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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

now let's have a big argument over whether it should be "Mamdominated," "Mamdonimated," or "Mamdoninated." because I know I'm going to get emails telling me I misspelled a word I made up

Cindy's avatar

I vote for Mamdominated

HI2thDoc's avatar

Me too. I don't want anything with "don" in it

Sue's avatar

Yes, and Mamdominated is more versatile. It can be used in any situation in which Mamdani is dominant and not just over preznit fuckwit or someone named Don.

Bonnie Council's avatar

Exactly. My vote too.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

OH, now - that IS a good point. Hadn't thought of it when I posted above. At some point (when the malignant narcissist decides he's furious with Zohran upstaging him ...or is told that he must say bad things about him), we could always call him -Zohran, the DoMAMator - showing him wearing a cool pair of Joe Biden's shades and decimating every. single. one. of the magats.

Anne E Sweeney's avatar

oh that's a good point as well DoMAMator

Celine's avatar

Excellent point!

Jacqueline Klein's avatar

When trump realizes that Mamdani just owned him (though I doubt trump is capable of self awareness), will he attempt to freeze funding for the new train linking NY and NJ again, ignoring court orders and turn this into traingate? The toddler and chief of shit always needs to retaliate and imagining he’s the victim.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

He won't know, until his side-piece, and Melania run-up replacement tells him because she's a racist bint who hates Muslims.

Pam Humphrey's avatar

Nope. I’m voting for Mandanimated because spelling (and because I’m a smartass who makes trouble, not always good trouble.)

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

Speaking of 'good trouble' - Lawrence O'Donnell had Morgan Freeman on last night as his guest and he showed a clip of John as he walked over the Edmund Pettis bridge when young and at other times with Morgan's voice speaking the inimitable John Lewis' words. Gave a good shiver AND made me want to make even more good trouble than I already do. I SO miss that man and LOVE Morgan Freeman as well. He's so classy but had simply had enough (after the SOTU) so began then stopped himself from 'speaking out of turn' when Lawrence told him to go ahead - he DID. I was so there for him insulting frump the way he deserves to be.

Pam Humphrey's avatar

I saw that! It was beautiful. Love his voice,

Jessica Sitton's avatar

Yeah but then the verb is “animate” rather than “dominate.”

Martha Howell's avatar

When this term goes viral--which it should--this version is much easier to say out loud.

Marty's avatar

Me too! I have a feeling we’ll see it a lot!

2Cats2Furious's avatar

It’s the only correct way to spell it.

DebJS's avatar

I can visualize SNL using the punchline "You just got Mamdominated" for a series of skits.

Anne E Sweeney's avatar

oh most definitely Mamdominated

Jessica Sitton's avatar

Plus “Mamdominated” is easiest to say. I can feel my tongue twisting with “Mamdonimated.” More obvious portmanteau, too.

Greg Conners's avatar

Brilliant any way you spell it. Brady Tkachuk just became the poster boy for what happens when you lend Trump your credibility. He got tkachuked. Happens to a lot of people.

Ole Anderson's avatar

Speaking of lending things, did Lardo ever give back the Gold medal one of the hockey players let him wear?

If so I’ll bet it was not an easy task to wrest it away from the big toddler!

rlritt's avatar

Oh, I am sure he kept it. Didn't he keep another winning team's award who made the mistake of bringing it to the White House

djw's avatar

I love "tkachuked"!

Anne DePalma's avatar

Yes! Don’t let it disappear!

Alice K.'s avatar

Seems like Don the Con must’ve seen a rerun of Canadian Bacon recently and thought it was a good idea. Somebody needs to get a V chip, or whatever it’s called, for his TV.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Geez, I would hope our community here would understand that YOU cannot misspell a word that YOU made up. If they wanna make up their own spelling, that's on them

Unity In Defiance's avatar

I think either works Jeff!

I think my favorite thing about Mamdani that I’ve seen in the last week was the social media push on Threads about “16 inches” and “plowed” that his social team put out did you all see that?

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I saw that and forgot to bookmark it, and the horrible thing about Threads is how it's impossible to go back and find things you've already seen. else I would have used it

Bonnie Council's avatar

That frustrates me too. But I did see that when it was first posted. Mamdani is rocking NYC.

Unity In Defiance's avatar

He totally knows what he’s doing, him and his team. So happy he won. We need like 50 more Mamdanis in political roles across the US.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

Oh, don't say that- their heads will explode and they'll begin that crap about 'they're taking over, just like we told you they would'! Right now we have him - and his lovely wife, and he seems SO efficient and smart enough FOR at least 20 people, all on his own. I'm sure his team gets a lot of the credit too - but HE'S the one who's captured the interest, imagination and even love of New Yorkers.

Charles Austin's avatar

He's done an excellent job. Snow removal can take down a city government. He had NYC back up and running in a day.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

What was the alternative? No matter how Mamdani turned out, I can't believe the disgusting, disgraceful Andrew Cuomo had the gall to even run. Anyone had to be better than that.

Unity In Defiance's avatar

omg I thought I was the only one! I absolutely hate that too, especially when writing. That and the fact you cannot download a damn video—yet you can save pictures… make it make sense!!

PlasticFish's avatar

I actually posted a comment alluding to Jedi Mind Tricks before you published this, but I've not yet found a way to view my own posting history, so it's vanished into the void. Damn.

In any event, Mr Mayor has indeed shown us how it's done, and you've posted another Most Excellent Screed.

arne link's avatar

Missed it. How funny.

George in Atlanta's avatar

Yeah 'Mamdominated' is a skillfully-constructed portmanteau that has a good chance of making into the OED.

Not being so skilled, i would have gone with "Mamdominized". I'll see myself out.

Susan Smith's avatar

You nailed it- Mamdominated

nkrempa's avatar

No worries... we know what you meant anyway no matter how its spelled.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

the first draft was "Mamdanied" and then I decided that would generate even more dissent

myhoopbabies's avatar

I laughed out loud at "Mamdominated" so if we're going by the laugh-o-meter, you've coined a winner.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

It IS literal perfection in my book. But then, anything and everything Jeff comes up with works for me and usually coincides with what I've been thinking.

Martha Howell's avatar

That has "Donny" hidden in it, so No

Lairbo's avatar

"Mamdanized" fits any occasion where Zorhan has worked his magic on someone.

Mps's avatar

Are we that judgy?

We need to fix that people!

Mortonarb's avatar

I prefer your description you used later in the post, calling Trump a "fuckmuppet"

Seems a learn a new word every day.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

you can't have been around here for very long - that's not-so-new. A REAL goodie. :) Stick around and your shit-fuckery vocabulary will vastly expand. Mine has. Jeff is SO GOOD at that. ;)

Cheri Collins's avatar

I like Mamdonimated!

michellefromchicago's avatar

This argument should be yuuuuuuuge!

Jerry Bier's avatar

It's your new word. You have the right to spell and define it any way you see fit. Hang in there, we've got your back, Jeff.

Jean Jacoby's avatar

You absolutely didd.

Maggie&Lefty's avatar

Naw… you’re cool bro 😎

kdsherpa's avatar

Mandonimated -- has both names, and proves that MAN dominated DON.

Unity In Defiance's avatar

Maybe we don’t need to abolish ice maybe they’ll just do it themselves for us.

Mary Hall's avatar

Sometimes the trash takes itself out.

Unity In Defiance's avatar

My thoughts exactly. Also my thought: maybe the guns hate ice as much as we do too.

Betsy L's avatar

Only if they can somehow shoot themselves in a vital organ. Legs don't count.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

or, if you're Boing-Boing, 'lef.' I can't believe that post has been up for four days and they still haven't corrected the typo

Dani's avatar

I came to the comments to see if anyone knew what the fuck a lef is. Even my phone autocorrected to leg when I initially typed that.

Joanne Rossmassler Fritz's avatar

Thank you, Jeff. I always notice typos, and that one bothered me immediately. Everyone makes typos, cuz we’re all human, but we’re supposed to fix them! Especially if it’s a commercial site like Boing-Boing!

Pam Humphrey's avatar

One can’t correct a typo if one is too dumb to know it is a typo.

Joanne Rossmassler Fritz's avatar

Ha! If that’s the case, maybe they shouldn’t be writing for Boing-Boing.

Heather Patrick's avatar

I caught that right away too!! 🤦‍♀️

Rain Robinson's avatar

I thought they were trying to write "left [something]". I over-thought it.

arne link's avatar

Maybe those guys aren't so dumb. They will be on Federal disability for life.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Yes, they are conniving enough. But also yes, they are dumb

Leu2500's avatar

fun facts about federal disability, from a retired federal worker.

1) there is a minimum amount of time before one qualifies for federal disability. it isn't from day 1

2) the 1st 3 years one gets 60% pay. after the 3rd year it drops to 40% (I'm pretty sure this is the exact number.) the higher amount the 1st 3 years is to cover you while the Social Security disability process works its way thru the system. That may not be long enough with the DOGE cuts.

3) at 61 years & 364 days, the disability turns into retirement pay. (there's a hyper-technical reason why it isn't 62 years)

I will caveat this with some of the rules are different for law enforcement, state dept, etc. since I didn't work in those areas, I don't know any of their special rules. so maybe it's more generous for ICE. but I still don't think federal disability is like hitting the lottery. but it may seem that way to a lot of the public.

arne link's avatar

For those guys? Sorry, yes, it is like hitting the lottery. They would have been living off some stupid-kind women doing hard labor for them. Now they can possibly help with the bills?

Leu2500's avatar

less of winning the lottery. I have a friend who worked federal workman's comp. the organization that you were working for at the time of the injury has to fund the benefit. In the old days it was funded out of a central pot, so workman's comp was a way to deal with problem employees. but since you have to pay now, you want that employee to get healthy & back to work. there are some folks who are on workmen's comp for life. RSA has/had cases of poison gas exposure from when they produced it for WWII.

Martha Howell's avatar

If the Rs have their way, Federal disability won't be a thing for much longer.

T L Mills's avatar

If the R's are in much longer we won't have Medicare or Social Security either.

David M Marko's avatar

I have visions of John Wick where he shoots his doctor. ICE agents shooting each other. "I was aiming at one of those pesky domestic terrorists and Billy Bob stepped in the way (wink, wink)".

Pam Humphrey's avatar

I once knew a small-town cop who shot himself in the hand when he put it up to yell, “stop.” (Then, there was the police chief who tried to dust a baked turkey for fingerprints. Billy Bob is a common name in small town Texas.)

Bonnie Council's avatar

OMG, hadn't even considered that.

Kim Nesvig's avatar

You may recall the whistleblower who testified that ICE training had been cut by about half, in the rush to put thugs on the streets. Apparently, among other things, they scrimped a bit on firearm safety.

Joyce's avatar

I'm unsure as to why ICE thugs need any training at all: the only requirements for the job are sadistic brutality and monumental stupidity. ICE thugs have both by the bucketful.

Unity In Defiance's avatar

I am unsure why they would need A LOADED GUN issued at all. They are NOT law enforcement, they are collecting people for what is at best a misdemeanor, and they are highly untrained for a deadly weapon.

Even in the freaking military--with a shit ton of firearms training in multiple weapons--I was NEVER issued a loaded gun unless deploying to an ACTIVE war zone. Yet they hand loaded weapons to dudes with the same length of training as Olive Garden.

Joyce's avatar

I wouldn't trust anybody who works for ICE being capable of handling a basket of breadsticks responsibly, never mind a loaded gun.

cablecargal's avatar

Handling breadsticks can be difficult.

We used to have an old waitress that initially would bring the french bread to the table tucked under her arm, right next to her armpit.

We had to tell her she couldn't do that and no one told Helga what to do.

Old, crusty German lady that I got along with great but she hated everyone. People would come in and quietly whisper, "Please don't put us in the old lady's section."

arne link's avatar

What a great story.

Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

It would seem that handling the crusty old German waitress was the hard part. Less so the breadsticks.

Denise Donaldson's avatar

Had the same kind of waitress one place where I worked. Nobody, staff or customers, crossed her. She'd carry plates out of the kitchen with a lit cigarette in her mouth, dropping ashes on the food, and just blow them off before she set the plates down.

One night, she took the orders for a table of 10, all prime rib, with different sides. When she brought the food out, I heard people saying, "But I ordered rare, and this is well done," and, "I ordered hash browns, and I got a baked potato." This waitress (NOT a server, she maintained) stood there by the table and said, "You all got the same. You'll eat it and like it." And they did. And they tipped well.

Leu2500's avatar

the military isn't run by a #PuppyKiller or a vampire

Joyce's avatar

If they want to shoot the shit out of themselves, I'm fine with that. Fewer bullets they can use against real people.

patricia martin's avatar

unfortunately not fast enough

Jerry Bier's avatar

It's a nice thought, however, it's too deliberate for me...lol

Janet's avatar

One can only hope…

Mps's avatar
Feb 27Edited

Reliably? Are they reliable?

Denny Hebson's avatar

Thank you for having the skill to make me laugh out loud at the most horrible people ever.

It’s the best part of my day and gives me hope.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Haha, MAGA stooge Brady Tkachuk got thrown under the Zamboni. Better keep yer head on a swivel, MAGAt. I hear there are a lotta Canadians in the NHL.

arne link's avatar

Elbows up, Canada.

sjbeans's avatar

I love this so much for the Tkachuklehead.

PTW's avatar

"Thrown under the Zamboni." OMG, perfect!

Charles Austin's avatar

He's gonna have a very interesting second half of the season.👊😂

Maria Devereux's avatar

We see you, you mango dick sucking slurpie!

LINDA ADAMS's avatar

“A fourth shot himself with a taser, inside an Immigration and Customs Enforcement office.”

Does it make me a bad person that I laughed heartily at this? Oh, well 🤷‍♀️. Still laughing. We need all the laughs we can find these days.

Charles Austin's avatar

It needs "Yackity Sax" in the background.(Benny Hill😂😂)

Koko in AZ's avatar

I laughed at that part, too.

HI2thDoc's avatar

This is a characteristic of Preznit Predator's: punch down relentlessly at the less powerful, kowtow to those more charismatic and stronger. Either a bully or a punk ass bitch. No in between.

Koko in AZ's avatar

Textbook narcissistic personality disorder.

Bob's avatar
Feb 27Edited

Marjorie Taylor Greene: Her mother was a hunter-gatherer and her father was a Neanderthal traveling salesman.

Sue Munda's avatar

🤣😂🤣😂

Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

Papa was a rolling stone. I hope he sold bibles door to door.

Charles Austin's avatar

😂😂😂😂😂

SethTriggs's avatar

AI is exactly the perfect thing for these terminally immature mantoddlers staffing the maladministration.

And ah, Brady Tkachuk, you forgot the maxim of doing anything for the pricktator:

Ask not whom the bus runs over;

It runs over you.

Maladministration 2.0 is full of horrors. But sometimes there's the hilarious clownfuckery...and that's a balm sometimes.

HI2thDoc's avatar

In this case it's a Zamboni

Maria Devereux's avatar

Tkachuk is going to be cross checked into a beaten pulp here... quickly or slowly, he's touched the toxic Donald and it's terminal.

Charles Austin's avatar

And it's not finished running him over yet. He's going to have a rough time against the boards. Can you say "Gordie Howe face wash?" Sure, I knew you could."😂😂

HI2thDoc's avatar

The less cognitively impaired on the right (I hear there are a few) are deathly afraid of Zohran's policies succeeding wildly, thereby rendering the right's breathless alarmist bullshit as empty breathless alarmist bullshit

Grace Kennedy's avatar

It’s also not like Mamdani was endorsed by many from his own team either. They stuck with the rich guys.

HI2thDoc's avatar

and those funded by AIPAC like Chuckles

2Cats2Furious's avatar

There is a reason that Jeff Bezos’ Editorial Board over at WaPo posts a hit piece on Mamdani at least once a week since he took office. Bezos may be evil, but he’s certainly not stupid.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

I see the Washington Post just reran its "Potential Republican contenders for 2028" piece today, which is great because everyone can see again how weak their field is. Their top tier, "the standouts," includes just two names, neither of them a "standout": JD FancyPants and Little Marco. They're just knee-jerk choices because of the positions they hold but neither has much appeal to anyone.

Their "middle of the pack" is hilarious: Ted Cruz, Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, RFK Jr and Don Jr — every one a repellent nonstarter. They've actually changed the "dark horse" section since the last time they ran the story, eliminating names like Tulsi Gabbard and going with the random category of "governors and senators" (apparently none enough of a standout to have their own paragraph), "Trump himself" and "Mike Pence or another non-MAGA candidate."

Meanwhile, who do we have? JD Pritzker, Gavin Newsom, Josh Shapiro, Wes Moore, Gretchen Whitmer, Andy Beshear and many more — a long list of people with solid administrative and policy experience and records of actually HELPING people.

2Cats2Furious's avatar

The GOP side is repellant, hot garbage.

George in Atlanta's avatar

Oh Jesus on a unicycle. The Zo-man is the most dangerous person in America now. I hope to <insert favored deity here> that he continues to use his powers for good.

John Rumble's avatar

It's unfortunate he was born in Arfrica

he is the caliber of politician we need running for President

George in Atlanta's avatar

He'd make some state a peachy Senator. He'd cut through that dumpster like a hot knife through butter. He's got persuasion chops like LBJ.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

Give him some time first. We build people up to tear them down when they don't deliver miracles on demand. Yes, I too am impressed by the way he plays Donnie, but he has only been in office two months — way too early to decide on his. future legacy.

George in Atlanta's avatar

You're absolutely right. I've just been so starved for heroes that I'll jump at anything.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

We have plenty of outstanding candidates who have already proven themselves. I just listed some of them above. I think we need to check our quickness to anoint people without giving them time to amass a record of accomplishment.

Doc Blase''s avatar

He's doing a pretty good job running THE President.

arne link's avatar

I know, I had the same thought. I hope that all the power and money doesn't corrupt him.

arne link's avatar

It's great to have you back, Jeff. I hope that your health day was satisfactory. My morning is now complete, and I can begin my day uplifted by your humor. Thank you.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Contemporary DNA says Neanderthal Rep is marrying a Bee Face. Now that's some strange genetics. Lucky she's too old to procreate.

Dana Jae Labrecque's avatar

Crying with laughter at that one, H2thD! Spectacular!

Irascible Ink's avatar

I love that moniker: Bee Face. Cracks me up every time. Thanks, Uncle Jeff!

Grace Kennedy's avatar

You are in rare form today!

Eleanor's avatar

I think it's worth noting that Mamdani is more than likely getting excellent advice from his dear old Dad, who is an academic historian and scholarly expert on dictators and colonialism. His father is particularly knowledgeable about Uganda and Idi Amin...I mean, if there is a historical political figure who reminds me of the current POTUS, it's Idi Amin- an ignorant fool, a con artist, a thief and a mass murderer all rolled into one fat ball of human stain.

I'll bet those Mamdani family Sunday dinner conversations with the parents are a masterclass in how to outmaneuver fascist dictators.

Dave Drell's avatar

It’s not real hard once it’s realized that the facist pricktator is an extreme narcissistic whore, who craves attention & platitudes. Then it’s an easy plan how to sucker him into almost anything.

barb's avatar

Well put. While i never used to like the word whore in this case it's an apt description which bought a smile to my face.

Maria Devereux's avatar

So correct to compare Trump to Adi Amin...same malignant narcissisism, same appetites.

HP's avatar

“fat ball of human stain”. A very apt description. Thank you.

Larry Bushard's avatar

Super hilarious as always, Jeff. However, we must recognize that we are on the threshold of war with Iran to justify Dump’s illegal declaration of another fake “national emergency “ to suspend the November elections, a common final step that dictators the world over use to end real democracy.

I sent a letter to my congresspersons today asking them what actions they are taking to defend our country against Thiel and his tool, Dump.

Everyone should do the same.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

He can't and won't "suspend" the November elections, and certainly not over Iran. No one suggested suspending elections after 9/11. I can't say often enough: this is talk to scare us, to paralyze us into not fighting and discourage us from the actual voter suppression going on.

Neal Stiffelman's avatar

I’m curious about your take on Casey Means, whose older brother has long been an important Heritage/maga player and who’s about to be the nation’s top doctor. More stuff that keeps me awake in the middle of the night.

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

her blather about psychedelics *might* end up in this week in stupid, I'm not sure

Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Aside from that, aside from her grifts, even, she’s much more a part of Project 2025 than people seem to understand.

Charles Austin's avatar

She's a quack. But a dangerous quack.

T L Mills's avatar

Personally...I love that her sampling of psychedelic drugs allowed her to "...become one with the moon." That phrase alone continues to crack me up. But the woman sounds like an excellent candidate for a butterfly net.

shee-rah's avatar

A Looney Moonie.

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

Let's see if the Louisiana quack who voted to confirm RFK Jr -- Bill Cassidy -- does it again.

Koko in AZ's avatar

I was saying that to Mr. Spouse this morning. Will he further ruin his reputation by voting for that quack?

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

He's got nothing to lose by voting no. Trump already endorsed his opponent in the primary.

Pam Humphrey's avatar

The “top doctor” who’s not a doctor?

Koko in AZ's avatar

It appears that Brady Tkachuk is really stupid. Perhaps he's had one too many hockey style punches to the head.

HI2thDoc's avatar

FAFO for him. MAGA just put a big target on him.

Sunny 1's avatar

They really DO eat their own. For magats, loyalty is one way.

Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Ever stand on ice then box somebody who is also on ice, science laughs at such things, it’s like ‘pro wrestling’ . It can be entertaining.

Cathy Rady's avatar

a low stick would've been even better

sjbeans's avatar

He's been boarded a few too many times. And it's contagious! He passed it on to Jack Hughes, too, when they were roomies.