so... the orange asshole will eventually contribute SOMETHING to make the world better?
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so... the orange asshole will eventually contribute SOMETHING to make the world better?
that's true--I included him because he went out and hit the road, and has been tirelessly vocal about Trump et al. He's devoted a lot more energy to it than some prominent Dem leaders. (Officially he's not a Dem, of course, which is fine--loyalty for its own sake is largely useless against tyranny.)
Gonzo, did you get into the 'nip stash?
oh fucking hell
And in Texas, which gets more money from the federal govt than the state gives, federal funds are being cut for HHS and workforce agencies. State layoffs are beginning.
For something he calls Christianity.
true... unfortunately, that probably won't persuade many MAGAts. They're pretty sure Hamilton was a communist or something.
well, that could be viewed as a benefit to mankind -- nothing I expected from him, but he is eminently qualified to accomplish that one thing.
could we make this a rush job?
Al Green has been gerrymandered out of his district by Gov Dr Evil, by the way. I can't help but think that was completely intentional, well beyond making it easier for Republiscum to win.
I'm pretty ready for that already... :) [Okay, I don't want a bunch of Dem leaders dying--I'd prefer that they retire instead, because they've been at least moderately effective in the past. But we need more people who can represent us in THIS space/time, like AOC, Jasmine, Bernie, Al Green, etc.]
that's brilliant!
love this :)
I'd agree, except the WH would probably prop him up for photos showing he's still alive & rule on his behalf and the WH is staffed with complete idiots. We might actually be worse off. Otoh, if the Epstein files are released, he would also be at least dimly aware we know what a monster he is.
If jaydee's heart IS truly broken by this, then why doesn't he DO something? Yeah, he's just the VP, but you'd think he had some influence he could use. But no, all we get from him and everyone else on the right is more meaningless tots & Bayers... and in the meantime, our kids keep dying.
A veritable masterpiece of trolling! 🤣
oh yeah! that does make me wonder if he's got someone whose special talent is cleaning ketchup off gold-spray-painted wall ornaments without removing the "gold"... talk about your totally thankless jobs lol
FA, FO Don’t know that Cassidy is a particularly deep thinker, but I’m guessing even he can see that killing off a sizable portion of the population has a downside… I mean, if you want to stay a senator, it still helps to have live constituents.
for me, Jesse helps fill the crater John Prine left in my heart
every Colosseum needs at least one cat basking in the sun… :)
if he thinks children are suffering from inflammation, PFAS are a far likelier culprit than whatever mitochondrial issues he’s imagined.
now that you mention it, his personality echoes the Baron's pretty closely, too...
my husband was/is a huge fan, and when Stevie Ray died, we were just married. I remember waiting in the San Juan airport for the next flight, reading about it in all the newspapers... felt more like a wake than a honeymoon trip. On the other hand, his music is still our honeymoon soundtrack. ❤️
Make the Black Death great again.
I really wish I could forget those words... and just remember that the guy's a world-class slimeball.
I am multiple decades past being a young woman, and even back then, if Charlie Kirk had walked up to me and told me I needed to submit to a husband -- or to any man, for that matter -- I would have explained to him very clearly and carefully that he could absolutely and immediately fuck off and die.
oh ffs. I'm not volunteering, but I really think someone should be compiling this drivel as documentation for the future. It could serve as a dire warning: you hear this kind of shit out of the Cabinet on a regular basis, you've probably got another Trump on your hands...
The struggle is real! ... and by struggle, I mean making sure we're well-enough stocked that we never run out...
I'd much rather have them picking up trash than harassing and attacking citizens. Yeah, it's a waste of taxpayers' money, but I'm pretty sure it costs less than taking a tarted-up 747 just to play golf...
Paxton is a veritable fount of hypocrisy, the most-whited sepulchur you could meet...
Nah... he'd just paint it gold.
... and here's the companion sculpture the Choctaw Tribe and the Irish created together last year to honor their relationship. It's located in Tuskahoma, the Choctaw capital. cdn.shortpixel.ai/spai/q_lossl...
he's morphing from being a Kennedy (with all of the baggage that entails) into being a really cheesy genocidal maniac. I mean, he belongs in a Stephen King book. King's version would be far more interesting, and as a fictional villain, RFK would do a lot less actual genocide.
Even with slavery, TX would have been more democratic as a Republic than now, given what the skeevy GQP in TX has done to grab control over the past 2-3 decades, and the way a good share of the non-white prison population is treated.
I usually consider that it sucks to be Fox (deservedly so) but this will suck worse than usual for them... :)
Aha! Demerzel tells Gaal that she has been known by other names, too -- like, oh, Daneel... #Asimov #Foundation
a true profile in courage lol
One could argue that the main business of this president is looting the treasury & the citizenry--subverting our free gov't is just a little favor for Putin in his spare time. It also provides him some entertainment when he gets bored covering the Oval Office walls with tacky gold gewgaws.
Trump et al are complicit in genocide and have dragged this country into it. We need another Nuremberg. If there's any justice in this world, Jack Smith will be one of the prosecutors (and Merrick Garland nowhere in sight.) Trump may be long dead by then, but I'm ok with digging him up to try him.
he sort of is a fan of wind, if you’re talking about the foul gusts he emanates that pass for speech in his world.
Agreed. My dad (whose PhD was in linguistics) told me years ago about the theory that the German language itself had been hugely damaged when it was used to disguise Hitler’s totalitarian oppression and genocide. If that’s real, American English must be on its deathbed.
wish I could “like” this about eleventy-gazillion times!
I came to that conclusion months ago.
Why the letter Frederick Douglass wrote to his former master should be required reading in every school.
truly lovely :)
I think he's probably in the first tier of candidates for the most heartless son of a bitch in American history. I mean, there's some pretty stiff competition there, but I think it's been his biggest life ambition forever (right after plating everything he owns with gold... spray paint lol)
The Towering Inferno?
oh, wouldn't that have been priceless... :)
doesn't Trump do the "controlling"-style handshake a lot? I remember him trying that on Macron, and it's not likely that Macron forgot... the guy's not an idiot.
Given the way they (don't) fit, they look like they're straight off the rack, which is kind of funny given how obsessed he is with the appearance of wealth.
with good reason
the only kind of questions Fox knows how to ask
Putin must be pretty sure he owns Trump (and by extension, maybe even the rest of the US) lock, stock & barrel.
so she's not quite as stupid as she plays on TV...
She would make a GREAT mascot!
I'm beginning to think it's something of a warning sign when fascists start condemning imagined fascist behavior on the part of non-fascists.
Rep Plesa is not wrong. Fidel Cancun even left his dog behind in a cold house.
well, okay, but will he throw rolls of paper towels at Puerto Rican residents who need them?
oh, that’s not good news…
Austin is on the list! woohoo!
some politicians have always lied; it’s only when they manage to take over whatever media are out there by a sizable percentage that we end up with this kind of shitshow. I mean, this IS what the Fairness doctrine was intended to prevent and why the GQP disabled it.
Now, that's what I call an excuse! :)
this is hilarious!
it's not like the GOP hasn't already gerrymandered the state a couple of times. But I think when Tom Delay did it 20+ yrs ago, it was only 3 seats, not 5...
Paxton should have been gone years ago -- he was charged with securities fraud before he even took office, and evaded trial by using his office to change venue multiple times. (The special prosecutors just finally gave up a year or so back.) He's one major scumbucket, for sure.
Kim Jong Deux.
so at first glance, I saw only the top screenshot, where Trump is saying that Violent Gangs were Taking over DC, and I was like, whoa! who spiked that boy's ketchup bottle with truth serum?
oh, wow, yeah, this is exactly how you do science-ing: demand retractions of anything that contradicts your strongly-held beliefs, even if you're an evil, addled ex-druggie with brain worms.
Ultra-maroon. [Sorry, couldn't help myself... :)]
Me too, Gonzo, me too.
What she said so eloquently, no notes! I'd only add that if you're a mite peckish, I'm sure you can find a nice parboiled whale in the Gulf of whatever, ready to serve (once you strap it to your boat & carry it home)!
I find myself forced to re-evaluate decades of observed BMW traffic interactions... maybe they weren't all just driven by assholes...
the man ain't got no culture. --Simon & Garfunkel
wow! I always KNEW tabloids were better at this reporting shit than the Times...
Churus are magic that way :)
come to think of it, his new superduper shot may just BE pure composted dung, nothing metaphorical about it.
oh ffs. 🤦‍♀️
love this 4evah :)
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not enough. She won't get the karma she totally deserves until her actual face looks like that in real time.
omg yes
I keep thinking, "*this* will be the year!" And then Paxton kicks a million-plus voters off the rolls and delivers the state to the GOP again. I feel like Charlie Brown trying to kick that football...
Paxton is so incompetent at criming that 7 of his super-conservative deputies denounced him in a press conference. The lege impeached his sorry ass. GOP in the TX Senate (incl his wife) had to strong-arm those w/ scruples into NOT removing him. The only things he's good at are bribery and grift.
You're not wrong.
You could lift this plot to write a bestselling thriller, where the scion of a renowned/revered political family turns out to be insane and evil, bent on global mass murder. A real potboiler. I'll point it out again: we are trapped in the stupidest possible timeline.
oh ffs.
... of course, I might be biased. I am pretty woke.
I wouldn't kick one of those gorgeous things out of my driveway... :)
Kristall-day. Straight out of the Hitler playbook.
but usually that means the orange asshole just wants him out of the way...
oh ffs. Is it too much to ask for any random cat 4 to head straight for Palm Beach?
that was (unfortunately) my governor and his own Gestapo that Gov Pritzker told to pound sand, and I am right there for it!
lol -- this is something my Pyr might have done, except peanut butter would probably have to be involved...
personally, I think he'll fit right in.
She's not wrong.
Trump really wants those 5 new seats. Fascism in action.
I'm thinking SCROTUS doesn't necessarily need to be a gendered term...
🤷‍♀️ She's got a point, there...
I'll have you know I've been juggling most of my life, so I'm pretty fucking good at it!
Wait, he actually seems to be a little more cogent, a little less of a dumbass than usual... how did that happen?