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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

how did I miss this? Trump Media stock down another 6% this morning. HA HA HA HA HA

https://bsky.app/profile/kurtandersen.bsky.social/post/3l4tfamjmo72b

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Bob Bowden's avatar

Think how dumb one had to have been to buy this stock. Then Orange Shitler says he’s not selling, which the least dumb among those stockholders recognize is a signal he’s selling. So the dumbest of the dumb come forward to buy up those shares, putting money directly into Shitler’s pocket.

Now on to the next scam:

tRump crypto!

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Think of the most ignorant person you know Bob, then realize that nearly half the other denizens in this country are more so!!

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Bob Bowden's avatar

Let’s give proper attribution: https://youtu.be/WDUIX2-akuQ?si=jAGB7wUATFNFFrcr

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Vickie Berry's avatar

George Carlin was warning us years ago about so many things.

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Robert R's avatar

Common sense every day things ..that George would have us passing out laughing over !😂🤣definitely the smartest funniest guy in the game back then and still is now as far as I’m concerned ….we lost a great one ☝️nobody could replace that hippy dippy weatherman!

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Peg's avatar

I like this one:

"That's why they call it the American Dream, because you have to be asleep to believe it."

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Doc Blase''s avatar

We miss George terribly in these Nazifuck times. He's no doubt glad to be missing it.

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Judy Luchsinger's avatar

The reliable Bell curve.

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Doc Blase''s avatar

In this instance, the dumbbell curve. ;-)

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Stephen Brady's avatar

Apparently P.T. Barnum was right and Orange Shitler has discovered how easy it is to separate them from their money.

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Doc Blase''s avatar

Remember W.C. Fields advised, "You can't cheat an honest man. Never give a sucker an even break, nor smarten up a chump."

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Or work with children, or dogs.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

I suspect many large funds had to so they could lend them to their members in order to short them immediately, that’s what I was thinking if I was a day trader I would short that stock immediately. There are no financials and take one look at the fuckhead that has lost everything always too easy it will go to zero. If you own some take a step back and think you’ve been conned.

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Doc Blase''s avatar

This assumes the ability to think. Sad trombones.

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Robert R's avatar

Fleecing the sheep ! Well it is getting chilly must be time for the Trump and the Golden Fleece sweater sale just $99.98 and a complimentary 🥰 romp with Ruby the Lucious Lamb 🐑 Donnie’s favorite when he’s being bbbaaaaddd!😜😘

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P. J. Schuster's avatar

And Trump silver coins that he “designed” all by himself. 🤣

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Doc Blase''s avatar

Autographed used toilet paper.

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W.C. Jones's avatar

And his new personally designed silver coins, and Melaina's new Christmas ornaments.

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Kay-El's avatar

I don’t know, as a penny stock it would make a great gag gift.

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Major Kong's avatar

I'll send some to my right wing uncles.

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Marycat2021's avatar

"Gag" gift.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

🤣🤣🤣🤣

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Mary Hall's avatar

🤮 which is exactly what I did in 2016 when I learned that Shitler was going to be my military son’s C-I-C.

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Bob Bowden's avatar

It would! And it might become a collectible worth a few cents per share for a tidy profit, if you wait and buy the certificates for a penny per share just before trading is halted someday!

Someone out there who bought the IPO will sell for a penny, making him the dumbest among the dumb!

New reality show: Trump’s Biggest Sucker

- Invested in Trump Casinos, Trump Steaks, Trump Water

- Gave to Trump charity cited for fraud

- Voted for Trump three times

- Smeared feces on walls of Congress and went to jail for Trump

- Invested entire IRA in DJT and lost everything

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Doc Blase''s avatar

Got an almost degree from Trump University.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

I’ll give you that Kay-EI, guess I know what Jeff’s subscribers are getting for the holidays…haha!

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Doc Blase''s avatar

I wouldn't give that orange fuck 1/100ths of a ruble.

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Geoff Anderson's avatar

I have been watching it (posting about it on my 'stack). Friday had a MONSTER day, 22M shares trading hands, and this morning 90 seconds into the trading day, it had a million shares sold and dropped most of that 6%.

Trades have been flat since, but I suspect that there aren't a lot of buyers besides the brainwashed marks.

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spoonbridgecherry's avatar

Next stop, 0.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Worthless dross would be wonderful!

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Dean Sigler's avatar

I've been following DJT for a month or so and take great delight in seeing it tank. Soon, Donnie will have loads of worthless paper to heat Mar-a-Lago with. Love your daily inspiration, Jeff.

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Troll Slayer's avatar

Aside from Jeff's posts, watching DJT stock tank (following the dead cat bounce of mid-April thru May) has been my greatest source of daily schadenfreude.

There have been a few dead kitten bounces - pre-first debate anticipation, the day following the first assassination attempt - and then some feline fetal bounces more recently (during the DNC, then following his oh-so-credible pledge not to sell). But for the most part it's been luge ride to the bottom.

His stake is ~115 million shares. As of this moment's ticker reading, assuming he could sell them for that - which he can't - the paper value of his holding is just under $1.5B (down from the heady days of March, where it topped out at $6.2B). It's down 80% overall with more losses doubtless to come.

It's so awful, I bet Jim Cramer is touting it as a buy.

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arne link's avatar

I'm no stock genius but couldn't he have sold short? Asking for a friend.

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Troll Slayer's avatar

Apparently not… the investors, including noted dairy enthusiast Devin Nunez, pushed back hard on short sellers and succeeded in suppressing that action.

And not that it ever stopped him, but it would have been a bad look for trump to short sell his own stock. Might have tanked it sooner.

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Robert R's avatar

Massive Tax write off for shit sure !👍

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Doc Blase''s avatar

No, there is a 6-month moratorium on the owners selling off their phony shit.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I'm glad someone else sees Cramer as the idiot he is except he can tout something and "Make 'fetch' happen" for a little while anyway.

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Marie Martin's avatar

So you all realize that The Felon could actually be on the receiving end of ZERO $. It’s been said by many that he’ll end up with at least a few mil from this. That was before stock got this low. He can’t even buy out bc it def would knock it down to zero. But if things continue to trend as they are, it seems zero is a strong possibility without him even lifting a checkbook.

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Doc Blase''s avatar

Or someone else lifting it for him. Talk, eat, golf, shit, that's the Agolf Shitler way.

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JOSEPH PEDALINO, JR.'s avatar

Should be in negative numbers at this point.

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SPW's avatar

Cool 👍😆.

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Linda Fulcher's avatar

$12.15 at closing.

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Doc Blase''s avatar

Lower, please.

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Dean Sigler's avatar

Yay, f***ing Yay!!!!

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Ellis Weiner's avatar

Okay, but how dumb are WE for not shorting it weeks or months ago?

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Charles Austin's avatar

👍👍👍

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Robert Eckert's avatar

Down over 10% by the close

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

this one sorta turns into a "this weekend in stupid" towards the end. enjoy!

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Bob Bowden's avatar

“(JD CouchFuck) claimed that he had just spent $4.25 for a dozen eggs, because welcome to life in Komrade Kamala’s hellish dystopia — except he did so while standing in front of a sign that read “EGGS EXTRA LARGE $2.99”

JD never has to buy an egg; He lays a dozen a day!

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Rick Calegari's avatar

And constantly has egg on his face. The couch humping dipshit , like his fossilized running mate can't go one day without saying something so fucking stupid that it makes you wonder why he isn't held on a 5150. The choice couldn't be any clearer folks.

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Lairbo's avatar

I paid $4 for a dozen eggs once at a Farmer's Market but they were all really pretty colors and came from woke, free-range hens.

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Michelle Vancura's avatar

Woke, free range hens - love it!! 🤣

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

I have purchased woke eggs also. They really are fresher and make my brain work better.

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Marla's avatar

Free The Chickens!

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Vickie Berry's avatar

Oh, but he lays golden eggs…don’t you know…Chicken shit bastard should just go to his nest and stay there.

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Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

He is the eggman well koo fucking choo. He wanted to show that he has been in a grocery store with kids he soooo normal.

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Teri's avatar

John Lennnon is ROFL

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

True dat Bob!!

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DR Darke's avatar

I'll bet he buys organic free-range Jumbo eggs only, which WOULD be about $4.25/dozen. Most people who voted for him couldn't afford those, so they get the $2.99 extra-large eggs....

He's not politicking, he's bragging about how wealthy he is.

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arne link's avatar

Anyway, the "help" buys the groceries. He has no idea what things cost.

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Robert Eckert's avatar

It's just one egg. What could it cost? Ten dollars?

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Vickie Berry's avatar

They always show who they are. Too bad more aren’t in tuned.

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Kinda like Dr. Oz buying veggies for crudite.

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KL Pierce's avatar

😂

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Zee Zee Writer's avatar

He probably paid extra for double yoke eggs cause they remind him of boobs.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

Of course as it comes from a womb.

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Chris Craddock's avatar

Yeah, yeah, eggs, kids, hellscape, yada yada, but who knew couches could give birth?

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Vickie Berry's avatar

😂

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Teri's avatar

😂😂😂

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Charles Austin's avatar

😂😂😂😂😂

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Teri's avatar

JD also in same convo over egg prices indicatikng his two young sons "these two eat 14 eggs every day." -- young sons, grade school ages

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Robert R's avatar

Those kids would look like the Simpsons downing that many eggs 🍳 if they 🤣ate duck eggs 🦆in similar amounts they’d look like their Daddy’s boss ! The Deranged Orange😵‍💫 🍊

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Ellis Weiner's avatar

--while holding a carton of two (2) dozen eggs.

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

🖐️🎤

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Janan Broadbent's avatar

That was just precious! He is beyond stupid

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Charles Austin's avatar

😂😂😂

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

If his kids eat 14 eggs before going about their arsonist ways, how many does this chode eat?

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Setting fires makes ya hungry for eggs, apparently

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Teri's avatar

🏆🏆🏆 Brilliant!!!! So do they both eat 14 eggs each? Or do they each get 1/2 of 14, or 7 eggs each per day? Are the eggs raw or cooked?

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HI2thDoc's avatar

He was sick the day they taught math at college

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Sara Toye's avatar

P123Sunny, it looked like a carton of 18. 25 cents less per dozen at that price… JD probably couldn’t tell how many he got. Probably never bought eggs before.

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Michelle Vancura's avatar

And I seriously doubt if he knows how many eggs his kids eat, or if they even LIKE eggs.

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P123Sunny's avatar

🙌 TY

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Bonnie Canelakes's avatar

Yeah he didn’t say 4.25 for a dozen eggs, just “eggs”. God’s gift to Ohio making stories up as he goes.

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steve robertshaw's avatar

It would instantly join the Fox Noise Greatest Hits clip, alongside the photos of Antifa making Portland permanently uninhabitable, that polling place in Philadelphia in 2016 that had 2 black guys in the vicinity so no trump voters could dare vote there, the Trey Gowdy Benghazi classic, Hunter's laptop and Hillary's emails! Time-tested audience favorites.

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Kathleen Weber's avatar

The headline said politicians should stop swearing.

Jeff, you are NOT a politician. It isn't all about you. Can you read? Clearly, fuck NO!

And Jeez Louise!!!!

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

I’m all for cursing like a drunken sailor Kathleen!

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I'm here for the profanity, and the humor.

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Mary Hall's avatar

‘k’na!

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Robert R's avatar

They meant Repugnantkins swearing OATHS to the constitution ….the cocksuckers go into spasms when they try that ! Fucken Traitors !

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Mary Hall's avatar

💙💯💙 Fking VOTE people!

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P123Sunny's avatar

🥃👈 Weber

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Appears to be an every day occurrence Jeff!

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John Wiederhirn's avatar

More of "fucking a couch was the most positive thing Shady Vance (n)ever did".

Campaigning: "Who knew shitting the bed and rolling around in it was so much fun? Amirite?"

Everything else: Complete and utter burn-the-pants-and-the-car-grade unstoppable liquishit hazmat disaster -- it's on the ceiling, in the vents, and even sprayed in the windows of a bus driving by (taking nuns and puppies to visit orphans at a children's hospital), which then drove off a cliff mercifully killing everyone inside.

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Doc Blase''s avatar

"Dogpatch Pennysaver" damn, Jeff.

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Bikracer's avatar

I loved this one!

I’m a little behind on my newsletters so I just got to this. I may subscribe to too many…

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Kerry Truchero's avatar

And then there’s this bullshit from The NY Times. “Trump Shows Signs of Strength in Sun Belt Battlegrounds, Polls Find

New polls from The New York Times and Siena College showed Donald J. Trump ahead in Arizona and leading in tight races in Georgia and North Carolina.”

Kiss my ass. This polling is horse shit. The Haley voters are gonna stay home and the women are gonna turn out like crazy. Independents think Trump is nuts. I don’t believe any of these polls. And neither does Trump. He’s desperate and he knows he’s going down. Trump has turned off voters outside his base, and Harris has lit a fire under the country to turn out. She’s the change candidate now.

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Jayme Wolworth's avatar

Ya know Trump thinks he's going to lose too because he's selling everything under the sun to raise money before he's no longer relevant. It's a desperation that you can almost feel. Melania jumping into the grift is a sure sign of last minute "take them for all we can get" con.

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Kerry Truchero's avatar

Next up, after the golden tennis shoes, the Bibles and coins - he’ll be hawking his shit stained underwear to the cultists. “This is my certified actual fecal excretion, and it can be yours to treasure forever for just $79!”

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

As Republicans, they've been polishing turds for decades.

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Troll Slayer's avatar

Disgusting but oddly amusing

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Marie Martin's avatar

Coins. Selling trump coins.

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🙄

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Robert R's avatar

He probably picked them from the eyes of the Covid victims he murdered 😈☠️🤬

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Marie Martin's avatar

Ouch

…and cheers to you !

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Robert R's avatar

By the time Melanoma gets her pre nup check 💸she’ll be as old as the Fartful Codger is now …she’s gotta get it 💰now and beat feet before she takes a Dixie down the staircase !😵‍💫😵👻

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Marla's avatar

She's selling a book her own self. Full of never-before published nekkid pictures.

She's got to be one of the classiest First Ladies there have ever been.

That is, if low class counts as classy.

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Robert R's avatar

The girls looking out for her assets , her hubby’s looking 👀 at Loonies assets not a fair comparison!😜😅😂

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

Have you ever been polled? I'm 67 and I haven't.

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Dotty's avatar

No but I'm a old lady over 70 and Fucked ...yes ...polled No

Unless I was too wasted and didn't know it 😂🤣

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Teri's avatar

Same, 68

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Marie Martin's avatar

Same, 76.

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Patricia Gomes's avatar

82 - never !

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Bonnie Canelakes's avatar

Same, 68. Any wonder “Immigration” is the #1 polling concern? This tells you more about who’s being polled than what a cross section of the country’s views are. Sure immigration is a top 5 probably but Joe Schmoe in Jackman, Nebraska spouts “Immigration” as his utmost problem because he’s been preprogrammed to say, and thus believe, that brown people here illegally “get free stuff”. I say if that’s so damn important why don’t your GOP Congresspeople pass bills to address it? I mean if they care as much about it as they claim to…

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D Kitterman's avatar

As George Carlin said, "It's bullshit and it's bad for ya".

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Hannah Olufs's avatar

Nielsen called me once to see what I was watching. Does that count? 70.

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Bonnie Canelakes's avatar

I confess, I too got a Nielsen diary in

1992. I answered ER and William Jefferson Clinton, and hey! It worked!

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Steve in SoCal's avatar

No. I was sent one of those Arbitron radio diaries back in the 80s and I'm not counting that.

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Robert R's avatar

That’s not my thing ,but I’ve heard some folks like it !🤣😵‍💫🤣

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HI2thDoc's avatar

That's okay. NYT gonna lie. Mebbe it'll lull the MAGAs into staying home on Election Day

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HI2thDoc's avatar

I do not think NYT and MSM are helping us on purpose. I’m hoping their smug gaslighting will be an unintended aid to us

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

They have always been the paper of defending the status quo.

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D Kitterman's avatar

Fuck the New York Times, whom we once looked to as a paper of record. Twats.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

Yes, with a railroad tie.

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Marla's avatar

So, the NYT still has a hair up its collective editorial ass because OHJB refused to worship at the Altar of Sulzberger and give them an exclusive interview? Talk about carrying a grudge.

Old Media is determined to turn this thing into a horse race so that people will buy ads and support them beyond what's needed.

Make no mistake, though, It will be close, just not as close as Old Media would like it to be.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I think Putin and or his oligarchs are supporters of the paper.

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Kerry Truchero's avatar

I honestly do not think it’s going to be that close. Certainly not Nixon/McGovern but much farther than Bush/Gore.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

The NYT already had their shitty polling analyzed and they oversample repubs and rural people, and never get any young people, because they are too smart to answer a number they don't know. Actually most sensible people won't either.

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Mike Hammer's avatar

What hypocrisy that republicans are perfectly fine with white Nazis, but when a black Nazi shows up they’re all upset.

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Nancy Potter's avatar

Most of the white Nazis who are running for office know to keep it on the down low. Republicans wanted their Black Nazi to pretend he was just deeply religious and conservative, not pervy and Nazi.

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Sharon Hudnall's avatar

Clarence Thomas pulled it off, so why couldn't Robinson? (Some of us, besides Anita Hill, still remember the "Someone left a pubic hair on my Coke can" remark in front of his staff.)

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Robert R's avatar

Just goes to show it’s been going on forever ! This time around it’s just blatantly obvious and the😵‍💫 demented motherfucka’s simply don’t give a flying fuck how obvious it is !🤬🤬🤬

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

I have always referred to him as Clarence "Coke-can Thomas", lest anyone forget.

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Janan Broadbent's avatar

Sure do!

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Charles Austin's avatar

Oops!😂😆

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Great point. 🙄

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Richard's avatar

Plus, there's the trans porn thing.

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arne link's avatar

That is some weird porn stuff. I didn't know such things existed. Wow. I have been sheltered, I guess.

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Ethereal fairy Natalie's avatar

It's not an unusual fetish among conservatives.

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Lairbo's avatar

It's a big red flag that he doesn't "know his place".

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Vickie Berry's avatar

Yes, their useful idiot until he wasn’t.

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Marcie's avatar

He and Herschel will have great fun together!

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D Kitterman's avatar

It's not exactly like they're feeling ashamed about their Black Nazi. Is it possible they feel something akin to shame? Nah. They just don't want to lose any more votes and want to seem as semi-normal as is fakeable.

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SuNew's avatar

When the fucking ‘free press’ start fucking doing their fucking job, we might fucking reconsider our fucking language.

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

Free press? Nice thought, but after all these fucking years? Fuck them and the fucking asshole "journalists" they rode in on.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

No such thing as the “fucking free press”Susan, they’ve all been bought and paid for…. Napoleon certainly did, Operation Mockingbird provided insight to CIA fuckery… now it’s the Uber wealthiest turn to fill our heads with lies!

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funnyhaha's avatar

With the fuckery they regularly get up to on the fuckin' daily, I'm almost afraid the country will have gone fuckity bye by the time they get their shit together. Assholes.

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Victoria Wilson's avatar

Fucking A! Of course, you are right!

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JOSEPH PEDALINO, JR.'s avatar

Fuckin’ A right fuckin’ on !!!

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Burke's avatar

Sent just now to the Today Show's story feedback email address:

Dear Today Show,

I was disappointed to hear Hoda’s teaser at the top of the broadcast just now. It was untrue.

“trump holding the edge on the economy and border security”

Fact: The US economy is doing great. All time highs in the stock market. Inflation coming down. Half point rate cut from the Federal Reserve. Historically low unemployment. Job growth every month.

Fact: Trump forced his allies in the Senate to stop the border security bill last February. His claim to be concerned about border security is therefore a lie.

Please stop trying to make this election a “horserace”. The Today Show does not have to lie about Trump to make money. Indeed, if there were more ethics in journalism today, the truth about Trump would be broadcast far and wide: Donald Trump is a cheat and a liar. He violated his oath of office. His long history of “obtaining money under false pretenses” would disqualifiy him from getting a professional license, of any kind, in every state in the nation. Barber. Cosmotology. Plumber. Electrician. Stock broker. Real estate salesperson. The bar for admission to the White House is lower than a hairdresser.

Please tell the truth and stop propping up this unfit crook.

Loyal Today Show viewer.

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

Sorry, Burke, it ain’t happening. The formerly mainstream media has sold their soul to the Anti-Christ.

When tRump loses in November, all of the MSM will then engage, full-time, in a false election fraud campaign, complete with their yellow journalism.

Like you, Burke, my wife enjoys the network morning shows. She prefers GMA.

I try to ignore the subtle - and some not so subtle comments heavily slanted towards the Republicons, but it makes me weary.

It’s not always what they say, but what they don’t!

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

I'm becoming ever more convinced that the higher-ups in our "free press" have been bought by the Russian propagandists.

I've watched the news closely for years now, while reading more and more of the independent journalists who actually take their jobs seriously. If you look at the times and stories that they COULD and should be writing, this is a historic moment in this country. How could that fail to sell news? If the Evil Orange Malignancy hadn't been propped up by artificially slanted journalism, he never would have made it to a second candidacy. Think it through from the loss in 2020, and ANYONE could see that, with the writing opportunities alone, the Republikkkans would have needed to find an actual candidate, one who wasn't absolutely bent on tearing the country apart. THAT'S responsible journalism, reporting that is aimed at continuing the Union that they CLAIM to love.

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

Carley, that’s why I don’t buy the “fact” that it is all about selling newspapers, or today’s modern equivalent. These “reporters” are in lock-step, writing that which they are TOLD to write by their billionaire bosses. There is no “sales” initiative.

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Patrick Daniels aka Cromulent1's avatar

Speaking poorly of Semion Mogilevich, Trumps Russian mob boss pal, might be dangerous…sayin’ Carlye!

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D Kitterman's avatar

HACK journalists and the less than honorable rags they masturbate-scribble for got greedy in order to purchase their ugly vinyl-sided McMansions on raped former forests and farmland. Just like The Alito's shit-palace with the flagpole ....

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

👍🏾🤢

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Outstanding letter. 👏👏👏👏👏

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Jon Ellen Snyder's avatar

Unfortunately, it is true that the people who are contacted by pollsters are still saying they think Trump is better for the economy and border — especially republicans of course, but also enough other people to give him an edge. Luckily, Kamala’s poll numbers are going up in these areas. I just went down a rabbit hole looking at polls (doing my own research LOL) and think you.gov has the best variety of polls when it comes to drilling down on answers.

It’s so weird to me that so much stock is put into the polling answers of 500-1500 people at any given time.

When it comes to abortion it consistently ranks way down (around 6%) as an important issue. I find this disturbing because I hope this issue motivates people to vote blue. What do you think the effect of this issue will be?

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Marie Martin's avatar

Thank you. We need you on that wall. Seriously. ❤️

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SPW's avatar

Good letter! Kudos for writing it 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻.

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Donatella  Dillon's avatar

I hope she gets it👍👏👏👏👏

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

Good news…hmmm…well, it is nice to see the Blue Wave has formed and is gathering strength. It appears ready to sweep away the MAGATS like a gully washer of democracy.

We know the legal wrangling over false claims of election fraud are coming. It does give comfort to know that Marc Elias and his team are preparing for that inevitability.

Everyone needs to stay vigilant, read the real news on Substack and for heaven’s sake, VOTE!

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Patty Mooney's avatar

I hope it's an indicator of people voting BLUE all down the ballot and we have a majority in the Senate AND Congress, because Mike Johnson and his cronies are like a case of constipation.

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SPW's avatar

And if you are in a state that really matters, know that there is fuckery going on with your registration most likely even though it is supposed to be illegal to make any changes to voting status 90 days prior to elections(GEORGIA)so stay aware of your status y’all.

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

Is “fuckery” in the dictionary yet?

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

Haha! Yes, fuckery is indeed in the dictionary! A few, in fact (wiktionary, dictionary.com and urban dictionary! 😁), and they list a couple of definitions, mostly what you'd think, but including "brothel," which I certainly didn't expect 😂😂!

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SPW's avatar

If not it may well be after this election.

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

Yes! Please check your voting status! Texas too, has had major fuckery going on with voters, mostly in the Latino communities. There are several places to check, but the one my keyboard knows is Vote.org. 🤭

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Donatella  Dillon's avatar

When Kamala is the winner, what are the Magats going to do? And more importantly are they going back under the rocks, or continue and implement violence? I’m worried 😱

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funnyhaha's avatar

The ones I live near are loudmouthed, but they're chickenshit at bottom. They'll scream and yell but they'll be thinking about all the fuckos who ruined their lives trying a coup - even with a complicit government they couldn't pull it off. This time they'd be going up against a Democrat's government that would shut their shit down instantly, and the few among them who have a spare brain cell will realize that. I think the noise will be near-constant and pretty loud for a few weeks or months and then they'll mostly go back to doing what they always do - watching television and bitching about shit they could change if they weren't lazy stupid fuckos.

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arne link's avatar

When this is all over, Trump will become an Evangelical preacher and will pull all those sad people in for a "religious" experience. He has no shame. Maybe Mellie will join him nude (because beauty, ya know) with her mascara running. It will be quite a show. There will be huge crowds. Religion is the ultimate opiate and the ultimate grift.

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Lairbo's avatar

I expected him to do this after his 2020 loss. He could have continued all of his grifts but now in the name of God, then claimed religious persecution and played the martyr when the law came after his fat ass for his pre-born again misdeeds. Plenty of precedent out there for televangelists bragging about how their sins were the worst ever (bilgiest) until they found redemption and tax-exemption through the power of Christ. I still wouldn't put it past him; he's already got the hair and speaking style for it (his slurring words and nonsensical gobbledegook would be seen as "speaking in tongues"). Vance, however, has dibs on founding the First Church of Tammy Faye's Perpetually Running Mascara.

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arne link's avatar

Poor Tammy died of cancer. I wonder if whatever it was that Jim put on her eyes killed her?

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Vickie Berry's avatar

Lairbo, I throughly enjoyed your words!

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Donatella  Dillon's avatar

Still, huge crowds, crowds like never seen before..I imagine 😂

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arne link's avatar

Sadly. I'm surprised he hasn't done it yet. Redemption is coming, bank on it.

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

Donatella, they'll file a bazillion lawsuits (which the administration is ready for), and there might be a little very localized unrest, but nothing really coordinated, as near as I can see from all the reporting. I don't look at underground kind of places (wouldn't know where to look, honestly!), but I haven't seen any indication that intelligence agencies or local cops are prepping for violence, beyond the "be ready" general status. We'll keep watching, but don't give in to the fear, ok? Hug your cat or dog, they understand ❤️😁🥰!

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Janan Broadbent's avatar

Donatella; I am too. Some of these people are so delusional that taking to the streets or doing all that stupid shit is not beyond them.

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Patricia Gomes's avatar

In 2023 the Southern Poverty Law Center tracked 1,430 active hate and antigovernment groups scattered throughout the country. That’s groups, not individuals. Yup, I’m worried. Look what they’ve done to the Haitian people after the orange asshole and the dick opened their mouths. Fucking sucks.

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vorpal's avatar

now, to be fair, that WaPo opinion headline was from a subscriber letter, not an actual paid opinion writer. They went on to complain about the lack of cigarette advertising and Lii Abner comic strips in today's news-paper

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PollyP's avatar

"lack of cigarette advertising and Lii Abner comic strips" 🤣 🤣 🤣

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Vickie Berry's avatar

As a young child mine washed out with Lava soap. It only happened once (1950’s) and I was cured until I became an adult!

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arne link's avatar

Lava? My God, that is truly child abuse. So sorry.

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Vickie Berry's avatar

Oh no, I endured some things that are now recognized as child abuse, but it was the times and it was how they (my parents)were taught by their parents.

You do better when you know better.

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

Yep, we do better when we know better. I recognize my mother as having done soooooooo much better when I heard her talking to her mother once. My mother overcame a huge amount! Try to hear her parents in your conversations. It's not always easier, but it's definitely a starting point. ❤️❤️

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Marie Martin's avatar

Extra child abuse points for Lava. That’s pretty much Drano for the skin, isn’t it?

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

I'm sorry, dear one. I went through similar stuff, and we lived, right? 🥹🥰

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CroneEver's avatar

I still want an investigation about why back in 2016, Peter Thiel picked JD out of a couch and decided, "That's my boy". I mean, a top job at Mithri Capital, followed up by his own venture capital co. (which sunk, of course), and $10 million superPAC to get him into office in Ohio, not to mention lobbying for him to VP? Come on... Literally.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

I bet Thiel has photos.

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CroneEver's avatar

So do I... Probably involving straps of leather....

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SPW's avatar

And some male on male S&M?

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Nancy Potter's avatar

JD probably first worked out his suck-up skills on Thiel and the other billionaires before he applied them to Trump.

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P123Sunny's avatar

Sunk? Why don’t we hear about that…??! 😠

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CroneEver's avatar

Vance and the technocrats are very, very, very dangerous men. Luckily, almost everyone who's ever actually met them doesn't like them.

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Janine Johnston's avatar

Good article. I came to the same conclusion. I figure at this point Trump is basically a figurehead and after a month or so ( if they got in office) they’d 25th amendment him and JD would gladly implement Project 2025

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Patricia Gomes's avatar

Excellent Substack read. Thanks Vickie.

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Vickie Berry's avatar

You’re welcome!

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D Kitterman's avatar

Rage fellatio?

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TAParry's avatar

I suspect Thiel yelled “That’s our Hitler!” https://youtu.be/brkp2VhzdDI

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Jenny Bizzoco's avatar

I can’t imagine how overwhelmed SNL writers are these days. So much material to pick from.

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Kay-El's avatar

1. “This election is a choice between serious leadership and vengeful impulsiveness.” I’d amend this to read “the choice is between an adult with experience and a tantrum throwing toddler”.

2. I need to adjust my profanity filter. Too many shits, fucks, and goddamnits coming out of my mouth these days.

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Betsy L's avatar

No, you don't. See above: studies show that people who swear a lot have above average intelligence, and using profanity when in pain acts as a mild analgesic. Think about yelling "shit!" when you step on a Lego your kid left on the carpet.

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

And you're in great company! And mine 😂😂🤣

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Lynn O’Neal's avatar

Shit is my favorite, right behind crap, and the JHFC.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Wife and I too. More swearing than ever. It started in 2015...

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Tess's avatar

Me too—— but fuck it!😁

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Donatella  Dillon's avatar

That scared the fucking shit out of me, the ECollege

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Donatella  Dillon's avatar

Fuck yeah!😆

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SPW's avatar

There is such a thing as too many under the circumstances? I don’t think there are enough; but that’s just me.

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Morgan OCailleigh's avatar

What the actual fuck ?

When I heard Harris say "kick the fucking door down..." my fucking heart did fucking backflips for several fucking minutes then I calmed the fuck down and enjoyed the fucking moment. 🤷‍♀️

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Betsy L's avatar

She said somewhere that her favorite word starts with "M" and ends with "aah."

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D Kitterman's avatar

Me too.

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Teri's avatar

I missed that, so thanks!!! I remember after "I'd get my gun & shoot him". She was laughing lot. OH! So she threw out the f word! B. she was "I'll have my team clean that up,". I thought wrh if she owns a gun.

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Lynn O’Neal's avatar

But of course trump folks are saying she lied

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

🤣🤣🤣👍🏾👍🏾

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Samantha M's avatar

I channeled my inner Tiedrich and used “fucking” for the first time in a Substack post headline. I’ll admit I paused and almost changed it but it was not only appropriate but alliterative so in the end I said “fuck it!” And guess what … it’s my most popular post of an admittedly small collection to date. Thanks Jeff for encouraging me to let my fuck flag fly. :)

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Patty Mooney's avatar

My mom loved that word and started letting it fly in the 1970s. She learned the etymology of it - in olde English, it was the sound of a seed being planted in moist earth.

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Deb Martina's avatar

Feels good doesn't it? 😉

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Samantha M's avatar

😻

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Deb's avatar

Golly ( rather than shit) JD Vansipants really knows comedy!

Mercy(rather than fuck) old geezer crappypappy certainly deserves some TLC down at the golden years luxury estate!

Hate to be a downer, but we still have the monster electoral college……..😱

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Schnauzermom's avatar

That’s my fear. These fucksticks don’t care what the majority of the American people want. They are rigging the system to make DonOld into some sort of American Nero no matter what.

I hope that the sane Americans will recognize it when (not if) it starts up and shut that shit down by any means necessary.

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Carlye Hooten's avatar

The electoral college is a huge part of the reason that our very strategic, very intelligent President-to-be has hired Marc Elias and many other wonderful lawyers to comb the filings for Republikkkan fuckery and bullshit. THEY CAN'T WIN. Please say that to yourself a hundred times a day, while doing everything you can think of to MAKE it come true! FUCK THE REPUBLIKKKANS! Sideways!

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TAParry's avatar

I don’t see Trump or Vance or the MAGA cultists or even the current Supremes as the Keymasters or the minions of Gozer. They are destructors, but not the ultimate one, not Zuul. That is the Electoral College, and we need to look directly at it, without fear, understand that it is the source of our destruction, and kill it.

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SPW's avatar

Old geezer crappypappy? I love it!

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Susan Niemann's avatar

"would the last person to leave the Robinson campaign please turn out the lights?" 😂 It's just a surreal time in our history. It will be interesting to see if the republican party can recover from all this. Clearly Dump is old and crazed, while Kamala is smart, full of life and energy, articulate and confident. Anyone who would still vote for Dump after all he has said and all that we know has to be a) ignorant b) a racist c) a misogynist or d) ALL of the above.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

I've lived long enough to encounter a Black Nazi. Never would have thought it.

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Susan Niemann's avatar

Right...we are living in the weirdest era in history. It's surreal. 🤦‍♀️

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funnyhaha's avatar

He's a very stupid man. I doubt he truly understands what a Nazi is or what they think about people of color. He just wants to be outrageous and he's full of hate, so that's where his gutter id goes.

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HI2thDoc's avatar

Nobody does the mix of stupid and nutty like MAGA

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SPW's avatar

Robinson is a complete self-hater. Lots of cases where deeply stuffed beliefs about oneself as a child spew out sideways as an adult.

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Walt Svirsky's avatar

Don’t forget “cognitive dissonance.” It is a REAL factor when trying to explain deranged MAGATY behavior.

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Vickie Berry's avatar

Certainly it will be a different party. It’s survival depends on it.

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Charles Austin's avatar

The GOP as we know it is circling the drain. Actually, I expect that the US is on the road to a multiparty system.

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Amy Blamey's avatar

A friend once joked that my headstone would read, "What are you looking at you, fucking fuck?"

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Jeff Tiedrich's avatar

I want mine to read "this is no improvement"

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Karen Hall's avatar

Second time while reading this post and comments that I’ve been close to snorting coffee out of my nose.

Laugh out loud reading today. Love it.

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SPW's avatar

Mine would read, “I’ll try to do better next time around. This time was just too fucking hard!”

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Susan Niemann's avatar

😂😂

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Patricia Gomes's avatar

Mine should say —-Sorry , it’s your fucking problem now. Because I’m dead.

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Charles Austin's avatar

😂😂

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Charles Austin's avatar

😂😂

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Charles Austin's avatar

😂😂

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