Nancy Pelosi was on MSNBC this morning saying "time is running short for Biden to decide if he is staying in the race." In response I picked up the phone, called her office, and informed her staff that Biden has already made that decision and perhaps it's time to accept that decision. Except I was not nearly as polite as this post suggests. Then I called Minority Leader Jeffries, and suggested he get the house in order; again not in those exact words.
Ah Jeff, I was just typing this update about Pelosi when I fortunately saw yours. I enjoyed the part where she specifically called out the NYT, not knowing what happened to them that they say these things; I am paraphrasing, of course. That's perfect since you and multiple other writers have pointed out how the NYT has fallen.
out of curiosity, I just searched all 112,548 email addresses in the subscriber list for instances of house.gov, senate.gov and wh.gov. the answer is zero. oh well
I contacted my representative and both senators on Monday, asking them to please not join the pile-on and to start calling out the news media as it is them that is driving the story.
I also contacted my governor, Pritzker, 2 State Senators, Duckworth (a gem), Durbin (a couch potato who is not trying to impeach SCOTUS treasonists) and Representative Jackson in the State of IL to ask l them to fully back Biden in word and deed. Here is what fascism expert Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat says about the media today. https://lucid.substack.com/p/us-media-and-the-2024-election
I also have to say that I had the privilege of hearing Heather Cox Richardson speak to Democrats Abroad. I was one of thousands. She was wonderful and I believe it was recorded. She spoke for a brief time and then answered questions for the rest of the time. When asked about the history of having new candidates win this late in the game, she pointed out a couple of cases where it was tried and did not succeed. She also pointed out that which I had been thinking which is the press will go after anyone new like a vulture on a spring day, just like they have been going after Biden, and it will mean that that becomes the story and not Trump. He is having his national convention next week, and there is not even much discussion of that, like the fact that it is late in the game to have it.
She also pointed out that Biden has the delegates and it is not clear that they can transfer, and Biden has the war chest which might be able to transfer to Harris, but not anyone else. There were more reasons, like how people might lose heart who were invested in him. I am one who would lose heart, but I would still vote to keep Trump out for whomever, and fight for them. However, I hate inefficiency deep in my soul, so I would hate having the best, most gifted president pushed out. As someone told me Timothy Snyder said, Biden has a way with people where he gets things done. Heather Cox Richardson was saying too that he has been very effective. She also said, she is not a White House insider and is not a doctor. However, he has doctors who have published how he is doing, and it is good.
I also want to say that my Regional Democrats Abroad Leader sent this to me. It is a link to downloading an IRS complaint form against the Heritage Foundation, with suggestions on how to fill in the narrative. I would like to ask you to please consider downloading it, filling it out, printing and sending it, and then sharing it with friends. Let us make it expensive for them to threaten bloody warfare with the "Left" meaning mainstream Americans.
Seen on Mastodon. At this link you can download a PDF form to file a complaint to the IRS, requesting that they revoke the Heritage Foundation‘s non-profit status. Fill out the form and mail it to: eoclass@irs.gov
This is what is suggested on the sample form to fill in:
Based on the statements of Kevin Roberst, the Heritage Foundation’s president, on June 11 and July 2, the foundation’s mission is no longer solely “research and education,” but now includes preparing for a possibly bloody revolution.
Specifically, in an interview on “The War Room” on July 2, Roberts stated that the Heritage Foundation has developed a prominent series of policy plans (Project 2025) to overhaul the federal government under a Republican president, and that the country was “in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be”
Sure sounds like Roberts and the other authors of Project 2025 are planning to start a bloody war as part of the Heritage Foundation’s mission.
Pelosi calling for Biden to step aside is like the pot calling the kettle black! Christ almighty, half the time she's completely incoherent. I like Pelosi, but it's definitely time for her to step aside. Geezus...🤬
You had me until you said "I like Nancy"—because while I'm TOLD she was a real Progressive at one point? She's been a sub-Princess of NeoLib Evil for so long I'm sickened by her—just like I'm sickened by The Qween of NeoLib Evil Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Neo lib evil? When the other side is promoting actual evil fascism? Had you voted for Clinton, we would still have Roe, for starters. Not sure how much progress you think can be made when half the voting population are religious idiots.
...and the OTHER half worships the Clintons over Bernie Sanders and The Squad!
NeoLiberalism is what makes the Right Wing Majority possible, because rather than looking out for the working and middle income voters like Bernie, AOC, Ihlan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib et al are doing, NeoLibs only care about fucking Finance Industry Executives.
FYI, given Hillary said several times she wanted to "open a dialogue" with the KKKhrister Right over Women's Choice? I seriously doubt Roe v. Wade was in safe hands with the likes of HER....
I worship no one. Clinton spoke at one of my commencements at UIUC in the 90s about a national health plan she herself had created. In the 90s. Pelosi and Obama gave us the ACA. Marriage equality was a huge step forward.
You sound young. Had you voted Dem, we wouldn't be in this mess. "The more progressive than thou" Bernie brats.
Nancy,Nancy WTF no disrespect but did you get whacked in the noggin ? What are you thinking? Can’t the party ever ,ever show a United face ? This shit is gonna cost us at the polls ! Unity is essential for Christ sake ,we can’t give those assholes any ammunition to use against us ! All for one JOE ,one for all U.S.
That's really the ironic part of the MAGA-Q mythology, that Dems run everything by planning and executing intricate, minutely-timed schemes and plots years before the event.
Given the opportunity, I advise them that it's a miracle if we can organize a 1-car funeral.
I've always liked her and I think in no way is she not sharp as always. But considering that she's about Biden's age, I'm surprised she is commenting on this. Because if mandatory age limits were set for Congress, she'd be one of the first to go. And the recent events have put the spotlight back on how old Congress is.
At least get a new makeup person. Her appearance made Biden’s at the debate look youthful. I agree with the comment here that she faces the same choice as Biden even more so.
I’m going to blame it on heat exhaustion…weeks of 115 degrees days gives me a weird lazy DGAF feeling and I’m being sloppy. I’m just tired of the chaos and never ending political drama. We have one fucking goal…defeat fascism.
I heard early this morning that she had said that it was Biden's decision then suddenly there's all this horseshit of her saying he should reconsider. Not the same thing.
A WAPO ARTICLE DEFINITELY MISREPRESENTED ITS OWN CONTENT WITH A TITLE TO MISCONSTRUE HER REMARKS. I replied with a comment lambasting them for their hypocrisy.
Like the time she told the Republicans to go ahead and paint targets on The Squad's backs? I've never forgiven her for that—or any number of other Rich White Privilege attacking the "peasants" in her own Party things she's done.
Speaking of people who should have stepped down long ago.... 🤬
WTF Sen. Michael Bennet? Show us your accomplishments in the Senate. Show us your schedule for the day. You don't have the stamina or the intelligence to compete with Biden. If you think the orange clown is going to win in a landslide, you aren't worth me wasting my time.
On May 2, 2019, Bennet announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. He dropped out of the race on February 11, 2020, after a poor showing in the New Hampshire primary
Sounds like he’s hoping he’ll be chosen to replace Biden.
He got into the Senate by appointment, not by election the first time.
Anita, Democrats excel at shooting ourselves in the foot. I’m glad more of us pushed back hard on the stupid idea of having our accomplished incumbent step aside.
Yes, I think you're correct. She apparently has been besieged by big-money donors in CA, and she's worried about Adam Schiff and the next Democratic CA gubernatorial candidate (Newsom can't run again) if she doesn't take them seriously. Abigail Disney, for one, supposedly won't write another check for Dems until Biden exits.
I don't know how true that is...it could just be rumor like everything else.
The power-structure of the entire world is weighing in on this US election. It may be world-order altering. The pressure must be intense and it’s only July… JOE STANDS UP to the nefarious forces. That likely makes him seem ‘quaint’ nowadays :/
Hi Jeff, amid all the garbage from Donald last night, delusional speech, sweating profusely, going off on tangents … well…. I feel compelled to point out Barron was out on stage.. he’s now 18… after that appearance he is fair game now, much to Mel’s disgust🥴BTW I sent mail to WH last night expressing my endorsement of our President, thanked him for all he has done for our country… Best to all fellow travelers.
I just made another donation...but we have got to get this shit done, because to tell you the truth, I don't know how long I can keep having 'political donations' as such a huge percentage of my budget!
IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS...AND IT'S GROWN EVERY YEAR!!! I know I'm not alone!🤬🤬🤬
I see Barron is Trump's newest pet pony to parade around. We have yet to hear Barron speak. Nothing like having your dad throw you under the bus, but he's done that with his other kids so no surprise.
I wonder what government office they're planning to give him? Hmm...what to give a recent high school graduate....? Maybe he'll be the MAGA answer to Taylor Swift (HAHAHAHAHAHA)
Should give the kid a pass… 18 today is still kiddie time ,it’s not like growing up during WWII,KOREA OR VIETNAM the kids back then grew up quick and died quicker ! The Baron might have a chance to be semi human ..granted not much of one , but maybe?! 🤔 if he turns out to be a monster 👹 then phuk him ,but a chance to change that friggen abomination of a family tree is a worthy cause !😬Or screw him just play the odds and drive a stake through his chest and be done with another branch of the tree of hate !
I'm guessing you don't wear a lot of stage makeup 😊 It smears if you touch it. His makeup person should be putting powder on his face for the greasy sheen, but I'm guessing he's refused it.
Ted Lieu-thank you! Great job on the NATO speech Prez! How can anyone keep up with that schedule and speak coherently-lol……but he is! Little Donny Convict-piece of shit-I can’t stand listening to him-so I don’t! Totally agree with you Jeff on Rob Reiner info. Keep the faith everyone! Stay cool!
Folks like Rob Reiner need to stop joining the MSM pile on about this dropping out BS and offer their support to help keep the crimin' fuckface pedophile from ever being anywhere near the Oval Office again. The media remains focused only on sensationalism. His schedule for one day that Jeff posted shows us that he does more on a normal workday than that lazy asshole would do in a week like his so-called executive time. On a good note, there are those like Jeff who keep getting the word out unlike our very compromised and biased news hacks.
Reiner made a documentary on LBJ. God, he should know better. Dems need to listen to one person: Congressman Ted Lieu. He's savvy. Ted Lieu is deep in reality. REALITY: Republicans are so completely fucked up, they support a pedophile rapist fraudster con man felon. So, talk to the hand, media. And Dems, grow a pair. Unite and stop giving the media red meat, you wankers. Jeezus.
I too have been disgusted with the MSM, printed media and online media and their dog pile on Biden. We need Joe to win so Donnie Convict can go to jail.
Hey he’s looking at 4years ! Wouldn’t it be a great big fucken surprise if he got that rammed up his malfunctioning ass ?The judge may be just as sick of all the shit the courts are doing around the country as most of us ,and slam his traitorous lard ass in the joint even during the inevitable appeal!
I'm still confused with the Dems speaking out against Biden. What is their end game? It just looks like to me an attention grab and the MAGAs are just licking their lips over this one. Why on earth any person loyal to democracy would give the GOP one thing to use against Biden is beyond me. I keep hearing we're all in this together, but it's never been explained to me what these people hope to accomplish. Get Biden to drop out this late? That's brilliant. Who's their replacement that can BEAT Trump? They don't have one. Nor do they have the time/money to find a viable candidate and get his/her candidacy up and running this late. Kind of reminds me of the Iraqi War. We overran Baghdad in just a few days. Yea for us. But we had no Plan B to establish a cohesive government that could run Iraq with Hussein gone. And the result? - we're still dealing with chaos several decades later. This reminds me of that. Sorry - I consider these public remarks about Biden dropping out to be disloyal. He's not going to drop out anyway because ole Rob and a couple of Congressmen think he should. If Biden wins, watch them do a 180 to cover their butts for running their mouths in the first place. Jeff is mature and forgiving. I don't have those traits.
There's another debate scheduled,if President Biden gives Trump a good thrashing,are they going to jump on the whole 'Jacked-up Joe' narrative again?? Pretty sure we know the answer...
Personally, I think they should cancel that second presidential debate. It just gives Trump a larger platform for his lies. I think the next debate should be the VP’s. I’d like to see Kamala wipe the floor with whichever poor soul Trump chooses to be his running mate.
As in Weimar Germany, the left is insisting on cutting its own throat. As Franklin said, if we don't hang together we will surely hag separately. Cancel your subscription to the NY Times.
You can always expect politicians to always be on their soapbox,but for some reason MSM thinks they should be on theirs too,like anyone should give a crap about their opinions or narrative.
Done with MSNBC. Watched it faithfully for 16 years. I'm not going to listen to a pundit (multiple ones) rehash the same garbage day after day since 6/27 about how old Biden is and should he drop out. It accomplishes nothing but give the GOP more ammunition to use against the Dems. The GOP are loyal to their psychotic candidate, but we publicly bash ours who's a decent person. The GOP isn't smarter than the Dems, they are much better down and dirty fighters and they stick together and they're tenacious in what their goals are. The Dems could use some lessons from them on how to politically fight and win. Forget this go high when they go low. If this is the way we're going to approach this election, then we may find ourselves out of the White House, but we can feel good about ourselves because we fought fair. Screw that.
Thanks to Substacks like this one, Joyce Vance, Heather Cox Richardson, Rick Wilson, and Podcasts from Resolute Square, George Conway, Keith Olbermann, Glenn Kirshner, with posts from Kyle Griffin... by the time MSNBC gets on the air the next day, I already know the issues and stories better than they do, and don't need their corporate agenda POV.
Time was, NYT, WaPo, and the three (3!) networks were all we had.
Actually, not the publisher, but the CEO. The guy he tried to hire as publisher went scurrying back to the UK. I think his name is Robert Winnet. Both of them deeply enmeshed in the telephone hacking scandals.
I am, once again, having difficulty listening to NPR. (It was the hour break after a rather good non-political article. ) After the debate Tamara Keith had a short bite on Demicrats "realing" from Biden's performance. I may be very old school, but that is a journalist really making unprofessional and incendiary vocabulary choices. I sent her an email saying just that and that something like "many Democrats are very concerned" was inline.
Years ago NPR was a good news source, now they're looking for clicks and likes just the same as NYT, WaPo, and the rest.
Just once in my lifetime I’d like to see the Democratic Party not indulge in its usual self imposed death spiral and instead went all in on an absolute unity binge for victory at any cost! That would dumbfound the MAGATS surely as the sunrise 🌅!🤨
no, they are not. even the liberals are gullible. the red trolls are no longer openly hostile, they know how to sneak up behind us and whisper in our ears, "Biden is old, he can't win." and some of us fall for it believing the old tried and true media sources would never go to the dark side.
well, they fucking have, don't fall for these fake liberals commenting on our favorite Substack writer's newsletters.
There's a lot of those trolls in the WaPo comments section, pretending to be anti-Trump while spreading doom and gloom about Biden and how it's all pointless to resist and Trump will win no matter what, but hey dump Biden and all problems will magically disappear! You can tell they're trolls because they don't offer anything new and their whole post is designed to demoralize the opposition. Fortunately, I think less and less people are reading WaPo these days, they're almost as biased as NYT.
Haven't you noticed the dumbing down of Merica that past couple of decades? Putin must be sitting in his dacha just grinning from ear to ear about all of this. He didn't even need to fire a shot at us. Let us destroy ourselves from within.
Jeff, as I’ve contended previously…. the movement to have Joe step down is a classic “active measures” campaign by the usual foreign agents coupled with the compromised MSM.. I wish these folks would stop and listen to what the grassroots of the Democratic Party are saying…
Not that I know much about Centrism but if you consider that the far right being in direct battle with the far left all over the world is unprecedented, then anyone in the middle is susceptible to panic, especially if the Media is corrupt enough to have chosen a side.
At the risk of oversimplifying, Britain and France squashed their far right, so you know a majority of Americans and Canadians should and will reject christofascism.
Maybe it's a matter of convincing the middle to play the long game and just elect incumbents Biden and Trudeau for now?!
ME TOO! I was so anxious for his opening night...and all he could do was bash Biden?? He admitted later than he should not have done that, but...he ruined it for me.
Seems when you make millions off peddling your opinions,you think they matter more than anyone else's,not for me. George Clooney thinks you should buy his tequila because he's an actor, Gwnyth Paltrow thinks you should buy a candle that smells like her vagina because she's an actor...yep...piss off.
I am disappointed that all of these various television personalities who I know want the best for U.S. Democratic party are coming to this very late - it could have been much different had they put forth a candidate with strong credentials many months ago.
My disappointment meter is high with some of these Dems that I used to like and liked their shows. What's up with them? If Biden was drooling with a diaper on, thought he was on the planet Mars, he'd still be a better candidate than Trump. My biggest annoyance with them (besides their disloyalty) is that they have NO SOLUTION. If this was summer of 2023, you felt Biden was too old, you'd be able to come up with a viable plan to run another candidate for 2024. You now have 118 days till the election to come up with a candidate that can win, raise tons of money because you won't have access to the money raised now if Biden/Harris are not the candidates, repair the huge fracture that will happen in the party and get enough votes to get the nomination plus start campaigning. Really? I don't know much about politics, but you just can't do that. Well, you can and you will totally lose. I think it's just plain stupidity on their part to even suggest this. They will lose their credibility with their audience and will forever hear (if Biden wins) you're a moron for even thinking that, much less saying it.
Trump and Biden would have been in high school at the same time. Ridiculous to comment on one's age and not the other's. This was just started by the MAGAs to deflect about Trump's age and how stupid he sounds.
Agreed. Why keep making jokes about Biden’s age while ignoring the numerous character flaws & disgraceful and dangerous behavior of the repugnant one…Do they not realize they could do more for the cause with some positive “jokes” about Biden, while skewering the dumpster file? WTF?
I’d say they forgot where they came from but they came from privilege! T.V.and movie 🎥 monied families they don’t really know what real ordinary Americans go through they’re actors their opinions aren’t based on the reality of Average Americans! Fantasy Liberals! Fake average Americans!
GREAT, positive column. I'm not even trying to convince midwestern people I know that Joe is just fine (they insist on a Cognitive test). And this obsession with Hannibal Lecter? WTF is that about? We have to rally around our guy, and that's Joe Biden. Between the abortion issue and Project 2025, I think we stand a great chance... because the alternative aint pretty. Gotta keep getting the word out, people! :)
I think we should give Trump what he wants. A new reality series based at Mar-a-Lago. We'll call it 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner'. Can you suggest a first guest? 😉
He keeps mentioning it because he thinks "Hannibal Lecter had a friend over for dinner" is the height of hilarity. It also lets him segue (if that's what you call his jump from one topic to another semi-related topic) into how other countries are letting out the insane, closing down institutions, and sending those insane people here.
And he knows the MAGAts at his hate fests aren't bright enough to question just how that would work.
Every time I listen to DJT I'm reminded of when I was playing football,and took a shot to the head,Coach said 'You alright?? How many fingers I'm I holding up?', I said 'What fingers??'
Agent KAOS emerged from his roach basement to word salad ad nauseum? The Biden Dem naysayers will calm the fuck down eventually. I’m reading some because I want to know what they’re thinking but ignore the rest because I can only take so much negativity. You know what’s even more negative? The thought of another Trump term. Stop taking downers, get your shit together rally around the nominee.
I am 72 and would be a crumpled piece of paper if I tagged along with Joe for half of that day schedule. He doesn't do that every day, but most days it is like that. He is 81 and a credit to his age group and our nation.
As for the "intellectualy disadvantaged" Chump, he knows nothing about something but disagrees with it and is mentioned by name over 300 times in it. While the entire Republican Party is "intellectualy disadvantaged" is our national press and television news the same? They have a few months to wise up.
The 1950s were black and white or red if you were a commie. But as a kid I knew who Marx was and the vision he had when he wrote the Communist Manifesto. Russia and the Soviet "Union", Red China, North Korea and the others were "Communist" in lable name only. A supreme ruler with all the power and riches over the rest of the people who suffer is not Communism. It is a fascist dictatorship plain and simple.
Did America fight against this fake Communism for more than 45 years for nothing? Was Khrushchev right when he promised that Russia would destroy America from within? Are we going to let a "intellectualy disadvantaged" toddler king/dictator destroy America? We will be together in misery if he does.
Geezus. I am ancient enough to remember when Ronnie, the greatest actor ever, Bedtime for Bonzo star, found himself on the throne of the country. Star stuck fans mopping tears of joy as he fabulously figured out how to grow a business ( running drugs into US) and then Nancy pants brought salvation with rehabs. He was the pop that showered the rich and we suffer the slings to this day.
Actors are humans. Not philosophers, not psychics, not seers. They act.
I am proud to have Jared Huffman as my representative. Biden is fine with Harris at his side. Did you know when you cancel a subscription to the NY Times, they offer you a deal for $1 per week if you will only stay? NOT ME.
My rep Lloyd Doggett who is 77, called for Biden to step aside. I emailed him and tagged him in multiple posts telling him to stop it!!! I’ll be calling for him to retire and be primaried in 2 years. Too late for this cycle.
Apparently not enough to satisfy senators. Van Hollen actually referred to him as Senator Biden. Bennett says Trump will win in a landslide against Biden. Blumenthal and Pelosi are hedging their bets. I'm so disgusted with these backstabbing cowards. They will cost Democrats the election. In a party with the most diverse group of voters, the old white guys are trying to kick the slightly older white guy to the curb. If voters don't give them a wake-up call soon, by jamming their phones, they will blow it for everyone. I thought disenfranchising voters was a Republican responsibility. Money isn't just talking, it's screeching like a banshee.
The talk of replacing Joe Biden as the nominee should of gone on 4 years ago...not now, they've had a chance to primary Joe Biden for maybe 18 months...bed wetters,I guess you can always rely on any politician,from either party,to try to save their own ass.
It’s instinctive!we gotta protect our phony baloney Jobs ! Mel Brooks was the ultimate depiction of a politician in. Blazing Saddles!Perfect in every corrupt way !just a general rule of thumb in describing the highly sought after occupation!🤣😂☮️we have to lighten up a little Joes got this in the bag ,have some faith people!😆🤗enjoy the summer a bit !😜😎
Pelosi is trying to avoid being part of the elderly moderate Democrats that CAUSED this catastrophe with their half way policies and sucking up to Republicans.
I would say "could be" is stretching it. They obviously are. And George Clooney? Maybe he has a contract with Warner Brothers that they threatened him with.
I think part of our problem is that we in the US give too much credence to entertainers and pundits and not enough credence to voters. I certainly think entertainers, artists, creative people of all kinds have a right to express opinions. Just as sports people have a right to do so. Just as people in diners do. But I do not think they should be driving the narrative. Part of it, yes, but a minor part.
Related to our giving way too much influence to "influencers" (!) is our worship of youth and beautiful appearance in this country. Aging comes to us all, but aging does not automatically equate with incompetence or inability. It just means aging. And that plays out differently for different people. We need to see and hear from more aging leaders and ordinary people, not less. Paying attention to wise old people on their birthdays doesn't cut it.
What we have in President Biden and former President Trump are two people aging, and President Biden's aging seems to be showing in occasional difficulty with his stutter and a gait affected by the neuropathy in his feet. But none of that points to serious decline! He continues to do his job, he handled hecklers at Morehouse and shook every graduate's hand, he gives forceful speeches (teleprompters and prep could not mask real cognitive difficulty, as Trump's rally speeches show!), he respects the rule of law even when it rules against his son, he DOES have a plan for getting re-elected and is following that plan, and most important, he is a good, decent man. Not a sign of weakness, America! That's a sign of strength. Exactly the kind of strength we need and should take great comfort from.
“He continues to do his job, he handled hecklers at Morehouse and shook every graduate's hand, he gives forceful speeches (teleprompters and prep could not mask real cognitive difficulty, as Trump's rally speeches show!), he respects the rule of law even when it rules against his son.” Absolutely!
It is a shame that we do not have a ceremonial head of state separate from the decision-making head of state. The ceremonial head would have a strong, expressive voice and no stutter. The decision-making head could get on with fact-finding, with conferring with Congress and with foreign leaders, and using his or her powers of persuasion.
It is another shame that the public knows so little about stuttering, about dementia, Parkinson’s, etc., and is willing to have strong opinions based on little knowledge.
Huh, I was thinking the exact opposite with FB and Twitter,why the Jan 6th committee didn't subpoena Zuck and Dorsey to explain how their 'chaos algorithms' effects elections,and voters,and helped Trump spread 'The Big Lie' for months,and now for years.
He did it in yet another rant on Truth Social yesterday. I popped off to find it, then I got a phone call. Siri found it for me, but a lawyer friend posted it in TickTock - Hawk.
He made a very tactful lawyerese suggestion that Mark Z should use a tiny bit of his billions to secure professionals to “take care of” that problem - do the world a favor…
No doubt,Russian troll farms in St. Petersburg had a direct to FB,and Brad Pasqual flooded FB with 59 million Trump campaign ads,while Hillary Clinton had 60,000,a grave mistake by Clinton,losing the social media war,and I believe it continues even now.
Read the first few paragraphs. Trump is threatening FB: "Don't do it." Well, it sounds like don't stop my KGB bots and MAGA faithful from spreading disinformation before the 2024 election. That's what I read.
MAGAs can post "I hope you F.O. and die" to Keith Olbermann, and nothing happens-- but if anyone wishes someone would slap Trump, they are suspended in 1/4 second.
Nancy Pelosi was on MSNBC this morning saying "time is running short for Biden to decide if he is staying in the race." In response I picked up the phone, called her office, and informed her staff that Biden has already made that decision and perhaps it's time to accept that decision. Except I was not nearly as polite as this post suggests. Then I called Minority Leader Jeffries, and suggested he get the house in order; again not in those exact words.
Pelosi now claims her remarks are being 'misrepresented'
https://x.com/elliskkim/status/1811046928563491036
Ah Jeff, I was just typing this update about Pelosi when I fortunately saw yours. I enjoyed the part where she specifically called out the NYT, not knowing what happened to them that they say these things; I am paraphrasing, of course. That's perfect since you and multiple other writers have pointed out how the NYT has fallen.
Nancy must be reading Jeffs Column. In fact, MORE of these congress people need to read this column! 🤣
I think they’re all reading Jeff’s column by now.
out of curiosity, I just searched all 112,548 email addresses in the subscriber list for instances of house.gov, senate.gov and wh.gov. the answer is zero. oh well
You think they’d use their real identity?
I imagine they use their private non business email adresses.
That's why there's tomorrow.
Well, one of the reasons.
i would use a fake name.
Oh, you’re joking.
And if so, they should be very afraid! 😂
I wonder if perhaps some of the top media owners and CEOs sercretly read Jeff's posts. They need to, they a dose of reality.
Jeff has access to his sub's email database I am sure.
Enquiring minds wanna know who some of the prominant readers are of this substack :-) <3
"millardfillmore13@Im.not.chuck.schumer.com"
I contacted my representative and both senators on Monday, asking them to please not join the pile-on and to start calling out the news media as it is them that is driving the story.
🇺🇸 Excellent! We MUST SPEAK OUT EVERY DAY!!
#ImWithJoe #RidenWithBiden
I also contacted my governor, Pritzker, 2 State Senators, Duckworth (a gem), Durbin (a couch potato who is not trying to impeach SCOTUS treasonists) and Representative Jackson in the State of IL to ask l them to fully back Biden in word and deed. Here is what fascism expert Prof. Ruth Ben-Ghiat says about the media today. https://lucid.substack.com/p/us-media-and-the-2024-election
I also have to say that I had the privilege of hearing Heather Cox Richardson speak to Democrats Abroad. I was one of thousands. She was wonderful and I believe it was recorded. She spoke for a brief time and then answered questions for the rest of the time. When asked about the history of having new candidates win this late in the game, she pointed out a couple of cases where it was tried and did not succeed. She also pointed out that which I had been thinking which is the press will go after anyone new like a vulture on a spring day, just like they have been going after Biden, and it will mean that that becomes the story and not Trump. He is having his national convention next week, and there is not even much discussion of that, like the fact that it is late in the game to have it.
She also pointed out that Biden has the delegates and it is not clear that they can transfer, and Biden has the war chest which might be able to transfer to Harris, but not anyone else. There were more reasons, like how people might lose heart who were invested in him. I am one who would lose heart, but I would still vote to keep Trump out for whomever, and fight for them. However, I hate inefficiency deep in my soul, so I would hate having the best, most gifted president pushed out. As someone told me Timothy Snyder said, Biden has a way with people where he gets things done. Heather Cox Richardson was saying too that he has been very effective. She also said, she is not a White House insider and is not a doctor. However, he has doctors who have published how he is doing, and it is good.
I also want to say that my Regional Democrats Abroad Leader sent this to me. It is a link to downloading an IRS complaint form against the Heritage Foundation, with suggestions on how to fill in the narrative. I would like to ask you to please consider downloading it, filling it out, printing and sending it, and then sharing it with friends. Let us make it expensive for them to threaten bloody warfare with the "Left" meaning mainstream Americans.
IRS complaint
https://www.irs.gov/charities-non-profits/irs-complaint-process-tax-exempt-organizations
Seen on Mastodon. At this link you can download a PDF form to file a complaint to the IRS, requesting that they revoke the Heritage Foundation‘s non-profit status. Fill out the form and mail it to: eoclass@irs.gov
This is what is suggested on the sample form to fill in:
Based on the statements of Kevin Roberst, the Heritage Foundation’s president, on June 11 and July 2, the foundation’s mission is no longer solely “research and education,” but now includes preparing for a possibly bloody revolution.
Specifically, in an interview on “The War Room” on July 2, Roberts stated that the Heritage Foundation has developed a prominent series of policy plans (Project 2025) to overhaul the federal government under a Republican president, and that the country was “in the process of the second American Revolution, which will remain bloodless if the left allows it to be”
Sure sounds like Roberts and the other authors of Project 2025 are planning to start a bloody war as part of the Heritage Foundation’s mission.
See NYTimes reporting of this incident on July 3rd: https://www.nytimes.com/2024/07/03/us/politics/heritage-foundation-2025-policy-america.html
Thank you, Linda. You, my friend, are a FORCE!
I just called Jeffries’ office and told him to LEAD and tell ppl to F OFF - DESPITE the pressure.
🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸
This feels manufactured & we look like idiots.
Pelosi calling for Biden to step aside is like the pot calling the kettle black! Christ almighty, half the time she's completely incoherent. I like Pelosi, but it's definitely time for her to step aside. Geezus...🤬
You had me until you said "I like Nancy"—because while I'm TOLD she was a real Progressive at one point? She's been a sub-Princess of NeoLib Evil for so long I'm sickened by her—just like I'm sickened by The Qween of NeoLib Evil Hillary Rodham Clinton.
Neo lib evil? When the other side is promoting actual evil fascism? Had you voted for Clinton, we would still have Roe, for starters. Not sure how much progress you think can be made when half the voting population are religious idiots.
...and the OTHER half worships the Clintons over Bernie Sanders and The Squad!
NeoLiberalism is what makes the Right Wing Majority possible, because rather than looking out for the working and middle income voters like Bernie, AOC, Ihlan Omar, Ayanna Pressley, Rashida Tlaib et al are doing, NeoLibs only care about fucking Finance Industry Executives.
FYI, given Hillary said several times she wanted to "open a dialogue" with the KKKhrister Right over Women's Choice? I seriously doubt Roe v. Wade was in safe hands with the likes of HER....
Anybody that thinks Hillary would have nominated the same 3 Extreme Court "justices" that Trump did is not thinking clearly, IMO.
I worship no one. Clinton spoke at one of my commencements at UIUC in the 90s about a national health plan she herself had created. In the 90s. Pelosi and Obama gave us the ACA. Marriage equality was a huge step forward.
You sound young. Had you voted Dem, we wouldn't be in this mess. "The more progressive than thou" Bernie brats.
HRC also said it was Wall Street that tanked her at the last minute, but idk…
She should consider not calling Diane Feinstein for advice, at least for the next 4 months.
Maybe she should step down..
Nancy,Nancy WTF no disrespect but did you get whacked in the noggin ? What are you thinking? Can’t the party ever ,ever show a United face ? This shit is gonna cost us at the polls ! Unity is essential for Christ sake ,we can’t give those assholes any ammunition to use against us ! All for one JOE ,one for all U.S.
Was it Will Rogers that said, "I don't belong to an organized political party. I'm a Democrat." That says it all.
That's really the ironic part of the MAGA-Q mythology, that Dems run everything by planning and executing intricate, minutely-timed schemes and plots years before the event.
Given the opportunity, I advise them that it's a miracle if we can organize a 1-car funeral.
Well if it makes you feel any better unity did not help the Republicans in 2020...just sayin'
That wasn’t unity more like a community of hate manifesting itself behind a common need for revenge !🤬🤯😵💫👿
I've always liked her and I think in no way is she not sharp as always. But considering that she's about Biden's age, I'm surprised she is commenting on this. Because if mandatory age limits were set for Congress, she'd be one of the first to go. And the recent events have put the spotlight back on how old Congress is.
At least get a new makeup person. Her appearance made Biden’s at the debate look youthful. I agree with the comment here that she faces the same choice as Biden even more so.
I wonder if she did that intentionally…
Pretty hard to misinterpret her words. She’s on the Diane Feinstein - RIP - track and I suspect she’s hoping her nephew Newsom can step in.
Nephew?
Yeah not sure of exact relation but they were related at one time, albeit distantly. Forgive my ignorance .
His Aunt was married to Pelosi’s brother-in-law I believe, per Wiki. Huh
No, not at all. People who think Newsom is unpopular in California must have another $50 million to spend in a recall
Yes I looked it up, should’ve done that before speaking
I’m going to blame it on heat exhaustion…weeks of 115 degrees days gives me a weird lazy DGAF feeling and I’m being sloppy. I’m just tired of the chaos and never ending political drama. We have one fucking goal…defeat fascism.
Um??
I watched the MSNBC segment. She said it.
Why do people say they did or didn't say something when we have it on video/audio? If you're going to lie, do it about something that can't be proved.
Those billionaire tax cuts are set to expire in 2025. That’s a WHOLE LOTTA pressure on one f’n election. My g-d.
And Joe got a STANDING OVATION @NATO 👏👏👏
I heard early this morning that she had said that it was Biden's decision then suddenly there's all this horseshit of her saying he should reconsider. Not the same thing.
A WAPO ARTICLE DEFINITELY MISREPRESENTED ITS OWN CONTENT WITH A TITLE TO MISCONSTRUE HER REMARKS. I replied with a comment lambasting them for their hypocrisy.
Like the time she told the Republicans to go ahead and paint targets on The Squad's backs? I've never forgiven her for that—or any number of other Rich White Privilege attacking the "peasants" in her own Party things she's done.
Speaking of people who should have stepped down long ago.... 🤬
14or fight don’t trust anyone over 18 😳😂🤣
Another fan of WILD IN THE STREETS? 😀
https://youtu.be/fozufGZubYc?si=UH2dEpBPs4meBFUo
No One Can Change the Shape of Things to Co-ome!
Yeah, let's just hope this time he doesn't vote 3rd fucking party.
You might want to tell Schumer that too. Senators are vying for their 15 minutes of fame. Democrats just can't stop shooting themselves in the foot.
WTF Sen. Michael Bennet? Show us your accomplishments in the Senate. Show us your schedule for the day. You don't have the stamina or the intelligence to compete with Biden. If you think the orange clown is going to win in a landslide, you aren't worth me wasting my time.
The guy always looks like he's just taken a 10mg Valium.
😅
HE HAS DONE SHIT.
From Wikipedia:
On May 2, 2019, Bennet announced his candidacy for the Democratic nomination for president of the United States. He dropped out of the race on February 11, 2020, after a poor showing in the New Hampshire primary
Sounds like he’s hoping he’ll be chosen to replace Biden.
He got into the Senate by appointment, not by election the first time.
Anita, Democrats excel at shooting ourselves in the foot. I’m glad more of us pushed back hard on the stupid idea of having our accomplished incumbent step aside.
Shame on Nancy- we all had her back when that was being said about her!
And been through some painful press conferences of hers along the way, too…
Tell George Clooney please
Have Dems ever heard of “The Art of Saying Nothing”… Mitch McC has a WHOLE workshop on it, I bet /s
Yeah that’s distressing. You hate to see a major donor and good actor wetting the bed
Oh nooooo Him too?????
Yes. He just wrote an editorial in the NYT, calling on Biden to end his candidacy.
Omg
🇺🇸 Let's SPEAK UP for JOE!! @NancyPelosi DC phone 202-225-4965
House Rep @HakeemJeffries DC phone 202-225-5936
Thanks, Chris
I think she’s getting pressure from the 1%. VladP is taking NO chances. He’s got them onboard …🙁 IMHO
Yes, I think you're correct. She apparently has been besieged by big-money donors in CA, and she's worried about Adam Schiff and the next Democratic CA gubernatorial candidate (Newsom can't run again) if she doesn't take them seriously. Abigail Disney, for one, supposedly won't write another check for Dems until Biden exits.
I don't know how true that is...it could just be rumor like everything else.
Ms.Disney doesn't have to worry about losing her Social Security. She's a passionate Democrat for sure. However, she can afford her own consequences.
What's up with the willy thing? Thinking about his willy or trying to say, "really." 🤣🤣🤣
I was also thinking about where did willie went?
That nuance tracks - thanks👍
Well done!
She recently said that she was misquoted - she didn’t say that.
Yeah, I watched it - she said it.
She’s threading the needle… part of the job
Now is not the time to thread the needle, it's time for decisive action.
Absolutely- that’s why it’s especially chilling 😞
The power-structure of the entire world is weighing in on this US election. It may be world-order altering. The pressure must be intense and it’s only July… JOE STANDS UP to the nefarious forces. That likely makes him seem ‘quaint’ nowadays :/
WTAF
Could that have been prerecorded?
No, it was on this morning's "Morning Joe."
No. She was with the opposition leader from Belarus. With no makeup.
Thank you. I cannot contact her from Germany, so I appreciate it.
Hi Jeff, amid all the garbage from Donald last night, delusional speech, sweating profusely, going off on tangents … well…. I feel compelled to point out Barron was out on stage.. he’s now 18… after that appearance he is fair game now, much to Mel’s disgust🥴BTW I sent mail to WH last night expressing my endorsement of our President, thanked him for all he has done for our country… Best to all fellow travelers.
A donation helps too, even $15.
Absolutely...every little bit helps.
I just made another donation...but we have got to get this shit done, because to tell you the truth, I don't know how long I can keep having 'political donations' as such a huge percentage of my budget!
IT'S BEEN 10 YEARS...AND IT'S GROWN EVERY YEAR!!! I know I'm not alone!🤬🤬🤬
same...
I see Barron is Trump's newest pet pony to parade around. We have yet to hear Barron speak. Nothing like having your dad throw you under the bus, but he's done that with his other kids so no surprise.
I wonder what government office they're planning to give him? Hmm...what to give a recent high school graduate....? Maybe he'll be the MAGA answer to Taylor Swift (HAHAHAHAHAHA)
Should give the kid a pass… 18 today is still kiddie time ,it’s not like growing up during WWII,KOREA OR VIETNAM the kids back then grew up quick and died quicker ! The Baron might have a chance to be semi human ..granted not much of one , but maybe?! 🤔 if he turns out to be a monster 👹 then phuk him ,but a chance to change that friggen abomination of a family tree is a worthy cause !😬Or screw him just play the odds and drive a stake through his chest and be done with another branch of the tree of hate !
They’re trotting him out at 18. Fair game. He’s onstage with his horrible father
Ever notice that this guy's skin is a greasy sheen of moisture....but he never even wipes or touches his face. It's odd. 🤔
It would come off if he did. The face I mean.
I'm guessing you don't wear a lot of stage makeup 😊 It smears if you touch it. His makeup person should be putting powder on his face for the greasy sheen, but I'm guessing he's refused it.
🫢
What's the White House email? And what exactly did you say?
That is so supportive!!!! 🇺🇸
Ted Lieu-thank you! Great job on the NATO speech Prez! How can anyone keep up with that schedule and speak coherently-lol……but he is! Little Donny Convict-piece of shit-I can’t stand listening to him-so I don’t! Totally agree with you Jeff on Rob Reiner info. Keep the faith everyone! Stay cool!
Folks like Rob Reiner need to stop joining the MSM pile on about this dropping out BS and offer their support to help keep the crimin' fuckface pedophile from ever being anywhere near the Oval Office again. The media remains focused only on sensationalism. His schedule for one day that Jeff posted shows us that he does more on a normal workday than that lazy asshole would do in a week like his so-called executive time. On a good note, there are those like Jeff who keep getting the word out unlike our very compromised and biased news hacks.
Read a damn book Rob Reiner,when Lyndon Johnson dropped out....
Reiner made a documentary on LBJ. God, he should know better. Dems need to listen to one person: Congressman Ted Lieu. He's savvy. Ted Lieu is deep in reality. REALITY: Republicans are so completely fucked up, they support a pedophile rapist fraudster con man felon. So, talk to the hand, media. And Dems, grow a pair. Unite and stop giving the media red meat, you wankers. Jeezus.
Watching Ron Filipkowski today and he said 'Who's calling for Biden to drop out?, 'Old,white liberal elites'
Well said Eileen.
George Clooney should also read a book or two.
Yeah, that got us Tricky Dicky.
I guess he's drinking too much of his own tequila.
I too have been disgusted with the MSM, printed media and online media and their dog pile on Biden. We need Joe to win so Donnie Convict can go to jail.
In a perfect world, it would be great if he got locked up or at least confined to his home at his sentencing.
Hey he’s looking at 4years ! Wouldn’t it be a great big fucken surprise if he got that rammed up his malfunctioning ass ?The judge may be just as sick of all the shit the courts are doing around the country as most of us ,and slam his traitorous lard ass in the joint even during the inevitable appeal!
Speaking of, has anyone heard an official reason WHY the sentencing was delayed to the 18th?
What's the excuse there?
It has to do with the bullshit immunity ruling. Hell, he wasn't even president when he committed those crimes.
Damn straight Rick!!!!
I'm still confused with the Dems speaking out against Biden. What is their end game? It just looks like to me an attention grab and the MAGAs are just licking their lips over this one. Why on earth any person loyal to democracy would give the GOP one thing to use against Biden is beyond me. I keep hearing we're all in this together, but it's never been explained to me what these people hope to accomplish. Get Biden to drop out this late? That's brilliant. Who's their replacement that can BEAT Trump? They don't have one. Nor do they have the time/money to find a viable candidate and get his/her candidacy up and running this late. Kind of reminds me of the Iraqi War. We overran Baghdad in just a few days. Yea for us. But we had no Plan B to establish a cohesive government that could run Iraq with Hussein gone. And the result? - we're still dealing with chaos several decades later. This reminds me of that. Sorry - I consider these public remarks about Biden dropping out to be disloyal. He's not going to drop out anyway because ole Rob and a couple of Congressmen think he should. If Biden wins, watch them do a 180 to cover their butts for running their mouths in the first place. Jeff is mature and forgiving. I don't have those traits.
There's another debate scheduled,if President Biden gives Trump a good thrashing,are they going to jump on the whole 'Jacked-up Joe' narrative again?? Pretty sure we know the answer...
Personally, I think they should cancel that second presidential debate. It just gives Trump a larger platform for his lies. I think the next debate should be the VP’s. I’d like to see Kamala wipe the floor with whichever poor soul Trump chooses to be his running mate.
Oh, I love that idea. I wonder if it will gain any traction. Biden should not expose himself to Trump again.
I agree. No more prez debates. Rather be called names by Trump than another disaster
Correction: the VP isn't Trump's choice to make. Whoever it is will be chosen by the Heritage Foundation/ Federalist Society/ Leonard Leo.
It’s going to be hard to forgive the bed wetters.
A friend asked me recently 'Don't you just HATE Republicans??!!'...my reply, 'Hate would imply I ever gave a shit about them'
This was IMMENSELY CLARIFYING… I learned a LOT.
As in Weimar Germany, the left is insisting on cutting its own throat. As Franklin said, if we don't hang together we will surely hag separately. Cancel your subscription to the NY Times.
I also cancelled the WaPo
Me too. Did that after that nasty little fascist Will Lewis became publisher.
You can always expect politicians to always be on their soapbox,but for some reason MSM thinks they should be on theirs too,like anyone should give a crap about their opinions or narrative.
Done with MSNBC. Watched it faithfully for 16 years. I'm not going to listen to a pundit (multiple ones) rehash the same garbage day after day since 6/27 about how old Biden is and should he drop out. It accomplishes nothing but give the GOP more ammunition to use against the Dems. The GOP are loyal to their psychotic candidate, but we publicly bash ours who's a decent person. The GOP isn't smarter than the Dems, they are much better down and dirty fighters and they stick together and they're tenacious in what their goals are. The Dems could use some lessons from them on how to politically fight and win. Forget this go high when they go low. If this is the way we're going to approach this election, then we may find ourselves out of the White House, but we can feel good about ourselves because we fought fair. Screw that.
I dropped in to MSM to see if they had gotten off the 'bash Biden' train after about a week,they still haven't, I'm not listening anymore.
Lawrance O'Donnell's show last night was very good. I think you would have liked it. I like to record him, Rachel, and Chris Hayes.
God, I hate to give up Larry on MSNBC. He and Joy are worth watching. I'm kinda pissed at Maddow right now.
Thanks to Substacks like this one, Joyce Vance, Heather Cox Richardson, Rick Wilson, and Podcasts from Resolute Square, George Conway, Keith Olbermann, Glenn Kirshner, with posts from Kyle Griffin... by the time MSNBC gets on the air the next day, I already know the issues and stories better than they do, and don't need their corporate agenda POV.
Time was, NYT, WaPo, and the three (3!) networks were all we had.
We needed them, then.
Now they need us.
Actually, not the publisher, but the CEO. The guy he tried to hire as publisher went scurrying back to the UK. I think his name is Robert Winnet. Both of them deeply enmeshed in the telephone hacking scandals.
I also canceled my sub.
🇺🇸 Hope u told @wapo why!
Gave them an earful. Did the same when I cancelled the Times. Probably had no effect, but it felt great.
I am, once again, having difficulty listening to NPR. (It was the hour break after a rather good non-political article. ) After the debate Tamara Keith had a short bite on Demicrats "realing" from Biden's performance. I may be very old school, but that is a journalist really making unprofessional and incendiary vocabulary choices. I sent her an email saying just that and that something like "many Democrats are very concerned" was inline.
Years ago NPR was a good news source, now they're looking for clicks and likes just the same as NYT, WaPo, and the rest.
I cancelled WAPO but then I came back. I just want to keep an eye on them. I can cancel any time.
Brian Tyler Cohen said yesterday 'Not only are Democrats bringing a knife to a gun fight,they're bringing a spoon'
As usual. When the hell are Democrats going to learn to fight dirty?
What we have is Mr. Rogers. What we need is Mr. White.
Walter White.
👍👍
Shit I’d settle for a little bit of tough talk and putting up their mitts and acting as if they knew how to throw a punch!
I've put it this way: bringing water balloons to a knife fight.
Just once in my lifetime I’d like to see the Democratic Party not indulge in its usual self imposed death spiral and instead went all in on an absolute unity binge for victory at any cost! That would dumbfound the MAGATS surely as the sunrise 🌅!🤨
Hope you told them why! @nytimes 🇺🇸
Told them at length. Th person I spoke to said very quietly that he didn't blame me.
I sure did!!
Done
The Democrats fracturing at this point is exactly what the GOP/Russia wants FFS. I thought people were smarter than this.
no, they are not. even the liberals are gullible. the red trolls are no longer openly hostile, they know how to sneak up behind us and whisper in our ears, "Biden is old, he can't win." and some of us fall for it believing the old tried and true media sources would never go to the dark side.
well, they fucking have, don't fall for these fake liberals commenting on our favorite Substack writer's newsletters.
There's a lot of those trolls in the WaPo comments section, pretending to be anti-Trump while spreading doom and gloom about Biden and how it's all pointless to resist and Trump will win no matter what, but hey dump Biden and all problems will magically disappear! You can tell they're trolls because they don't offer anything new and their whole post is designed to demoralize the opposition. Fortunately, I think less and less people are reading WaPo these days, they're almost as biased as NYT.
I’ve noticed the trolls ; they’re not fooling anyone.
I like reading because I like commenting on some of the stories and the opinions I read. (Fancypantsganstair is my moniker there).
But I'm fairly sure I'll cancel my subscription come November.
I'm not sure I can last with WaPo until November. They are just such a waste of time these days.
Haven't you noticed the dumbing down of Merica that past couple of decades? Putin must be sitting in his dacha just grinning from ear to ear about all of this. He didn't even need to fire a shot at us. Let us destroy ourselves from within.
I've noticed it since 1969.
Why? 😲
I've lost a lot of respect for people such as Rob Reiner and Jared Goldman. I won't disrespect them but dammit WTAF?
he's panicking. panic makes people make bad decisions
Jeff, as I’ve contended previously…. the movement to have Joe step down is a classic “active measures” campaign by the usual foreign agents coupled with the compromised MSM.. I wish these folks would stop and listen to what the grassroots of the Democratic Party are saying…
Poll this MSM,81 million VOTERS don't lie...
Not that I know much about Centrism but if you consider that the far right being in direct battle with the far left all over the world is unprecedented, then anyone in the middle is susceptible to panic, especially if the Media is corrupt enough to have chosen a side.
At the risk of oversimplifying, Britain and France squashed their far right, so you know a majority of Americans and Canadians should and will reject christofascism.
Maybe it's a matter of convincing the middle to play the long game and just elect incumbents Biden and Trudeau for now?!
agreed
And perhaps a tad cowardly?
And Jon Stewart, Stephen King, and now George Stephanopoulos too. I’ve muted them, per Jeff’s suggestion
I stopped waatching Jon when he came back and immediately spouted ageist shit about Bien.
ME TOO! I was so anxious for his opening night...and all he could do was bash Biden?? He admitted later than he should not have done that, but...he ruined it for me.
Seems when you make millions off peddling your opinions,you think they matter more than anyone else's,not for me. George Clooney thinks you should buy his tequila because he's an actor, Gwnyth Paltrow thinks you should buy a candle that smells like her vagina because she's an actor...yep...piss off.
LOL! I forgot about Gwen Vagina candle. WTAF! hahahahahaha!!!
She's just a lousy actress and a wack job.
And you don't want to know where those rocks have been either...
HAHA!
😂😂😂
😂😂😂😂😂
Absolutely. I was really looking forward to his return…haven’t watched him since…
It was the compulsive both-sides-ism that killed Jon for me.
It's like that dripping faucet: once you notice it, it drives you nuts until you turn it off.
I'm really disappointed in him. I think some Biden videos he had on Monday's show had been altered.
I am disappointed that all of these various television personalities who I know want the best for U.S. Democratic party are coming to this very late - it could have been much different had they put forth a candidate with strong credentials many months ago.
Ditto
My disappointment meter is high with some of these Dems that I used to like and liked their shows. What's up with them? If Biden was drooling with a diaper on, thought he was on the planet Mars, he'd still be a better candidate than Trump. My biggest annoyance with them (besides their disloyalty) is that they have NO SOLUTION. If this was summer of 2023, you felt Biden was too old, you'd be able to come up with a viable plan to run another candidate for 2024. You now have 118 days till the election to come up with a candidate that can win, raise tons of money because you won't have access to the money raised now if Biden/Harris are not the candidates, repair the huge fracture that will happen in the party and get enough votes to get the nomination plus start campaigning. Really? I don't know much about politics, but you just can't do that. Well, you can and you will totally lose. I think it's just plain stupidity on their part to even suggest this. They will lose their credibility with their audience and will forever hear (if Biden wins) you're a moron for even thinking that, much less saying it.
Ageism is one of the last bastions of bigotry.
And not long ago, ex-funny-person Bill Maher was scolding about ageism, this- from a guy who has profited from "old guy" jokes for years.
Maher.
Another smug fuck who has gotten rich, near-sighted and turned into a right-wing sphincter.
There is a verse in an old book that goes, "Physician, heal thyself."
👏👏👏👏👏👏 Exactly!!
And Stephen Colbert needs to cut the crap. His monologues are laden with “jokes” about Biden’s age. Same with Kimmel. These comedians need to stop.
America needs to STOP with the ageism.
Trump and Biden would have been in high school at the same time. Ridiculous to comment on one's age and not the other's. This was just started by the MAGAs to deflect about Trump's age and how stupid he sounds.
Stupid?? More like insane...
Thank you!!!
Agreed. Why keep making jokes about Biden’s age while ignoring the numerous character flaws & disgraceful and dangerous behavior of the repugnant one…Do they not realize they could do more for the cause with some positive “jokes” about Biden, while skewering the dumpster file? WTF?
TELL THEM
And now George Clooney, who has a “castle” in Italy and can safely ride out a Trump presidency
Jared Golden told me he took money from Harlan Crowe because "why wouldn't I?" Not surprised about him. But Rob and George? So sad about them.
yes
I’d say they forgot where they came from but they came from privilege! T.V.and movie 🎥 monied families they don’t really know what real ordinary Americans go through they’re actors their opinions aren’t based on the reality of Average Americans! Fantasy Liberals! Fake average Americans!
Maybe I’m twisted and out to lunch, but I took that Reiner comment as sarcasm
I hope so. I haven't read it.
GREAT, positive column. I'm not even trying to convince midwestern people I know that Joe is just fine (they insist on a Cognitive test). And this obsession with Hannibal Lecter? WTF is that about? We have to rally around our guy, and that's Joe Biden. Between the abortion issue and Project 2025, I think we stand a great chance... because the alternative aint pretty. Gotta keep getting the word out, people! :)
I think we should give Trump what he wants. A new reality series based at Mar-a-Lago. We'll call it 'Guess Who's Coming To Dinner'. Can you suggest a first guest? 😉
🤣🤣
Jeff Tiedrich
I was thinking more like Hannibal Lechter.
How about Jeff dressed up as Hannibal Lechter!
Might work, but he probably doesn't have the same appetite.
😂😂
I like your thinking here... 🤣🤣
LOL! YES!!
Jack Smith.
Read the comment I was replying to and maybe it will become clear.
I’ll suggest diner ,A big stack of his own steaming shit he’s been feeding it to us forever!💩😜🤪😂😅🤣
Everyone totally missed my point. You have to read the comment I was replying to.
He keeps mentioning it because he thinks "Hannibal Lecter had a friend over for dinner" is the height of hilarity. It also lets him segue (if that's what you call his jump from one topic to another semi-related topic) into how other countries are letting out the insane, closing down institutions, and sending those insane people here.
And he knows the MAGAts at his hate fests aren't bright enough to question just how that would work.
Oh Wow….thanks for that. I would never have been able to decipher that!
Yes, I remember that, but at least he didn't ship them off to some other country to try to enter a 3rd country illegally. Or legally for that matter.
Which is exactly what Whatshisname is saying. "They're emptying their asylums and sending all their crazy people to us".
Every time I listen to DJT I'm reminded of when I was playing football,and took a shot to the head,Coach said 'You alright?? How many fingers I'm I holding up?', I said 'What fingers??'
My favorite reply to questions like that is, "don't you know?"
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Agent KAOS emerged from his roach basement to word salad ad nauseum? The Biden Dem naysayers will calm the fuck down eventually. I’m reading some because I want to know what they’re thinking but ignore the rest because I can only take so much negativity. You know what’s even more negative? The thought of another Trump term. Stop taking downers, get your shit together rally around the nominee.
I am 72 and would be a crumpled piece of paper if I tagged along with Joe for half of that day schedule. He doesn't do that every day, but most days it is like that. He is 81 and a credit to his age group and our nation.
As for the "intellectualy disadvantaged" Chump, he knows nothing about something but disagrees with it and is mentioned by name over 300 times in it. While the entire Republican Party is "intellectualy disadvantaged" is our national press and television news the same? They have a few months to wise up.
The 1950s were black and white or red if you were a commie. But as a kid I knew who Marx was and the vision he had when he wrote the Communist Manifesto. Russia and the Soviet "Union", Red China, North Korea and the others were "Communist" in lable name only. A supreme ruler with all the power and riches over the rest of the people who suffer is not Communism. It is a fascist dictatorship plain and simple.
Did America fight against this fake Communism for more than 45 years for nothing? Was Khrushchev right when he promised that Russia would destroy America from within? Are we going to let a "intellectualy disadvantaged" toddler king/dictator destroy America? We will be together in misery if he does.
Well said.
Agree!
Exactly!
Thank you for articulating it so well!
"...the entire Republican Party is "intellectually disadvantaged" is our national press and television news the same?"
Worse, the population is. The voters!
None of this shit would be going on if all the people were as smart and well-educated as they were in the '60's.
Ted Lieu is my new hero. Proving once again the Democratic Party has a deep bench of talent.
We NEED ALL of them to answer like Tef. ALL. OF. THEM.
*Ted
My thoughts exactly!!
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Geezus. I am ancient enough to remember when Ronnie, the greatest actor ever, Bedtime for Bonzo star, found himself on the throne of the country. Star stuck fans mopping tears of joy as he fabulously figured out how to grow a business ( running drugs into US) and then Nancy pants brought salvation with rehabs. He was the pop that showered the rich and we suffer the slings to this day.
Actors are humans. Not philosophers, not psychics, not seers. They act.
Ignore hollywood.
Rob doesn’t speak for me
Right On!
Bravo!!
"The greatest actor ever."
I about choked. Excellent. I think you won the intar-tubes today.
Ah shucks. Hahah
I am proud to have Jared Huffman as my representative. Biden is fine with Harris at his side. Did you know when you cancel a subscription to the NY Times, they offer you a deal for $1 per week if you will only stay? NOT ME.
Hmm they didn’t offer me a dollar deal when I canceled. Maybe because when I canceled I told them to f straight off.
If you can or didn't, I urge you to @nytimes - tell them reason for cancelling.
Hmm. TY.
It was yesterday. Maybe it’s new.
Bravo! 🏆
My rep Lloyd Doggett who is 77, called for Biden to step aside. I emailed him and tagged him in multiple posts telling him to stop it!!! I’ll be calling for him to retire and be primaried in 2 years. Too late for this cycle.
If we got rid of all the older Representatives and Senators, we would have an almost empty chamber.
There's the old punchline: what do you call a cruise ship full of attorneys, sinking?
"A good start."
Apparently not enough to satisfy senators. Van Hollen actually referred to him as Senator Biden. Bennett says Trump will win in a landslide against Biden. Blumenthal and Pelosi are hedging their bets. I'm so disgusted with these backstabbing cowards. They will cost Democrats the election. In a party with the most diverse group of voters, the old white guys are trying to kick the slightly older white guy to the curb. If voters don't give them a wake-up call soon, by jamming their phones, they will blow it for everyone. I thought disenfranchising voters was a Republican responsibility. Money isn't just talking, it's screeching like a banshee.
Pelosi is older than Biden. Very disappointed in her.
She might be keeping the money happy. Fundraising was her strong suit. Maybe she’s taking one for the team here …(visibly dissenting) / ?
The talk of replacing Joe Biden as the nominee should of gone on 4 years ago...not now, they've had a chance to primary Joe Biden for maybe 18 months...bed wetters,I guess you can always rely on any politician,from either party,to try to save their own ass.
Yes it's ridiculous. They're letting the media drive their panic. They're the ones causing the damage now, not the 90 minute debate.
The right-wing wingnut machine creates a new outrage to whine about daily,the MSM is doing the same thing,if there is no story,be the story.
Zaslav said the quiet part out loud today for Business Insider.
It’s instinctive!we gotta protect our phony baloney Jobs ! Mel Brooks was the ultimate depiction of a politician in. Blazing Saddles!Perfect in every corrupt way !just a general rule of thumb in describing the highly sought after occupation!🤣😂☮️we have to lighten up a little Joes got this in the bag ,have some faith people!😆🤗enjoy the summer a bit !😜😎
Pelosi is trying to avoid being part of the elderly moderate Democrats that CAUSED this catastrophe with their half way policies and sucking up to Republicans.
They didn't CAUSE this catastrophe. Once again it's media driving it, because they want unrestrained capitalism and Democrats stand in their way.
And staying past a reasonable ‘expiration date’:/
Some of these Congressmen could be compromised…?
I would say "could be" is stretching it. They obviously are. And George Clooney? Maybe he has a contract with Warner Brothers that they threatened him with.
In the high altitudes, the air is much thinner.
George Clooney lives on a mountain?
I think part of our problem is that we in the US give too much credence to entertainers and pundits and not enough credence to voters. I certainly think entertainers, artists, creative people of all kinds have a right to express opinions. Just as sports people have a right to do so. Just as people in diners do. But I do not think they should be driving the narrative. Part of it, yes, but a minor part.
Related to our giving way too much influence to "influencers" (!) is our worship of youth and beautiful appearance in this country. Aging comes to us all, but aging does not automatically equate with incompetence or inability. It just means aging. And that plays out differently for different people. We need to see and hear from more aging leaders and ordinary people, not less. Paying attention to wise old people on their birthdays doesn't cut it.
What we have in President Biden and former President Trump are two people aging, and President Biden's aging seems to be showing in occasional difficulty with his stutter and a gait affected by the neuropathy in his feet. But none of that points to serious decline! He continues to do his job, he handled hecklers at Morehouse and shook every graduate's hand, he gives forceful speeches (teleprompters and prep could not mask real cognitive difficulty, as Trump's rally speeches show!), he respects the rule of law even when it rules against his son, he DOES have a plan for getting re-elected and is following that plan, and most important, he is a good, decent man. Not a sign of weakness, America! That's a sign of strength. Exactly the kind of strength we need and should take great comfort from.
“He continues to do his job, he handled hecklers at Morehouse and shook every graduate's hand, he gives forceful speeches (teleprompters and prep could not mask real cognitive difficulty, as Trump's rally speeches show!), he respects the rule of law even when it rules against his son.” Absolutely!
It is a shame that we do not have a ceremonial head of state separate from the decision-making head of state. The ceremonial head would have a strong, expressive voice and no stutter. The decision-making head could get on with fact-finding, with conferring with Congress and with foreign leaders, and using his or her powers of persuasion.
It is another shame that the public knows so little about stuttering, about dementia, Parkinson’s, etc., and is willing to have strong opinions based on little knowledge.
Ahhh, I call them the 'Illiterati'....an hour of YouTube 'research',then they're expert on everything.
And Mitch froze up *twice* in live press gaggles. No need to keep taking the bait -!
They need to say ‘Yeah ‘but her emails’ ain’t gonna work this time’.
Considering that 71 million people voted for Trump in 2020, I don't give much attention to voters either. Some are hardly the brightest group.
Well said, Beth!
Yes.
Well put!
Did you hear that very recently IQ 45 threatened “when” he’s reelected, to put Zuckerberg in prison?
I don’t know, (and I seriously doubt that idiot guy does either), but he did that.
no, I missed that. is there a link?
https://www.fastcompany.com/91153300/donald-trump-threatens-to-jail-mark-zuckerberg-truth-social
thanks!
Huh, I was thinking the exact opposite with FB and Twitter,why the Jan 6th committee didn't subpoena Zuck and Dorsey to explain how their 'chaos algorithms' effects elections,and voters,and helped Trump spread 'The Big Lie' for months,and now for years.
There is virtually no gratitude or loyalty in the Orange Buffoon.
Thanks Susan
He did it in yet another rant on Truth Social yesterday. I popped off to find it, then I got a phone call. Siri found it for me, but a lawyer friend posted it in TickTock - Hawk.
He made a very tactful lawyerese suggestion that Mark Z should use a tiny bit of his billions to secure professionals to “take care of” that problem - do the world a favor…
I love Hawk on TikTok, but he was/is also on the "Biden's got to go" shitwagon.
He’ll change his mind
But Zuckerberg was invaluable to him getting elected in 2016.
No doubt,Russian troll farms in St. Petersburg had a direct to FB,and Brad Pasqual flooded FB with 59 million Trump campaign ads,while Hillary Clinton had 60,000,a grave mistake by Clinton,losing the social media war,and I believe it continues even now.
Zuck like a lot of these CEOs (especially news) clearly belong to the “leopards won’t eat my face party.”
They should be careful what they wish for!
Read the first few paragraphs. Trump is threatening FB: "Don't do it." Well, it sounds like don't stop my KGB bots and MAGA faithful from spreading disinformation before the 2024 election. That's what I read.
Bot Russian fake accounts are fine with FB,Democrats responding are usually against 'FB Community Standards'
Same with Xitter.
MAGAs can post "I hope you F.O. and die" to Keith Olbermann, and nothing happens-- but if anyone wishes someone would slap Trump, they are suspended in 1/4 second.
George Clooney calls for Biden to bow out.
He drinks too much of his tequila.
Anymore I'm not sure if there IS too much tequila. Or enough gin, either, to cope with this stupid anti-Joe Biden crap.
He's smoothed out his ball-sack too many times.
A picture I didn't really need.
Is that a thing? How weird.
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