one of these days I'm going to have to pull a Heather Cox Richardson and do a post that's just a photo of the lake I live near, just to clear my head. it's getting harder and harder to find the humor in any of this shit
Apparently Megan Cassella, CNBC’s reporter, told Trump, “you are President, not God”, and when he told her to never say that again, she replied, “Mr President, I ask questions, not permission.”
IF that is reported correctly, she could be on the short list for the Tiedrich Pulitzer!
Following extensive research (i.e. a minute on whatever my default search engine is), there is no evidence that the exchange actually took place. Sad. But maybe it will inspire someone to actually do it.
I agree. It is hard to relate to “reality” anymore. In fact, it’s hard to want to. My husband won’t even talk to me about it ever. I have to admit I am sitting in a beautiful setting in a small community, although I expect ICE to show up any day because, after all, I live in southern AZ in what was part of Mexico before the Gadsden Purchase. Of course there are Mexicans here!
My husband refuses to talk "politics"--I say it's about HUMANITY and silence is not an option. ICE is already here in South Florida, kidnapping immigrants and I've read that protestors are next.
EVERYONE is 'next'! He can't keep ignoring it - they are attacking anyone they choose. Yesterday Adelina Grijalva, the BRAND NEW elected Democratic Congresswoman (the one Mikey Johnson refused to call the House back into session to swear in) was pepper-sprayed close up and IN HER FACE by Ice - and they knew exactly who she was! Told her it didn't matter IF she was in Congress, she was 'interfering' with their work. (She wasn't).
One of the stories I was so caught up with in the night was the disappearance of 2 teenage boys FROM Arizona. Their Aunt was desperate to find them. She posted their photos and the car they were last seen driving with some other facts. they'd been missing 6 days by the time I saw the post with most people reposting and commiserating and of course the handful of ROTTEN magats with their vile comments that there's NO WAY it could be ice 'because they don't touch citizens' blah blah. Those of us who know better hastened to explain how and why THAT is not reality - and on that went.
Never saw the movie but I read the book. IIRC, both kids die. (Ooops. Should I have given a spoiler alert?) So it's looking exactly like Sophie's Choice.
These psychopathic ghouls have been completely programmed now to actually believe that these people are vermin and a toxin to our "culture" and therefore not human beings. It's only going to get more vile, more violent, and there's nothing we can do about it right now, which is the most despicable piece of this ongoing nightmare.
I’m expecting a few ICE agents getting their asses handed to them by an angry mob, possibly killed, then Trump will get his wish granted to impose lockdown in this country Lisa!
Believe they are indeed ramping it up - maybe because they can feel the walls closing in...?
It's always been at breakneck speed, but it does feel like it's ramping up lately. Getting even worse. The Coppertone Caligula is dying, and repugs may lose the House, and possibly the Senate after the midterms - assuming we will have free & fair elections by then.
Yeah. Totally stole it - thinking it was from someone's comment on a Blue Sky post. Tend to use several of Jeff's great nicknames a lot too - especially Nosferatu McGoebbels and JD McCouckfuck, 2 of his very best. "Coppertone Caligula" is very recent.
Feels like Marc Elias is fighting that battle all on his own, but surely there are many others...
I have 3 paid subscriptions - this, Thom Hartmann's, and Marc Elias' Democracy Docket. The very least I can do.
This fake "war' with Venezuela, or good ole civil unrest, may lead to excuses to declare Martial Law, or something similar to deny elections altogether. It is a big assumption, indeed.
Trump went after Venezuela in his first term. His billionaire buddies want their oil, now they want the rare earth minerals to feed Silicon Valley’s AI dream!
Thankfully, Marc has a whole team behind him, and while I don't know how many, I assume it's several. He's doing irreplaceable work and if I had any legal expertise (and weren't disabled) I'd def volunteer. I imagine that they could expand their work if they had the resources.
Once again I have to ask, WHERE ARE THE "GOOD" BILLIONAIRES? Because they don't seem to be supporting the democratic causes. No major media, no huge legal firms, nothing that overtly throws in with our attempts to keep our country together, and on the mission our ancestors created.
Well, if We The People want democracy, I guess we'll have to build it forcibly, around the bones that are left when the Republikkkans are done.
They'd better not expect to be treated any more than fairly. We have to do THAT only because we'll become them if we don't.
Thankfully, Marc has a whole team behind him, and while I don't know how many, I assume it's several. He's doing irreplaceable work and if I had any legal expertise (and weren't disabled) I'd def volunteer. I imagine that they could expand their work if they had the resources.
Once again I have to ask, WHERE ARE THE "GOOD" BILLIONAIRES? Because they don't seem to be supporting the democratic causes. No major media, no huge legal firms, nothing that overtly throws in with our attempts to keep our country together, and on the mission our ancestors created.
Well, if We The People want democracy, I guess we'll have to build it forcibly, around the bones that are left when the Republikkkans are done.
They'd better not expect to be treated any more than fairly. We have to do THAT only because we'll become them if we don't.
We won’t have “free & fair” elections, we haven’t had them since at least 2016. Russia has been interfering in various ways, & in 2024 Elmo jumped in to join them with everything he had. We’ll have “show” elections, just like Russia does.
Read that one, nabbed at the airport on her way to visit her parents… shackled and sent to Honduras … we’re living in a police state, the guy on the bike has the right message!
I believe where she hadn't been since she was 7? She was interviewed by phone - and wiping away the tears - after finally being able to talk to her mother. Heartbreaking. I SO HOPE she has some extended family there who can help her out, or her parents can do 'something' for her, so far away. I always feel myself in the shoes of those being put through these hellish experiences and wonder how the hell I'd manage, today. I survived some awful crap back in the day but today's a whole different story.
I don't see how you do this 7 days a week. Sometimes I can't get through reading the entire post even though it's not really that long. I think I can speak for most of us that we will all understand if you need to take a leave of absence...For your own sanity. Take however long you need. It's too much, right now.
I had the same thought - that Jeff should NEVER feel he 'must' write for us every day. IF he needs to take days off here and there it might be far better for his mental and emotional health (an extended 'leave' will probably make him crazy, based on his past posts). But burnout IS a thing and he should NEVER feel he 'owes' it to us. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER! While 'I' look forward every single day to scrolling through the dreck to finding his name - then heaving a sigh of relief, that is NOT HIS BURDEN. We all willingly came on this ride and it IS fucking too much for one person to carry, despite how damn smart, funny and intelligent, to have to wade through the filth and rot of frump just for us. Seriously! How about this: Go to Instagram (even I have a cellphone today - Yay!) - there are links to so many good people (Aaron Parnas - yes he's Lev's son and a good 'un); Harry Sisson; Christinatalkst (I've mentioned her before); TizzyEnt; Liz Oren - and find ONE good topic on a day when it's just too, too much to write - and post THAT link for us all to check out - or not? I miss a lot of what goes on because there are only 24hrs in the day. So it would be a great help FOR those people AND give Jeff some breathing space?
In more civilized times, a Prez that made poor decisions along with a compliant Congress would convince the electorate that a change in Administration was required, and would happen at the appropriate 4 year mark. But thanks to a large body of total loonie toons, the nation is calling for Regime Change. Larger the change needed, the more pain everyone gets to endure. Thanks Repubs (for fucking nothing, assholes). Reflecting upon the last 5 Republican administrations, the call for a change in Administration has become more and more urgent to correct back from more and more insane, incompetent, greedy leadership. Don't be fooled by W.'s childlike demeanor, most of his "accomplishments" were truly diabolical. W's attack on public education is one of the reasons we elected a senile old buffoon not once, but twice. My anger and hatred of the republican party is confirmed by the national sentiment, tho the GQP's current dominance was aided & abetted by an incompetent/excessively-comfortable DNC. Oh, Ghost of Tip O'Neil, we need you. If we're ever to get back on track towards consistent competent leadership, the GQP must die. They've sold their souls to the uber-rich, and until we've eradicated this political disease, like athlete's foot, they'll be back. To fall back on cliche, Never Give Up, Never Surrender.
Me: THAT's ok, Jeff - others of us will take care of THAT shit on Instagram and other places where we can vent our spleen and ensure the magats who STILL defend the orange buffoon see every. single. one. of our rage-filled posts. I was literally up all last night focusing on some stories while a handful of them still called us 'demon-rats' and insisted we were lying (about ice removing brown and black young people). The one I wanted to send you came from TizzyEnt (Michael McWhorter I think his name is) - and he posted links to this government AGENCY including their openly talking about remigration - with the helpful explanations of what that is. It comes from Adolph's fans and is a movement to RETURN all black and brown people 'to the Country of their ancestry'. Just dwell on it for a second and the horror of it will hit you. Not undocumented people...not those who 'pverstay their visas' - ALL of those not 'white' (but some of those undesirable whites as well). They adhere to the idea that whites will be extinct so must 'do something - now', Sounds like much of that came from musk and his apartheid beliefs. I'm so beyond enraged and couldn't find even the tiniest smile or bit of humour and I'm fucking white (or pale blue as Billy Connolly calls us Scots)!
I hate to be a downer but I am in disbelief at what our world has become. And it gets worse every day; yesterday's SCOTUS decision about Texas was another blow. Decency and democracy just can't seem to win at any level.
Veronica, the silver lining on this is that it may very well and in all likelihood backfire as the redrawn districts assume the hispanic community will support Rs as they have in the past. Apparently they are sorely mistaken based on those in the district who know.
They may still vote for Trump's party. They believe if they act really conservative, they wont get picked up by ICE, because they aren't the bad immigrants. Sadly ICE only goes by skin color not voting record.
Yes you are correct.The reason for this murder by Hogsbreath and company on the high seas is because these boats are piloted and manned by brown and black folks imho.
There was a reason that Venezuelan woman, Maria Corina Machado, won the Nobel Peace Prize this year. She is the most pro-US of all the prominent anti-Maduro rebels- she is the one who favors US military intervention, was nominated by Little Marco and the Medicare scam artist Rick Scott, among others. I believe they are plotting to get her into the presidency of Venezuela. She will no doubt be the conduit to the oil wealth.
Back in the day (1840s, I think), Irish and Italians were considered non-white. All of us Irish and Italians are pretty grateful we're not "brown" anymore. What a crock. Of course, I did spend hours in the sun trying to GET brown.
I asked EXACTLY this question in that instagram post where the 'white' people were attacking the 'brown' people: were any of their grandparents Irish or Italian? Did THEY NOT KNOW that THEY were considered the lowest of the low except for slaves AND basically 'n' words? Not a one has responded --I suspect it's absolute 'nooz' to them. Their knowledge of history goes back to the 1990's - IF that.
I haven’t believed he truly won. At this point I think his opposition is massive and includes increasing numbers of his former supporters, unfortunately previously too cowed to speak up. The ones fleeing the party doing so in the hopes that Dems will win. Despite rigging. We have a lot to work against.
Among us are survivors of other brutal regimes, children of Holocaust survivors, relatives of those who were in the Resistance, supporters of Ukraine and others fighting for their freedom from brutal regimes. And much more. We have tremendous resolve, commitment and energy. We do our part by educating and confronting. I have to believe that there are those working to deal with this in secret as has happened in the past. In the meantime the free press exists here. You, the gifted writers and speakers are not being silenced here and your words are being shared. I know everything I share gets noticed and hopefully reposted. I will do all I can to throw wrenches in the works. If there’s more that we can do, I’m in. It could be getting uglier out there. We have to hope that the opposition will have its impact. And that McFartface drops dead. Seriously, most of them waiting in the wings are incompetent, unlikeable dweebs who are already making idiots of themselves. The few who aren’t are the ones to worry about. We will still be here when they are gone.
MOST still don't KNOW this! They need to be TOLD and to LEARN! - so getting out the word should be priority No. 1 in those communities. And the black residents aren't at ALL safe as citizens. He hates them even MORE (as does goebbels/miller the fucking whiny little racist prick). THOSE people all need to get up, get out and fucking VOTE.
They already said partisan redistricting was legal, now this week they have said that racial gerrymandering is OK to o & that those new maps can stand. I hate those corrupt 6 on the scotus.
I hope that is true. I was amazed how many Hispanic people in southern AZ were trumpanzees. I thought most Mexicans were devout real Christians (not Christian’s Nationalists).
Perhaps they were suckered into voting for Trump because he promised to bring down prices on Day One. How’d that work out for them and the other Repugnants?
one last night - HATED democrats, wished me to die - called me a child (lol), a traitor who deserves to die and on and on. CLEARLY a religious zealot Hispanic who refused to believe ANYTHING true and factual. Demanded proof of every tiny little statement. I might dig up some of it - but it IS exhausting. I doubt I could change THAT mind but might be worth trying. Am I up for it though?
The data tells us that fundamentalist Evangelicalism is growing among Hispanic Catholics. We can hope that the reality of what DT has done, as opposed to what they thought he would do, has put a damper on their enthusiasm to vote for him.
I didn't know THEY could do this? I've ALWAYS thought it should be 13! Back to what it used to be. 'they' claim 13 is too big - but it WAS before. They simply can't tolerate so many disparate opinions - can't control them all.
Enlarging it doesn’t do it for me. We need to blow it up and start over with our federal government. Nothing works. All three branches have been purchased by billionaires. We need a hard reboot.
I still believe we can make some major changes without blowing it all up. Nicole Wallace’s recent podcast interview with Heather Cox Richardson on YT or your podcast app is really good on the subject.
SCOTUS has to be reformed. They are in Rump’s pocket … it is just so obvious. They are not in line with what the majority of this country believes. Let’s start bugging our reps and senators to investigate SCOTUS. Many federal judges around the country are not happy about them either.
Never mind what the majority of the country believes--what makes this Extreme Court so loathsome (and terrifying) is that they are not in line with what the Constitution says. Or any other law--including precedents established by legitimate Supreme Courts.
Actually they’re in the pocket of the Heritage Foundation who came up with Project 2025. Trumps too stupid, he’s just their puppet and public face while they hide like cowards.
Do you think he can manage the kind of aim he did with the skateboard? Maybe just glue the granede to one and tell him theirs a tiny little drug running boat on it?
Yeah I can imagine how hard it is to write about this every day, when you’re expected to be funny. On a day when you can’t find the humor, just throw in a few more “fucks” and the GIF of Pete Kegstand hitting himself in the nuts, and we’ll be happy. But if it will save your sanity, a picture of the lake is also nice!
For Christians it's called the Last Judgment. When this guy meets the real Jesus, he will crumple like the phony he is. One reading of any Gospel will make it very clear what the real Jesus thinks of bullshit.
I live in the very belly of the beast - the 14th Congressional District of Georgia. If I hear one more person tell me to "have a blessed day," my head may explode just like that gif Jeff often uses, from the film 'Scanners.'
I grew up going to church every Sunday - a moderate denomination though, no fire and brimstone shouting, etc. I now work part time for the local Christian Science church, running their audio and video for the sanctuary and those attending online. I think I appreciate an excuse to recite the Lord's Prayer at least once a week. Getting old, and feel it's like an insurance policy, just in case. Really nice folks too. A major tenet of Christian Science in the "nothingness of evil." Kinda like that. But as my Father was a surgeon, just can't buy into the whole praying away injury or sickness. A cancer survivor too. I'm up to 6 medications every night.
Well, at least you and your faithful readers will not be on the mailing list for his atrocious card! We must be thankful for the small things for a while.
I often worry about your mental health, because you have to wade through all the shit to come up with the stuff that keeps us, your faithful readers and subscribers, sane. Remember, put on your own oxygen mask first!’
Jeff, you should practice what you preach: self care. If you and Mrs. Spouse decided to take a few days somewhere in nature where there is no wifi, your loyal readers would all be here waiting for you when you got back.
As the flight attendants tell us, put on your own oxygen mask first.
"secondly, what Donny just slapped his brand on is a pretty much empty building. "
Well that actually has good alignment with the state of his cranium, so this is one of the few properly aligned forced memes we're subjected to with the pricktator!
I felt similar deep revulsion at the naming of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, previously just National Airport. This tribute to a schmuck actor with a greasy Brylcream pompadour who fired over 11,000 striking air traffic controllers from the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO). So scabs were hired to replace seasoned professionals and this blow to the labor movement was celebrated by America's Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver as a "strong daddy" move.
He hates Newsome. I'm neutral on Newsome but he is a true political animal and may be able to right the wrongs if he is elected. Also, he is camera ready.
Love all that Newsome & his team are doing, the trolling, but having worked under Gavin for a period of time, am more than neutral, on the negative side. Two words refuse to leave my head: "French" & "Laundry." He would likely make a more than decent POTUS, but would prefer many before him.
Sure. During the early stages of Covid, Governor Newsom declared mandatory lockdown, telling everyone to stay home. He was photographed at the very expensive restaurant in Napa Valley, The French Laundry, yacking it up with and enjoying a night out with pals the very day he told everyone to stay home, indoors. A typical dinner for 2 there is easily over $500. I hear the food is indeed really good. Very bad form, and very bad optics. But not just that one incident, but many Californians feel he is arrogant, not an authentic person. I do applaud what he and his crew have been doing, the trolling and speaking truth to power. He's a very good politician, and obviously would be so much better than what we are suffering through with the current insanity. His inviting Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk onto his podcast, looking for whatever common ground there may be, didn't sit right with me. Especially Kirk, with whom there was nothing in common, for me anyway. Absolutely NOTHING. But it may have helped in some way, like getting young men to rethink all that racism and misogyny... Really? I'm a fan of Gov. Pritzker, and Pete Buttigeig. I know Bernie's getting older, and not a realistic candidate, but I sure like him. These men impress me as authentic, not at all slick. Gov. Newsom does have that almost perfect TV "look." Also LOVED Kamala as a candidate. Worked near her briefly when she was Cali AG. Authentic, and fierce. The media had a field day, exploiting any and everything. It literally made me sick. I honestly thought this country was finally ready for a woman, even a woman of color, and she actually performed well in some demographics that surprised even, but alas, too many many folks just will not let go of that hate, that racism, that misogyny.
I'm 68 now, and I doubt I'll ever see this country regain its sanity. Of course, Mamdani's win is indeed encouraging, but it's a big country, and chances are the media will clickbait any stumble, any small failure he'll encounter as Mayor of NYC. The billionaire class will spend fortunes to disparage and discredit him. Realize this pessimism is stark and depressing, but thinking it's realistic - or it could be I'm just having a bad day. The French Laundry - a very expensive restaurant in Napa.
Reagan's fey reaction to the AIDS epidemic and refusal for years to fund vaccine research set a precedent for Shitler's handling of COVID. Millions died in both instances. So yeah, fuck Reagan.
And they named one of our nuclear aircraft carriers after him. Some fucking rethuglican manipulations prolly did that. Triple the national debt, pour hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars straight into the pockets of defense contractors, many of which were for a pipe dream idea of the "Star Wars" orbiting death ray platforms that were not achievable in the 80s and are still not achievable 40 years later, and you too can have a major ship named after you by your ass kissing stooges.
didn't he raise the national debt by 8 trillion lat time around
he will most likely improve (?) his spending spree that will cost us more than we could imagine'
donnie johnboy is presenting himself as the GREATEST with all the trappings of an ugly national war copied from hitler's LET'S SHOW THOSE FUKS HOW MUCH WE CAN BE DIKS!
he will not be happy with only a doubled helping of THE WORST of MANKIND!
we probably haven't seen SHIT yet!
it is well past time for talking. TRUMP IS THE EVIL DEMOCRACY has ALLOWED!
OUR constitution was written in good faith that not only allows the constitution to be criticized and attacked but man words that welcomes such challenges!
FIRST AMENDMENT FREE SPEECH and right to BITCH at our GOVERNMENT also
2nd amendment right to bear arms!
with many additional guaranteed and protected CIVIL RIGHTS.
in the same breath it allows for the POTUS to DECLARE a NATIONAL EMERGENCY with an order for MARTIAL LAW that SUSPENDS every personal protection
with trump one should expect the very worst of mankind that FAR EXCEEDS the HORRORS of ADOLF HITLER!
Have a number of friends who filled those positions,although most have retired now.
Reagan should have been arrested and charged for Irangate if not for an even more filthy wastrel Bill Barr, who killed the investigation Sharon! Reagan’s influence on our republic is still being felt today!
The next administration had better remove his name from every fucking building and organization he has named after himself. The Kennedy Center needs to go back to just that. Every government building needs to remove his name. The rose garden has to be replanted. The tacky gold has to be taken out of the Oval Office. The east wing needs to be restored. And then, watch the MAGAts screech about how people are starving and this is what the Dems are wasting money on. Because they’re in a fucking cult and once he’s out of office, their memories will be wiped clean. But I don’t give a shit where the money comes from. Private citizens and corporations with a conscience can donate to this project. It MUST be done!
Yes! Did you see the Epstein living room photo-it has that same tacky gold crap in it like the felon has done in the Oval! Musta been where Donny got the idea!
That would be a strong possibility—except he claims never to have had the “privilege” of going to the Island. And I believe him, because you know he’d never lie to us.
Where are those Epstein files? Now that they have been ordered to be released, nothing is being talked about. Wasn't there already many emails with Trump's name through out? Clearly nothing is going to be revealed that hasn't already been made obvious. The grifters and elected officials he has in place to do his bidding don't care one bit.
They will never see the light of day. There are too many world leaders (mostly men) involved in the financial fuckery. The rape of children was just a sideline, sorry to say.
Lots of people are talking about them. The new photos of Epstein's island sanctum were just released this week. Sorry we can't focus on them 24/7 but a lot of other shit is going down.
That would be a nice cherry on top but he needs to be gone asap … walk of shame or not—by the time he’s acting so insane that even the GOP has to move get rid of him he won’t have a clue as to what is going on around him; and, besides that, he’s incapable of experiencing shame because of his insane ability to rewrite truth and reality—he’ll be doing that to his dying breath congratulating himself on saving the world … as he expires
Megalomaniac. That’s the word we’ve been looking for!
And the new gif is *chefs kiss.
I read the evangelical gang is excited that the felon will bring about the apocalypse and end times. Is there any way we can let them go and leave the rest of us the fuck alone? Hola all. 💙✌️
Stephan, they are no Nostradumbass, the anti-rapture will be simultaneous all of a sudden you will feel like your falling and yes all that racism and hatred remember? Satan does and he is collecting what’s due. Also this would be the ten thousandth time that prediction has failed, one might think it’s just one of the stupidest proclamations ever. But you will get 73 virgins to fluff you raw.
That's why they don't GAF about Nuttyyahoo demolishing Gaza and letting the orthodox cooks go apeshit in the West Bank. Need to make room for the "ingathering of the exiles", cuz ain't no CHRISTIAN nationalist country gonna tolerate Christ killers in their midst.
I wonder who's gonna be in charge of Operation Proseletyze the Shit Out of the Jews Until They Give In or GTFO. 🤔
Hegseth, wearing his best King Charlemagne costume. Anyone who doesn’t convert, can be put on a boat, which ex-Secretary Drunktank can blow out of the water. Why? Because when Charlemagne converted, he sent his legion out to convert or kill every Frank they found. He’s their king, after all.
Dear gods, Jeff...that White House Christmas Card...please tell me it isn't real--please, please, please!!! It makes me want to vomit.
Also, I have read several speculative comments in other Substacks that suggests that maybe Donny is getting infusions of either Kisunla or Leqembi both of which are drugs that slow the progress of Alzheimer's. Both Kisunla and Leqembi can cause some side effects such as mental confusion, ARIA, difficulty walking and a list of other reactions. Could explain a lot of things.
He's obviously very ill. Why doesn't he just f'n die? Melania is standing by in case he drops and she has to place a pillow over his face to secure her money.
Speaking of which. He’s not flying to FL today. Instead, he’s attending the Andrea Bocelli concert. This is 2 weekends out of 3 that he hasn’t gone to MAL.
& guess who’s accompanying him? Melania. She’s been around him pretty frequently lately. Guess she wants to be 1st in line for the money.
Since I'm on Reagan's case today, he lived for 10 years after his formal diagnosis of Alzheimer's, including 5 years after he left office (when Nancy and Nostradamus were running the country.) So let's speculate on the actual start date of Shitler's dementia.
I just watched a clip from MeidasTouch there is an idea an of experimental Alzheimer drug being administered to the orange colostomy bag via infusion. I suspect the rotting looking hand is because he has poor vascular access. The only good veins that could be found are on the top of the hand. Maybe his veins are deep or collapse real easily. Dehydration can also affect access. I think it's too little too late. What galls me is that us, the taxpayers are subsidizing his health care while he doesn't give a shit if the average citizens loses theirs. Has anyone noticed that his nose is getting some kind of growth on the end. Is it a basal cell carcinoma or melanoma from too many years playing golf without sunscreen?
And these are the folks who get apoplectic about saying "Happy Holidays". Can't WAIT to see Fox News trying to spin "Daddy's home" as a VERY Christ-like greeting. 🤪
Don’t you think it’s about time that the FCC forced them to put “Not” in between Fox and News? I know that cable and the internet don’t fall under the regulatory power of an independent FCC but don’t you think it’s time they did?
I know a lot of people will say no because “freedom of speech” but hasn’t the FCC been around for decades and hasn’t freedom of speech been doing ok? So why not let them also regulate cable and the internet? Ever since Fox “not” News and the internet have come into being full on lying and disinformation have run wild. Fox even admitted that the information they put out was for entertainment only so they couldn’t be sued for slander and disinformation. (They lost that argument by the way). They admitted that they weren’t a news program. The FCC should be able to order them to remove the word “news” from their title. The ONLY reason this hasn’t been done is because the republicans want to continue to spew lies and disinformation to get and stay in power. This must change.
I read about those drugs and my nurse brain believes 99% that this is what's going on. Would explain the frequent MRIs, the worsening rage attacks and the sleeping in the daytime like he has narcolepsy. Don't know why they keep infusing it in his right hand. No good veins in his left hand or antecubital veins (elbow)? Why not put a permacath in (like they use for chemo)?
The thing about antecubital is the infusions go on for more than an hour (that's without the rest period afterwards) and, unless he is asleep, would he be able to sit still? I agree about the frequent M
You can do short infusions using the A/C vein. Don't understand your comment. I know of no drugs that have to be only infused in the hand. And why always the right hand? This whole same hand bruising thing with him is weird.
Sorry, I see now that I didn’t make myself clear. When I worked with patients in the Alzheimer’s disease trials, we couldn’t use the A/C because the patients get so restless. As their disease progressed, several of our patients in those trials became confused and couldn’t stay still at all - some tried to get up and leave.
And everytime you move your hand you can also position your hand so the infusion shuts off also. The veins in your hand are smaller and more fragile than other IV site veins elsewhere in the body. I've been starting IVs for 45 years, worked in the ER also, and using hand veins is our last resort to place an IV.
I don't think so. Both of those Alzheimer's meds are infused through a vein in the arm - not the hand. Interestingly, though, both of them also require a baseline brain scan (MRI), and follow-up scans.
There is no dignity left in the entire government. After that fake award that looks a little bit like a huge binkie, it’s clear that he has the cognition, emotional instability, and ego of a two year old. Me, me, me…reminds me of the many screaming children I hear at Walmart. The four year olds I worked with at Head Start are far superior in their ability to self regulate and understand the concept of empathy. 🍼🧸🚼👶
Just my opinion. I don't think he's on chemo or has cancer. I think it's side effects of dementia drugs plus the fact he's almost 80. My parents appeared more fragile as they got in their late 70's. Of course they never talked or behaved like he does. He's one of a kind. Thank God.
My wife and I came to that conclusion yesterday—that he was getting infusions to combat Alzheimer’s. Can’t think of any other logical explanation. But there must be a reason he doesn’t get it in another part of his body like his arm where it could be hidden
A few years back I posted something like this on Facebook: When the official portraits of Trump and Melania are done they should be hung by the White House dumpster.
Some idiot employee -- or their algorithm -- decided that "they" referred to Trump and Melania and NOT the portraits. I was sent to Facebook Jail for a month for "promoting violence."
Hey speaking of that, I have been banned from leaving reviews on Amazon. It said I broke the rules. That's not possible, I'm always polite and rarely use profanity in writing. Anyone have a clue? Sorry for getting off topic.
I hope we all live to see the day when that fucking name is erased from every damn thing it adorns and hopefully the entire fucking family is deported to hell
This sick and dying administration is losing the base, has lost the GOP House, is down in the polls, has lost in court more times than I can count. The only thing they have left are mind-boggling acts of WTF, which they perform for the media's daily bucket of slop.
brb going back in time to whenever and wherever donny's parents first met and kidnapping one of them and dropping them off in middle of the fucking amazon so their fucked-up dna can't mix and create the world's biggest grievance monster baby ever
I sure as hell hope that Rump's name gets taken off every building it is splattered on. I also do NOT want to see that gold trash on the walls of the Oval Office when he is gone. He is the most obnoxious, childish, evil manbaby that ever lived.
In addition to affixing his name to the Department of Peace building (as if that makes up for his plans to go to war against Venezuela) yesterday it was announced that MLK's birthday and Juneteenth are being eliminated as free days to visit national parks, but Trump's birthday will now be a free day at the parks. I'm wondering how many of the Project 2025 authors went to North Korea to pick up tips as to how to best show fealty to Dear Leader.
FIFA, the criminal grifting enterprise which currently is shaking down the entire World of soccer ⚽️ to enrich the greedy and grasping ‘leader’, Infantino.
There, I fixed it for you to make it closer to reality.
Ole, OMG, FIFA is world renowned for being grifters, scammers and mob style operations for decades, they are shameless. What are they going to do about a futbol/soccer field? You know they designed a field that would be at the top of something like a 100 story building, so typical of their dreams of omniscient non workable concepts. Reminds me of dopey don a lot. They are showboats.
one of these days I'm going to have to pull a Heather Cox Richardson and do a post that's just a photo of the lake I live near, just to clear my head. it's getting harder and harder to find the humor in any of this shit
Ms. Spouse: "I just sent you a link to a story about a girl who was kidnapped by ICE at her college graduation and deported.'
me: 'I can't write about that'
Selecting a topic these days is like Sophie’s Choice..
Apparently Megan Cassella, CNBC’s reporter, told Trump, “you are President, not God”, and when he told her to never say that again, she replied, “Mr President, I ask questions, not permission.”
IF that is reported correctly, she could be on the short list for the Tiedrich Pulitzer!
Following extensive research (i.e. a minute on whatever my default search engine is), there is no evidence that the exchange actually took place. Sad. But maybe it will inspire someone to actually do it.
Dang. I thought it sounded too good to be true.
However, Ms. Cassella did irritate the orange idiot with a TACO question back in May, so she has a history of pointed remarks to donny demento.
If only she had followed it up with, “What the fuck is wrong with you?”…
Scylla or Charybdis
MAGA is definitely the Charybdis- the whirlpool of conspiratorial mysticism.
IT's hard to believe this is what our country is now.
I agree. It is hard to relate to “reality” anymore. In fact, it’s hard to want to. My husband won’t even talk to me about it ever. I have to admit I am sitting in a beautiful setting in a small community, although I expect ICE to show up any day because, after all, I live in southern AZ in what was part of Mexico before the Gadsden Purchase. Of course there are Mexicans here!
My husband refuses to talk "politics"--I say it's about HUMANITY and silence is not an option. ICE is already here in South Florida, kidnapping immigrants and I've read that protestors are next.
EVERYONE is 'next'! He can't keep ignoring it - they are attacking anyone they choose. Yesterday Adelina Grijalva, the BRAND NEW elected Democratic Congresswoman (the one Mikey Johnson refused to call the House back into session to swear in) was pepper-sprayed close up and IN HER FACE by Ice - and they knew exactly who she was! Told her it didn't matter IF she was in Congress, she was 'interfering' with their work. (She wasn't).
One of the stories I was so caught up with in the night was the disappearance of 2 teenage boys FROM Arizona. Their Aunt was desperate to find them. She posted their photos and the car they were last seen driving with some other facts. they'd been missing 6 days by the time I saw the post with most people reposting and commiserating and of course the handful of ROTTEN magats with their vile comments that there's NO WAY it could be ice 'because they don't touch citizens' blah blah. Those of us who know better hastened to explain how and why THAT is not reality - and on that went.
ProPublica did their own investigation into citizens being detained and abused by ICE:
https://www.propublica.org/article/immigration-dhs-american-citizens-arrested-detained-against-will
Never saw the movie but I read the book. IIRC, both kids die. (Ooops. Should I have given a spoiler alert?) So it's looking exactly like Sophie's Choice.
Seems to be an escalating ICE tactic - destroying the future of bright, talented young but to them deportable females.
These psychopathic ghouls have been completely programmed now to actually believe that these people are vermin and a toxin to our "culture" and therefore not human beings. It's only going to get more vile, more violent, and there's nothing we can do about it right now, which is the most despicable piece of this ongoing nightmare.
I’m expecting a few ICE agents getting their asses handed to them by an angry mob, possibly killed, then Trump will get his wish granted to impose lockdown in this country Lisa!
I think that's exactly what the Handlers are trying to instigate, Patrick.
Indeed Denise, the billionaire class would like nothing more!
Believe they are indeed ramping it up - maybe because they can feel the walls closing in...?
It's always been at breakneck speed, but it does feel like it's ramping up lately. Getting even worse. The Coppertone Caligula is dying, and repugs may lose the House, and possibly the Senate after the midterms - assuming we will have free & fair elections by then.
"Coppertone Caligula" is good!
Yeah. Totally stole it - thinking it was from someone's comment on a Blue Sky post. Tend to use several of Jeff's great nicknames a lot too - especially Nosferatu McGoebbels and JD McCouckfuck, 2 of his very best. "Coppertone Caligula" is very recent.
I've called him 'spackled' so if you add Coppertone to that - it would be awesome.
IMO, that's a very big assumption, Michael.
Free & fair elections? Yep.
Feels like Marc Elias is fighting that battle all on his own, but surely there are many others...
I have 3 paid subscriptions - this, Thom Hartmann's, and Marc Elias' Democracy Docket. The very least I can do.
This fake "war' with Venezuela, or good ole civil unrest, may lead to excuses to declare Martial Law, or something similar to deny elections altogether. It is a big assumption, indeed.
If Rump invokes the Insurrection Act, it's all over.
Trump went after Venezuela in his first term. His billionaire buddies want their oil, now they want the rare earth minerals to feed Silicon Valley’s AI dream!
Thankfully, Marc has a whole team behind him, and while I don't know how many, I assume it's several. He's doing irreplaceable work and if I had any legal expertise (and weren't disabled) I'd def volunteer. I imagine that they could expand their work if they had the resources.
Once again I have to ask, WHERE ARE THE "GOOD" BILLIONAIRES? Because they don't seem to be supporting the democratic causes. No major media, no huge legal firms, nothing that overtly throws in with our attempts to keep our country together, and on the mission our ancestors created.
Well, if We The People want democracy, I guess we'll have to build it forcibly, around the bones that are left when the Republikkkans are done.
They'd better not expect to be treated any more than fairly. We have to do THAT only because we'll become them if we don't.
Thankfully, Marc has a whole team behind him, and while I don't know how many, I assume it's several. He's doing irreplaceable work and if I had any legal expertise (and weren't disabled) I'd def volunteer. I imagine that they could expand their work if they had the resources.
Once again I have to ask, WHERE ARE THE "GOOD" BILLIONAIRES? Because they don't seem to be supporting the democratic causes. No major media, no huge legal firms, nothing that overtly throws in with our attempts to keep our country together, and on the mission our ancestors created.
Well, if We The People want democracy, I guess we'll have to build it forcibly, around the bones that are left when the Republikkkans are done.
They'd better not expect to be treated any more than fairly. We have to do THAT only because we'll become them if we don't.
We won’t have “free & fair” elections, we haven’t had them since at least 2016. Russia has been interfering in various ways, & in 2024 Elmo jumped in to join them with everything he had. We’ll have “show” elections, just like Russia does.
We’re living in a police state ghetto Cheryl!
That’s another awful tale in an unfortunate slew of them.
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Read that one, nabbed at the airport on her way to visit her parents… shackled and sent to Honduras … we’re living in a police state, the guy on the bike has the right message!
I believe where she hadn't been since she was 7? She was interviewed by phone - and wiping away the tears - after finally being able to talk to her mother. Heartbreaking. I SO HOPE she has some extended family there who can help her out, or her parents can do 'something' for her, so far away. I always feel myself in the shoes of those being put through these hellish experiences and wonder how the hell I'd manage, today. I survived some awful crap back in the day but today's a whole different story.
She called her parents groom her grandparents house, I’m not sure how she knew where to find them in a foreign country, but she managed!
I don't see how you do this 7 days a week. Sometimes I can't get through reading the entire post even though it's not really that long. I think I can speak for most of us that we will all understand if you need to take a leave of absence...For your own sanity. Take however long you need. It's too much, right now.
I had the same thought - that Jeff should NEVER feel he 'must' write for us every day. IF he needs to take days off here and there it might be far better for his mental and emotional health (an extended 'leave' will probably make him crazy, based on his past posts). But burnout IS a thing and he should NEVER feel he 'owes' it to us. NEVER, NEVER, NEVER! While 'I' look forward every single day to scrolling through the dreck to finding his name - then heaving a sigh of relief, that is NOT HIS BURDEN. We all willingly came on this ride and it IS fucking too much for one person to carry, despite how damn smart, funny and intelligent, to have to wade through the filth and rot of frump just for us. Seriously! How about this: Go to Instagram (even I have a cellphone today - Yay!) - there are links to so many good people (Aaron Parnas - yes he's Lev's son and a good 'un); Harry Sisson; Christinatalkst (I've mentioned her before); TizzyEnt; Liz Oren - and find ONE good topic on a day when it's just too, too much to write - and post THAT link for us all to check out - or not? I miss a lot of what goes on because there are only 24hrs in the day. So it would be a great help FOR those people AND give Jeff some breathing space?
oh fuck.
OMG 😳
In more civilized times, a Prez that made poor decisions along with a compliant Congress would convince the electorate that a change in Administration was required, and would happen at the appropriate 4 year mark. But thanks to a large body of total loonie toons, the nation is calling for Regime Change. Larger the change needed, the more pain everyone gets to endure. Thanks Repubs (for fucking nothing, assholes). Reflecting upon the last 5 Republican administrations, the call for a change in Administration has become more and more urgent to correct back from more and more insane, incompetent, greedy leadership. Don't be fooled by W.'s childlike demeanor, most of his "accomplishments" were truly diabolical. W's attack on public education is one of the reasons we elected a senile old buffoon not once, but twice. My anger and hatred of the republican party is confirmed by the national sentiment, tho the GQP's current dominance was aided & abetted by an incompetent/excessively-comfortable DNC. Oh, Ghost of Tip O'Neil, we need you. If we're ever to get back on track towards consistent competent leadership, the GQP must die. They've sold their souls to the uber-rich, and until we've eradicated this political disease, like athlete's foot, they'll be back. To fall back on cliche, Never Give Up, Never Surrender.
Me: THAT's ok, Jeff - others of us will take care of THAT shit on Instagram and other places where we can vent our spleen and ensure the magats who STILL defend the orange buffoon see every. single. one. of our rage-filled posts. I was literally up all last night focusing on some stories while a handful of them still called us 'demon-rats' and insisted we were lying (about ice removing brown and black young people). The one I wanted to send you came from TizzyEnt (Michael McWhorter I think his name is) - and he posted links to this government AGENCY including their openly talking about remigration - with the helpful explanations of what that is. It comes from Adolph's fans and is a movement to RETURN all black and brown people 'to the Country of their ancestry'. Just dwell on it for a second and the horror of it will hit you. Not undocumented people...not those who 'pverstay their visas' - ALL of those not 'white' (but some of those undesirable whites as well). They adhere to the idea that whites will be extinct so must 'do something - now', Sounds like much of that came from musk and his apartheid beliefs. I'm so beyond enraged and couldn't find even the tiniest smile or bit of humour and I'm fucking white (or pale blue as Billy Connolly calls us Scots)!
I hate to be a downer but I am in disbelief at what our world has become. And it gets worse every day; yesterday's SCOTUS decision about Texas was another blow. Decency and democracy just can't seem to win at any level.
Veronica, the silver lining on this is that it may very well and in all likelihood backfire as the redrawn districts assume the hispanic community will support Rs as they have in the past. Apparently they are sorely mistaken based on those in the district who know.
They may still vote for Trump's party. They believe if they act really conservative, they wont get picked up by ICE, because they aren't the bad immigrants. Sadly ICE only goes by skin color not voting record.
Yes you are correct.The reason for this murder by Hogsbreath and company on the high seas is because these boats are piloted and manned by brown and black folks imho.
Trump is looking for an excuse to invade Venezuela and push out Maduro.
Push out Maduro and suck in their oil.
There was a reason that Venezuelan woman, Maria Corina Machado, won the Nobel Peace Prize this year. She is the most pro-US of all the prominent anti-Maduro rebels- she is the one who favors US military intervention, was nominated by Little Marco and the Medicare scam artist Rick Scott, among others. I believe they are plotting to get her into the presidency of Venezuela. She will no doubt be the conduit to the oil wealth.
Back in the day (1840s, I think), Irish and Italians were considered non-white. All of us Irish and Italians are pretty grateful we're not "brown" anymore. What a crock. Of course, I did spend hours in the sun trying to GET brown.
I asked EXACTLY this question in that instagram post where the 'white' people were attacking the 'brown' people: were any of their grandparents Irish or Italian? Did THEY NOT KNOW that THEY were considered the lowest of the low except for slaves AND basically 'n' words? Not a one has responded --I suspect it's absolute 'nooz' to them. Their knowledge of history goes back to the 1990's - IF that.
they surely will know better by Nov 2026.
Well, we've said that before. If you manipulate the voting machines and jerrymander like crazy your guy can win. We saw that in 2024.
good point.
I haven’t believed he truly won. At this point I think his opposition is massive and includes increasing numbers of his former supporters, unfortunately previously too cowed to speak up. The ones fleeing the party doing so in the hopes that Dems will win. Despite rigging. We have a lot to work against.
Among us are survivors of other brutal regimes, children of Holocaust survivors, relatives of those who were in the Resistance, supporters of Ukraine and others fighting for their freedom from brutal regimes. And much more. We have tremendous resolve, commitment and energy. We do our part by educating and confronting. I have to believe that there are those working to deal with this in secret as has happened in the past. In the meantime the free press exists here. You, the gifted writers and speakers are not being silenced here and your words are being shared. I know everything I share gets noticed and hopefully reposted. I will do all I can to throw wrenches in the works. If there’s more that we can do, I’m in. It could be getting uglier out there. We have to hope that the opposition will have its impact. And that McFartface drops dead. Seriously, most of them waiting in the wings are incompetent, unlikeable dweebs who are already making idiots of themselves. The few who aren’t are the ones to worry about. We will still be here when they are gone.
… and no pushback / challenges :/
MOST still don't KNOW this! They need to be TOLD and to LEARN! - so getting out the word should be priority No. 1 in those communities. And the black residents aren't at ALL safe as citizens. He hates them even MORE (as does goebbels/miller the fucking whiny little racist prick). THOSE people all need to get up, get out and fucking VOTE.
YES! The GOP morons in Texas can run, but they can't hide. Electoral Doom is coming their way.
Lord, hear our prayer.
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I don’t know. I can’t even interpret what’s going on here, but I’m hoping. Texas does have a lot of stupid.
And now itʻs an Arms Race since SCOTUS said partisan redistricting is A-ok. Virginia is going to redraw itʻs maps to make more Dem seats.
Yep. I think they'll (red states) all jump back on board with that, now that SCROTUS has ignored voting rights yet again.
Yup. What’s good for the Repugnants is good for the Dems. California has already redistricted to favor the Dems.
They already said partisan redistricting was legal, now this week they have said that racial gerrymandering is OK to o & that those new maps can stand. I hate those corrupt 6 on the scotus.
I hope that is true. I was amazed how many Hispanic people in southern AZ were trumpanzees. I thought most Mexicans were devout real Christians (not Christian’s Nationalists).
Perhaps they were suckered into voting for Trump because he promised to bring down prices on Day One. How’d that work out for them and the other Repugnants?
one last night - HATED democrats, wished me to die - called me a child (lol), a traitor who deserves to die and on and on. CLEARLY a religious zealot Hispanic who refused to believe ANYTHING true and factual. Demanded proof of every tiny little statement. I might dig up some of it - but it IS exhausting. I doubt I could change THAT mind but might be worth trying. Am I up for it though?
I wouldn’t bother trying if I were you.
The data tells us that fundamentalist Evangelicalism is growing among Hispanic Catholics. We can hope that the reality of what DT has done, as opposed to what they thought he would do, has put a damper on their enthusiasm to vote for him.
Got to hope
Let’s hope…
SCOTUS is dead. Until we hugely enlarge it, it is a true kangaroo court.
I'm wondering if Congress has the power to ban the so-called "shadow docket." Making descriptions this impactful in secret is offensive.
Congress definitely has the power to enlarge the court. Make it the same as the number of ct of appeals districts (13).
I didn't know THEY could do this? I've ALWAYS thought it should be 13! Back to what it used to be. 'they' claim 13 is too big - but it WAS before. They simply can't tolerate so many disparate opinions - can't control them all.
According to the Constitution, yes they do
Maybe if we get control they can be impeached and removed without enlarging it…
It needs to be expanded regardless; 1 justice doesn’t need to be assigned to oversee more than 1 district.
I agree
Enlarging it doesn’t do it for me. We need to blow it up and start over with our federal government. Nothing works. All three branches have been purchased by billionaires. We need a hard reboot.
No, it’s irresponsible to destroy something without a plan to replace it. We do need major reform, but we don’t need total chaos.
What will change if we don’t blow it up? All of the changes made will be superficial and the muthafuckin billionaires will still be running the world.
I still believe we can make some major changes without blowing it all up. Nicole Wallace’s recent podcast interview with Heather Cox Richardson on YT or your podcast app is really good on the subject.
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Indeed!
We need term limits across the board😡
Not when your supreme court judges are partisan hacks who took an oath to give their high commander anything he wants.
Love your books though LOL
Wait till you see what they do to birthright citizenship.
That decision hit me HARD.
SCOTUS has to be reformed. They are in Rump’s pocket … it is just so obvious. They are not in line with what the majority of this country believes. Let’s start bugging our reps and senators to investigate SCOTUS. Many federal judges around the country are not happy about them either.
Never mind what the majority of the country believes--what makes this Extreme Court so loathsome (and terrifying) is that they are not in line with what the Constitution says. Or any other law--including precedents established by legitimate Supreme Courts.
Actually they’re in the pocket of the Heritage Foundation who came up with Project 2025. Trumps too stupid, he’s just their puppet and public face while they hide like cowards.
The corrupt supreme court has completely gutted the voting rights act over what? Imaginary fraud? They can’t win without cheating.
The world is a ghetto, America a white Christian nationalist police state Veronica!
Kegsbreath smashing his gonads works for me every time.
I want Kegsbreath to accidentally kick a grenade into his nuts.
He never goes near a danger zone. Too bad.
Yes! But only after pulling the pin and counting to 10 (or whatever the countdown is).
Yes, live! Forgot that part. He would be showing off what a man he is.
That’d hurt .
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Do you think he can manage the kind of aim he did with the skateboard? Maybe just glue the granede to one and tell him theirs a tiny little drug running boat on it?
I'm crossing my fingers we can retire that gif after Kegstand gets canned.
retiring Kegstand is of utmost importance, but i think the gif should live on for eternity, perhaps to be incorporated into history books.
Me, too! America will still need laughs.
Completely agree Nancy. Perhaps he can practice the move behind bars and we can all watch on live video!
It should be the topic of a Document Based Question on the 2035 AP US History exam.
It can’t happen too soon and probably will as he has sh*t on drumpf and made him look bad.. that usually gets you removed fairly quickly
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I literally thank some god out there for your snark and wit. But it must be a bitch for you.
I feel you, for me writing is cathartic… but some of the stuff that is happening lately has just been beyond the fold.
Remember to keep yourself healthy with self care and meditation.
Each act of resistance we do — no matter how small — is important.
And making others laugh, like you do, is one of the most important acts of resistance against an authoritarian regime.
I first read "self care and medication." That works too BTW.
Bahahaha yeah… that works too!!!
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Yeah I can imagine how hard it is to write about this every day, when you’re expected to be funny. On a day when you can’t find the humor, just throw in a few more “fucks” and the GIF of Pete Kegstand hitting himself in the nuts, and we’ll be happy. But if it will save your sanity, a picture of the lake is also nice!
Here's a good thought: Old Ugly Baby Donald will die, and 99.9% of us will still be here to have the party of our lives!
"Some men improve the world only by leaving it." Oscar Wilde
Fingers crossed.
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I'm starting to get into my own head with the thought I may actually die first, and I'm 20 years younger than him......
10 years younger, and hoping I live long enough to witness a great comeuppance - accountability for all the grift, incompetence and cruelty.
For Christians it's called the Last Judgment. When this guy meets the real Jesus, he will crumple like the phony he is. One reading of any Gospel will make it very clear what the real Jesus thinks of bullshit.
I live in the very belly of the beast - the 14th Congressional District of Georgia. If I hear one more person tell me to "have a blessed day," my head may explode just like that gif Jeff often uses, from the film 'Scanners.'
I grew up going to church every Sunday - a moderate denomination though, no fire and brimstone shouting, etc. I now work part time for the local Christian Science church, running their audio and video for the sanctuary and those attending online. I think I appreciate an excuse to recite the Lord's Prayer at least once a week. Getting old, and feel it's like an insurance policy, just in case. Really nice folks too. A major tenet of Christian Science in the "nothingness of evil." Kinda like that. But as my Father was a surgeon, just can't buy into the whole praying away injury or sickness. A cancer survivor too. I'm up to 6 medications every night.
Right?!
Well, at least you and your faithful readers will not be on the mailing list for his atrocious card! We must be thankful for the small things for a while.
I often worry about your mental health, because you have to wade through all the shit to come up with the stuff that keeps us, your faithful readers and subscribers, sane. Remember, put on your own oxygen mask first!’
And get some mouth to mouth from Ms Spouse.
Dear Mr. Jeff, Thank You for trying. We know that it's difficult. Your efforts are appreciated.
You probably need at least a two week rejuvenation rest at some tropical location.
Far from Venezuela.
We would all miss you but you need it and your sanity is more important than our daily fix of your timely and spot on satire.
As If any of this can actually be humorous.
Thank god. I thought you were thinking about capitalization and not swearing nearly as often, and that shit won't stand.
Sword of Trumpaclese.
Amen to that. I have trouble with Colbert and Kimmel and Stewart because they force me to listen to this moron.
Just hit the mute button.
It is hard. But you left me with a smile. Thank you!
Jeff, you should practice what you preach: self care. If you and Mrs. Spouse decided to take a few days somewhere in nature where there is no wifi, your loyal readers would all be here waiting for you when you got back.
As the flight attendants tell us, put on your own oxygen mask first.
"secondly, what Donny just slapped his brand on is a pretty much empty building. "
Well that actually has good alignment with the state of his cranium, so this is one of the few properly aligned forced memes we're subjected to with the pricktator!
I felt similar deep revulsion at the naming of Ronald Reagan Washington National Airport, previously just National Airport. This tribute to a schmuck actor with a greasy Brylcream pompadour who fired over 11,000 striking air traffic controllers from the Professional Air Traffic Controllers Organization (PATCO). So scabs were hired to replace seasoned professionals and this blow to the labor movement was celebrated by America's Mr. and Mrs. Cleaver as a "strong daddy" move.
President Alzheimers, fucked California
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He hates Newsome. I'm neutral on Newsome but he is a true political animal and may be able to right the wrongs if he is elected. Also, he is camera ready.
He deserves credit for hiring his brilliant communications team and unleashing them.
There's no E on the end of Newsom.
Love all that Newsome & his team are doing, the trolling, but having worked under Gavin for a period of time, am more than neutral, on the negative side. Two words refuse to leave my head: "French" & "Laundry." He would likely make a more than decent POTUS, but would prefer many before him.
Don't let perfect be the enemy of good.That has gotten us in trouble a time or two
I definitely don’t understand the French and Laundry references!
Sure. During the early stages of Covid, Governor Newsom declared mandatory lockdown, telling everyone to stay home. He was photographed at the very expensive restaurant in Napa Valley, The French Laundry, yacking it up with and enjoying a night out with pals the very day he told everyone to stay home, indoors. A typical dinner for 2 there is easily over $500. I hear the food is indeed really good. Very bad form, and very bad optics. But not just that one incident, but many Californians feel he is arrogant, not an authentic person. I do applaud what he and his crew have been doing, the trolling and speaking truth to power. He's a very good politician, and obviously would be so much better than what we are suffering through with the current insanity. His inviting Steve Bannon and Charlie Kirk onto his podcast, looking for whatever common ground there may be, didn't sit right with me. Especially Kirk, with whom there was nothing in common, for me anyway. Absolutely NOTHING. But it may have helped in some way, like getting young men to rethink all that racism and misogyny... Really? I'm a fan of Gov. Pritzker, and Pete Buttigeig. I know Bernie's getting older, and not a realistic candidate, but I sure like him. These men impress me as authentic, not at all slick. Gov. Newsom does have that almost perfect TV "look." Also LOVED Kamala as a candidate. Worked near her briefly when she was Cali AG. Authentic, and fierce. The media had a field day, exploiting any and everything. It literally made me sick. I honestly thought this country was finally ready for a woman, even a woman of color, and she actually performed well in some demographics that surprised even, but alas, too many many folks just will not let go of that hate, that racism, that misogyny.
I'm 68 now, and I doubt I'll ever see this country regain its sanity. Of course, Mamdani's win is indeed encouraging, but it's a big country, and chances are the media will clickbait any stumble, any small failure he'll encounter as Mayor of NYC. The billionaire class will spend fortunes to disparage and discredit him. Realize this pessimism is stark and depressing, but thinking it's realistic - or it could be I'm just having a bad day. The French Laundry - a very expensive restaurant in Napa.
I am hoping that someone will explain.
Until the orange felon I considered Reagan as the worst president in my life time.,That includes Nixon!!
Reagan's fey reaction to the AIDS epidemic and refusal for years to fund vaccine research set a precedent for Shitler's handling of COVID. Millions died in both instances. So yeah, fuck Reagan.
I think Shrub II was worse than Reagan, and even stupider.
But unquestionably, Rump is the worst. No comparison.
And they named one of our nuclear aircraft carriers after him. Some fucking rethuglican manipulations prolly did that. Triple the national debt, pour hundreds of billions of taxpayer dollars straight into the pockets of defense contractors, many of which were for a pipe dream idea of the "Star Wars" orbiting death ray platforms that were not achievable in the 80s and are still not achievable 40 years later, and you too can have a major ship named after you by your ass kissing stooges.
Star Wars, Space Force...is there any way we can limit the presidency to adults?
didn't he raise the national debt by 8 trillion lat time around
he will most likely improve (?) his spending spree that will cost us more than we could imagine'
donnie johnboy is presenting himself as the GREATEST with all the trappings of an ugly national war copied from hitler's LET'S SHOW THOSE FUKS HOW MUCH WE CAN BE DIKS!
he will not be happy with only a doubled helping of THE WORST of MANKIND!
we probably haven't seen SHIT yet!
it is well past time for talking. TRUMP IS THE EVIL DEMOCRACY has ALLOWED!
OUR constitution was written in good faith that not only allows the constitution to be criticized and attacked but man words that welcomes such challenges!
FIRST AMENDMENT FREE SPEECH and right to BITCH at our GOVERNMENT also
2nd amendment right to bear arms!
with many additional guaranteed and protected CIVIL RIGHTS.
in the same breath it allows for the POTUS to DECLARE a NATIONAL EMERGENCY with an order for MARTIAL LAW that SUSPENDS every personal protection
with trump one should expect the very worst of mankind that FAR EXCEEDS the HORRORS of ADOLF HITLER!
we find ourselves in the jaws of extremous
Have a number of friends who filled those positions,although most have retired now.
Reagan should have been arrested and charged for Irangate if not for an even more filthy wastrel Bill Barr, who killed the investigation Sharon! Reagan’s influence on our republic is still being felt today!
I felt exactly the same way about National Airport. That’s what I still call it. The rest of the name just won’t get past my lips.
I will be willing to consider voting for someone who pledges to remove DJT's name from all government buildings.
AND ALL THE TACKY FAKE GOLD! That shit must go on Day One.
I’d hope so Marie, the next president is going to have a serious removal of Trump’s toxicity fr the inner beltway!
I thought the same thing.
Love the nom "pricktator"....it fits.
And an empty building of a peace organization that DOGE gutted. The irony.
It’s loud.
A building that he seized by illegal armed force, just to show what a peacemaker he is.
I love "pricktator"!!!
Nicely played Seth!
The next administration had better remove his name from every fucking building and organization he has named after himself. The Kennedy Center needs to go back to just that. Every government building needs to remove his name. The rose garden has to be replanted. The tacky gold has to be taken out of the Oval Office. The east wing needs to be restored. And then, watch the MAGAts screech about how people are starving and this is what the Dems are wasting money on. Because they’re in a fucking cult and once he’s out of office, their memories will be wiped clean. But I don’t give a shit where the money comes from. Private citizens and corporations with a conscience can donate to this project. It MUST be done!
Yes! Did you see the Epstein living room photo-it has that same tacky gold crap in it like the felon has done in the Oval! Musta been where Donny got the idea!
That would be a strong possibility—except he claims never to have had the “privilege” of going to the Island. And I believe him, because you know he’d never lie to us.
Where are those Epstein files? Now that they have been ordered to be released, nothing is being talked about. Wasn't there already many emails with Trump's name through out? Clearly nothing is going to be revealed that hasn't already been made obvious. The grifters and elected officials he has in place to do his bidding don't care one bit.
They were given 30 days to release them. Now it’s down to two weeks—Trump’s favorite time span.
Surreal, isn't it?
I'd like a big strong man with tears in his eyes to say that arne ☝️
They will never see the light of day. There are too many world leaders (mostly men) involved in the financial fuckery. The rape of children was just a sideline, sorry to say.
Either that, or they’ll be released after they’re scrubbed like Karen Silkwood after a radiation exposure.
Lots of people are talking about them. The new photos of Epstein's island sanctum were just released this week. Sorry we can't focus on them 24/7 but a lot of other shit is going down.
😂😂👍🏻
Contemporary Bordello. Appropriate.😂😂
And do you know what else? People have to stop wishing for his death. Because he needs to live long enough to see all of his shit undone.
That would be a nice cherry on top but he needs to be gone asap … walk of shame or not—by the time he’s acting so insane that even the GOP has to move get rid of him he won’t have a clue as to what is going on around him; and, besides that, he’s incapable of experiencing shame because of his insane ability to rewrite truth and reality—he’ll be doing that to his dying breath congratulating himself on saving the world … as he expires
"congratulating himself on saving the world" and whining about how he never gets credit and has been treated so unfairly his whole life
I would love to see him in prison.
That needed to happen under Biden, but Garland was too chicken.
I used to say that. I don’t give a fuck anymore. I just want him gone from humanity.
I agree 👍
While that's a delicious thought, Stephanie, I'll just be happy to see him gone. That will be enough for me.
👏👏👏
Is he going to take Kennedy's name off of the Kennedy Center?
https://onder.house.gov/media/press-releases/congressman-onder-introduces-make-entertainment-great-again-mega-act
I had heard he wanted to change the name to the Trump Center for the Performing Arts but I don’t know if that’s actually happened.
The Trump Institute of Piece of Shit has a nice ring to it if you placed it on a porta-potty.
Lol! Yes! 👏👏👏
He'll probably reopen the building to install his FIFA participation trophy.
And charge the rubes an admittance fee
It would make a swell trophy museum and gift shop!
Somebody needs to deface that thing with appropriate graffiti. BTW I don’t seem to be able to control my fingers today.
😂😂😂
Megalomaniac. That’s the word we’ve been looking for!
And the new gif is *chefs kiss.
I read the evangelical gang is excited that the felon will bring about the apocalypse and end times. Is there any way we can let them go and leave the rest of us the fuck alone? Hola all. 💙✌️
I thought they were supposed to get raptured earlier this year... I remain disappointed.
I KNOW! I kept waiting and hoping. Fuckers are still here I guess. 🤷♀️
Stephan, they are no Nostradumbass, the anti-rapture will be simultaneous all of a sudden you will feel like your falling and yes all that racism and hatred remember? Satan does and he is collecting what’s due. Also this would be the ten thousandth time that prediction has failed, one might think it’s just one of the stupidest proclamations ever. But you will get 73 virgins to fluff you raw.
You may rest assured that I am not a candidate for rapture!
There will be men from Mars eating cars.
😂😂😂
No, they want to stay around long enough to see White guys in charge of everything again.
That's why they don't GAF about Nuttyyahoo demolishing Gaza and letting the orthodox cooks go apeshit in the West Bank. Need to make room for the "ingathering of the exiles", cuz ain't no CHRISTIAN nationalist country gonna tolerate Christ killers in their midst.
I wonder who's gonna be in charge of Operation Proseletyze the Shit Out of the Jews Until They Give In or GTFO. 🤔
Hegseth, wearing his best King Charlemagne costume. Anyone who doesn’t convert, can be put on a boat, which ex-Secretary Drunktank can blow out of the water. Why? Because when Charlemagne converted, he sent his legion out to convert or kill every Frank they found. He’s their king, after all.
Mon dieu
Mais, oui.
I was semi-shocked when I learned that bit of history.
Yes— Hail Mary, jiggle beads, pass the whiskey and I’ll drink to that!
ship them all to Utah and shut its borders
Thats a superb idea.
Specifically SLC.
Rapture without tribulations. A wonderful thought. I don't think they'll be pleased with their final location.😈😈😂
Dear gods, Jeff...that White House Christmas Card...please tell me it isn't real--please, please, please!!! It makes me want to vomit.
Also, I have read several speculative comments in other Substacks that suggests that maybe Donny is getting infusions of either Kisunla or Leqembi both of which are drugs that slow the progress of Alzheimer's. Both Kisunla and Leqembi can cause some side effects such as mental confusion, ARIA, difficulty walking and a list of other reactions. Could explain a lot of things.
He's obviously very ill. Why doesn't he just f'n die? Melania is standing by in case he drops and she has to place a pillow over his face to secure her money.
Speaking of which. He’s not flying to FL today. Instead, he’s attending the Andrea Bocelli concert. This is 2 weekends out of 3 that he hasn’t gone to MAL.
& guess who’s accompanying him? Melania. She’s been around him pretty frequently lately. Guess she wants to be 1st in line for the money.
He'll sleep through it.
Yeah, and Barron can apply the pressure.
Melania is suddenly on hand, ready to play the role of the Coroner of Munchkin Land in The Wizard of Oz........
Since I'm on Reagan's case today, he lived for 10 years after his formal diagnosis of Alzheimer's, including 5 years after he left office (when Nancy and Nostradamus were running the country.) So let's speculate on the actual start date of Shitler's dementia.
1948?
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
I just watched a clip from MeidasTouch there is an idea an of experimental Alzheimer drug being administered to the orange colostomy bag via infusion. I suspect the rotting looking hand is because he has poor vascular access. The only good veins that could be found are on the top of the hand. Maybe his veins are deep or collapse real easily. Dehydration can also affect access. I think it's too little too late. What galls me is that us, the taxpayers are subsidizing his health care while he doesn't give a shit if the average citizens loses theirs. Has anyone noticed that his nose is getting some kind of growth on the end. Is it a basal cell carcinoma or melanoma from too many years playing golf without sunscreen?
And these are the folks who get apoplectic about saying "Happy Holidays". Can't WAIT to see Fox News trying to spin "Daddy's home" as a VERY Christ-like greeting. 🤪
Don’t you think it’s about time that the FCC forced them to put “Not” in between Fox and News? I know that cable and the internet don’t fall under the regulatory power of an independent FCC but don’t you think it’s time they did?
I know a lot of people will say no because “freedom of speech” but hasn’t the FCC been around for decades and hasn’t freedom of speech been doing ok? So why not let them also regulate cable and the internet? Ever since Fox “not” News and the internet have come into being full on lying and disinformation have run wild. Fox even admitted that the information they put out was for entertainment only so they couldn’t be sued for slander and disinformation. (They lost that argument by the way). They admitted that they weren’t a news program. The FCC should be able to order them to remove the word “news” from their title. The ONLY reason this hasn’t been done is because the republicans want to continue to spew lies and disinformation to get and stay in power. This must change.
I read about those drugs and my nurse brain believes 99% that this is what's going on. Would explain the frequent MRIs, the worsening rage attacks and the sleeping in the daytime like he has narcolepsy. Don't know why they keep infusing it in his right hand. No good veins in his left hand or antecubital veins (elbow)? Why not put a permacath in (like they use for chemo)?
That makes sense. The permcath would be hidden under his voluminous suit jacket.
I think they should administer it anally. Shortest direct path to his brain.
Good one, Sharon!
😂😂😂
But not as easily hidden under his golf attire, which he still insists on wearing even though it makes him look like a huge sack of potatoes.
The thing about antecubital is the infusions go on for more than an hour (that's without the rest period afterwards) and, unless he is asleep, would he be able to sit still? I agree about the frequent M
You can do short infusions using the A/C vein. Don't understand your comment. I know of no drugs that have to be only infused in the hand. And why always the right hand? This whole same hand bruising thing with him is weird.
Sorry, I see now that I didn’t make myself clear. When I worked with patients in the Alzheimer’s disease trials, we couldn’t use the A/C because the patients get so restless. As their disease progressed, several of our patients in those trials became confused and couldn’t stay still at all - some tried to get up and leave.
Thanks for clarifying. Makes sense.
And is administered intravenously through the back of the hand.
Why? Why not the elbow bend? I'm just curious.
That's a bad spot to put an IV. Every time the arm is bent it stops the flow of fluids being infused.
Thank you.
GOOD. Put that thing in the WORST spot. 🍄
Neither of those Alzheimer's meds would be infused through a vein in the hand. Both require use of a larger vein, so are administered into the arm.
And everytime you move your hand you can also position your hand so the infusion shuts off also. The veins in your hand are smaller and more fragile than other IV site veins elsewhere in the body. I've been starting IVs for 45 years, worked in the ER also, and using hand veins is our last resort to place an IV.
I won't allow IV lines to the back of my hand. It hurts! And always f's up the hand!
I don't think so. Both of those Alzheimer's meds are infused through a vein in the arm - not the hand. Interestingly, though, both of them also require a baseline brain scan (MRI), and follow-up scans.
Maybe. But If he has frontotemporal dementia, those drugs would be useless. But that disease explains his right leg swing.
That would explain the MRI which “definitely wasn’t for his head” because he’d “aced” the cognitive.
Anyone who thinks a cognitive test is an IQ test has flunked both.
There is no dignity left in the entire government. After that fake award that looks a little bit like a huge binkie, it’s clear that he has the cognition, emotional instability, and ego of a two year old. Me, me, me…reminds me of the many screaming children I hear at Walmart. The four year olds I worked with at Head Start are far superior in their ability to self regulate and understand the concept of empathy. 🍼🧸🚼👶
Why couldn’t this be one of the side effects?
https://www.mayoclinic.org/diseases-conditions/anal-cancer/symptoms-causes/syc-20354140
Har! Anal cancer - which anus? his mouth or rectum?
Porque no los dos?
Just my opinion. I don't think he's on chemo or has cancer. I think it's side effects of dementia drugs plus the fact he's almost 80. My parents appeared more fragile as they got in their late 70's. Of course they never talked or behaved like he does. He's one of a kind. Thank God.
My wife and I came to that conclusion yesterday—that he was getting infusions to combat Alzheimer’s. Can’t think of any other logical explanation. But there must be a reason he doesn’t get it in another part of his body like his arm where it could be hidden
Prolly blown veins!
That "Daddy" shit makes my blood run cold.
A few years back I posted something like this on Facebook: When the official portraits of Trump and Melania are done they should be hung by the White House dumpster.
Some idiot employee -- or their algorithm -- decided that "they" referred to Trump and Melania and NOT the portraits. I was sent to Facebook Jail for a month for "promoting violence."
You thug!
/s
I'm banned from FB,.Twitter AND BlueSky. I am a dangerous menace 😁
Don’t mess with Kristy is the word out on the street.
I knew there was something I liked about you!! 👏👏👏
You need watch your language, missy. Ha ha.
I gotta be me
I sincerely hope their images will not be seen anywhere near the White House!
Screen printed on the toilet bowls.😂😂
NOOOOOOO!!! 🤣🤣
OMFG 🤦♀️🙄
Hey speaking of that, I have been banned from leaving reviews on Amazon. It said I broke the rules. That's not possible, I'm always polite and rarely use profanity in writing. Anyone have a clue? Sorry for getting off topic.
Did you buy any books ON Amazon? That might be the issue... for them.
Maybe, why would books matter?
I thought that's what you were reviewing. So, did you buy ANYTHING you were reviewing on Amazon?
That is truly precious!
Trump and Melania should be *hanged by the dumpster. The form of the past participle depends on which sense of the verb "to hang"is meant.
There was an old hag named K. Noem
Who had a great need to get boned
So mad and uptight
And so proud that she’s white
Shuddup and have sex with a scone!
OMG! I just snorted beer thru my nose! 😂. And hey… it’s cocktail hour in Spain so…
Have you tried a Clara? It’s beer mixed with a lemon drink and it’s AWESOME.
No but I’ll ask about it. Sounds like a shandy?
DRINK UP!
I don’t think you snorted it though maybe sprayed it.
Hopefully sprayed
Ha
This discussion has become quite intense and biological in nature.
LOL Its a tough crowd. 🤷🏼♀️
I’d rather spray than snort, any day.
You are on a roll!!! ❤️
Thank you! I clearly have too much time on my hands.
Yes, but just enough time to resurrect in my mind Jimmy The Schnozz Durante’s closing line… eh? …wherever you are
😂
Mrs. Calabash!
🤣 …that’s it!
Ha cha cha cha SHA ! 👃
That's the one!
It happens here everyday.
🤣🤣
Another Mcgillicuddy Weiner, er, winner!
Hahahahaa! Donny Dachau and now the Weiner!
Brilliant!
😂😂😂
God I hate these FUCKERS!
ME FUCKING TOO!!! 😡
Well synopsized rage!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻
Check my AVATAR
Niiiiiiiiice!!!
I hope we all live to see the day when that fucking name is erased from every damn thing it adorns and hopefully the entire fucking family is deported to hell
The trump name is MUDD.
Here in Maryland, that name has a history...
Obviously I know that.
Get em Chicky. I got your back
This sick and dying administration is losing the base, has lost the GOP House, is down in the polls, has lost in court more times than I can count. The only thing they have left are mind-boggling acts of WTF, which they perform for the media's daily bucket of slop.
brb going back in time to whenever and wherever donny's parents first met and kidnapping one of them and dropping them off in middle of the fucking amazon so their fucked-up dna can't mix and create the world's biggest grievance monster baby ever
Hey-they go back in time in Hallmark movies…so maybe……………….🤞🏼
Way to make a Christmas card about yourself. 🤮 What is this ridiculous ”daddy” stuff? It is seriously weird. And creepy. And disgusting.
Well, we all know how he felt about Ivanka...
Ewww
Just the word daddy, triggers me.
The card should read:
"Pedo Daddy's Home....Run Away Fast"
You want to see creepy? Here: https://www.cnn.com/2024/10/24/politics/video/tucker-carlson-trump-dad-spanking-digvid
Lowest of the lowest!
Ditto.
I sure as hell hope that Rump's name gets taken off every building it is splattered on. I also do NOT want to see that gold trash on the walls of the Oval Office when he is gone. He is the most obnoxious, childish, evil manbaby that ever lived.
Every president gets to decorate the Oval Office the way they want. Pretty sure all that crap will be removed.
And an exorcism will need to be performed. And the place will need to be saged.
You will see sage smoke billowing out all of the windows when he finally goes. It will be awesome.
By someone Indigenous please.
And fumigated
Damn, I hope that works.
Big time! Perhaps SEVERAL cleansings.
They're gonna have to take the place down to the studs. Maybe further--reframe the whole place.
and thoroughly debugged
Exorcised, saged, fumigated, renovated, restored, and decontaminated by a Level 4 Hazmat team.
Great ideas! Exorcism and saging for sure!
You got my vote!
In addition to affixing his name to the Department of Peace building (as if that makes up for his plans to go to war against Venezuela) yesterday it was announced that MLK's birthday and Juneteenth are being eliminated as free days to visit national parks, but Trump's birthday will now be a free day at the parks. I'm wondering how many of the Project 2025 authors went to North Korea to pick up tips as to how to best show fealty to Dear Leader.
The bottom line has been eliminating all holidays because the slaves do not deserve days off from work.
I’m getting sick. Please stop
FIFA, the criminal grifting enterprise which currently is shaking down the entire World of soccer ⚽️ to enrich the greedy and grasping ‘leader’, Infantino.
There, I fixed it for you to make it closer to reality.
I wish I was a soccer fan so I could boycott them.
Soccer is a good sport. It's just a shame that all the associations are so corrupt.
Me too, Wendymae!
Ole, OMG, FIFA is world renowned for being grifters, scammers and mob style operations for decades, they are shameless. What are they going to do about a futbol/soccer field? You know they designed a field that would be at the top of something like a 100 story building, so typical of their dreams of omniscient non workable concepts. Reminds me of dopey don a lot. They are showboats.