Posted tagged ‘donald-trump’

Standings

March 30, 2025

Two games into the season, the Chicago White Sox, at 1-1, are tied for the lead in the AL Central. High watermark of 2025?

After the NHL worst San Jose Sharks lost 6-1 to the NY Rangers, the Rangers team bus apparently backed into Macklin Celebrini’s car in the parking lot.

Talk about a metaphor for the season.

Alysa Liu, a 19 year old who has already retired and come back, makes me feel old. But her winning the Figure Skating World Championship to the music of Donna Summer (MacArthur Park) makes me feel young!

Velveeta Voldemort even wants to attack what he perceives as wokeness at the Smithsonian National Zoo. What’s he going to do at the zoo? Have Jr lead monthly hunting days?

Trump won Stefanik’s district by 30 percentage points last November. So if things are going as well as DonOld claims, why is he worried about losing Elise’s seat?

RFK Jr. claimed “COVID was disease that attacked the sick, as w/ all infectious diseases.” Per NY Times 2021 study of Covid mortality in 560,000 people found roughly 30% of Covid deaths occurred in patients w/o underlying diseases. And does RFK Jr consider being over 65 “sick?

I guess we were warned. Amy Klobuchar in 2020 on Trump. “He blames everyone for everything that happened: Obama, head of Federal Reserve, generals… He blames entire kingdom of Denmark. Who does that? He recently went after prime minister of Canada…

J.D. Vance says he went with his wife Usha to “check out what’s goin’ on with the security there of Greenland.” Based on the Signal debacle this week how long until Greenland sends visitors to see whats going on with the security of the USA?

One of the troll message about Social Security these day that we should all have been able to do our own investing. Rather ironic as the stock market is falling today and is down about 5% this year since DonOld took office.

Learned something from the twitter bot troll farm today. Trump’s biggest campaign donor’s latest big lie is telling Americans that Social Security is about to fall apart. So when DOGE destroys it they can shrug & say, would have happened anyway.

Colin Jost mocked the Signal cluster f*ck by referencing “my Aunt Janice’s texting skills.” As a semi-luddite who is several people’s aunt want to say there is no way I – or most of my friends who are aunts -would be anywhere near that stupid while texting.

Does anyone else think Trump might drop all his tariffs if someone figures out how to give him a Medal of Honor and Five Stars to wear on his blazer in advance of Liberation Day?

Another close call near National Airport, between Air Force plane & Delta plane. Crickets on Fox News.

Also not mentioned on Fox, 4 US soldiers missing & presumed dead in Lithuania.

And they’ve moved on from Signal debacle.

Nor do they hear about Pete Hegseth bringing his wife to meetings involving sensitive information with foreign diplomats.

Fox doesn’t think their viewers can handle the truth

As Musk tries to bribe Wisconsin voters with $100 payouts and a million dollar bonus for a few, your reminder that in Georgia GOP outlawed handing water to anyone waiting in line to vote.


If I were in Wisconsin and a South Africian billionaire was trying to buy our election, I’d be pretty cheesed off.

Busted

March 27, 2025

SF Giants are undefeated in the Buster Posey ownership era.

Arkansas blew a 16 point lead midway through the 2nd half and a 6 point leaded with 1 minute and 15 seconds left and the ball, to lose to Texas Tech in OT 85-83

This is the most embarrassing thing to happen to Arkansas since they elected Sarah Huckabee Sanders governor.

No team lower than a 3 seed into the first half of the Elite Eight. No double digit seed left with 12 teams to go. Cinderella left early to beat the rush.

For all the focus on Elise Stefanik, Trump plucked Mike Waltz out of a GOP Congressional Seat in Florida. While it’s a red district special election polls are now closer than expected & Waltz appears to be idiot who put reporter into war planning Signal chat.

Maybe GOP should have gotten Elise confirmed & left Waltz in Florida.

Can’t be said enough. If Trump thought his and DOGE policies were popular he wouldn’t be worried about a special election in New York. Heck, he’d have a handpicked crony already endorsed for Stefanik’s seat.

Elise Stefanik gave up her House leadership position for nothing. Thoughts and prayers.

Velveeta Voldemort today says he ‘always thought’ Waltz was responsible for Signal chat scandal.

1. He didn’t know what Signal was.

2. He can’t admit he made a major error in picking Hegseth.

3. So we know the next person to be thrown under the Trump bus.

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Next time if you or anyone you know overdraws their checking account by a few dollars and gets charged a $35 fee, thank Republicans. They just voted to overturn a Biden CFPB rule to cap such fees at $5

JD and Usha Vance have now scrapped all pretense of their upcoming visit to Greenland being about culture and tourism as they will be kept away from residents. Give Trump credit. He’s the first US President to get America hated by Canada, Denmark and Greenland.

Four soldiers are still missing and presumed dead in Lithuania. At his press conference yesterday Trump had no clue anything had happened. And if you get news from Fox News you won’t see a word about it.

I’m 65, started paying into social security when I was 15. How about everyone else? PS – It’s not a ponzi scheme, it’s OUR money

Seeing some of these social security stories from many of us who’ve been paying in since we were teens reminds me of guy I dated ONCE Freshman year.

He was going to go skiing at Christmas, asked what I was doing. Said I was going home, would see friends but would do a lot of waitressing. His response “Why? Just ask mom & dad for money.” Wonder how many of these DOGE types who want to slash social security ever had a job in high school?

And the madness begins.

March 21, 2025

Wonder if more people would vote if we could somehow put candidates into brackets before the primaries and have online and office pools.

Thought for the morning: May our troubles last as long as our perfect brackets.

So has Donald Trump already announced that he had a perfect March Madness bracket and won the White House pool?

Donald Trump’s response to losing ANYTHING, from an election to a court case, is to accuse the other side of cheating or being “crooked” He can’t even accept losing in golf. Imagine rooting for a sports team that declares themselves undefeated & all losses to be illegal.

Point of fact… Judge Boasberg, who Velveeta Voldemort, Leon and the right wing call a“Democrat activist,” was originally appointed by President George W. Bush. Yeah, the same as MAGA’s beloved SCOTUS judge Alito.

Rachel Maddow covering Trump publishing unredacted papers on JFK Assassination. Redacted parts turned out to be personal details including social security numbers & birthdates for everyone involved. Many were young at time & are still alive. The “King” is a clown Prince.

In Georgia, Republicans stopped people from offering WATER to people waiting in line to vote because they considered it buying votes. Elon Musk’s PAC is now offering $100 to Wisconsin voters to sign a petition against “activist judges.”

So much insanity nonstop things like this barely make news: “Administration quietly rescinded order blocking major Dominican sugar producer w/ ties to Trump from shipping sugar to USA because of allegations of forced labor at company.” Donold wants a servant class here too.

Apparently Minnesota Senate GOP will move to expel Sen. Justin Eichorn after his arrest for allegedly seeking sex from a 16 year old girl. So yes, Virginia, there are still Republicans with SOME scruples.


Minnesota State Senator Justin Eichorn, who wanted to classify “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness, has now resigned after being arrested for soliciting a 16 year old girl for sex.

Wonder if Donald will pardon him and offer Eichorn a job?

Dart board dart board, who’s got a dartboard?

March 16, 2025

So uh, why is UNC in the tournament, other than they are UNC?

This year many picks will be as arbitrary as DOGE firing.

I’ll do some guessing. But it’s clearly time for another cat bracket.

Remember when Putin in 2019 scored 9 goals in a Russia hockey exhibtion?

Trump’s winning his own golf club championship is like that.


MD Governor Wes Moore last night at Gridiron Dinner referencing the infamous Trump, Zelenskky, Vance, Rubio Oval Office meeting “Speaking of couches, “I hear JD Vance was supposed to be here tonight. But I heard he pulled out at the last minute.”

Attacking Habitat for Humanity is pure and simple Velveeta Voldemort’s revenge on Jimmy Carter for being beloved. It all makes sense if you view everything through the lens of petty revenge.

Many diseases that used to be fatal are curable now. Treatment for cancers have been improving by leaps and bounds. And for much of that we thank NIH & university research. Now Muskrat wants to put brakes on. Does he think cancer and other diseases don’t affect rich people

So if you and your family are not powerful, you can be completely innocent and get deported this and never allowed back in the country. Unlike the Tate brothers who are guilty but well connected.

Media in general is not reporting on anti-Trump, anti-DOGE protests.

Fox News in particular is not reporting on death toll from storms this weekend, now over 40, all in red states. While DOGE cuts NOAA/National Weather Service. I wonder why?

President Biden helped all 50 states, even if they didn’t vote for him, without blame. Where is Donold, who attacked California, on these horrific fires in Oklahoma?

Donald Trump won in 2024. But his entire second term focus seems to be revenge against America for not voting for him in 2020.

So it takes a special kind of chutzpah to tell a sovereign country – Denmark = you want to take their terrority – Greenland, but, by the way, will you sell us eggs? What’s next? Will Trump ask for eggs from Canada?

Nothing official – but some Canadians have a plan to stop Trump’s tariff insanity: Block a certain website in the US – Canadian-owned Pornhub.

Talk about hitting below the belt.

Headline:- “Did Southwest make a big mistake?” My feeling on charging for bags, .Yes. Mistake made because Elliott Investment Management, Florida hedge fund now has 11% stake in airline. They will destroy Southwest & sell pieces for parts. As hedge funds do to companies.

Name change?

March 14, 2025

So it’s selection Sunday for the NCAA basketball tournament.”

Maybe they should consider a name change. At this point they could get sued by Trump’s DOJ for using the term “March Madness.

Silver lining of the week. We learned which Democrats are not afraid of Donald Trump.


Did not have on any bingo card that on a day in March of 2025 the only person praising Chuck Schumer would be Velveeta Voldemort.


It’s not that Schumer wasn’t right that a shutdown would give President Musk and Clown Prince Trump the power to do whatever they want with government.

But how much different is that from what they are doing now?

They really are a family of dicks, aren’t they?

Donald Trump Very Senior posts on Truth Socia “praising” Chuck Schumer. While Jr. sends emails under his “Win.donjr” account headlined “Schumer caves.”

Small thing but Velveeta Voldemort said proposed 200% tariffs on European wine would be “great for Wine & Champagne businesses in US.”

There IS no “Champagne” business in US. Champagne comes from Champagne region in France. Everything else, even in France, is sparkling wine.

This is rich.

GOP Rep. Andy Biggs claims Republicans are concerns that ActBlue’s verification policies” could potentially allow foreign actors in countries like China, Venezuela and Russia to influence elections.” Wonder what President Musk thinks of the allegations.

Wouldn’t we all want to be a fly on the wall listening to private conversations of people like the Irish PM or NATO Secretary General after they have to sit through the angry braggadocious ramblings of Velveeta Voldemort at their “joint” press conferences.

Velveeta Voldemort is not going to annex Greenland.

He’s not going to annex Canada. He’s not going to annex the Panama Canal.

The only country he’s illegally taking over is the United States.

Current Democratic Senate Leader: Chuck Schumer, 74

Current #2 – Dick Durbin, 80

Current #3 – Amy Klobuchar, 64

Current #4 – Cory Booker, 55.

Who else thinks maybe it’s time to have the white men step aside for real fighters?

CNN “Trump’s public airing of grievances at DOJ was unprecedented.” It’s only 53 days into his 2nd term….. how long until Velveeta Voldemort tops it?

President Musk has 14 children at least by several different women? Where are the other 13 while he trots his current preferred mini-me around with Trump?

Countdown to madness

March 10, 2025

We are now a week from “Selection Sunday.”

Last year 245 million Americans were eligible to vote and about 90 million stayed home. Wonder if we could put elections somehow into brackets you could bet on if more people would turn out?

One of the top bot/troll responses on Twitter to anything is attacking Democrats over trans women and girls in sports. Leaving aside that the number of trans women athletes is tiny… how many of these clowns, if they are real, actually watch women’s sports?

Hmm.. Per Wikipedia, new Canadian PM Mark Carney “completed the 2015 London Marathon in 03:45:22, which was 17 minutes faster than his time at the 2011 Ottawa Marathon.” Think he should ask DonOld to discuss policy with him on a hike!

As federal workers are forced to return to work, many have been dealing with childcare/petcare issues. Kind & easy way to help them would be to allow well-behaved pets in the office.

But only the lapdogs allowed in Washington DC offices now are Republican members of Congress.


So when is DonOld Trump going to try to eliminate the department of TRANSportation?

So, I missed the part of Trump campaign’s where he told Americans to expect a ‘little disturbance’ from his tariff plan & warned there would be a “detox period” as the economy shifts away from government spending – along with a possible recession.

SNL last night? “Trump” told “Elon” that he wasn’t the boss And Mike Myers as Musk said “I gave you $300 million” Ok you’re the boss.”

Truth

As insanity spews daily, hard to believe now that for four years about the only regular “Breaking News” media could come up with out of the White House was “Joe Biden is old.’

Although Fox News regularly complained that Joe Biden was “vacationing” when he visited his home or beach house in Delaware. Crickets on DonOld’s regular multi-million dollar taxpayer paid weekends to golf at Mar-A-Lago. (Six of seven weekends so far.)

On Democrats needing 1 message:

Many of our best leaders have different styles. And appeal to different voters.

Women for example: AOC & Jasmine Crockett are great

Elissa Slotkin & Amy Klobuchar are great too. It’s a big tent. Think we win nationally w/ an inclusive tent.

How long until we start referring to the second Trump term as the Fourth Reich?


That Mike Myers impersonation of Leon as a crazy person looks better all the time. Now Muskrat is claiming George Soros & LinkedIn co-founder Reid Hoffman are funding ‘protests’ against Tesla. As opposed to obvious truth: Much of the US and most of the free world now hates him.

Donold threatens grants to 10 Universities due to pro-Palestine protests/encampments: Columbia, GWU, Harvard, Johns Hopkins, NYU, Northwestern, UCLA, Berkeley,U Minn & USC.

Universites not on his on list despite major protests/encampments of their own?

Wisconsin, Indiana, Texas, Arizona St, Michigan….. I wonder why.

On Democrats needing one message:

The Presidential election isn’t until 2028.

Until then, many of our best leaders have different styles. And appeal to different voters.

Women for example: AOC & Jasmine Crockett are great Elissa Slotkin & Amy Klobuchar are great too. It’s a big tent. Think we win nationally w/ an inclusive tent

The heat is on

March 8, 2025

The formerly Oakland now Sacramento A’s announced a three-year agreement Friday with Las Vegas Convention and Visitors Authority as its official travel partner. A’s players will wear a patch with Las Vegas’ official logo on their left sleeves to remind fans of their upcoming movie in 2028

When it’s 100 degrees in Sacramento this summer am sure baseball fans will be thrilled to imagine that eventually they can travel to watch their team in Las Vegas where it can get to over 110.

Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent defended tariffs, arguing that “access to cheap goods is not the essence of the American Dream.”

Scott Bessent’s estimated net worth, over $500 million.

Apparently MAGA unhappy that Amy Coney Barrett has shown signs of independence from Trump are pointing to a story that she had someone from Hamilton sing songs at Ketanji Brown Jackson’s welcome party as proof that Barrett is not a “real” conservative.

How many MAGA know that Scalia and RBG were good friends and went to the opera together?


DonOld reportedly considering moving 35,000 US troops from Germany to Hungary.

The same Hungary that is no longer considered a democracy. Putin must be so proud.

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Military now is apparently going to remove pictures of the Enola Gay for violating DEI rules –

Because the plane has “Gay” in its name.

This would be funny if it weren’t our democracy we’re talking about.

What’s now, getting rid of “My Old Kentucky Home?” “It’s summer, the people are gay.” Or “Deck the Halls?” “Don we now our gay apparel.”

If MAGA is so upset about culling chickens with bird flu maybe these chicken farmers ought to sell the dead birds with bird flu to them to eat. The problem could work itself out

When Palo Alto had a major controversy over traffic near downtown, a wise man said “Traffic is anyone but me driving on my block.” Government spending is like that for MAGA “Wasteful spending” is any government spending that doesn’t directly benefit ME.

Stunning to see how many Americans (along w/ bots) now view DOGE hackers as heroes. Will be interesting to see how they feel when repercussions from breaking things affect them personally. Thinking tax refunds, national park vacations, social security checks will start it out.

Per NY Times. DOT Secretary Sean Duffy “said the young staff of Mr. Musk’s team was trying to lay off air traffic controllers. What am I supposed to do? I have multiple plane crashes to deal with now, and your people want me to fire air traffic controllers?”

Trump apparently plans on another travel ban that will include his former list of Cuba, Iran, Libya, North Korea, Somalia, Sudan, Syria, Venezuela and Yemen. Uh, as Donald has alienated most of the free world aren’t many of those countries still the only friends he has left?

So Donald is now attacking the trade deal he claims he himself negotiated with Mexico and Canada. Begging the question? Is it being an evil liar? Or is it dementia?

Stephen Colbert: “Millions of young people cannot stand Elon Musk. And those are just his kids.”

Seemed relevant today.

“Turning and turning in the widening gyre The falcon cannot hear the falconer; Things fall apart; the centre cannot hold; Mere anarchy is loosed upon the world.”

Especially as the falconer has probably been fired & rehired twice already since January 20.

WTAF? Troy Edgar, Trump’s choice for DHS Deputy Secretary, talked movingly during confirmation hearing of his wife who fled Iran after Shah was overthrown.

And part of his job at DHS will be to deport similar legal refugees who fled Ukraine, Afghanistan, Haiti, etc.

Make it make sense.

Donald has said he will create a new agency called the External Revenue Service to collect tariffs and there’s been talk he wants it to replace the IRS.

Yeah, that’s going to work real well when he changes his mind every other day on tariffs.

So has President Musk told Trump he can sign a (meaningless) Executive order every day to keep Donold busy?

Bring her back?

February 24, 2025

San Antonio Spurs blew 17 pt lead & lost to lowly New Orleans Pelicans by 18.

Gregg Popovich’s health comes first & it makes no sense for him to return in 2025.

But if Pop can’t come back next season, maybe time to see how much $$ to hire Becky Hammon back from WNBA to coach.

Two amusing sidelights of this week.

1. Some of the MAGA cult on social media views cheering for team Canada in a tournament hockey game as being an actual traitor to the US.

2. A whole lot of men think a woman cannot possibly know anything about sports. Wrong on both counts.

Carry on.

Pope Francis is now in critical condition. If he passes away will Trump demand he be named Pope next?

Love this line from Senator Chris Murphy “My 16-yr-old son for the 1st time, he said to me, ‘What’s going on? My friends are seeing your stuff. I’m showing up on a 16-yr-old’s TikTok feed.”

(had a nice reminder of when John McCain went on SNL, because he said it impressed his teenage daughter)

As crazy FBI director Kash Patel looks to be joined by crazier deputy Dan Bongino, the GOP Senators own this. MANY of them knew better.

And if cowardice made them vote yes on Patel and Bondi, what makes them think eventually they won’t end up under the bus like Bolton, Pence, Sessions etc.

Fox News headline: “Former world leader explains why ‘people are envious of what’s happening in the US.”

The former world leader is former British PM Liz Truss, who lasted in the job 45 days.

I’d rather hear what the head of lettuce thinks.

Leaving everything else aside, I can’t be the only person who looks at Donald Trump orange circles ending around the eyes and ears, and thinks “his makeup person really hates him.”

The USA used to be a shining example Now we’re an object lesson.

It all makes sense if you consider maybe the main purpose of some of Musk and Trump’s outrageous actions is two jealous insecure men trying to steal headlines from each other.

Per NBC News, terminated FAA employees were not controllers, but support staff- “maintenance mechanics, aeronautical information specialists, plus, aviation safety, management & program assistants.” What could go wrong? Well, Musk with SpaceEx brags about learning from crashes.

DonOld Trump email to President Musk

Subject: What I did last week 5 bullet points 1. I golfed

2.I golfed

3.I golfed

4. I rode around the track at Daytona

5. I followed Putin’s orders.

Do I get a diet coke and a Big Mac?

Love, Donny

Ps. Can I still be King?

OT

February 21, 2025

Team USA could still win if Mike Pence has the courage to do the right thing…

KC Chiefs

Team USA

As an SF Giants fan can we next ask Donald Trump to declare himself an LA Dodgers fan?

-Though does anyone think Donald really watches hockey? Somebody please ask him about icing. Thinking his response is likely to include “chocolate..

Millions of Americans were on team Canada tonight. Wonder how Premier Trump is feeling.

(for the uninitiated, Premier is the Canadian equivalent of Governor.)

Why did I feel watching tonight’s 4 Nations hockey game like I’m a kid back in Toronto watching Team Canada vs Russia in 1972?

Except now Team USA has become Russia.

If GOP really cared about the border they’d have passed Senator Lankford’s bipartisan bill in 2024

Congressman Robert Garcia has now been threatened with potential prosecution by the U.S. Attorney from Washington, D.C., for because he criticized. He called Musk a dick.

Having flashbacks to Miracle on 34th Street….. where Fred proved Kris Kringle was Santa Claus. Not a crime to call a dick a dick. (And thinking Garcia could get many millions of corroborating witnesses.

Oh, this is a smart idea. Seriously. Amy Klobuchar introduced a budget amendment to keep Trump & GOP from cutting taxes for billionaires if prices keep going up. Since Donold said he would solve inflation on day one this should be easy for him, right?

In her confirmation hearing, Tulsi Gabbard was asked who she blamed for the war between Russia and Ukraine. She responded “Putin started the invasion of Ukraine.” Where’s the pool as to the day Tulsi denies that statement?


In 2017, John McCain along with Lindsey Graham and Amy Klobuchar visited Ukraine to show support against Russia and Vladimir Putin. I hope McCain haunts Lindsey Graham’s dreams.

With Kash Patel confirmed who should be first in the pool as to which Republican Senator who voted for him will be the first to be thrown under the Trump bus?

An important truth about firing probationary employees. Any federal employee PROMOTED is on probation in new role for year. Know 2 people who were offered merit promotions last fall & turned them down because they didn’t want to be “on probation” if Trump won.

The two Former FBI directors,both Republicans, are on Kash Patel’s printed enemies list.

No doubt some of the GOP Senate cowards who voted for him will end up on that list soon.


Many scientists and researchers were just fired at NIH’s center for treating Alzheimer’s, which could set research back years. The center is named for recently retired GOP Senator Roy Blunt, a good and decent man. He wouldn’t recognize his colleagues today. Not because of memory loss. But because they are now a cult.


Media should start covering what Air Force One, besides the costs, does to travel for average Americans.

Yesterday at Miami International AIrport, after Donald decided to FLY from Palm Beach (about 60 miles away_, all flights stopped for arrival & departure. Many travelers missed flights and flight attendants couldn’t get to airport. One crew member told me it took them three HOURS to go 2 miles.

DOGE just fired Yosemite’s only locksmith.

Would it be wrong to hope the first visitor who locks their keys in their car, or who locks themselve in a bathroom, is a Trump supporter?

J.D. Vance today warned Ukrainian president against attacking Donald Trump. Have we forgotten that Trump’s first impeachment was over threatening Zelenskyy to go after Biden in the first place? #QuidProQuo

What are the odds?

February 13, 2025

Apparently you can place various bets on the NBA All-Star game this weekend.

And if you are seriously thinking about those bets… you might have a gambling problem.

Meanwhile, for a break from political insanity whoever thought they’d see THIS headline?

“Draymond Green Had to Hold Steve Kerr Back As He Flipped Out at Referee.”

(Apparently Kerr didn’t like some calls, and the Warriors did lose to the Mavs.)

Rachel Maddow today telling us how at the same time Musk is trying to kill the CFPB bureau, he is trying to turn X/Twitter into a financial services bureau.

Which would be regulated… by the CFPB. You can’t make this stuff up.


Have seen many liberals demanding Senators speak out.

Dems held another late night session tonight against RFK Jr.

Media wasn’t covering it. Even MSNBC has “Susan Collins just broke the promise she made to the American people” (as if that is news)

It’s on us, folks.

Senator Raphael Warnock took the 10p shift on the Senate floor talking against RFK Jr. If you haven’t heard the Georgia Senator (and Preacher) speak before and you ever get a chance to listen, or see a clip, take it. (C-Span 2 covered it tonight)

As part of Senate late-night effort against RFK Jr, Amy Klobuchar quotes Eisenhower, who established HHS. “Department symbolizes the government’s permanent concern with the human problems of our citizens.”

Today’s GOP would call Eisenhower a RINO. Heck they’d call Reagan a RINO.

Adam Schiff tonight asked why RFK Jr for HHS?

Why THIS job? Yes, he endorsed Trump but why HHS?

“Nothing was more corrosive to our democracy than Trump’s assault on truth. Nothing more useful to demagogue than destroying idea of truth. He must convince public not to believe their lying eyes. Out with the Faucis. in with the charlatans.”

Nailed it.

Consumers Research, a dark money group that now exists to attack perceived liberal causes, is running ads attacking the Cleveland Clinic, which Musk/Trump is trying to strip funding from.

The Cleveland Clinic is the single largest employer in Ohio. Jobs! Jobs! Jobs!

As inflation is skyrocketing, led by the price of eggs, can we start calling him Trumpty Dumpty???

Now that Tulsi Gabbard was confirmed today how many of our allies will just stop sharing intelligence with us..

Billionaire boys club

February 12, 2025

Dodgers ‘hungrier than ever,’ view 2025 as ‘unique challenge’

What challenge? If they can cross the half billion payroll by the trade deadline?

QB Dak Prescott says Dallas Cowboys ‘very close’ to winning Super Bowl.

Has anyone recently checked Dak for concussions?

Do Google and AP etc think it will really stop with demands to accept Trump’s illegal renaming of the Gulf of Mexico? If they acquiesce now, soon it will be “you are not allowed to criticize dear leader.” (This has apparently already happened to GOP House and Senate.)


So can Mexico change their maps to return to referring to the USA as “the United Colonies of North America?”

Lindsey Graham, talking about spending more money for ICE and Homeland Security: “We’ll go into mandatory spending accounts and find offsets to pay for this.” “mandatory spending accounts?” Translation, we’re going to slash Social Security, Medicare, and Medicaid. For starters.

As Republicans in the Senate continually debase themselves into spineless clones can we start calling them Stepford Senators?

Do Google and AP etc think it will really stop with demands to accept Trump’s illegal renaming of the Gulf of Mexico? If they acquiesce now, soon it will be “you are not allowed to criticize dear leader.” (This has apparently already happened to GOP House and Senate.)

So why are President Musk and VP Trump trying to shut down CFPB?

Because Elon doesn’t want oversight as he tries to turn Twitter into a financial app?

Or because Donald hates Elizabeth Warren?

Something important I heard Amy Klobuchar say “Email your members of Congress.” (Not that calls don’t matter, but emails go into the record.) And yes, it’s worth emailing GOP members of Congress. they are afraid of Trump but they are really afraid of losing re-election.

Asked whether U.S. had given up anything in return for former hostage Marc Fogel, Trump replied “not much” without offering additional details. Translation, “not much after I handed Putin the gift of our democracy.”

NY Times headline “Enjoying Pinnacle of Power, Musk Holds Court on Trump’s Stage. President let spotlight in Oval Office go to his billionaire friend.” Fixed it. “President Musk held court in Oval Office & let Donald sit at big boy desk before Elon sent him home to play golf.

Chopless in New Orleans

February 10, 2025

Can we get bipartisan agreement that outside Kansas City, Atlanta and Tallahassee that all of America was glad not to hear that chop at the Super Bowl?


So basically the only people who were watching this Super Bowl in the 4th quarter were those who picked squares in a pool.

But did hear Super Bowll announcers say “It’s the third quarter, you can’t attempt an onside kick.”

Paging Sean Payton.

IYKYK #WhoDat #Saints

For some reason Fox News website has gutted all mentions of Trump’s prediction of a Chiefs victory and DonOld’s praise of Patrick Mahomes and his MAGA wife.

ICYMI – DonOld picked the Chiefs. And on Mahomes “This great quarterback who has, by the way, a phenomenal wife, OK? She’s a Trump fan. She’s a MAGA fan. So, I happen to love her, she’s great and he’s great.”


DonOld is mad he couldn’t think of which country to start a war with next tonight so he’s gonna ban pennies? What a pathetic toddler we elected…


Biggliest loser couldn’t bear to watch his prediction be proved wrong. How long until he calls the Eagles part of the “deep state?


Next year’s Super Bowl is at Levi’s Stadium in Santa Clara, home of the SF 49ers. Feb 8, 2026.

So California has almost a whole year to build a wall to keep Trump out.

So it’s time to ask the question What did a penny do to Trump today?

Did he lose a coin flip?

Did someone compare him unfavorably to Lincoln?

Did he try to hit one as a target in a urinal and miss? Inquiring minds want to know.

But back to reality


Heather Cox Richardson w/ FAFO math from Trump Friday night slashing of NIH “indirect funding.” (m is MILLION)

8 Florida universities would lose $165m out of $673m,

6 Ohio universities would lose $194m out of $700m

4 Missouri universities would lose $212m of $830m

Near Cincinnati home of JD Vance. residents confronted a group displaying swastika flags over I-75.

Vance, despite his Indian wife, just defended guy who posted “Normalize Indian hate. Can’t wait to see how JD defends these Nazis.

https://www.cincinnati.com/story/news/2025/02/07/group-carrying-swastika-flags-seen-demonstrating-in-cincinnati-suburb/78342108007/

There’s a measles outbreak in Gaines County Texas, population 22,000.

10 children, all unvaccinated, sick so far.

At least 3 in every 1000 children who get measles will die.

MMR vaccines would make ALL those deaths unnecessary.

But the MAGA crowd will care about those dead kids as much they care about children murdered in school shootings. Pro Live My Ass.

Spurred on…

January 24, 2025

The San Antonio Spurs every February go on an about a three week Rodeo Road Trip while an actual road trip takes over their arena.

Today in Paris the Spurs and Wemby played the red-hot Indiana Pacers. They won 140-110.(and it wasn’t that close.) Maybe next year San Antonio will ask to play the whole three weeks in France…

Oscar nominations are out. Has Velveeta Voldemort threatened yet to shut down the ceremony because they didn’t nominate him?


Can only imagine how furious MAGA would be if someone at the National Cathedral on Tuesday had preached. “‘For I was hungry & you gave me something to eat; I was thirsty & you gave me something to drink; I was a stranger & you took me in….”

“Some female soliders have written letters in support of Pete Hegseth.” Well, Jeffrey Dahmer didn’t eat everyone he met either.

Do I like John Ratcliff? No. Do I think he is qualified? Yes.

Elections have consequences.

But, before Velveeta Voldemort those consequences used to have limits in reality.

Just curious. Since Pete Hegseth is now saying he doesn’t have a drinking problem but won’t drink if he is confirmed, what happens if he is confirmed and he is seen drunk in public?

Brooke Rollins, nominee for Agriculture Secretary, had civil hearing today, said she would work w/ lawmakers to modernize temporary visa program. She did contest Dem claims 40-50% of agricultural workers are undocumented, arguing “we just don’t know.” We’re about to find out.

Forget actually making a Nazi salute, I’m so old I remember when even making a joke about being a Nazi would result in universal condemnation.


Major reason Fox News viewers voted for Trump.

LIES.

Today’s Fox headline “Over 200 House Democrats vote against bill protecting infants who survive abortions.” What it doesn’t say, the law ALREADY protects infants who survive abortion.


Simple fact: Pete Hegseth’s ex-sister-in-law KNOWS that a false accusation put in an affidavit could put her in jail. And she stands by her statement. Bet she’d take a lie detector test too. Would Pete?

For the younger generation who may never have heard this quote: “You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.” That noted liberal, Senator and Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater

Rachel Maddow talking about Crypto and making the comparison to Beanie Babies and I am so here for it. (What’s next, Trump tulip bulbs?)

For the younger generation who may never have heard this quote: “You don’t need to be straight to fight and die for your country. You just need to shoot straight.”

That noted liberal, Senator and Presidential candidate Barry Goldwater

Various costs.

December 3, 2024

No one hurt or died but Minnesota Vikings WR Jordan Addison, 22, pleaded not guilty to DUI charges from July, when he was charged aftera West Los Angeles police officer allegedly per ESPN “found him asleep at the wheel of a white Rolls Royce that was blocking a lane of I-105 westbound near the airport.”

Again have to wonder, why do any NFL players with their contracts do anything other than take taxis or uber?

Blake Snell is the latest to joing the Dodgers in their salary game… A five-year, $182 million contract with $66 million deferred through 2046 –when Snell will be 54.

And presumably he’ll retire to a no income tax Red State by then.

Somewhere Bobby Bonilla is smiliing. If not the California tax board.

Of all the Trump picks who could have withdrawn, did not expect it to be Florida Sheriff, Chad Chronister.

Apparently over MAGA outrage because he ordered arrest of a pastor for holding church services during height of COVID.

Too sane?

Glad to see younger leadership with Amy Klobuchar & Cory Booker moving up to #3 & #4 in Senate. A

And Amy already showing again that she gets it. “Schumer, gesturing to photographers after leadership elections, asked fellow Dems if they should flash thumbs up.

Klobuchar “No, we should not.”

Does it make any difference to our lives as Americans if Joe Biden’s son Hunter Biden goes to prison for victimless crimes when he was an addict?

No But it does perhaps matter to have for example, a Donald Trump’s daughter’s father in law is chosen as French Ambassador -who riles France. Not just because he doesn’t speak French, but because he hired a prostitute to seduce his brother in law. And sent a video of them having sex to his sister

A judge again blocked Musk’s multibillion pay package at Tesla. When it was originally approved, board said they needed to pay him that much to keep him fully engaged in running the company. Running the company? How can Leon do that from Mar-A-Lago while #ElonIstheRealPresident?

Another reason not to watch CNN. This headline: “Democrats left fuming over Biden’s decision to pardon his son — after he repeatedly said he wouldn’t”

Story says “SOME Democrats fuming.” Not the truth, which is that most Democrats said nothing negative about Joe’s decision.

If anyone thinks somehow that President Biden pardoning his son Hunter made any difference at all to Trump’s plans to pardon anyone who commits or committed crimes for him, I want some of what they’re smoking.

All Crazy Conference.

November 2, 2024

As Stanford plays Saturday Nov 2 against NC State, the Cardinal will now have played two more games against each of teams from North Carolina and Texas than they will have against teams from Calfiornia.


NY Yankees especially in game 5 of the World Series bring to mind a very old joke. What do the NY Yankees and Michael Jackson have in common? They both wore gloves on one hand for no discernible reason.

One brighter note on Dodger victory for anyone outside Los Angeles. The last time they won a World Series, Trump lost a Presidential election. If that’s the devil’s bargain in 2024, I’ll take it.

Why isn’t this a bigger story? Wisconsin Senator Tammy Baldwin wrote the ACA provision to allow young people to stay on their parents health insurance until they are 26.

Her opponent Eric Hovde wants to take that away. “It’s a stupid idea for this reason. All we’re doing is delaying younger people’s maturation. “And they need to grow up and move on and stand on their own two feet.

Of course Hovde is a multi-millionaire. If one of his kids’ had graduated from college and wanted to do an internship or study as a grad student without benefit, he’d either help them with insurance or medical bills.

(Dave McCormick, a hedge fund mega-millionaire has made similar statements. Pretty damn sure his kids have nothing to worry about either. 

JD Vance says he’s been “red-pilled” on vaccines. Oh, please, does anyone think HIS kids aren’t vaccinated?

Is it possible that Trump’s speeches are becoming increasingly lengthy because he thinks there’s a good chance after November 5 no one will want to pay any attention to anything he says again?

The biggest rating he’s going to get for an appearance after November 5 might be for the one that will start “Will the defendant please rise.”

Oops: MAGA Mike Johnson, campaigning for NY GOP Rep Brandon Williams was asked if he’d repeal Biden’s CHIPS Act.

Which per NY TImes brought “$100 billion worth of investment in semiconductor industry to Syracuse area. “I expect we probably will,

– Williams soon jumped in to say that he opposed repealing the CHIPS Act and would lobby the speaker.” They are so bad at governing.

How can Presidential candidate say of Liz Cheney “Let’s put her with a rifle standing there with 9 barrels shooting at her. Let’s see how she feels about it. You know, when guns are trained on her face.”

Most would be arrested. Media still hung up on Biden’s garbage phrasing.

NY Times “Trump Attacks Liz Cheney Using Violent War Imagery.” Understand space is at a premium, but it doesn’t take more space to write the truth: “Trump Calls for Liz Cheney to be Executed by Firing Squad.”

Give Trump credit for one accomplishment. Gotten me to believe that for all I disagree with her on so many things, Liz Cheney is an admirable and brave patriot.

As we approach final weekend before election, remember, confirmation bias makes it very difficult to change a vote.

Much easier, convincing someone not planning to vote that their vote matters. If our votes didn’t matter, GOP wouldn’t be trying so hard to take them away.

Real steals

October 25, 2024

New Orleans Saints fans would like to welcome the Minnesota Vikings to the “scr*wed by the refs in favor of the Los Angeles Rams club.”

Am a San Antonio Spurs fan but it still feels really weird to see Klay Thompson play for the Dallas Mavericks.

Sometimes it’s hard to understand why Donald Trump is campaigning in various locations. Other times it’s easy. He ended up tonight in Las Vegas. So he could bill US Taxpayers inflated prices for Secret Service agents who had to stay at his Trump hotel in town.

Some of Trump’s most fervent supporters are now going after Bruce Springsteen and Taylor Swift. Both Bruce and Taylor will continue to have the ability to sell out concerts many times over. Maybe more so as some will pay more for a MAGA free zone.

Hillary Clinton: “How we can be back here even entertaining the idea that someone who frankly makes Nixon looks like a lesser threat ?”

A phrase I never thought I’d say. Nixon WAS a lesser threat.

At a Vance Town Hall in Detroit, Trump actually called in to ask JD Vance: ‘How Brilliant Is Donald Trump?’

Would the wrong answer have gotten JD on the “to be hanged list?”

As we learn more about the Trump supporter arrested for shooting a local Democratic office in Phoenix Arizona, three times – and allegedly planning a “mass casualty event” wondered how Fox News was spinning the story.

Surprise, ,they aren’t covering it. At all.

Eric Hovde, a Laguna CA businessman running for U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, appeared on Fox News with the back ground of the Minneapolis Minnesota skyline.


Maybe someone should send Hovde a Minnesota Vikings jersey and send him out to campaig in Wisconsin.. That would be must see TV.

Didn’t know that much about Independent Nebraska Senate candidate Dan Osborn But how do you not love someone quoting Robin Williams tonight on The Last Word “Politicians should be wearing NASCAR jackets with patches of their sponsors so we know how they’re going to vote

Trump says if he is reelected he would fire special prosecutor Jack Smith “in two seconds.” So here’s Donald’s message to sum up: Vote for me so I can stay out of prison.

J.D. Vance says everything John Kelly says about Trump “is not true.”

Uh, J.D. Vance now says many things he himself said about Trump are not true.

As President Biden plans Friday to apologize for Indian boarding schools where hundreds of children died…. reminder of yet another reason to vote Harris Walz. Minnesota Lieutenant Governor Peggy Flanagan would, if Walz becomes VP, be the first Native American Governor of a US State.

Broken

October 23, 2024

Am a New Orleans Saints fan but also a San Antonio Spurs fan so don’t pay that much attention to the NBA Pelicans.

But long time Spurs star Dejounte Murray (who spent two years with the Atlanta Hawks) just had his season opening with the Pelicans. And fractured his hand. Murray will be out for a while.

Saints after a 2-0 start now have what feels like about half their starters injured.

Maybe New Orleans teams need to hire a voodoo queen?

MLB wants to find Tampa Bay Rays a temporary home near Tampa at least the start of the 2025 season if roof damage to Tropicana Field from Hurricane Milton cannot be repaired in time.

Well, MLB already okayed the A’s playing in a minor league stadium, what’s one more tea

(Sadly, for we old fans of Les Expos, Montreal MIGHT have been an option. But the stadium is being renovated.)

From Marc Ragovin :”In a newly unsealed recording, Stormy Daniels can be heard telling Donald Trump: “I knew Arnold Palmer. I played golf with Arnold Palmer. And you sir, are no Arnold Palmer.”


Former supposed moderate Republican Governor Chris Sinunu is smart enough not to be believe lie he is telling.which is that we we know how Trump would govern in his second term because we saw his first term

1. In his first term Trump had guardrails, people like John Kelly.

2. In his first term Trump was 70, now he’s a rapidly aging 78.

Important reminder. Tonight’s CNN Town Hall with Kamala Harris was intended to be a second debate. But Donald Trump was too afraid or exhausted to show up.

Four-star general leading U.S. Southern Command, responsible for American military operations in Central America, South America & Caribbean. Homeland Security Secretary CHOSEN by Trump who then hired him as Chief of State. That’s John Kelly. I’ll take his word over Donald’s.

Your reminder, as Trump now calls FOUR STAR GENERAL John Kelly a “low-life,” that Donald as President not only hired him as his Department of Homeland Security Secretary, he then hired him as Chief of Staff.

A dishonest ad campaign featuring three supposedly Jewish women voting for Trump deliberately mispronounces Kamala Harris’s name. It’s comma-la. They know this. No lie too small.

Just what would it take for some of these so-called reasonable Republicans – Haley, Sinunu, Youngkin, etc – to switch their votes from Trump?

Not even close

October 21, 2024

So after the Dodger -Yankees World Series, will the losing team go to a $500 million payroll this offseason to try win in 2025?

(Cleveland Guardians 2024 payroll $106,000,000. New York Yankees 2024 salaries for Aaron Judge, Juan Soto and Giancarlo Stanton, $103,000,000 And the Yankees have a lower overall payroll than the Mets and Dodgers, who are both over $300,000,000. MLB billionaire boys of summer club.)

On top of all the other reasons to dislike USC football, the Trojans were the primary movers to destroy the Pac 12 by leaving for the Big 10. 3-4 start couldn’t happen to a nicer team.

Tennessee, now 6-1, just upset Alabama, now 5-2 So how long until SEC starts talking about 2 or even 3 loss teams making the CFB playoffs?

Cleveland Browns QB Deshaun Watson signed a five year deal with the Cleveland Browns in 2022, despite an 11-game suspension, after more than two dozen women accused him of sexual assault and inappropriate conduct during massage sessions.

And today he may have suffered a season-ending Achilles injury.

If you can’t say anything nice….

No comment.

Antonio Brown appeared at Trump’s PA rally Saturday. Brown has been arrested multiple times on charges including sexual assault & domestic violence, says he has CTE and has declared bankruptcy. Yep, a perfect Donald surrogate.

None of the six NLCS games between the Mets and the Dodgers was closer than 4 runs. Three of the Dodgers four wins were by 8 or more., and tonight’s Los Angeles series clincher was 10-5

Not sure about ratings yet, but the WNBA final, which went to OT, was a much better game.

RIP. Phillp Zimbardo, 91. A fascinating man I was lucky enough to take a class from back in the day.

His prison experiment probably did as much as anything in the United States in my lifetime to show us how good people can be indoctrinated to do bad things.

Trump showed up to watch Aaron Rodgers play tonight, a few months after Rodgers posted a picture of them together. And the Jets QB, despite being reunited with his former favorite receiver Davante Adams, had one of his worst games of 2024. Almost as if #ETTD

Actual Trump fundraising email. “I just left McDonald’s. That was fun! I am first & only 2024 presidential nominee to work at McDonald’s.” Yet another lie.

Leaving aside that the restaurant was closed for him and all the “customers” were fake, Donald is obsessed with Kamala Harris having worked at McDonalds.

Sometimes dementia patients fixate on the weirdest things.

Dn’t think Fox News viewers live in an alternate reality? This is top Fox headline tonight ” “Trump echoes Reagan in swing state as workers take rally stage to praise ‘greatest president’” Not a word about Donald discussing Arnold Palmer’s junk, for starters.

Mitch McConnell to Politico “Whatever I may have said about President Trump pales in comparison to what JD Vance, Lindsey Graham,& others have said about him, but we are all on the same team now.” Siri, what is a self-own?

Last night Fox News actually cut away from Trump’s rally and switched to Kamala Harris’s rally. Maybe it’s even occuring to Fox News that Kamala brings them better ratings than Trump, whose rants are increasingly boring


Another Fox News alternate reality headline. “Trump has survived multiple assassination attempts & continues to attend football games.” Fixed it “Trump ducks MSM interviews but demands $$$ Secret Service projection for photo ops at games where he comes late & leaves early.”

Can we get it right?

October 19, 2024

Another game, another ball four called strike three in the bottom of the ninth in the Yankees-Indians game.

If only baseball had technology and replay rules. Oh, wait, never mind.

Time to allow challenges for balls and strikes. Past time.

Meanwhile in the NLCS, if you had a friend who’d never seen baseball before and you told him or her that it was usually a close, relatively low-scoring game,… they might not believe you. After the Mets 12-6 win in game 4, the closest game is still their 7-3 win in game 2.

Meanwhile from SI.COM

Through four back-and-forth games, it seems like neither the Lynx nor the Liberty are going to lose this series. The only losers may be the officials.

You know the WNBA has become big time in the USA when the headlines complain about officiating .

Lindsey Graham actually said “I think Donald Trump would be the best commander in chief of anybody available on the planet based on his performance before”

On what planet? Mustafar?

Wisconsin Sen. Tammy Baldwin, when her opponent in their debate made not-so-subtle homphobic attack on her “partner,”

“Eric Hovde should stay out of my personal life. And I think I speak for most Wisconsin women that he should stay out of all of our personal lives.”

Nailed it.

Trump says “people from Fox” helped him write his Al Smith dinner jokes. At the same time Donald wants to take away the broadcast licenses of any network he perceives as helping Kamala Harris.

If Trump is too exhausted to do interviews how in the world do even Republican voters think he’ll be able to handle that “3am phone call?”

Donald Trump keeps insisting Joe Biden and Kamala Harris are not smart. At the same time he says they have completely taken over the U.S. Justice system, the media, etc. Logic has a liberal bias.

Just saying… If Donald Trump knew he could “ace” a cognitive test he’d take the test publicly and demand national media cover it live.


Stephen Colbert on Kamala refusing to let Baier bait her into insulting Trump voters “I would never call Americans stupid.” “No, they’re not stupid Brett, they’ve been watching your network who feeds them lies. It’s like Taco Bell asking “why do all these people have diarrhea.”

Not close

October 16, 2024

Well, if you’re not watching the Dodgers -Mets NLCS because you don’t really like either team (or don’t like the idea of $300 million plus payrolls,) you haven’t exactly missed close exiting baseball games.

(Dodgers win 9-0 and 8-0, Mets win 7-3)

Meanwhile, I’m a Las Vegas Aces fan, but if you gave up watching the WNBA when Caitlin Clark’s Indiana Fever were eliminated, you’re really missing out!

(Sabrina Ionescu won the game for NY Liberty against the Minnesota Lynx with a shot that would have made Clark, or Steph Curry, proud.)

In Trump world, a woman or girl’s death only warrants “Say Her Name” if she is murdered by an undocumented immigrant.

But if a woman like Amber Thurman dies because Trump SCOTUS nominees overturned abortion rights, then it’s a joking matter.

There is no bottom.

Since Stormy Daniels is back in the news with an another alleged Trump attempt to pay her hush money, what could Donald possibly care now about her not sharing?

Pictures?

One of the stupidest arguments defending almost any Trump threat.

“He didn’t do ‘fill-in-the-blank” his 1st term, why would anyone think he’d do it in a 2nd”

Because in his 1st term Trump had sane people to stop him. And Donald didn’t have a slavish SCOTUS to make him a king.

Nancy Mace on CNN. “To my knowledge no one in Ohio has been threatened because of something Trump has said… I haven’t seen that.” Even Stevie Wonder could see that Haitian legal immigrants have been threatened in Ohio because of Trump.


Kamala Harris ‘s best line with Fox News. “This is a democracy. And the President of the United States should be able to handle criticism without saying he’d lock people up for doing it.”

After Kamala Harris’s strong interview with Bret Baier, how long until NY Times attacks Kamala Harris for daring to answer Fox News questions with complete sentences and no music?

From the NY Times… “Three billionaires — Elon Musk, Miriam Adelson and Dick Uihlein — put a combined $220 million into groups supporting former President Donald J. Trump in July, August and September,” Yeah, Don’s a real man of the people.

An old but perhaps apocryphal story of Henry VIII. When his third wife Jane Seymour was in labor with their son Edward, doctors told him they might be only able to save her or the baby. His response “The child, the child, other wives can easily be found.

Sound familiar?

Texas Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett is a rock star.

“Everyone has an issue. If I have you for 5 seconds, I’d say, whatever your most important issue is, google Project 2025 and see what it says about it. If you like what Project 2025 says, vote for the Orange one. If not, vote for Harris-Walz.”

Dear American women.

If you don’t think you have time to vote this November, then you certainly don’t have time to plan an escape trip out of your state for critical reproductive care.