Of course. I am tired today and took a nap because I was up late watching the Rise Up and Sing Out performance last night. Since I am on CEST, it started at 2 am for me, and Patti Smith sang at 3:33 am. I thought that was cool! The People Have the Power. Let us show Trump at the midterms.
Also, Indivisible Abroad is supporting Boycott the US World Cup 2026. I have it posted to my IA group's Mastodon site each day. https://norden.social/@indivisiblebremen
I didn't know about the rise up and sing out performance. I love Patti Smith! Is there someplace I can see that? I only have Netflix on YouTube and antenna TV. Thank you!
I love Patti Smith too, and was sad I missed her in my home town Chicago. I am so glad she is continuing in her career by creating new music and performing. The People Have the Power!
there are so many things that happened at the testosterone-fest last night, its hard to remember everything - we forgive you (but heartfelt thanks for the special mention of Hokit; he's a CTE diagnosis waiting to happen, and I couldn't be happier - I know that's not nice or proper to think that way, but his kind of "special" deserves it)
Well, after I read not only his comment about Michelle Obama, but a few of his other remarks, my conclusion was A. stereotypical Donnie Demento supporter and B. we will probably be getting a breaking news report on his more-or-less accidental overdose in the not too distant future. The guy's clearly tanked on steroids, plus god only knows what recreational drugs; financial advisors usually tell you to plan to live into your 90s.....I'd say he can spend it all now.
Been missing some posts for a couple of days...hubby had yet another toe amputated a couple of days ago and is moping, so I'm having to take care of everything (which is tough with my own physical issues, but we do what we must). I'm just wiped out exhausted though - and haven't caught up with everything. Just read your post about 'catching up' with this more recent post of Michelle Obama's. Frankly, that is entirely new to me as well. I had NO idea she'd said such a thing...and so many others I know still believe she felt 'going high when they go low' was 'the' best way to go. I've read her books and saw no mention there either. Anyway - in her and Barack's wonderful speeches opening his Presidential Center in time for Juneteenth (it took a decade to build and complete!) I managed to catch the replay of the 2-hour show on MSNow tonight - wow! What a brilliant concept, wonderful speeches and just an entirely fantastic concept all around - it's on the South Side of Chicago where Michelle grew up. They were both interviewed with plenty of time to talk - about her childhood there - I loved the photos of her as a little girl then into her young adulthood (which I've seen before) AND then into her Law School days on into her work at her law firm, being assigned to mentor this new young Associate (my law firm had a similar system). That's how she met Barack - beginning as co-workers, then friends - then 'the rest of the story'. She made a point of talking about her deep love and during her speech TO him gave him such accolades - mostly for the kind of human being he is, as he surreptitiously wiped away tears, clearly not expecting her words. Gawd, she's fucking amazing, as is he. I SO wish she wouldn't rule out a Presidential run - BUT she's been put through such horrid crap by frump's thugs I wouldn't wish it on her. IF they rerun the 2 hours showing the entire Campus/museum/complete replication of the Oval Office as it was during his Presidency - it's a must see. They've added a basketball court, a play area for the kiddos, a restaurant, digitized all the photos Pete Souza took AND digitized all of what would normally end up in files in a regular library BUT also incorporated a brand new branch of the Chicago Library. The place is stunning... calm, while being warm and welcoming- and I so wish I could go there to spend a couple of days just looking at it all. Even on video it gave such a feeling of peace and hope. We CAN do it again, if we care enough.
Hmm -- I'm wondering IF those of us who love her can file a class-action suit against those who defame her? YES, they have 'free-dumb of speech' but NOT 'hate' speech, which this assuredly is and always was - by frump and his magats, deliberately against the first black President and his First Lady. We've put up with far too much of their crap - why NOT do something like this, especially since it's what drives frump madder the most? He doesn't care if we fire back at his cabinet 'choices' but he sure DOES get twisted about his name coming off the Kennedy Center and now algae growing in the reflecting pool which was going to have his dumbass name affixed there as well. Think he'll still do that? It's these 'thousand cuts' which matter the most to demento - as they would to any other tantrum-throwing 4yr old!
I honestly don't know if We The People can sue on behalf of Michelle Obama. I'm thinking no, but I don't know that for sure.
trump was going to rename the Lincoln reflecting pool? I heard him say he wanted to build a "promenade" to connect the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River, and that "some" people said it should be named after him. Some people? Who? Himself in a dream?
YES! Every time this idiot talks about 'some' or 'many' people - he's referring to the voices in his head, lol. NO ONE gives a flying fuck about naming things after him - except him. He's the only one who ever wanted to stick his stupid fake name on anything. If we insisted that it be 'drumpf' and not 'trump', think he'd still keep insisting? Not on a bet.
I'm thinking he probably marinates/fumigates in some cheap '60s aftershave and cologne, what was "in" in the 1960s-'70s bar scene? Oops, I forgot about "Fight, Fight, Fight" his latest "fragrance" scam.
Old Spice, Hai Karate, Brut and English Leather come to mind! I’m sure the adverts are on YouTube. I do recall that the Hai Karate user had to ‘fight off the women’ in the commercials—now of course, he relishes in verbal abuse if they challenge his inanity and he’s a chauvinistic prick, and no doubt always has been. English Leather would also work since he fancies himself as a suave British toff. Also, he’s old and the spice is more like the corpse flower scent (guessing—never smelled the flower). And of course, just an all-round brute (it was pronounced like that, but it still holds because it’s French for gross, which is also French for FAT, but in this sense, it’s in the modern English language sense). Maybe he stockpiled all of them BITD 🤢
I love both your & Mr Reich’s explanation of why we are at this depressing place in American history. It truly does feel like an exercise in futility trying to understand how we got here. Sometimes it feels as if the term “cage match” is going to bring us in a straight line to the Bestiarii “fights” as in Ancient Rome. 😣
Since I came of political age in the late 1960s, I don't need *anyone's* explanation of how we got here because I've watched it happen in real time and even done my bit to help arrest it. If I start screaming at people who didn't catch on till Trump was elected *the first time*, I'll never stop.
BRAVO, Susanna! Spot on! To anyone over 60, it's perfectly obvious how we got here. It started with Vietnam, then Nixon's pardon, continued with Raygun's cheating to win the 1980 election, through Iran-Contra, NAFTA and the repeal of Glass-Steagall, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the 2008 crash, and here we are.
Not to forget Reagan's major 1980 campaign speech in Philadelphia, MS, close to where the bodies of civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman were found in 1964. The speech, need I say, was on states' rights. The civil rights piece is important: the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of the mid-1960s drove all those white Southern Democrats to become Republicans. Without all those white votes, the Reagan administration wouldn't have been able to implement those pro-business policies that basically screwed so many of those Republican voters -- who kept voting Republican anyway.
Another excellent point, Susanna. We have Raygun to thank directly for the corporatocracy. Aided later by Clinton, of course, but Ronnie was instrumental.
I've been known to say that Bill Clinton is the only Republican I ever voted for. ;-) Aided by Clinton for sure, and also by the Bush/Cheney (or Cheney/Bush) administration. Among other things, it gave us the Patriot Act and appointed Roberts and Alito to SCOTUS. The Citizens United decision came down in 2010. It was 5–4, and all of the 5 were Republican appointees. I believe that decision, basically unleashing corporate $$$ in political campaigns, was a major factor -- maybe THE major factor -- in Trump's 2016 election.
The royal asshole is working you overtime. That may have something to do with it. Now that he’s in Europe for the G-7, and I’m sure they all wish he wasn’t there, maybe you’ll get a break. Maybe. But I wouldn’t count on it. I’m sure he’ll find some way to blow us up with even more embarrassment on the world stage just as soon as he can. As I write this, it’s 9:46 Paris time so start looking for his usual shitstorm if truth social rants. You can look forward to that if you need something to do 🫣.
They built a cage on the South Lawn of the people's house and called it fuckin freedom. Seven fights, sixty million dollars, an octagon where the rose garden's quiet used to be — all of it timed to a senile pants-pooping walking bruised-fuckwad's eightieth birthday and sold as the nation's two hundred fiftieth. The grass where children once rolled Easter eggs took a boot heel and a blood spray, live on a streaming service nobody asked for.
i worked at changes magazine (via city-as-school) published by c mingus' partner sue graham -- office was in their loft -- c mingus played piano and composed most afternoons i was there -in clear earshot-- amazing -- also worked at jazz composers orchestra assn/new music distribution service (also via city-as-school) -- seminal avant garde presence -- met innumerable key musicians-- good times for a 17yo -- then i became a bond trader -- go figure -- safer than dealing weed!
That was my exact thought. I believe they are all onto his power handshake by now. Even XI avoided it. They won't be able to avoid his stench, and he will enjoy making it extra strong.
Jeff, wouldn't it be nice for a change if you had to try to figure out what would be in your daily posts? Instead, your zone's being flooded with all sorts of shit. Thank you for seeing the humor in some of it, and making it entertaining. This daily post is one of the first things I read every day. You are a treasure.
Yes I mentioned that to my own spouse this morning--Donny Demento is going to be tired and cranky. Europe is no longer hell-bent on appeasing him and Donny is sure to get his fragile ego bruised and his iddle fee-fees hurt. There is going to be an ugly scene and the US will be embarrassed--or at least a majority of us will be embarrassed; the Trumpfan cult members will cheer at his show of "strong-mindedness". Gag.
They already moved the date to accommodate the felon. I sincerely hope they put him in his place and don’t give him a moment to whine on the world stage. The best thing would be to just let him sleep…
Can’t wait for the Substack readouts on that! 🇨🇦 And our PM Carney will I’m sure walk away with all the accolades, well earned and deserved. We do have something to be very proud of in him.
I absolutely CANNOT imagine who thought sending Trump to G7 when they can’t chance him going to any war negotiations was a smart move. Perhaps it was Trumpee himself who had the greatest Show and Tell in his pocket: the end of the war. God almighty!
I know what you mean, but I know people you may consider to be white trash who are hard working, decent people and a thousand times better than the Trump family.
Hard working, decent people are not trash, though they may struggle economically. What makes him and his crime family trash are their insatiable greed, corruption, heedless and clueless arrogance, cruelty, and unashamed narcissism. Doesn't matter if they live in mansions and defecate in golden commodes. Their character, or lack thereof, is what distinguishes them as the pieces of shit that they are.
EVERYTHING YOU SAID! "White trash" isn't about being poor inasmuch as it is about being what you said. I understood this when I was young and my Black friend Patty's parents called not me but my family white trash. It was my parents racism that shined through and tarred me. It wasn't me. They wanted to protect their daughter from my parents. The racism and misogyny of white trash was once a way for poor whites to be like rich whites and curry their favor. But that isn't the case now. Now we recognize that even wealthy people are white trash -- that includes Musk and Zuckerberg and the Elisons and Bezos. They can walk around with all the expensive gee-gaws they want but deep down they are most at home chewing tobacco, spitting it on their front laws and cursing "n...s" and immigrants and women just like Billy Bo Bob and Cleatus who work at the factory. It's character that makes someone white trash, not economics.
It’s not a socioeconomic issue as much as it is an emotional one. Many scholars point out that fascism in not just subjugation and violence as much as it is a state of mind, the looming threat.
One party in 'Murikkka, through their rage baiting, resentment sowing, and Xtianity exploitation, has convinced the disadvantaged to support said party against all rational reason, with the results we see here.
Which is exactly what was celebrated last night. They call it white supremacy and will violently attempt to deny our first amendment rights with their second amendment rights. That’s what it represented in a more “acceptable manner” than white robes and swastikas. But they’re working on that.
Good point, and you are right. It was a celebration of what they believe is white supremacy. What I find different about this from past celebrations of white supremacy is the numbers of people calling it out as stupid and men with little 🍄s. No one said that back in the day. I think there is less support for it now than there was, say 100 yrs ago when the KKK openly marched down Pennsylvania Ave. Although I wonder some days and hope I'm right.
I make the distinction between white trash and poor white trash, the latter being those who as you say, is derogatory and are doing their best. Yesterday was a celebration of the former. They call it white supremacy. We can separate the noble poor from the lazy, disgusting and undisciplined middle class.
If it’s too politically incorrect maybe call it White Blight.
The Uutimate Fight Club, the ultimate metaphor for Trump's view of his presidency; all scripted theatrics, no substance, all over the top performance for his deplorable base. This birthday stunt definitely puts the decrepit "crown" on his foul, decaying reign of terror and humiliation in America.
I won't live to see it but historians will have a lot of explaining to do at how screwed up we are now when the Tricentennial rolls around. Assuming the US survives until then.
I can only imagine what so many black individuals are calling Hokit right now for his shitty gratuitous attack on Michelle Obama and "white trash" pales in comparison.
Why don’t the false macho men just say it out loud “smart lady scares me, me stupid think with penis” 🙄But instead they show their weakness by insults and name calling.
All they have are insults and name calling. It's really pathetic. Yet they seem oblivious to how pathetic they look. All i can think to say is "is that all you can come up with? Really? Wow, you sure are some kind of brain trust..." And with a little dig at their Moms because nothing upsets them more than a dig at their moms. Strange how they hate women but worship their Moms.
There has to be a better term than 'white trash' for 'people' like the trump family, JD Vance, and all their racist buddies- somehow to isolate those with heaps of money and no taste- like those paying upwards of $100,000- for big lips and the rest. My partner calls them 'confederates' but that does not feel derogatory enough.
Senator Ossoff (D., GA) referred to them as the Epstein Class and the Mar-a-largo Mafia..... As much as I like his descriptions, Fascists is a more accurate label for them.
Mar-a-Lago mafia might be the best we have come up with so far- fascism is at the core, but it would be great to have one term to refer to the fact that these wealthy (mainly) men are just so publicly low-brow- eating and even serving junk food from McDonalds, the gaudy style and loose spending of our money on trashy , gold coated everything- one smart writer referred to Donald’s source for his flash stuff as ‘Home Despot,” which really fits the bill. And the plastic surgery! Look at Lauren Sanchez, Bezos’ wife, or the odious Kimberly Gilfoyle- is this even mafia taste, or gone beyond?
I am not going to mention the shit that was said about Michelle Obama by the swine at the event last night. What I will say is Mrs.Obama is an amazingly brilliant beautiful woman (2 Ivy League degrees) who loves her husband, her family and her country. She and her husband President Obama live inside the turds head every single day and they drive him crazy.
Today I am celebrating Michelle Obama Appreciation Day. 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
Yeah I was too. I hated to have to write our daily digest out. So I threw in the usual amount of leveling it out so that the positives in the digest was bigger than the negatives. And then I dug up some pretty pictures to help soothe that pain.
I made a conscious decision not to watch anything related to the shit show on the WH lawn yesterday. I told myself i’d wait for Jeff to cover it and as always, I’m not disappointed.
That's the thing about the bottom of an abyss. It's like the future: unreachable. Do not place limits on this group of malevolent crooks. They continue to sink us lower. Every fucking day
Use the power of the purse. Boycott Paramount, avoid purchasing from product sponsors of Trumptopia. Fox announced its purchasing Roku streaming, so the channels of free information flow are being choked off. Consumer pushback speaks loudly.
ABC/Disney got a dose when they tried to muzzle Kimmel. Media takeover by trump cronies will skew everything seen or heard by everyone not savvy enough to avoid or understand. Not encouraging.
news hour is my only tv news any more -- and i am torn re other forms of entertainment -- there is little that's not owned by oligarchs -- even museums -- look at the multi billion dollar combined net worths of boards of museums in our bigger cities -- theyre control message and they pay phd'ed curators barely survivable wages -- at least in pro sports the players are now being paid -- and FIFA with infantile licking Trump's privates -- dolan -- the momentum of the corrupt oligarchic epstein class is worrisome
JD Vance -- or whatever is name is this week -- claims that gas prices will be coming down thanks to the "peace deal" that isn't. When they don't, how much longer will people give low IQ Trump a pass for Trumpflation?
Gas prices by me are already going down and have been for a week. A perverse part of me wanted them to stay high to maximize the pain so that people stayed angry. If they start going down the base is going to see that as "trump fixed the economy!" while forgetting that he was the idiot responsible for starting this war in the first place. Plus tariffs and everything else.
Still above $4/gallon in Massachusetts. They were under $3 before his illegal war started. And when this "deal" is exposed as phoney as the 39 others, they'll go up again.
Food prices and utility rates will never go back down. They didn't after the pandemic, even though the problems that had supposedly sent prices spiraling had been eliminated.
Nightmares end....they dont continue on day in and day out. This might be the longest night terror that's ever been had....just the pure raw feeling of absolute fear and terror.
A parody though he may have been, President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho was much smarter, classier, more honest, and beneficent than our current parody in the WH. Also,
President Camacho didn't conspire with a prolific pedophilic sex trafficker.
That's the Mamdani playbook, too. I hope more mayors are able to replicate his hopeful, helpful vision. I also hope that he doesn't break our hearts...
I wasn't a fan of his presidency, but he certainly set the standard for personality and behavior. Charming, ARTICULATE, intelligent, knowledgeable, calm, collected, had a sense of humor, propriety, and humility. He rose to the moment when called to do so. He had a sense of history. He had a beautiful, accomplished wife and an attractive family, all of whom he publicly adored. He connected with people.
I shed angry tears at the sight of the Lincoln Memorial, home to Marian Anderson’s poignant concert (and fuck-you to the DAR), and I Have A Dream, being used to shill energy drinks and nicotine pouches. I refused to watch the homoerotic money grab, but I’ve read that the asshole who shat out the slur against Michelle Obama was so drunk at the weigh-in that he puked all over himself. JFC.
Let’s not forget that we won the Iran War! Iran gets billions, the Strait of Hormuz is still controlled by Iran, and we got…bupkis. The Shart Of The Deal.
The thing is he will declare how bigly he won this war and Iran is eating out of his hand and how prices will drop like nothing you have ever seen before and the MAGAOTS will eat this shit with a fork.
This was The Guardian's idiotic headline, "Trump’s White House UFC fights marred by ugly Michelle Obama smear." Seriously?? Like it was so classy until that moment?
public service announcement: I just updated the post because I FORGOT TO MENTION THAT DONNY FELL ASLEEP RIGHT IN THE MIDDLE OF THE FIGHT!
what the fuck is wrong with me
And we’re surprised? It wouldn’t be a televised spectacle without Sir Snoorzealot.
Of course. I am tired today and took a nap because I was up late watching the Rise Up and Sing Out performance last night. Since I am on CEST, it started at 2 am for me, and Patti Smith sang at 3:33 am. I thought that was cool! The People Have the Power. Let us show Trump at the midterms.
Also, Indivisible Abroad is supporting Boycott the US World Cup 2026. I have it posted to my IA group's Mastodon site each day. https://norden.social/@indivisiblebremen
I didn't know about the rise up and sing out performance. I love Patti Smith! Is there someplace I can see that? I only have Netflix on YouTube and antenna TV. Thank you!
Yes Laurie. Here is the video of it.
https://www.youtube.com/live/Uxap5XA61ng?si=Q4yllYQODLcPw8WL
I love Patti Smith too, and was sad I missed her in my home town Chicago. I am so glad she is continuing in her career by creating new music and performing. The People Have the Power!
Thank you so much! 💞
LOVE her!
For sure! ✌🏾
there are so many things that happened at the testosterone-fest last night, its hard to remember everything - we forgive you (but heartfelt thanks for the special mention of Hokit; he's a CTE diagnosis waiting to happen, and I couldn't be happier - I know that's not nice or proper to think that way, but his kind of "special" deserves it)
Well, after I read not only his comment about Michelle Obama, but a few of his other remarks, my conclusion was A. stereotypical Donnie Demento supporter and B. we will probably be getting a breaking news report on his more-or-less accidental overdose in the not too distant future. The guy's clearly tanked on steroids, plus god only knows what recreational drugs; financial advisors usually tell you to plan to live into your 90s.....I'd say he can spend it all now.
Why doesn't Michelle Obama sue the ever-loving shit out of that guy? Talk about defamation and slander. Wtf is wrong with those people.
Because Michele Obama is so far above Hokit that acknowledging him and his comment is like noticing a bothersome mosquito in your yard..
Doesn't matter. They need stopped once and for all. That stupidity has been going on long enough.
Because when they go low, she goes high . . . and another favorite quote: "Consider the source."
So keep being slandered and defamed. No. She said during Kamala's campaign she no longer felt that way. Keep up, please!
Look up:
Politico 08/21/2024
Michelle Obama abandons her own plea to ‘go high’
"Michelle Obama first spoke her now-famous aphorism eight years ago when Democrats gathered in Philadelphia: “When they go low, we go high.”
Tonight, there was no going high. Instead, she accused former President Donald Trump of “going small.” "
The article continues with her speech, which was absolutely brilliant!
Been missing some posts for a couple of days...hubby had yet another toe amputated a couple of days ago and is moping, so I'm having to take care of everything (which is tough with my own physical issues, but we do what we must). I'm just wiped out exhausted though - and haven't caught up with everything. Just read your post about 'catching up' with this more recent post of Michelle Obama's. Frankly, that is entirely new to me as well. I had NO idea she'd said such a thing...and so many others I know still believe she felt 'going high when they go low' was 'the' best way to go. I've read her books and saw no mention there either. Anyway - in her and Barack's wonderful speeches opening his Presidential Center in time for Juneteenth (it took a decade to build and complete!) I managed to catch the replay of the 2-hour show on MSNow tonight - wow! What a brilliant concept, wonderful speeches and just an entirely fantastic concept all around - it's on the South Side of Chicago where Michelle grew up. They were both interviewed with plenty of time to talk - about her childhood there - I loved the photos of her as a little girl then into her young adulthood (which I've seen before) AND then into her Law School days on into her work at her law firm, being assigned to mentor this new young Associate (my law firm had a similar system). That's how she met Barack - beginning as co-workers, then friends - then 'the rest of the story'. She made a point of talking about her deep love and during her speech TO him gave him such accolades - mostly for the kind of human being he is, as he surreptitiously wiped away tears, clearly not expecting her words. Gawd, she's fucking amazing, as is he. I SO wish she wouldn't rule out a Presidential run - BUT she's been put through such horrid crap by frump's thugs I wouldn't wish it on her. IF they rerun the 2 hours showing the entire Campus/museum/complete replication of the Oval Office as it was during his Presidency - it's a must see. They've added a basketball court, a play area for the kiddos, a restaurant, digitized all the photos Pete Souza took AND digitized all of what would normally end up in files in a regular library BUT also incorporated a brand new branch of the Chicago Library. The place is stunning... calm, while being warm and welcoming- and I so wish I could go there to spend a couple of days just looking at it all. Even on video it gave such a feeling of peace and hope. We CAN do it again, if we care enough.
Hmm -- I'm wondering IF those of us who love her can file a class-action suit against those who defame her? YES, they have 'free-dumb of speech' but NOT 'hate' speech, which this assuredly is and always was - by frump and his magats, deliberately against the first black President and his First Lady. We've put up with far too much of their crap - why NOT do something like this, especially since it's what drives frump madder the most? He doesn't care if we fire back at his cabinet 'choices' but he sure DOES get twisted about his name coming off the Kennedy Center and now algae growing in the reflecting pool which was going to have his dumbass name affixed there as well. Think he'll still do that? It's these 'thousand cuts' which matter the most to demento - as they would to any other tantrum-throwing 4yr old!
I honestly don't know if We The People can sue on behalf of Michelle Obama. I'm thinking no, but I don't know that for sure.
trump was going to rename the Lincoln reflecting pool? I heard him say he wanted to build a "promenade" to connect the Lincoln Memorial to the Potomac River, and that "some" people said it should be named after him. Some people? Who? Himself in a dream?
YES! Every time this idiot talks about 'some' or 'many' people - he's referring to the voices in his head, lol. NO ONE gives a flying fuck about naming things after him - except him. He's the only one who ever wanted to stick his stupid fake name on anything. If we insisted that it be 'drumpf' and not 'trump', think he'd still keep insisting? Not on a bet.
I cherish the thought Annette, most here do as well!
Think away, Annette! We're with you.
TKO in the 5th round.
I am sure that he was just "blinking" again. LOL
Donny is the Orange Commodus.
Emperor Tangeranus
Golden Commode
It's an all you can eat buffet of WTF, I think it's perfectly excusable for you to miss that!
Don Snoreleone
The Nodfather
When is he going to choke on his own fumes?
I'm thinking he probably marinates/fumigates in some cheap '60s aftershave and cologne, what was "in" in the 1960s-'70s bar scene? Oops, I forgot about "Fight, Fight, Fight" his latest "fragrance" scam.
Old Spice, Hai Karate, Brut and English Leather come to mind! I’m sure the adverts are on YouTube. I do recall that the Hai Karate user had to ‘fight off the women’ in the commercials—now of course, he relishes in verbal abuse if they challenge his inanity and he’s a chauvinistic prick, and no doubt always has been. English Leather would also work since he fancies himself as a suave British toff. Also, he’s old and the spice is more like the corpse flower scent (guessing—never smelled the flower). And of course, just an all-round brute (it was pronounced like that, but it still holds because it’s French for gross, which is also French for FAT, but in this sense, it’s in the modern English language sense). Maybe he stockpiled all of them BITD 🤢
Shocked….I’m just shocked that he fell asleep in public again….🙄🙄🙄
Guess he fell asleep counting the millions he made from this latest corrupt spectacle.
No one ever told him that "you can't take it with you when you go." <g>
I love both your & Mr Reich’s explanation of why we are at this depressing place in American history. It truly does feel like an exercise in futility trying to understand how we got here. Sometimes it feels as if the term “cage match” is going to bring us in a straight line to the Bestiarii “fights” as in Ancient Rome. 😣
Since I came of political age in the late 1960s, I don't need *anyone's* explanation of how we got here because I've watched it happen in real time and even done my bit to help arrest it. If I start screaming at people who didn't catch on till Trump was elected *the first time*, I'll never stop.
BRAVO, Susanna! Spot on! To anyone over 60, it's perfectly obvious how we got here. It started with Vietnam, then Nixon's pardon, continued with Raygun's cheating to win the 1980 election, through Iran-Contra, NAFTA and the repeal of Glass-Steagall, the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan, the 2008 crash, and here we are.
Not to forget Reagan's major 1980 campaign speech in Philadelphia, MS, close to where the bodies of civil rights workers James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, and Andrew Goodman were found in 1964. The speech, need I say, was on states' rights. The civil rights piece is important: the Civil Rights and Voting Rights Acts of the mid-1960s drove all those white Southern Democrats to become Republicans. Without all those white votes, the Reagan administration wouldn't have been able to implement those pro-business policies that basically screwed so many of those Republican voters -- who kept voting Republican anyway.
Another excellent point, Susanna. We have Raygun to thank directly for the corporatocracy. Aided later by Clinton, of course, but Ronnie was instrumental.
I've been known to say that Bill Clinton is the only Republican I ever voted for. ;-) Aided by Clinton for sure, and also by the Bush/Cheney (or Cheney/Bush) administration. Among other things, it gave us the Patriot Act and appointed Roberts and Alito to SCOTUS. The Citizens United decision came down in 2010. It was 5–4, and all of the 5 were Republican appointees. I believe that decision, basically unleashing corporate $$$ in political campaigns, was a major factor -- maybe THE major factor -- in Trump's 2016 election.
Speaking of ill-health, be sure to check out the extreme sane washing that the NYT served up in the print edition today and days earlier online.
https://www.nytimes.com/2026/06/14/us/politics/trump-age-birthday-80.html
Here's the interesting part.
The headline in the print edition reads: "AS TRUMP TURNS 80, SCRUTINY OF HIS HEALTH IS HARD TO AVOID"
And here is the online headline: "TRUMP AT 80: A PRESIDENT 'REALLY UNCOMFORTABLE' WITH AGING"
Anyone notice a difference in tone and messaging between these two headlines??
In a word: WOW. I gave up on the NYT after the 2016 election, and they've done nothing since to make me regret my decision.
Alas, President Sleepyhead snoozing it up during inopportune public moments is no longer news.
BTW, were there concessions? Not talking about the Iran agreement, talking about food service at the ass-kicking spectacle.
When he takes the Long Sleep, that will be news. Can't wait.
The royal asshole is working you overtime. That may have something to do with it. Now that he’s in Europe for the G-7, and I’m sure they all wish he wasn’t there, maybe you’ll get a break. Maybe. But I wouldn’t count on it. I’m sure he’ll find some way to blow us up with even more embarrassment on the world stage just as soon as he can. As I write this, it’s 9:46 Paris time so start looking for his usual shitstorm if truth social rants. You can look forward to that if you need something to do 🫣.
hahahaha!
That was in fact my first question this morning. Thank you for answering
Is there a GIF for that? :-D
today in Shit That Happened While I Was Writing This Shit—
Donny Dumbfuck just landed at the G7. this is going to be stupid
https://www.cnn.com/2026/06/15/world/live-news/iran-war-g7-summit
Look Jeff It's like this, ok?
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/what-survives-the-morning-concrete-confetti-and-a-cage-match-for-a-fuckwazzle-to-feel-good-on-his-bi
They built a cage on the South Lawn of the people's house and called it fuckin freedom. Seven fights, sixty million dollars, an octagon where the rose garden's quiet used to be — all of it timed to a senile pants-pooping walking bruised-fuckwad's eightieth birthday and sold as the nation's two hundred fiftieth. The grass where children once rolled Easter eggs took a boot heel and a blood spray, live on a streaming service nobody asked for.
Kid's used to roll Easter eggs in that space....and now there's permanent blood spray, sweat, and pain on that lawn.
What in the absolute fuck, Jeff?
IDIOCRACY
I can smell him from Amsterdam.
I'm so sorry
Ewe
Mairzey dotes and dozey dotes and liddle lamzey divey
hey -- thurber -- mingus -- all good with them
i worked at changes magazine (via city-as-school) published by c mingus' partner sue graham -- office was in their loft -- c mingus played piano and composed most afternoons i was there -in clear earshot-- amazing -- also worked at jazz composers orchestra assn/new music distribution service (also via city-as-school) -- seminal avant garde presence -- met innumerable key musicians-- good times for a 17yo -- then i became a bond trader -- go figure -- safer than dealing weed!
That is quite the life arc
I predict it will be sleepy.
Don Snoreleone was up rage tweeting on his Temu twitter till 4am again after sleeping through his clown party last night.
Everything he does is stupid dumbfuckery
I love the smell of diapers and bronzer in the morning. That smell, that shitty chemical smell... it smells like....victory.
One day this war's gonna end.
Which world leader is he going to shove out of the way first?
Are there going to be more handshake one-ups? Oh wait, is he going to try it with Mark Carney?
G6 + 1 Dumbass Country.
It’s in France- can’t they send an escort service to bring him to The Hague??
When will the world leaders just ignore him, that I would love to see!
I think most of them are going to shun him.
That was my exact thought. I believe they are all onto his power handshake by now. Even XI avoided it. They won't be able to avoid his stench, and he will enjoy making it extra strong.
International embarrassment number 47
Oh god. I'm already embarrassed and it hasn't even started yet.
Jeff, wouldn't it be nice for a change if you had to try to figure out what would be in your daily posts? Instead, your zone's being flooded with all sorts of shit. Thank you for seeing the humor in some of it, and making it entertaining. This daily post is one of the first things I read every day. You are a treasure.
AGREE..
and he's empowered because he's solved the war he created. I can't wait to see how much we, as a country, gave up for his "victory"
And nothing's been "solved." It's just another "ceasefire" while they kick the can down the road.
Israel will be blowing up the cease-fire in 3, 2...1.
Already bombing in the ceasefire regions.
Whatever else he is, Bibi is predictable.
LOL @ trump, master of his universe-NOT.
I'm surprised tRump doesn't trip over his puppet strings more often
Yeah, I don't think any of the world leaders regard him as "empowered."
embarrassing, yes
Yes I mentioned that to my own spouse this morning--Donny Demento is going to be tired and cranky. Europe is no longer hell-bent on appeasing him and Donny is sure to get his fragile ego bruised and his iddle fee-fees hurt. There is going to be an ugly scene and the US will be embarrassed--or at least a majority of us will be embarrassed; the Trumpfan cult members will cheer at his show of "strong-mindedness". Gag.
They already moved the date to accommodate the felon. I sincerely hope they put him in his place and don’t give him a moment to whine on the world stage. The best thing would be to just let him sleep…
Permanently. The Big Sleep would be nice.
I’m already embarrassed. 😬 😩
Oh, fuck me 🤦🏻.
Can’t wait for the Substack readouts on that! 🇨🇦 And our PM Carney will I’m sure walk away with all the accolades, well earned and deserved. We do have something to be very proud of in him.
God help us. What a total imbecile!
I absolutely CANNOT imagine who thought sending Trump to G7 when they can’t chance him going to any war negotiations was a smart move. Perhaps it was Trumpee himself who had the greatest Show and Tell in his pocket: the end of the war. God almighty!
yes, I know George W. Bush was president in 2006. just go with my premise
We gotcha
Thought W's election was part of the opening credits, setting up the Idiocracy premise....
I was already there, Jeff.
A most grotesque celebration by white trash and the decline of America.
I know what you mean, but I know people you may consider to be white trash who are hard working, decent people and a thousand times better than the Trump family.
Hard working, decent people are not trash, though they may struggle economically. What makes him and his crime family trash are their insatiable greed, corruption, heedless and clueless arrogance, cruelty, and unashamed narcissism. Doesn't matter if they live in mansions and defecate in golden commodes. Their character, or lack thereof, is what distinguishes them as the pieces of shit that they are.
As my grandmother used to say, “the only thing worse than white trash is white trash with money.”
You can’t buy class. Donnie is case in point.
That’s funny.
And true
EVERYTHING YOU SAID! "White trash" isn't about being poor inasmuch as it is about being what you said. I understood this when I was young and my Black friend Patty's parents called not me but my family white trash. It was my parents racism that shined through and tarred me. It wasn't me. They wanted to protect their daughter from my parents. The racism and misogyny of white trash was once a way for poor whites to be like rich whites and curry their favor. But that isn't the case now. Now we recognize that even wealthy people are white trash -- that includes Musk and Zuckerberg and the Elisons and Bezos. They can walk around with all the expensive gee-gaws they want but deep down they are most at home chewing tobacco, spitting it on their front laws and cursing "n...s" and immigrants and women just like Billy Bo Bob and Cleatus who work at the factory. It's character that makes someone white trash, not economics.
It’s not a socioeconomic issue as much as it is an emotional one. Many scholars point out that fascism in not just subjugation and violence as much as it is a state of mind, the looming threat.
Even if we may be poorly educated and misinformed. It's heartbreaking that we can be repeatedly fooled so easily.
One party in 'Murikkka, through their rage baiting, resentment sowing, and Xtianity exploitation, has convinced the disadvantaged to support said party against all rational reason, with the results we see here.
Abetted by the feckless opposition, unfortunately.
Succinct diagnosis!
'It is easier to fool people than to convince them they've been fooled'....Mark Twain
Which is exactly what was celebrated last night. They call it white supremacy and will violently attempt to deny our first amendment rights with their second amendment rights. That’s what it represented in a more “acceptable manner” than white robes and swastikas. But they’re working on that.
Good point, and you are right. It was a celebration of what they believe is white supremacy. What I find different about this from past celebrations of white supremacy is the numbers of people calling it out as stupid and men with little 🍄s. No one said that back in the day. I think there is less support for it now than there was, say 100 yrs ago when the KKK openly marched down Pennsylvania Ave. Although I wonder some days and hope I'm right.
Social media and the internet made it possible on a huge scale.
Hi H12thDoc! Nice to see you here. Also very happy to “like” your spot-on comments. You’ve so got it right. TKX 🇨🇦
I make the distinction between white trash and poor white trash, the latter being those who as you say, is derogatory and are doing their best. Yesterday was a celebration of the former. They call it white supremacy. We can separate the noble poor from the lazy, disgusting and undisciplined middle class.
If it’s too politically incorrect maybe call it White Blight.
It's all disgusting
Not if they support Donnycon.
We should probably retire the white trash label. Let's all work on a new term that
adequately confers our contempt and disgust. Shitweasels?
You forgot that they are also incredibly racist, sexist and homophobic.
The Uutimate Fight Club, the ultimate metaphor for Trump's view of his presidency; all scripted theatrics, no substance, all over the top performance for his deplorable base. This birthday stunt definitely puts the decrepit "crown" on his foul, decaying reign of terror and humiliation in America.
I won't live to see it but historians will have a lot of explaining to do at how screwed up we are now when the Tricentennial rolls around. Assuming the US survives until then.
History is being rewritten as we speak. To the victor belongs the spoils.
Trump has been TRYING to rewrite history. He hasn't won yet.
I miss the real unredacted White House.
It's beyond disgusting what he's managed to do to it - in only 1.5 years! It's like Mar-a-Lago with other people's unlimited money!
The taxpayers money to the ultra wealthy.
I can only imagine what so many black individuals are calling Hokit right now for his shitty gratuitous attack on Michelle Obama and "white trash" pales in comparison.
Why don’t the false macho men just say it out loud “smart lady scares me, me stupid think with penis” 🙄But instead they show their weakness by insults and name calling.
All they have are insults and name calling. It's really pathetic. Yet they seem oblivious to how pathetic they look. All i can think to say is "is that all you can come up with? Really? Wow, you sure are some kind of brain trust..." And with a little dig at their Moms because nothing upsets them more than a dig at their moms. Strange how they hate women but worship their Moms.
A lot of their moms would be appalled at this behavior.
I question that. I’m pretty sure IQ is genetic.
There has to be a better term than 'white trash' for 'people' like the trump family, JD Vance, and all their racist buddies- somehow to isolate those with heaps of money and no taste- like those paying upwards of $100,000- for big lips and the rest. My partner calls them 'confederates' but that does not feel derogatory enough.
Epstein Class.
Or just Fascists.
Senator Ossoff (D., GA) referred to them as the Epstein Class and the Mar-a-largo Mafia..... As much as I like his descriptions, Fascists is a more accurate label for them.
Mar-a-Lago mafia might be the best we have come up with so far- fascism is at the core, but it would be great to have one term to refer to the fact that these wealthy (mainly) men are just so publicly low-brow- eating and even serving junk food from McDonalds, the gaudy style and loose spending of our money on trashy , gold coated everything- one smart writer referred to Donald’s source for his flash stuff as ‘Home Despot,” which really fits the bill. And the plastic surgery! Look at Lauren Sanchez, Bezos’ wife, or the odious Kimberly Gilfoyle- is this even mafia taste, or gone beyond?
"Nouveau riche" used to cover it, but that doesn't include the fascist part. Neither does "vulgarians."
Donny Trump has a lotta class and it's all low. My favorite pic is of him in the cage, wish it could be his permanent residence.
He probably is already snoozing.
I am not going to mention the shit that was said about Michelle Obama by the swine at the event last night. What I will say is Mrs.Obama is an amazingly brilliant beautiful woman (2 Ivy League degrees) who loves her husband, her family and her country. She and her husband President Obama live inside the turds head every single day and they drive him crazy.
Today I am celebrating Michelle Obama Appreciation Day. 💞💞💞💞💞💞💞
Excellent idea. I'm with you!💞
Yayayayayay!
I’m going to say something I’ve never said in 74 yrs. If these people can call Michelle Obama a man, I can call Melania a whore.
If she is a man, all I can say is, ‘Way to go on those two beautiful daughters, dude. How did you do that?’
Yea, but Michelle is not the former and Melania is…well, hum…?
That was my first thought.
yep
If Michelle's a man, then I guess that makes me sooo gay
Actually.....a whore gives it out for free, right? M is a prostitute. She is getting paid.
And a phony
The rules are the rules. Carry on.
Outta words.
Just… so grateful that you’ve been sharing those photos of Claudia. They are oxygen in these polluted times. Peace, brother.
Yeah I was too. I hated to have to write our daily digest out. So I threw in the usual amount of leveling it out so that the positives in the digest was bigger than the negatives. And then I dug up some pretty pictures to help soothe that pain.
https://thistleandmoss.org/p/wendythedruid/972151101210307139
THIS
Everyday
I made a conscious decision not to watch anything related to the shit show on the WH lawn yesterday. I told myself i’d wait for Jeff to cover it and as always, I’m not disappointed.
Same! I wanted to know how it went, and yes, Jeff came through so we didn't have to. Thanks Jeff!
Same x 2!
Welp… it only took 10 years to hit the bottom. We’re overachieving! And still great at being stupid.
It’s all a nightmare.
That's the thing about the bottom of an abyss. It's like the future: unreachable. Do not place limits on this group of malevolent crooks. They continue to sink us lower. Every fucking day
Two and a half more years of this, plus who knows how many years to clean up the stench. It does seem unreachable.
Don't presume we've hit bottom. Coming elections and aftermaths could be horrific.
Scary stuff. Will we ever be angry enough to stop this? 😭
We're angry enough. Are there enough of us to make it happen? Nobody is coming to save us.
Use the power of the purse. Boycott Paramount, avoid purchasing from product sponsors of Trumptopia. Fox announced its purchasing Roku streaming, so the channels of free information flow are being choked off. Consumer pushback speaks loudly.
ABC/Disney got a dose when they tried to muzzle Kimmel. Media takeover by trump cronies will skew everything seen or heard by everyone not savvy enough to avoid or understand. Not encouraging.
Good advice. I canceled all of it! PBS is all I watch.
news hour is my only tv news any more -- and i am torn re other forms of entertainment -- there is little that's not owned by oligarchs -- even museums -- look at the multi billion dollar combined net worths of boards of museums in our bigger cities -- theyre control message and they pay phd'ed curators barely survivable wages -- at least in pro sports the players are now being paid -- and FIFA with infantile licking Trump's privates -- dolan -- the momentum of the corrupt oligarchic epstein class is worrisome
JD Vance -- or whatever is name is this week -- claims that gas prices will be coming down thanks to the "peace deal" that isn't. When they don't, how much longer will people give low IQ Trump a pass for Trumpflation?
Gas prices by me are already going down and have been for a week. A perverse part of me wanted them to stay high to maximize the pain so that people stayed angry. If they start going down the base is going to see that as "trump fixed the economy!" while forgetting that he was the idiot responsible for starting this war in the first place. Plus tariffs and everything else.
Still above $4/gallon in Massachusetts. They were under $3 before his illegal war started. And when this "deal" is exposed as phoney as the 39 others, they'll go up again.
Prices near me are going down, too. Why?
Food prices and utility rates will never go back down. They didn't after the pandemic, even though the problems that had supposedly sent prices spiraling had been eliminated.
Where are gas prices dropping?
With trumpist oligarchs controlling media, AI spewing fraud and misinformation, we are in for a long slog.
Nightmares end....they dont continue on day in and day out. This might be the longest night terror that's ever been had....just the pure raw feeling of absolute fear and terror.
Yes it is. I now have to quell fear off and on every day. I keep it quiet.
A parody though he may have been, President Dwayne Elizondo Mountain Dew Herbert Camacho was much smarter, classier, more honest, and beneficent than our current parody in the WH. Also,
President Camacho didn't conspire with a prolific pedophilic sex trafficker.
That greedy idiot ain't no sage
He evokes no love, only hate and rage
And compensates for his lack of testicles
By wasting our money on ridiculous spectacles
Epstein's pal should be locked in a cage
One of your best, Doc! I love the rhymes, especially testicles and spectacles!
Ballz & glasses- who would have thought?
Bravo!!!
Well, that public display of dumbfuckery wasn’t popular at least with the majority of Americans.
So I will applaud them for their own hubris continuing to fracture even their own kool aid drunk MAGA base.
Polling shows that only 16% approved of the circus erected on the south lawn.
So while the bread and circuses quote about the fall of the Roman Empire isn’t a “repeat” of history it sure as fuck rhymes.
I had heard that polling said it was 12% of america favored....honestly anything under 20% is believable.
Yet Obama had the audacity to wear that tan suit… 🙄
He looked fine too.
And had the audacity to be rational and compassionate. Imagine that
That's the Mamdani playbook, too. I hope more mayors are able to replicate his hopeful, helpful vision. I also hope that he doesn't break our hearts...
That was the cause of the outrage. Envy. He looked so fine.
I never understood what that was about.
Yes he did!!
I’d watch Idiocracy again but it would seem like too much of a documentary.
Try watching "Network" now. In 1976 it was an over the top satire. Today it's all too real.
I'd be wishing we were so lucky. 🙄
Obama’s tan suit …..THEY WERE SO FUCKING JEALOUS OF HIS GOOD HEALTHY SEXY LOOKS THEY COULDN’T BREATHE. 🎩🦓👓♠️🏴♣️🐈⬛🕶️🐦⬛🗝️💂♂️▪️
AND HE WAS BRILLIANT!!!!
MORE THAN THEY COULD TAKE!
They probably all thought that their wives and mistresses were lusting after him in their hearts. He had an easy charm about him.
They weren't wrong
I wasn't a fan of his presidency, but he certainly set the standard for personality and behavior. Charming, ARTICULATE, intelligent, knowledgeable, calm, collected, had a sense of humor, propriety, and humility. He rose to the moment when called to do so. He had a sense of history. He had a beautiful, accomplished wife and an attractive family, all of whom he publicly adored. He connected with people.
In other words, he was a real human being.
No wonder Preznit Fuckwit hates him so much.
And Michele Obama wore sleeveless blouses
And urged people to eat healthy without being a junkie.
And salute with a cup in his right hand, and put his feet up on the Resolute Desk. LORDY, GET ME MY FAINTING COUCH!!!!1!11
Perish the thought.
We should have a black day in honor of ALL the blacks in our country.
WEAR BLACK ALL DAY. CARRY POSTER: YEAH BLACKS!!!
BLACKS BUILT OUR COUNTRY
BLACKS MADE SHITHEADS LIKE TRUMP RICH
BLACKS WERE USED AND ABUSED FOR THE FUN OF RICH WHITES
AND MUCH MORE ……
And guess what, not one of these dipshits understands that getting paid in Donnie crypto is worth as much as getting paid in dog shit. Maybe less.
The reply to the Weather Channel has that uncouth slob Steven Chueng written all over it.
What a fat piece of shit he is.
Deport his parents and see how he likes the xenophobic racism that he so enthusiastically embraces and enables.
Steven Cheung
Has a fertilizer tongue
He lies so well
The whole world can tell
He's swallowed trump's diaper dung
😂🤢🤣
The national cat litterbox needs a cleaning for sure.
Markene, you frequently write what I only think!
uncouth wins today's euphemism award!!
ill keep my ugly language to myself
I shed angry tears at the sight of the Lincoln Memorial, home to Marian Anderson’s poignant concert (and fuck-you to the DAR), and I Have A Dream, being used to shill energy drinks and nicotine pouches. I refused to watch the homoerotic money grab, but I’ve read that the asshole who shat out the slur against Michelle Obama was so drunk at the weigh-in that he puked all over himself. JFC.
Let’s not forget that we won the Iran War! Iran gets billions, the Strait of Hormuz is still controlled by Iran, and we got…bupkis. The Shart Of The Deal.
The thing is he will declare how bigly he won this war and Iran is eating out of his hand and how prices will drop like nothing you have ever seen before and the MAGAOTS will eat this shit with a fork.
I have to believe that even those people see the price of groceries and gas going up. Gas has come down some, I don't know why.
The price of gas has come down because they're adding more ethanol than was previously permitted.
He called in a favor from his fossil-fuel company buds, for whom he has done so much to their benefit.
And we're using up our reserves, per reports I've read.
This was The Guardian's idiotic headline, "Trump’s White House UFC fights marred by ugly Michelle Obama smear." Seriously?? Like it was so classy until that moment?
They at least exceeded NYT and waPo
The normalization of this shit is unbearable.
Shame on the Guardian, we expect better than that from them. Now I can stop feeling guilty for not donating.