today in Shit That Happened While I Was Busy Writing This Shit—
Piss-Drunk Pete continues to fuck with our military readiness.
"Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s highly unusual decision to remove officers from a one-star promotion list has spurred allegations of racial and gender bias."
I am so goddamned pissed at everything this administration does. So racist and misogynistic, hateful, spiteful, untrustworthy, untruthful, malignant, greedy, unpatriotic, yellow bellied, terrorist, and whatever else you'd like to add. Because it's a never ending list.
I know, right? They said they needed to abolish "DEI" and focus on qualifications but it seems like they now have DEI exclusively for white men who aren't required to prove they are more qualified, just white and male.
Yes Anastasia, white and male are the only two qualifications required by the Trumpers; but, it doesn’t hurt to have a confederate flag in the garage and a KKK outfit in the closet (if you want to be a shoe in).
When simple misogyny in the military isn’t enough? Add a heaping dose of racism, cuz why not?
I mean, as a veteran, I can tell you NOTHING is more important in the military than looking a certain way and having a certain body part between one’s legs — who needs all that pussy woke shit like *expertise*?? Or **knowledge**??
Yes, he is all about appearances.Make up studio getting his face perfect.Perfect hair( is there a hair salon in the Pentagon, too?).Big macho words and struts.Hey he’s right out of central casting and that,My friends, is about all that is required other than licking some big orange arse any chance you get.
Battle damage and replacement of losses over the first three weeks of the war likely costs roughly $1.4 billion to $2.9 billion, according to Elaine McCusker, a top Pentagon budget official during the first Trump administration who has been tracking the cost of the conflict for the American Enterprise Institute. The higher estimate includes damage to a Qatari radar housed on a U.S. air base in the country.
Here are some of the weapons and platforms that the Pentagon would likely look to replace in the $200 billion Iran supplemental-spending request it has sent to the White House.
A Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornet jet fighter mistakenly shot down three American F-15E Strike Eagles on March 1—all six crew members safely ejected. A new-model F-15 today costs about $100 million.
A U.S. F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter made an emergency landing on March 19, and its pilot was in stable condition. Iran claims to have shot at the aircraft. An F-35A costs about $82.5 million.
Six crew members of an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueler were killed when their plane crashed after colliding with another KC-135 over Iraq on March 12. Five more KC-135s were damaged during an Iranian missile strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The damaged aircraft are being repaired.
Boeing hasn’t built KC-135s since the 1960s, so the Air Force will most likely replace the lost plane with a KC-46 Pegasus, a tanker that is based on a modified 767 airliner. A KC-46 costs about $165 million.
More than a dozen MQ-9 Reaper drones have been lost since the war began. This includes at least eight shot down by Iranian missiles, three on the ground destroyed by Iranian missiles and one mistakenly shot down by a Persian Gulf nation. Additional Reapers have been damaged. The MQ-9s flown by the Air Force, which cost at least $16 million each, are no longer manufactured by General Atomics. The newer-model MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones are being manufactured for the U.S. and its allies, costing around $30 million each.
While not damaged in combat, a fire broke out on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford on March 12. The fire began in the main laundry space and spread to other parts of the ship, including sailors’ sleeping quarters. The carrier is now in port at Souda Bay in Greece, where it will undergo repairs.
Iran struck an AN/TPY-2 radar that is part of the Thaad missile defense battery in Jordan. The radar, which is used to track ballistic missiles, costs at least $300 million.
Iran has also attacked radar, communications and air-defense systems in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, including damage of the Qatari AN/FPS-132 early-warning radar at Al-Udeid Air Base. The radar, which can track several targets simultaneously, costs about $1 billion.
Graphics sources: Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, MissileThreat/Center for Strategic and International Studies (AN/TPY-2); Missile Defense Agency (AN/FPS-132); Air Force (KC-135, F-15E, F-35A, MQ-9 Reaper); U.S. Navy (USS Gerald R. Ford); U.S. Congress (Thaad)
And it's only going to get worse with this godforsaken war costing billions, maybe even trillions. Just the overwhelmingly # of frivolous, unfounded law suits alone are probably costing enough to bankrupt the country and the list goes on and on....
And if we are ever able to rid ourselves of these shits, all the dead suits in the Senate and House will wake up to scream bloody murder about deficit reduction if we try anything audacious like National Health Care or funding education. The entire tax code will need to be overhauled- TAX THE RICH!
I read somwhere that some THAAD batteries where being pulled from S Korea and moved to the Middle East theater. I’m sure the S Koreans are feeling more secure.
Stragedy. That's the word my dyslexic brain came up with today. It gives W's "strategery" a run for its money. Definition: When you attack an enemy without a strategy and it results in tragedy. You're welcome. (I wouldn't pick on dyslexic Governor Newsome if I were you)
Omg they are just now thinking Hegseth is racist and sexest. Have you listened to his rants? The guy is forking idiot. That he running this war is so alarming. I'm against generals in government, but maybe they should step up and oversee the executive branches decision making.
Oh I think it could. I've never heard any military take turned out well.
We can just make sure everyone votes for Democrats for the midterms. Trump is freaked and trying to cheat because he knows he is going to be impeached.
The entire trump cabinet is awful but Piss Drunk Pete is an especially nauseating poor-excuse-for-a-human-being. I want him to be the first to be tried for war crimes. I saw that headline, went to another source to read the story because I cancelled my subscription to the NYT because it is worthless. (For some reason, I continue to get emails from it with headlines to stories I can no longer read but at least I do get that heads up. ) I get so impotently enraged when I read that kind of shit! I dispair that we are going to ever make it out of this shit show.
My first thought when I saw and heard dumpy speaking at his cabinet meeting was each one of them need to be brought up on charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government by going along with the addlebrained dangerous dumb fuck. We are all in harm's way. Amendment 25 needs to be pressed into action by congress, now! Impeachment doesn't have any teeth and useless, at this point.
I’m with you Unity. I feel sorry for our soldiers who have to follow orders from a man (a thing) whose sole qualification for his job is flipping a skateboard into his nuts…and none of the clowns the orange marauder has appointed to his clusterfuck of a clown car has any better qualifications than colonel nutcruncher.
This all leads us to a panicky search for our ass so we can at least have a chance to kiss it goodbye before nutcruncher and pumpkin head can rapture us
Time to sue his ass, and then impeach him and then send him to the Hague so they can get their turn.
I know that Americans all over the world are going to protest. You can see that there are a lot of American expats around the world by the number of No Kings rallies that are being held. We are all in solidarity with our family and friends in the USA.
We need to defeat Trump who is part of the Trump/Netanyahu duo. We will get out there on Saturday and show them how unpopular Trump and his regime is. Here is a list of No Kings, No Tyrants, No Dictators, which are NO ICE and NO WAR protests from around the world that you can sign up for. Please share with family and friends inside and outside the US. Many are not on the No Kings Maps because they are not sponsored by Mobilize and Indivisible. People don't know about it, they just want a No Kings Rally.
Germany had 9, then this morning I learned that there are 2 more, one in Göttingen for whom I don't have a sign up link and one in Freiburg, which is listed on https://tacker.fr/node/17645
Here is a new song that we can all be singing at our rallies on Saturday. Bette Midler's All You Fascists Bound to Lose.
These are crazy times and right now the US is having a net immigration loss. More people are moving away from than are moving to the USA. Wherever you are, please stand up and be counted.
A friend in my book club is stationed in Wiesbaden with her husband. She is a military wife too. My heart is with military wives and girlfriends, and husbands. In Solidarity Margaret!✌🏽
"the magical enchanted land of Phillydilly." Maybe he means Philadelphia. where I can assure you, we all hate him here.
And is it true he's tearing up the walkway by the ugly framed pictures with black granite? He is spending money we dont have. I read somewhere that America is bankrupt?
The lazy ass Republicans could end all this...I guess they're too busy with their stock trades.
The other thing is that Philadelphia has a Mayor, not a Governor. He’s really on the way out. He reminds me of my dad shortly before he died of Alzheimer’s.
Rather than lazy, they're terrified. They're trapped like rats by their own actions. I'm sure there's *no truth at all* to the rumor that senior GOP officials have been approaching JD to get the 25th underway. Nope, nothing to see.
I sure wish I could be up there in Phillydilly for the protest. It's gonna be lit.
Susan, a Phillydilly is the newest version of the DQ Dilly Bar, except it's made from a base of Philadelphia cream cheese. It's Donnie's special concoction for a very special boy, instead of two scoops of vanilla ice cream.
His comb-over is losing the battle against baldness. During my mother's final months I knew her dementia was getting bad when she quit worrying about her hair. She was always obsessed with her hair. He's at that stage.
I watched it and he's trying to say "Illinois" and failing badly. And Governor Pritzker is not going to tell Trump to "please come in and stop the crime," which has dropped precipitously, no thanks to Trump.
Phillydilly? His brain was just humming one of his songs while his accordion hands played along to “Lavender Blue” that was revived for Cinderella movie in 2015.
It says in the lyrics “when I am King, you will be queen”
The "America is bankrupt" rumor isn't exactly true, but it's a complicated explanation. Snopes did a deep dive. The New Republic had a great article as well regarding where things stand, but it's more a warning that UNLESS things change, it's going to get really REALLY bad, and angle that Snopes didn't cover. I reposted it so it's on my profile. Here's a link to the Snopes article: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/treasury-declares-us-insolvent/
No, sorry but President Fuckwit actually DID say “Illinois,”although at first it does sound like he’s trying to say Philadelphia. But since that’s my hometown, I can readily hear the difference. He actually IS mumbling about the Governor of ILLINOIS..
And, btw, when we refer to our City of Brotherly Love, we usually mispronounce it lovingly as “Fluffia!”
There was also the extended-play 12-incher of him riffing on Sharpies, and how he art-of-the-dealt them down to $5 apiece -- when, as Lawrence pointed out last night, you could get a pack of 10 at Staples for $7.99. And the part where he said, lacking any sort of self-awareness, "I don't want a stupid person being president." That, to me, was the money shot.
Same here. It brings to my mind Ahhhnold in Conan the Barbarian, as he prayed to Crom before the final battle with Thulsa Doom and his minions. After asking for revenge, Conan concludes with, "and if you do not listen, then to hell with you!"
Wonder if that's why Kegbreath doesn't react when Shitforbrains starts snoring and farting in the middle of one of his pronouncements. Keeping up appearances.
In the middle of a ‘war’? I think he will have to wait until after all the troops and ships have been withdrawn. Or it will look like he was having second thoughts about starting his little ‘excursion’.
Plus the latest report from the jellyfish and plankton that occupy space in the White House as some sort of "officials" is that Donnie Demento is now "bored" with the war. Kegseth's video game shows apparently have lost their attraction for the bloated toddler.
Would-be mad king would rather get back to his Billionaires' Ballroom and Arc de Trump pet projects. Then there's the DC golf courses and other "real estate" projects he can make happen with unlimited (he thinks) OPM.
It's close, but I'm with you: Trump's handlers and mega-donors are more worried about the world blowing up than they are about protecting themselves from the Epstein files. But I could be wrong . . .
My money is on Kash Patel as the worthless blood sacrifice of the week and a stand-in for Bondi. He got his emails from his entire life, it appears, hacked and published online by Iran.
Just waiting for pics to come out from the hack of Kash bent over taking a BBC in his assless chaps. A quite sizeable BBC that would make Kash's eyes bug out for sure.
My money’s on Pete - 🙏 sooner (as in now, today any time works) rather than later. He’s “running” the DOD like he’s playing a video game sitting in his mother’s basement drinking beer, whiskey, rubbing alcohol - anything alcoholic he can get his grubby hands on to boost his warmongering thoughts and desires 🤬🤬
NO KINGS had an official count of 7 million last time, in October. This time, they're aiming for 5 million more than that: 12 million. It's First Amendment exercise, it's peaceful, and seeing others out there coming together to protest will encourage others to join in and make their voices heard. We want to inspire Americans of all ages to wake up, speak up, and get ready to make history this year. We want everyone to know that none of this is normal, or ethical, or moral, or good for America. You don't need to bring a sign, but dress for the weather, bring money/snacks/water and get ready to be seen and heard!!!
When people of the future read Jeff's essays, they will understand how completely surreal, insane and criminal the trump era was.
And how abusive it was to us ordinary citizens. I honestly feel like the stress and constant barrage of insanity has materially affected my mental and physical health. Just when I got to a stage of life where things could have been getting easier.
Someone needs to compile Jeff's writings into a hardcopy edition that can't be wiped off the internet by oligarchs. And print a million copies. Just like Eisenhower said about the photos and film of the concentration camps. So that no future deniers will be believed.
The extra stress of what is happening to our country and the world adds an additional feeling of anxiety onto my already anxious mind.
We got our taxes back and we owe a whole pile because we took a sizable chunk from our brokerage account to help support the Mild Jrs.
Our estranged daughter passed away last year. Her daughter is being cared for by our daughter’s friend, her son lives with his father. I’m trying to decide how much (or little) to spend on a grave marker. The wise Mrs Mild pointed out that the marker is not for our daugther, but for our granddaughter when she visits the gravesite.
We’re also planning on downsizing. I’m having trouble with stairs due to lumbar problems, Mrs Mild has heart issues, and we need to be closer to our doctors.
I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining. It’s the addition of the uncertainty that Trump, Netanyahu, Putin, et al bring to the table makes my world seem more crushing than 2 years ago.
I understand what you mean about this constant barrage of insanity adding to the already fragile circumstances we feel ourselves in. It’s very very hard. I took a trip to Canada for a week and I was amazed that even some of the stress lifted for that short amount of time, knowing that humans were in charge in Canada, not lunatics.
I get you, completely. I find that *my* physical problems have WORSENED NOTICEABLY during this past yr (MS, RA, pain from my nerves that were destroyed when my lumbar spine was shattered, & most seriously, my PTSD from when I was kidnapped at age 11, in 1968).
STRESS & ANXIETY, over whether I'll STILL BE ALIVE WHEN THIS BULLSHIT IS OVER.
So sorry for your losses and troubles. If we had peace and prosperity it might make it easier for you to bear. Hang in there.
Just a thought from a stranger but if possible, perhaps a tree or small pollinator garden would be a good memorial marker. If the resting place permits. The serviceberry shrub or tree is beautiful and invaluable year-round to a wide variety of wildlife, and would be a lovely tribute your grandaughter could visit. And perhaps more economical.
There isn’t a No Kings day in Canada tomorrow, because we already have a king, so our demonstration is labelled No Tyrants Day, a moniker that describes Trump to a T.
Your on point descriptions “dumb pumpkin head, doughy torso, neckgina, AND the pungent aroma of ass music!” (I will have to remember that one! )Can he get any dumber?! Not to mention falling asleep all the damn time….Jesus——Time for a Nursing Home anyone??????
No Kings March tomorrow—-HELL YES! Thanks Jeff and hope everyone has a safe and peaceful weekend!
They don’t actually “work”- they sit around an think of ways to inflict pain& suffering on the masses; and how they can best kiss his Royal Highness’ arse
And you know "Piss-drunk Pete" prayed during a religious service at the Pentagon that there be “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy”.
“Sorry, I would be alleviating more suffering and hunger right now, but an alcoholic ex-Fox “News” pundit has me busy conjuring overwhelming violence.”
For anyone uncertain about what to do tomorrow (3/28) or where to do it, please visit NoKings.org, then scroll down to "find an event near you."
Enter your zip code to see locations near you. (There are lot more than there were in October.)
Dress appropriately. Remember, if Minnesotans can stand in below-zero temps for days on end, we can manage a couple of hours of whatever Mother Nature doles out.
Actually, all that praise and LUV is so soothing and relaxing that it just makes Trump fall asleep! just like when the Epstein nymphets used to give him a massage! What do you expect !!!
Regarding the ridiculous Dana Perino business… Not only was Trump being creepy with a woman, as usual, but I have a sneaking feeling he dozed off in the middle of her question
His cheeks are looking more hollowed out these days, with the right one caving more than the left and a pronounced upper lip droop. Do they botox him up between strokes?
today in Shit That Happened While I Was Busy Writing This Shit—
Piss-Drunk Pete continues to fuck with our military readiness.
"Hegseth Strikes Two Black and Two Female Officers From Promotion List
Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s highly unusual decision to remove officers from a one-star promotion list has spurred allegations of racial and gender bias."
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/03/27/us/hegseth-promotion-list.html
"Allegations"?!
new york times gonna new york times
I am so goddamned pissed at everything this administration does. So racist and misogynistic, hateful, spiteful, untrustworthy, untruthful, malignant, greedy, unpatriotic, yellow bellied, terrorist, and whatever else you'd like to add. Because it's a never ending list.
I'd add treasonous.
definitely!!!
Being pedantic here, but not just treasonous, but committing sedition.
It's challenging at the ny times. I heard they are still looking for "yellow cake".
I know, right? They said they needed to abolish "DEI" and focus on qualifications but it seems like they now have DEI exclusively for white men who aren't required to prove they are more qualified, just white and male.
Yes Anastasia, white and male are the only two qualifications required by the Trumpers; but, it doesn’t hurt to have a confederate flag in the garage and a KKK outfit in the closet (if you want to be a shoe in).
And a certain red baseball cap glued firmly to your head.
Hey Frank, does that include shoes that are too big for one's feet?
"Highly unusual"--I guess that's what kids today call discrimination now. I'm behind on this modern slang stuff.
Creeping suspicions?
An allegation is just a fact not yet proven in court.
Allegation, indictment, conviction.
Nice sequence.
Took the words right out of my mouth
When simple misogyny in the military isn’t enough? Add a heaping dose of racism, cuz why not?
I mean, as a veteran, I can tell you NOTHING is more important in the military than looking a certain way and having a certain body part between one’s legs — who needs all that pussy woke shit like *expertise*?? Or **knowledge**??
That’s for LOSERS, not wARfIgHTerS!!
That is some great dripping with sarcasm post.💙
lol I wasn’t sure if it was enough! Lol having grown up in the NE corner of the US, my first language is sarcasm ;)
Not that Hegseth is racist or misogynistic or anything… Purely coincidental, I’m sure…
Such a smug jerk!
The skateboard needs to hit Kegstand in the face!
Nuts, face, same
The Christo-Nazi got his own marinated ass plucked off a Fox News chucklefuck panel on which he was the stupidest member. But so obsessed with DEI.
Yes, he is all about appearances.Make up studio getting his face perfect.Perfect hair( is there a hair salon in the Pentagon, too?).Big macho words and struts.Hey he’s right out of central casting and that,My friends, is about all that is required other than licking some big orange arse any chance you get.
No salon, just a big Crisco dispenser.
Press photos must be flattering
No photographer has that level of skill
Pete is such a racist, sexist piece of shit. I hope he’s found drunk with two hookers and his pants around his ankles.
With anger, we are protesting tomorrow here in Tucson Arizona, the liberal hotbed of a purple state.
Worst of all, he thinks war is a game, and soldiers are just plastic pieces. He needs to be shipped over there, pronto.
He can't get anywhere near live fire. There would be fragging, for sure.
All the more reason to send him ASAP.
I hope they are gay male sex workers. That would be epic!
The really infuriating part is that if he *was* found like that, he'd probably get away with it! Ugh.
Two hookers would be seen as a sign of manly prowess.
Battle damage and replacement of losses over the first three weeks of the war likely costs roughly $1.4 billion to $2.9 billion, according to Elaine McCusker, a top Pentagon budget official during the first Trump administration who has been tracking the cost of the conflict for the American Enterprise Institute. The higher estimate includes damage to a Qatari radar housed on a U.S. air base in the country.
Here are some of the weapons and platforms that the Pentagon would likely look to replace in the $200 billion Iran supplemental-spending request it has sent to the White House.
A Kuwaiti F/A-18 Hornet jet fighter mistakenly shot down three American F-15E Strike Eagles on March 1—all six crew members safely ejected. A new-model F-15 today costs about $100 million.
A U.S. F-35A Lightning II stealth fighter made an emergency landing on March 19, and its pilot was in stable condition. Iran claims to have shot at the aircraft. An F-35A costs about $82.5 million.
Six crew members of an Air Force KC-135 Stratotanker aerial refueler were killed when their plane crashed after colliding with another KC-135 over Iraq on March 12. Five more KC-135s were damaged during an Iranian missile strike on Prince Sultan Air Base in Saudi Arabia. The damaged aircraft are being repaired.
Boeing hasn’t built KC-135s since the 1960s, so the Air Force will most likely replace the lost plane with a KC-46 Pegasus, a tanker that is based on a modified 767 airliner. A KC-46 costs about $165 million.
More than a dozen MQ-9 Reaper drones have been lost since the war began. This includes at least eight shot down by Iranian missiles, three on the ground destroyed by Iranian missiles and one mistakenly shot down by a Persian Gulf nation. Additional Reapers have been damaged. The MQ-9s flown by the Air Force, which cost at least $16 million each, are no longer manufactured by General Atomics. The newer-model MQ-9B SkyGuardian drones are being manufactured for the U.S. and its allies, costing around $30 million each.
While not damaged in combat, a fire broke out on the aircraft carrier USS Gerald R. Ford on March 12. The fire began in the main laundry space and spread to other parts of the ship, including sailors’ sleeping quarters. The carrier is now in port at Souda Bay in Greece, where it will undergo repairs.
Iran struck an AN/TPY-2 radar that is part of the Thaad missile defense battery in Jordan. The radar, which is used to track ballistic missiles, costs at least $300 million.
Iran has also attacked radar, communications and air-defense systems in Qatar, the United Arab Emirates, Jordan, Bahrain, Kuwait and Saudi Arabia, including damage of the Qatari AN/FPS-132 early-warning radar at Al-Udeid Air Base. The radar, which can track several targets simultaneously, costs about $1 billion.
Graphics sources: Missile Defense Advocacy Alliance, MissileThreat/Center for Strategic and International Studies (AN/TPY-2); Missile Defense Agency (AN/FPS-132); Air Force (KC-135, F-15E, F-35A, MQ-9 Reaper); U.S. Navy (USS Gerald R. Ford); U.S. Congress (Thaad)
Write to Marcus Weisgerber at marcus.weisgerber@wsj.com and Roque Ruiz at roque.ruizgonzalez@wsj.com
Oh, and thanks to T💩p and the Rethuglicans, the most powerful nation on earth is now broke AF in every measurable metric.
A big Ponzi scheme
And it's only going to get worse with this godforsaken war costing billions, maybe even trillions. Just the overwhelmingly # of frivolous, unfounded law suits alone are probably costing enough to bankrupt the country and the list goes on and on....
And if we are ever able to rid ourselves of these shits, all the dead suits in the Senate and House will wake up to scream bloody murder about deficit reduction if we try anything audacious like National Health Care or funding education. The entire tax code will need to be overhauled- TAX THE RICH!
The Kleptocrats are doing quite well though.
I read somwhere that some THAAD batteries where being pulled from S Korea and moved to the Middle East theater. I’m sure the S Koreans are feeling more secure.
Stragedy. That's the word my dyslexic brain came up with today. It gives W's "strategery" a run for its money. Definition: When you attack an enemy without a strategy and it results in tragedy. You're welcome. (I wouldn't pick on dyslexic Governor Newsome if I were you)
Given the performance of the current regime, I think Petey has proved that straight white guys are NOT the best at running things.
Omg they are just now thinking Hegseth is racist and sexest. Have you listened to his rants? The guy is forking idiot. That he running this war is so alarming. I'm against generals in government, but maybe they should step up and oversee the executive branches decision making.
"...maybe they should step up and STOP the executive branch..."
Sounds good but, the military taking over the government never ends well.
That's true. Then again, a temporary military takeover couldn't be a lot worse than the current situation, I'm thinking.
Oh I think it could. I've never heard any military take turned out well.
We can just make sure everyone votes for Democrats for the midterms. Trump is freaked and trying to cheat because he knows he is going to be impeached.
Oh, yeah, he's trying everything under the sun to cheat.
That said, I wouldn’t bet the farm that Elon's thumb (read: hacker minions) doesn't end up on the scale again.
I don’t know. Best not to stand in the way of a crisis whose time has come.
I like how you think, Susan!
The entire trump cabinet is awful but Piss Drunk Pete is an especially nauseating poor-excuse-for-a-human-being. I want him to be the first to be tried for war crimes. I saw that headline, went to another source to read the story because I cancelled my subscription to the NYT because it is worthless. (For some reason, I continue to get emails from it with headlines to stories I can no longer read but at least I do get that heads up. ) I get so impotently enraged when I read that kind of shit! I dispair that we are going to ever make it out of this shit show.
My first thought when I saw and heard dumpy speaking at his cabinet meeting was each one of them need to be brought up on charges of conspiracy to overthrow the government by going along with the addlebrained dangerous dumb fuck. We are all in harm's way. Amendment 25 needs to be pressed into action by congress, now! Impeachment doesn't have any teeth and useless, at this point.
I’m with you Unity. I feel sorry for our soldiers who have to follow orders from a man (a thing) whose sole qualification for his job is flipping a skateboard into his nuts…and none of the clowns the orange marauder has appointed to his clusterfuck of a clown car has any better qualifications than colonel nutcruncher.
This all leads us to a panicky search for our ass so we can at least have a chance to kiss it goodbye before nutcruncher and pumpkin head can rapture us
Hegseth looks like a guy who secretly murders prostitutes. For Jesus.
Allegations of racial and gender bias? Allegations?!!
Of course that’s why. Ugh. The stupid, it burns!
Has any sane person ever thought that Kegseth was NOT misogynistic and racist 🤨
Time to sue his ass, and then impeach him and then send him to the Hague so they can get their turn.
I know that Americans all over the world are going to protest. You can see that there are a lot of American expats around the world by the number of No Kings rallies that are being held. We are all in solidarity with our family and friends in the USA.
We need to defeat Trump who is part of the Trump/Netanyahu duo. We will get out there on Saturday and show them how unpopular Trump and his regime is. Here is a list of No Kings, No Tyrants, No Dictators, which are NO ICE and NO WAR protests from around the world that you can sign up for. Please share with family and friends inside and outside the US. Many are not on the No Kings Maps because they are not sponsored by Mobilize and Indivisible. People don't know about it, they just want a No Kings Rally.
https://lindaweide.substack.com/p/no-kings-no-tyrants-no-dictators?r=f0qfn
Germany had 9, then this morning I learned that there are 2 more, one in Göttingen for whom I don't have a sign up link and one in Freiburg, which is listed on https://tacker.fr/node/17645
Here is a new song that we can all be singing at our rallies on Saturday. Bette Midler's All You Fascists Bound to Lose.
https://youtu.be/U5VXwncNvTo?si=nqEITYquqPah1kh5
We can stand with this military wife too against what this regime is doing.
https://substack.com/@parislychee/note/c-221726913?r=f0qfn&utm_source=notes-share-action&utm_medium=web
These are crazy times and right now the US is having a net immigration loss. More people are moving away from than are moving to the USA. Wherever you are, please stand up and be counted.
Military wife: 💗💗💗💗💗
Thank you.
A friend in my book club is stationed in Wiesbaden with her husband. She is a military wife too. My heart is with military wives and girlfriends, and husbands. In Solidarity Margaret!✌🏽
Yes. Makes our hearts ache.
Who said that?1? Are they in the room right now???
30% of the American population are white men. How can 70% of the population be DEI? It’s so stupid.
"the magical enchanted land of Phillydilly." Maybe he means Philadelphia. where I can assure you, we all hate him here.
And is it true he's tearing up the walkway by the ugly framed pictures with black granite? He is spending money we dont have. I read somewhere that America is bankrupt?
The lazy ass Republicans could end all this...I guess they're too busy with their stock trades.
ARRRRGGGHHHHH! I despise these assholes.
The other thing is that Philadelphia has a Mayor, not a Governor. He’s really on the way out. He reminds me of my dad shortly before he died of Alzheimer’s.
I initially thought he was just mixing up Philadelphia with Pennsylvania. I never expect him to make any sense.
I think PhillyDilly is a sexual kink involving a bagel with schmear.
Very soft pretzel.
😂😂😂
😆😆😆
Please don’t get our hopes up, but sorry about your dad
So now, is Preznit Leaky-Lobes needling or just noodling when he call Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney "governor"? 🤷♀️
He’s reminded me of my Mom, when she was deep in dementia, as early as 2016
Sorry for your loss, but I'm going to focus on the part where you say "... shortly before he died...". If only!
Yes, Sharon, I caught that too. Agent orange probably thinks Philly is the capital of Pennsylvania 🤓🖖🏻
Both my sisters—both younger than I—have Alzheimer's, and even the one in hospice makes more sense than this rancid jerk.
Sorry for your loss Sharon.
Rather than lazy, they're terrified. They're trapped like rats by their own actions. I'm sure there's *no truth at all* to the rumor that senior GOP officials have been approaching JD to get the 25th underway. Nope, nothing to see.
I sure wish I could be up there in Phillydilly for the protest. It's gonna be lit.
It would require not only Vance but a majority of the bootlicking sycophants of his Cabinet.
And two-thirds majorities of both the House and Senate.
That's only if Vance and the Cabinet act (they won't) and then Trump challenges it. Otherwise there is no Congressional vote.
According to my reading, if Rump challenges it---which of course he would---then the two-thirds majority requirement is triggered.
https://www.law.cornell.edu/constitution/amendmentxxv
Which is what I said. But since Vance and the Cabinet will never act, it's a moot point.
Speaking of Philly: good on ya DA Larry Krasner:
https://www.mediaite.com/politics/philly-da-threatens-to-jail-ice-agents-working-at-airport-the-president-cannot-pardon-you/
Larry means business!
Yes!!! Philly in the house.
Susan, a Phillydilly is the newest version of the DQ Dilly Bar, except it's made from a base of Philadelphia cream cheese. It's Donnie's special concoction for a very special boy, instead of two scoops of vanilla ice cream.
His comb-over is losing the battle against baldness. During my mother's final months I knew her dementia was getting bad when she quit worrying about her hair. She was always obsessed with her hair. He's at that stage.
🤣🤣🤣👏👏👏
Was he thinking of Phyllis Diller and the thoughts collided?
I watched it and he's trying to say "Illinois" and failing badly. And Governor Pritzker is not going to tell Trump to "please come in and stop the crime," which has dropped precipitously, no thanks to Trump.
Phillydilly? His brain was just humming one of his songs while his accordion hands played along to “Lavender Blue” that was revived for Cinderella movie in 2015.
It says in the lyrics “when I am King, you will be queen”
In your dreams, dipshit
LOL!!!
The "America is bankrupt" rumor isn't exactly true, but it's a complicated explanation. Snopes did a deep dive. The New Republic had a great article as well regarding where things stand, but it's more a warning that UNLESS things change, it's going to get really REALLY bad, and angle that Snopes didn't cover. I reposted it so it's on my profile. Here's a link to the Snopes article: https://www.snopes.com/fact-check/treasury-declares-us-insolvent/
When Donny puts his signature on US currency it’s sure to be worth so much more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz0el909yp3o
From the BBC.com: Trump's signature to appear on US dollars in first for sitting president
Oh thank you for the link!!!
No, sorry but President Fuckwit actually DID say “Illinois,”although at first it does sound like he’s trying to say Philadelphia. But since that’s my hometown, I can readily hear the difference. He actually IS mumbling about the Governor of ILLINOIS..
And, btw, when we refer to our City of Brotherly Love, we usually mispronounce it lovingly as “Fluffia!”
Phillydilly!😵💫😵💫😵💫😵💫
The USA is insolvent.
https://finance.yahoo.com/economy/policy/articles/fiscal-catastrophe-us-treasury-just-182700432.html
I think he was *actually* attempting to say “Illinois.” (Doesn’t make it any better, but … )
Of course he meant Philadelphia, I don't see how that could be in question.
There was also the extended-play 12-incher of him riffing on Sharpies, and how he art-of-the-dealt them down to $5 apiece -- when, as Lawrence pointed out last night, you could get a pack of 10 at Staples for $7.99. And the part where he said, lacking any sort of self-awareness, "I don't want a stupid person being president." That, to me, was the money shot.
A stupid person is already president.
Tell the dumbfuck that they are even cheaper in bulk via Amazon. Bezos will send them as another bribe.
https://a.co/d/057DwjUK
Fuck Amazon!!
I buy Sharpies at the dollar store for $1.25 for King-sized version, and use them to create my signs to protest His Moronness.
Who do you think is next on the chopping block, Jeff? I have my money (figuratively speaking) on Whisky Pete. Bondi not far behind?
Absolutely. The convicted felon has already (albeit passively) thrown him under the bus twice this week.
agreed. it's Pete
I'm a harcore atheist, but .. "please, baby Jesus, hear our prayers!"
Same here. It brings to my mind Ahhhnold in Conan the Barbarian, as he prayed to Crom before the final battle with Thulsa Doom and his minions. After asking for revenge, Conan concludes with, "and if you do not listen, then to hell with you!"
😂😂😂
Amazing Doc, that someone could pull a quote from that movie… I’m surprised it didn’t win for best screenplay!
I looked it up on YouTube
Now I gotta watch that movie! It's been ages! Loved Conan!!
You loved Arnold’s big muscles,eh?
Kegsbreath can go back to getting his nuts whacked by a skateboard daily on Fox.
Wonder if that's why Kegbreath doesn't react when Shitforbrains starts snoring and farting in the middle of one of his pronouncements. Keeping up appearances.
I’m hoping Pete and Bobby Kennedy
and Bondi, and Bessent, and ... and ........
Then what? Will Little Marco get HIS job too?
Liddle Big Shoes is waiting around to be king of Cuba. Donnie promised!
Marco is a total ass kisser who will do any dirty work requested- and he is shorter than the Mad King, which has to make that blob feel powerful.
It can’t come soon enough!
Can’t be soon enough. Keg breath makes Noem look approachable, smart and kind.
Not that you mention it, Noem really does resemble a mannequin.
In the middle of a ‘war’? I think he will have to wait until after all the troops and ships have been withdrawn. Or it will look like he was having second thoughts about starting his little ‘excursion’.
Plus the latest report from the jellyfish and plankton that occupy space in the White House as some sort of "officials" is that Donnie Demento is now "bored" with the war. Kegseth's video game shows apparently have lost their attraction for the bloated toddler.
Would-be mad king would rather get back to his Billionaires' Ballroom and Arc de Trump pet projects. Then there's the DC golf courses and other "real estate" projects he can make happen with unlimited (he thinks) OPM.
He’s already bored with “So much winning!” A President with a short attention span should never start a war.
Bondi could hang him out to dry with what she knows about FLA politics and the Epstein arrests and files.
Bondi is part of the Project 2025 cult with Peter Theil. She ain't going no where.
It's close, but I'm with you: Trump's handlers and mega-donors are more worried about the world blowing up than they are about protecting themselves from the Epstein files. But I could be wrong . . .
My money is on Kash Patel as the worthless blood sacrifice of the week and a stand-in for Bondi. He got his emails from his entire life, it appears, hacked and published online by Iran.
Just waiting for pics to come out from the hack of Kash bent over taking a BBC in his assless chaps. A quite sizeable BBC that would make Kash's eyes bug out for sure.
OMG!
REALLY?!?!
Pete's cost him money that he was going to steal from us taxpayers.
My money’s on Pete - 🙏 sooner (as in now, today any time works) rather than later. He’s “running” the DOD like he’s playing a video game sitting in his mother’s basement drinking beer, whiskey, rubbing alcohol - anything alcoholic he can get his grubby hands on to boost his warmongering thoughts and desires 🤬🤬
I doubt that Bondi will ever go. She has been Trump's girl for a very long time. Plus, she looks like an angry Ivanka so there is that.
Can't wait for Pete to see what his loyalty really gets him.
Throw in the next abhorrent contestant on the Apprentice -White House edition
🙏🙏🙏
IMO, as we approach No Kings 3, it's important that we stay focused on the issues that matter most to voters:
1. Affordability: Life in America which Trump's tariffs and Iran War have made far more difficult for the average American
2. ICE: Trump's fascist approach to our immigrant issues and Trump's test for creating a secret police state in America.
3. Health Care: Trump's "It will be Wild" approach to American healthcare and disease prevention. "Hey, Hey, RFK, HOw many kids did you infect today?"
4. The Iran War: Trump's mindless, illegal war conducted without purpose or strategy.
These are all winning issues for Nov. Both Trump and the GOP must be tagged with these vastly unpopular issues.
The fight for November begins the day after tomorrow.
#1 Voting Rights!
Without that none of the other things would happen.
NO KINGS had an official count of 7 million last time, in October. This time, they're aiming for 5 million more than that: 12 million. It's First Amendment exercise, it's peaceful, and seeing others out there coming together to protest will encourage others to join in and make their voices heard. We want to inspire Americans of all ages to wake up, speak up, and get ready to make history this year. We want everyone to know that none of this is normal, or ethical, or moral, or good for America. You don't need to bring a sign, but dress for the weather, bring money/snacks/water and get ready to be seen and heard!!!
Robert Reich's post about all of this to inspire you: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u5oD98HlnRY
And Dr. Bandy Lee's post, too: https://mindsitenews.org/2026/03/25/the-problem-with-the-trump-regime-is-psychiatric-not-political-expert-says/
Summarized here: https://mindsitenews.org/2026/03/25/the-problem-with-the-trump-regime-is-psychiatric-not-political-expert-says/
1. voting rights 2. Epstein Files.
It's already begun.
When people of the future read Jeff's essays, they will understand how completely surreal, insane and criminal the trump era was.
And how abusive it was to us ordinary citizens. I honestly feel like the stress and constant barrage of insanity has materially affected my mental and physical health. Just when I got to a stage of life where things could have been getting easier.
Someone needs to compile Jeff's writings into a hardcopy edition that can't be wiped off the internet by oligarchs. And print a million copies. Just like Eisenhower said about the photos and film of the concentration camps. So that no future deniers will be believed.
The extra stress of what is happening to our country and the world adds an additional feeling of anxiety onto my already anxious mind.
We got our taxes back and we owe a whole pile because we took a sizable chunk from our brokerage account to help support the Mild Jrs.
Our estranged daughter passed away last year. Her daughter is being cared for by our daughter’s friend, her son lives with his father. I’m trying to decide how much (or little) to spend on a grave marker. The wise Mrs Mild pointed out that the marker is not for our daugther, but for our granddaughter when she visits the gravesite.
We’re also planning on downsizing. I’m having trouble with stairs due to lumbar problems, Mrs Mild has heart issues, and we need to be closer to our doctors.
I don’t want to sound like I’m complaining. It’s the addition of the uncertainty that Trump, Netanyahu, Putin, et al bring to the table makes my world seem more crushing than 2 years ago.
I understand what you mean about this constant barrage of insanity adding to the already fragile circumstances we feel ourselves in. It’s very very hard. I took a trip to Canada for a week and I was amazed that even some of the stress lifted for that short amount of time, knowing that humans were in charge in Canada, not lunatics.
If they'd take me I'd move there. (but unfortunately, too old and too little $$.)
I get you, completely. I find that *my* physical problems have WORSENED NOTICEABLY during this past yr (MS, RA, pain from my nerves that were destroyed when my lumbar spine was shattered, & most seriously, my PTSD from when I was kidnapped at age 11, in 1968).
STRESS & ANXIETY, over whether I'll STILL BE ALIVE WHEN THIS BULLSHIT IS OVER.
Until then? WE PROTEST!!
Lin, may the time come soon when your pain lessens, your trauma lightens, and the light at the end of the tunnel is the dawn of a better day.
Back atcha, friend! 👍
I get it. Sorry for your troubles.
Thanks.
I really don’t like sharing stuff, but this seemed like a good opportunity to vent.
Much cheaper than therapy.
You have a lot on your plate and this is a good place to interact with compassionate souls. May your load lighten Mr M
❤️
So sorry for your losses and troubles. If we had peace and prosperity it might make it easier for you to bear. Hang in there.
Just a thought from a stranger but if possible, perhaps a tree or small pollinator garden would be a good memorial marker. If the resting place permits. The serviceberry shrub or tree is beautiful and invaluable year-round to a wide variety of wildlife, and would be a lovely tribute your grandaughter could visit. And perhaps more economical.
Yet somehow trump managed to pay $700 for one year's worth of taxes... :(
PS I am sorry you're having to deal with all this. We just don't have a working system here like Western Europe and a bunch of other countries...
Yes, it has been so abusive to all of us, and for immigrants it is all one big war zone. My husband, who is from Iran, has not been able to reach his family in Iran since the war started and he is frantic with worry. I wrote this on March 7 and it still hasn't changed. https://mindsitenews.org/2026/03/07/insomnia-fear-and-dread-the-ordeal-of-awaiting-word-from-relatives-in-iran/
Great idea!
I promise to buy a copy or two or three
There isn’t a No Kings day in Canada tomorrow, because we already have a king, so our demonstration is labelled No Tyrants Day, a moniker that describes Trump to a T.
How about just "No Trump"?
Whatever turns your crank.
Would be funny to see Charles, William, and Kate supporting "No King's Day."
He's the worst creature I've ever seen
Is he even a human being?
So afraid of looking puny
He's certifiably loony
I write these to vent my spleen
Hey I had lunch with
The Gov of Phillydilly
Dana Perino
Dana Perino
Found out firsthand he's a creep
Threw up in her mouth
Dana Perino
Always knew he was a creep
Corporate shill, her
😂😂😂😂😂😂
Bravo!!! Vent away, Doc!
👍🏽🆒🚨🚨🚨🆒👍🏽
He perks up when he hears his name. Just like my dog.
Good one! I noticed the same thing. 😂😂😂
The only thing is that your dog is much nicer and smells a lot better than the Orange Pustule.
True. Notice how many times Rubio touches his nose during that meeting? It's hilarious.
And orders of magnitude smarter.
Funny Marian- chuckled here!!
Yep. That was the only time he *alerted*
Your on point descriptions “dumb pumpkin head, doughy torso, neckgina, AND the pungent aroma of ass music!” (I will have to remember that one! )Can he get any dumber?! Not to mention falling asleep all the damn time….Jesus——Time for a Nursing Home anyone??????
No Kings March tomorrow—-HELL YES! Thanks Jeff and hope everyone has a safe and peaceful weekend!
We will be celebrating hope, joy, and love tomorrow at Grandbaby Mild’s 1st birthday party.
Maybe Lisa Murkowski should not leave town for 2 weeks until this shit gets fixed. Do these people ever work?
Lisa is just Susan Collins wearing a different wig.
Nailed it!
They don’t actually “work”- they sit around an think of ways to inflict pain& suffering on the masses; and how they can best kiss his Royal Highness’ arse
I think you can get a PhillyDilly at Dairy Queen.
I'm thinking you can get a PhillyDilly in the back room of a gay bar. Calling Lady G.
Thank you Jeff.
And you know "Piss-drunk Pete" prayed during a religious service at the Pentagon that there be “overwhelming violence of action against those who deserve no mercy”.
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2026/mar/26/hegseth-prayer-violence-pentagon
There was a response:
“Sorry, I would be alleviating more suffering and hunger right now, but an alcoholic ex-Fox “News” pundit has me busy conjuring overwhelming violence.”
— god
That was pretty horrific and the furthest thing from Christian values as you could possibly be.
For anyone uncertain about what to do tomorrow (3/28) or where to do it, please visit NoKings.org, then scroll down to "find an event near you."
Enter your zip code to see locations near you. (There are lot more than there were in October.)
Dress appropriately. Remember, if Minnesotans can stand in below-zero temps for days on end, we can manage a couple of hours of whatever Mother Nature doles out.
HOPE TO SEE YOU SOMEWHERE!!!
Actually, all that praise and LUV is so soothing and relaxing that it just makes Trump fall asleep! just like when the Epstein nymphets used to give him a massage! What do you expect !!!
Regarding the ridiculous Dana Perino business… Not only was Trump being creepy with a woman, as usual, but I have a sneaking feeling he dozed off in the middle of her question
His cheeks are looking more hollowed out these days, with the right one caving more than the left and a pronounced upper lip droop. Do they botox him up between strokes?
He seems to have lost weight. Maybe just his skin sagging?
Wegovyface