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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

Ms Spouse, last night: "what are you going to write about tomorrow?"

me: "no clue. I doubt I can write about Jimmy Kimmel two days in a row."

ha ha!

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Veronica Speedwell's avatar

There are posts on BlueSky showing masked ICE grabbing a woman protester in Chicago by the breast area and throwing her to the ground this morning. That might be something to follow up on.

How is this the USA?

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HI2thDoc's avatar

It's not. It's the FSA, Fascist States of A-murikkka

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Linda Weide's avatar

Veronica, I would like to say that I am in Chicago. People I know are afraid of ICE. Yesterday I wrote this piece about the people that are endangered by ICE and how dependent I am on them.

https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/view-from-chicago-no-ice-no-fear?r=f0qfn

We really need to defund Trump.

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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

We need to charge and imprison Trump, although grabbing people on actual CHARGES is more courtesy than ICE is showing to non-criminal immigrants.

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Mps's avatar

Such a lovely article

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Nothing united about these states Veronica… as the crumbling republic gratuitously turns its constitution over to the billionaire criminal syndicate!

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Gail (Chicago)'s avatar

Please read Greg Olear's Substack on this subject. He had a discussion with Kat Abughazaleh who described this happening to her. https://gregolear.substack.com/p/acts-of-resistance-a-discussion-with

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karen strano's avatar

She was grabbed and thrown to the ground again this morning outside an ICE processing center.

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Gail (Chicago)'s avatar

Absolutely DESPICABLE. I can just hear a certain Barbie-doll-like-thing cackling away at all of this. Truly sadistic.

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Melinda's avatar

That happens to be a young woman running for USCongress in Illinois-Kat Abughazaleh

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Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

Of course it is. 1) donnydemento with steven miller HATE women. 2) donnydemento and steven miller hate BLACK and BROWN women, especially the 'uppity' types who dare be Prosecutors, District Attorneys, run for Congress, the Senate, for VP AND PRESIDENT or 'gasp' are even appointed to SCOTUS by previous Presidents! How the fuck DARE they when their 'real work' is supposed to be as his lifelong servants?

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James Starr's avatar

ya we live in the safest country in the world, huh?

Not by any stretch...not anymore.

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Dave Drell's avatar

With 400,000,000 guns whoever said we were safe?

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Kate's avatar
36mEdited

She is also a candidate for office!

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

The midriff of Nosferatu Miller should be off limits. His fish belly white skin is horrifying.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Doubletake on that! The entire Trump troupe was dressed for Halloween.

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

The bare shoulders on display are not part of the protocol. And the Pig in Chief was practically hitting on the Princess of Wales.

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arne link's avatar

I noticed that she stood well away from him when she had to shake his nasty hand. Probably forewarned that he would try to pull her in to grope her.

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

He hung on too long. And probably smelled awful

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SarahRey16's avatar

How did he forget to wear a shirt under his vest?

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Susan Jane's avatar

His dickey is too short. Which one, you might ask?

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Irascible Ink's avatar

😂😂

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Mps's avatar

😂😂😂

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Nora's avatar

I was thinking the exact same thing. I know everyone wears a white shirt under their tux vest--But, I wouldn't expect that creep to understand, let alone follow the norms.

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Irascible Ink's avatar

He got distracted thinking about escorting Nippy McBreastacles around all night.

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Punkette's avatar

😂🤪

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Rosemary Orlandi's avatar

I was thinking the same thing 🤮

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Marty's avatar

My last wish was to see the Demon’s bare gut.

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Patris's avatar

I was thinking’flounder’ when I saw it. (Plus WTH didn’t his wife disappear with Elon Musk?? Is the woman with him in that photo his mother?)

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Sheila D's avatar

She's 27 year old Caroline Leavitt--Trump's Press Secretary--married to a man who is 32 years older than her!

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Cheryl from Maryland's avatar

Caroline needs a better bra, a better dress, and a better (e.g., not corrupt, lying, evil) personality.

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Joan Diehl's avatar

Why did she feel the need to “impress with her breast”? She was in the presence of the King and Queen of England, whom strive to present themselves with dignity. Low rent, no class. Oh well, she IS DJT’s press secretary!

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Wendymae's avatar

She was trying to out-trash Mrs. Fuckface

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Mps's avatar

But those lips

🤮🤮

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

Also (gasp of horror) had his baby several months before he married her. I guess Catholicism has liberalized quite a bit.

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Rosemary Orlandi's avatar

She needed to "trap" the old man into marriage! 😂

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Patris's avatar

He’s aged her cruelly in that case.

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Rosemary Orlandi's avatar

Yes, she's looking aged and overweight....(maybe it's the dress)

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Sooz Hall's avatar

You mean the dress she liked so much she bought it a size too small because that was all they had🤔

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Mps's avatar

🤮🤮🤮

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

Eueeer was my adjective

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

He’s a rotting sack of lab grown meat Walt!

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Ellen McKenzie's avatar

“Wretch-ed.”

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

Was that a clip on shirt front?

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Ellen McKenzie's avatar

Wretched.

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

No worries there will be a pile of new shit for tomorrow!!! 👍🇺🇸🥳

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James Starr's avatar

I went to the Jimmy Kimmel rally at the El Capitan theater in Hollywood yesterday.

There was a lively bunch there, but got off to a quiet, slow start and didn't have a lot of organization.

Also was disappointed there were no celebs (that I saw) that came out to support it.

Don't blame them though with the threat of danger still looming in public spaces.

I left early .

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Who else thinks that Kimmel will be even more popular than ever after this?

I'd like to see Jimmy, Stewart, Colbert, Fallon...all of these brilliant minds team up and do something that shuts the diaper load down once and for all. A girl can dream.

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

Colbert’s opening was fantastic. So was his monologue. Then you follow that up with special guest, Jake Fucking Tapper? Click.

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DJS's avatar

Ugh!

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longtimebirdwatcher's avatar

I've never watched these shows, I'm asleep by that time, but I hear all about them here.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

I used to be able to stay up that light but thank goodness for YouTube and Substack! 😂

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arne link's avatar

We get the "highlights" and that's all I need to see.

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markwilson67's avatar

Absolutely, I would use the money I'm saving from my cancelled subscriptions to support them!

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Looking forward to some non-MAGA, non-suckup, non-money grubbing wealthy person to step up and found a broadcast platform that will not cave to this regime.

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John Rumble's avatar

If MSNBC was smart they would give Colbert a talk show after his contract is over. It would help their anemic ratings, but alas they are afraid of Trump and not that smart

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HI2thDoc's avatar

I fear that the new spinoff away from NBC will make MSNBC a bottom line focused place like CBS, ABC, Paramount, etc. Money over truth, it's the 'Murikkkan way!

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John Rumble's avatar

It will

Profit over ethics

The oligarch motto

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rlritt's avatar

But they are owned by NBCUniversal who is owned by Comcast. So they have Trump donors to deal with.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

I nominate MacKenzie Scott!

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Patris's avatar

If only one of these people had a thought other than “I will rule my own kingdom!”

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Lynn Purvis-Yund's avatar

exactly and that could have happened years ago- 0 well. i like to think that this is all a test for this great democratic experiment and it's not really maga that's the problem, makes it seem less scary

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Eva Porter's avatar

I was thinking the same thing about Kimmel

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DJS's avatar

Maybe start a new streaming service NOT owned by an oligarch and NOT needing a license from the FCC? Pledge never to ever sell out to/merge with any other service, period, because that's how it always starts morphing into something greedy and right-leaning if not anti-democratic.

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Mark Simpson's avatar

National comedy tour- SRO throughout the country!

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Absolutely!

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Jon Notabot's avatar

Why not? Anything is possible, always. That's one thing I do like about this life.

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

Oh you can’t kill our enthusiasm. That what they HATE! They have no spark. 🔥

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ynot1965's avatar

They did it during the pandemic, they can do it again!

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Sandy B in NorCal's avatar

I'd love to see them collaborate and take a show on the road, with only jokes about trump and his flying monkeys.

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Dr J's Sanity Space's avatar

I wouldn’t be surprised if that happens. Would you?

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Songgirl Kim's avatar

Yesterday while we were all busy being distracted by the Kimmel/Disney/ABC issue, which is extremely concerning, we’re still waiting for the Epstein reports.

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Miranda's avatar

I stand with Jimmy. I'm horrified by the way the Trump regime steamrolls over the Constitution.

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

And more. Get into their face.

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Jennifer's avatar

Let's not forget the Dept. of Education is very soon to be the Dept of Christo-Fascist Indoctrination. yay.

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David Simpson's avatar

Yup. Kids are gonna learn that the earth was born 6000 years ago!

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Liz and Max the No. 1 Cat's avatar

6000 years old and flat, too. Don't forget flat. And they'll have to make up their mind whether dinosaurs ever existed at all or they existed along with humans. There are different "schools of thought" (🤮)on that issue.

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arne link's avatar

Humans rode dinosaurs back in the day. We all know that. We're edumakated.

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Pam Humphrey's avatar

At least the ones who didn’t get eaten did. Learned that at church!

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Joyce's avatar

Marco Rubio was unable to answer that question about dinosaurs when the Tampa Bay Times, years ago, asked him--the newspaper was vetting him to determine exactly how devoted he was to selling himself to the ultra-right-wing fundamentalists (aka the Christian Taliban). We still don't know The Rube's "beliefs" regarding dinosaurs, but the Times did reveal the answer to the real, underlying question.

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

Oh god.

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Jennifer's avatar

And that it's flat! *pukes*

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Eva Porter's avatar

Or the military - I read drunk Pete is planning to use Charlie Kirk in their recruitment...WHY?

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Stranger Than Friction's avatar

Because females and trans and POC need not apply?

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Megan Ross's avatar

BINGO.

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Melinda's avatar

Hitler youth redux

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Joan Diehl's avatar

The GOP’s polls are dropping. Gotta use unfortunate Kirk to keep the MAGA base alive.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

When asked how I feel about the CK "national tragedy," I give them this: https://youtu.be/jl9xKw_xEas?si=nEOVWWrG2S81aLfa

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Chris Ortolano's avatar

Gee thanks Jeff - now I have to gouge my eyes out after seeing the picture of Gobbles with Axis Sally.

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Stranger Than Friction's avatar

Ahhhh...but WHY is Pee Wee German escorting KKKaroline instead of KKKatie? And yeah, no one wants to look at your headlights, KKKaroline, except maybe your husband, who is 59 to your 27. But there is no accounting for taste, and all's fair in "love."

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Claudia Montague Wheatley's avatar

Katie Miller took off with Elon. Is Lil Stevie Goebbels evening the score with KKKaroline?

I mean: Guys pushing 60 like her husband tend to lose steam in the bedroom. Stevie's not much of an upgrade—is that weird roll at his waist an early dad-body muffin top?—but if nips could talk, they'd say she's willing to give him a shot.

(OMG listen to me gossiping like an elderly Mean Girl WTF is happening to us?)

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Stranger Than Friction's avatar

I am ashamed.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley's avatar

We can only fight back with the weapons that are available to us, Strange!

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Paul  Kayen's avatar

That’s a c section scar. Yeah he’s weirder than weird. That’s likely a Velcro tux for one pull and off. “Studs” miller . “ hey baby, wanna rub my head for luck ?”

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HI2thDoc's avatar

KKKaroline's husband too old to lift those? They look kinda heavy

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Kim Steeves's avatar

Thank you for "Pee Wee German". Made me laugh out loud!

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Mingo's avatar

We have a winner 🏆 That was tough to look at.

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Joyce's avatar

I am scarred; it will be a long time before that image ceases to feed my nightmares.

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Nancy's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

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s.Michael Morgan's avatar

What still bothers me is that the main stream media has not picked up on what Jimmy actually said. Read his words- Jimmy accurately said that the MAGA folks were calling the shooter every thing other than MAGA- trans, Antifa, ultra-left libs. That’s true. Jimmy did NOT call the shooter MAGA.

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Eva Porter's avatar

And THEN he called out Trump's construction stage of grieving. I think THAT'S the one they didn't like

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HI2thDoc's avatar

The crux of what got under that fucking orange rage baby's skin was that Kimmel showed the clip where a reporter asked Rump how he's dealing with the loss of Kirk, and orange hitler says "I think very good and by the way right there you see all the trucks, they've just started construction of the new ballroom. . ." and Kimmel said Rump was at "the fourth stage of grief, construction."

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

They will look for anything to smear us with. Best comeback, 1-2-3 up them. They want to be cool but are as blank as helll.

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Joyce's avatar

I find it interesting that, being escorted by Nosferatu, KKKaroline was not wearing one of 16-17 pound crosses. Maybe there was no room for Jesus on that bounteous display she was offering to the general public.

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Kimberly Sandwisch's avatar

Oh please! When has maga ever dealt with truth?!

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Karen Barrett's avatar

Speaking of past presidents who were less than exemplary in other respects, recall what LBJ wrote to The Smothers Brothers in 1969:

« It is part of the price of leadership of this great and free nation to be the target of clever satirists. You have given the gift of laughter to our people. May we never grow so somber or self-important that we fail to appreciate the humor in our lives. »

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Pam Humphrey's avatar

Yeah, I guess that was before their show was cancelled because of their stand against the Vietnam War. From Wikipedia: “Their own television variety show, The Smothers Brothers Comedy Hour, became one of the most controversial American TV programs of the Vietnam War era.[2] Despite popular success, the brothers' (especially Tom's penchant for material that was critical of the political mainstream and sympathetic to the emerging counterculture led to their firing by the CBS network in 1969.”

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Karen Barrett's avatar

In fact, it was after the show was canceled, and after he left the White House. The network had been cowardly, for sure; he had regrets over his perceived role and was apologizing.

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Neal Stiffelman's avatar

Colbert is such a decent man. Why can’t we have more of that and less with the nazis?

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arne link's avatar

I often ask "Why can't we have nice things?".

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

They are not decent. They are blanks.

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Kay-El's avatar

I don’t care how you dress Goebbels Miller up, you still wouldn’t want to take him anywhere. What a fucking embarrassment

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Trump and his team have given enough comic material to the world to last the remainder of the century. His dinner speech had servers waiting on call to give guests the Heimlich Maneuver.

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Steve Kelly's avatar

I'd want to take him out for a toss into the pit.

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arne link's avatar

Thanks for the reminder that shit is not supposed to be this bad. It's very depressing but you help me get through it. Also, RELEASE THE EPSTEIN FILES. I really don't care who is in them.

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Virgin Monk Boy's avatar

Jeff’s right. The real danger isn’t just Trump throwing tantrums about comedians. It’s how fast we start treating tantrums as policy, and policy as normal.

Every autocrat plays the same game: make the absurd routine until people forget what sanity looked like. That’s how censorship sneaks in the back door with a goofy grin and a “just kidding.”

Laugh, yes. Mock him, absolutely. But don’t let the repetition numb you. Shit’s not supposed to be this fucked up, and if we start forgetting that, we’re already halfway to calling it Tuesday.

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Alison Parker's avatar

The same late night hosts made endless fun of Biden. Never saw Biden throw a fit or try to get them fired. Because he wasn't a pussy ass bitch baby.

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Itsy Bitsy Spider's avatar

And he respects the American Constitution. AND actually worked for the American people. How many Red States are benefiting from the Infrastructure Bill? Huh? Did you idiots ever think of thanking him AND the Dems for passing it? No, you would rather police someone’s underpants than ever recognize actual “good works”.

WHERE IS YOUR CRITICAL THINKING, RED STATES??

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Norma's avatar

I saw a piece showing that tRump is falsely taking credit for infrastructure projects using signs bearing his name 🤨

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Wendymae's avatar

Yep, just like all the congress people taking credit for what they voted against.

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Itsy Bitsy Spider's avatar

I saw that, too. Couldn’t see THAT coming! What a first rate ganiff schmuck.

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Pam Humphrey's avatar

Texas’s facist politicos dumped ours in the Gulf of Mexico.

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Pam Humphrey's avatar

Oops! I mean Gulf of America.

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markwilson67's avatar

We need someone with comedic elan (hint hint Jeff?) to create a web site to mercilessly mock Brenda (sic) (sick?) Carr. I dunno, put him in dresses, dildo(s) up his butt, holding Trump's penis with tweezers, etc. Just fucking mercilessly mock the everloving fuck outta him. The next phase would be add the usual cast of characters - JD, Narco Rubio, Pete the Pint (new cartoon character?) - MAGA is a target rich environment. And yeah, we would need to fundraise a shitton of money for a legal warchest. And dickslap them silly. This fucking media conglomerate consolidation shit is gonna fuck us all. Fuck 'em. Fuck 'em long and hard.

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Claudia Montague Wheatley's avatar

My favorite part of that presser was when Trump said the four women who spoke truth to his face in a DC restaurant were "a threat" and should be jailed.

He was surrounded by thugs—I mean, Secret Service agents with thick necks—half his cabinet and applauding diners. But yeah—he felt threatened.

Which makes him a whiny-ass baby COWARD.

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Wendymae's avatar

Just wait until he's back in FL where there are "stand your ground" laws and he'll have his goons just shoot everyone who doesn't like him. I mean, getting hit with some popcorn is deemed life threatening here. And just the other day courts ruled that cops can use stand your ground when they kill innocent bystanders. When they say nothing is off the table they really mean it.

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Mary Sundberg's avatar

Thank you for allowing me to laugh. A great one today !!

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