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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

*types frantically in a mad dash to publish before Evan Hurst and Jay Kuo post their takes*

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Abigail Norling's avatar

Hahaha! I always read you first, so no rush :-)

THIS is what we need to hear...every day! "-this is how we win!"

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FTrump And FPutin Too's avatar

Same! A close friend who reads

Uncle Jeff called me to discuss before I got here! So now they’re blaming Pete Buttigieg because … he controls military flights? Distract, destroy and pillage is Maga cause.

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shee-rah's avatar

When bad things happen, he blames the Dems. When good things happen due to policies created by a Dem Congress and President, he takes credit.

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kdsherpa's avatar

A.L.W.A.Y.S.

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insert_something_creative's avatar

Wait, really? They're trying to blame Pete? I know they are complete fucking morons but that makes no sense even for them.

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kdsherpa's avatar

"THIS IS HOW WE WIN!" More beautiful words have never been spoken! -- (er, written)

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Linda Weide's avatar

This cycle of Trump implodes things, Democratic lawyers and AGs rush in with suits, courts--as the adults know they need to put hold on DTs juvenile moves that are illegal and not governing, has to step in and put a stop to this.

Of course right now DT has released his brownshirts from prison, and they will have to serve as his militia until he figures out how he can co-opt the military as his enforcement of anything he wants to.

Might be time for We the People to be planning to figure out at which red line they are going to march in front of the capitol until Trump is impeached and imprisoned for being the traitorous criminal he is.

Here is a link to the General Strike, a plan to shut down things so that the government has to listen to demands. They need 11 mil, and so far have about 150,000 committed to doing this. https://generalstrikeus.com/

It is hoped to work on the principal that the Women's Strike in Iceland worked in 1975. https://youtu.be/e9OsIj32w7U?si=CRA4fz29p_oIouA6

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Marycat2021's avatar

What we need to do is stop trying to fix everything and let Trump face a real disaster that he can't bullshit his way out of. Getting the MAGAts to turn on him is the only way to stop him. Do-gooders have only made him worse.

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Linda Weide's avatar

MAGA may be incapable of turning on him, just like an addict will end up in the gutter and dead before they let go of a habit. We should not be the victims of Trump junkies. Help comes for those who help themselves.

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

I’m very happy that I love beans.

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Lorraine Parish's avatar

YES!!!!!!!! Couldn't have said it better, that's how we win.

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Marycat2021's avatar

Linda, I doubt the Democrats will ever grow a pair and actually go after him. And if you don't think Trump's Secret Service wouldn't take that website down and arrest the people who built it, you're kidding yourself.

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Mombeka's avatar

I think we’re going to stage a GENERAL STRIKE!

https://bsky.app/profile/generalstrikeus.bsky.social

Check it out and pass the word.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

I was just looking at that graphic that said, “Fact Sheet.”

Only trump can make fact a 4-letter word.

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Ian's avatar

I read you all. Your take is usually my dessert after Wonkette, always gets a lot of laughs from me.

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CL Tee's avatar

I prefer dessert FIRST!

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arne link's avatar

I always wait for Jeff to appear.

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Grace Kennedy's avatar

I prefer dessert only right now🤣

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PEACE, LOVE, RESIST's avatar

Me too!

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

Congrats you beat Evan 👏

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

Keith Edwards was the first

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Teri's avatar

You are my first stop every am! That won't change. This is my tribe. Jeff has the best community here. 👫👬🇺🇸

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Stephen Brady's avatar

You and Jay are two must-have viewpoints in my take on the daily shitshow.

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Rain Robinson's avatar

Hahahaha you are all worthy! The more voices the better!

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Tess's avatar

“King Fuckface the First!” There is not one brain cell in this administration.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Dum de dum dum DUMB.

He's doing even more this time, so the stupid really shows. He's doing all this stuff he was talked out of last time.

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Mary Hall's avatar

And T💩p is even more demented this time.

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shee-rah's avatar

More brain cells are flushed down every time he takes a 💩.

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antlisa1201's avatar

Wait until he orders our armed forces to go over and attack Denmark and take Greenland. They MUST put him in the loony bin then. Right?

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Lois Henry's avatar

‘As St. Ungulant preached to any who would listen, there were plus points in being a madman. People hesitated to stop you, in case it made things worse.’

SirTerry Pratchett

Small Gods

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Susan Bauer's avatar

Where is that woman who is supposed to keep him under control?

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Suzn Sez's avatar

Who, Susie Wiles? She's probably out spending our tax dollars like a bandit to spruce up her new offices to a level for which all royalty yearns.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Yes, that's the first thing Florida republicans do. We had a local hate-preacher the developers got elected as a County Commissioner, he was stupid, venal and incompetent. When they realized he would not get reelected, they had Deathsantis stuff him in a Secretary of elections. Even though the retiring guy's assistant has 20 years of being second banana and was well qualified. In short, he asked for millions of dollars, and got it, and spent a lot of it renting an office in the swanky part of town and furnishing it to the hilt. He got ousted in the election, now the county is stuck with all his unnecessary expenditures.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

No such woman exists Susan, the guardrails have been removed!!

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Zija Pulp's avatar

She might have been buying some new fonts with which she’ll write and then tender her resignation.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

Not a one. Between IQ challenged fuckface getting rid of thousands of FAA employees including two high ranking officials and Smuk heading DOGE, Death of Government Efficiency, we're already knee deep in their cesspool of destruction. With this air disaster being blamed on Buttigieg, DEI hires and whoever these assholes will continue to blame, it's hard to think that these mass staff losses

of FAA employees won't continue to compromise air safety and travel.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

DOGE = death of Gov Efficiency needs to be a meme.

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Doreen Garza's avatar

I love your description King Fuck Face

the first LOL!

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Rick Calegari's avatar

Like

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

There’s a shared IQ well under 85 Tess!!

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Richard Von Busack's avatar

Emperor Assface, another of his titles

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Doreen Garza's avatar

Hahaha!! Love this one also!!

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P123Sunny's avatar

I’ve started calling him ‘The Spokesmodel’…😒

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Marycat2021's avatar

Don't fool yourself. People thought Hitler and Mussolini were stupid. They changed their minds soon enough.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

The killing began a little ahead of what we expected. The cruelty was right on time. The arrogance… man, I’m drained of words.

He’s golfed twice since inauguration

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Right. An excellent tracker. Sadly, an important one.

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arne link's avatar

I suppose that the more he golfs the safer the USA will be. Also, he's exposed to potential snipers on the golf course. Jus' say'n.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

That assumes that worse people won’t take the reins. Jesus we sure seem to be headed for more and greater disasters.

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Cheri Collins's avatar

Yes. I'm worried about McShillbilly lurking in the wings.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

Agree, Cheri. On a purely emotional level, I'd cheer if there was a successful sniper at the golf course. But JD is a smarter, more controllable version of his leader, so perhaps even more dangerous.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

You’re right to be concerned Cheri!!

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Agree that it’s at best a roulette wheel of possibilities and that there doesn’t seem to be a timeline of the universe in which you could have a worse clump of protoplasm in every single freakin’ category. Just take the golfing subset — he cheats, he fakes championships, takes the cart where it’s forbidden, rages at local authorities should they try to follow the laws, buried his wife there to get the tax break, DJs the hall, feels up any unfortunate newlywed, plays much too much and at tremendous expense for added fucking security and even charges secret service for rooms — and that’s not even 1% of the awfulness that oozes out of very pore, sinks up the room, and then we have to live downwind.

It. Is. Un. Believable.

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FTrump And FPutin Too's avatar

Truly, no one would find this remotely believable if it was already a movie book. 📕 oh yeah, 1984

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Big Brother had some plausible intelligence underpinning the cruelty and lies and misery.

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Dave Drell's avatar

How much worse could they be? Are they all not a bunch of loonies? Drumpf is the worst because of his excessive raging

narcissism- un contained and toxic when combined with his imbecile delusions!

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Peter Thiel’s protege is one of those Christo-fascist, having a herd of religious right wacko’s at the helm would have plenty of consequences Dave!!

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

It’s interesting that Thiek worked a marriage with the Heritage Foundation guys and the rest of that Uhlein/DeVos tribe. I suspect the Mercers connected them. I fucking hate the Mercers as much as I hate anybody in that seditious bunch of thieving apes.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Absolutely Neal You’re right on the money about, Christo-fascist, Tech Bros’ and hedge fund asshole Robert Mercer… he was at IBM when I did work for them years ago.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Then you know.

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Suzn Sez's avatar

I really like your thinking, arne. My fingers and toes are now permanently crossed, hoping that the third time's the charm.

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P123Sunny's avatar

Too bad ppl are willing to settle for that… ya know? SAD. Even the frick’n GERMANS rolled the dice on a woman leader - GEEZus

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Driving the cart on every green to avoid any strenuous activity Neal, he’s an imbecilic, rotting, old sack of lab grown meat!!

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

See my above comment.

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Diane Rose Halstead's avatar

Three times, I think…

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Stranger Than Friction's avatar

That's because Musk and Miller and the rest of the dirty rat pack are breaking things while Trump signs off on stuff and goes golfing. And posts at Truth Social in the wee hours. This is America going into a dive with a couple of engines on fire. Where's my oxygen mask?

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Lisa59's avatar

What's he going to do next week, put Andrew Tate in charge of Women's Healthcare? I this shit is literally blowing up fast. Faster than I imagined. It may be our ticket for a united front. 🤔 Life is a big shit sandwich in the White House and every day is a new bite. Shitpants washes it down with some Adderall and a diet coke.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

I’ve only heard a couple of people say, “Life’s a shit sandwich” bit Lisa, brought back some old memories! You’re right about the coterie of connards he’s surrounding himself with… none of them know a thing about the way government operates, or doesn’t if you’re a GOP member! Which is why we’re watching such a fucking disaster!!

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Clint Opine's avatar

You know right now Trump and Company are desperately searching for any sign one of the pilots, or the air traffic controller, is female, a minority, or gay so they can have their narrative.

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Major Kong's avatar

Trump does realize he's President now, doesn't he? He's ultimately responsible.

When a Navy cruiser accidentally shot down an F-18 in the last days of the Biden administration, the wingnuts were all screaming how DEI has destroyed our military - never mind that a cruiser of the same class accidently shot down an Iranian Airbus during the reign of St. Ronald of Reagan, Peace and Blessings Upon Him. That shootdown led to the bombing of Pan Am Flight 103.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Ah, the good ole days.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Opening the Pandora’s box there good!

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Suzn Sez's avatar

You're referring to the USS Vincennes fiasco? My brother was on that ship. Seeing dead bodies floating in the water turned him (temporarily) into a Jesus freak overnight.

Also, it'd take far more than just the presidency to get Trump to ever admit responsibility for anything (besides the positive accomplishments of others, that is).

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Patris's avatar

This w/o a doubt

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

One of trump’s very first acts was to fire the commandant of the Coast Guard, the first woman to head up a branch of the military. According to him, she was a DEI hire.

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shee-rah's avatar

So, according to Dumbass, anyone who is not a white male is a DEI hire.

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Janet's avatar

Apparently.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Yup

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

I guess that’s it.

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Teri's avatar

Lisa, CF fired the Coast Guard commandant, a woman, as "she's a DEI hire". Last night, though, the men & women of the CG were on the crash scene, immediately launching boats to look for survivors. Thanks to the CG for showing us they're Americans first, no WH dumb fuckery will change their respect for their mission.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

You think like I think it’s time to do your job and thus rid Shitler of power. FYI Shitler now comes up on my spell check, good deal.

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

My husband and I (as an unpaid employee 😄) served in the Coast Guard for 23 years. Good outfit. Proud to have served.

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Susan Travis's avatar

Sadly correct 😔 🥺😢

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Linda Fulcher's avatar

It's been reported that one of the two pilots of the helicopter was a woman. Wait for the pigs to start squealing about that. It also seems that the air traffic controller was doing the job of two people. We can thank the Feral Hog's hiring freeze for that.

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

Or maybe a member of DCA's janitorial staff

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Susan Travis's avatar

Sadly, correc😢🥺😫

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Susan Linehan's avatar

I've looked. So far all I can find is that one of the plane pilots was undeniably rosy cheeked and pale.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

"take heart, because this is how we win"

Continuing what Jeff was describing —

I just released a post on how smart lawyers are pushing back against 6 trump initiatives. We've won three of them already!

https://kathleenweber.substack.com/p/our-first-big-win

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

understanding the finer points of law is above my pay grade, so I'm always happy when people more knowledgeable than I pick up the slack. thank you

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Thx. I'm not a lawyer I'm a historian. But law is part of history, and I read a ton.

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Kay-El's avatar

Marc Elias’s Democracy Docket is must read as well.

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David Skoglund's avatar

Michael Popok is also good on law.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

YES! Subscribed to him the minute he established Democracy Docket.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

Would also recommend Joyce Vance.

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Mingo's avatar

Thanks for that info. I'm one of those constituents who bombarded my senators about the fucknuttery King Fuckface has engaged in with his minions. If anyone else wants to be civically engaged the switchboard # for Congress is 202-224-3121. You will get an AI generated voice just say the name of your senator or congressional rep. Those of us that have been paying attention knew Chump was going to govern by executive order because he can't govern. It's government by fiat.

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Bethie U's avatar

"Government by fiat" can also be known as a royal decree (by King Fuckface I). He really wants a crown and scepter. He already has the golden throne.

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Janet's avatar

Oh yeah, there’s also his (stolen) family crest!

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

Thank you for your service

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Thanks Kathleen!!

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Teri's avatar

Kathleen, thanks! Good news, understandable to non- lawyers.

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Brad Yazell's avatar

So under Donnie we're not safe flying. We soon will not be able to eat chicken or eggs. The price of fruits and vegetables will be out of reach unless you are making 6 figures. Healthcare, medicare and Social Security will go bye-bye. Most of us will be living in cardboard boxes or tent cities.

Are we great again yet? Cause I'm worn out with all of the greatness that has occurred in the last 10 days.

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Soon, only those who have seeds and know how to plant, grow and harvest will eat.

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Dana Jae Labrecque's avatar

Make America Cuba should be the Commander and Thief’s new slogan. Its acronym is MAC which works well for his favorite food.

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Linda Fulcher's avatar

More like Make America Hungary.

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Don't diss Cuba--I hear they have terrific health care!

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Knowing Guantanamo prisons have 30k of beds waiting for immigrants, that sounds about right Dana!!

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

The thing is, they don't have the beds. Or the staff. Or the infrastructure. It's another one of those orders of no substance.

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Teri's avatar

Patrick, no, CF cannot use GITMO. That's where I want to see him. Imprisoned with terrorists. 30k beds? That sounds ominous.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

There are very few inmates left. A couple dozen that I know of. He wants to use gitmo for immigrants who he arrests. Wants room for 30K, but there isn't room, so we'll see.

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arne link's avatar

Well, I'm dead for sure.

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Ha! Just come on back and ask gardening questions! I am a lifetime horticulturist by interest as well as education--had my first garden at age 3. Never stop learning new things!

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

We all die let’s do it with honor!

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Teri's avatar

Linda, I am starting my new indoor grow of micro greens. My spring buys of flowers will now include veggies & fruit.

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Wish we could post photos--I use veggies as ornamentals in my front yard garden--spectacular! No one can believe that everything I grow is food. No turf grass in my yard....nothing eats that stuff.

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Denise Donaldson's avatar

I planted ground covers in both front and back yards. No mowing or maintenance, almost no storm water run-off, and very attractive.

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Teri's avatar

Linda, oh YES, veggies are great in the yard! A neighbor had 6-8 tall planters. Loved watching them grow was fun.

One big planter full of bright red peppers.

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FTrump And FPutin Too's avatar

Me too! But too much heat last 2 summers have been brutaI. I had to bring delicate herbs inside but they didn’t thrive. I want to grow tomatoes again. My husband and I can no longer do gardening due to physical issues. We have a yard crew every week for maintenance, thank goodness.

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Condolences. When I can no longer garden, I hope someone wheels me out and plants me next to the tomatoes and beets and okra--good fertilizer!!

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Cheryl ODonnell's avatar

Getting my container garden ready now. My eggplant, jalapeños and cucumbers have been especially sustaining; I make great pickles. Beats the supermarket any day.

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Man, let's all join up and start a commune!

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Cheryl ODonnell's avatar

Been growing because I can’t afford produce.

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Patricia Gomes's avatar

Linda, you need to start a Substack ! We all need to start our Victory Gardens- indoors and out ! U Tube would also be a great choice ! Let us know when you are ready. Your subscribers are waiting !

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Dawna Borras's avatar

I'm thoroughly exhausted

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Chris Ortolano's avatar

I often watch the ATC You Tube channel and others; the controllers are always asking pilots to confirm that they have visual contact with other aircraft - especially when they are on approach.

trump, as usual, is a fucking idiot.

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

DCA's main rwy runs N-S, but yesterday's crash was on the short rwy at a 45-degree angle to the river. Combine that with nighttime flying, a super-busy airport with the busiest rwy, and a copter on a training flight, and it was a disaster waiting to happen.

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Nancy Potter's avatar

NPR was saying that ATC asked the helicopter if it saw the plane, and the answer was yes. However, there were two planes in close proximity and the question may be whether the helicopter pilot and ATC were talking about the same plane. OK, now I'm going to stop speculating.

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SuNew's avatar

“Never stop fighting, and never lose hope.”

Get in Good Trouble everyone!

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SuNew's avatar

Call or email your Senators today about the abominable nominations.

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Teri's avatar

Susan, yes! TY to Mingo, who posted above: Call the DC Congressional # 202-224-3121. An AI voice will ask u to name the Sen or Rep you wish to speak to. It will transfer you.

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

Jeff, as we all predicted this crew is using the Project 2025 to arbitrarily launch this attack on our federal government. “Golf with MAGAs” this week… golf was fine, low score, won $$, and no political talk until lunch. I learned that Kash Patel is going to reign in the FBI, deep state u know.

What really blew me away were MAGAS sitting next to our table. As they stated that “ this was Trumps America now and everyone must get with the program… no dissent or we will deport you. What is good for America is good for the world and you have to accept it” WTF? Approached by MAGA at my gym yesterday, he said “winning, winning, how much more can we get” I merely said…. Why are you quoting the Hitler Youth? Are you a Nazi or wannabe Nazi? He just walked away…. Best to all.

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Charles Austin's avatar

Sounds like you're playing well. It warmed up here,(Columbus Ohio) and I got to hit some balls yesterday. I've got the itch! I plan to have MAGAts pay for my Substacks.😆😆😆

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

Excellent my friend

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Dave Drell's avatar

These creeps you golf with- do they remember their fathers or grandfathers and uncles fighting the Nazi scum

over 75 yrs ago so that we could live in peace and not fear those facists? Hmmm? didn’t think so.

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

You know Dave, that when u are in a cult, surrounded by MAGA news, these guys just loose focus, loose any knowledge of history, loose any knowledge of what former Democratic presidents accomplished to improve the daily life of ordinary folks, mention how much they will enjoy paying more for prescriptions or insulin and I get a blank stare, like they just shit in their pants and don’t believe what I just explained to them…

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

What is surprising to me is the childlike glee that these grown (and aging) men take from harming others. They call it ‘winning’. I don’t know why this still shocks me. I guess I thought that most people would have grown out of bullying by the time they hit their 50s…

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Tess's avatar

Great reply!!!!!!

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Thank you for doing that FF. NAZIS are what they are as they encompass both racism and fascism.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Why are you still talking to people who support racism, misogyny and xenophobia, just for starters.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

You know the saying.... If there are 9 Nazis at a table and you join them, there are now 10 Nazis.

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Teri's avatar

Fredo, sounds like Eric Trump's sm post or repost a few days ago, quickly taken down.

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Claudia Classon's avatar

Actions have consequences, Donny Fuckface. Screw with the air traffic safety business and bad things happen. Those poor families won’t get a word of condolence from the King of Breaking Shit.

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Victoria Wilson's avatar

Yeah,I agree.Not one consoling word or action from Little DFF will be forthcoming to the families who lost loved ones and friends.Maybe a class action suit somewhere down the road for gross negligence or some such travesty.

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Patris's avatar

Someone wrote his tv statement who may possibly be imbued with some humility and compassion. (Not long for his or her job).

He threw in some ‘cold, cold’ in the description of the water the victims fell into. So comforting, right?

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Dave Drell's avatar

He’s a heartless ignoramus who raided Macys cosmetic counter and bought all the orange face cream and smeared it on

his ugly puss. Man, I don’t want to see his face when he first wakes up!

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Patris's avatar

Ditto

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Karen Hall's avatar

Ugh. God he’s so effing awful.

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FTrump And FPutin Too's avatar

He is both shameless and shameful, as well as so many other disgusting 🤮

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Teri's avatar

Victoria, his remarks this am began with appropriate words, then it was "Obama" "Biden" blaming, DEI, trashing Pete Buttigieg (Biden's superb

Sec of Transportation). He just can't. Imagine those families of the deceased, CF using their deaths to ramble on with lies and political bs.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Perhaps another in a long litany lawsuits, with him controlling the levers of power, we’re bound to see a plethora of lawsuits!!

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

What did it take one week.

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Kay-El's avatar

1. The confusion Leavitt mentions was not created by the court but created by the admins sheer incompetence. But you knew that.

2. I figured the airport disaster (heartfelt condolences) was complicated by Orange Fuckwit scurrying to b dismantle the agencies we need. Congratulations, asshole, I’ll be booking any trips with my car.

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

He'll prolly blow up the NHTSA as well, so you may want to reconsider

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Kay-El's avatar

I was originally thinking trains, but we’ve seen how that plays out even with a decent admin. Maybe I’ll just walk.

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Cathy Wray's avatar

I just stay home, a lot safer.

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Gina's avatar

cars are more dangerous (BUT I AIN'T GETTIN' ON NO PLANE ANYWAY)

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Well, that used to be true, along with a lot of other cherished realities.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Time is a flat circle Linda!!

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Good points Kay-EI!!

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Patricia Gomes's avatar

Absolutely. Done with flying.

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Jennifer's avatar

Donny's truthy tweet about the plane crash smacks of "Rut-roh, I can't blame Biden anymore" levels of panic.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Well dug Jennifer!!

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Darrell Smith's avatar

Leavitt is joining the other Trump Press Secretaries in competition with a head of lettuce. Will she last longer than the head of lettuce? Does she get her lies directly from Trump? Does some idiot minion write her gibberish? The lettuce doesn't lie.

The very rich as personified in Trump and Musk are retarded. They can't do anything that normal people do. They are devoid of empathy. Only they exist and everyone else can go fuck themselves is how they think.

Soon MAGA will figure out that these rich bastards are not going to do anything for them and they can't blame it all on Biden anymore.

"Shock and Awe" was Trump's slogan about his first days back in office. Really awesome it has been too. Go about your lives the best you can. Ignore being shocked or awed by the Toddler King. Have faith in the real world. It isn't going anywhere.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

"Have faith in the real world. It isn't going anywhere."

Thanks for that reminder. 👍👍👍

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Gina's avatar

actually the real world IS going, and rapidly - trump's rule will accelerate this

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

100% agreed Gina!!

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Schnauzermom's avatar

Have you noticed how many Ivanka look-alike he surrounds himself with?

Such a creepy old MF.

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Dave Drell's avatar

Will her hubby mind if HeirFuckface makes a move on her?

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

The EPA and many others might disagree with your statement Darrel, this cosmic blue spinning ball is speaking loudly about the dangers humanity poses to humanity!!

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Darrell Smith's avatar

That is a good read but I differ. Empathy is one requirement for intelligence. Others build the Teslas and operate SpaceX. Others wipe Trump's ass. Self sufficiency is one requirement for intelligence. Can a person dress, feed, and care for themselves?

Money does not buy intelligence. A child in Alabama may be the most intelligent person in America by IQ right now. They will need empathy and self-sufficience to be truly intelligent. Warm blooded animals show more and more intelligence. Perhaps a Doctor can write a paper about how the level of intelligence in all life forms on earth has increased through evolution and human interaction.

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Must disagree on a couple of statements. 1): "Self sufficiency is one requirement for intelligence. Can a person dress, feed, and care for themselves?"

Do you imagine Stephen Hawking to be unintelligent, for example?

2): On empathy: The multitude of arrogant tech geniuses who have zero empathy for most of the rest of us who don't share their grasp of technology.

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Teri's avatar

Darrell, I didn't see a single word about Emotional Intelligence.

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Darrell Smith's avatar

Emotional intelligence would encompass empathy I believe. I was thinking of those people (including myself) who have lots of life experience and reject Trump World. America and our lives could be much better. If that is "woke" so be it.

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Charles Austin's avatar

👍👍👍

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Will she last a Scaramucci? 😂 He's gotta be laughing his ass off. 🤣🤣🤣

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

The ginormous cross she wears (bears?) hold her brain down in suspended animation.

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Jon Notabot's avatar

"Nutfucks in a Nutshell", by Jeff Tiedrich.

Sorry to everyone impacted by this stupid tragedy. That's a lot of life - gone. I'm feeling for you, and the public safety servants now tasked with "cleaning up" the horrific.

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Carl Selfe's avatar

The White House is saying the freeze is back on. They are in disarray. Theirs is an anti-social mental disorder: psychopathy. I did not have to tell you they are sick, damaged mentally in childhood and adolescence. The common lexicon is critical to marshal and reinvigorate a team opposed to the carnage we face. We must all do better to speak and to reinforce with the same phrases and slogans. My main point is that we face a common foe of psychopathic neo-fascists. These have an anti-social mental disorder, hence the cruelty. I have worked hard to promote the correct name for our foe: psychopathic neo-fascists. Thom Hartmann made a strong marketing point this morning. Marketing is the activity, set of institutions, and processes for creating, communicating, delivering, and exchanging offerings that have value for customers, clients, partners, and society at large. If we want to gather and convince our voters of the value offered in our candidate and the platform, we must market with skill, integrity, and unified voices driving home the benefits that we envision and that we promise. Our hardest task before us is the need to rouse the DNC. I do not think it exists in reality, but is a virtual cloud. I believe it needs reconstruction to be a real organization, not some myth that vacuums up people’s change. I have tried for a week to contact someone there. No luck. What do you think? https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/i-will-call-the-dnc-today?r=3m1bs

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Mary Greenwald's avatar

DNC keeps bombarding me with "reminders" that I have not paid up this year. NOPE. Get someone who wants to win and can put together a plan

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Amykk's avatar

I send my money directly to AOC and Jasmine Crockett. Skip the DNC.

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

DNC's answer to everything is SEND US (MORE) MONEY!!

Fool me once. . .

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Teri's avatar

Steve, this!!☝️☝️

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Teri's avatar

Mary, I'm thinking of changing from my lifelong Dem to Independent. DC Dems have zero plant to #Resist and fight back. Schumer & Pelosi need to retire or be voted out. We have a 5 Alarm Fire. They've known about P2025 for years.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Carl, delete “neo” from your mind. These fuckers are NAZIS. One word!

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Carl Selfe's avatar

That totalitarian fascist party was banned and was anti-Semitic, anti-Romani and anti-communism. Not so here. We have psychopathic neo-fascists.

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Gina's avatar

marketing, yes! the repubs do very effective if repulsive marketing. dems gotta get with the times (not the new york times maybe)

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

It's KaMAAla's fault. And Shifty Schiff. And prolly George Soros.

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