric Trump move: he's fiddling around by his pocket, then he appears to slip something into his mouth - you can even see his jaw muscle flex. I dunno, just saying - look closely.
Stay tuned because Rubela is measles part duh. But chicken pox will be coming and when you are my age it shows up as Shingles which is something I wish on nobody.
Chicken pox can harm a developing fetus or kill an immunosuppressed person. It's far from a harmless kids disease. And then there's the shingles worry when you're older. A shingles outbreak is one of the most painful diseases I've seen patients have. You also can get shingles in your eyes or ears causing lasting damage. MAGA thinning of the herd.
I got my 2 part shingles vaccine before the MAGA Nazi regime. Since I'm still working in health care it's mandatory to get a flu vaccine. How are we supposed to protect the patients and community when there is a delay on planning for the next flu vaccine? They want us all to die.
There is no such thing as a "shingles outbreak". Once you have had chicken pox, the virus lives dormant along your spinal column. In some people, the virus becomes active again and causes the painful and serious shingles. You don't catch shingles. However, someone with shingles can give an unvaccinated person the chicken pox.
I believe that person was referring to a person who has had shingles. I am vaccinated, but I had a co-worker who missed several months of work because of a shingles outbreak. I saw it first-hand, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone unless they are an anti-vax moron, then all bets are off.
That’s what we did. My husband and I (late 70’s) both had chicken pox as kids. No vaccine then. So we got the shingles vaccine - both of them because they evidently upgraded it to a two part deal. Anyway, it wasn’t free like the other vaccines but the price is well worth it if it means you don’t get it. Also, my two kids had chicken pox and my son got shingles in his early 40’s. When I asked him why he didn’t get the shingles vaccine, he said you have to be 50 to get it. So he’s not eligible until this year. Get vaccinated!
I'm a nurse and that's rudiculous that you have to be a certain age to get the vaccine for shingles. I've had patients in their 30's and 40's have shingles.
It’s pretty new the old one was an injection of living shingles virus! I was receiving Chemo at the time I asked my doctor if I could get it and he said no way chemo kills your immune system I ended up being quarantined at a hospital. Those vaccines are VERY expensive in the US of course.
That is truly awful LDA, I am fearing it, I had a neighbor would soak in the pool to help it, then I spread a medicine crème on her back. Raised red bumps and lineal formations over her whole back. Chicken pox who would think back then it would haunt you for life!
Shingles sucked. I got it at 26, it started on my lower back around where the waistband of my jeans sat on the right side and spread both up my back a ways and down across my butt cheek. I ended up in the ER on Christmas Eve thinking it was a brown recluse bite when symptoms first started. Nope, shingles. It hurt to sit down for forever.
Thanks chickenpox. Ironically I was either patient zero or one who spread chickenpox throughout the whole kindergarten as it was pre-vaccine.
I actually think measles cases are well past 100 in the South Plains of West Texas now, and yes, this one death—so far. I live in central Texas now, but I grew up 160 miles from Seminole, Gaines County, Texas. People here have lost their minds with stupidity and cult reverence. It is terrifying and stupid. West Texas did elect Dr. Drugs, Ronny Jackson as their congressman. Stupid and embarrassing both. Keep telling the truth, Jeff.
I'm just repeating what Jeff said in today's post. Parents in West TX are vaccinating their kids for measles. I don't know about the rest of the country.
BREAKING: RFK Jr. lays the groundwork for a public health crisis of historic proportions as his FDA cancels its crucial annual meeting with the panel of scientific health experts that plans next year's flu vaccinations.
The moment we all feared is finally arriving...
According to The New York Times, the Food and Drug Administration — which falls under RFK Jr.'s purview as Health Secretary — sent an email to the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee informing them of the unceremonious cancellation of the meeting.
No explanation was provided for the cancellation but RFK Jr. is well known for his deeply unscientific anti-vax positions. The meeting had been scheduled for March 13th.
Dr. Paul Offit of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a member of the committee, warned that the cancellation could interfere with or even delay the production of lifesaving influenza vaccines.
"It’s a six-month production cycle. So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year," said Dr. Offit.
Flu strains are usually chosen during the F.D.A. meeting which customarily occurs in February or March using data obtained from the World Health Organization.
Of course, Trump ended the United States' relationship with the WHO at the beginning of his administration so the panel would have had their work cut out for them even if the meeting had not been cancelled.
Production of the vaccines is supposed to begin in June but that can't happen until the strains are selected. It's unclear when, if at all, that will happen now.
"The stakes are incredibly high," said Richard Hughes, an attorney for several vaccine makers.
According to C.D.C. numbers, 86 children and 19,000 adults died from the flu this season. Another 430,000 people were hospitalized. If the vaccines are not produced during this cycle, those numbers could skyrocket to record numbers — overwhelming hospitals and leading to mass deaths.
Production of the vaccines is supposed to begin in June but that can't happen until the strains are selected. It's unclear when, if at all, that will happen now.
"The stakes are incredibly high," said Richard Hughes, an attorney for several vaccine makers.
According to C.D.C. numbers, 86 children and 19,000 adults died from the flu this season. Another 430,000 people were hospitalized. If the vaccines are not produced during this cycle, those numbers could skyrocket to record numbers — overwhelming hospitals and leading to mass deaths.
The most commonly used seasonal flu vaccine is grown on chicken eggs, and its production uses vast quantities of eggs every year. I wonder how the current shortage of eggs will affect this year’s egg-based vaccine production, but haven’t heard a peep about that.
Make polio great again! We boomers know what it was like - fearing that polio could strike any day and you could be crippled for life or in an iron lung. A nice bonus once the polio vaccine was introduced was that the swimming pools re-opened. My brother and I took swimming lessons at the local high school pool.
Dying from Measles is just unheard of nowadays (statistically) so Texass is really beating the odds so they win a special prize, Rubeolla Rash of the face!
My mother talked about the days of deadly measles strains when I had a very mild strain as a child and didn’t even feel sick I only had the spots but my mother put me to bed as if I was at deaths door even though I had all my vaccinations. I was just happy to be out of school. This outbreak was so unnecessary and already taking young lives. That’s the cost of ignorance!
I’m not an IKEA basher, my house is full of their cabinets from kitchen to bathrooms. Their cabinets are better than anyone on Trumps cabinet of misfits with sagging doors, empty liquor cabinets, etc. 😂
A friend of mine was a volunteer fireman, their worst nightmare was a suspected crack house or meth location, they had to put up on full HAZMAT suits and clear the hood.
Living in Florida the news of an exploding meth house is not uncommon. I’ve always been nervous for the first responders who have to deal with them! Good on your friend for doing it as a volunteer!
I think I throw up a little in mouth everytime I see that ridiculous muskrat…taking charge and ownership of the US! WTF????!!! No one in that room has balls to stand up for the American people…..so sickening! Tomorrow is boycott day…I’m in!
I’m as appalled as anyone about Musk running the government but I’m not sad that Trump has finally met his match. The fact that he couldn’t stop X from disrespecting him in the Oval Office because Musk owns him was priceless. This whole shit show of a country needs to burn to the ground and be rebuilt; Musk is expediting the process.
Karla, I've been thinking that too, until the horror hits that now I'm on Steve Bannon's side. We have a lot to set right, incl imo and updated Constitution to prevent any of this from happening again.
Didn't Bannon just come out and say that Trump should run in 2028 or something to that effect? I wouldn't believe one word out of Bannon's mouth. He's as slimey as the rest of them.
Feb. 28th is Boycott Day, everyone. Please try not to purchase anything for 24 hours. If it doesn't work to sway opinion, then next time it might be a week without purchases.
It’s all a big, dangerous joke. One must always assume the first thing they say is always a lie. I honestly believe there will be some kind of revolution in our future. This can not stand.
Considering that much of our military is from working class families in the Midwest and South- you can answer your own question. Plus Fox News plays at our military bases.
Sworn oath to ignore unlawful orders, is correct Susan. Problem I see with firing Joint Chief of staff, Jags and other senior military officers…who’s left to arrest the treasonous leader and his coterie?
Interesting. I’m married to a commissioned naval officer who is currently busy burying his head in the sand ignoring this all. Good to know some of his more cognizant friends would be eligible to instigate the Find Out part if things go sideways.
I wondered about this chain of command thing and I think the workaround during the first admin was the JAGS, which they just canned. They sort out what's a legal vs illegal order, so I wonder how far up people need to be to be able to discriminate and resist. I also assume the consequences are very serious. I do wonder if there are people who are so against hegs that they would refuse an order from him. I think it would have to be a serious breach, because once it's done something probably unravels in a dark way.
My impression of rank and file military personnel is thy they’re just as likely if not more so to fall in with the wingnut conspiracists who promote the disinformation seen and heard on america’s right wing media. Not a very intellectually discerning bunch. Not even those who are in the minorities most impacted by the racist policies underlying trump’s shitshow.
It was pointed out recently that in order to declare martial law tRump would have to hand over control of the government to the Generals... does anyone see him willingly handing power to someone else?
That's a telling picture. Two childish characters, one picking his nose and the other wasting oxygen. Actually, the nose picker has more emotional maturity
Diaper Don is a known and self acknowledged germ phobe. Even so, having some kid‘s boogers smeared on your furniture is nauseating. Total refinish of Resolute Desk may be extreme but yuck! Who wouldn’t want that surface thoroughly cleaned
When the smoke clears Susan, the billionaire oligarchs will run the country, unless something is done in the next couple weeks. That’s about all the time we have left, since the past week of plundering of our democracy !!
Maybe that’s why Trump pushed hard to get the Romanian government to let Andrew Tate and his brother out of prison for rape and sex trafficking charges. The two Tate perverts are on their way to Florida for a Mar-A-Lago visit. They would be able to get someone to pop the $10M bill for two citizenships. They have more in money and assets hidden somewhere.
The fact that the people closest to the front during the inauguration ceremony were the billionaires and their escorts was a strong message that this was government by the oligarchs, of the oligarchs, for the oligarchs.
Not *of* the oligarchs. The phrase "government of the people" means that the people are the ones being governed (by themselves, for themselves in the original formulation). What we have is government of the poor, by the lackeys, for the oligarchs.
True dat Mike…the billionaires are the ones in power! I once wondered why the “when we fight we win “ crowd didn’t! Until the hard realization of billionaires, are on both sides of the aisle bug bit!!
and how did we did calmly slide from ‘g-dammit cheaper eggs pls’ to ‘be nice if the check (representing my sole income) shows up this month’ reality show mindset
At least it's happening -- Medicaid, now the SSA. Will see if that's staff or benefits. I've been so worried & stressed. Today I have a minor outpatient procedure. I have a minor one day surgery scheduled for 3/20, but I'll cancelled if my Medi-Cal stops. The 20 percent Medi-Cal covers adds up very quickly (80 percent Medicare coverage).
First it's staff and office closures. Next will be benefits. I am 75 and a recipient. Without my monthly check I will be destitute and homeless. I am frantic and have been calling my rep and senators, for all the good that does.
They don't think. They want to hurt other people and didn't believe Trump would hurt them, and they can't grasp that they are fucked as well. The fact that Congress is determined to destroy Medicaid and eventually Social Security and Medicare says to me that the Republicans are not afraid of blowback because they think Trump will create some phony crisis and cancel the midterms.
That's right Linda, maggats can't think (not don't think). I guess people in other states don't realize California pays most of the taxes in the US to support red states. Teri, California may raise your MediCal to 100%. We could write our faux assembly people and senators....You don't have an HMO up in that red county? P.S. I changed my name. Pretend security.
This is the part that really bugs me. Fuckwad Squared was a known quantity with a written playbook. If it is such a serious existential crisis, how on earth did they miss the play where you investigate the shit out of polling and count irregularities and then use the SCOTUS ruling for good instead of evil while you still control the gvmt? I just want someone to explain to me why orange turd was being asked by a serious journalist, "will you agree to the peaceful transfer of power if you lose" when he wasn't the one in power? Shadow government. What else don't we know?
The dumbing down of America took decades. FAUX News and their ilk have been feeding pablum to MAGATS like mother’s milk…and haven’t they all developed well!
They don’t even realize they are Medicaid or Medicare recipients thanks to the states naming their plans differently. They still think this is out there to hurt others, the less desirable ones when in reality it’s going to hit them like a lead brick.
Linda, same. My emergency fund would be gone for medical bills if Medi-Cal goes away. Staff & ofc closures area bad, too. Elump - he isn't an engineer, but builds "unscheduled disassembly rockets" and cars that suddenly brake or catch on fire, causing deaths. He has no govt experience. How is his "role" Constitutional??
His "role" is blatantly unconstitutional. I am waiting for some brave judge to shut him down entirely as being neither elected nor appointed and having absolutely no authority despite Trump's bleating. There must be a way to stop this utter insanity.
yeah cause if you look at it from the right angle aren’t we ALL bleeding the system dry? 🙄😒 wait that’s what the SYSTEM IS FOR - forgot for a second there💫
You’re absolutely right, Sunny, that’s what government is supposed to be for. Somewhere along the line, (I usually refer to Ronny Raygun’s presidency) the entire idea of government serving the people was corrupted by pig shit eating and consistently lying politicians who wanted their spot at the trough of cash that was made available by the corrupt Supremes with Citizens (billionaires) United. Whew…that was a long sentence.
I have family in Santa Cruz since the 60s and I lived there for a decade and I miss Ca and my friends a lot. Newsom should find a way to pick up CA marbles and hold them, break the Fed tax code. No taxation without representation. Maybe a whole other level tea party. CA could ship it's produce to blue states and Canada and nationalize silicon valley - whatever the state equivalent would be - seize the assets - but it's probably too radical for CA to secede. The only problem is no military defense. This is what the second amendment is about.
I think CA Gov Newsom hands are tied bc of the LA fires. We'll need billions. Elon/turd had said FEMA is being chopped, the $$ budgeted for FEMA being used to fund deportations. Not sure if that's in court or covered in other "NO, you can't move Congressionally approved funds for any other purpose/dept.
That's so crazy. Really who do they think is going to harvest the food? It's skilled labor not warm bodies in middle management paper shuffling positions. Oh California. The LA fire made me think of the same horrid timing of the passing of RBG. Uugh. The universe needs to give us a break from the calamity. So many well intentioned people who want peace and prosperity for everyone, and there is enough to go around, but the sloth and greed is unsustainable and incompatible with human rights. These usurpers are making the argument against their existence all the clearer. Godspeed to Newsom to figure out what to do next.
I've been advocating for California, West Coast, secession, maybe join with British Columbia for about two months now, but no one seems to want to jump. I know Newsom is busy, but LA is going to have to rebuild itself. California is the fourth or fifth largest economy in the world, and the nine county Bay Area is the 17th largest economy in the world. Four of the 10 wealthiest people in the world live here. California pays 69% of the federal taxes, thus supporting all of the red states except Texas. I don't know where you are now, but you should come back. California has already hit the 2030 international climate goals.
The collective stupidity of this “cabinet” is off the charts. A man in charge of our health that discredits disease prevention. An intelligence agency leader that is a pipeline to the Kremlin. A day drinking Nazi with the nuclear codes. A conspiracy theorist in charge of the FBI. What could go wrong?
I’m concerned about the stoppage on flu vaccine development, as the flu mutates and the vaccine is different each year. It’s tailored to the strain predicted, through science and extensive research. Which doesn’t happen overnight, and requires people WAY smarter than Bobby Brain Worms. But that may be part of Plan 2025 as well. Get rid of all the elderly people and medically fragile people in this country. More money for President Musk and the Sewer Clowns!
There's also a story that research on an oral Covid vaccine has been halted. I guess the oligarchs have calculated what they need to maintain their lifestyle, and most of us are surplus.
had a week of weak flu thanks to vax - person I got it from wasn't vaxxed and she was out of commission for a month (and an ER trip) - WANT MY SHOTS (in the to-be 51st state so being in Canada may no longer save me)
Absolutely and well said. I am terrified about what Bobby seems to be doing with vaccines. The couple of years I forgot to get the flu vax I got really bad cases of the flu. Now I am 71 and that vax is so important to me.
Tex, found out that 100 percent of higher dose flu shots for "over age 65 or high risk medical conditions" are released to all pharmacies and providers at the beginning of flu season. There are no reorders for higher dose available to anyone after initial shipment. So if you flu vax & qualify for higher dose, get flu shot early. Sept? I get mine every Oct 1.
Go to extraordinary lengths to protect a fetus but the moment they draw their first breath they are on their own! No Medicaid, child care, school lunch, anything that would help a child is of no interest to these fuzzy minded ‘Christians’
I'm always reminded of this quote when this comes up because it is so spot on:
“The unborn” are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus, but actually dislike people who breathe. Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.”
Thank you for posting, this is great. I said the same thing about the Catholic church, they have no right to hold people's souls over their heads and make women responsible for the sins of men. Until they preach action every Sunday to care for women and children and make a visible dent in the poverty and violence in their communities, talk to the hand.
Hopefully, it goes beyond the MMR vaccine. (Or maybe they're also opposed to vaccines for mumps?) Refusing to vaccinate against chicken pox could have a lot of "kids" resenting their parents 40 years from now, when they experience shingles.
for the record, I think he's playing with his phone. but I wanted SO MUCH for Donny to be asleep. Marco definitely looks like he smelt a fresh one, tho
He could have blasted ass while playing on his phone. That's about all the multitasking he's capable of these days.
I fart a lot when I'm doomscrolling. Must be all the shit I have to eat every time I hear trumps voice.
Compelling Chris!!
The power of Chris compels you!
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I like your style, Lucius!
Smell you later alligator! Not too soon baboon! 🤣
😆 good one.
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JFC, I just snort-laughed. 😭😭😭
Usually he's posting from sitting on the crapper...maybe it comes naturally
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Playing with his phone? At a cabinet meeting? The president? 1.6 second attention span? Maybe some of his security people will tell him what went on. Aren't we glad, though, that Muskox in chief has things under control. Fuckaduck!
What else does the Bloated Yam of Scam need to do to prove he is a non-functioning, air polluting, nonsense spewing gargoyle? At this point, even the MAGATS know a madman is in charge of our country. They don’t care, though, as long as they keep “owning those libs,” to their own detriment.
"Bloated Yam of Scam" is now on the long list of monikers for T💩p. Thank you for your contribution!
Agree, Mary. Oh I wish I’d kept a list of names for 💩over past nine years. I’m sure someone somewhere has
I have 94 names on my list.
I have something like 257 nicknames on my list. Bloated Yam of Scam will definitely be added.
Excellent!
Wow! Have you ever thought of publishing them in an illustrated dickshunary?
The magats now know WHICH madman is in charge and, as you just said, clearly seem fine with it being musky.
Walt, today on fwy, driver remarked "slowing down. Guy ahead driving in both lanes." We passed as he "stabilized". MAGA stickers all over truck.
Big jacked-up p/up absolutely covered in mud. His driver's side window too muddy to
see in! We didn't check his windshield, BUT BY GOD,
DAMN, I OWNED THEM LIBS"!
Thanks Walt… some kinda crazy ain’t it
“Bloated yam of scam” has a nice ring to it Walt… while the autogolpe by the billionaire criminal syndicate, slices large swaths of social programs, jobs and the few military personnel that could provide protection from autocracy. We’re now merely weeks away from completion of the Fourth Pillar!!
Oh I like that too....thanks!
Where was the note taker - was it the dog killer or Putin’s ally or the former FL AG? Will there be official minutes of this very important meeting… Nah, unlikely.
donald does not allow people to take notes during meetings, not that there were serious topics discussed during this Kiss Ass Fest. Seriously. Same reason he never emails (then there would be written record to come back and bite him). He never allowed his attorneys to take notes during meetings. True Mob Boss behavior.
Well, a goldfsh has a 3 second attention span. And his latest makeup 'look' is increasingly golden-orange. Perhaps, he's aspiring to be a large carp. Could happen.
Bloated carp.
Marla 😂😂😂
All that incompetence fit in that tiny room? Tight squeeze. And then the Dick Tator shits his pants, looks ups and smiles about it. As seen by Rubio's response. That's hysterical. Another circle jerk meeting.
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Nicely painted picture Lisa!
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He’s getting his money’s worth out of his subscription to Porn Hub Premium. Now we know the REAL reason for deep-cleaning the Resolute Desk.
Wondering if Melania’s poorly produced black and white videos have been scrubbed from Pornhub?
Juli, bet Vlad knows!
Talk about your national
security risk! Our classy First Lady’s films have no doubt been shown in every foreign government’s intelligence offices
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This pile of idiots and the damage they are doing. How is the stock market keeping stable? The value and earnings prospects of very company in the S&P 500 is at risk. The next stupid Donny trade war stunt, tariff or threat of tariff, DOG-E edict, Executive Order, friendly nation insult, could cause any of them to crater. Look out below!!!
The oligarchs are propping it up—eventually those greedy fucks will stop doing so when they start to lose money too.
The tech bros aren’t holding up Nasdaq. It’s been on a losing streak since last Friday. I’ll take my losses and cash out before I lose my shirt.
Did the same
My work 401(k) does not give me other options. 🥴
Sorry that you have few options. I’m lucky my savings were separate from my retirement benefits.
Greed is the stain on the souls of the billionaire class! Kate! The playing field is tilted so far against “we the serfs”it seems impossible to imagine… let’s all do our part tomorrow!!
If I had any money, it wouldn’t be in the stock market right now.
You know I thought it was a personal failure of mine not having money to piss away on the market until I read a few days ago that some ungodly percentage - 80? - of consumer spending is done by the top 50% of earners. So it really is a completely two tiered economy. People have no idea why they have it so badly or some have it so well. It really isn't sustainable. And chaos theory in business (some people are serious about this) does not make for more resilient and sustainable companies, it just breaks shit for the benefit of the highest bidder. It's morally defunct. Like our country.
I’ve been in it for 20 years but have had it with the liar and in the felon in chief.
Nearly everyone is involved in the stock market via Black Rock, State street and Vanguard Walt!
I’m lucky in that I have the Toronto Stock Exchange TSE and have used both 🇨🇦 and 🇺🇸stock exchanges. Much more expensive to deal with the US because I have to pay in US funds. I do my reasearch and have made good choices. But I’m getting out befor3 the moron ruins everyone’s life.
S&P down 1.6% today. I wouldn't call that stable.
No, not since Jan 20, but it was really good under a Biden and my own PM Trudeau.
Jeff, I think Donny sleeping (just like the Hand bruises issues hes having) is just the least of our worries, but also things that we will end up seeing in the very near distant future.
He’s on blood thinners.. hope he strokes the F out
And what was up with those big red welts on his hands awhile back? Tertiary syphilis?
Walt !!!!! that needed to come with a warning sign!! I was blowing my nose ( another damn cold) just about choked laughing!! F that was funny
And a huge purple bruise on the back of his hand, too. I'll bet Melania gave him that one.
Is that were the bruises are coming from?
Yes.. my dad had the same thing. Blood thinners to stave off heart attack and stroke. Had those really big bruises on his arms and hands cause he’d bump into things. Not paying attention. But not on his legs..
Trumps been on statins for years, but possibly his medication was either changed or increased, causing the side effect.
Could also be from an IV. My mother used to get bruises like that after receiving medication via an IV needle in her hand.
Wendy, Melania's Valentine's gift?
He's also on large doses of hamberders and KFC, which are statistically more likely to do the job.
My Dad, born in 1930, used to talk about an old, off-color record called "The Crepetatin' Contest"... Donnie would no doubt be the world grand master.
My Dad, born 1924, used to talk about it too! He referred to it as "The Farting Contest." I found it on YouTube. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uPplyQWf-u4
Oh, come on. He’s boning up Mein Kampf, cuz ya never know…
Indeed Jeff, will his new cabinet of miscreants beg for gas masks at all meetings??
Jeff, from NPR: ‘A Child Has Died In The Texas Measles Outbreak.’ 😭
https://www.npr.org/sections/shots-health-news/2025/02/26/nx-s1-5309800/texas-measles-child-death-vaccination
Surprisingly (considering its governor), Texas still mandates childhood vaccinations. However, exemptions are allowed for religious reasons. The outbreak there occurred in a Mennonite community. So God's will?
Religious exemption schmemption! A person’s religious beliefs have nothing relevant to do with national health and safety. To see measles coming back with a vengeance, just 30 some days into this bedraggled presidency is an early indicator of woe to come.
Weeding out ignorance, sadly it should have been the parents Sharon !!
Better out than in
I hate to be the outlier here but I think Rubio is doing an Eric Trump move: he's fiddling around by his pocket, then he appears to slip something into his mouth - you can even see his jaw muscle flex. I dunno, just saying - look closely.
Don, Jr I meant. Sorry.
Don, Jr. aka Cokey McSniffles has been flying under the radar lately….
😂😂
I’ve met Marco (yay I’m from Florida!) and I can 100% see him trying to contain himself from fully grimacing at the death stench.
He’s a bored as a kid in church so yes he’s watching cat videos
Got a smile out me there Stephen!!
This is NOT a cabinet.
It's a fucking junk drawer. One that is perpetually jammed, missing its rollers, and full of dried-up battery acid and mouse turds.
Also, it's in a crack house.
What good news to hear that MAGAT parents are rubbing their two brain cells together and vaccinating the kids.
Kathleen, really?? I had not heard that. So far one child dead from measless in TX. With 33 other cases. Vax has been available since early '60's.
Stay tuned because Rubela is measles part duh. But chicken pox will be coming and when you are my age it shows up as Shingles which is something I wish on nobody.
Chicken pox can harm a developing fetus or kill an immunosuppressed person. It's far from a harmless kids disease. And then there's the shingles worry when you're older. A shingles outbreak is one of the most painful diseases I've seen patients have. You also can get shingles in your eyes or ears causing lasting damage. MAGA thinning of the herd.
I got my 2 part shingles vaccine before the MAGA Nazi regime. Since I'm still working in health care it's mandatory to get a flu vaccine. How are we supposed to protect the patients and community when there is a delay on planning for the next flu vaccine? They want us all to die.
Eugenics is part of the Butterfly Revolution plan Mingo!!
Just the ones with serious health problems! Especially if they are collecting Social Security & Medicare!!😡😡🤬🤦🏼♀️
There is no such thing as a "shingles outbreak". Once you have had chicken pox, the virus lives dormant along your spinal column. In some people, the virus becomes active again and causes the painful and serious shingles. You don't catch shingles. However, someone with shingles can give an unvaccinated person the chicken pox.
I believe that person was referring to a person who has had shingles. I am vaccinated, but I had a co-worker who missed several months of work because of a shingles outbreak. I saw it first-hand, and I wouldn't wish that on anyone unless they are an anti-vax moron, then all bets are off.
Deborah, will get shingles vax this weekend.
There's a vaccine for shingles - get it now, while you still can!
That’s what we did. My husband and I (late 70’s) both had chicken pox as kids. No vaccine then. So we got the shingles vaccine - both of them because they evidently upgraded it to a two part deal. Anyway, it wasn’t free like the other vaccines but the price is well worth it if it means you don’t get it. Also, my two kids had chicken pox and my son got shingles in his early 40’s. When I asked him why he didn’t get the shingles vaccine, he said you have to be 50 to get it. So he’s not eligible until this year. Get vaccinated!
What's probably the issue that burns my butt the most is that this freak show has all been vaccinated and I'm sure their kids were too.
I'm a nurse and that's rudiculous that you have to be a certain age to get the vaccine for shingles. I've had patients in their 30's and 40's have shingles.
It’s pretty new the old one was an injection of living shingles virus! I was receiving Chemo at the time I asked my doctor if I could get it and he said no way chemo kills your immune system I ended up being quarantined at a hospital. Those vaccines are VERY expensive in the US of course.
Are you sure, Douglas? I am on Medicare. I thought they were free. And I hope you are now cancer free.
I got shingles in early 40s. Thanks Trump (!) for that spectacular(ly awful) job with covid/viruses - my nerves are all wrecked.
That is truly awful LDA, I am fearing it, I had a neighbor would soak in the pool to help it, then I spread a medicine crème on her back. Raised red bumps and lineal formations over her whole back. Chicken pox who would think back then it would haunt you for life!
You can't get shingles if you've never had chicken pox. You get chicken pox first, the virus lies dormant for decades and then reappears as shingles.
Right
Don’t these idiots know that before vaccines many children didn’t make past ten yrs old? Are they so ignorant?
That would be woke and those books were all burned.
Yes!
Shingles sucked. I got it at 26, it started on my lower back around where the waistband of my jeans sat on the right side and spread both up my back a ways and down across my butt cheek. I ended up in the ER on Christmas Eve thinking it was a brown recluse bite when symptoms first started. Nope, shingles. It hurt to sit down for forever.
Thanks chickenpox. Ironically I was either patient zero or one who spread chickenpox throughout the whole kindergarten as it was pre-vaccine.
I actually think measles cases are well past 100 in the South Plains of West Texas now, and yes, this one death—so far. I live in central Texas now, but I grew up 160 miles from Seminole, Gaines County, Texas. People here have lost their minds with stupidity and cult reverence. It is terrifying and stupid. West Texas did elect Dr. Drugs, Ronny Jackson as their congressman. Stupid and embarrassing both. Keep telling the truth, Jeff.
I'm just repeating what Jeff said in today's post. Parents in West TX are vaccinating their kids for measles. I don't know about the rest of the country.
NBC had an article on it.
https://www.nbcnews.com/health/health-news/texas-measles-outbreak-grows-parents-vaccinate-rcna193637
Can we talk about flu too?
BREAKING: RFK Jr. lays the groundwork for a public health crisis of historic proportions as his FDA cancels its crucial annual meeting with the panel of scientific health experts that plans next year's flu vaccinations.
The moment we all feared is finally arriving...
According to The New York Times, the Food and Drug Administration — which falls under RFK Jr.'s purview as Health Secretary — sent an email to the Vaccines and Related Biological Products Advisory Committee informing them of the unceremonious cancellation of the meeting.
No explanation was provided for the cancellation but RFK Jr. is well known for his deeply unscientific anti-vax positions. The meeting had been scheduled for March 13th.
Dr. Paul Offit of the Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia, a member of the committee, warned that the cancellation could interfere with or even delay the production of lifesaving influenza vaccines.
"It’s a six-month production cycle. So one can only assume that we’re not picking flu strains this year," said Dr. Offit.
Flu strains are usually chosen during the F.D.A. meeting which customarily occurs in February or March using data obtained from the World Health Organization.
Of course, Trump ended the United States' relationship with the WHO at the beginning of his administration so the panel would have had their work cut out for them even if the meeting had not been cancelled.
Production of the vaccines is supposed to begin in June but that can't happen until the strains are selected. It's unclear when, if at all, that will happen now.
"The stakes are incredibly high," said Richard Hughes, an attorney for several vaccine makers.
According to C.D.C. numbers, 86 children and 19,000 adults died from the flu this season. Another 430,000 people were hospitalized. If the vaccines are not produced during this cycle, those numbers could skyrocket to record numbers — overwhelming hospitals and leading to mass deaths.
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P.S. Fuck the brain worm host!
Production of the vaccines is supposed to begin in June but that can't happen until the strains are selected. It's unclear when, if at all, that will happen now.
"The stakes are incredibly high," said Richard Hughes, an attorney for several vaccine makers.
According to C.D.C. numbers, 86 children and 19,000 adults died from the flu this season. Another 430,000 people were hospitalized. If the vaccines are not produced during this cycle, those numbers could skyrocket to record numbers — overwhelming hospitals and leading to mass deaths.
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PS Fuck the brain worm host.
The most commonly used seasonal flu vaccine is grown on chicken eggs, and its production uses vast quantities of eggs every year. I wonder how the current shortage of eggs will affect this year’s egg-based vaccine production, but haven’t heard a peep about that.
How flu vaccine is made: https://www.cdc.gov/flu/vaccine-process/index.html
I saw that in the NYT. It’s appalling.
I heartily second your “f*** the brain worm host” sentiment.
there are at least 143 cases--and growing
The anti-cancers won’t be satisfied until the worse are back like polio and small pox!
Make polio great again! We boomers know what it was like - fearing that polio could strike any day and you could be crippled for life or in an iron lung. A nice bonus once the polio vaccine was introduced was that the swimming pools re-opened. My brother and I took swimming lessons at the local high school pool.
I meant anti-vaxxers but auto correct hates me.
I’m shocked Kathleen, finding two functional brain cells in a Texan mazard would be challenging!!
Hey, they all can walk, they all can spit, and they manage to create babies. And sometimes they can rub two brain cells together.
It's a room full of one star humans. Including Elon. Notice that Elon is standing above Donald and the seated Cabinet Members. All hail King Elon!
Donny demands false praise. Elon demands obedience. And he gets it from these fools.
Now tell your DOG-E (pronounced Doggie) to stop shitting on my government. Bad DOG-E!
Brilliant analysis. Lisa. :) I commend you.
Crack house junk drawer. Fabulous visual illuminating the Zombie parents murdering our small children
Thank you !
Dying from Measles is just unheard of nowadays (statistically) so Texass is really beating the odds so they win a special prize, Rubeolla Rash of the face!
Dying of Measles WAS unheard of……….
What’s you point Mary?
My point is that our Anti Vax and Anti Science geniuses are going to revive the tragedy of children dying from preventable diseases
All avoidable and still is the anti vax people ain’t right in the head.
My mother talked about the days of deadly measles strains when I had a very mild strain as a child and didn’t even feel sick I only had the spots but my mother put me to bed as if I was at deaths door even though I had all my vaccinations. I was just happy to be out of school. This outbreak was so unnecessary and already taking young lives. That’s the cost of ignorance!
Smart mom, a nurse?
Someone yesterday said, "I've seen better cabinets at Ikea." 😂
Not cool! That’s super insulting to IKEA!
I’m not an IKEA basher, my house is full of their cabinets from kitchen to bathrooms. Their cabinets are better than anyone on Trumps cabinet of misfits with sagging doors, empty liquor cabinets, etc. 😂
Hell YES!
It is the junk in the trunk
It's junk, it's bunk, and it STUNK.
Who'd have thunk...
LOL!!
😂😂😂
You rock Lisa!!
Spot on Lisa!
You had me at broken junk drawer with leaking battery acid and mouse turds Lisa! Well played!!
I love this..it’s perfect!
Lisa I love your adjectives!! BRAVA post is spot on🙌🏽🤙🏽🙌🏽
Have you been looking in my junk drawer?
You deserve all the likes. 🤣🤣🤣
Damn straight!!
** meth house, infinitely likely to blow up.
A friend of mine was a volunteer fireman, their worst nightmare was a suspected crack house or meth location, they had to put up on full HAZMAT suits and clear the hood.
Living in Florida the news of an exploding meth house is not uncommon. I’ve always been nervous for the first responders who have to deal with them! Good on your friend for doing it as a volunteer!
Typhoid Mary was locked up to keep her from spreading disease. These days she’d have a cabinet position.
It is a shame that some latter-day Typhoid Mary is not the White House Chef...
Measles Bobby?
Bobby Bumps?
Bobby Baby Killer - look at his handiwork in Samoa.
Ugly reminder of his ignorance Cheri!!
She'd probably have RFK Jr's job. Why not? It only seems logical to have someone assist with spreading diseases along with the usual daily bullshit.
😂😂
Well done Neal!!
No doubt!😂😂
I think I throw up a little in mouth everytime I see that ridiculous muskrat…taking charge and ownership of the US! WTF????!!! No one in that room has balls to stand up for the American people…..so sickening! Tomorrow is boycott day…I’m in!
I’m as appalled as anyone about Musk running the government but I’m not sad that Trump has finally met his match. The fact that he couldn’t stop X from disrespecting him in the Oval Office because Musk owns him was priceless. This whole shit show of a country needs to burn to the ground and be rebuilt; Musk is expediting the process.
Karla, I've been thinking that too, until the horror hits that now I'm on Steve Bannon's side. We have a lot to set right, incl imo and updated Constitution to prevent any of this from happening again.
Same here, Teri!
Didn't Bannon just come out and say that Trump should run in 2028 or something to that effect? I wouldn't believe one word out of Bannon's mouth. He's as slimey as the rest of them.
Feb. 28th is Boycott Day, everyone. Please try not to purchase anything for 24 hours. If it doesn't work to sway opinion, then next time it might be a week without purchases.
SPREAD THE WORD !!!!!
Tess, me too!
Me too! Boycotting fully!
“Crown Prince Snotwiper”. That’s IT! 😂.
It’s all a big, dangerous joke. One must always assume the first thing they say is always a lie. I honestly believe there will be some kind of revolution in our future. This can not stand.
But if anyone tries to revolt the Feral Hog will declare martial law and the military will obey. We are thoroughly fucked.
Will the military obey? That’s the $60,000 question.
Trump's trying to make damn sure they will.
$64,000 🙂⁉️
Thanks, Sunny, I dropped a few bucks there. 😂
Didn’t mean to be petty Walt. Just trying to to ‘control’ what I can nowadays- walk around straightening out pics on the wall stuff like that 🫠
$64k doesn't go as far as it used to
Touché
Crikey… would someone please tell Charles Van Doren he’s totally off the hook now that Musky and Trumplestiltskin are in the box
Considering that much of our military is from working class families in the Midwest and South- you can answer your own question. Plus Fox News plays at our military bases.
I read this piece this morning...I hope the writer is correct.
"the primary obligation of service members is not to obey commands, but to obey the law"
https://integ.substack.com/p/the-us-military-will-refuse-to-attack?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share
Sworn oath to ignore unlawful orders, is correct Susan. Problem I see with firing Joint Chief of staff, Jags and other senior military officers…who’s left to arrest the treasonous leader and his coterie?
Any commissioned officer can do it.
Interesting. I’m married to a commissioned naval officer who is currently busy burying his head in the sand ignoring this all. Good to know some of his more cognizant friends would be eligible to instigate the Find Out part if things go sideways.
Exactly. Mi Lai changed all that.
Interesting - I didn’t know that. Then something worthwhile came out of that horrible incident.
Good to know -
I wondered about this chain of command thing and I think the workaround during the first admin was the JAGS, which they just canned. They sort out what's a legal vs illegal order, so I wonder how far up people need to be to be able to discriminate and resist. I also assume the consequences are very serious. I do wonder if there are people who are so against hegs that they would refuse an order from him. I think it would have to be a serious breach, because once it's done something probably unravels in a dark way.
My impression of rank and file military personnel is thy they’re just as likely if not more so to fall in with the wingnut conspiracists who promote the disinformation seen and heard on america’s right wing media. Not a very intellectually discerning bunch. Not even those who are in the minorities most impacted by the racist policies underlying trump’s shitshow.
I have to hope.
It was pointed out recently that in order to declare martial law tRump would have to hand over control of the government to the Generals... does anyone see him willingly handing power to someone else?
That's a telling picture. Two childish characters, one picking his nose and the other wasting oxygen. Actually, the nose picker has more emotional maturity
Our great president was giving Damian the side eye and for a fact dumb Donny order a complete disinfection of the whole room.
Diaper Don is a known and self acknowledged germ phobe. Even so, having some kid‘s boogers smeared on your furniture is nauseating. Total refinish of Resolute Desk may be extreme but yuck! Who wouldn’t want that surface thoroughly cleaned
A self described germ phobic. Who had unprotected sex with a pornographic actress. Her body count was probably in the hundreds. Whoo boy
Yeesh that detail 🤨
Ironic!!!!
I am with you.I can’t see this bs lasting for 4 more months yet alone for 4 more years.
When the smoke clears Susan, the billionaire oligarchs will run the country, unless something is done in the next couple weeks. That’s about all the time we have left, since the past week of plundering of our democracy !!
We’ll see.
Sadly!!
Too bad lil'X wasn't there. He could have given them all worms.🐛🐛
😂😂
It’s MOGA - make oligarchs great again. It never was about making America great.
This isnt far from the truth. I mean, look at the "Gold Card" offer. That alone should validate the Oligarchs comment.
Ironic that they didn't mention using each $5 million going into health care or to balance the budget. Or for education.
No of course not. Because that would line their pockets, not help the country.
Nope, it's all for fuckface's dirty, pungent pockets.
Isn’t it Teri? That money is earmarked for Donnie’s pocket!!
Maybe that’s why Trump pushed hard to get the Romanian government to let Andrew Tate and his brother out of prison for rape and sex trafficking charges. The two Tate perverts are on their way to Florida for a Mar-A-Lago visit. They would be able to get someone to pop the $10M bill for two citizenships. They have more in money and assets hidden somewhere.
KayG, JFC. Sickening! Rapists & sex trafficking? Like the "predator illegals" he is rounding up????
You understand!!! If they have money and an internet following the rules are different.
Two sets of rules - one for the wealthy and powerful and another for the rest of us.
Gee -- I think that’s why the colonists left Europe and other countries to come here.
The Constitution was written to PREVENT this crap!!!
Anybody that sees those two fucks out in public needs to fuck them up!☠️😈😡
The reaction of most of the men I know.
They ARE actual PEDOPHILES and Donald J Trump pushed to get them released from their Romanian lockdown.
I know what happens in prison here.
Every man who feels like you should put the word out.
Their pictures are available.
In prison here they have to move people like that if the protective men find out they are inside.
My partner is an “ex” con.
Their frozen assets have been thawed by a judge, so they can buy the golden bribe.
Yes, and just last week 🍊 traitor lied, "we're not touching Medicaid, Medicare or SS."
The fact that the people closest to the front during the inauguration ceremony were the billionaires and their escorts was a strong message that this was government by the oligarchs, of the oligarchs, for the oligarchs.
Not *of* the oligarchs. The phrase "government of the people" means that the people are the ones being governed (by themselves, for themselves in the original formulation). What we have is government of the poor, by the lackeys, for the oligarchs.
No shit
Or this, Make America Grovel Again
True dat Mike…the billionaires are the ones in power! I once wondered why the “when we fight we win “ crowd didn’t! Until the hard realization of billionaires, are on both sides of the aisle bug bit!!
The Feral Hog has issued an executive order cutting the Social Security Administration by 50%. Where are the lawsuits?
Wut
Is this that ‘temporary discomfort’ ellen kept referring to? or permanent…geezus
and how did we did calmly slide from ‘g-dammit cheaper eggs pls’ to ‘be nice if the check (representing my sole income) shows up this month’ reality show mindset
I'm there too. Trying to keep my cool about it but it's a challenge. This community check in every day helps.
At least it's happening -- Medicaid, now the SSA. Will see if that's staff or benefits. I've been so worried & stressed. Today I have a minor outpatient procedure. I have a minor one day surgery scheduled for 3/20, but I'll cancelled if my Medi-Cal stops. The 20 percent Medi-Cal covers adds up very quickly (80 percent Medicare coverage).
First it's staff and office closures. Next will be benefits. I am 75 and a recipient. Without my monthly check I will be destitute and homeless. I am frantic and have been calling my rep and senators, for all the good that does.
Me too. I'm living on a razor blade and it hurts. 😥
Best description I've ever heard of what our situations feel like.
At this point I REALLY wanna know what magats are thinking
They don't think. They want to hurt other people and didn't believe Trump would hurt them, and they can't grasp that they are fucked as well. The fact that Congress is determined to destroy Medicaid and eventually Social Security and Medicare says to me that the Republicans are not afraid of blowback because they think Trump will create some phony crisis and cancel the midterms.
That's right Linda, maggats can't think (not don't think). I guess people in other states don't realize California pays most of the taxes in the US to support red states. Teri, California may raise your MediCal to 100%. We could write our faux assembly people and senators....You don't have an HMO up in that red county? P.S. I changed my name. Pretend security.
Nalle is that u? Idk about HMOs. I have Medicare & Medi-Cal. I've wondered if Gov Newsome can provide $ for Medi-Cal cuts.
This is the part that really bugs me. Fuckwad Squared was a known quantity with a written playbook. If it is such a serious existential crisis, how on earth did they miss the play where you investigate the shit out of polling and count irregularities and then use the SCOTUS ruling for good instead of evil while you still control the gvmt? I just want someone to explain to me why orange turd was being asked by a serious journalist, "will you agree to the peaceful transfer of power if you lose" when he wasn't the one in power? Shadow government. What else don't we know?
The dumbing down of America took decades. FAUX News and their ilk have been feeding pablum to MAGATS like mother’s milk…and haven’t they all developed well!
They don’t even realize they are Medicaid or Medicare recipients thanks to the states naming their plans differently. They still think this is out there to hurt others, the less desirable ones when in reality it’s going to hit them like a lead brick.
Linda, same. My emergency fund would be gone for medical bills if Medi-Cal goes away. Staff & ofc closures area bad, too. Elump - he isn't an engineer, but builds "unscheduled disassembly rockets" and cars that suddenly brake or catch on fire, causing deaths. He has no govt experience. How is his "role" Constitutional??
His "role" is blatantly unconstitutional. I am waiting for some brave judge to shut him down entirely as being neither elected nor appointed and having absolutely no authority despite Trump's bleating. There must be a way to stop this utter insanity.
yeah cause if you look at it from the right angle aren’t we ALL bleeding the system dry? 🙄😒 wait that’s what the SYSTEM IS FOR - forgot for a second there💫
You’re absolutely right, Sunny, that’s what government is supposed to be for. Somewhere along the line, (I usually refer to Ronny Raygun’s presidency) the entire idea of government serving the people was corrupted by pig shit eating and consistently lying politicians who wanted their spot at the trough of cash that was made available by the corrupt Supremes with Citizens (billionaires) United. Whew…that was a long sentence.
P123, we have paid in for these REPAYMENTS!
California, you're bleeding California dry.
I have family in Santa Cruz since the 60s and I lived there for a decade and I miss Ca and my friends a lot. Newsom should find a way to pick up CA marbles and hold them, break the Fed tax code. No taxation without representation. Maybe a whole other level tea party. CA could ship it's produce to blue states and Canada and nationalize silicon valley - whatever the state equivalent would be - seize the assets - but it's probably too radical for CA to secede. The only problem is no military defense. This is what the second amendment is about.
I think CA Gov Newsom hands are tied bc of the LA fires. We'll need billions. Elon/turd had said FEMA is being chopped, the $$ budgeted for FEMA being used to fund deportations. Not sure if that's in court or covered in other "NO, you can't move Congressionally approved funds for any other purpose/dept.
That's so crazy. Really who do they think is going to harvest the food? It's skilled labor not warm bodies in middle management paper shuffling positions. Oh California. The LA fire made me think of the same horrid timing of the passing of RBG. Uugh. The universe needs to give us a break from the calamity. So many well intentioned people who want peace and prosperity for everyone, and there is enough to go around, but the sloth and greed is unsustainable and incompatible with human rights. These usurpers are making the argument against their existence all the clearer. Godspeed to Newsom to figure out what to do next.
I've been advocating for California, West Coast, secession, maybe join with British Columbia for about two months now, but no one seems to want to jump. I know Newsom is busy, but LA is going to have to rebuild itself. California is the fourth or fifth largest economy in the world, and the nine county Bay Area is the 17th largest economy in the world. Four of the 10 wealthiest people in the world live here. California pays 69% of the federal taxes, thus supporting all of the red states except Texas. I don't know where you are now, but you should come back. California has already hit the 2030 international climate goals.
Best wishes Teri!!
The collective stupidity of this “cabinet” is off the charts. A man in charge of our health that discredits disease prevention. An intelligence agency leader that is a pipeline to the Kremlin. A day drinking Nazi with the nuclear codes. A conspiracy theorist in charge of the FBI. What could go wrong?
What could possibly go wrong ????????
Consumer Boycott tomorrow, spread the word
It only makes sense if ruzzia is calling the shots amirite
Sadly Walt, it’s much worse than that!!
I’m concerned about the stoppage on flu vaccine development, as the flu mutates and the vaccine is different each year. It’s tailored to the strain predicted, through science and extensive research. Which doesn’t happen overnight, and requires people WAY smarter than Bobby Brain Worms. But that may be part of Plan 2025 as well. Get rid of all the elderly people and medically fragile people in this country. More money for President Musk and the Sewer Clowns!
There's also a story that research on an oral Covid vaccine has been halted. I guess the oligarchs have calculated what they need to maintain their lifestyle, and most of us are surplus.
had a week of weak flu thanks to vax - person I got it from wasn't vaxxed and she was out of commission for a month (and an ER trip) - WANT MY SHOTS (in the to-be 51st state so being in Canada may no longer save me)
The fat cat pharma folk might see an opportunity. Medicare pays $25 for flu shot. Guesses as to what we'll pay if big pharma does 2026 variant?
Absolutely and well said. I am terrified about what Bobby seems to be doing with vaccines. The couple of years I forgot to get the flu vax I got really bad cases of the flu. Now I am 71 and that vax is so important to me.
Tex, found out that 100 percent of higher dose flu shots for "over age 65 or high risk medical conditions" are released to all pharmacies and providers at the beginning of flu season. There are no reorders for higher dose available to anyone after initial shipment. So if you flu vax & qualify for higher dose, get flu shot early. Sept? I get mine every Oct 1.
I get the flu shot as soon as the pharmacies have it. It’s a few weeks after it is released. I learned my lesson.
We are supposed to just die already.
“Seven Deadly Sins became a Boy”! That is the 🍊 man alright.
He Plays on his phone. And fucks around and Finds out that people get a pic, I find that fucking hilarious.
Thank you Jeff for everything you do, here is our Contribution. Seems like the GOP is starting to hate him too. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/musk-as-a-bureaucrat-he-sucks-so
So dumb. Ban abortion cause they want to grow more babies but then let them die of preventable diseases.
They give zero shits about children's welfare, period. Banning abortion has always been about controlling women's power to make their own choices.
At first I scoffed at GOP going for women's voting rights. Now I can see it fitting their many priorities.
Go to extraordinary lengths to protect a fetus but the moment they draw their first breath they are on their own! No Medicaid, child care, school lunch, anything that would help a child is of no interest to these fuzzy minded ‘Christians’
I'm always reminded of this quote when this comes up because it is so spot on:
“The unborn” are a convenient group of people to advocate for. They never make demands of you; they are morally uncomplicated, unlike the incarcerated, addicted, or the chronically poor; they don’t resent your condescension or complain that you are not politically correct; unlike widows, they don’t ask you to question patriarchy; unlike orphans, they don’t need money, education, or childcare; unlike aliens, they don’t bring all that racial, cultural, and religious baggage that you dislike; they allow you to feel good about yourself without any work at creating or maintaining relationships; and when they are born, you can forget about them, because they cease to be unborn. You can love the unborn and advocate for them without substantially challenging your own wealth, power, or privilege, without re-imagining social structures, apologizing, or making reparations to anyone. They are, in short, the perfect people to love if you want to claim you love Jesus, but actually dislike people who breathe. Prisoners? Immigrants? The sick? The poor? Widows? Orphans? All the groups that are specifically mentioned in the Bible? They all get thrown under the bus for the unborn.”
― Methodist Pastor David Barnhart
I didn't expect that from a member of the clergy. It was exactly right. Thanks.
Thank you for posting, this is great. I said the same thing about the Catholic church, they have no right to hold people's souls over their heads and make women responsible for the sins of men. Until they preach action every Sunday to care for women and children and make a visible dent in the poverty and violence in their communities, talk to the hand.
Another example of republicans incapable of understand consequences.
The emperor has no brains. Thank god he has clothes.
I'm adding that to my list of things to be grateful for.
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I don't know about you but I don't approve of my DOGE refund being used to clean boogers and snot off of a desk. That's not what I voted for.
Steven Miller looks like someone who would wipe his boogers on the desk when no one was looking. I'm sure the kid wasn't the first.
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What good news to hear that MAGAT parents are rubbing their two brain cells together and vaccinating the kids.
Even in Texas.
Hopefully, it goes beyond the MMR vaccine. (Or maybe they're also opposed to vaccines for mumps?) Refusing to vaccinate against chicken pox could have a lot of "kids" resenting their parents 40 years from now, when they experience shingles.
IIRC you can vaccinate yourself against cooties with the tip of a pencil. Maybe it’ll cover other diseases too. 🙄
Cootie prevention, Kay-El? You are all over this vaccine tech!
Lol, I do my own research Walt.
Are u kidding or is that a serious life skill (albeit duct-taped)
I learned that in elementary school, didn’t you? (disclaimer: of course I’m kidding. Not about learning it in elementary school though)
I learned that shouting ewww and pointing at the person was what killed cooties. To be fair, my class wasn't overflowing with geniuses.