I am thinking dead-dead which would encompass brain dead. Now, I agree with someone that says Andy Beshear needs to pay a visit before August 3, after which it will be too late to replace him.
I just love the way you love your wife. I love the humanity of your photos of her. We need more humanity. Thank you.
We love the Claudia pictures . . . it seems like in the first few weeks following her death, it may have been difficult and painful for Jeff to be looking through them to post.
But pretty soon he realized that he was sharing his Ms. Spouse photos with a community who wants very much to join him in recognizing and celebrating her wit and intelligence and her very interesting and creative life.
A touch of decency, humanity and joy.
In contrast to the god-awful shitpile that trump and his minions are dishing out.
You know he's given me a whole new reason to snap a picture of my wife when she isn't looking, she doesn't like to be photographed, so there that. I find myself doing it when I can without her noticing.
Me, too! I commented recently that I only seem to take posed photos on holidays or occasions. Jeff tossed a tiny pebble that is indeed sending ripples everywhere.
Beautifully said. Ms. Spouse was a rare guest star in Jeff's columns before, and the few tidbits we got always made me curious to learn more about this interesting lady, especially her wit. I'm sad that she has passed, and the world seems a lesser place without her, but it's all the more reason to celebrate all that she was.
She'd begun her own Substack under Claudia Long. Are her writings still available? I haven't yet checked, figuring I'd lose it reading her final one. WHEN Jeff gets to the 'Daily Claudia' I find myself always taking a breath...it means his writing is done BUT now I can relax in the warmth, calm and humanity of his beloved wife as is so obvious in these photos. As a cat person I especially enjoy the ones with 'Tenchi the wonder cat' too because he was so beautiful, and with their daughter Kate. Their shared love makes me weep since my own mother was so horrid. Kate's a lucky, lucky young woman to have grown up with such amazing parents.
Everything you wrote, Elizabeth, encompasses the way I feel when I read Jeff's column. At first, there's the stupidity of Dear Leader which sets my hair on fire. When I get to "Daily Claudia," I can ease into the cool serenity of her peaceful face and how candidly Jeff sought to preserve Claudia in loving moments. Always so grateful for that.
I appreciate your letting me know Abigail, since so often I'm unsure if I'm alone feeling these things. It's SO NICE to find out that WE are a community who share the same empathy and emotions, and it IS all due to our beloved Jeff, his talent and his family.
hey - McConnell being out means one less republican in the Senate. I'm good with that. Let's not replace him with another Republican who can actually vote.
there's more to it than that. Thomas Massie who REALLY wants the Epstein files open wants McConnell's seat - which is the reason 'they' are so desperate to keep any information about his condition (brain death or incapacity) a secret until after August 3 or 6th (I've heard both, unsure which date is 'the' one). THEN, if they succeed, they WILL announce his departure and WILL replace him with an all-in magat. We NEED to know - and now.
"they WILL announce his departure and WILL replace him" No. They can't replace him. It will be a vacancy until January when the winner in November is seated.
Sorry, some back story - I keep reading people saying "Beshear should appoint Massie" (which he can't) or that "Massie should run in the special election". I was being a bit snarky because I don't like Massie (one or two brave acts don't change the man) and if he wanted to be a Senator he should have run in the primary not get it by some back hand way.
I hope Booker can beat Barr. I know it will be tough.
So my "too bad Massie isn't running" wasn't me saying I thought he should and that he would win - it was more like "if he couldn't be bothered to go for the seat, he shouldn't get it in a special election either".
That Thomas Massie thing is pure fantasy. He couldn't win his own district so he wouldn't win statewide. If they had a special election, undoubtedly the two candidates who are vying for McConnell's seat in November (he declined to run for reelection) would file to run and would have a huge advantage of money, name, recognition and active, organized campaigns. No way Massie overcomes that.
Afraid that’s going to be the case unfortunately. Beshear’s legislature stripped him of his appointment power when it became apparent that McConnell might well check out before he could retire.
Did you not know jeff, Trump said Platner didnt rape anybody.
The Emotionless DickSwaddled Support President of these United States looked at a camera and mused that a woman accusing a man of rape might just be a fucking liar (E Jean Carroll are you listening?) — the same man he'd called a fuck pig four weeks earlier, back when the pig was useful. The heat is real. The cruelty is a choice.
WHICH he and his dumbfuck lawyers are trying to use as the latest excuse not to release the court-held funds put aside after she WON the judgment against him - now $5.8million. with the accrued fees which have built up in the interim. The claim? That IF the funds are dispersed to multiple other places/sources and he 'wins' (I mean, seriously?) his appeal against this judgment: 'he'll never be able to get 'his' money back from all of those places'. It's an ultra-stupid argument and probably dreamed up by donny demento himself since I can't imagine a real attorney being quite THIS dumb. Yeah, I know - there's Alina Habba among so many others. E Jean is past 80. What if she SPENT it ALL on pure frivolities? Bought herself a fantastic new wardrobe, upgraded her entire home AND took a round-the-World vacation? as would be her right with HER money! OR handed it out in bunches of bills to homeless people: gave cash directly to food banks... Could he 'get it back' then? His mind-numbing stupidity is, well - mind-numbing!
He’ll probably never pay her and after all the billions that he’s grifted 5 million to him is probably like 5 dollars is to the average person. Unfortunately he’s likely to have a quick and easy death without ever spending a day in jail. Karma, where are you???
I hope you're right but the latest that i've read indicates that bc of ongoing appeals and other legal maneuvering by his low life lawyers, that $$ in escrow has still not been released.
Trump belongs to the rather large group of men in the world who view women and girls down to little girls, as existing a the whim of men, and therefore there is no such thing as rape, just taking what you want.
I truly do not understand why women run for office in the gop ; they are never rewarded with positions of power . maybe that explains the mtgs, boberts ,mace, etc....
taking what they imagine they're 'entitled to' even if they have to beat their 'choice' half to death! I despise them to the depths of my being - having been on the receiving end of that exact kind of thinking and follow-through. Then have to remind myself that I am a survivor I am a survivor I AM a fucking survivor!
Thank you, Denise - but I'd still not be brave enough to go in front of Congress or cameras as the Epstein child-victim survivors did! I was just a few years older (still in my teens) and am STILL suffering the after-effects. Those little girls - now women, are so much more courageous than I could ever be, having the family I had - mostly gone now, but their residue (and children) remain. I FULLY understand the reluctance to come forward and could not comprehend why anyone couldn't see through Platner's obvious rage. It's in every sentence he utters. That is one very angry individual and I would NEVER want him representing me. Hopefully Maine voters get a better choice but am afraid women will once again vote for Collins just because she's a woman. Sigh
As a Maine woman...Dear goddess, I sure as hell hope that the wool has finally been pulled away from other Maine women's eyes. Susan Collins has consistently voted against common sense legislation and FOR GOP measures to fill the pockets of the oligarch while taking away more and more of the safety net for poor and middle income families in this state.
Snap benefits have been snatched away from 14,000 Maine families, which includes 4,300 children. Medicaid benefits have also been reduced affecting--at this moment--about 9,100 individuals and 2,850 children. As stricter eligibility criteria are put into place, it is expected to affect over 30,000 Mainers with reduced or no access to reasonably affordable healthcare.
This is at the same time Susie is in a campaign ad bragging about making sure the small hospitals that serve rural Maine remain open. Well, how in hell can those rural hospitals remain open if the people who need them most can't use them because they have no insurance? Nice going Susie.
I so agree about Platner. Somebody was arguing yesterday that he's been shot down over ONE accusation, and that's not fair, nobody's a saint, etc. I said that anyone who deals with the public OR has been victimized by somebody like Platner can spot his type a mile away, and people like that just don't change.
As for speaking out, as I may have said, I suffered a brutal physical attack---though not rape---and thought I was done for. My anger, even now, almost 40 years later, would sustain me if I had occasion to testify. But I can certainly understand not being able to speak of such an attack, especially if it included rape.
Oh Linda: I KNOW I responded to this yesterday - but can't find it now. I'm so sorry! First for my non-timely response, and obviously for you too being 'one of us'. While I'm clearly happy that both you and your Mother ARE survivors, it's just horrid that you both had to be. Our numbers are legion yet the full extent of this misery still goes UNacknowledged, despite us having a known and self-admitted molester IN our very White House. But why should we be surprised by these PIGGISH males deciding we're their fucking 'property' or 'spoils of war'? I'm so, so sorry for what you and your Mom suffered. It must have been even worse for her to know what you'd gone through...I cannot imagine. smdh HUGS to you from another. Thanks to the Universe for the good men (many here) who wouldn't dream of this abhorrent behaviour.
While the internet is flooded with funny memes about this I’m beyond livid over the blatant lies of Jennings etc who have been making these statements.
Rick Wilson says he has insider info that he is alive but that his actual condition is unknown to the insider. He could be brain dead and on life support, like Schrodinger's cat.
"The neighbor said they learned from another eyewitness who saw the individual’s face that the person on the stretcher was McConnell and he was not wearing an oxygen mask."
The first responders didn't seem to be in much of a hurry, either. Like they had basically given up on him already.
Normally I’d say have a little respect but no. Mitch inflicted this SC and this idiot of a president on us. I hope someone outs him as dead soon so they can stop playing this little game of weekend at Bernie’s
This McConnell farce reminded me of a Cold War one: Remember when the Kremlin camarilla carried around top dog Leonid Breznev who was close to death to show him to the public as if he was in full health? Just so that their Breznev-dispensed privileges could last another day - or decade? A walking, non-talking corpse he was. The United States is going through a similar, deeply decadent period.
How about the pinch test? Were there coins over his eyes? That's usually a clue. Was there a strong smell of air freshener around the stretcher? Like I commented before, not merely dead but most sincerely dead?
The “Lewinsky Room” full of MAGA hats and Florsheims is the whole presidency in miniature: a tacky little gift shop inside a national nervous breakdown. Foreign leaders are workshopping texts in toddler syntax, renaming ceasefires “stop the killing,” calling sanctions “tariffs,” and trying not to trigger the man who might throw a tablet because Zoom hurt his feelings. This is not diplomacy. It is global babysitting with nuclear risk. America sent the world a president, and the world had to learn hostage negotiation, brand management, and daycare voice.
What a gratuitously snide act to impress a German delegation that gives zero shits about Clinton or Lewinsky. Shitler has regressed to the hopelessly evil teen stage that got him packed off to military reform school.
Yep. I can't fucking stand it. I get the strategy, but it's not going to help. I really hope Mark Carney doesn't stoop to this level. Canada needs all hands and elbows on deck. Per Charlie Angus, we're still in danger of being annexed by a meth lab. Holy shit.
Kay, Easy as 1 2 3, and I love the EU mocking now they are trying to be as non-sensical as dear fuckhead and for the educated folks it helps them try out being insane for a laugh and a learning experience. Another one brain dead, they are dropping like flies.
Monica Lewinsky walks in to the dry cleaners. The old man behind the counter is hard of hearing and doesn’t understand her request so he says “come again” Monika responds.. “No, this time it’s mustard”.
I'm grateful for the memories of Claudia that you share.
Everyday I think perhaps we've hit the floor in the basement and that it would be impossible for the criminally corrupt organization leading our nation to sink lower (and take all of us with them). The Roberts Court continues to greenlight every anti-democracy tool in the pedo criminal elect's toolbox. Today, the firing of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/us/politics/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members.html).
The it's not a war closing the Strait of Hormuz again. Greenland, Cuba, and now Spain in the sights of the criminal elect. A DOJ still breaking the law by not releasing the Epstein Trump Maxwell files (remember when pedophilia and abuse used to be frowned upon?) ICE back to murder and mass arrests. Mitch McConnell now appearing daily as Schrödinger's cat. And let's make sure we give Mitch the same respect he provided for Justice Ginsburg when he announced there will be a Senate vote on a nominee two hours after her passing. F-him.
I'm disgusted beyond belief while clinging to the hope that the 80 million plus eligible voters who did not vote in 2024 (or were precluded from doing so (https://bomdia.substack.com/p/the-architecture-of-voter-suppression), understand this is our very last chance to hold this group of incompetent corrupt sociopaths accountable for crimes against all of us and humanity.
Whew -thanks everyone. I feel (slightly) better now.
We never hit bottom with this regime, with new distractions every day. What’s next? We need smart leaders to anticipate unprecedented evil from “it” & company. “it” might re-create a worse version of the “Patriot” Act, which attempted to take away our rights of privacy, free speech and dissent in the wake of 911, to support war.
We CAN demonstrate.
We CAN call our Representatives.
We CAN support the ACLU, which legally fights for our rights.
For now, we can still VOTE!
And encourage young people to take part. It’s theirs to inherit.
Well, shoot, now I have a fantasy of sailing my tablet across the room and hitting Donny in the neck, just like OddJob in Goldfinger. Tacky enough that he has a Lewinsky room, but the Florsheims take it to a whole other level of kitsch. This administration is a fucking nightmare.
Back in his first term I was among the people who thought that the Trump presidency was the most elaborate performance art ever created by comedian Andy Kaufman.
I wouldn’t put it past these ghouls to leave McConnell in a freezer until August 3. Even more vile would be if he’s on life support, rotting in the ICU. Oh and by the way, his wife is a piece of work, too.
The acedote about the MAGA merch also reveals Trump's infuriatingly condescending misogynism. The world leaders' little ladies, who have nothing better to do, can make themselves useful and sell the merch for their men, and especially for King Don- biggest ape of them all.
today in Shit That Happened While I Was Busy Writing This Shit—
"McConnell was loaded into ambulance on a stretcher, according to eyewitness and new video"
https://www.cnn.com/2026/07/10/politics/mitch-mcconnell-video-stretcher-ambulance
oh yeah, he's dead or brain-dead, one or the other
I am thinking dead-dead which would encompass brain dead. Now, I agree with someone that says Andy Beshear needs to pay a visit before August 3, after which it will be too late to replace him.
I just love the way you love your wife. I love the humanity of your photos of her. We need more humanity. Thank you.
We love the Claudia pictures . . . it seems like in the first few weeks following her death, it may have been difficult and painful for Jeff to be looking through them to post.
But pretty soon he realized that he was sharing his Ms. Spouse photos with a community who wants very much to join him in recognizing and celebrating her wit and intelligence and her very interesting and creative life.
A touch of decency, humanity and joy.
In contrast to the god-awful shitpile that trump and his minions are dishing out.
You know he's given me a whole new reason to snap a picture of my wife when she isn't looking, she doesn't like to be photographed, so there that. I find myself doing it when I can without her noticing.
And a shout out thanks to Jeff on that.
This makes me very happy. Too many of us will leave their children with only memories, and nothing physical to remember us by.
Bill,
Me, too! I commented recently that I only seem to take posed photos on holidays or occasions. Jeff tossed a tiny pebble that is indeed sending ripples everywhere.
Good on ya, Bill. I wish I'd done that with my husband. I have far too few pics of him. He was the shutterbug.
I love that, Bill.
❤️
Beautifully said. Ms. Spouse was a rare guest star in Jeff's columns before, and the few tidbits we got always made me curious to learn more about this interesting lady, especially her wit. I'm sad that she has passed, and the world seems a lesser place without her, but it's all the more reason to celebrate all that she was.
Especially since she was both a wonderful friend and also a Badass!
She'd begun her own Substack under Claudia Long. Are her writings still available? I haven't yet checked, figuring I'd lose it reading her final one. WHEN Jeff gets to the 'Daily Claudia' I find myself always taking a breath...it means his writing is done BUT now I can relax in the warmth, calm and humanity of his beloved wife as is so obvious in these photos. As a cat person I especially enjoy the ones with 'Tenchi the wonder cat' too because he was so beautiful, and with their daughter Kate. Their shared love makes me weep since my own mother was so horrid. Kate's a lucky, lucky young woman to have grown up with such amazing parents.
Everything you wrote, Elizabeth, encompasses the way I feel when I read Jeff's column. At first, there's the stupidity of Dear Leader which sets my hair on fire. When I get to "Daily Claudia," I can ease into the cool serenity of her peaceful face and how candidly Jeff sought to preserve Claudia in loving moments. Always so grateful for that.
I appreciate your letting me know Abigail, since so often I'm unsure if I'm alone feeling these things. It's SO NICE to find out that WE are a community who share the same empathy and emotions, and it IS all due to our beloved Jeff, his talent and his family.
I looked forward to her (often acerbic) edits of Jeff's columns, too! I would have loved to have met her.
hey - McConnell being out means one less republican in the Senate. I'm good with that. Let's not replace him with another Republican who can actually vote.
there's more to it than that. Thomas Massie who REALLY wants the Epstein files open wants McConnell's seat - which is the reason 'they' are so desperate to keep any information about his condition (brain death or incapacity) a secret until after August 3 or 6th (I've heard both, unsure which date is 'the' one). THEN, if they succeed, they WILL announce his departure and WILL replace him with an all-in magat. We NEED to know - and now.
"they WILL announce his departure and WILL replace him" No. They can't replace him. It will be a vacancy until January when the winner in November is seated.
Too bad Massie isn't running in the Nov. Election. But maybe Booker can win this year? after all, the governor is Democratic.
Again, Massie couldn't win his own DISTRICT. What makes you think he would've beaten Andy Barr statewide? THIS defeated Massie in his district and it would've defeated him statewide too; https://www.politico.com/news/2026/05/19/kentucky-senate-seat-andy-barr-00927068
Sorry, some back story - I keep reading people saying "Beshear should appoint Massie" (which he can't) or that "Massie should run in the special election". I was being a bit snarky because I don't like Massie (one or two brave acts don't change the man) and if he wanted to be a Senator he should have run in the primary not get it by some back hand way.
I hope Booker can beat Barr. I know it will be tough.
So my "too bad Massie isn't running" wasn't me saying I thought he should and that he would win - it was more like "if he couldn't be bothered to go for the seat, he shouldn't get it in a special election either".
but thanks for the link! a good read.
That Thomas Massie thing is pure fantasy. He couldn't win his own district so he wouldn't win statewide. If they had a special election, undoubtedly the two candidates who are vying for McConnell's seat in November (he declined to run for reelection) would file to run and would have a huge advantage of money, name, recognition and active, organized campaigns. No way Massie overcomes that.
Afraid that’s going to be the case unfortunately. Beshear’s legislature stripped him of his appointment power when it became apparent that McConnell might well check out before he could retire.
Read this article by Jay Kuo. The Aug 3 date might not apply in this case
https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/a-political-death-and-maybe-the-real?r=4wrjn&utm_medium=ios
"McConnell’s 'health did not warrant an immediate return [by his wife] to the U.S.'”
I guess if someone's dead, why bother
Yep. He’s dead. He’s a goner. Filed and forgotten.
Yeah but, an ambulance to where? And are we sure he's not just UN-dead, like live bat Miller?
To his awaiting suite in hell.
hey...bats are cute and necessary. Miller is neither. Miller is probably a zombie or a Nosferatu-style vampire (1922 version)
I agree with all you said and it was what I was planning to say. Thanks for saying it for me.
Did you not know jeff, Trump said Platner didnt rape anybody.
The Emotionless DickSwaddled Support President of these United States looked at a camera and mused that a woman accusing a man of rape might just be a fucking liar (E Jean Carroll are you listening?) — the same man he'd called a fuck pig four weeks earlier, back when the pig was useful. The heat is real. The cruelty is a choice.
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-trump-said-platner-didn-t-rape-anybody-like-trump-never-raped-anybody-righ
Keep talking, loudmouthed rage baby, and defame E. Jean again so she can haul your fat ass back into court for another few million. Haha.
I love that EJC said she'd donate the judgment dough to stuff Trump hates, something like TST did with Alito: https://thesatanictemple.com/pages/supreme-courtship
She's an awesome lady
WHICH he and his dumbfuck lawyers are trying to use as the latest excuse not to release the court-held funds put aside after she WON the judgment against him - now $5.8million. with the accrued fees which have built up in the interim. The claim? That IF the funds are dispersed to multiple other places/sources and he 'wins' (I mean, seriously?) his appeal against this judgment: 'he'll never be able to get 'his' money back from all of those places'. It's an ultra-stupid argument and probably dreamed up by donny demento himself since I can't imagine a real attorney being quite THIS dumb. Yeah, I know - there's Alina Habba among so many others. E Jean is past 80. What if she SPENT it ALL on pure frivolities? Bought herself a fantastic new wardrobe, upgraded her entire home AND took a round-the-World vacation? as would be her right with HER money! OR handed it out in bunches of bills to homeless people: gave cash directly to food banks... Could he 'get it back' then? His mind-numbing stupidity is, well - mind-numbing!
I didn't think he could appeal again.
he took it to the supreme court and they turned him down ; game over dumbo !
He CAN'T but still does anyway! After all, he's the fucking 'king' of all he surveys - and wants. Grrrr.
Never heard of this before. It's hilarious! (Love the little cartoon of his mother!)
He’ll probably never pay her and after all the billions that he’s grifted 5 million to him is probably like 5 dollars is to the average person. Unfortunately he’s likely to have a quick and easy death without ever spending a day in jail. Karma, where are you???
He already had to pay the money into a court-controlled escrow fund in order to file an appeal. That fund has paid Jean. It's over.
I hope you're right but the latest that i've read indicates that bc of ongoing appeals and other legal maneuvering by his low life lawyers, that $$ in escrow has still not been released.
Oh please...oh please...
Trump belongs to the rather large group of men in the world who view women and girls down to little girls, as existing a the whim of men, and therefore there is no such thing as rape, just taking what you want.
They view women and girls as appliances.
…more like toys, things to play with, things to enjoy until they get old … or broken.
it's not 'enjoyment' - it's rage at being told NO and yes 'broken' is the word.
I have thought the same thing.
That’s the mantra of the GOP. They hate women
and frump has ALWAYS hated women most of all so they ape him and his vileness.
Yup!
I truly do not understand why women run for office in the gop ; they are never rewarded with positions of power . maybe that explains the mtgs, boberts ,mace, etc....
taking what they imagine they're 'entitled to' even if they have to beat their 'choice' half to death! I despise them to the depths of my being - having been on the receiving end of that exact kind of thinking and follow-through. Then have to remind myself that I am a survivor I am a survivor I AM a fucking survivor!
YAY, you, Elizabeth!
Thank you, Denise - but I'd still not be brave enough to go in front of Congress or cameras as the Epstein child-victim survivors did! I was just a few years older (still in my teens) and am STILL suffering the after-effects. Those little girls - now women, are so much more courageous than I could ever be, having the family I had - mostly gone now, but their residue (and children) remain. I FULLY understand the reluctance to come forward and could not comprehend why anyone couldn't see through Platner's obvious rage. It's in every sentence he utters. That is one very angry individual and I would NEVER want him representing me. Hopefully Maine voters get a better choice but am afraid women will once again vote for Collins just because she's a woman. Sigh
As a Maine woman...Dear goddess, I sure as hell hope that the wool has finally been pulled away from other Maine women's eyes. Susan Collins has consistently voted against common sense legislation and FOR GOP measures to fill the pockets of the oligarch while taking away more and more of the safety net for poor and middle income families in this state.
Snap benefits have been snatched away from 14,000 Maine families, which includes 4,300 children. Medicaid benefits have also been reduced affecting--at this moment--about 9,100 individuals and 2,850 children. As stricter eligibility criteria are put into place, it is expected to affect over 30,000 Mainers with reduced or no access to reasonably affordable healthcare.
This is at the same time Susie is in a campaign ad bragging about making sure the small hospitals that serve rural Maine remain open. Well, how in hell can those rural hospitals remain open if the people who need them most can't use them because they have no insurance? Nice going Susie.
I think Mainers have had it with Susan Collins.
I so agree about Platner. Somebody was arguing yesterday that he's been shot down over ONE accusation, and that's not fair, nobody's a saint, etc. I said that anyone who deals with the public OR has been victimized by somebody like Platner can spot his type a mile away, and people like that just don't change.
As for speaking out, as I may have said, I suffered a brutal physical attack---though not rape---and thought I was done for. My anger, even now, almost 40 years later, would sustain me if I had occasion to testify. But I can certainly understand not being able to speak of such an attack, especially if it included rape.
I am glad you are a survivor, Elizabeth. I am a survivor too. So is my mother.
Oh Linda: I KNOW I responded to this yesterday - but can't find it now. I'm so sorry! First for my non-timely response, and obviously for you too being 'one of us'. While I'm clearly happy that both you and your Mother ARE survivors, it's just horrid that you both had to be. Our numbers are legion yet the full extent of this misery still goes UNacknowledged, despite us having a known and self-admitted molester IN our very White House. But why should we be surprised by these PIGGISH males deciding we're their fucking 'property' or 'spoils of war'? I'm so, so sorry for what you and your Mom suffered. It must have been even worse for her to know what you'd gone through...I cannot imagine. smdh HUGS to you from another. Thanks to the Universe for the good men (many here) who wouldn't dream of this abhorrent behaviour.
Love the Heroes and Bright Signals section…
Yeah, thats the positives I try to write in our dailies so that it at least gives us hope.
and thank you for that!!
But of course, he did.
He's definitely not taking 20 minute phone calls.
I don't think they realized the ridiculous twenty minutes is a long effing time
Where are the whistle blowers?
The only thing with Mitch that lasts 20 minutes is the interval between ventilator-pumps
😅😅
😂😂😂
While the internet is flooded with funny memes about this I’m beyond livid over the blatant lies of Jennings etc who have been making these statements.
Rick Wilson says he has insider info that he is alive but that his actual condition is unknown to the insider. He could be brain dead and on life support, like Schrodinger's cat.
Alive and dead as long as you don't look inside the box, right? haha
Actually, that sounds more like Stephen Miller 🦇
If they are just keeping his body alive that's disgusting in unimaginable ways. If you have ever been an ICU nurse you know.
I've heard that they begin to rot and smell.
Rigor Tortoise
You should really get some sort of prize for that 🏆
I wish that I could claim credit bit I saw it a few days ago.
"The neighbor said they learned from another eyewitness who saw the individual’s face that the person on the stretcher was McConnell and he was not wearing an oxygen mask."
The first responders didn't seem to be in much of a hurry, either. Like they had basically given up on him already.
The first responders were probably democrats. 🤣
Oh fuck. Now someone orange will pin this on Dems. 🤦🏻
Now now, if MAGA catches wind of that, Mitchgate will explode across the MAGAVerse.
Boooooo.
O₂ doesn't help much if you're dead
That was the first thing I noticed, too----that the ambulance and EMTs aren't in any hurry to go anywhere.
Normally I’d say have a little respect but no. Mitch inflicted this SC and this idiot of a president on us. I hope someone outs him as dead soon so they can stop playing this little game of weekend at Bernie’s
I see no difference. Between now and 10 years ago.....
Plus side - one less Republican vote in the Senate as long as he's theoretically alive!
I've taken 19-21 minutes to think of a pithy response and came up empty. I'll have it in two weeks.
This McConnell farce reminded me of a Cold War one: Remember when the Kremlin camarilla carried around top dog Leonid Breznev who was close to death to show him to the public as if he was in full health? Just so that their Breznev-dispensed privileges could last another day - or decade? A walking, non-talking corpse he was. The United States is going through a similar, deeply decadent period.
Possibly not a short period either.
Jesus wept
Maybe he is pining for the fjords…
They weren't moving fast, as if not making any effort to keep working on him...
How about the pinch test? Were there coins over his eyes? That's usually a clue. Was there a strong smell of air freshener around the stretcher? Like I commented before, not merely dead but most sincerely dead?
They were not performing CPR on Mitch as they wheeled him into the ambulance. His feet are stone. DOA
The “Lewinsky Room” full of MAGA hats and Florsheims is the whole presidency in miniature: a tacky little gift shop inside a national nervous breakdown. Foreign leaders are workshopping texts in toddler syntax, renaming ceasefires “stop the killing,” calling sanctions “tariffs,” and trying not to trigger the man who might throw a tablet because Zoom hurt his feelings. This is not diplomacy. It is global babysitting with nuclear risk. America sent the world a president, and the world had to learn hostage negotiation, brand management, and daycare voice.
Are there cigars in the Lewinsky Room?
What a gratuitously snide act to impress a German delegation that gives zero shits about Clinton or Lewinsky. Shitler has regressed to the hopelessly evil teen stage that got him packed off to military reform school.
I wonder if Monica can sue him for defamation
He never grew out of junior high school mentality to begin with
Undoubtedly. They are a potential source of revenue.
Yep. I can't fucking stand it. I get the strategy, but it's not going to help. I really hope Mark Carney doesn't stoop to this level. Canada needs all hands and elbows on deck. Per Charlie Angus, we're still in danger of being annexed by a meth lab. Holy shit.
https://charlieangus.substack.com/p/trumps-threat-to-canada-is-deadly?utm_source=share&utm_medium=android&r=ubvcb
There goes US hockey just wait until they meet, the gloves will fly.
We’re basically a nuclear-armed laughingstock at this point with a spoiled toddler at the helm.
Nailed it!
You know that's probably the first thing he wanted to know about the white house in his first stay, "where's the room Bill got his blowjob."
Love ya', brotha, hope you have an excellent weekend!
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1. McConnell is most sincerely dead.
2. Donny is most sincerely demented
3. World leaders most sincerely mocking Trump is most sincerely funny
No lies detected. 😎
Kay, Easy as 1 2 3, and I love the EU mocking now they are trying to be as non-sensical as dear fuckhead and for the educated folks it helps them try out being insane for a laugh and a learning experience. Another one brain dead, they are dropping like flies.
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Jeff, speaking of Monica ….
Monica Lewinsky walks in to the dry cleaners. The old man behind the counter is hard of hearing and doesn’t understand her request so he says “come again” Monika responds.. “No, this time it’s mustard”.
omg!
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HOLY CRAP! 😂😂😂😂😂
No oxygen on a heart attack victim who was allegedly given CPR? Doesn't sound right to me. Something is fishy, so... nothing new with republicans.
He was already a veggie. No need for oxygen, just watering on occasion
“just waterin on occasion “. hilarious- turtles love water
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The ambulance attendants were certainly in no hurry. Maybe they were woke?
You mean democrats? 🤣
No. I mean what I wrote.
Thank you Jeff.
I'm grateful for the memories of Claudia that you share.
Everyday I think perhaps we've hit the floor in the basement and that it would be impossible for the criminally corrupt organization leading our nation to sink lower (and take all of us with them). The Roberts Court continues to greenlight every anti-democracy tool in the pedo criminal elect's toolbox. Today, the firing of the bipartisan Election Assistance Commission (https://www.nytimes.com/2026/07/10/us/politics/trump-fires-election-assistance-commission-members.html).
The it's not a war closing the Strait of Hormuz again. Greenland, Cuba, and now Spain in the sights of the criminal elect. A DOJ still breaking the law by not releasing the Epstein Trump Maxwell files (remember when pedophilia and abuse used to be frowned upon?) ICE back to murder and mass arrests. Mitch McConnell now appearing daily as Schrödinger's cat. And let's make sure we give Mitch the same respect he provided for Justice Ginsburg when he announced there will be a Senate vote on a nominee two hours after her passing. F-him.
I'm disgusted beyond belief while clinging to the hope that the 80 million plus eligible voters who did not vote in 2024 (or were precluded from doing so (https://bomdia.substack.com/p/the-architecture-of-voter-suppression), understand this is our very last chance to hold this group of incompetent corrupt sociopaths accountable for crimes against all of us and humanity.
Whew -thanks everyone. I feel (slightly) better now.
From the other day. To the tune of Ruby Tuesday:
He has done so much to harm this land
The voters of his state don't understand
Fed Fox right wing crap
Turned into MAGA saps
They won't believe
They've been deceived
Goodbye, Mitch McConnell
You played your crooked games so well
When you croak we hope
You go straight down to hell
He spent his many years in Washington
Trying to stop good from being done
He did his evil best
To grow this MAGA mess
Progress subdued and now we're screwed
Goodbye, Mitch McConnell
Heard you're just a veggie now
When you croak it's overdue
and take trump with you
Excellent -thank you. I can almost hear Mick and Keith now!
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Still more brilliance!
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Thank you, Jeff, and thank you, George.
We never hit bottom with this regime, with new distractions every day. What’s next? We need smart leaders to anticipate unprecedented evil from “it” & company. “it” might re-create a worse version of the “Patriot” Act, which attempted to take away our rights of privacy, free speech and dissent in the wake of 911, to support war.
We CAN demonstrate.
We CAN call our Representatives.
We CAN support the ACLU, which legally fights for our rights.
For now, we can still VOTE!
And encourage young people to take part. It’s theirs to inherit.
Thanks for letting me rant. Love you guys.
Thank you Heather! It’s been said we are stronger together. We’re louder together too!
Yes, we can!
❤️ ❤️ Hang in there George!!
Thank you Tess. :)
The Florsheim shoes crack me up every time. He may as well have given them Buster Browns from Thom McAnn. (And his dog, Tige. Man, I'm old.)
Did you put your feet in the magic machine that showed your bones??!! I loved that 🎊🎉🥰
That thing was awesome.
Hahahaha!
Me too 🤗
Good thing we have Uncle Jeff.
Me too Marian- when I was working we’d listen to the oldies station - A LOT of the songs were in my high school years!! Geez 🙄
Or National Shoes. Ring the bell!
Beautiful Claudia pics Jeff ❤️ Yes…a laughing stock we are…have a nice weekend everyone and let’s hope we get to pop our champagne SOON! 😊
Considering the daily avalanche of trumpshit that we are subjected to, I commend everyone, including myself, who has avoided becoming a day drinker.
Well, shoot, now I have a fantasy of sailing my tablet across the room and hitting Donny in the neck, just like OddJob in Goldfinger. Tacky enough that he has a Lewinsky room, but the Florsheims take it to a whole other level of kitsch. This administration is a fucking nightmare.
MAGA stooge KKKarolying Leavitt will spin this as him inventing a new Olympic sport, the trumptoss.
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Back in his first term I was among the people who thought that the Trump presidency was the most elaborate performance art ever created by comedian Andy Kaufman.
My favorite Kaufman skit was his lip-synching to "Mighty Mouse." He also did a great Elvis, so yeah, I can see Trump.
Kitsch, is dopey’s taste well it’s not taste so much as telling us the condition of his brain.
Fling that iPad like a Frisbee!
I wouldn’t put it past these ghouls to leave McConnell in a freezer until August 3. Even more vile would be if he’s on life support, rotting in the ICU. Oh and by the way, his wife is a piece of work, too.
If Trump kicks it before the end of his term, the Mitch horror could be a rehearsal.
Vile is mild. This is the lowest grossest thing. I hope it's not true.
His beautiful pool is always on his addled mind. Is it because it's an extremely visible symbol of his myriad fuckups?
One reason for Pirro to try
And blame some other guy
Is only to connive
About Donny's dumb drive
Before the paint was dry
Maybe I didn't gaze at you
Quite as often as I should
Maybe that guy I hired to paint you
Was just no fucking good
That stupid shade of blue I chose
I was too ignorant to know
Was gonna warm you up so much
And cause all that algae to grow
You are always on my mind,
You are always on my mind
Excellent!
OMG! You’re killin’ me today. This one is just beautiful. I’m wiping away tears.
Yeah, but my apologies to Outlaw Willie
Maybe the first head of a nation to stand up and asks Trump, "What the fuck is wrong with you?" should receive a FIFA Peace Prize?
It's not like FIFA will have to suck up to him after July 19.
"Just grab whatever you want. When you're a celebrity, they let you do it."
The acedote about the MAGA merch also reveals Trump's infuriatingly condescending misogynism. The world leaders' little ladies, who have nothing better to do, can make themselves useful and sell the merch for their men, and especially for King Don- biggest ape of them all.
He'd probably expect a cut of the sales.
Donny does not care if devices cost money. He has never paid for one. We pay or someone gives him theirs! But only the gold ones.