“January 6th child molesters” is what every Democrat should refer to when talking about what the slush fund is for. Focus on gas prices (and a nonsense Middle East War) and focus on releasing and paying off 1/6 child molesters…link it to the Epstein Files.
It’s simple and we’ve seen it work. No stupid poll testing. Just put out the ads like the Republicans do make them as trollish as possible and bring to light the shame of the Republican Congress members that have retconned 1/6 into no big deal which is pretty much all of them at this point.
The Dems also need to constantly point out that Trump is probably a child molester, also, at least he is a protector of the biggest child-sex-trafficking ring in American history.
Also, Trump and his family have made almost $4 billion since he took office. How much have you made? How much can you afford?
I'll say it, he most likely did slap a young gal, sucking him off, right in her head, quit being so gentle, he is a convicted felon, he is a perv about women,
none of this is funny or word play, he has taken women by force, most likely under 18, nothing funny about it
Can those mouth-breathers be lumped in with The Epstein Class(tm)? They don't have the money or influence, but their horrific crimes and motivations seem aligned.
If it goes forward, which I doubt, the committee will sift through the 1600-odd cases and in the end decide that Donald J Trump was far and away the most victimized by weaponized prosecution, and give most or all of the money to him.
Ashli Babbit got 5 million. I think the worst will get a lot of money if Congress doesn’t find a way to stop them. If a Democrat wins in 2028 they have to have the balls to go after the recipients as criminal bribes. The 1/6ers will be public about their money received. Confidentiality won’t be an issue they will brag about it.
If her momma ( not that close any longer, lives on some boat ) got more than 50K, I would be shocked, and do not forget, the FAKE Arlington burial, I do think it may be fake, maybe that grave is being saved for some other criminal
And while they’re at it the Dems should bring a resolution to the House floor to impeach acting AG Blanche. Make them defend the corrupt fund he brokered with our tax dollars, giving his family a sweetheart deal with the IRS. Enlighten more Americans about it. Bring the resolution to a procedural vote. Some of the R representatives Trump backstabbed might sign-on. In any event, there’s zero upside for them trying to defend it.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick “said Mr. Trump achieved what nobody believed was possible five times.”
Gotta agree with Mr. Nutlick on this one. Not sure anyone else could manage to destroy a growing thriving economy in such a short time and then fix his one good metric of gas prices by engaging in a war that wasn’t a war and surrendering to try and free the Strait of Hormuz which was already free until the war that isn’t a war started.
The Trump administration continues to be responsible for more deaths in Africa than any colonial country. The US was the country that had been supplying food, medicines, nets, and vaccines to African countries for decades. But Trump doesn't make money on that, so he stopped it. Millions of people, mostly children, will die.
So many disgusting things have and will be done by this regime but this at the top of the pile. I could maybe be swayed to cut this kind of audio if they had shifted the many into domestic programs that helped people here. Unfortunately, they are cutting those programs too.
Graham: "It makes one wonder why the war started to begin with." Notice the switch from "me" to "one". Graham cannot tolerate making any direct criticism of his overlord. Yes, Lindsey, ONE does wonder, doesn't ONE?
"At least more people are telling the truth, even if only for a moment, that it is a disaster. That’s a step on the road to recovery."
Is it really a step on the road to recovery? Until we see elected Republican figures speak out for the good of our country, for the good of our democracy, and with the intent of honoring the oath of office each and everyone of them took, then there is no road to recovery. Voting them out of office over the course of the next several elections is the real road to recovery....
They're advocating a conclusion to the war that can only be brought about, maybe, by an enormous ground invasion. They're delusional. If they were really truth tellers, they would be saying Trump never should have started this disaster in the first place.
Mom - yup. One day of sobriety with gritted teeth does not a recovery make. There are 12 steps; let’s see at least a couple in evidence before we pronounce Republican congress people to be on their road to wellville
Imagine... the guy whose first term was a shitshow, delivered another shitshow (only worse). It boggles the mind how that could happen. The results of one of his successes (Operation Warp Speed) was avoided and reviled by his ardent followers.
The guy who was corrupt in his first term, was even more (and more openly) corrupt the second time.
And if an election were held tomorrow, most of the people who voted for him in 2024 would still vote for him... MAYBE not enough for him to win, but FAR, FAR too many of them. Because... tribalism.
Better the absolute criminal piece of shit that is in our tribe than that Other Person.
Tom - no, remember, he’s got his MIT prof uncle’s genius genes. Or perhaps he’s inverse of the fairy tale for weaving that gold into straw? Trumple-gilt-skin
He had to have okayed the idea at some place and time. That is pretty much his level of involvement (like most Presidents).
The difference between Trump and normal Presidents is that a lot CAN be laid directly at Trump's door, because of the authoritarian, cultish nature of his regime--especially Trump 2.0.
I am sure that OWS was someone else's idea, probably whoever was running DOD & HHS at the time.
As President, though, Trump gets credit.
The reality is that most Presidents don't deserve either the blame or credit for what happens on their watch--especially in economics. Most do not openly and directly engage in economics and cannot do much about it. Usually, the impact is negative or just gets swallowed up by the effects of other things.
The best you can do is keep things on an even keel, avoid major international incidents, foster and maintain stability as the base condition for economic activity. Things Trump HASN'T done.
To his credit, he did finally tariff the penguins on the McDonald Islands that had been taking advantage of us. Although Trump might rue that day if Oswald Cobblepot runs for NYC mayor next time.
Rajeev - my Bulwark Commenter learning of the day 😊. Don’t recall ever knowing that name, but I started weaning off Batman when Bat Mite showed up - I wanted action not cartoons! When Fantastic 4 appeared I went full Marvel
Destroyed the credibility of the DOJ. A headline and subheadline from today's NY Times: "As Trump Politicizes Justice Dept., Prosecutors Struggle With Grand Juries. Judges and grand juries have increasingly lost faith in the Justice Department as the president uses it to reward his friends and go after his opponents." What did they expect would happen?
A small point, but if the MAGA cognoscenti, including Senator Lindsey Graham and Trump himself, has trouble with relatively simple words like "dominant" ("dominate") or "incursion" ("excursion "), something is terribly wrong. It sounded funny when Archie Bunker spewed out these malapropisms in 1975 but this is different, and deeply troubling.
Daniel - was it Vonnegut who repeated a line about bad chemicals in the head? Some are naturally occurring, some involve adding adulterants (Graham has been suggested in the press, a la Giuliani), some relate to blockage of good chemicals and desirable connections of brain circuitry. So many ways our faculties slip away
How ironic that Tulsi Gabbard thought DJT would keep us out of "forever wars", (over Democrats) when it was Republicans who got us into forever wars in the first place.
"The brave Iranian people, who were told that help was “on the way,” have been betrayed."
It isn't just the lie about some sustained effort to overthrow the government. It is the complete disdain for the hopes of the Iranian people implicit in Trump's threat to obliterate their civilization.
Cruz, Graham, and Wicker's initial assessment of the proposed peace deal was surprising; their subsequent behavior, however, was not. They all want a deal that replaces the Iranian regime, opens the Strait, and permanently ends their nuclear program, but that requires a ground invasion. While those three senators almost certainly favor a ground invasion, they can't say that, and they won't advocate for that, because that's not where their voters or the public more broadly are at. Their protestations are useless, because their party's leader created this mess, and the path to the resolution they desire is a nonstarter. So time to stop complaining and start eating the shit sandwich Chef Trump made for you, because this is all on Trump, on you, and on the GOP. And I for one am not even optimistic that a deal is imminent at this point anyway, so this will just keep dragging out until we surrender to every Iranian demand, and that trio can enjoy that shit sandwich, too, with extra shit.
If you want an outcome where the Strait is open, there's no nuclear program, and the regime is replaced, make the case for a ground invasion. Otherwise, just shut up or lie like you usually do.
And the Pope is well-informed on AI. I agree with the guy.
A ground invasion would not accomplish anything except get a lot of our soldiers killed. AI assisted drone warfare has effectively ended ground combat for the present....at least until defensive capability catches up with offensive capability and that's not happening for quite some time.
Bill is forgetting Israel's input into Trump's Iran war decision, and it's stubborn refusal to act like an ally instead of a rogue actor, which Netanyahu continues today with massive drone strikes in Lebanon. Lyndsey Graham's initial enthusiasm was all about Israel's need for security regarding Iran. He's still singing the same song, but now from a different hymnal. AIPAC is not going to be able to buy him victory come November.
The only global super power that seems to have any real future vision is Xi and China. He has both Putin and Trump for state visits, does equal pomp and circumstance and then sends them both home essentially empty handed. Xi knows all he has to do is wait for the two malignant narcissists to destroy their country's economic and global standing and he can leisurely pick their carcasses.
Pope Leo is a true prophetic voice in what is essentially a brutal wilderness of greed and ego. May he live long and prosper.
The last three months of the Iran failure are emblematic of the legacy of DJT of the US going forward. And that is it will take a generation or two for the US to get back it s trust and good will we once enjoyed. We are no longer "That shining city on the hill" but a rogue state like Russia , North Korea and Iran in the eyes of the world.
Dave - yeah, I don’t think we get back to where we once belonged. Nor are we really in the axis you listed (granted, my inner Bad Wolf is tempted to say…). The world is discovering it must move on. Will take some time to see where this goes but I don’t think it’s “back”
The cabinet officials you cite for bringing the most enthusiasm to the task are all male, and the ones losing their jobs are female. I know correlation is not causation, but c'mon.
With the new strikes on Iran, despite Trump's claims of a peace deal, is it possible that Hegseth and/or others, are now making such decisions on their own? Apparently, that's happened before, with Hegseth withholding Ukraine aid, and his withdrawal of troops from Poland (overruled by Trump). Trump certainly doesn't seem capable of giving much direction to his lackeys.
Cayce - these past few weeks, so many of his social media bleats are clearly NOT Trump’s writing. I keep wondering who are the writers, are they making the policy moves embodied in those bleats with Trumps approval? Awareness? Involvement of any kind? How would we know? Given his questionable condition, how would Trump himself know what he said/did yesterday or last week? It is a puzzlement
“January 6th child molesters” is what every Democrat should refer to when talking about what the slush fund is for. Focus on gas prices (and a nonsense Middle East War) and focus on releasing and paying off 1/6 child molesters…link it to the Epstein Files.
It’s simple and we’ve seen it work. No stupid poll testing. Just put out the ads like the Republicans do make them as trollish as possible and bring to light the shame of the Republican Congress members that have retconned 1/6 into no big deal which is pretty much all of them at this point.
The Dems also need to constantly point out that Trump is probably a child molester, also, at least he is a protector of the biggest child-sex-trafficking ring in American history.
Also, Trump and his family have made almost $4 billion since he took office. How much have you made? How much can you afford?
“Trump get $4 billion, you get $4 gas”
“I’m not saying he’s a child molester, I’m asking why he’s covering up for child molesters”
Followed by "Just asking questions that others are asking!"
People are saying...
More like $10 gas at this rate, amiright?
John Roberts' wife collects $10 billion while you get $10 gas.
I'll say it, he most likely did slap a young gal, sucking him off, right in her head, quit being so gentle, he is a convicted felon, he is a perv about women,
none of this is funny or word play, he has taken women by force, most likely under 18, nothing funny about it
Can those mouth-breathers be lumped in with The Epstein Class(tm)? They don't have the money or influence, but their horrific crimes and motivations seem aligned.
They are all the same tribe
Wonder how much money J6ers in prison will get from the slush fund: none? 1 million?
If it goes forward, which I doubt, the committee will sift through the 1600-odd cases and in the end decide that Donald J Trump was far and away the most victimized by weaponized prosecution, and give most or all of the money to him.
Or do nothing until December 1st and then Felon Trump gets the money.
A swindle wrapped in a swindle.
One way or another the orange thing enriches himself with taxpayers dollars .
He must be getting a cut of any/all payouts. Presidential Library Fund?
Ashli Babbit got 5 million. I think the worst will get a lot of money if Congress doesn’t find a way to stop them. If a Democrat wins in 2028 they have to have the balls to go after the recipients as criminal bribes. The 1/6ers will be public about their money received. Confidentiality won’t be an issue they will brag about it.
Ashli Babbit's family got $5 million despite a federal law that prohibits payments to those who engage in insurrection against the U.S.
Somebody probably ought to look into that, and the next administration needs to send Babbit's family a bill.
If her momma ( not that close any longer, lives on some boat ) got more than 50K, I would be shocked, and do not forget, the FAKE Arlington burial, I do think it may be fake, maybe that grave is being saved for some other criminal
Are you saying that she's really in the rough off the 5th fairway ?
FORE ! ! 🏌️♂️⛳
HI, does not really matter.
Presumably Ashli learned her lesson and will never again be the first one through a battered down door in the US Capitol.
Just ash for Ashley!!!!
I am thinking a lot more goes to DJT, his family, his business and top friends.
And while they’re at it the Dems should bring a resolution to the House floor to impeach acting AG Blanche. Make them defend the corrupt fund he brokered with our tax dollars, giving his family a sweetheart deal with the IRS. Enlighten more Americans about it. Bring the resolution to a procedural vote. Some of the R representatives Trump backstabbed might sign-on. In any event, there’s zero upside for them trying to defend it.
Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick “said Mr. Trump achieved what nobody believed was possible five times.”
Gotta agree with Mr. Nutlick on this one. Not sure anyone else could manage to destroy a growing thriving economy in such a short time and then fix his one good metric of gas prices by engaging in a war that wasn’t a war and surrendering to try and free the Strait of Hormuz which was already free until the war that isn’t a war started.
The Trump administration continues to be responsible for more deaths in Africa than any colonial country. The US was the country that had been supplying food, medicines, nets, and vaccines to African countries for decades. But Trump doesn't make money on that, so he stopped it. Millions of people, mostly children, will die.
Plus the destruction of Pepfar has resulted in hundreds of thousands of HIV deaths in the last year alone.
I heard W is so angry that he painted a picture about it.
With the end of USAID, over 600,000 people, mostly children, have died of disease and/or malnutrition.
So many disgusting things have and will be done by this regime but this at the top of the pile. I could maybe be swayed to cut this kind of audio if they had shifted the many into domestic programs that helped people here. Unfortunately, they are cutting those programs too.
Despicable!
Graham: "It makes one wonder why the war started to begin with." Notice the switch from "me" to "one". Graham cannot tolerate making any direct criticism of his overlord. Yes, Lindsey, ONE does wonder, doesn't ONE?
Ah, the exonerative tense, used for police shootings, motor vehicle deaths, and Republicans.
Truth.
Yes, and don't forget, he is still the only president to both start and lose a war nearly instantaneously. Another First
and destroy boats, just for kicks detain anyone and everyone.
Haven't heard the term Nutlick before, but it sure is appropriate.
"At least more people are telling the truth, even if only for a moment, that it is a disaster. That’s a step on the road to recovery."
Is it really a step on the road to recovery? Until we see elected Republican figures speak out for the good of our country, for the good of our democracy, and with the intent of honoring the oath of office each and everyone of them took, then there is no road to recovery. Voting them out of office over the course of the next several elections is the real road to recovery....
They're advocating a conclusion to the war that can only be brought about, maybe, by an enormous ground invasion. They're delusional. If they were really truth tellers, they would be saying Trump never should have started this disaster in the first place.
Exactly!
I think that you're right a ground invasion followed by many decades of occupation .
Mom - yup. One day of sobriety with gritted teeth does not a recovery make. There are 12 steps; let’s see at least a couple in evidence before we pronounce Republican congress people to be on their road to wellville
in real recovery, the 1st step, admitting the problem, is a daily thing, for LIFE
there is no easy peasy check off list, hell no. ridiculous, the 12 step is based on murmuring bible passages.
America lost the war in Iran the moment it started the fucking war in Iran.
Imagine... the guy whose first term was a shitshow, delivered another shitshow (only worse). It boggles the mind how that could happen. The results of one of his successes (Operation Warp Speed) was avoided and reviled by his ardent followers.
The guy who was corrupt in his first term, was even more (and more openly) corrupt the second time.
And if an election were held tomorrow, most of the people who voted for him in 2024 would still vote for him... MAYBE not enough for him to win, but FAR, FAR too many of them. Because... tribalism.
Better the absolute criminal piece of shit that is in our tribe than that Other Person.
Having his one redeeming social value, Operation Warp Speed, be the one thing he’s almost ashamed to mention, is bitterly ironic.
My thought is that Trump personally had no more to do with Warp Speed than coming up with the puerile name. Still the buck(s) stop(s) with him.
Tom - no, remember, he’s got his MIT prof uncle’s genius genes. Or perhaps he’s inverse of the fairy tale for weaving that gold into straw? Trumple-gilt-skin
Haha! Good one!
Besides a certain knack for insult comedy, money laundering is what Trump has excelled at. I think we're seeing that talent at work here.
Insult comedy - well I always say, game respects game 🤣
Trumple-giltskin is good!
He had to have okayed the idea at some place and time. That is pretty much his level of involvement (like most Presidents).
The difference between Trump and normal Presidents is that a lot CAN be laid directly at Trump's door, because of the authoritarian, cultish nature of his regime--especially Trump 2.0.
I am sure that OWS was someone else's idea, probably whoever was running DOD & HHS at the time.
As President, though, Trump gets credit.
The reality is that most Presidents don't deserve either the blame or credit for what happens on their watch--especially in economics. Most do not openly and directly engage in economics and cannot do much about it. Usually, the impact is negative or just gets swallowed up by the effects of other things.
The best you can do is keep things on an even keel, avoid major international incidents, foster and maintain stability as the base condition for economic activity. Things Trump HASN'T done.
Similarly, Biden should get credit for our soft post-Covid landing, though he may have had little to do with it.
Trump HAS achieved the nearly impossible--and in an amazingly short period of time:
Helped spread/reintroduce childhood diseases we thought were gone;
Destroyed NATO;
Weakened the US economy significantly;
Destroyed the reputation of the US military... and of the US, in general, rendering us untrustworthy;
Sparking the rise of what could potentially be a European military and economic superpower in competition with the US;
Turned the GoP into a collection of cucks;
Probably missing a ton of stuff that will show up at the worst possible time.
An amazing run.
To his credit, he did finally tariff the penguins on the McDonald Islands that had been taking advantage of us. Although Trump might rue that day if Oswald Cobblepot runs for NYC mayor next time.
Rajeev - my Bulwark Commenter learning of the day 😊. Don’t recall ever knowing that name, but I started weaning off Batman when Bat Mite showed up - I wanted action not cartoons! When Fantastic 4 appeared I went full Marvel
Hey you have to admit he has been very influential! :( :(
Destroyed the credibility of the DOJ. A headline and subheadline from today's NY Times: "As Trump Politicizes Justice Dept., Prosecutors Struggle With Grand Juries. Judges and grand juries have increasingly lost faith in the Justice Department as the president uses it to reward his friends and go after his opponents." What did they expect would happen?
Reduced USAID to so many woodchips. Meanwhile, Ebola looms.
Putin, Xi, and Khamenei must be so pleased!
See what you can do when you really put your mind to it?
A small point, but if the MAGA cognoscenti, including Senator Lindsey Graham and Trump himself, has trouble with relatively simple words like "dominant" ("dominate") or "incursion" ("excursion "), something is terribly wrong. It sounded funny when Archie Bunker spewed out these malapropisms in 1975 but this is different, and deeply troubling.
Well of course there was Jean Stapleton to ground old Archie.
Daniel - was it Vonnegut who repeated a line about bad chemicals in the head? Some are naturally occurring, some involve adding adulterants (Graham has been suggested in the press, a la Giuliani), some relate to blockage of good chemicals and desirable connections of brain circuitry. So many ways our faculties slip away
How ironic that Tulsi Gabbard thought DJT would keep us out of "forever wars", (over Democrats) when it was Republicans who got us into forever wars in the first place.
"The brave Iranian people, who were told that help was “on the way,” have been betrayed."
It isn't just the lie about some sustained effort to overthrow the government. It is the complete disdain for the hopes of the Iranian people implicit in Trump's threat to obliterate their civilization.
The Iranian people found out right away about Trump while it took the rest of the world longer to figure it.
Cruz, Graham, and Wicker's initial assessment of the proposed peace deal was surprising; their subsequent behavior, however, was not. They all want a deal that replaces the Iranian regime, opens the Strait, and permanently ends their nuclear program, but that requires a ground invasion. While those three senators almost certainly favor a ground invasion, they can't say that, and they won't advocate for that, because that's not where their voters or the public more broadly are at. Their protestations are useless, because their party's leader created this mess, and the path to the resolution they desire is a nonstarter. So time to stop complaining and start eating the shit sandwich Chef Trump made for you, because this is all on Trump, on you, and on the GOP. And I for one am not even optimistic that a deal is imminent at this point anyway, so this will just keep dragging out until we surrender to every Iranian demand, and that trio can enjoy that shit sandwich, too, with extra shit.
If you want an outcome where the Strait is open, there's no nuclear program, and the regime is replaced, make the case for a ground invasion. Otherwise, just shut up or lie like you usually do.
And the Pope is well-informed on AI. I agree with the guy.
Did any of these fools fight in an excursion? Were they ever enlisted in the military? Sounds like a no.
A ground invasion would not accomplish anything except get a lot of our soldiers killed. AI assisted drone warfare has effectively ended ground combat for the present....at least until defensive capability catches up with offensive capability and that's not happening for quite some time.
The negotiating style of bombing the country you want to make peace with and get concessions from is an interesting flex.
…guaranteed path to Noble Peace Prize 🏆🥇
Bill is forgetting Israel's input into Trump's Iran war decision, and it's stubborn refusal to act like an ally instead of a rogue actor, which Netanyahu continues today with massive drone strikes in Lebanon. Lyndsey Graham's initial enthusiasm was all about Israel's need for security regarding Iran. He's still singing the same song, but now from a different hymnal. AIPAC is not going to be able to buy him victory come November.
The only global super power that seems to have any real future vision is Xi and China. He has both Putin and Trump for state visits, does equal pomp and circumstance and then sends them both home essentially empty handed. Xi knows all he has to do is wait for the two malignant narcissists to destroy their country's economic and global standing and he can leisurely pick their carcasses.
Pope Leo is a true prophetic voice in what is essentially a brutal wilderness of greed and ego. May he live long and prosper.
The last three months of the Iran failure are emblematic of the legacy of DJT of the US going forward. And that is it will take a generation or two for the US to get back it s trust and good will we once enjoyed. We are no longer "That shining city on the hill" but a rogue state like Russia , North Korea and Iran in the eyes of the world.
Dave - yeah, I don’t think we get back to where we once belonged. Nor are we really in the axis you listed (granted, my inner Bad Wolf is tempted to say…). The world is discovering it must move on. Will take some time to see where this goes but I don’t think it’s “back”
What did you expect from Lindsey "count me out" Graham, and Wicker and Cruz?
"ADVENTURES IN SYCOPHANCY"
The cabinet officials you cite for bringing the most enthusiasm to the task are all male, and the ones losing their jobs are female. I know correlation is not causation, but c'mon.
With the new strikes on Iran, despite Trump's claims of a peace deal, is it possible that Hegseth and/or others, are now making such decisions on their own? Apparently, that's happened before, with Hegseth withholding Ukraine aid, and his withdrawal of troops from Poland (overruled by Trump). Trump certainly doesn't seem capable of giving much direction to his lackeys.
CENTCOM is the American version of the Kwantung Army
Cayce - these past few weeks, so many of his social media bleats are clearly NOT Trump’s writing. I keep wondering who are the writers, are they making the policy moves embodied in those bleats with Trumps approval? Awareness? Involvement of any kind? How would we know? Given his questionable condition, how would Trump himself know what he said/did yesterday or last week? It is a puzzlement
they never were