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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

"but a lot of Republicans ARE now waking up to the fact that the long knives are out for them, too."

fun fact: if there's a typo or a missing word in my post, it's almost always in a line I hurriedly added at the last minute, in a rush to publish. c'est la vie

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Jayme Wolworth's avatar

I just read that they will be moving the "swearing in" of the fELON inside due to the frigid temps in DC.

HAHAHAHAHAHAHA

The bastard is going to be BIG MAD at Mother Nature now! Look out girl!

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Maui Wahine's avatar

Heʻs obsessed with crowd size. There would have been low turnout even if it was sunny and warm, and with the cold it would have been even lower. He can use the indoor venue as an excuse for the low crowd size.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

He will say shrinkage is to blame for the small size. I mean crowd size. 🤣

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Eva Porter's avatar

Ha - my sister said EXACTLY the same thing! LOL. Great minds think alike

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Mike Hammer's avatar

Calling Sean Spicer!

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Janan Broadbent's avatar

Maui - 🎯🎯🎯

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

Hadn't thought of that, Wahine,

but I'm sure you're absolutely right.

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

His pores look better on TV anyway. His face will fill up your TV.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Ah too bad, I was hoping for a repeat of William Henry Harrison.

"On March 26, Harrison developed a cold. According to the prevailing medical misconception of that time, it was believed that his illness was directly caused by the bad weather at his inauguration; however, Harrison's illness did not arise until more than three weeks after the event. Despite doctors' attempts at treating him, Harrison died on April 4 from pneumonia that developed from the cold. The first president to die in office, his presidency was, and remains, the shortest in American history.

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Teri's avatar

Fairy, bonus history lesson today. Thanks. 📚

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

But this way he will reenact someone maybe Stalin, Mussolini or Hitler walk bravely out to Caesar-style by his own damn self, possibly gets hisself shot at close range by a snub nose 38. Just enough to live in pain as a constant reminder of the arrogance that could be humiliating. Make him dance worried about those bone spurs flaring up. Makes me think of the border (saviors of our pure blood) that had to ‘be wild’ before the swearing in. Who am I kidding of course some good people on the wrong side gonna happen.

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Sam Maruca's avatar

He’ll cite that as evidence that climate change is a hoax.

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Teri's avatar

Sam, yes, DC in January is well known as "beach weather". The F'ing Dems fire up the Jewish Space Laser and activate the "Freezing Temps" lever. Actually, 10 million of us are not tuning in. Where are they going to seat the gazillion turd supporters?!

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Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

He doesn’t realize what change means, Sam. This is only the 3rd Inaug to be inside. Reagan’s #2 most recently. It’s cause old people get colder & the wind would muss his coiffure.

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Margaret's avatar

Wuss. PAB.

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Cheryl ODonnell's avatar

But isn’t that the fault of the Democrats who have the ability to control the weather? Oh, time for an IG post about the ghost of Carter!

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SPW's avatar

I think Mother Nature knows full well what she’s doing and why. Also, She’s big enough to handle the first felon. What I’m thrilled about are all his “fans” who I hope will be freezing their butts off waiting to perhaps catch a glimpse of dear leader.

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Joan Eisenstodt's avatar

Oh he will have to contend with the many (it was said 200k tickets for West Capitol lawn; more just on the Mall without tickets) really angry MAGAts*, bands**, vendors of tchotchkes, and others who won’t get in. The Capital One Arena can set 20k+ if the floor is used. Swearing in will be in Rotunda where Jimmy Carter was just honored in death & 4 years ago it was ravaged on the putz’s call. The Capital One Arena is for viewing swearing in. *Paid to get to DC, min 3 nights’ hotel stay, & now literally out in the cold. **The parade normally from the Capitol to the WH will instead, it was written, be IN the Arena where you can’t stage that many. A colleague wrote Fri aft that their 1500 band members and the buses & meals for them had no info. Buses paid for. The latest is they are redoing all plans. Bleachers were already along Penna Av up 15th St & in front of Lafayette Sq. Security fencing up. It’s going to be cold not even frigid for DC. They coulda put heat lamps on the stage & provided MAGA warm scarves for guests. He could’ve ridden the route. Bands were prepared for cold. Will TechBros reimburse all the really angry people?

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

No tubas? Damn!! Probably end up like Sampson and Delila if the let them inside the rotunda anyway.

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Cheri's avatar

The wisdom in this post is particularly epic. "In a world of Mark Zuckerbergs, be a Bob Hope." I would buy that t-shirt. Great work today, sir. Thank you.

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

Everyone of the Republicans could be a target. All of them said something negative about Trump in private in their past and there's lots of tattle tails....so popcorn and lots of shots of whisky. Trump doesn't need anyone because he's God...sir

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Sarah's avatar

It’s all loyalty to Trump except that he has to answer to his dear leader Putin. They are so cowed, stupid and dangerous that the MAGA lemmings claim their fealty to orange Putrumpin. Our new reality is that Putin is the Wizard of Oz in this scenario, the man behind the curtain running the whole fake machine and the media supported by the oligarchy have bowed down to Russia.

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MargaretT's avatar

Kind of like loyalty tests in a pogrom. We need to unite over major issues, like saving our democracy, and steel ourselves for the future.

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Mary Hall's avatar

I just learned that tomorrow (Sunday 1/19) is National Popcorn Day! 🍿

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Susan Keefer's avatar

Never have been on Facebook and never will.

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Joel Rosenfeld's avatar

It was a nice forum and way to re-up with people you may have lost touch with.

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James Starr's avatar

agreed...I want to see what my friends and family are up to....I hardly see them in my FB feeds anymore... all I get lately is right wing propaganda pages that I do not and will not ever follow.. I am getting tired of blocking them... I must block 20-30 of them on a daily basis...and not only are they MAGA nich pages, they are full of lies and misinformation. This is what Fuckerburg wants....Also my friends dont post as much as they used to...they are sick of it as well....If it were not for a few groups that I follow and enjoy I would so delete my FB page right now....in fact I might end up doing so in a couple weeks... Clapper is the new alternative to TikTok for those who like that... and we need an alternative to Instagram , too... anything that is NOT META.... I use Instagram for marketing my photography business but tired of getting locked out over the most minor infractions

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Eva Porter's avatar

I get a lot of sites that seem itching for a response; I just close them out.

I shitpost and follow family. That is my life

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I get a bunch sexy women posting on my feed asking to be followed. They look like high class escorts.

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

High class Russian escorts

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

They ruined the red light district in Amsterdam, by filling it with trafficked women, so Yes.

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James Starr's avatar

i get those , too....all manufactured bots...even if they were real, no thanks...that is not what i use FB for

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Robert Eckert's avatar

It has ceased to function even for that. I found someone I interacted with years ago on FB and tried to send him a friend request but the robot told me I evidently did not know this person and could not be permitted to friend him.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Until the damn Sheryl lady taught him to sell ads to the Russians, yes.

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Mary A. Rose's avatar

Ditto for me.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Okay, there's three of us!

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Joel Rosenfeld's avatar

To just say no, never, is playing ostrich. You can Censure what/who you view. I have host of people I've reconnected with and I avoid any political bullshit

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Margaret's avatar

It is unethical to support dishonest media. There are a lot of us ostriches.

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Susan Keefer's avatar

I refuse to support Zuckerberg.

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Doc Blase''s avatar

Participating in Fakebook-Meta is supporting it.

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KMD's avatar

Plus you get inundated with ads & political lies & bullshit & now no more fact checking. Want to reconnect with old friends? Send them a freaking email.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Frankly, ever since it was started, I have regarded Facebook as a playground for narcissists. I can't tell you how uninterested I am.

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Janan Broadbent's avatar

Joel - there are people I would never be able to connect with otherwise..I am with you on this. To those who think this is supporting Zuck, how? I am not paying any $$.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

My adblocker works on FB so I am not even viewing those who are paying money to Zuck.

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Jayme Wolworth's avatar

FOUR!

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Totally with you Zuck is an official ass kissing oli and going down with the boat as the captain of a sinking yacht: another fucker that woke up on 3rd base thought he hit a triple but just a MAGGOT who is sure is an Avenger super hero.

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Burke's avatar

Donnie is inspired by Adolph. The long knives are out for the disloyal.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Night_of_the_Long_Knives

Display honor or honesty and you're out!

Lots of job openings. Only slimeballs and incompetents are welcome to apply.

The Bird Brain exile was not a surprise. Nikki had the opportunity to do the right thing. Fulfill her promise to the anti-Trumpers who gave her $50 million. She screwed up big time. After Donnie insulted her and her husband she should have slammed him to the ground. How in the world do good people crumble and sell out to this evil stupid shit head?

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Cyndi Merrill's avatar

Good people don't. Nikki isn't, that's all.

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Doc Blase''s avatar

It's almost as if everything Dumpty touches, dies.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

May he touch himself.

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Dina's avatar

Nobody else will.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

😂🤣Loony Loomer seemed pretty hot for him. If we ever needed proof she is mentally ill, that cinched it.🤮

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Burke's avatar

Speaking of slimeballs and incompetents. Here's your new IRS Commissioner:

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Billy_Long

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Here's Maggie Haberman (NY TImes) predictably trying to sane-wash Trump's approach to having a targeted but ever moving shit-list: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=M1NABPJ9wnY

She was puzzled that Mike Pompeo wasn't on the enemies list. I'm sure Pompeo was grateful for her naming him specifically as an overlooked enemy.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

She's such a piece of effluent and his biggest cheerleader. If we ever get our country back she should be persona non grata.

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

Pompeo will get his chance.

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Margaret's avatar

FINALLY!!!!!"After careful consideration and consultation with constitutional experts, President Biden – like the American Bar Association last year – concluded that the ERA had met all the requirements for inclusion in the Constitution. He decided that the Oath of Office he took upon assuming the presidency – the Oath to “preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States” – meant that he should formally announce that conclusion to the world."

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Stranger Than Friction's avatar

I wish I could celebrate this purely virtual victory. In actuality, however, it means nothing has changed, and since the RW has control over ALL three branches of our government, nothing will for at least the next two years.

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Margaret's avatar

We will MAKE it change.

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Cassandra Here's avatar

The fate of Rudy Giuliani should have been a cautionary tale for all these idiots.

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Linda Weide's avatar

Too bad none of them ever felt it necessary to crack a history book open to see their possible fates. There are so many ways to get rid of people, and Trump is a master at ugliness.

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Joel Rosenfeld's avatar

That's because those Maga morons are NOT Republicans. The word fascist fits

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

They are the brown shirts that get purged for being violent, uncontrollable mad dogs. They don't know their history.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Zuck will only get worse. He will forever lack the character to rise to maturity and figures he has enough wealth to just hide from the challenge. Fuck dat guy.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Zuck is a total wimp...and to think Facebook was created to talk about hot girls. I think that was it.

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Stephen Brady's avatar

You just know he was the dork in his HS who was stuffed into his locker every day... And that sorry wig only makes it worse.

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Mary A. Rose's avatar

I wish the bullies had locked the locker.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

He started off as a sniggering little incel who wanted to win points with the bullies by creating his hot chicks app in college. He grew richer but not greater, as a human being. Same as the other tech bros.

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Joel Rosenfeld's avatar

He needs to take a page out of Mark Cuban's playbook.

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Cat Cafe's avatar

Elon, too. These guys are all the whiny dorks seeking revenge and finding out that still nobody likes them. Because they're ASSHOLES.

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PTW's avatar

Donald likes them----because they have money and willingly give him some.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

I don't think he likes them. As a narcissist, that's not in his make-up. He just uses them.

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PTW's avatar

He "likes" them as long as they keep shoveling money his direction. And the feeling is mutual. The oligarchs don't "like" Donald as a friend, a cool and fun guy to hang with. (The very thought that Donald has any real "friends" is ludicrous. Everyone is just there to use each other.) They are hanging around because they will get what they want from him.

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leigh vanderhamm's avatar

he was ABSOLUTELY that guy!

and his “wig” may or may not be a byproduct of daily swirlies.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

I’ve been telling people to dump Zuck for years, Farcey Pages is one of the largest data mining sites in existence.

Who in the name of Christ on a cannonball, wants to dole out our personal data to the world??

He’s a billionaire for a reason, selling the world’s souls to the highest bidder!!

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Judy Luchsinger's avatar

Because Zuck probably had trouble attracting girls.

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Joel Rosenfeld's avatar

Just showed his lack of confidence and self-respect. Explains why he had to buy getting in Trumps good graces. Still a wimp

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Ya think he was a geek, we all know he was stuffed in his locker by the smallest football player on the girls team.

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P123Sunny's avatar

“… that were out of his league.” 😏

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counterlife's avatar

It was created to rate women on their "fuckability" sometimes using photos without the to be "rated" women's knowledge or consent. That is why I've never looked at FB. By then I was old enough to be practicing the "when someone tells you who they are, believe them the first time" advice attributed to Maya Angelou. You can't change them and most of the time they are not capable of changing themselves.

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Joel Rosenfeld's avatar

Not even his idea, Susan. The idea was thought of by 2 college friends

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Except they were not friends (they were jocks who paid him to do their homework types)

Yeah, everyone misses the point that that was what the Winklevoss twin douches pitched to him, but he realized it could be so much more, and designed it that way. It was very enjoyable for some time when they enforced the TOS. Then Sheryl taught him how to monetize it, the Russian trolls started dumping money into ads, and ruined the platform The richer he got, the more he came to resemble the privileged douchey Winklevoss twins.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

And to think this schmuck talks about “masculinity”…uh…he’s definitely not gonna fit into that category!

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Jayme Wolworth's avatar

I would think that "Tech-Bro" Billionaires would have a better sense of self-esteem but these idiots are the most insecure little boys that I have ever seen. Zuck and the Muskrat just want to be loved by someone even if it's MAGA idiots. Pathetic.

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Joel Rosenfeld's avatar

Jayme, you hit the nail right on the head. You also described the Big Orange Blob!

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Cheryl ODonnell's avatar

These guys are just so thrilled thinking they finally have friends, when in reality their puppet strings all lead back to Putin.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

This has always been the point Cheryl!!

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Cassandra Here's avatar

He’s still the frat boy who created FB to rate girls. He’s a dick with a lot of money. As Jeff says, ‘don’t be a dick!’ Too late for Zuck, he started out as one.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

No, he was the nerd the Winklevoss jock douchebro twins told to design it for them. He became them, by all the money made.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Excellent point Cassandra!!

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Joel Rosenfeld's avatar

Lets no forget, he stole the Facebook idea from two college friends

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KMD's avatar

It's unfortunate that most people don't know that. Just like most people don't know that Elon Musk didn't invent the electric car & was NOT the founder of Tesla! That would be the real engineers Martin Eberhard & Marc Tarpenning, who founded Tesla in 2003. Musk just happened to strike it rich when he & Peter Thiel sold PayPal to EBAY, & he began buying up shares of Tesla , soon becoming its largest shareholder, & becoming the CEO in 2008.

Musk is not an engineer. His degree is in business. And if it weren't for the huge US government subsidies he received, SpaceX would not exist.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Hmmm… “friends”. That guy has never had friends. I’m guessing from infancy. Never. Who would want to have to spend time with him if there was any alternative? Who would go to dinner or a game or a show? Who would invite him over to hang out listening to records? No one.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

They were not friends, the Winkelvoss twins were douche-bros who wanted the platform to rate girls, Zuck was the computer nerd, they knew they could get to make it happen, because they were dumb jock-penises. Being a nerd, he figured it could be used for far more than their short-sightedness. Unfortunately success had made him as big a republican douche as they are.

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Bonnie Council's avatar

In his gigantic underground bunker.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I hope his wife divorces him.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

I know nothing of her life, causes, public statements. Which makes me think she’s fine with the life.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

She married him. So there was a reason. Don't know her so really don't know.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

He wanted to change the world in a good way, and was a liberal when Priscilla Chan married him, he has soured with all the money into a libertarian. She is involved in many kids charities, most libertarians just want to lower the age of consent. And not pay taxes.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Let's just hope they will dissolve into a puddle of chaos and dysfunction and that Dear Leader chokes on a burger. I imagine no one in this community has lived through an authoritarian takeover of their country, so as long as we have humor and each other, maybe we can reach the other side of sanity.

Hadnt heard the Bob Hope Story. VERY nice.

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Charles Austin's avatar

Bob had a lot of class.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

He sure did!!

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Lisa59's avatar

The wet dreamers are going to fuck it all up. I wonder how many of Mike Johnson's Joshua Generation followers are being hired for government positions. They're white Christian Nationalists groomed as teenagers to infiltrate the government. One thing King Shitpants has done is expose the weaknesses in our government. As much as I want to blame Garland, it was the infighting within our Institutions that oppressed evidence to hold King Shitpants accountable. Protecting white wealth and its privileges will never change.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

I'd like to know when the majority of regular people will revolt and resist. Do you see that coming? A revolution or a civil war? I feel like I'm surrounded by lazy, entitled morons. I think something will have to give....I just wonder when will enough be enough?

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Lisa59's avatar

I don't think so. You're right. We have too many that are lazy and apathetic. Over 81 million couldn't get off their fat asses and be bothered to vote. We had an insurrection. That didn't change a fucking thing. Our children are murdered in their classrooms. They don't give two fucks if we live or die. So, here we are on the brink of a neoliberal oligarch takeover.

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Sam Maruca's avatar

We need to keep fighting. I aspire to be on the Orange Lizard’s hit list.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Lizard libel, he's more of an orc.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

The time will be when the shit-weasels see their name on ‘the list’ wieners piss themselves first then whimper themselves to sleep.

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Lisa59's avatar

I'm laughing, but it's so true. Look how many have gone to jail...for him?? 🤣 I'm mean...oh, fuck. How dumb do you have to be? Narcissism is a bitch.

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Karla's avatar

Most of them dissolved into a puddle of chaos and insanity the last time and they will again this time. Everything he touches dies.

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Cathy Wray's avatar

Hopefully

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Darrell Smith's avatar

Stalin "eliminated" everyone who was smarter than him. That is the truth, look it up. What if Trump "eliminates" everyone smarter than him?

What if Trump has already made a deal with Putin? "Take America, just spare me". Even if this is not going to happen, lots of people will be surprised to find themselves in the Soviet "Union". Because of Trump and the Republicans, we no longer live in the United States.

Look for a disaster to happen any minute. It is supposed to be 16 and windy in DC for the "ceremony" on Monday. Frostbite is the least of their worries.

I have been here since Truman. Fuck Nixon, Fuck Reagan, fuck Trump. They all deserve what they get.

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Kate's avatar

And fuck both Bushes too!

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Margaret's avatar

Same weather forecast for the Women's March in Wisconsin. I'll be there because I give a fuck. Hey Anus-face, Shitlist THIS!

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Lisa59's avatar

Minnesota too! Fuck, it's going to be cold. But, I'm going.

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Margaret's avatar

Thanks. I love my Tribe!

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Lairbo's avatar

Everyone in Trump's Techbro Politburo is smarter than him, and with egos to match. Sooner or later, one or more of them will feel like they've kissed as much ass as they paid for and/or face a shareholder rebellion over some costly concession to Dear Leader that's one smooch over the line.

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Donna M Hebdo's avatar

He would be the only one left if he eliminated everyone smarter than him!

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Darrell Smith's avatar

Exactly.

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Deborah Hunter's avatar

As a fellow Boomer, born when Truman was in the WH, I totally agree with you.

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Rhoda Ozen's avatar

He’s moving the Inauguration inside due to the cold.

Who gets to go inside? Are his fascist followers going to have to hang outside?

You know how that fucking guy is. Gonna be too cold for Him is what he meant. Christ on a cupcake the next four years are going to be hell…

I think I’m going to have to leave the states and live elsewhere.

https://www.npr.org/2025/01/17/nx-s1-5265674/president-elect-donald-trump-moves-inauguration-indoors-citing-frigid-temperatures

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Dave Drell's avatar

maybe you have to fork over $100 per seat to get inside ( all proceeds go to the

prez election committee aka his back pocket ?)

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Rhoda Ozen's avatar

I think it’d be typical of the Felon they voted for to be our president albeit he’s not our president. But you hit it on the head, actually I wish I had a cudgel so I could hit him in the head…

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Douglas's avatar

The U.S. is going to be a satellite of Russia....any & ALL decisions will be made on that basis...and for Ds monetary gain. Nonsense of D supporting Ukraine is ridiculous. Europe MUST step up ...for Christmas sakes they've had 3 years to figure this out.

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SeekingReason's avatar

Trump is occupying the office Illegally, illegitimately. Not one order he makes should be carried out. Resistance in full begins in 3 days. I consider any Democrat attending the inauguration to be complicit in welcoming Fascism. Bill Clinton, W Bush and Obama are skipping the inauguration LUNCH….not good enough!

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Cathy 98280's avatar

I’m glad they will attend the ceremony. (And not sorry Michelle and others have opted out - their choice reflects their disgust at what’s-his-face.) The former presidents are showing, with class, what our “democracy” should ALWAYS be. It’s the OFFICE of the presidency that matters, not the man, or asshole - (whatever) - that matters.

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Jeanne Leduc's avatar

I disagree. The office is not, and never will be the same thanks to srcotus. There is no need for any of them to support it.

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Bonnie Council's avatar

I agree that it's the proper thing to do, it shows class, but the fact is, that will be lost on trump. He counts numbers, that's all. He won't (and never does) see a statement being made; we won't (and never does) see them trying to teach him class and how to be Presidential. All he sees are how many people show up. And that is so damn childish it makes me want to vomit. And terrifies me for our future.

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Schnauzermom's avatar

Trump’s never had class.

Oh, and a round of applause for the Space Nazi’s exploding rocket!

Though I must admit when I saw the video my first thought was “that’s what he’s going to do to our country.”

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Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

Now, now, the rocket didn't explode. According to Elno, it had an "unscheduled disassembly". What an idiot.

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Dave Drell's avatar

What a fantastic EUPHEMISM! Did that doofus actually say “unscheduled disassembly”? George Carlin is rolling in his grave!!!

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Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

Yes, from what I read, he posted on X that the rocket experienced an unscheduled disassembly. He is such a dweeb. And the harder he tries to be cool, the more of a dweeb he looks.

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Teri's avatar

Max, melon came super close to making a pig prettier by putting on the lipstick.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

Count of Mostly Crisco is constitutionally ineligible to hold the Presidency or any other federal office. It is profoundly disrespectful to the office to treat the usurper as a legitimate incumbent.

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Dave Drell's avatar

Count of Mostly Crisco… good one RE

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Robert Eckert's avatar

I stole it from somebody so feel free to steal it onward

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Dave Drell's avatar

Reminds me of the old Crisco joke:

An old lady is walking around in a supermarket calling out, "Crisco, Crisssssssco!"

Soon a store clerk approaches and says, "Lady, the Crisco is in aisle D."

The old lady replies, "Oh, I'm not looking for the cooking stuff. I'm calling my husband."

The clerk is astonished. "Your husband's name is Crisco?"

The old lady answers, "Oh no, no, no. I only call him that when we're out in public."

"I see," said the clerk. "What do you call him at home?"

"Lard ass."

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Permian Extinction's avatar

Definitely hoping for Total Resistance at every level.

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Tess's avatar

“Shit List Island”…..love it! My mom always used the term “shit list!” Haven’t heard it for a few years…so thanks! hahaha. It’s getting scary out there-that is for sure!

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CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

You should live at my house - it’s used multiple times a day as well as the F word. If it’s good enough for Uncle Jeff, it’s good enough for me.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

Just goes to show you that folks like Nikki Haley inspite of all of her bootlicking and ass kissing, got banished to the hilariously described shit list island. It will be interesting as hell to see how many others who don't show loyalty, disobey or finally say enough of this bullshit get sent to the dear leader version of purgatory for bad MAGAs. If anyone deserves to be banished to an island for the rest of his twisted life, it's the felon who takes office starting on Monday.

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Mary A. Rose's avatar

I'm quite happy about what is happening to Nikki Haley. She deserves it for not sticking to her campaign schtick. There is no going back for her---good riddance.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

Like

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Jayme Wolworth's avatar

Poor Birdbrain Nikki is getting exactly what she deserves as far as I'm concerned but I sure wish she would have seen it coming so we would have America's first black woman president being sworn in on Monday.

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Marie Drozdis's avatar

As a nurse, we used to refer to "the fecal roster."

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Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

Shit List Island of Misfit Politicians.

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

The song ‘Shit List’ by the band L7 has been getting a lot of play here at chez O’Brien.

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Margaret's avatar

I'll be in the Women's/People's March tomorrow, giving the finger to the MAGAts, and the pathetic Shitler. Wish me luck.

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Ellen McKenzie's avatar

Me too. At my age I should be willing to risk a fall down the State Capitol steps to protest the Orange Rind.

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Margaret's avatar

At my age (72) I AM willing to risk a fall--and frostbite. Too bad Shitler doesn't have the balls to take it.

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Schnauzermom's avatar

I wish I could be there. I’m with you in spirit!

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Dave Drell's avatar

“The Whole Worlds watching!” repeat a million times.

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Margaret's avatar

We said that too.

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Margaret's avatar

I did it! It was wonderful marching with "My People!" And I only fell once--on the steps leading up to my back door as I got home, LOL. No damage except to my ego.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

I’ve been waiting for the pink stocking caps.

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Ellis Weiner's avatar

It goes w/out saying that the more people are purged from gov't. and replaced by MAGA loyalists, the more stupid and inept gov't. will become. Journalists should cultivate sources inside to monitor and explain how things get increasingly fucked up. It probably starts Monday (if it hasn't started already). The idiots will walk in, take over, and have no idea what they're doing. You could probably fill a daily Substack with such stories.

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I'm counting on being able to fill a daily Substack with such stories

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Susan Burgess's avatar

Oh my god we’ll be ripe for a takeover by. . . Oh wait it’s already happened.

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Ellen McKenzie's avatar

If Donnie purges everyone smarter than him, Tommy I-wish-I’d-worn-a-helmet Tuberville remains. He has no worries whatsoever.

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Mary A. Rose's avatar

The last time the Orange Felon was in office, the place leaked like a sieve. The blunders will be epic.

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steve robertshaw's avatar

I just hope there's some media company somewhere out there still left to report them.

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Mary A. Rose's avatar

All his minions love to go running to the press with their stories! It was so rich. The Pentagon stories will be amazing with a drunk Peter Hegseth and his three gin-and-tonic breakfasts. Krazy Eyes Patel trying to arrest all the Democrats and ending up in court each day. I'm sure the Cheney's are just waiting for him. Tulsi Gabbard not getting any intelligence from our allies. Just sitting there with her listening devices. The next impeachment of the Felon when the Dems take the House in 2026.

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Mark Carlson's avatar

Add Senator Jodi Ernst to the purge pile...almost. She saved her cowardly ass just in the nick of time, voting yes for Hogsbreath's DOD cabinet role. The demand for compliance to the Melon Felon will make a female combat veteran and sex abuse survivor wipe her memory clean and blindly obey. All Rs, check your spine at the door!

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Jayme Wolworth's avatar

Joni is certainly a disappointment, isn't she? I wish that at some point they do the EVERYONE EVERYWHERE ALL AT ONCE rebellion against the fELON, he certainly can't attack ALL of them at once but they're not smart enough to figure that out. I mean he can and will attack them one by one or a couple but if they all say HELL NO to his crazy ass then we might stand a chance at saving the union. Daydreaming. Again. lol

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

Mark, that’s been the problem all along. A Republican finds his spine, stands up to the CF, & is primaried & loses his seat. The Rethugs do need to learn that they can only win by standing together against tRump

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Sam Maruca's avatar

Just shows that the Orange Lizard is not the real problem. The real problem is that we are just too lazy and stupid for self-government. What’s the solution for that??

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P123Sunny's avatar

“Petition for blue states to start doing whatever we want and then sell it as modeling Trump”.

- @deirdreassenza.bsky.social

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Susan's avatar

The whole mess is still so very hard to wrap my mind around. Watching these dickweeds bow and scrape before that bloviated piece of shit is disgraceful.

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Kay-El's avatar

1. Orange Fuckwit has no clue who those thousand “new hires” are. Out standing in the rain when they don’t measure up to those “high standards” of bullshit

2. What’s worse than being on Donny’s shit list? Plenty, but I’d take it as a badge of honor. Except for those that are still trying to kiss his ass.

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Marie Drozdis's avatar

Maybe it's ok to lie and pledge loyalty to Trump to get a job. That's what the Repubs do, anyway. Lie, after pledging to support the Constitution and other rightful ideas.

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Kay-El's avatar

Emulating the GOP may be a winning strategy for some. At least for me, the GOP is not on my list of people I’d follow for tips for getting hired.

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Dave Drell's avatar

Best comment, Marie!!

They are nothing but a bunch of lying ,self serving, moronic, cretins.

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

I heard $500,000,000 in "donations" to the inauguration fund. Anyone seen offers to pay people to attend? Given the antics around the 2017 inaugural, 2025 should be ridiculous.

There's still time for a coronary

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Permian Extinction's avatar

All acts of Nature welcomed. Who would have thought a Vance Administration would be something to hope for?

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Bonnie Council's avatar

They're moving the "festivities" indoors because it's going to be "cold." Damn. Indoors where is my question, since there'll be "millions and millions - billions!" - of spectators.

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

Tank the TV ratings

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

The rotunda. It's not huge.

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Jayme Wolworth's avatar

I give it a few months. I believe that they have plans for the fELON and will take him out of play one way or another. He's too toxic even for the worst of them, even the 20 "red seat" senators up for re-election in 2026.

Meanwhile we have 3 House seats to win.

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Mary A. Rose's avatar

I'm hoping the Felon makes everyone so miserable that the Senate turns blue again with the House.

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Rhoda Ozen's avatar

In my case I mean a girl could dream…

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Donald Lipkis's avatar

Nikki Haley should be a case study for all those who want to surrender in advance and suck up to Trump after disagreeing with him at any time in the past. She will always be “birdbrain”, will never have a position in his administration, and has destroyed her political future. She will remain on MAGA’s hate list.

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Fluttbucker's avatar

If Ms. Haley were able to write checks for a mutually agreed upon sum, her status in Trumpworld would be back in play.

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Krista Allen's avatar

My one glimmer of hope is the fact that the Convicted Felon decided to use his political capital to threaten invasions of Greenland and Canada, which have both blown up in his face and which very few Americans (much less Greenlanders and Canadians) want. That plus the fact that he's already walked back most of his campaign promises hopefully shows that the next two years will be a lot of rake-stepping and posturing.

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Teri's avatar

Are Day 1 mass deportations: First, they were to begin within the first few minutes after inaug. Then it was going to target currently in jail immigrants who had committed crimes. j d said something, which I ignored. Last night, sanctuary cities were the target. So I feel less worried. CF can't remember at Noon what he said at 10 am.

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Dave Drell's avatar

What country will allow our jailed inmates to come to their country?

None!

Has any procedure been thought out?

None!

Will this deportation work?

Nope!

Get used to the idiocy of their decisions

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James Stanley's avatar

That "offical portrait"? what a sneering, squirrel-eyed f@ck. Tough guy in diapers. He ain't messing around this time!

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Mingo's avatar

The "official portrait " looks just like his mugshot.

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

I think it is.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Even the worst of the world's dictators want to look like "good guys" in their official portraits -- the benevolent Papa, not comic book villains. They're laughing at him and his demented idiocy.

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James Stanley's avatar

Right? He looks like some uber-villain from a spy novel

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Dave Drell's avatar

He’s about as tough as an inebriated

hamster. What a punk bully wuss

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