Your age might be showing. Not too many remember Fred (Ethel's husband) Mertz from the I Love Lucy show. He was played by an old vaudevillian named William Frawley
Frawley also played Bub on My Three Sons. According to Barry Livingston who played the adopted son Ernie, Frawley preferred having his five Cutty Sark lunches and not going back to work.
My dad took my sister and me to the 7-eleven on Saturday nights so we could run the TV tubes through the tube tester. Then he popped corn in bacon grease (yummy) and we all watched the Saturday Night Fights. Good times!
Oh, yeah, so lucky. Those days when Civil Rights were still shiny new and barely enacted and the color of your skin determined where you could live, when women couldn't have their own bank account or get a credit card without a man's permission, when children were spanked in schools. But, hey, we had tv sets without fancy electronic gadgets!
Yep…all the gop and magats in muskrat’s ship. Let’s add bezos and his ship in that adventure as well. If one of them can find a seat for zuckerberg it’ll be a threefer!
And I'll pay the fare for at least one of the Murdoch heirs! If it's one of Elon's exploding rockets, perhaps we will be able to avoid contaminating the sun.
Make sure it is Lachlan, he is the bad one, James hates the tabloids and Fox propaganda channel.
"In his 2020 resignation, James — known as the more liberal Murdoch brother — said he stepped down “due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company’s news outlets and certain other strategic decisions.” James had previously criticized News Corp’s editorial decisions and said he disagreed with Fox News coverage."
I knew that one of them was Murdoch's preferred heir and he is now trying to break the trust he put everything in, so as to cut out some of his kids that don't admire his fake news empire...I couldn't remember his name. Lachlan it is...yep, launch him (and Trump, Musk, Rupert, Vance, Bezos and Zuck) into the sun!
Dragging this mess through the courts, even with Jack Smith would take up too many people’s lifetimes Janan, abruptly ending their reign of terror on the denizens and the country would suit the masses,,as well as being a deterrent!!
As crazy as Musk is, he may line them all up and then lead the way down himself as they fall behind him! He may try to go last just to stay on the top.
Considering the toe fellatio video, I think the left is beginning to outsmart them -- hope they saved it to splice in all over the country at certain events!
I recently heard Kara Swisher and Sarah Longwell discussing that Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. They were suggesting that they hope he gets his dream and stays there! I can go along with that. I would pitch in money to send him on a one way trip to Mars.
Trump will pardon EVERYBODY just before he leaves ( that's if he EVER leaves)
If the Democrats get back in again, one of the FIRST things they should do is remove the "Presidential Pardon" power. Leave it to State's governors. The way it is now, it's just an open invitation to corruption - "Do whatever I ask! I'll pardon you!"
Decades of study of quantum physics has given great evidence that thoughts are actually a form of energy and have power. I like to prefer thinking: trump is going out one way or another!! With his pet rats along with him!!
Yes. So would I .They are traitors and need to be treated as such.It hurts my heart that this idiot and his cult have turned America into Public Enemy Number 1 to the world.It really sucks!
I don’t think a lot of the world believes “we”are really on board with this shit storm. I see a lot of supportive postings from mostly Canada, but individuals from other countries as well.
But, but, Johnson thinks everything is right on track, can't remember his exact quote today. Hope he ends up behind a few bars without his porn phone. You can interpret the 'bars' however you'd like!
They’re certainly giving them plenty to go on. Imagine Orange Anus Mouth coming up against Jack Smith, but this time in a real court, with real judges and prosecutors, not one of Donnie’s bought and paid for kangaroo courts, ya know, like SCOTUS?
Our country is now headed for a second civil war. There will be violence in the streets. The Crown considered the Boston Tea Party to be an illegal action. The Crown considered the American Revolution to be an illegal action. Yet, without those “illegal actions”, the United States of America would never have happened.
Let’s pick a 4-day period to get together to protest. I want to see 100 million Americans hit the streets on those 4 days. All over the country. Surround State Capitol buildings, surround the White House and the Executive Office Building, surround the U.S. Capitol, surround Federal Agency HQ buildings, and surround the Supreme Court. Lock arms, shut down government! It is not working for the American People. We must make it perfectly clear that there are no kings in a democracy, that, in a democracy, no one is above the law, and that we, the people, will not stand back and let a lying, conning, grifting, fraudulent, law-breaking, traitorous American president - and his disgusting enablers - destroy our democracy.
If we indeed are headed towards a civil war, then it will be an assault on everyday citizens by trump and his adherents. Clearly, Trump wants the military to shoot people. No doubt that is on the advice of Putin, but it also reflects trump’s insatiable desire to prove to himself how powerful (and brilliant and handsome and athletic) he is.
My question du jour is, “what side will our military be on?” When it all comes down, will they follow the orders of someone who intends to violate our Constitution and destroy democracy, or, will they prevent what is clearly an overthrow of our government by domestic terrorists and give power back to We the People?
As a veteran, that is the question I ask myself. This could go two possible ways. If I recall correctly, the Soviet Union finally collapsed when its soldiers refused orders to fire on civilian protestors. By contrast, the uprising in Tiananmen Square was ruthlessly crushed by the Chinese military. I am sure there are some within our military who might be willing to shoot innocent people on command, but I remain hopeful that the majority of American soldiers are there to serve, not to oppress.
Trump is intent on creating a power vacuum that the Chinese and Russians will be eager to fill. Taking the most capable military out of its role in protecting the free world is indeed the prescription for World War III.
Same here - have ancestors from both wars, but we're equally US citizens whether native born or naturalized. Naturalized citizens might even understand our Constitution and government better than native born, due to the knowledge test they are required to pass.
My great great Grandfather fought in the Civil War (for the North, of course). I have two Revolutionary War vets as ancestors as well--one on my mother's side and one of my father's side.
One of my great-GF's, due to Jackson, had to participate with the military on the Trail of Tears. I often wonder how he felt about that. No one has any letters or stories of him during that time period.
My family arrived a little later, around 1895. But our roots are as firmly planted. We have already experienced Russian oppression and we're not interested in doing it again.
I am. On my mom's side one of my ancestors actually fought in the Revolutionary War. We have long family ties to America on both sides. This is our country. We all came with hope and dreams.
I'm not. My ancestors were living on the plains, completely unaware of the tsunami of fatal shit headed in their direction by way of Lexington-Concord.
Although I have some British ancestry, so maybe, only on the other side.
Same here! We fought for our land, our children, our lives, our health and well-being. And we were here for thousands of years before your ancestors invaded and destroyed it, which you still are.
This wasn't your country. It was ours. Your ancestors didn't fight FOR this country. They fought to steal it from us. They owned slaves and indentured servants, many of whom were Native Americans, and for the love of Christ, I will never understand the pride people take in their slave-owning, lice-ridden, filthy, toothless, rank, and diseased ancestors who came over here on a boat filled with plague sufferers, only to build "Boston" later, a hub of pirates and prostitutes and religiously-insane people who were thrown out of England upon pain of death. I live in Rhode Island! I know how crazy your ancestors were!
I have great pride in my ancestors. They were good, decent people. I will NEVER understand why you think having such horrible, diseased, and depraved people in your lineage gives you a sense of entitlement. Why would you even be proud of them?
I know. Here comes the entitled vitriolic shit, probably from more than a few. Hear me: I. Don't. Fucking. Care.
I'm sick of these "Mayflower princesses" pushing lies and false rhetoric about "fighting for their country."
I know the real story. Most people of color do. Actually, most whites do, too.
Most likely anyone with relatives here during that time. A whole bunch of us, whether we know it or not. My family has been traced to the 10th century so I feel lucky in that regard.
Hmm, per Wikitree, I can trace my ancestry back to the mid fourth century... I once traced my Welsh ancestry per Welsh poetry back to about 150 BC. One has to wonder how accurate these songs are. But I can trace my ancestry to Charlemagne in several different ways (by a couple of different daughters and sons) so I'm reasonably confident of that. My parents, unknown to them, were 14th cousins...)
I only refer to tracing done by individuals. Wiki completely misrepresented the Putnam name, including inaccuracies. It even got their religion wrong. Likewise the Olufs name has gross inaccuracies, so gave up on them.
I have two (a maternal GF and uncle) who signed the Declaration and at least 6 who fought in the Revolution. It's odd to realize how many GF's we all have when we go back that far! Every GF on my Dad's surname side, from the Revolution forward, was in a war, including my Dad lying about his age to join WW2 3 weeks before he turned 16. His Dad in both WW1 and WW2. An uncle killed in WW2, another survived the Bataan Death March.
Musk would run and cry if he had to face what our ancestors faced. Trump did the same to avoid Nam. My older brother, and so many others, had to go in his place.
Yes, it's amazing how interrelated we are. My great-great-great grandfather fought in the Revolution and so did his brother and most of his cousins, and these were a lot of people, eight kids at least in every family for 150 years. My mother's family was Quaker so they didn't fight, but I was surprised to see the Pennsylvania Dutch fought.
Just to add I rarely talk about family history with people who know me as so many don't know where or how far back they actually go in America and I don't like to overwhelm anyone by knowing so much of my history. I inherited several old diaries from the days when people kept track of all that. The history does amaze me with what so many accomplished to build our country and it hurts and angers me so much this past month to see what is happening now.
Oh, lucky you. I had my grandmother, who died at 98 in 1979, and she told me a lot. What I did inherit was a photo album with pictures dating back to the 1850s, including one of my great, great grandfather, and bunches of great uncles and aunts, dating to the 1880s and onward, all of my grandmother's sisters and brothers and her father. I sent a couple to a distant cousin about a year ago of my great-grandmother and her mother together. One was called "December and May". My father told me a lot about his father and his life.
My Mom's maternal line were Quakers in DE and Philadelphia - came in on the ships with William Penn from northern Ireland, after being banned from Scotland (MacGregors). Two of her ancestors were in the Revolution, they were listed as having to leave the Quaker Meetings and were re-admitted after the War. They moved east to OH and then on to northern IL (McDonough County), where my GM's family was still part of the large Quaker group there. It was her son who left with a friend to join the Marines and was killed in WW2.
When Donny Convict tries to upswing and screw over State Rights (Im betting this happens with Maine's Governor, as Trump tries to upend her and bring her to heel), then yes we are going full on full tilt civil war, or at the VERY VERY least civil unrest.
Shitler wants demonstrations in the streets so he can declare martial law and sic the armed military on us. People peacefully demonstrating will be mowed down. We need to come up with something safer than voluntary cannon fodder.
The first time he tries that with peaceful demonstrations, it will be over for him. Americans have never been subdued for decades as those in China and Russia have - we are still fighters. As to being mowed down, we already have that fear every time we go to a concert, or a movie, or with sending our children to school.
The protest you speak of is being organized by Cliff Cash, Jessica Denson, The Sons of Liberty, for the weekend of Mar 14-16 in DC. They are specifically asking for many veterans to show up.
Here is Andra Watkins talking about what kind of a Christian Nationalist Pete Hegseth is. Disclaimer: Christian Nationalists do not follow the teachings of Christ, but some other shit that they made up.
I did an analysis of the German election today, after voting in it yesterday. I would say that the single reason that Merz won so big is not just because of economics and immigration, but because no one could really imagine Scholz standing up to Trump, and for good reason. While I think there are better qualified candidates than Merz, and we did not vote for his party or the AfD, I know that many did not see Scholz as the one to stand up to Putin, or Trump.
• Withholding funds from Blue States and Blue Cities
• Weaponizing the Justice Dept, the FBI and the IRS to go after the press, members of the press, Democrats in Congress and any other people who criticize him
• Voter suppression
• Changing America’s international allegiances from supporting democratic countries to supporting dictatorships
• Extorting the leader of an ally (twice!)
• Co-mingling church and state
• Running for a third term
There MUST BE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR CROSSING THE LINE!
The Supremes voted but not in the normal way I still am not sure but would love to know. My point is they held that the Constitution is valid, duh. Actually that helps because I have been wondering lately, it’s actually news, good news!
On that note, Trump likely made a quid pro quo agreement with the pardoned J6 criminals to keep the violence going at the street level. Enrico Tarrio was videotaped with his Proud Boys aggressively harassing Michael Fanone, Capitol policeman injured on J6, and also slapping a cellphone out of a protestor's hand. He's cruising for a bruising but thinks Trump has a big bag of future pardons for him.
He was arrested over the phone incident for "assault." I think the Capitol police were so happy to do that! Another one on his record. As sick as he is, he'll most likely end up with an assault charge outside of DC that Trump won't be able to pardon.
White Russian would also apply. This booze soaked weasel who runs the Pentagon probably has more blackouts then we did in CA during the catastrophic fires. Dump's cabinet of shit for brains, ass kissing misfits couldn't be any more dangerous for us and the rest of the free world.
Liars gonna lie, right? These people have no soul. It's numbing but we have to hope the law will eventually win. Something will give. I keep hoping their incompetence will be their undoing.
Susan, unfortunately, I think the only thing to "give" that will make a difference is if the stock market crashes and the economy tanks. The one thing oligarchs love more than Trump is their money. If Trump's policies start losing their fortunes, I believe they will turn on him like junkyard dogs.
Not only did we not want this crap, Susan, we have a Constitution that was created to prevent it. With all of the voter suppression tactics being done by the Republicons, you will notice that banning the “stoopid” from voting ain’t one of them.
And to make voter suppression even more aggressive, apparently the House passed the SAVE Act? I don't care what those arsholes do, I will NOT wear a red robe and a white bonnet shielding me from all eyes.😡🤬🤬
Yes, it makes clear their determination to control women. I thank goddess fasting that at the conclusion of my spouse divorcing me, I petitioned the judge to let me take my maiden name back and I have kept it ever since--so I am thankful that my name remains the same on all of my documentation. But this is going to be a horror show for women who have taken their husband's name, which will not match the name on their birth certificate. I'm afraid there will be a lot of disenfranchised women next election (provided we have one)
Not to mention the children. I have a daughter who just turned 9 and a baby girl…neither of them voted for this. My 9yo is incredibly bright and well-informed, so she’s been devastated since the election.
For Republicans, DEI is the n-word. King Shitpants' loyalists have this kind of incestuous relationship with one another. "Daddy." The women in the Pro-Apartheid Neoliberal Oligarchs Regime are more misogynistic than a lot of men I know. It's the party of sadists. Sick fucks. Christ on cracker. This shit is pathological.
Everything is horrible about rump but why in the h does he speak about himself in the third person? And the latest post - "a gentleman named Donald J. Trump" - WTAF?
Narcissists and sociopaths talk about themselves in third person for many reasons, one is to get their name and brand out there by appearing to be another worshipper.
Mostly, however, it's to distance themselves from what that tiny part of inherent good conscience is screaming at them that what they're doing is wrong.
They could lead our revolution, scream their message from the mountain tops and organize country wide strikes in protest of our democracy being dismantled. The message, the message, the message.
Some are, but I’d actually like to see more messaging. I know they can’t do much in Congress, being the minority party, but they can stop voting for confirmations even if those pass, and they can shut the government down (disclaimer: I hate those shutdowns as a rule, but desperate times call for this to happen).
Only works if the news gets out. Corporate media doesn't want to upset the revenue stream. Non-aligned media seems invested in the "Dems aren't doing anything" narrative to the point they won't discuss anything that is happening.
Want the message out there? Maybe try looking for it and putting a megaphone on it.
100% agree! Not only that, but our anger really should be directed at the Rs in office who have all the power but are doing absolutely nothing to stop the madness.
And what are you going to do if the military starts shooting and killing American citizens? Considering we have the best military in the world, our gun obsessed country is any match for their weapons. Fox News doesn't play in every military base for nothing. Where do many of our soldiers come from? The South and Midwest working class families. Trump voters.
Firing the JAGs and Hegseth’s quiet-part-out-loud are the 2 scariest things so far. Be very careful at protests. And breathing while not being a white Christian man.
Although it seems like the Dems are comatose at the moment, its been reported that's not entirely the case. According to Podcaster Texas Paul Schroeder, Jeffries and some of his colleagues are working on things behind the scene that can't be discussed. Hope the hell this is true and there's still an ace or two that will be pulled out of a hat.
Scott Bessent is one of those entitled white pretty boy money men who never had to work a day in his life, like Jamie Diamond for instance. They're basically dumb blonds - a misogynistic pejorative I don't agree with - but if the shoe fits...
Exactly right. This is an administration composed of the disturbed children of abusive parents. That analogy to the angry dad in the car reflects just how these people think. Daddy beat me because I was bad. Daddy beat mommy, drank and slept around because mommy was being mean to him. And following the logic, if I am not happy, drink too much, rip off my business partners, abuse and cheat on my wife, and terrorize my kids, or my country, it’s THEIR fault for making me angry.
Kim: you sure nailed the pathologies. Anyone who suffered thru reading Vance’s book can clearly see how a twisted, violent, xenophobic and paranoid culture spawned him. It rendered him unfit for public office (let alone socialized society). Usha (God knows why!?!?) bailed his sorry ass and tried to socialize him while at Yale Law
My prediction: Anyone who opens a MAGA-themed dungeon and charges these fools $500 to get spanked by someone wearing a Cheetolini mask will be our next billionaire.
She shall be called Mistress Liberty. and she shall own the only BDSM club in America specifically catering to right-wing men whose political bravado masks their deep, aching need to submit.
Located in an unmarked basement in D.C., the MAGA Dungeon operates under a strict set of rules:
No Safe Words – Not because they aren't allowed, but because MAGA men refuse to use them, terrified it would make them look weak.
All Sessions Begin with the Pledge of Allegiance – Mistress Liberty makes sure they recite it properly before getting gagged.
Bootlicking Is Mandatory – And not just figuratively - there is an actual leather boot in the center of the room, enshrined like a holy relic.
Trump Masks Only – Any sub requesting a Biden mask gets turned away for being too progressive.
And the clientele are exactly whom you'd expect.
Tucker Carlson was one of the first to arrive, begging for punishment for being a “bad little propagandist.” He requested a session where he had to sit cross-legged on the floor while Mistress Liberty scrolled through MSNBC on her phone, ignoring him. Every time he tried to speak, she snapped, "Silence, you pathetic little bowtie goblin." He moaned.
Matt Gaetz wanted a time-out. In a crib. His session included being dressed as a giant baby while a dominatrix in a Hillary Clinton mask scolded him for being "a very naughty boy." He cried real tears when she took away his bottle.
Ted Cruz requested the "Intellectual Humiliation Special," in which he was forced to read feminist literature aloud while Mistress Liberty laughed and called him a worm. He climaxed somewhere around the second paragraph of 'The Feminine Mystique.'
Jim Jordan paid extra for the "Locker Room Discipline Package," in which he was tied to a pommel horse and berated by a dom dressed as a high school wrestling coach who repeatedly yelled, "You let it happen, Jim! YOU LET IT HAPPEN!"
Clarence Thomas only visited once. His request? To have a dom impersonate Thurgood Marshall and publicly shame him for his existence. He left in tears, clutching his Bible.
Steve Witkoff saying the Ukraine war was “provoked” is like saying a rape victim “provoked” her sexual assault with her clothing choice. Russia is the attacker here, and Trump supports attackers, because he is a predator too.
As one notes, the greater danger may be firing the JAG’s. To me, as a retired Navy Captain, the whole sordid affair in DoD is beyond troubling. We turn no further back than the Nuremberg trials. The noble notion was a higher morality must intervene when laws are unjust. Today, the moral conscience and justice embedded in the JAG has been eviscerated. It reflects the Nazi judges who administered to the holocaust. Perhaps too dramatic, but let us consider the military oath. It is to uphold and defend the Constitution…and, to obey the lawful orders.
Obey the lawful orders is an important element. Expect to see legal sophistry remove ethical—moral— constraint hence politicizing the military. The picture of George Washington presenting his sword to Congress is lost on today’s GOP. Their craven greed and fealty to a wannabe monarch is our Country’s undoing. Instead, the Congress must stand and shout ENOUGH. Senator Angus King’s admonishment this past week is overdue.
I will add, Hegseth’s comments to Europe may be lauded as Real Politik. Words to effect, flags and diplomacy cannot replace bullets is reminiscent of the Athenian Melian dialogue (413 BC)—might, not ideology, makes right. As such, it is totally antithetical to America’s professed values leading to the post WWII era of prosperity and world order (or some semblance). The Athenians ultimately paid the price in their hubris. I seriously doubt Major (ret) Hegseth has the intellectual depth to understand the lesson.
yes, I resisted making the obvious "Fred Mertz is running Germany" joke, because I'm so mature
Your age might be showing. Not too many remember Fred (Ethel's husband) Mertz from the I Love Lucy show. He was played by an old vaudevillian named William Frawley
Frawley was intensely disliked by Lucy, Desi, and Vivian
He was an alcoholic and just plain mean.
Kind of like Piss drunk Pete.
I remember ! That’s when a tv show let you laugh.
Frawley also played Bub on My Three Sons. According to Barry Livingston who played the adopted son Ernie, Frawley preferred having his five Cutty Sark lunches and not going back to work.
I do!
A joke for all 10 of us old enough to remember having to change the TV channels by getting up and turning a knob.
And then adjusting the antenna.
My dad took my sister and me to the 7-eleven on Saturday nights so we could run the TV tubes through the tube tester. Then he popped corn in bacon grease (yummy) and we all watched the Saturday Night Fights. Good times!
And deciding if it needed more tinfoil as the wind was blowing…
😝 ( ͡° ͜ʖ ͡ – ✧) Hilarious and true! Americans were in better shape when we were kids getting up to flip channels! Ha
Eleven
It was all those miles we had to trek through acres of knee-deep avocado shag carpet to change the channel that did it.
O, how we suffered!
We’re so lucky we grew up in those days! 😉
Oh, yeah, so lucky. Those days when Civil Rights were still shiny new and barely enacted and the color of your skin determined where you could live, when women couldn't have their own bank account or get a credit card without a man's permission, when children were spanked in schools. But, hey, we had tv sets without fancy electronic gadgets!
You meant to do that.
Looooseee!!!!
First thing that popped into my raised on 60s reruns brain too! lol
If we survive this and get the country back I'd love to see the entire fucking GOP shipped off to the Hague. Giftwrapped.
I'd like to see them loaded into President Musk's rocket ships and fired into the Sun.
Yep…all the gop and magats in muskrat’s ship. Let’s add bezos and his ship in that adventure as well. If one of them can find a seat for zuckerberg it’ll be a threefer!
Jodi, I will pay the fare to get Rupert Murdoch on that ship!
And I'll pay the fare for at least one of the Murdoch heirs! If it's one of Elon's exploding rockets, perhaps we will be able to avoid contaminating the sun.
Make sure it is Lachlan, he is the bad one, James hates the tabloids and Fox propaganda channel.
"In his 2020 resignation, James — known as the more liberal Murdoch brother — said he stepped down “due to disagreements over certain editorial content published by the Company’s news outlets and certain other strategic decisions.” James had previously criticized News Corp’s editorial decisions and said he disagreed with Fox News coverage."
I knew that one of them was Murdoch's preferred heir and he is now trying to break the trust he put everything in, so as to cut out some of his kids that don't admire his fake news empire...I couldn't remember his name. Lachlan it is...yep, launch him (and Trump, Musk, Rupert, Vance, Bezos and Zuck) into the sun!
We can just grift from Rupert’s millions to ship him off to NEVER NEVER LAND!
I knew I liked you Walter!
It’s much simpler to find a nice long wall, and a firing squad, like the good old days and ways, of treating treasonous enemies of state Stephen!!
That would make them happy. Like the old days.
Things you want to bring back for $100, Alex…
I was thinking Mars, but hey, the Sun works.
As does the Van Allen radiation Belt, if unprotected Susanna!!
The Sun works out to be much better. They’ll get a little toasty!
No, the Hague will go on for days while they will have to sit there & endure…
Dragging this mess through the courts, even with Jack Smith would take up too many people’s lifetimes Janan, abruptly ending their reign of terror on the denizens and the country would suit the masses,,as well as being a deterrent!!
👍👍👍
Scum can go along to supervise.
I’d settle for Mars.
I would like them to go to North Korea. There they will get the full anti-immigrant treatment!
North Korea
Then shipped to Russia to fight Ukraine
Especially bone spurs
As cannon fodder I’d buy into your idea Teressa!
I'd like to find a large 9th floor window and then ask Eric to clean up the mess.
As crazy as Musk is, he may line them all up and then lead the way down himself as they fall behind him! He may try to go last just to stay on the top.
Considering the toe fellatio video, I think the left is beginning to outsmart them -- hope they saved it to splice in all over the country at certain events!
I recently heard Kara Swisher and Sarah Longwell discussing that Elon Musk wants to go to Mars. They were suggesting that they hope he gets his dream and stays there! I can go along with that. I would pitch in money to send him on a one way trip to Mars.
We'll have our very own version of the Nuremberg trials.
We can dream.
What’s that song, “I like dreaming…”🎶🎶🎶
Trump will pardon EVERYBODY just before he leaves ( that's if he EVER leaves)
If the Democrats get back in again, one of the FIRST things they should do is remove the "Presidential Pardon" power. Leave it to State's governors. The way it is now, it's just an open invitation to corruption - "Do whatever I ask! I'll pardon you!"
Like Dylan's McGuinn, he ain't a-goin' nowhere.
Decades of study of quantum physics has given great evidence that thoughts are actually a form of energy and have power. I like to prefer thinking: trump is going out one way or another!! With his pet rats along with him!!
Hugs to you!
OMG- the long list of things that need to change just got longer!!!
Yes. So would I .They are traitors and need to be treated as such.It hurts my heart that this idiot and his cult have turned America into Public Enemy Number 1 to the world.It really sucks!
I don’t think a lot of the world believes “we”are really on board with this shit storm. I see a lot of supportive postings from mostly Canada, but individuals from other countries as well.
and we're just barely over 1 month in...3 years and 11 months to go
Jeff will get us through these terrible, terrifying, traumatic, tortuous, troubling times.
Please! Let Jack Smith be the prosecutor
Just going to say, I think feasibly we are watching the death of a major majority of the GOP as we speak.
Wishing Wendy, IIRC the death of. the GOP happened earlier during the Bush years!!
I’d go back to reagan.
Indeed. He started this shit.
What do you mean?
All of the things that are happening show the decadence, decay, and ultimately the falling apart of the GOP.
I've been hearing that kind of thing for years. I'll believe it's dead when I see the death certificate.
I won't rest until I spit on the GOP's grave.
There's going to be a hell of a line for that.
But, but, Johnson thinks everything is right on track, can't remember his exact quote today. Hope he ends up behind a few bars without his porn phone. You can interpret the 'bars' however you'd like!
With Jack Smith as the prosecutor.
I like how you think!
That makes one of us.
Two.
Republicans are traitors. They will sell out the country to keep themselves in power and trump in the White House.
Wiyh chains for ribbons!
air dropped over Russia, all of them
Sans parachutes.
No, they don't even get to be giftwrapped. Loosely wrapped in Rite Aid tissue paper.
The gift wrap is for the people at the Hague, not the Republicans.
I volunteer to tie bows!! 🙋🏻♀️
They’re certainly giving them plenty to go on. Imagine Orange Anus Mouth coming up against Jack Smith, but this time in a real court, with real judges and prosecutors, not one of Donnie’s bought and paid for kangaroo courts, ya know, like SCOTUS?
Our country is now headed for a second civil war. There will be violence in the streets. The Crown considered the Boston Tea Party to be an illegal action. The Crown considered the American Revolution to be an illegal action. Yet, without those “illegal actions”, the United States of America would never have happened.
Let’s pick a 4-day period to get together to protest. I want to see 100 million Americans hit the streets on those 4 days. All over the country. Surround State Capitol buildings, surround the White House and the Executive Office Building, surround the U.S. Capitol, surround Federal Agency HQ buildings, and surround the Supreme Court. Lock arms, shut down government! It is not working for the American People. We must make it perfectly clear that there are no kings in a democracy, that, in a democracy, no one is above the law, and that we, the people, will not stand back and let a lying, conning, grifting, fraudulent, law-breaking, traitorous American president - and his disgusting enablers - destroy our democracy.
If we indeed are headed towards a civil war, then it will be an assault on everyday citizens by trump and his adherents. Clearly, Trump wants the military to shoot people. No doubt that is on the advice of Putin, but it also reflects trump’s insatiable desire to prove to himself how powerful (and brilliant and handsome and athletic) he is.
My question du jour is, “what side will our military be on?” When it all comes down, will they follow the orders of someone who intends to violate our Constitution and destroy democracy, or, will they prevent what is clearly an overthrow of our government by domestic terrorists and give power back to We the People?
As a veteran, that is the question I ask myself. This could go two possible ways. If I recall correctly, the Soviet Union finally collapsed when its soldiers refused orders to fire on civilian protestors. By contrast, the uprising in Tiananmen Square was ruthlessly crushed by the Chinese military. I am sure there are some within our military who might be willing to shoot innocent people on command, but I remain hopeful that the majority of American soldiers are there to serve, not to oppress.
Great points, Kim. Then there are the police, national guard and other agencies created to protect the American people. Where will they fall?
They'll follow trump's orders. That's why he put Hegseth in charge - to have a military that will kill dissenters. As in Nazi Germany.
I do worry about that. 😬
Depends on how many & how quickly tRump installs his loyalists
Good question. Who knows?
Commander in Chief V We the serfs, I’m taking bets on your query, with 80-20 odds Walt!!
Forget Civil War. If only. Rick Wilson says WWIII is coming ‘round the bend.
Trump is intent on creating a power vacuum that the Chinese and Russians will be eager to fill. Taking the most capable military out of its role in protecting the free world is indeed the prescription for World War III.
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Gag.
The billionaire class will surely need military protection Kim, they’re the ones on both sides of the aisle pushing this!!
Well, I'm a direct descendant of someone who fought in the first Revolution. How many of the rest of us are?
I am. But also related to Confederate soldiers, a fact of which I am not proud. Is redemption at hand? 😳
Same here - have ancestors from both wars, but we're equally US citizens whether native born or naturalized. Naturalized citizens might even understand our Constitution and government better than native born, due to the knowledge test they are required to pass.
Same here, Ellen. I had relatives on both sides.
Ah, my Civil War veteran was my great grandfather. He fought for the North.
My great great Grandfather fought in the Civil War (for the North, of course). I have two Revolutionary War vets as ancestors as well--one on my mother's side and one of my father's side.
My blood family included only Unionists, but my stepfather's family was quite Confederate.
Same here. So I was proud to find out an 1812 colonel also in the family.
We have a lot of people named, “Lee” in the family.
My 3Xgreat-grandfather died in 1814 at the battle of New Orleans fighting with General Andrew Jackson against the British.
Was that with the Gulf of America in the background?
One of my great-GF's, due to Jackson, had to participate with the military on the Trail of Tears. I often wonder how he felt about that. No one has any letters or stories of him during that time period.
My family arrived a little later, around 1895. But our roots are as firmly planted. We have already experienced Russian oppression and we're not interested in doing it again.
Your roots are absolutely as firmly planted.
I am. On my mom's side one of my ancestors actually fought in the Revolutionary War. We have long family ties to America on both sides. This is our country. We all came with hope and dreams.
Great-grandfather (and at least three of his brothers) fought for the North, from Wisconsin. Does that count?
I'm not. My ancestors were living on the plains, completely unaware of the tsunami of fatal shit headed in their direction by way of Lexington-Concord.
Although I have some British ancestry, so maybe, only on the other side.
Therefore?
We have a long history of fighting for our country. Is that good enough for you?
Same here! We fought for our land, our children, our lives, our health and well-being. And we were here for thousands of years before your ancestors invaded and destroyed it, which you still are.
This wasn't your country. It was ours. Your ancestors didn't fight FOR this country. They fought to steal it from us. They owned slaves and indentured servants, many of whom were Native Americans, and for the love of Christ, I will never understand the pride people take in their slave-owning, lice-ridden, filthy, toothless, rank, and diseased ancestors who came over here on a boat filled with plague sufferers, only to build "Boston" later, a hub of pirates and prostitutes and religiously-insane people who were thrown out of England upon pain of death. I live in Rhode Island! I know how crazy your ancestors were!
I have great pride in my ancestors. They were good, decent people. I will NEVER understand why you think having such horrible, diseased, and depraved people in your lineage gives you a sense of entitlement. Why would you even be proud of them?
I know. Here comes the entitled vitriolic shit, probably from more than a few. Hear me: I. Don't. Fucking. Care.
I'm sick of these "Mayflower princesses" pushing lies and false rhetoric about "fighting for their country."
I know the real story. Most people of color do. Actually, most whites do, too.
Most likely anyone with relatives here during that time. A whole bunch of us, whether we know it or not. My family has been traced to the 10th century so I feel lucky in that regard.
Hmm, per Wikitree, I can trace my ancestry back to the mid fourth century... I once traced my Welsh ancestry per Welsh poetry back to about 150 BC. One has to wonder how accurate these songs are. But I can trace my ancestry to Charlemagne in several different ways (by a couple of different daughters and sons) so I'm reasonably confident of that. My parents, unknown to them, were 14th cousins...)
Millions of people today are descended from Charlemagne. Anyone of European descent is likely to be descended from one of his 20 children.
I only refer to tracing done by individuals. Wiki completely misrepresented the Putnam name, including inaccuracies. It even got their religion wrong. Likewise the Olufs name has gross inaccuracies, so gave up on them.
My mom's side came over in the 17th century, except the small lick of Native (here since the glacial retreat).
🙋♀️ I am.
I'm a direct descendant of Pennsylvania men who fought in the Revolution. They're on both my paternal and maternal sides.
I have two (a maternal GF and uncle) who signed the Declaration and at least 6 who fought in the Revolution. It's odd to realize how many GF's we all have when we go back that far! Every GF on my Dad's surname side, from the Revolution forward, was in a war, including my Dad lying about his age to join WW2 3 weeks before he turned 16. His Dad in both WW1 and WW2. An uncle killed in WW2, another survived the Bataan Death March.
Musk would run and cry if he had to face what our ancestors faced. Trump did the same to avoid Nam. My older brother, and so many others, had to go in his place.
Yes, it's amazing how interrelated we are. My great-great-great grandfather fought in the Revolution and so did his brother and most of his cousins, and these were a lot of people, eight kids at least in every family for 150 years. My mother's family was Quaker so they didn't fight, but I was surprised to see the Pennsylvania Dutch fought.
Just to add I rarely talk about family history with people who know me as so many don't know where or how far back they actually go in America and I don't like to overwhelm anyone by knowing so much of my history. I inherited several old diaries from the days when people kept track of all that. The history does amaze me with what so many accomplished to build our country and it hurts and angers me so much this past month to see what is happening now.
Oh, lucky you. I had my grandmother, who died at 98 in 1979, and she told me a lot. What I did inherit was a photo album with pictures dating back to the 1850s, including one of my great, great grandfather, and bunches of great uncles and aunts, dating to the 1880s and onward, all of my grandmother's sisters and brothers and her father. I sent a couple to a distant cousin about a year ago of my great-grandmother and her mother together. One was called "December and May". My father told me a lot about his father and his life.
My Mom's maternal line were Quakers in DE and Philadelphia - came in on the ships with William Penn from northern Ireland, after being banned from Scotland (MacGregors). Two of her ancestors were in the Revolution, they were listed as having to leave the Quaker Meetings and were re-admitted after the War. They moved east to OH and then on to northern IL (McDonough County), where my GM's family was still part of the large Quaker group there. It was her son who left with a friend to join the Marines and was killed in WW2.
Making you our 4 star General Ellen!!
When Donny Convict tries to upswing and screw over State Rights (Im betting this happens with Maine's Governor, as Trump tries to upend her and bring her to heel), then yes we are going full on full tilt civil war, or at the VERY VERY least civil unrest.
Shitler wants demonstrations in the streets so he can declare martial law and sic the armed military on us. People peacefully demonstrating will be mowed down. We need to come up with something safer than voluntary cannon fodder.
The first time he tries that with peaceful demonstrations, it will be over for him. Americans have never been subdued for decades as those in China and Russia have - we are still fighters. As to being mowed down, we already have that fear every time we go to a concert, or a movie, or with sending our children to school.
Thats a great point. I stay away from big crowds because of that.
Can we start by boycotting all buying on the 24 hours of February 28 first and see if the money=power crowd take note?
I mean, WE are the ones that gave them the money that equals power.
I want my power back. You?
The protest you speak of is being organized by Cliff Cash, Jessica Denson, The Sons of Liberty, for the weekend of Mar 14-16 in DC. They are specifically asking for many veterans to show up.
https://youtu.be/DfQIyoRTn_s?si=e-n-LVkwY_U1zY40
Love it Joel. We have been the most passive fools in history. I am already dreaming of the posters I will carry.
I saw this exact comment on another Substack. Steve Schmidt?
yes, you are correct
Joel- I am with you. This is what has to happen, unless the military takes action with the same purpose
Good idea Joel, but, the above comments are more of the “mad as hell and not going to take it anymore” fashion, I sense would be preferable!!
How romantic. Spoken like a white guy.
I’m in
Here is Andra Watkins talking about what kind of a Christian Nationalist Pete Hegseth is. Disclaimer: Christian Nationalists do not follow the teachings of Christ, but some other shit that they made up.
https://open.substack.com/pub/andrawatkins/p/three-sects-of-christian-nationalism?r=f0qfn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=email
I did an analysis of the German election today, after voting in it yesterday. I would say that the single reason that Merz won so big is not just because of economics and immigration, but because no one could really imagine Scholz standing up to Trump, and for good reason. While I think there are better qualified candidates than Merz, and we did not vote for his party or the AfD, I know that many did not see Scholz as the one to stand up to Putin, or Trump.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/german-election-results?r=f0qfn
What I will say is that I am glad that my city in Germany was flying the Ukrainian flags on all the government buildings, not the Russia!
Sincere thanks to the German people.
I love that, LInda!!! Slava Ukraine!!🇺🇦
Slava Ukraini!
CROSSING THE LINE
• Gutting Medicaid benefits
• Cutting Medicare benefits
• Cutting Social Security benefits
• Lying to the America People (every single day)
• Committing and encouraging racist acts
• Ignoring Court Orders
• Committing Unconstitutional acts
• Instituting a Federal ban on abortion
• Dropping the US out of the NATO alliance
• Withholding funds from Blue States and Blue Cities
• Weaponizing the Justice Dept, the FBI and the IRS to go after the press, members of the press, Democrats in Congress and any other people who criticize him
• Voter suppression
• Changing America’s international allegiances from supporting democratic countries to supporting dictatorships
• Extorting the leader of an ally (twice!)
• Co-mingling church and state
• Running for a third term
There MUST BE SEVERE CONSEQUENCES FOR CROSSING THE LINE!
(Please feel free to add to this list)
I'd add "firing the Inspectors General and GAO" and violating Civil Service Protections by purging the Federal government workforce to that list.
Thank you, Krista
May I remind you that our biosphere is en fuego and all tRump can think to do about it is, “Drill baby drill.”
I fear this is what will stop trump...and everything else
The Supremes voted but not in the normal way I still am not sure but would love to know. My point is they held that the Constitution is valid, duh. Actually that helps because I have been wondering lately, it’s actually news, good news!
Add :Pardoning the J6 convicted criminals.
On that note, Trump likely made a quid pro quo agreement with the pardoned J6 criminals to keep the violence going at the street level. Enrico Tarrio was videotaped with his Proud Boys aggressively harassing Michael Fanone, Capitol policeman injured on J6, and also slapping a cellphone out of a protestor's hand. He's cruising for a bruising but thinks Trump has a big bag of future pardons for him.
If scumbag felon Tarrio suffers a fatal accident, scumbag felon Trump's pardons won't do Tarrio any good.
He was arrested over the phone incident for "assault." I think the Capitol police were so happy to do that! Another one on his record. As sick as he is, he'll most likely end up with an assault charge outside of DC that Trump won't be able to pardon.
The first thing that comes to mind, and duly noted Creaky!!
thank you!
Immediate severe consequences
That’s the problem! There have been NO CONSEQUENCES for tRump
Well, I had not many of these on my bingo card for the next 4 years, but I was pleasantly surprised that foot fetish Trump was satisfied today. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/hilarious-donald-trump-has-a-foot
Pete's favorite drink is a "Blackout Russian"!
White Russian would also apply. This booze soaked weasel who runs the Pentagon probably has more blackouts then we did in CA during the catastrophic fires. Dump's cabinet of shit for brains, ass kissing misfits couldn't be any more dangerous for us and the rest of the free world.
“Only the best people.”
To get ‘piss-drunk’ that’s what it takes, he ain’t right in the head.
Liars gonna lie, right? These people have no soul. It's numbing but we have to hope the law will eventually win. Something will give. I keep hoping their incompetence will be their undoing.
Over 75 million people didnt want this crap.
Susan, unfortunately, I think the only thing to "give" that will make a difference is if the stock market crashes and the economy tanks. The one thing oligarchs love more than Trump is their money. If Trump's policies start losing their fortunes, I believe they will turn on him like junkyard dogs.
I agree with you...and we'll all go down with them. Bastards.
I'm hoping the Feb 28 boycott will matter.
Kristy, I agree. We won't get to vote at a ballot box until 2026 (if then), but we can vote with our wallets, starting on February 28.
I'm looking forward to the 28th
The stock market seems to trend down a little each day...
Not only did we not want this crap, Susan, we have a Constitution that was created to prevent it. With all of the voter suppression tactics being done by the Republicons, you will notice that banning the “stoopid” from voting ain’t one of them.
Yet a simple audit of the swing states was too much of an ask?… really? 😐
*forensic audit
And to make voter suppression even more aggressive, apparently the House passed the SAVE Act? I don't care what those arsholes do, I will NOT wear a red robe and a white bonnet shielding me from all eyes.😡🤬🤬
Hey, TL I thought the SAVE Act passed but it hasn't yet. It's a really dealbreaker for women. Readers can learn more about it here:
https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save-act-would-hurt-americans-who-actively-participate-elections
well, Phew! I thought it passed, too.
Yes, it makes clear their determination to control women. I thank goddess fasting that at the conclusion of my spouse divorcing me, I petitioned the judge to let me take my maiden name back and I have kept it ever since--so I am thankful that my name remains the same on all of my documentation. But this is going to be a horror show for women who have taken their husband's name, which will not match the name on their birth certificate. I'm afraid there will be a lot of disenfranchised women next election (provided we have one)
I'll tell you this...the SAVE act is the final straw for me. It's beyond bullshit. I'm looking into retirement visas. I have a renewed passport. :(
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You should read up what the SAVE Act does--partcularly as regards to married women voting. It is going to be a shitshow
It hasn't passed YET: https://www.brennancenter.org/our-work/analysis-opinion/save-act-would-hurt-americans-who-actively-participate-elections
SCOTUS acid agree with you all but guess, Alito and Ginny or Clerance.
Not to mention the children. I have a daughter who just turned 9 and a baby girl…neither of them voted for this. My 9yo is incredibly bright and well-informed, so she’s been devastated since the election.
For Republicans, DEI is the n-word. King Shitpants' loyalists have this kind of incestuous relationship with one another. "Daddy." The women in the Pro-Apartheid Neoliberal Oligarchs Regime are more misogynistic than a lot of men I know. It's the party of sadists. Sick fucks. Christ on cracker. This shit is pathological.
Now DEI stands for
Deport Elon Immediately
The law takes too long. There used to be severe penalties for traitors
But 52% of white women did, a fact I will never get over.
Everything is horrible about rump but why in the h does he speak about himself in the third person? And the latest post - "a gentleman named Donald J. Trump" - WTAF?
“Gentleman”? more like low level cretin
He talks as if he's his own puppet. Really one fucked up mess, even for an indulged narcissist.
Like the " gentleman " who go to the idiotically named " Gentleman's Clubs ".
Narcissists and sociopaths talk about themselves in third person for many reasons, one is to get their name and brand out there by appearing to be another worshipper.
Mostly, however, it's to distance themselves from what that tiny part of inherent good conscience is screaming at them that what they're doing is wrong.
Perfect example: Ted Bundy in his "confessions".
He has dementia and it is accelerating. He gets all the drugs, as needed.
Views himself (falsely) as the Holy See.
1. When is the Orange Fuckwit not full of shit? Any day that doesn’t end in y.
2. Piss-Drunk Pete is getting ready for the grand opening of his new Torture Museum.
Worse and worse and worse. Hegseth, Patel, Gabbard, Noem, the shits just keep on coming. And the Dems snooze on.
What can the Ds realistically do when the Rs control the House, Senate, Judiciary & the presidency?
They can be out in front of the cameras EVERY SINGLE DAY, telling the truth about what Musk & his teenage incels are doing
More than voting for unqualified nominees and nothing. Jumping Jesus if they’re going to do nothing the least they can do not help the psychos.
They could lead our revolution, scream their message from the mountain tops and organize country wide strikes in protest of our democracy being dismantled. The message, the message, the message.
Some are, but I’d actually like to see more messaging. I know they can’t do much in Congress, being the minority party, but they can stop voting for confirmations even if those pass, and they can shut the government down (disclaimer: I hate those shutdowns as a rule, but desperate times call for this to happen).
They don’t only have to work in Congress. They need to get out & hold press conferences/rallies/protests
Only works if the news gets out. Corporate media doesn't want to upset the revenue stream. Non-aligned media seems invested in the "Dems aren't doing anything" narrative to the point they won't discuss anything that is happening.
Want the message out there? Maybe try looking for it and putting a megaphone on it.
100% agree! Not only that, but our anger really should be directed at the Rs in office who have all the power but are doing absolutely nothing to stop the madness.
And what are you going to do if the military starts shooting and killing American citizens? Considering we have the best military in the world, our gun obsessed country is any match for their weapons. Fox News doesn't play in every military base for nothing. Where do many of our soldiers come from? The South and Midwest working class families. Trump voters.
Is hardly any match.
Firing the JAGs and Hegseth’s quiet-part-out-loud are the 2 scariest things so far. Be very careful at protests. And breathing while not being a white Christian man.
Or a Democrat woman at an IDAHO town hall.
This is so hard to believe, Abbi. We fought wars over the rights they are trampling. And the Dems snooze on…
Although it seems like the Dems are comatose at the moment, its been reported that's not entirely the case. According to Podcaster Texas Paul Schroeder, Jeffries and some of his colleagues are working on things behind the scene that can't be discussed. Hope the hell this is true and there's still an ace or two that will be pulled out of a hat.
The only thing we learn from history is what we haven't learned from history.
Scott Bessent is one of those entitled white pretty boy money men who never had to work a day in his life, like Jamie Diamond for instance. They're basically dumb blonds - a misogynistic pejorative I don't agree with - but if the shoe fits...
How about just DUMB.
Trump is treating everyone like bad children which is just how he felt growing up. Poor fucker.
Under no circumstance does anyone need to pity Donald Trump.
It’s a song, relax!
Only in the sense of I PITY THE FOOL!
Exactly right. This is an administration composed of the disturbed children of abusive parents. That analogy to the angry dad in the car reflects just how these people think. Daddy beat me because I was bad. Daddy beat mommy, drank and slept around because mommy was being mean to him. And following the logic, if I am not happy, drink too much, rip off my business partners, abuse and cheat on my wife, and terrorize my kids, or my country, it’s THEIR fault for making me angry.
Hannity said " I was abused as a child & I'm okay." NO , NO, you are definitely not okay at all, if you want others to be terrorized too.
Trump and his buddy Musk are criminals and stupid sadistic bastards. I don't care how their horrible parents treated them.
The origin story for mommy hater JD Vance
Mommy put those naughty tattoos on me!!!
Well stated, Kim.
It's the old "See what you made me do?" excuse for abuse. God, that shit never seems to go away.
Kim: you sure nailed the pathologies. Anyone who suffered thru reading Vance’s book can clearly see how a twisted, violent, xenophobic and paranoid culture spawned him. It rendered him unfit for public office (let alone socialized society). Usha (God knows why!?!?) bailed his sorry ass and tried to socialize him while at Yale Law
Women, sadly, can be awful people too.
Poor fuckers the rest of us more like it!
Sewer clowns.....
Fuck them all.
Fuck their "dear leader thought that up 'ALL BY HIMSELF...' " Oh reeaally...?
He actually had a thought...?
Yeah, and I'm the queen of the Gulf of Fragile Masculinity. 🙄
My prediction: Anyone who opens a MAGA-themed dungeon and charges these fools $500 to get spanked by someone wearing a Cheetolini mask will be our next billionaire.
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A billionaire DOMINATRIX, cool 😎
She shall be called Mistress Liberty. and she shall own the only BDSM club in America specifically catering to right-wing men whose political bravado masks their deep, aching need to submit.
Located in an unmarked basement in D.C., the MAGA Dungeon operates under a strict set of rules:
No Safe Words – Not because they aren't allowed, but because MAGA men refuse to use them, terrified it would make them look weak.
All Sessions Begin with the Pledge of Allegiance – Mistress Liberty makes sure they recite it properly before getting gagged.
Bootlicking Is Mandatory – And not just figuratively - there is an actual leather boot in the center of the room, enshrined like a holy relic.
Trump Masks Only – Any sub requesting a Biden mask gets turned away for being too progressive.
And the clientele are exactly whom you'd expect.
Tucker Carlson was one of the first to arrive, begging for punishment for being a “bad little propagandist.” He requested a session where he had to sit cross-legged on the floor while Mistress Liberty scrolled through MSNBC on her phone, ignoring him. Every time he tried to speak, she snapped, "Silence, you pathetic little bowtie goblin." He moaned.
Matt Gaetz wanted a time-out. In a crib. His session included being dressed as a giant baby while a dominatrix in a Hillary Clinton mask scolded him for being "a very naughty boy." He cried real tears when she took away his bottle.
Ted Cruz requested the "Intellectual Humiliation Special," in which he was forced to read feminist literature aloud while Mistress Liberty laughed and called him a worm. He climaxed somewhere around the second paragraph of 'The Feminine Mystique.'
Jim Jordan paid extra for the "Locker Room Discipline Package," in which he was tied to a pommel horse and berated by a dom dressed as a high school wrestling coach who repeatedly yelled, "You let it happen, Jim! YOU LET IT HAPPEN!"
Clarence Thomas only visited once. His request? To have a dom impersonate Thurgood Marshall and publicly shame him for his existence. He left in tears, clutching his Bible.
(More to come...)
Wow, girl you grabbed that idea a RAN WITH IT ! BRAVA ! 👏
Clarence Thomas and Long Dong Silver showed up? It’s an all star cast!
“Bow tie goblin.” 😂😂😂
😝🤣
You have given this some thought!!!
𝕀𝕞𝕒𝕘𝕚𝕟𝕚𝕟𝕘 𝕂𝕚𝕞𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕝𝕪 𝔾𝕦𝕚𝕝𝕝𝕗𝕠𝕪𝕝𝕖 𝕚𝕟 𝕥𝕙𝕖 𝕣𝕠𝕝𝕖 𝕠𝕗 𝕄𝕚𝕤𝕥𝕣𝕖𝕤𝕤 𝕃𝕚𝕓𝕖𝕣𝕥𝕪...
Steve Witkoff saying the Ukraine war was “provoked” is like saying a rape victim “provoked” her sexual assault with her clothing choice. Russia is the attacker here, and Trump supports attackers, because he is a predator too.
As one notes, the greater danger may be firing the JAG’s. To me, as a retired Navy Captain, the whole sordid affair in DoD is beyond troubling. We turn no further back than the Nuremberg trials. The noble notion was a higher morality must intervene when laws are unjust. Today, the moral conscience and justice embedded in the JAG has been eviscerated. It reflects the Nazi judges who administered to the holocaust. Perhaps too dramatic, but let us consider the military oath. It is to uphold and defend the Constitution…and, to obey the lawful orders.
Obey the lawful orders is an important element. Expect to see legal sophistry remove ethical—moral— constraint hence politicizing the military. The picture of George Washington presenting his sword to Congress is lost on today’s GOP. Their craven greed and fealty to a wannabe monarch is our Country’s undoing. Instead, the Congress must stand and shout ENOUGH. Senator Angus King’s admonishment this past week is overdue.
I will add, Hegseth’s comments to Europe may be lauded as Real Politik. Words to effect, flags and diplomacy cannot replace bullets is reminiscent of the Athenian Melian dialogue (413 BC)—might, not ideology, makes right. As such, it is totally antithetical to America’s professed values leading to the post WWII era of prosperity and world order (or some semblance). The Athenians ultimately paid the price in their hubris. I seriously doubt Major (ret) Hegseth has the intellectual depth to understand the lesson.