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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

today in Shit That Happened While I Was Busy Writing This Shit—

"Trump says he will ‘push hard’ for payout fund, keep Blanche as acting AG"

https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2026/08/01/trump-says-he-will-push-hard-payout-fund-keep-blanche-acting-ag/

the blatant corruption will continue until morale improves

HI2thDoc's avatar

The Reflecting Pool persecution of David Hearn was abandoned by the Dept. of Injustice

The bogus Pool vandal case

Fell flat on its face

Judge Boxwine failed again

Lacking law acumen

Just a vindictive disgrace

Andrea Jennings's avatar

It was probably the lady of the lake, her arm clad in the purest shimmering samite holding aloft Excalibur from the bosom of the water, just about to signify by divine providence and she thought “fuck it I am not anointing him I shall content myself with slashing this pool.”

AuntTeeFa's avatar

a big thank you to Norm Eisen

for representing this guy and everyone who chips in at the Contrarian to the legal defense fund!

P123Sunny's avatar

And to Katie Phang for bringing the Epstein suit against DOJ…!

arne link's avatar

That case is going surprisingly well.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Thes rightcheer is whut yoo wood cawl a asymmetrical deploy-munt of intelli-jence. Libtard lawyers is smart, and the facsist dummies is dumb, I mean dumm.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

Dummmmmmmm! Just like their orange 'daddy' wants them to be cuz he lubs them so much.

Paula's avatar

Ya'll speeled ratcheer rong.

SethTriggs's avatar

This is what the DOJ is reduced to. Now Judge Boxwine has to start Happy Hour a little earlier.

Bob's avatar

If she started any earlier, she’d be drinking in her sleep.

Cyndi's avatar

Are you sure she doesn't? Do you have proof?

100 proof bourbon, perhaps?

Lady Emsworth's avatar

She's hooked up to a drip.

And I don't mean Albert.

Bob's avatar

As Lady Emsworth said, there’s an IV or maybe a PICC line.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

This is SO MUCH FUNNIER than what my immediate response WAS going to be: 'wut, 6a.m.'? YOURS elicited a guffaw!

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

NOW it's the perfect time for David and all of the others accused, attacked, defamed and even arrested as 'vandals' to file a MULTI-BILLION DOLLAR lawsuit against frump himself FOR defamation and outright LIES since he well knew that they did NOTHING to the Reflecting Pool - which is OURS, not his! (I'm so sick of him grabbing everything in DC with his grubby little fat fingers as if he 'owns' them all)! They could also file for him to pay their attorney's fees (just as in E Jean Carroll's case) AND any Court would rule FOR them since the clear tire tracks of his fucking motorcade across the not-yet-dried surface are so obvious and those photos and videos are all available. The SOLE reason she had to shamefacedly make this announcement was due to them realizing FRUMP did it by demanding his fucking motorcade. Yes, his dumb-ass pool guy did a crap job, but HE did the damage!

DeBurgh's avatar

$10 Billion is a familiar number.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

Not quite sufficient. MY thoughts were $20BILLION at the very least. EACH of the other people likewise called 'vandals' and 'terrible/horrible people' by the orange fuckwit also need at least BILLION each. Would be far more fitting than his aim to pay off his mob from Jan. 6th.

mary's avatar

Except we the taxpayers will be on the hook for any judgments against the government. We're F'ed anyway you look at it. For now. November = vote BLUE.

Bob's avatar

And unlike a criminal case, IIRC, the president can be sued in civil court while in office.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

Yes! Assuredly for defamation and outright LYING about an innocent person...more than one in this case.

SethTriggs's avatar

Norm Eisen is a stud. This is what happens when you have a Real Lawyer and not a clownshoes lolyer like what's staffing the DOJ now.

Robin D's avatar

Yes, I love Norm Eisen 💙 and I joined The Contrarian the first day, and am proud to support them. I don't get to spend as much time everywhere I would like to, but it's a great Substack.

Robot Bender's avatar

Pirro should be disbarred.

Kathy E Gattuso's avatar

This makes her 0 for 2 on stupid cases. Remember, she tried to charge the guy that threw a sub sandwich at a cop with a felony. I think the judge threw the case out, but i'm not positive but I know it didn't go forward. The whole administration is incompetent.

HI2thDoc's avatar

She also started an inquiry into the whole Joe's use of the autopen red herring before ultimately dropping the issue. This is from March of this year:

Judge Boxwine failed again

This time over Joe's autopen

Another fake attack

From an empty hack

Who has no lawyerly ken

Steve in SoCal's avatar

The high gas prices

Are cuz of Joe's autopen

Oh, and Obama

arne link's avatar

Also, Hiliary probably.

Lady Emsworth's avatar

"Incompetent" doesn't begin to cover it.

"Incompetent" implies there is the potential for "Competence."

I say rather that they are malevolently delusional. and minus impulse control. They are the sort of people who would fire a gun in a plane at thirty thousand feet - and the last thing you would see of them as they were sucked out of the window would be the totally astonished expression on their faces.

Lynn Van Haren's avatar

Along with Todd Blanche, who refuses to stop the $1.776 billion payment to insurrectionists

Suel J's avatar

That voice is enough to disbar her. Cripes.

Steve in SoCal's avatar

It's got a nails-on-a-blackboard vibe 😖

San's avatar

She will be eventually. Everything Trump touches goes to hell or gets disbarred

Robin D's avatar

She's been corrupt for as long as I can remember in NY since the 70s or 80s. She could have gone the other way...to truth and justice but no. And her husband Al who went to jail. She wanted to blow him and the mistress up on their boat. She was friends.with Rudy's friend, the late Bernard Keraik and wanted him to help. It's like an episode or season from The Sopranos. The "Stugotz" Lol. She was driving fast, drunk out of her mind years ago, on winding roads. . Oh, and Donnie pardoned Al after he served his time. Edit: he never married the womanhe had the affair with. Sordid story, as are all of these people who surround him.

Oh, and boy, is she going to bury Doug Burgham who deserves every miserable minute of it. This is like Pam Blondi blaming/taking down Todd Blanche. Eveyone knows where Doug got his orders. Sure Doug. Get on every show you can about the vandalism and Biden. Jeanine didn't mention Donnie, but come on..We all know none of them do anything without his okay. Or else she made the decision to save herself while she still can....she'll blame Doug.

Robot Bender's avatar

Wow. That's quite a history!

rlritt's avatar

What a bag of dirt balls.

Robin D's avatar

They travel in groups. They all know each other somehow.

SPW's avatar

Of course she should be along with Blanche and any other licensed attorney who has attached him or herself to this rotter leading us into what could well be a permanent perdition.

rlritt's avatar

Did they reimburse David Hearn for his attorney fees and loss of any wages he might have earned? Probably not. Its just the administration is mad at how incompetent they are but, God forbid they admit it. So, as usual, they need a scape goat. And what will all the propagandists news hacks say now? Probably nothing.

Abby From Maine's avatar

Hahahahaha! And they never paid the pool people either I'm guessing.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Actually, it was a non-bid contract to a trump stooge that predictably ballooned to much more than originally budgeted for. Remember, if it's his money he welches. If it's our money, we pay.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

So if the DOJ concluded the pool fiasco was based on faulty installation, why isn't the contractor being sued into oblivion? Maybe the SS "Just Following Orders" excuse will save them.

P123Sunny's avatar

Weird how THE (R) AMERICAN TAXPAYERS go silent in the face of all this… unless the price of eggs-under-Biden something something 💀

arne link's avatar

Trump probably pocketed the bulk of it. I feel confident that is true.

Lady Emsworth's avatar

I think we'll all be singing "Good Night, Jeanine" soon. . .

https://youtu.be/CZm96PKwtHc?si=uH8sDD0hun9sH9Zz

And with a bit of luck, we WON'T be seeing her anywhere - definitely not in our dreams. . .

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

yeah, BUT who'd he put in her place~Habba? groan. At the very least, Pirro CAN read a nopology on camera, even through gritted teeth.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Alina Habba-Habba known for her beach bod (store bought) more than her legal abilities

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

And her oh-so-pouty, pouty-pout...not for her legal acumen. ;)

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

Ergo the necessity for a MAJOR lawsuit - against frump and her AND those who collaborated in arresting and prosecuting him! Make it HUGE...play HIS 'roy cohn' game.

Gisele Dubson's avatar

What I want to know is, how was he indicted, if they had no evidence.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Prolly the Grand Jury is fulla MAGA dumbasses

Gisele Dubson's avatar

But they must be in DC.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

True, BUT knowing the little about Pirro I've seen and heard, she just spews gibberish so fast I'd imagine it was along the lines of: 'We HAVE all the proof to put this person away for TEN YEARS, believe you me! Not only that but we have photos and videos/! (this all while jabbing her very pointed finger in their faces). I'd bet at least a few fell for her absolute bullshit which she talked HERSELF into believing, despite knowing full well it was all gar-bage. Hey, a girl's gotta stay in the 'boss's' good graces, right? I want to know how in the name of all that's holy did SHE ever get on the bench?

Steve in SoCal's avatar

I'd say it's a mix of "you can indict a ham sandwich", and presenting falsified evidence to the Grand Jury

Robin D's avatar

I hope he counter sues. Maybe Norm Eisen.who represented him with this will.continue. For everything. Slander, libel...whatever he can. Dragged him.through the mud. Lied. If Donnie can do it, so can he. Let him.sue Judge Pirro. Discovery..."Come on down Jeannie...there's room under here for one more, honey"🚌

SethTriggs's avatar

Heavy are the clownshoes of those who serve America's Pilonidal Cyst.

Lady Emsworth's avatar

Oo!

I HAD one of those! - Nasty!

Steve in SoCal's avatar

The Reflecting Pool

Was slashed by the canoe guy!

Actually, no

HI2thDoc's avatar

Lady of the Lake

Known to be a pool vandal

Used Excalibur

P123Sunny's avatar

One haiku raises all boats …

Steve in SoCal's avatar

Technically, yes

It's one of my weaker ones

As I'm no writer

P123Sunny's avatar

snarky-casual haikus work

Lady Emsworth's avatar

The lies that he's told 'bout that pool

Have made Donnie look such a fool.

But you know that he's liable

To swear on the Bible

"It was Joe Biden's fault!"

What a tool. . .

Nancy Braus's avatar

Judge Boxwine may lose her job- Dear Leader posted on Lies Social that he still is certain that the Reflecting Pool damages were vandalism. He is absolutely sure. Evidence? What does that mean? There "may have been minor contractor difficulties." Kind of a shocking admission! You mean the gangsters who made a fortune on the no-bid contract were not the best money can buy?

Lady Emsworth's avatar

Just about the ONLY "positive" thing I can say about trump is - he's stirred up the nations creative juices. Poems like yours, H12, and songs like Randy Rainbow's, the PAGES of dissective criticism, and, over and above all, the names and the INSULTS!

Truly inspiring to read.

P123Sunny's avatar

The admission of the lie makes things complicated… ppl are saying

SPW's avatar

The TWO extended standing ovations that prez fuckwit got at Camp David was almost comical to watch if only the entire country weren’t paying for his dim wittedness. I can only guess at what those fools who participated in that farce were thinking as they stood there with strained smiles frozen on their mugs, and clapping like the trained seals they are. Sickening. Just ignore reality and write a rosy script for the thirty some odd percent who still labor under the illusion that their clay-footed god is going to pull a miracle from of his blown out ass.

Jeanne Leduc's avatar

We will be paying his lawyer fees....

arne link's avatar

He can probably get a lawyer to do it pro-bono, just for the laugh. The whole point of pro-bono work is to secure a big settlement to just go away.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

VERY well done, Doc. Didn't know how you'd fit that tipsy fox nooz loudmouth in there. Remarkable!

Tad Huckabee's avatar

That was dumbest thing Dumbo has attempted yet. Ridiculous to point of being silly. Clown show.

HI2thDoc's avatar

The list is long. Very long.

P123Sunny's avatar

Hey can 🦊News do us a solid and POST THE CLIPS OF HIM SLEEPING MIDDAY - AT MAJOR EVENTS⁉️‼️

if it’s not too much trouble

Steve in SoCal's avatar

They'll say he's meditating

Suel J's avatar

Or riding the van. Ativan. Come fly with us.

We could all use some until this menace is gone.

Steve in SoCal's avatar

I think I need a medically induced coma

Cyndi's avatar

For yourself? Nah, let's get one for him. It would improve his decorating skills!

Phillip Holmes's avatar

Blinking. They say he’s blinking.

Larry Bushard's avatar

Or contemplating his navel!

Mark Slattery's avatar

I wonder if,Hearn and the others falsely arrested for vandalizing the pool will be eligible for a handout.

arne link's avatar

I hope he will sue her for malicious prosecution and win a billion dollars. That's on Pirro and not taxpayers.

Susan P Thatcher's avatar

To borrow f4om @MikeHammer, fuckemal

Julie's avatar

I hate him so much. But I LOVE how you’re starting to add details to Our Daily Claudia, like about the farm table and birthdays and I hope the little details keep coming. Like did Ms. Spouse prefer a vodka or a gin martini? Have a good weekend, Jeff, and thank you for keeping my spirits up through this Trump mess.

Kevin Rice's avatar

Last night's ShowerCap post (www.showercapblog.com):

"Apparently “Donald” has hit a record low as a baby name, which is weird, because I feel like half the kids I grew up with were named after their parents’ favorite rapist."

Concerning the ex-Olympian that won the case against him over the reflecting pool:

"I bet he teams up with the sandwich lobber to concoct elaborate plots to humiliate Jeanine Pirro by allowing her to follow her impulses."

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

I put it into the Name Popularity Calculator and it peaked in 1930 and went into a steady steep decline (already declining when Trump was bon). It's pretty much hit close to zero now.

San's avatar

Trump is losing real support with these antics. All those suck ups have to be getting tired of sucking up

Iran wants the Trumps to suffer just as Trump has made them suffer. They should be very worried Suck ups should be worried too

Thank goodness for Daily Claudia!

DeBurgh's avatar

Donald can "push hard" for raiding the Treasury for $1,776,000,000 of our money. And claim immunity for tax evasion. Maybe he can't read or understand the judge's ruling. Or maybe he's so irrational now that he thinks he can force reality to be whatever he wants it to be. Another indication that he is mentally incapable of doing the job.

The Trump Family sued the Trump Administration, using the court to fool the public and the Congress and the Press into thinking there was a case. Judge said, "when you sue yourself there is no case". To file a claim against yourself to grab public money is Fraud. Just plain ol' bamboozle, underhanded, hornswaggle FRAUD.

Since Trump controls the Treasury and the Dept of Justice, there could be no legitimate settlement for himself and his family. He's was just approving the theft from the Treasury and letting himself off the hook for hundreds of millions of income taxes.

Trump's attorneys committed fraud on this federal court and the judge referred them for possible disbarment. These same attorneys say they will appeal the judges ruling. Good luck with that.

And the Press continues the propaganda. "Trump pushes for the money". Maybe the journalists can't read either. Here's the judge's ruling. Easy read and very clear.

https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172/gov.uscourts.flsd.706172.106.0_2.pdf

FTrump And FPutin Too's avatar

As the Fukwit reignites lawsuits do any of the assigned suckophants ever ask where each dumm decision ranks on the daily list of priorities since they know it may change or be forgotten within minutes? I’m guessing every utterance is the newest priority #1 until the next crazy idea. Juggling priorities- sounds like a zoo of bewildered eejits.

Elizabeth Schulz's avatar

Jeff: tonight I watched Nicolle Wallace and her 'Best People' show with Sue Gordon who was the DNI (or acting DNI?) unsure...summarily fired for NO cause. SHE was fantastic as was Nicolle although I didn't catch all of it (was taking care of the dogs, so in and out of the house). ONE part I caught was Sue wiping away tears, telling Nicolle she 'HATES her for making her cry - she never cries' - Nicolle was weeping as well, AS Sue talked about losing her career, the love of her life Jim AND then saying: 'what can they do to me'? She talked about being brave which is what SHE is doing - standing up. Oh, how I love these brave women we have. I feel the same way: I'm at an age where I don't give a flying FUCK what frump and his thugs try to do: I'd get myself the best attorney I could find, stand up in Court (or in front of the Press to ask them 'what the fuck is wrong with all of you to NOT ask what the fuck is wrong with HIM - that MONSTER destroying our Constitution and Country!) I'm seriously not the least bit afraid but it bothers me that my husband is. Ach du lieber.

Tad Huckabee's avatar

No fund, no Save Act. No conformation for personal lawyers. No vandals prosecuted for false claims. He must be tired of so much winning!

Mike Hammer's avatar

Fuckbrainscibosis might be cured with this new drug Fuckemal but if you can’t find it ask for Fuckitall. Just don’t confuse it with Enditall. Donnie needs that for the bunker.

HI2thDoc's avatar

Caused by a virulent orange parasite that causes mental confusion and disconnection from reality. This condition leads to sacrilegious sartorial choices, affinity for oversized trucks and flags, adoration of execrable personal behavior, being hopelessly gullible, abandoning common sense about money, and uttering outrageous non sequiturs. A cure is not on the horizon, short of frontal lobotomy.

rlritt's avatar

Yes but he is great cover for neo nazis Rubio and Miller.

HH Mohr's avatar

The commercial for Fuckemal shows happy white people riding horses in heaven.

John E Simpson's avatar

...with eight fingers on each hand and extra legs sprouting from unlikely spots on their torso.

Cathy Rady's avatar

some bonus crotch eight-fingered hands would 'come' in very handy (heh heh) when you're feelin' kinda . . . lonely

John E Simpson's avatar

Jeff has the sickest readers! 🤣

arne link's avatar

Yep, and proud of it!

Rosemary Orlandi's avatar

I know, that's why I hang out here..

Pam Humphrey's avatar

Of course it does. Blonde people.

Miselle's avatar

OMG Mike, ⬆️ that is SO GOOD!

Can you please replace Bobby Brainworm? Pleeeeeeaaaaaazz?!

Susan Niemann's avatar

Enditall !!

I'm DED! 😂☠️

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

Don't take Enditall if you're allergic to Enditall.

HI2thDoc's avatar

"May also cause rash, dizziness, loose stools, tremors, blurred vision, blood clots, joint pain, loss of appetite, sleeplessness, loss of hair, loss of libido, loss of sensation, mental confusion, hallucinations, and depression. But hey, if you're trying to end it all with Enditall, who cares?"

Daniel M Kimmel's avatar

Meanwhile show happy, smiling people enjoying life with upbeat music.

There's a reason I'd support banning prescription drug ads geared to the general public.

Cathy Rady's avatar

unless Enditall doesn't actually work, and then all you're left with are the side effects

2Cats2Furious's avatar

Oh no - you weren’t supposed to take the Enditall!! Here, have some Igotbetter.

Joyce's avatar

I believe "Igotbetter" is produced by Newt Pharmacology.

Frank Nuts's avatar

Followed by a big dose of “I’m not dead yet” with a chaser of “I feel happy!”

Robert Eckert's avatar

There are new meds coming out for male pattern baldness (Chromedomin) and erectile dysfunction (Mydixanudil)

arne link's avatar

OMG! That is worthy of Jeff. Bravo!

Kay-El's avatar

You can lead a fuckbrain to education but you can’t make him think.

Susan Niemann's avatar

That should be in a book of wisdom. But there is no such book in the white house!

Susie's avatar

Sssoooooo true. So good. 👏🏻

Susan Niemann's avatar

" ‘holy shit, that’s not a ball. that’s a baby. how the hell did that thing get in there?’ "

"It's not an option. WINNING"

That's all I needed to get me through the weekend. 😂😂😂😂

Fabulous photos today...Claudia's smile lights upon the room. ❤️

Kathleen Weber's avatar

Actually, any Major League pitcher who tried to throw a baby would totally rip up his arm because his muscles are only trained to throw a 5-ounce ball, not a 12-pound baby. BTW, Muslim, Buddhist, and Jewish babies, same problem

2Cats2Furious's avatar

Why does the baby weigh 12 pounds? I’m sure it would be easier to chuck a newborn. Maybe a premie if one is available.

Joyce's avatar

I'm trying to figure out the grip first. By the legs? Seems you could get some serious spin on that baby via the legs. Leads me to wonder what's next--the Christian baby shot put? An Olympian's going for the gold medal and someone accidentally hands him a Christian baby in the shot put final?

2Cats2Furious's avatar

I bet there are a bunch of NBA players who could hold the babby’s head with one hand, like palming a basketball, but that doesn’t seem to be the most aerodynamic choice for throwing babbies.

Joyce's avatar

You'd have to go underhand, I'd guess.

2Cats2Furious's avatar

This is the way. So really, more like fast-pitch softball?

Radio Free Fredbox's avatar

It's not legal to pitch underhand in baseball, but it would definitely have to be an Eephus pitch.

zuzu's avatar

I dunno if they still do this, but back when I was living in Michigan in the 90s, I heard a lot of guys being interviewed on the radio about the best way to make an octopus aerodynamic for throwing onto the ice during NHL playoff games. This involved freezing the octopus, but thawing it out somewhat before you threw it.

Said thawing was usually accomplished by smuggling the octopus into the arena down your pants. It would be sufficiently thawed by halftime to catch air and not damage the ice when it landed, but not so much the legs would flop around during flight.

Susan Niemann's avatar

Well, who thought THAT UP? 🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Cheri Collins's avatar

My second baby weighed 10.25 oz., 35 years ago. I recently bought a watermelon of that weight, and remembered that nope, you couldn’t pitch a baby that size.

Robert Eckert's avatar

And the range to reach home plate would be totally beyond anybody's throwing skills

Dave Drell's avatar

Pete Hesgeth could throw that far! He’s da man!

Joyce's avatar

It's the testosterone injections!

Cathy Rady's avatar

and penile implant

(but please excuse me if I'm wrong about this)

Pam Humphrey's avatar

Testosterone for MLB!

Cathy Rady's avatar

sign me up as a cheerleader!

(it may be difficult to perform cartwheels or do the splits while wearing a chastity belt, but I'm willing to take one for the team!)

Cheri Collins's avatar

Your boob implant flotation devices filled with helium will help!

FTrump And FPutin Too's avatar

Suppose DJT could be shrunk to 7 oz and stuffed into a clear ball. The pitcher throws a four-seamer. How hard is the return when the batter hits it against the center wall? And no fielder even tried to catch it. The crown cheers.

Cathy Rady's avatar

It must've been a Christian fetus . . . Oops!

Barbara Vasile's avatar

I was wondering if the terms of the completely asinine hypothetical had to be limited to a Christian baby.

Susie's avatar

Snort. Chortle. 😜

HI2thDoc's avatar

Pissdrunk Pete, always spinning

Lies and mistakes into winning

To hide that he's unsure

And terminally insecure

Behind his shit-eating grinning

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

At the Camp David cabinet circle-jerk, Kegbreath insisted the performative military fly-overs would continue because, like parades and war-winning, they're "so good for morale!" Feeling gloomy? Nothing like having your roof loosened by fighter jets and helicopters randomly cruising over your neighborhood to fix that.

Cheri Collins's avatar

Oh, yes! It would make me swoon with patriotism.

Susan Niemann's avatar

👏👏👏 Our very own poet laureate! 😂

P123Sunny's avatar

Oof DOC😏‼️

Frank Nuts's avatar

Gentlemen start your engines because Doc is revving up!

Mingo's avatar

WINNING.... that's what we get when overgrown adolescent IT geeks run government websites. I've got news for those guys (because women wouldn't do that stupid shit), they're still geeks and still can't get laid.

Rachel C's avatar

Incels probably make up the vast majority of ICE. That’s why they’re so violent. 👹

Radio Free Fredbox's avatar

Former incels. Now they have entire concentration camps full of children to rape. So, technically, no longer celibate, even if an adult woman would still never consensually have sex with them.

Tess's avatar

There will never be a blank page of “this week in stupid.” Hang in there everyone! Great Claudia/Katie pics!! Cool table!

Joyce's avatar

I want that table,. Wouldn't fit in my kitchen, but that has nothing to do with wanting it.

2Cats2Furious's avatar

I loved the last photo in particular. So lovely!

Tonya Browning's avatar

Typically, the POTUS doesn’t control gas prices. It’s supply & demand, unless the POTUS starts a fucking ILLEGAL WAR!!!

Susan P Thatcher's avatar

The Daily Claudia makes a nice palate cleanser

Joanne Rossmassler Fritz's avatar

Exactly! I'm so glad Jeff started doing this (and I really hope it helps him too!).

Salspho's avatar

“Curvebaby!” Jeff, you are the best! 😆

Ann Anderson's avatar

The guy blaming Obama for high gas prices is an idiot. Everyone knows it's Joe Biden's fault.

This is entirely off-topic but it's been on my mind all morning.

What are the odds that Tristan Tate will make a deal and testify against Andrew?

george  campbell's avatar

The gas price blaming guy is pathetic . I hope he forgets to vote in every future election . How did USA get to this point ? . Thank you for your abstention to this madness .

Elections have consequences .

Susan Niemann's avatar

That is an excellent question. 🤔

Ann Anderson's avatar

There's so much physical and digital evidence they may not need his testimony but I can see one bro turning against the other because they're garbage people.

Susan Niemann's avatar

Garbage people - precisely.

JoJoRa's avatar

I'm heading to Polymarket and Kalshi to place my "predictions" and wait for my winnings!

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

George Santos tried that, betting against himself, and now has to pay a $35,000 fine. He's re-criming, after his release on Trump's pardon. Just can't help himself.

Stuart's avatar

"Atheists, imagine you’re a famous baseball player and are about to bat the winning hit. Accidentally, the pitcher tosses a Christian baby at you."

I'll tell you one thing I wouldn't do. I wouldn't -- ever -- fuck with that pitcher. He must have the shoulders of Trump in one of his fantasy cartoons.

HI2thDoc's avatar

These supposedly pious fakers need to work on their metaphors. Pitcher throwing a baby to a batter? JFC

Robot Bender's avatar

Funny, I'd think the pitcher would be the evil one. 🤔

Bob's avatar

Sniff, sniff ... I smell AI, because that’s the sort of illogical grouping of words ChugGPT is known for.

Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Quora is based on "crowd-sourced knowledge" (oxymoron!) and the questions and answers are invariably janky but taken seriously by the IQ-impaired. Kind of like the conspiracy shit about Dr. Fauci spewed by Republicans during his kangaroo court hearing this past week.

Radio Free Fredbox's avatar

Quora was hot garbage even before the AI bots took it over.

Bob's avatar

So instead of AI it could be genuine stupidity. That’s reassuring?

P123Sunny's avatar

AI *detected*👃

Kathleen Weber's avatar

Actually, any Major League pitcher who tried to throw a baby would totally rip up his arm because his muscles are only trained to throw a 5-ounce ball, not a 12-pound baby. BTW, Muslim, Buddhist, and Jewish babies, same problem

The Fact And Just The Facts's avatar

It is fucking exhausting to be governed by fucking idiots but it makes it easier to beat them. Just imagine if they were smart and could make themselves seem competent. 86 47

RZolu's avatar

And it’s just endless shit and chaos every single day…

Thanks for keeping us all sane Uncle Jeff…

HI2thDoc's avatar

Jeff's TWIS

Tries to summarize this mess

We're constantly vexed

By what bullshit is next

Tomorrow is anyone's guess

Kathleen Weber's avatar

Hawaii DR: Run this one next week just after Jeff publishes.

PLEASE!

Frank Nuts's avatar

“And off we go”

“Doc is in the lead and gaining on himself”

“Looks like Doc is going to win this one”

“He could have competition tomorrow”

“Stay tuned”

George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Jeff.

My week was a week in grueling, so much so that I went directly to the images of Claudia and Katie -thank you for sharing them with us. As always, grateful for you and telling it like it is in your own, unique manner -often the only way the march of the insanely incompetent and stupid can be consumed.

My week included an article that was, in retrospect, one of the most consequential I've written. It's long, and because of algorithmic inequality, will likely die mostly unseen. It is the companion piece to "The Architecture of Division" which dealt with how we allow ourselves to be readily divided and then perpetually conquered by those working to concentrate wealth and consolidate power. This article implores us to work together, across boundaries toward democracy, justice, and equality, before all is lost.

https://bomdia.substack.com/p/the-architecture-of-convergence

HI2thDoc's avatar

Excellent article, George. Some thoughts: the impressive list of legislative progress that you recounted would probably not have happened if Fox News was extant; virulent racist Strom Thurmond was an unbridled POS hypocrite who fathered a daughter with a Black employee of his family when she was only 15 or 16, so I'm guessing sexual assault is a definite possibility; Messrs. Schwerner, Chaney, and Goodman had more courage than all the racists who murdered them, combined; Abraham Heschel knew fascism and morality when he saw it; Nixon, for all his misdeeds, accomplished some positive things and compared to tRump looks like a paragon of ethics; and thank you for illuminating the events of the Alcatraz occupation, the East LA march, and the 1977 occupation of the federal buildings and the charity of the Black Panthers.

arne link's avatar

I remember all of it well. That was when our country begin to change and people just could not handle it. Rights? Rights? You don't get no stinkn' rights!

George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you! I was worried about length, however, each account remains so important in understanding the divide, the violence, and the horrifying racism of that era (not that we’ve made much progress on any front) I felt it had to be recounted. So many people paid the ultimate sacrifice and passed the baton to the next generation. I’m hoping we can still find the baton -as you say, in this era of billionaire owned and sponsored propaganda, it may well be buried somewhere in Murdoch’s closet.

Deb's avatar

This is excellent, George. Thank you so much for including this link. I knew the broad outlines of the history you described, but the way you put it together made all the difference.

Three observations: Nixon was horrible, but I believe he loved this country...unlike a certain Orange Unpatriotic Felon. Second, there was a functioning Congress during this period...there were some evil people in it, but as a body it was a separate and equal branch of government. Finally, the Supreme Court was not corrupt. This makes our path different, but your ideas on convergence still hold.

You give us a map to move forward. I've downloaded it, and plan to share it at my bi-weekly current events group in 2 hours. 💙

George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Deb -and grateful for any and all extra visibility. My work and subscriptions are not paywalled in case anyone from the group is interested in past or future writing.

Pam Humphrey's avatar

Some of us do remember. We lived through it.

Robert Eckert's avatar

It is still difficult for me to understand that most people don't remember where they were when JFK was shot

arne link's avatar

Is that so? I remember it so clearly.

George A. Polisner's avatar

Arne -you are carbon dating yourself. :)

Lucinda Abra's avatar

Fascinating article. Well researched and informative. I'm old enough to have witnessed some of this history. Thank you!

Tess's avatar

Very interesting-thank you!

Jayme Wolworth's avatar

Wow George. Thank you for bringing attention to things that I have forgotten and/or never knew about. It was lenghty but it had to be. Let us all strive to converge.

George A. Polisner's avatar

Thank you Jayme. I was stuck by how polarized we were then and the importance of programs like Norman Lear's "All in the Family" -to showcase who we were through those tumultuous time, and all that was still accomplished when we put our differences aside. I think we need an all new "All in the Family."

Robert Eckert's avatar

And yet, even though politics was violently divisive at the time, nobody considered running Charles Manson for President (he was better man than Trump: Charlie had musical skills and a sense of humor, and his cult killed far fewer people)

Leu2500's avatar

1) notice that Harp is carrying AT LEAST 4 phones.

2) the felon looked like a wax works figure in that Camp David picture. & so out of place in his suit.

3) Every day, when he speaks he's speaking thru more & more saliva. The almost gargling is worsening. Caused by the dementia deteriorating his swallowing reflex.

4) No social media posts between ~9:30pm Fri & 7:30am Sat. Lid called at ~9:30 am. Not quite sure what that means when he's staying on his golf course property (Bedminster).

arne link's avatar

He was busy playing the harp, possibly? Diaper changes acting as fore play?

arne link's avatar

Ewww, sorry. I apologize for that. Everyone knows he cannot function.

Joanne Rossmassler Fritz's avatar

Thanks, arne. It was a rather disgusting visual, despite the cleverness of your pun about playing the harp.

Jayme Wolworth's avatar

There must have been so many diapers in her bag that she couldn't fit her 2 laptops and 3 fucking phones in it. And she's also a big fat liar like the rest of them. Crediting Trump for her health recovery was just another way to get a new daddy.

She claimed that he saved her life because he signed the Right to Try law.

BUT...

"Experts dispute her account: she received an FDA-approved immunotherapy drug for off-label use, which Right to Try does not cover, and she'd tweeted about the treatment two months before Trump signed the law (Washington Post, Undark).".

She's just another sycophant freak.

8647 before we have no dignity left

Cyndi's avatar

Time for his monthly hand bruising?

247kath's avatar

Re#3 Hopefully he aspirates that spit soon☠️😵

P123Sunny's avatar

Read somewhere that “America is becoming a torture chamber for smart people.”

Trux Mint In Box's avatar

Look, I realize baseball rules can be complicated and I don’t claim to know them all but I’m pretty sure throwing a baby, especially a Christian one, is a balk.

Trux Mint In Box's avatar

Harry Caray calling the famous “baby pitch”

“It’s 4-1 in the bottom of the ninth, bases loaded. Did you know our owner has 6 horses? Six! Oh that’s strike one. So he tells me he used to have 5 and oh there’s a baby being thrown to the batter that’s weird. Anyway I love hot dogs and a cold beer don’t you. Oh what a day at the park. That’s a grand slam for the win. So back to the horse story”

Lynn Van Haren's avatar

Sometimes the comments are as good as Jeff’s columns. I’m laughing so hard at these baseball comments😂😂

Susie's avatar

I was just gonna say………..🤣🤣🤣

Lairbo's avatar

Would love to hear Vin Scully or Phil Rizzuto's coverage of this:

"He's winding up for a fastball and, holy cow! He's thrown a baby! It's high and outside. The catcher's got the child on his shoulder now; can't tell if he's trying to stop it from crying or burping it. Good thing the batter checked his swing. Now the ump is inspecting the little fella for damage and checking his pouch for a fresh baby to toss back to the pitcher before resuming play..."

Trux Mint In Box's avatar

Yeah a baby will tail high if you grip it too tight on the release. It’s a tough pitch to master. Also they outlawed the knuckler baby for obvious reasons.

P123Sunny's avatar

Unless you’re throwing to the Designated Baby Batter

Radio Free Fredbox's avatar

... now that's what I call a sticky situation!