I remember this because the graphic is classic. It was a surreal moment... didnt seem possible after all the full rallies and enthusiasm for Harris. I'll go to my grave thinking Elon fucked with the numbers.
You have to pay Boob Woodward nowadays before he will do it. Maybe Carl Bernstein. Fuck Jack Tapper, he should be buried open casket with a bag of dicks in his mouth.
Usually these things come out decades after the damage is done—but since Every Accusation is a Confession with these Fascist Scumbags, I totally believe Trump and his Billionaire Techbro Club did for real what he accused Democrats of doing....
That's why we need a Billionaire Tax, to PUNISH them for Donnie Pantload...and for all the benefits of taxing the superrich, too!
"It’s amazing how many working families protect the billionaires thinking they will one day be one"
::raises hand reluctantly:: I know, I used to be like that....
That's the illusion Americans are sold on, that if you work hard enough you too can be Elon Musk someday...assuming your Daddy has an emerald mine stashed somewhere! Even the "self-made" TechBros were able to afford to go to Ivy League schools (Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg) and/or knew people who could afford to invest in their crazy schemes (Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak) to the tune of several thousand dollars back when that was a major cash outlay.
Eventually we'll need someone to start blowing lids off stories like this.
Unfortunately, the conventional wisdom in the media is that the polling results were wrong -- never the election itself. Nothing to see here. Move along.
NPR published a story right after the 2024 election. They wrote: "Polling has underestimated Trump's support in the last three presidential elections."
Or was it the other way around? Anyway, it feels like I'm shouting into the void sometimes. But it's clear that Democrats need to win the White House by a landslide. They might get exactly that if trump and republicans continue their path of destruction. This is assuming there is an election, and I think there will be.
Well, the good news is NPR is state-sponsored media...and the bad news is NPR is state-sponsored media.
Though not so much these days—Thanks, Trump!
Now, brace for all the "reasonable" people who will tell you "It's all polling's fault" or "Our elections are secure"...in the hands of more Billionaires....
Also bothered by acceptance that in some districts where there were the same Russian bomb threats that NJ had in the election this week, they did not make up the time for when the polling places had to be shut down for several hours. NJ made sure that extra time was added on in the places where that happened this time. Putin is trying things to see what sticks. We cannot allow that to stand when it happens again.
"He was sent back because Satan didn't want the competition. Purgatory has a new resident."
::pushes glasses up nose:: Ak-tully..."Purgatory" is an intermediate step between Earth and Heaven and isn't as bad as Hell, at least according to Christian dogma.... ::snorts, glasses slide down::
I think that why Hell has nine circles—or seven if you're Islamic...or Jewish...or Korean.
I agree not one person called for an audit.. I do remember after the 2020 election republicans had endless audits and investigations. Like WTF democrats?
I will go to my grave thinking that if Democrats stood up and were not noble when the election was stolen from Al Gore by SCOTUS and Jeb Bush, and had protested and fought for justice, we would not be where we are either.
You are right on so many levels. And let's not spare our distaste for Ralph Nader who shitcanned a lifetime of good works and helped to usher-in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of otherwise innocent Iraqi civilians.
Agreed. I argued with friends who were voting for him that the next president would be appointing people to the Supreme Court and that was not going to be Nadar. I also said that Nadar if he could win, would not get anything done in the White House because he does not understand compromise. It fell on deaf ears, and then my ears were deaf to these friends as they tried to tell me, "Oh no, what have I done! I did not realize that things would be this bad"
There are those of us who have the imagination to see the future without ever having experienced the things we are thinking about firsthand, and those who need to experience things to understand that they can exist. That is the difference between those of us who voted for Kamala Harris, and those who voted for Trump or did not vote at all.
I worry that one or two of these justices will resign before 2026 installations in order to get some young longer term conservative judges installed. Did the Dems learn anything from the RBG script?
These conservative justices might resign, but then we need a blue wave in 2026 to have Congress block them, and then a blue wave in 2028 to have a pres who will expand the court along with a Congress that will support that.
Dems needs to do what Republicans have done since the 1930s which is fund liberal instead of conservative think tanks to do their policy pushing and push it into the media. Dems also need to own media channels. Let us get rid of all televangelists, and make them go on Zoom if they want to have an audience. Perhaps that might be a medium for Democratic messengers to get their message out, like Red, Wine and Blue, but more organizations like that.
The ball is in their court though. If Alito and Thomas retire Speaker Johnson will do what McConnell did to orchestrate the timeline at Trump’s behest. Shhh don’t give Trump any ideas.
Yes, I am with you there.I am not a big conspiracy theorist but something wasn’t quite right with the election results. I know nothing can be done and that’s ok but no one will ever be able to convince me that Elon and friends didn’t do some sort of satellite trickery or some other fuckage. Too many things did not add up.Anyway, when has Little Donnie ever NOT cheated anyway??
Since day one I've called this coup a state capture sprinkled with necropolitics. These whores of humanity will pimp out their own sons and daughters for power. The only cure for this pathological political system is irrelevance. Now, they are stepping on their own dicks because we won. The shit is only going to get deeper and fucking crazier. Give them enough rope and they'll finish the job. Can't wait for the hangings. Pass the popcorn and beer.
Fucking Republican recessions!! The last one almost killed me. My do-overs are dried up. I've got a houseful these days and I'm spending a $1000.00 on groceries every month. We don't eat out. We all love to cook. At least we'll eat well as we feel the oligarchs step on our necks and flush democracy down the toilet and children's dreams with it.
I keep focusing on all the witty and intelligent folks that live in our country ,Mr. Tiedrich heading up the list, and not the complete imbeciles that whine and create useless noise. We are the majority, they just squeak louder and have the MSM's ears.
The photo you lead with is analogous for what is going on with the country. People are suffering and government as we once knew it is imploding while the current President adopts the thousand yard stare .
I seriously believe his state of mind was, "nobody wants to see that." He cares so little about his fellow humans that when one is down & in a moment of crisis (or disabled like the wounded veterans he didn't want at his military parade), he looks away because HE doesn't want to see it. I'm certain he was thinking only about himself.
Exactly where my thoughts went. "Donald Trump once boasted of how he refused to help an 80-year-old man who had fallen off a stage and seriously hit his head":
'...and a man, about 80 years old – very wealthy man, a lot of people didn’t like him – he fell off the stage. So what happens is, this guy falls off right on his face, hits his head, and I thought he died. And you know what I did? I said, “Oh my God, that’s disgusting,” and I turned away.'"
Totally agree, George. He looks like a robot that powered down after a few minutes of inactivity. Nobody home in there. And THIS guy has the football!!
Jeff, Can I run a feature on our publication of like your angriest, best, and most viscerally written posts? I promise to refer all that traffic back to you.
I have a few regular of your posts that I pull from just for inspiration, specially on those days when I just dont have the strength to write a damn thing.
I have been learning more about who belongs in that Dumbfuckistan group. It will include person interviewed by the Guardian who is blaming Dems for the cutbacks in planes flying because of the lack of Air traffic controllers who are not getting paid.
It includes anyone in the military who voted for Trump and thinks the Dems are the cause of them not getting their SNAP benefits now. Here are two articles on Germans feeding US military who are not getting SNAP Benefits. They say that the US government told soldiers to seek food at Food banks in Germany, and listed them, and then took that list down.
So, now the German people and government are having to step in and feed people and provide medical aid to those in the US military who should getting SNAP benefits because DT does not want to release the legally available money to do so. DT has never been human, and he is certainly not Humane!
I am glad you told us about this, Linda. I only learned recently that many of our military rely on SNAP. That those stationed in Germany were told to go to German food banks is a Hegseth/Stephen Miller level of contempt. Quite a shock, but not really a surprise.
1) my husband will not support a tax boycott, and we don't want the US government taking our home, our pension funds, or our bank accounts, or our social security. That is what they can take from us if we don't pay taxes. We need to find a way around this. A Blue County secession.
I know. I’m not giving until the very last minute. The creeps may find a way to pry it from my hands any way. What little discretionary funds I have I’m donating to worthy nonprofits like Planned Parenthood and Feed the Children so it reduces what I must pay to Uncle Sam.
I just read it again. Absolutely RIGHT ON!! IN SPADES! I am still ANGRY about all of it! So many dickheads not doing what they should have to stop him.
Ugh, just reread it. Wish I hadn't. I'm going back to feeling happy about Tuesday's coast to coast ass-kicking now. I miss this feeling. But we'll get it back. Keeping working hard, keep protesting, keep volunteering if you can. We got this next year, and in 2028. The American people didn't just vote on Tuesday, they screamed out loud how much they fucking HHHHAAAAAAAAAATE what this administration has done so far. Now go outside & play, do something you love. You too, Jeff & Mrs. Spouse. Have a great weekend everyone!!!!! xoxoxoxo
I knew when the POS returned to the White House, it was going to worse than last time. However, it never crossed my mind that it was going to be the giant shit show that it is. America is totally fucked.
We went from the prophet Isaiah’s Jerusalem hate-fest apostasy to the Book of Revelation’s eschatological day of destruction. Satan (orange in our case) was the common thread.
I didn’t see it at the time because I honestly couldn’t get out of bed that day. I turned off politics for the next three months. I was completely exhausted and depressed. Then I got angry, found Jeff and here we are.
As a member of the Dumbfuckistan nation, (even though I voted for Harris and did all I could to support the Cause) I enjoyed that post. There are a lot of us, living in Dumbfuckis tan and doing the best we can behind enemy lines.
I would love to wear that graphic as a t-shirt, particularly here in Germany, where it could serve to help the population to better understand what is going on in the US.
Democrats Abroad in Germany are discussing these articles on Germans feeding US military who are not getting SNAP Benefits. It says that the US government told soldiers to seek food at Food banks in Germany, and listed them, and then took that list down.
So, now the German people are having to step in and feed people and provide medical aid to those in the US military who should getting SNAP benefits because DT does not want to release the legally available money to do so. DT has never been human, and he is certainly not Humane!
He is an abject narcissist. And he has had a stroke, the regime is hiding it and the main stream state media is providing cover and being absolutely feckless.
He will not last 3 years. No one gets “a routine MRI.” That just doesn’t happen, full stop.
Everything on the right side of his body is fucked: droopy face, elephant hand (look at his brain dead photo from yesterday - compare hands), speech slurring, and just like Jeff says “narcoleptic.”
These are all markers of a vascular episode, ie: a stroke.
There is NOT enough noise happening around how we are all victims to the whims of someone completely out of their mental capacity. It’s fully fucked.
That makes me MAD! Let’s just say dopey or ice found a Latino on the street and they say ‘well our prez said go there and beg for food’ you know if you want to eat something. It makes me think of that sandwich (full of explosives you never know) anyway the value of food is the point. It’s a sickening feeling to waste food no matter what! When we were kids we always said “There’s children who n Biafrica starving you know”. Esposa and I were talking earlier about the sandwich felon and laughing our asses off about it but to the hungry it is a crime. Ms Boxwine is still a good joke anyway.
I think it’s more that Russell Vought pushed for that. Not that Donny wouldn’t go along, but he’s busy putting up signs, just like at his hotels, while the people with 2 brain cells to rub together plot the cruelty,
Oh I agree, and like Jeff has spoken about a lot, it is fully elder abuse.
He’s a meat puppet with one fat cankle in the grave and the other swollen cankle on a banana peel.
We have to remember the cruelty — and the end game of Heritage and all its players like Vought and Roberts — is the point.
They are following Project 2025 page by page. It’s why I write about Project 2025 and this evil regime. So we can at least be aware and not get knocked down by the cruelty at every turn, because there are many more turns to come.
This is what the pricktator was elected to do. Ignore any thing people claim about "anti-war" or "groceries." This is the real reason. You have to do things like this when you are addicted to sadopopulism. It's what MAGA wants. As long as they can starve and hurt people, presumably some of the minorities they hate will be included in that.
Haha! Pricktator! I love it! Ok if I steal that for my next article I write? 😂😁
And I do agree, their hate and fear can drive them pretty far. But we are wired as humans to survive, so eventually the cognitive dissonance will become too overwhelming — even for them.
This same story happens across history, and it never ends well for those trying to uphold evil. We have proof of that, it’s why they try SO HARD to rewrite the narrative and history. Because it ALWAYS fails.
It sucks being in the middle of it, but do realize there is an end, that allows space for hope to stay alive, and hopefully curtail its trajectory.
I came here to say just that! We all knew that he would appeal the ruling but I wondered if “the optics” of doubling down to inflict hunger upon our neighbors would give him pause. Of course not!
And on the heels of a colossal lose against the Republicans.
Do realize this, his abject cruelty and stupidity and hubris around all this will cause (as it already has) massive fractures and in fighting within his own party.
That is an absolute advantage we can use. So it’s not all bad! People REALLY wake up when they are starving.
There are way more of us then there are of them. Zohran’s win against billionaires showed us that this week.
One has to assume that the refusal to follow the court order on the SNAP funds is, in addition to Donnie Demento's usual exhibition of Oppositional Defiance Disorder, meant to be a punishment because of the Election Day results.
True, I hadn’t thought of it that way. He is very childish, and fully aware it was a referendum on him — even though he said “he wasn’t on the ballot.”
He’s super dumb, but I think even his brain dead lump of gelatinous pudding between his ears can see that it was a sweeping victory for Dems — and against him and his policies.
It’s about the cruelty. He is literally starving children. There is NO rationale for this. NONE. There is no political point being made. There is no money being saved. He is simply starving children because his limp dick won’t allow him to rape them anymore. The sooner this shithead lumbers his stinky, ugly, fat ass off this mortal coil, the better we will all be. The whole world. Die you fucking piece of shit. DIE!!!
We cannot forget that the president of the US of A has late stage dementia, possibly Alzheimer's. This cannot be stated enough. He is literally dead to the regime, which is being run by sadists. They throw shit in front of him, whisper to him in his sleep, and he complies like a fucking zombie.
They are and were fine examples of caring, empathetic, humane people! OMG, how I wish that we in our country had reconciled our godawful problem with racism and American exceptionalism and white privilege 😢😢
Narcissists don’t have the capacity to be self-deprecating, or to laugh, or to acknowledge when they’ve made an error. His obscenely wealthy parents should have invested in serious psychotherapy for him.
I was making the point that I don’t like the way transgender people are treated under this regime. A transgender person would be totally capable of being President regardless of tRump
I was going to reply, "Uh, duh," but then I thought about, fuck, I don't know her chosen name...Jenner, the athlete. Big fucking MAGAt. Still an improvement over ill douché.
Right? I mean, sure, I guess weight loss drugs can be life saving since extreme obesity can lead to other health problems, but aren't there more important life saving drugs that he could try to lower the cost of that would help more people? I take 5, count 'em, 5 prescription medicines for my heart condition. Two of them cost over $800.00 each WITH my insurance. You can't find a way to make those affordable? At least the next time I'm due for a refill of one those drugs, it looks like there's now a generic that might be more affordable.
On the subject of him appealing the order to fully fund SNAP benefits for November, they're saying they don't have the money. Have they tried looking on the "tariff shelf". They seem to be continually finding money there.
I agree -- he has Ozempic Face that hangs in folds like bedroom curtains. Too bad he wiped out the drug cost reduction negotiated by Biden for insulin (a drug actually needed to save lives) as one of his first EOs after getting re-sworn into office.
That was my theory when he suddenly appeared to have lost tonnage during the 2024 campaign. But I think he is no longer taking one of those drugs, because he's gotten fatter since then. He probably had to stop because of some serious side effects.
Dr Shitwizzard of Oz, also said the weight loss drugs would see Americans lose 135 billion pounds by next Election Day. As Stephen Colbert points out.. that’s 393 pounds per person! The lies are getting more and more stupid.
Couple the U.S. Ozempic Olympics statistics with the millions of fentanyl addicts whose lives have been saved by illegally bombing Venezuelan fishing boats. We're gonna need a bigger universe of numbers!
Can we talk about the dude who passed out in the Oval Office from the poop smell? Can we ask where the fuck RFK Jr. ran to (when he ran out of the room), and can we talk about all the other shit that happened yesterday?
I'd like to assume he ran out of the room to find medical assistance, but somehow I suspect he skedaddled for other reasons. Maybe sick people make him squeamish?
Ooo that was a good one Wendy big yucks from me, somebody should also ask rfkjr “What the fuck is wrong with you?” When Tim Walz MN governor said they are just weird he was so dead on really putting it on a loop would do us all good. It’s the straightest truest statement from that election.
RFK Jr. probably hates weight-loss drugs, he's such a Nature Boy. Remember, he's been hating on the pharmaceutical industry for over a decade. Want to lose weight? Just drop a couple of live frogs or mice into the blender.
Since RFK is a pathetic lying fake medical “expert”, that fucking heroin-addled coward didn’t want any Good Samaritan Laws invoked against him. Of course the word “Good” immediately disqualifies that tapioca-with-worm brained son of a bitch. 😡
I think the guy who fainted was trump's official taster--and RFK-J knew it *and* had eaten the same food, so he ran out to get ipecac to induce puking.
Yes, Charles, for years it will be studied. Slow mo stranger in the background was a ghost, hidden is a man on a rooftop and was there two sandwiches then they cut the film and put a non-exploded one on the ground. I foresee big thick books raising new questions for decades plus Boxwine lied it was her framing the patsy!
They keep paying the ICE goons, as they get priority over starving children. God forbid the exploding sandwich liar would ever have to remove his Gestapo mask to eat a thoughtfully served but slightly bent, deliciously fragrant sandwich
While the criminal elect fills me with disgust, I have to say, his so-called approach to “Dr.” Oz, ignoring him and then falling asleep, is the correct approach to anything the fake doctor has to say.
The Orange Pustule can't stand for someone to out-grand-stand him, especially someone who is out victiming him. People were paying attention to the dude who fainted, NOT the OP. Oh, my, poor Donny Fuckweasle. Poooooooor, Poooooor Donny Baby. /snark/
As I just wrote on another forum, Donnie Dimwit appears to have a real horror of sick people, and in particular, disabled people. He's downright terrified of disabled people. You may recall that he's tried to keep wounded veterans out of his military parades, especially those who have lost limbs. He seems to just be repulsed by the sight of them. Whether that's a lack of empathy or a result of some childhood trauma, I don't know, but it's definitely real.
Guarantee when he announces that all disabled people are to be sent to the gulag because "well LOOK at them, they're SCARY" the cult will shrug and say "well... he's not wrong.. Ok by me!" 🙄
To the Republicans the only good disabled (or elderly or unemployed) person is one who is dead. They're going to manufacture the same bullshit budget crisis/government shutdown next year and then Social Security and SSI will be on the line. This is Project 2025 gamesmanship.
one year ago today: two days after Donny was elected, the angriest post I ever wrote
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/welcome-to-these-united-states-of
I remember this because the graphic is classic. It was a surreal moment... didnt seem possible after all the full rallies and enthusiasm for Harris. I'll go to my grave thinking Elon fucked with the numbers.
There was fuckery going on for sure. Elmo, Thiel, and others.
Susan: I agree. Maybe in years ahead, some eagle eye journalist will bring truth out?
You have to pay Boob Woodward nowadays before he will do it. Maybe Carl Bernstein. Fuck Jack Tapper, he should be buried open casket with a bag of dicks in his mouth.
Orange ones!
doubt it
Usually these things come out decades after the damage is done—but since Every Accusation is a Confession with these Fascist Scumbags, I totally believe Trump and his Billionaire Techbro Club did for real what he accused Democrats of doing....
That's why we need a Billionaire Tax, to PUNISH them for Donnie Pantload...and for all the benefits of taxing the superrich, too!
It’s amazing how many working families protect the billionaires thinking they will one day be one
"..thinking they will one day be one". Genius.
That's all of us dipshits here in the land of the free - I'm going to be so rich one day so don't fuck my future super fortunate self.
You nailed it on the head.
"It’s amazing how many working families protect the billionaires thinking they will one day be one"
::raises hand reluctantly:: I know, I used to be like that....
That's the illusion Americans are sold on, that if you work hard enough you too can be Elon Musk someday...assuming your Daddy has an emerald mine stashed somewhere! Even the "self-made" TechBros were able to afford to go to Ivy League schools (Bill Gates, Mark Zuckerberg) and/or knew people who could afford to invest in their crazy schemes (Steve Jobs, Steve Wozniak) to the tune of several thousand dollars back when that was a major cash outlay.
We can always hope.
Eventually we'll need someone to start blowing lids off stories like this.
Unfortunately, the conventional wisdom in the media is that the polling results were wrong -- never the election itself. Nothing to see here. Move along.
NPR published a story right after the 2024 election. They wrote: "Polling has underestimated Trump's support in the last three presidential elections."
Or was it the other way around? Anyway, it feels like I'm shouting into the void sometimes. But it's clear that Democrats need to win the White House by a landslide. They might get exactly that if trump and republicans continue their path of destruction. This is assuming there is an election, and I think there will be.
Well, the good news is NPR is state-sponsored media...and the bad news is NPR is state-sponsored media.
Though not so much these days—Thanks, Trump!
Now, brace for all the "reasonable" people who will tell you "It's all polling's fault" or "Our elections are secure"...in the hands of more Billionaires....
Well, given the repubs purchase slanted far right polls, that don't allow for a good answer. Like: how much do you love Master trump? A) A lot
B) more than that.
or C) He's the messiah and I'm tithing him everything I have.
A number of individuals and groups have already published analyses. See, for example, Election Truth Alliance.
https://electiontruthalliance.org/
Just posted a piece you might find interesting DR…
I will never understand why nobody called for any recounts. I don't want to believe in the Uniparty theory, but...
Also bothered by acceptance that in some districts where there were the same Russian bomb threats that NJ had in the election this week, they did not make up the time for when the polling places had to be shut down for several hours. NJ made sure that extra time was added on in the places where that happened this time. Putin is trying things to see what sticks. We cannot allow that to stand when it happens again.
Agree it was called way too quick,ly and they made it look like the margins were big enough to ignore.
It’s like the hanging chads that brought us George and dick.
RIP Dick. How's Hell treating you?
He was sent back because Satan didn't want the competition. Purgatory has a new resident.
"He was sent back because Satan didn't want the competition. Purgatory has a new resident."
::pushes glasses up nose:: Ak-tully..."Purgatory" is an intermediate step between Earth and Heaven and isn't as bad as Hell, at least according to Christian dogma.... ::snorts, glasses slide down::
I think that why Hell has nine circles—or seven if you're Islamic...or Jewish...or Korean.
SCOTUS and Heritage Foundation fuckery is still happening today Angie!
I agree not one person called for an audit.. I do remember after the 2020 election republicans had endless audits and investigations. Like WTF democrats?
100% true. There was definitely fuckery, as our favorite writer would say.
Fuckery, and to use a Shakespeare word, "foolery."
Foolery sounds so much more benign. I'm not feeling generous.
I will go to my grave thinking that if Democrats stood up and were not noble when the election was stolen from Al Gore by SCOTUS and Jeb Bush, and had protested and fought for justice, we would not be where we are either.
You are right on so many levels. And let's not spare our distaste for Ralph Nader who shitcanned a lifetime of good works and helped to usher-in the deaths of hundreds of thousands of otherwise innocent Iraqi civilians.
Agreed. I argued with friends who were voting for him that the next president would be appointing people to the Supreme Court and that was not going to be Nadar. I also said that Nadar if he could win, would not get anything done in the White House because he does not understand compromise. It fell on deaf ears, and then my ears were deaf to these friends as they tried to tell me, "Oh no, what have I done! I did not realize that things would be this bad"
There are those of us who have the imagination to see the future without ever having experienced the things we are thinking about firsthand, and those who need to experience things to understand that they can exist. That is the difference between those of us who voted for Kamala Harris, and those who voted for Trump or did not vote at all.
OMG, Ralph Eternal Fool-of-himself Nader. It burns. Oh, how it burns. I can hear Cher singing, "If I could turn back time..."
And then Bush went on to appoint John Roberts and Sam Alito to SCOTUS! How different our world would be without those two!
I worry that one or two of these justices will resign before 2026 installations in order to get some young longer term conservative judges installed. Did the Dems learn anything from the RBG script?
These conservative justices might resign, but then we need a blue wave in 2026 to have Congress block them, and then a blue wave in 2028 to have a pres who will expand the court along with a Congress that will support that.
Dems needs to do what Republicans have done since the 1930s which is fund liberal instead of conservative think tanks to do their policy pushing and push it into the media. Dems also need to own media channels. Let us get rid of all televangelists, and make them go on Zoom if they want to have an audience. Perhaps that might be a medium for Democratic messengers to get their message out, like Red, Wine and Blue, but more organizations like that.
And we have to go after campaign finance reform.
The ball is in their court though. If Alito and Thomas retire Speaker Johnson will do what McConnell did to orchestrate the timeline at Trump’s behest. Shhh don’t give Trump any ideas.
Yup!
I AGREE! I’ll never understand it.
Yes, I am with you there.I am not a big conspiracy theorist but something wasn’t quite right with the election results. I know nothing can be done and that’s ok but no one will ever be able to convince me that Elon and friends didn’t do some sort of satellite trickery or some other fuckage. Too many things did not add up.Anyway, when has Little Donnie ever NOT cheated anyway??
Exactly.
Wow, fuckage. I like it. As we stand in the fuckage of our country...
Jeff, I will also be in the grave with you. That election was totally manipulated.
You know he fucked with the algorithms. He did it
... and meanwhile, Donnie Demento had trouble filling half a motel ballroom, and most of the audience left long before he stopped ... weaving.
Yeah, I don't buy it either.
Totally agree with that Susan!
100%. And I’m not a conspiracy theorist
I agree, Susan. We talked about it at lunch, I’ll never be convinced it wasn’t rigged either.
And now Elon was rewarded by his shareholders for all his antics and poor performance
FFS! Yes. What is wrong with these people???
Since day one I've called this coup a state capture sprinkled with necropolitics. These whores of humanity will pimp out their own sons and daughters for power. The only cure for this pathological political system is irrelevance. Now, they are stepping on their own dicks because we won. The shit is only going to get deeper and fucking crazier. Give them enough rope and they'll finish the job. Can't wait for the hangings. Pass the popcorn and beer.
Will there be any money left in the bank when this era is over?
Fucking Republican recessions!! The last one almost killed me. My do-overs are dried up. I've got a houseful these days and I'm spending a $1000.00 on groceries every month. We don't eat out. We all love to cook. At least we'll eat well as we feel the oligarchs step on our necks and flush democracy down the toilet and children's dreams with it.
I wanna sit next to you and watch and drink beer! 😂😂
You and me, and my gummies make three. 😅
Should probably have read this good post from yesterday about election fraud Susan:
https://open.substack.com/pub/thiswillhold/p/she-won-part-ii-seven-judges-direct?r=qvheo&utm_medium=ios
THANK YOU for sharing this…will read!
I also believe there are plenty of independent journalists out there who may well uncover the truth, beyond mainstream media.
Election Truth Alliance just issued a new report yesterday as well. Of course it’s a count in my state!
this will hold has been offering this information for quite a while. It all adds up. One state is doing a recount right now.
Very reluctantly, I feel the same as well.
I saw that one poster said about the sandwich guy “He beat the wrap!” Classic!! I love it!
Assault with a breadly weapon!
😂
Don't Bread On Me!
I keep focusing on all the witty and intelligent folks that live in our country ,Mr. Tiedrich heading up the list, and not the complete imbeciles that whine and create useless noise. We are the majority, they just squeak louder and have the MSM's ears.
HAHAH!!!
Bunch of bologna.
The photo you lead with is analogous for what is going on with the country. People are suffering and government as we once knew it is imploding while the current President adopts the thousand yard stare .
I seriously believe his state of mind was, "nobody wants to see that." He cares so little about his fellow humans that when one is down & in a moment of crisis (or disabled like the wounded veterans he didn't want at his military parade), he looks away because HE doesn't want to see it. I'm certain he was thinking only about himself.
I think the guy fainted after Donnie emitted a particularly pungent cloud of his own special miasma.
LOL!!
😂😂😂
Exactly where my thoughts went. "Donald Trump once boasted of how he refused to help an 80-year-old man who had fallen off a stage and seriously hit his head":
'...and a man, about 80 years old – very wealthy man, a lot of people didn’t like him – he fell off the stage. So what happens is, this guy falls off right on his face, hits his head, and I thought he died. And you know what I did? I said, “Oh my God, that’s disgusting,” and I turned away.'"
https://uk.news.yahoo.com/donald-trump-says-turned-back-dying-80-year-old-man-disgusting-092830884.html
He’s repugnant…
I'm thinking that could be his kryptonite. Someone taking away his camera angle. He totally glitched out.
Absolutely
What Lawrence said:
Lawrence: Trump looking away from a man in need should be the portrait for his second term
https://www.msnbc.com/the-last-word/watch/lawrence-trump-looking-away-from-a-man-in-need-should-be-the-portrait-for-his-second-term-251519557804
Totally agree, George. He looks like a robot that powered down after a few minutes of inactivity. Nobody home in there. And THIS guy has the football!!
https://www.facebook.com/photo/?fbid=10162589395558462&set=a.81776243461
Sad truth george!
That left a scar that I’m keeping fresh and raw until we finally rid ourselves of these creeps.
Jeff, Can I run a feature on our publication of like your angriest, best, and most viscerally written posts? I promise to refer all that traffic back to you.
i can't think of a reason to say no
Oh, I promise you, itll be beautiful.
I asked, you said yes, so I did it.
I have a few regular of your posts that I pull from just for inspiration, specially on those days when I just dont have the strength to write a damn thing.
Dont hate me.
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/an-ode-to-jeff-tiedrich-because-everyone-is-entitled-to-my-opinion-of-him
Chef’s kiss, Wendy!
Thank you much
I have been learning more about who belongs in that Dumbfuckistan group. It will include person interviewed by the Guardian who is blaming Dems for the cutbacks in planes flying because of the lack of Air traffic controllers who are not getting paid.
https://www.theguardian.com/world/2025/nov/06/us-40-airports-traffic-reduced?utm_term=690ded56d5ccf1d52c0f1a41d9bc8392&utm_campaign=USMorningBriefing&utm_source=esp&utm_medium=Email&CMP=usbriefing_email
It includes anyone in the military who voted for Trump and thinks the Dems are the cause of them not getting their SNAP benefits now. Here are two articles on Germans feeding US military who are not getting SNAP Benefits. They say that the US government told soldiers to seek food at Food banks in Germany, and listed them, and then took that list down.
https://www.dw.com/en/us-troops-given-german-food-bank-advice-amid-shutdown/a-74633962
However, this article still has an archive of the list.
https://www.404media.co/army-tells-soldiers-to-go-to-german-food-bank-then-deletes-it/
So, now the German people and government are having to step in and feed people and provide medical aid to those in the US military who should getting SNAP benefits because DT does not want to release the legally available money to do so. DT has never been human, and he is certainly not Humane!
I am glad you told us about this, Linda. I only learned recently that many of our military rely on SNAP. That those stationed in Germany were told to go to German food banks is a Hegseth/Stephen Miller level of contempt. Quite a shock, but not really a surprise.
Carol, read this piece from Lucian Truscott about his experience in the military and SNAP.
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/how-i-learned-that-having-enough
This was where I learned about it! I recommend it to anyone.
I'm a subscriber. He is a wonderful writer.
Excuse me! Please remind me why I must submit my federal taxes in April 2026.
The only reason I am submitting them is that
1) my husband will not support a tax boycott, and we don't want the US government taking our home, our pension funds, or our bank accounts, or our social security. That is what they can take from us if we don't pay taxes. We need to find a way around this. A Blue County secession.
I know. I’m not giving until the very last minute. The creeps may find a way to pry it from my hands any way. What little discretionary funds I have I’m donating to worthy nonprofits like Planned Parenthood and Feed the Children so it reduces what I must pay to Uncle Sam.
I just read it again. Absolutely RIGHT ON!! IN SPADES! I am still ANGRY about all of it! So many dickheads not doing what they should have to stop him.
Ugh, just reread it. Wish I hadn't. I'm going back to feeling happy about Tuesday's coast to coast ass-kicking now. I miss this feeling. But we'll get it back. Keeping working hard, keep protesting, keep volunteering if you can. We got this next year, and in 2028. The American people didn't just vote on Tuesday, they screamed out loud how much they fucking HHHHAAAAAAAAAATE what this administration has done so far. Now go outside & play, do something you love. You too, Jeff & Mrs. Spouse. Have a great weekend everyone!!!!! xoxoxoxo
I knew when the POS returned to the White House, it was going to worse than last time. However, it never crossed my mind that it was going to be the giant shit show that it is. America is totally fucked.
We went from the prophet Isaiah’s Jerusalem hate-fest apostasy to the Book of Revelation’s eschatological day of destruction. Satan (orange in our case) was the common thread.
I didn’t see it at the time because I honestly couldn’t get out of bed that day. I turned off politics for the next three months. I was completely exhausted and depressed. Then I got angry, found Jeff and here we are.
As a member of the Dumbfuckistan nation, (even though I voted for Harris and did all I could to support the Cause) I enjoyed that post. There are a lot of us, living in Dumbfuckis tan and doing the best we can behind enemy lines.
I would love to wear that graphic as a t-shirt, particularly here in Germany, where it could serve to help the population to better understand what is going on in the US.
It was excellent! And expressed the way so many of us in tears felt that day! <3 P S I am happy to say that I am a Mainer!
Shortly after that election I went on a trip to Cuba. Instead of enjoying my trip all I could think was so this is what a dictatorship is like.
Great insight.
I felt every one of those words in your Substack!!
And it still resonates today. Unfortunately. 💔🇺🇸
He’s actually fucking APPEALING the SNAP ruling to NOT FEED AMERICANS!
We can’t even classify him as human anymore. He’s not.
We cant live like this, we really just cant.
He doesn’t want us to “live” he wants us to survive or die. It doesn’t affect him, and he doesn’t care.
We have to care about each other, it’s our job, now more than ever, to keep our focus on community and organizing.
Wendy, yes.He has got to go.And very soon.
So true Wendy 🤨
Democrats Abroad in Germany are discussing these articles on Germans feeding US military who are not getting SNAP Benefits. It says that the US government told soldiers to seek food at Food banks in Germany, and listed them, and then took that list down.
https://www.dw.com/en/us-troops-given-german-food-bank-advice-amid-shutdown/a-74633962
However, this article still has an archive of the list.
https://www.404media.co/army-tells-soldiers-to-go-to-german-food-bank-then-deletes-it/
So, now the German people are having to step in and feed people and provide medical aid to those in the US military who should getting SNAP benefits because DT does not want to release the legally available money to do so. DT has never been human, and he is certainly not Humane!
He is an abject narcissist. And he has had a stroke, the regime is hiding it and the main stream state media is providing cover and being absolutely feckless.
He will not last 3 years. No one gets “a routine MRI.” That just doesn’t happen, full stop.
Everything on the right side of his body is fucked: droopy face, elephant hand (look at his brain dead photo from yesterday - compare hands), speech slurring, and just like Jeff says “narcoleptic.”
These are all markers of a vascular episode, ie: a stroke.
There is NOT enough noise happening around how we are all victims to the whims of someone completely out of their mental capacity. It’s fully fucked.
The media is mute on Trump's flaws, which is all he has.
And that can only hold him up for so long.
Tick tock Orange motherfucker. Tick Tock.
Here is a piece by Lucian Truscott illustrating why US military needs SNAP.
https://luciantruscott.substack.com/p/how-i-learned-that-having-enough
Thank you for this very sickening and appalling information. It’s the GERMAN airlift to US troops in Germany.
I assume this was posted on other US military bases in other countries as well. It is crazy.
WTAF???
That makes me MAD! Let’s just say dopey or ice found a Latino on the street and they say ‘well our prez said go there and beg for food’ you know if you want to eat something. It makes me think of that sandwich (full of explosives you never know) anyway the value of food is the point. It’s a sickening feeling to waste food no matter what! When we were kids we always said “There’s children who n Biafrica starving you know”. Esposa and I were talking earlier about the sandwich felon and laughing our asses off about it but to the hungry it is a crime. Ms Boxwine is still a good joke anyway.
Well said Linda!
I think it’s more that Russell Vought pushed for that. Not that Donny wouldn’t go along, but he’s busy putting up signs, just like at his hotels, while the people with 2 brain cells to rub together plot the cruelty,
Oh I agree, and like Jeff has spoken about a lot, it is fully elder abuse.
He’s a meat puppet with one fat cankle in the grave and the other swollen cankle on a banana peel.
We have to remember the cruelty — and the end game of Heritage and all its players like Vought and Roberts — is the point.
They are following Project 2025 page by page. It’s why I write about Project 2025 and this evil regime. So we can at least be aware and not get knocked down by the cruelty at every turn, because there are many more turns to come.
Try reptilian.
Please don't insult reptiles!!!
😂😂
This is what the pricktator was elected to do. Ignore any thing people claim about "anti-war" or "groceries." This is the real reason. You have to do things like this when you are addicted to sadopopulism. It's what MAGA wants. As long as they can starve and hurt people, presumably some of the minorities they hate will be included in that.
Haha! Pricktator! I love it! Ok if I steal that for my next article I write? 😂😁
And I do agree, their hate and fear can drive them pretty far. But we are wired as humans to survive, so eventually the cognitive dissonance will become too overwhelming — even for them.
This same story happens across history, and it never ends well for those trying to uphold evil. We have proof of that, it’s why they try SO HARD to rewrite the narrative and history. Because it ALWAYS fails.
It sucks being in the middle of it, but do realize there is an end, that allows space for hope to stay alive, and hopefully curtail its trajectory.
I got "pricktator" from Stephen Colbert. It's allowed me to not have to type this foul, sadistic creature's name for over a year now.
Haha! LOVE it! And LOVE Colbert! I will use the term with abandon then also! Bc, like you, I HATE using his name.
They illegally spent the money, it’s gone…
As I have said repeatedly, is what makes Trump a fascist is he views his main goal is to rob the people of his country blind.
It went to Argentina. Great, just great.
I came here to say just that! We all knew that he would appeal the ruling but I wondered if “the optics” of doubling down to inflict hunger upon our neighbors would give him pause. Of course not!
And on the heels of a colossal lose against the Republicans.
Do realize this, his abject cruelty and stupidity and hubris around all this will cause (as it already has) massive fractures and in fighting within his own party.
That is an absolute advantage we can use. So it’s not all bad! People REALLY wake up when they are starving.
There are way more of us then there are of them. Zohran’s win against billionaires showed us that this week.
One has to assume that the refusal to follow the court order on the SNAP funds is, in addition to Donnie Demento's usual exhibition of Oppositional Defiance Disorder, meant to be a punishment because of the Election Day results.
True, I hadn’t thought of it that way. He is very childish, and fully aware it was a referendum on him — even though he said “he wasn’t on the ballot.”
He’s super dumb, but I think even his brain dead lump of gelatinous pudding between his ears can see that it was a sweeping victory for Dems — and against him and his policies.
It’s about the cruelty. He is literally starving children. There is NO rationale for this. NONE. There is no political point being made. There is no money being saved. He is simply starving children because his limp dick won’t allow him to rape them anymore. The sooner this shithead lumbers his stinky, ugly, fat ass off this mortal coil, the better we will all be. The whole world. Die you fucking piece of shit. DIE!!!
EXACTLY!! 💯
I cannot WAIT for him to be gone. His legacy is a shit stain trailing across the timeline of humanity.
A case study in how “not” to be a human.
I do not believe in heaven or hell. I do believe in atonement for one’s lived life once they must step into the shoes of a new life.
His next life? He will be trapped in the body of a nonverbal paraplegic. Only able to communicate by barely wiggling his tongue.
And he will live to a ripe old age in that personal prison.
Thinking that keeps me going.
We cannot forget that the president of the US of A has late stage dementia, possibly Alzheimer's. This cannot be stated enough. He is literally dead to the regime, which is being run by sadists. They throw shit in front of him, whisper to him in his sleep, and he complies like a fucking zombie.
How can “Christians” think this is acceptable? Wait— don’t answer that.
We haven't been able to classify him as human for a long, long time.
Important note: Obama's quip was self-deprecating which makes it even better!
you know what? I meant to point that out, and forgot — so thanks for mentioning it
AND giving somebody else credit for the "nice catch!" rump would NEVER!
I miss him.
And Michelle too!
OH YES! Smart and classy.
They are and were fine examples of caring, empathetic, humane people! OMG, how I wish that we in our country had reconciled our godawful problem with racism and American exceptionalism and white privilege 😢😢
👍
Narcissists don’t have the capacity to be self-deprecating, or to laugh, or to acknowledge when they’ve made an error. His obscenely wealthy parents should have invested in serious psychotherapy for him.
Who needs "affordable" weight-loss drugs when starvation is just around the corner?
Right. I can starve (and Trump wants that anyway, because you know, Trans woman, and he doesnt want us to live much less survive).
I’d rather have a trans person running the country than donnie!
I was making the point that I don’t like the way transgender people are treated under this regime. A transgender person would be totally capable of being President regardless of tRump
I was going to reply, "Uh, duh," but then I thought about, fuck, I don't know her chosen name...Jenner, the athlete. Big fucking MAGAt. Still an improvement over ill douché.
Right? I mean, sure, I guess weight loss drugs can be life saving since extreme obesity can lead to other health problems, but aren't there more important life saving drugs that he could try to lower the cost of that would help more people? I take 5, count 'em, 5 prescription medicines for my heart condition. Two of them cost over $800.00 each WITH my insurance. You can't find a way to make those affordable? At least the next time I'm due for a refill of one those drugs, it looks like there's now a generic that might be more affordable.
On the subject of him appealing the order to fully fund SNAP benefits for November, they're saying they don't have the money. Have they tried looking on the "tariff shelf". They seem to be continually finding money there.
I think he chose the weight loss drugs (GLP-1 agonists like Ozempic) because he's been taking them himself for a while now.
I agree -- he has Ozempic Face that hangs in folds like bedroom curtains. Too bad he wiped out the drug cost reduction negotiated by Biden for insulin (a drug actually needed to save lives) as one of his first EOs after getting re-sworn into office.
That was my theory when he suddenly appeared to have lost tonnage during the 2024 campaign. But I think he is no longer taking one of those drugs, because he's gotten fatter since then. He probably had to stop because of some serious side effects.
Yes, he has lost a lot of weight over the last few months. It's obvious.
One could start by not eating McDonalds or KFC three meals per day like that fryer-grease addled despicable repugnant satanic diaper loading fat fuck.
Dr Shitwizzard of Oz, also said the weight loss drugs would see Americans lose 135 billion pounds by next Election Day. As Stephen Colbert points out.. that’s 393 pounds per person! The lies are getting more and more stupid.
Couple the U.S. Ozempic Olympics statistics with the millions of fentanyl addicts whose lives have been saved by illegally bombing Venezuelan fishing boats. We're gonna need a bigger universe of numbers!
He is just going on his own experience.
Take drug, lose X pounds.
Stop taking drug, gain 2X pounds.
Restart drug, lose 2X pounds.
Stop taking drug, gain 4X pounds.
It adds up ...
Hadn’t thought of it that way. Trump might be able to do the whole 135 billion pounds himself.
Hahahaha!
🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️🤦♀️
Does anyone in his administration know how to do math? Don’t pull a number (or percentage) out of your ass.
Colbert said —- “How much did Dr Oz lose after he pulled THAT number out of his ass?”
He did make a pact with the devil.
Can we talk about the dude who passed out in the Oval Office from the poop smell? Can we ask where the fuck RFK Jr. ran to (when he ran out of the room), and can we talk about all the other shit that happened yesterday?
https://thistleandmoss.com/p/man-passes-out-from-the-stank-of-trump-s-shitpants-diaper
I'd like to assume he ran out of the room to find medical assistance, but somehow I suspect he skedaddled for other reasons. Maybe sick people make him squeamish?
RFJ Jr. makes ME squeamish.
Ooo that was a good one Wendy big yucks from me, somebody should also ask rfkjr “What the fuck is wrong with you?” When Tim Walz MN governor said they are just weird he was so dead on really putting it on a loop would do us all good. It’s the straightest truest statement from that election.
Ewww! Bobby Brainworm.
official report is that RFK JR ran to find him a chair . WTF . I never saw or heard that in my First Aid training .
First rule of CPR training is “look for a chair” for POTUS because falling asleep while standing could cause a fall.
🤣😂
sure garth
RatFuck probably ran out of the room to get a breath of oxygen, to vomit from the odors, or both.
RFK Jr. probably hates weight-loss drugs, he's such a Nature Boy. Remember, he's been hating on the pharmaceutical industry for over a decade. Want to lose weight? Just drop a couple of live frogs or mice into the blender.
The reporting I saw said he ran out to get help.
Because Dr. Oz isn’t a dr.????? Seems right.
Probably ran out to go hide in a corner!
Since RFK is a pathetic lying fake medical “expert”, that fucking heroin-addled coward didn’t want any Good Samaritan Laws invoked against him. Of course the word “Good” immediately disqualifies that tapioca-with-worm brained son of a bitch. 😡
I think the guy who fainted was trump's official taster--and RFK-J knew it *and* had eaten the same food, so he ran out to get ipecac to induce puking.
A family guy image is coming to mind.
"a concept of a sketch for a framework"
"the pungent aroma of ass music"
"to feel the impact and smell the onions and the mustard. oh, the humanity!"
😂😂😂😂 The insanity of this era continues...and the photo will go down in history as emblematic of this ridiculous "presidency". JFC. 🤦♀️
MAKE IT STOP!! 😜
Zupruder film of a sandwich attack. Lovely!😂😂
Yes, Charles, for years it will be studied. Slow mo stranger in the background was a ghost, hidden is a man on a rooftop and was there two sandwiches then they cut the film and put a non-exploded one on the ground. I foresee big thick books raising new questions for decades plus Boxwine lied it was her framing the patsy!
And Keith Hernandez spit on one of the ICE fuckers
https://youtu.be/jXwynA5SB4w?si=ghjDwwdQyICAgmZs
Seinfeld funny scene. But how does that connect to this?
Yes it’s a who done it ok.
It was the best of times, it was—apparently—the wurst of times.
I’m sorry.
Or in the words of his attorney
“that’s a wrap”
Hilarious. Perfection.
HA!
😂
Knockwurst? Liverwurst?😂😂
You should be
I love that people can be funny on Jeff’s substack!!!!
I'm realizing just how many funny creative people there are!!
What’s happening is Dickensian, for sure.
They keep paying the ICE goons, as they get priority over starving children. God forbid the exploding sandwich liar would ever have to remove his Gestapo mask to eat a thoughtfully served but slightly bent, deliciously fragrant sandwich
Thanks Jeff.
While the criminal elect fills me with disgust, I have to say, his so-called approach to “Dr.” Oz, ignoring him and then falling asleep, is the correct approach to anything the fake doctor has to say.
LOL Did you hear Oz speaking...he was racing! I wonder if he was high on his supplements? 🤔
High on his own supply.😂😂😂
Check out Colbert's calculation last night on how many pounds Americans will shed when we are all on the OZempic .
George: 💯💯💯💯
Dr Oz was NOT talking at the time. He did respond immediately to help. Credit where credit is due.
They should have charged him with assault & boulangerie
Oh, you people! That is truly funny.
😂😂
😂😂😂
WINNER
Maybe I'm imagining it, but that right hand looks a little swollen to me...........
Also, fuck this guy.
It’s early in the month. He probably got another of his monthly IVs.
I have noticed that he is getting something monthly also.
He disappears for a few days each month. Obviously, what ever treatment he is getting is not working
I'm convinced he's getting bi-monthly infusions of formaldehyde. He looks like a poorly preserved lab specimen.
Made me laugh out loud......getting a head start for later?
One can only hope, Kim! Fingers crossed...
😂
You're not the only person to comment on it.
Oh, Jeff, “Shitblizzard of Oz” is priceless!
But Sandwich Guy is without a job, a sandwich and still needs to pay the lawyer fees Boxwine induced by her hatred.
He needs to go all in and sue.
The judge ordered the DOJ to pay all the guy's cost, and applied that to current costs as well as any costs during appeal.
Brilliant. I didn't know that.
Wasn’t Jared the Subway mascot a fucking pedophile like Trump?
Yep.
Maybe he could work at Subway
It’s good to know not all sandwiches explode on contact. However, I exploded with laughter at sandwich guy being acquitted. Now that’s justice. 👏🏼
Little Sir Donny Fartsalot should have been the one on trial for assault with a deadly odor. That’s worse than a sandwich
The Orange Pustule can't stand for someone to out-grand-stand him, especially someone who is out victiming him. People were paying attention to the dude who fainted, NOT the OP. Oh, my, poor Donny Fuckweasle. Poooooooor, Poooooor Donny Baby. /snark/
As I just wrote on another forum, Donnie Dimwit appears to have a real horror of sick people, and in particular, disabled people. He's downright terrified of disabled people. You may recall that he's tried to keep wounded veterans out of his military parades, especially those who have lost limbs. He seems to just be repulsed by the sight of them. Whether that's a lack of empathy or a result of some childhood trauma, I don't know, but it's definitely real.
Guarantee when he announces that all disabled people are to be sent to the gulag because "well LOOK at them, they're SCARY" the cult will shrug and say "well... he's not wrong.. Ok by me!" 🙄
To the Republicans the only good disabled (or elderly or unemployed) person is one who is dead. They're going to manufacture the same bullshit budget crisis/government shutdown next year and then Social Security and SSI will be on the line. This is Project 2025 gamesmanship.