Giving away spoilers Jeff, THATs not fair. (I did it last night for the Trump killing a 10yo cancer patient in our chat...so Im as guilty. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/trump-is-killing-citizens-of-this ). But still. you gotta save that stuff up. :)
Absolutely horrid Wendy. I feel that we need to be finding a site to gather these stories. A collaborative shared history of the destruction of the United States. At this point I call it the Un-United States, and I am for a Blue State Secession. I am thinking that might be the only way to save any shred of Democracy is for Blue States to officially secede, or to unofficially secede, and start pooling monies to start that own health agency with shared information that contradicts what Kennedy is saying when he is wrong, and ignores him and releases their own information. They should also have their own media, and perhaps join with the other countries of NATO that are thinking of eschewing collaborating with the US for defense and intelligence. Also, that funds health care research. Then, to fund primary and secondary educational research.
Where will the money come from? There might be a tax escrow account that holds federal taxes from Blue States in investments, preferably in Blue State economies, and is willing to pay them to the Federal government when we see a return on these taxes in the way of federal services. The largest being Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. In fact, conditionally. Isn't this what we are doing to Putin's assets that we have? Blue States have assets, that could be withheld until things are fixed. A new Project 2025 called 2025 Blue State Solution.
With DOGE and Musk,
NO tax money from us.
I like the Blue State secession ideas of Gary Whittenberger, although I would prefer to call a secession The Democratic States of America. There would be a 1 year period to decide which side you are on, with money to move in either case. I say the target year should be 2026.
I mean, I try to keep all this stuff on a days notice posted , summarized and opinioned upon for all the readers of our pub, just as Jeff does here. i think it helps.
"money to move" to another state if the country would split in two? And how much would that be?
I read such pie-in-the-sky ideas here and there, and I wonder if the people promoting them are serious. If so, do they have any practical knowledge? In my family's case, it would cost significantly more to buy a similar (smallish) house in most other states than our current home is worth. Plus the cost of the sale, moving costs, money spent traveling to locate a new home, and so on. Then there would be the issue of my husband's finding a new job (I'm retired), and funds to live on until there was a paycheck coming in. Would we just be handed a blank check to cover all that? It sounds great to just say, "Hey, let’s divide the country!" The logistics are another thing altogether.
Linda, this article and your thinking is remarkable! Secession has been brought up many times in CA. We have the fifth largest economy in the world. The oligarchs here are mostly all in the tech world in Silicon Valley. Their contributions to residents could absolutely fuel our new government. Would they do it though? Who knows but I am for this and have been for a while. Plus, tired of folks saying that we can’t!
Thank you patrick. Its a day by day thing for me. And honestly its my profession to do this (and probably should have been my actual profession all along).
Dumb Donnie claims that changing his mind about tariffs is his "right". He turns the tariffs on and off and on and off, whipsawing millions of business managers and consumers with every change. And he's surprised the stock market craters? Daily proof that "he's a fucking moron" (per Rex Tillerson).
Walmart (90% Chinese made products) went to China and begged them to reduce prices on their purchase orders to match Donnie's tariffs. Their response? Oh no, you don't. We ain't paying for Donnie's stupid tariffs.
Walmart already begged The Don and he told them they were not sufficiently grateful (or paid their $5 million meeting fee). Walmart's business model of "low prices everyday" is fucked. So is every other US retailer who sources their goods from China. Americans are addicted to cheap Chinese made products. But Dumb Donnie doesn't understand his tariffs are a tax on the US consumers.
While it's quite possible that that the tariff insanity is the robo-monkeys glitching in his brain, it's also possible that this is a concerted manipulation arranged with the guys that pay $5 million to have dinner with him to drop various stock prices (or indexes), so they can make a killing when the tariffs go away a few days later.
He doesn't know the difference. Ask him to define the difference between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Crickets. Or a completely batshit dissemblance
According to Spy Talk, the pick to to be the person who gives Trump his daily intel briefing is concerned about the Gazans, because their might be some Christian Gazans that got killed. Clear Christian Nationalist thinking in my accord, although the straight up anti-Semitism is more Catholic Christian Nationalism than Protestant Christian Nationalism as I am learning.
These are two different factions of CNs, as well as the protestant break off group of Charismatic Christians known as the New Apostolic Reformation. It is said, by a former member of Opus Dei that the Catholic Christian Nationalists expect to be the last Christian Nationalists standing, which gets us back to the world before the Reformation. That is why I call the government under Trump and Musk, the New Feudalism.
To repeat: NCAA president Charlie Baker said he believed there are fewer than 10 transgender athletes among the 510,000 competing at member schools.
The hysteria in MAGAT Land over trans people has been cooked up by the Republicons to create hatred against one more minority group. The pain is the thing.
Yes - almost all noise about transgender issues originates in wingnutland. And yet even Democrats will grouse about how Dems are always talking about transgender. Dems don't say much about trans unless it's to stop wingnuts from abusing them. The liberal concept is to *leave these people alone to go about their business.*
I had a very androgynous look well into my thirties, with people often calling me "young man" or such just because I had very short hair and apparently didn't dress like a girl. I can only imagine the abuse I'd be getting from magats if they were around then.
I'm still called "sir..." I have short hair, dress exceptionally casually - jeans and t-shirts. I don't care anymore 🤷. It's mostly when I have my ever present hat and shades on.
Pretty obvious at this point that these people are bathroom-obsessed. But, unlike the Dems, they know how to capitalize on silly hot button issues. I have no proof of this but I would wager that the godawful anti-trans ad may very well have cost them several swing states.
Exactly the problem. I'm still waiting for someone other than Chuck Shumer, Bernie Sanders, AOC, or Elizabeth Warren to stand up to The Cult. It's like they insist on bringing a knife to a gun fight.
As soon as he hears trans- anything. Remember his conflating transgenic with transgender? Wait til his toadies tell him, sir, the transmission on your limo needs. . .
I agree with you. Im tired of being accused of my "attractions" and my "kinks" just because im a fucking trans woman. Its time to shine that light on the idiots who do that bullshit.
Because he himself likes little boys ....his as usual deterrent and ohoblias are his own insecurity for what he is ...and likes ...not about anyone else . Look up how many young boys families he's paid off .
And those stupid sacks of shit will be fucking with our pursuit of happiness until we draw our last breath. That's what has been most disturbing for me. I'm surrounded by stupid and that is never going to change. So fucking stupid it definitely now hurts.
Dump is too stupid to come up with anything normal to converse about. Whether it's sharks, batteries, windmills and now the poor trans folks, Donnie has nothing to bring to the table but the usual bullshit from the biggest imbecile on the world stage. Probably safe to say that Prime Minister Martin couldn't get the hell out of there fast enough and won't be doing this again anytime soon.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall when the PM returns to Ireland and gets on the phone with other European leaders to compare notes. "And then he said WHAT???" I'm hoping at this point it's still hilarity rather than panic.
Why not? He's the ugly fat troll who squats under the Bridge of Sanity, waiting to look up women's skirts and rob travelers of their precious, beautiful gold.
I’m just as surprised as you @Susan Niemann!! After all of the shenanigans that has been going on in CF47 head I can’t believe leprechauns didn’t pop out!!🙄🙄🤬🤬💙💙💙
I’m ashamed to say, I’m actually at the point where I hear that a country is burning or boycotting American products and I say, “Good for you!” How did we get here?
I've thought of that, too. But maybe J.D. Vance or Ron Johnson wouldn't spark the same loyalty as The Cheeto. His ability to outright lie, spin the truth, and befuddle the masses is unparalleled. Ordinary right-wing, Christofascists would seem almost liberal by comparison.
Vance will never get a cult following. Neither will any other GOP that's around now. There's a pretty much a once in a century/generational thing. But Vance is smart and he's a total a-hole. MAGAs are not going to vote for Dem candidates, period. They may not worship Vance, but they would still vote for him. The only hope is that turn out and independents will be enough to give Dems the majority. But will we ever be able to vote again? I think it's premature to think that the 2026 election will just be like every other one. Trump, being gone someday, will not turn a racist into a nice person nor will it turn a misogynist into a person that wants women to have an equal playing field. Those are ingrained values for some people. Racism and misogyny have been around since the beginning of time. Trump is a sign of the rot in this country, he didn't cause it. Very disheartening to see pretty much the rest of the world, standing up for values that our government has abandoned.
If they say the same things, appeal to the same angers, then almost anyone will get their loyalty. They are pot-commited at this point, to go against anything Dear Leader has said, or they can convinced he said or would have said, would be admitting they were wrong. Of course, Dear Leader can change his mind all he wants. He's the smartest and best man ever./s
Loyalty is different than being brain washed in a cult. I'm a Boomer and I never remember since the 50's, any politician having a cult following. I remember Charles Manson, the Moonies, the antigovernment bunch, Jim Jones - but never that kind of "I'd die for someone" kind of mentality beyond all reasoning. Vance is not a sure deal. He's the kind you just want to slap into the next century. And you can't trust him at all - look at his remarks from 2016 about Trump and now. I wouldn't call it charisma (the appeal that Trump has), but Vance doesn't have it. Maybe it's his manipulative skills to a certain group that Trump has that Vance doesn't. They'll still vote for Vance against a Dem. How many times have we held our nose and voted for a candidate we didn't particularly like, because we felt the other one was worse. Our hope is a better turn out, the young vote and the independents. Forget the ones that wear Trump diapers and maxi pads on their ears.
Ever so much this, ever since Peter Thiel pulled him out of obscurity in the university Libertarian group he was in. He tried the same trick with Blake Masters, but he looks like a young "Mr. Burns" the evil billionaire from the Simpsons.
Thats what we druids do. Honestly, you want some real relaxation? Get the Substack App to read my daily meditations to you. The only thing better woudl be listening to Enya at the same time. Plus no one has called out my use of OC with all my years and years of pictures on them. And I have some really good ones at that.
The cabinet was chosen because they placed fealty to Trump over any concern for the country. After all, not a single one of them could have hoped to be named a cabinet officer (or even a deputy assistant to the assistant deputy to a cabinet officer) in any normal administration.
As a Jew, I found Trump’s rant about Schumer chilling. He is trying to control and shame American Jews and create more division between Jews and Palestinians (American and otherwise). By pretending to be a “protector” of Jews and maligning Palestinians in the same breath he foments resentment and anger. Of course he is a raging anti Semite surrounded by anti Semites and has no love for any Jews except maybe his fellow tyrant and criminal Netanyahu.
He embarrasses me and I don’t want to claim him. He must really hate himself and is so foolish to think the bigots he panders to have any respect for him. Yuck.
Agreed. On the technical side, I don't think President Tubgirl understands that once a Jew, ALWAYS a Jew. Tell him Jews who tried to avoid the Holocaust by converting to Catholicism/Christianity were still rounded up and deported and murdered and he'd call you a "lying, low IQ person". 🙄
Agree but also his bullying statements are consistent with Nazi history that those in power (usually non Jews) get to decide who is a Jew (usually for nefarious purposes).
He's claiming that Schumer is no longer a Jew because he doesn't support Netanyahu. I got news for him. Lots of American Jews (me among them) support Israel and despise Netanyahu. Israeli Jews despise Netanyahu. They turn out in the streets by the tens of thousands to demonstrate and protest against him.
No wonder, really, the Orange Shitstain and Bibi are cut from the same piece of cloth.
That's a Fux News device. Saw a montage, I think it was in the documentary Outfoxxed, about host after host saying that. Rubes don't care about veracity or sources.
A cousin argued with me on Farcebook that he was tired of 4 years of Biden bullshit. I asked for details. He said "You sound like a Demorat. Go watch Fox News, they can explain it better." He then unfriended and blocked me. THIS is what 30 yrs of Fox propaganda has done to us. It's utter lunacy.
I on purpose never watch trump speak, but I watched all the clips in this article. All I can say is I'm so ashamed of him and the americans that voted for him. He is a complete and total ass, with no sense at all, and should never be anyplace near where he is. He does not care at all about our Country. Not in the least.
I mean thats comedians credo though right? Comedians would MUCH rather NOT have comedy material based on political figures and living in america (opting instead for living in a peaceful america). I know patton oswalt has said this, and so have others.
Is there some unwritten law that we have to wake-up to (or experience) something beyond insipid every godforsaken day? It's like a horror reboot of Groundhog Day. How did the Irish PM keep from saying, "B'jeez, what a moron!" I mean, I know these guys are paid fairly well to take his nonsense seriously but there comes a time when you have to channel Owl Jolson's father (from the 'I Love to Singa' cartoon) and just throw-up your hands and cry, "Enough is too much!" I'd hate to provoke an international incident but I'd pawn my collection of vintage collection of Kay Keyser lps to hear the Canadian PM-elect declare, "Get bent, Fatso, no one wants to be part of your fookin' country." It's aboot time someone from the Great White North put him in his place.
You mentioned this week that your subscriptions were down. Don't understand why. You're the only bright spot out there. Yours is the number 1 email I look forward to. You even beat out The Athletic email that I get everyday. Wonder if people are just getting burned out? I stopped watching MSNBC the day after the election, but now my email box is flooded with Substack offerings and podcasts. Not saying I don't agree with the material, but what is the difference between listening to podcasts and watching cable news? Nothing as far as I'm concerned. It's always someone's opinion. Because I believed opinions in the past, I was pretty sure Hillary and Kamala would win. How'd that work out? I've just listened to enough. Unless someone has a set plan of getting rid of Trump/Musk or there are some positive signs that somehow/someday things will get better, I'm not listening to any more opinions. I don't feel it helps our mental health to constantly be thinking/talking about this without action. Not giving a dime anymore to the Dems unless they start standing up to Trump. Don't forget this shitshow is a money maker for Dems also. Podcasts, articles and fund raising. Call me burned out.
We must stop the CR as it gives the President new powers to steal legally and to tax citizens in a way that puts the funds under Executive branch unilateral control. Give the purse to a felon? We must stop the CR. It gives the President new powers. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/fraud?r=3m1bs
Jeff, I don’t know how you manage to get up every day and write up these true stories with a twist of humor and irony without going bonkers. I really think that trumpet the clown is seriously demented, lives in the past and doesn’t understand how people who aren’t sucking his toes just keep shaking their head and wondering when the men in white clothes will whisk him away to a psychiatric hospital. His mental state has certainly declined since his first term, and I can only hope that he won’t fidget around with the nuclear codes.
If the GOP had any cojones, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Get rid of Trump, you still have a huge problem in this country with the GOP and Vance. Trump is just the tip of the iceberg. This bs has been brewing since the 70's. Dems fiddle, while DC burns. There has been decades for the Dems to put laws in place that would have stopped this way before now. On several occasions, we have had total control of government. Why are we so reactive rather than proactive? Dems just don't seem to have that killer gene that the GOP does. We're too busy trying to be inclusive to everyone and everything. How's that working out?
Yes, I agree, but right now trump is making those decisions and the Dems are leaderless. I hope Mayor Pete decides to run in 2028 and in the meantime starts making noise about the state of US affairs and its place in world affairs.
I LOVE Mayor Pete... he did just say he will not be running in 2026. I wonder if by 2028 America will have come to her senses to elect a brilliant man who is also gay. We are such a sad country. :(
No excuse for Dems being leaderless. There's a lot of talent in that party. The ones my age need to go (Boomers born in the 40's). AOC, Crockett, Pete, and several others need to lead the charge. Put Pete on a news show every week telling about the week's events. Some people may not like the fact he's gay, but I don't think anyone hates him because he is just not obnoxious. And he's uber smart. And don't waste Pete on MSNBC. Put him on Fox, podcasts that GOP and young people listen to. And don't run a female for president in 2028. Until we get our government back, we don't need to worry about are we being inclusive blah blah blah. Do you want to win or not? Not knocking our female candidates, because both would have made excellent leaders. It's like the Dems never learn. Put your ear to the ground and listen to what mainstream America wants and the problems they have. The swing states are all pretty much middle class voters. And quit tagging everyone that doesn't like something or criticizes it on the left as haters. No one likes to be called names, even if the shoe fits. I think I'm pretty liberal, but some of this political correctness (or call it woke) in the last campaign was getting on my last nerve.
OMG, NO! Mayor Pete is a serious and intelligent man but America will never, never vote for a gay couple. You thought Kamala got the shaft? Just wait if Pete runs. You ain't seen nuttin yet.
I’m hoping that by 2028, some of your compatriots will have matured and fed up with ignorami running your country and that they may be tired enough of the clown show to vote for someone with a full functioning brain.
in case you're wondering why I didn't include Bee Face's asinine question to the Irish PM, it's because I'm saving it for 'this week in stupid'
spoiler alert!
Giving away spoilers Jeff, THATs not fair. (I did it last night for the Trump killing a 10yo cancer patient in our chat...so Im as guilty. https://thistleandmoss.com/p/trump-is-killing-citizens-of-this ). But still. you gotta save that stuff up. :)
Absolutely horrid Wendy. I feel that we need to be finding a site to gather these stories. A collaborative shared history of the destruction of the United States. At this point I call it the Un-United States, and I am for a Blue State Secession. I am thinking that might be the only way to save any shred of Democracy is for Blue States to officially secede, or to unofficially secede, and start pooling monies to start that own health agency with shared information that contradicts what Kennedy is saying when he is wrong, and ignores him and releases their own information. They should also have their own media, and perhaps join with the other countries of NATO that are thinking of eschewing collaborating with the US for defense and intelligence. Also, that funds health care research. Then, to fund primary and secondary educational research.
Where will the money come from? There might be a tax escrow account that holds federal taxes from Blue States in investments, preferably in Blue State economies, and is willing to pay them to the Federal government when we see a return on these taxes in the way of federal services. The largest being Medicare, Medicaid and Social Security. In fact, conditionally. Isn't this what we are doing to Putin's assets that we have? Blue States have assets, that could be withheld until things are fixed. A new Project 2025 called 2025 Blue State Solution.
With DOGE and Musk,
NO tax money from us.
I like the Blue State secession ideas of Gary Whittenberger, although I would prefer to call a secession The Democratic States of America. There would be a 1 year period to decide which side you are on, with money to move in either case. I say the target year should be 2026.
https://secularhumanism.org/exclusive/secession/
I mean, I try to keep all this stuff on a days notice posted , summarized and opinioned upon for all the readers of our pub, just as Jeff does here. i think it helps.
"money to move" to another state if the country would split in two? And how much would that be?
I read such pie-in-the-sky ideas here and there, and I wonder if the people promoting them are serious. If so, do they have any practical knowledge? In my family's case, it would cost significantly more to buy a similar (smallish) house in most other states than our current home is worth. Plus the cost of the sale, moving costs, money spent traveling to locate a new home, and so on. Then there would be the issue of my husband's finding a new job (I'm retired), and funds to live on until there was a paycheck coming in. Would we just be handed a blank check to cover all that? It sounds great to just say, "Hey, let’s divide the country!" The logistics are another thing altogether.
Yeah, it's fun to speculate, but reality is a whole different story.
Every blue state has republikkkans and every red state has Democrats.
The logistics are more costly and complicated than the effort implies.
Linda, this article and your thinking is remarkable! Secession has been brought up many times in CA. We have the fifth largest economy in the world. The oligarchs here are mostly all in the tech world in Silicon Valley. Their contributions to residents could absolutely fuel our new government. Would they do it though? Who knows but I am for this and have been for a while. Plus, tired of folks saying that we can’t!
And where is aldous j pennyfarthing these days with his dear assho*e books 📚
Exceptional piece Wendy, I knew nothing of this tragic incident!!
Thank you patrick. Its a day by day thing for me. And honestly its my profession to do this (and probably should have been my actual profession all along).
Any story featuring the puffy countenance of Bee Man is, to quote Kenny Bania, “Gold, Jerry, gold!”
Bee Face struck again? Shit. Looking forward to Saturday's post
Dumb Donnie claims that changing his mind about tariffs is his "right". He turns the tariffs on and off and on and off, whipsawing millions of business managers and consumers with every change. And he's surprised the stock market craters? Daily proof that "he's a fucking moron" (per Rex Tillerson).
Walmart (90% Chinese made products) went to China and begged them to reduce prices on their purchase orders to match Donnie's tariffs. Their response? Oh no, you don't. We ain't paying for Donnie's stupid tariffs.
Walmart already begged The Don and he told them they were not sufficiently grateful (or paid their $5 million meeting fee). Walmart's business model of "low prices everyday" is fucked. So is every other US retailer who sources their goods from China. Americans are addicted to cheap Chinese made products. But Dumb Donnie doesn't understand his tariffs are a tax on the US consumers.
Dow Jones Index. S&P 500 Index. Look out below!
While it's quite possible that that the tariff insanity is the robo-monkeys glitching in his brain, it's also possible that this is a concerted manipulation arranged with the guys that pay $5 million to have dinner with him to drop various stock prices (or indexes), so they can make a killing when the tariffs go away a few days later.
That’s what Brian Tyler Cohen thinks
Me too
You can count on that.
I guess we'll just have to settle for "Today In Stupid."
Great post today. I always read your weekly review first thing Saturday.
Who is Bee Face?
Marjorie Sporktoes Green's boyfriend.
Both who are piss poor excuses for human beings…
Ahh!! Of course!
Wanna really blow what's left of President Tubgirl's mind? Ask him if Schumer is a Muslim Palestinian or a Christian Palestinian.
He doesn't know the difference. Ask him to define the difference between Judaism, Christianity, and Islam. Crickets. Or a completely batshit dissemblance
The only religion tRump cares about is MAGA because it is the only one which worships him.
"I do very well with Christians"
Ain't that the truth. 😖
Well… there ac isn’t a difference
All three monotheistic, authoritarian, paternalistic religions.
No way that goes over well. :) (laughs)
According to Spy Talk, the pick to to be the person who gives Trump his daily intel briefing is concerned about the Gazans, because their might be some Christian Gazans that got killed. Clear Christian Nationalist thinking in my accord, although the straight up anti-Semitism is more Catholic Christian Nationalism than Protestant Christian Nationalism as I am learning.
https://www.spytalk.co/p/conspiracy-theorist-in-line-to-be?r=f0qfn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
These are two different factions of CNs, as well as the protestant break off group of Charismatic Christians known as the New Apostolic Reformation. It is said, by a former member of Opus Dei that the Catholic Christian Nationalists expect to be the last Christian Nationalists standing, which gets us back to the world before the Reformation. That is why I call the government under Trump and Musk, the New Feudalism.
🤣
To repeat: NCAA president Charlie Baker said he believed there are fewer than 10 transgender athletes among the 510,000 competing at member schools.
The hysteria in MAGAT Land over trans people has been cooked up by the Republicons to create hatred against one more minority group. The pain is the thing.
Yes - almost all noise about transgender issues originates in wingnutland. And yet even Democrats will grouse about how Dems are always talking about transgender. Dems don't say much about trans unless it's to stop wingnuts from abusing them. The liberal concept is to *leave these people alone to go about their business.*
Two wise statements:
"You are what you is."
Frank Zappa
"Mind your own Damn business."
Tim Walz
Yes, you are correct.The cruelty is the point.
I had a very androgynous look well into my thirties, with people often calling me "young man" or such just because I had very short hair and apparently didn't dress like a girl. I can only imagine the abuse I'd be getting from magats if they were around then.
I'm still called "sir..." I have short hair, dress exceptionally casually - jeans and t-shirts. I don't care anymore 🤷. It's mostly when I have my ever present hat and shades on.
Kinda keeps me invisible...
Pretty obvious at this point that these people are bathroom-obsessed. But, unlike the Dems, they know how to capitalize on silly hot button issues. I have no proof of this but I would wager that the godawful anti-trans ad may very well have cost them several swing states.
Hope springs eternal!
Cruelty is the entire point of MAGAts with trans people. It is like the second Holocaust.
It’s a nonexistent “crisis.”
Absofuckinglutely Walt!!
"how does transgender come up in conversation with the leader of Ireland?" 😂😂
DUMP. IS. INSANE. It's painfully obvious.
The poor Prime Minister. I'm surprised the subject of leprechauns didnt come up.
How in the hell did we end up HERE????
Right wing media and a polite Dem party
Fox has killed America… no doubt.
Rupert's children owe the U.S. major reparations once the old fuck has kicked the bucket.
TRUTH!
Exactly the problem. I'm still waiting for someone other than Chuck Shumer, Bernie Sanders, AOC, or Elizabeth Warren to stand up to The Cult. It's like they insist on bringing a knife to a gun fight.
Jasmine Crockett and Jamie Raskin come to mind
Al Green. And what an astonishingly great follow up interview speech he gave.
Rep John Larson kicks it off. Call this wonderful human and thank him! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=INvMI6H58Aw
I saw the clip of him yesterday, yelling in committee. It was on Rachel Maddow on MSNBC. Masterful.
He ended his rant with a very subdued, 'I yield my time.'
All of the people you named, with the exception of Schumer, ARE doing something.
Zohran Mamdani! NY State Assembly District 36.
And a corrupt Extreme Court.
Transgender comes up whenever and whereever it can with Donny Convict McShitsHisPants.
As soon as he hears trans- anything. Remember his conflating transgenic with transgender? Wait til his toadies tell him, sir, the transmission on your limo needs. . .
Hope his dreams are plagued with unrelenting surprise visits from Dr. Frankenfurter, the Transvestite from Transexual, Transylvania.
LOL
Madness…takes its’ toll.
That would be way too much fun for old Donnie boy.
😂😂🤣🤣😂😂
Who the fuck could forget it
Donny should share more about his fixations...
You mean like his oral fixations? Or the Urine fixation?
All of them! Why discriminate against any of them?
I agree with you. Im tired of being accused of my "attractions" and my "kinks" just because im a fucking trans woman. Its time to shine that light on the idiots who do that bullshit.
Right on Wendy 🙌🏽
Because he himself likes little boys ....his as usual deterrent and ohoblias are his own insecurity for what he is ...and likes ...not about anyone else . Look up how many young boys families he's paid off .
Wow. Is that what Putin has on him? I always thought that maybe he had beaten a woman to death. He loves to inflict pain.
Because there are way too many Americans who like tRump, are dumb as a box of rocks.
And those stupid sacks of shit will be fucking with our pursuit of happiness until we draw our last breath. That's what has been most disturbing for me. I'm surrounded by stupid and that is never going to change. So fucking stupid it definitely now hurts.
Dump is too stupid to come up with anything normal to converse about. Whether it's sharks, batteries, windmills and now the poor trans folks, Donnie has nothing to bring to the table but the usual bullshit from the biggest imbecile on the world stage. Probably safe to say that Prime Minister Martin couldn't get the hell out of there fast enough and won't be doing this again anytime soon.
He’s absolutely nuts. I feel sorry for ANY foreign leader who has to be in the same room with him.
Oh, to be a fly on the wall when the PM returns to Ireland and gets on the phone with other European leaders to compare notes. "And then he said WHAT???" I'm hoping at this point it's still hilarity rather than panic.
When he describes his meeting with Dumbass, Martin is probably making circles with his index finger by the side of his head.
Bet ya’ Drumpf believes in leprechauns.
Why not? He's the ugly fat troll who squats under the Bridge of Sanity, waiting to look up women's skirts and rob travelers of their precious, beautiful gold.
He believes in them because they will give him a Pot ‘o Gold!
They've already spun that bald head into the world's worst combover.
☘️ no doubt he does! 😂
😂😂
He thinks the House speaker is one Walt!!
He’s always been insane. Now he’s also deteriorating into 24/7 dementia and what little control he had over the crazy is completely gone.
I’m just as surprised as you @Susan Niemann!! After all of the shenanigans that has been going on in CF47 head I can’t believe leprechauns didn’t pop out!!🙄🙄🤬🤬💙💙💙
No self respecting leprechaun would be caught dead in there.
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Transgender leprechauns!
David! Hilarious 😂😂😂😂
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I wonder if the old fucker knows where he is most of the time.
Doubtful Charles. His handlers have to be freaking out. Every time he speaks, he shits the bed.
By not paying attention and ignoring warnings?
He is. The man is fading fast from dementia. He is batshit crazy.
Putin recruited a couple of Nazi sympathizers to do his mentor Alexsandr Dugin’s bidding Susan!!
I’m ashamed to say, I’m actually at the point where I hear that a country is burning or boycotting American products and I say, “Good for you!” How did we get here?
25th ammendment NOW. Please, for the love of Loki, put us out of this misery!
While I agree with you on principle, I don't think the line of succession gets any better when you look at it
Nope. It's 18 people/positions long, ending with Kristy Noem. Not one of them are worth the oxygen they breathe.
I've thought of that, too. But maybe J.D. Vance or Ron Johnson wouldn't spark the same loyalty as The Cheeto. His ability to outright lie, spin the truth, and befuddle the masses is unparalleled. Ordinary right-wing, Christofascists would seem almost liberal by comparison.
Vance will never get a cult following. Neither will any other GOP that's around now. There's a pretty much a once in a century/generational thing. But Vance is smart and he's a total a-hole. MAGAs are not going to vote for Dem candidates, period. They may not worship Vance, but they would still vote for him. The only hope is that turn out and independents will be enough to give Dems the majority. But will we ever be able to vote again? I think it's premature to think that the 2026 election will just be like every other one. Trump, being gone someday, will not turn a racist into a nice person nor will it turn a misogynist into a person that wants women to have an equal playing field. Those are ingrained values for some people. Racism and misogyny have been around since the beginning of time. Trump is a sign of the rot in this country, he didn't cause it. Very disheartening to see pretty much the rest of the world, standing up for values that our government has abandoned.
The fact that jd will never get a cult following is why they will never invoke the 25th
Well said. 👏👏👏
Vance isn't smart. He just repeats what he is told.
If they say the same things, appeal to the same angers, then almost anyone will get their loyalty. They are pot-commited at this point, to go against anything Dear Leader has said, or they can convinced he said or would have said, would be admitting they were wrong. Of course, Dear Leader can change his mind all he wants. He's the smartest and best man ever./s
Loyalty is different than being brain washed in a cult. I'm a Boomer and I never remember since the 50's, any politician having a cult following. I remember Charles Manson, the Moonies, the antigovernment bunch, Jim Jones - but never that kind of "I'd die for someone" kind of mentality beyond all reasoning. Vance is not a sure deal. He's the kind you just want to slap into the next century. And you can't trust him at all - look at his remarks from 2016 about Trump and now. I wouldn't call it charisma (the appeal that Trump has), but Vance doesn't have it. Maybe it's his manipulative skills to a certain group that Trump has that Vance doesn't. They'll still vote for Vance against a Dem. How many times have we held our nose and voted for a candidate we didn't particularly like, because we felt the other one was worse. Our hope is a better turn out, the young vote and the independents. Forget the ones that wear Trump diapers and maxi pads on their ears.
He's a shape shifter. He's whatever he thinks he needs to be.
Ever so much this, ever since Peter Thiel pulled him out of obscurity in the university Libertarian group he was in. He tried the same trick with Blake Masters, but he looks like a young "Mr. Burns" the evil billionaire from the Simpsons.
Again, I think we're related.
As a good druid woman, Ive been chanting every morning for it. The mother has yet to bless us with that. so maybe its still coming.
Chant on, Wendy!
Thats what we druids do. Honestly, you want some real relaxation? Get the Substack App to read my daily meditations to you. The only thing better woudl be listening to Enya at the same time. Plus no one has called out my use of OC with all my years and years of pictures on them. And I have some really good ones at that.
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/meditation-march-13th-2025
I’m on it!
Wendy’s daily meditations are great!!!
You are far too kind to me Jodi.
The cabinet was chosen because they placed fealty to Trump over any concern for the country. After all, not a single one of them could have hoped to be named a cabinet officer (or even a deputy assistant to the assistant deputy to a cabinet officer) in any normal administration.
In normal times, the whole lot of them wouldn't be allowed within 100' of an elementary school.
But these aren't normal times.
😂😂 But true.🙄
That's the stuff my dreams are made of.
As a Jew, I found Trump’s rant about Schumer chilling. He is trying to control and shame American Jews and create more division between Jews and Palestinians (American and otherwise). By pretending to be a “protector” of Jews and maligning Palestinians in the same breath he foments resentment and anger. Of course he is a raging anti Semite surrounded by anti Semites and has no love for any Jews except maybe his fellow tyrant and criminal Netanyahu.
MILLER MILLER don't forget MILLER
Miller is a kapo and is despicable.
THIS! 👆 He's the stuff of Jewish nightmares. The man's eyes are dead.
He embarrasses me and I don’t want to claim him. He must really hate himself and is so foolish to think the bigots he panders to have any respect for him. Yuck.
Stephen Miller is a grotesque sociopath.
And a secret serial killer, I bet many homeless have disappeared near his lair.
Miller is a Heinrich Himmler wanna be. He’s a Nazi POS.
Heidrich 2.0.
Agreed. On the technical side, I don't think President Tubgirl understands that once a Jew, ALWAYS a Jew. Tell him Jews who tried to avoid the Holocaust by converting to Catholicism/Christianity were still rounded up and deported and murdered and he'd call you a "lying, low IQ person". 🙄
Schumer can decide to be Palestinian and not Jewish like I, an 80 year old Irish female, can decide to become a 20 year old Nigerian Olympic runner.
Agree but also his bullying statements are consistent with Nazi history that those in power (usually non Jews) get to decide who is a Jew (usually for nefarious purposes).
He probably feels completely justified in declaring Chuck Schumer a Jew. He declared Kamala Harris Black and that went over supremely well.
Fortunately, his behavior leaves no abiguity regarding exactly who, or what, he is.
He's claiming that Schumer is no longer a Jew because he doesn't support Netanyahu. I got news for him. Lots of American Jews (me among them) support Israel and despise Netanyahu. Israeli Jews despise Netanyahu. They turn out in the streets by the tens of thousands to demonstrate and protest against him.
No wonder, really, the Orange Shitstain and Bibi are cut from the same piece of cloth.
As was said by a senior economist yesterday.. “Insanity is not a strategy”… I will second that statement. Best to all.
Neither is the "Rapture" which is why so many Xitians DGAF about the planet since Jeebuz is coming back any minute now to kick everyone's ass.
I heard he's only gonna kick heathens like us
I think She's already been here and raptured the good ones. What's left just can't admit that they suck as human beings and didn't make the cut.
It depends on "good" by whose definition. I think many of us here are good.
I am proud not to be in heaven since it's a fictional place.
"Now the flowers in your garden,
They don't smell so sweet, so sweet,
Maybe you've forgotten,
The heaven lying at your feet"
Learn to Be Still--The Eagles/
Wow, thanks for the moment of sanity.
A friend of mine has said, if you can’t see your heaven here and now, what makes you think you’ll see it later?
More great lyrics, these from Billy Joel:
“They say there’s a heaven for those who wait
They say it’s better but I say it ain’t
I’d rather laugh with the sinners than cry with the saints
The sinners are much more fun
Only the good die young”
As do I! But those whom I'm talking about believe THEY are the only "good" (chosen) ones, for various reasons.
Well then I hope they get "raptured" out of here now and enjoy their fantasy.
You and me, both!
And leave us alone
Love it when the Bloated Yam of Scam says, “Everybody knows it.” That’s his fave tag line for his biggest prevarications. Red flag. 🚩
Right up there with, "People are saying." NO ONE is saying. But the cretins will continue to take it at face-value.
Don't forget "like nobody's ever seen"! It gags me that I've listened to his rantings enough to see the patterns....
That's a Fux News device. Saw a montage, I think it was in the documentary Outfoxxed, about host after host saying that. Rubes don't care about veracity or sources.
A cousin argued with me on Farcebook that he was tired of 4 years of Biden bullshit. I asked for details. He said "You sound like a Demorat. Go watch Fox News, they can explain it better." He then unfriended and blocked me. THIS is what 30 yrs of Fox propaganda has done to us. It's utter lunacy.
I hope you don’t mind my saying that him peacing out on you is no loss
Damn, out of all the Teslas that have spontaneously exploded, why couldn't it have been that red one at the WH the other day?
That would've been glorious.
Then the world would be rid of two assholes with one explosion.
I on purpose never watch trump speak, but I watched all the clips in this article. All I can say is I'm so ashamed of him and the americans that voted for him. He is a complete and total ass, with no sense at all, and should never be anyplace near where he is. He does not care at all about our Country. Not in the least.
Kamala was robbed. Shitler and Eloon were bragging about stealing the election.
I really hope it’s being investigated though not sure by who with the decimation of pretty much everything…
He only cares about power, money and fame.
Trump is a disaster for the world at large, but he's a gold mine for you.
I regret that this is true
I mean thats comedians credo though right? Comedians would MUCH rather NOT have comedy material based on political figures and living in america (opting instead for living in a peaceful america). I know patton oswalt has said this, and so have others.
We all do
Is there some unwritten law that we have to wake-up to (or experience) something beyond insipid every godforsaken day? It's like a horror reboot of Groundhog Day. How did the Irish PM keep from saying, "B'jeez, what a moron!" I mean, I know these guys are paid fairly well to take his nonsense seriously but there comes a time when you have to channel Owl Jolson's father (from the 'I Love to Singa' cartoon) and just throw-up your hands and cry, "Enough is too much!" I'd hate to provoke an international incident but I'd pawn my collection of vintage collection of Kay Keyser lps to hear the Canadian PM-elect declare, "Get bent, Fatso, no one wants to be part of your fookin' country." It's aboot time someone from the Great White North put him in his place.
I volunteer!!🤚
“Swastikcars” 😂😂😂
I can't claim credit — I saw that on social media
You mentioned this week that your subscriptions were down. Don't understand why. You're the only bright spot out there. Yours is the number 1 email I look forward to. You even beat out The Athletic email that I get everyday. Wonder if people are just getting burned out? I stopped watching MSNBC the day after the election, but now my email box is flooded with Substack offerings and podcasts. Not saying I don't agree with the material, but what is the difference between listening to podcasts and watching cable news? Nothing as far as I'm concerned. It's always someone's opinion. Because I believed opinions in the past, I was pretty sure Hillary and Kamala would win. How'd that work out? I've just listened to enough. Unless someone has a set plan of getting rid of Trump/Musk or there are some positive signs that somehow/someday things will get better, I'm not listening to any more opinions. I don't feel it helps our mental health to constantly be thinking/talking about this without action. Not giving a dime anymore to the Dems unless they start standing up to Trump. Don't forget this shitshow is a money maker for Dems also. Podcasts, articles and fund raising. Call me burned out.
This is literally the ONLY email I look forward to.
Pump the snark and derision into my veins.
From 0 to 1939 in less that 3 seconds. The Swastikcar.
I’m partial to “the Deplorean” myself
Hit 88 mph and 💥BOOM💥
🔥🔥Nuremberg Rally!!🔥🔥
88, yes.
I just changed my plates on my car since the 88 (# of my favorite NHLer) that was on there can be interpreted as heil hitler. Nope.
I like Carsophagus, because of their resemblance to above-ground coffins.
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We must stop the CR as it gives the President new powers to steal legally and to tax citizens in a way that puts the funds under Executive branch unilateral control. Give the purse to a felon? We must stop the CR. It gives the President new powers. https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/fraud?r=3m1bs
Jeff, I don’t know how you manage to get up every day and write up these true stories with a twist of humor and irony without going bonkers. I really think that trumpet the clown is seriously demented, lives in the past and doesn’t understand how people who aren’t sucking his toes just keep shaking their head and wondering when the men in white clothes will whisk him away to a psychiatric hospital. His mental state has certainly declined since his first term, and I can only hope that he won’t fidget around with the nuclear codes.
If the GOP had any cojones, we wouldn't be having this discussion. Get rid of Trump, you still have a huge problem in this country with the GOP and Vance. Trump is just the tip of the iceberg. This bs has been brewing since the 70's. Dems fiddle, while DC burns. There has been decades for the Dems to put laws in place that would have stopped this way before now. On several occasions, we have had total control of government. Why are we so reactive rather than proactive? Dems just don't seem to have that killer gene that the GOP does. We're too busy trying to be inclusive to everyone and everything. How's that working out?
Yes, I agree, but right now trump is making those decisions and the Dems are leaderless. I hope Mayor Pete decides to run in 2028 and in the meantime starts making noise about the state of US affairs and its place in world affairs.
I LOVE Mayor Pete... he did just say he will not be running in 2026. I wonder if by 2028 America will have come to her senses to elect a brilliant man who is also gay. We are such a sad country. :(
Maybe vote for a gay VP? I doubt they will be grown up enough for a gay president. Yes, we are sad.
I love Mayor Pete. I soooo wanted a Liz/Pete dream team in 2020.
No excuse for Dems being leaderless. There's a lot of talent in that party. The ones my age need to go (Boomers born in the 40's). AOC, Crockett, Pete, and several others need to lead the charge. Put Pete on a news show every week telling about the week's events. Some people may not like the fact he's gay, but I don't think anyone hates him because he is just not obnoxious. And he's uber smart. And don't waste Pete on MSNBC. Put him on Fox, podcasts that GOP and young people listen to. And don't run a female for president in 2028. Until we get our government back, we don't need to worry about are we being inclusive blah blah blah. Do you want to win or not? Not knocking our female candidates, because both would have made excellent leaders. It's like the Dems never learn. Put your ear to the ground and listen to what mainstream America wants and the problems they have. The swing states are all pretty much middle class voters. And quit tagging everyone that doesn't like something or criticizes it on the left as haters. No one likes to be called names, even if the shoe fits. I think I'm pretty liberal, but some of this political correctness (or call it woke) in the last campaign was getting on my last nerve.
And watch like a hawk for voter roll purging (especially in swing states)
That maiden name birth certificate thing is utter bs.
Deborah, they just want to keep women from voting. Why are we not out in the streets?!!!!
OMG, NO! Mayor Pete is a serious and intelligent man but America will never, never vote for a gay couple. You thought Kamala got the shaft? Just wait if Pete runs. You ain't seen nuttin yet.
I’m hoping that by 2028, some of your compatriots will have matured and fed up with ignorami running your country and that they may be tired enough of the clown show to vote for someone with a full functioning brain.
shhhh - don't even *think* about the nuke codes...
That fear should not be minimized as the world is dealing with the most demented and irresponsible US President to ever sit behind the Resolute Desk.
At the moment, he's not. It's off having the boogers scraped off that his boss' kid wiped all over it. 🤨
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I wish that kid had just wiped his nose or hand on Drumpf's sleeve.
LOL