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Here for the politics. I voted for her. No support for President Felon. I block obvious scammers, sex- and crypto-bots, MAGAts and purveyors of self-help as I find them. No DMs.
But they are Germanic pagan. Which makes them just fine for... Well you know. SSecretary
Christmas trees are pagan.
First big exclusive broken by the New Media at the Pentagon.
December 4, 2025 at 5:48 PM
But they are Germanic pagan. Which makes them just fine for... Well you know. SSecretary
LOLOLOLOL
Trump:
‘Putin wants the war to end — that’s the impression Whitkof and Kushner got after their meeting. I think he wants to return to a more normal life; he wants to return to trading with the U.S.instead of losing thousands of soldiers every week…He very much wants to reach a peace agreement.’
‘Putin wants the war to end — that’s the impression Whitkof and Kushner got after their meeting. I think he wants to return to a more normal life; he wants to return to trading with the U.S.instead of losing thousands of soldiers every week…He very much wants to reach a peace agreement.’
December 3, 2025 at 10:35 PM
LOLOLOLOL
The way Felon throws around numbers, I'm not sure he can follow 2nd grade arithmetic.
December 2, 2025 at 10:44 PM
The way Felon throws around numbers, I'm not sure he can follow 2nd grade arithmetic.
An admiral can not possibly have enough cash on-hand to buy himself a pardon.
So Admiral Bradley takes the fall and gets a pardon?
Is that nod off dons play ?
Is that nod off dons play ?
December 2, 2025 at 10:39 PM
An admiral can not possibly have enough cash on-hand to buy himself a pardon.
IMHO, he certainly fails any cognitive test if he goes in for a medical test or procedure & can't even name the general body part in play. Seriously. My knee hurts & the doctor wants to x-ray my leg, I know my leg is being looked at. Only an infant or dementia patient doesn't know.
Who among us hasn’t strolled into Monday morning and said, “Fuck it, I’ll take one preventative MRI, please.”
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
open.substack.com/pub/jojofrom...
Not the Brain! Definitely Not the Brain! Stop Asking About the Fucking Brain!
Who among us hasn’t strolled into Monday morning and said, “Fuck it, I’ll take one preventative MRI, please”?
open.substack.com
December 2, 2025 at 2:09 PM
IMHO, he certainly fails any cognitive test if he goes in for a medical test or procedure & can't even name the general body part in play. Seriously. My knee hurts & the doctor wants to x-ray my leg, I know my leg is being looked at. Only an infant or dementia patient doesn't know.
Note the word 'authorized' rather than the word 'ordered'. They are planning to blame the people at lower levels of authority and responsibility - letting Hegseth/Felon completely off the hook.
Last week: In response to WaPo’s story on the Sept. 2 boat strikes, the Pentagon says “This entire narrative is completely false.”
Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”
Today: The White House confirms that a 2nd strike happened and that “Secretary Hegseth authorized Admiral Bradley to conduct these kinetic strikes”
December 1, 2025 at 9:09 PM
Note the word 'authorized' rather than the word 'ordered'. They are planning to blame the people at lower levels of authority and responsibility - letting Hegseth/Felon completely off the hook.
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Except that Felon can give Hegseth a 100% complete pardon on his way out the door.
SCOTUS immunity decision definitely does not apply to Hegseth. When dems are back in power they better not Merrick Garland this one.
Less important point. We are tying up a fucking Tier 1 special ops unit with blowing up random boots that *might* have some blow on them?
Less important point. We are tying up a fucking Tier 1 special ops unit with blowing up random boots that *might* have some blow on them?
November 29, 2025 at 2:21 AM
Except that Felon can give Hegseth a 100% complete pardon on his way out the door.
Okay. But Putin didn't need any coaching to know how to stroke Felon if that served his purpose.
www.yahoo.com/news/article...
Witkoff advised Putin’s policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for Gaza peace deal, say Russia had supported it and that he respects the president as a man of peace.
“From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said.
Witkoff advised Putin’s policy adviser Yuri Ushakov that Putin should call Trump to congratulate him for Gaza peace deal, say Russia had supported it and that he respects the president as a man of peace.
“From that, it’s going to be a really good call,” Witkoff said.
Report: US envoy coached Putin aide on how Russian leader should pitch Trump on Ukraine peace plan
President Donald Trump's chief interlocutor with the Russian government last month advised a senior aide to Vladimir Putin on how the Russian leader should go about pitching the U.S. president on a pe...
www.yahoo.com
November 26, 2025 at 3:51 AM
Okay. But Putin didn't need any coaching to know how to stroke Felon if that served his purpose.
OK. But. How does that separation of powers thing work? Because Kelly is a current, serving member of Congress. And recalling him to active duty would put him firmly under the direct thumb of the executive branch.
Back in 2022, a divided D.C. Circuit panel *upheld* the military's constitutional power to court-martial retired servicemembers even for *post-retirement* offenses:
cases.justia.com/federal/appe...
I'm biased (I represented the appellee), but Judge Tatel's dissent seems clearly right to me.
Alas.
cases.justia.com/federal/appe...
I'm biased (I represented the appellee), but Judge Tatel's dissent seems clearly right to me.
Alas.
cases.justia.com
November 24, 2025 at 6:09 PM
OK. But. How does that separation of powers thing work? Because Kelly is a current, serving member of Congress. And recalling him to active duty would put him firmly under the direct thumb of the executive branch.
What is this? The Keystone Cops in Court?
DOJ reverses, says grand jury approved Comey charges #TheHill
thehill.com
DOJ reverses, says grand jury approved Comey charges
twp.ai
November 21, 2025 at 2:32 PM
What is this? The Keystone Cops in Court?
Cancelled my digital subscription over exactly this sort of thing.
The New York Times' story about Trump calling for the execution of members of Congress ran on Page 16 today, with an itty-bitty promo on the front about halfway down the page.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
No wonder Trump thinks he can get away with anything.
November 21, 2025 at 2:23 PM
Cancelled my digital subscription over exactly this sort of thing.
That's a major portion of the GOP's MO. Over-promise and under-deliver for the working class. And make up for that by promoting sexism and racism.
Whatever happened to Felon/Vance's promises about 'Day 1'?
Whatever happened to Felon/Vance's promises about 'Day 1'?
VANCE: “.. We get it and we hear you, and we know that there’s a lot of work to do. .. As much progress as we’ve made, it’s going to take a little time for Americans to feel that.”
@cnn.com
www.cnn.com/2025/11/20/p...
@cnn.com
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November 21, 2025 at 12:09 AM
That's a major portion of the GOP's MO. Over-promise and under-deliver for the working class. And make up for that by promoting sexism and racism.
Whatever happened to Felon/Vance's promises about 'Day 1'?
Whatever happened to Felon/Vance's promises about 'Day 1'?
I presume this means she is there as a mourner rather than a reporter? Wow. Just wow.
If anybody needed more evidence of how politics have changed in America: Rachel Maddow is at Dick Cheney's funeral
November 21, 2025 at 12:05 AM
I presume this means she is there as a mourner rather than a reporter? Wow. Just wow.
Felon has made perfectly clear that even if he did understand the US Constitution, he would not care about following it if it prescribed something he wasn't otherwise inclined to do or not do. He refuses to be the least bit constrained by it.
I've had a missile blow up next to my airplane, been shot at dozens of times by anti-aircraft fire, and launched into orbit — all for my country. I never thought I'd see a President call for my execution.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
Trump doesn’t understand the Constitution, and we're all less safe for it.
November 20, 2025 at 11:56 PM
Felon has made perfectly clear that even if he did understand the US Constitution, he would not care about following it if it prescribed something he wasn't otherwise inclined to do or not do. He refuses to be the least bit constrained by it.
Did anyone think to ask her how many times Felon called her 'piggy' and if she felt 'respected' by same?
Reporter: What did the president mean when he called the reporter piggy?
Leavitt: I think the president being frank and open and honest to your faces rather than hiding behind your backs is a lot more respectful than what you saw in the last administration
Leavitt: I think the president being frank and open and honest to your faces rather than hiding behind your backs is a lot more respectful than what you saw in the last administration
November 20, 2025 at 11:51 PM
Did anyone think to ask her how many times Felon called her 'piggy' and if she felt 'respected' by same?
Bitterly LOLOLOLOL
Trump: "I'm sitting here. You're with a future king. A man who is respected by everybody. A man that doesn't have to be doing this, really. I don't have to be doing it either. And yet we're sitting here taking questions and there's never been transparency like this. It's sort of wonderful."
November 18, 2025 at 6:11 PM
Bitterly LOLOLOLOL
We who insist on changing our clocks twice a year just for funsies are NOT CIVILIZED!!!
To be clear: I don't change my clocks. The change is imposed on me.
To be clear: I don't change my clocks. The change is imposed on me.
“Sleep and circadian experts generally advocate for permanent Standard Time… Change between Standard Time and DST is not simply loss/gain of sleep, but rather misalignment between circadian and social clocks…”
November 18, 2025 at 6:08 PM
We who insist on changing our clocks twice a year just for funsies are NOT CIVILIZED!!!
To be clear: I don't change my clocks. The change is imposed on me.
To be clear: I don't change my clocks. The change is imposed on me.
LOLOLOLOL
Mike Johnson lies shamelessly: "The president of the United States supports maximum transparency."
November 18, 2025 at 5:58 PM
LOLOLOLOL
Agree except about that last point. The Felon and his regime are intentionally destroying any international role for the US. And if this continues through the end of the current term, it is likely to be another generation at least before any of our allies trust the US again.
November 18, 2025 at 3:09 PM
Agree except about that last point. The Felon and his regime are intentionally destroying any international role for the US. And if this continues through the end of the current term, it is likely to be another generation at least before any of our allies trust the US again.
How any woman with a shred of decency or self-respect could cast her ballot for Felon, I will never understand. And quite frankly, I don't want to understand.
Republicans lost their goddamn minds about a Black man wearing a tan suit because it debased the office of the President of the United States.
But this trashy, sexist, racist white guy? Pshaw.
Par for the course.
#momsky
But this trashy, sexist, racist white guy? Pshaw.
Par for the course.
#momsky
I don't understand why this isn't the only story and why he isn't giving his resignation.
I mean, I do. But still.
How can the president. THE PRESIDENT. Of the United States of America. The. President.
I mean, I do. But still.
How can the president. THE PRESIDENT. Of the United States of America. The. President.
November 18, 2025 at 2:54 PM
How any woman with a shred of decency or self-respect could cast her ballot for Felon, I will never understand. And quite frankly, I don't want to understand.
Yup
November 18, 2025 at 2:29 PM
Yup
But very much on brand for the current GOP.
Marjorie Taylor Greene: “Trump called me a traitor. Those are words that can radicalize people & put my life in danger.”
It takes a special kind of hypocrite to treat others like crap and then play the victim when they're treated the same way.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
It takes a special kind of hypocrite to treat others like crap and then play the victim when they're treated the same way.
#ProudBlue #Pinks #TrumpIsUnfitForOffice
November 17, 2025 at 1:49 PM
But very much on brand for the current GOP.
Eh.
A) The pope told them to.
B) This is what the bishops told us to vote for last November. Because abortion.
My conclusion: The bishops aren't worth listening to. They can't put the least little bit of pressure on the current regime to stop terrorizing human beings. Too little, too late.
A) The pope told them to.
B) This is what the bishops told us to vote for last November. Because abortion.
My conclusion: The bishops aren't worth listening to. They can't put the least little bit of pressure on the current regime to stop terrorizing human beings. Too little, too late.
Here’s a gift link (no paywall) to the article, “Catholic bishops condemn ‘indiscriminate mass deportation’ in rare statement”:
wapo.st/448fDw6
wapo.st/448fDw6
November 13, 2025 at 6:33 PM
Eh.
A) The pope told them to.
B) This is what the bishops told us to vote for last November. Because abortion.
My conclusion: The bishops aren't worth listening to. They can't put the least little bit of pressure on the current regime to stop terrorizing human beings. Too little, too late.
A) The pope told them to.
B) This is what the bishops told us to vote for last November. Because abortion.
My conclusion: The bishops aren't worth listening to. They can't put the least little bit of pressure on the current regime to stop terrorizing human beings. Too little, too late.
Is anyone at all checking up on the welfare of that 'support' puppy after the puppy is forced to visit her? I mean... I have visions of Cruella DeVille here.
Wait, what!?
Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’
Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence.
#StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
Ghislaine Maxwell is being waited on ‘hand and foot’ in a ‘luxury’ prison: a top official said he was ‘sick of having to be Maxwell’s bitch.’
Trump made sure the woman who helped traffic girls for billionaires gets spa treatment in exchange for her silence.
#StopJohnsonsEpsteinCoveup
November 13, 2025 at 2:44 PM
Is anyone at all checking up on the welfare of that 'support' puppy after the puppy is forced to visit her? I mean... I have visions of Cruella DeVille here.