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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

bonus points to anyone who correctly identifies "it’s right there in your Bible, as interpreted by experts" as a line spoken by Boyd Crowder in the first episode of Justified

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Bonnie Canelakes's avatar

As Bill Maher once said on RealTime, “hotels really need to replace the free Bible in rooms with dictionaries.” It was satire but honestly, shouldn’t they? That was they can keep ignoring that one too.

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Kate's avatar

If I ever came into serious, stupid, lottery level money my goal would be to place Darwin’s Origin of Species book in hotel rooms!

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Bonnie Canelakes's avatar

That too!!

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Karen Hutchinson-Talaski's avatar

I am with you.

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Veronica Speedwell's avatar

Or basic civics primers.

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

Copies of the Constitution

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

Boyd is now in Witness Protection as Baby Billy on "The Righteous Gemstones."

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DR Darke's avatar

I thought he had a botched nose job and ended up on FALLOUT as Cooper "The Ghoul" Howard!

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

He has a side gig.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Sorry it’s all nonsensical gibberish to me!

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Charles Austin's avatar

You are correct, sir!😀

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DR Darke's avatar

I caught that soon as I read it!

TBH, I wondered if you knew it came from the JUSTIFIED pilot episode, "Fire in the Hole"—as wonderful as that show was, I'm shocked at how few people saw it (it was a hit on F/X, but that means that only four million or so people watched it overall). We liked it so much my former wife's heart was broken when Nick Searcy directed an anti-choice movie about a gynecologist, who it turned out was her OB/GYN when she was in college!

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Wow. That must have been a bit unnerving.

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DR Darke's avatar

It was for her, in so many ways.

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

The sequel miniseries was good, (City Primeval) and Boyd made an appearance in the last episode.

I am now a Walton Goggins fan.

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

Jeff, this “fashion show” shows us how far back in time MAGA wants to take women, ugly to say the least. Also an addendum on my series “Golf with MAGAS” I neglected to point out that during my MAGA round I stood over a very long putt, thinking about how to approach it, so many variables to consider and the money involved… my partners became rather irritated at the time I was taking, thus beginning to encourage me to hit the ball. My reply? “I have a concept of this putt, I’m just beginning to make my plan.” Needless to say that comment went over like a very long fart in a very small elevator…. Best to all and yes, I do have a concept for a Blue Wave.😉

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Pictures show MAGA values women between the knees and the collarbone, but only those who are eight and above.

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Janet Amaral's avatar

Top age demographic would be 35. After that we are no longer considered prime breeding stock. SMFH

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Yep, a man who screws a woman over a 35 is performing charity work.

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Deborah Hunter's avatar

You're my hero Fredo. Keep up the good, annoying work with the MAGAs.

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Teri's avatar

Once again, Fredo, ty for your service! 🇺🇸

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

My work is not done yet! I have my new political sign in front of my home… it’s a cartoon Donald with his massive hair, under the cartoon it says NOPE. I still have more work to do😃

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Teri's avatar

Bravo! Carry on devoted democracy soldier!

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

Many thanks..I get a lot of s**t for being an unwavering supporter of Democracy and a non MAGA… As my wife tells me, the MAGAS I associate with are unable to hold their position as I hit them with precision historical and political points. I tell them I’m not in the business to educate them, complete your own education and MAGA rhetoric does not qualify as historically accurate.

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Lynn Van Haren's avatar

I have that shirt

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Janan Broadbent's avatar

Rock on, Fredo!

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Charles Austin's avatar

Excellent, Fredo!😂😂😂😂

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un poco loco's avatar

I don't think it's just about taking women back in time (although that horrendous hoop skirt -- the one Scarlett wouldn't have allowed in the house, even when she was reduced to wearing the drapes -- says they LOVED 1860...) They clearly thought that fashion show was cool and hip, even though it looked like something a bunch of bored seventh-graders would have come up with (but with a much better runway soundtrack)...

I tend to think of MAGA as a cult -- somewhere people can feel comfortable with their prejudices -- but maybe it also makes them feel cool and hip and wealth-adjacent, even while wearing t-shirts printed with Trump's face and tacky gold sneakers... even the diapers-over-the-pants thing was people adopting something MAGAts thought was cool.

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

You forgot the tampon on the ear or the red tie brigade at his trial… but you are correct…it’s a cult that is as dedicated to their leader just as the poor folks in North Korea.

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Cat Cafe's avatar

I'd say the better analogy is to a "cargo cult." Primitive illiterate tribes worshiping at the hope of a cargo plane arriving and giving them riches.

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Patricia Williamson's avatar

They couldn't afford real models; must have picked people from their staff. Actually, that is the tackiest thing I have ever seen.

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Lynn Horsky's avatar

SNL could make a fantastic spoof of that "fashion show", as it's already a spoof of itself.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

I agree, it was horrible & the singer made it soooo much worse

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Ransom Rideout's avatar

Keep swingin' it Fredo!

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bruce somers's avatar

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Tess's avatar

“Donny Convict gassed you for your sins!!!” hahahahaha These trumpers make shit up, pass it on and maggots lap it up. Whatever people…learn how to READ!!!

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Rick Calegari's avatar

That"s fucking hilarious. Apparently anyone who gets near him gets gassed for their sins. Those photos from the past of those expressions of various people's faces who were gifted a whiff don't lie.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Adam Kinzinger said his odor is a strange brew of "armpits, ketchup, make-up and butt."

Thanks for the nightmares, Adam

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bruce somers's avatar

'Malodorous And Gaseous Again'

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Karla's avatar

If you think of it as only affecting people who get near him, it’s no longer a nightmare and is actually hilarious.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

I found Adam’s description to be very vivid. Too vivid 😂

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Charles Austin's avatar

😱😱😱

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Elizabeth's avatar

Yep, I heard and saw that interview with Adam too. Very vivid. And not that surprising.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

A bit too much for me. Keep getting these gross tRump images and now need to see the opthalmologist.

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Elizabeth's avatar

I know right? I've swallowed more of my own vomit these past 9+ years. Actually, I have been repulsed by DJT since I first visited NYC when I was 9 years old (circa 80's). During many days of site seeing, we briefly stopped by his gaudy gold gilded play pen of a hotel. I thought, "What a rich prick with zero taste. Why does he think he's so special? He's nothing but an entitled ugly asshole with a bad combover. Barf." And he's been more pathetic with each passing decade. I'm seriously over this orange stain and want to close the book on this fuck stick.

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Rick Calegari's avatar

Like

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SuNew's avatar

He is now ‘crop-dusting’ the crowd. 🤣

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bruce somers's avatar

'crap-dusting'

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Alison Parker's avatar

RWNJs: EVERYONE ON THE LEFT HATES GUNS

Harris: I own a gun

RWNJs: WE DON'T BELIEVE YOU, YOU BIG FAT LIAR

Harris: Come on over and I'll fuckin prove it to you

RWNJs: *peeing in pants*

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HI2thDoc's avatar

RWNJ/ ammosexuals who want everyone to own and also carry 24/7 are flustered that "that woman" owns a firearm? Holy shit, she was a prosecutor. Many prosecutors I'm sure are concerned about personal safety. I would absolutely own one if I were a prosecutor/AG, even a public defender, in case some criminal didn't like my free services.

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DR Darke's avatar

Also, former Attorney General of California, which made her CA's Top Cop.

The argument as to whether the state's AG was a Law Enforcement or Court Officer was one that was going on when I lived in Los Angeles and San Diego in the 1970s, and unless I misheard got settled on the side of "Cop". So, while Officers of the Court *may* go armed, Law Enforcement Officers are *expected* to go armed....

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HI2thDoc's avatar

I can imagine shitbags who get convicted being pissed at the prosecutors and judges. If I were a judge or prosecutor, I would carry

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DR Darke's avatar

To be fair, I would imagine defense attorneys feel the same way if they keep getting clients who are clearly guilty beyond a reasonable doubt, so all they can do is work out some kind of deal with the State....

Suddenly, this all turns into an episode of HARVEY BIRDMAN, COUNSELOR AT LAW! 😁

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Susan P Thatcher's avatar

Now that Kamala has stated she owns a gun, watch the regulations fly

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bruce somers's avatar

I believe California has such strict gun regulations because the Black Panthers were appearing at protests in Sacramento in the 60s and 70s armed, Ronald Reagan wanted to put a stop to it.

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Lisa K. Obrien's avatar

You are correct, sir. Reagan accidentally did something good for our state.

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DR Darke's avatar

...but only because he was a fucking bigot, and found the idea of "armed Nee-Grows" terrifying.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Indeed. I remember how we were supposed to be so terrified by black people feeding kids.

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DR Darke's avatar

Gods! And people wondered why I HATED Ronald Reagan so much....

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Right you are Bruce somers I remember it so well, big time shootout! Blacks with guns was not going to pass with Ronny.

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meryl selig's avatar

Black woman with a gun!!!! Stand back, Proud Boys!!

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Charles Austin's avatar

😂😂😂 Yeah, come get some auxiliary ventilation!

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David A Pitock's avatar

As my father used to say she may ventilate someone's civil rights.

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Ann Anderson's avatar

The stupid speaks for itself. I have a comment about the hostility. It's my personal, nonprofessional and entirely anecdotal observation that Trump voters are breaking down psychologically right along with him. Dr. Bandy Lee, forensic shrink, has some great vids on YouTube about the contagion of Trump's insanity. Anyhoo, this week a couple of the faithful went after me in comment sections - out of the blue, and in response to some pretty neutral, anodyne remarks. MAGA world is going down. They don't admit it but they feel it. They're agitated as hell and they're mimicking Donnie's deterioration.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Sorry to those who have MAGA loved ones, but if they hate where America is heading, they can decamp to some other nation rather than burn down ours. Good luck to them finding a better place.

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

The ones who moved to Russia, are deeply regretting it. So there's that.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

I’m not regretting their absence

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DR Darke's avatar

Somalia—it's a Libertarian paradise with no law, so I've heard! 😈

Send the MAGAts there, and send pro-Trump Tech Bros like Elon Musk and Peter Thiel there as well....

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Haha. These libertarians may find that no law isn’t what they think it is.

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DR Darke's avatar

I have NO idea what you mean....

https://pbs.twimg.com/media/EvVng0RXEAAA4M7.jpg

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Comedian Dan Cummins talked about that in his stand up. Those types think their tough guy posturing and bristling weaponry will suffice but they’ll find out

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bruce somers's avatar

Marc Elias had a psychologist on his show this week who used to be in the 'Moonie' cult and has written numerous books about cult behavior. The MAGAs are a cult,not much doubt about it.

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Dan Beach's avatar

Absolutely. And the Moonies were noted for their propensity for lying at anything to manipulate people. Be warned.

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Diana-Sedona's avatar

Steven Hassan. Author of The cult of trump.

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bruce somers's avatar

Thank you!!

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Janan Broadbent's avatar

Check out podcast, Shrinking Trump. By 2 psychologists, Gartner & Segal.

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bruce somers's avatar

I've seen it.

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Richard Von Busack's avatar

It's a literal dance of death.

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arne link's avatar

We can dream. After all the warring and screaming is over he will continue to preach. Mark my words, he will become a Pentecostal preacher. That's really all he has ever been.

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Tess's avatar

Well that is good news!!! (as long as they don’t hurt anyone in the deterioration process!)

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Ann Anderson's avatar

Eh, I dunno. It gets ugly. I'd rather they wake up and see the light.

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Tess's avatar

That is true…but when I think of my brothers, while I love them dearly-they will never see the light unfortunately-they will believe everything was rigged when Harris wins. I agree with you-rather have them see the light than deteriorate.

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Kathy Notaro's avatar

I have a family filled with MAGA’s. We don’t really speak because I called one of them stupid.

But they don’t mind working in my business. For money, the ultimate “not stupid”

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Ann Anderson's avatar

I have a sister, same deal.

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

Me too, my one remaining sister, & all cousins. Just one nephew & his wife are the only non-magas in my entire family. Most of the magas live in ….TX

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Oh, yeah, ideally they abandon this cult of hatred and racism. But if they don’t, we don’t need their toxicity

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meryl selig's avatar

Like cornered beasts…. Cowering but still lashing out

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Janet Amaral's avatar

I concur. The screaming at my backyard flagpole has escalated, and someone stole every Harris sign on the street.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Ann Anderson, I watch all the shrink shows I can and that one goes into the ‘cult brain’ calls it something like hypnosis not that uncommon obviously due to all the followers all the time it is true. A group or collection of nut jobs to be accurate.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Being delusional usually doesn't get fixed when fed by the master con front man. No where to go but down.

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Deb's avatar

It's hard for me to tell, Ann. To me, MAGA has always been just a few few steps from the Kool-ade table; and how it's been possible for them to keep getting worse is beyond me...just as it's unbelievable to me that Dipshit Donnie can come up with new ways to deteriorate before our eyes every single day! I just wish they all kept their mouths shut and none of them voted!!!

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Ann Anderson's avatar

There's no bottom.

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Chris Craddock's avatar

I just want it all to be over with President Kamala, speaker Jeffries and a Dem-stacked senate so Donnie can finally have time to pay his squillionty dollar fines and be tried for espionage and sedition and serve time in the slammer for all of his criming. Is that too much to ask?

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bruce somers's avatar

Nope.

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Diana-Sedona's avatar

Right there with you. We should be able to file a class action suit for the mental abuse we’ve been through since he came down the fucking escalator!!!

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Stephanie Lajeskie's avatar

Jeff, you outdid yourself today. I counted six times that I literally laughed out loud.

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J.R.'s avatar

Today’s essay is indicative that you had some grade-A Wheaties this morning! “hagiographic tongue-bath” should be trademarked, Jeff. My wife thought I was having a stroke I was laughing so hard!

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meryl selig's avatar

The tongue-bath administered by HabbaBabba and the “buzzard on a shit wagon.” Can’t get that image out of my mind

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Megan Ross's avatar

I'm still laughing 🤣🤣😂

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

I cried 6 times.

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Wendy Gorski's avatar

(The smells emanating from the orange one) “can knock a buzzard off a shitwagon”. Yup. Another brilliant turn of phrase Jeff.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

🥇🥇🥇Don't miss Michael de Adder cartoons!🥇🥇🥇

We're up to 36 awful things about the Trump Presidency

Michael De Adder just won political cartoonist of the year!

The 12 worst things from the Trump Presidency

https://deadder.substack.com/p/another-12-of-the-worst-things-from

https://deadder.substack.com/p/the-12-worst-things-from-the-trump

https://deadder.substack.com/p/another-12-things-trump-did-as-president

https://deadder.substack.com/p/thank-you-ncs

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arne link's avatar

That was a brilliant compendium.

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Morgan OCailleigh's avatar

Thanks for the link.

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P123Sunny's avatar

😲‼️

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Becky Gibson's avatar

Jeff, I am sorely disappointed that the “gentleman” from North Carolina didn’t make this week’s list! He CERTAINLY deserves a day to himself, unless maybe I missed a day this last week - at my age, they all run together, and I still work, sadly enough!!! You know, Mr. Black Nazi himself ….

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I wrote twelve hundred and fifty words about Mark Robinson yesterday, how did you not see it

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Becky Gibson's avatar

I was deep in a very frustrating audit yesterday, Kathleen kindly pointed me to it a few minutes ago. Can I plead cataracts in both eyes too? Sorry Jeff, I try not to miss, but I sure did yesterday! On my way there now ….

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Julie's avatar

You’ll love it.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Yes, Becky, you can plead cataracts in both eyes. I got mine fixed two years ago and it's great!

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Becky Gibson's avatar

I hope my surgeries come out that well!

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

It will, I’ve had both my eyes done & it’s great. After many years post surgery, I have started to wear readers at 1.50 to 1.75 magnification

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Mr. Black Nazi certainly did deserve an entire column. It was great!

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Becky Gibson's avatar

That truly was an outstanding post about Mr. Nude Africa - many thanks and my apologies for missing it yesterday, Jeff!

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Mike Hammer's avatar

Rev Sharpton called him a black face on white supremacy.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Yesterday was all about Black Nazi Superhero. Check it out.

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Dr Andrew's avatar

I agree where’s Mr “I’m on Nude Africa”? Total freak show Barnum would be proud!

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Nancy Potter's avatar

I appreciate that Jeff brought us current on some of the lowlights of the prior week that had been crowded out of the media by Black Nazi and Oprah. I do hope we can pay attention soon to Trump's clarion call to his stormtroopers to blame the Jews if he loses in November.

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Sharon C Storm's avatar

You’re right, it needs more light on it. It sounds like Der Fuhrer (there’s an umlaut over the U but I don’t know how to find it) when he was nearing the end. Everyone was his enemy if they weren’t his bootlicker.

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Let me sum up's avatar

Job's trials as retribution for voting for Stevenson in '56 - it all makes sense now.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

I know. Mystery solved finally.

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Let me sum up's avatar

Sometimes you just have to connect the dots.

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Darrell Smith's avatar

You had me on the "strongest, fiercest fighter". Put Trump in a room with a 80 year old frustrated woman holding a baseball bat and you would see how strong and fierce he is. These people are too stupid to survive much longer. Once the GOP finds all of them, they will be in trouble.

Never in my nearly 73 years. I know that all this will pass.

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Sharon C Storm's avatar

I’m 84, will I do?

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Janet Amaral's avatar

I'll be your second.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

Darrell, do you realize you have me blocked from liking your comment?

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Robert Eckert's avatar

No, it's Substack that does that, no idea why. I can't like anybody either.

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MountainBoyMike's avatar

today's Jeff nugget..."Donny Convict golfed for your sins"...hahahahahahahahahahahahahaha...

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Dave Drell's avatar

Too bad we can’t share memes here - but a good one showing Drumpf & Vance holding hands on stage …”When your party is so full of shit you need

two assholes”

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steve robertshaw's avatar

"....mix trumpism with evangelism and you get a neutron-star dense ball of hucksterism - a singularity from which no rube's money can escape". I simply love some of the descriptions Jeff comes up with! This one's inspired.

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Mingo's avatar

Some observations:

1. Every person I've met in my life that converts to born again Christian or evangelical all have some addiction, abuse/trauma or relationship issues. One thing they have in common is thinking they can pray their way to happiness and fulfillment while their past is constantly in the rear view mirror.

2. Alina Habba is going to lose her law license in NY. Couldn't happen to a nicer hag.

3. Fabric is expensive. What a waste of money making clothing that looks worse than prom or bridesmaids dresses.

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Dave Drell's avatar

I call her Alibaba

“He’s so unrelenting …” claptrap bullshit

Well, we be unrelenting in having him show us his golf skills after Nov5. we all dying to see it!

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Dan Beach's avatar

Mingo - That was a wonderful three-for-one post.

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meryl selig's avatar

Mingo: do you really think Alina will lose her law license in NY? You made my day

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Mingo's avatar

Meidas Touch had a breakdown of her shenanigans. She recently settled a secret sexual harassment claim against Chump by a former server at one of his NJ golf motels. She engaged in conflict of interest behavior by representing the plaintiff and defendant (Chump). The judge put into record that if he got wind of other impropriety on her part he would refer her to the NJ state bar. I meant NJ not NY. But it still warms my heart she could lose her law license. Of course, corporate media doesn't cover any of this.

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

From one addiction to another

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Janet Amaral's avatar

I don't think anything was actually "new" for that travesty. More like a series of Pinterest fails. The flag dress alone is major violation of the flag conduct rules.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

I think at least some of those "fashions" were from Goodwill. Some schmucks Halloween costumes.

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SPW's avatar

The crazy just keeps rolling in, on and all around. So sick of it but getting ready to vote solid BLUE. There will never be another republican voted for unless they’ve nailed themselves to crosses and worn hair shirts while crawling over hot coals begging forgiveness for helping to get us into this effing mess.

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