“Their stupid is always bigger than their evil” in an ex-POTUS's hope for military coup
Banana Republic is not yet a bankrupt concept in America, although it is being sorely tested. Trump’s 1/6 coup counted on the numbers of RWNJs...
Bankrupt Trumpism's hallucinatory anti-leftism arrives as a 20th Amendment solution on March 4
Before 1937, inaugural day wasn’t until March 4. Back in the day we would’ve been facing 6 more weeks of Trump. https://twitter.com/Forbes/status/1366819485030711298?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw Apparently, many QAnon...
U.N.I.T.Y.
Now everybody knows there’s exceptions to this rule, Now don’t be getting’ mad, when we playin’; it’s cool Rapper and actor Queen Latifah, wrote those...
That Lady Gaga black/red combo was not an accident. ‘The Hill We Climb’ is not the cliff we scale
There’s been considerable attention paid to Amanda Gorman’s poem at the Inaugural, and since I had 15 minutes to explain the last story on semiotics...
the Diet Coke button's gone, Trump is golfing in Florida, and Kevin McCarthy tries to revise history
More Charlie than Kevin, McCarthy now tries to polish a turd about the insurrection, tiptoeing a fine line between Trumpists and “post-trumpist” GOP constituencies. McCarthy...
Rand Paul thinks Joe Biden's calls for truth and unity were super-divisive
I’m not entirely sure why Rand Paul’s neighbor beat the crap out of him—and I certainly don’t condone such behavior (only God can judge—and subsequently beat...
'Trump will go down as a total failure': Proud Boys jump off the MAGA Train
I guess when your entire shtick is based on fantasy and lies, the people you lied to get upset when you fail to overturn your...
“There is always light, if only we're brave enough to be it.”
"Being American is more than a pride we inherit. It's the past we step into." “A nation that isn’t broken but simplify unfinished” xWATCH: Amanda...
like the Trump health plan, Joe Exotic to be released with “100% confidence”
In even this instance there’s been nothing funny about the Trump presidency, but we are waiting for that pardon list. https://twitter.com/RexChapman/status/1351690862250618881?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/AnnieVogeler_TV/status/1351639598980620291?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw https://twitter.com/BeschlossDC/status/1351670506462846985?ref_src=twsrc%5Etfw ...
Trump's last day full of bitterness, as well as jealousy over Biden's A-list inaugural guests
At this point, waiting for Donald Trump to become “presidential” would be like Phil Spector’s embalmer/restorative artist asking if there’s something different they can do...
Donald Trump faces possible expulsion from SAG-AFTRA as 1/3 of Americans believe in election fraud
Trump losing his SAG card probably will make little difference to him, although that puts him one rung below Reagan. The falsehood of 2020 election...
Parler, Girly Headsman, and Lord Dampnut bump their heads on a bar, and L'il Wayne gets a pardon
Stranger and stranger, as Donald Trump Jr. thinks he doesn’t need a pardon. xParler is back up, and being hosted by "DDOS GUARD" out of...
is a querulous Trump also a frumious Bandersnatch due to his massive lie of election fraud
The national madness of 74 million people sent to the fainting couch by voting for a persistent complainer and his tweeted grievances, often as impure...
“‘I Answered the Call of My President’: Rioters Say Trump Urged Them On” …debunking the Big Lie
The Big Lie must be thoroughly erased. This delusion is unfortunately the trope deployed as a grand commodity for a national grift that could last until...
Trump gets no Pentagon farewell, might still get 21-gun salute and a red carpet at the airport
“For weeks Trump had been laying the groundwork to declare victory on election night even if he lost”. All he’s getting is some troops, a...
can Trump lead a My Pillow revolt from the Oval Office with “martial law if necessary”
Clear and present danger seems to remain operative as Mike Lindell was in a meeting at the Oval Office. All Trump has left are conspiracy...
bad optics for democracy continues, troop deployments in DC with authorization for 15,000 troops
Security measures in DC are about global and domestic consumption of the image of national security, lest the Russians and others think it’s like the troops...
Trump Said It Was Antifa. McCarthy (!) Said Bulls…
The Incompetent Insurrectionist this morning tried to claim that the rioters were really “antifa” and not his supporters at all, the same way some conservative...
Inauguration 2021 should be virtual with few attending for National Security.
It’s not fair and it’s especially not fair to VP Elect Harris who historically is the first woman and black woman to become Vice President. ...
shades of the Andrew Jackson inaugural, “King Mob the Second” was crowned on Wednesday
Staring at the Andrew Jackson portrait in the Oval Office must have had a stochastic effect. Like Nixon talking to portraits, Trump decided he’d go out...
Pence Wants an Invite to the Biden Inaugural
The outgoing president and vice president normally attend the inauguration of their successors. This is so automatic that, according to the inauguration committee, no invitation...
This mob incitement helps Trump resign in order to get his pardon from Pence.
The current bit of pseudo-coup is still about kayfabe and scripting. The first WH staff resignation by Stephanie Grisham has just happened because of this violence. ...
Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will become President and Vice President in 19 days.
Don’t listen to any lizard people this year. xGreetings from the White House.Trump appears to be tweeting and watching OANN from the Oval Office this...
23 days of idiocy remain, and Rasmussen wrongly quotes Stalin to promote a Pence coup
Trump cannot still win simply because an alternate universe presents different electors while he litigates in this one. Only feeble stunts remain. Even the Trump DC...
Biden inaugural and a bit of the RWNJ ultra-violence
Any Trumpist demonstrations will be easier to monitor and control even if the Proud Boys aren’t wearing their tacky uniforms / kilts. @schwartzbCNBC: Joe Biden's...
corrosion and catastrophes: James Fallows on what Biden should do with the warlock hunt
Stories do have consequences, and following Trump’s American Carnage, truth will out in the larger American narrative. This James Fallows essay is worth reading, made important...
Will Trump go down as the worst President ever? (He has some sadly strong competition)
As each day passes, Trump adds to an already impressive body of evidence arguing that he should be considered the worst president in U.S. history. But,...
“Lord, would you allow Donald Trump to have a second term as president of the United States.”
God regrets that he took this Zoom call from Michele Bachmann, thinking it was Marsha Blackburn. xFormer congresswoman Michele Bachmann has a personal request for...
Pardoning Trumpers is like curing ballots without sodium nitrite or Brad Parscale's suicide vesting
xBiden: "We both know tensions are high. They can be high after a tough election...But remember, we have to remain calm, patient. Let the process...
Trump brings a perfectly stable end to his campaign by misnaming rapper Lil Pump
Because Trump has the best words, rappers who complain about their tax bills do have political preferences and endorsements, because gangsta. "All I gotta say is...
But I'm the “cheerleader for America” Trump.
Trump continues to dig the hole deeper. Expect some stunts that attempt to divert attention from the current news cycle in the coming week. President...
The Would-be King
Only kings or potentates, dictators, and despots believe the propaganda of their own words. The worst of them, impose it by force and murder. King Salman,...
New tell-all claims Melania was mostly blasé about Trump's affairs: 'I know who I married'
Details from Stephanie Winston Wolkoff’s upcoming Melania Trump tell-all, Melania and Me, are leaking out like whatever that viscous nightmare fluid under Don Jr.’s eye was the...
Krugman: The Only Thing Trump Has is “Fear Itself”
In less than 90 years, we’ve gone from “The only thing we have to fear is fear itself” to “the only thing we have is...
bringing down a Columbus statue before Trump's protection squad arrives in Chicago
Considering the penchant for bored federal tactical teams to practice their snatch and grab techniques with their rental vehicles, it’s a good thing to take...
Philadelphia DA Says He Will Arrest Feds If They Commit a Crime in His City
Philadelphia is where the Founding Fathers met to write the Declaration of Independence from the tyranny of George III. The Philadelphia district attorney is continuing...
Trump could send protection squads to New York, Chicago, Philadelphia, Detroit, Baltimore, Oakland
All power does derive from the bottom. The various “snatch” teams likely were training for such specialized operation in larger cities. All you have to...
Nixon 2.0 The cover-up continues as “historic, unprecedented corruption” on Trump's Scorched Earth
As weary as we have become with the corruption and venal stupidity, the path to the bunker will feature even more carnage even if Trump is...
Trump defending racist statues is not a hill on which to die, not even a suburban one
It is more of a comment on Trump’s “cancel culture” that the Aurora, Colorado police would bust up a crowd of violinists peacefully demonstrating a bias death....
Trump Has Jumped the Shark
When you reach the point where absurdity obscures reality, we generally call that jumping the shark. The history behind the phrase dates back to an...
Vichy GOP collaboration: why have Republican leaders abandoned their principles for #BunkerBoy
It’s worth reading Anne Applebaum’s Atlantic article “History Will Judge the Complicit”, or does the GOP wish to reveal the truth of conservative principles as oxymoron....
How Is That American “Carnage” Now Trump?
Trump’s Inaugural Speech: REMARKS OF PRESIDENT DONALD J. TRUMP – AS PREPARED FOR DELIVERY INAUGURAL ADDRESS FRIDAY, JANUARY 20, 2017 WASHINGTON, D.C. As Prepared for...
SC-Sen: Pete Buttigieg Helps Jaime Harrison (D) Kick Lindsey Graham's (D) Ass Out Of The Senate
Received this e-mail today from former presidential candidate, Mayor Pete Buttigieg (D. IN), in support of Jaime Harrison’s (D. SC) U.S. Senate campaign: Jaime Harrison...
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Trump Calls on Senate to Subpoena Obama [Update: Graham Says NO]
Trump’s hatred of Barack Obama is long and well-documented, from his attempts to find the “real birth certificate” to his dismantling of anything Obama had...
Der Spiegel on Trump's America: 'Is the world witnessing the collapse of a superpower?'
I knew Trump would be a disaster, but I didn’t expect his feckless fucknuttery to cut this close to the bone. “Make America Great Again”...
Trump's casual racism returns in his COVID-19 presser because “the story of life” as Market falls
All gains since Trump’s inaugural have been lost as the stock market hit two circuit breakers today while Trump led the WH daily briefing. Trump...
same tired Trump viral BS shtick: blaming someone else (foreigners, Dems, something-something)
Who pays $20,000 for a plane ticket, or a Final Four ticket, or an Inaugural ticket, and should you blame some other country for your...
Warren Buys Ad In Sheldon Adelson’s Paper Telling Him How Much He’ll Pay Under Her Wealth Tax
Love this: xThe day after the debate, Elizabeth Warren bought a full page ad in Sheldon Adelson’s newspaper saying Sheldon Adelson will pay $2.3 billion...
New book, 'Very Stable Genius,' contains smorgasbord of Trump stupidity
And here we go again. Another book revealing what an irredeemable idiot our pr*sident is — and, of course, the people who really should read it...
A Bolton out of the Blue
President Trump’s former national security adviser John Bolton said he is ready to throw himself at the mercy of the Senate Impeachment court, but color...
