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Ann Anderson's avatar

Did you know that the human brain comprises mostly water and fat? In Donald's case, it's Arby's beef tallow and Diet Coke, hence the spew of verbal waste. Where is Jake Tapper, indeed? On a separate but related matter, two days ago in Columbus, Ohio, people joined hands in a chain eight miles long protesting ICE. The press can normalize a deteriorating monster all they want. People are waking up, standing up and getting noisy. https://www.dispatch.com/story/news/local/2025/08/09/trump-protest-high-street-downtown-columbus-ohio/85590841007/

Joanne Filipo's avatar

We saw it on the news out here in Tucson! Way to go Columbus!

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

Sadly, the Ohio legislature is composed of democracy-hating psychopaths who don't care.

Ann Anderson's avatar

Psychopaths, sociopaths, pathogens, every kind of path have invaded public life. They're having their day. It's passing.

Zija Pulp's avatar

I sure hope you’re right, Ann. 🤞

David Skoglund's avatar

Ann, I love your optimism, because this too, shall pass.

CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

Pathways to sanity! Soon I hope, lest we all go bonkers.

Karen Livolsi's avatar

Amen. I have family outside of Columbus. The crap I hear makes me wonder what the hell happened to Ohio?! I’m about 2 and half hours away from Columbus (I will add a big shout out to the Columbus Public Library, their book festival is awesome)

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

What happened is gerrymandering, a GOP seizure of total power to violate what citizens want.

Denise Donaldson's avatar

Absolutely! For those outside the state who may not know, these rabid Rs are now trying to legislate to roadblock the right to choose that 60% of Ohio voters added to our constitution two years ago. We VOTED IT INTO LAW, and STILL they won't accept it.

Charles Hollander's avatar

Republicans no longer even try to make a pretense of being a legitimate political party. Rather, they are a grievance cult that wants power solely for the purpose of imposing their will and the hell with the Constitution and representative democracy.

Denise Donaldson's avatar

Perfectly said, Charles.

Up & Down The Lane w/Elle Lane's avatar

I’m saying that about half our country these days.

Kate's avatar

We have seen that most of our elected officials are NOT coming to save us, we have to do it OURSELVES.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

We also have to support our elected officials who ARE fighting for us – and there are many. But when we blanket-dismiss them all, they lose heart and enthusiasm/

Kate's avatar

I did not blanket dismiss them-you did with your first comment, hence the reason I said MOST.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

AND I met so many outright ordinary people magats not only in Columbus but all through Ohio as well. Seeing now that ALL kinds of people are protesting these pseudo ICE critters (most are jan6th rioter/insurrectionist/traitor/criminals) shows that Ohio is far less RED and becoming BLUER than those like me believed. WTG, Ohioans!

Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Somehow, Ohioans must get rid of Big Mouth Jim! What a useless POS he is!

Brenda Ball's avatar

The illegal gerrymandering in Ohio has changed us from purple to red. Glad to see my fellow Ohioans making good trouble! Democracy is not a spectator sport!

Denise Donaldson's avatar

The cities, and much of the northern half of the state, have always been blue.

longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Corrupt, too, I believe.

Denise Donaldson's avatar

Yep. The exceptions to that rule are too few.

Katherine P Duncan's avatar

Ann Anderson I so hope the people stand up strongly enough and quickly enough. Because these are perilous times.

Ann Anderson's avatar

These are perilous times for Trump, too. Keep the faith.

Katherine P Duncan's avatar

Thanks for that. Living in a very red part of Kentucky, sometimes I need encouragement.

Ann Anderson's avatar

Whew! Got it! I'm in cool, blue Oregon. Easier to be upbeat.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

I'm in OCCUPIED California

Ann Anderson's avatar

You're in LA? (My home for a few decades.) Federal goons were all over Portland during Trump 1. Infuriating and sickening.

Bonnie Council's avatar

Epstein files, Epstein files, Epstein files, Epstein files, Epstein files.......

The only thing that's going to make these perilous times do the thing they need to do to trump is for us to keep talking about the damned Epstein files. Epstein files, Epstein files, Epstein files.......

CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

Yes, agreed that you have to keep those verbal actions at the forefront. I’m as offended as you at what the orange moron is doing to your country. I’m just glad that we have a PM who will not be bullied by the guy who passes as your president.

Bonnie Council's avatar

Well put: the guy who "passes" as our president. Because he's not a president at all. He's a dictator. And I still don't believe his "election" wasn't rigged.

CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

I fully concur with your rigged election comment. I just don’t know how you and your compatriots right the sinking ship, except that please know that most of my compatriots feel as I do. Today I read about the drop in border crossings from Canadians into the US - seriously down. For that I’m sorry that your leader has created a chasm between us. I have family in the US and I fear that I may not see my long lost cousin ever again.

P123Sunny's avatar

First I’m hearing this!!!

Kristy Kanen's avatar

I saw it on Maddow last night. BTW Lawrence O'Donnell was FIRE last night !

Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Lawrence, Rachel, and Nicolle are my “go-tos” on legacy media. That’s it. No CNN for me!

Terry's avatar

CNN owned and run by republicans. I've never watched them. Now I'm glad I didn't, because I'm always hearing people complaining, especially about Tapper.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

I haven't watched CNN for 10 years.

Bonnie Council's avatar

They both were. Yep!

Karen Livolsi's avatar

Although I missed this protest since I’m in NC this week, I love the Columbus libs! They’re the best! I drive from Pittsburgh just to protest with them! We old ladies, one retired military and retired from education, and 3 other retired educators all from OH, get our backs up and out the door with big smiles, big signs and full of rage 😤.

Denise Donaldson's avatar

I'm not often proud of my state these days, but what a tremendous effort! Go, Columbus!

Marie Martin's avatar

SUGGESTION:

Let’s end every and all communications everywhere with “Release the Epstein files!” Especially anything that has his name in it. Flood social media. Repeat and repeat the message so he can’t escape it. Make it part of daily life! Seriously free advertising.

(All I could see is Germ Mania.).

Ann Anderson's avatar

At heart, Trump is a TV show host. A century ago, he would have been a carnival barker.

Linda Weide's avatar

Or, he would have squandered the family fortune on unfortunate investments and be looking to marry someone with money to make it up. Thus he would have had to marry differently.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

Oh my fucking god I don't believe in !!!

CyndiT's avatar

And my response to the big blue Columbus dot in Red Ohio is O-H!!!! Way to go Columbus!

Claudia Montague Wheatley's avatar

To be fair, we don’t know that Donald Trump has ever eaten Arby’s.

We do know that his advisor, Laura Loomer, thinks Marjorie Taylor Greene keeps roast beef in her pants though.

Also that none of this has anything to do with THE EPSTEIN FILES.

Susan Niemann's avatar

"Donny’s handlers must be terrified to let him out in public..."

NO SHIT. The felon IS. INSANE.

When the hell is this going to end?????

Stephen Brady's avatar

Sometimes I wonder how much worse it would be if he had his shit together?

Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

The same. Think back to his Central Park 5 rants & full page ads and listing after his oldest daughter on Stern. He just can’t carry on a thought. And I never watched his TV shows. Those could be edited so until those out takes are released, we won’t know.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

Yes - racist, bigoted woman hating rapist pedophile going back decades!

Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

Agree. Can't heart this.

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

His first term was considered a failure because too many of his cabinet killed the billionaire overlords plan mon ami!!

P123Sunny's avatar

… and they continue to cover it as a ‘normal’ presidency?!

Brenda's avatar

You forgot to mention that pedo prez is also a child rapist. We must never stop speaking the truth to that point.

Walt Svirsky's avatar

Just a daily reminder that deranged Shitler has the nuclear codes.

longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Thanks Walt. We can always count on you.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

The word you're looking for is "corruption."

Kristy Kanen's avatar

Ugh. The people who whine " Why aren't the Dems doing anything?"

Are uninformed & lazy, just like the BOTH SIDES ARE ALIKE , idiots

Terry's avatar

Thank You!! I'm so sick to death of hearing "why aren't the democrats doing ANYTHING??"

I ended my paid subscription to Aaron Parnas because you can't share an opinion without them jumping down your throat, calling you ignorant and more. On anything. This topic especially. The art of the discussion is lost on GenZ.

Susan Niemann's avatar

Absolutely! 👏👏👏

M3333's avatar

The old demented Orange Idiot wants everyone to forget that he raped young girls along with his best bud Epstein for years. What about the over 4,000 wire transactions from four Russian banks to Epstein for over $1.5 billion USD old demented Orange Idiot???

M3333's avatar

Just listened to Jenine Pirro “bullshit” about the crime in Washington, DC. The crime rate in Washington is not even in the top 20 cities in the USA! Just more BULLSHIT to attempt to make everyone forget the Orange Monster is a child rapist!!!

Yarnartist's avatar

You know that old idiot that says “dadgum”? Well, he says he’s terrified of leaving his office and walking around DC, because it’s just too “dadgum” dangerous. He’s a “dadgum” moron.

Lisa's avatar

Anyone still saying "dadgum" should be put out to pasture so the younger generation who will inherit this shitshow can start the clean up process.

Yarnartist's avatar

Definitely. He probably thinks it’s “quaint”.

Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

That was only one bank account. Wyden’s got more.

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

This M33, should be front page news!!

Runfastandwin's avatar

Friggin' Garland GIVEN FOUR YEARS did doodly squat...I just can't.

James Vander Poel's avatar

You have to look to Mitch McConnell. He had the chance (twice!) to impeach the Oranguturd and failed. The most despicable Senator ever. He'll hold that title in perpetuity.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

I don't know. Jesse Helms and Strom Thurmond were pretty bad too.

Cyndi's avatar

The list of decent Republican Senate Majority Leaders is easier.

1, 2, ,3...

None.

Teresa Pace's avatar

I moved to NC in the 80’s to vote against Jesse Helms. It didn’t work. But today you can drive from the coast to the mountains and not ever come across a bridge, library, tech. center, medical building, highway, museum, research facility, park, pool, etc. with Jesse Helm’s name on it. Thirty years a senator and deposited into the dustbin of history like so much gum off the bottom of your shoe. Remembered as a racist, homophobic bigot. Good riddance.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

One of the nastiest racists to ever serve in the Senate.

dameemstr@icloud.com's avatar

Agree, and his loyalty to trump made it impossible for him to abide by the Rule of Law!

Barr was the last person to visit Epstein in Prison…before a series of phenomenal “mishaps” allowed Epstein to kill himself!

I do not think many people realize that before Epstein’s body was cold….our AG at the time, Bill Barr was at his mansion rummaging through it….looking for what?

Surely, Barr knew it was against the law for him to do that, being trump’s AG and all!

What a world we are leaving for our children and grandchildren!

dameemstr@icloud.com's avatar

It is my hope that someday, in the not too distant future, Garland will be exposed for the GOP troll he was!

The traitors involved in the insurrection, were released from Prison by trump on his first day back in office! (These are probably the masked goons of Ice)

Not trump or all the GOP politicians have answered for their treason!

We have Garland to thank for the mess we are in now!

Garland and apathetic voters…who have tuned out!

arne link's avatar

Don't forget to give credit where credit is due. The Supine Court bears a huge responsibility for allowing this lawlessness. Who is paying them?

Mary Hall's avatar

Their corporate overlords, the same jerkholes that are paying off the rest of the anti-American Rethuglicans so they are free to rape, plunder, and pillage us.

Major Kong's avatar

Don't forget Aileen Cannon who dismissed the classified documents case. Bill Barr said that was the strongest case against the Orange Menace. I'm sure that Cannon will be rewarded with the next open Supreme Court Seat.

CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

I hope not, cause Alito and his buddy Thomas will treat her as though she’s royalty and her vote on most repugnican issue will be the death knell of any Liberal case that comes before your highest court.

Richard's avatar

Well what was his name ? Harlan Crowe or something? Him for one. Then Paul Singer brought Alito to Alaska.

Gail (Chicago)'s avatar

Leonard Leo was given control of billions of dollars by Barre Seid, for his sick conservative crusade.

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

They sit in the judgement of all things, brought to you by that same billionaire class Arne!

Runfastandwin's avatar

He is a republican after all. Why Biden nominated then stuck with him I swear to pete.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

because Democrats always appoint Republicans in order to show how fair-minded they are.

it's fucking dumb and always blows up in their faces, and I wrote a whole thing about it a while back

https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/robert-hur-is-a-fucking-liar-and

"Democrats, can we talk? there’s a lesson for you to learn here: this “we’re appointing a Republican to investigate us in order to appear fair” bullshit doesn’t work.

it didn’t work when Janet Reno named Robert Fisk and Ken Starr to investigate Bill Clinton.

it didn’t work when Barack Obama let James Comey go after the email lady.

and it sure as hell did not work when Merrick Garland appointed MAGA operative Robert Hur. for fuck’s sake, Hur is the guy wrote the false summary that Bill Barr used to mislead everyone about the Mueller Report. this is the guy you choose to investigate Biden?

Republicans will fuck you every time. stop giving them the opportunity.

notice that Republicans never appoint Democrats to head investigations. why do you think that is?

figure it out."

Lisa's avatar

Plain and simple. There is no "both sides are baaad" argument. One party is for greed and power, and the other party is not.

GeorgeC's avatar

The stupid is REALLY STRONG with the dinosaur Dems. Schumer is a classic example of this. Spineless coward never learns that his "strongly worded letters" are laughed at by the GQP.

P123Sunny's avatar

I had heard that Biden ORIGINALLY wanted Doug Jones, but apparently (Ron Klain) was approached w/the Garland idea?… Maybe bc MG was passed over for SCOTUS or… GOP knew how to get their man in there…? Again just heard that once but it’s interesting:/

Runfastandwin's avatar

Jones would've been better.

Margaret's avatar

A ham sandwich would have been better.

Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Bill Barr has played a huge role in the destruction of democracy dame, Garland was but a spineless puppet, to a class none of us will ever belong, but I’m with you!!

MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

I’m still unsure why we continue to drag Merrick Garland. He’s retired from governor service and really can’t hurt us anymore.

dameemstr@icloud.com's avatar

Sorry if it bothers you….but I am a firm believer that if a person has a job he should do it, or resign!

President Biden made a bad decision in this instance, and he should have fired the SOB!

If he had followed through, maybe the traitors in the GOP would have been imprisoned, instead of the unlawfulness we are experiencing as a result!

Those who ignore history are destined to repeat it!

MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

It doesn’t bother me. I just don’t see the point.

dameemstr@icloud.com's avatar

Then there is no reason for you to lose sleep over this criminal administration! I wish I knew what a good night’s sleep felt like!

MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

I’m not sure what you’re saying, but oh well

Kim Nesvig's avatar

Jeff, remember the movie “Being There”? You know, where Chance the Gardener only knows the world from watching TV. Donnie is just like Chance, except he watched different shows.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

except Chance the Gardener was fundamentally a decent person

DrBDH's avatar

Actually, walk-on-water holy.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

And that's why Shirley MacClaine loved him.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

I have Being There recorded, I love that movie.

Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

I’ve thought that often. He won’t read briefing books. He has no idea what he’s doing. Like in a Woody Allen film when people’s internal thoughts are shown, I’d like to see Putin’s, translated of course, when he meets with the incoherent one.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Trump will be accompanied by Steve Witkoff, his special envoy to Moscow, who salutes Putin with his hand over his heart, literally. Witkoff has given massively disinformative and confusing info to NATO leaders about negotiations with Russia. He hates Ukraine.

Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

Oh what a horrible outcome this will have.

Dave Drell's avatar

I can smell the stench all the way over here.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

One word: 'dumkopf' and then he laffs and laffs and laffs while maintaining that shit-eating smirk. The entire time donny fuckwit is SO SURE he's having a confab with his best pal - another big shot guy who's just. like. him! Separately, when he goes to sleep in 'Russia', Donny fuckwit dreams of Vlad riding barechested on a horse.

Mark Slattery's avatar

Not one question during the presser about the absurdity of a convicted felon, adjudicated rapist and alleged pedophile calling for a crackdown in crime. Can we please not give Cankles McPedo any credibility?

MzNicky in East Jesus, TN's avatar

Keep in mind that Donny has eliminated most actual reporters from the WH press corps and replaced them with fawning sycophants from absurd “news” outlets. Be a real journalist these days and where does that get you? See, for ex., Al Jazeera in Gaza, where Israelis have killed 242 on-the-ground reporters since 10/07/23, most recently six, targeted in an airstrike. The casualties of war aren’t just soldiers and civilians; they’re also brave, dedicated truth-tellers risking their lives. Are any of the shameless clowns we call our press even acquainted with that kind of passion and courage? It is to laugh, bitterly.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Thank you for mentioning this. The name of "Israel" should taste like ashes in our mouths.

Lisa's avatar

Killing all the legitimate journalists and their teams has worked it's way up to the top of the list now for the rump regime, I guarantee.

Mary Hall's avatar

"Cankles McPedo" now has an exalted place on The List. Thank you for your contribution.

KathyInCali's avatar

Remember, this is all happening in DC because a WHITE GUY - A MAGA WHITE GUY - got beat up!

He acts like he gives a shit about crime, but he PRE ARRANGED for no backup be allowed to respond to J6 OUTNUMBERED UNARMED POLICE being beaten, permanently injured, and left for dead. Now he has the gall to talk about “taking our Capitol back”??? From who??

Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

He’s trying to normalize police presence. Cops were questioning people smoking on their porches in D.C.’s majority-black neighborhoods. (Possession of up to two ounces of marijuana is legal.)

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Assigning the National Guard to DC and federalizing the DC police gives him a standing army for personal protection and defense as the coup progresses. The MAGA Proud Boys are scratching their asses over the Epstein debacle.

Cyndi's avatar

They still swear an oath to the Constitution, not this Presidunce.

And, yes, the Nuremberg Defense is still not legal in any court.

Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

EXACTLY! His racism and privilege on full display, @KathyInCali.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

That photo was staged @

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

WE need to take it back from HIM and his fucking THUGS! But of course, they're gaslighting ALL of us again, as usual, as always. This fuckery is enough to drive anyone nuts and so hard to keep track of it's no wonder the magats can't and WE often don't have all of the energy necessary. I know I'm at a low ebb. While the spirit is MORE than willing, the flesh is becoming weaker by the day, unfortunately. Still a pissed off mad as hell Scot, though!

Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

Biden won 92.4 percent of the vote, earning D.C., a spot on the retribution and racism tour. While Trump tries to normalize police presence by harassing smokers on their porches in majority-black neighborhoods, RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES.

Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

And those are the neighborhoods he will target plus the now very tony “Wharf”.

Neal Stiffelman's avatar

If Warner Bros. wasn’t owned by Zaslev, I’d expect to see a clip of this with repeated anvils dropping on heads. ‘Cause this is strictly Loony Tunes.

Vincent Gigante would be embarrassed by this schtick.

And yet, the press corps just stands there lapping it up and shouting for more.

Dave Drell's avatar

Let’s not call it “press corps” it’s the propaganda corpse(sic)

Irascible Ink's avatar

It doesn't matter that he's a gibbering loon. The MAGA base has been primed for DECADES that "democrat cities" are overflowing with diabolical street people ready to knife the nearest god-fearing white man for a Timex to buy dope. King Crazypants is the messiah come to clean up the filth, and that's the only part they hear.

Anne's avatar

Germans. That's who wash their porches/steps outside their doors. I used to live in a neighborhood with people of German descent and they did that. So all lines up with his desire to be hitler.

SeekingReason's avatar

How many years ago?

We should make that part of the admin’s punishment when they go down…and they will. They can scrub sidewalks on their hands and knees with a scrub brush. Then they’ll go directly to toilet cleaning duty in the prison cells.

Anne's avatar

in the case of my neighbors it was the mid-80s. I assume they still do it..

Gina's avatar

wasn't front-stoop washing a thing in Baltimore at one time?

Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

It was for years everywhere.

Anne's avatar

just googled - looks like it was a thing! apparently they had marble steps.... Thanks, I just learned something!

https://www.baltimoremagazine.com/section/historypolitics/baltimore-marble-step-scrubbing-highlandtown-history/

Gina's avatar

I had that bit of info rattling around in my head because I was a big Billie Holiday fan and there was something about her or her mother doing that...

Sharon C Storm's avatar

When I was a child, I had relatives who lived in Baltimore. They had marble steps up to their front doors. They regularly scrubbed them.

Kathy's avatar

I lived in Stuttgart, Germany in 1971 while my spouse served in the US Army. Germans also swept their streets.

David M Marko's avatar

When Karoline Nitwit is giving a press briefing I wish one reporter would stand up and instead of asking a question turn to the press corp and ask why aren't any of you making as big a deal out of the Felon-in-Chief's daily incoherent ramblings as they did with Biden's occasional slip ups. The MSM is just as complicit in this 3 ring circus as the incompetent talk show hosts that are in charge.

arne link's avatar

Well, he was right about one thing. It IS embarrassing for him to be up there. Blondie and Kegsbreath could hardly contain their distain.

Cathy 98280's avatar

Disdain? I dunno - there were a few snarky smirks on their faces.

Kristy Kanen's avatar

Kash looked ready to disappear into the woodwork.👀

Wendy The Druid 🏳️‍⚧️🏳️‍🌈🌈's avatar

That’s because it’s all his Jeff, and it’s his world and we just fucking live in it and that’s it. Liked reposted, cross posted, and quoted, thank you for everything you do, uncle Jeff I appreciate it personally. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/dicktator-donald-mouthanus-all-this

Kay-El's avatar

Maybe Donny is making plans to flee to Russia, or he has Russia, Russia, Russia forever stuck in the cobwebs of his mind or maybe he’s just so excited to see Vlad again. Or maybe he’s just a demented old fuckwit. I’m going with all of them, Katie.

ynot1965's avatar

I'm too old for this shit.