I had toyed with writing about the release of the body-cam video of Renee Good's murder, but Heather Cox Richardson did such a good job with it last night it didn't seem necessary for me to.
Jeff, seriously -- take a mental health day whenever you need one. Get out in nature if you can, enjoy your favorite foods, watch a movie you KNOW will make you laugh, listen to some great music, and give Ms. Spouse a hug. We will be happy to wait for you to return, rested and rejuvenated
Jeff, I took a "mental health" day Thursday. All I did all day was cry. Oh, I did brush my teeth. I think. So I guess a mental health day must mean more that vegging out and staring at the cobweb in the corner. Next time I will put on music and sing at the top of my lungs. Maybe do some yard work. If I can shovel enough snow to find the yard.
Suggestion, Jan- although most of it is depressing on its face, the music of Leonard Cohen ( Montréal Jewish Canadian) calms me down. If you get down into the zone, there's nowhere to go but up. "The Partisan Song" is particularly appropriate, as well as "First We Take Manhattan." And for a really low mood "Famous Blue Raincoat." It's like wallowing in warm mud to make you cleaner and stronger.
Leonard's music is so lovely, and his VOICE. Whenever I hear 'First we take Manhattan' it tends to stay with me for the entire day. I've been using Peter White's guitar music (Smooth Jazz) to listen to - for HOURS on end,...think I have every CD he's ever issued so will stick one in my little kitchen CD player and go away somewhere when being here is too painful.. At night they play a lot of his music (among others I love) on the all night Dish TV station (968 Impressions on the East Coast) I keep on for Luka (the dog) and me. It calms him down as well and allows us both to sleep the little we do.I wonder now if there's a Leonard Cohen 'channel' I could leave on all night as well?
I would think the "...everyone else hasn't already said?' part would be the most difficult. But you (and Lucian Truscott) seem to give us unique information/viewpoints every day!
I took it for granted you were of the same 'class' as Billy Connolly and Robin Williams...who made it clear they didn't really write down (preparatorily-wise) what they'd do, but just let it come to them. I still think that's how it works with you - since 'mocking the most' certainly fits both of their comedic, public styles. I hope I'm not being too presumptuous in this comparison: I adore both of them too and AM paying you a compliment. I simply can't quite comprehend how it all works for Mrs. Spouse despite her own super-sized brain power. Perhaps that IS the secret? Having a partner with equal comedic understanding and functioning brain cells along with a compassionate heart? Without the latter we all would not be following you and feeling as caught up as we are. Without your brand of mockery we might just say 'ho hum, seen one Jon Stewart, seen 'em all'. ;) It IS a rare (and to be admired) talent.
Jeff: more and more is coming out about her murder AND even the still shots of her body not only behind the air bag in her driver's seat but also being brutally manhandled (lifted by her ankles and wrists 'like a sack of potatoes' as eye witnesses phrased it' to have us all weeping buckets - again. I RE-wept when the female mayor/police chief spoke out about how she couldn't even use the name of that person (in our white house) as her voice choked up - I realized that because SHE is black and intelligent, she's another who'll now be added to his (s)Hit list. I'm so beyond rage...am now deep into fury. I had no idea I could ever get there. The 'fuck you's did allow me to laugh - so thank you for those. You have no idea how much I needed them at this time. AND, fwiw, when MY obituary is read - I can only hope that some of it specifies that I Saved and took care of so many lovely deserving animals, made some decent music, made a few people laugh AND pissed off the big orange pumpkin head enough to help cause that same fucking head to explode! I DO know now that I could walk right up to Bovino and call him a rat-faced homunculus while punching HIM in the nose without batting an eye AND add that he worships an even fuglier cowardly POS than himself. YOU are a godsend to so many of us.
Honest question: does anyone ever understand Homan when he starts making noise? I'm not referring to the word salads that everyone in this administration produces: I genuinely cannot understand Homan--it's as if he jammed a peanut-butter-filled sock in his mouth and then started proclaiming how much he enjoys bring a Nazi. I cannot even swear he's speaking English--except that, if he wasn't, he'd be shipped to El Salvador ASAP.
I'm old enough to remember when they started as "R.B.'s" and you actually saw the beef roasting in a glass cage...and they used REAL ice cream and milk in their shakes!
Jeff's perspective & humor have now become absolutely vital - helps more than any other substack to process (& then laugh at) all the madness. All the "noise." Has gotten to the point I can't start the day w/out reading Jeff's posts. Thankful he writes daily - and that I'm semi-retired - don't have to "start the day" until I feel like it, most days.
The first time I saw him, I thought he was one of the illiterate, ignorant MAGA hillbillies at a diner, that NYT and CNN like to interview for their worldly wisdom of the present state of affairs.
Honest answer? I find him impossible to listen to since he GARBLES out what I'm assuming are supposed to be words? but don't quite get there. Then there's bobby brainowrms with his HORRID voice (I don't give a flying fuck for the reason).These are frump's choices for his new 'cabinet' since in truth HE wanted to be able to say that HE did all of the jobs by himself - the first one ever all 'handled' by one person. Didn't dawn on him that he'd actually have to do WORK.
I desperately want Noem arrested and thrown in jail with no access to hair extensions, fillers or cute cowgirl outfits. This shallow, vain, preening woman needs to be stripped of any position of power. She's been at the top of my shit list since that little stunt of posting herself posing in three different cowgirl outfits on line and asking people to vote on which they liked best — while they were searching for the bodies of drowned kids in Texas.
i haven't had cable for nearly 30 years ... i'm certain i didn't miss much!
it's not difficult to keep up with all the krap going on. everywhere ya go there's a tv with some kinda/sorta news thangy blaring away. ya just have to learn how to sift the positive from the never-ending tragic events. i do get 2 PBS channels the old skool way ... directional antenna! and internet. like everything else ya gotta learn where to not go!
We gave up the Sunday shows a while ago except Face The Nation. Now Marg is kool-aid- infused as well so bye-bye. We're enjoying our Sundays much more!
All of those shows are basically GOP showcases, and have been for decades, with 4 or 5 Republicans for every Democrat. When Bush was in power they said they needed to tell people what the people in power were prioritizing; when Obama was in power, they said it was important to give time to the opposition.
My wife worked for CBS in Cairo when it was the best news outfit going. It's sad to see what the bean counters, and now worse, the tech broligarchs, have done to it. But in fact I haven't watched network news in decades. A media takeover has been part of the fascists' plan for a long time. Now they are right out in the open with it, just like they are with murdering citizens in their cars.
my thoughts exactly ! . Today I watched Aerial America on the Smithsonian Station instead of those morning " news " channels . Pretty bad when news hosts who used to have chance at being objective have completely capitulated .
🤯🤯🤯😱😱😱😱😱💀💀💀💀💀💀🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 I canNOT stand that (supposed) female. She really is fodder for a super-max cell in Florence--sooner the better. May we never ever hear another lie from her filled and botoxed lips again. Ever.
FBI agent Asha Rangappa has written a piece where she shows using FBI standards that this is a wrongful shooting. It is an important piece which people should be widely sharing before the Trump FBI gets their story out, people should already know what the story is.
Thank you. Lady Emsworth. I am so glad she got the story out there before Trump's FBI does, because who tells the story first owns it. That is what we can do, is spread this before the FBI gets their report together. Asha should own this FBI perspective on the story.
Arne, they must be stopped. I believe there are senators drafting legislation to try to stop them. I also think that there are states doing the same thing.
CALL your Senators and Reps. Talking to their offices has more of an impact than e-mailing, but do BOTH. Be adamant and tell them to stop funding ICE and Dept. of Defense.
I went to a vigil today in White Plains NY where, among other things, all these names were read aloud & repeated by the crowd. Very moving & very important.
Yes. They were fact checked by the Democrat Abroad attorney in Belgium.
I have a pdf which includes the dates they were murdered by ICE and their ages, and countries of origin. I do not know how to post it. I could make a Substack and post it that way. Give me a moment. Here it is.
Thanks. Apparently people are now supporting his actions or grifting with G0-Fund-Me's for him. They are all illegal and someone posted a suggestion to have us report them.
Here she explains how to do it too.
Monte Mader on Instagram: "gofundme - typically allow for funds to be raised for a violent crime caught on camera and let it violate your standards WHEN HE’S NOT EVEN ARRESTED? Here’s an action item today - there’s a direct link for the go fund me in @catsonacouch stories! But I’ll put the link in comments as well #deconstruction #exvangelical #currentevents #news"
If you report, state “This fundraiser violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service section 8.10”
Then there were two more that people brought to my attention. This one.
Donate to Official ICE agent Johnathan Ross Fund, organized by D Lee
This is the official fundraiser for Mr. Johnathan Ross. The brave ICE agent who is a vict… D Lee needs your support for Official ICE agent Johnathan Ross Fund
Donate to ICE OFFICER Jonathan Ross, organized by Clyde Emmons
After seeing all the media bs about a domestic terrorist getting go fund me. I feel that the of… Clyde Emmons needs your support for ICE OFFICER Jonathan Ross
They point out that either this or the one above is fake. Also, other reasons to put in the comment section to take it down are:
Here is a clause In the fundraiser that disqualifies the Gofundme the key word is violence-->8.7. any equipment or weapons meant for use in conflict or by an armed group, explosives, ammunition, firearms, knives, or other weaponry or accessories;
8.8. any activity in support of terrorism, extremism, hate, violence, harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorist financing, extremist financing, or money laundering;
Good question. Maybe someone in ICE leaked it. As with Trump's first administration, people tire of the chaos, or he goes farther and farther and leaves them behind.
It looked and sounded to me that Ross was documenting their car, perhaps because he'd seen them around ICE raids before. The couple were allegedly ICE followers. If you noticed, Becca Good told Ross, "...and we'll have the same license plate when you see us this afternoon."
The administration thinks that doubling down , them tripling down on the lie will make it stick . No matter how many times you try to tell people that a cow has become a bull , it just ain't happenin .
I'm struggling too, Jeff. Thanks as always for showing up and doing the work. I'm headed to protest with my FUCK ICE sign. My husband was in advertising. He says keep the message short and always give the reader an action to take, so I'm very proud of the professionalism of the sign.
Jesus, Jeff, Do it. Trust me when I say everyone in this community would understand. You're always telling everyone to take of themselves. You should too!!
I am too ill with the K-flu to do more than browse my various Substack subscriptions, but I wanted to say to Jeff Tiedrich exactly what you said, Susan. It's good to know I can count on you to cover for me!
They’re all playing roles in this fucked-up fantasy world they’ve created for themselves. Noem has a full wardrobe of theatrical costumes to choose from.
Big ass earrings with every outfit. The rest of the world is doubled up with laughter at her cosplay fascism. Too bad she's too much of an ignorant backwater isolationist to care.
Again, ugly is from the inside. All the Botox and hair extensions in the world couldn't make Kristi Noem attractive without a major character makeover. And she still will have killed a dog, so maybe it's hopeless.
I saw that! I loved his speech so much I saved it to watch a few times. Like chicken noodle soup for the soul.
He nailed it—she’s an embarrassment, playing dress up, wearing a 10 gallon hat to cover most of her face like her agents, and a complete and utter moron, not even really managing anything—except her looks.
I saw that! I loved his speech so much I saved it to watch a few times. Like chicken noodle soup for the soul.
He nailed it—she’s an embarrassment, playing dress up, wearing a 10 gallon hat to cover most of her face like her agents, and a complete and utter moron, not even really managing anything—except her looks.
Jeffries is trying. Health care is his brief and he's been sort-of successful of late. The problem is that we need someone with fire, not a corporate bureaucrat. We need a hero.
It's not the job of the speaker to be "fire." It's their job to know every member of their caucus so well that they can persuade them to vote as a block. He has done that. He's been an excellent speaker, and I hate that we've been shooting ourselves in the foot over and over by claiming otherwise because we mistakenly believe the speaker's job is to give fiery, inspiring speeches
Chuck is stoking up on Metamucil in preparation for the budget deliberations. Why do we cling to an obsolete senority system to select the Senate Leader? They have to AGE into that position?
AOC is one of the least qualified people in the entire caucus to be speaker, for about a dozen reasons. Again, the main job of the speaker is organization — having relationships and ability to speak to members of the party from most progressive to least progressive, not to be pretty, sassy, publicity hungry and say a lot of things we agree with. AOC holds no leadership position whatsoever and is thus untrained for the job. I will add she is starting to grow a little — initially she worked overtime to raise money all of which she kept, diverting it from swing district candidates despite her district being so blue she can't lose. She has moved on to helping other candidates. She has passed no legislation. Maybe in a few years she'll be more productive — she has improved — but it's unrealistic to propose she should be SPEAKER now.
More of the same? You mean, using every tool the minority has to block the worst GOP measures and keeping his caucus together to never lose a vote, something Mikey Johnson undoubtedly envies desperately. No, you don't give the House Speaker job to someone inexperienced and untrained who has served in no leadership position just because some of us are pouting that magic hasn't happened.
One of the most consequential Speakers was Henry Clay, elected during his first term in the House. And no, I don't expect magic. But something like having your entire caucus gather on the steps of the Capitol every day, or at least weekly, to show a united front against this shitshow would be nice. Sitting back and effectively doing nothing because "We're the minority, what can we do?" shows complacency (bad) or apathy (worse), leading voters to think, "Why even bother?"
Who is Corey? I've always assumed Noem was supposed to be the face of DHS because she looks llike a phoney model and ess dangerous. But she killed her dog AND she was proud of it. So, to me, she looks like a monster.
Jeff you sure don’t need our permission to take a day off. Maybe we should all take a day off and unplug. But first, fuck ICE, X, Krispy Gnome, Crazy Eyes, Steven “cadaver” Miller, Pam Blondi, JD, Pete flippin’ Hogsbreath, Liddle Marco, Prez looking-for-his-pudding cup and all his corrupt family, yadda yadda.
Fucked up irony: Listening to Noem this morning falsely bragging about getting rid of murderers and rapists while working for and praising a murderer and rapist.
I know what you mean- definitely a head shaker! We just want to get thru the rest of the madness. I wonder if anyone will figure out he’s just a talking mannequin for Putin.
That Level 4 Travel Advisory that warns of "wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure" can be applied to any American city that is being invaded by ICE. This is tRump's America: an unstable, dangerous, dysfunctional shithole.
Oops, I see Jeff already covered that. My bad for being stopped by that graphic and not reading his column in its entirety. The sheer irony of how applicable that Travel Advisory is to our own occupied cities just stunned me.
It's in the UR consciousness, if one doesn't say it, another will, as it swirls around waiting for an oracular vessel and another scribe to get out his pen!:) Thanks to Mr Tiedrich for the work!:)
Len Parnas said to Dean Blundell that Dulcy Rodriguez, Venezuelan VP, and acting president is the Steve Miller to Maduro. She had all the contacts to Russia, China, Iran. She was just the front person and the person Trump was mostly dealing with in his first regime. She is well placed to carry on what Trump wants, but it she is also unreliable for the oil companies, because the moment Trump is out, she won't play ball any more. It seems like she also sold Maduro out. If she is the Steven Miller figure, then Donald Trump should beware of Steve Miller.
Would our military just save the country and STOP the Nazi regime once and for all? The very idea that our allies would have to defend themselves and Greenland from our "merry band of fuckwits" is staggering.
As a veteran I have said this from the start… way back in October when he had his Hitler’s loyalty 2.0 meeting with the generals:
He can bluster all he wants, he can try to start wars, he can threaten till he he has another stroke….
But real wars require LOTS of money, and to get that money you must get Congress on board.
The military runs on paperwork and money and orders.
The military operations you have witnessed so far have been small special operations bc that is all he can do with his limited access to military funded operations (special operations and CIA etc)
An all out invasion requires lots of people, lots of money. Soldiers don’t get deployed for free. It’s not how it works. So take comfort in that knowledge.
He can stir the pot, but he’s got no money for the ingredients.
Agreed. The Magadministration are so out of control that they may be responsible for a global financial meltdown and a consequent Stalin era style famine across the US. This could well happen very quickly if the EU are militarily abandoned and threatened enough by Trump. Then they, together with China, may just decide to call in the entirety of America’s national debt. In this increasingly possible scenario crypto currencies are not going to be the wealth safe havens the tech bros imagine they are. As for American citizens presently residing in Venezuela, if armed local militia are already hunting US citizens and those compliant with them down across the entire country, in revenge for Maga’s actions, K.I.S.S. or Keep Inside and Stay Silent is the best advice. Running for your nearest airport will just get you killed no matter how aware you are of your surroundings.
The potential loss of power and money will move Congress to act—they don’t want to lose that.
It’s why we have already began to see a shift in Congress over the last week. It’s starting to actually affect them in a bad way. It will snowball—their hand is now being forced.
From what I read, if the EU even stops investing in the U.S. (i.e., stops buying our paper), the economy will spiral down. If they call in the debt, we're toast, overnight.
But Rump & Co. are waaayyyy too stupid to know that.
They really are either that stupid or being advised by a hostile player. An enemy that wants America broken by civil conflict. I do not have enough information to decide which. Maybe both !
And after I wrote that, I thought, it's not stupidity, although they ARE stupid. They simply don't care, as long as they get theirs. Which they're scrambling to do every day.
I firmly believe there are handlers far back in the shadows who are calling the shots. I'm guessing even Miller and Vought don't know for sure who they are. These handlers play on the world stage, so what happens to the U.S. is considered only in light of how it affects world finances and other factors. They are disaster capitalists, to use Naomi Klein's term.
At this point, with the economy in the toilet, Americans of all stripes would be outraged at money going to this. Mikey Johnson is probably wetting his pants.
That’s a dream, Mary. They have the power and they know they will be voted out. Do you really think they’re going to allow a free and fair election? I think we all must wake up to the fact that there is a civil war on.
This fear about elections needs to stop because it discourages people from voting. "They" at the federal level can do very little about fair and free elections, but your state can, and we need to be looking at what our state is doing with clear eyes and less fear. A lot of what they're doing is sloppy and will hurt Republicans as well — for instance, here in Ohio they have passed a law tossing any mail-in ballot that hasn't arrived by the close of polls on Election Day. Our goal should be to educate and turn out our voters.
I have no fear about the elections. I saw what happened in 2024, I see us edging closer to the invocation of the Insurrection Act, and I expect nothing in the way of midterms. I'm a realist.
You are so right! People don’t understand that the states still run the elections. And any governor who wants to can get the National Guard to watch over polls where intimidation is more likely. 👹
I hear you but I’m not saying this out of fear. Everything this regime is doing points to exactly that. Of course, if we have any election at all, I’ll certainly be the first in line. I think people are angry enough to not be afraid to go and vote. But I do thank you for your point, Anastasia.
We need to pay attention to their ACTUAL tactics, such as voter role purges based on not having voted in the last election. Here in Ohio, voter protection groups have organized to call the voters and make sure there wasn't a valid reason for dropping them (mostly moving, occasionally voter died) and let them know if they want to vote they should re-register and tell them how.
I agree there is a civil war on. The right has been talking about that forever, because it is what they have wanted. So many things they say are disregarded, because they don't make sense, but when we recognize the pattern of every accusation being a confession, it's much more clear. They've been trying to get race wars going since at least the 60s...trying to create a war & blame it on someone else.
Yes, relying solely on the facts and the law. Some of them will get away with it. The important thing is to do it quickly. Indictments should start flying in January 2029.
What the fuck is he doing in that lead video? He looks like he's having some sort of medical emergency. I fully expected to see people rushing in to grab him and get him to a hospital. Seriously, what kind of President acts like that? It's just too fucking stupid for words.
Need to know what kind of pathetic losers are attracted to MAGA: Just take a good look at miller and steve chueng and then read a few of their posts. It explains a lot.
Donny Dipshit couldn’t care less about some random American citizens caught up in his crazy down in Venezuela. Remember during the pandemic when he didn’t allow the Covid cruise passengers to come ashore because it would affect his “numbers”?
It’s almost like the village idiots from all over our country organized a political party to elect the top village idiot to be President!
Not only does it describe the current situation in this country, it’s a list of what the US has imposed on various countries around the world since at least 1898, not to mention the genocide imposed on the indigenous peoples of North America.
"thank you, everyone, for keeping it peaceful. Donny and his minions are super fucking horny to invoke the Insurrection Act and declare martial law. we must not give him reasons."
Not sure why you think he will need a reason when he invokes/declares it. He will do it whether people are peaceful or not.
The overblown rhetoric parroted by every member of the administration since Wednesday is the back-up plan. If the Jan. 6 ICE thugs can't provoke Americans into violence--as they are trying so hard to do--then the Nazis in the White House and Congress will simply declare that it happened. Just as they're constantly braying that Good was a violent, murderous, domestic terrorist activist.
'His' obsession with oil, without regard to its present value or difficulty processing it, reminds me of a Twighlight Zone episode. It's the episode where some 20th century thieves pull a caper to steal gold, induce coma for 100 years, and awake with riches...gold in a world no longer looking for them. When the greedy thieves all perish from each other by murder, and exhaustion trying to carry the gold bars through the desert, a 21st century hoover craft arrives at the last dead thief and muse why he has gold bars since gold was a cheap manufactured item.
Rod Serling was such a bright guy and a keen observer of human folly. Another one of my favorite episodes was a misanthropic librarian (played by Burgess Meredith, I think) who only wanted to read books and eschewed human contact. There is some cataclysm like a nuclear war that leaves him alone and he's overjoyed to now have the solitude to do just that. Then he breaks his eyeglasses.
obsolete...obsolete...I think about that episode whenever I have to buy a new phone or computer as the engineering plans its obsolence, they "manufacture need" for new accessories and software. Now, they are making ownership obsolete by making software subscription rentals, buying up housing with private equity and only renting at exorbitant prices and banking 50 year mortgages so we can continue to sell our souls to the Company Store.
They've forced us to purchase our health care, i.e., our very lives, back from insurance companies through high monthly premiums and devastating deductibles. Interest amounts exceed principle on home mortgages, so we'll need a lifetime to pay them off, if ever. AI is taking our children's jobs and future. A coup would be a mad hatter's tea party at this point.
There's some right-wing doomsday "investment" company that runs TV ads about how vital it is to invest in piles of gold, as insurance against the coming economic collapse (according to them we were already in it, when Biden and Powell were getting the Demento v1 economic debacle sorted).
'Cause, of course, when the world economy collapses, the first thing everyone will want to eat is gold; they'll also be clamoring for gold to stoke their fireplaces.
It's not. Too many fucking idiots did not even bother to vote. Would that have swung the election to Kamala? Possibly, even probably, since many who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 did not turn out in '24. This is a redux of Germany in the 1930s. In the 1933 election, the Nazi party received just under 44% of the votes. They were not the majority. Intimidation of the citizenry but also apathy and a failure to adequately grasp the horrendous evil and brutality they would bring. Just like here, now.
Again. How do you know those non-voters would have voted for Harris! You DON'T. They more likely would have voted for Trump. Why can't you blame the REPUBLICANS who voted for Trump and the REPUBLICANS who will do nothing about this disgusting regime. Those who voted for Biden were voting for a WHITE MAN. They did not want Trump, but were not willing to vote for a BLACK WOMAN with a laugh. Better a WHITE MAN who cannot dance.
I did not say she would have definitely won, but I have seen metrics that showed that many Biden voters of '20 did not turn out in '24. Kamala came pretty close. It's likely that a good number of Biden '20 voters would have supported her, possibly enough to propel her to victory. Of course I blame all the idiots who voted for him most of all. The GOP made inroads with Hispanics, white suburban women, and younger voters. Their propaganda is very effective, and the lack of critical thinking skills helps, as does the tactic of hitting the latent racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and anti-LGBTQ bigotry that enough Americans have. Absolutely there were many who would rather vote for a convicted felon/adjudicated sexual assault perpetrator/insurrection fomenter/adulterer/liar/ and probable Epstein co-conspirator than a qualified Black/Caribbean woman. I definitely blame them.
Bottom line, we'll never know the what-might-have-beens. There were voters (I'm beyond typing the word ignorant at this point, it's considered a given) who voted for Biden in '20 and then jumped on trump's bandwagon for some reason in '24. We're all doing what we can in our limited states of helplessness, and these conversations all add to the zeitgeist.
A lot of non-voters openly said they would not vote to "teach the Democrats lesson." And the media relentless pounded on Harris to discourage her voters. Turnout was way down.
Same ones are out there now, still trashing Biden and Kamala, as well as any AIPAC-funded legislator or candidate, AND anyone over the age of 45. Combine that with the "election was rigged" crap, and it's a recipe guaranteed to make people ambivalent about getting to the polls (again).
Exactly . A repeat of Nazi Germany. Slack jawed Idiots stayed home and didn’t Vote, misreading the danger completely! And Musk games the voting machines and the entire counting apparatus.
Lo IQ voters and massive manipulation of all the swing states. WHY did Harris not protest? Did she not have a team that saw what happened? That was inexcusable!
"...many Biden voters of '20 did not turn out in '24." To repost a comment I've made before:
In 2024, there was widespread vote caging; secret purging of voter rolls to the tune of tens of thousands of votes (voters didn't know until they arrived at the polls); provisional ballots tossed because reasons; mail-in ballots tossed on questionable technicalities; rules changed after voting had begun; and other GOP dirty tricks. There were stark, measurable anomalies among the totals (e.g., on the same ballot, votes for Dems down the line, except for Drump; huge numbers of bullet ballots), possibly due to interference by Elon's hacker posse. Greg Palast has said that if every legal ballot had been counted, Harris would have won.
Bottom line: we don't really know how many people actually voted or didn't, and what the results actually were. How do we know that people who voted for Biden in 2020 weren't blocked from voting in 2024?
I believed it! I know gay couples who voted for Trump. I know newly minted citizens who voted for Trump. I know good-old boys who voted for Trump. They are still in Trump's camp. They are all afraid of Black people taking over and treating them with contempt. They are all afraid of Women running the country. Talk to these frightened people and you will lose hope than all can be turned around. None of them will get flu shots any longer because of what it does to your insides. Right! They are out there in large numbers!
Yes, the phenomenon of voting against your own interests is troubling and speaks to the level of cognitive myopia that exists in America today. Why would anyone in a marginalized community vote MAGA? Egg prices were too high. Or they hate the recent immigrants, even though everyone not indigenous is a descendant of immigrants. Or they are misogynists. Or they are ammosexuals. It is hard to understand, but to paraphrase my daughter when I mentioned personal biases playing into people's politics, she said, c'mon Dad, a lot of it is that they are fucking idiots. Fini.
That's the tough part. We must protest peacefully. The voters must hold the congressional Republican quislings accountable. The judges, especially the fascists on SCOTUS, must perform their duties to the Constitution. Going forward, the lifelong appointments to SCOTUS should be rescinded. The mechanism to impeach SCOTUS justices who are openly corrupt, like the Gruesome Twosome of Thomas and Alito, should be codified. And we the American people must take seriously our duty to ourselves and understand unequivocally that because we choose our own leaders, we truly get what we deserve, for good or ill.
As a cradle-to-grave Roman Catholic, I will remain horrified until my final breath how the Republican Catholic SCROTUMS and Aimless Coney Island Barrett on SCOTUS have destroyed the rule of law in this country.
I agree with you in theory, Doc, but if the GOP continues to control the elections, how does any of that agenda get done? To regain fairness may take years, just as it took the GOP to get control in the first place.
I may be going out in a limb but isn’t the future energy sources going to revolve around solar, wind and nuclear and fossil fuels be less needed in industrialized nations? I would think China understands this. And China does not need Greenland they’ve been cultivating relations w many sub-Sahara countries that have immense reserves of critical/rare minerals.
Livingin Minneapolis is very scary, every trip has to be planned to avoid ICE invaded neighborhoods. Husband wanted to go to protest planned yesterday but I vetoed, he's 77 with a wonky heart and bad knees. I hope theyounger folks can keep up tge protests. I have heard (unverified) that MPLS police are getting many reports of abandoned vehicles, doors open some with pets inside.
I just heard Police Chief O'Hara on MS-NOW, talking about the abandoned vehicle calls his cops have been handling. Not only a car with a dog left inside, but the police also had to deal with a car that was still in drive! The January 6th ICE thugs ripped the driver out of the car, it seems, before the victim could even put the car in park.
And now Gawd's Anointed King Trump has a new target to grab--and it's...CUBA!
The president took to Truth Social first thing to share half a dozen posts from other people and graphics, but they all had a theme: Trump pondering taking Cuba.
The first post was a share from conservative Marc Thiessen, who wrote, "The Cuban regime has survived every president since Eisenhower. Wouldn’t it be something if that streak ended with Donald Trump?"
AP: Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!”
“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO!” Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.
Externally forced regime change invariably destabilizes the country. It often leads to a power vacuum where the formerly marginalized factions now see their chance to seize power. American conservatives never learn. Their dewy-eyed idealism is informed and corrupted by their naked avarice.
folks, I cannot lie. I came *this close* to declaring a "mental health day" and just going back to bed
I had toyed with writing about the release of the body-cam video of Renee Good's murder, but Heather Cox Richardson did such a good job with it last night it didn't seem necessary for me to.
https://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/january-10-2026
And the Sunday Gasbag shows have Killer Kristi and Homan on both lying their asses off.
well, that gives me something to write about tomorrow
Jeff, seriously -- take a mental health day whenever you need one. Get out in nature if you can, enjoy your favorite foods, watch a movie you KNOW will make you laugh, listen to some great music, and give Ms. Spouse a hug. We will be happy to wait for you to return, rested and rejuvenated
pull out your old vinyl and play some dead in memory of bob weir
Jeff, I took a "mental health" day Thursday. All I did all day was cry. Oh, I did brush my teeth. I think. So I guess a mental health day must mean more that vegging out and staring at the cobweb in the corner. Next time I will put on music and sing at the top of my lungs. Maybe do some yard work. If I can shovel enough snow to find the yard.
Suggestion, Jan- although most of it is depressing on its face, the music of Leonard Cohen ( Montréal Jewish Canadian) calms me down. If you get down into the zone, there's nowhere to go but up. "The Partisan Song" is particularly appropriate, as well as "First We Take Manhattan." And for a really low mood "Famous Blue Raincoat." It's like wallowing in warm mud to make you cleaner and stronger.
We've been here before sweetie.
👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻 Love it!
Leonard's music is so lovely, and his VOICE. Whenever I hear 'First we take Manhattan' it tends to stay with me for the entire day. I've been using Peter White's guitar music (Smooth Jazz) to listen to - for HOURS on end,...think I have every CD he's ever issued so will stick one in my little kitchen CD player and go away somewhere when being here is too painful.. At night they play a lot of his music (among others I love) on the all night Dish TV station (968 Impressions on the East Coast) I keep on for Luka (the dog) and me. It calms him down as well and allows us both to sleep the little we do.I wonder now if there's a Leonard Cohen 'channel' I could leave on all night as well?
Great comment!! We all need to support one another, especially now.
And how 19th Century Fox continues to pour gasoline on the fire. They are going WAY out of their way to incite more violence.
Yet they are so mainstreamed now that’s RARELY brought up as a factor…🫠
They must’ve had a large shopping bag full of of cash to get him to show up.
Is it difficult to choose what to write about, given there is just so much shit to choose from? Just curious...
topmost is 'what can I mock the most?'
and if there's nothing to mock, it's 'what can I be the angriest about?'
and there's always 'do I have a point to make, or something to add that everyone else hasn't already said?'
I would think the "...everyone else hasn't already said?' part would be the most difficult. But you (and Lucian Truscott) seem to give us unique information/viewpoints every day!
Well, you do it all well. I especially like the humor, since I love to laugh. Thanks.
The Epstein Files are always in season.
When in doubt, post the palate cleaner....
I took it for granted you were of the same 'class' as Billy Connolly and Robin Williams...who made it clear they didn't really write down (preparatorily-wise) what they'd do, but just let it come to them. I still think that's how it works with you - since 'mocking the most' certainly fits both of their comedic, public styles. I hope I'm not being too presumptuous in this comparison: I adore both of them too and AM paying you a compliment. I simply can't quite comprehend how it all works for Mrs. Spouse despite her own super-sized brain power. Perhaps that IS the secret? Having a partner with equal comedic understanding and functioning brain cells along with a compassionate heart? Without the latter we all would not be following you and feeling as caught up as we are. Without your brand of mockery we might just say 'ho hum, seen one Jon Stewart, seen 'em all'. ;) It IS a rare (and to be admired) talent.
I highly recommend Shiva Baby on Netflix!
Jeff: more and more is coming out about her murder AND even the still shots of her body not only behind the air bag in her driver's seat but also being brutally manhandled (lifted by her ankles and wrists 'like a sack of potatoes' as eye witnesses phrased it' to have us all weeping buckets - again. I RE-wept when the female mayor/police chief spoke out about how she couldn't even use the name of that person (in our white house) as her voice choked up - I realized that because SHE is black and intelligent, she's another who'll now be added to his (s)Hit list. I'm so beyond rage...am now deep into fury. I had no idea I could ever get there. The 'fuck you's did allow me to laugh - so thank you for those. You have no idea how much I needed them at this time. AND, fwiw, when MY obituary is read - I can only hope that some of it specifies that I Saved and took care of so many lovely deserving animals, made some decent music, made a few people laugh AND pissed off the big orange pumpkin head enough to help cause that same fucking head to explode! I DO know now that I could walk right up to Bovino and call him a rat-faced homunculus while punching HIM in the nose without batting an eye AND add that he worships an even fuglier cowardly POS than himself. YOU are a godsend to so many of us.
Honest question: does anyone ever understand Homan when he starts making noise? I'm not referring to the word salads that everyone in this administration produces: I genuinely cannot understand Homan--it's as if he jammed a peanut-butter-filled sock in his mouth and then started proclaiming how much he enjoys bring a Nazi. I cannot even swear he's speaking English--except that, if he wasn't, he'd be shipped to El Salvador ASAP.
If somebody HASN'T stuffed a peanut butter filled sock in his mouth - can I do it?
Preferably a sock my teenage son has been keeping under his bed a while. . .
Ha! That’s a mental movie I’ll enjoy for the rest of the day.
It's not a peanut butter filled sock.
It's a half dozen Arby's filled with Horsey Sauce that are jammed in his mouth...
Sorry, but those used to be the BEST sandwiches (years and years ago)!
I'm old enough to remember when they started as "R.B.'s" and you actually saw the beef roasting in a glass cage...and they used REAL ice cream and milk in their shakes!
I rely on honest reporters like Jeff to tell me what the liars in the regime say.
Jeff's perspective & humor have now become absolutely vital - helps more than any other substack to process (& then laugh at) all the madness. All the "noise." Has gotten to the point I can't start the day w/out reading Jeff's posts. Thankful he writes daily - and that I'm semi-retired - don't have to "start the day" until I feel like it, most days.
The first time I saw him, I thought he was one of the illiterate, ignorant MAGA hillbillies at a diner, that NYT and CNN like to interview for their worldly wisdom of the present state of affairs.
And you were correct!
CRO Magnon Homan
Honest answer? I find him impossible to listen to since he GARBLES out what I'm assuming are supposed to be words? but don't quite get there. Then there's bobby brainowrms with his HORRID voice (I don't give a flying fuck for the reason).These are frump's choices for his new 'cabinet' since in truth HE wanted to be able to say that HE did all of the jobs by himself - the first one ever all 'handled' by one person. Didn't dawn on him that he'd actually have to do WORK.
I desperately want Noem arrested and thrown in jail with no access to hair extensions, fillers or cute cowgirl outfits. This shallow, vain, preening woman needs to be stripped of any position of power. She's been at the top of my shit list since that little stunt of posting herself posing in three different cowgirl outfits on line and asking people to vote on which they liked best — while they were searching for the bodies of drowned kids in Texas.
She’s another malignant narcissist just like the felon. The entire regime is filled with them.
Her face would melt completely.
Jeez! True about her cowgirl clothes?
https://www.facebook.com/mjjochum/posts/kristi-noem-was-busy-posting-cowgirl-portraits-of-herself-on-instagram-instead-o/10238059626647834/
I can't watch that crap. I gave up on mainstream media some years ago. God Bless Mr. Jeff for doing it so that I don't have to.
i haven't had cable for nearly 30 years ... i'm certain i didn't miss much!
it's not difficult to keep up with all the krap going on. everywhere ya go there's a tv with some kinda/sorta news thangy blaring away. ya just have to learn how to sift the positive from the never-ending tragic events. i do get 2 PBS channels the old skool way ... directional antenna! and internet. like everything else ya gotta learn where to not go!
Same here, never had cable until husband wanted international soccer all the time.
Can't watch any of it.
Ditto. I CAN NOT stomach the bullshit coming from TRump and his Clown Car Cabinet. Nope.
We gave up the Sunday shows a while ago except Face The Nation. Now Marg is kool-aid- infused as well so bye-bye. We're enjoying our Sundays much more!
Bari Weiss has turned that into DEFACE THE NATION!
My friend and I used to call the Sunday shows collectively "Press the Face"
I call them This Weak, Press The Meat and Deface The Nation.
19th Century Fox is in a class all by itself
Well said. 👏👏👏
All of those shows are basically GOP showcases, and have been for decades, with 4 or 5 Republicans for every Democrat. When Bush was in power they said they needed to tell people what the people in power were prioritizing; when Obama was in power, they said it was important to give time to the opposition.
My wife worked for CBS in Cairo when it was the best news outfit going. It's sad to see what the bean counters, and now worse, the tech broligarchs, have done to it. But in fact I haven't watched network news in decades. A media takeover has been part of the fascists' plan for a long time. Now they are right out in the open with it, just like they are with murdering citizens in their cars.
my thoughts exactly ! . Today I watched Aerial America on the Smithsonian Station instead of those morning " news " channels . Pretty bad when news hosts who used to have chance at being objective have completely capitulated .
Just Jump on CBS Sunday Morning. It's worth watching!
It's hacks all the way down.
🤯🤯🤯😱😱😱😱😱💀💀💀💀💀💀🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬🤬 I canNOT stand that (supposed) female. She really is fodder for a super-max cell in Florence--sooner the better. May we never ever hear another lie from her filled and botoxed lips again. Ever.
It's time to restore Alcatraz...and put every one of these Trump thugs in it.
California doesn’t want those assholes - even in an old prison.
I read "Alligator Alcatraz" (but forgot they didn't take it down when a judge ordered it).
That is their only act .
FBI agent Asha Rangappa has written a piece where she shows using FBI standards that this is a wrongful shooting. It is an important piece which people should be widely sharing before the Trump FBI gets their story out, people should already know what the story is.
https://open.substack.com/pub/asharangappa/p/friday-round-up-1926?utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Democrats Abroad and Indivisible Abroad are also holding vigils in person and virtually for all of the people killed by ICE.
ICE Victims
Abelardo Avellaneda Delgado
Brayan Garzón-Rayo
Carlos Roberto Montoya Valdez
Chaofeng Ge
Delvin Francisco Rodriguez
Fouad Saeed Abdulkadir
Francisco Gaspar-Andrés
Gabriel Garcia Aviles
Hasan Ali Moh’D Saleh
Henry Ruiz Guillén
Huabing Xie
Isidro Pérez
Ismael Ayala-Uribe
Jean Wilson Brutus
Jesus Molina-Veya
Johnny Noviello
Josué Castro Rivera
Juan Alexis Tineo-Martinez
Kai Yin Wong
Keith Porter
Leo Cruz-Silva
Lorenzo Antonio Batrez Vargas
Maksym Chernyak
Marie Ange Blaise
Miguel Angel Garcia Medina
Nenko Stanev Gantchev
Nhon Ngoc Nguyen
Norlan Guzman-Fuentes
Oscar Rascon Duarte
Pete Sumalo Montejo
Renee Nicole Good
Santos Banegas Reyes
Serawit Gezahegn Dejene
Shirez Fatehall Sachwani
Silverio Villega Gonzalez
Tien Xuan Phan
Please let me know if you know of ones that are missing from this list.
To see the full list is heartbreaking. And these are just the ones confirmed. Who knows how many more have died at the hands of this fascist regime.
I wish that apart from "Likes" there was some way we could flag IMPORTANT posts like this one.
I have been sharing it wherever I could.
That piece by Asha cuts through all the crap the opposition have been presenting.
The DOJ itself says, more politely than I do:
"Standing in front of a car DOES NOT GIVE YOU THE RIGHT TO SHOOT THE DRIVER. MOVE YOUR FAT ASS OUT OF THE GODDAMN WAY!
Thank you. Lady Emsworth. I am so glad she got the story out there before Trump's FBI does, because who tells the story first owns it. That is what we can do, is spread this before the FBI gets their report together. Asha should own this FBI perspective on the story.
OMG! So many murders? I truly did not realize that there had been so many killings. Can ICE be stopped?
Arne, they must be stopped. I believe there are senators drafting legislation to try to stop them. I also think that there are states doing the same thing.
CALL your Senators and Reps. Talking to their offices has more of an impact than e-mailing, but do BOTH. Be adamant and tell them to stop funding ICE and Dept. of Defense.
Yes. Do both.
No words.
I just wrote this to find a way to post this pdf of the people with a bit more detail that I got at a virtual vigil this evening.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lindaweide/p/thirty-five-people-were-killed-by?r=f0qfn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
I went to a vigil today in White Plains NY where, among other things, all these names were read aloud & repeated by the crowd. Very moving & very important.
Great! I think many of our vigils had a piece like that in it.
In Solidarity!✌🏾
Read it. It’s a very important piece.
Thank you for sharing the full list of ICE murders. Enraging!
US Blues, here is a list with the date they were killed, their age, and home country.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lindaweide/p/thirty-five-people-were-killed-by?r=f0qfn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Thank you!
Hi again Linda. Have these names been fact-checked? I’d like to repost them. Thanks!
Yes. They were fact checked by the Democrat Abroad attorney in Belgium.
I have a pdf which includes the dates they were murdered by ICE and their ages, and countries of origin. I do not know how to post it. I could make a Substack and post it that way. Give me a moment. Here it is.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lindaweide/p/thirty-five-people-were-killed-by?r=f0qfn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
One thing HCR didn't mention was - how did that video get "leaked" to the press? It was his own phone, not an official body cam.
Had he been sharing his "kill" with friends?
Why was he even filming it ON his own phone?
Read Ross uploaded it himself to some ultra right wing site thinking it proved he was correct in his actions
Thanks. Apparently people are now supporting his actions or grifting with G0-Fund-Me's for him. They are all illegal and someone posted a suggestion to have us report them.
Here she explains how to do it too.
Monte Mader on Instagram: "gofundme - typically allow for funds to be raised for a violent crime caught on camera and let it violate your standards WHEN HE’S NOT EVEN ARRESTED? Here’s an action item today - there’s a direct link for the go fund me in @catsonacouch stories! But I’ll put the link in comments as well #deconstruction #exvangelical #currentevents #news"
www.instagram.com
If anyone is up for getting into some good trouble.
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DTYYXCmEVFG/?igsh=ejRma3J0ODdocG5t
If you report, state “This fundraiser violates GoFundMe’s Terms of Service section 8.10”
Then there were two more that people brought to my attention. This one.
Donate to Official ICE agent Johnathan Ross Fund, organized by D Lee
This is the official fundraiser for Mr. Johnathan Ross. The brave ICE agent who is a vict… D Lee needs your support for Official ICE agent Johnathan Ross Fund
www.gofundme.com
Here’s another one to report:
https://www.gofundme.com/f/official-ice-agent-johnathan-ross-fund?media_id=3807933502696947997_63366161263&media_author_id=63366161263&ranking_info_token=GCA3MWUwYWEzMzU4NDA0ZmNmYjNhNDJlNjFiMjc0MzFhMSWGoKEDJvr+n5YNGBMzODA3OTMzNTAyNjk2OTQ3OTk3KANuaGEA&utm_source=ig_text_feed_timeline
And this one.
Donate to ICE OFFICER Jonathan Ross, organized by Clyde Emmons
After seeing all the media bs about a domestic terrorist getting go fund me. I feel that the of… Clyde Emmons needs your support for ICE OFFICER Jonathan Ross
www.gofundme.com
https://www.gofundme.com/f/ice-offuver-jonathan-ross
Either that one or this one is fake.
They point out that either this or the one above is fake. Also, other reasons to put in the comment section to take it down are:
Here is a clause In the fundraiser that disqualifies the Gofundme the key word is violence-->8.7. any equipment or weapons meant for use in conflict or by an armed group, explosives, ammunition, firearms, knives, or other weaponry or accessories;
8.8. any activity in support of terrorism, extremism, hate, violence, harassment, bullying, discrimination, terrorist financing, extremist financing, or money laundering;
So that is 3 reasons for these to come down.
Good question. Maybe someone in ICE leaked it. As with Trump's first administration, people tire of the chaos, or he goes farther and farther and leaves them behind.
It looked and sounded to me that Ross was documenting their car, perhaps because he'd seen them around ICE raids before. The couple were allegedly ICE followers. If you noticed, Becca Good told Ross, "...and we'll have the same license plate when you see us this afternoon."
ICE is Trump's private military. Invading cities to arrest immigrants is just training. They will be after all of us soon.
Going door-to-door, according to Vance.
Here is a list of the people killed by ICE since Trump became president.
https://open.substack.com/pub/lindaweide/p/thirty-five-people-were-killed-by?r=f0qfn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
The administration thinks that doubling down , them tripling down on the lie will make it stick . No matter how many times you try to tell people that a cow has become a bull , it just ain't happenin .
Jeff, please go and find a patch of grass and spend some time touching it!!!!
Maybe batter under it
I'm struggling too, Jeff. Thanks as always for showing up and doing the work. I'm headed to protest with my FUCK ICE sign. My husband was in advertising. He says keep the message short and always give the reader an action to take, so I'm very proud of the professionalism of the sign.
LOL 50 times. You just made my day.
Exactly! Laughed so freaking hard!!! 👏🏻🤣👏🏻🤣👏🏻🤣👏🏻
Excellent; thanks for showing up. If I were in the country, this former advertising person would have a sign saying "MELT ICE."
MELT ICE and ICE MELT are two popular signs up here in upstate NY.
Excellent! And upstate NY might need that to have a double meaning this winter—stay warm but be hot on the streets!.
Lots of "CRUSH ICE!" here in Houston. And they draw such great crushed cubes, too!
😎😎😎
My sign says Ice is Lying. I think everyone knows what that refers to.
Jesus, Jeff, Do it. Trust me when I say everyone in this community would understand. You're always telling everyone to take of themselves. You should too!!
Adjust your own oxygen mask before attempting to assist others.
I am too ill with the K-flu to do more than browse my various Substack subscriptions, but I wanted to say to Jeff Tiedrich exactly what you said, Susan. It's good to know I can count on you to cover for me!
LOL. Well, great minds and all that. TAKE CARE OF YOURSELF! I hope you are feeling better soon! 😘💙
Or just throw up some memes
Jinx!
We would all completely understand if you took a mental health day—it’s been that bad!
Do take comfort in the fact that Kristi Noem just had the worst interview she’s ever had—I love that for her.
She’s a Botox bloated evil troll that deserves nothing but the worst.
Do you think these people ever have the self-awareness to realize how ridiculous they look (cowboy hat, $40,000 Rolex, hair extensions, lip plumpers)?
I think they are surrounded by so many sycophants that they may actually have no idea—they think they look awesome.
I kinda wonder if that much Botox and filler messes up your brain after awhile.
They all end up looking as horrible on the outside to match their insides after awhile. Everyone of them—That’s the Mar A Largo face.
Fascist Noem is a cruel killer
Who takes orders from vampire Miller
I truly despise
How she belches out lies
From her frozen face full of filler
I hear antisemitism is on rise among MAGAs. If I were Stephen Miller, I'd be worried. If things go South, he'd make a perfect scapegoat.
That evil fuck is an antisemitic Nazi Jew
lol! Love this! Great prose!
😂😂😂
👏👏👏👏
Merde A Lardo
Mierda Lardo for the Spanish speakers.
Mierda Loco
Haha I like that one!
I read the opinion that the Mar A Lago face is for the TV/camera...so they are never caught off guard and always look made up. Truly sick.
Barbies - each and every one of them.
Naw. None of them realize how creepy they appear to us real humans. Trump, for instance, thinks he’s a hunk. I agree, but of what?
We all know the answer to that one.
They’re all playing roles in this fucked-up fantasy world they’ve created for themselves. Noem has a full wardrobe of theatrical costumes to choose from.
Kristi Noem doesn't understand that all the hair extensions and lip fillers in the world can't help her because ugly is from the inside.
Big ass earrings with every outfit. The rest of the world is doubled up with laughter at her cosplay fascism. Too bad she's too much of an ignorant backwater isolationist to care.
The hat was absurd! No real cowgirl or cowboy would ever wear one that was so huge! Only in cartoons.
You know Cory thinks she is gorgeous? Body Dysmorphic Syndrome! Trying to look good…
Cory is like a Lamprey eel. He just attaches himself to whatever woman has power and needs a man.
Bingo.
Well, judging by his priors, he'll "do" anything with ten toes.
Again, ugly is from the inside. All the Botox and hair extensions in the world couldn't make Kristi Noem attractive without a major character makeover. And she still will have killed a dog, so maybe it's hopeless.
Executing helpless animals puts her WAY beyond any chance of redemption. There's no coming back from that.
Exactly. Animals are too precious.
Execute that piece of shit
Ah, that would be a NO. Their ego is so huge that they believe they look amazing. Actually, they look frightening. Do you suppose that is the point?
Kind of like the Stepford Wives if they were designed by Frankenstein....
PERFECT, Linda! Love it!
No.
Nope.
Loved how Rep Moskowitz (D-FL) said in a hearing: “You know she’s not running DHS, right? When someone needs anything, they call Corey”…. Oof burn 🔥‼️
I saw that! I loved his speech so much I saved it to watch a few times. Like chicken noodle soup for the soul.
He nailed it—she’s an embarrassment, playing dress up, wearing a 10 gallon hat to cover most of her face like her agents, and a complete and utter moron, not even really managing anything—except her looks.
Haha - thx for the verification… it’s been a lot to take in(!)
I saw that! I loved his speech so much I saved it to watch a few times. Like chicken noodle soup for the soul.
He nailed it—she’s an embarrassment, playing dress up, wearing a 10 gallon hat to cover most of her face like her agents, and a complete and utter moron, not even really managing anything—except her looks.
We need him as House Minority Leader (or Speaker)
Or, just stick with Hakeem Jeffries and expect more of the same
Jeffries is trying. Health care is his brief and he's been sort-of successful of late. The problem is that we need someone with fire, not a corporate bureaucrat. We need a hero.
It's not the job of the speaker to be "fire." It's their job to know every member of their caucus so well that they can persuade them to vote as a block. He has done that. He's been an excellent speaker, and I hate that we've been shooting ourselves in the foot over and over by claiming otherwise because we mistakenly believe the speaker's job is to give fiery, inspiring speeches
Possible ACA extensions are still alive
https://contrarian.substack.com/p/say-when
Interesting idea! Was thinking AOC but she might have other ideas…
Senate Minority/Majority Leader. Put "Mr. Peers Sternly Over His Spectacles" out to pasture
Chuck is stoking up on Metamucil in preparation for the budget deliberations. Why do we cling to an obsolete senority system to select the Senate Leader? They have to AGE into that position?
AOC is one of the least qualified people in the entire caucus to be speaker, for about a dozen reasons. Again, the main job of the speaker is organization — having relationships and ability to speak to members of the party from most progressive to least progressive, not to be pretty, sassy, publicity hungry and say a lot of things we agree with. AOC holds no leadership position whatsoever and is thus untrained for the job. I will add she is starting to grow a little — initially she worked overtime to raise money all of which she kept, diverting it from swing district candidates despite her district being so blue she can't lose. She has moved on to helping other candidates. She has passed no legislation. Maybe in a few years she'll be more productive — she has improved — but it's unrealistic to propose she should be SPEAKER now.
More of the same? You mean, using every tool the minority has to block the worst GOP measures and keeping his caucus together to never lose a vote, something Mikey Johnson undoubtedly envies desperately. No, you don't give the House Speaker job to someone inexperienced and untrained who has served in no leadership position just because some of us are pouting that magic hasn't happened.
One of the most consequential Speakers was Henry Clay, elected during his first term in the House. And no, I don't expect magic. But something like having your entire caucus gather on the steps of the Capitol every day, or at least weekly, to show a united front against this shitshow would be nice. Sitting back and effectively doing nothing because "We're the minority, what can we do?" shows complacency (bad) or apathy (worse), leading voters to think, "Why even bother?"
Jeffries literally, in public, threw up his hands and said, "What can we do? We're in the minority." Not the answer we needed. Or deserved.
Who is Corey? I've always assumed Noem was supposed to be the face of DHS because she looks llike a phoney model and ess dangerous. But she killed her dog AND she was proud of it. So, to me, she looks like a monster.
Shooting a dog in cold blood is irredeemable.
Lewandowski
Noem's side piece
🎯
I saw her renamed ‘Krusti Gnome’ somewhere. Seems fitting.
Love the protestor's sign: "Fascists: You NOEM when you see 'em."
I recall someone saying that they called their garden gnome "Kristi Gnome" because their dog was terrified of it.
Well, I’m certainly terrified of her!
Bahahahaha Evil Troll = Krusty Gnome!
Been using that one since she came on the scene.
Right?! Every. Time. 🤣🤣🤣👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
You are heroic in that you wrote this anyway. But, seriously, take a day off!!!!! We will be fine.
You’re the boss here. You need a mental health day, we’ll understand
Even though you deserve one, Jeff, I’m glad you didn’t. This post is a knockout.
You caught me, Uncle Jeff! I woke up at 4:30a, wrote a short stack, and am now curled up on the sofa with my hoodie pulled over my head.
I sleep in my hoodie. Saves time.
Hang In There Jeff, we need you !! I'm off to 57th and 5th to start marching !!!!
Jeff you sure don’t need our permission to take a day off. Maybe we should all take a day off and unplug. But first, fuck ICE, X, Krispy Gnome, Crazy Eyes, Steven “cadaver” Miller, Pam Blondi, JD, Pete flippin’ Hogsbreath, Liddle Marco, Prez looking-for-his-pudding cup and all his corrupt family, yadda yadda.
You left out Pissant and Brainworm! Fuck them too
💯 - yesterday + this whole week really felt like a decade
Thank goodness the San Francisco beach writers message slipped in and even made me feel a moment's relief.
Not one of us wouldn't understand, Jeff.
Jesus Jeff! Please get some rest. We really need you to take care of yourself and keep writing for us! <3
DO IT! You deserve a rest after all this bullshit!
By all means, take a mental health day. Saying this as a mental health professional who occasionally listens to my own advice.
Fucked up irony: Listening to Noem this morning falsely bragging about getting rid of murderers and rapists while working for and praising a murderer and rapist.
The chance of being a victim of a crime by the DHS is greater than by an illegal immigrant.
And hiring wanna-be murderers and rapists (who succeeded in achieving goal #1 on Wednesday).
and a video has been posted of an ice agent following a detainee into a port-a-potty
What does a dog murderer know?
I know what you mean- definitely a head shaker! We just want to get thru the rest of the madness. I wonder if anyone will figure out he’s just a talking mannequin for Putin.
First , she doesn't write her own script : it is handed to her . She squeaks it out in that puppet voice .
Lewandowski writes them
Yes. That makes sense .
That Level 4 Travel Advisory that warns of "wrongful detention, torture in detention, terrorism, kidnapping, arbitrary enforcement of local laws, crime, civil unrest, and poor health infrastructure" can be applied to any American city that is being invaded by ICE. This is tRump's America: an unstable, dangerous, dysfunctional shithole.
Oops, I see Jeff already covered that. My bad for being stopped by that graphic and not reading his column in its entirety. The sheer irony of how applicable that Travel Advisory is to our own occupied cities just stunned me.
Haven’t other countries put out advisories warning about travel to the U.S.? Ratchet that level up to 11.
If they haven’t yet they should
They have .
Ditto , Doc.
It's in the UR consciousness, if one doesn't say it, another will, as it swirls around waiting for an oracular vessel and another scribe to get out his pen!:) Thanks to Mr Tiedrich for the work!:)
Len Parnas said to Dean Blundell that Dulcy Rodriguez, Venezuelan VP, and acting president is the Steve Miller to Maduro. She had all the contacts to Russia, China, Iran. She was just the front person and the person Trump was mostly dealing with in his first regime. She is well placed to carry on what Trump wants, but it she is also unreliable for the oil companies, because the moment Trump is out, she won't play ball any more. It seems like she also sold Maduro out. If she is the Steven Miller figure, then Donald Trump should beware of Steve Miller.
"Lord Fucksnot". 😂
Would our military just save the country and STOP the Nazi regime once and for all? The very idea that our allies would have to defend themselves and Greenland from our "merry band of fuckwits" is staggering.
It’s the lack of money that will stop him.
As a veteran I have said this from the start… way back in October when he had his Hitler’s loyalty 2.0 meeting with the generals:
He can bluster all he wants, he can try to start wars, he can threaten till he he has another stroke….
But real wars require LOTS of money, and to get that money you must get Congress on board.
The military runs on paperwork and money and orders.
The military operations you have witnessed so far have been small special operations bc that is all he can do with his limited access to military funded operations (special operations and CIA etc)
An all out invasion requires lots of people, lots of money. Soldiers don’t get deployed for free. It’s not how it works. So take comfort in that knowledge.
He can stir the pot, but he’s got no money for the ingredients.
Agreed. The Magadministration are so out of control that they may be responsible for a global financial meltdown and a consequent Stalin era style famine across the US. This could well happen very quickly if the EU are militarily abandoned and threatened enough by Trump. Then they, together with China, may just decide to call in the entirety of America’s national debt. In this increasingly possible scenario crypto currencies are not going to be the wealth safe havens the tech bros imagine they are. As for American citizens presently residing in Venezuela, if armed local militia are already hunting US citizens and those compliant with them down across the entire country, in revenge for Maga’s actions, K.I.S.S. or Keep Inside and Stay Silent is the best advice. Running for your nearest airport will just get you killed no matter how aware you are of your surroundings.
You have clocked it exactly right.
The potential loss of power and money will move Congress to act—they don’t want to lose that.
It’s why we have already began to see a shift in Congress over the last week. It’s starting to actually affect them in a bad way. It will snowball—their hand is now being forced.
Wow. Things I never thought that I would have to read.
It's exactly what I expected in November 2024.
From what I read, if the EU even stops investing in the U.S. (i.e., stops buying our paper), the economy will spiral down. If they call in the debt, we're toast, overnight.
But Rump & Co. are waaayyyy too stupid to know that.
They really are either that stupid or being advised by a hostile player. An enemy that wants America broken by civil conflict. I do not have enough information to decide which. Maybe both !
And after I wrote that, I thought, it's not stupidity, although they ARE stupid. They simply don't care, as long as they get theirs. Which they're scrambling to do every day.
I firmly believe there are handlers far back in the shadows who are calling the shots. I'm guessing even Miller and Vought don't know for sure who they are. These handlers play on the world stage, so what happens to the U.S. is considered only in light of how it affects world finances and other factors. They are disaster capitalists, to use Naomi Klein's term.
Perfect last line! Well put
At this point, with the economy in the toilet, Americans of all stripes would be outraged at money going to this. Mikey Johnson is probably wetting his pants.
That information helps, thanks 😊
NO!!! No to a Military Coup! Make the Republicans in Congress take a hit at the polls and get the entire Cabinet jailed - after due process!
That’s a dream, Mary. They have the power and they know they will be voted out. Do you really think they’re going to allow a free and fair election? I think we all must wake up to the fact that there is a civil war on.
This fear about elections needs to stop because it discourages people from voting. "They" at the federal level can do very little about fair and free elections, but your state can, and we need to be looking at what our state is doing with clear eyes and less fear. A lot of what they're doing is sloppy and will hurt Republicans as well — for instance, here in Ohio they have passed a law tossing any mail-in ballot that hasn't arrived by the close of polls on Election Day. Our goal should be to educate and turn out our voters.
I have no fear about the elections. I saw what happened in 2024, I see us edging closer to the invocation of the Insurrection Act, and I expect nothing in the way of midterms. I'm a realist.
You are so right! People don’t understand that the states still run the elections. And any governor who wants to can get the National Guard to watch over polls where intimidation is more likely. 👹
I hear you but I’m not saying this out of fear. Everything this regime is doing points to exactly that. Of course, if we have any election at all, I’ll certainly be the first in line. I think people are angry enough to not be afraid to go and vote. But I do thank you for your point, Anastasia.
We need to pay attention to their ACTUAL tactics, such as voter role purges based on not having voted in the last election. Here in Ohio, voter protection groups have organized to call the voters and make sure there wasn't a valid reason for dropping them (mostly moving, occasionally voter died) and let them know if they want to vote they should re-register and tell them how.
Agree, unfortunately.
I agree there is a civil war on. The right has been talking about that forever, because it is what they have wanted. So many things they say are disregarded, because they don't make sense, but when we recognize the pattern of every accusation being a confession, it's much more clear. They've been trying to get race wars going since at least the 60s...trying to create a war & blame it on someone else.
Yes, relying solely on the facts and the law. Some of them will get away with it. The important thing is to do it quickly. Indictments should start flying in January 2029.
We can't wait that long. We're only 11 days into 2026 and I'm ready for November.
Each day has felt like a month, so how can it not be November NOW?
2029? Are you nuts? This country won’t last this long.
Tell me how the CURRENT Department of Injustice starts prosecuting the Trump Maladministration.
What the fuck is he doing in that lead video? He looks like he's having some sort of medical emergency. I fully expected to see people rushing in to grab him and get him to a hospital. Seriously, what kind of President acts like that? It's just too fucking stupid for words.
It put me off my breakfast ..... I'm eating here!
He is faking an orgasm. It's all over the internet. What a gross and disgusting man.
Need to know what kind of pathetic losers are attracted to MAGA: Just take a good look at miller and steve chueng and then read a few of their posts. It explains a lot.
Donny Dipshit couldn’t care less about some random American citizens caught up in his crazy down in Venezuela. Remember during the pandemic when he didn’t allow the Covid cruise passengers to come ashore because it would affect his “numbers”?
It’s almost like the village idiots from all over our country organized a political party to elect the top village idiot to be President!
Please don’t forget the Epstein files!
When I saw the travel advisory I thought the exact same thing as Jeff did. But not just Minneapolis. It describes the whole fucking country.
as a canadian just across the border and pining for trader joe's, THERE AIN'T NO WAY
Write them. I bet they’d love to expand into Canada!👹
good idea - the Bellingham WA branch have/had lotta patronage from us in lower mainland BC - someone once had an unofficial branch - will follow up!
Not only does it describe the current situation in this country, it’s a list of what the US has imposed on various countries around the world since at least 1898, not to mention the genocide imposed on the indigenous peoples of North America.
"thank you, everyone, for keeping it peaceful. Donny and his minions are super fucking horny to invoke the Insurrection Act and declare martial law. we must not give him reasons."
Not sure why you think he will need a reason when he invokes/declares it. He will do it whether people are peaceful or not.
The overblown rhetoric parroted by every member of the administration since Wednesday is the back-up plan. If the Jan. 6 ICE thugs can't provoke Americans into violence--as they are trying so hard to do--then the Nazis in the White House and Congress will simply declare that it happened. Just as they're constantly braying that Good was a violent, murderous, domestic terrorist activist.
Or make their own violence and blame peaceful protesters.
Our history is rife with agent provocateurs.
'His' obsession with oil, without regard to its present value or difficulty processing it, reminds me of a Twighlight Zone episode. It's the episode where some 20th century thieves pull a caper to steal gold, induce coma for 100 years, and awake with riches...gold in a world no longer looking for them. When the greedy thieves all perish from each other by murder, and exhaustion trying to carry the gold bars through the desert, a 21st century hoover craft arrives at the last dead thief and muse why he has gold bars since gold was a cheap manufactured item.
Rod Serling was such a bright guy and a keen observer of human folly. Another one of my favorite episodes was a misanthropic librarian (played by Burgess Meredith, I think) who only wanted to read books and eschewed human contact. There is some cataclysm like a nuclear war that leaves him alone and he's overjoyed to now have the solitude to do just that. Then he breaks his eyeglasses.
obsolete...obsolete...I think about that episode whenever I have to buy a new phone or computer as the engineering plans its obsolence, they "manufacture need" for new accessories and software. Now, they are making ownership obsolete by making software subscription rentals, buying up housing with private equity and only renting at exorbitant prices and banking 50 year mortgages so we can continue to sell our souls to the Company Store.
Corporate America, the oligarchy, and private equity are coming for us. Rapidly.
They've forced us to purchase our health care, i.e., our very lives, back from insurance companies through high monthly premiums and devastating deductibles. Interest amounts exceed principle on home mortgages, so we'll need a lifetime to pay them off, if ever. AI is taking our children's jobs and future. A coup would be a mad hatter's tea party at this point.
The Fix is in. And has been for many, many years
Predatory capitalism.
There's also "The Monsters Are Due on Maple Street".....just swap out the aliens at the end for Vlad the Defenestrator Putin.
That's another of my favorites. Suspicion caused by xenophobia among residents who have known each other for years.
Absolutely! Also, Stephen King is also such an observer.
"Time Enough at Last", great episode
My fav is "To Serve Man" (It's. . .a COOKBOOK!!)
There's some right-wing doomsday "investment" company that runs TV ads about how vital it is to invest in piles of gold, as insurance against the coming economic collapse (according to them we were already in it, when Biden and Powell were getting the Demento v1 economic debacle sorted).
'Cause, of course, when the world economy collapses, the first thing everyone will want to eat is gold; they'll also be clamoring for gold to stoke their fireplaces.
Also makes a refreshing beverage!
It's a way to drive up the price....
That was a good episode!!
I can’t believe this is the United States the majority of us want.
It's not. Too many fucking idiots did not even bother to vote. Would that have swung the election to Kamala? Possibly, even probably, since many who voted for Joe Biden in 2020 did not turn out in '24. This is a redux of Germany in the 1930s. In the 1933 election, the Nazi party received just under 44% of the votes. They were not the majority. Intimidation of the citizenry but also apathy and a failure to adequately grasp the horrendous evil and brutality they would bring. Just like here, now.
Democrat: won't vote for Kamala because they heard a rumor that she farted in an elevator 30 years ago
Republican: has no problem voting for Attila the Hun
Again. How do you know those non-voters would have voted for Harris! You DON'T. They more likely would have voted for Trump. Why can't you blame the REPUBLICANS who voted for Trump and the REPUBLICANS who will do nothing about this disgusting regime. Those who voted for Biden were voting for a WHITE MAN. They did not want Trump, but were not willing to vote for a BLACK WOMAN with a laugh. Better a WHITE MAN who cannot dance.
I did not say she would have definitely won, but I have seen metrics that showed that many Biden voters of '20 did not turn out in '24. Kamala came pretty close. It's likely that a good number of Biden '20 voters would have supported her, possibly enough to propel her to victory. Of course I blame all the idiots who voted for him most of all. The GOP made inroads with Hispanics, white suburban women, and younger voters. Their propaganda is very effective, and the lack of critical thinking skills helps, as does the tactic of hitting the latent racism, misogyny, xenophobia, and anti-LGBTQ bigotry that enough Americans have. Absolutely there were many who would rather vote for a convicted felon/adjudicated sexual assault perpetrator/insurrection fomenter/adulterer/liar/ and probable Epstein co-conspirator than a qualified Black/Caribbean woman. I definitely blame them.
Bottom line, we'll never know the what-might-have-beens. There were voters (I'm beyond typing the word ignorant at this point, it's considered a given) who voted for Biden in '20 and then jumped on trump's bandwagon for some reason in '24. We're all doing what we can in our limited states of helplessness, and these conversations all add to the zeitgeist.
A lot of non-voters openly said they would not vote to "teach the Democrats lesson." And the media relentless pounded on Harris to discourage her voters. Turnout was way down.
Same ones are out there now, still trashing Biden and Kamala, as well as any AIPAC-funded legislator or candidate, AND anyone over the age of 45. Combine that with the "election was rigged" crap, and it's a recipe guaranteed to make people ambivalent about getting to the polls (again).
Exactly . A repeat of Nazi Germany. Slack jawed Idiots stayed home and didn’t Vote, misreading the danger completely! And Musk games the voting machines and the entire counting apparatus.
Lo IQ voters and massive manipulation of all the swing states. WHY did Harris not protest? Did she not have a team that saw what happened? That was inexcusable!
"...many Biden voters of '20 did not turn out in '24." To repost a comment I've made before:
In 2024, there was widespread vote caging; secret purging of voter rolls to the tune of tens of thousands of votes (voters didn't know until they arrived at the polls); provisional ballots tossed because reasons; mail-in ballots tossed on questionable technicalities; rules changed after voting had begun; and other GOP dirty tricks. There were stark, measurable anomalies among the totals (e.g., on the same ballot, votes for Dems down the line, except for Drump; huge numbers of bullet ballots), possibly due to interference by Elon's hacker posse. Greg Palast has said that if every legal ballot had been counted, Harris would have won.
Bottom line: we don't really know how many people actually voted or didn't, and what the results actually were. How do we know that people who voted for Biden in 2020 weren't blocked from voting in 2024?
I believed it! I know gay couples who voted for Trump. I know newly minted citizens who voted for Trump. I know good-old boys who voted for Trump. They are still in Trump's camp. They are all afraid of Black people taking over and treating them with contempt. They are all afraid of Women running the country. Talk to these frightened people and you will lose hope than all can be turned around. None of them will get flu shots any longer because of what it does to your insides. Right! They are out there in large numbers!
Yes, the phenomenon of voting against your own interests is troubling and speaks to the level of cognitive myopia that exists in America today. Why would anyone in a marginalized community vote MAGA? Egg prices were too high. Or they hate the recent immigrants, even though everyone not indigenous is a descendant of immigrants. Or they are misogynists. Or they are ammosexuals. It is hard to understand, but to paraphrase my daughter when I mentioned personal biases playing into people's politics, she said, c'mon Dad, a lot of it is that they are fucking idiots. Fini.
Your daughter is now an honorary member of the Tiedrich gang!
Smart girl .
Your daughter puts her finger dead smack on the true cause!
And don't forget Muslims who voted for trump! (Michigan especially)
IKR? WTF?
I know there are ignorant people surrounding us, but, as an educated, intelligent woman, I’m not going to default to them.
Anti-abortion voters for Trump = 🤡 🃏 🤡 🃏 🤡 🃏
It’s a very loud and obnoxious minority. Well, you know, a cult.
I'm with you. Almost certain it isn't. Now, what do we do about it.
That's the tough part. We must protest peacefully. The voters must hold the congressional Republican quislings accountable. The judges, especially the fascists on SCOTUS, must perform their duties to the Constitution. Going forward, the lifelong appointments to SCOTUS should be rescinded. The mechanism to impeach SCOTUS justices who are openly corrupt, like the Gruesome Twosome of Thomas and Alito, should be codified. And we the American people must take seriously our duty to ourselves and understand unequivocally that because we choose our own leaders, we truly get what we deserve, for good or ill.
As a cradle-to-grave Roman Catholic, I will remain horrified until my final breath how the Republican Catholic SCROTUMS and Aimless Coney Island Barrett on SCOTUS have destroyed the rule of law in this country.
Especially your last sentence.
We're getting it good and hard.
I agree with you in theory, Doc, but if the GOP continues to control the elections, how does any of that agenda get done? To regain fairness may take years, just as it took the GOP to get control in the first place.
I may be going out in a limb but isn’t the future energy sources going to revolve around solar, wind and nuclear and fossil fuels be less needed in industrialized nations? I would think China understands this. And China does not need Greenland they’ve been cultivating relations w many sub-Sahara countries that have immense reserves of critical/rare minerals.
China DOES understand this.
...that aren't buried under ice
Livingin Minneapolis is very scary, every trip has to be planned to avoid ICE invaded neighborhoods. Husband wanted to go to protest planned yesterday but I vetoed, he's 77 with a wonky heart and bad knees. I hope theyounger folks can keep up tge protests. I have heard (unverified) that MPLS police are getting many reports of abandoned vehicles, doors open some with pets inside.
I just heard Police Chief O'Hara on MS-NOW, talking about the abandoned vehicle calls his cops have been handling. Not only a car with a dog left inside, but the police also had to deal with a car that was still in drive! The January 6th ICE thugs ripped the driver out of the car, it seems, before the victim could even put the car in park.
And now Gawd's Anointed King Trump has a new target to grab--and it's...CUBA!
The president took to Truth Social first thing to share half a dozen posts from other people and graphics, but they all had a theme: Trump pondering taking Cuba.
The first post was a share from conservative Marc Thiessen, who wrote, "The Cuban regime has survived every president since Eisenhower. Wouldn’t it be something if that streak ended with Donald Trump?"
https://www.rawstory.com/trump-cuba-truth-posts/
how about these idiots finish the FIRST WAR before starting up ten more
Donnie Demento doesn't have that long an attention span.
Or life span.
Release the fucking Epstein files before the next distraction “war”
Donnie Demento has ended eight wars already, just by thinking so. If he says there's no war in/with Venezuela, well....there isn't. End of story.
DUH!!😵💫
😂😂
He promised Liddle Marco Cuba. That's why Marco sits around and takes the abuse. He's going to "liberate" Cuba all by his liddle self.
Gawd, Donny’s a moron:
AP: Trump said on social media that Cuba long lived off Venezuelan oil and money and had offered security in return, “BUT NOT ANYMORE!”
“THERE WILL BE NO MORE OIL OR MONEY GOING TO CUBA - ZERO!” Trump said in the post as he spent the weekend at his home in southern Florida. “I strongly suggest they make a deal, BEFORE IT IS TOO LATE.” He did not explain what kind of deal.
Somebody should stuff a medianoche sandwich in Trump's mouth to shut him up...
He'd prefer a hamberder
Get him a Cubana Frita, a hamberder with crisp shoestring fries from a can. It’s a Miami favorite !
Stuff it waaayyy in there!
Externally forced regime change invariably destabilizes the country. It often leads to a power vacuum where the formerly marginalized factions now see their chance to seize power. American conservatives never learn. Their dewy-eyed idealism is informed and corrupted by their naked avarice.