Lil Stevie Miller. Revenge of the Nerds meets Doctor Evil. I grow ever weary of hearing the fascist garbage coming out of his fat mouth. He’s a pathetic joke of a person, like Hermann Goering, but he has already brought misery, and death to many, like Goering. How many total dead by the end, I wonder?
Like I keep saying, remember that Brave, Brave Sir Stephen bravely turned his back and fled to safe, secure military housing after some demonstrators held up signs and *gasp* wrote in chalk on the sidewalk in front of his house.
Yep, he’s a gutless creep. At the end, he’ll be one of the first ones to sneak out of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, as Trump screams, and rants, as he pushes ICE, and Border Patrol paramilitary unit symbols around on a map showing the area of the Potomac, and Anacostia Rivers. Units that are shattered remnants by that time.
Yeah, Goering was an utterly amoral corrupt fascist in the Trump mould who didn’t much care about the details of Nazi ideology only the opportunities for self enrichment and aggrandisement that being a in a senior leadership position gave him. The Reichswerke Hermann Göring, which served as his personal slush fund, was the largest industrial concern in Europe, some sources claim the world, by the end of 1941. All built from looted and expropriated assets and a massive user of slave labour.
Miller strikes me more as an ideologically committed fascist. Though I’d argue that Heydrich is the more apt comparison than Himmler given that Heydrich was the senior Nazi most closely involved in organising and overseeing the removal of ‘undesriable’ racial elements from German society and the primary architecht of the Holocaust. They even look somewhat similar.
Trump's no doubt worn out and in need of a little R & R after all that work.
Might I suggest he try spending a little time on the water as another famous wartime president did. FDR reportedly found sailing aboard his official presidential yacht the U.S.S. Potomac relaxing and refreshing, even during WWII.
Of course, being a wartime president himself, Donald would need a yacht worthy of his stature and fit for such duty.
Maybe his pal Jeff Bezos could loan him his little puddle jumper for a little excursion through the Strait of Hormuz.
I can't picture Trump on a yacht just enjoying the breeze. He doesn't seem to take ANY kind of innocent pleasure in the simple joys of life. Can you even imagine him fishing, or playing fetch with a dog, or bouncing a grandchild on his knee? I don't think he is capable of feeling happiness, in any true sense of the word. Which is why he takes his malice out on the rest of the world. Sauron, indeed.
Did you ever wonder what America would feel like if we had a perverted, corrupt, fascist dictator as our "leader". Well, check it out. We've arrived. The question we keep asking ourselves, "What are WE going to do about it?" becomes more pressing everyday. The world envisioned by Trump's brain and enabled by his cultist syncophants cannot be allowed to continue.
You got that right - the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg says that U.S. democracy is currently in a much faster deterioration process than any other democracy in modern times. Within only one year, the USA’s score on the V-Dem Liberal Democracy index has declined by 24 percent, while its world rank dropped from 20th to 51st place out of 179 nations. Freedom of expression, a core aspect of democracy, shows the most drastic global decline, and is the most common target among autocratizing leaders over the past 25 years. We must rise up because, we, the people, are the only ones who can stop the likes of Trump and his cadre of goons trying to stifle our freedom.
If only we could have as much "merit" as those White male golfers by working instead of golfing. Oh well, I'm sure golf is more important than anything else.
Trump can't calculate 5th grade math. His pretense that he's always winning, even as he throws tantrums like the sorest of losers, comes straight from his mentor Roy Cohn's playbook.
They do not need to lie well--in fact it is better to lie poorly.
By lying poorly they put everyone else in a bind. What they say is obviously BS, most people who are not lost in the weeds of MAGA know it is BS (and this includes the vast majority of GoP politicians). What you have done is forced them to swallow and support your BS, which further locks them into you.
If you do not go with the bad lie, you obviously suffer from TDS or you are not one of US. It helps draw and then reinforce in and out group boundaries.
It is a display of dominance and a process that leads ultimately to their total corruption and subservience. There is always some new BS to swallow and support, some new and more embarrasssing way to demonstrate your loyalty.
All because you did not call BS the first time, but went along... and went along... and went along. Deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole each time. More and more compromised... until you absolutely MUST cling to and support the horrific things because you have nowhere else to go.
Exactly. Megalomania: "obsession with the exercise of power, especially in the domination of others." Power over others is his M.O., but it's the domination that Trump really gets off on. He is a sick, twisted individual. The sooner he is out of the picture, the better off we will all be and the sooner our country can self-correct and heal.
First, because a lie that excludes smart people, leaving only gullible fools, serves their purpose. Microsoft Research explained why in an article, "Why Do Nigerian Scammers Say They are From Nigeria?" See:
The WSJ proclaims that Hegseth sets no time on ending the war -- only when Trump decides. Tell me this is not autocracy. Who stops this juggernaut of psychosis?
I am beyond understanding why this "unpopular" war gets so much support from Congress. "In a 53 to 47 vote, a Democrat-led effort to restrict Mr. Trump from taking military action in Iran fell short for a third time." Yesterday! Are Americans informing their GOP Senators that we're all good on this? So only the SENATE and Trump and Hegseth support this war. And if Trump, Hegseth, and the Senate decide to [fill in the blank], we're all going.
I think so far, based on polls I saw yesterday, this war hasn’t caused a big dip in his already low approval. There is some rally round the flag, and a fair number who only know gas has gone up because of “war in Iran.” Doubtful they even know it was unprovoked.
On one of talk shows, there was a comment that makes some sense, ie, that the electorate is already so polarized over Trump that you won't see much change regardless of what happens. He is already unpopular but he won't become much more unpopular because his base would support him, as he once said, if he shot someone on 5th Avenue
Yes. If Hegseth spent as much time reading the bible as he does promoting it, he would understand the text from Proverbs 16:18... "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."
Only 2 can stop it. Either the pliant, oath-violating elected GOP officials in the House and Senate, or enough voters in the midterms to replace the pliant, oath-violating elected GOP officials in the House and Senate.
They let Wallace keep his balls in braveheart, and there was never any question of cutting out his spine. Both are a luxury none of our politicians should be afforded, assuming the ones that ever had either can manage to find them after the corruption and cronyism they've been engaged in. Its past time we reminded people laws, government, and taxes are a kindness we extend to wealthy individuals as an alternative to keep them from being dragged from thier homes in the middle of the night by an angry mob. A little mob justice would be very educational for some very self important people in the US.
"Stephen Miller, telling Laura Ingraham that “President Trump has calculated through every permutation and every degree of strategy,” and that we are en route to “an overwhelming victory.” I can't get over the North Korea of it all.
It makes my head swim listening to this garbage. I was born during Nixon’s vile presidency, but what is this? By the measure of our Mayfly existence, the decay has taken long to reach a critical level, but it sure seems to be rushing now.
I just rewatched the film Darkest Hour. Where the hell is our Churchill? I guess maybe we don’t deserve one. Not that deserving has anything to do with life, and death. Nemesis has fixed her eyes on us, and our Israeli allies.
No apology needed. "Potus idiotus" is the kind of label you'd see in a Warner Brothers cartoon - one that had Trump running around in it like Wiley Coyote.
Churchill didn't have to deal with an erstwhile ally going off on their own like BiBi. We have two meglomaniacal dictators marching to their own whims.
I used to like Netanyahu way way back in the day. Seemed well-spoken, reasonable and intelligent. But I now see him as Trump in a kippa: He's gone full authoritarian demagogue, enabled by Trump.
That’s what I just wrote on another comment. At the end, Trump will be pushing symbols of Loyalist ICE and Border Patrol paramilitary units around on a map, ordering immediate counter-attacks. Screaming and ranting.
Unfortunately for the regime, those units will be shattered remnants by that time.
At a Kennedy Center board meeting: "They weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East." Also, "Nobody, nobody, no, no, no. The greatest experts, nobody thought they were going to hit."
Makes you wonder if he stood in front of the bathroom mirror and repeated that over and over until he thought "wow, that sounds cool. I'm sure to get a gold star from president orange daddy!"
What a ridiculous bunch of mush coming out of his face hole. I'd feel sorry and embarrassed for him if he wasn't such an unlikeable pile of crap. Him and gabbard should be stuffed in lockers for all that cringy praise of the dumbest human to ever squat his huge ass in the WH.
In all fairness, it is not just Miller. Every single cabinet member gushes ass-kissing praise in Trump's cabinet meetings. It's truly disgusting. But I suspect they all do practice in front of a mirror.
Consider the possibility that Miller might not be totally wrong. Everything is calculated, there is a strategy, and Trump is en route to victory.... just not in Iran. I mean, Trump couldn't give a shit about Iran. The strategy he needs, and no doubt has his underlings calculating, is a plan to retain power past the midterm elections. Like to cheat, intervene, cancel, or coup. Any of which could be served by an ongoing state of warscursion. FFS, he's in this with Bibi, and that's the Bibi plan - no peace, no trial and conviction.
The thing that bugs me about Bulwark analyses is too much credit is given to the power of people - stupid or rotten as they may be imagined to be. It doesn't matter if MTG or Joe Kent or any number of rank-and-file voters change their tune. They're not the real constituency. That would be billionaire oligarchs, finance capital, the Murdochs and Ellisons and Sinclairs. If the money moves off of him he gets to move in with Maduro, and we'll see who the Epstein class casts as Delcey in the reboot.
It's true that Trump is always looking for the grift, pleasing the money men, and finding any pretext to invoke some state of war or emergency to mess with elections. But the only reason he wants to mess with elections is because too many ordinary people are poised to vote out the R Congress, maybe including the Senate. He is scared to death of a non-compliant Congress. He saw what happened with endless investigations into Hillary and doesn't want to see that happen to his administration. Re Iran, aside from money and power, Trump loves blowing things up, exerting military might in ways he thinks don't pose any risk to him. But, he also loves settling old scores. He doesn't have many convictions but he is sore at Iran for them taking US hostages in 1980. Vendettas are a dominant part his 'value' system.
Not the only reason. He'd want to blow up democracy just on general principles and as payback to the evil Dems and RINOs the don't lick his boots. He's bat shit insane, which, among other things, let's him hold utterly contrary thoughts simultaneously. E.g. he is scared of losing the House majority, but also confident fate will deliver him the total authoritarian control EVERYONE would beg him to assume if only they were truly smart.
Another problem with analyses of Trump and MAGA: they keep trying to make too much sense, and just aren't up to grappling with how thoroughly insane our situation is now.
Bill: "Instead of receiving intelligence briefings, President Trump is watching Fox. And what he heard last night was his most influential aide, Stephen Miller, telling Laura Ingraham that “President Trump has calculated through every permutation and every degree of strategy,” and that we are en route to “an overwhelming victory.”"
< Tim spits out his coffee and starts laughing hysterically >
I have to hand it to Miller and Ingraham for their commitment to the bit. Their contempt for Fox's viewership is off the charts. Then again, the role of Fox in 2026 is to tell their viewers what they want to hear. I look forward to the day when gas is $10/gallon and Miller is crowing about Trump's strategic genius on Ingraham's show, and I look forward to it because I know the viewers are going to believe Miller instead of the evidence of their shrinking wallets.
Funny you should mention that, Daphne. I buy a large bag of Starbucks that until recently was $14. Since the war kicked off, the price has gone to $16. But Miller says this is a new Golden Age, so what do I know.
2024? Feels like a lifetime ago. But I do remember when Trump pulled out of the JCPOA. If he was really worried about Iran "getting the bomb", then why didn't he and his national security team come up with a replacement that our allies would have supported?
Don't worry Daphne. Tim is a rich dude who can afford daily coffee even if it doubles or triples in price (assuming that gas stays up below $3 a gallon). 🤣
I have this recurring fantasy that somebody slips a truth serum into the coffee that these Fox hosts consume right before going on air. C’mon, Laura: tell us what you really think for a change. Wouldn’t it be a relief to drop the facade?
When Charlie Sykes was still with The Bulwark, he had Anne Applebaum on the flagship pod to discuss the "twilight" of democracy. Applebaum knew Ingraham from back in the day since both socialized in the center-right social circles, and Applebaum concluded that Ingraham was not a conservative but a radical who benefited from the destruction of our institutions and our democratic guardrails. Laura's on the air because she chooses to be. There is no better version of her. What you see is who and what she is. To paraphrase Orwell, the purpose of lying is lying.
I didn’t mean to suggest that a truth serum would reveal a hidden “good Laura”!
I just love to imagine her drugged into voicing the truth that she despises tRumpy as a moron and a puppet who has proven himself to be the greatest wrecking ball to truth, justice and the American way that Putin could have ever installed. Hopefully during prime time Faux News to the widest possible audience of credulous trump fans.
I don't think Fox tells their viewers what the viewers want to hear. I think their viewers honestly believe they are getting some generic version of the truth. Unfortunately, Fox is all in on Republicans taking over America through minority rule and they shape and mold Trump and his goons into whatever they think will achieve that goal and they know they have to hoodwink their viewers to get them on board. I honestly think Fox viewers would prefer to hear the real truth; and if Fox ever gave it to them, it would perhaps jolt them out of their cultish complacency.
If that were true, are these viewers also aware that Fox had to shell out something like $787 million to settle a lawsuit with Dominion regarding the claims Fox anchors made about Dominion's voting equipment in the 2020? Because if they *were* aware, they could reasonably conclude Fox was lying to their viewership.
I doubt it. I know Fox had to apologize for misrepresenting the facts, but not sure they had to mention the payout. And it would have been easy to miss the apology if they weren't watching for it. It is easy for folks on our side to see the lies because they are talked about endlessly on the media we watch and read. We are constantly exposed to the real Trump by watching video clips of him being stupid and making things up. Fox viewers are not exposed to that. Although I use a variety of sources: New York Times, Bulwark, Guardian, Reuters, MSNOW, PBS, Adam Mockler, Rick Wilson, The Hill, etc., you could not pay me enough to watch Fox celebrities. I can't stomach it. So I understand Fox viewers' reluctance to tune in to a left leaning program. I do feel safe asking my Fox-watching friends to at least watch PBS Newshour, but it often isn't on their cable availability, although Fox ALWAYS is. I tell them to watch it on You Tube. It's reliable and not exactly left wing. Small steps.
Good in theory, but first of all, we don't know if the Trump kids know how to put boots on their feet and second, didn't you know that bone spurs are a hereditary disability?
My god, can you imagine the horror of seeing Barron Trump lumbering around the battlefield? “Holy shit! The Americans have GIANTS!”
Seriously though, I’m sure Gold Spoon Barron would make a great Combat Engineer. For as long as it took for one of his size 30 boots to step on a land mine. BOOM!! Bye-bye foot. Bye-bye a critical piece of anatomy higher up. On the plus side, his daddy could afford to get him a gold plated prosthetic.
Bessent said today that the Trump Administration is considering removing sanctions on already loaded Iranian oil to help ease the energy crisis Bibi and Donnie have created.
It's in both the Moscow Times and the Financial Times, plus a few others. It may make Trump blow a gasket and throw his lunch at the wall, splattering ketchup all over the room, but he will not do anything about it because Putin is the one person in the world who knows FOR SURE that Trump was involved with Russia and probably laundering money for its oligarchs for many, many years. He has the goods and Trump is not willing to be exposed as a criminal. That sort of crime would have no protection under Presidential Immunity.
Or maybe they do recognize it and are in denial about it. People do all sorts of cognitive gymnastics to avoid facing the truth about the consequences of their actions.
They don’t see the chaos they have brought on. FOX doesn’t air it, so they have no idea. Their wallets know, they are too dumb to figure that part out.
Maybe we need to admit that our culture has been dumbing down for the last 20 years. No one reads, no one is capable of critical thinking. Yet, the dumbasses are “super excited” about anything that smacks of anti intellectualism. Sad state of affairs.
I am tired of the anti Trump rant bell jar by all the pundits who have no agency. Maybe it is time to invoke the serenity prayer and leave it for future generations to figure it all out. In the meantime I am contemplating returning to my bell jar— literature, music, art, long distance swimming, hiking, mountaineering and skiing.
That's the ballgame. It would cut the legs out of the basic myth that ICE (and really, all things Trump) are special creatures deserving of special protection, permission, leeway, and deference because they are so persecuted by 'domestic woke terrorists'. Therefore, the masks will be the LAST thing Rs agree to, if they ever agree to it. Trump will lean on them hard not to budge. Yet we cannot call America a free country while we have secret police at the beck and call of the president.
Also, “Not paying those who stand on that front line during a period of heightened threat is not fiscal discipline; it’s strategic negligence.” He’s an excellent thinker and writer.
In the strange, hate-filled world of Donald J Trump, he has a special meaning for the world "WE". You might think that our fake POTUS means "my fellow Americans". Nope. You'd be wrong. When he says "WE" it's limited to his supporters or allies or corrupt collaborators. He NEVER means "We the People". His WE is referring to those who will become richer because of higher oil prices while 95% of Americans will become poorer. The "WE" of "SO MUCH WINNING" from tariffs are the Trump family and the upper 5% of taxpayers, NOT the People and so it goes into a war with Iran. WE the PEOPLE must do whatever it takes to save ourselves and the nation
Not even that. It's "The Royal We". He doesn't mean anyone but himself. No one else exists in his sick mind. He should have been locked in a rubber room long ago. This man shouldn't have control over a children's toy much less a country.
He has never understood that being President means serving and protecting the entire population of the United States, regardless of political persuasion, or degree of loyalty to the Dear Leader.
Hey, Trump is being consistent when he says we destroyed 100% of their military's capability. He absolutely means that. But like with drug prices, he probably has another 1500% or 1600% yet to go in reducing Iran's military capability. We're holding him to objective, verifiable math standards when he's talking in raving lunatic idiot math. Cut the man some slack.
Is anyone truly shocked at this point as to how this war—special military exercise will play out?
Just ask yourself one question. When was the last time Trump actually cared about the Presidential Daily Brief or listens to the intelligence experts?
That said, the only time I’ve ever seen Trump care about National Security is when he left the Whitehouse with 300 of the nations most critical secrets, refused to acknowledge he had them, and then refused to give them back!
Therefore, you need to ask yourself, which team is Trump truly fighting for, because to me, it’s definitely feels like he’s not fighting for America!🇺🇸
In fact, I would bet someone has already done a "Downfall" parody where the English captions are Trump's military advisors are explaining to him how badly things are going.
I have always thought he sold or even gave that defense info at many levels of classification to the Russians ,while living in "exile " at MAL and I still think so .
Absolutely. Why else would he have wanted to keep those documents other than to benefit financially? I still think some of the most incriminating docs are buried on his golf course in the coffin next to Ivana. Her death just happened to coincide with his need to hide them. And it is a fact that his valet, Walt Nauta, was coordinating the movement of some of those boxes around Mar-a-Lago, onto private planes, and God knows where else. I don't believe the FBI collected all of them and we don't know where the loose ones ended up. It is a mystery that should be solved as quickly as possible once Trump and his crooked DOJ and FBI are gone.
I wish someone on the Senate Intelligence Committee would have asked Tulsi Gabbard this: "Who is giving the President his daily intelligence briefing? How often? Can you provide records?" When they find out, they should drag THAT person in to answer questions: "Does the President listen to your briefings? How much time do you spend with him on a daily basis? Do you think he understands what you are saying? Can you state one of his actions or policies that was enacted in accordance with any of your assessments?" I sometimes wonder if these Senators are capable of forming and asking the right questions that will elicit answers that are of any use.
Iran has been preparing for unconventional war with the US and meanwhile Russia has been engaged in decades of unconventional warfare against the US. Trump had ignited the former and has facilitated the latter.
Putin would like nothing better than to use this war with Iran to damage the United States, guaranteeing that we will not be able to come to the aid of Ukraine, now, or in the future.
Micky Maga from Dufusville, Alabama explains to WSJ:
You see by Biden not ending the 47 year war while he was president, the Patriot's Patriot™️ Trump has to take it on himself to end this long standing war once and for all.
So, if you can twist your logic enough times, anyone can clearly see that Biden is the reason oil price is increasing again!!!!
Primarily, it's because CA elects to achieve a greater part of taxes collected via a gas tax than other states; and because air quality regs require different formulas at different times of the year.
Darn! Why is my state, Oregon, always one of the states where gas is always higher than average? I understand that eggs are always higher because, by law, we only allow eggs from cage-free hens to be sold in stores. But gas? Why???!!!???
Forget chess, your president is playing one dimensional Tiddly winks… what an asshole. Image king of the world, hope your peasants get tired of his stupidity and depose him. Got to vote overwhelmingly against all republicans in the mid terms. Stand in line all day if you need to.
“President Trump has calculated through every permutation and every degree of strategy,” and that we are en route to “an overwhelming victory.”
Apparently not a parody.
Lil Stevie Miller. Revenge of the Nerds meets Doctor Evil. I grow ever weary of hearing the fascist garbage coming out of his fat mouth. He’s a pathetic joke of a person, like Hermann Goering, but he has already brought misery, and death to many, like Goering. How many total dead by the end, I wonder?
Like I keep saying, remember that Brave, Brave Sir Stephen bravely turned his back and fled to safe, secure military housing after some demonstrators held up signs and *gasp* wrote in chalk on the sidewalk in front of his house.
Yep, he’s a gutless creep. At the end, he’ll be one of the first ones to sneak out of the Presidential Emergency Operations Center, as Trump screams, and rants, as he pushes ICE, and Border Patrol paramilitary unit symbols around on a map showing the area of the Potomac, and Anacostia Rivers. Units that are shattered remnants by that time.
I guess we’ll see. Some of us, maybe?
I wonder if his lodging comes with a bunker.
Archie?
Edith.
Not his type.
My zero. (Somehow, my keyboard refuses to print the "h" instead of the "z".) That was just a tactical retreat to foam at the mouth another day.
He's much more a Himmler than a Goering. I wish Miller would spend more time stealing artworks than whispering in Trump's ear.
Yeah, Goering was an utterly amoral corrupt fascist in the Trump mould who didn’t much care about the details of Nazi ideology only the opportunities for self enrichment and aggrandisement that being a in a senior leadership position gave him. The Reichswerke Hermann Göring, which served as his personal slush fund, was the largest industrial concern in Europe, some sources claim the world, by the end of 1941. All built from looted and expropriated assets and a massive user of slave labour.
Miller strikes me more as an ideologically committed fascist. Though I’d argue that Heydrich is the more apt comparison than Himmler given that Heydrich was the senior Nazi most closely involved in organising and overseeing the removal of ‘undesriable’ racial elements from German society and the primary architecht of the Holocaust. They even look somewhat similar.
Wormtongue.
Wormtongue and Saruman
I'd pick Goebbels (for the propaganda).
I picked Himmler for the immigration cruelty and the camps. Propaganda is his hobby, not his perceived mission
So many good choices.
Nah, Miller is not a propagandist by any stretch of the imagination. He also generally prefers to keep his head down. More a Himmler than a Goebbels.
To give Stephen Miller his due, he's a lot of Nazis rolled into one.
Looks like a dead ringer for Adolf Eichmann (pre-hanging).
Bro's head looks like a botched circumcision
Trump's no doubt worn out and in need of a little R & R after all that work.
Might I suggest he try spending a little time on the water as another famous wartime president did. FDR reportedly found sailing aboard his official presidential yacht the U.S.S. Potomac relaxing and refreshing, even during WWII.
Of course, being a wartime president himself, Donald would need a yacht worthy of his stature and fit for such duty.
Maybe his pal Jeff Bezos could loan him his little puddle jumper for a little excursion through the Strait of Hormuz.
Maybe a three hour tour? 😀
"A threee-ower touuuuuur!"
You got it. :)
Oh shit, the weather seems to be getting rough ! Yo Ginger maybe before the ship goes down........
Gilligan will save us.
Skipper!!!
As long as it takes...
I can't picture Trump on a yacht just enjoying the breeze. He doesn't seem to take ANY kind of innocent pleasure in the simple joys of life. Can you even imagine him fishing, or playing fetch with a dog, or bouncing a grandchild on his knee? I don't think he is capable of feeling happiness, in any true sense of the word. Which is why he takes his malice out on the rest of the world. Sauron, indeed.
I think you're right.
I'd pay to view that excursion.
Excursion is DJT s favorite new word.
As long as it ended with them stranded on a deserted island with no chance of rescue, I'm with you.
"after all that work"
Formation of a whim *is* exhausting . . .
I don’t suppose the Fox host pushed back at all on that?
Do Fox hosts ever push back?
Miller is so grotesque, I'm speechless
Forensic bullshit analysis indicates Stephen Miller is Trump's TS re-write guy.
Does that guy sleep?
Daytimes, in a coffin.
During oval office meetings.
Touche. I was actually referring to Miller's ability to write speeches, whatever truth social stuff, and plot the means of mass deportation.
Did you ever wonder what America would feel like if we had a perverted, corrupt, fascist dictator as our "leader". Well, check it out. We've arrived. The question we keep asking ourselves, "What are WE going to do about it?" becomes more pressing everyday. The world envisioned by Trump's brain and enabled by his cultist syncophants cannot be allowed to continue.
How we rise up to stop it is urgent.
You got that right - the V-Dem Institute at the University of Gothenburg says that U.S. democracy is currently in a much faster deterioration process than any other democracy in modern times. Within only one year, the USA’s score on the V-Dem Liberal Democracy index has declined by 24 percent, while its world rank dropped from 20th to 51st place out of 179 nations. Freedom of expression, a core aspect of democracy, shows the most drastic global decline, and is the most common target among autocratizing leaders over the past 25 years. We must rise up because, we, the people, are the only ones who can stop the likes of Trump and his cadre of goons trying to stifle our freedom.
Trump’s uncle DID teach at MIT.
All of those years of playing golf has paid off!!
If only we could have as much "merit" as those White male golfers by working instead of golfing. Oh well, I'm sure golf is more important than anything else.
Commander in Cheat!
Trump can't calculate 5th grade math. His pretense that he's always winning, even as he throws tantrums like the sorest of losers, comes straight from his mentor Roy Cohn's playbook.
They don’t even lie well.
They do not need to lie well--in fact it is better to lie poorly.
By lying poorly they put everyone else in a bind. What they say is obviously BS, most people who are not lost in the weeds of MAGA know it is BS (and this includes the vast majority of GoP politicians). What you have done is forced them to swallow and support your BS, which further locks them into you.
If you do not go with the bad lie, you obviously suffer from TDS or you are not one of US. It helps draw and then reinforce in and out group boundaries.
It is a display of dominance and a process that leads ultimately to their total corruption and subservience. There is always some new BS to swallow and support, some new and more embarrasssing way to demonstrate your loyalty.
All because you did not call BS the first time, but went along... and went along... and went along. Deeper and deeper into the rabbit hole each time. More and more compromised... until you absolutely MUST cling to and support the horrific things because you have nowhere else to go.
Yup, bad lying is all about dominance.
Exactly. Megalomania: "obsession with the exercise of power, especially in the domination of others." Power over others is his M.O., but it's the domination that Trump really gets off on. He is a sick, twisted individual. The sooner he is out of the picture, the better off we will all be and the sooner our country can self-correct and heal.
Besides, according to the VP, you have to lie in order to make a point.
Yes! You have hit the nail on the head.
First, because a lie that excludes smart people, leaving only gullible fools, serves their purpose. Microsoft Research explained why in an article, "Why Do Nigerian Scammers Say They are From Nigeria?" See:
https://www.microsoft.com/en-us/research/publication/why-do-nigerian-scammers-say-they-are-from-nigeria/
Second, because an obvious lie intimidates people. It flusters them. This is the Big Lie Nazi technique.
Permutation one: "We bomb Iran hard and they give me everything I want."
Permutation two: "We don't need any other permutations. I'm not even sure what that word means"
Well, from one “sexual matador” to another that’s high praise indeed.
A victory for whom?
This comment is so far down in the thread that it has lost context.
🤣🤣
Baghdad Bob would be embarrassed for this dude.
We. Are. F*%#ed.
The WSJ proclaims that Hegseth sets no time on ending the war -- only when Trump decides. Tell me this is not autocracy. Who stops this juggernaut of psychosis?
Let’s hope that hubris=doom comes for Hegseth!
I am beyond understanding why this "unpopular" war gets so much support from Congress. "In a 53 to 47 vote, a Democrat-led effort to restrict Mr. Trump from taking military action in Iran fell short for a third time." Yesterday! Are Americans informing their GOP Senators that we're all good on this? So only the SENATE and Trump and Hegseth support this war. And if Trump, Hegseth, and the Senate decide to [fill in the blank], we're all going.
I think so far, based on polls I saw yesterday, this war hasn’t caused a big dip in his already low approval. There is some rally round the flag, and a fair number who only know gas has gone up because of “war in Iran.” Doubtful they even know it was unprovoked.
On one of talk shows, there was a comment that makes some sense, ie, that the electorate is already so polarized over Trump that you won't see much change regardless of what happens. He is already unpopular but he won't become much more unpopular because his base would support him, as he once said, if he shot someone on 5th Avenue
That seems right to me, but I am not sure where the bottom of his approval is. It might be 30% or so. We’ll find out, maybe!
An issue suitable for framing in the midterms.
Yes. If Hegseth spent as much time reading the bible as he does promoting it, he would understand the text from Proverbs 16:18... "Pride goes before destruction, and a haughty spirit before a fall."
And to Stephen Miller and Kash Patel, please!
Only 2 can stop it. Either the pliant, oath-violating elected GOP officials in the House and Senate, or enough voters in the midterms to replace the pliant, oath-violating elected GOP officials in the House and Senate.
Any guess on which?
That's why I listen to Rev. Talarico in TX. I like his hopefulness.
I'll be voting for him in November!
You don't trust that he will just know it's over in his bones?
ANY MEANS NECESSARY! LOL! Maybe we should have a look at Hegseth's entrails ...
As a way of foretelling the future, it would have as much validity as anything else this Administration is trying to sell.
And so colorful! ;)
Ewww !
or in his gut
We do, the same way the French did after Marie Antoinette said "Let them eat cake!"
I often fantasize about replacing William Wallace at the end of "Braveheart" with some of our politicians ...
They let Wallace keep his balls in braveheart, and there was never any question of cutting out his spine. Both are a luxury none of our politicians should be afforded, assuming the ones that ever had either can manage to find them after the corruption and cronyism they've been engaged in. Its past time we reminded people laws, government, and taxes are a kindness we extend to wealthy individuals as an alternative to keep them from being dragged from thier homes in the middle of the night by an angry mob. A little mob justice would be very educational for some very self important people in the US.
"Stephen Miller, telling Laura Ingraham that “President Trump has calculated through every permutation and every degree of strategy,” and that we are en route to “an overwhelming victory.” I can't get over the North Korea of it all.
It makes my head swim listening to this garbage. I was born during Nixon’s vile presidency, but what is this? By the measure of our Mayfly existence, the decay has taken long to reach a critical level, but it sure seems to be rushing now.
I just rewatched the film Darkest Hour. Where the hell is our Churchill? I guess maybe we don’t deserve one. Not that deserving has anything to do with life, and death. Nemesis has fixed her eyes on us, and our Israeli allies.
Sic transit gloria mundi……..
Good quote. I remember Nixon. A benevolent genius compared to our current POTUS idiotus (my Latin is not as good as yours lol).
No apology needed. "Potus idiotus" is the kind of label you'd see in a Warner Brothers cartoon - one that had Trump running around in it like Wiley Coyote.
Great image!
Meep Meep!
Nixon was paranoid and corrupt, but not an idiot. Unfortunately, Trump is all three.
Enshitifis Potus Dufus
Or as Trump envisions himself, Enshitifus Rex.
Churchill didn't have to deal with an erstwhile ally going off on their own like BiBi. We have two meglomaniacal dictators marching to their own whims.
Stalin was sort of going off on his own. My God, we used to have Presidents who could stand up to Stalin.
Lucky us, huh?
If it wasn't for our bad luck we'd have no luck at all.
Just so!
I used to like Netanyahu way way back in the day. Seemed well-spoken, reasonable and intelligent. But I now see him as Trump in a kippa: He's gone full authoritarian demagogue, enabled by Trump.
I did too Ben, thirty or some years ago for the same reasons. He did not age well.
What comes first the Trump or the Bibi?
Trump, imo. Bibi went full-in on demonizing Israeli Arabs after Trump led by example re Mexican immigrants.
Their own whims, which are basically, screw the world - as long as I stay out of jail.
One with a large gut instinct and the other with ears to rival Little Marcos's
I'm so angry some days, at poor or non leadership, excuse makers, go along,
my money, me
they just are selfish, self, self, self. what is a nation ? a bunch of selfs
It's giving Downfall (2004) vibes
That’s what I just wrote on another comment. At the end, Trump will be pushing symbols of Loyalist ICE and Border Patrol paramilitary units around on a map, ordering immediate counter-attacks. Screaming and ranting.
Unfortunately for the regime, those units will be shattered remnants by that time.
I hope they will be shattered remnants . The good news is that while ICE seems to brutal they also seem to be stupid and disorganized (thank God)
And cowards, under their aggressive bravado.
At a Kennedy Center board meeting: "They weren't supposed to go after all these other countries in the Middle East." Also, "Nobody, nobody, no, no, no. The greatest experts, nobody thought they were going to hit."
An overwhelming victory! Except for Iran s missiles, cluster bombs, drones, mines and ships.
Actually, an overwhelming and glorious victory!
It's fascist garbage, which is par for the course for reichsminister Miller
Makes you wonder if he stood in front of the bathroom mirror and repeated that over and over until he thought "wow, that sounds cool. I'm sure to get a gold star from president orange daddy!"
What a ridiculous bunch of mush coming out of his face hole. I'd feel sorry and embarrassed for him if he wasn't such an unlikeable pile of crap. Him and gabbard should be stuffed in lockers for all that cringy praise of the dumbest human to ever squat his huge ass in the WH.
In all fairness, it is not just Miller. Every single cabinet member gushes ass-kissing praise in Trump's cabinet meetings. It's truly disgusting. But I suspect they all do practice in front of a mirror.
Oh, yes, I've seen the round table flowery bjs. It's gag-inducing.
Lockers for Everyone!
Consider the possibility that Miller might not be totally wrong. Everything is calculated, there is a strategy, and Trump is en route to victory.... just not in Iran. I mean, Trump couldn't give a shit about Iran. The strategy he needs, and no doubt has his underlings calculating, is a plan to retain power past the midterm elections. Like to cheat, intervene, cancel, or coup. Any of which could be served by an ongoing state of warscursion. FFS, he's in this with Bibi, and that's the Bibi plan - no peace, no trial and conviction.
The thing that bugs me about Bulwark analyses is too much credit is given to the power of people - stupid or rotten as they may be imagined to be. It doesn't matter if MTG or Joe Kent or any number of rank-and-file voters change their tune. They're not the real constituency. That would be billionaire oligarchs, finance capital, the Murdochs and Ellisons and Sinclairs. If the money moves off of him he gets to move in with Maduro, and we'll see who the Epstein class casts as Delcey in the reboot.
It's true that Trump is always looking for the grift, pleasing the money men, and finding any pretext to invoke some state of war or emergency to mess with elections. But the only reason he wants to mess with elections is because too many ordinary people are poised to vote out the R Congress, maybe including the Senate. He is scared to death of a non-compliant Congress. He saw what happened with endless investigations into Hillary and doesn't want to see that happen to his administration. Re Iran, aside from money and power, Trump loves blowing things up, exerting military might in ways he thinks don't pose any risk to him. But, he also loves settling old scores. He doesn't have many convictions but he is sore at Iran for them taking US hostages in 1980. Vendettas are a dominant part his 'value' system.
Not the only reason. He'd want to blow up democracy just on general principles and as payback to the evil Dems and RINOs the don't lick his boots. He's bat shit insane, which, among other things, let's him hold utterly contrary thoughts simultaneously. E.g. he is scared of losing the House majority, but also confident fate will deliver him the total authoritarian control EVERYONE would beg him to assume if only they were truly smart.
Another problem with analyses of Trump and MAGA: they keep trying to make too much sense, and just aren't up to grappling with how thoroughly insane our situation is now.
Bill: "Instead of receiving intelligence briefings, President Trump is watching Fox. And what he heard last night was his most influential aide, Stephen Miller, telling Laura Ingraham that “President Trump has calculated through every permutation and every degree of strategy,” and that we are en route to “an overwhelming victory.”"
< Tim spits out his coffee and starts laughing hysterically >
I have to hand it to Miller and Ingraham for their commitment to the bit. Their contempt for Fox's viewership is off the charts. Then again, the role of Fox in 2026 is to tell their viewers what they want to hear. I look forward to the day when gas is $10/gallon and Miller is crowing about Trump's strategic genius on Ingraham's show, and I look forward to it because I know the viewers are going to believe Miller instead of the evidence of their shrinking wallets.
I am concerned that if events keep going in this direction Tim won’t be able to afford coffee to spit.
Funny you should mention that, Daphne. I buy a large bag of Starbucks that until recently was $14. Since the war kicked off, the price has gone to $16. But Miller says this is a new Golden Age, so what do I know.
A small and worthy sacrifice to keep Iran from getting the bomb.
That was the crux of the 2024 election wasn't it? The need for shared sacrifice and higher prices? Or am I remembering it wrong?
2024? Feels like a lifetime ago. But I do remember when Trump pulled out of the JCPOA. If he was really worried about Iran "getting the bomb", then why didn't he and his national security team come up with a replacement that our allies would have supported?
Oh, that's right. Thinking is woke. I'm sorry.
Come on, the JCPOA was a "bad deal." The greatest deal maker ever said so.
/s
That's the price of a Venti, Tim.
Never mind that Mrs. Tim is going to brain him.
Don't worry Daphne. Tim is a rich dude who can afford daily coffee even if it doubles or triples in price (assuming that gas stays up below $3 a gallon). 🤣
Tim? Rich? News to me.
In my world, drinking scotch the label of which does not include the words "Trader Joe" equals rich.
Maybe I should find someone to explain that concept to you. 😁
That's awfully kind of you.
He said a BAG of Starbucks, not a cup. To make at home. He ain't buying daily $6 lattes as you seem to be implying.
and now the wounded are over 200
He has his Pinto beans.
He looked through millions of futures and saw...building the ballroom, it was the only path to victory.
While lip-syncing to "Big Balls" by AC/DC.
I have this recurring fantasy that somebody slips a truth serum into the coffee that these Fox hosts consume right before going on air. C’mon, Laura: tell us what you really think for a change. Wouldn’t it be a relief to drop the facade?
When Charlie Sykes was still with The Bulwark, he had Anne Applebaum on the flagship pod to discuss the "twilight" of democracy. Applebaum knew Ingraham from back in the day since both socialized in the center-right social circles, and Applebaum concluded that Ingraham was not a conservative but a radical who benefited from the destruction of our institutions and our democratic guardrails. Laura's on the air because she chooses to be. There is no better version of her. What you see is who and what she is. To paraphrase Orwell, the purpose of lying is lying.
I didn’t mean to suggest that a truth serum would reveal a hidden “good Laura”!
I just love to imagine her drugged into voicing the truth that she despises tRumpy as a moron and a puppet who has proven himself to be the greatest wrecking ball to truth, justice and the American way that Putin could have ever installed. Hopefully during prime time Faux News to the widest possible audience of credulous trump fans.
Love to see that b*tch jailed for treason. A stupid relative of mine just loves her. Another a*hole in my life😄
Remember from 2016? "I watch the shows."
Ten years of this shit, Mike. < sigh >
No kidding. And he's not going away.
Nope. And frankly, Mike, we deserve what's coming to us. We asked for this. Well, now we're going to get it.
Anyone who voted for him in 2024 after seeing J6 has my contempt.
Like Nancy Pelosi said: “All roads lead to Putin”.
Amen brother
Word.
That is a hefty 49.8 % of the country.
And anybody who claims they didn't vote for this I reply, yes you did. 49.8 % to the detriment of us all.
You mean the pice of gas isn't going down quickly?
I don't think Fox tells their viewers what the viewers want to hear. I think their viewers honestly believe they are getting some generic version of the truth. Unfortunately, Fox is all in on Republicans taking over America through minority rule and they shape and mold Trump and his goons into whatever they think will achieve that goal and they know they have to hoodwink their viewers to get them on board. I honestly think Fox viewers would prefer to hear the real truth; and if Fox ever gave it to them, it would perhaps jolt them out of their cultish complacency.
If that were true, are these viewers also aware that Fox had to shell out something like $787 million to settle a lawsuit with Dominion regarding the claims Fox anchors made about Dominion's voting equipment in the 2020? Because if they *were* aware, they could reasonably conclude Fox was lying to their viewership.
I doubt it. I know Fox had to apologize for misrepresenting the facts, but not sure they had to mention the payout. And it would have been easy to miss the apology if they weren't watching for it. It is easy for folks on our side to see the lies because they are talked about endlessly on the media we watch and read. We are constantly exposed to the real Trump by watching video clips of him being stupid and making things up. Fox viewers are not exposed to that. Although I use a variety of sources: New York Times, Bulwark, Guardian, Reuters, MSNOW, PBS, Adam Mockler, Rick Wilson, The Hill, etc., you could not pay me enough to watch Fox celebrities. I can't stomach it. So I understand Fox viewers' reluctance to tune in to a left leaning program. I do feel safe asking my Fox-watching friends to at least watch PBS Newshour, but it often isn't on their cable availability, although Fox ALWAYS is. I tell them to watch it on You Tube. It's reliable and not exactly left wing. Small steps.
Trump kids should be the first boots on the ground in Iran followed by the other MAGA billionaires. This is their war.
Elon's kids could be a whole battalion.
I'd be willing to let the kids skip out if we could send Elon instead.
I love your idea!
Maybe we should send felonious bone spurs too!
Made me LOL.
They are little , lay off. Just send Elon and/or his non resident harem
🤣
Doesn't he need his kids as human shields to protect himself?
DNA-Reactive armor.
Good in theory, but first of all, we don't know if the Trump kids know how to put boots on their feet and second, didn't you know that bone spurs are a hereditary disability?
Ivanka is probably the only one tough enough.
There’s a waiver for that.
My god, can you imagine the horror of seeing Barron Trump lumbering around the battlefield? “Holy shit! The Americans have GIANTS!”
Seriously though, I’m sure Gold Spoon Barron would make a great Combat Engineer. For as long as it took for one of his size 30 boots to step on a land mine. BOOM!! Bye-bye foot. Bye-bye a critical piece of anatomy higher up. On the plus side, his daddy could afford to get him a gold plated prosthetic.
I would love to see it.
Unsurprisingly, they all have bone spurs. Do they think any Americans of any ideology are fooled by this?
Don; too much coke. Eric; too dumb. Barron; too tall. Like John Fogerty's song, Fortunate son
The ICE dudes ought to be in the first wave. Those dudes are bad-asses.
Day 20 of the Republican Party’s war in Iran.
Congrats to Joe Kent on becoming an enemy of the state. It’s not necessary to be a white nationalist to oppose idiotic wars in the Middle East.
See somewhere this morning that Russia is shipping oil to Cuba. If true, I’m sure Trump “knows nothing about it.”
OOH he can set up a blockade and pound his Florsheim on the desk.
Nikita Rubio.
Bessent said today that the Trump Administration is considering removing sanctions on already loaded Iranian oil to help ease the energy crisis Bibi and Donnie have created.
It's in both the Moscow Times and the Financial Times, plus a few others. It may make Trump blow a gasket and throw his lunch at the wall, splattering ketchup all over the room, but he will not do anything about it because Putin is the one person in the world who knows FOR SURE that Trump was involved with Russia and probably laundering money for its oligarchs for many, many years. He has the goods and Trump is not willing to be exposed as a criminal. That sort of crime would have no protection under Presidential Immunity.
I can hear Walter Cronkite's voice: "And that's the way it is" on Day 20 of the Iran war, gas up 90 cents and rising.
Ted Koppel is the one I always think of. Tacking another day onto the “hostage crisis in Iran.”
Meanwhile, Saint Ronnie was cutting a deal to keep them hostages until his inauguration. For those who choose to believe that.
Not a fucking chance. The dumb fucks who elected him are getting exactly what they deserve. We have met the enemy and they are us.
The problem with the dumb fucks who elected him is that they're also too dumb to recognize that he's destroying our economy and our country.
Or maybe they do recognize it and are in denial about it. People do all sorts of cognitive gymnastics to avoid facing the truth about the consequences of their actions.
They don’t see the chaos they have brought on. FOX doesn’t air it, so they have no idea. Their wallets know, they are too dumb to figure that part out.
I think that's it. When you get your information from Greg Gutfeld, you think everything's great.
Anything other than seeing a glorious victory is TDS.
I will ask once again:
Victory for whom?
However the President defines "victory" that moment.
Cult
Maybe we need to admit that our culture has been dumbing down for the last 20 years. No one reads, no one is capable of critical thinking. Yet, the dumbasses are “super excited” about anything that smacks of anti intellectualism. Sad state of affairs.
Indeed.
I am tired of the anti Trump rant bell jar by all the pundits who have no agency. Maybe it is time to invoke the serenity prayer and leave it for future generations to figure it all out. In the meantime I am contemplating returning to my bell jar— literature, music, art, long distance swimming, hiking, mountaineering and skiing.
No masks or no deal on ICE.
That's the ballgame. It would cut the legs out of the basic myth that ICE (and really, all things Trump) are special creatures deserving of special protection, permission, leeway, and deference because they are so persecuted by 'domestic woke terrorists'. Therefore, the masks will be the LAST thing Rs agree to, if they ever agree to it. Trump will lean on them hard not to budge. Yet we cannot call America a free country while we have secret police at the beck and call of the president.
It should be no masks and no guns. The ranks would dwindle to nothing.
Or at least do a deep psych profile before issuing a gun.
💯 Gen. Hertling
“… greatest danger to powerful nations was not external enemies but hubris—the arrogance that comes from believing success makes one invulnerable …”
Also, “Not paying those who stand on that front line during a period of heightened threat is not fiscal discipline; it’s strategic negligence.” He’s an excellent thinker and writer.
Sure sounds like Trump to me.
In the strange, hate-filled world of Donald J Trump, he has a special meaning for the world "WE". You might think that our fake POTUS means "my fellow Americans". Nope. You'd be wrong. When he says "WE" it's limited to his supporters or allies or corrupt collaborators. He NEVER means "We the People". His WE is referring to those who will become richer because of higher oil prices while 95% of Americans will become poorer. The "WE" of "SO MUCH WINNING" from tariffs are the Trump family and the upper 5% of taxpayers, NOT the People and so it goes into a war with Iran. WE the PEOPLE must do whatever it takes to save ourselves and the nation
Not even that. It's "The Royal We". He doesn't mean anyone but himself. No one else exists in his sick mind. He should have been locked in a rubber room long ago. This man shouldn't have control over a children's toy much less a country.
An Indian-American friend shared a proverb with me: "You don't give a garland to a monkey."
Remember the Letterman bit: Is it Trump or monkey?
Others are like the things new parents dangle above infants' cribs.
👍👍
He has never understood that being President means serving and protecting the entire population of the United States, regardless of political persuasion, or degree of loyalty to the Dear Leader.
Hey, Trump is being consistent when he says we destroyed 100% of their military's capability. He absolutely means that. But like with drug prices, he probably has another 1500% or 1600% yet to go in reducing Iran's military capability. We're holding him to objective, verifiable math standards when he's talking in raving lunatic idiot math. Cut the man some slack.
Is anyone truly shocked at this point as to how this war—special military exercise will play out?
Just ask yourself one question. When was the last time Trump actually cared about the Presidential Daily Brief or listens to the intelligence experts?
That said, the only time I’ve ever seen Trump care about National Security is when he left the Whitehouse with 300 of the nations most critical secrets, refused to acknowledge he had them, and then refused to give them back!
Therefore, you need to ask yourself, which team is Trump truly fighting for, because to me, it’s definitely feels like he’s not fighting for America!🇺🇸
As with all of Trump's actions, the only question that matters is how much Trump benefits financially. He's a pig at the trough and always has been.
Can’t disagree with that; well said!…:)
In fact, I would bet someone has already done a "Downfall" parody where the English captions are Trump's military advisors are explaining to him how badly things are going.
Mirror, mirror on the wall. What s best for Tump is best for all.
I have always thought he sold or even gave that defense info at many levels of classification to the Russians ,while living in "exile " at MAL and I still think so .
I agree..:)
Absolutely. Why else would he have wanted to keep those documents other than to benefit financially? I still think some of the most incriminating docs are buried on his golf course in the coffin next to Ivana. Her death just happened to coincide with his need to hide them. And it is a fact that his valet, Walt Nauta, was coordinating the movement of some of those boxes around Mar-a-Lago, onto private planes, and God knows where else. I don't believe the FBI collected all of them and we don't know where the loose ones ended up. It is a mystery that should be solved as quickly as possible once Trump and his crooked DOJ and FBI are gone.
He watches the shows. How much more informed can a president be? /s
And he also talks to Putin—a lot! I’d love to be a fly on the wall for that…:)
I wish someone on the Senate Intelligence Committee would have asked Tulsi Gabbard this: "Who is giving the President his daily intelligence briefing? How often? Can you provide records?" When they find out, they should drag THAT person in to answer questions: "Does the President listen to your briefings? How much time do you spend with him on a daily basis? Do you think he understands what you are saying? Can you state one of his actions or policies that was enacted in accordance with any of your assessments?" I sometimes wonder if these Senators are capable of forming and asking the right questions that will elicit answers that are of any use.
Trumpster needs graphics.(pictures) at his PDB s. He can barely read.
Agreed, which is why the intelligence agencies are one step ahead of you; they made the new PDB a pop-up book!🤪
Iran has been preparing for unconventional war with the US and meanwhile Russia has been engaged in decades of unconventional warfare against the US. Trump had ignited the former and has facilitated the latter.
Putin would like nothing better than to use this war with Iran to damage the United States, guaranteeing that we will not be able to come to the aid of Ukraine, now, or in the future.
"The average price of a gallon of gasoline is now about $3.88, according to AAA. In eight states, it’s over $4/gallon."
Biden, er . . . . . Trump did this.
Micky Maga from Dufusville, Alabama explains to WSJ:
You see by Biden not ending the 47 year war while he was president, the Patriot's Patriot™️ Trump has to take it on himself to end this long standing war once and for all.
So, if you can twist your logic enough times, anyone can clearly see that Biden is the reason oil price is increasing again!!!!
That, seriously, is MAGA's key talking point regarding Trump's war.
Nevermind that Orange45 did nothing about it during his first term.
Here in California, we *dream* of regular gas at $3.88.
I’m told by another CA resident that that is Gavin Newsom’s fault. Hail Donald.
Primarily, it's because CA elects to achieve a greater part of taxes collected via a gas tax than other states; and because air quality regs require different formulas at different times of the year.
Oregon same - average 4.49 (though I pay more in my college town) , Costco is 4.29 so whenever Idrive past Costco 13 miles away I fill up
In northern CA, regular is mid-fives and diesel is nosing above six.
Maybe I wont DRIVE to that conference in SFO next month .
You might want to check how TSA is doing before you buy a plane ticket.
Darn! Why is my state, Oregon, always one of the states where gas is always higher than average? I understand that eggs are always higher because, by law, we only allow eggs from cage-free hens to be sold in stores. But gas? Why???!!!???
Biden's laptop!
benghazi, caravans
Sleepy Joe! Commander!
Hillary's emails.
over 200 injured, and people are worried about their own personal money- lot of irony
Let's hope that his hubris, coupled with Big Macs and fries, does him in before he does the country in.
Forget chess, your president is playing one dimensional Tiddly winks… what an asshole. Image king of the world, hope your peasants get tired of his stupidity and depose him. Got to vote overwhelmingly against all republicans in the mid terms. Stand in line all day if you need to.
Tiddly winks requires more eye-hand coordination than he’s capable of…..
4-dimensional 52-card pickup, remember?