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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

so we didn't get a Supreme Court ruling on Donny's immunity today. I hate it when I'm having to refresh twitter every five minutes while I'm in the middle of writing something, in case I have to tear it up because of breaking news.

steve robertshaw's avatar

Jeff, you'd be forgiven if something else happens after you post! You're not a breaking news site, you're an awesome columnist. We can go to Google News or CNN for superficial updates throughout the day, your role is to put the crazy in perspective and make sense of it all .

un poco loco's avatar

or... if there's no sense to be had, to put the crazy up on display so we can laugh our asses off at it all!

Karla's avatar

Exactly, because Jeff uses the superficial shit for headlines and then goes into the deeper shit anyway, which takes time.

Marie Martin's avatar

The most chilling part is that, even though 40% of this country can recognize the evil in this man, they still want him to be President.

Rebecca Elliott's avatar

No, the most chilling part is that they want him to be President BECAUSE of the evil in this man. It reflects their own evil, and calls it "patriotism."

MARTHA REDSECKER's avatar

M M, you nailed it...the horror of horrors.

Katy Griffith's avatar

Right wing media keeps saying that Cheeto boy is getting the black vote-I keep thinking “why would they vote for him? He’s never done anything for black people & has no plan to do anything, that I’m aware of, for black people”. In fact I think Tim Scott & Byron Donalds are making fools out of themselves-even more than white MAGAts

Mike Hammer's avatar

Yup. They’re all romantic about it.

Katy Griffith's avatar

They seem like they are absolutely doing anything they can to get in his good graces & I think he relishes it-I think Cheeto enjoys these guys sucking up to him even more than the cult members

Kathleen Weber's avatar

Clearly, they're waging lawfare on Jeff! Time for pitchforks!

Rebecca Elliott's avatar

Count me in. I can't carry a pitchfork, but I swing a MEAN walker!

DR Darke's avatar

I use the pitchfork as a cane, myself—but I loves me some multitasking.

Rebecca Elliott's avatar

LOL! My first thought was, "MY GOD, was I married to him at one point?"

DR Darke's avatar

😉 Probably not—I was married and am in the middle of The Divorce that Never Ends, but I'd think we'd recognize each other if we'd been married at any time.

Rebecca Elliott's avatar

Thankfully, mine was fairly quick, and easy. Crossing my fingers for you!

Marcie's avatar

I had CNN on when I was folding laundry yesterday (can't change the channel) and they flashed a huge BREAKING NEWS red banner. I was thinking maybe it was to announce another shoddy SC judgement but no. It was about Justin Bieber getting a DWI. OMG I laughed so hard. I gotta get my priorities straightened out, I guess.....

Bill Corbett's avatar

Marcie,

I almost said something about this earlier after I saw a five-minute stint on MSNBC this morning about Justin. So many more important things to be discussing in the news beside a guy that can afford a lawyer to defend him from a DUI. I don't give a shit who gets a DUI and I certainly don't think it's information I need from national news networks. Especially since we have a crazy orange lunatic running for president.

bruce somers's avatar

I'm trying to figure out why ABC News has a 'near miss' story about planes every night...

Linda Weide's avatar

Fear and anger are emotions that drive up readership. Let us refuse to be manipulated thusly.

Derek Smith's avatar

Justin Timberlake, whoever he is ...

Kathleen Weber's avatar

I get down on my knees every day and thank God that I do not belong to the generation that had to think highly of Justin Timberlake.

Vickie Berry's avatar

Same response here when I saw it…🤦🏻‍♀️

W.C. Jones's avatar

Wait! I'm trying to process your Breaking News. Laundry is supposed to be folded??

Kathleen Weber's avatar

Some folks actually put their sheets in a closet and do not immediately put them back on the bed. Not saying how I swing on that issue.

DR Darke's avatar

I guess the honeymoon's over for the Biebers.

Don'tBlameTheDog's avatar

They are still consulting the kindergarten classes of America for their answer.

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PTW's avatar

Absolutely not. They will wait until the very last moment, just as they are closing the door for the summer and shutting off the lights at the SC, jetting out of town to their luxury fishing trips or summer beach house or jetting to Corfu. They know better than to hang out where the CITIZENS might get a chance to voice their opinion within their earshot.

Remember what they did the day they released Dobbs?

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PTW's avatar

As I recalled, it was the very last day of the term, and the Dobbs announcement was made right AFTER they had already left the building for the summer.

Oooooh, can they actually put it off and wait until after the election to announce a decision? I'm not sure. I guess we will find out in the next couple weeks.

Kathleen Weber's avatar

Maybe in a helicopter like GW Bush during the Obama inauguration?

Kathleen Weber's avatar

Most people think it will be the very last day of the term, and the term might be extended a day or two. Definitely do not hold your breath.

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steve robertshaw's avatar

Whew! Well said .... now that that's done, it's a good time to calm down and relax!

JCfromNC's avatar

Pretty sure she meant “wretched” but then wingnut is not my first language.

Susan Niemann's avatar

"Wingnut is not my first language." 😂😂😂😂

Jodi Richard's avatar

OMG, I made it through Jeff’s article without snorting my oatmeal because I was being careful. This caught me by surprise on my last bite! 🤣

JCfromNC's avatar

Sorry not sorry? 😂

Amy Blamey's avatar

Nah, she was trying to stir up shit. Racist thinks by using that term she can edge close to the n-word without using the n-word.

JCfromNC's avatar

Could be. I mean, “wretched” doesn’t make all that much more sense in context either, but it’s what I heard.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

No, she was trying to be cool, ripping off the culture whose people she hates. Like all those white, suburban, boys who grew up with rap, that are mad because they aren't supposed to say the "N" word. They also use the words wrong because now Fox (so-called) News, tells them the words mean the opposite of what they mean.

markwilson67's avatar

Balentina's accent taint gonna go down well with The Base:-)

Susan Kemp's avatar

I actually found this as an alternative definition for ratchet, but I find it hard to believe that her vocabulary is that nuanced.

“2. A situation or process that is perceived to be changing in a series of irreversible steps.

‘a one-way ratchet of expanding entitlements’”

PJ Schuster's avatar

She did mean wretched.

Mike Hammer's avatar

Tucker Carlson said to tan your balls if you want to be a real man. It’s really confusing to be white anymore.

J.R.'s avatar

You caused me to spit my coffee! Perhaps we can trigger them by tanning one ball only? I don’t hate many things; I hate racist fuckwads, MAGAs ever more so because they’re Trump-apologist fuckwads.

Kelly-Marie Norris's avatar

Is that always the small one for males? Because women's tit's (there's that word again...) depend in the female, so asking for me and my uninformed friends.

markwilson67's avatar

All we can say, is that it depends:-)

Mike Hammer's avatar

When there’s an organ with bilateral representation one side will always be smaller than the other. That’s what Siri told me. ;)

Catherine's avatar

And that other crazy-ass group says to be a real man, one must wear diapers, hahaha, I still can't get over those lunatics 😂

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

I still say actual journalists should explain "Adult Diaper baby fetish" to them, and congratulate them for coming out publically with their kink. I guarantee they won't do it again.

Mike Hammer's avatar

That might actually work!

Joanne Filipo's avatar

Mike, I do feel sorry for the few remaining wonderful white men, my husband and son, thankfully are both in that category, but it can’t be easy for the good ones, right now. But you are out there, and I thank you!

Yarnartist's avatar

Hope he gets a 3rd degree sunburn!

JOE P's avatar

No it aint…unless you’re listening to people like that

Susan Niemann's avatar

Racism is the most disgusting element in America, fueled by the hateful GOP. Has Ms Gomez looked in the mirror? Whatta bitch.

arne link's avatar

That was my first thought. Doesn't she know she's a minority?

Susan Niemann's avatar

Exactly. I will be able to vote in Missouri this election...I sure wont be endorsing her-OR ANY-of the shitty Repubs there. And to think it used to be so blue. Claire McCaskill, we miss you!!

Nancy Potter's avatar

Because she is a minority, she had to go out of her way to show white Republicans what side she's on.

antlisa1201's avatar

Her and Candace Owen’s both.

markwilson67's avatar

Lol, speaking of self-hatred.

Joanne Filipo's avatar

Lol, I didn’t know you wrote this until I read, “whatta bitch, then I looked and said, of course, it’s Susan! 😂🫶

Susan Niemann's avatar

You can always count own me, Joanne! 😂😂😂😂

Mike Hammer's avatar

She went full Karen.

Susan Keefer's avatar

And Ramaswamy is going to wear a White Boy Summer hat. 🙄

Susan Niemann's avatar

A total moron. He needs to look in the mirror, too.

Charles Austin's avatar

All he sees is the money he conned out of investors. Fucking crook!!

markwilson67's avatar

And as soon as she opens her stupid mouth, the game's over.

Charles Austin's avatar

Can you say self-loathing? Sure. I knew you could.😆😆

Tess's avatar

Republicans piss and moan about EVERYTHING! Yet…what do they do??? Not a fucking thing! Excuse me White Boy Summer assholes? Who the hell do you think you are??? GOD I HATE SOME PEOPLE!!! (I’m getting pissy in my old age!)

Joanne Filipo's avatar

Tess, you and me both! Like Jeff says, they are a grievance machine! Making our country sound like it’s heading for the dung pile,when in reality we are rocking it, thank you President Joe!

markwilson67's avatar

Yeah, they is snowflakes:-)

Kathleen Weber's avatar

Don't miss this really good Lincoln Project video on Trump breaking 8 out of 10 of the Ten Commandments.

https://action.lincolnproject.us/commandment_ad

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

unless something more newsworthy happens today, I'll be writing about Louisiana's ten commandments law tomorrow

Kay-El's avatar

How many times have religious nuts tried this, only to fail? It’s just virtue signaling to the gullible.

Geoff Anderson's avatar

Alas, this time, I can see a 5-4 decision upholding this as a good thing, with Robert joining the sane three

Kay-El's avatar

I hope not, but you could very well be right.

Betsy L's avatar

Let's all pray for a boring day today, then. I'm looking forward to what Jeff has to say about dragging (pushing?) Christianity into American schools covered by the First Amendment's non-establishment clause.

Lorraine Parish's avatar

I remember as a kid in Elementary school reciting the Pledge of Allegiance and after that the Lord's Prayer. Yuk.

Mary Hall's avatar

Even as a Catholic school kid in the 1960s, I would always say, "... one nation under gawd.... with liberty and justice for some."

shee-rah's avatar

I just left out the “under god” part.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

They could't make me say, it I just stayed silent. It felt too much like indoctrination to me, being forced to chant something in unison. That was the pledge only, Madelyn Murray OHair was doing her much needed work shuting that other nonsense down.

FTrump And FPutin Too's avatar

Those kids really gotta quit adulterating.

Tess's avatar

Can’t wait! Make up what they REALLY think are the 10 Commandments! hahahaha

Mike Hammer's avatar

They need to focus first on providing quality education.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

This nonsense is to virtue signal, because that's the last thing they want to do, education helps children see through lies.

Katy Griffith's avatar

True-MAGA wants an uninformed electorate-better than that, they would prefer only wealthy white men have the right to vote

Lorraine Parish's avatar

Shall not Lie should be one of them,

Doc Blase''s avatar

I believe 'bear false witness' covers that one.

steve robertshaw's avatar

That is so, but I honestly don't think the average MAGA nut or Christian fundamentalst realizes that's what it means.

Old Man's avatar

BATON ROUGE (The Borowitz Report)—The Republican governor of Louisiana signed a new law on Wednesday requiring every classroom in the state to display a poster listing all Ten Commandments that Donald J. Trump has broken.

Kay-El's avatar

Seriously, how stupid are the people in this country to believe Trump’s crap?

Rick Calegari's avatar

Pretty damn stupid. Someone told me yesterday that he was much better off when Trump was in office. Pretty bizarre and funny shit considering my bank account suggests otherwise.

Kay-El's avatar

I’ve had the same convos with idiots too. Cheap gas prices! because collective amnesia that we were in a pandemic

Mary Hall's avatar

At the end of Shitler's Reign of Terror we were using refrigerator trucks as morgues and wiping our asses with coffee filters. Good times!!

CAM from 🇨🇦's avatar

At least in 🇨🇦 we could use facial tissue when we couldn’t find TP. 😉

Kay-El's avatar

Clogs the sewer lines 😂

Rick Calegari's avatar

Plus they refuse to believe Trump ordered the Saudis to cut oil production or lose their defense funding. Perhaps that 11th Commandment Mel Brooks referred to was thou shalt not extort.

Dee Whitman's avatar

A lot of his supporters are psychologically broken rather than stupid. Like him, they've never learned how to cope with *any* uncomfortable feeling and instead turn all of them into rage. Their lives are consumed by rage, and they want to hurt anyone they (rightly or wrongly) think has harmed them. Hence their love of someone who promises to inflict the pain they can't.

That said, tens of millions of Americans (myself among them) are rightly enraged about how we've been screwed financially over the past 40 years; it has cost us jobs, professions, a sense of purpose, a sense of belonging, our health, the finan.+psych. security of owning a home (renting leads to perpetual anxiety in this era of price-gouging landlords), and lots of other bad stuff. I, the child of two FDR Dems, would never in a thousand yrs vote for a GOP, but I'm angry / anxious / depressed almost all the time, and I fully understand why so many people who've been broken by this country are dealing with their unhappiness in a different way. I don't condone it, but I get it.

I think we'll start devising solutions after we grasp that his supporters are motivated more by their psychological wounds than by their modest intellect or insufficient education.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

And all of those symptoms are directly connected to Reagan screwing over the poor, and defunding public education, and otherwise stacking the deck, to give the rich more wealth, and blaming black people as to why the poor acould not get ahead. And yet they merrily continued to vote for the very assholes keeping them down.

Kay-El's avatar

I really was responding to Trump saying in the video “who believes this crap” about whatever imagined grievance. I do understand what you’re saying, though and I don’t disagree. I’m fed up too and they aren’t the only ones suffering, but there are plenty of people who don’t take their anger out in bigoted, racist ways. That’s where ignorance comes in.

PJ Schuster's avatar

I thoroughly agree. Our elected representatives have allowed a lot of this mess to happen, either intentionally, or just by not being assertive enough, not fighting back enough for the people they are supposed to represent. We also must share the blame for not paying attention & staying as highly engaged as we are now that things have gone to hell.

Linda Weide's avatar

When Reagan was elected I renewed my German passport, which I had taken for granted. What I did not take for granted is my knowledge of people fleeing when they do no longer feel safe in their own country. So, since I technically have 2 countries I have made sure to have options. Still, I regularly write to my US reps, and have written some German ones as well. I am engaged and I do not deserve this, neither do any of the people that I am reading here, who all seem engaged. Now we are also old enough to know better too. I do not know what to do to put a bee in the Democratic party's bonnet so that they get livelier campaigns, and take on the issues that they are supposedly standing for. It certainly won a mom in a southern state, which I cannot remember a seat when she took on abortion as her platform.

markwilson67's avatar

How much time you got:-)

Mike Hammer's avatar

According to Mel Brooks there were 11 commandments before Moses dropped one.

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Catherine's avatar

That's a good idea.

Alison Parker's avatar

"Don't be weak and gay"??? For one thing, Valentina, I've seen some gay men who look like bodybuilding competition champions. Also, sure seems weak to me to be that terrified of anyone who is even the slightest bit different from you.

Doc Blase''s avatar

It is such a tone-deaf shirt I had to get closer to the screen to make sure I was reading it right. Yep. Bigotry is now a source of pride, as the irony boat sinks of its own weight.

Alison Parker's avatar

Same!! I was like...wait, does it really say that??? These people are frigging ridiculous.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

They constantly rip off the culture they envy. Mostly because they know they are dweebs, and like to pretend they are cool. But they have no creativity thus must rip off those with imagination.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Bodybuilders build for other men, regardless of their sexual preference. I lived with a (straight) body builder and everytime we would walk by another buff male, he would puff up like a blowfish, until that male had passed by. And we knew a ton of gay male bodybuilders on the circuit!

Richard Von Busack's avatar

Incidentally, I was just in Juneau, and one of the taverns there was going to have a Juneteenth show. The woke has spread! Save yourselves! Republicans amaze me: go after nice things like holidays and Dolly Parton, defend nasty things, such as Donald Trump

Doc Blase''s avatar

Life has turned into the Batman TV show.

Richard Von Busack's avatar

They should have told us, no, Batman isn’t real. But when you grow up, you’ll live in Gotham City

Linda Fulcher's avatar

Damn, I am just so tired of this shit.

arne link's avatar

Oh, Lordy! I feel ya. I'm exhausted but I wait faithfully in front of my computer for Jeff's outrage of the day. Can't help myself. I'm going shopping now...

Linda Fulcher's avatar

Me too. I'm going out to get some fruit and then flopping in front of the AC.

Dee Whitman's avatar

Tip to save $ + energy: When I had AC, I set it at 78F and used oscillating fans to move the air around. Made the room feel much cooler (about 72F), and my bills were lower. Best wishes.

Linda Fulcher's avatar

I do the same and it really works well.

Ethereal Fairy's avatar

Yes. Very good of them to share that tip.

Teri's avatar

Adding moisture helps too. A humidifier, or put a wet towel near your a/c, fan, where you and your family hang out. Tweet towel at night. You can buy a cheap humidity meter too.

Gently, Jack Jones's avatar

Much as I love it, Thanksgiving is sort of the original white person holiday.

There are several more holidays that need to be "made up", like perhaps a "sorry about the broken treaties and genocide but thanks for the cool feather headdresses" holiday for the Injuns, and some others too, for the Messicans & Chinee that essentially built the West. That would be a good thing.

Gently, Jack Jones's avatar

Like Linda, I am so very tired of this shit

Neal Stiffelman's avatar

This shite angries up my blood, Homes. So keep it coming.

Fastball Fredo's avatar

Hi Jeff, continuing my episodes in MAGA land, after golf. Lunchtime with MAGA.. that should be reality show… this time after taking jabs on the course we settle in… All are in the tank for Donald… I bring up the inconvenient reality that their hero was convicted of 34 felonies, as such Donald is unable to own a firearm, must report to probation officer, unable to associate with convicted criminals and take a pee test… Boy, these guys were pissed that their Dear Leader must comply..I brought up the convictions no less than 5 times.. one said these convictions would be reversed on appeal… well, the NY Appellate Court just rejected Donald’s appeal on the gag order, and I fully expect the same over these convictions… Man these guys were pissed…made my day.. and took their money from the golf game… have a great day Jeff and fellow travelers.🤠

Charles Austin's avatar

I love expropriation of MAGAt funds through golf.😆😆

Dave Drell's avatar

Prob last time they invite you to golf with them!

Chris Craddock's avatar

Wow, we get a brand new fucking clown show every day. Thanks Republican dipshits!!

Martha's avatar

Is their white boy summer flag pink????

Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

oh no, it's Gay Boy Summer — don't tell them

FTrump And FPutin Too's avatar

Grown white ass men waving pink White Boy Summer flags sends a message I don’t think that they think that far ahead or they’re just showing their passions out loud.

Lorraine Parish's avatar

Angry, Closeted White Boy Summer get's my vote.

Kay-El's avatar

I think racist resting bitch face Gomez was trying to say “wretched”. Or maybe she was referring to Nurse Ratched. Who can tell with that argle bargle.

Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

Ratched (sometimes ratchet) means low class, not up to par, not as great as someone thinks it is. It’s a take off from wretched. Like “girl, her hair is just ratched”. I like this: ‘a ruinous state’.

Jenny Bizzoco's avatar

I still cannot fathom how any black voter would give his vote to a Republican.

FTrump And FPutin Too's avatar

I can’t imagine how any sentient human could choose to vote for the degenerate champion commandment breaking soul-less greedy ketchup hurling pussy grabbing Putin-sucking mobster wannabe asshat.

Doc Blase''s avatar

And especially Orange Jeebus.

Being gullible isn't a vulnerability restricted to old white guys.