Elon wants USAID to die. Who the fuck authorized the Space Nazi shithead and his little buddy team to go spelunking in the Treasury payment system? Elon essentially BROKE INTO that system. Bessent does NOT have the authority to allow ANY of the shit that Elon is pulling.
Natalie, yes, agreed. I submit for your consideration a Batman-themed defestration: Batman sneakily binds a CF foot with a wire. He pushes CF off a window, but just before the terrorized F hits the ground, he's stopped, suddenly rises back up to the window, then kicked down again. Rinse and repeat till Batman loses interest, detaches the foot link and CF makes contact with the ground. Like a game of cat and mouse.
From a friend who teaches Russian. "Just found this Russian proverb, unfortunately so à propos (sigh): Когда деньги говорят, правда молчит. Lit. ‘When money speaks, the truth is silent’ "
How the hell does Smuk keep getting away with this shit? He just keeps giving federal employees the boot as he continues to access whatever system he pleases with the help of his baby techie brownshirt bros with impunity. Our local news just reported that it's unclear whether Smuk's actions would require congressional approval. WTF! Since when?
4 lawsuits have been filed by CREW and other plaintiffs seeking an injunction against DOGE. The problem is the suits were filed on Jan 20 right after the swearing in of Traitor Tot, and President Musk and his DOGE-y minions swept into OMB, GSA and Treasury so quickly that theyʻve probably already screwed with our data.
There is a protest in D.C. on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in front of the Treasury Building, organized by MoveOn and Indivisible. See article below or just sign up here. Sorry I don't have the link, but it is in his Substack article today.
I’m as incensed as anyone over Musk’s worldwide takeover! Why is this fucking connard even allowed in this country, knowing the evil corruption he’s inciting around the globe TL??
So law enforcement, and the AG's that are still obeying the law in each state have to get the necessary warrants from a law abiding judge and arrest musk and all others without Constitutional authority who are taking our money. Period. Put a stop to what they're doing. NOW.
I'm going to call my Gov.'s office and tell them to do just that.
I work in IT for the state (one of the larger social services agencies) -- not an exalted position, but I am a formal rep for my agency within the overall state IT org, and known. The executive director for my agency is pushing back on some of the restrictions Abbott wants to impose now that the pandemic is over -- if I protest what's going on politically, I would not put it past Abbott (or Paxton, or Dan Patrick) to use it as an excuse to punish the agency. Things are bad enough already.
And yes, they really are that fucking petty. These are some pretty poor excuses for human beings. DFPS (who handles foster care) is taking the brunt of the gov's mistreatment right now, which also makes me crazy -- Abbott took over direct mgmt of them a few years ago and while he won't hand it back over to HHS (because he's punishing them, of course) he's doing fuck-all about some pretty horrific stuff. If I were at liberty to throw a public fit, I would have started there.
If I'm noticed, it's also easy enough to see that most of my large family is Hispanic and maybe even that a couple of close relatives are LGBTQ (one of those is still in grade school). I know that this is straight out of the fascist playbook, but the calculations don't change. I protested getting into Iraq in 2003, marched at the Capitol in 2017 (with my daughter), wrote a shit-ton of letters and emails after the GQP took over the state & never thought about consequences. But this IS who the guys in charge are.
And nothing is going to sway Abbott/Paxton/Patrick about Musk -- Musk has a LOT of investment in Texas now and is leading something of a tech boom. Tesla is a few miles south of here, and another major company + company town is going in the next county over; there's SpaceX on the Gulf coast and more. Abbott (and Paxton) do not give a shit if he's planning to take over the US govt; I think they'd be just as happy if he did; maybe some of those billions would rub off on them...
We're getting out of this state when I retire next year; until then, I'm hors de combat.
Apparently that is an organization that helped end the apartheid he enjoyed living under and has seemingly made it one of his life's missions to end. These Broligarchs are a vengeful bunch and he is the master of revenge. He wants revenge on everyone. When will it be on Trump?
Well, I don't want Smuk to win, nor do I want to see Trump win--and even less do I wish to see boy wonder Vance be the last man standing. (sigh) This morning I feel like the best I can hope for is a direct asteroid strike on Mar-A- Lardo while all three are there---oh wait, then it would be that repulsive little Louisiana snake, Johnson, in charge. Geez. So much for that fantasy.
Absolutely Chris, why is Musk not deported yet, as the career criminals sidekick, who’s busy filching Treasury Department documents to share with his PayPal coterie?
I'm jumping in here because I guess anywhere is okay. If we ALL send a message to Chuck Schumer and ask him pretty please if he would DO SOMETHING other that tweet or X or whatever the hell he uses and show us a conscientious Democrat before it's too late, would it even matter?
IDK 🤷♀️ maybe it would. I think we might have better luck if everyone & their dog who has Democratic senators would call them 2x a day & tell them to get rid of Schumer as “leader” or you’re never donating another dime to their campaigns
Yannow, when I was a mere child and actively protesting the war in Vietnam, one of the things we used to tell the government to do was to declare victory and go home.
The Orange Shitstain should take this advice. His followers will take the W and the rest of us will know the truth.
According to WaPo, Mexico’s Pres has agreed to send 10,000 national guards to the southern border. Tariffs suspend till March. Haven’t heard what’s going on in my country as the felon will be chatting further with Trudeau.
President Sheinbaum of 🇲🇽 is showing the world that trolling and standing up to this thug fascist works. Sure, the vulgar thug will claim victory, but the world knows she's been OWNING HIS FLABBY ASS.
I can see the awesome Mexican Prez after the mic is off: "I gave him some bullshit about sending 10k troops to the border. We'll just have them quietly leave their positions and then do a Big March back to where they already were. He's so fucking dumb with that pudding brain that he won't even know what's going on. LOL"
Le dije que enviaría 10.000 soldados a la frontera. Simplemente les pediremos que abandonen sus posiciones en silencio y luego hagan una gran marcha de regreso a donde ya estaban. Es tan tonto con ese cerebro de budín que ni siquiera sabrá lo que está pasando. Lol.
For about 15 seconds, I passed by CNN (on my way to the Comedy Central network.) The detestable Scott Jennings was on there on a panel, smirking this exact point.
He has finally got it through his thick skull that price rises from the Mexico TOMORROW are going to piss a lot of people off. Few MAGATS will say when looking at avocados for next Sunday's guac "oh, this is just a short term pain."
Canadian tariffs will take longer to affect consumers: we don't import a lot of food from there. But try to find a buyable new house even if you can afford one now? Or afford a remodel? Or in some northern states, afford to heat your home as a new polar vortex hits?
Tim Kaine is introducing a bill to restrict the delegation of tariff power Congress gives to the president. These tariffs are not about trade. Using them as blackmail should be prohibited. Tell your reps to support this bill.
I actually know of some good schools and smart people in Iowa -- my grandmother graduated from Grinnell (with a break from 1917-1918 to help at home) and a high school friend teaches at Iowa State.
You can provide all the water in the world, but the jackass still has to decide to drink it.
Is it illegal to mail the outer part of avocados to MAL? If 222,000 if us (approx Jeff's subscribers) did this, isn't that #Resisting? We gotta start thinking way outta the box.
"Canadian tariffs will take longer to affect consumers" The PMs of Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia were talking of cutting off electricity export to the US, which would instantly black out large sections of the country (a failure in the system delivering hydro power from parts of Quebec was enough to black out from Lansing to Boston for days).
true, though when I looked up that electric company, I was under the impression it was as smaller area. I hadn’t seen that they were talking about cutting it off entirely; thought it was just going to cost more.
Yup, that would have an effect. But not on cousin Yancy way down south or many folks trump cares about.
perhaps. moot at the moment in any event. At least if it happens we will be moving towards spring. If still cold, those responsible can just go to Cancun. Though of course the increased Mexican scrutiny of US Citizens for being fentanyl mules will make it slow to get back.
Bingo. This whole tariff charade is more performance art - just like fucking up California's water system and claiming a "win" with the military. A series of manufactured "crises" where he swoops in and saves the day. Trump will back off of the tariffs & claim it's because he extracted concessions and agreements - and solved both the immigration AND fentanyl "problems" in a matter of days. The GOP won't have to spin it. Seen WaPo's whipped dog posture lately? Of course - all of this looks patently ridiculous and transparently phony - but guess what? 77MM Americans voted for him - again. Someone want to tell me he's "stupid"? Maybe - but deviously brilliant as Orban or Putin in manipulating the ignorant masses.
Jeff, did you see how the prez of Mexico eviscerates The Criminal? It is a beautiful thing to behold. Courtesy of Meidas Touch and Ben Mieselas: https://youtu.be/l2SjLlgfqbE
Isn't the national dish on Super Bowl Sunday guacamole and chips? Think of the disaster of tariffs on avocados for Super Bowl Sunday. I think that's the reason.
What an upside down world we live in when Tx has Crockett and NY has Schumer. I’m so disappointed in him right now, and Fetterman too. Kudos to Canada for going after red led states and Elon’s shitty vehicles.
Schumer has practically guaranteed himself a primary, a primary that he will lose unless the even more useless Jay Jacobs, loser head of the NY Democratic Party, forces out any meaningful competition. That's what saved him, and the equally worthless Hochul, the last time.
I’m not a fan of Hochul either but I’m glad we a have a Dem in that office because of how Canada is dolling out tariffs to red states. I wish Cuomo had been a better man because he was good at governing.
There's a great article re doj setting him up to prevent his reelection, i can't recall where I saw it, klippenstein I think. Cuomo for all his faults was not a douche or a GOP in drag like Hochul. He had a lot of soft power and was able to wrangle the constituencies into agreement on many things, and he did have a certain clarity about him.
They did that? Red States get hammered, lots of ways around it this is a charade anyway. The higher prices raise taxes, it’s a performative tax hike for corps Wall Street etc. No there, there.
Schumer and other fellow Boomers need to move on now. They are living in the old world that no longer exists. We need to give power to the young'uns who are up for the fight In this strange new world.
I think Schumer has major AIPAC money behind him, they own him. And agree Hochul seemed all too happy to knife Cuomo in the back, and take his spot. But when she claimed the college kids (rightfully) protesting were criminals, and bought in the police, that tells us where her priorities lie, and it is not with human rights.
AOC will run for Schumer’s seat in 2028 and kick his butt. Too bad we have to wait that long for Schumer’s term to end. The Dems should at least elect another Senator to be their Minority Leader. Schumer’s time has passed as he’s very ineffective. Losing the Senate should be a disqualifier to lead your party in the Senate
While Dems everywhere are waiting for our elected officials to show us some strength and guidance, Schumer shows up holding a wallet and whining. This man can't possibly convey strength with his reading glasses half way down his nose and his high water pants.
YES! I’m hoping for a list of exactly what companies Canada is slapping tariffs on so I can boycott them as well. I don’t think this is going like this administration planned.
Fetterman wants to have another 6 years in the Senate. Pennsylvania Attorney General did not join the 22 other Attorneys General in fighting Trump. Fetterman sees the future!
‘the lair of the throbbing pantsmonster’? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 THIS is how to start a Monday after a dismal weekend. Kristi, are you aware that virtually every sane person on the internet is making fun of you right now???
Seriously, we’re in deep shit and all Schumer can do is tweet nonsense? Put Crockett and AOC and Duckworth in charge and end this bullshit once and for all. And someone deport Elon, please.
The hell with deporting him...I want him forcibly stuffed into a cargo hold (preferably unshielded) of one of his own rockets and shot into the sun. If we're lucky, the rocket will "kinetically disassemble", as so many of his rockets have done and thus we can even avoid contaminating the sun with his toxicity.
I'm quoting Steve Earle, in regards to Kristi, "she's a two pack a day habit with a motel tan."
We continue to be leaderless. We're just chattel to them. It's going to take a grassroots uprising to kick these Republicans and some Democrats in the teeth. After decades of chipping away at our guardrails, it only took one wrecking ball to bring it all down.
I read it. He's right on. We should start a new party. The people's anti-facist/anti-oligarchs party. My daughter is now looking for the least racist countries to move to. My only grandson is biracial. He's four yrs old. The micro aggressions have already started. When he was a baby, older white women would ask if he was adopted. I said no, 24 hours of labor, and a c-section. He's ours. My daughter is 42 yrs old. Her only child. She's getting him a passport today.
This is a terrific piece. It is plain as day many of the Dems have left us to fend for ourselves. How can they sleep at night when the rest of us can't? Thankfully Raskin came out today and said this is a coup (and explained what a coup is) and said there will be lawsuits to stop musk. It's better than nada.
Our only hope is that someday these two monsters, tRump and Musk, start fighting each other like Godzilla vs. Mothra. But even that is really bad for Tokyo.
Plus, it’s about cockfighting not dickwielding. I remember having a National Geographic fold out showing the routes of the Union and Confederate armies. The caption was “The Cockpit of the Civil War.” And now I imagine Philomena Cunk gaping at the caption
Susan @jefftiedrich first time I delayed reading you early am. I didn't think I could bear it. You had me snorting and guffawing at "lair if the throbbing pants monster".
right click on image, pick "save image as", label it so you know what is, save in your pictures file, or somewhere you can find it. Then go to where ever you want to share it on social media find a little square that say "picture" when you mouse over it. Click that, search your files to where you put your copy, click on it, hit post.
Excellent take and it highlights with ridicule the mass psychosis. Truth and ridicule are two potent weapons against the mass psychosis. I too look for a way to extract the country from the mass psychosis. Few stop to think about the root cause of this dilemma, but Carl Jung understood it well. Mass psychosis is the advent of deluded people. You see those questioned at a Trump rally and you say “How can they be that deluded?” And then you forget about that delusional interview you just watched with YOUR OWN EYES. You do not do the next step: add it all up. It adds up to Mass Psychosis. You are led by a psychopathic neo-fascist that has deluded masses of people.
Ye aulde delusions of grandeur. The eye on the pyramid is bleeding the heart of Jesus as a digital asset. The same old story, the temptation of Christ: the lust of the world, and the pride of life in full array. Get thee behind me Elon, the Diabolical. The next steps will go for the jugular. Threatening and terrorizing of the population (financially, judicially, militarily, and legislatively) random accidental assassinations, avoidable deaths, more mass shootings, suicides, or televised executions, and more of the same pooh poohing press coverage. Also I heard the dastard is cutting a deal with Apple CEO iPhone text hookups to Starlink. not so distant future: Absolutely no privacy. We'll be forced to our knees Winston lovers in no time without a dime. No FDIC, the Crooks!!!
We're living in a nightmare. mElon is digging through the Treasury computers with kid hackers. The Tangerine Terrorist still thinks tariffs are paid by other countries. DEI - which they code for "Black people" - is the new Red Menace; unfortunately, the reality is that DEI includes the poor, veterans, pregnant women, parents, the disabled -- you know, most of America.
Yeah, he told us what he was going to do from day one. The biggest problem, to me, is that Congress can put their foot down about this and almost all of them are doing little more than posting outrage on social media like that changes things.
What scares me the most is that even if TTT is forced out, Vance is not going to be any better. He'll just be less crazy about it. Maybe.
I have been using Nazi Germany as a model for tRumpworld... we went from 1933 to 1938 in 2 weeks. Canada is the new Austria and the Anschluss has been put out in front of god and everybody. Is Greenland the new Sudetenland or the new Poland? We've got a cast of psychopaths and thieves running the executive branch and Congress is effectively not responsible for anything. The SCOTUS is largely bought and paid for by the Oligarchy. We are watching the death of the American Experiment.
Musk - and possibly Vance - can be more closely correlated to Saddam Hussein. Hussein quietly helped stage a coup for the government, then started purges and grabbing power, bit by bit. One day he basically said to their version of Congress, "OK, I'm in charge now" and that was that, because they knew if they spoke up against them they'd be purged, too.
We're doomed, and the government isn't doing anything about it but crying on social media.
I woke up today with a brand new thought on our data breach. I'm looking on the brightside...Just think about the "supremes" they now have their info out there...controlled by the muskrat. Dump and his hidden tax returns...mitch the bitch and the rest....It makes me happy just thinking about...Could this lead to impeachment ?? Got to think they aren't too pleased right either. Arrest and deport the muskrat.
I am so embarrassed to say I am from the United States .look at her . She is a laughing stock and who would listen to her . The cowboy hat , perfect hair and makeup just does me in 😂😂😂😂
I agree with you. As a former cop and ex military, that hair especially is too much. For starters, those long extensions look ridiculous, especially on a 53 year old. I've always had longish hair and when you have your uniform on, your hair has to be pulled back. You never see women who actually have the right to wear a military/LE uniform have their hair down like that. Another aging Barbie Doll plastic wanna be like Melania, Kim G and Lauren Sanchez.
Is she armed? I'll never get over her shooting her puppy Cricket in the face for "misbehaving". May a large group of hungry bears find her, unarmed, at some bs cosplay.
Mock mock mock and mock some more! Keep it coming!!!! Pisses them off, gets under their skin and most importantly, makes the rest of us feel good. You know, laughter is the best medicine. A little levity will go a long way in this dystopian nightmare from which we cannot awake.
I agree. I mean, I read other newsletters (!) but I always find this site to be the overall best on a day-in day-out basis, precisely because of the wit and downright humour that gets equal share with the most salient points, and the righteous anger. Because when you're basically out of power for the foreseeable future, mocking and showing disrespect for the people in charge really is the best way to let their followers know that their taunts and power plays aren't demoralizing the rest of us. Keep it up Jeff, keep it up and your readership will take heart from it. Get pissed, but also MOCK whenever the opportunity presents itself in real life.
2. The LA protest was glorious, but I did feel a tiny bit sorry for the folks in their cars on the 101. That freeway is a clusterfuck on a normal day, even on weekends.
Protesting deportation by blocking a highway is a good start. But we need to learn from the French, who can stop Paris cold just to protest a rainy day.
Plus, Jefferies keeps sending me texts & emails asking for money! I'm not sending him one more red cent til he stands up in Congress & blasts the Republicans for letting Elon Musk take over the US Treasury. For the love of God, where are your balls, Hakeem?
I am also disappointed in Jeffries as I thought if anyone could blast the Retrumplicans in Congress it would be him!! Forget about Schumer— time for him to pass the baton already!!!
Everyone with an IQ above 50 knew what a tariff was before the election. Unfortunately, we let everyone vote who is 18 or older. Fuck Trump. I’m sharing MacKinnon’s cartoon with everyone I know. Thanks, Jeff.
this just in: Donny's agreed to pause Mexican tariffs for one month. there are no details yet, but I'll bet good money that:
1. Donny caved because he's shit at negotiating, and
2. the GOP and the press will spin this as a massive win for Donny, just as they did when he caved to Colombia about treatment of deportees
Of course he did, he'll declare victory in some way while musk and his teen posse steal funds from the treasury and USAID.
Elon wants USAID to die. Who the fuck authorized the Space Nazi shithead and his little buddy team to go spelunking in the Treasury payment system? Elon essentially BROKE INTO that system. Bessent does NOT have the authority to allow ANY of the shit that Elon is pulling.
He needs to be prosecuted like any other hacker.
Defenestrated, would be my preference.
Natalie, yes, agreed. I submit for your consideration a Batman-themed defestration: Batman sneakily binds a CF foot with a wire. He pushes CF off a window, but just before the terrorized F hits the ground, he's stopped, suddenly rises back up to the window, then kicked down again. Rinse and repeat till Batman loses interest, detaches the foot link and CF makes contact with the ground. Like a game of cat and mouse.
Be still my heart! That is a good one!
Vladimir Putin: "Два больших пальца вверх!" (two thumbs up)👍👍
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In Mother Russia, windows open YOU!
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From a friend who teaches Russian. "Just found this Russian proverb, unfortunately so à propos (sigh): Когда деньги говорят, правда молчит. Lit. ‘When money speaks, the truth is silent’ "
Is nice view from here...
...must see from closer...*push*
No! He is not just any hacker and that would be sane washing. He need to be arrested and put on a plane to South Africa!
Trump needs to be impeached and Imprisoned for staging a coup.
Halfway to South Africa. Then, terrible door failure.
No sanewashing involved. Arresting him is the first step to prosecution. Would be great if they deported him after incarceration.
How the hell does Smuk keep getting away with this shit? He just keeps giving federal employees the boot as he continues to access whatever system he pleases with the help of his baby techie brownshirt bros with impunity. Our local news just reported that it's unclear whether Smuk's actions would require congressional approval. WTF! Since when?
4 lawsuits have been filed by CREW and other plaintiffs seeking an injunction against DOGE. The problem is the suits were filed on Jan 20 right after the swearing in of Traitor Tot, and President Musk and his DOGE-y minions swept into OMB, GSA and Treasury so quickly that theyʻve probably already screwed with our data.
Brownshirt Brothers!!! What a great phrase! And, it has that popular double meaning.
That it does and my wife deserves the credit for coming up with that phrase.
According to Robert Hubbell today.
There is a protest in D.C. on Tuesday at 5 p.m. in front of the Treasury Building, organized by MoveOn and Indivisible. See article below or just sign up here. Sorry I don't have the link, but it is in his Substack article today.
https://open.substack.com/pub/roberthubbell/p/the-resistance-begins-to-coalesce?r=f0qfn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
I’m as incensed as anyone over Musk’s worldwide takeover! Why is this fucking connard even allowed in this country, knowing the evil corruption he’s inciting around the globe TL??
Extra upvote for "connard".
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The genie is out of the lamp and deep in the bowels of government payment systems.
So law enforcement, and the AG's that are still obeying the law in each state have to get the necessary warrants from a law abiding judge and arrest musk and all others without Constitutional authority who are taking our money. Period. Put a stop to what they're doing. NOW.
I'm going to call my Gov.'s office and tell them to do just that.
I'd call mine, but I live in Texas.
I called right after writing that post.
Call Paxton anyway and voice your opinion, and put it in writing. Do it. Don't let him think you don't care. It's important.
I work in IT for the state (one of the larger social services agencies) -- not an exalted position, but I am a formal rep for my agency within the overall state IT org, and known. The executive director for my agency is pushing back on some of the restrictions Abbott wants to impose now that the pandemic is over -- if I protest what's going on politically, I would not put it past Abbott (or Paxton, or Dan Patrick) to use it as an excuse to punish the agency. Things are bad enough already.
And yes, they really are that fucking petty. These are some pretty poor excuses for human beings. DFPS (who handles foster care) is taking the brunt of the gov's mistreatment right now, which also makes me crazy -- Abbott took over direct mgmt of them a few years ago and while he won't hand it back over to HHS (because he's punishing them, of course) he's doing fuck-all about some pretty horrific stuff. If I were at liberty to throw a public fit, I would have started there.
If I'm noticed, it's also easy enough to see that most of my large family is Hispanic and maybe even that a couple of close relatives are LGBTQ (one of those is still in grade school). I know that this is straight out of the fascist playbook, but the calculations don't change. I protested getting into Iraq in 2003, marched at the Capitol in 2017 (with my daughter), wrote a shit-ton of letters and emails after the GQP took over the state & never thought about consequences. But this IS who the guys in charge are.
And nothing is going to sway Abbott/Paxton/Patrick about Musk -- Musk has a LOT of investment in Texas now and is leading something of a tech boom. Tesla is a few miles south of here, and another major company + company town is going in the next county over; there's SpaceX on the Gulf coast and more. Abbott (and Paxton) do not give a shit if he's planning to take over the US govt; I think they'd be just as happy if he did; maybe some of those billions would rub off on them...
We're getting out of this state when I retire next year; until then, I'm hors de combat.
No one voted for Musk! Get him the fuck out of the government
The shit show has now decided to move USAID to Liddle Marco to administrate. What could go wrong.
The fact that Rubio is the least onerous of all his ass kissing incompetent fakers says a lot
Apparently that is an organization that helped end the apartheid he enjoyed living under and has seemingly made it one of his life's missions to end. These Broligarchs are a vengeful bunch and he is the master of revenge. He wants revenge on everyone. When will it be on Trump?
Well, I don't want Smuk to win, nor do I want to see Trump win--and even less do I wish to see boy wonder Vance be the last man standing. (sigh) This morning I feel like the best I can hope for is a direct asteroid strike on Mar-A- Lardo while all three are there---oh wait, then it would be that repulsive little Louisiana snake, Johnson, in charge. Geez. So much for that fantasy.
I find myself in sympathy with all the people on the planet who live under authoritarian regimes.
Here is Olga Lauman's Trump Tyranny Tracker: Day 16
https://open.substack.com/pub/trumptyrannytracker/p/trump-tyranny-tracker-day-16?r=f0qfn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
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Absolutely Chris, why is Musk not deported yet, as the career criminals sidekick, who’s busy filching Treasury Department documents to share with his PayPal coterie?
I'm jumping in here because I guess anywhere is okay. If we ALL send a message to Chuck Schumer and ask him pretty please if he would DO SOMETHING other that tweet or X or whatever the hell he uses and show us a conscientious Democrat before it's too late, would it even matter?
IDK 🤷♀️ maybe it would. I think we might have better luck if everyone & their dog who has Democratic senators would call them 2x a day & tell them to get rid of Schumer as “leader” or you’re never donating another dime to their campaigns
Deport him to Gitmo along with the other ‘illegal immigrants.’
Yannow, when I was a mere child and actively protesting the war in Vietnam, one of the things we used to tell the government to do was to declare victory and go home.
The Orange Shitstain should take this advice. His followers will take the W and the rest of us will know the truth.
All it would take is one Secret Service agent and two cartridges.
Tough one to "like", Doc.
#ArrestElonMusk
According to WaPo, Mexico’s Pres has agreed to send 10,000 national guards to the southern border. Tariffs suspend till March. Haven’t heard what’s going on in my country as the felon will be chatting further with Trudeau.
so basically Donny got Mexico to agree to something they were already doing because he's an easily-outwitted numbskull
https://bsky.app/profile/crampell.bsky.social/post/3lhbvctpc6k2h
Absofuckinglutely Jeff!!
President Sheinbaum of 🇲🇽 is showing the world that trolling and standing up to this thug fascist works. Sure, the vulgar thug will claim victory, but the world knows she's been OWNING HIS FLABBY ASS.
I can see the awesome Mexican Prez after the mic is off: "I gave him some bullshit about sending 10k troops to the border. We'll just have them quietly leave their positions and then do a Big March back to where they already were. He's so fucking dumb with that pudding brain that he won't even know what's going on. LOL"
Le dije que enviaría 10.000 soldados a la frontera. Simplemente les pediremos que abandonen sus posiciones en silencio y luego hagan una gran marcha de regreso a donde ya estaban. Es tan tonto con ese cerebro de budín que ni siquiera sabrá lo que está pasando. Lol.
That won’t keep him from declaring “victory”
That’s the point. Sheinbaum reduces the number of Mexican troops along the border from 15K to 10K, and the PINO declares victory. 😆
For about 15 seconds, I passed by CNN (on my way to the Comedy Central network.) The detestable Scott Jennings was on there on a panel, smirking this exact point.
Bingo💯🎯💙✌🏻
We made a nice action video that a child could enjoy to explain what we’re doing, but I guess that was not enough.
He has finally got it through his thick skull that price rises from the Mexico TOMORROW are going to piss a lot of people off. Few MAGATS will say when looking at avocados for next Sunday's guac "oh, this is just a short term pain."
Canadian tariffs will take longer to affect consumers: we don't import a lot of food from there. But try to find a buyable new house even if you can afford one now? Or afford a remodel? Or in some northern states, afford to heat your home as a new polar vortex hits?
Tim Kaine is introducing a bill to restrict the delegation of tariff power Congress gives to the president. These tariffs are not about trade. Using them as blackmail should be prohibited. Tell your reps to support this bill.
Chuck (pidgeon lover) Grassley is already crying about POTASH. He wants there to be an exception for his Iowa farmers.
By the way, that's how Chuck spells pigeon.
Did they have schools during Grassly’s epoch? If they did well it’s Iowa anyway. Low IQ individual.
I actually know of some good schools and smart people in Iowa -- my grandmother graduated from Grinnell (with a break from 1917-1918 to help at home) and a high school friend teaches at Iowa State.
You can provide all the water in the world, but the jackass still has to decide to drink it.
He needs to retire…NOW!
WTF heck is potash? Is he trying to spell potato?
Source of potassium. But we can always get it from Kazakhstan:
https://youtu.be/OENHuxXqWJ0?t=85
If there were only a Google machine.
Trump is stupid as shit. Pathetic.
I think that is effluent libel!😉
No sense in insulting shit.
Now we really know why the PINO agreed to postpone the tariffs on Mexico—it was to hold down the price of avocados until after the Superbowl!
You got it, it's the guacamole for our national holiday.
Is it illegal to mail the outer part of avocados to MAL? If 222,000 if us (approx Jeff's subscribers) did this, isn't that #Resisting? We gotta start thinking way outta the box.
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"Canadian tariffs will take longer to affect consumers" The PMs of Ontario, Quebec, and British Columbia were talking of cutting off electricity export to the US, which would instantly black out large sections of the country (a failure in the system delivering hydro power from parts of Quebec was enough to black out from Lansing to Boston for days).
true, though when I looked up that electric company, I was under the impression it was as smaller area. I hadn’t seen that they were talking about cutting it off entirely; thought it was just going to cost more.
Yup, that would have an effect. But not on cousin Yancy way down south or many folks trump cares about.
It would cripple the entire national grid. Yes, it would reach cousin Yancy.
Texas has its own grid, which will happily crap out on its own, with no help at all.
perhaps. moot at the moment in any event. At least if it happens we will be moving towards spring. If still cold, those responsible can just go to Cancun. Though of course the increased Mexican scrutiny of US Citizens for being fentanyl mules will make it slow to get back.
itz the story of hiz life
fukin bullshit lozer!
Bingo. This whole tariff charade is more performance art - just like fucking up California's water system and claiming a "win" with the military. A series of manufactured "crises" where he swoops in and saves the day. Trump will back off of the tariffs & claim it's because he extracted concessions and agreements - and solved both the immigration AND fentanyl "problems" in a matter of days. The GOP won't have to spin it. Seen WaPo's whipped dog posture lately? Of course - all of this looks patently ridiculous and transparently phony - but guess what? 77MM Americans voted for him - again. Someone want to tell me he's "stupid"? Maybe - but deviously brilliant as Orban or Putin in manipulating the ignorant masses.
Poignant Gary!!
His entire history of negotiating consists of:
A. Not paying his bills.
B. Declaring bankruptcy.
and of course:
C. Claiming victory and/or blaming everyone else for everything that goes wrong.
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D. Rape.
So, while they pat themselves on the back, we uphold our laws and stop them and get musk out of the picture.
His buddies freaked over the stock market tanking.
Jeff, did you see how the prez of Mexico eviscerates The Criminal? It is a beautiful thing to behold. Courtesy of Meidas Touch and Ben Mieselas: https://youtu.be/l2SjLlgfqbE
Just in time for cheap Super Bowl guacamole. Take that, Chuck Schumer !
Yes. They are already saying that because Pres. Scheinbaum agreed to putting 10,000 soldiers along the border this was a win for trump. Infuriating!
Lamo, fuck "they". Probably maga, so forget them.
Isn't the national dish on Super Bowl Sunday guacamole and chips? Think of the disaster of tariffs on avocados for Super Bowl Sunday. I think that's the reason.
Think of the outer. avocado skins we could send to motel-a-bedbug.
Stock market taking. Orange felon doesn’t want that heat.
Bingo skangirl!!
President Sheinbaum agreed to send 10,000 troops to secure the US border in exchange for a one-month delay on tariffs.
M A G A!!!!!!!
3. Mexico President told him to ride a pony to fuck-you land.
What an upside down world we live in when Tx has Crockett and NY has Schumer. I’m so disappointed in him right now, and Fetterman too. Kudos to Canada for going after red led states and Elon’s shitty vehicles.
Schumer has practically guaranteed himself a primary, a primary that he will lose unless the even more useless Jay Jacobs, loser head of the NY Democratic Party, forces out any meaningful competition. That's what saved him, and the equally worthless Hochul, the last time.
I’m not a fan of Hochul either but I’m glad we a have a Dem in that office because of how Canada is dolling out tariffs to red states. I wish Cuomo had been a better man because he was good at governing.
There's a great article re doj setting him up to prevent his reelection, i can't recall where I saw it, klippenstein I think. Cuomo for all his faults was not a douche or a GOP in drag like Hochul. He had a lot of soft power and was able to wrangle the constituencies into agreement on many things, and he did have a certain clarity about him.
They did that? Red States get hammered, lots of ways around it this is a charade anyway. The higher prices raise taxes, it’s a performative tax hike for corps Wall Street etc. No there, there.
Schumer and other fellow Boomers need to move on now. They are living in the old world that no longer exists. We need to give power to the young'uns who are up for the fight In this strange new world.
There are plenty of us boomers who know how to fight dirty. Just because Schumer is a dinosaur don't tag all of us with him.
I think Schumer has major AIPAC money behind him, they own him. And agree Hochul seemed all too happy to knife Cuomo in the back, and take his spot. But when she claimed the college kids (rightfully) protesting were criminals, and bought in the police, that tells us where her priorities lie, and it is not with human rights.
AOC will run for Schumer’s seat in 2028 and kick his butt. Too bad we have to wait that long for Schumer’s term to end. The Dems should at least elect another Senator to be their Minority Leader. Schumer’s time has passed as he’s very ineffective. Losing the Senate should be a disqualifier to lead your party in the Senate
While Dems everywhere are waiting for our elected officials to show us some strength and guidance, Schumer shows up holding a wallet and whining. This man can't possibly convey strength with his reading glasses half way down his nose and his high water pants.
And doing NOTHING in the nation's worst Constitutional crisis.
Every country should deny Tesla the right to import into them.
YES! I’m hoping for a list of exactly what companies Canada is slapping tariffs on so I can boycott them as well. I don’t think this is going like this administration planned.
Fetterman wants to have another 6 years in the Senate. Pennsylvania Attorney General did not join the 22 other Attorneys General in fighting Trump. Fetterman sees the future!
Mary, Fetterman's playing both sides of the fence. Manchin/Sinema ring any bells?
What future?
Forget Fetterman now. He is a huge disappointment!
More brain worms.
F*ck Fetterman! What a loser!
‘the lair of the throbbing pantsmonster’? 🤣🤣🤣🤣 THIS is how to start a Monday after a dismal weekend. Kristi, are you aware that virtually every sane person on the internet is making fun of you right now???
Seriously, we’re in deep shit and all Schumer can do is tweet nonsense? Put Crockett and AOC and Duckworth in charge and end this bullshit once and for all. And someone deport Elon, please.
The hell with deporting him...I want him forcibly stuffed into a cargo hold (preferably unshielded) of one of his own rockets and shot into the sun. If we're lucky, the rocket will "kinetically disassemble", as so many of his rockets have done and thus we can even avoid contaminating the sun with his toxicity.
The sooner he "occupies Mars" the better.
Shades of Thomas Pynchon's 'Gravity's Rainbow!'
Wow! Good reference.
I'm quoting Steve Earle, in regards to Kristi, "she's a two pack a day habit with a motel tan."
We continue to be leaderless. We're just chattel to them. It's going to take a grassroots uprising to kick these Republicans and some Democrats in the teeth. After decades of chipping away at our guardrails, it only took one wrecking ball to bring it all down.
Ahhh…. Steve Earle. I’m cooking and will now find some Steve. Perfect.
Exactly Lisa, a good read is on Substack the reframe:
https://www.the-reframe.com/its/
I read it. He's right on. We should start a new party. The people's anti-facist/anti-oligarchs party. My daughter is now looking for the least racist countries to move to. My only grandson is biracial. He's four yrs old. The micro aggressions have already started. When he was a baby, older white women would ask if he was adopted. I said no, 24 hours of labor, and a c-section. He's ours. My daughter is 42 yrs old. Her only child. She's getting him a passport today.
Right track, tell him when he finds a place that appreciates him burn the US passport.
This is a terrific piece. It is plain as day many of the Dems have left us to fend for ourselves. How can they sleep at night when the rest of us can't? Thankfully Raskin came out today and said this is a coup (and explained what a coup is) and said there will be lawsuits to stop musk. It's better than nada.
I'll check it out.
Man, I love that!!
Our only hope is that someday these two monsters, tRump and Musk, start fighting each other like Godzilla vs. Mothra. But even that is really bad for Tokyo.
They don’t know how to fight. Would be hilarious. 😆
Yup it'll look like the the Three Stooges slap fights, Tangeranus flapping his flabby, little Tyrannosaurus arms at Musk...
LOL😂😂😂
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Plus, it’s about cockfighting not dickwielding. I remember having a National Geographic fold out showing the routes of the Union and Confederate armies. The caption was “The Cockpit of the Civil War.” And now I imagine Philomena Cunk gaping at the caption
AGAIN, FOR THOSE IN THE BACK: AIRPLANES WEREN'T INVENTED IN CIVIL WAR ERA! SO NO COCKPITS.
In those days a "cockpit" exclusively meant a hole dug for roosters to fight in. Still, in some places.
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Add Mazie Hirono and you have a group to change America from disaster.
YES! I forgot this awesome woman!! 👍
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DAMN STRAIGHT! Women do not put up with shit. Look how the Mexican prez dealt with The Criminal. She removed quite a few notches from his goalpost!
Love X 1000 her comments about keep your guns in the US!
Yes, immediately!
Susan @jefftiedrich first time I delayed reading you early am. I didn't think I could bear it. You had me snorting and guffawing at "lair if the throbbing pants monster".
😂😂😂😂
I try to never miss Jeff because no matter how bad things are, I know I’ll walk away with a smile on my face. He never disappoints 😂
Did you see Klobuchar’s complicity piece in the Times Susan, damn I’ve known her since she was a kid!
I cancelled my NYT subscription … nothing will surprise me anymore.
My sentiments exactly!
Thank you Susan!
I'm guessing trump's urine stream isn't quite so "robust". I'm thinking it's more of a dribbling into a diaper.
Yes but that was my favorite part of the newsletter, I needed the laugh.
I have no techie skills, I wish I could work out how to copy it so I could pass it on. . .
right click on image, pick "save image as", label it so you know what is, save in your pictures file, or somewhere you can find it. Then go to where ever you want to share it on social media find a little square that say "picture" when you mouse over it. Click that, search your files to where you put your copy, click on it, hit post.
Now THAT'S the kind of "techie" I can follow!
Thanks - my grandchildren just say " Oh - Graaaaandma!"
Screenshot!
Take a screenshot then crop
What a great cartoon! How appropriate!
Remember, kids:
PROMISE SOMETHING
DO NOTHING
BLAME SOMONE ELSE
True dat Mark, even a cystoscopy with a garden hose hanging from his tiny mushroom couldn’t produce that flow!!
They'd have to use the micro-size endoscope.
Hahahahahahahah
Excellent take and it highlights with ridicule the mass psychosis. Truth and ridicule are two potent weapons against the mass psychosis. I too look for a way to extract the country from the mass psychosis. Few stop to think about the root cause of this dilemma, but Carl Jung understood it well. Mass psychosis is the advent of deluded people. You see those questioned at a Trump rally and you say “How can they be that deluded?” And then you forget about that delusional interview you just watched with YOUR OWN EYES. You do not do the next step: add it all up. It adds up to Mass Psychosis. You are led by a psychopathic neo-fascist that has deluded masses of people.
https://open.substack.com/pub/hotbuttons/p/comes-a-time?r=3m1bs&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=true
Ye aulde delusions of grandeur. The eye on the pyramid is bleeding the heart of Jesus as a digital asset. The same old story, the temptation of Christ: the lust of the world, and the pride of life in full array. Get thee behind me Elon, the Diabolical. The next steps will go for the jugular. Threatening and terrorizing of the population (financially, judicially, militarily, and legislatively) random accidental assassinations, avoidable deaths, more mass shootings, suicides, or televised executions, and more of the same pooh poohing press coverage. Also I heard the dastard is cutting a deal with Apple CEO iPhone text hookups to Starlink. not so distant future: Absolutely no privacy. We'll be forced to our knees Winston lovers in no time without a dime. No FDIC, the Crooks!!!
Putting a mobbed up career criminal, with 34 felony convictions since his last term in office, should have been the tell any sane person needed Lynn!!
so very sad but true
Well put and the pathway to dictatorship is well known by some. The deluded—oblivious and they don’t care.
Well, you just put my comment to shame!
Nah… that was a brilliant cartoon!
I saved that cartoon for future use. Me, I can stand flat footed and piss in a dump truck. (Not.)
To be fair Trump said there might be pain, and there might not. He’s right, there maybe pain for us but there might not be pain for him
fair point
seems he would have done a little due dil ...................... nevermind!
We're living in a nightmare. mElon is digging through the Treasury computers with kid hackers. The Tangerine Terrorist still thinks tariffs are paid by other countries. DEI - which they code for "Black people" - is the new Red Menace; unfortunately, the reality is that DEI includes the poor, veterans, pregnant women, parents, the disabled -- you know, most of America.
Yeah, he told us what he was going to do from day one. The biggest problem, to me, is that Congress can put their foot down about this and almost all of them are doing little more than posting outrage on social media like that changes things.
What scares me the most is that even if TTT is forced out, Vance is not going to be any better. He'll just be less crazy about it. Maybe.
I have been using Nazi Germany as a model for tRumpworld... we went from 1933 to 1938 in 2 weeks. Canada is the new Austria and the Anschluss has been put out in front of god and everybody. Is Greenland the new Sudetenland or the new Poland? We've got a cast of psychopaths and thieves running the executive branch and Congress is effectively not responsible for anything. The SCOTUS is largely bought and paid for by the Oligarchy. We are watching the death of the American Experiment.
It's more than just Nazi Germany.
Musk - and possibly Vance - can be more closely correlated to Saddam Hussein. Hussein quietly helped stage a coup for the government, then started purges and grabbing power, bit by bit. One day he basically said to their version of Congress, "OK, I'm in charge now" and that was that, because they knew if they spoke up against them they'd be purged, too.
We're doomed, and the government isn't doing anything about it but crying on social media.
Sad truth MJ!!
I woke up today with a brand new thought on our data breach. I'm looking on the brightside...Just think about the "supremes" they now have their info out there...controlled by the muskrat. Dump and his hidden tax returns...mitch the bitch and the rest....It makes me happy just thinking about...Could this lead to impeachment ?? Got to think they aren't too pleased right either. Arrest and deport the muskrat.
Maybe JD will golf outside at MAL with CF soon. Back by the bushes.
Don't piss off Chuck Schumer, he may push his glasses ALL THE WAY UP.
Good one!
LOL
What’s his voting record? His position may be too high but he is a vote.
I have no idea. I was just making a joke.
Sheesh.
I am so embarrassed to say I am from the United States .look at her . She is a laughing stock and who would listen to her . The cowboy hat , perfect hair and makeup just does me in 😂😂😂😂
I agree with you. As a former cop and ex military, that hair especially is too much. For starters, those long extensions look ridiculous, especially on a 53 year old. I've always had longish hair and when you have your uniform on, your hair has to be pulled back. You never see women who actually have the right to wear a military/LE uniform have their hair down like that. Another aging Barbie Doll plastic wanna be like Melania, Kim G and Lauren Sanchez.
And the fake eyelashes and cheap dangly earrings with the Border Patrol costume! Cruella's definitely vying for Boebert fashion chic.
Is she armed? I'll never get over her shooting her puppy Cricket in the face for "misbehaving". May a large group of hungry bears find her, unarmed, at some bs cosplay.
I just want to vomit
Mock mock mock and mock some more! Keep it coming!!!! Pisses them off, gets under their skin and most importantly, makes the rest of us feel good. You know, laughter is the best medicine. A little levity will go a long way in this dystopian nightmare from which we cannot awake.
I agree. I mean, I read other newsletters (!) but I always find this site to be the overall best on a day-in day-out basis, precisely because of the wit and downright humour that gets equal share with the most salient points, and the righteous anger. Because when you're basically out of power for the foreseeable future, mocking and showing disrespect for the people in charge really is the best way to let their followers know that their taunts and power plays aren't demoralizing the rest of us. Keep it up Jeff, keep it up and your readership will take heart from it. Get pissed, but also MOCK whenever the opportunity presents itself in real life.
Gallows humor helps the poison go down.
The other day, I went to the Autocorrect Fails site, just so I could laugh.
1. I’ll be posting that cartoon in a few minutes.
2. The LA protest was glorious, but I did feel a tiny bit sorry for the folks in their cars on the 101. That freeway is a clusterfuck on a normal day, even on weekends.
blocked freeways get attention - people wandering around the streets, not so much
They make enemies. The effect was to declare that anyone who wants to go home should support throwing all those people out of the country.
Ditto
I've driven that stretch (101 at Spring St)(and was born 2 mi away) a gazillionty times, yep it's always a mess
Yep, worked downtown for several years, never saw it anything but.
Protesting deportation by blocking a highway is a good start. But we need to learn from the French, who can stop Paris cold just to protest a rainy day.
Touché !
It has to be done right in front of the WH
As with the French protesters (who are often very MAGAlike) these protesters have done nothing but make enemies for their cause.
Schumer and Jefferies need to be replaces as democratic leaders, they are an embarrassment.
Plus, Jefferies keeps sending me texts & emails asking for money! I'm not sending him one more red cent til he stands up in Congress & blasts the Republicans for letting Elon Musk take over the US Treasury. For the love of God, where are your balls, Hakeem?
I stopped all of his messages and emails - then called his office and told him why.
Me too.
Same here. Fuck the fundraising and do something for a change. I'm really disappointed with Jefferies at the moment.
I am also disappointed in Jeffries as I thought if anyone could blast the Retrumplicans in Congress it would be him!! Forget about Schumer— time for him to pass the baton already!!!
Ditto Keith, unfortunately the Democrats appear complicit!!
Chuckles never fails to bring a pea-shooter to a gunfight. When they go low he prefers to tiptoe through the tulips.
Peashooter? If only! More like a tray of cupcakes 🧁🧁🧁
i thought hakem was better than this ... schumer? history!
I hoped Hakeem would be effective. No more. And no more donations to these people.
I gave up on Jeffries when he put his thumb on the scale for "Republican lite" Henry Cuellar over Jessica Cisneros in 2022
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I loved Jeffries till he made the God comment. Tell me one time God stopped an atrocity.
Everyone with an IQ above 50 knew what a tariff was before the election. Unfortunately, we let everyone vote who is 18 or older. Fuck Trump. I’m sharing MacKinnon’s cartoon with everyone I know. Thanks, Jeff.
I'm so angry, I up to 3 fucking blood pressure meds!!! That orange blob of shit will be the death of me.
I'm afraid to take my b.p.
I'm fresh out of words today. The out and proud fascists are winning.