Watching Trump cavort around the world like a big swingin’ dick when in fact he is a mushroom endowed semi-eunuch in a big ol’ diaper is excruciating. Who knows what concessions he’ll make in China? He listens to no one,takes his only counsel from his ample gut, and betrays the country that he was elected to serve.
Alabama is likely to make Tommy Tuberville its next Governor. As Senator, he has done nothing for Alabama. You cannot help people who refuse to help themselves.
No kidding, Kdcranda! I live in Louisville and I can assure you that a more vile creature never slithered across the landscape. He started with the courts thirty years ago, quietly elevating more and more radical jurists to lower court benches. When no one took note (shame on all of us for not paying enough attention) he moved up the ladder to his coup de grace, blocking Merrick Garland, shoving through Amy Comey Barrett and stacking the Supreme Court. History will show that no one man did more to destroy democracy. He destroyed the Judicial branch, destroyed the Senate, and has effectively destroyed Democracy.
He missed his moment during the second DJT impeachment when absolutely he could’ve shifted history by leading the Yes vote on the Republican side of the Senate.
Major accounting for that and all else of the Evil left in his wake.
Absolutely. I know he regrets acting on the belief that Trump could be controlled and act as an asset to the GOP. Too bad for Mitch, his party, and the rest of us. The tail is wagging the dog and the dog better catch on because Republicans will go down with the rest of us if we allow Trump's corrupt and incompetent regime to continue ruining our country much longer. It is up to the Republicans to join Democrats in ending this regime. They must own up to the grave error in judgment they made by accepting brainwashed followers of grifting Christian evangelical leaders and Trumpistas into their party.
Steve, you give summation new meaning with this piece. Thank you. He's too obtuse to realize he has no cards, no deck to play with in China and he also lends new meaning to laughing stock on the global stage. The hubris and ignorance here, just beyond the pale.
This is one of the cleanest, most sobering reports that you have ever provided. I plan on sharing and discussing your observations with my MAGA friends and family as difficult as it is. I have followed you closely for years.
I'm going to write a short novel, and it's called. "How to bankrupt a nation, elect an idiot." It will be a very short novel in fact that's the beginning and the end. I hope you enjoyed it. My next novel is a work in progress, and it has something to do with the Chinese and I'm having trouble with the plot, stay tuned I'll have more on that later.
Elaine: Re "American exceptionalism my ass": please don't downplay American exceptionalism, which is, in fact, alive and well: we are EXCEPTIONALLY STUPID!
you should read andrew eggar's post today on the bulwark. he talks about how the trump boys are marketing a MAGA-type cell phone plan for the die-hard Maga-ites. thousands put $100 deposit down and have nothing to show for it. the trump boys changed the rules mid-stream and told these people that the $100 deposit only gave them the opportunity to buy a phone but no guarantee they would get one. Geesus , these people are so stupid and they are dragging our country into the drain. Maybe that was what Grover Norquist (wtf happened to him) meant.
The strange this is: these poorly-educated saps were always here: in the '40's, the '50's, the '60's, etc. I worked alongside them in Summer, blue-collar jobs. It's just that no one ever thought to take advantage of them, because they knew that doing so would just be wrong—until Donald Trump came along and "licked his chops" at the sight of them.
It's too bad he never finished his sentence: when told, during the 2016 campaign, that he was polling very well among the poorly-educated, he said, "We love the poorly-educated." Which the poorly-educated took to mean that he actually loved them, and which was why they voted for him. One can only wonder how much they WOULD have voted for him if he had finished that sentence: "We love the poorly-educated; they're so EASILY CONNED"(!)
I can't help but think that back in the good ole days when we didn't have this poisonous social media, everyone got the same news, more or less, and there wasn't all this misinformation so readily available to propagandize the people. People could hear Cronkite or whoever and we could all talk about the same facts. Now we cannot agree on facts and therefore, can't even have a conversation about what is real and what is not.
Absolutely true on all points! One of my jobs was as a security guard at Chrysler’s assembly and executive office complex in Highland Park, Michigan (an [internal] suburb of Detroit). The Detroit Free Press was the morning paper back then (1966). Every one of the workers going past my guard booth and into the plant had, at most, a high school education, similar to the bulk of the MAGA crowd. Yet virtually every single one of them grabbed a copy of the paper on their way in and READ IT over their lunch hour. And not just their section of interest (Sports, Entertainment, Social, etc.), but all the news, and the editorials, and the Opinion section. So, like you say: they all had a “common denominator” (you mentioned Cronkite et. al.), so they could DISCUSS things with one another, rather than viewing the “other” as an “enemy”, the way (anti-)social media has done to the world of today.Obviously, we’re too far gone to bring back those days; like every generation, I guess we’ll just have to make do with what we’ve got!
I just found out that the Disgustly Ugly Bill Trump calls the BBB, allows purchasers of private jets to write 100% of the cost off that year's income; there are certain requirements but how likely are they to be enforced against Trump's billionaire buddies and idols?
Imagine if we ordinary people could write the entire cost of a car off our taxes the year we bought. Most would pay no federal or state taxes.
And never forget: America is the greatest country on Earth! Just ask your nearest African-American, or Native American, or Iraqi, or anyone in Hiroshima or Nagasaki, and on and on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJh9t9h6Wn0
DJT’s modus operandi of never be wrong or at fault, is a bully campaign that wears his opponents down to get what he wants. It has worked for him in the past, and to a large degree was working now, until it wasn’t. Saying he has a mental health diagnosis gives him a pass. He knows full well what he’s doing and enjoys it. Yet I’m still amazed he got this far. Like many mafia-style bullies, he’s a cruel, self-serving, unintelligent thug, with a very limited fund of knowledge, that may be even smaller than his teeny tiny hands. I agree, we’re in for a rough ride ahead. Time to batten the hatches.
I can’t pay attention anymore. My stress level is close to beyond …. And then the destruction of Memorial Circle at Arlington National Cemetery has started. I just can’t stand any more of what he’s done and continues unabated to bring our Country to worse than ‘shithole countries’. I just don’t understand. We will never recover from his grotesque cruelty. 😥
I think so many of us hear you in all of this hellscape Wendy. Please take breaks, most of us need to, and re-charge. You are needed. And you are supported. ox
God, I wish this piece wold be published in every newspaper. I want to give a copy to every MAGA person I know and beg them to read it. It says it all so clearly .. I will print it out and keep it. This is what I see happening to us everyday. I am heart sick. I donate, I show up for protests, I vote but it seems so hopeless. Someone do something. lost in america
He has eliminated ALL that makes America great -- its science and research, education, freedom of choice in all areas, LIBERTY for people .... because he does not want democracy, but dictatorship, so he and his family can be rich. All he cares about. He should not be president, a position of father of us citizens. There is a difference in making mistakes, and purposely breaking laws and setting up monuments to glorify himself. That is all he does. How embarrassing a face to show the rest of the world.
We did this to ourselves. If we still have elections in 2028 and we take back our country from Russ Vought and Peter Thiel, every last one of these criminals must be prosecuted. It is a shame that Trump will likely die of old age before he can be prosecuted along with all the others!
I dont agree with one thing Steve- that Trump believes in himself- He actually 'believes' in nothing- The word 'belief' has nothing to do with him- He simply needs and needs and needs anything to fill up the tremendous void of his mind - He does what any parasite needs to live- suck suck suck on the life of its unwitting host.
Yeah, but Trump champions a non-existent shade of blue, using excessive amounts of gold leaf, and dumping toxic waste in public spaces. That’s a Tuesday for him.
Watching Trump cavort around the world like a big swingin’ dick when in fact he is a mushroom endowed semi-eunuch in a big ol’ diaper is excruciating. Who knows what concessions he’ll make in China? He listens to no one,takes his only counsel from his ample gut, and betrays the country that he was elected to serve.
The Supreme Court will soon be deciding upon the usage of a medication that has been used by women for 25 years now.
Imagine having Samuel Alito and Clarence Thomas deciding upon your medications?
Then again, a majority of female voters in Tennessee re-elected Senator Marsha Blackburn after she opposed equal pay and domestic violence laws.
There's no cure for stupid.
Its called education, not indoctrination. It seems this country has been confused.
I'll never understand people who vote against their own interests. They deserve what they get.
Alabama is likely to make Tommy Tuberville its next Governor. As Senator, he has done nothing for Alabama. You cannot help people who refuse to help themselves.
Am I being prejudiced or does all this seem to happen in Southern states? 🤔
It is a problem here.
But we don't!
Stockholm syndrome?
Or medication.
You can’t fix stupid. But, you can medicate it.
Our orange imbecile POTUS should be dispensed
Seroquel 20 mg TID
Aricept 50 mg BID
And, while we’re at it…..those psychedelics he is pushing to legalize? He should do a few “trips" with a therapist.
Maybe we should go back to reading our babies Grimm fairytales.
They drank the poison of patriarchy
Thank Rupert Murdoch and Fox News for America’s decline, but he won’t suffer any consequences, you believed his bullshit, enjoy your deserts
Well, I would also add Mitch McConnell.
No kidding, Kdcranda! I live in Louisville and I can assure you that a more vile creature never slithered across the landscape. He started with the courts thirty years ago, quietly elevating more and more radical jurists to lower court benches. When no one took note (shame on all of us for not paying enough attention) he moved up the ladder to his coup de grace, blocking Merrick Garland, shoving through Amy Comey Barrett and stacking the Supreme Court. History will show that no one man did more to destroy democracy. He destroyed the Judicial branch, destroyed the Senate, and has effectively destroyed Democracy.
He missed his moment during the second DJT impeachment when absolutely he could’ve shifted history by leading the Yes vote on the Republican side of the Senate.
Major accounting for that and all else of the Evil left in his wake.
Absolutely. I know he regrets acting on the belief that Trump could be controlled and act as an asset to the GOP. Too bad for Mitch, his party, and the rest of us. The tail is wagging the dog and the dog better catch on because Republicans will go down with the rest of us if we allow Trump's corrupt and incompetent regime to continue ruining our country much longer. It is up to the Republicans to join Democrats in ending this regime. They must own up to the grave error in judgment they made by accepting brainwashed followers of grifting Christian evangelical leaders and Trumpistas into their party.
Steve, you give summation new meaning with this piece. Thank you. He's too obtuse to realize he has no cards, no deck to play with in China and he also lends new meaning to laughing stock on the global stage. The hubris and ignorance here, just beyond the pale.
Iran kicked Trump's ass so hard he landed in China.
This is one of the cleanest, most sobering reports that you have ever provided. I plan on sharing and discussing your observations with my MAGA friends and family as difficult as it is. I have followed you closely for years.
Precious. I am saving it. Sharing, too.
I'm going to write a short novel, and it's called. "How to bankrupt a nation, elect an idiot." It will be a very short novel in fact that's the beginning and the end. I hope you enjoyed it. My next novel is a work in progress, and it has something to do with the Chinese and I'm having trouble with the plot, stay tuned I'll have more on that later.
and over 77 million fellow Americans voted for this idiot. American exceptionalism my ass. We're an embarrassment.
Elaine: Re "American exceptionalism my ass": please don't downplay American exceptionalism, which is, in fact, alive and well: we are EXCEPTIONALLY STUPID!
you should read andrew eggar's post today on the bulwark. he talks about how the trump boys are marketing a MAGA-type cell phone plan for the die-hard Maga-ites. thousands put $100 deposit down and have nothing to show for it. the trump boys changed the rules mid-stream and told these people that the $100 deposit only gave them the opportunity to buy a phone but no guarantee they would get one. Geesus , these people are so stupid and they are dragging our country into the drain. Maybe that was what Grover Norquist (wtf happened to him) meant.
The strange this is: these poorly-educated saps were always here: in the '40's, the '50's, the '60's, etc. I worked alongside them in Summer, blue-collar jobs. It's just that no one ever thought to take advantage of them, because they knew that doing so would just be wrong—until Donald Trump came along and "licked his chops" at the sight of them.
It's too bad he never finished his sentence: when told, during the 2016 campaign, that he was polling very well among the poorly-educated, he said, "We love the poorly-educated." Which the poorly-educated took to mean that he actually loved them, and which was why they voted for him. One can only wonder how much they WOULD have voted for him if he had finished that sentence: "We love the poorly-educated; they're so EASILY CONNED"(!)
I can't help but think that back in the good ole days when we didn't have this poisonous social media, everyone got the same news, more or less, and there wasn't all this misinformation so readily available to propagandize the people. People could hear Cronkite or whoever and we could all talk about the same facts. Now we cannot agree on facts and therefore, can't even have a conversation about what is real and what is not.
Absolutely true on all points! One of my jobs was as a security guard at Chrysler’s assembly and executive office complex in Highland Park, Michigan (an [internal] suburb of Detroit). The Detroit Free Press was the morning paper back then (1966). Every one of the workers going past my guard booth and into the plant had, at most, a high school education, similar to the bulk of the MAGA crowd. Yet virtually every single one of them grabbed a copy of the paper on their way in and READ IT over their lunch hour. And not just their section of interest (Sports, Entertainment, Social, etc.), but all the news, and the editorials, and the Opinion section. So, like you say: they all had a “common denominator” (you mentioned Cronkite et. al.), so they could DISCUSS things with one another, rather than viewing the “other” as an “enemy”, the way (anti-)social media has done to the world of today.Obviously, we’re too far gone to bring back those days; like every generation, I guess we’ll just have to make do with what we’ve got!
And now we see Hillary’s prescience when she named these folks (and let’s allow for exceptions to avoid generalizing) “deplorables”!
I read that too after I finished my novel.
I just read that too. Unbelievable.
I just found out that the Disgustly Ugly Bill Trump calls the BBB, allows purchasers of private jets to write 100% of the cost off that year's income; there are certain requirements but how likely are they to be enforced against Trump's billionaire buddies and idols?
Imagine if we ordinary people could write the entire cost of a car off our taxes the year we bought. Most would pay no federal or state taxes.
Touche!!
And never forget: America is the greatest country on Earth! Just ask your nearest African-American, or Native American, or Iraqi, or anyone in Hiroshima or Nagasaki, and on and on: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fJh9t9h6Wn0
Bill, here’s a plot suggestion:
The 3500 year old Chinese nation beats out a 250 year old upstart!
My writing will probably start with something along the lines of “The Best Deal.”😂
DJT’s modus operandi of never be wrong or at fault, is a bully campaign that wears his opponents down to get what he wants. It has worked for him in the past, and to a large degree was working now, until it wasn’t. Saying he has a mental health diagnosis gives him a pass. He knows full well what he’s doing and enjoys it. Yet I’m still amazed he got this far. Like many mafia-style bullies, he’s a cruel, self-serving, unintelligent thug, with a very limited fund of knowledge, that may be even smaller than his teeny tiny hands. I agree, we’re in for a rough ride ahead. Time to batten the hatches.
I can’t pay attention anymore. My stress level is close to beyond …. And then the destruction of Memorial Circle at Arlington National Cemetery has started. I just can’t stand any more of what he’s done and continues unabated to bring our Country to worse than ‘shithole countries’. I just don’t understand. We will never recover from his grotesque cruelty. 😥
I think so many of us hear you in all of this hellscape Wendy. Please take breaks, most of us need to, and re-charge. You are needed. And you are supported. ox
Amen: my thoughts too - I shared that as a comment on Dean Blondell’s Substack yesterday!
A feckless and corrupt cowardly congress lets them get away with this betrayal…vote them all out
God, I wish this piece wold be published in every newspaper. I want to give a copy to every MAGA person I know and beg them to read it. It says it all so clearly .. I will print it out and keep it. This is what I see happening to us everyday. I am heart sick. I donate, I show up for protests, I vote but it seems so hopeless. Someone do something. lost in america
He has eliminated ALL that makes America great -- its science and research, education, freedom of choice in all areas, LIBERTY for people .... because he does not want democracy, but dictatorship, so he and his family can be rich. All he cares about. He should not be president, a position of father of us citizens. There is a difference in making mistakes, and purposely breaking laws and setting up monuments to glorify himself. That is all he does. How embarrassing a face to show the rest of the world.
We did this to ourselves. If we still have elections in 2028 and we take back our country from Russ Vought and Peter Thiel, every last one of these criminals must be prosecuted. It is a shame that Trump will likely die of old age before he can be prosecuted along with all the others!
I dont agree with one thing Steve- that Trump believes in himself- He actually 'believes' in nothing- The word 'belief' has nothing to do with him- He simply needs and needs and needs anything to fill up the tremendous void of his mind - He does what any parasite needs to live- suck suck suck on the life of its unwitting host.
Yeah, but Trump champions a non-existent shade of blue, using excessive amounts of gold leaf, and dumping toxic waste in public spaces. That’s a Tuesday for him.
At the end of this horrible, awful list of ways that America has deteriorated