Yes, Jeff. As a matter of fact, I do have a nomination for TWIS. My nomination goes to the voters of America, .who went to the polls on Tuesday and voted against their interests. To the women who sent a message to politicians that said it was OK to strip them of their basic human rights. To Latinos, who voted for a man who would love to see them deported. To the middle class who voted to see the price of everything they buy increase due to tariffs. To the elderly, who voted for cuts to their Social Security and Medicare in order to give tax break to billionaires. To Jews, who thought it was OK to have a president who thinks Hitler did some good things. To black men who pulled the lever for a racist who wouldn’t rent an apartment to them. To members of law-enforcement who thought it was a good idea to have private citizens who out-arm them. To everyone who decided they hated immigrants more than they loved their own freedom. This is the stupidest country on earth.
Oh, I forgot one…to the college kids, who refused to vote, because the Biden administration was too easy on Israel. Now that they’ve got Donald Muslim Ban Trump back in the White House, what could possibly go wrong for Palestine?
Especially the young voters who voted for not only climate change denial but also for climate change acceleration. It shouldn't bother me - I will probably be dead within ten years, but the first time voters are seriously fucked. As are the children, and all your grandchildren.
Pray all you want, but the last laugh is Mother Nature's, for She is an atheist.
After SIL told her brother she voted for Trump, he said, "do you know what you've done to your grandchildren?" She said, "they will just have to figure it out on their own." He told her no more phone calls unless she needs to tell him something about their mother.
I, too, am 71. I’m devastated that my own daughter voted for trump. She has 3 daughters (ages 22, 31, & 34) and 4 granddaughters (ages 2-6) and 2 grandsons (ages 4 & 9). I shudder to think what awaits them if the trumpers don’t come to their senses that they f**ked up and those who didn’t vote realize that was a stupid move.
My heart goes out to you. In 2020, my elder son was a Trump supporter, but quickly realized his mistake. Now, although he remains fairly conservative, he finally knows what his younger brother and I knew from the outset. Sending you hugs across the miles. There are SO many of us grieving over this.
I wouldn’t say that the planet is an atheist exactly, but Gaia certainly has a strong voice and an extraordinarily powerful presence in the ongoing discussion about our survival and the future of the current biosphere.
Wasn't part of his 47 plan to form the Christian police unit? To go after those “anti-Christians”. Whatever they can get away with they will. Balls (white ones) to the walls.
Well crap, guess I'm screwed in more ways than one. I'm a (nearly) 77 year old Atheist. And I used to just love going to unTruth Social just so I could troll donnie boy. At least I had the since to use a fake name, but I'm sure Elon would have no problem tracing that back to me. Ummm... they're coming to take me away haha. :(
"We will meet in the place where there is no darkness."--Remember that joke from 1984? A: we'll meet in a dungeon where the lights are on 24/7. Anyway, I'll be there too. I'm so glad I had the chance to tell that bloviating Queens princeling that he's the biggest, whiniest toddler in the world, before I get hung on piano wire.
When turd & Bonesaw son-in-law joke about "oceanfront property", my brain synapses crash into each other like a pinball game. WTAF are the fucking idiots, well, they AREN'T thinking. Stronger storms, more rain, hurricanes, flooding are not going to stop at Turd's new Palm Beach or other coastal golf motel. Climate change is going to get exponentially worse! Erosion and houses falling into the ocean are THE LAST PLACE anyone with a brain should consider building upon! Next season's climate rage will sweep away your newly built mansion!
In Miami, the least desirable (and therefore cheapest) housing was away from the water, on higher ground. The lower-income people who live there are now being driven and gentrified out by the richer people who recognize that living right by the beach won't be tenable much longer.
But unfortunately they 'll bamboozle their way out of paying any conceazences worth nebtuoning while pushing out those dumb darkies (their thoughts not mine).
I never understood the college kids with their protests, some violent, about the Israeli/Palestine situation. Unless you are Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian or have relatives in that area, why the outrage that went on for weeks? I don't see them having protests about the slaughter in Sudan right now or other human rights violations that go on around the globe. The Palestinian issues have been going on since 1948. I never remember civilian American protests like I saw the last few months. Are there college protests going on now after what happened in Amsterdam? Vietnam/Iraq/Afghanistan yes - we were involved in those wars. I'm not implying at all that wars that we are not involved in aren't important and that we shouldn't speak up, I just don't remember any war other than when we had boots on the ground being an election issue. I think one of the reasons you saw the Vietnam protests go on so long was the draft. You have a choice now whether or not you join the military. Males my age didn't. Makes me wonder about the timing of all of this. You were damned if you did and damned if you didn't no matter which side you support in the Middle East. I also find it odd if the same people protesting didn't vote. Usually political activists would always vote if they were motivated enough to take to the streets.
I’m guessing the reason students are protesting is that Netanyahu is slaughtering a race of people who are blameless. The Palestinians have very little. And we’re seeing this genocide online and on TV. And he’s not going to stop. And it’s unfair. Like Trump, Netanyahu should be in jail. Now more than ever.
The West Bank issues have been going on for several decades now. I've been frustrated with Israel over their continued push to deny the Palestinians less and less ground. It finally came to the forefront with the Oct 2023 slaughter. Yet, the Israeli's re-elected Netanyahu once again. And America just elected Trump once again. All I can do at the moment is take a walk, kick the dirt, and scream at the sky.
And they feel we are financing it. Face it, many of the youngest voters have no idea why we have the relationship we do with Israel. Obviously, for Hitler to make a comeback, history lessons have not done their job, and geopolitical knowledge is sorely lacking. It is correct to question government spending, but you have to learn about why, too.
Yes! Disliking Bibi doesn’t make us anti-Israel any more than hating Trump makes us anti-American. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Both men are hurting their countries.
Why do we have the relationship with Israel? I honestly don't know. I've been wanting to educate myself more about the ME, specifically Palestine & Israel.
The Tea Party really pissed me off. They formed right after he took office. Really? Cuz they thought he would spend irresponsibly? After village idiot W Bush wasted trillions in his Middle East meddling? Tea Party assholes were just racists, that's all
Yes, the ones who are well informed. But that should not drive them to support trump. The Palestinian situation is very complex. Both sides have acted terribly. The Knesset should not have chosen Netanyahu as PM. The Palestinians should not have chosen Hamas as their ruling party. Israel has a right to exist, but so does Palestine. Resolution will never occur until the hatred and violence are quelled. I don’t think that ignoramus who will be in office next year understands the two state solution
Yup. You're right. Imagine electing Bibi, who was facing corruption charges. Oh wait, we elected a felon who will never answer for trying to overthrow the government. We win the pageant. Can't wait for the military victory parade. I am busy that day, but...
After electing a traitorous, corrupt, convicted felon-adjudicated rapist, insurrectionist we have no right to criticize any other nation’s leadership choices. Ever
It definitely won’t change with Trump a Netanyahu in power. Trump already told him “do what you need to do. Just like he told Putin. It’s no wonder that Putin pulled the strings to help get trump back in power. Trump had been pro Putin for decades because he wanted to build a tacky motel in Moscow. He’s been Putin’s useful idiot for decades.
It is awful. But they’re only protesting genocide of Palestinians; NOT Hamas’s genocide of the Jews. They don’t understand that Israel has been one of our closest allies. And by sitting this election out (for the sole purpose of punishing the Biden administration, which was trying to find a solution that would help innocent Palestinians AND Israelis), they have succeeded in getting Trump elected, giving Netanyahu carte blanch to commit more genocide. Great job, kids!
I get that. I don't think college kids think geopolitics is a thing. They haven't learned it in HS, and most won't in college. They go for what is in their face today. They're still children and I applaud their caring.
You DO NOT know what the word: genocide means! You are an ignorant fool. Genocide is not what happens when innocent people, like the Israelis, are kidnapped, murdered, raped and brutally paraded and spat upon by the Palestinians. The "Palestinians are lying and wanted anything that could happen bad to happen to Jewish People...Palestinians are bigots and racists. Israel has people of all races living there in peace; but the Arab nations hate the JEWISH PEOPLE!
Why would you speak to me with so much hate. We don't differ in our opinions all that much. I understand what the Israeli's have been through. I only made the point that college kids are simplistic in their views. Period.
I feel no animosity towards your right to an opinion.
"Unless you are Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian or have relatives in that area, why the outrage that went on for weeks?" WTF is wrong with you? You sound like a Republican.
They got a pissa one now ! Let’s see if they got the nuts to be outraged with an American government with no guarantees of not being shot in the streets !The democratic one that just got flushed down the shitter was their birthright for protected freedom of speech! They should have been marching to protect that ! Because baby it’s a whole new world of shit coming down now ! And the plan they got includes a reinstated draft !
These little shits piss me off the most. I'm Jewish, I don't like Netanyahu, Hamas asked for slaughter, it's gone off the rails, I work with Muslim collegues, and I have family is Israel. It's complicated, to be sure.
HOWEVER. When you've decided to sacrifice the U.S. for a cause you can't even muster the balls to go OVER THERE and fight for in whatever way possible, you are dead to me. This is no time for starry-eyed idealism, and if was Israel getting the pounding I would STILL say: don't cut your fucking country off to spite your government. You will, and have now, lost both.
I couldn’t agree more. I am also Jewish, and support Israel’s right to exist. But right now Bibi is doing nothing for Israel, or Jews in general from the standpoint of public opinion. Antisemitism is way up because of this incessant slaughter of innocent lives. Yes, Israel has the right and obligation to defend itself against Hamas and the other anti-Israel terrorist groups. But this has gone too far. Netanyahu is Israel’s version of Trump, and he intentionally won’t reach a peace agreement until Trump is in office, if at all.
I despise Netanyahu. He’s been trying to drag us deeper into his genocidal war than we already are. His bombing of Lebanon, a sovereign country, just shows he’s off the rails. He’s got enough intelligence forces to infiltrate and pick off those Hezbollah enemies of his but no. He’d rather just blow up the country.
You're right, except for this; Lebanon is not a sovereign country. At least, not right now. There is no government in place, Lebanon is being run by Hezbollah, which is a proxy of Iran and a terrorist organization.
Maybe if Hezbollah had stopped bombing and sending drones into northern Israel, Netanyahu wouldn't have engaged in such widespread destruction so deep into Lebanon, IDK. But Lebanon is no longer sovereign. There's no government there.
Thanks. It comes from the gut-punch I got a few weeks ago from a long-time, much-loved, Jewish friend, who's visited Israel while I have not, and tried to tell me how great Trump was for Israel because he moved the embassy. Our continued friendship hinges on the fact that she couldn't vote but I can, and she wants to "agree to disagree". Now that's he's won, the rhyming answer is "well I guess we'll see". The bottom line being, holy shit there's idiocy on both sides of the Middle East sandwich of stupid.
As a Jew, I obviously support Israel. I’m just not willing to sacrifice our own country, our democracy and my daughters’ reproductive freedom in order to give Netanyahu a blank check.
I support Israel too. I also support countries living without rockets, rape, and riders on buses being blown up. I don't support the rape of the West Bank, and I don't support the idea that un-occupied Gaza is a fucking camp, prison, or whatever bullshit tag people wanted to stick on it before Oct 7th 2023. I agree with a 2 state solution, but it's not going to straddle Israel. Give the Palestinians the West Bank, SHARE Jerusalem, and bring home the other refugees. Like from Lebanon, which hosts 12 fucking Palestinian refugee camps. WTAF is up with that. NO, they DON'T get the house back the key they wear around their neck doesn't fit into anyway. Neither do a fuckton of other people displaced during and after WWII. Get the goddamn fuck over yourselves like everyone else displaced by the war.
I have several dear friends where we have agreed to disagree. I hate doing that but I like these people and they can't help being stupid about politics. FAFO. Unfortunately, we have to "find out" right along with them.
And how, by boycotting the election and allowing Trump to be installed, did they help their cause? If they cared so much about Palestinians and thought that Biden wasn’t doing enough, the answer certainly wasn’t to elect someone who would do less! It’s the definition of cutting off your nose to spite their face.
And? Did you sacrifice your country's freedoms for them?
Would you do it for the residents of Sudan? The Uyghrus? Various Boko-Haram-suppressed women? Ukranians? Afghani women? About a metric fuckton of other people in the world who aren't living in a free country with the privilege of giving a shit about anyone else besides themselves?
Because I guarantee you, those people would probably say you're an idiot for giving it up for fuckall under Trump.
Israel won a war that they did not start to earn the land that the Palestinians refuse to leave. Many Palestinians are very happy and free in Israel...But the Arab nations want Palestine to continue to "suffer in poverty" to make Israel a scapegoat. The United Nations allows the ARAB Oligarchies to have the poser to try and destroy the democracy of Israel.
trump gonna kowtow to Netanyahu because Donnie demento loves bloodthirsty dictators. Palestinian outlook just got worse. Also Ukraine and Taiwan looking at going down the drain. Fucking sad and infuriating.
Too many people, and I'm guessing of the younger generation, viewed this as a typical D vs R election, which it was not. OTOH, Gen Z doesn't have much to compare it to, but STILL. What happened to "I'd vote for a wilted celery stalk over Trump" attitude? *sigh*
Surprisingly enough, the pro-Hamas students (and that is who they are) voted for Trump while 80% of American Jews voted for Harris.
I do have to wonder - if Columbia students shut down their campus and build Gaza tent cities while harassing Jewish students, demanding pizza delivery and vandalizing campus buildings, will Trump do more than Biden (which was nothing) or will he cheer them on because - negativity breeds negativity? Or would Trump shut it down? Arabs are running wild in America- what will he do? Harris would have tolerated. Israel seems to think the Trump is a tough guy and Biden/Harris are wimps. I have to admit I am confused - and frightened for both countries. Antisemitism (anti-Jewish) is always the canary in the coal mine when fascist governments are ushered in. The canary died.
White people, overall voted to protect their white privileges and their money. Minorities and women are just the collateral damage of a country that represents over 54% of its people who can't read or comprehend past a 6th grade level. I know we say we can't fix stupid, but, we better fucking figure that one out. Misogyny, bigotry and just plain narcissism is the place ignorance lives. Fuck, I woke up mad as hell again.
Sharing that anger, I told my neighbor (Republican immigrant from FInland who was celebrating): "You know, if you voted for Trump, you ARE Trump. You share his values, his cruelty, his ignorance, and your soul must wear his face." I hope she never speaks to me again.
From Finland!!???? Why that's a Democratic Socialsis dream with Healthcare for all, fre e education, little gun violence, high on happiness index, excellent environmental values...*all things I want) 😅
My mothers side of the family is all Fin, that’s all thy ever spoke around us kids Douglas, I’ve been cursing in Fin, French and Russian since Tuesdays nightmare. My son has dual citizenship, I probably should as well, save for hating cold weather, it’s perfect!
I'm going to Finland in January. Hope you didn't piss her off too bad. Lol. I think naturalized citizens voting for Trump makes me madder than the home grown ones. But there's racism and misogyny all over the world no matter where youre?from. Stupidity too.
The neighbor said her acquaintances in Finland called her to offer their condolences and she said she laughed and told them she was drinking champagne. So, Euro-trash.
I actually slept while trying to make sense of any of what’s been reported Lisa, not exactly anyone’s version of sleeping! One thing is certain 52% of the people in this country are incredibly ignorant!
I know it doesn't help, but when the counting is done, it should be down to less than 52%, estimates are 1% difference after all of west coast is counted.
Do we know how many white people did vote Dem? I'm a white F voter for diversity, climate & reproductive freedom & democracy. I didn't vote to "protect my white privilege", I don't have a lot of money
It was 57% white, 54% other, 69% Native American, Latinos 46% voted for Agent Orange. Black women voted 85% Harris. They didn't hear the noise about democratic elitists.
I can't rationalize white voters who didn't vote. We all know how despicable turd is, so hateful. P 2025 or reproductive freedom should have been more than enough motivation. Am I dense? I keep waiting for a clear cut factual breakdown of which age groups & ethnicities who didn't vote. I'm no conspiracy theorist, but are there 20 million votes that "disappeared"?
Never been much of a conspiracy theorist either Teri, however many have been proven true. Coincidence theorists use using illogical reasoning in the place of factual evidence which is all I’ve seen so far!
I am convinced that there was election Fuckery. We have Musk, who loves Putin and has control of a vast amount of social media and cyber ability. I really do believe that votes were changed or stolen.
Depends on how you calculate it. Subtract the number of votes from the number of eligible voters and you get one figure (it's way over 20 million). Compare Biden's numbers with Harris's and you get another. So much for "likely voters" being a better way of analyzing polls than voters in general: "likely voters" being those who voted before.
No possibility of "healing and unity" now. I'm trying to suppress any absolute conclusions but know what's happening is absolutely horrible. Everything we hoped for has been shattered. And it was so fucking easy for them.
I'm sorry to say I have to agree. The stupidity has been deliberately brewed for us with 4 or 5 decades of Republican underfunding of public education. Add to the mix the massive amount of Russian bot and MAGA generated disinformation that has been fire-hosed over us from every direction. The results? Gullible, low information voters who eagerly swallowed Trump's fantasy construct of the world and the US because they wanted reasons to believe that Trump was their voice. It definitely shouldn't have worked a second time...but the first time Dems were able to shield our citizens from the worst of Trump's predations. This time it won't happen. Trump voters are about to see exactly what sort of pig in a poke that they bought. I don't think they'll like it very much.
One - topic voters are what kills the Dems. Ok, you don’t like Biden’s stance on Israel… and Republitards stand for just about everything else you hate—- but you vote against Biden!
Let’s not forget the Grumpers who are slathering at the hope of reinstituting slavery. Young Black guys whose granddads agitated for civil rights back in the day, think about that one.
Excellent post Steph....the right wing has for 40 decades gotten working class whites to vote against their self interest (see book 'Whats the Matter with Kansas'..cuz blacks) & now The Thing pulled a quinella as you've noted. I don't know how he does it.....ALL of it.
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It’s hard not to sleep. But you’re right; we care so we must also self-care. But it is damn hard. The thing is, your work makes it less hard. I feel less alone. Thanks and thanks to the rest of y’all.
You’re not, Neal. I had a neighbor tell me yesterday, when I was feeling low, that he was glad there were people like me in this world. I’m passing that sentiment on to you.
My next door neighbor told me everyone can fuck off except her close friends and neighbors like me. We're blue dots in our community. We both acknowledged that many people in this country are going to suffer badly.
My anger towards the willfully ignorant won’t likely cease!
It’s amazing to see the panic stricken Trump voters realization to the significance to their livelihood, when Project 2025 became more real on the net yesterday! Stupide connards!!
Several friends concur with similar views on the class system war
waged by the wealthy elite against us. Their oppression unfortunately has been widely overlooked and ignored by the willfully ignorant, the fuckery affects all of us!
Yeah, tariffs make things more expensive. Buyers pay more. That's less disposable income for eating out, entertainment, savings. If you're pissed now about higher grocery prices, just wait!
yep dude, we are truly in this together...and this community will be a bastion of sanity and self care and the awareness that there are many of us out there who are all feeling the same shit
More so now than ever. At the moment, it feels like we're on a sinking ship in a shit storm. However, we can't give up or give in. There will be another congressional race in two years and if we're successful in winning the House this time around, perhaps that will help limit the damage. This new administration may also have the same infighting and the revolving door that they did the last time around. Like that General said who was picked to be a candidate for Secretary of Defense in 2016, "I don't want any part of that shit sandwich". Hopefully more like him will feel the same way.
“Perhaps” is an overused broken dream Rick! Counting on a nation where 52% have openly exposed their ignorance doesn’t bode well for the end to fascism, racism, misogyny and greed!
I know. I’ve been awake since 2:30 this morning est and it’s now 11:44 am.
I want to sleep. I need to sleep but the face of that disgusting man pops into my head.
I’ve been staring at my ceiling most of the time but I have PTSD and flashes about where I found my daughter at. I’ve told most of you all so I’m not gonna repeat.
Worried about my daughter in LA since she’s Latina. And the massive sweeps he wants to have troops on the ground to shoot anyone that is Latino. Not all just those that run I suppose. She’s scared and I can’t help her being here.
I welcome sleep now and it’s almost noon. I hope it works…
Thematically speaking, the most important thing Terry Pratchett taught me was the concept of militant decency. The idea that you can look at the world and its flaws and its injustices and its cruelties and get deeply, intensely angry, and that you can turn that into energy for doing the right thing and making the world a better place. He taught me that the anger itself is not the part I should be fighting.
Following along with you is part of my self-care, Jeff! Otherwise I’d keep doomscrolling and yelling at the idiots on social media. This and most of the Substack posters are props for my sanity. Thanks!
Same here. No more checking the horrible all-trump-all-the-time major news sites and aggregators like Google News - I can't do another 4 years of that. If I need breaking or up to date news a few times a day, I think I'm going to try looking in on non-US news sources for occasional global updates - Guardian, the Economist, maybe even Al-Jazeera.
Hi Jeff, so let’s review class.. Reporting from the British Independent newspaper… MAGA is gloating this morning about how they pulled off Project 2025 to be incorporated into Donald’s agenda, conned by a con man…..HAHA, big laughs.. Over 900 pages as a blueprint for Christian Nationalism… Among the highlights that concern me and fellow non Christian Americans.. “we will tolerate other religions such as Judaism” Well folks what happens when the godly folks decide to be intolerant? Other concerns.. Withdraw from NATO and other mutual defense treaties, camps to house “illegals” with American children, send folks back to their country of origin, even if u have American citizenship. Folks, pay attention please… these proposed camps will be used to house other minority community’s… Federal troops patrolling the streets of America… no dissent… Tariffs to cripple our economy, tear down Social Security and Medicare.. I mean WTAF? I’m so glad my parents and grandparents are not around to witness this deconstruction of America… and I’m 72… Best to all.
I'm 73, I'd rather kill myself than be homeless. I was VERY close to homelessness at one time, so scary.My dignity wouldn't allow it. I got an unexpected inheritance that saved me .
Trump got the same number of votes in 2024 as 2020. 74 million. In 2020 Biden got 81 million. Harris got 70 million. There had to be 2 million never Trumper Republicans who voted for Harris. So 13 million Biden voters did not vote.
Is it known if they stayed home or that they refrained from voting for president? The “none of the candidates” vote made some difference in NV if I remember correctly. Rest of the country? NC voted for a Democratic governor and Trump.
I'm a news watcher. I like to stay abreast of what's going on in the world. But I just cannot do it anymore. I can't stand to see his stupid face on my screen for another four motherfucking years. And that doesn't even touch the fact that his band of fucknuts will be in charge along with him and also on my newsfeed.
How the fuck are we supposed to pay attention to what's happening and not be subjected to that goddamned face of his? Or that voice? Or those fucking accordion hands?
Your story of the college girl (in her case I forego "woman") who believes trump is pro-choice echoes Heather Cox Richardson reporting the shock of trump voters when tariffs are explained to them and the actual results on prices. There's been a lot of debate about whether trump voters were motivated by misogyny, economics, racism, or misinformation. It isn't really an "or" question--behind EACH of the other three (and more) is the slew of misinformation.
My own thesis is that in large part America has become a lazy nation. 1/3 too lazy to even vote. Another third (trump's "mandate") too lazy to think. That part wants someone else to do both the thinking and the doing, the "only I can fix it." The Lazies are obsessed with entertainment; trump is entertaining. Misinformation that gets our hormones perking is entertaining.
One thing I've noticed is that articles, including yours, are more and more not saying "trump plans" but "trump's advisors plan." If those who were close to him and ended up horrified were aware of his mental decline, so too must those now close to him be aware. But for them it is an opportunity, not a cause for concern. "Flatter his ear and he'll follow you anywhere" seems to be the modus operandi of those in his circle. Ironic that our would be dictator is in fact just a tool.
you are right about a lot of it. The spreading effect of social media turns dis to mis. It is sometimes impossible to tell with GOP politicians whether they believe some of the guff they spout.
Even we find some of this stuff "entertaining" in a pretty horrific sense. One thing about the pet eaters of Springfield--they aren't boring. It's just that different hormones get activated.
Another terrific funnny, hair-raising, satisfying and revealing look at what has won the election and what will likely be a wave that either engulfs or just gives us a good wetting for four years. In either case, having a family of like-minded people here on webstack, with you, Jeff, as our peerless leader makes a lot of difference. Yesterday in Barnes and Noble an Indian man began to cry. I put my hand on his shoulder and said, "Can I help?" He told me that although he is a citizen he is terribly afraid because he brown-skinned. He and I, and another friend, spoke together for a long time and he felt much better. That what we've got to do for each other gang. Reach out.
Disinformation won the election. People who were surveyed overwhelmingly chose Kamala Harris’s policy proposals over tRump's, when they didn't know who was behind them. Americans have become ignorant, but not by choice. They are victims of propaganda that fed their fears and anger. They really have no idea they've been conned by the ultra-wealthy who own their sources of (dis)information. One group, when asked if they thought tRump was an authoritarian, asked "what is an authoritarian?"
I'm not seeing Fox mentioned much, if at all, and maybe it's a given, but to me it's still a huge part of what happened. And shall continue to be, for the MAGAts are fully under the spell with no rescue in sight.
What's a solution? Something the Dems could have done all along (pet peeve) which is expose what the Repugnants are doing, detail their strategies for all to see... while refuting their lies of the day and explaining how their manipulation is designed to work. THAT would be an educated populace, if the MAGAts pick up on how they've been used.
Dems are not restricted to speaking about their own political points. Speeches ought to spend time exposing what the other guys are saying, and why.
Sadly, Jeff, they would never believe anything democrats say. We have tried, and WE ended up being accused of lying and using propaganda. People believe what they want to believe. The only partial remedy is to ban lying on any registered news organization. First Amendment should only apply to "opinion" sources. It was not that long ago that news stories could not be printed or aired without verifiable sources. We used to be confident that we could trust The News, but no more. I check even the stories I get from NPR, if they are at all doubtful. Not everyone has as much time on their hands as I do, so I'm not judging anyone who has to take the word of their trusted news sources.
Half asleep when that coked up is indicative of actual addiction, similarly heroin addicts can appear very stoned when jonesing, and perfectly together when they get high.
Sadly no lack of examples of mansplaining, but the guy telling Margaret Atwood’s about her book is up there with the dangling bit who went to space camp explaining space to a NASA astronaut. 🙄
Tim-Loved the article! So many men are of the opinion that THEIR knowledge/opinion must be correct and must be imparted to every woman in their vicinity. It is a particularly annoying fact for most women. At least once a day, I have to instruct my husband to know off the mansplaining. But, at 72, that dog hasn’t learned any new tricks.
I will say, at least we now have the absolute epitome of mansplaining to refer back to for all time. It should be added to the dictionary and the illustrative example of the term.
My only hope is that these idiots who voted for all of the mayhem that is getting ready to be foist upon us suffer the most. It's just a shame that those of us who are sane have to get flushed with them.
Yes, Jeff. As a matter of fact, I do have a nomination for TWIS. My nomination goes to the voters of America, .who went to the polls on Tuesday and voted against their interests. To the women who sent a message to politicians that said it was OK to strip them of their basic human rights. To Latinos, who voted for a man who would love to see them deported. To the middle class who voted to see the price of everything they buy increase due to tariffs. To the elderly, who voted for cuts to their Social Security and Medicare in order to give tax break to billionaires. To Jews, who thought it was OK to have a president who thinks Hitler did some good things. To black men who pulled the lever for a racist who wouldn’t rent an apartment to them. To members of law-enforcement who thought it was a good idea to have private citizens who out-arm them. To everyone who decided they hated immigrants more than they loved their own freedom. This is the stupidest country on earth.
Oh, I forgot one…to the college kids, who refused to vote, because the Biden administration was too easy on Israel. Now that they’ve got Donald Muslim Ban Trump back in the White House, what could possibly go wrong for Palestine?
Especially the young voters who voted for not only climate change denial but also for climate change acceleration. It shouldn't bother me - I will probably be dead within ten years, but the first time voters are seriously fucked. As are the children, and all your grandchildren.
Pray all you want, but the last laugh is Mother Nature's, for She is an atheist.
I may embroider that last line on a sampler.
After SIL told her brother she voted for Trump, he said, "do you know what you've done to your grandchildren?" She said, "they will just have to figure it out on their own." He told her no more phone calls unless she needs to tell him something about their mother.
I have two grandchildren under 4 years old, and I am terrified for them. I'm 71, myself, and will miss the worst of it, but, OH, my grandsons!
I, too, am 71. I’m devastated that my own daughter voted for trump. She has 3 daughters (ages 22, 31, & 34) and 4 granddaughters (ages 2-6) and 2 grandsons (ages 4 & 9). I shudder to think what awaits them if the trumpers don’t come to their senses that they f**ked up and those who didn’t vote realize that was a stupid move.
My heart goes out to you. In 2020, my elder son was a Trump supporter, but quickly realized his mistake. Now, although he remains fairly conservative, he finally knows what his younger brother and I knew from the outset. Sending you hugs across the miles. There are SO many of us grieving over this.
Thank you and very, very true on so many of us grieving. Yet another dark time in our time in the trump years. Hugs back!
Smart lady.
I love your last line "Pray all you want..." Brilliant!
You can bet I copied it. You’ll get credit for your brilliance when I have a chance to use it.
I wouldn’t say that the planet is an atheist exactly, but Gaia certainly has a strong voice and an extraordinarily powerful presence in the ongoing discussion about our survival and the future of the current biosphere.
I’m painting your Mother Nature line on a piece of wood and hanging it our home.
Ocean front property, hotels, golfing, restaurants and fun! The Davos fuckwads will buy it.
Stupidity is now fashionable. Hostility to knowledge acceptable. And challenging the ignorant, deplorable.
Wondering how long it will be before women are kicked out of college. Like Iran in the 70's.
Wasn't part of his 47 plan to form the Christian police unit? To go after those “anti-Christians”. Whatever they can get away with they will. Balls (white ones) to the walls.
I hope they figured body bags for themselves into their budget.
Well crap, guess I'm screwed in more ways than one. I'm a (nearly) 77 year old Atheist. And I used to just love going to unTruth Social just so I could troll donnie boy. At least I had the since to use a fake name, but I'm sure Elon would have no problem tracing that back to me. Ummm... they're coming to take me away haha. :(
"We will meet in the place where there is no darkness."--Remember that joke from 1984? A: we'll meet in a dungeon where the lights are on 24/7. Anyway, I'll be there too. I'm so glad I had the chance to tell that bloviating Queens princeling that he's the biggest, whiniest toddler in the world, before I get hung on piano wire.
Doesn't matter, really. They will never get a promotion in their chosen field. White men first, ya know.
When turd & Bonesaw son-in-law joke about "oceanfront property", my brain synapses crash into each other like a pinball game. WTAF are the fucking idiots, well, they AREN'T thinking. Stronger storms, more rain, hurricanes, flooding are not going to stop at Turd's new Palm Beach or other coastal golf motel. Climate change is going to get exponentially worse! Erosion and houses falling into the ocean are THE LAST PLACE anyone with a brain should consider building upon! Next season's climate rage will sweep away your newly built mansion!
In Miami, the least desirable (and therefore cheapest) housing was away from the water, on higher ground. The lower-income people who live there are now being driven and gentrified out by the richer people who recognize that living right by the beach won't be tenable much longer.
They’re moving to Little Haiti which is a beautiful cultural city. If you’ve never been there you should look it up and see the photos and videos.
They can afford their own consequences.
But unfortunately they 'll bamboozle their way out of paying any conceazences worth nebtuoning while pushing out those dumb darkies (their thoughts not mine).
Water World the Sequel!
Oh, man, the original was bad enough!
I never understood the college kids with their protests, some violent, about the Israeli/Palestine situation. Unless you are Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian or have relatives in that area, why the outrage that went on for weeks? I don't see them having protests about the slaughter in Sudan right now or other human rights violations that go on around the globe. The Palestinian issues have been going on since 1948. I never remember civilian American protests like I saw the last few months. Are there college protests going on now after what happened in Amsterdam? Vietnam/Iraq/Afghanistan yes - we were involved in those wars. I'm not implying at all that wars that we are not involved in aren't important and that we shouldn't speak up, I just don't remember any war other than when we had boots on the ground being an election issue. I think one of the reasons you saw the Vietnam protests go on so long was the draft. You have a choice now whether or not you join the military. Males my age didn't. Makes me wonder about the timing of all of this. You were damned if you did and damned if you didn't no matter which side you support in the Middle East. I also find it odd if the same people protesting didn't vote. Usually political activists would always vote if they were motivated enough to take to the streets.
I’m guessing the reason students are protesting is that Netanyahu is slaughtering a race of people who are blameless. The Palestinians have very little. And we’re seeing this genocide online and on TV. And he’s not going to stop. And it’s unfair. Like Trump, Netanyahu should be in jail. Now more than ever.
The West Bank issues have been going on for several decades now. I've been frustrated with Israel over their continued push to deny the Palestinians less and less ground. It finally came to the forefront with the Oct 2023 slaughter. Yet, the Israeli's re-elected Netanyahu once again. And America just elected Trump once again. All I can do at the moment is take a walk, kick the dirt, and scream at the sky.
Never could stand Bibi. He's just a smarter version of Trump.
And they feel we are financing it. Face it, many of the youngest voters have no idea why we have the relationship we do with Israel. Obviously, for Hitler to make a comeback, history lessons have not done their job, and geopolitical knowledge is sorely lacking. It is correct to question government spending, but you have to learn about why, too.
We are financing it and have been doing so for decades despite UN and world condemnation.
It’s also important to differentiate Israel from Netanyahu. Just as we are not Trump, but will be blamed.
Yes! Disliking Bibi doesn’t make us anti-Israel any more than hating Trump makes us anti-American. In fact, it’s quite the opposite. Both men are hurting their countries.
Why do we have the relationship with Israel? I honestly don't know. I've been wanting to educate myself more about the ME, specifically Palestine & Israel.
No it is because: JEWS! Antisemitism is always the answer
Agree!!
How about that we tacitly encourage genocide in Gaza and West Bank with our military support?
Their boycott of the vote just made things worse for Gaza.
I suspect SOME of the protests were astroturfed....fake ones engineered by right wing entities. Like The Tea Party was against Obama.
The Tea Party really pissed me off. They formed right after he took office. Really? Cuz they thought he would spend irresponsibly? After village idiot W Bush wasted trillions in his Middle East meddling? Tea Party assholes were just racists, that's all
And Koch funded they were never the organic movement they pretended to be.
Remember the guys driving around in coal burning trucks?
They were future MAGAs with stupid hats.
Genocide. Kids are protesting genocide. It doesn't matter what ethnicity you are. Please don't minimize how awful this is.
Yes, the ones who are well informed. But that should not drive them to support trump. The Palestinian situation is very complex. Both sides have acted terribly. The Knesset should not have chosen Netanyahu as PM. The Palestinians should not have chosen Hamas as their ruling party. Israel has a right to exist, but so does Palestine. Resolution will never occur until the hatred and violence are quelled. I don’t think that ignoramus who will be in office next year understands the two state solution
Yup. You're right. Imagine electing Bibi, who was facing corruption charges. Oh wait, we elected a felon who will never answer for trying to overthrow the government. We win the pageant. Can't wait for the military victory parade. I am busy that day, but...
After electing a traitorous, corrupt, convicted felon-adjudicated rapist, insurrectionist we have no right to criticize any other nation’s leadership choices. Ever
It definitely won’t change with Trump a Netanyahu in power. Trump already told him “do what you need to do. Just like he told Putin. It’s no wonder that Putin pulled the strings to help get trump back in power. Trump had been pro Putin for decades because he wanted to build a tacky motel in Moscow. He’s been Putin’s useful idiot for decades.
It is awful. But they’re only protesting genocide of Palestinians; NOT Hamas’s genocide of the Jews. They don’t understand that Israel has been one of our closest allies. And by sitting this election out (for the sole purpose of punishing the Biden administration, which was trying to find a solution that would help innocent Palestinians AND Israelis), they have succeeded in getting Trump elected, giving Netanyahu carte blanch to commit more genocide. Great job, kids!
I get that. I don't think college kids think geopolitics is a thing. They haven't learned it in HS, and most won't in college. They go for what is in their face today. They're still children and I applaud their caring.
Their caring, without researching all the facts, led them to make a decision that will lead to devastating results for Palestinians.
You DO NOT know what the word: genocide means! You are an ignorant fool. Genocide is not what happens when innocent people, like the Israelis, are kidnapped, murdered, raped and brutally paraded and spat upon by the Palestinians. The "Palestinians are lying and wanted anything that could happen bad to happen to Jewish People...Palestinians are bigots and racists. Israel has people of all races living there in peace; but the Arab nations hate the JEWISH PEOPLE!
Why would you speak to me with so much hate. We don't differ in our opinions all that much. I understand what the Israeli's have been through. I only made the point that college kids are simplistic in their views. Period.
I feel no animosity towards your right to an opinion.
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I'm not. But it's not the only genocide that goes on and I don't see them protesting that.
"Unless you are Jewish, Muslim, Palestinian or have relatives in that area, why the outrage that went on for weeks?" WTF is wrong with you? You sound like a Republican.
Project 2025 plans to force all public school students to register for possible military induction.
Of course that would exempt private schools.
At least some of these "outraged" kids are rebels looking for a cause
They got a pissa one now ! Let’s see if they got the nuts to be outraged with an American government with no guarantees of not being shot in the streets !The democratic one that just got flushed down the shitter was their birthright for protected freedom of speech! They should have been marching to protect that ! Because baby it’s a whole new world of shit coming down now ! And the plan they got includes a reinstated draft !
A main reason for protests against Vietnam was fear of being drafted.
For Palestine it is horror knowing your tax dollars are funding genocide & the lesser of two evils party thinks it’s a good idea
That stuff drives me PARTICULARLY insane.
These little shits piss me off the most. I'm Jewish, I don't like Netanyahu, Hamas asked for slaughter, it's gone off the rails, I work with Muslim collegues, and I have family is Israel. It's complicated, to be sure.
HOWEVER. When you've decided to sacrifice the U.S. for a cause you can't even muster the balls to go OVER THERE and fight for in whatever way possible, you are dead to me. This is no time for starry-eyed idealism, and if was Israel getting the pounding I would STILL say: don't cut your fucking country off to spite your government. You will, and have now, lost both.
Hope it was worth it.
I couldn’t agree more. I am also Jewish, and support Israel’s right to exist. But right now Bibi is doing nothing for Israel, or Jews in general from the standpoint of public opinion. Antisemitism is way up because of this incessant slaughter of innocent lives. Yes, Israel has the right and obligation to defend itself against Hamas and the other anti-Israel terrorist groups. But this has gone too far. Netanyahu is Israel’s version of Trump, and he intentionally won’t reach a peace agreement until Trump is in office, if at all.
I despise Netanyahu. He’s been trying to drag us deeper into his genocidal war than we already are. His bombing of Lebanon, a sovereign country, just shows he’s off the rails. He’s got enough intelligence forces to infiltrate and pick off those Hezbollah enemies of his but no. He’d rather just blow up the country.
You're right, except for this; Lebanon is not a sovereign country. At least, not right now. There is no government in place, Lebanon is being run by Hezbollah, which is a proxy of Iran and a terrorist organization.
Maybe if Hezbollah had stopped bombing and sending drones into northern Israel, Netanyahu wouldn't have engaged in such widespread destruction so deep into Lebanon, IDK. But Lebanon is no longer sovereign. There's no government there.
I have said close to those words so many times! You said it better and I feel the same way!
Thanks. It comes from the gut-punch I got a few weeks ago from a long-time, much-loved, Jewish friend, who's visited Israel while I have not, and tried to tell me how great Trump was for Israel because he moved the embassy. Our continued friendship hinges on the fact that she couldn't vote but I can, and she wants to "agree to disagree". Now that's he's won, the rhyming answer is "well I guess we'll see". The bottom line being, holy shit there's idiocy on both sides of the Middle East sandwich of stupid.
As a Jew, I obviously support Israel. I’m just not willing to sacrifice our own country, our democracy and my daughters’ reproductive freedom in order to give Netanyahu a blank check.
I support Israel too. I also support countries living without rockets, rape, and riders on buses being blown up. I don't support the rape of the West Bank, and I don't support the idea that un-occupied Gaza is a fucking camp, prison, or whatever bullshit tag people wanted to stick on it before Oct 7th 2023. I agree with a 2 state solution, but it's not going to straddle Israel. Give the Palestinians the West Bank, SHARE Jerusalem, and bring home the other refugees. Like from Lebanon, which hosts 12 fucking Palestinian refugee camps. WTAF is up with that. NO, they DON'T get the house back the key they wear around their neck doesn't fit into anyway. Neither do a fuckton of other people displaced during and after WWII. Get the goddamn fuck over yourselves like everyone else displaced by the war.
I have several dear friends where we have agreed to disagree. I hate doing that but I like these people and they can't help being stupid about politics. FAFO. Unfortunately, we have to "find out" right along with them.
Oh fuck off. I've been over there. You have no idea how much suffering, poverty and horror Israeli occupation have caused.
And how, by boycotting the election and allowing Trump to be installed, did they help their cause? If they cared so much about Palestinians and thought that Biden wasn’t doing enough, the answer certainly wasn’t to elect someone who would do less! It’s the definition of cutting off your nose to spite their face.
Which is a very hardcore way of Middle East retribution, especially towards women.
And? Did you sacrifice your country's freedoms for them?
Would you do it for the residents of Sudan? The Uyghrus? Various Boko-Haram-suppressed women? Ukranians? Afghani women? About a metric fuckton of other people in the world who aren't living in a free country with the privilege of giving a shit about anyone else besides themselves?
Because I guarantee you, those people would probably say you're an idiot for giving it up for fuckall under Trump.
Israel won a war that they did not start to earn the land that the Palestinians refuse to leave. Many Palestinians are very happy and free in Israel...But the Arab nations want Palestine to continue to "suffer in poverty" to make Israel a scapegoat. The United Nations allows the ARAB Oligarchies to have the poser to try and destroy the democracy of Israel.
trump gonna kowtow to Netanyahu because Donnie demento loves bloodthirsty dictators. Palestinian outlook just got worse. Also Ukraine and Taiwan looking at going down the drain. Fucking sad and infuriating.
Too many people, and I'm guessing of the younger generation, viewed this as a typical D vs R election, which it was not. OTOH, Gen Z doesn't have much to compare it to, but STILL. What happened to "I'd vote for a wilted celery stalk over Trump" attitude? *sigh*
And, BTW, when SOMEONE bothered to ask those on the Gaza Strip, THEY WANTED KAMALA TO WIN.
Most of the Muslim Vote in the United States went to DRUMP! Most of the Jewish vote went to Harris...FACT!
It says “write a comment” but I honestly can’t find the words to say anything at this point. We are indeed living in a post-literate society.
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Surprisingly enough, the pro-Hamas students (and that is who they are) voted for Trump while 80% of American Jews voted for Harris.
I do have to wonder - if Columbia students shut down their campus and build Gaza tent cities while harassing Jewish students, demanding pizza delivery and vandalizing campus buildings, will Trump do more than Biden (which was nothing) or will he cheer them on because - negativity breeds negativity? Or would Trump shut it down? Arabs are running wild in America- what will he do? Harris would have tolerated. Israel seems to think the Trump is a tough guy and Biden/Harris are wimps. I have to admit I am confused - and frightened for both countries. Antisemitism (anti-Jewish) is always the canary in the coal mine when fascist governments are ushered in. The canary died.
White people, overall voted to protect their white privileges and their money. Minorities and women are just the collateral damage of a country that represents over 54% of its people who can't read or comprehend past a 6th grade level. I know we say we can't fix stupid, but, we better fucking figure that one out. Misogyny, bigotry and just plain narcissism is the place ignorance lives. Fuck, I woke up mad as hell again.
Sharing that anger, I told my neighbor (Republican immigrant from FInland who was celebrating): "You know, if you voted for Trump, you ARE Trump. You share his values, his cruelty, his ignorance, and your soul must wear his face." I hope she never speaks to me again.
From Finland!!???? Why that's a Democratic Socialsis dream with Healthcare for all, fre e education, little gun violence, high on happiness index, excellent environmental values...*all things I want) 😅
My mothers side of the family is all Fin, that’s all thy ever spoke around us kids Douglas, I’ve been cursing in Fin, French and Russian since Tuesdays nightmare. My son has dual citizenship, I probably should as well, save for hating cold weather, it’s perfect!
My Italian grandmother taught me how to say fuck you in Italian when I was kid.😅
I love your grannie!
Well, she's a MAGA so obviously she has cognitive issues
Finland will soon be in Russian hands. They will be the first to fall, sadly.
It’s Deja vu all over again (insert Nazi flag here)
Let the Fins be the new world leader …..they got it right ! We gonna be busy for a few years!
I'm going to Finland in January. Hope you didn't piss her off too bad. Lol. I think naturalized citizens voting for Trump makes me madder than the home grown ones. But there's racism and misogyny all over the world no matter where youre?from. Stupidity too.
The neighbor said her acquaintances in Finland called her to offer their condolences and she said she laughed and told them she was drinking champagne. So, Euro-trash.
Well dug aFinish love!!
Tell your neighbor, you're a fucking immigrant. The only difference is you're a white one.
Bravo!
Good for you!
I actually slept while trying to make sense of any of what’s been reported Lisa, not exactly anyone’s version of sleeping! One thing is certain 52% of the people in this country are incredibly ignorant!
I'm glad you got some sleep anyway.
Thanks Lisa first time in a couple days, but awoke with.same rage!
I know it doesn't help, but when the counting is done, it should be down to less than 52%, estimates are 1% difference after all of west coast is counted.
I think more than that percentage are uneducated and like it that way
Think about "crotch-danglies". You'll feel better immediately.
https://x.com/AmoneyResists/status/1855238202216362051
The Republican motto is keep them poor and stupid. Obviously it’s working.
Do we know how many white people did vote Dem? I'm a white F voter for diversity, climate & reproductive freedom & democracy. I didn't vote to "protect my white privilege", I don't have a lot of money
It was 57% white, 54% other, 69% Native American, Latinos 46% voted for Agent Orange. Black women voted 85% Harris. They didn't hear the noise about democratic elitists.
Bingo - with an assist from the 13 million Biden voters who did a no show.
I can't rationalize white voters who didn't vote. We all know how despicable turd is, so hateful. P 2025 or reproductive freedom should have been more than enough motivation. Am I dense? I keep waiting for a clear cut factual breakdown of which age groups & ethnicities who didn't vote. I'm no conspiracy theorist, but are there 20 million votes that "disappeared"?
Never been much of a conspiracy theorist either Teri, however many have been proven true. Coincidence theorists use using illogical reasoning in the place of factual evidence which is all I’ve seen so far!
I am convinced that there was election Fuckery. We have Musk, who loves Putin and has control of a vast amount of social media and cyber ability. I really do believe that votes were changed or stolen.
It sure doesn't add up.
Absolutely. They belong at the top of the list.
Today I 'm seeing 12 or 13 million non-voters. I thought it was 20m who didn't vote.
Depends on how you calculate it. Subtract the number of votes from the number of eligible voters and you get one figure (it's way over 20 million). Compare Biden's numbers with Harris's and you get another. So much for "likely voters" being a better way of analyzing polls than voters in general: "likely voters" being those who voted before.
Votes were still being counted all week.
However many it was, it was enough, and I'm beyond dismayed that they thought this election to be so unimportant as to sit it out or vote third party.
This , the spin is maddening isn’t it Teri?
New explanations thrown at us daily by TPTB, their version of hard facts don’t explain anything, actually adding to the confusion!
Plus, if fraud is proven, Kamala conceded.
They share the blame. WTF.
No possibility of "healing and unity" now. I'm trying to suppress any absolute conclusions but know what's happening is absolutely horrible. Everything we hoped for has been shattered. And it was so fucking easy for them.
Sad truths Sharon!!
I'm sorry to say I have to agree. The stupidity has been deliberately brewed for us with 4 or 5 decades of Republican underfunding of public education. Add to the mix the massive amount of Russian bot and MAGA generated disinformation that has been fire-hosed over us from every direction. The results? Gullible, low information voters who eagerly swallowed Trump's fantasy construct of the world and the US because they wanted reasons to believe that Trump was their voice. It definitely shouldn't have worked a second time...but the first time Dems were able to shield our citizens from the worst of Trump's predations. This time it won't happen. Trump voters are about to see exactly what sort of pig in a poke that they bought. I don't think they'll like it very much.
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Excellent points T L!!
We aren’t going to hear anything resembling the truth from this government from January 25 until ………?! 1984 is the new normal!
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Stupidest is an accurate description.
One - topic voters are what kills the Dems. Ok, you don’t like Biden’s stance on Israel… and Republitards stand for just about everything else you hate—- but you vote against Biden!
Let’s not forget the Grumpers who are slathering at the hope of reinstituting slavery. Young Black guys whose granddads agitated for civil rights back in the day, think about that one.
Excellent post Steph....the right wing has for 40 decades gotten working class whites to vote against their self interest (see book 'Whats the Matter with Kansas'..cuz blacks) & now The Thing pulled a quinella as you've noted. I don't know how he does it.....ALL of it.
Thanks for the David Duke reminder Cheryl!!
Beautifully said.
“dearth of crotch-danglage“
Oh Jeff, I do love you so ❤️
Hey, I got a new constitutional amendment for the Christo-Fascists. Every kid you have is counted as 3/5 of a person. So, if you have a wife and 10 kids, you get eight votes.! 👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻
JD Vance will be ecstatic!!! 👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻👩🏻👧🏻👦🏻
Don’t give them any more bad ideas than they already have.
Sorry.... 😞😞😞😞😞😞
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Why am I being blocked ?
The ignorance of the denizens in this Country are beyond my comprehension Kathleen, your suggestion is already a new addition to the 2025 script!
Three quarters of the states have to ratify a constitutional amendment, and I think we have enough blue states to block this one.
but only if you're white, yes?
I think that he already floated this during the campaign…
I believe the “vp-elect” has already proposed something similar🤷♀️
Love that term. Haven't heard that in the hospital yet. LOL.
I know. That brought me the first smile of many days. I will never quit Jeff.
It’s hard not to sleep. But you’re right; we care so we must also self-care. But it is damn hard. The thing is, your work makes it less hard. I feel less alone. Thanks and thanks to the rest of y’all.
You’re not, Neal. I had a neighbor tell me yesterday, when I was feeling low, that he was glad there were people like me in this world. I’m passing that sentiment on to you.
My next door neighbor told me everyone can fuck off except her close friends and neighbors like me. We're blue dots in our community. We both acknowledged that many people in this country are going to suffer badly.
That is great advice, and I'm glad you were able to do that!
My anger towards the willfully ignorant won’t likely cease!
It’s amazing to see the panic stricken Trump voters realization to the significance to their livelihood, when Project 2025 became more real on the net yesterday! Stupide connards!!
Several friends concur with similar views on the class system war
waged by the wealthy elite against us. Their oppression unfortunately has been widely overlooked and ignored by the willfully ignorant, the fuckery affects all of us!
Yeah, tariffs make things more expensive. Buyers pay more. That's less disposable income for eating out, entertainment, savings. If you're pissed now about higher grocery prices, just wait!
Is it possible you have a link to the Project 2025 wake-up on the net? I'd love to pass it on to a few.
Appreciate it.
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yep dude, we are truly in this together...and this community will be a bastion of sanity and self care and the awareness that there are many of us out there who are all feeling the same shit
True dat Mountain!!
More so now than ever. At the moment, it feels like we're on a sinking ship in a shit storm. However, we can't give up or give in. There will be another congressional race in two years and if we're successful in winning the House this time around, perhaps that will help limit the damage. This new administration may also have the same infighting and the revolving door that they did the last time around. Like that General said who was picked to be a candidate for Secretary of Defense in 2016, "I don't want any part of that shit sandwich". Hopefully more like him will feel the same way.
“Perhaps” is an overused broken dream Rick! Counting on a nation where 52% have openly exposed their ignorance doesn’t bode well for the end to fascism, racism, misogyny and greed!
I realize it's like fighting a battleship with a pea shooter but they aren't unsinkable.
It's up to us to replace their ignorance with knowledge. Otherwise, nothing changes.
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You must have super powers that allow sleep Tess & Neal !!
Gummies are too weak.I need a sledge hammer to the head meds.
I just cut to the chase and visit the local herb dispensary.
Yes…called sleep gummies! 🤭
That's my secret!
I know. I’ve been awake since 2:30 this morning est and it’s now 11:44 am.
I want to sleep. I need to sleep but the face of that disgusting man pops into my head.
I’ve been staring at my ceiling most of the time but I have PTSD and flashes about where I found my daughter at. I’ve told most of you all so I’m not gonna repeat.
Worried about my daughter in LA since she’s Latina. And the massive sweeps he wants to have troops on the ground to shoot anyone that is Latino. Not all just those that run I suppose. She’s scared and I can’t help her being here.
I welcome sleep now and it’s almost noon. I hope it works…
I feel your pain mon Amie, hopefully she’ll keep her clear thinking head about her and stay safe!
Thank you so much!
I hope you can rest, and find a bit of peace in it. ❤️
I’ve found sleeping difficult since Tuesdays fascist fuckery fait accomplit!
Saw this today…it helps me cope:
Thematically speaking, the most important thing Terry Pratchett taught me was the concept of militant decency. The idea that you can look at the world and its flaws and its injustices and its cruelties and get deeply, intensely angry, and that you can turn that into energy for doing the right thing and making the world a better place. He taught me that the anger itself is not the part I should be fighting.
Loved Terry Pratchett - so brilliant and hilarious.
Love this - thx 😍
Following along with you is part of my self-care, Jeff! Otherwise I’d keep doomscrolling and yelling at the idiots on social media. This and most of the Substack posters are props for my sanity. Thanks!
Same here. No more checking the horrible all-trump-all-the-time major news sites and aggregators like Google News - I can't do another 4 years of that. If I need breaking or up to date news a few times a day, I think I'm going to try looking in on non-US news sources for occasional global updates - Guardian, the Economist, maybe even Al-Jazeera.
Joke going around Germany right now: What boarders on stupidity? Canada and Mexico.
Borders or Boarders?
Here's the link for anyone who wants to read it: https://statuskuo.substack.com/p/just-for-xeets-and-giggles-110924
It made me smile too, which I didn't think was possible.
Hi Jeff, so let’s review class.. Reporting from the British Independent newspaper… MAGA is gloating this morning about how they pulled off Project 2025 to be incorporated into Donald’s agenda, conned by a con man…..HAHA, big laughs.. Over 900 pages as a blueprint for Christian Nationalism… Among the highlights that concern me and fellow non Christian Americans.. “we will tolerate other religions such as Judaism” Well folks what happens when the godly folks decide to be intolerant? Other concerns.. Withdraw from NATO and other mutual defense treaties, camps to house “illegals” with American children, send folks back to their country of origin, even if u have American citizenship. Folks, pay attention please… these proposed camps will be used to house other minority community’s… Federal troops patrolling the streets of America… no dissent… Tariffs to cripple our economy, tear down Social Security and Medicare.. I mean WTAF? I’m so glad my parents and grandparents are not around to witness this deconstruction of America… and I’m 72… Best to all.
If your parents and grandparents were still alive they'd be homeless in a year.
I'm 73, I'd rather kill myself than be homeless. I was VERY close to homelessness at one time, so scary.My dignity wouldn't allow it. I got an unexpected inheritance that saved me .
Fine. I'm not tolerating them!
🧨🧨🧨🧨 DON'T MISS THIS!!! 💥💥💥💥💥
Like all of us, I voted for Kamala Harris. But she lost big. I thought about it hard for three days and I have come up with a shocking answer.
Do you realize that 11 million Biden voters stayed home in 2024?
I invite you to read "Vanished into thin air: Where did 11 million Democratic voters go?"
https://kathleenweber.substack.com/p/vanished-into-thin-air-where-did
Trump got the same number of votes in 2024 as 2020. 74 million. In 2020 Biden got 81 million. Harris got 70 million. There had to be 2 million never Trumper Republicans who voted for Harris. So 13 million Biden voters did not vote.
voter tabulation fuckery.
Is it known if they stayed home or that they refrained from voting for president? The “none of the candidates” vote made some difference in NV if I remember correctly. Rest of the country? NC voted for a Democratic governor and Trump.
Virtually all of those never-trumpers also voted for Biden in 2020. They were converted to never Trump either in 2016 or soon afterward.
in 2024.
Their brains were deported before the election.
Willingly
We have a complacent lazy mind and body society.
WHY would Hispanics vote for rump? HE SAID HE WAS GOING TO DEPORT THEM!!!! STUPID!!!!!
I can't even. I mean ... I just cannot.
I'm a news watcher. I like to stay abreast of what's going on in the world. But I just cannot do it anymore. I can't stand to see his stupid face on my screen for another four motherfucking years. And that doesn't even touch the fact that his band of fucknuts will be in charge along with him and also on my newsfeed.
How the fuck are we supposed to pay attention to what's happening and not be subjected to that goddamned face of his? Or that voice? Or those fucking accordion hands?
Totally agree with you Lisa!! I’m an MSNBC watcher and I just can’t do it!!
I used to be, but they've been "falling in line", too.
Same. Now only Lawrence O'Donnell (The Last Word, MSNBC, M-Th, 10pm EST)
Ugh! My vision of hell is to have to watch those goddam hands and hear that voice spewing oral dysentery 24/7.
Don't get news from TV. Don't get news from social media. The written word is much more informative. I read the Guardian and some specialty sources.
Your story of the college girl (in her case I forego "woman") who believes trump is pro-choice echoes Heather Cox Richardson reporting the shock of trump voters when tariffs are explained to them and the actual results on prices. There's been a lot of debate about whether trump voters were motivated by misogyny, economics, racism, or misinformation. It isn't really an "or" question--behind EACH of the other three (and more) is the slew of misinformation.
My own thesis is that in large part America has become a lazy nation. 1/3 too lazy to even vote. Another third (trump's "mandate") too lazy to think. That part wants someone else to do both the thinking and the doing, the "only I can fix it." The Lazies are obsessed with entertainment; trump is entertaining. Misinformation that gets our hormones perking is entertaining.
One thing I've noticed is that articles, including yours, are more and more not saying "trump plans" but "trump's advisors plan." If those who were close to him and ended up horrified were aware of his mental decline, so too must those now close to him be aware. But for them it is an opportunity, not a cause for concern. "Flatter his ear and he'll follow you anywhere" seems to be the modus operandi of those in his circle. Ironic that our would be dictator is in fact just a tool.
I would call it disinformation because it’s intentional.
you are right about a lot of it. The spreading effect of social media turns dis to mis. It is sometimes impossible to tell with GOP politicians whether they believe some of the guff they spout.
Even we find some of this stuff "entertaining" in a pretty horrific sense. One thing about the pet eaters of Springfield--they aren't boring. It's just that different hormones get activated.
Another terrific funnny, hair-raising, satisfying and revealing look at what has won the election and what will likely be a wave that either engulfs or just gives us a good wetting for four years. In either case, having a family of like-minded people here on webstack, with you, Jeff, as our peerless leader makes a lot of difference. Yesterday in Barnes and Noble an Indian man began to cry. I put my hand on his shoulder and said, "Can I help?" He told me that although he is a citizen he is terribly afraid because he brown-skinned. He and I, and another friend, spoke together for a long time and he felt much better. That what we've got to do for each other gang. Reach out.
Beautiful story. Your empathy, time and compassion with another fearful person touches my heart.💚
Thank you, Teri.
I am never leaving you. I know this sounds a bit stalky but you and your potty mouth keep me sane.💙
Disinformation won the election. People who were surveyed overwhelmingly chose Kamala Harris’s policy proposals over tRump's, when they didn't know who was behind them. Americans have become ignorant, but not by choice. They are victims of propaganda that fed their fears and anger. They really have no idea they've been conned by the ultra-wealthy who own their sources of (dis)information. One group, when asked if they thought tRump was an authoritarian, asked "what is an authoritarian?"
I'm not seeing Fox mentioned much, if at all, and maybe it's a given, but to me it's still a huge part of what happened. And shall continue to be, for the MAGAts are fully under the spell with no rescue in sight.
What's a solution? Something the Dems could have done all along (pet peeve) which is expose what the Repugnants are doing, detail their strategies for all to see... while refuting their lies of the day and explaining how their manipulation is designed to work. THAT would be an educated populace, if the MAGAts pick up on how they've been used.
Dems are not restricted to speaking about their own political points. Speeches ought to spend time exposing what the other guys are saying, and why.
Sadly, Jeff, they would never believe anything democrats say. We have tried, and WE ended up being accused of lying and using propaganda. People believe what they want to believe. The only partial remedy is to ban lying on any registered news organization. First Amendment should only apply to "opinion" sources. It was not that long ago that news stories could not be printed or aired without verifiable sources. We used to be confident that we could trust The News, but no more. I check even the stories I get from NPR, if they are at all doubtful. Not everyone has as much time on their hands as I do, so I'm not judging anyone who has to take the word of their trusted news sources.
Half asleep when that coked up is indicative of actual addiction, similarly heroin addicts can appear very stoned when jonesing, and perfectly together when they get high.
Sadly no lack of examples of mansplaining, but the guy telling Margaret Atwood’s about her book is up there with the dangling bit who went to space camp explaining space to a NASA astronaut. 🙄
https://amp.theguardian.com/lifeandstyle/womens-blog/2016/sep/13/mansplaining-how-not-talk-female-nasa-astronauts
Tim-Loved the article! So many men are of the opinion that THEIR knowledge/opinion must be correct and must be imparted to every woman in their vicinity. It is a particularly annoying fact for most women. At least once a day, I have to instruct my husband to know off the mansplaining. But, at 72, that dog hasn’t learned any new tricks.
Thanks Pamela. I knew the world needed a man to provide an example of mansplaining so it would be taken seriously 😉
(J/k — it’s such an amazing example; “I went to space camp!” 🤣)
I will say, at least we now have the absolute epitome of mansplaining to refer back to for all time. It should be added to the dictionary and the illustrative example of the term.
Josh Hawley can be the poster boy for that.
Yep. 🤦🏽♀️
My only hope is that these idiots who voted for all of the mayhem that is getting ready to be foist upon us suffer the most. It's just a shame that those of us who are sane have to get flushed with them.