He really is an absolutely reprehensible human being. Any person that admires him is in need of some serious soul searching.

Maybe over cynical by me but any functioning autocracy has a very small but ultra wealthy class that is close to the leader. I really believe many of these people see what’s happening and want to be part of that class. And they’ll do anything to accomplish that goal.

Take all of the aspirin, NOBODY takes aspirin like king donnie takes aspirin!

Hopefully the results will be encouraging and lead to relief for you.

So the orange psycho can steal Venezuelan oil, sell it, and deposit the money in some account in Qatar? And that’s fine? But a Somali American can’t travel with their own cash?

What the hell is all of this BS? I really hope justice finds these people someday.

I completely agree. My brother and his family live there and he says that it feels absolutely dystopian to live there right now. I never could have imagined something like this happening in the US. I’m also afraid that it will get worse before it gets better.

I used to be an avid runner, one knee replacement, and one pending knee replacement ended it for me. I miss it sooooo much! Hang in there and keep at it, it will grow on you and it’s great for stress reduction for one thing. Best of luck to you going forward!

Succeeding? What a complete bullshit word for this situation. Using the US military to violate a sovereign state’s affairs was the easy part, owning it will be incredibly more difficult.

What a damn shame. Marks a continuation of the efforts to totally control the information environment available to all of us.

Aaahhhhh, summer.

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I think 2025 demonstrates the total collapse of “Trickle Down” theory. Average wages are stagnant, the richest are richer than ever and maybe more importantly they are amassing power over all of us. Brought to us all by the Republican leadership, or total lack of leadership.

I’m with you. But it’s really just a symbol of his pathetic need to force himself onto everyone. He probably thinks it gets him respected, likely does from some people, just makes him look like a sad little man to lots of others.

Can’t wait until he disappears from public life.

Holy cow is that ugly!

We are south of Boston, adopted a 2 year old Black Lab through Sav-A-Lab and it worked out great, she was being fostered in RI. Vet bills are very high since COVID so be prepared for that. But, overall, she was a great addition to the family. Best of luck!

An look at that! No hat for the colored guy!!I wonder if that is some kind of secret message.

Brooks definitely should have disclosed his attendance at that event. IF that’s the only time Brooks has been in Epstein’s company then it would be easy to mention it.

As a regular Times reader I find that to be some pretty shady stuff right there. For all of the lecturing that Brooks does about morals and acting ethically in the world, this is quite an ugly surprise. A serious hit to his credibility.