My husband had stage 4 melanoma. He was dying before our eyes. His spine and liver were riddled with tumors. Then in 2018 his doctors at Mass General Boston got him into a phase 1 trial using a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine. He is cured. These monsters are throwing out this amazing technology that can save lives. It is horrifying. So much blood on their hands.
I am so glad for you and your husband. My late husband, too, was cured of one kind of melanoma because of mRNA research (though sadly because he also had a different aggressive strain as well, he didn’t survive). I will always be grateful, nonetheless, that we were given that chance of a cure and of how it has helped thousands of others. RFK Jr. is evil.
RFK Jr. is as egomaniacal as Trump. He thinks he knows everything and knows nothing but his last name. Just shows there are rotten apples in every family sadly.
I am hoping that mRNA research will certainly continue in other countries. This will just leave America behind. What fools these people are.
So glad for your family that your husband is cured. It's heartbreaking that the work he helped move forward and that helped him is being denied to others.
So glad to hear an uplifting story about mRNA vaccines! You can bet your last dollar that, during the next pandemic, the powers that be will have all the vaccinations they need or will just retire to their remote enclaves to wait it out. I’ve said it here before, I feel this is all a conscious decision to reduce the population of “unwanted mouths.”
Yes, undoubtedly, RFK Jr. gets all the vaccinations he wants. Also, his kids will go to University, never use ChatGPT, and work office jobs, all while living in very large cities. But you know, these days we don't pay any attention to what people do, just what they say.
Have you reached out to Sarah Longwell's Home of the Brave to tell this story? It is so powerful and deserves to be widely shared. I am so thrilled to hear of your husband's recovery. Wishing you both all the best.
no -- the results of the drug trial have still not been published but there were several trials going on at the time. I'm sure they have had their funding pulled if any of it was federal money.
I get it that not everybody is a fan. Cinnamon, cocoa powder, pumpkin, maybe a few other things that aren't conventional to chili lovers. But that's part of the point. It's different, and (to many of us anyway) it just tastes great, which is the bottom line. There are some Cincy chilis (e.g. Gold Star, Empress, Dixie) that are a little more conventional in their formulation, and a little spicier -- to each his/her own on that. But I've seen a lot of people come around on it over time. My wife hated it at first. Now she loves it as much as I do. From what I've seen over the decades it's a common pattern when folks give it a few tries instead of just one.
Fair enough. I understand that it's not everybody's cup of tea. I'm a Cincy native who can't remember the first time I had it, maybe when I was 5 or 6 years old. It became a staple food for me through high school and college, and I still can't seem to get through a week or two without having it (frozen or canned, since the closest parlor is about 4 to 5 hours from me). I still can't get anything to do with LaRosa's Pizza unless I go back to within a hour of so of Cincy, so that addiction to local culture has suffered over time.
The date JD tries to invoke the 25th is already active in the prediction markets. When we see an uptick in JD’s “need to strategize” with Cabinet Members, we’ll know it’s getting closer.
I just don't see how talking about Epstein files that Vance won't leak or release helps him any. Come 2028, I suspect all anyone will remember is "Oh yeah, the pedophile czar or whatever. Did anyone get in trouble for the child rape? No?"
Oh my gosh, me too. This is the greatest of many great lines in Bill’s piece. Understated, just kind of thrown in there: “The next time President Trump re-reads Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar…”, as if he would ever for one second do that. So if JD is Cassius, who is Brutus?
I don't think fellow narcissists are truly capable of bonding, unless it's a transactional relationship. Elon DID turn out to be Brutus, however, in that he started the whole Epstein file stampede with his snarky tweet. That's when I knew he had a copy of the documents, and had probably sold a couple copies, too...maybe to Murdoch? Et, tu, Elon?
Like Bill says here, JVL said a while back, and others have speculated as well, JD could very well be working to undermine T - in cahoots w/ Rupert Murdoch and others. Now that those tax protections are in place, what do they need him for, especially since he's steadily destroying the economy? And JD's comment about the file being full of Dems literally begs the question, "Then why don't y'all release it?' Surely that wasn't inadvertent.
Love it that Bill was quoted in The Guardian for the second week in a row: "'Fine. Release all the files,' was the riposte from Bill Kristol, the prominent conservative Never Trumper who urged the documents to be made public with 'no redactions of clients, enablers, and see-no-evil associates'."
Possibly both. I recently heard someone say that Murdoch is known in parts of the world as a "king maker" b/c of the influence he has on politics. And JD did fly out west to meet w/ him recently, I think right around the time this whole Epstein thing started?
All I care about is that they all destroy each other!
The current US Department of Justice is the biggest crime filled, mafia like, cover-up organization in America history. Even the Southern rebels were clear about who they were their intentions. No lies, no cover-up, just war.
This DOJ is worse than the Catholic Church was at protecting a pedophiles and corruption. When AG Bondi was asked about the legality of Trump’s crypto bribe scams, she responded by saying that fentanyl was much more of a problem.
We are at war with this administration already. They are ruining the structure of American society for their own fun and profit. 2/3ds of Americans are still on vacation.
"Now it’s true that Vance may not have a 'lean and hungry' look."
I was not expecting Bill to sneak in a fat joke about the VP. While I'm pretty sure Vance and Trump are both on Ozempic, I tip my hat to any shade thrown at them.
Sloan Kettering is running a mRNA trial for pancreatic cancer. My doctor had two stage-4 patients whose tumors just melted away. Our country is being run into the dirt by idiots.
Vance may not have a "lean and hungry look", but take a gander at his owner, Peter Thiel. Thiel not only has that look, but he's a much better thinker than Vance, who is just another GOP invertebrate.
Thiel has stated openly that democracy and freedom aren't compatible. He hails from South Africa, where the traditional idea of freedom was that a small minority of white people lorded it over a large majority of black people. First, Thiel moved Vance to Silicon Valley and made him rich, but not wealthy. Then, he moved Vance back to Ohio, where he bought Vance a Senate seat. Then he managed to get Vance close to Trump where Vance's unrivalled skill as an ass-kisser got him the vice-presidency.
JD is there because of Thiel (and Yarvin) and his only mission is to do their bidding. His Judas move is no accident, the escalation of the Epsteingate is no accident, JD’s silent slithering through the halls of the kingdom is no accident. That little round boy from nowhere, is the “serpent” the purest of evil that will wrap its body around Trump, and slowly squeeze until he crushes him into mush. The Thiel/Yarvin plan for this country is total domination at rapid speed. Women haters all..they will go after them (under the guise of religion) to hamstring their rights (or eliminate them) because they fear the power of women (they know that women are cunning, calculating, and patient (Men have to sleep sometime). I keep reading that JD’s wife is smarter than he is, and that may be, but she has conceded her smarts and her role in life to walking behind JD and that’s her “place.” JD will make sure of it because that is where Thiel and Yarvin want her (in the background with the children). Because JD is so obviously the opportunist, the project 2025 evil doers see him as a speeding train to implementing their plan. JD will do their bidding without question in exchange for daily pats on the head. They (the powers) are planning the demise of Trump. They never really planned on keeping that blown up buffoon in power. It was JD all along.
These weak kneed tech bros are so similar to dyed-in-the-wool Evangelicals who are so eager for The Rapture. I recall a weird interview with an Evangelical who declared, “My bags are packed!” Unfortunately their vision involves the rest of us, whether or not our bags are packed, or if we even want a ticket.
JD Vance is an incompetent hack and proves that almost every day.
That said though, he also is an opportunist and if a crack opens, he is almost always sure to shove his foot into it and then almost always puts his other foot in his mouth.
I saw a great post on one of the social media platforms that claimed that the poster's brother-in-law thought that on a $100 item, that the country of production was paying the 30% tariff of $30 and that the product would then cost only $70. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
This is the kind of silliness that we are dealing with and Trump is abusing that silliness.
I liked your comment, but "silliness" is too easy on these numbskulls. With most of them, if brains were gunpowder, they couldn't even blow their noses.
“Now it’s true that Vance may not have a “lean and hungry” look. But isn’t Vance the type who thinks too much? Does Vance appear to be at heart’s ease? Is Vance happy
beholding someone greater than himself?”
I laughed out loud on reading the opening to this paragraph. Thank you for lightening my mood.
Andrew: "America didn’t turn on an unbelievably promising vaccine technology that literally just saved millions of our lives like two seconds ago because of an elite failure. They did so because right-wing distrust for anything that feels “official” is a suppurating wound on the body politic, and the infection has spread to the brain."
Beating a dead horse here (and I love horses), but when did the “right wing distrust for anything that feels ‘official’ “ begin and who was the mastermind? St. Ronnie when he told the country about how ridiculous it was to think that the government could ever help you? Every Republican politician since? Right wing media like Rush Limbaugh and Fox? Granted, Americans have ever been rugged individualists who hated the idea of anyone putting limits on them, but we now have the logical result of this idea: the federal government and all its many pieces, both good and bad, being blown up. If there was not one single thing it did that helped Muricans, why should we care?
Trump can't climb the stairs; he will never see those pics again.
..."the official portraits of Barack Obama and George W. Bush moved from their prominent positions in the White House entryway to a spot at the top of the White House’s grand staircase"
The list of DonOld’s pettiness gets longer every day. Doing his job? Nope. Got stooges for that. Counting all the mean things others may or may not have done to him? Yes!
Hannah Arendt, from 'The Origins of Totalitarianism:' "Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty... The consistent persecution of every higher form of intellectual activity by the new mass leaders springs from more than their natural resentment against everything they cannot understand. Total domination does not allow for free initiative in any field of life."
Crackpot fool about describes RFK Jr., the guy who is sickening people with raw milk and swimming in water infested with E. Coli.
What happens when the "leader" is also a crackpot fool? Are they incapable of identifying talent or simply choose crackpots thumbing their nose at all of us?
The other half of that question is how aware is Trump of what is going on? At the top of his game Trump would have smelled someone trying to undermine him from a mile away. When will we start admitting the man isn’t what he used to be, and will it become a topic of conversation the way Biden was.
FYI if you go back and listen to him talking about how he could shoot someone in 5th Avenue, you will notice how much he’s deteriorated.
My husband had stage 4 melanoma. He was dying before our eyes. His spine and liver were riddled with tumors. Then in 2018 his doctors at Mass General Boston got him into a phase 1 trial using a personalized mRNA cancer vaccine. He is cured. These monsters are throwing out this amazing technology that can save lives. It is horrifying. So much blood on their hands.
I am so glad for you and your husband. My late husband, too, was cured of one kind of melanoma because of mRNA research (though sadly because he also had a different aggressive strain as well, he didn’t survive). I will always be grateful, nonetheless, that we were given that chance of a cure and of how it has helped thousands of others. RFK Jr. is evil.
RFK Jr. is as egomaniacal as Trump. He thinks he knows everything and knows nothing but his last name. Just shows there are rotten apples in every family sadly.
I am hoping that mRNA research will certainly continue in other countries. This will just leave America behind. What fools these people are.
Didn't the original mRNA research begin in Europe?
Road f Kill,Jr will be responsible for innumerable deaths. He started with measles. Is there a way to make him pay eventually?
Maybe release a few rabid raccoons into his abode and remind him that he doesn’t believe in vaccines?
He would capture them and domesticate them like he did the ravens. God will, Eccl. 3:17. Outside of that, no guarantees. (That might not even be one!)
Right - I forgot what the brain worms already did to him
frump is responsible, Road f kill, jr is just the vehicle
So glad for your family that your husband is cured. It's heartbreaking that the work he helped move forward and that helped him is being denied to others.
That’s an amazing story. We need more of these inspiring mRNA successes to be made public.
So glad to hear an uplifting story about mRNA vaccines! You can bet your last dollar that, during the next pandemic, the powers that be will have all the vaccinations they need or will just retire to their remote enclaves to wait it out. I’ve said it here before, I feel this is all a conscious decision to reduce the population of “unwanted mouths.”
Yes, undoubtedly, RFK Jr. gets all the vaccinations he wants. Also, his kids will go to University, never use ChatGPT, and work office jobs, all while living in very large cities. But you know, these days we don't pay any attention to what people do, just what they say.
Have you reached out to Sarah Longwell's Home of the Brave to tell this story? It is so powerful and deserves to be widely shared. I am so thrilled to hear of your husband's recovery. Wishing you both all the best.
I did not know about it but yes because you said this, I did.
here is more on our story:
https://www.facebook.com/thenational/videos/the-possibilities-of-mrna-vaccines-beyond-covid-19/135520585005066/
Good suggestion.
Wow, Ginny. Do you have any idea how many more cases like this exist?
https://www.facebook.com/thenational/videos/the-possibilities-of-mrna-vaccines-beyond-covid-19/135520585005066/
no -- the results of the drug trial have still not been published but there were several trials going on at the time. I'm sure they have had their funding pulled if any of it was federal money.
JD Vance is an overly ambitious, grubbing and creepy dude. Take your eyes of this guy at your own peril.
I moved to Cincinnati to keep an eye on him! ;)
And to eat Skyline Chili. Just saying, for the enjoyment of those who have been there and done that. Addictive stuff.
I have to disagree with you on that. Cinnamon does not belong in chili.
I get it that not everybody is a fan. Cinnamon, cocoa powder, pumpkin, maybe a few other things that aren't conventional to chili lovers. But that's part of the point. It's different, and (to many of us anyway) it just tastes great, which is the bottom line. There are some Cincy chilis (e.g. Gold Star, Empress, Dixie) that are a little more conventional in their formulation, and a little spicier -- to each his/her own on that. But I've seen a lot of people come around on it over time. My wife hated it at first. Now she loves it as much as I do. From what I've seen over the decades it's a common pattern when folks give it a few tries instead of just one.
My wife was from Cincinnati. I was told that I had to develop a taste for it. After 25 years, it still doesn’t taste right.
Fair enough. I understand that it's not everybody's cup of tea. I'm a Cincy native who can't remember the first time I had it, maybe when I was 5 or 6 years old. It became a staple food for me through high school and college, and I still can't seem to get through a week or two without having it (frozen or canned, since the closest parlor is about 4 to 5 hours from me). I still can't get anything to do with LaRosa's Pizza unless I go back to within a hour of so of Cincy, so that addiction to local culture has suffered over time.
Jim, that's hazardous duty right there...
Does his wife play the role of Lady McBeth?
She certainly is smarter than he is.
Hopefully, for her, she has more scruples. Not that it would take many, but ....
Nope, she has sublimated her own career and identity for the power she thinks it gives her.
She chose to clerk for John Robert’s. Which explains everything about her.
Really. Why would a woman who had scruples marry a man who didn't?
This.
All of the spouses are just as terrible as the main characters.
It would take only one to accomplish that.
You’re mixing your Shakesphereafores.
A shuffling of Shakespherafores so to speak?
Vance is a weasel, as has been noted vociferously by The Bulwark.
The date JD tries to invoke the 25th is already active in the prediction markets. When we see an uptick in JD’s “need to strategize” with Cabinet Members, we’ll know it’s getting closer.
Excellent point.
Couldn't agree more
You’re right! The couch cougar is a scheming greedy po💩!
He is not worthy of the office!
202 225 3121 or 202 224 3121
Call any member of congress!
Share the numbers! It is easy to do from your couch! Do it!
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Couch cougar wins today’s internet.
I just don't see how talking about Epstein files that Vance won't leak or release helps him any. Come 2028, I suspect all anyone will remember is "Oh yeah, the pedophile czar or whatever. Did anyone get in trouble for the child rape? No?"
By 2028 Epstein-Trump will be out of our memories as thoroughly as the Mueller Report.
Maybe. This is one story I don't try to predict.
It may be out of our memories, but the rabid MAGA crowd is too invested in this to let it go.
Coffee spit text: when he rereads Julius Caesar
trump: "Julius Caesar, isn't he the guy who invented that salad?".
Nope. He invented Orange Julius. Bonus points for it being orange!
LOL! Yes!
Many people are saying . . . . And, thank you for your attention to this matter.
Trump’s never heard of any salad.
Only thing green are the Big Mac pickles.
Oh my gosh, me too. This is the greatest of many great lines in Bill’s piece. Understated, just kind of thrown in there: “The next time President Trump re-reads Shakespeare’s Julius Caesar…”, as if he would ever for one second do that. So if JD is Cassius, who is Brutus?
Nobody. Brutus was Caesar's friend. Trump has no friends.
I used to think that Elon was Trump's Brutus
I don't think fellow narcissists are truly capable of bonding, unless it's a transactional relationship. Elon DID turn out to be Brutus, however, in that he started the whole Epstein file stampede with his snarky tweet. That's when I knew he had a copy of the documents, and had probably sold a couple copies, too...maybe to Murdoch? Et, tu, Elon?
More to the point, who is Antony and who is Octavian/Augustus?
Vance clearly styles himself as Octavian. If the historical pattern holds, Bondi is Mark Antony.
Eric?
You really never know the kind of literary education you're going to get from Bill, do you?
Like Bill says here, JVL said a while back, and others have speculated as well, JD could very well be working to undermine T - in cahoots w/ Rupert Murdoch and others. Now that those tax protections are in place, what do they need him for, especially since he's steadily destroying the economy? And JD's comment about the file being full of Dems literally begs the question, "Then why don't y'all release it?' Surely that wasn't inadvertent.
Love it that Bill was quoted in The Guardian for the second week in a row: "'Fine. Release all the files,' was the riposte from Bill Kristol, the prominent conservative Never Trumper who urged the documents to be made public with 'no redactions of clients, enablers, and see-no-evil associates'."
More like the tool of Peter Thiel. He's the one who elevated Vance far beyond where Vance's own skills would have taken him.
Possibly both. I recently heard someone say that Murdoch is known in parts of the world as a "king maker" b/c of the influence he has on politics. And JD did fly out west to meet w/ him recently, I think right around the time this whole Epstein thing started?
All I care about is that they all destroy each other!
“The gingham dog and the calico cat . . . They ate each other up.” - Eugene Fields, The Duel
I had forgotten that one!
So, are we suggesting the JD is dancing to PT's pipe, seeing that as the fastest way to move into 1600?
Then PT will 100% own the person occupying it.
PT’s dream is something happens to Trump before 2028, and JD is elevated via the 25th Amendment
PT’s nightmare: Trump crashes and burns, taking down the Sofa King, and the GQP looks to Haley or Rubio in 2028
Or Trump shivs JD and finds a more pliant successor (Tucker Carlson?)
Ugh. You just reminded me that, with this crowd, it is always darkest before it gets pitch black.
Slava Ukraini
Brits are working on the theory that sucking up today may have future advantages:
https://bbc.com/news/articles/czr68vde7nvo
The current US Department of Justice is the biggest crime filled, mafia like, cover-up organization in America history. Even the Southern rebels were clear about who they were their intentions. No lies, no cover-up, just war.
This DOJ is worse than the Catholic Church was at protecting a pedophiles and corruption. When AG Bondi was asked about the legality of Trump’s crypto bribe scams, she responded by saying that fentanyl was much more of a problem.
We are at war with this administration already. They are ruining the structure of American society for their own fun and profit. 2/3ds of Americans are still on vacation.
Only 2/3rds? There are not that many Never Trumpers, Bulwarkians, etc. to make up the other 1/3 .... unfortunately.
The South did a lot of sneaky things before trying to pull the plug on the Union.
"Now it’s true that Vance may not have a 'lean and hungry' look."
I was not expecting Bill to sneak in a fat joke about the VP. While I'm pretty sure Vance and Trump are both on Ozempic, I tip my hat to any shade thrown at them.
Yeah. If Vance is hungry for anything, it's a big bowl of Froot Loops.
Fruit loops swimming in Mountain Dew. The full sugar kind, preferably, but diet in a pinch.
If JD is desperate I’m sure he could find a few Fruit Loops in the … couch cushions
Ugh. Not the mental picture I needed today.
JD Vance. Pushing the Ozempic Performance Window every day.
Trump is not a good look for Ozempic...
If they are, it sure isn't working.
I haven’t heard much about Bongino since he threatened to leave if Bondi stayed. Anybody else find that interesting”? Or have I just missed stuff?
Bongino's whole 🍊 career is based on the Epstein Files Podcast. His silence is very interesting.
" Where in the world is..."
Lev Parnas alleges that "sources" say Bongino is not on board with the cover up. I don't know what to make of Parnas, though.
https://levremembers.substack.com/p/breaking-trumps-secret-epstein-dinner
Is Bongino listening to his inner John Dean?
I can't imagine Bongino has an inner John Dean.
Of course - these guys are so full of it. Big threat then nothing. KNow these characters all my life.
He might have "accidently" fallen out of a window somewhere. Some people are sayin'...
Doesn’t he live and work in his mother’s basement?
Is he going to the office? Silent quitting?
Sloan Kettering is running a mRNA trial for pancreatic cancer. My doctor had two stage-4 patients whose tumors just melted away. Our country is being run into the dirt by idiots.
Someone should work with all who have benefitted from the mRNA vaccine and publicize their testimonials. "Home of the Brave"?
Vance may not have a "lean and hungry look", but take a gander at his owner, Peter Thiel. Thiel not only has that look, but he's a much better thinker than Vance, who is just another GOP invertebrate.
Thiel has stated openly that democracy and freedom aren't compatible. He hails from South Africa, where the traditional idea of freedom was that a small minority of white people lorded it over a large majority of black people. First, Thiel moved Vance to Silicon Valley and made him rich, but not wealthy. Then, he moved Vance back to Ohio, where he bought Vance a Senate seat. Then he managed to get Vance close to Trump where Vance's unrivalled skill as an ass-kisser got him the vice-presidency.
Vance is the stooge. Thiel is the man.
Yes.
I wonder if vance shares thiel's terror of the coming apocalypse. I guess we'll know if he too starts buying up New Zealand.
JD is there because of Thiel (and Yarvin) and his only mission is to do their bidding. His Judas move is no accident, the escalation of the Epsteingate is no accident, JD’s silent slithering through the halls of the kingdom is no accident. That little round boy from nowhere, is the “serpent” the purest of evil that will wrap its body around Trump, and slowly squeeze until he crushes him into mush. The Thiel/Yarvin plan for this country is total domination at rapid speed. Women haters all..they will go after them (under the guise of religion) to hamstring their rights (or eliminate them) because they fear the power of women (they know that women are cunning, calculating, and patient (Men have to sleep sometime). I keep reading that JD’s wife is smarter than he is, and that may be, but she has conceded her smarts and her role in life to walking behind JD and that’s her “place.” JD will make sure of it because that is where Thiel and Yarvin want her (in the background with the children). Because JD is so obviously the opportunist, the project 2025 evil doers see him as a speeding train to implementing their plan. JD will do their bidding without question in exchange for daily pats on the head. They (the powers) are planning the demise of Trump. They never really planned on keeping that blown up buffoon in power. It was JD all along.
You have a way with words. I like it. Cheers.
I’ve always called jd a snake myself.
As a woman I would describe my sex more as smart, longterm planners, and not always patient, but I get what you’re saying.
These weak kneed tech bros are so similar to dyed-in-the-wool Evangelicals who are so eager for The Rapture. I recall a weird interview with an Evangelical who declared, “My bags are packed!” Unfortunately their vision involves the rest of us, whether or not our bags are packed, or if we even want a ticket.
Evangelicals are waiting for rapture, Thiel and crowd are waiting for the singularity. Hoping they both happen real soon.
I prefer the puppet/puppet master analogy myself.
*insert photo of Leonardo DiCaprio pointing at the TV here* Absolutely! Thiel is the master puppeteer.
JD Vance is an incompetent hack and proves that almost every day.
That said though, he also is an opportunist and if a crack opens, he is almost always sure to shove his foot into it and then almost always puts his other foot in his mouth.
I saw a great post on one of the social media platforms that claimed that the poster's brother-in-law thought that on a $100 item, that the country of production was paying the 30% tariff of $30 and that the product would then cost only $70. 🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️🤦♂️
This is the kind of silliness that we are dealing with and Trump is abusing that silliness.
I liked your comment, but "silliness" is too easy on these numbskulls. With most of them, if brains were gunpowder, they couldn't even blow their noses.
“Now it’s true that Vance may not have a “lean and hungry” look. But isn’t Vance the type who thinks too much? Does Vance appear to be at heart’s ease? Is Vance happy
beholding someone greater than himself?”
I laughed out loud on reading the opening to this paragraph. Thank you for lightening my mood.
Andrew: "America didn’t turn on an unbelievably promising vaccine technology that literally just saved millions of our lives like two seconds ago because of an elite failure. They did so because right-wing distrust for anything that feels “official” is a suppurating wound on the body politic, and the infection has spread to the brain."
What brain?
Beating a dead horse here (and I love horses), but when did the “right wing distrust for anything that feels ‘official’ “ begin and who was the mastermind? St. Ronnie when he told the country about how ridiculous it was to think that the government could ever help you? Every Republican politician since? Right wing media like Rush Limbaugh and Fox? Granted, Americans have ever been rugged individualists who hated the idea of anyone putting limits on them, but we now have the logical result of this idea: the federal government and all its many pieces, both good and bad, being blown up. If there was not one single thing it did that helped Muricans, why should we care?
But the country was told before that, ask not what your country could do for you ...😮
Pat Buchanan!
The worm-eaten one of who was the point man, of course.
JuDas Vance. Trump might’ve been safer with Nikki.
“Might”? Nikki would be another Rubio. Thank God she has been sidelined. We know she will never become a Geoff Duncan or Liz Cheney.
JuDas Vance. 🤣
Trump can't climb the stairs; he will never see those pics again.
..."the official portraits of Barack Obama and George W. Bush moved from their prominent positions in the White House entryway to a spot at the top of the White House’s grand staircase"
Given George’s silence during all of this, frankly he doesn’t deserve much attention. So much for the oath of office he swore as president.
Another thing he'll never see again: his teeny tiny <<censored>>
Toes?
If his toes are swollen like his ankles, then no.
So if the most recent predecessors are to be displayed there, we can expect to see Joe Biden’s portrait there soon? Until then, Watch This Space?
A new Sharpie will be handy to deal with Biden’s future portrait.
The list of DonOld’s pettiness gets longer every day. Doing his job? Nope. Got stooges for that. Counting all the mean things others may or may not have done to him? Yes!
re: "Spitting on a Miracle"
Hannah Arendt, from 'The Origins of Totalitarianism:' "Totalitarianism in power invariably replaces all first-rate talents, regardless of their sympathies, with those crackpots and fools whose lack of intelligence and creativity is still the best guarantee of their loyalty... The consistent persecution of every higher form of intellectual activity by the new mass leaders springs from more than their natural resentment against everything they cannot understand. Total domination does not allow for free initiative in any field of life."
Crackpot fool about describes RFK Jr., the guy who is sickening people with raw milk and swimming in water infested with E. Coli.
^^^^^^
What happens when the "leader" is also a crackpot fool? Are they incapable of identifying talent or simply choose crackpots thumbing their nose at all of us?
J.D. has been deceitful for so long he doesn't know the alternative.
As the TV detectives say, "Who benefits?"
If Trump is undermined in the eyes of the MAGA, who benefits?
Vance.
The other half of that question is how aware is Trump of what is going on? At the top of his game Trump would have smelled someone trying to undermine him from a mile away. When will we start admitting the man isn’t what he used to be, and will it become a topic of conversation the way Biden was.
FYI if you go back and listen to him talking about how he could shoot someone in 5th Avenue, you will notice how much he’s deteriorated.
The only thing Trump smells now is the pungent odor emanating from his man-baby diaper.