I did to, for a moment. I was born on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. and my stay in the hospital there, however long it was, is as long as I lived in D.C. Home was Baltimore.
All of you here at Wonkette and Meidas Touch and number of other fine liberal and progressive sites and You Tube Channels give me hope. We can get through this together.
The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
It all feels so much worse and more bleak this time around. Incompetence, golf, laziness and infighting drastically limited what Trump could do in his first term. He also was at times at odds with powerful members of Congress, like John McCain. Established generals and DOJ attorneys talked Trump down again and again. He spent most of his time content to govern via Twitter, sharing his views with his base and too distracted to focus on real policy.
This time is very different. He vowed to purge anyone with reservations about his limitless power, and he’s doing that. The world’s wealthiest people are cozy with him, preserving their wealth and cementing their place atop society’s ranks. His lawyers and advisors are MAGA extremists and loyalists, people wholly unsuitable to serve the people. And the people behind Project 2025 are in his ear. If there is an election in 2026 or 28, it will be a surprise, and the purge of voter rolls will get worse. Trump won’t live forever, but will probably be succeeded by Don Jr., or Eric, then later, Baron. The Constitution has been replaced by The Art of the Deal.
My guess is that no one can replace Trump, so if he becomes more unstable or can no longer govern, the masses of the less faithful will fragment. The Republicans clearly can’t govern without a strong leader, so there will be even more infighting and backstabbing. The Project 2025 architects will fail without a functioning government to carry out their plans.
My worry is, if he doesn't die in front of witnesses, well the big reveal on half of the dystopian movies is that big brother has been dead for years and it's the party impersonating him. Considering Elvis impersonators, he might die in the middle of 5th avenue and that still won't be enough to convince his cult that he's dead.
Cult of personalities won't survive fakery - and as PAB has to be in front of the camera/on Bullshit Social/calling into Faux Nudes every minute of the day there won't be a way to keep it going after he is sent to Hell.
Watch "Death of Stalin" for a preview of the nasty infighting that will happen once that fucker is dead.
They're committed and have a plan, but they still lack the competence to govern a complicated modern economy and federal system. Congress and the administration both. Red states that function fairly well do so in the context of a functioning federal system. So even if they're trying to scale up Florida in Texas to a federal level, it won't work. Wall Street will crash first, that might be enough. Dysfunction and cuts to programs will provoke a red revolt, which Repyblicans in Congress will be affected by. That will probably do it if Wall Street doesn't.
I’m not very educated about Wall Street and the market. I don’t invest in the market, but I have other assets nearly enough to retire. My question is, will the hedge fund billionaires who are heavily invested in the market and the majority of the rich find themselves decimated if the market crashes? Does it mean the dollar and our money system will be nearly worthless? Or will it mean money is simply hard to come by, and those of us stuffing our mattress will be the ones who endure? My dad retired in 1998 or so with about $1m in the market. At that time, with modest returns and his pension and Soc Sec, he’d live comfortably on about $50k a year the rest of his life. His house was paid off by then. But in 2001, the market nearly collapsed and the war started. He lost almost 1/2 his savings that year, and was forced to put what was left in fixed-rate products. He lived on about $30k a year instead. But he worried about money the rest of his life.
I never want that to happen to me. I paid off my house in 2015. I intend to live modestly and be mostly retired by 55. I’m lucky, my wife is 10 years younger and wants to work until she’s 55 or 60. Unless Trump plunges America into WW3, or a civil war, or turns the military on his civilians like Syria. Then all bets are off.
Dominic, thank you for braving the MAGA sphere of influence, I am glad you are back safely! Loved this report!
I'm still working on those baked potato puffy coats...
Blessings on the woman with the megaphone and the friend of Dorothy with the rainbow fan. Out their doing Our Lady's work.
I grew up there, for a while anyway.
I did to, for a moment. I was born on Pennsylvania Avenue in D.C. and my stay in the hospital there, however long it was, is as long as I lived in D.C. Home was Baltimore.
All those white nationalist A holes, if they're so proud of what they stand for why do they all hide their faces behind their balacavas.
Just the 2025 version of KKK.
All of you here at Wonkette and Meidas Touch and number of other fine liberal and progressive sites and You Tube Channels give me hope. We can get through this together.
Fucking Nazis
Trump wants to “clean out” Gaza
Thanks for tooling around in freezing weather after these loons. Hope the resistance is better organized!
They are as they decided to stay out of the cold and not deal with the lack of media coverage.
Before I head out, the buns have been asking if the orange one has been tossed into the booby hatch.
It's all fun and games until a war starts. Fuckers still covering their faces?
Having trouble sleeping... just scrolled over here and saw the folks making arrangements to connect Hammy with medical attention.
This right here is *a true community*. That's a strength the MAGA chuds simply will never have -- or even understand.
https://bsky.app/profile/ariellaelm.bsky.social/post/3lgll7cz33s2h?ICID=ref_fark
The Inspectors General refuse to leave until the action is taken legally, which they do not believe it was, and neither do senators like Chuck Grassley. This is what not backing down looks like.
Probably the first time The Honest Don has ever had to show cause in order to your fired someone.
Federal employees still have some rights. I figured they'd sue him. This is better.
This was a magnificent and unnerving look at us as humans.
Naked apes.
It all feels so much worse and more bleak this time around. Incompetence, golf, laziness and infighting drastically limited what Trump could do in his first term. He also was at times at odds with powerful members of Congress, like John McCain. Established generals and DOJ attorneys talked Trump down again and again. He spent most of his time content to govern via Twitter, sharing his views with his base and too distracted to focus on real policy.
This time is very different. He vowed to purge anyone with reservations about his limitless power, and he’s doing that. The world’s wealthiest people are cozy with him, preserving their wealth and cementing their place atop society’s ranks. His lawyers and advisors are MAGA extremists and loyalists, people wholly unsuitable to serve the people. And the people behind Project 2025 are in his ear. If there is an election in 2026 or 28, it will be a surprise, and the purge of voter rolls will get worse. Trump won’t live forever, but will probably be succeeded by Don Jr., or Eric, then later, Baron. The Constitution has been replaced by The Art of the Deal.
This time he has a prop 25 army handing him stuff to sign.
My guess is that no one can replace Trump, so if he becomes more unstable or can no longer govern, the masses of the less faithful will fragment. The Republicans clearly can’t govern without a strong leader, so there will be even more infighting and backstabbing. The Project 2025 architects will fail without a functioning government to carry out their plans.
My worry is, if he doesn't die in front of witnesses, well the big reveal on half of the dystopian movies is that big brother has been dead for years and it's the party impersonating him. Considering Elvis impersonators, he might die in the middle of 5th avenue and that still won't be enough to convince his cult that he's dead.
Cult of personalities won't survive fakery - and as PAB has to be in front of the camera/on Bullshit Social/calling into Faux Nudes every minute of the day there won't be a way to keep it going after he is sent to Hell.
Watch "Death of Stalin" for a preview of the nasty infighting that will happen once that fucker is dead.
They're committed and have a plan, but they still lack the competence to govern a complicated modern economy and federal system. Congress and the administration both. Red states that function fairly well do so in the context of a functioning federal system. So even if they're trying to scale up Florida in Texas to a federal level, it won't work. Wall Street will crash first, that might be enough. Dysfunction and cuts to programs will provoke a red revolt, which Repyblicans in Congress will be affected by. That will probably do it if Wall Street doesn't.
This is what I tell myself anyway.
I’m not very educated about Wall Street and the market. I don’t invest in the market, but I have other assets nearly enough to retire. My question is, will the hedge fund billionaires who are heavily invested in the market and the majority of the rich find themselves decimated if the market crashes? Does it mean the dollar and our money system will be nearly worthless? Or will it mean money is simply hard to come by, and those of us stuffing our mattress will be the ones who endure? My dad retired in 1998 or so with about $1m in the market. At that time, with modest returns and his pension and Soc Sec, he’d live comfortably on about $50k a year the rest of his life. His house was paid off by then. But in 2001, the market nearly collapsed and the war started. He lost almost 1/2 his savings that year, and was forced to put what was left in fixed-rate products. He lived on about $30k a year instead. But he worried about money the rest of his life.
I never want that to happen to me. I paid off my house in 2015. I intend to live modestly and be mostly retired by 55. I’m lucky, my wife is 10 years younger and wants to work until she’s 55 or 60. Unless Trump plunges America into WW3, or a civil war, or turns the military on his civilians like Syria. Then all bets are off.
Is the new junta in Washing Tundy Sea kleptocracy (PAB) or plutocracy (Skum)? I think it's proctocracy. That's a new word, related to proctologist.
Butt....