That is a major qualification. Trump learned from his first time in office that smart people have ideas about how to do things well. He is totally intimidated by smart people. Anyway, Trump knows more than anyone about everything. That's why we are so F**ked.
Don't be so easy on them. They are the type of people that make everyone around them meven dumber than they were to start with. Oh, and don't forget lazy, careless and self-absorbed. MarkWayne - can't even hit the spacebar the largest key on the board.
Yeah, they're Mitch McConnell dumb. Mitch thought he was getting everything he wanted. What he actually got was grandchildren who won't speak to him and the elimination of polio vaccines. I know I plan to name any resurgence of polio "the McConnell outbreak."
But somehow people think Mitch is a winner, and he still has the power to throw out my vote if he feels like it in November. They're all like this. They rob their own futures just to own me. But I am so expensive, owning me is going to cost you everything.
McConnell created the foundation to the destruction of the White House and the country’s destruction. He was the arsonist and Trump poured on the gasoline.
"The only way to win currency with the emperor is to roll the ball forward in directions you think he’ll personally like, and to be seen doing so on TV if you can swing it." Hitler's biographer Sir Ian Kershaw dubbed this process "working towards the Fuehrer".
Trump has several role models he has combined - the body and speech style of Mussolini, the ruthlessness (and endless speeches) of Hitler and the insanity, paranoia and viciousness of Stalin (our leader loves Russian autocrats)
Re the scientifically authentic claim by Talarico that there are six sexes, consider this evidence, in the record, of chromosomal variations in humans that dictate actual sex variation.
A person can have more than one Y chromosome, more than two Xs, two Xs and a Y, two Ys and one X, two of both, or only one X. That makes six. (Full disclosure: This is from the excellent work of Dr. William A. Hogan, in a piece available on line: 'Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll--please read it).
Ignorant assertion of simple binary differentiation is just that: a denial of known, recorded, authenticated scientific discovery. But don't let the facts confuse people who have made up their minds.
Talarico was seen one time ordering breakfast tacos with eggs, cheese, potatoes AND NO MEAT.
That means, by definition, that he's a vegan who wants transgender for everybody, men in women's sports, open borders, rampant crime, a defunded military, and masks for everyone, all the time.
No other conclusions may be drawn from such a breakfast order. It tells the whole story.
Tom, brace yourself for some industrial-strength mudslinging and lying in the coming election cycle, with the ONF (Orange Narcissist-Felon) leading the charge with a constant spewing lf hatred, lies, epithets, vulgarities . . . an endless stream.
Talarico is, by all reports, not one of those people.
Thank goodness. But Talarico has a superpower and that is stating the truth in a convincing and understandable way. There is nothing like the flashlight of truth to make the cockroaches scurry....
Underlining that essential element that allows community: inclusion!!
I hope if nothing else comes out of this nightmare that folks realize anew the importance of inclusion and tolerance to the achievement of a happy life.
I like the one the Dalai Lama gave us: Your purpose in life is to pursue your own happiness, in such a way that it does not impinge on the happiness of others.
Kate, I'm not clear as to who you believe is driving this 'design' (of the debate). It seems like a rational discussion of reality. Illusion is not a reliable guide. Disillusion is healthy. Many of the responses to my original, and my comments, have been positive and realistic.
I mean, why do people like Paxton keep bringing this up over and over?
They say, ha ha you can't answer the question of what a woman is. But that's just not true. We've answered it correctly again and again, and MAGA just puts their fingers in their ears and blows us raspberries. They only bring up this topic to make us miserable.
I'm double-dipping in the comments today, because the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board just endorsed Talarico, and I had to share this paragraph from the piece:
"Talarico, 37, is a former middle school teacher from Central Texas. In 2018, he flipped a Republican state House seat. While serving in the House, he studied for a master’s degree in divinity from a Presbyterian seminary. He looks like a grown-up Opie from the Andy Griffith Show. If his vibe were any more retro — any more earnest, any more squeaky-clean — he’d be in black-and-white, filmed at Desilu Studios."
Well, if he ever stole a piece of gum from Walgreen’s we’re going to know about it soon enough. I’m glad I’m no longer in Texas if only to avoid the ads.
The hope is that we will have a forceful, reasonable Democrat in the White House in 2029. He will have an AG, someone like Jack Smith, who knows the law and wants to see it enforced. Almost every member of Trump's cabinet has committed crimes, including bribery and extortion. Many of them, such as Noem, Mullen, Hegseth, Rubio, and even RFK, have been directly involved in killing people.
40 people went to jail after Watergate. I think there are triple that number here. If there are no consequences, then these people will be back in 8 years. That is also why we need LAWS passed that will separate the DOJ from the Executive Branch and make clear qualifications for the AG and FBI Director.
The land of the free where we *checks notes* deploy collective punishment to restrict the ability of entire regions to freely move about. Yes, Freedom 250!
New Jersey is not easily threatened. Governor Mikie Sherrill is a Navy veteran and our senators, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, also stand up for what’s right. Maybe Mullin thinks closing Newark Airport before and during the World Cup is a winning strategy. The final is scheduled for MetLife Stadium. Let’s see how that goes. Lock him up in one of the detention facilities. Let’s see how he likes it.
I'm sure if Paxton could disenfranchise vegans, he would. And his voters would cheer. I don't know what it's going to take to get Americans to vote for people who would protect our vote.
So the White House now looks like the decrepit old home with the rusted out schoolbus on blocks parked out front...or maybe a giant hamster wheel which might be more appropriate.
It would be cool if there could be a big balloon moored at a distance with a web cam on board, so we could see what an effing mess he's made all summer.
Bluff called. The international flights threat is classic MAGA misdirection, and it's bullshit. No chance in hell they'll stop international flights. Rich MAGA business-folks take those flights all the time, even into these godforsaken sanctuary cities where they might catch liberal cooties.
The tactic is standard for these pricks, and so exhaustingly predictable: bullshit something blatantly illegal to force the Dems into defending the status quo, which shifts the Overton window of acceptable political retaliation in favor of MAGA. It's also a shiny object that takes up air, distracting us from $5 gas, bribery in broad daylight, Epstein, failure in Iran, concentration camps, and on and on and on.
"Maybe a lazy, checked-out DHS secretary isn’t the worst thing to have, given the circumstances." Yes ! Absolutely ! The less these mooks show up for work, the better.
Incidentally, I saw a story — which I confirmed — that the US had a downturn in international travelers in 2025 while much of the world had great gains. Gee, I wonder why?
So just in time for the world cup and all the headaches which it has been causing cities with security, lagging ticket sales and FIFA’s general greediness and corruption, Mullins is suggesting we close down blue city airports and deny, or make entry that much more difficult. Oh well, I guess they have TV to watch the teams play in all those empty stadiums.
I'm not surprised Mullins is turning out to be Noem 2.0. They're both dumb as a damn rock.
That is a major qualification. Trump learned from his first time in office that smart people have ideas about how to do things well. He is totally intimidated by smart people. Anyway, Trump knows more than anyone about everything. That's why we are so F**ked.
Yep. Kristie's face is as immovable as Mt. Rushmore while MWM has taken too many hits to the head in his limited time in the ring.
Don't be so easy on them. They are the type of people that make everyone around them meven dumber than they were to start with. Oh, and don't forget lazy, careless and self-absorbed. MarkWayne - can't even hit the spacebar the largest key on the board.
Yeah, they're Mitch McConnell dumb. Mitch thought he was getting everything he wanted. What he actually got was grandchildren who won't speak to him and the elimination of polio vaccines. I know I plan to name any resurgence of polio "the McConnell outbreak."
But somehow people think Mitch is a winner, and he still has the power to throw out my vote if he feels like it in November. They're all like this. They rob their own futures just to own me. But I am so expensive, owning me is going to cost you everything.
McConnell created the foundation to the destruction of the White House and the country’s destruction. He was the arsonist and Trump poured on the gasoline.
"The only way to win currency with the emperor is to roll the ball forward in directions you think he’ll personally like, and to be seen doing so on TV if you can swing it." Hitler's biographer Sir Ian Kershaw dubbed this process "working towards the Fuehrer".
That sounds a little like Tim Snyder's 'obeying in advance." The favor-seeker guesses at the Fuhrer's wishes and then satisfies them.
As far as I can tell, Trump has never condemned Hitler (or the Ku Klux Klan, for that matter).
One of his former wives said years ago that at one point Trump had Mein Kampf on the night stand. Not to actually read, surely. For show?
In fact, I think he said that Hitler was a good leader.
Trump has several role models he has combined - the body and speech style of Mussolini, the ruthlessness (and endless speeches) of Hitler and the insanity, paranoia and viciousness of Stalin (our leader loves Russian autocrats)
Re the scientifically authentic claim by Talarico that there are six sexes, consider this evidence, in the record, of chromosomal variations in humans that dictate actual sex variation.
A person can have more than one Y chromosome, more than two Xs, two Xs and a Y, two Ys and one X, two of both, or only one X. That makes six. (Full disclosure: This is from the excellent work of Dr. William A. Hogan, in a piece available on line: 'Sex, Drugs and Rock and Roll--please read it).
Ignorant assertion of simple binary differentiation is just that: a denial of known, recorded, authenticated scientific discovery. But don't let the facts confuse people who have made up their minds.
Also, there is literally not a shred of truth to Paxton's sneering assertion that Talarico is a vegan.
Talarico was seen one time ordering breakfast tacos with eggs, cheese, potatoes AND NO MEAT.
That means, by definition, that he's a vegan who wants transgender for everybody, men in women's sports, open borders, rampant crime, a defunded military, and masks for everyone, all the time.
No other conclusions may be drawn from such a breakfast order. It tells the whole story.
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Tom, brace yourself for some industrial-strength mudslinging and lying in the coming election cycle, with the ONF (Orange Narcissist-Felon) leading the charge with a constant spewing lf hatred, lies, epithets, vulgarities . . . an endless stream.
Talarico is, by all reports, not one of those people.
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Look at how well the Haitians eating pets story worked for them, even after Vance acknowledged that he made it up.
See what I mean? And they've only just started with this kind of swill.
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Thank goodness. But Talarico has a superpower and that is stating the truth in a convincing and understandable way. There is nothing like the flashlight of truth to make the cockroaches scurry....
We should get him cloned, Janet. It's scientifically possible (just kidding).
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Due to the rise in beef prices in Trump’s America, we are all vegans.
At the time I thought...hey 6 genders could make for a lot of fun! /s
Fascinating aspect, Janet. Life is infinitely complex, and attempting simple-minded interpretations is a fool's game.
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Underlining that essential element that allows community: inclusion!!
I hope if nothing else comes out of this nightmare that folks realize anew the importance of inclusion and tolerance to the achievement of a happy life.
Yes indeed, Janet. And may I add my own life mantra: "We are all here for each other."
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I like the one the Dalai Lama gave us: Your purpose in life is to pursue your own happiness, in such a way that it does not impinge on the happiness of others.
Covers everything!!!
Try explaining that to voters in a campaign!
The debate on this subject can do nothing but induce misery and depression in the American people, and I am beginning to believe that is by design.
Kate, I'm not clear as to who you believe is driving this 'design' (of the debate). It seems like a rational discussion of reality. Illusion is not a reliable guide. Disillusion is healthy. Many of the responses to my original, and my comments, have been positive and realistic.
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I mean, why do people like Paxton keep bringing this up over and over?
They say, ha ha you can't answer the question of what a woman is. But that's just not true. We've answered it correctly again and again, and MAGA just puts their fingers in their ears and blows us raspberries. They only bring up this topic to make us miserable.
I'm double-dipping in the comments today, because the Houston Chronicle Editorial Board just endorsed Talarico, and I had to share this paragraph from the piece:
"Talarico, 37, is a former middle school teacher from Central Texas. In 2018, he flipped a Republican state House seat. While serving in the House, he studied for a master’s degree in divinity from a Presbyterian seminary. He looks like a grown-up Opie from the Andy Griffith Show. If his vibe were any more retro — any more earnest, any more squeaky-clean — he’d be in black-and-white, filmed at Desilu Studios."
Gift link: https://www.houstonchronicle.com/opinion/endorsements/article/james-talarico-general-election-endorsement-paxton-22277380.php?sid=5eebba1c624b310acf0a51a2&ss=A&st_rid=11ce1ffb-3c98-4e1f-b10a-1b074269bb16&utm_source=marketing&utm_medium=copy-url-link&utm_term=news&utm_campaign=article-share&hash=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuaG91c3RvbmNocm9uaWNsZS5jb20vb3Bpbmlvbi9lbmRvcnNlbWVudHMvYXJ0aWNsZS9qYW1lcy10YWxhcmljby1nZW5lcmFsLWVsZWN0aW9uLWVuZG9yc2VtZW50LXBheHRvbi0yMjI3NzM4MC5waHA%3D&time=MTc3OTk3NjU1MTc2MA%3D%3D&rid=MTFjZTFmZmItM2M5OC00ZTFmLWIxMGEtMWIwNzQyNjliYjE2&sharecount=MA%3D%3D
Well, if he ever stole a piece of gum from Walgreen’s we’re going to know about it soon enough. I’m glad I’m no longer in Texas if only to avoid the ads.
these people all need to be in prison, eventually, held accountable for their breach of oath.
The hope is that we will have a forceful, reasonable Democrat in the White House in 2029. He will have an AG, someone like Jack Smith, who knows the law and wants to see it enforced. Almost every member of Trump's cabinet has committed crimes, including bribery and extortion. Many of them, such as Noem, Mullen, Hegseth, Rubio, and even RFK, have been directly involved in killing people.
40 people went to jail after Watergate. I think there are triple that number here. If there are no consequences, then these people will be back in 8 years. That is also why we need LAWS passed that will separate the DOJ from the Executive Branch and make clear qualifications for the AG and FBI Director.
Also, the next FBI director has to be a Democrat. Enough with this nonsense of making Republicans the head of the FBI.
Get ready for Fox News to be full of "political persecution" cries!
The response should be “crying Fox hosts bring tears of joy to my eyes “. Also, the FEC will fine Fox News because why not.
The land of the free where we *checks notes* deploy collective punishment to restrict the ability of entire regions to freely move about. Yes, Freedom 250!
Free for me, but not thee — and definitely not the dirty hordes, Emma Lazarus be damned.
New Jersey is not easily threatened. Governor Mikie Sherrill is a Navy veteran and our senators, Cory Booker and Andy Kim, also stand up for what’s right. Maybe Mullin thinks closing Newark Airport before and during the World Cup is a winning strategy. The final is scheduled for MetLife Stadium. Let’s see how that goes. Lock him up in one of the detention facilities. Let’s see how he likes it.
Vegans are people too.
Probably not in Texas though! :)
I'm sure if Paxton could disenfranchise vegans, he would. And his voters would cheer. I don't know what it's going to take to get Americans to vote for people who would protect our vote.
Thank you!
So the White House now looks like the decrepit old home with the rusted out schoolbus on blocks parked out front...or maybe a giant hamster wheel which might be more appropriate.
What do you expect? A violent sex offender moved into the neighborhood.
It would be cool if there could be a big balloon moored at a distance with a web cam on board, so we could see what an effing mess he's made all summer.
Bluff called. The international flights threat is classic MAGA misdirection, and it's bullshit. No chance in hell they'll stop international flights. Rich MAGA business-folks take those flights all the time, even into these godforsaken sanctuary cities where they might catch liberal cooties.
The tactic is standard for these pricks, and so exhaustingly predictable: bullshit something blatantly illegal to force the Dems into defending the status quo, which shifts the Overton window of acceptable political retaliation in favor of MAGA. It's also a shiny object that takes up air, distracting us from $5 gas, bribery in broad daylight, Epstein, failure in Iran, concentration camps, and on and on and on.
"Maybe a lazy, checked-out DHS secretary isn’t the worst thing to have, given the circumstances." Yes ! Absolutely ! The less these mooks show up for work, the better.
Markwayne mullin is just a trump misfit that fell ànd bumped his head in the Ring and is proud to join the Trump fraudulent administration
Incidentally, I saw a story — which I confirmed — that the US had a downturn in international travelers in 2025 while much of the world had great gains. Gee, I wonder why?
Well a lot of Canadians have abandoned Vegas as a destination. If you want to depressing year on year tourism numbers that’s the place to start.
But there's no tax on tips for waitstaff, so it's still a big won for working folk! /s
So just in time for the world cup and all the headaches which it has been causing cities with security, lagging ticket sales and FIFA’s general greediness and corruption, Mullins is suggesting we close down blue city airports and deny, or make entry that much more difficult. Oh well, I guess they have TV to watch the teams play in all those empty stadiums.
I hope they do it - or at least try. There's no way it wouldn't be an embarrassment and a disaster.
Here's hopin'. Let it be Infantino's month in the box.
That ProPublica story and word of Mullin’s lax work record may explain why there’s talk of NDA’s now. Have they thought of just 86-ing the corruption?
I think the UFC event on the Whitehouse grounds is awesome.
I can hardly wait for the monster truck rally on the capital mall.
It’s like someone said “what if we could do Idiocracy, but for real?”