I lost Tim 4 1/2 years ago, but it still feels like a week ago. Grief is weird... one day I was fine, the next I cried for 24 hours. So just take care of yourself. You are a real gift to everyone here.
Recently read a book by Kate Braestrup, who became the Maine Warden Service chaplain after her trooper husband was killed on the job. She said til death do you part is the happiest outcome. That's what we hope for.
It just really sucks being the one who survives. I would have traded, given the choice.
Jeff, I am so sorry for the loss of your wife. Sending love and blessings from Pennsylvania.
P.S. I have been following you for years and appreciate your writing, posts, honesty, and not holding back. It's given us all hope and keeping us strong.
I think it may have been Jeff who put up the 2 pics - Kid Rock and Ricky Martin at their separate Super Bowl halftime shows… Rock looks like a washed out and reused Depends and Ricky is just as handsome and talented as ever…
Out of pure self interest, I'm glad that writing is what you do to keep going. You have much love and support from all of us. Thanks for fighting the good fight.
Your column is the first (and sometimes only) thing I read on Substack. Thank you for what you do, and when you need to step back, please do that. Take care
Experiencing grief is different for everyone, so you be you, although my first thought this morning reading your thoughts on Kristi Noem shitshow was that Mrs. Spouse would be so proud of you for writing this. May her memory be a blessing, but wanted you to know as a long time reader/recent subscriber she will always be present in your writing to your readers.
I had seen the bathrobe lady and didn't know the background. Thank you so much for lifting my spirits today even as your own heart is siloed. Your ability to make me laugh at this tough time is deeply appreciated.
Yup, he did make that point. As if that somehow excused him from taking his kids to a lunch with a convicted child rapist and sex trafficker of little girls. And he sits there acting as if there was nothing wrong about that. These people are disgusting pieces of delusional shit.
Julie Andrews got away from the Nazis while caring for seven Von Trapp children all by herself.
Lutnik’s nannies were trapped working for a Nazi, and probably had to sign NDAs to prevent them from singing that the hills were alive with the sound of sexual predation
If the children were being raised to be another generation of Howard Lutnicks, they were probably permanently at the "I want it NOW" stage and it might take a nanny per kid for the parents to be able to ignore them.
And you know that as soon as Epstein heard that Lutnick had 4 children (ages 12-14, I believe) and nannies coming to the Island, he had his handmaids <ahem> put fresh sheets on the bed and get the oils out.
I had the privilege of being a teaching librarian in a middle school for a very long time. The vast majority of 12yo kiddos I taught have far more emotional maturity than Ms. Noem - and along with that they are generally caring and have a great sense of humor. In a pinch, they are also willing to help - often without even being asked. When they do occasionally melt down (since they're only twelve), they also regain their equilibrium pretty quickly and offer an apology. All this without either a binkie...or a blankie.
Same as the orange shit kazoo (thanks Jeff). So many of the officials in this regime are stuck in permanent emotional puberty and pre-puberty, that it cannot be a coincidence.
Birds of a feather, like attracts like and all that....does seem to hold true here.
I think that describes so much of the right-wing ideology and positions. It’s immature adolescence masquerading as serious policy. “I don’t wanna help anyone else. But I’m still entitled to everything I get.”
Yes you are so right on. I taught junior high/ middle school and it was so wild no one believes my descriptions of it.
BUT those wild childs were born with huge hearts, fun, wild, boundless energy actually very smart- just used their smarts for pranks unproductive things.
I think of them fondly. They were a gift to observe. I grew to realize that. Glad that is in the platform of my life.
My offspring had a blankie thing, and believe me it was a thing, but she outgrew it at age THREE. Jeff, as always trying to show the MAGATs in the best possible light, added nearly a decade to the Gnome's emotional maturity level.
I still hate that ICE labels themselves as "police." They do not resemble any legitimate law enforcement and should be labeled what they are: Fucking Gestapo Goons.
Krusti and her blanket...a fine example of the incompetent chaos currently in place.
Then, we have Elons brother Kimbal, in a romantic relationship with Jeffrey. WTAF? I read the email yesterday from the files proves that. And I was sick for the rest of the day. The Nutsmacker has righted my emotional ship, though. You are a lifesaver!!
Sometime early last year, a guy posted a short video on YouTube where he showed a picture of teenaged JD Vance, which he claimed was taken on Epstein Island. And he talked about how Peter Thiel was a major player in the Epstein world, and not everyone who went to the Island or the penthouse or the Zorro Ranch, etc., wanted young girls - there was a group that wanted young men. I shared the video around, but it got taken down within 24 hours. But I've never forgotten it...
Not surprising...Peter is married to Matt, and Peter had a relationship with Jeff who allegedly committed suicide. And Jeffrey was polysexual. Good grief. How is MAGA ok with all that?
100%. I believe that is what he wants to keep hidden. I also believe that Putin has the proof. Remember Helsinki, when Trump stumbled out like a beaten dog? I think Putin showed him the tape that day.
Roy Cohn was Trump's "mentor". I often wonder if he taught Trump the wonders of man-boy love. Gag! I can't help but believe that there is some same sex action involving Trump that he desperately wants to hide. His supporters will forgive anything but that.
That's our Kristi, havin fun in the Mile High Club on the taxpayer dime with her f-boy. She probably screams "The Dow is above 50,000!" at the climax. Oh wait, that's the other evil skank. I get them confused. Sisters from another mister.
If you want a bunch of limericks, poems and songs every week, please subscribe to my Substack. This isn't meant to take anything away from our main man Jeff, who I HAVE to read every day! And Jeff -- our hearts are with you...
Glad you are back Jeff, not only speaking truth to power, but ridiculing that so called power in your inimitable way. As you have said every day, please practice self care. Your community is with you always
I think you're being too kind when you say the Sewer Clowns have the emotional maturity of 12 years olds. They act more like 2-4 year old toddlers who haven't learned yet to control their emotions. I think that pilot should've left them stranded to find their own way home as they did to him. I really resent my taxpayer dollars paying these assclowns salaries.
It'll be sad when Noem,Bondi,Wiles and Lie-vett,etc, find out they're supposed fall on their swords and sacrifice themselves for the cult...did I say sad?? I meant hilarious.
once again, thank you for all the condolences that keep coming in. you folks are amazing, and it really helps
I lost Tim 4 1/2 years ago, but it still feels like a week ago. Grief is weird... one day I was fine, the next I cried for 24 hours. So just take care of yourself. You are a real gift to everyone here.
We adore you, Jeff! A sense of humor is a gift that can help get you through the shittiest of times.
absolutely...reading Jeff T. is a daily need for me. To get me and everyone through the most shitty time in American history.
I would repeat this comment 1000 times!
These are ‘those times’.
Yeah - NO SHIT!
Exactly.
Happy to read your work as always.
It doesn’t really fix it, but one of my favorite sayings is:
Don’t cry because it’s over, smile because it happened.
And I think you have a solid 40 years to deliver some smiles when the hurt hits.
Nice sentiment Unity!
Unity, that is a wonderful saying. Thanks for sharing that
Recently read a book by Kate Braestrup, who became the Maine Warden Service chaplain after her trooper husband was killed on the job. She said til death do you part is the happiest outcome. That's what we hope for.
It just really sucks being the one who survives. I would have traded, given the choice.
Just take your time
Jeff, I am so sorry for the loss of your wife. Sending love and blessings from Pennsylvania.
P.S. I have been following you for years and appreciate your writing, posts, honesty, and not holding back. It's given us all hope and keeping us strong.
Still, the convict has Kid Rock to sing Happy Birthday to him - what man wouldn’t prefer that to Marilyn Monroe?
I think it may have been Jeff who put up the 2 pics - Kid Rock and Ricky Martin at their separate Super Bowl halftime shows… Rock looks like a washed out and reused Depends and Ricky is just as handsome and talented as ever…
Dorian Gray effect but without the picture to take up the soul's ugliness
That would be a dirtied tRump Depends for certain!!
What Notakid Rock does can only peripherally be described as singing
Kid Rock and Ted Nugent can sing Happy Birthday to him!
🤣😂🤣
😁😁😁
And Nicki Minaj, right?
I did not realize what a beautiful, powerful voice Ricky Martin has.
😆
I’m certain that many of us here have lost someone dear and can relate. We stand with you.
Out of pure self interest, I'm glad that writing is what you do to keep going. You have much love and support from all of us. Thanks for fighting the good fight.
Your column is the first (and sometimes only) thing I read on Substack. Thank you for what you do, and when you need to step back, please do that. Take care
Never mind Substack. It’s the only EMAIL I look at!
I do a search for Jeff's email every morning to make sure I don't miss it!
Me too.
Experiencing grief is different for everyone, so you be you, although my first thought this morning reading your thoughts on Kristi Noem shitshow was that Mrs. Spouse would be so proud of you for writing this. May her memory be a blessing, but wanted you to know as a long time reader/recent subscriber she will always be present in your writing to your readers.
Uncle Jeff, you're still my favorite screeching fuckdonkey,and that says a lot.
Thinking of you&your family. Take care.
Ms. Spouse would definitely be smiling at the continued use of Pete Kegstand's skateboard, ummm, incident!
You're an awesome guy and thanks for all you do!
I am carrying you in my heart and mind as we all move through these days. But, I admit to eating badly sometimes and having heart burn...😉❤️
Just take care of yourself and take your time!
I had seen the bathrobe lady and didn't know the background. Thank you so much for lifting my spirits today even as your own heart is siloed. Your ability to make me laugh at this tough time is deeply appreciated.
She rushed out into the cold with fuzzy slippers too
And besides the fact its fucking freezing in Minneapolis.
Sam is a tough cookie!
I have the same slippers,now I feel guilty...I should probably get to work.
😂😂
That’s where I’ve gone wrong, wearing ballet style slippers 🤦♀️
Three cheers for fuzzy slippers ‼️
😂🤣
😂😂😂
So important to have warm feet! 😄
It’s nice to have warm feet, agreed, but that usually doesn’t happen until summer Seeking!
Not so unusual in these parts Doc, I hate the cold, but I’m sure used to living in it. Slippers and a hoodie are norms… not so much a bathrobe.
Gotta fully respect her dedication to her craft! Proud to be an American woman alongside Sam.
How many nannies does Howie need, you ask? Enough to give his pal, Epstein a choice.
HIS nannies. Not his kids’ nannies. HIS nannies.
Right! Lutnick said they were HIS NANNIES and he did not say how old they were.
NUTLICK
He also made it a point that ALL his children and nannies left with him.
Yup, he did make that point. As if that somehow excused him from taking his kids to a lunch with a convicted child rapist and sex trafficker of little girls. And he sits there acting as if there was nothing wrong about that. These people are disgusting pieces of delusional shit.
Julie Andrews got away from the Nazis while caring for seven Von Trapp children all by herself.
Lutnik’s nannies were trapped working for a Nazi, and probably had to sign NDAs to prevent them from singing that the hills were alive with the sound of sexual predation
I agree, Stephanie!
I wonder if the nannies are underage.
I wonder if he paid them a decent wage and all the withholding taxes and insurance.
If the children were being raised to be another generation of Howard Lutnicks, they were probably permanently at the "I want it NOW" stage and it might take a nanny per kid for the parents to be able to ignore them.
Or to protect his children from Jeff and his buddies. Maybe the nannies were ex Women of Wrestling.
Retired Marines , no doubt.
And you know that as soon as Epstein heard that Lutnick had 4 children (ages 12-14, I believe) and nannies coming to the Island, he had his handmaids <ahem> put fresh sheets on the bed and get the oils out.
I think I read a story where Epstein had requested a resume of one of the nannies!!!
Yes, I also had heard he was interested in one of them.
You're thinking about au pairs. Do they still exist?
That thought crossed my mind too Stephanie.
I had the privilege of being a teaching librarian in a middle school for a very long time. The vast majority of 12yo kiddos I taught have far more emotional maturity than Ms. Noem - and along with that they are generally caring and have a great sense of humor. In a pinch, they are also willing to help - often without even being asked. When they do occasionally melt down (since they're only twelve), they also regain their equilibrium pretty quickly and offer an apology. All this without either a binkie...or a blankie.
Exactly. In fact, I was librarian for 5th and 6th graders who possessed more class than Noem can imagine.
And they are going through the wild hormone changes of pre-puberty and they have immature, undeveloped brains. What is Kristi Noem's excuse?
Soulless cunt.
Amen!!!!!!!!!
Same as the orange shit kazoo (thanks Jeff). So many of the officials in this regime are stuck in permanent emotional puberty and pre-puberty, that it cannot be a coincidence.
Birds of a feather, like attracts like and all that....does seem to hold true here.
I think that describes so much of the right-wing ideology and positions. It’s immature adolescence masquerading as serious policy. “I don’t wanna help anyone else. But I’m still entitled to everything I get.”
Yes you are so right on. I taught junior high/ middle school and it was so wild no one believes my descriptions of it.
BUT those wild childs were born with huge hearts, fun, wild, boundless energy actually very smart- just used their smarts for pranks unproductive things.
I think of them fondly. They were a gift to observe. I grew to realize that. Glad that is in the platform of my life.
My offspring had a blankie thing, and believe me it was a thing, but she outgrew it at age THREE. Jeff, as always trying to show the MAGATs in the best possible light, added nearly a decade to the Gnome's emotional maturity level.
I still hate that ICE labels themselves as "police." They do not resemble any legitimate law enforcement and should be labeled what they are: Fucking Gestapo Goons.
They resemble the guy on Nancy Guthrie's porch.
Our local PD used to have "To Serve and Protect" on the patrol cars. Whatever happened to that sentiment?
I've been saying it all along.
They do resemble a lot of Chicago police.
Thanks for the Hegseth gonad whacking .gif, Jeff. Two days in a row, no less.
Thinking about you, man.
It never gets old, does it? So gratifying.
He is such a moron and he truly believes he is all that. Nada, Pete-y.
I could watch it all day!
…and yes, I did burst out laughing…again!!!! 🤣🤣🤣
Krusti and her blanket...a fine example of the incompetent chaos currently in place.
Then, we have Elons brother Kimbal, in a romantic relationship with Jeffrey. WTAF? I read the email yesterday from the files proves that. And I was sick for the rest of the day. The Nutsmacker has righted my emotional ship, though. You are a lifesaver!!
It appears Epstein was an equal opportunity molester.
Right... it pushed me over the edge. It was an article by Dean Blundell.
I read that too! Ugh. Just ugh.
It seems his island was like a Disneyland for pedos.
Sometime early last year, a guy posted a short video on YouTube where he showed a picture of teenaged JD Vance, which he claimed was taken on Epstein Island. And he talked about how Peter Thiel was a major player in the Epstein world, and not everyone who went to the Island or the penthouse or the Zorro Ranch, etc., wanted young girls - there was a group that wanted young men. I shared the video around, but it got taken down within 24 hours. But I've never forgotten it...
Not surprising...Peter is married to Matt, and Peter had a relationship with Jeff who allegedly committed suicide. And Jeffrey was polysexual. Good grief. How is MAGA ok with all that?
https://www.businessinsider.com/male-model-kept-peter-thiel-relationship-dead-possible-suicide-2023-3
So many "suicides" in that world. Isn't that odd?
Very odd!
Fucking deplorable degenerates. Abide by nothing, including the natural law.
And, of course, Peter's been financing Vance since Yale, if not before...
It's all about compromat.
What I read was that JE got a woman for Kimbal. She reported back to JE. ???
https://substack.com/home/post/p-187954045
This is what I read....the email is in this article by Dean Blundell.
Gross.
If Epstein was polysexual, doesn’t that make anyone wonder about Donny?
100%. I believe that is what he wants to keep hidden. I also believe that Putin has the proof. Remember Helsinki, when Trump stumbled out like a beaten dog? I think Putin showed him the tape that day.
You are probably right, Arne!
👍👍👍👍
Roy Cohn was Trump's "mentor". I often wonder if he taught Trump the wonders of man-boy love. Gag! I can't help but believe that there is some same sex action involving Trump that he desperately wants to hide. His supporters will forgive anything but that.
I sincerely believe we will see so much more we dont want to see... in this age of hyper communication, very little will be kept from view.
I hope that everything comes to light. We are in sore need of disinfectant.
And if it’s ever proven, it’ll blow MAGA minds!
I’ll say.
If I've learned anything in the past 10 years it's that his supporters will forgive anything.
Well, I want my fucking Jeffie NOW!!! Do you have a problem with that??? 😡😡😡😡😡 1!!
🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰🥰!!!
now I have performance anxiety
Have you ever thought of reading your work out loud in a performance space or a library or a bookstore to the public?
Gotta be somewhere that allows creative cussing
A fire hose of fuckery!
In the current Ima-kill-you climate I don’t think we want our dear Jeff to risk reading his salty prose aloud at a library 🤣
Jeff. I want YOU !!! fuck your performance!!!
Oh no!! Double down on Xanax! How can we live without our daily dose of Jeffie???
No way Jeff. You’re Cool Hand Luke!
That was great!!
That's our Kristi, havin fun in the Mile High Club on the taxpayer dime with her f-boy. She probably screams "The Dow is above 50,000!" at the climax. Oh wait, that's the other evil skank. I get them confused. Sisters from another mister.
Could be. I thought part of their awfulness was that they're unsatisfied.
Marsha,Marsha,Marsha..
Immature, repulsive white trash using our tax dollars. 😡
Pam Bondi's the new Mussolini
With a mind full of sludgy linguini
"This place is a dump!
I just love Douchewad Trump!"
She's a loser, a baby, a meanie.
If you want a bunch of limericks, poems and songs every week, please subscribe to my Substack. This isn't meant to take anything away from our main man Jeff, who I HAVE to read every day! And Jeff -- our hearts are with you...
OT:
The con man who thinks everyone a sucker
Cannot feel his dead sphincter pucker
Despite Bondi's deflecting
The world is expecting
His downfall. Tick tock, motherfucker
OT #2
Bondi's insulting, arrogant stunt
To the victims was an enormous affront
That she is the AG
Is just a damned travesty
She's such a treasonous
I was wondering how you were gonna end that one.
Left it to the readers 🤷🏽♂️
Got it!
LOL
Nice...
Sucker, pucker, motherfucker- exquisite rhyming! Should be engraved on his gravestone.
👏👏👏👏👏👏👏
BEAUTIFUL!! I LOVE IT!
Felt this.
In this time of deep grieving, Jeff, your resilience and dedication to purpose continues without pause. Respect and gratitude.
Glad you are back Jeff, not only speaking truth to power, but ridiculing that so called power in your inimitable way. As you have said every day, please practice self care. Your community is with you always
Yay, Sam Stroozas!
And her coworkers showing up to the office in bathrobes to show support was awesome too
I think you're being too kind when you say the Sewer Clowns have the emotional maturity of 12 years olds. They act more like 2-4 year old toddlers who haven't learned yet to control their emotions. I think that pilot should've left them stranded to find their own way home as they did to him. I really resent my taxpayer dollars paying these assclowns salaries.
I was just coming here to say that.
The pilot should have said nahhh, you guys take a bus. 😂
It'll be sad when Noem,Bondi,Wiles and Lie-vett,etc, find out they're supposed fall on their swords and sacrifice themselves for the cult...did I say sad?? I meant hilarious.
Trump really does remind me of a toddler so much of the time, with all of his "waaaaaaa me me me me me."
Mingo, I just posted something similar before I read ALL the comments! That’ll teach me. Anyway, thank you. I agree. They’re toddlers.
Remember your lovely wife was able to spend the rest of her life with you....
So ICE Barbie was rendered all cranky
Because she lost track of her blanky
On those taxpayer planes
America disdains
Her adulterous hanky panky
HAHAH!!!