by the way, everyone and their sibling with a substack is doing a live chat for tonight's debate. I'm not, because I tried one for the Donny-Biden debate and it was an unholy mess with a thousand commenters talking past each other, and dozens of people got mad at ME for the constant barrage of notifications sent to their phone. so unless someone can think of a sane way we can do a chat — and I'm all ears — I'm taking a pass.
I'll be muting him and reading the captioning -- which should be one glorious mess to transcribe, even for AI. Bonus: my eyes will be otherwise occupied and I won't have to look at him. This seems a bit ostrich-like, but I know my limits.
My problem is that I'll be screaming, 'Die, you Fat, Orange Fuck' at the TV every time he's on camera. Alternatively, 'why aren't you dead yet? I'm afraid of a rage stroke.
😂🤣😂🤣I like this idea. I scream at Fox (so-called) News, if I encounter it somewhere. It's a little disconcerting for the other patients in the waiting room in my GPs office, though.
Just park your Fanny in a comfy chair with the beverage of your choice and prepare to puke your guts up. Oh, and if you take blood pressure meds, double up. I may watch with my eyes closed. Just seeing dipshits ass puckered lips makes me ill.
With Leonard Leo committing $$1 billion dark money dollars to fight for the death of democracy. I don't think this will end for another 10 years. The fight for democracy never ends. Bottoms up 🍻🥂🍷🍸🍹
Good call. Anyway, it's not about the debate, it's about how our idiot media mangles the story and gives Trump another pass...just like that NYT poll...
I've seen live threads / open chats in Substack's Notes feature but don't know how well it works or if the threads can be nested. You are the hardest working man in Substackland--you could just take notes for your column tomorrow, as it may be long-ish. You will have so much to work with, it might be hard to edit.
Which is also to say, I know how easily I will want to distract myself when the camera is not on Harris, so I'm trying not to look away. His body language will tell us volumes more than his garble; I want to pay attention to all of it.
I got on one of those chats during the last debate and it was , as you stated, a nightmare.My phone blew up as I was getting a ding on it for each comment and I was powerless to stop it.I finally went into Settings and did manage to stop it.Ugh!
Another “tell” about lines they plan to keep using is that “border czar” comment. Watch for it tonight. The coded messaging is that a browner-skinned human will betray the paler-skinned humans in service of the browner-skinned humans in order to “replace” the paler-skinned humans and it’s fucking driving me crazy even to type this…. but it’s true.
Sorry. Fucking misogynistic racist halfwits angry up my blood. I just cannot accept that there are SO MANY FUCKING RACISTS in this country. But here we are.
That is the intended result, to create cognitive dissonance & emotional disregulation. Our very humanness is being used against us & it affects us physically. Know you are not alone. They are loud & sickening but together we are stronger.
Breathe calmly, meditate, close your eyes to temporarily remove the visual stimulation, do reflexology - rhythmically squeeze between your thumb and forefinger, and remember: this will pass.
Hi Eva, most of us feel as you do. Taking action helps. Stepping away, see friends, enjoy pets, nature, a movie. Resetting keeps our battery charged. Tonight's debate is a big hurdle in my mind. Will be a relief to get it done. Take care. 🦋
Same. I asked myself every fucking day how this is a close election. How this is a tied election. And I can’t help but just realize that we have a number of fucking misogynistic racists among us.
It is remarkable that the criminal organization (and former political party) known as "the Republican party", or GOP, or MAGA/GOP has now dipped into the National Lampoon magazine for campaign ideas.
Absent any policy priorities other than slash taxes for the wealthy, pardon Trump for his multitude of crimes, and mass deportations for immigrants and refugees -they are now pulling things like "Look -refugees are eating your puppies and kittens" out of the same orifice where Trump wanted his MAGA cultists to shove their UV lamps to "cure Covid" (presumably after drinking bleach didn't work).
It would be hilarious -if it were not blindly believed by at least a third of the population in the United States.
l wouldn’t believe that this cancer was this wide spread 10 years ago ! One thing the Orange 🍊 genetic fluke did was expose the human waste inhabiting large portions of the country ready to follow a fucken human toilet into the abyss!
I'm planning to watch the debate but wish I had a Valium or something, because I know the moderators are going to do their usual shitty job and fail to ask the right questions, fail to fact-check trump in real time, fail to push back on his lies and meanwhile hold Harris to a standard orders of magnitude higher than they will the disgusting one.
I’m tempted to record it, take a long walk out in Nature while it’s happening, read y’all’s reactions and THEN potentially watch it. (Corporate Press Syndrome)
I’d rather a prosecutor fact check him than a couple of news anchors. And she calls out his OLD, TIRED, and WORN OUT rhetoric. Haven’t we heard this same shit since the whole birther crap. But now it’s Haitians and Venezuelans, not Mexicans. Gotta get that Mexican vote in Texas after all.
Yep, Hispanics are 40% of the Texas population & in just a few short years they will be the majority of the voting age population. Democrats needs to be paying attention to, & spending money in, Texas; starting right now.
They need to get a wealthy democrat to purchase a Spanish language radio station to have a variety of programming to include Democratic & Progressive leaning talk/interview shows. That is what Republicans did & Dems must compete.
I was really angry about the lack of any fact checking or pushback by the moderators, Dana & Jake, because I know they are both good journalists; or they used to be before a drum of supporter took over CNN.
Dana was a guest on Jen Psaki’s show last night & Jen asked her about that issue. Dana said it was discussed at length, some were for, some against, but in the end the consensus was against the moderators weighing in.
They felt that doing so makes the moderators become actual participants in the debate & would end up appearing that they were placing their thumb on the scale. Also it would take away from the time the candidates have to present themselves & their plans to govern.
On balance I have to agree. It should be up to Kamala to choose which lies of his to rebut quickly & then pivot to making the case for her Presidency.
We have our bag of marshmallows ready to throw at the TV whenever we hear stupid remarks. The good thing about marshmallows is that they don’t hurt the TV and you can pick them up and throw them again. Just try to keep your husband from eating them all. Haha Works for us. 😁🤪😁
They have to fact check that fuck. Look at the load of shit he fired off earlier with Joe....no fact check AT ALL! All he did was lie. Ms. Harris is going to put him on the defense very early. I'm not too worried, it's gonna be what it's gonna be!
We can't change the stupidity of voters who believe obvious nonsense like immigrants eating pets. We can only work around them with an overwhelming win. But this is what we're up against, and I'm the first to say it's fucking discouraging that those of us with functioning brains have to deal with the electoral power of dumbshits who don't. I looked to see if Cruz's tweet was still up. Dipshit took it down but it should never have been posted. As if immigrants don't have enough problems, but dumping on people farther down the food chain is the Republican way. The right wing noise machine is saying that Trump will clean Kamala's clock tonight and the rubes believe it. (Check the comments on TwiX.) The disinformation about her and everything Democrat is a black hole that's sucking the common sense out of this country. I like our chances, but I'm nervous as a long-tail cat in a room full of rockers.
I'm with you Ann...yesterday I felt incredible anxious about all this. To think I am surrounded by morons who I feel, are dangerous is incredibly unsettling. I'm in rural Missouri, too! Though I am seeing some Harris/Walz signs popping up. 🤞
HarrisWalz signs in MO?! Cool! One thought helps me: There's more of us than there are of them. For diversity, freedom to choose love over hate. For "minding our own damn business".
I was very surprised & pleased to see blue signs in my rural, red area where violence is being openly expressed. Not everyone can risk being made a target, but we can stand together. It's so hilarious to see whining by the right that their signs are stolen or defaced, like so many things, it's something they did. There are noticeably fewer red signs! They know they are losing & are putting all their efforts into setting the stage to claim elections were stolen. They are desperately & pathetically trying to flip the script to them being heroic underdogs when they have been the aggressors all along. They are the only ones buying the shit.
Susan can you decorate your front yard with H/W signs to ensure your neighbors knickers are tied up in knots. I would love to see their aggravation level rise.
Nervous as hell myself but Kamala with her skills as a former prosecutor will hopefully hand rectum mouth his felonious ass. It would be nice if Kamala would go for the jugular and call him out on what we know will be a pipeline of the usual misinformation extremist bullshit that the press will attempt to ignore. It was just reported on our local news station that Kamala may have lost some of her momentum in this race but hopefully, she'll prove the rump-loving MSM wrong. Let's hope she gets the knockout that's needed in front of millions of viewers and voters so come November, he'll be more than likely going to the big house instead of the White House.
As far as I can tell, KH losing her momentum is the trope du jour. All about juicing the horse race aspect of the campaign. She's up! She's down! What will happen next?? It's clickbait.
Agree. There is a plethora of "polls" that are just so much horseshit. There aren't that many people undecided at this point. Honest effort would be in making sure everyone votes, not just manipulating optics.
That’s why I quit twiX! I just look at Kamala and all I see is her confident brain power and chutzpah! Give him hell tonight MVP! Don’t give a damn what the right wing jerks spout! They’re all desperate and scared as hell.
What boggles my mind is how someone with such poor critical thinking skills can amass such a huge fortune. I am an only slightly reconstructed Eisenhower Republican and I am all in favor of going back to the 90% top marginal tax rate of that time. Having billionaires has not made the world a better place. And, certainly not Melon Musk.
"Well, if you had any initiative, you'd go out and inherit an emerald mine!"
Adapting an old political cartoon about Barry Goldwater (gee, I can vaguely remember when GOLDWATER was considered as Insanely Far Right as a politician could get!) to our current situation:
That cartoon from 1961 is about as relevant with the GOP idiocy of today. History repeats itself. Thanks for sharing it. So this level of crazy isn't new. sigh
These traitor racist pricks could make George Wallace look like Nelson Mandela ! And the kids could go to separate but equal schools and not be machine gunned ! Lynched maybe but not at school !
The Uber wealthy have dummied down their serfs. With shameless talking heads on TV, radio, newspaper, and the internet. It’s the best way for them to pile on to the treasure they’ve stolen!
Well, JD knows what he's talking about, with his ill-fitting human suit, vertical pupils and ability to unhinge his jaw and swallow a guinea pig whole.
NOTHING was as scary as ALIEN—my former wife refused to watch it, and I refused to show it to her for just that reason.
OTOH, we all insisted she see ALIENS, which is one of the few good Military SF movies we'd ever seen. (The film version of STARSHIP TROOPERS falls into a different category altogether.) She yiked! a few times when the Xenomorphs lept out, but otherwise really loved it....
My answer to your question at the start of the comments, is that I plan to listen to the debate. Then I plan to listen to the commentaries on MSNBC because Lawrence, Rachel, Jen and whoever else they have on will pick up different stuff than I did.
and so many MAGAt cult morons just don't understand how bad their dear leader is gonna fuck them all in their collective asses!!!!....the dumbing down of America is clearly upon us...sadly...
I am always puzzled by those railing against the Gubmint yet living on disabiility, food stamps, Social Security, etc. Also, free education if they are willing to attend school..
SO refreshing to finally see someone call this shit out!!!....because almost daily, I feel like I wanna bang my head against a wall reading the headlines from "the worthless scribblers of the corporate controlled media" - another 'Jeffism' that I love!
“Sane-washing” is the best description of what msm has been doing. Count on them to continue. I’d like to be a fly on the wall at a meeting the editorial staff: “Huh? I have no idea, but we have to say something; let’s say he said this.”
It's all about the benjamins. When will we wake up and realize there are no more journalistic anchors. They are all commentators. The real journalists are out in the field reporting on what they actually see.
Rachel & Lawrence do a good job, Nicole Wallace as well. Yesterday they were mentioning the NYT SANEWASHING, & she didn't defend them or her NYT husband Michael Schmidt.
Many of us are awake, recognize the lack of integrity, & aren't entertained by reality show theatrics. I think the only thing keeping MSM alive is corporate interests, most people have had enough. You know the horse is dead when MAGA starts beating it, lol. They are on a 'fake news' bandwagon now that SOME reporting is beginning to show what is actually going on. Respectable journalism isn't being a propaganda machine, many recognize that!
Hadn't heard about eating cats. JFC!! They are a bunch of untamed 4th graders! To think that these idiots have a place in our government. America! WAKE UP! Justa Dick Vance could not be more reprehensible. 😳
I find this cat eating business to be very disturbing. Killing animals, as we know, is step one for truly depraved individuals. It's once again normalizing deviant behavior. A classic tRump tactic. Give the followers permission to act in really evil ways.
I'm so worn out listening to Trump and his b.s and the b.s of his supporters who can't find two brain cells to rub together. How do we make America smart again? Use common sense again? Think with nuance and empathy and not believe every disgusting fear-based lie that falls out of some Republican's mouth? So, so tired and I'm straight and white. I *cannot imagine* what people of color, LGBTQIA, and immigrants must think. This is the worst and most embarrassing timeline.
Funding education as they do in countries like Canada and Norway is a a good place to start. Teachers actually make a living and don't have to carry guns and buy school supplies and lunches for the little ones. Higher education, technical schools are also valued and funded.
I'm straight, white, & older & I feel this is the worst and most embarrassing timeline as well. I don't have an advanced education, I think it is a matter of having even a scrap of emotional intelligence & maturity. People without great privilege still often do, even without advantages of education, protection, & a lot of opportunity. Some have just abandoned reason & what 'we all know' as humans. They are choosing to cheat & lie, it is deliberate ignorance. I don't think it's possible for evolution to actually go backwards, we can't entirely unknow what we now know. It's just a matter of moving from emotional manipulation to fully embracing emotional intelligence. It's embarrassing to me not to have had a better understanding of that, myself, but I'm not to old to learn! It's an exhausting time to be alive but there is so much coming out of the woodwork, so much hypocrisy tolerated too long. We are due a Renaissance.
"How do we make America smart again?". I'm wondering if Harris as POTUS or the FCC can find a legal way to get fixed off the air? Or force them to run a chryon stating "we were found liable for XYZ and fined $$xxx for lying? And get it's license pulled, or permanently banned in all military and federal properties.
The gish galloping has already begun. But something tells me a new debate device, the Snorleone Scallop, will be introduced tonight. It takes the galloping gishes and filets them into bite-size morsels that can then be crammed down the throat of the gisher a là Vincent Price in Theater of Blood. You heard it here first. 😉
I'm torn about watching the debate tonight. I'm sick of all of the bullshitting and outrageous lies from Trump and his sycophants. I'm sick of the media coddling him like the demented toddler he is. All I can hope for is that he gets destroyed tonight and loads his fat ass on to that 35 year old pile of scrap he calls a jet and gets out of our lives for good. Is that too much to ask?
You're right, Jeff...this is just a new version of blood libel. Trump, Vance, Cruz and the people who support them are truly, truly sick and twisted. And the chances that someone will be killed grow every time these fascist, rascist evil clowns open their pie holes.
by the way, everyone and their sibling with a substack is doing a live chat for tonight's debate. I'm not, because I tried one for the Donny-Biden debate and it was an unholy mess with a thousand commenters talking past each other, and dozens of people got mad at ME for the constant barrage of notifications sent to their phone. so unless someone can think of a sane way we can do a chat — and I'm all ears — I'm taking a pass.
I suppose we can try doing live commentary below this post, but substack's chat feature isn't up to the task
It's going to be an anti-climax because of all the hype and speculation.
That the Festering Blot on Western Civilization is even in the running is more than I can stand.
The conservative entertainment complex aided by the MSM bothsiderism has done their job
Every outlet will be flooded tonight. We're going to see if we go Nazi or normal. It' a pretty important debate.
Has anyone ever seen a dictator debate? They only know how to dictate. Period.
Well written.
Why don't you send out a new post when the debate begins, and we can have a comment section below that?
I was on Joyce Vance’s chat and it was exactly as I am now reading here. I should have read this first.
I’ll live chat at home. Lol. To myself. 🤬🤬🤬
I'm watching with like-minded friends. It will be a great evening.
Alexa, what's he saying now?
'you don't wanna know. Triust me on this'
Alexa, thank you
"always glad to help"
Alexa (continuing unbidden): "BY THE WAY DID YOU KNOW THAT--"
"SHUT THE FUCK UP ALEXA"
----which just made me think, I should rename her "Donny"
Fantastic. Hilarious.
I’m more interested in your take AFTER the event. You’ve more than earned the right to take a pass.
I'm not watching; I couldn't take 90 minutes of Trump. I'll get the highlights after.
I'll be muting him and reading the captioning -- which should be one glorious mess to transcribe, even for AI. Bonus: my eyes will be otherwise occupied and I won't have to look at him. This seems a bit ostrich-like, but I know my limits.
I hear that. His voice literally makes my skin crawl. Always thought that was just a turn of phrase in books, but nope.
I know me either would love to see Kamala but he makes me physically sick
My problem is that I'll be screaming, 'Die, you Fat, Orange Fuck' at the TV every time he's on camera. Alternatively, 'why aren't you dead yet? I'm afraid of a rage stroke.
Maybe I'll put him on mute and read the captions.
😂🤣😂🤣I like this idea. I scream at Fox (so-called) News, if I encounter it somewhere. It's a little disconcerting for the other patients in the waiting room in my GPs office, though.
Just park your Fanny in a comfy chair with the beverage of your choice and prepare to puke your guts up. Oh, and if you take blood pressure meds, double up. I may watch with my eyes closed. Just seeing dipshits ass puckered lips makes me ill.
That's why I'm not watching.
The only way I can watch it without throwing a hammer at my TV, is eating a handful of gummies. Then every time he opens piehole I'll laugh.
I’d like to go to sleep and wake up when all this insanity has past. Assuming it will ever pass.
With Leonard Leo committing $$1 billion dark money dollars to fight for the death of democracy. I don't think this will end for another 10 years. The fight for democracy never ends. Bottoms up 🍻🥂🍷🍸🍹
It will never end until he does, hmmm, "will no one rid us of this troublesome priest?"
Good idea, we/you have enough insanity in our lives!
Good call. Anyway, it's not about the debate, it's about how our idiot media mangles the story and gives Trump another pass...just like that NYT poll...
https://barrygander.substack.com/p/the-media-opens-the-debate-with-an
I'll just be interested in what you have to say tomorrow morning.
Yep not watching , I’ll just check in the morning
I've seen live threads / open chats in Substack's Notes feature but don't know how well it works or if the threads can be nested. You are the hardest working man in Substackland--you could just take notes for your column tomorrow, as it may be long-ish. You will have so much to work with, it might be hard to edit.
Which is also to say, I know how easily I will want to distract myself when the camera is not on Harris, so I'm trying not to look away. His body language will tell us volumes more than his garble; I want to pay attention to all of it.
I got on one of those chats during the last debate and it was , as you stated, a nightmare.My phone blew up as I was getting a ding on it for each comment and I was powerless to stop it.I finally went into Settings and did manage to stop it.Ugh!
It’s easier to just flip the “silent” switch on the side of your phone like you do when you’re in a meeting. That’s what I do. 👍
There are enough places to watch without commentary. We can catch up tomorrow. Yes, the chat feature is very limited.
Same. A confused garbled mess.
and unbearably "cute" like the dragon shit on TYT
This ... mirrors the blabfest talking heads on the talking about stuff shows
They have taught us well grasshopper
I learned that tonight. Holy fuck!
uh oh, couchfuck is in cover-your-ass mode
What’s this Ivy League educated attorney saying?
🙃🙃🙃
😄😄😄👏👏👏
Another “tell” about lines they plan to keep using is that “border czar” comment. Watch for it tonight. The coded messaging is that a browner-skinned human will betray the paler-skinned humans in service of the browner-skinned humans in order to “replace” the paler-skinned humans and it’s fucking driving me crazy even to type this…. but it’s true.
Sorry. Fucking misogynistic racist halfwits angry up my blood. I just cannot accept that there are SO MANY FUCKING RACISTS in this country. But here we are.
Don't feel bad...every country has them. Most leaders don't validate them, however. 😥
Same. I have a daily headache and anxiety over this. It’s sickening
That is the intended result, to create cognitive dissonance & emotional disregulation. Our very humanness is being used against us & it affects us physically. Know you are not alone. They are loud & sickening but together we are stronger.
It's psychological terrorism.
Breathe calmly, meditate, close your eyes to temporarily remove the visual stimulation, do reflexology - rhythmically squeeze between your thumb and forefinger, and remember: this will pass.
Hi Eva, most of us feel as you do. Taking action helps. Stepping away, see friends, enjoy pets, nature, a movie. Resetting keeps our battery charged. Tonight's debate is a big hurdle in my mind. Will be a relief to get it done. Take care. 🦋
Eva, it's hard just about every day now. Do what you can for yourself and know we are in the same boat. Best to you 😊
You left out ignorant in your comment Neal… sayin’
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It is pretty sad isn’t it?
Not only does it make me scared as hell it makes me mad as hell!!!
Same. I asked myself every fucking day how this is a close election. How this is a tied election. And I can’t help but just realize that we have a number of fucking misogynistic racists among us.
Thank you Jeff.
It is remarkable that the criminal organization (and former political party) known as "the Republican party", or GOP, or MAGA/GOP has now dipped into the National Lampoon magazine for campaign ideas.
Absent any policy priorities other than slash taxes for the wealthy, pardon Trump for his multitude of crimes, and mass deportations for immigrants and refugees -they are now pulling things like "Look -refugees are eating your puppies and kittens" out of the same orifice where Trump wanted his MAGA cultists to shove their UV lamps to "cure Covid" (presumably after drinking bleach didn't work).
It would be hilarious -if it were not blindly believed by at least a third of the population in the United States.
l wouldn’t believe that this cancer was this wide spread 10 years ago ! One thing the Orange 🍊 genetic fluke did was expose the human waste inhabiting large portions of the country ready to follow a fucken human toilet into the abyss!
I'm planning to watch the debate but wish I had a Valium or something, because I know the moderators are going to do their usual shitty job and fail to ask the right questions, fail to fact-check trump in real time, fail to push back on his lies and meanwhile hold Harris to a standard orders of magnitude higher than they will the disgusting one.
I’m tempted to record it, take a long walk out in Nature while it’s happening, read y’all’s reactions and THEN potentially watch it. (Corporate Press Syndrome)
ABC has clearly stated they won’t be fact-checking, they just want a good conversation… yeah I’m buying that dross!
I’d rather a prosecutor fact check him than a couple of news anchors. And she calls out his OLD, TIRED, and WORN OUT rhetoric. Haven’t we heard this same shit since the whole birther crap. But now it’s Haitians and Venezuelans, not Mexicans. Gotta get that Mexican vote in Texas after all.
It'd be great if she knows the actual data and keeps calling him out on the lies.
"Immigrants. Oh, you mean like Melania?"
🤣 And I hope she laughs at him. A LOT. He loves that.
💥💥💥💥 LOL!
Yep, Hispanics are 40% of the Texas population & in just a few short years they will be the majority of the voting age population. Democrats needs to be paying attention to, & spending money in, Texas; starting right now.
They need to get a wealthy democrat to purchase a Spanish language radio station to have a variety of programming to include Democratic & Progressive leaning talk/interview shows. That is what Republicans did & Dems must compete.
By “good conversation,” ABC means they want a schoolyard fight
Not going to get that conversation that ABC wants ….that would require 2 people with some integrity intelligence and class ….we need one more ! 🤪😉
Yes, Kamala shouldn’t have to do all the work. The other guy only has to spew, doesn’t matter what.
A ‘good’ anything with Dipshit Donnie, especially a conversation, is not only an oxymoron, but literally impossible! What a stupid thing to say!
I was really angry about the lack of any fact checking or pushback by the moderators, Dana & Jake, because I know they are both good journalists; or they used to be before a drum of supporter took over CNN.
Dana was a guest on Jen Psaki’s show last night & Jen asked her about that issue. Dana said it was discussed at length, some were for, some against, but in the end the consensus was against the moderators weighing in.
They felt that doing so makes the moderators become actual participants in the debate & would end up appearing that they were placing their thumb on the scale. Also it would take away from the time the candidates have to present themselves & their plans to govern.
On balance I have to agree. It should be up to Kamala to choose which lies of his to rebut quickly & then pivot to making the case for her Presidency.
Oh for Pete’s sake,what morons. They know they couldn’t keep up with fact checking one of the candidates. I don’t have to say which one, you know.
She's a seasoned prosecutor and has twice Trump's IQ, but even better she won't lose her cool like poor Joe did.
That’s because Jack ass started attacking Joe’s family & understandably Joe doesn’t go for that!!
We have our bag of marshmallows ready to throw at the TV whenever we hear stupid remarks. The good thing about marshmallows is that they don’t hurt the TV and you can pick them up and throw them again. Just try to keep your husband from eating them all. Haha Works for us. 😁🤪😁
I bought 40 Valium yesterday. And I keep analgesics stocked up.
I only have 2 Xanax left. That's not going to be enough.
Yeah, I read where it has already been determined it is not their job to fact check but rather to facilitate a conversation. What the hell!
Bullshit. Facilitating a conversation is enforcing honest communication not a contest of lies.
I’ve lowered my expectations, way low. I’m only watching to send Kamala some good vibes.
They have to fact check that fuck. Look at the load of shit he fired off earlier with Joe....no fact check AT ALL! All he did was lie. Ms. Harris is going to put him on the defense very early. I'm not too worried, it's gonna be what it's gonna be!
Watch it without commentary. PBS will live stream on YouTube.
Oh I believe MVP will be up to the task!
Ativan also works…
We can't change the stupidity of voters who believe obvious nonsense like immigrants eating pets. We can only work around them with an overwhelming win. But this is what we're up against, and I'm the first to say it's fucking discouraging that those of us with functioning brains have to deal with the electoral power of dumbshits who don't. I looked to see if Cruz's tweet was still up. Dipshit took it down but it should never have been posted. As if immigrants don't have enough problems, but dumping on people farther down the food chain is the Republican way. The right wing noise machine is saying that Trump will clean Kamala's clock tonight and the rubes believe it. (Check the comments on TwiX.) The disinformation about her and everything Democrat is a black hole that's sucking the common sense out of this country. I like our chances, but I'm nervous as a long-tail cat in a room full of rockers.
I'm with you Ann...yesterday I felt incredible anxious about all this. To think I am surrounded by morons who I feel, are dangerous is incredibly unsettling. I'm in rural Missouri, too! Though I am seeing some Harris/Walz signs popping up. 🤞
HarrisWalz signs in MO?! Cool! One thought helps me: There's more of us than there are of them. For diversity, freedom to choose love over hate. For "minding our own damn business".
I was very surprised & pleased to see blue signs in my rural, red area where violence is being openly expressed. Not everyone can risk being made a target, but we can stand together. It's so hilarious to see whining by the right that their signs are stolen or defaced, like so many things, it's something they did. There are noticeably fewer red signs! They know they are losing & are putting all their efforts into setting the stage to claim elections were stolen. They are desperately & pathetically trying to flip the script to them being heroic underdogs when they have been the aggressors all along. They are the only ones buying the shit.
Susan can you decorate your front yard with H/W signs to ensure your neighbors knickers are tied up in knots. I would love to see their aggravation level rise.
Nervous as hell myself but Kamala with her skills as a former prosecutor will hopefully hand rectum mouth his felonious ass. It would be nice if Kamala would go for the jugular and call him out on what we know will be a pipeline of the usual misinformation extremist bullshit that the press will attempt to ignore. It was just reported on our local news station that Kamala may have lost some of her momentum in this race but hopefully, she'll prove the rump-loving MSM wrong. Let's hope she gets the knockout that's needed in front of millions of viewers and voters so come November, he'll be more than likely going to the big house instead of the White House.
As far as I can tell, KH losing her momentum is the trope du jour. All about juicing the horse race aspect of the campaign. She's up! She's down! What will happen next?? It's clickbait.
Agree. There is a plethora of "polls" that are just so much horseshit. There aren't that many people undecided at this point. Honest effort would be in making sure everyone votes, not just manipulating optics.
Yep, GQP love to bully. Sad, sick people who live to hate.
They came over on the Mayflower
I'm Native American and I approve this message. 🙃💙
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What bothers me is that they think they can have it both ways. Credit for posting then credit for deleting it. SMH
That’s why I quit twiX! I just look at Kamala and all I see is her confident brain power and chutzpah! Give him hell tonight MVP! Don’t give a damn what the right wing jerks spout! They’re all desperate and scared as hell.
With good reason Ann!
It absolutely boggles my mind that the richest man on this planet in monetary terms is also the most certifiably stupidest.
What boggles my mind is how someone with such poor critical thinking skills can amass such a huge fortune. I am an only slightly reconstructed Eisenhower Republican and I am all in favor of going back to the 90% top marginal tax rate of that time. Having billionaires has not made the world a better place. And, certainly not Melon Musk.
I’m with you Stephen, ridding the country of billionaires and leveling the playing field would be a huge improvement!
Yeah how you gonna keep ‘em down on tha farm after they’ve seen Paree??
You mean " Leon " ?
Pee on Felon Be gone ! Mo Ron !
6 of one, half a dozen of the other.
Leona ?
I thought it was Noel.
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The founding fathers would agree with you!
I couldn’t agree more, Stephen!
"Well, if you had any initiative, you'd go out and inherit an emerald mine!"
Adapting an old political cartoon about Barry Goldwater (gee, I can vaguely remember when GOLDWATER was considered as Insanely Far Right as a politician could get!) to our current situation:
https://www.loc.gov/pictures/item/2011647585/
Now we have Dick Cheney and Kristol Meth in our corner.
Boggles the mind, dunnit?
Wow, VP for the SECOND-worst President in history is voting against the worst!
I still do not know how I feel about that one....
That cartoon from 1961 is about as relevant with the GOP idiocy of today. History repeats itself. Thanks for sharing it. So this level of crazy isn't new. sigh
Hey ! Barry only wanted to throw some nukes at the Reds .."not give the commie bastards the country !
These traitor racist pricks could make George Wallace look like Nelson Mandela ! And the kids could go to separate but equal schools and not be machine gunned ! Lynched maybe but not at school !
Who? You mean Trump and the MAGA Republicans?
Those they're not "Communists"—they're...I'm sure there's an appropriately Russian term for "Useful Idiot", but I don't know it.
The Uber wealthy have dummied down their serfs. With shameless talking heads on TV, radio, newspaper, and the internet. It’s the best way for them to pile on to the treasure they’ve stolen!
Or is he, I'd say he's a monster that knows exactly what he's doing.
Actually, he is psychologically damaged. The US government made him rich by supporting his businesses.
Well, JD knows what he's talking about, with his ill-fitting human suit, vertical pupils and ability to unhinge his jaw and swallow a guinea pig whole.
LOL!
V!!!
that was the reference... yes!
V scared the crap outta me as a kid! Not as much as Alien, which my parents rented for me when babysitting my sister. Excellent parenting!
NOTHING was as scary as ALIEN—my former wife refused to watch it, and I refused to show it to her for just that reason.
OTOH, we all insisted she see ALIENS, which is one of the few good Military SF movies we'd ever seen. (The film version of STARSHIP TROOPERS falls into a different category altogether.) She yiked! a few times when the Xenomorphs lept out, but otherwise really loved it....
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Ill fitting skull..............!
Now, now!
The Visitors are our FRIENDS!
Jeff - and everyone here - have you seen this???...this is AWESOME!!!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sFd4zflqfeA
it is awesome, and it completely blew out of the water the piece I originally intended to write for today. so you got this one instead
My answer to your question at the start of the comments, is that I plan to listen to the debate. Then I plan to listen to the commentaries on MSNBC because Lawrence, Rachel, Jen and whoever else they have on will pick up different stuff than I did.
Same
and both are great!
I adore Lawrence O’Donnell! He nailed the fascist loving NYT.
Trump’s tariffs, just like eliminating Social Security, is another way for him to pay for his billionaire’s tax cuts. 🤬
and so many MAGAt cult morons just don't understand how bad their dear leader is gonna fuck them all in their collective asses!!!!....the dumbing down of America is clearly upon us...sadly...
I am always puzzled by those railing against the Gubmint yet living on disabiility, food stamps, Social Security, etc. Also, free education if they are willing to attend school..
It’s going to take decades to educate the MAGAt cult morons if ever.
O'Donnell is the only one I watch now.
SO refreshing to finally see someone call this shit out!!!....because almost daily, I feel like I wanna bang my head against a wall reading the headlines from "the worthless scribblers of the corporate controlled media" - another 'Jeffism' that I love!
OK. THANK YOU for sharing this...I feel better now.
right????
There really is something about Lawrence O'Donnell that is sensible and right. He's calm and isn't screaming...just facts.
Lawrence nailed it!
That is awesome!
Oh yes saw it last night! Lawrence is always spot on
Brilliant!! Lawrence O'Donnell is our Walter Cronkite! I was yelling & cheering him on!
Once again, Lawrence O'Donnell is brilliant and tells it like it should be.
"Hallucinating a response..." is not a disputable policy. No, it's not.
I'm glad my xanax refill is available today. 🙄🤷♀️
Tarrific ! O Donnell is one of the best left standing in the News Media 👍👍🇺🇸
Lawrence was absolutely the best last night. He raked the media over the coals
Thanks for this.
Harris is going to need to spend the first 30 seconds of every question fact-checking the lies and insanity of trump. The moderators certainly won't.
Hopefully, the Harris team will be working all night to put together videos correcting the history Please start with "I lost by a whisker".
That astounding admission FINALLY -- what do the 900 magas in prison think of that?? Why isn't this a bigger story?
They’re too stupid to care. They’ll believe he is just saying that for fun. They won’t believe it ever.
No reason to piss off more maggots by pointing out how many have been incarcerated already.
Hopefully, she will demonstrate her skill at dealing with his type!
“Sane-washing” is the best description of what msm has been doing. Count on them to continue. I’d like to be a fly on the wall at a meeting the editorial staff: “Huh? I have no idea, but we have to say something; let’s say he said this.”
It's all about the benjamins. When will we wake up and realize there are no more journalistic anchors. They are all commentators. The real journalists are out in the field reporting on what they actually see.
Rachel & Lawrence do a good job, Nicole Wallace as well. Yesterday they were mentioning the NYT SANEWASHING, & she didn't defend them or her NYT husband Michael Schmidt.
Many of us are awake, recognize the lack of integrity, & aren't entertained by reality show theatrics. I think the only thing keeping MSM alive is corporate interests, most people have had enough. You know the horse is dead when MAGA starts beating it, lol. They are on a 'fake news' bandwagon now that SOME reporting is beginning to show what is actually going on. Respectable journalism isn't being a propaganda machine, many recognize that!
Hadn't heard about eating cats. JFC!! They are a bunch of untamed 4th graders! To think that these idiots have a place in our government. America! WAKE UP! Justa Dick Vance could not be more reprehensible. 😳
“Justa Dick Vance” 🤣
I stole that…and it’s just perfect, isnt it! 😂
Pretty much says it all.😂😂😂
Perfect! 😂
I’m gonna steal it from you ! 👏👏👍
My favorite moniker for him.
They're saying the Fourth graders are believing THEY'RE cats, & demanding litter boxes in the classroom. MAGATS
are SO FUCKING WEIRD !
HAHA! They have totally earned the WEIRD label. FFS! 🤦♀️
Give him a few minutes. He's the gift that keeps on giving.😂😂
HAHA! What an idiot...do the Republicans have ANY sane people who can present logical policy views? Bueller? Anyone? 🤦♀️😂
Definitely not, I’m still wondering where they all crawled out from, must be the same pile of 💩.
Yes - it’s called Policy 2025…
oh you wanted logical?
LOL
It seems not.😂😂
I find this cat eating business to be very disturbing. Killing animals, as we know, is step one for truly depraved individuals. It's once again normalizing deviant behavior. A classic tRump tactic. Give the followers permission to act in really evil ways.
Agree with you Hannah... look at Kristi Noem and her poor dog. These people are indeed depraved.
I'm so worn out listening to Trump and his b.s and the b.s of his supporters who can't find two brain cells to rub together. How do we make America smart again? Use common sense again? Think with nuance and empathy and not believe every disgusting fear-based lie that falls out of some Republican's mouth? So, so tired and I'm straight and white. I *cannot imagine* what people of color, LGBTQIA, and immigrants must think. This is the worst and most embarrassing timeline.
Funding education as they do in countries like Canada and Norway is a a good place to start. Teachers actually make a living and don't have to carry guns and buy school supplies and lunches for the little ones. Higher education, technical schools are also valued and funded.
I'm straight, white, & older & I feel this is the worst and most embarrassing timeline as well. I don't have an advanced education, I think it is a matter of having even a scrap of emotional intelligence & maturity. People without great privilege still often do, even without advantages of education, protection, & a lot of opportunity. Some have just abandoned reason & what 'we all know' as humans. They are choosing to cheat & lie, it is deliberate ignorance. I don't think it's possible for evolution to actually go backwards, we can't entirely unknow what we now know. It's just a matter of moving from emotional manipulation to fully embracing emotional intelligence. It's embarrassing to me not to have had a better understanding of that, myself, but I'm not to old to learn! It's an exhausting time to be alive but there is so much coming out of the woodwork, so much hypocrisy tolerated too long. We are due a Renaissance.
"How do we make America smart again?". I'm wondering if Harris as POTUS or the FCC can find a legal way to get fixed off the air? Or force them to run a chryon stating "we were found liable for XYZ and fined $$xxx for lying? And get it's license pulled, or permanently banned in all military and federal properties.
The gish galloping has already begun. But something tells me a new debate device, the Snorleone Scallop, will be introduced tonight. It takes the galloping gishes and filets them into bite-size morsels that can then be crammed down the throat of the gisher a là Vincent Price in Theater of Blood. You heard it here first. 😉
Perfect. I still don't understand why it wasn't bigger news. What they let Trump do to Biden was disgraceful.
I'm torn about watching the debate tonight. I'm sick of all of the bullshitting and outrageous lies from Trump and his sycophants. I'm sick of the media coddling him like the demented toddler he is. All I can hope for is that he gets destroyed tonight and loads his fat ass on to that 35 year old pile of scrap he calls a jet and gets out of our lives for good. Is that too much to ask?
And an F22 with Sidewinders.
You're right, Jeff...this is just a new version of blood libel. Trump, Vance, Cruz and the people who support them are truly, truly sick and twisted. And the chances that someone will be killed grow every time these fascist, rascist evil clowns open their pie holes.
It's absolutely horrifying