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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I mean, he really did say it, right? I'm not misinterpreting anything, am I?

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Karen Barrett's avatar

The story ran in the Guardian a couple of days ago:

“A US defence official confirmed that Iran had targeted the Al Udeid airbase in Qatar …in “a retaliatory but largely symbolic response” to the weekend US strikes.

The official said Iran launched medium-range ballistic missiles after communicating the move in advance to Qatari and US officials.

Trump, in a post on Truth Social, thanked Iran for warning of the impending attack: “Most importantly, they’ve gotten it all out of their “system,” and there will, hopefully, be no further HATE .”

So the story was out there. He just made it sound even stupider this time.

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Margaret MacKenzie's avatar

Yeah, the 45 years of screaming “death to America!” is now out of Iran’s system. So glad he cleared that up. I can sleep soundly again.

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Bob's avatar

Yeah, all that shit the CIA, MI6, BP and Standard Oil pulled in the 1950s is all forgotten.

Of course the average Iranian citizen wants their oppressive regime gone because it’s not an improvement over the shah.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

It’s a wrap they will no longer burn US flags on the dirt while stomping them, this could be the first massive bombing Nobel prize. We call him Mad King dipshit, angry fuckknuckle would miss the truth because he is MAD by definition.

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displacedCTYankee's avatar

I won't be able to sleep again until my National Guard goes to sleep.

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KathyInCali's avatar

Was his intention to make THEM (Iran) look like morons? “Like they said 1 o’clock and I said fine. And we got everybody out. What idiots!”?

Yeah, kinda like when you bragged about bombing Iran for a week or so.. and they got all the nuke materials out so as not to get damaged. Clown🤡

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Diana Hembree's avatar

Iran frequently gives warnings of impending attacks to minimize loss of life, unlike some other countries.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

Israel does that too, doesn't exactly earn them a lot of credit.

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Diana Hembree's avatar

Mostly I have seen videos of 'warning shots' from Israel -- one was to a tall residential apartment building in Gaza and you could hear babies crying and people screaming 'hurry, hurry...' It was just minutes before the top of the building was blown up.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

He has a gift for doing that

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Susan Linehan's avatar

This was actually a great PR move by Iran. Basically--"we have to respond to your stupid bombs, but we actually want peace and always have, so we are letting you know to prevent deaths." (Note that I'm not saying Iran has always wanted peace--I am saying that they put a good spin on the idea that they are the peace party.) Would that the Dems were so good at messaging.

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Bob Bowden's avatar

So this was just a “Kabuki war”as Iran gets to keep its enriched uranium, tRump gets to brag and exaggerate about making a big hole in the ground, Iran gets to advance its nuclear program elsewhere at an undisclosed location, and everyone’s happy.

Except for Netanyahu

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Sooz Hall's avatar

I think I can have good feelings about stuff that makes NetandYahoo unhappy…

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

You said that so much better than I was thinking!

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DR Darke's avatar

Somehow, the hurt fee-fees of Bibi the Butcher don't rank very high on my list of concerns.

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MargaretT's avatar

Yes, read it in The Guardian also. Could.. not.. believe.... Any single one of these incidents should raise continued public questions regarding his fitness.

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Emma Ray's avatar

Unbelievable!!

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Kay-El's avatar

Oh he said it. As if they were planning what time for tea and biscuits. 🙄

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HI2thDoc's avatar

The fact that Iran's response was "largely symbolic" shows that our strike did not "obliterate" anything of theirs. Despite what that delusional lie machine says. Oh, wait, that applies not only to donny shitforbrains but Lie-vitt, Ratcliffe, and everyone in that mendacious regime.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Thinking the same. The world knows Trump and the US media are fucking easy to play, so he's running with "symbolic retaliation" and we can relax now because Iran has gotten the hate out of its system. Wonder if Israel has gotten the hate out of its system too.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

To say that no American "leader" or their "administration" has ever been easier to manipulate is an understatement. This regime is filled with unqualified, incompetent, egomaniacal, venal, borderline treasonous, gullible, mendacious idiots. Imagine being a Russian operative or even troll. They are having success beyond their wildest dreams. We are truly screwed.

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T L Mills's avatar

Bingo, Doc!!! The most pathetic psychopathic Presidint ever.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

borderline? They crossed the line into treason long ago.

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Ruth Ann Orlansky's avatar

I get the feeling that Israel is very into lebensraum. Iran's a nicely sized piece of space they can call their very own.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

Don't be absurd. Israel is into grabbing land from Palestinians, sure, but their concern with Iran is that the regime has an annual holiday dedicated to shouting loudly that they intend to kill every Israeli with their missiles as soon as they are able.

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Jan Moon's avatar

Largely Symbolic, is that like the bread and wine at communion?

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Marla's avatar

Secretary of DUI went nutso-bananas at a press conference today, accusing former FOX co-worker, Jennifer Griffin of lying and misspeaking when she accurately reported the true extent of the damage to the Iranian nuclear sites.

Fact is, he's had it in for her since their days at FOX. She's a real reporter; he's a drunken asshole.

Same same.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

She probably wouldn't put up with his lecherous advances.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

He backed off as soon as she challenged him.

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Zija Pulp's avatar

Weak stupid man

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HI2thDoc's avatar

That type is the most dangerous when they get into power

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Lisa59's avatar

I'm still laughing at the family of raccoons. 😂😂 King Shitpants is just nauseating. It's laughable and shaming at the same time, how world leaders have to adjust their agenda for the 5yr old's diaper change, nap and snack time. My 5yr old grandson's daily meltdowns (when I say no) aren't any different from Shitpants. We distract him with shiny objects. Except, he can read better than Shitpants. 😅😅

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MountainBoyMike's avatar

oh yeah, king fuckface said it alright...it's in there with all the other batshit shit he says, but he said it

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Susan K.'s avatar

Yep, he really did say it - I appreciated the way the European reporters responded to him - they are so on to him and so clever

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Susan Keefer's avatar

No you’re not misinterpreting anything. It’s so fucking SCARY and embarrassing!

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SethTriggs's avatar

Murc's Law allows for some pretty remarkable things if you're a Republican.

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Chris Hierholzer's avatar

No Jeff, you didn't obliterate.

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Cheryl Seybert's avatar

Yes you haven’t lost your hearing nor are you misinterpreting the information! He’s just a giant lug headed idiot!🤦🏼‍♀️😡😤🤬

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Abigail Norling's avatar

Nope, you are NOT wrong! He really did say that.

As you say, he is a child.

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Kevin Dale Green's avatar

He said it, but it's unlikely his statement was an accurate reflection of events. It appears to be true that Iran gave us advance warning; that's pretty much standard practice for mandatory retaliation. Since little Donny has to make everything about himself 'Iran warned us' morphed into 'Iran asked me for permission' when it's likely Iran neither knew or cared what his reaction to the warning was.

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Jacqueline Klein's avatar

Oh yeah, he said it. So the press and republicans pretend that’s it normal. But when Biden brought our troops home from Afghanistan they went crazy over the chaos and the fact that equipment was left behind. But not a peep about how that came about. Trump had the afghan government release 5,000 taliban terrorist released from prison. Then negotiated how and when our troops would be sent home. He did this without consulting with the afghan government. Taliban promised him they would not return to the brutality that subjugated women and the moron believed them. He put the wheels in motion. Now he gives another terrorist country permission to bomb our base. No mention of how much equipment was destroyed. Not a single peep.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Decommissioned and destroyed equipment which is SOP. But the morons don't understand that.

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Jacqueline Klein's avatar

Because MAGA has nothing to do with making this country great. MAGA actually stands for Manipulating America’s Gullible Assholes. They are devoid of reasoning, logic, deductive reasoning and critical thinking skills. All they know is if Trump says it it must be true. The expectation being when he says things like “they’re eating the cats, they’re eating the dogs”. Then it’s he didn’t say that, but if he said it he doesn’t mean it, and if he means it he’s really just joking” and on and on.And the corporate media, with a few exceptions, feeds into it by sanewashing his most delusional declarations.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Nah, you good.

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Carl Selfe's avatar

We face the Big Beautiful Bill in Congress. We need to let each of our representatives and senators know we oppose a vote for this bill (in any of its forms with the 2017 tax cut). Let them know that you will not ever get over it if they vote for the bill.

https://hotbuttons.substack.com/p/big-beautiful-bull?r=3m1bs

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P123Sunny's avatar

Yes. From a candidate who ran on ‘lowering cost of living prices’. GEEZus H…

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KathyInCali's avatar

Haha… Not only did he NOT lower any prices, he’s caused just about EVERYTHING to cost more. Gas is next, no?🙄 Not to mention all the money we’ve all lost in our 401ks etc…

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P123Sunny's avatar

And STILL …not enough ppl seem PISSED OFF!?

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Steve Kelly's avatar

Not enough people think about it. Not enough people think.

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P123Sunny's avatar

Unintended consequence of a culture loaded with very cool toys, distractions, sugar and caffeine…?! Just spitballin

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Pry my caffeine from my cold dead hands.

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T L Mills's avatar

Oh but Turtleface McConnell thinks we'll all just forget about it in a few months, fossilized asshole that he is.

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P123Sunny's avatar

Again - after the introduction of cellphones… our collective attention span = ‘goldfish’ 😖

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Chet Brandt's avatar

Moscow Mitch doesn’t give a shit as he’s on his way out….finally!

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T L Mills's avatar

in my opinion, not "finally" enough!

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Chet Brandt's avatar

Could not agree more. The reason the SCOTUS is a shitshow is because of this POS…ugh…among other things. He could have stopped drumph after J6 but chickened out— fuck him.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

The Bogue Pitiful Bill

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David Simpson's avatar

Meanwhile...

BREAKING: JD Vance is now being called Vladimir Futon 😂😂😂

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Jan Moon's avatar

Vladimir Futon! David, thank you for my morning LMAO.

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arne link's avatar

That is comic gold.

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

🤣

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Sooz Hall's avatar

I’ll never think of him any other way 🤣💓🤣💓🤣💓

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Joanne Filipo's avatar

🤣

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GeorgeC's avatar

Love that!

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Patricia Gomes's avatar

🏆 👍👍👍

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julianne phillips's avatar

Yes, that boil on the butt of America most certainly did. Is it time for the 25th amendment yet? Honest to God, what more do we need to hear from this moron to realize he is completely, perversely, unfit for the office he holds.

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julianne phillips's avatar

100% ..but the 25th amendment shouldn’t have even been a consideration because he should’ve never been elected in the first place, ever since he slithered down that escalator 10 years ago and called immigrants “murders and rapists”, and then made the “you can grab them by the P if you want” . That should’ve been grounds for disqualification. So we

also have to ask ourselves, how is it possible that a large swath of the population could not only vote for this orange ghoul once, but three times? That’s honestly the scariest part..not to mention heartbreaking.

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arne link's avatar

It was not a fair and honest election. There was "fuckery", as Jeff would say.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

True. He should never have been elected. An enormously damaging confluence of several crucial elements: years of right wing media lies about the Clintons; undoubted Russian hacking, social media manipulation and lie dissemination; Hillary choosing to use that private email server, which many others do and have done; Comey reopening that email investigation a week or so before Election Day; her campaign not visiting the upper midwest battleground states in the waning days of the campaign; and the Dems underestimating the still present misogyny in our more backward than we like to admit nation, among other causes. Now we're really in the stew pot and the heat continues to rise. Damn.

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displacedCTYankee's avatar

I told a neighbor that he -- who does not vote -- and those like him, were and are the problem.

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julianne phillips's avatar

💯! And for those who just couldn’t take the time or make the effort to vote, a right that was given to us through blood, sweat and tears, you have no voice. You have no right to voice an opinion, I don’t want to hear a fucking word come out of your mouths.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

You were correct. But if they aren't smart enough to research their candidates, they could do massive harm voting.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

We have some racist, horrible, stupid, people in this country, in far larger numbers than we realized, and Fox propaganda lemmings.

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julianne phillips's avatar

We most certainly do, and Trump has let the match by normalizing racism, bigotry… and hate. These are some dangerous times we’re living in.💔

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I always thought we were moving forward towards equality, only to realize roughly a third of the nation want to go backwards!

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julianne phillips's avatar

I think we are all genuinely hopeful when Obama was elected not once but twice, that we were moving in the right direction. But sadly, Obama‘s presidency only put a light on how naïve we were to believe that. Trump was like the Pied Piper, he basically said “come out come out wherever you have been hiding? I’m a I’m a racist and bigot just like you. I’m here to make America all white again”. It’s beyond depressing.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

You summed it up perfectly.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

It was time for the 25th during his first term. But luckily for him and to the great detriment of the rest of Earth, Congress is full of collaborating weaklings who are only concerned with their own skins rather than what is legal, moral, ethical, and Constitutional. The only ones who resisted him with any commitment, Liz Cheney and Adam Kinzinger, are not in the House anymore, no coincidence.

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Phil Burns's avatar

Our congress has no spine to do it.

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julianne phillips's avatar

Truth! They have turned their backs on this country and vacated their responsibility

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

If Trump is a toddler, he's the toddler from Stephen King's Pet Sematary.

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julianne phillips's avatar

Amen. 👏🏻

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Kemmer's avatar

I have said this before, but it bears repeating: Thank you for transcribing all the word salads so that we don't have to listen to his voice!

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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

I'm the same. I only read transcriptions. I can't listen to him.

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Kimberly Sandwisch's avatar

Or look at him! 🤢

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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

Ok, this is friggin' hilarious. Donnie is having a tantrum over Mamdani's win in NYC, and among other things said "his voice is grating." Mirror, Donnie, mirror. God, has any adult ever sounded more like a second grader?

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Kemmer's avatar

I think you do a disservice to second graders.

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Terri Nighswonger's avatar

Yes I can almost manage reading what the blithering idiot says but hearing it is even worse. Unbearable.

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SethTriggs's avatar

Yeah I gotta agree; I love the transcriptions.

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Kay-El's avatar

“Pre credentialed media” = the press that plays along with all the batshit.

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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

They don't deserve to be called media anymore, after weeks of coverage attacking Joe Biden's mental state when he slipped on a few words and spoke slowly, but nothing at all when Trump spews incoherent nonsense daily.

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displacedCTYankee's avatar

"Pre-credentialed" is in my Redundancy Hall of Fame, alongside "past history," "fully engulfed," "severe downpour," and so on.

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Kay-El's avatar

💯

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Bonnie Boyce's avatar

Do you ever wake up and wonder if we're in the middle of a Marx Brothers movie?

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Kristy Kanen's avatar

Yeah. FUCK SOUP.

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Irascible Ink's avatar

😂😂🤣

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Marian Goldsmith's avatar

I lost it on that one. Nice!

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Tess's avatar

🤣🤣🤣

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

😂😂😂😂😂

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Marla's avatar

Hail, Fredonia!

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Irascible Ink's avatar

No. The Marx Brothers were far less chaotic and way funnier. 🥸

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Charles Austin's avatar

🥸🥸🥸

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Steve Kelly's avatar

Feels more like Saving Private Ryan to me.

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Joseph Michaels's avatar

THAT would at least be fun.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

" he said ‘oh how very nice, let me check my schedule’?" 🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️🤦‍♀️

There are no words to even describe how fucked we are.

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Charles Austin's avatar

Nope!!

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MargaretT's avatar

And he could have replied, "No, our schedule is full every day this week...."

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Fastball Fredo's avatar

Hi Jeff, it would seem Donnie and his cabinet have discovered a new word- obliterated. Hour after hour we hear the drone of this word. Well, fellow travelers anxious for another chapter of “Golf with MAGAS”. In today’s episode the discussion at lunch left me a little disoriented. First I find out that Mark Levin, Jesse Waters and Gutfeld are just the very best commentators, so full of facts and jokes while they praise Dear Leader. The American attack on Iran was the main feature…. I’m told that this operation was the most successful in American history, anyone know the history behind D Day?and Donald planned it… it was a total success (without any facts or evidence) I am then told this attack destroyed all nuclear capabilities of Iran, that America will be safe, actually under Donald’s superb leadership America saved the world and we should be ever so grateful that Donald is our Dear Leader. I excused myself after this bs.however I did notice my playing partner would not jump into defending Donald… the worm is turning as questions as to this administration, the lying, deceit and hero worship is becoming troubling, plus the fact I am able to present logic, facts and evidence to the table.. in this climate we must hold to our ethics, I believe I’m getting through to others… Best to Fellow Travelers.

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Mps's avatar

These conversations must be mind numbing.

Thank you for your service.

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Kimberly Sandwisch's avatar

Thank you for your attention to this matter, Fastball!

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Thanks for clearing that up. I always wondered why it's called D-Day. Demented Donnie planned it. He planned it as a sperm in his shitbag father's nutsack, since he was born a year and eight days after D-Day.

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Dave Drell's avatar

Gosh damn - they are a bunch of brain dead followers… Faux News has done a great job on them !

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Linda Weide's avatar

I think the Nobel Committee has to let Trump know that he has to end the war on Ukraine with all their land intact, and while I want to suggest that he has to end at least 2 wars in African countries like the South Sudan and Central African Republic, it is clear to me that his interference will be from a place of not even knowing these countries exist, and that cannot bode well for their peace.

He has to do this without using bombs.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

I hope that unlike a large swath of 'Murikkkans, the Nobel nominating committee has NOT LOST THEIR FUCKING MINDS. Just because donnie demento and his delusional stooges bandy this Nobel fever dream about does not mean the committee should even entertain the slightest notion to consider him. Geezus, his name should not even be mentioned in the same paragraph with "Nobel" FFS

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Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

Every time Donnie is nominated (and there have been man y times) it's been by some obsequious rightwing tool trying to curry his favor, not by a serious person.

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Linda Weide's avatar

I like to think that if the Nobel Committee did lose their minds, they would get protests blocking them from doing it like the Venetians just did with Bezos and his over the top wedding plans in their city.

https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/6/25/2329907/-No-grazie-Bezos-billions-can-t-buy-his-dream-Italian-wedding?detail=emaildkre

While EU leadership feels it needs to simper over Trump to keep him in line, I don't think most of their populations are under such delusions.

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Maggie&Lefty's avatar

That sounds about right for starters

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Marian Vitale's avatar

The Honeymooners GIF made me snort milk out of my nose (and I wasn't even drinking milk).

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Dave Drell's avatar

Nobody, could yell YOU ARE A BLABBERMOUTH like the great Jackie Gleason. I wish he was alive today and he would walk up to the Drumpf while he’s shooting off his usual bullshit, and say

YOU

ARE A

BLABBERMOUTH!!!!💥💥💥

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P123Sunny's avatar

😝😆

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HI2thDoc's avatar

That's some party trick

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meryl selig's avatar

Lovely. Thanks for sharing

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Marian Vitale's avatar

haha you're welcome.

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P123Sunny's avatar

“that’s a pretty damning accusation, and I promise you: we’re going to get there. but first, let’s back it up a bit.”

- Jeff literally starting to sound like a college professor 💯‼️

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J.R.'s avatar

I thought the same thing.

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P123Sunny's avatar

In the best possible way

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Name: lenora good, Guest's avatar

the worm in RFK's brain is female. she laid eggs. they hatched. they migrated. wanna guess where? there's a whole bunch of them out there, and they all found new homes. honest. trust me.

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Punkette's avatar

Enough already. Stop the world, I wanna get off. 😵‍💫

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Dave Drell's avatar

No way- you’re stuck here with us!!!

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Punkette's avatar

Lol! Thanks, Dave. I needed that 😁

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Lisa's avatar

No wonder that quack ronny jackson prescribed so many brain numbing meds to the WH staff during rumps first disasterous time in office. There's no way any functioning human being with a soul could be a part of this bizarro "reality world" of the orange stain, sober. (Kegbreath already self-medicating on his own I guess.)

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HI2thDoc's avatar

The soulless individuals need no numbing. Numbing is for those very few who dimly have a small gnawing feeling that they are awful shitbags. Those types are almost non-existent this second time around, so having ronnie quackson in the House rather than the WH is no biggie

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P123Sunny's avatar

And yet ANOTHER reason ‘why you don’t hand extreme executive power to an unstable ‘fuckwaffle’: 🤬

https://bsky.app/profile/mpbreen21.bsky.social/post/3lsii3wim7k2z

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P123Sunny's avatar

Oops… SUPREME

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