I know nothing about this trade deal with UK that was supposed to be announced 45 minutes ago, except for that fact that this economist thinks it's going to suck
You're shocked by this? Ok, here's the train to get on board: the bloated mango is the dealmaker of the ages. Because he says so. Because mouth-breathing trailer trash believe he is. He don't need no steenking Congress. I'm glad we could clear that up.
Means to an end. Each of them have one vote. They are a force-multiplier to leverage up the trailer trash, who are legion.
I don't think the billionaires 'believe' in anything, as a human being might. They're certainly sentient, but their minds operate on a completely different level, I doubt that the mango's alleged deal-making prowess cuts any ice with them.
Nope, they're the only ones I dump on. All the other not-me people mostly get a pass. As a good and generous liberal, you certainly understand "lived experience", yes? That's what it's from.
I was too busy writing to pay much attention to the talk about the deal, but the sense I got from osmosis is that Donny is under so much pressure to cut a deal, any deal, that he's going to make a bad one, and then claim victory. am I right?
This is probably correct jeff. And lets be fair, the UK has already kissed the Trump Ring, so bad or not, it wont be anything worth much (Im thinking). I also think with the Indian and Pakistan conflict rising up, that is going to force china into that conflict (because China controls part of the Kashmir region), and in so doing, doom the US into making any trade deal with China. But thats only my opinion, you are entitled to tell me I dont know what the fuck Im talking about. ^_^.
The Brits are nobody's fools. They've got some of the best trade negotiators on the planet, they will eat Donny's lunch while it's in the sack. He is beyond desperate to claim a "win". For anything.
All they've got going on now is digging their heels in, like on Abrego Garcia. They appear frozen in place and their slinging shit at the walls looks a lot more like random flailing now. Every day brings 10 more atrocities for them to play whack-a-mole with, and they're running out of mallets.
Guess this isn’t that MAJOR surprise that Dumpy was teasing us all with (including PM Carney, who was captive in the Oval), touting it like the biggest and greatest thing ever. It so reminded me of a “Next week on …,” that I wanted to puke from embarrassment.
Absolutely the understatement of the century Jeff, The Clockwork Orange can’t even be right twice daily! Anything more complicated than that……it’s quantum mechanics!
I always told my ex that she must have been getting all her erroneous information by osmosis since I never saw her pick up a book or a newspaper and I wondered how she knew everything about everything.
Like everything else, it's all bullshit. Dear leader and his Cabinet of ignorant dildos lack the capabilities and common sense to come up with any kind of plan. Whether it's trade, healthcare or keeping the not so friendly skies safe, it's not happening at this level of blatant incompetence.
The whole chaotic clusterfuck is a combination of The Three Stooges and Keystone Cops. How do we cope with that? Oh, now we have nukes over there in the land of the Ganges. Woo hoo . . .
I’m so fucking tired of msm making this asshat 🤬🤡💩 sewer spewage normal. If this were a Democrat it would be pearl clutching, outrage, dems in disarray, chicken-little-the-sky-is-falling for months. Oh. Let’s not forget to “question” the mental health of anyone over 70 and demand their medical records.
Thanks for sharing Linda. Great article with an added bonus- his description of the “ trade deal “. Like calling ketchup a vegetable ! My coffee almost shot out of my nose.
Dean and Jeff are both people I have learned not to read while eating or drinking. You can tell with both when they don't like someone they are not shy about it. And, since we agree with them we enjoy their whit.
He'll make a "deal" with the UK that is pretty much what we have now, then crow about how his fabulous negotiating skills mean no new tariffs. Hmmmm, "No New Tariffs" could make a pretty good Dem campaign slogan.
I was just reading this morning in German news that new Chancellor Merz talked to Trump on the phone yesterday, in a day filled with meetings in Brussels. Don't know what was said, other than that they need to be firm with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine. I am assuming that after around 5 years working for the German arm of the US company BlackRock I will assume that Merz speaks English and could talk directly with Trump. However, phone conversations are awkward. Did they have a video screen? Could they see each other? Would love to know how that went.
In Brussels he also mentioned that trade was discussed. Merz will be visiting Trump in person soon, and then we will see what happens as each of these European country leaders goes to Trump to try to improve the situation. In the meantime, China has let the Europe know that China is eager to do business with them.
Any communication with a low IQ career criminal, a 78 year old drug addled brain is going to be difficult. Trumps demented mobbed up education, has always been about power, control and threats, he knows little else. I can’t imagine any educated person wouldn’t be able to handle negotiations with such a tosspot!!
The BBC says there will be 13,000 duty-free metric tons of food allowed. Last year soybean exports to CHINA were 27.21 million metric tons. I'll bet the soy bean farmers are vastly relieved by this "new" market.
The U.K. was the only country where we had a trade surplus, so naturally we’re going to punish them? Consumers at home? I don’t know what’s in the agreement, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there really is a reciprocal tariff percentage, meaning 10% each way. That would mean that we’ll raise prices on the cost of British goods here in the US. smh
No. He was in a big bus chartered by the university. He's the videographer for the Cal rugby team, the Division 1A champs this year. Do you know how small the Indianapolis airport is? They had to put the team on two flights in, and two flights out.
It comes as a complete surprise to Sean Duffy that he's the guy who's supposed to find answers to questions like "who was flying a military helicopter in restricted airspace. Kind of like "Mr. President, are you supposed to support the Constitution?" "I DON'T KNOW!"
This is seeming to be a recurring "5th Amendment amendment". I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TO OBEY THE CONSTITUTION! I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM/HER/THAT! I DON'T KNOW WHO THE PRESIDENT IS!
You've picked up on that too, hunh? Pity that the typical MAGAt probably won't. Probably doesn't even know about it, even though Laura Ingraham was one of those pointing it out.
The country threw itself out of a 100-story window and because we haven't yet smashed into the pavement, a large chunk of voters thinks everything is fine. We're awash in racism, corruption and ignorance - and by that I mean ignore-ance, a deliberate choice to deny reality. Hiring unqualified dipshits is a big part of that. And lest we forget, not one them had the humility to say no thanks, I'm not the right guy, and the GOP confirmed them all.
Corruption is still Donnie’s fave word and activity. Oh rejoice says he: “I’ve made $300M since I took office. See I told you the country would get richer with my tariffs”.
I got that from our Canadian news channel yesterday. But it was referring to the amount that he’s earned since Jan 20th. Too little too late. Thanks for setting the record straight.
I've just done some research. I stand corrected. The $3 billion is from shady crypto Trump memecoin dealings. So who knows what that actually means in real-life cash money.
Then there is this...$80 million, but it is from February. So not real current.
Preach it my sister. Trmp intends to piss on every aspect of DC and all the people who impeached him twice. Like Clarence Thomas he plans to do everything he can to ruin this country while remaining on the payroll and grifting his tiny little heart out.
I think anyone who thinks of themselves as an alpha male, let alones describes themselves as one out loud, is by definition unqualified for anything more than being an unhousebroken puppy. Except those are cute and have an excuse.
Yes, sounds like he went through life just seeing what needed to be done and doing it and people instinctively followed him, which he probably just appreciated as teamwork, rather than thinking he was an alpha and they were just betas.
If the new team did nothing and everything fell apart this early in a new administration, I'd absolutely blame the previous one. However, when grossly unqualified individuals are placed in leadership positions and make batshit crazy changes before everything goes to hell, then it's 100% on their greasy shoulders. The sad thing is, the MAGA cult lack critical thinking skills so they're buying the whole "it's the wokeness/Sleepy Joe/DEI/immigrants/[fill in the blank with the next nefarious other] fault".
Glad someone said it. I can't stand his hair or Gavin Newsom's either. Greasy, slicked back mess. Both men would be so much more attractive if they ditched that hair style.
I suspect it was because I believe his Transportation Secretary in his first term was a woman and he probably thinks she's still the Transportation Secretary. I could be wrong, I've tried real hard to forget his first defouling of the White House and I don't remember who most of his Cabinet members were.
Yes, he picked some real mindless dolts who wouldn’t know an original thought if it bit them on the nose. Knee jerk obedience is what he was going for with this crowd.
And then to hit the part about Donnie Demento calling Reality Sean "she"......Kegseth is going to have to launch a deep inquiry into Reality Sean's gender identity. Way more important than jets falling into the ocean.
I used to think that Lindsay Graham was the most repressed individual in the GQP, but I'm really thinking that Kegseth has far surpassed him. Nobody--except Nancy "Check the Bathrooms!" Mace-- is as obsessed as Kegger about gender identity. Actually, thinking about it now, they make quite the pair of rock morons: she's terrified of the spectre of possible Manly Women, while he's clearly petrified by the mere thought of a Womanly Man who might pass by him in the halls of the Pentagon.
Teaching pronouns in middle school, we played “What if pronouns didn’t exist?”and replaced each pronoun with the noun it referred to. Buzzer noise when a pronoun escaped notice. It (especially “it”) was tricky.
Alison! We needed to get rid of those pronouns. It was dragging down the economy, the military, and all our foreign business! get with the Hesgeth way or
Is it to protect against some She being referred to as He, and vice versa?
Is that at the core of it?
It all seems so superfluous to me. But I’m sure I’m about to be educated as to why I am the reason for the entire ‘problem’ And quite vociferously, too.
A thin skinned bunch, these pronoun warriors. They would rather attack than to educate.
Forgive me if I'm misinterpreting your question. The purpose is to refer to a person using their preferred pronouns. It's a courtesy. It costs nothing for the speaker and shows the addressee respect.
Piss Drunk Pete saying, “And no more dudes in dresses!” referring to the forced discharge of transgender service members from the military (now SCOTUS-approved), each one of them with more honor, intelligence, talent, and bravery than he could ever even conceive of, I just…it makes me so angry, I can hardly breathe. Please, please, please let all these disgusting maga-fried pieces of shit meet their comeuppance one day.
On the topic of comeuppance, thanks for asking. People the Sewer Clowns that get to a point that they are their own punishment. Attributed to SC Justice Brandeis was "Sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant". Back before we had all this media, social and otherwise, and electronic communications, things could lurk in the shadows, undiscovered, for decades. Now? Not so much.
I know there's a lot of wailing about the "cult-like" behavior of the mango's followers and how their minds are controlled directly by Fox, but I think that's just because we expect too much of them. In the face of a tsunami of information that they fucked up beyond all reality, some of them may have just shut down and are doubling down to drown out the cognitive dissonance in their heads. I don't think it matters as much as that the truth really is OUT, and it's getting out at the speed of light on a daily basis. Sometimes people cannot respond to something that they can rationalize as 'not affecting them'. But, if Trump was unassailable in all things, why would his numbers slide off the table on the brutality and criminality of his 'immigration' actions? Maybe there's still a vestigial understanding among Americans that "due process", to name only one thing, is more than just empty words.
And may that day come SOON. Although with both Congress and SCOTUS out of commission, it's hard to imagine how it could happen. The idea of the military taking over does not appeal to me -- and I'm shocked that the idea is even floating around in my head.
That's all I've been thinking of. Where are the GOs? How can they watch this and not launch a coup? How about his old generals like Kelly and Mattis? Citizens arrest? Too bad Carney isn't a US citizen. He could have arrested Donny with aplomb.
My question is whether such a coup would support democracy or undermine it, or (maybe most likely) undermine it by acting in support of it. The military is not a democratic organization. It shaped Duckworth and Buttigieg and plenty of others, but it also produced Mike Flynn and plenty of right-wing authoritarian types (who may well have been drawn to the military because they already had tendencies in that direction). I hope Lucian Truscott or another liberal/progressive with a strong military background will weigh in on this.
Plus, there are the near-miss incidents that could have been fatal. A couple of days ago two commercial airliners clipped wings departing from San Francisco and had to turn back from trans-Pacific flights. Flying has become a new form of Russian roulette.
That’s why Dumbass, his entire cabinet and Musk should all be traveling there in one of Elon’s space capsules. It will undoubtedly blow up shortly after takeoff. Mission accomplished!
I wish he would shoot himself up in space and maybe just maybe it won't make it and boohoo we'll lose him....boo hoo. My tears are filling up the universe. Boo hoo.
Musk apparently hasn’t figured out that when the sun burns out, so will Mars. Maybe he just thinks he can last longer there since the average temperature is -80°F.
Some years ago I read a book which speculated what life would be like if the south had won the Civil War. I think that - and fear - that this is now becoming a reality. Will we even survive until the mic-term elections? Is some future entrepeneur breeding mules for when there is no more air traffic?
I know nothing about this trade deal with UK that was supposed to be announced 45 minutes ago, except for that fact that this economist thinks it's going to suck
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/08/business/video/trump-uk-trade-deal-economist-lcl-digvid
Aren't Trade Deals to be analyzed and discussed by Congress..or is that TWO DOLLS DONNY making deals behind the back of this country???
You're shocked by this? Ok, here's the train to get on board: the bloated mango is the dealmaker of the ages. Because he says so. Because mouth-breathing trailer trash believe he is. He don't need no steenking Congress. I'm glad we could clear that up.
What about the " mouth breathing " billionaire trash ?
Means to an end. Each of them have one vote. They are a force-multiplier to leverage up the trailer trash, who are legion.
I don't think the billionaires 'believe' in anything, as a human being might. They're certainly sentient, but their minds operate on a completely different level, I doubt that the mango's alleged deal-making prowess cuts any ice with them.
George, I know a couple of very kind, intelligent people who live in a trailer. Not trash at all.
"Trailer trash" was offensive when I first heard it in the 1950s. It still is.
Please don't dump on people who are not you.
Nope, they're the only ones I dump on. All the other not-me people mostly get a pass. As a good and generous liberal, you certainly understand "lived experience", yes? That's what it's from.
Touché Ingrid!!
Paul Krugman expressed a lot of doubt about it on his Substack this am.
I was too busy writing to pay much attention to the talk about the deal, but the sense I got from osmosis is that Donny is under so much pressure to cut a deal, any deal, that he's going to make a bad one, and then claim victory. am I right?
This is probably correct jeff. And lets be fair, the UK has already kissed the Trump Ring, so bad or not, it wont be anything worth much (Im thinking). I also think with the Indian and Pakistan conflict rising up, that is going to force china into that conflict (because China controls part of the Kashmir region), and in so doing, doom the US into making any trade deal with China. But thats only my opinion, you are entitled to tell me I dont know what the fuck Im talking about. ^_^.
Makes me ill. I just want him to go away. To shut up!
He'll have someone else negotiate, then throw them under the bus when it all goes to shit!
The Brits are nobody's fools. They've got some of the best trade negotiators on the planet, they will eat Donny's lunch while it's in the sack. He is beyond desperate to claim a "win". For anything.
All they've got going on now is digging their heels in, like on Abrego Garcia. They appear frozen in place and their slinging shit at the walls looks a lot more like random flailing now. Every day brings 10 more atrocities for them to play whack-a-mole with, and they're running out of mallets.
Hmmmm, I hope these negotiators are better than those who negotiated BREXIT . But that was during Boris Johnson....
I was going to point that out as well.
Brexit wasn't a trade deal. It was an idiotic spasm of false national pride kicking itself in the nuts. Oh wait...
Ding Ding Ding
Guess this isn’t that MAJOR surprise that Dumpy was teasing us all with (including PM Carney, who was captive in the Oval), touting it like the biggest and greatest thing ever. It so reminded me of a “Next week on …,” that I wanted to puke from embarrassment.
Right always!🎯
Well, that's just science.
100% correctamundo!!!
Absolutely the understatement of the century Jeff, The Clockwork Orange can’t even be right twice daily! Anything more complicated than that……it’s quantum mechanics!
Probably spot on Jeff!🤬
Let’s hear it for the value of osmosis! I was wondering where I got most of my knowledge and I think this might be it. Thank you, Dr. T.
I always told my ex that she must have been getting all her erroneous information by osmosis since I never saw her pick up a book or a newspaper and I wondered how she knew everything about everything.
Ditto
That’s it in an unusually defined nut job shell .just say it’s so and that’s it so is now so Macic boys and girls
Many others as well David, Colour me unsurprised, that this was the UK plan in the works long before Donny dipshits tariffs.!!
According to the UK, its a Framework of a plan (Concepts of a plan), not an actual plan. Brother Flipowski reported on it on bluesky: https://bsky.app/profile/ronfilipkowski.bsky.social/post/3lontpklne22h
Thank you for everything you are doing today Jeff. Keep on keeping on Brother.
India Updates: https://thistleandmoss.com/p/voices-of-a-diverse-america-may-8th
US Updates: https://thistleandmoss.com/p/live-updates-india-pakistan-on-the
I'ma still waiting on his concepts of a plan of health care that was coming out in two weeks 9 years ago.
Like everything else, it's all bullshit. Dear leader and his Cabinet of ignorant dildos lack the capabilities and common sense to come up with any kind of plan. Whether it's trade, healthcare or keeping the not so friendly skies safe, it's not happening at this level of blatant incompetence.
The whole chaotic clusterfuck is a combination of The Three Stooges and Keystone Cops. How do we cope with that? Oh, now we have nukes over there in the land of the Ganges. Woo hoo . . .
We all are , you see how the budget bill is likely going to fail ?
And Infrastructure week!
😆😆💀💀
“Two weeks” is orange foolius’ tell in the great game of obfuscation and gaslighting that actually means: NEVER!!🖕🏻🤬🤡💩
Us not in the cult know this. The cult stooges believe the two week bullshit and then promptly forget what he promised.
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𝕐𝕠𝕦 𝕨𝕚𝕟 𝕓𝕖𝕤𝕥 𝕔𝕠𝕞𝕞𝕖𝕟𝕥!
Great summary on the updates Wendy!
trying my best :)
Oh, concepts of a plan. Not a real plan. Got it.
I’m so fucking tired of msm making this asshat 🤬🤡💩 sewer spewage normal. If this were a Democrat it would be pearl clutching, outrage, dems in disarray, chicken-little-the-sky-is-falling for months. Oh. Let’s not forget to “question” the mental health of anyone over 70 and demand their medical records.
Right.
Thanks for the links!
of course it will suck. No thought no brains no nuthin.
Typical bloviating and exaggeration from the Greatest Liar in Oval Office history
You can save the ink and drop the Oval Office, Doc
Hahaha, no argument there
Here is what Canadian Substacker Dean Blundell says about the "trade deal" today.
https://open.substack.com/pub/deanblundell/p/comprehensive-in-name-only-the-usuk?r=f0qfn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&showWelcomeOnShare=false
It looks like some relief for England, and not sure about how Trump is going to handle China, but Trump has dug himself a big hole with that one.
Thanks for sharing Linda. Great article with an added bonus- his description of the “ trade deal “. Like calling ketchup a vegetable ! My coffee almost shot out of my nose.
Dean and Jeff are both people I have learned not to read while eating or drinking. You can tell with both when they don't like someone they are not shy about it. And, since we agree with them we enjoy their whit.
To that orange dumbshit, getting outmaneuvered and ass-kicked is then spun as a win by him.
He'll make a "deal" with the UK that is pretty much what we have now, then crow about how his fabulous negotiating skills mean no new tariffs. Hmmmm, "No New Tariffs" could make a pretty good Dem campaign slogan.
How about NO tariffs?
Don’t bother looking, it’s a nothingburger that was already in the UK plans… another photo-op for the onerous cretin Jeff!!
I was just reading this morning in German news that new Chancellor Merz talked to Trump on the phone yesterday, in a day filled with meetings in Brussels. Don't know what was said, other than that they need to be firm with Russia about ending the war in Ukraine. I am assuming that after around 5 years working for the German arm of the US company BlackRock I will assume that Merz speaks English and could talk directly with Trump. However, phone conversations are awkward. Did they have a video screen? Could they see each other? Would love to know how that went.
In Brussels he also mentioned that trade was discussed. Merz will be visiting Trump in person soon, and then we will see what happens as each of these European country leaders goes to Trump to try to improve the situation. In the meantime, China has let the Europe know that China is eager to do business with them.
Any communication with a low IQ career criminal, a 78 year old drug addled brain is going to be difficult. Trumps demented mobbed up education, has always been about power, control and threats, he knows little else. I can’t imagine any educated person wouldn’t be able to handle negotiations with such a tosspot!!
Well put Patrick!
Merely a distraction, imo, from the China debacle. I'm not seeing much in my cabinets/drawers with the UK brand, but lots from Asia.
The Trump dullards will see this announcement as the answer to any and all of Trump's failures.
It certainly looks like it is trying to be a distraction from China, into which Trump seems to have dug us into a big hole.
The BBC says there will be 13,000 duty-free metric tons of food allowed. Last year soybean exports to CHINA were 27.21 million metric tons. I'll bet the soy bean farmers are vastly relieved by this "new" market.
US News and World Report reported that we actually had a trade surplus with the UK so I am not sure what problem this “deal” is fixing.
The U.K. was the only country where we had a trade surplus, so naturally we’re going to punish them? Consumers at home? I don’t know what’s in the agreement, but it wouldn’t surprise me if there really is a reciprocal tariff percentage, meaning 10% each way. That would mean that we’ll raise prices on the cost of British goods here in the US. smh
Germany has a large trade surplus with the US as well.
https://www.destatis.de/EN/Themes/Economy/Foreign-Trade/_node.html
The US has a 12-14 BILLION dollar surplus with the UK…BIG WIN for drumph??….
According to the details Dean Blundell lays out here,
https://deanblundell.substack.com/p/comprehensive-in-name-only-the-usuk?r=f0qfn&utm_campaign=post&utm_medium=web&triedRedirect=true
-the UK does seem to have a benefit for their steel industry
-Cars up to a certain amount
-Whereas the US can sell the Brits ethanol, and also can sell beef only if it meets the British standards, and some Boeing jets.
No one really wants to buy US tech when the country can jam it at the whim of people like Trump, Hegseth, Rubio, Gabbard, Noam, etc...
The US has a 241 Billion € trade deficit with Germany. In todays market that is $271.04 billion.
I like that economist.
It’s not even a deal.
This?
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/05/08/us/trump-uk-trade-news?unlocked_article_code=1.Fk8.8eWB.ZjXPbd6xZ6ja&smid=url-share
The Brief
* There have been 44 deadly aviation crashes in the United States in 2025.
* Before 2025, the most recent deadly plane crash involving a U.S. airliner was in 2009.
* At least 151 people have died in the 2025 aviation crashes.
https://www.fox4news.com/news/deadly-plane-crashes-2025-timeline
I am not flying in the US any time soon.
You can imagine how I felt about my son flying in and out of Indianapolis last weekend.
I can only imagine how tense you were!
His drive to the Airport was more risky than the flight even with all the stupid moves shit stain has made.
No. He was in a big bus chartered by the university. He's the videographer for the Cal rugby team, the Division 1A champs this year. Do you know how small the Indianapolis airport is? They had to put the team on two flights in, and two flights out.
Wise choice Kati!!
I’m on my knees in prayer every time a friend or relative gets on an airliner these days.
Transcontinental train routes are now a thing in my house! 🚂
No WAY will I fly again. How terrifying.
It comes as a complete surprise to Sean Duffy that he's the guy who's supposed to find answers to questions like "who was flying a military helicopter in restricted airspace. Kind of like "Mr. President, are you supposed to support the Constitution?" "I DON'T KNOW!"
This is seeming to be a recurring "5th Amendment amendment". I DON'T KNOW IF I HAVE TO OBEY THE CONSTITUTION! I DON'T KNOW ANYTHING ABOUT HIM/HER/THAT! I DON'T KNOW WHO THE PRESIDENT IS!
You've picked up on that too, hunh? Pity that the typical MAGAt probably won't. Probably doesn't even know about it, even though Laura Ingraham was one of those pointing it out.
The country threw itself out of a 100-story window and because we haven't yet smashed into the pavement, a large chunk of voters thinks everything is fine. We're awash in racism, corruption and ignorance - and by that I mean ignore-ance, a deliberate choice to deny reality. Hiring unqualified dipshits is a big part of that. And lest we forget, not one them had the humility to say no thanks, I'm not the right guy, and the GOP confirmed them all.
Corruption is still Donnie’s fave word and activity. Oh rejoice says he: “I’ve made $300M since I took office. See I told you the country would get richer with my tariffs”.
The biggest bloviating bullshitter
the alliteration is spot on.
Underestimation. Actually, I am hearing that the Trump Crime Family is $3 BILLION richer, just since January.
I got that from our Canadian news channel yesterday. But it was referring to the amount that he’s earned since Jan 20th. Too little too late. Thanks for setting the record straight.
I've just done some research. I stand corrected. The $3 billion is from shady crypto Trump memecoin dealings. So who knows what that actually means in real-life cash money.
Then there is this...$80 million, but it is from February. So not real current.
https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/americas/us-politics/trump-family-net-worth-library-white-house-b2698434.html
Right on, Ann. Whether it’s cognitive dissonance or just willful ignorance, it is leading the Republicon Party.
Preach it my sister. Trmp intends to piss on every aspect of DC and all the people who impeached him twice. Like Clarence Thomas he plans to do everything he can to ruin this country while remaining on the payroll and grifting his tiny little heart out.
yeah, that's a mystery - person is TV personality too dim to say uh, run the pentagon, you kidding
All of these alpha bros are making the case for why the U.S needs DEI.
Unqualified alpha bros at that!
I think anyone who thinks of themselves as an alpha male, let alones describes themselves as one out loud, is by definition unqualified for anything more than being an unhousebroken puppy. Except those are cute and have an excuse.
Yes, my dad was an alpha, he just was, it was nothing ever said, he just took charge and others usually followed his directions.
Yes, sounds like he went through life just seeing what needed to be done and doing it and people instinctively followed him, which he probably just appreciated as teamwork, rather than thinking he was an alpha and they were just betas.
Yes, he went into WWll because that was what you did. He always laughed at the self-important types.
It sounds like your father was a natural leader because he was intelligent, knew how to do things and kept his head in difficult times.
Hopefully he was a benevolent man.
Spot on 👏
I would put "alpha" in scare quotes there! Otherwise, it is a perfect summation.
If the new team did nothing and everything fell apart this early in a new administration, I'd absolutely blame the previous one. However, when grossly unqualified individuals are placed in leadership positions and make batshit crazy changes before everything goes to hell, then it's 100% on their greasy shoulders. The sad thing is, the MAGA cult lack critical thinking skills so they're buying the whole "it's the wokeness/Sleepy Joe/DEI/immigrants/[fill in the blank with the next nefarious other] fault".
Keg stand is a greaser from the fifties not perfectly coiffed.
I don't trust anyone who gets his hair done at Jiffy Lube.
My Dad greased his hair like Kegstand does his looked much better!😂😂
At least Fonzie had redeeming qualities.
He needs a leather jacket and a cigarette attached to his lips
Glad someone said it. I can't stand his hair or Gavin Newsom's either. Greasy, slicked back mess. Both men would be so much more attractive if they ditched that hair style.
Before there was crazy glue, there was Brylcreem.
‘Little dab will do ya’
But Hogsbreath buys his lube by the drum
I'm sure Ingraham's committing a journalism was accidental.
So much so that she surely missed it herself.
Right over her own head.
She had no intent, therefore she’s innocent.
Innocent of being a journalist. Guilty of being a racist asshole
That’s what I meant to communicate. You said it better. Thanks 👍
There's a pic somewhere out there of her doing a sig heil. Even her brother calls her out as a Nazi
"NO MORE PRONOUNS!!!!"
"WE are done with that shit."
Beautiful.
Did you know that one out of three MAGAts is just as stupid as the other two?
One constant we have been able to cling to in these tumultuous times
Thank you so much Mary. I’d put a fancy moving emoji laugh thing in here if I knew how to do it.
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I love watching republicans have to use Pronouns. It makes them so much more contradictory to their own narrative.
Guess that's why FF called Sean "she"???
I thought Donnie was slurring his words.
Noticed he has dead lizard eyes 24/7 now. Go to sleep .... go to sleep ....
That’s so scary when you say that, Sharon
I suspect it was because I believe his Transportation Secretary in his first term was a woman and he probably thinks she's still the Transportation Secretary. I could be wrong, I've tried real hard to forget his first defouling of the White House and I don't remember who most of his Cabinet members were.
Moscow Mitch's wife Elaine Chow, I had forgotten that.
Some of them even stood up to him. He was more careful with them this time.
Yes, he picked some real mindless dolts who wouldn’t know an original thought if it bit them on the nose. Knee jerk obedience is what he was going for with this crowd.
I mean- Rubio, Bondi ?!?
Useless is what they were.
And then to hit the part about Donnie Demento calling Reality Sean "she"......Kegseth is going to have to launch a deep inquiry into Reality Sean's gender identity. Way more important than jets falling into the ocean.
I used to think that Lindsay Graham was the most repressed individual in the GQP, but I'm really thinking that Kegseth has far surpassed him. Nobody--except Nancy "Check the Bathrooms!" Mace-- is as obsessed as Kegger about gender identity. Actually, thinking about it now, they make quite the pair of rock morons: she's terrified of the spectre of possible Manly Women, while he's clearly petrified by the mere thought of a Womanly Man who might pass by him in the halls of the Pentagon.
Hmmm, I wonder what Freud would have to say about that?
Teaching pronouns in middle school, we played “What if pronouns didn’t exist?”and replaced each pronoun with the noun it referred to. Buzzer noise when a pronoun escaped notice. It (especially “it”) was tricky.
Alison! We needed to get rid of those pronouns. It was dragging down the economy, the military, and all our foreign business! get with the Hesgeth way or
get lost!
People unclear on the concept...
I still don’t understand the whole concept.
Is it to protect against some She being referred to as He, and vice versa?
Is that at the core of it?
It all seems so superfluous to me. But I’m sure I’m about to be educated as to why I am the reason for the entire ‘problem’ And quite vociferously, too.
A thin skinned bunch, these pronoun warriors. They would rather attack than to educate.
Forgive me if I'm misinterpreting your question. The purpose is to refer to a person using their preferred pronouns. It's a courtesy. It costs nothing for the speaker and shows the addressee respect.
All horrifying but they won’t just blame Biden, somehow it’s also Obama’s fault and let’s not forget Hillary and her emails/Benghazi.
They're just gonna keep going further and further back. Eventually, everything gonna be Martin van Buren's fault.
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You’re on a roll, Alison. Keep it up!👍
Somehow to me, SignalGate is much much worse than Hillary and her emails, but thats just my opinion.
That's only because you understand the difference!
Piss Drunk Pete saying, “And no more dudes in dresses!” referring to the forced discharge of transgender service members from the military (now SCOTUS-approved), each one of them with more honor, intelligence, talent, and bravery than he could ever even conceive of, I just…it makes me so angry, I can hardly breathe. Please, please, please let all these disgusting maga-fried pieces of shit meet their comeuppance one day.
On the topic of comeuppance, thanks for asking. People the Sewer Clowns that get to a point that they are their own punishment. Attributed to SC Justice Brandeis was "Sunlight is said to be the best disinfectant". Back before we had all this media, social and otherwise, and electronic communications, things could lurk in the shadows, undiscovered, for decades. Now? Not so much.
I know there's a lot of wailing about the "cult-like" behavior of the mango's followers and how their minds are controlled directly by Fox, but I think that's just because we expect too much of them. In the face of a tsunami of information that they fucked up beyond all reality, some of them may have just shut down and are doubling down to drown out the cognitive dissonance in their heads. I don't think it matters as much as that the truth really is OUT, and it's getting out at the speed of light on a daily basis. Sometimes people cannot respond to something that they can rationalize as 'not affecting them'. But, if Trump was unassailable in all things, why would his numbers slide off the table on the brutality and criminality of his 'immigration' actions? Maybe there's still a vestigial understanding among Americans that "due process", to name only one thing, is more than just empty words.
100%. Well done George.
And may that day come SOON. Although with both Congress and SCOTUS out of commission, it's hard to imagine how it could happen. The idea of the military taking over does not appeal to me -- and I'm shocked that the idea is even floating around in my head.
That's all I've been thinking of. Where are the GOs? How can they watch this and not launch a coup? How about his old generals like Kelly and Mattis? Citizens arrest? Too bad Carney isn't a US citizen. He could have arrested Donny with aplomb.
My question is whether such a coup would support democracy or undermine it, or (maybe most likely) undermine it by acting in support of it. The military is not a democratic organization. It shaped Duckworth and Buttigieg and plenty of others, but it also produced Mike Flynn and plenty of right-wing authoritarian types (who may well have been drawn to the military because they already had tendencies in that direction). I hope Lucian Truscott or another liberal/progressive with a strong military background will weigh in on this.
🙏🙏🙏and I'm not even religious.
One day SOON! Please!
I’m sure the trade deal will amount to “not much” or “bigly!”
Isn’t it wonderful that our nation’s airways are being monitored by two tv clowns without a clue or a care? Elections can’t come fast enough!
But of course it will suck. Donnie Demento is in charge.
Mapping 10 fatal plane crashes as Trump fires hundreds of FAA workers. How safe is your flight?
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/03/15/10-fatal-plane-crashes-map-trump-fires-faa-workers/
Plus, there are the near-miss incidents that could have been fatal. A couple of days ago two commercial airliners clipped wings departing from San Francisco and had to turn back from trans-Pacific flights. Flying has become a new form of Russian roulette.
It's almost as if choosing people based on their loyalty rather than ability, qualifications, competence is not a good idea.
Ya think ?
Mebbe
The circus is now turning into a psycho-circus. Time to build a big box put them all in it and shoot them up to Mars to live with Elon.
Haven’t you heard, Joanne? Elmo’s rockets keep exploding…going nowhere fast. Mars is a pipe dream.
Nobody is ever going to live on Mars!
that's why all this talk about colonizing Mars is delusional psychotic bullshit!
That’s why Dumbass, his entire cabinet and Musk should all be traveling there in one of Elon’s space capsules. It will undoubtedly blow up shortly after takeoff. Mission accomplished!
Even a better reason to put them in the bin box.
I wish he would shoot himself up in space and maybe just maybe it won't make it and boohoo we'll lose him....boo hoo. My tears are filling up the universe. Boo hoo.
Musk apparently hasn’t figured out that when the sun burns out, so will Mars. Maybe he just thinks he can last longer there since the average temperature is -80°F.
Some years ago I read a book which speculated what life would be like if the south had won the Civil War. I think that - and fear - that this is now becoming a reality. Will we even survive until the mic-term elections? Is some future entrepeneur breeding mules for when there is no more air traffic?
Follow that up with Heather Cox Richardson's HOW THE SOUTH WON THE CIVIL WAR (2020). It's history, not speculation.