12:40 pm update: folks, I've completely rewritten the lede of today's post. while mowing the lawn just now I realized the original one didn't really have a point, and devised this new, more to-the-point one.
the lesson here is that I should mow the lawn first, at 5:00 am, and then write my post
Of course they understand. Thank you for The Daily Claudia. These are beautiful pictures capturing beautiful moments in your life together. They are also heartbreaking, and our hearts break with you and for you. 💙💙💙
These lovely photos do wrench my heart, so I barely can imagine how Jeff manages—though his carrying on does help us do so in this incredible Chump fustercluck.
go battery electric- not only way quieter and easier on the lungs, but in the winter you just leave it in the garage as is: come spring, top of the battery and push the button. with gas at $5 / gallon probably pay for itself in the long run.
Just to point out, US bases in GERMANY are the staging areas for the Middle East as well as Europe, and Trump is removing troops. Donny's hatred of NATO and thin skin probably needed no encouragement, but I bet Putin told him it was a smart idea.
My thoughts exactly. I do understand the mournscrolling, but it has its limits. What can start off feeling OK, even therapeutic, tends to end up just making us more sad. You'll know when you've reached your limit. And we will understand.
There's a song by Lucinda Williams - "Sweet Old World " that I listen to when I need to cry about the loss of my beloved brother. There are other times I just can't listen to it, because sometimes the feelings of sadness and loss are just too profound.
Ya know, you don't just "withdraw" troops from somewhere, you move them to somewhere else, and I can see precious little about where they are being moved to. Specifically Kegstand Pete ain't saying.
'Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the withdrawal after reviewing U.S. troop buildup in Europe and is in response to “theater requirements and conditions on the ground.”'
True. I would like to know a lot more about Donnie's hour and a half chat with Putin. Does anyone in our government monitor this stuff? What are they talking about like two teenagers for an hour and a half?
I think they're at least talking about maybe having to sell they're secret hideaway in Hungary on account of things not going as well as planned along with all the suicidal stupidity they've been involved with.
Sorry... But you said you were picturing him laying on his bed and it reminded me of THAT pic. I don't even wanna think of what he might be doing while Putie whispers sweet nothings in his ear....!?!
Yeah, and what about Israel’s role in this debacle?! I hear very little about it. Maybe they’ve just given up on Iran and are focusing on annihilating Lebanon and Gaza. 🤷🏻♀️
Remind me what Rubio's job is again? He's been silent for weeks since polling identified him as the likely frontrunner, ahead of Vance, for MAGA candidate in 2028. Maybe those oversized shoes have swallowed him up.
I don't doubt it for a minute. I'm sure Vlad supplies the only translator and it takes an hour and a half to pound Daddy Vlad's instructions into the Orange menace's thick skull.
Sometimes I think we don't want to know the truth. This is nothing compared to how we're gonna feel when this is all over and people start spilling the (verifiable) beans.
I’m sorry for sounding stupid, but I can’t figure out who Trump’s “representatives” are. Does he know who they are? Is he talking about Piss-drunk? Little Marco? Maybe he just barks out an order to Walt? WTF? This week is off to a bad start. And after Krugman’s homage to Star Wars this morning, I’m thinking about all the workers on the Death Star who got blown to smithereens. They didn’t support the Emperor, they were just trying to feed their families. We, like they, are doomed.
Here's the closing statement from one of my favorite foul-mouthed journalists, who's as wise as he is eloquent:
"practice self-care. do what you need to do to keep sane. if that means you need to disengage with my daily posts for a while, I get it. this community of ours will still be here when you return."
We will be here, and appreciate what you do, but that doesn't mean be superhuman. We understand 🤗🥰🥲
(BTW, most of us who have been following the Orange Malignancy for long just automatically assume he's lying when there's noise coming out of his disgusting face.)
Absolutely beautiful picture of Claudia, Jeff! Please don't do anything that makes anything harder for you.
I still can't have a picture of my late husband in my apartment. I cry everytime I see it, and he's been gone too many years now. Grief is different for everyone. Just take care of yourself! 💙
Isn't it though? Even if you didn't know who she is, it is so wonderfully relatable. Just takes me back to holding my little one some 29.5 years ago. <3
Our Constitution, a rogue SCOTUS and 77MM of the most ignorant Americans took the most morally flawed, broken-inside person this country has ever produced whose a brain is an amalgam of a mob boss and a lizard driven to grab whatever he desires without inhibition, and has handed him de facto dictatorial authority. So now he has total immunity from being charged with crime, has unlimited power to pardon operatives, and has the codes to a nuclear arsenal capable of destroying the world. On top of that, he’s a f*cking moron and for the cherry on top, he has developed mid stage dementia which is progressing.
I hate to join the rest of the crazy conspiracy theorists, but I really do think the election was rigged. We know that Russia did influence 2016, so it's not far fetched to think that 2024 was not right.
The Election Truth Alliance has reams of info. Long and short, there are too many anomalies in the ballot tallies for the 2024 election to have been fair.
We’re at war when it makes stocks drop, then we’re not at war and the stocks go up. The felons oil buddies have raked in $234Billion dollars in profits since the not war started. That’s what this is about. He does nothing unless he’s making money from it.
I read somewhere on this platform that Americans are now self-deporting…places like Portugal and Spain. Two point two MILLION Americans have left this insane circus. I’m thinking even the midterms if we would win them, may be too late. We’re a failed state.
The problem with the pendulum swinging back, while welcome, doesn't change the fact that it could swing back. All of the low information voters, racists, mysogynists, oligarchs, aren't going to change their spots. I'm pretty sure every other nation has figured out we can't be relied upon.
A European friend said "Even if you elect President Pete Buttigieg in 2028 we know you are perfectly capable of turning around and electing President Tucker Carlson in 2032."
I think one of the first long term things to address is education. It is necessary to get our public school system back in working order. Vouchers and the high rate of home schooling is crazy. Locally we need to get our police out in the community. This is of course based on the pendulum swing back and not flying off.
$10. Think big. Some schlemiel said out loud that Americans should shoulder all of these costs patriotically, because of the country's greatness, or some shit.
Once again, when the pendulum swings back the Dems will have 4-8 years to right our ship and just in time for the Republicans to muck everything up. And so it goes...
The problem with the pendulum is that it swings in an equal and opposite direction. I don't want to have left wing ideologues running down this country just like the right wing ideologues are doing right now. One extreme is equally as bad as the other.
It’s hard-but people are selling their stuff, giving it away or storing it to experience something different. It’s just stuff!! I look at my house and think about a bonfire 😂😂
I agree that in many cases, it's just stuff. In our house, though, it's things we inherited from our families, gifts from friends, artwork and little artisan pieces we've collected on our adventures, antiques from local shops, pretty much every item thoughtfully curated over 30+ years together. Almost everything in the house has a meaning and a story. Getting rid of most or all of it would be heartbreaking.
Well, maybe you're lucky to have no attachment to things. Or maybe not a lot of things to be attached to.
Our former neighbor was like that. Every spring at our street sale, she'd put out several tables filled with stuff. Things I knew were gifts from friends and family, clothes she'd only had for six months, and so on.
Almost nothing stayed with her very long, other than stuff she needed every day.
I couldn't bear to abandon something one of my friends had put thought and money into getting for me. Same with all the many things that we bought with care and placed in their own niches in our house.
I think we need people to stay and vote! We do what we can, even if we can’t get out for the protests. If you have a phone you can call your congressman and leave a respectful message. Boycott whoever you can. And look, you’re here on Substack seeking truth and like minded people. We are enough y’all!
What about people that have jobs and family and can't move? We have to fight back. Win the midterms, if Trump doesn't cancel them. Or the Supreme Court traitors don't declare the elections null and void if Democrats win.
People with kids and families ARE moving. It’s not for everyone. We get used to our way of life and our comforts. I’m not advocating it-just sharing what I read. In my case, I have no one except me. And it’s definitely less expensive to live in Spain.
A former colleague and his husband moved from Southern California to Portugal. They love eating and traveling in Europe and Portugal is the least expensive western European country. The shipping of belongings is the worst and most expensive part.
some of us feel compelled to stay and fight, as ugly as these sociopathic trumpers are. We in Vermont have a progressive, wonderful, and quickly rising underdog candidate for governor, Amanda Janoo, who is well worth staying here to work for. She is a wellbeing economist who has realistic plans to turn the state from "managed decline" to the state we can build if we fairly allocate our resources!
I am sure you are right- but we have our share of trumpers and generally mentally disturbed assholes here too- more than I have ever seen before. They just are not in the majority in most towns. I am not sure I would have the mental strength to stay put in a trumper community.
Yeah, about that. Things in the South are messy. I am not at all sure how things are going to go ultimately, but the big influx of educated younger people from elsewhere has definitely diluted the idea of rock-solid Republican control until the sun cools.
Two Nice Young Men(TM) to watch down here are Ossoff and Talarico. A hot knife through butter is a good metaphor for them. Even if they can't win (and Ossoff is incumbent) because of the unshakable grip the Republican Right has on the country (not), the damage they will do to the R's in the process is massive.
If Trump doesn't cancel them? So what we do or not is contingent on what he tries to do? We have no viable way to reform the Supreme Court and the whole system of checks and balances is neutered with Congress being effectively dead. I have no doubt that there will be a massive 'swing', but I do doubt that it will be 'back' to anything we've experienced before.
Riddle me this: if the United States fundamentally changes it's entire form of government, will it still be the United States? Could the nation's unity survive such a change? The question is not all that academic. The 'swing' will certainly include such changes, in whole or in part. What remains to be seen is how far the score-settling will go.
The problem for states seceding, is that you would no longer receive military aid from the US govt. Which means a state such as Louisiana would have to have their own armed forces to repel an attempted invasion by say, China or Brazil
or Russia. Think China wouldn’t invade Hawaii if they went independent? Or even North Korea?
Righty-o. The Collective Defense issue is only one.
California has the fifth largest economy. On the planet. Arkansas is chock-full of proud patriots who will gladly die for their right to abuse gay people, but they're poor, ignorant and stupid. The hated coasts have been subsidizing Flyover Country from back when dirt was new, a withdrawal of that support would destroy them.
“Pinche” is another Spanish one, not quite as vulgar as “chinga” I don’t think. I used to own a business and I’d hear my employees use it, and look embarrassed if they thought I heard them. I think the English equivalent would be “shitty” or to use it like “damn” or “f——ing”.
Chupar isn't reflexive, so it would be "Trump puede chupar mis bolas." Or cojones, as Frank says. If you were saying it directly to him, you would say "Chupa mis bolas," where chupa is the informal command. If you wanted to be polite, since he is the president, you could use the formal command form, "Chupe mis bolas." I thought all those years of studying Spanish would come in handy someday.
I only passed Spanish (Art/English Major) in college because the professor took pity on me and gave me a "C". Damn Spanish. Everybody said, "Don't worry! Spanish is EEEEAASY!" Five semesters of it and all I can't even say "suck my balls".
As someone who wants to move to another country asap, I’ve been hearing that US Americans are considered “toxic” around the world. 😩 Are we “great again” yet?!
I try not to think in such generalities- when I was in Spain people were very sorry and understanding-of course they had endured Franco for 31 years. If you’re kind and respectful you will usually get it back.
As that MDC song had it, "I'd run if I had a place to run too." Just staying put in my safe ultra-violet blue East Bay though. If I was a single man without wife and chattel (furred and feathered, respectively) I'd run for France.
Me too. Too old that is. Still trying to get my primary care doc (he's from Canada) to take me with him when he goes. I'm seeing him today so we'll see . . .
Exactly, its not thst easy especially if you dont have a lot of money or if you like your contributing something significant. Lots of money or a useful skill.
I went to Portugal last year and fell in love with it. So beautiful and such lovely people. But my first choice would be Ireland. I’m working on getting Irish citizenship because my paternal grandparents were born there … and I speak the language!
And drove around with images of Biden hog-tied on the back of their penis extensions? I mean, trucks? What about the gallows waiting for Pence’s neck on J 6? The hipocrisy.
Yes Diana — their memories are about as long as their penises (how long is a mushroom anyway?)
I think republicans refer to them as their “broomsticks”; which, of course, is a complete fabrication and exaggeration—and to be expected coming from them.
Today in Shit That Happened at Some Point on This Shitty Timeline, I Want to Say...Friday? Judicial confirmation hearings were happening and of the nominees, only ONE could answer correctly that the 22nd Amendment states that a president shall only serve for two terms and NONE of them would affirm on the record that Trump is ineligible to serve a third term.
So that's fun.
Post pics as often as you want but only as often as you can. <3
Thx for that bit about the 22nd. I'm paying attention, but a lot gets by me anyway. When we get through this, we're gonna need a book the size of the 9/11 Commission report to tell us what we missed.
They'll have to prop Trump up for a 3rd term. Because he's already decrepit. But his puppeteers might just position him in a chair behind bullet proof glass.
Also, he has Vance behind him who, I'm sure, will have something to say about Trump staying one second longer in the oval office.
He won't live long enough for a third term but he's already making noise about not leaving should the midterms go south. It's just incredibly messed up that SO many people would trample the Constitution for a loser like him.
Vance doesn't look like anywhere close to a sure thing, even for the Republicans. Neither does Rubio. Whaddya know, being a lickspittle toady doesn't inspire confidence in one's ability to be president!
because I'm a RESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST AND EVERYTHING and it was my job to research this stuff back in the 1980s because I knew the knowledge would come in handy someday
Touché Jeff! I’ve heard of fast women but I don’t think they’re as fast as you Jeff (well, except for my wife maybe) (no offense meant to any women in the audience)
Why do I get the horrible feeling that someone (probably miller) is whispering this shit into Trump's ear in hopes of manufacturing an excuse to drop a nuke?
Jeff, you take all the time you need to heal. Losing a soulmate, as Claudia so obviously was, is crushing. But if these substack posts help in the process, I want you to know we support every one!
no. Tipsy Jeanine was on TV yesterday claiming she has proof that the would-be assassin shot first, but again: these people about EVERYTHING. who knows what to believe?
In the meantime, this week Trump attended the PGA tournament, visited the Villages in FL and has made a couple other public appearances since last weekend’s brush with death. I’d love for some brave soul to tell him that if he feels safe attending these events, he doesn’t need a fucking ballroom.
Definitive? With this buncha liars? Sure, just like what happened in Butler, PA, and the Kirk shooting, and fat fuck's medical records, etc., ad nauseum
12:40 pm update: folks, I've completely rewritten the lede of today's post. while mowing the lawn just now I realized the original one didn't really have a point, and devised this new, more to-the-point one.
the lesson here is that I should mow the lawn first, at 5:00 am, and then write my post
Unless it’s a push mower, I’m not sure the neighbors would appreciate your mowing the lawn at 5 AM
at least three of my neighbors are readers of my stuff, so I'm sure they'll understand, right?
Of course they understand. Thank you for The Daily Claudia. These are beautiful pictures capturing beautiful moments in your life together. They are also heartbreaking, and our hearts break with you and for you. 💙💙💙
These lovely photos do wrench my heart, so I barely can imagine how Jeff manages—though his carrying on does help us do so in this incredible Chump fustercluck.
Maybe Ask Rand Paul
Just stay off MY LAWN, jeff
go battery electric- not only way quieter and easier on the lungs, but in the winter you just leave it in the garage as is: come spring, top of the battery and push the button. with gas at $5 / gallon probably pay for itself in the long run.
I'd be fine with it, given that I am night shift and therefore would not be home yet!
I suspect his lawn won't appreciate it either.
I thought it was recommended to not mow wet grass. And most mornings my lawn is wet with dew.
In case you weren't just kidding Jeff (and I know you were, pretty funny), follow this advice.
Quit smoking up first.
I'm sure your neighbors won't mind at all that you're mowing at 5am.
/s
🤣🤣🤣
today in Shit That Happened While I Was Writing This Shit—
Donny now claims that two American-flagged vessels have gone through the Strait.
https://www.cnn.com/2026/05/04/world/live-news/iran-war-hormuz-trump
gee, if only these lying liars didn't lie about everything, this might actually be credible information. who the fuck knows?
No one has been talking about Putin's little moves behind all this incredible information.
Just to point out, US bases in GERMANY are the staging areas for the Middle East as well as Europe, and Trump is removing troops. Donny's hatred of NATO and thin skin probably needed no encouragement, but I bet Putin told him it was a smart idea.
So Putin gets to help himself and his ally Iran at the same time. Heckuva job team, Trump.
team treason.
Its been obvious since Helsinki.
Anything that drives a wedge or lessens the ties between the U.S. and NATO is a huge win for Putin.
Dear Jeff, I do enjoy the pictures of your late wife, but you must take care of yourself. Only do this if it helps you, not hurts you.
My thoughts exactly. I do understand the mournscrolling, but it has its limits. What can start off feeling OK, even therapeutic, tends to end up just making us more sad. You'll know when you've reached your limit. And we will understand.
There's a song by Lucinda Williams - "Sweet Old World " that I listen to when I need to cry about the loss of my beloved brother. There are other times I just can't listen to it, because sometimes the feelings of sadness and loss are just too profound.
I'm sorry you lost your brother.
Absolutely! We do love seeing those pictures, but think of yourself first, and avoid the mournscrolling if it increases your sadness. We understand.
And the announcement came shortly after his 90 minute phone call with Putin…
Pretty sure Putin tells him that every stupid brainstorm that breaks out in his empty punkin’ head is a good idea. The worst the idea, the better.
Actually I think Preznut's brain farts are seeds that Putin plants in his pumpkin head!
Ya know, you don't just "withdraw" troops from somewhere, you move them to somewhere else, and I can see precious little about where they are being moved to. Specifically Kegstand Pete ain't saying.
'Pentagon spokesperson Sean Parnell said in a statement that Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth ordered the withdrawal after reviewing U.S. troop buildup in Europe and is in response to “theater requirements and conditions on the ground.”'
So my question would be "Where da' troops goin'?"
True. I would like to know a lot more about Donnie's hour and a half chat with Putin. Does anyone in our government monitor this stuff? What are they talking about like two teenagers for an hour and a half?
God only knows but whatever it is, it for sure isn’t good for humanity.
"Hang up now."
"No, YOU hang up"
(giggling) "No, YOU hang up, Silly."
"I'm hanging up now."
"No, I'M hanging up."
(Repeat ad nauseum.)
Donny begs that pee tape not be released and Putin tells him to do all kinds of pro Russia stuff
… and everybody *shrugs*…
I think they're at least talking about maybe having to sell they're secret hideaway in Hungary on account of things not going as well as planned along with all the suicidal stupidity they've been involved with.
I've wondered that all along. Don't world leaders record their phone conversations - in a normal world?
you know PUTIN is!
I can’t believe he gets away w/ this… wow
I’m picturing Donnie laying on his bed, pink Princess corded phone to his ear for the phone call.
I'm picturing that photo of him lying on his daughter's bed in his robe and adding the above.
🤢 I do my best to NOT think about that pic of him lounging on a bed in his robe. Ick. Who takes a picture posing like that?
Thanks, Deb.
Sorry... But you said you were picturing him laying on his bed and it reminded me of THAT pic. I don't even wanna think of what he might be doing while Putie whispers sweet nothings in his ear....!?!
90 minutes alone on the phone with Trump is barely a blip in the news.
Yeah, and what about Israel’s role in this debacle?! I hear very little about it. Maybe they’ve just given up on Iran and are focusing on annihilating Lebanon and Gaza. 🤷🏻♀️
Actually, Hezbollah and Hamas are focused on annihilating Israel.
Iran is a terrorist state that has colonized Lebanon for decades. What was once the Paris of the mideast is now a now an Iranian stronghold.
The goal of the ayatollahs is to conquer the region. Israel stands in its way. They ayatollahs hate the Sunnis as much as they hate Jews.
Israel's doing nothing b/c their boy Donny and the US are spending $2 billion a day on their behalf.
I’ll believe it when someone reputable can confirm it. That leaves out everyone in this fucked up admin.
It's a sad damned day when I believe IRAN before my own country. But Jeff is right; we can't believe anyone.
Remind me what Rubio's job is again? He's been silent for weeks since polling identified him as the likely frontrunner, ahead of Vance, for MAGA candidate in 2028. Maybe those oversized shoes have swallowed him up.
Rubio’s unofficial title is Secretary of Ass-Kissing
Those ridiculous shoes will never ever leave his little feet.
Rubio fell into his new shoes and can't get up.
How many ma ga left again? 🧮- - are they still overwhelming in number 🙄😒 or is it just a ‘perception’ at this point… ASK THIS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY
Just read that someone thought the “34%” approval number is juiced - based on the 100 ppl who showed up at the Golf thing… 😒
Rubio's job is press secretary du jour and kickass dj
Just shows he's too passive and wishy-washy to ever run for president (paving the way for DT Jr?).
I don't doubt it for a minute. I'm sure Vlad supplies the only translator and it takes an hour and a half to pound Daddy Vlad's instructions into the Orange menace's thick skull.
Sometimes I think we don't want to know the truth. This is nothing compared to how we're gonna feel when this is all over and people start spilling the (verifiable) beans.
Best comment on this I’ve read yet…👆
I’m sorry for sounding stupid, but I can’t figure out who Trump’s “representatives” are. Does he know who they are? Is he talking about Piss-drunk? Little Marco? Maybe he just barks out an order to Walt? WTF? This week is off to a bad start. And after Krugman’s homage to Star Wars this morning, I’m thinking about all the workers on the Death Star who got blown to smithereens. They didn’t support the Emperor, they were just trying to feed their families. We, like they, are doomed.
Witkoff and Kushner?
Two grifting schmucks….
I don't think Trump wrote that message. It almost seems intelligent.
I thought the same thing as I was reading it. Not enough run on sentences.
The Straits of Schrödinger are a magical place, a special dimension where everything is true and false at the same time!
Aren't all these ships being tracked on a website? Not naval ships, obvs but the ones being "escorted"?
Leave it to Trump to pimp the U.S. Navy as an "escort service."
Remind me of Trump's expertise in any military experience whatsoever.
He fought a personal war against STDs and probably won a lifelong case of syphilis.
That's it. Tertiery Syphilis.
I hope he has syphilis!!
(Coffee-snort/spit)
LOL
I'm sure they're being tracked by Vlad's satellites which feed real time information to Iran.
btw, I like your name.
Here's the closing statement from one of my favorite foul-mouthed journalists, who's as wise as he is eloquent:
"practice self-care. do what you need to do to keep sane. if that means you need to disengage with my daily posts for a while, I get it. this community of ours will still be here when you return."
We will be here, and appreciate what you do, but that doesn't mean be superhuman. We understand 🤗🥰🥲
(BTW, most of us who have been following the Orange Malignancy for long just automatically assume he's lying when there's noise coming out of his disgusting face.)
Listen to this stupid shit if you want to get a thrill out of what the House is really up to; and it ain’t the people’s business.
https://youtu.be/oddC4xUvrCo?si=CQxQB7ehbzKFzr-n
Oh brother! 🤦♀️
Excerpts of this needs to be included in Democrats' midterm campaign ads. Seriously.
He means they have gone through two vessels of straight vermouth.
omg
Iran says this shit didn’t happen. It’s all lies. The whole government is run by incompetent boobs who are also lying liars.
And what a beautiful photo of mama Claudia! ❤️
It’s is very touching and personal. I love when you share but I absolutely understand if you cannot. ❤️
Mps...I agree...was going to say the same...
Absolutely beautiful picture of Claudia, Jeff! Please don't do anything that makes anything harder for you.
I still can't have a picture of my late husband in my apartment. I cry everytime I see it, and he's been gone too many years now. Grief is different for everyone. Just take care of yourself! 💙
Isn't it though? Even if you didn't know who she is, it is so wonderfully relatable. Just takes me back to holding my little one some 29.5 years ago. <3
Yes, a lovely photo of Claudia with Katie. A precious memory Jeff.
Well, we're at war when it serves trump to say we are. And we're not at war when it doesn't serve trump's interests. Hope that clears it up.
Yep. We are/aren't at war when the stock market needs to sell high/buy low, respectively.
Last time I’m telling y’all TO BUY THE DIP dammit
Our Constitution, a rogue SCOTUS and 77MM of the most ignorant Americans took the most morally flawed, broken-inside person this country has ever produced whose a brain is an amalgam of a mob boss and a lizard driven to grab whatever he desires without inhibition, and has handed him de facto dictatorial authority. So now he has total immunity from being charged with crime, has unlimited power to pardon operatives, and has the codes to a nuclear arsenal capable of destroying the world. On top of that, he’s a f*cking moron and for the cherry on top, he has developed mid stage dementia which is progressing.
What could go wrong?
IMO, all correct except for the part about the 77M people. I think only one person re-elected Rump, and his initials are Elon Musk.
I hate to join the rest of the crazy conspiracy theorists, but I really do think the election was rigged. We know that Russia did influence 2016, so it's not far fetched to think that 2024 was not right.
The Election Truth Alliance has reams of info. Long and short, there are too many anomalies in the ballot tallies for the 2024 election to have been fair.
https://electiontruthalliance.org/
Read the substack “this will hold” The only conspiracy there is is the conspiracy to cheat us out of our vote.
There are tons of receipts to back up the things she says in her essays
Excellent summary. Now I need a drink.
Didn’t he just say yesterday that Iran hadn’t “suffered enough yet”? wtf is that about?
H-ly crap 💯
We’re at war when it makes stocks drop, then we’re not at war and the stocks go up. The felons oil buddies have raked in $234Billion dollars in profits since the not war started. That’s what this is about. He does nothing unless he’s making money from it.
🦗🦗🦗
I read somewhere on this platform that Americans are now self-deporting…places like Portugal and Spain. Two point two MILLION Americans have left this insane circus. I’m thinking even the midterms if we would win them, may be too late. We’re a failed state.
I need to brush up on my Spanish. 🙄
And miss out on all the fun when the pendulum swings back?
The problem with the pendulum swinging back, while welcome, doesn't change the fact that it could swing back. All of the low information voters, racists, mysogynists, oligarchs, aren't going to change their spots. I'm pretty sure every other nation has figured out we can't be relied upon.
We don’t let it. It’s how we bend justice.
A European friend said "Even if you elect President Pete Buttigieg in 2028 we know you are perfectly capable of turning around and electing President Tucker Carlson in 2032."
I think one of the first long term things to address is education. It is necessary to get our public school system back in working order. Vouchers and the high rate of home schooling is crazy. Locally we need to get our police out in the community. This is of course based on the pendulum swing back and not flying off.
But gas @$5.00/gal won’t make a difference???
$10. Think big. Some schlemiel said out loud that Americans should shoulder all of these costs patriotically, because of the country's greatness, or some shit.
And the fact that they are also ‘absorbing’ A DRAFT? Just off the charts how well-sold these ppl are. Can’t get over it…
We shall stand astride the globe as a colossus.
You are right.This too shall pass and that pendulum WILL swing back big time.
Once again, when the pendulum swings back the Dems will have 4-8 years to right our ship and just in time for the Republicans to muck everything up. And so it goes...
We gotta stop this http://pattern.Rs need not to govern again like forever.
The problem with the pendulum is that it swings in an equal and opposite direction. I don't want to have left wing ideologues running down this country just like the right wing ideologues are doing right now. One extreme is equally as bad as the other.
Sadly, I'm too old to leave now. I'll have to ride it out.
And I don’t think I could pack this house…we’re pretty old too- but we think about it🤨 a lot‼️
It’s hard-but people are selling their stuff, giving it away or storing it to experience something different. It’s just stuff!! I look at my house and think about a bonfire 😂😂
I agree that in many cases, it's just stuff. In our house, though, it's things we inherited from our families, gifts from friends, artwork and little artisan pieces we've collected on our adventures, antiques from local shops, pretty much every item thoughtfully curated over 30+ years together. Almost everything in the house has a meaning and a story. Getting rid of most or all of it would be heartbreaking.
I understand! If I do move I’m bringing my prized Bullwinkle and rocky clock, clothing and that’s it! 🤣🤣
Well, maybe you're lucky to have no attachment to things. Or maybe not a lot of things to be attached to.
Our former neighbor was like that. Every spring at our street sale, she'd put out several tables filled with stuff. Things I knew were gifts from friends and family, clothes she'd only had for six months, and so on.
Almost nothing stayed with her very long, other than stuff she needed every day.
I couldn't bear to abandon something one of my friends had put thought and money into getting for me. Same with all the many things that we bought with care and placed in their own niches in our house.
Same here- I get it♥️
I think we need people to stay and vote! We do what we can, even if we can’t get out for the protests. If you have a phone you can call your congressman and leave a respectful message. Boycott whoever you can. And look, you’re here on Substack seeking truth and like minded people. We are enough y’all!
What about people that have jobs and family and can't move? We have to fight back. Win the midterms, if Trump doesn't cancel them. Or the Supreme Court traitors don't declare the elections null and void if Democrats win.
People with kids and families ARE moving. It’s not for everyone. We get used to our way of life and our comforts. I’m not advocating it-just sharing what I read. In my case, I have no one except me. And it’s definitely less expensive to live in Spain.
A former colleague and his husband moved from Southern California to Portugal. They love eating and traveling in Europe and Portugal is the least expensive western European country. The shipping of belongings is the worst and most expensive part.
some of us feel compelled to stay and fight, as ugly as these sociopathic trumpers are. We in Vermont have a progressive, wonderful, and quickly rising underdog candidate for governor, Amanda Janoo, who is well worth staying here to work for. She is a wellbeing economist who has realistic plans to turn the state from "managed decline" to the state we can build if we fairly allocate our resources!
It’s a lot easier to “stay and fight” in Vermont than in the south.
I am sure you are right- but we have our share of trumpers and generally mentally disturbed assholes here too- more than I have ever seen before. They just are not in the majority in most towns. I am not sure I would have the mental strength to stay put in a trumper community.
Yeah, about that. Things in the South are messy. I am not at all sure how things are going to go ultimately, but the big influx of educated younger people from elsewhere has definitely diluted the idea of rock-solid Republican control until the sun cools.
Two Nice Young Men(TM) to watch down here are Ossoff and Talarico. A hot knife through butter is a good metaphor for them. Even if they can't win (and Ossoff is incumbent) because of the unshakable grip the Republican Right has on the country (not), the damage they will do to the R's in the process is massive.
If Trump doesn't cancel them? So what we do or not is contingent on what he tries to do? We have no viable way to reform the Supreme Court and the whole system of checks and balances is neutered with Congress being effectively dead. I have no doubt that there will be a massive 'swing', but I do doubt that it will be 'back' to anything we've experienced before.
Riddle me this: if the United States fundamentally changes it's entire form of government, will it still be the United States? Could the nation's unity survive such a change? The question is not all that academic. The 'swing' will certainly include such changes, in whole or in part. What remains to be seen is how far the score-settling will go.
States have tried to secede before. It did not work out well for them.
The problem for states seceding, is that you would no longer receive military aid from the US govt. Which means a state such as Louisiana would have to have their own armed forces to repel an attempted invasion by say, China or Brazil
or Russia. Think China wouldn’t invade Hawaii if they went independent? Or even North Korea?
Righty-o. The Collective Defense issue is only one.
California has the fifth largest economy. On the planet. Arkansas is chock-full of proud patriots who will gladly die for their right to abuse gay people, but they're poor, ignorant and stupid. The hated coasts have been subsidizing Flyover Country from back when dirt was new, a withdrawal of that support would destroy them.
I really hope SO… enough of this nonsense!
That's a tall order.
¿Como se dice ‘Trump is a dumbass’ en español?
One Spanish word I learned by watching “Narcos Mexico” is ‘chinga.’
"Pendejo" comes to mind.
Y mierda.
Mierda-Loco
“Pinche” is another Spanish one, not quite as vulgar as “chinga” I don’t think. I used to own a business and I’d hear my employees use it, and look embarrassed if they thought I heard them. I think the English equivalent would be “shitty” or to use it like “damn” or “f——ing”.
Trump can chuparle mis bolas. (I think I got that right)
Chupar isn't reflexive, so it would be "Trump puede chupar mis bolas." Or cojones, as Frank says. If you were saying it directly to him, you would say "Chupa mis bolas," where chupa is the informal command. If you wanted to be polite, since he is the president, you could use the formal command form, "Chupe mis bolas." I thought all those years of studying Spanish would come in handy someday.
Definitely NOT the formal command. Takes all the fun out of it.
A news photographer I know was covering May Day in Juarez for the El Paso Times in the late 1970s, and this part of his recounting of that day:
Minutes after this frame, the crowd thinned. The socialist party marched into the square, voices rising in unison: "PRI chinga su madre."
Somehow I seem to just understand that one naturally. I love to learn.
Leigh, I think “chupar mi cojones” might be closer to what you mean but I’m not Spanish and know very little of the language
Is it "bolas" or "bolsas"? I would have thought the latter, but I've only a very shallow knowledge of Spanish..
I only passed Spanish (Art/English Major) in college because the professor took pity on me and gave me a "C". Damn Spanish. Everybody said, "Don't worry! Spanish is EEEEAASY!" Five semesters of it and all I can't even say "suck my balls".
As someone who wants to move to another country asap, I’ve been hearing that US Americans are considered “toxic” around the world. 😩 Are we “great again” yet?!
I try not to think in such generalities- when I was in Spain people were very sorry and understanding-of course they had endured Franco for 31 years. If you’re kind and respectful you will usually get it back.
We're tired of winning.
I've lived in Europ. Its not that easy to just move there and live unless you have a lot of money.
As that MDC song had it, "I'd run if I had a place to run too." Just staying put in my safe ultra-violet blue East Bay though. If I was a single man without wife and chattel (furred and feathered, respectively) I'd run for France.
I've tried to get into Canada. I'm too old and I don't have $2million in cash. I've thought about Portugal and Spain.
You should look into the various visas for Spain. The one year non lucrative visa is interesting to me.
Me too. Too old that is. Still trying to get my primary care doc (he's from Canada) to take me with him when he goes. I'm seeing him today so we'll see . . .
Exactly, its not thst easy especially if you dont have a lot of money or if you like your contributing something significant. Lots of money or a useful skill.
I went to Portugal last year and fell in love with it. So beautiful and such lovely people. But my first choice would be Ireland. I’m working on getting Irish citizenship because my paternal grandparents were born there … and I speak the language!
Céad míle fáilte Mary Beth!
We’ve our problems like every country, but Very Dull in comparison to there. The West of Ireland is like stepping back 50Years (a good thing) 💚
Maria, Dingle is my favorite place on Earth. I want my ashes spread there when I die … it’s my own version of Heaven!
Yes it’s Very Beautiful there… Hard to find an Awful part of the Island! From Giants Causeway - Bantry Bay STUNNING! 💚
Mandarin. The line forms to the left.
Yo tambien!
And your Portuguese!
"read somewhere on this platform" is one step up (maybe) from Fake News unless you've got reliable corroboration.
Sorry. Here.
https://substack.com/@ifloz/note/p-196401269?r=39x24&utm_medium=ios&utm_source=notes-share-action
I just found this site early this morning on another subject. It’s great!
I was thinking about learning Chinese. Because it’s likely I won’t be able to relocate.
Will the DOJ be going after magats who wrote/said "Let's Go Brandon" and the more direct "Fuck Biden" for attempted rape?
And drove around with images of Biden hog-tied on the back of their penis extensions? I mean, trucks? What about the gallows waiting for Pence’s neck on J 6? The hipocrisy.
Of course they're hypocrits. If they had any ability to self reflect, they would be ashamed. But they don't so here we are.
They definitely have short memories!! I can see Jan. 6 clearly to this day-oh my goodness 😮💨
Yes Diana — their memories are about as long as their penises (how long is a mushroom anyway?)
I think republicans refer to them as their “broomsticks”; which, of course, is a complete fabrication and exaggeration—and to be expected coming from them.
I post a Fuck Trump note every day. Should I be worried?
Keep up the good work, Sistah! I'm right there with you.
Maybe. I don't do things like that because you never know.
I’m willing to take the off-chance
Mournscrolling - it should be in the dictionary. Great photo, though. Wall St. guys have a new name for Donald - NACHO. Not A Chance Hormuz Opens.
Lol. I'll be walking down the road this afternoon humming "Nacho Nacho Man."
AWESOME Susanna!
Just did it. Now I've gotta write some more lyrics.
Pairs well with TACO doesn’t it
Today in Shit That Happened at Some Point on This Shitty Timeline, I Want to Say...Friday? Judicial confirmation hearings were happening and of the nominees, only ONE could answer correctly that the 22nd Amendment states that a president shall only serve for two terms and NONE of them would affirm on the record that Trump is ineligible to serve a third term.
So that's fun.
Post pics as often as you want but only as often as you can. <3
Thx for that bit about the 22nd. I'm paying attention, but a lot gets by me anyway. When we get through this, we're gonna need a book the size of the 9/11 Commission report to tell us what we missed.
There's too much. No one can get it all.
This is where Substack and other sources come in very, very handy!
They'll have to prop Trump up for a 3rd term. Because he's already decrepit. But his puppeteers might just position him in a chair behind bullet proof glass.
Also, he has Vance behind him who, I'm sure, will have something to say about Trump staying one second longer in the oval office.
He won't live long enough for a third term but he's already making noise about not leaving should the midterms go south. It's just incredibly messed up that SO many people would trample the Constitution for a loser like him.
Vance doesn't look like anywhere close to a sure thing, even for the Republicans. Neither does Rubio. Whaddya know, being a lickspittle toady doesn't inspire confidence in one's ability to be president!
Ahem, Jeff, exactly how do you know what's in a strip club buffet?
because I'm a RESPONSIBLE JOURNALIST AND EVERYTHING and it was my job to research this stuff back in the 1980s because I knew the knowledge would come in handy someday
Thank you for your attention to this matter, Jeff.
ok that's a perfect reply
🤣👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼👏🏼
😂
😂😂😂😂. Especially about the ravioli on the buffet.
Good answer Mister 🤭
👏👏🤣
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Touché Jeff! I’ve heard of fast women but I don’t think they’re as fast as you Jeff (well, except for my wife maybe) (no offense meant to any women in the audience)
I hear that there is a lot of glitter involved.
Drumpf's DOJ is trying to teach
That seashells on a beach
Constitute a threat
Which is ludicrous and yet
Isn't beyond a dictator's reach
👏👏👏👏Doc!
Good one! Poor Jeff. We have to glean what humor we can during these horrible times.
Hey, yeah - How do you know anything about that stuff, Jeff?
A friend told him. Yeah, that’s it.
👀
Asking for a friend…
Why do I get the horrible feeling that someone (probably miller) is whispering this shit into Trump's ear in hopes of manufacturing an excuse to drop a nuke?
Because you are paying attention.
yup! no question about it.
What a beautiful photo of Claudia and your daughter. Take comfort in the memories you are sharing with us. And thank you for sharing them.
Jeff, you take all the time you need to heal. Losing a soulmate, as Claudia so obviously was, is crushing. But if these substack posts help in the process, I want you to know we support every one!
That's a beautiful photo. I remember those days. Only post them when it's manageable for you, though.
That photo of Claudia and Kate brought tears to my eyes.
Me, too...
Meanwhile, Mark Carney is working his ass off to join the EU and cut the cord with the US for good. How could IS Canada?
I dont blame them.
We’re out of the loop on Hormuz on so much Jeff, like everything else. Have we even heard the definitive story yet of the Ballroom Assassin?
no. Tipsy Jeanine was on TV yesterday claiming she has proof that the would-be assassin shot first, but again: these people about EVERYTHING. who knows what to believe?
In the meantime, this week Trump attended the PGA tournament, visited the Villages in FL and has made a couple other public appearances since last weekend’s brush with death. I’d love for some brave soul to tell him that if he feels safe attending these events, he doesn’t need a fucking ballroom.
The fucking Epstein Memorial Dance Hall and Airplane Hangar is so fucking gigantic they could hold a PGA tournament in it.
Jeff, in case you haven’t seen it, Kathleen Weber (“As Time Goes By”) provided (yesterday evening) the NYT analysis frame-by-frame of the shots fired as the assailant came through security. Here’s a link to her Substack (she has a NYT gift link in it): https://kathleenweber.substack.com/p/nyt-finds-assailant-fired-first?r=2xnte&utm_medium=ios . I hope it works.
She’s her usual unprofessional blabbermouth self, talking about a case under investigation before the first hearing of any substance.
Definitive? With this buncha liars? Sure, just like what happened in Butler, PA, and the Kirk shooting, and fat fuck's medical records, etc., ad nauseum