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Maggie's avatar

Jeff I love you, you make me laugh by painting these crooks just as they should be- incompetent, weasels, not serious people. If I can’t laugh sometimes I’ll never get through this shitshow! Keep it coming!

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Gordon's avatar

It’s so true...especially these days when the talk-show icons (Fallon, Colbert, Maher, Kimmel) are off the air...thank goodness for the comic relief that Jeff brilliantly provides us all!

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Michael M's avatar

Don't miss his essay from July 31st, an all-time favorite for its spice, its repetitiveness, and for being a pretty complete catalogue of what a crappy criminal Trump is.

https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/donald-trump-is-super-fucking-bad

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Alicia Norman's avatar

He is just the tonic the doctor ordered with all this insanity...

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Gordon's avatar

I so love this Judge. The “ace up her sleeve” is the more Trump sounds off on social media and elsewhere with his derogatory remarks, than the greater need for her to HASTEN the trial, - move it up even sooner so that the jury and witnesses aren’t tainted! Such a fucking beautiful tactic! Love that gal! It’s a pleasure to watch her put Lauro in his place. That guy was spewing such fucking bullshit to every news-show host that would even listen to him. Popcorn is ready...we just need CAMERAS in the courtroom! Fuck yeah!

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Michael M's avatar

Would be cool if she could say, "Each derogatory comment about a judge or about the process, and every threat to a witness or to potential jurors moves the trial up a day. See you in a month."

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Gordon's avatar

That would be a dream-come-true!

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Theresa Palmer's avatar

It would be more like a week and a half.

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Alicia Norman's avatar

The trial would be tomorrow if Trump keeps THAT up!

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Anne E Sweeney's avatar

why yes it would

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Court dates can't be appealed, but judges have discretion to change them at will! YES!!!! Shit, this is fun! Can't wait to see the next round....

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Sarah's avatar

Don’t you just love it whenever an ignorant, creep, asshole bully gets put in their place? This is like all of those movies where the free wheeling bully has been going around for years acting like a phony little gentleman in front of parents and teachers. Meanwhile he’s harassing & beating people up, grabbing whatever he wants and getting away with it. Well, this is the part in the movie where he gets his comeuppance. I cannot wait to see him getting slapped down over and over again by the upcoming judicial process. There can never be enough punishment to make up what he has done to this country.

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Alicia Norman's avatar

It would be non-stop binge watching.

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Michael M's avatar

Beyond judicial penalties, I think all future tornados, hurricanes and all other natural disasters should be named after Trump. The headlines:

"Trump destroys Florida"

"Trump wreaks havoc"

"Trump kills thousands," etc.

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Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

She is so good. And down there in Florida, we have your incompetent Aileen who keeps getting reported for her fuck-ups.

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Gordon's avatar

So very true. Somehow, someway, I hope the case gets taken away from Aileen Cannon...but Chutkan is helping compensate for sure!

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Michael M's avatar

Gotta love love love that Trump is being taken down, rightfully and legally, by women and minorities.

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Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

That’s his comeuppance, for sure!

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Alicia Norman's avatar

Karma is magnificent and it is spelled HAHAHAHAHAHA!

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William Burke's avatar

Fortunately, the stolen classified material case is the easiest one of all. She’ll need a surplus box of help from the federalist society to let this thief wiggle out of this one.

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David Browne's avatar

Yeah, by the time Cannon gets around to trying that case, Trump will have to show up at the courthouse in handcuffs and orange Jammie’s. The only question is what will be stenciled on the back: US BOP or GA GDC?

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Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

Wouldn't that be the best!

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Alicia Norman's avatar

That is my thought--he will have to be transported from a jail cell to attend his Florida trials...

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Alicia Norman's avatar

The woman shouldn't even be overseeing traffic court let alone a case of this magnitude.

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Linda McCaughey's avatar

Is Cannon incompetent without fear or favor or just with Donnie?

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Allan Voorhis's avatar

Trump's legal representation across all four cases confirms two things. 1. Idiots get law degrees every year, even from Ivy League schools. 2. Bar exams aren't as tough as they should be.

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Sköll's avatar

and shitgibbon does not have to pay them. he will tell them they got paid in name recognition. as if being known for being thrown under a bus does them any good.

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Alicia Norman's avatar

I am willing to bet half of them half lower income scholarship kids taking their tests for them because they had to actually work to get into those schools...

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Tess's avatar

.....and I love Harry Dunn sat behind Jack Smith!

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Michael M's avatar

Love seeing the classic Bob Mankoff "How about never?" cartoon here.

And this confirms my longtime suspicion that Jeff Tiedrich and Bob Mankoff are the same person. Look up their pictures, it's true. (They both have hair and glasses.)

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

not to brag or anything (too late) but I know Bob Mankoff and our daughters were classmates in grade school and lots of people have seen us in the same room together and can confirm that we are not the same person

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David Duncanson's avatar

What?!? I thought you were Eric Clapton .... until that shitheel opened his pie hole and right wing BS spewed out!

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Diana Hembree's avatar

I still love "Leila," though...

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Sharon Horton's avatar

Even better; we need all the legends we can get!

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Kerbo's avatar

🤣🤣

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Michael M's avatar

Baloney. I have sibling dogs that look as alike as you and Bob Mankoff, and nobody can prove it isn't really one dog standing next to a mirror.

While I have you on the line, I will offer (as a freebie) to proof your copy for these essays before you go to press. I'm catching one or two typos a week here.. Or maybe that's part of the charm, I don't know… Cheers.

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Alicia Norman's avatar

ROFLMAO!!!!

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

As Alina Habba Habba said the other day, to paraphrase, Donald is a very intelligent man, doesn’t need trial prep... so let’s go. This parking garage imbecile of an attorney just blew up all his other lawyer’s arguments that they couldn’t possibly be ready for trial in such a short amount of time... well, that ship has sailed because Habba Habba. Next up I agree that Judge Chukin is running a tight courtroom, and do not BS this jurist, do not bully her as was attempted yesterday by Donald’s attack dog counsel.. she won’t put up with it. Notice Donald’s people attack all these jurists except Donald’s pet Judge Aileen in Florida..may have something to do with her skin color, I don’t know. Another piece of fresh air Jeff, thanks.

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Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

Even more, don't play her for a sucker and a fool. Shouting doesn't make you look more serious. It just makes you look more desperate. Imagine being Trump's attorney for anything but especially now.

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Alicia Norman's avatar

Tryna to look tough for the MAGA crowd who only understands bullying behaviors.

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Alicia Norman's avatar

I am with Sun Tzu, I will not stop my enemy in the middle of making a mistake...

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Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

Sun Tzu, carrying wisdom forward through the centuries.

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Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

He's unraveling. This is what it looks like when a corrupt, lying screech monkey starts to unravel. Watch out, it won't be ketchup flying next. Screech monkies are prone to flinging poop, their own nasty poop, even when they're not all scared and frightened, so there will be a lot. Stay far away while you enjoy his great discomfort and his inching closer and closer to a verdict.

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Alicia Norman's avatar

Indeed, the narcissist collapse will be both glorious and frightening. Glad he doesn't have access to nukes.

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Diana Hembree's avatar

Yes, thank god he doesn't.

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Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

Even more reason he cannot be re-elected. Prison, please.

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Jane Lacher's avatar

Personally, I don’t think they should hide the ketchup. In fact, I think we should send supplies of it to tdfg. From what I have read about the mar-a-lardo days inn, the ketchup may be an interior design improvement. 🤷🏼

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Mary Virginia Hughes's avatar

Cover some of that fake gold that's everywhere.

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Alicia Norman's avatar

I know ketchup may make it look less garish.

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DonP's avatar

Watching the Orange Buffoon melt down every day is a glorious pleasure far too long abeyed.

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David Duncanson's avatar

That fucking criminal moron just squirms like a rat.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

And he always will. Rats like the tangerine turd know they are fucked when the walls start closing in on them. With this case, it can't happen soon enough.

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David Duncanson's avatar

I can’t wait for the judicial train wreck that awaits him next year. One after another after another. The only way it could be better is if one of the judges throws his ass in jail for opening his big yapper too many times.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

That revolting yapper never stops. Hopefully he'll be on a much shorter leash with Judge Chutkan and that orange jumpsuit fitting might happen a lot sooner.

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Karla's avatar

I always learn from you. I didn’t know he couldn’t appeal his court date; that’s excellent news! Also appreciate the link to Allison Gill’s great article.

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Rick Bonin's avatar

“Donny’s Big Election Fuckery Trial” sounds like a new children’s book that Florida schools can add to their ban lists.

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Sköll's avatar

Donald Trump And The Terrible, Horrible, No Good Fuckery

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Kay-El's avatar

FFS, I’ve never heard/read that Jack Smith went to the White House prior to the indictment, but I do remember Devin Nunes running to the White House to inform Trump of bogus claims which ended up coming from Trump himself.

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William Burke's avatar

Love the “volume of discovery” argument. Jeez Your Honoress, we handed over six or 7 million documents to the government, including our client’s collection of Nazi literature. We figure WE’LL need till 2026 to read all this shit, and we haven’t even started reading the government shit yet. Now that we think about it, would you mind if we amend our request to, say, 2035.

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Openly Fae's avatar

"We don't have enough time to prepare for this!"

Fuck you sideways with a flaming, rusty chainsaw, my dude. You've had two and a half years to prepare because you knew fully fucking well it was all illegal when you did it.

That's why you tried as hard as your little pea brain could come up with to hide all the evidence and obstruct every possible alley of justice, remember?

Oh, right. Adderall.

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Patris's avatar

You know it’s killing them that she isn’t as white as they wish she would be too. 🔥

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