Not only is he out of touch with reality when it comes to the economy, health care and every other part of American life that’s burning inside a dumpster right now. He’s so clinically delusional, he’s divorced from reality. Period.
That's MY worry too - but I doubt anyone could really carry it off 'quite' as realistically. The magat fuckwits would begin noticing that: 'ooh, doesn't he look so good today' or 'I've noticed his tan isn't so dark today' or some such. They would never be able to duplicate the rat's nest on his head OR the gap he leaves between his spray-'tan' and his actual hair (what's left of it) OR get his spew down as accurately. Putting ALL of that together would be a herculean effort UNLESS they did it all as AI with an end to LIVE press coverage and then sent out a 'body double' for walks to and from the copter. They could get away with it for a brief period of time when his brain goes completely fuckity-bye, and miller needs to buy some time, not longer. I just watched a video about miller spewing with jesse watters on fox (ugh, ugh, ugh) about how 'this is seditious' (the video released of our six lawmakers informing our military AND CIA not to follow ILLEGAL orders) but of course miller can't tell the difference. In what passes for his 'mind' the fuhrer's orders MUST BE OBEYED WITHOUT QUESTION. Gad, I think I despise that worm even more than I do frump - who's literally on his last legs.
The ballroom might turn out to be the greatest thing he’s ever built, provided he’s buried under the dance floor when he dies. Then open the ballroom to public access so Americans and foreign visitors can line up on Pennsylvania Avenue until the end to time, to realize their dream of dancing on his grave
He can't walk. Will they carry him to the podium on a golden palanquin with large black men in skimpy pants fanning him? Will he deliver his shit while sitting? Will we be able to discern the foley catheter, the exploding vein in his hand? I don't see this actually happening.
He can't walk. Yes. But to that not-so-sad fact we owe the emergence of your splendid imagery. I for one get my creativity going by any means available. It's called alchemy.
There's a scenebin Astérix and Cléopâtre(old French cartoon/; where Julius Caesar is Carrier on a conveyance pulled by hundred of slaves. Trump and the MAGATS would love it. No one would talk about anything else, for years. Look it up on YouTube. It's hilarious.
Plz plz come campaign again!! I'm in the mood for absolute crazeeeeee speeches. Actually, I'm not. I don't even listen to the verbal garbage coming out of his mouth now. BTW, they arrested the D.C. pipe bomber not too long ago. I'm sure crazy eyes Patel will take all the credit. A new person for lard ass to pardon.
According to NYT, there was a sort of behind-the-scenes tug o' war going on about solving the case. What if they just pulled some rando in so Ka$h could get a win?
Do they think Democrats went around to every supermarket, convince store, drug store and bodega and repriced everything so it looks like prices are higher, while scooping up the money from the price hikes to give to a pedophile ring in the basement of Comet Pizza, hence the Democrats “hoax”? Or are they flat out lying? I’ll go with the latter.
"Your're shackled, Jacob, tell me why." "I wear the chains I forged in life. I made them link-by-link and yard-by-yard." Someone read Marley's visit to Scrooge to Orange Jabba.
Let’s go all the way and send him with a one way ticket to Mogadishu , Somalia , with $20 in his pocket and a small suitcase with his trophies. See if he lasts 2 days.
Why oh why do we all have to suffer like this? He's lost his mind, and no one will tell him, the emperor has no clothes. (Ew. Theres a nasty thought.) I know this shit takes time, but come on. Constant grifting while people struggle. We need a major coronary and fast. And no, dont tell me "But JD Vance". Nobody likes him, he's a racist married to a woman of color (huh?) he's a half wit and cant even order a box of doughnuts.
Agree, she should dump him first. She is a smart lawyer, but a foolish woman. Years ago, there was a book called Smart Woman, Foolish Choices. She needs to read it.
I think she's got her reasons for being his brood mare, possibly even his beard. JD and Thiel go back a long way; maybe Usha has a financial agreement?
Sorry, meant Erika. Feel bad for Usha. An accomplished woman who is being made a fool of by our VP. But what did she ever see in him? He's just a douchebag. I'm sure he was one when he was criticizing Trump 10 years ago. I hope she kicks his hillbilly ass to the curb.
Exactly. There is no difference between sociopathic greedy males and sociopathic greedy females. There is WAY too much leeway given to ambitious selfish females in this immorality play.
That’s an interesting scenario, Arne. And you are quite correct in your assessment of the magats not ever wanting to see a brown woman close to the decision making process at the highest levels of Congress.
Nancy watched him like a hawk. She was likely the shadow president toward the end of his term. Nobody is minding tRump except to put some illegal EO in front of him to sign...
He wasn't so great before he lost his mind. Don't forget his voters watched him every week for 12 years play acting a successful business man on TV. No one seems to credit that as the secret to his success.
Read (if you can stomach it) Apprentice in Wonderland which outlines the making of the show. I absolutely attribute his takeover to that show. A complete fabrication that gullible Americans thought was a “reality show” but was anything but. The bumbling gasbag loser only looked like a business man thanks to retakes, editing, etc. Not in the book was a story that he would get frustrated reading his cue cards and shit himself requiring regular cleanups. I only ever saw a couple snippets and he just looked like a total asshole.
I agree with you. But there are greedy fascists propping him up. If they have to stuff him and have recording of his best lines playing on a loop they'll do it.
True, everyone hates Vance and his "colored" wife.
JD, who changes his name and religion like some people change their clothes, will be worse but easier to get rid of. Has anyone told him he's married to a Brown Woman? I am sure she would love to get the hell out of the mess she is in.
I am just as sure she likes it right where she is - great vacations several times a year, Mrs. Vice President, Immigrant Parents safely in America, 3 children. What is not to like!
There’s not a single person in his cabinet of kiss-ups who would dare even mention the 25th Amendment, much less take action. Maybe if he were in a physical coma but not for anything he says, does or orders other people to do.
“Shove it” is the only response foreign leaders—our longtime allies—have for this tribute band to John Wayne Gacy that purports to be his Cabinet. My angry is beyond measure.
If there's not a "Blue Wave" -all will be lost. Here's an excerpt from my latest (coming soon to a monitor or mobile device near you!) ...
Ask the Important Questions
Why don't I have enough money for a savings account?
Why don't I have healthcare?
Why isn't there decent and affordable housing?
As hard as I work, why do I have barely enough money for necessities?
Why do I get so little time for myself -to think about these questions?
Convicted felons might get time off their sentence for "good behavior". You might get two weeks per year vacation.
Over the last 45 years, non-executive pay flattened while productivity soared—and the entire difference was extracted by the wealthy one-percent through executive pay, stock buybacks, and investor dividends. Healthcare costs shifted to workers. Higher education costs shifted to families and students. Private equity devoured housing, doubled and tripled rents, and extracted profit to enrich executives and investors. None of this "created value" or made America great. It was simply a transfer of wealth from workers to the wealthy one-percent. And you won't hear about this on Fox "News".
News and Social Media controlled by Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Larry & David Ellison are never going to raise their hand and say "we're the problem". Instead, billionaire-consolidated media works to keep us all divided and directs our collective anger at immigrants, environmentalists, scientists, feminists, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, DEI programs, books, liberals, academics, and "Big Solar and Wind".
They know if we ask these questions (and research them as opposed to accepting a default answer from one of Rupert's minions or one of Musk's algorithms) the collective anger of a unified and indivisible 99% would not bode well for any billionaire.
Yes, but they have groomed Trump to be the smiley face of rich and not famous. For 12 years he pretended to be a smart businessman on a TV game show. Was that a gimmick to get the masses to accept him as their savior. These people play a long game. We need to realize that his voters live to watch TV.
Yes -the criminal elect is a dangerous mascot -and not enough people understand they count on the long game. The original "Project 2025" was written by Lewis Powell in 1971. Since then the wealth/power concentrating machine has been funded, evolved, and continued to grow with no real coherent and comprehensive countervailing effort other than "sign this petition and chip in $5".
A meaningful democracy (something we've yet to try in our post-citizens united representative plutocracy) based on an educated, informed, and engaged society would be a worthwhile pursuit!
Nailed it! Now the hard part—getting the mass public to understand that that’s what’s been happening and that it’s only going to get worse and that they have to do something about it….
Cartoons maybe?… maybe not too many words …and none with more than 4 letters.
Example: “King Don is bad for your cash. He lies.”
Dr. Demento is going to sink farther and farther into his own private ballroom, where the only sounds are his happy thoughts, like "shithole countries" and "Democrat scam". Meanwhile, back at reality, the rats are clawing each other to reach the exit.
As I recall, he had a radio show where he played interesting music. That was back during the radio days long ago. We used to drive to Mammoth Lakes every Friday and listened to lots of interesting things on the radio back then. Good times.
Seriously, Donnie’s only connection with “the people” was understanding that many white people were deeply racist. That’s why Trump focused on grievances, ultimately blamed on immigrants with brown or black skin.
Trump read his audience well. The Dems did not. Trump may be stupid, but he has the instincts of a feral animal. Who else has survived 79 years being as hateful, abusive and dishonest as he is?
Well, I mean they can always keep going to the well of sadopopulism. As long as they can keep saying that government spending allows Black people to survive on their dime, plenty of Americans will be more than happy to vote for this unreconstructed transnational racist criminal syndicate. Because every single economic outcome was warned about here but there was no clout in listening to that. You couldn't get clicks for that like you could about "Oh Joe Biden is old" or "Did Kamala Harris really work at McDonalds, and is she REALLY Black?"
I just find it strange so many Republicans are panicking, really. They have a rightwing media human centipede, and the Jake Tappers of the world are wearing full-on motorcycle helmets so that they can't see or hear what the moldering pricktator is doing. They're definitely ignoring that there's no cab in his elevator shaft.
The world order needs to change and a lot of countries need to move on from the United States. There's no way to trust this country anymore especially with the tendency of people to put into power legislative and economic terrorists like these.
Furthermore, many nations are going to have to re-evaluate whether their conservative-coded bigotries are going to be worth the loss of national sovereignty when dealing with the USA.
They're panicking because they know that once they're out of power, there's a chance for accountability.
Jamie Dimon has said that he has not contributed to the ballroom (nor have any other banks) because at some point, there will be a different DOJ in place. He's well aware that the contributions are a bribe. He's also well aware that neither Trump nor his reign will last forever and at some point, there will be demands for accountability. Trump is going to escape prison, thanks to the Roberts Court and probably the Grim Reaper, but no one else in his orbit will be able to shield themselves.
There's a lot of panic because they haven't secured the kind of power they need to fully make Stephen Miller (or whoever) a dictator while Trump is still alive. He's the necessary figurehead to get the rubes in line, but he's fading fast. Also, they're fucking up, but because they're so Very Online, they don't recognize just how badly they're coming across to normies. Tim Walz had them pegged: weird.
If the Democrats take Congress and the Presidency in 2028, they would have the opportunity to expand the court and eliminate the Roberts majority. It wouldn't take long to overturn Trump's immunity. It's probably wishful thinking to believe that they would actually take action, but it's definitely a possibility. Unfortunately, the clock is ticking on how long Trump will be physically and mentally in a position to be held responsible.
Hegseth, Noem, Bondi, and others are likely facing criminal charges. As an unelected presence in the administration, it might be harder to make a case against Miller, but he definitely should be spending the rest of his life in prison.
It doesn't matter that he's unelected. He's the one who's been running things while Trump plays with his ballroom.
He's the one who has actually been making decisions and issuing orders to deprive people of their rights. To deport people. To kill people and endanger their lives (seriously, have you watched the way these poorly-trained CPB and ICE agents pursue and take down people they're trying to get hold of? They're going to snap someone's neck one of these days because they've had so little training on how to properly subdue a subject. I've seen NYPD cops, which whatever else you think of them are a highly-trained force, work as a team to take down suspects without having to pull their pants down or scramble like they're chasing after a greased pig). Miller is also a high-level government official who's exceeding the constitutional authority of his role, so that's a problem. For him.
The big question is going to be whether the majorities are going to be veto-proof. And whether the Senate will ditch Schumer as a leader. I have a feeling Jeffries is going to draw a primary challenger.
The problem with prosecuting someone like Miller is that, despite the fact he's the one realistically responsible for much of what's going on, it's not his name on the orders. That complicates things legally. We'll have to see what happens, but I'm afraid holding him accountable for his actions is going to be trickier than with some of the other administration members.
Unless they run his daughter, Ivanka. They can prop her up as a kinder, softer Trump who has family values and being a woman cares about people. It would be all bullshit, but I could see them doing that.
MAGA doesn't like her. And there are far too many ambitious right-wingers who are more than willing to memory-hole Trump if it means they get a shot at power themselves once he's dead. Look how quickly Bush has been erased.
Also, her brand is poison right now; she's just trying to salvage her social standing among the rich and famous she pissed off by throwing her lot in with Daddy back in 2016.
I call it America Stupid. Each generation reads less, comprehends less, and thinks that American Democracy runs by itself, and that it will magically reappear. Sorry, it's time for them to wake the fuck up.
That sounds good, but you have to take into account the media, especially televisions. There are many MAGA who sit in front of the TV all day long. I went a doctor's surgery center with friend. I sat in a small waiting room. There were 2 fucking TVs on. I went to a auto body shop and again a TV blaring. I go to people's houses and all day the TVs are on. These viewers are brainwashed.
Americans can't stop spending money they don't have. Wait until this Christmas Hangover. More of them are out of work and using credit cards. Let's see how that feels. I am with you. Debt-free..
Donald Trump is only going to leave a trail of death and destruction. This is what he has done all of his miserable life and is what he is doing now at the end of it. The quack "doctors" are going to keep him ticking as long as they can but time is running out.
The Republican Party has put all their chips in his pocket and when he goes they will have no real leader. Too bad, so sad.
The GOP has 10 months to turn the SSTrumptanic around to focus on the economy and affordability instead of death and destruction, which will be their legacy. But the rats are finally starting to jump the sinking ship while Don the Demented Con yammers that affordability is a Democrat scam. Unbelievable that GOP women woke up to the fact that the GOP men are misogynistic assclowns. I guess they have turned into what they have railed against .... woke.
They will have him stuffed and set in front of a TV camera or perhaps have an AI Trump giving bullshit speeches even after he's gone. They wont give up power easily.
I am kinda liking to see Repubs railing against lil’ Moses Mike, the piece of shit conduit to Trump. It’s like they are being unleashed from the shock collars they’ve been wearing.
I kinda wish you’d written a bit more; those Captains of Industry surrounding him as he spewed that vile racist invective at tens of thousands of Americans, offending millions and millions in this country, hundreds of millions around the world… how come NONE of those motherfuckers who have shareholders and boards to answer to, how come NOT ONE cried out in anger?
Because the power/money in this country right now is held by people who agree with him or just don't care because they're wealthy and white? How much apathy is there in corporate America for issues surrounding minorities? They may not say racial comments nor physical harm them, but their silence and lack of interest about these issues speaks volumes. Wealth isolates you from much of the socioeconomic unpleasantness of life. They just don't care.
His team is going to need wheelchair accessible ramps if he wants to go anywhere in the very near future. Did he repeal Americans with Disabilities Act yet?
I think the ADA would be part of their war on DEI. I have a hazy recollection of the late CK ranting against the use of sign language earlier this year.
It's mean-spirited. How is a person signing infringing on others' ability to listen? There also seems to be this belief that disabilities are all congenital, as if we're all not an accident or an illness away from developing a disability.
"Republicans think they can solve this shit by getting Dear Leader back out on the campaign trail."
HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA HA
I know, right?
It's interesting that when Republicans *try* to be funny, they never are, but when they're NOT trying, they're often fucking hilarious.
They have no sense of humor because most of them are stupid.
Not only is he out of touch with reality when it comes to the economy, health care and every other part of American life that’s burning inside a dumpster right now. He’s so clinically delusional, he’s divorced from reality. Period.
Spot-on! They have neither a sense-of-humor nor irony.
They could always get a body double out there who can "play" Trump only more coherently.
They could get James Austin Johnson from SNL.
I was thinking SNL too!
but WE would recognize him - which would be hilarious.
His BFF Putin does the body-double thing!
HE probably has a half dozen of them - all to 'take the bullet'.
That's MY worry too - but I doubt anyone could really carry it off 'quite' as realistically. The magat fuckwits would begin noticing that: 'ooh, doesn't he look so good today' or 'I've noticed his tan isn't so dark today' or some such. They would never be able to duplicate the rat's nest on his head OR the gap he leaves between his spray-'tan' and his actual hair (what's left of it) OR get his spew down as accurately. Putting ALL of that together would be a herculean effort UNLESS they did it all as AI with an end to LIVE press coverage and then sent out a 'body double' for walks to and from the copter. They could get away with it for a brief period of time when his brain goes completely fuckity-bye, and miller needs to buy some time, not longer. I just watched a video about miller spewing with jesse watters on fox (ugh, ugh, ugh) about how 'this is seditious' (the video released of our six lawmakers informing our military AND CIA not to follow ILLEGAL orders) but of course miller can't tell the difference. In what passes for his 'mind' the fuhrer's orders MUST BE OBEYED WITHOUT QUESTION. Gad, I think I despise that worm even more than I do frump - who's literally on his last legs.
Miller is in control. He's probably always whispering in his ear.
The ballroom might turn out to be the greatest thing he’s ever built, provided he’s buried under the dance floor when he dies. Then open the ballroom to public access so Americans and foreign visitors can line up on Pennsylvania Avenue until the end to time, to realize their dream of dancing on his grave
To quote Wayne of Wayne’s World, “Yah, and pigs will fly out of my butt.”
I thought it was monkeys?
He can't walk. Will they carry him to the podium on a golden palanquin with large black men in skimpy pants fanning him? Will he deliver his shit while sitting? Will we be able to discern the foley catheter, the exploding vein in his hand? I don't see this actually happening.
He can't walk. Yes. But to that not-so-sad fact we owe the emergence of your splendid imagery. I for one get my creativity going by any means available. It's called alchemy.
There's a scenebin Astérix and Cléopâtre(old French cartoon/; where Julius Caesar is Carrier on a conveyance pulled by hundred of slaves. Trump and the MAGATS would love it. No one would talk about anything else, for years. Look it up on YouTube. It's hilarious.
Can't wait for the State of the Union address.
Interesting. Wonder if it'll actually happen?
Plz plz come campaign again!! I'm in the mood for absolute crazeeeeee speeches. Actually, I'm not. I don't even listen to the verbal garbage coming out of his mouth now. BTW, they arrested the D.C. pipe bomber not too long ago. I'm sure crazy eyes Patel will take all the credit. A new person for lard ass to pardon.
They did? How did I miss that? And it wasn't MTG? Jeff are you heartbroken?
According to NYT, there was a sort of behind-the-scenes tug o' war going on about solving the case. What if they just pulled some rando in so Ka$h could get a win?
The Economy's New Clothes
They know he lies more convincingly on the campaign trail. MAGA – Mooks are Gullible Americans 🙏🏾
Please, please, PRETTY PLEASE, get him out on the campaign trail!
I know, right?
You're 136 "HA"s short from yesterday's laughter.
Do they think Democrats went around to every supermarket, convince store, drug store and bodega and repriced everything so it looks like prices are higher, while scooping up the money from the price hikes to give to a pedophile ring in the basement of Comet Pizza, hence the Democrats “hoax”? Or are they flat out lying? I’ll go with the latter.
I want Donny shackled after the midterms both physically and metaphorically.
Also the monster Stephen Miller and the filth Corey Landowski and their devil spawn "ICE"
"Your're shackled, Jacob, tell me why." "I wear the chains I forged in life. I made them link-by-link and yard-by-yard." Someone read Marley's visit to Scrooge to Orange Jabba.
He wouldn’t listen, his name isn’t in the story.
That is an excellent point. AND he'd claim the ending was FAKE NEWS. Ghost of Christmas Yet-to-Come would pardon Scrooge.
Like Superman and the Phantom Zone?
Lol, while that would be awesome, I was thinking he’d “govern” wearing handcuffs 24/7 for the rest of his term.
Yes, I really like "shackled"‼️
Kay-El - why stop at shackles?
Let’s go all the way and send him with a one way ticket to Mogadishu , Somalia , with $20 in his pocket and a small suitcase with his trophies. See if he lasts 2 days.
I’m with you!!!
Why oh why do we all have to suffer like this? He's lost his mind, and no one will tell him, the emperor has no clothes. (Ew. Theres a nasty thought.) I know this shit takes time, but come on. Constant grifting while people struggle. We need a major coronary and fast. And no, dont tell me "But JD Vance". Nobody likes him, he's a racist married to a woman of color (huh?) he's a half wit and cant even order a box of doughnuts.
I hate it here. 🙄
I think he will soon dump his brown wife in favor of Erica Kirk or another white, blond woman. Magats don't want to see a brown woman. Ever.
Erika Kirk is what happens when a red-pill dude-bro podcast comment section becomes sentient and takes human form.
Agree, she should dump him first. She is a smart lawyer, but a foolish woman. Years ago, there was a book called Smart Woman, Foolish Choices. She needs to read it.
I think she's got her reasons for being his brood mare, possibly even his beard. JD and Thiel go back a long way; maybe Usha has a financial agreement?
She's a disgusting piece of work.
I don't know if you mean Usha or Erika but I concur either way.
Sorry, meant Erika. Feel bad for Usha. An accomplished woman who is being made a fool of by our VP. But what did she ever see in him? He's just a douchebag. I'm sure he was one when he was criticizing Trump 10 years ago. I hope she kicks his hillbilly ass to the curb.
I'm sure she is just as conniving as he is.
Exactly. There is no difference between sociopathic greedy males and sociopathic greedy females. There is WAY too much leeway given to ambitious selfish females in this immorality play.
I hope she has an excellent lawyer, Usha.
She is lawyer, isn't ahe?
Me Too!!!!
She's just a douchebaguette, don't feel sorry for her.
I wonder if Trump has ever shaken her hand?
It seems a good bet she's already got a jd bun in the oven.
That’s an interesting scenario, Arne. And you are quite correct in your assessment of the magats not ever wanting to see a brown woman close to the decision making process at the highest levels of Congress.
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Reagan was senile during his second term. Trump may very well be worse.
Nancy watched him like a hawk. She was likely the shadow president toward the end of his term. Nobody is minding tRump except to put some illegal EO in front of him to sign...
Absolutely. That's how all those felons are getting pardoned. And paying through the nose.
I totally agree. I mean… Trump is definitely suffering from dementia
And he has no Nancy to help and guide him. His Nancy hates his guts and is hoping that he will die soon.
Melania would say: “I no like heeem… YOU take care of heeem!”
He wasn't so great before he lost his mind. Don't forget his voters watched him every week for 12 years play acting a successful business man on TV. No one seems to credit that as the secret to his success.
Read (if you can stomach it) Apprentice in Wonderland which outlines the making of the show. I absolutely attribute his takeover to that show. A complete fabrication that gullible Americans thought was a “reality show” but was anything but. The bumbling gasbag loser only looked like a business man thanks to retakes, editing, etc. Not in the book was a story that he would get frustrated reading his cue cards and shit himself requiring regular cleanups. I only ever saw a couple snippets and he just looked like a total asshole.
I agree with you. But there are greedy fascists propping him up. If they have to stuff him and have recording of his best lines playing on a loop they'll do it.
True, everyone hates Vance and his "colored" wife.
JD, who changes his name and religion like some people change their clothes, will be worse but easier to get rid of. Has anyone told him he's married to a Brown Woman? I am sure she would love to get the hell out of the mess she is in.
Changed his sexuality, too, he was apparently "gay" at one time.
Hence the eyeliner. Usha needs to dump him . I feel sorry for her. Who the fuck knows what she saw in him
Money. Power.
I am just as sure she likes it right where she is - great vacations several times a year, Mrs. Vice President, Immigrant Parents safely in America, 3 children. What is not to like!
Usha clerked for John Roberts in the Supreme Court, so she's likely as conservative as her husband is.
I'm a great believer in facing problems one at a time.
There’s not a single person in his cabinet of kiss-ups who would dare even mention the 25th Amendment, much less take action. Maybe if he were in a physical coma but not for anything he says, does or orders other people to do.
I know you're right. They're all despicable.
You and me both, Susan.
“Shove it” is the only response foreign leaders—our longtime allies—have for this tribute band to John Wayne Gacy that purports to be his Cabinet. My angry is beyond measure.
That’s all you can say when he says “try and stop me”.
Thank you Jeff!
If there's not a "Blue Wave" -all will be lost. Here's an excerpt from my latest (coming soon to a monitor or mobile device near you!) ...
Ask the Important Questions
Why don't I have enough money for a savings account?
Why don't I have healthcare?
Why isn't there decent and affordable housing?
As hard as I work, why do I have barely enough money for necessities?
Why do I get so little time for myself -to think about these questions?
Convicted felons might get time off their sentence for "good behavior". You might get two weeks per year vacation.
Over the last 45 years, non-executive pay flattened while productivity soared—and the entire difference was extracted by the wealthy one-percent through executive pay, stock buybacks, and investor dividends. Healthcare costs shifted to workers. Higher education costs shifted to families and students. Private equity devoured housing, doubled and tripled rents, and extracted profit to enrich executives and investors. None of this "created value" or made America great. It was simply a transfer of wealth from workers to the wealthy one-percent. And you won't hear about this on Fox "News".
News and Social Media controlled by Rupert Murdoch, Elon Musk, Mark Zuckerberg, Jeff Bezos, Larry & David Ellison are never going to raise their hand and say "we're the problem". Instead, billionaire-consolidated media works to keep us all divided and directs our collective anger at immigrants, environmentalists, scientists, feminists, people of color, the LGBTQ+ community, DEI programs, books, liberals, academics, and "Big Solar and Wind".
They know if we ask these questions (and research them as opposed to accepting a default answer from one of Rupert's minions or one of Musk's algorithms) the collective anger of a unified and indivisible 99% would not bode well for any billionaire.
Yes, but they have groomed Trump to be the smiley face of rich and not famous. For 12 years he pretended to be a smart businessman on a TV game show. Was that a gimmick to get the masses to accept him as their savior. These people play a long game. We need to realize that his voters live to watch TV.
Yes -the criminal elect is a dangerous mascot -and not enough people understand they count on the long game. The original "Project 2025" was written by Lewis Powell in 1971. Since then the wealth/power concentrating machine has been funded, evolved, and continued to grow with no real coherent and comprehensive countervailing effort other than "sign this petition and chip in $5".
And just like that -my latest on how GOP-led wealth concentrating economics broke representative democracy and why a petition or two won’t fix this.
is now available at: https://open.substack.com/pub/bomdia/p/democracy-is-broken
Except that rump is no longer up to the long game, and his boot lickers know it. As a result, they are smashing and grabbing everything they can get.
democracy is a delusion, a magic disappearing trick
all talk little walk
the only guarantee democracy provides is 'WE' get to vote/hopefully choose who is gonna FUK US today!
A meaningful democracy (something we've yet to try in our post-citizens united representative plutocracy) based on an educated, informed, and engaged society would be a worthwhile pursuit!
George Carlin had all of these deviant assholes figured out 50 years ago. Instead of taking him seriously, we dumbasses just laughed.
Nailed it! Now the hard part—getting the mass public to understand that that’s what’s been happening and that it’s only going to get worse and that they have to do something about it….
Cartoons maybe?… maybe not too many words …and none with more than 4 letters.
Example: “King Don is bad for your cash. He lies.”
Play that on a loop till the midterms arrive.
It’s worth a shot
Thanks Frank -I like it!
A self-hating dude named Steve Miller
Who fancies himself quite a killer
"Report them, Deport them
Distort them, Extort them"
He's boring, let's find some new filler!
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Thank you!
Ahahahahahhahahaha!!! Very well done!!! 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Thank you!!
Frosty- that’s 3 days in a row! You must be exhausted! Take the weekend off a play around of golf with Donny Dachau!
Oh, dear, big bad Donny isn’t playing anymore because he can’t even walk…
Dave --
It has been an arduous ordeal for sure. Your enthusiasm keeps me going! And Donny Dachau? Brilliant!
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Dr. Demento is going to sink farther and farther into his own private ballroom, where the only sounds are his happy thoughts, like "shithole countries" and "Democrat scam". Meanwhile, back at reality, the rats are clawing each other to reach the exit.
I fondly remember the original Dr. Demento.
Vague recollection. I think he was more of a guy thing.
As I recall, he had a radio show where he played interesting music. That was back during the radio days long ago. We used to drive to Mammoth Lakes every Friday and listened to lots of interesting things on the radio back then. Good times.
1970’s—novelty songs—Sunday evening dorm rooms UCLA—Frank Zappa: “Don’t eat the yellow snow where the Huskies go.”
Good times, right?
Well, those Sunday evenings were. Sure didn’t see these times coming.
I listened to Dr Demento, he had an odd way of speaking in a high pitched voice.Played a variety of quirky songs.
I LOVED The Fire Sign Theater too.
Let’s bar the exits and deny them food and drink and see how long they last.
Seriously, Donnie’s only connection with “the people” was understanding that many white people were deeply racist. That’s why Trump focused on grievances, ultimately blamed on immigrants with brown or black skin.
Trump read his audience well. The Dems did not. Trump may be stupid, but he has the instincts of a feral animal. Who else has survived 79 years being as hateful, abusive and dishonest as he is?
Daddy’s money helped A LOT. Without it, he’d have been in juvie, not military academy.
Without his daddy’s money he’d be a homeless bum walking around Central Park
We don't have people in our party to play on his low level....
Our biggest mistake is being cowed into being nice.
Because he is racist and his father was racist.
Well, I mean they can always keep going to the well of sadopopulism. As long as they can keep saying that government spending allows Black people to survive on their dime, plenty of Americans will be more than happy to vote for this unreconstructed transnational racist criminal syndicate. Because every single economic outcome was warned about here but there was no clout in listening to that. You couldn't get clicks for that like you could about "Oh Joe Biden is old" or "Did Kamala Harris really work at McDonalds, and is she REALLY Black?"
I just find it strange so many Republicans are panicking, really. They have a rightwing media human centipede, and the Jake Tappers of the world are wearing full-on motorcycle helmets so that they can't see or hear what the moldering pricktator is doing. They're definitely ignoring that there's no cab in his elevator shaft.
The world order needs to change and a lot of countries need to move on from the United States. There's no way to trust this country anymore especially with the tendency of people to put into power legislative and economic terrorists like these.
Furthermore, many nations are going to have to re-evaluate whether their conservative-coded bigotries are going to be worth the loss of national sovereignty when dealing with the USA.
They're panicking because they know that once they're out of power, there's a chance for accountability.
Jamie Dimon has said that he has not contributed to the ballroom (nor have any other banks) because at some point, there will be a different DOJ in place. He's well aware that the contributions are a bribe. He's also well aware that neither Trump nor his reign will last forever and at some point, there will be demands for accountability. Trump is going to escape prison, thanks to the Roberts Court and probably the Grim Reaper, but no one else in his orbit will be able to shield themselves.
There's a lot of panic because they haven't secured the kind of power they need to fully make Stephen Miller (or whoever) a dictator while Trump is still alive. He's the necessary figurehead to get the rubes in line, but he's fading fast. Also, they're fucking up, but because they're so Very Online, they don't recognize just how badly they're coming across to normies. Tim Walz had them pegged: weird.
Tim Walz is so darn normal. We've forgotten what normal looks like.
That is so true. They seriously convinced themselves that the entire country is maga.
If the Democrats take Congress and the Presidency in 2028, they would have the opportunity to expand the court and eliminate the Roberts majority. It wouldn't take long to overturn Trump's immunity. It's probably wishful thinking to believe that they would actually take action, but it's definitely a possibility. Unfortunately, the clock is ticking on how long Trump will be physically and mentally in a position to be held responsible.
Hegseth, Noem, Bondi, and others are likely facing criminal charges. As an unelected presence in the administration, it might be harder to make a case against Miller, but he definitely should be spending the rest of his life in prison.
Well, Miller can always be deported to a “shithole” country.
He's a round turd in a square hole.
It doesn't matter that he's unelected. He's the one who's been running things while Trump plays with his ballroom.
He's the one who has actually been making decisions and issuing orders to deprive people of their rights. To deport people. To kill people and endanger their lives (seriously, have you watched the way these poorly-trained CPB and ICE agents pursue and take down people they're trying to get hold of? They're going to snap someone's neck one of these days because they've had so little training on how to properly subdue a subject. I've seen NYPD cops, which whatever else you think of them are a highly-trained force, work as a team to take down suspects without having to pull their pants down or scramble like they're chasing after a greased pig). Miller is also a high-level government official who's exceeding the constitutional authority of his role, so that's a problem. For him.
The big question is going to be whether the majorities are going to be veto-proof. And whether the Senate will ditch Schumer as a leader. I have a feeling Jeffries is going to draw a primary challenger.
The problem with prosecuting someone like Miller is that, despite the fact he's the one realistically responsible for much of what's going on, it's not his name on the orders. That complicates things legally. We'll have to see what happens, but I'm afraid holding him accountable for his actions is going to be trickier than with some of the other administration members.
Unless they run his daughter, Ivanka. They can prop her up as a kinder, softer Trump who has family values and being a woman cares about people. It would be all bullshit, but I could see them doing that.
She's hiding in embarrassment, & should stay hidden.
MAGA doesn't like her. And there are far too many ambitious right-wingers who are more than willing to memory-hole Trump if it means they get a shot at power themselves once he's dead. Look how quickly Bush has been erased.
Also, her brand is poison right now; she's just trying to salvage her social standing among the rich and famous she pissed off by throwing her lot in with Daddy back in 2016.
I don’t think she wants all the political bullshit it entails.
I call it America Stupid. Each generation reads less, comprehends less, and thinks that American Democracy runs by itself, and that it will magically reappear. Sorry, it's time for them to wake the fuck up.
Exactly- the Internet generation is going to wake up and go “Oh shit, we are so screwed”.
the people DO HAVE THE POWER but don't carry thru
want to end all this shit? SHUT THE COUNTRY DOWN! PERIOD! KEEP IT CLOSED UNTIL DEMANDS ARE MET!
but that will never happen ... americans OWE TOO MUCH $$$$!
doesn't matter the cause or possible rewards as there will be millions to cross the line for a fukin penny!
YES i am debt free, have been for more than 40 years. how do i do it? i don't buy when i don't have the benjamins ... period.
THINK LECH WALESA ... just sayin
WE LIVE IN A FUKIN CRUEL AND EVIL WORLD
if it's not worth your life then why pretend you care?
That sounds good, but you have to take into account the media, especially televisions. There are many MAGA who sit in front of the TV all day long. I went a doctor's surgery center with friend. I sat in a small waiting room. There were 2 fucking TVs on. I went to a auto body shop and again a TV blaring. I go to people's houses and all day the TVs are on. These viewers are brainwashed.
borgs said 'you will be assimilated. resistance is futile' https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w8KY0vxI8kA
Americans can't stop spending money they don't have. Wait until this Christmas Hangover. More of them are out of work and using credit cards. Let's see how that feels. I am with you. Debt-free..
“drooling halfwit serenely convinced of his own brilliance” belongs in the Rock-n-Roll Hall of Fame!
Donald Trump is only going to leave a trail of death and destruction. This is what he has done all of his miserable life and is what he is doing now at the end of it. The quack "doctors" are going to keep him ticking as long as they can but time is running out.
The Republican Party has put all their chips in his pocket and when he goes they will have no real leader. Too bad, so sad.
The GOP has 10 months to turn the SSTrumptanic around to focus on the economy and affordability instead of death and destruction, which will be their legacy. But the rats are finally starting to jump the sinking ship while Don the Demented Con yammers that affordability is a Democrat scam. Unbelievable that GOP women woke up to the fact that the GOP men are misogynistic assclowns. I guess they have turned into what they have railed against .... woke.
Dozy donOLD, is the Anti Woke Presidunce.
Trump needs his own Dr. Nick to expedite his trip to the Great Beyond. Roy Cohn and Ivana are waiting and they ain't happy.
A Dr. Kevorkian type ?
They will have him stuffed and set in front of a TV camera or perhaps have an AI Trump giving bullshit speeches even after he's gone. They wont give up power easily.
I honestly wouldn't put it past them. Half his idiot posts are by confederates anyway.
I am kinda liking to see Repubs railing against lil’ Moses Mike, the piece of shit conduit to Trump. It’s like they are being unleashed from the shock collars they’ve been wearing.
I needed a laugh this morning Jeff. Thank you for donnie trying to navigate climbing into the garbage truck 🤣🤣🤣
That gave me hope. Jeff should alternate that with the nut-crusher video.
Hear hear!!!
Fuckwit and his Band of Fluffers, Goons, Thugs, Liars, Incompetents and Nazis.
I kinda wish you’d written a bit more; those Captains of Industry surrounding him as he spewed that vile racist invective at tens of thousands of Americans, offending millions and millions in this country, hundreds of millions around the world… how come NONE of those motherfuckers who have shareholders and boards to answer to, how come NOT ONE cried out in anger?
Because the power/money in this country right now is held by people who agree with him or just don't care because they're wealthy and white? How much apathy is there in corporate America for issues surrounding minorities? They may not say racial comments nor physical harm them, but their silence and lack of interest about these issues speaks volumes. Wealth isolates you from much of the socioeconomic unpleasantness of life. They just don't care.
Maybe WOKE stands for Whites Only Keep Everything.
Well said and accurate Deborah!
His team is going to need wheelchair accessible ramps if he wants to go anywhere in the very near future. Did he repeal Americans with Disabilities Act yet?
I think the ADA would be part of their war on DEI. I have a hazy recollection of the late CK ranting against the use of sign language earlier this year.
Wow, that’s extreme. Is sign language that expensive? Every man for himself, I guess, as Jesus famously did not say.
It's mean-spirited. How is a person signing infringing on others' ability to listen? There also seems to be this belief that disabilities are all congenital, as if we're all not an accident or an illness away from developing a disability.