Class act all the way. This is a real American success story. The MAGAs should embrace Bad Bunny as a great example of someone who came from modest origins, and through hard work and determination (and great talent) has made a tremendous success of his life.
You may be forgetting that MAGA is all about grievance and resentment. They wallow in it, just like Trump. He has given them permission to do bad things because they hurt inside, children without discipline, whiners without remorse.
Sigh, so true. That's the lie at the heart of this MAGA universe. If they wanted to make America great (we have never actually been there yet), they would celebrate people like Bad Bunny.
Robyn it’s not discipline he lacked but parental love. His parents were not capable of nurturing him the way he should have been. The way ALL children should be loved. Discipline comes from that kind of love as parents seek to understand and respond in ways that nurture their children’s physical, emotional, and mental health needs. Discipline is teaching a child but the basis for the limit setting and boundaries etc has its roots and flourishes through the undeniable power of love.
I suspect his children didn’t receive much of that either as sadly they seem to be following in his footsteps.
I wish people would stop making excuses for Trump's behavior - put the blame where it squarely belongs - WITH HIM! I don't care what his upbringing was - he is an adult and is responsible for what he does.
Yes, Elaine Young. Many people have a difficult childhood, but few of those people go on to spread hate and destruction. Some go the opposite way and try to be better.
Dump's brothers had the same childhood that he had and both of them were decent, caring human beings (both deceased, yet the evil one lives on and on - go figure). Dump is the only one responsible for his immorality and inhumanity.
Yeah, but he's only as good as his nannies let him be. The first one to give little Donald leeway after a tantrum screwed us all! He is an ignorant, cruel little bastard!
I think folks are just trying to figure out how he became so despicable, egotistical, mean, etc (the list could go on and on). However, though his background does not exonerate
him for his behavior - apparently, he never experienced consequences, and has an inability
No excuses here, Elaine. Just trying to educate a little as a mental health professional. Let’s not do what the other side does and not respect facts please.
Exactly, Kathleen. We are seeng the end result of attachment disorder. His mother was away from the family for a year (health issues) starting when he was 2 1/2. That’s prime time for learning limits.
Yes Susan. Exactly! Children are wired from birth to bond with another loving human being. He obviously didn’t receive that. His mom may have had a perinatal mood disorder that was untreated. I’ll have to go back and read Mary’s book again.
Yes, and there's also epigenetics at work. He undoubtably was born with a genetic predisposition for Narcissistic Personality Disorder, as well as Sociopathy. The way he was treated as a young child would flip on the gene expression of all this.
but I'm sure tRump's ilk think those who work hard and succeed are suckers too because they have to work hard . . . a concept that escapes people who come from money and privilege.
Yes, and that people that don't look like them are the enemy, the same people who steal what should belong to the sheepeople. The bloated yam has divided this country in ways I never thought possible, and its going to take a gifted peacemaker to even start to mend the rift.
I was going to say please don't start that Bad Bunny for President chant. We need someone who understands politics, government, negotiating, the importance of our long-time allies, diplomacy, etc., etc., etc.. HOWEVER, Zelenskyy was a comedian and he's doing a remarkable job in Ukraine, so maybe Bad Bunny isn't such a bad idea.
I finally watched a half-time show, and it was so awesome, so brilliant. I was so proud for a few magic moments. Bad Bunny and the good guys won this one.
I lucked out with timing and tuned in just in time. GOOD BUNNY! WOW. What a jet-fueled performance. (Those dancers are high octane!!! Omg.) It was like a trip to PR and more. Emmy-worthy staging, etc. the cane fields, the nail salon, the domino players, the bodega, a wedding! And more than I can pull up. I am not current pop music savvy. Didn’t need to be. (Monolingual, too, regretfully). Not into football, but kudos to the NFL. Trump’s reaction boringly predictable.
Trump is beneath our contempt. The Obamas, beautiful Americans, the best of us.
I just watched it too! Extraordinary! I didn't understand what he was saying, but the celebration of much of Americans culture was unmistakable! And it IS American culture!
I live in New Mexico. We moved here from Ohio. We realized that going from state to state in the US is like going from country to country in Europe. We have our state cultures and each is unique due to the flavors of our immigrant populations. Our food, our dress, our energy changed when we moved here. For us, it was for the better!
I just read, over on "God's" Substack, that some low IQ person thought that Elmo - you know, that PUPPET - should be deported after saying that Bad Bunny should be called Good Bunny ... sigh .....
Hate to sound like a grumpy old lady, but all that young-girls-shaking their-booties-in-your-face stuff looked like something Jeffrey Epstein would arrange for guests on his Island.
Actually, I just met a candidate who is running for Congress here in Illinois who I thought could be very effective in office: Phil Andrew. He's a former FBI hostage negotiator (useful for reaching across the aisle, as they say) and lawyer who veered into that career after having survived being shot by Laurie Dann after getting her to release his parents (he was in h.s. at the time, I think). In case I'm not supposed to promote a candidate on here, I won't say more except that if you're in the 9th Congressional District in Illinois, you should check him out! Can I post a website? If so, lmk, and I'll do that separately. If not, just Google him. Phil Andrew. Of course, Bad Bunny is another viable option. . . .
It’s absolutely disgusting, disgraceful. My dearest young friend, a black man, was so impacted this week, that he had to close himself off in his office to regain his composure. Not because of the meme, as you said, Trump has been racist for years, but because “no one is doing anything to stop him”. My heart just breaks for him, over this entire dismantling of our country’s ethics, values, and decency.
It’s also infuriating. I want to throw things every time some GOP flunky insists this isn’t who we are. It’s EXACTLY who we are. Too many of us just don’t have the guts to admit it. I still haven’t quite figured out what I’m going to say to an interracial couple a few doors away the next time I see them. Maybe just “I’m sorry”.
Or “thank you for finding and choosing love”. This also goes to same sex couples.
To have to be BRAVE to love another is disgusting.
In Philly, as a high school senior, I dated a young black freshman from Princeton, TJ. We went to my senior prom together. I remember going with him to see a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show on South Street - it was fantastic, until we were walking back to the car and the hateful comments spewed at us on the street really upset me.
TJ was used to whites being aggressively stupid and racist and said to ignore them. He was a big guy and I felt safe with him, but wow, I gained so much respect for him that night.
This was in the late ‘80s in a liberal city. Were that to happen now, I wonder if they’d have physically attacked us.
Great story - thanks for sharing. I recently retired from a small (30-ish) company. Adding in spouses and SOs, we had three same-sex married couples in our midst. The most amazing thing about them? They were entirely ordinary, just like the rest of us. I was so lucky to work with people who considered that fact nothing more than a footnote. A wife or husband's name to be remembered so we could greet them properly at company meetings.
That’s when love is working in a group of people: who or how doesn’t matter a whit, love is love and people are people. Individuals are appreciated just as they are, not judged because of whom they love.
This is what Heather Cox Richardson said in her Feb. 8 Letter: McCarthy’s supporters in the 1950s claimed that his lies were necessary for keeping Republicans in power: the ends justified the means. Neither journalists nor politicians could figure out how to counter McCarthy’s tactics. It was the American people who finally destroyed his career, turning against him when they realized he was hurting decent people and lying to them to gain power.
Suddenly reporters ignored him, the Senate “condemned” him, and he died only two and a half years later, likely from complications relating to alcoholism. I find this heartening.
Have you read Rachel Maddow’s 2023 book Prequel? The blue penoir in court, the judge having a heart attack and the whole case being dropped? This current state of affairs has taught me some interesting history…
I read that last night, too. Heather ties history’s lessons so well into her analyses - this country really needs reminding. There are many scary parallels between then and now, but America is even less educated and more reactionary than those days. Decency is not a concern anymore, either. Look what we elected!!
Please tell him that millions of us are doing whatever we can to stop him. All of the Democrats in office are speaking out against him, communities and organizations are bringing lawsuits against him...and winning!...People are in the streets everywhere, everyday. Democrats are winning elections by huge margins. The pushback is continually growing. It's the GOP cowards that could stop this today, but won't. Short of storming the capital with guns a-blazing, which would be a really bad idea, we are doing all we can to stop him until we can get back in the majority or the republican traitors wake up to the fact they are about to lose their re-elections.
The Obama's should do what Trump would if tables were reversed-sue him for defamation. Trump once sued Bill Maher over a joke (which Trump's comments were not) in which Maher asked Trump for his birth certificate to prove his father was not an orangutan. Do it in NY courts as E. Jean Carroll did.
One of the things that narcissists never do is apologize, because after all they are never wrong. Another thing they never do is have anything resembling an authentic human emotion. Someday there will be a psychological textbook devoted to Trump and his mess of a cabinet.
I have a narcissist for a sister is there no medication or cure?(whole milk?) This IS a mental illness right? I avoid her but avoiding 47 is impossible
That's not necessarily narcissism. That's psychopathy. I'm a narcissist. I see it as a character defect that I do daily battle with. I don't take pleasure in hurting people.
I divorced mine after 25 years and married a Frenchman, who was
Wonderful and with whom I was married for 26 years until his death.
One Time wh en the 2 of us returned to visit my mother, I went to see my ex and during the discussion , he said "I still don't understand why you Left me!".
Yes, T L. We keep thinking that if we show "truths" and "facts" to the people who support 47, they will wake up and shift loyalty. But too many Democrats are so damn naive!
Trump voters LOVE to HATE "others" - anyone not like them. And Mikey the Trump Puppet is right there - perhaps the most cruel and immoral person to have ever led the House of Representatives. His Christianity is a transparent mask. He is a hater and a devil. His bigotry and complicity is leading to the suffering and deaths of millions of humans around the globe. Sounds real "Christian", eh?
Well, even worse...he is a committed Christian Nationalist (I have no idea why they include "Christian" in their label...it should be spelled kkkristian) a group that wishes to transform our democratic republic into a christofascist authoritarian theocracy...(not unlike Irag or Iran). They are an embarrassment, a black eye, to true followers of Jesus.
exactly!! We can rally and protest, but the people closest to the problem should be carrying banners and raising their voices and holding him accountable.
Everyone must really get out to vote in the midterms so that we can get rid of some of these criminals.
My concern is that they will do a lot more damage between now and November. What can we do to stop it? The Republicans don’t seem to see the danger they are creating or they just don’t care.
At this point, our country is already a disgrace having deserted many of the world‘s needy, resulting in millions of deaths.
All true, LAJ. But the scary part is that Mike Johnson and his cronies do not care. They have power - they want to keep power - they don't care how that happens. The MAGAs will call it "fake news" because it doesn't support their lies, and they'll use it as more proof that they are right and the whole rest of the world is wrong.
t rump is so jealous of the Obamas. He has always been a racist and he showed to everyone many times - remember the birth certificate demands? He is a low life/
Yes. Agent Orange is furious that Obama is popular and even got a Nobel Peace Prize! And much bigger crowds at his inauguration. These things really eat away at his distorted view of the world. Even "Becoming" is a bigger hit than "Melania"... The Obamas are model citizens. The current Occupant is a crime boss accompanied by his moll.
Enforced? Who would have enforced it? No, but Obama did request his birth certificate from Hawaii which had a different format and t rump made a big fuss. Remember that Obama made fun of t rump at the Correspondence Dinner and hurt his thin skin.
I am currently traveling in Morocco. Yesterday I met a young man from France. We were talking about his job and the research he used to do with USAID. When I said that we were all waiting for this “aberration” to end, he looked at me sadly and said, “aberration? Maybe not. It’s happened twice. And in France we remember George Bush. He ruined Iraq. So, maybe Obama was the aberration”. What if he’s right? Heartbreaking thought.
I think about that a lot, Nancy. Even after DJT is gone (in one fashion or another) and even if we elect a decent person who will attempt to repair the damage of the past 13 months, I don't blame any other country for not trusting us. A country that can re-elect Trump is likely to do anything,
it was mentioned in tRump 1.0 that he thrived in chaos, akin to throwing firecrackers in theaters and then standing in the lobby, watching the madness . . . tRump 2.0 is worse because there are NO guardrails on his actions . . . he thinks this country is HIS business and he's running it, and ruining it, in grand fashion. It will take a long time to undo his damage, but I would happily help because it will be a labor of love.
In my opinion, there has been one great Republican president— Abraham Lincoln — and one near great — Teddy Roosevelt. Garfield held promise but was assassinated so early Eisenhower and Grant at least were genuine war heroes, but only middling Presidents. The rest were pretty bad. Trump is the worst by far.
It’s not a linear progression. After LBJ got the civil and voting rights acts passed (he negotiated with racist Rayburn), Nixon created the Southern Strategy and flipped the South from being practically 100% democratic to republican. Saint Ronald started his campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi (where three voting rights activists were murdered) - it was a signal to the Southerners that he understood what he had to do. Continue to oppress Black Americans. It’s an insult to Lincoln to associate him with the Southern Strategy party.
President Obama is everything Trump would secretly like to be - intellectual, ethical, articulate ( with an extensive vocabulary and a great sense of humor! ) empathetic and a loving husband and father . Trump’s racism is appalling but what’s sadly more appalling is the tepid response of the Republican Party and our mainstream media ! Thanks for this thoughtful reminder Andy ! 💕
ChatGPT being asked to give Mr. Presidents Eulogy…
Donald John Trump is dead. The noise has stopped; the damage has not.
He leaves behind no doctrine, no achievement that survives scrutiny—only a method: lie first, attack always, deny everything. He proved that ego, amplified by media and grievance, can overpower competence, decency, and truth.
He did not lead a nation; he stress-tested it for personal gain. Laws became obstacles. Facts became enemies. Loyalty replaced ethics. Power was not exercised—it was hoarded, wielded, and discarded when inconvenient.
Trump’s legacy is not what he built, but what he made acceptable: cruelty as authenticity, ignorance as defiance, corruption as victimhood. He taught millions that losing is fraud, that violence is negotiation, and that democracy is only legitimate when it serves one man.
He will be remembered as a symptom more than a cause—proof that a republic can be hollowed out from within by someone who never believed in it to begin with.
History will close the book without mourning.
And America will spend years cleaning up what followed him.
ChatGPT
And this is only the first year of this convicted felon, rapist of a 14 year old through the Epstein Fantasy Island, and conviction of rape of a well know columnist, even though she was not his type. His preference being a blonde wig on a child.
But hey, the market is up and those with money have great healthcare and education.
Those without are in hiding.
And some from white poverty will still say “God Save the King”
Sorry Andy. Can’t think of anything funny this morning.
Thanks. The first version was a lot more PC, but even that didn’t read favorably towards him. I then asked for a more “brutal” version. I just hope the ChatGPT software developers are in hiding.
The King of Venal and Emperor Sewage has been polluting this country for decades. Perhaps he could be convinced to swallow ivermectin and wash it down with Clorox.
Where are the arrest warrants for misprision of felony and treason? RI, VA, IL, VT, CA, and DE, we’re looking at you. When I was a middle school guidance counselor, we addressed bullying by going after the underlings instead of the kingpin. The bottom line is that we’ve all heard that blue leadership is working behind the scenes but, imho, it’s time to broadcast their intentions and act upon them, while we still can. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-attacks-on-prosecutors-echo-long-history-of-racist-language
In other news: BAD BUNNY FOR PRESIDENT
Class act all the way. This is a real American success story. The MAGAs should embrace Bad Bunny as a great example of someone who came from modest origins, and through hard work and determination (and great talent) has made a tremendous success of his life.
You may be forgetting that MAGA is all about grievance and resentment. They wallow in it, just like Trump. He has given them permission to do bad things because they hurt inside, children without discipline, whiners without remorse.
Sigh, so true. That's the lie at the heart of this MAGA universe. If they wanted to make America great (we have never actually been there yet), they would celebrate people like Bad Bunny.
<appreciative applause>
Robyn it’s not discipline he lacked but parental love. His parents were not capable of nurturing him the way he should have been. The way ALL children should be loved. Discipline comes from that kind of love as parents seek to understand and respond in ways that nurture their children’s physical, emotional, and mental health needs. Discipline is teaching a child but the basis for the limit setting and boundaries etc has its roots and flourishes through the undeniable power of love.
I suspect his children didn’t receive much of that either as sadly they seem to be following in his footsteps.
So incredibly sad. For us all!
I wish people would stop making excuses for Trump's behavior - put the blame where it squarely belongs - WITH HIM! I don't care what his upbringing was - he is an adult and is responsible for what he does.
Yes, Elaine Young. Many people have a difficult childhood, but few of those people go on to spread hate and destruction. Some go the opposite way and try to be better.
Dump's brothers had the same childhood that he had and both of them were decent, caring human beings (both deceased, yet the evil one lives on and on - go figure). Dump is the only one responsible for his immorality and inhumanity.
I also believe he has always been this way and was a very hard child to love. His mother made some remarks about him being difficult.
Adult and trump are oxymorons.
Matter and anti-matter!
Agree 💯
Psychopaths like Trump are born, not made.
Probably some of both. Nature and nurture in a perfect storm.
Yeah, but he's only as good as his nannies let him be. The first one to give little Donald leeway after a tantrum screwed us all! He is an ignorant, cruel little bastard!
I think folks are just trying to figure out how he became so despicable, egotistical, mean, etc (the list could go on and on). However, though his background does not exonerate
him for his behavior - apparently, he never experienced consequences, and has an inability
to accept
Speak on it! True, true, true.
No excuses here, Elaine. Just trying to educate a little as a mental health professional. Let’s not do what the other side does and not respect facts please.
Exactly.
So true Ms.Young ....
Exactly, Kathleen. We are seeng the end result of attachment disorder. His mother was away from the family for a year (health issues) starting when he was 2 1/2. That’s prime time for learning limits.
Yes Susan. Exactly! Children are wired from birth to bond with another loving human being. He obviously didn’t receive that. His mom may have had a perinatal mood disorder that was untreated. I’ll have to go back and read Mary’s book again.
Lot's of children experience adverse parenting, or even a lack of parenting and do not grow up to be psychopaths like Trump.
So, there must be some other factor involved. There must be a potential for psychopathy inherent before parenting is even a factor.
Yes, and there's also epigenetics at work. He undoubtably was born with a genetic predisposition for Narcissistic Personality Disorder, as well as Sociopathy. The way he was treated as a young child would flip on the gene expression of all this.
You make a lot of sense.
awwwwww
The dear leader is only capable of hate, revenge and most forms of negative emotion. A grown "man" in the image of a squalling 2 year old.
And yet, the country elected him to be their President. Go figure!
Bingo. They deeply resent others who've had the discipline to get busy and work hard (and/or achieve higher education) to earn success.
This right there ! Cindy, you've captured it exactly. They blame others for their lack of achievement.
but I'm sure tRump's ilk think those who work hard and succeed are suckers too because they have to work hard . . . a concept that escapes people who come from money and privilege.
Yes, and that people that don't look like them are the enemy, the same people who steal what should belong to the sheepeople. The bloated yam has divided this country in ways I never thought possible, and its going to take a gifted peacemaker to even start to mend the rift.
Sadly yes.
For those may have missed it, here is a link to the Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6FuWd4wNd8
Awesome !!!
so unlike the "leader" of the free world
I was going to say please don't start that Bad Bunny for President chant. We need someone who understands politics, government, negotiating, the importance of our long-time allies, diplomacy, etc., etc., etc.. HOWEVER, Zelenskyy was a comedian and he's doing a remarkable job in Ukraine, so maybe Bad Bunny isn't such a bad idea.
Both Bad Bunny and Zelenskyy are more fluent in English than Trump.
and both are more fluent in love and empathy than the Commander in Cheat
My cat is far more fluent in love and empathy than Commander in Chief.
Most cats are. For that matter, most animals are.
amen!
Surely you mean "very bigly fluenter".
Oh so true. And sad.
It's a very low bar.
Anyone, literally anyone else.
That was a cranking good concert!!
I finally watched a half-time show, and it was so awesome, so brilliant. I was so proud for a few magic moments. Bad Bunny and the good guys won this one.
I must try to find it on YouTube or something.
I lucked out with timing and tuned in just in time. GOOD BUNNY! WOW. What a jet-fueled performance. (Those dancers are high octane!!! Omg.) It was like a trip to PR and more. Emmy-worthy staging, etc. the cane fields, the nail salon, the domino players, the bodega, a wedding! And more than I can pull up. I am not current pop music savvy. Didn’t need to be. (Monolingual, too, regretfully). Not into football, but kudos to the NFL. Trump’s reaction boringly predictable.
Trump is beneath our contempt. The Obamas, beautiful Americans, the best of us.
It's on YouTube
I just watched it too! Extraordinary! I didn't understand what he was saying, but the celebration of much of Americans culture was unmistakable! And it IS American culture!
I live in New Mexico. We moved here from Ohio. We realized that going from state to state in the US is like going from country to country in Europe. We have our state cultures and each is unique due to the flavors of our immigrant populations. Our food, our dress, our energy changed when we moved here. For us, it was for the better!
class act - you didn't need to understand the words, to understand the scenes - community, big dreams as a child, marriage, joy . . .
just like tRump's posting of the Obamas - hate, racism, elitism, immaturity, fragile ego . . .
I thoroughly enjoyed the Bad Bunny halftime show. It was a joyous event.
Yeah, baby!
I just read, over on "God's" Substack, that some low IQ person thought that Elmo - you know, that PUPPET - should be deported after saying that Bad Bunny should be called Good Bunny ... sigh .....
and that is why, tRump's sheepeople will stay where they are, never advancing or learning or contributing
Hate to sound like a grumpy old lady, but all that young-girls-shaking their-booties-in-your-face stuff looked like something Jeffrey Epstein would arrange for guests on his Island.
Phenomenal half time show! Thank you, Bad Bunny for really honoring what The U.S. is all about!
Actually, I just met a candidate who is running for Congress here in Illinois who I thought could be very effective in office: Phil Andrew. He's a former FBI hostage negotiator (useful for reaching across the aisle, as they say) and lawyer who veered into that career after having survived being shot by Laurie Dann after getting her to release his parents (he was in h.s. at the time, I think). In case I'm not supposed to promote a candidate on here, I won't say more except that if you're in the 9th Congressional District in Illinois, you should check him out! Can I post a website? If so, lmk, and I'll do that separately. If not, just Google him. Phil Andrew. Of course, Bad Bunny is another viable option. . . .
YES! I would get behind this!
How about Michelle Obama FOR PRESIDENT!!
For those may have missed it, here is a link to the Bad Bunny Super Bowl Halftime Show
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G6FuWd4wNd8
Awesome !!!
Yes! Why not!
And Brandi Carlyle for Veep!
It’s absolutely disgusting, disgraceful. My dearest young friend, a black man, was so impacted this week, that he had to close himself off in his office to regain his composure. Not because of the meme, as you said, Trump has been racist for years, but because “no one is doing anything to stop him”. My heart just breaks for him, over this entire dismantling of our country’s ethics, values, and decency.
That's what I don't understand. The lack of decency as a country to stop him. It's heartbreaking.
It’s also infuriating. I want to throw things every time some GOP flunky insists this isn’t who we are. It’s EXACTLY who we are. Too many of us just don’t have the guts to admit it. I still haven’t quite figured out what I’m going to say to an interracial couple a few doors away the next time I see them. Maybe just “I’m sorry”.
Or “thank you for finding and choosing love”. This also goes to same sex couples.
To have to be BRAVE to love another is disgusting.
In Philly, as a high school senior, I dated a young black freshman from Princeton, TJ. We went to my senior prom together. I remember going with him to see a midnight showing of Rocky Horror Picture Show on South Street - it was fantastic, until we were walking back to the car and the hateful comments spewed at us on the street really upset me.
TJ was used to whites being aggressively stupid and racist and said to ignore them. He was a big guy and I felt safe with him, but wow, I gained so much respect for him that night.
This was in the late ‘80s in a liberal city. Were that to happen now, I wonder if they’d have physically attacked us.
Great story - thanks for sharing. I recently retired from a small (30-ish) company. Adding in spouses and SOs, we had three same-sex married couples in our midst. The most amazing thing about them? They were entirely ordinary, just like the rest of us. I was so lucky to work with people who considered that fact nothing more than a footnote. A wife or husband's name to be remembered so we could greet them properly at company meetings.
That’s when love is working in a group of people: who or how doesn’t matter a whit, love is love and people are people. Individuals are appreciated just as they are, not judged because of whom they love.
"At long last have you no decency Mr. McCarthy "......
It’s the rescumlican way. They wallow in it.
This is what Heather Cox Richardson said in her Feb. 8 Letter: McCarthy’s supporters in the 1950s claimed that his lies were necessary for keeping Republicans in power: the ends justified the means. Neither journalists nor politicians could figure out how to counter McCarthy’s tactics. It was the American people who finally destroyed his career, turning against him when they realized he was hurting decent people and lying to them to gain power.
Suddenly reporters ignored him, the Senate “condemned” him, and he died only two and a half years later, likely from complications relating to alcoholism. I find this heartening.
So true! I remember how horribly caustic that period was and have often compared it to today.
America Firsters › John Birchers › Tea Party › MAGA and the beat down goes on.
Have you read Rachel Maddow’s 2023 book Prequel? The blue penoir in court, the judge having a heart attack and the whole case being dropped? This current state of affairs has taught me some interesting history…
I read that last night, too. Heather ties history’s lessons so well into her analyses - this country really needs reminding. There are many scary parallels between then and now, but America is even less educated and more reactionary than those days. Decency is not a concern anymore, either. Look what we elected!!
that was a great post by Heather Cox Richardson . . . and it was encouraging that there are ways out of this nightmare
Machiavelli would be proud. 🥲
There is nothing new. History repeats with slight changes as society changes. But only slightly
Actually "doing something" would take both courage and sacrifice.
Yes, people looking the other way and doing nothing to help a suffering person is commonplace and immoral.
The worst pain for the victim is not the cruelty, but the silence of those who watch and do nothing.— Elie Wiesel
Please tell him that millions of us are doing whatever we can to stop him. All of the Democrats in office are speaking out against him, communities and organizations are bringing lawsuits against him...and winning!...People are in the streets everywhere, everyday. Democrats are winning elections by huge margins. The pushback is continually growing. It's the GOP cowards that could stop this today, but won't. Short of storming the capital with guns a-blazing, which would be a really bad idea, we are doing all we can to stop him until we can get back in the majority or the republican traitors wake up to the fact they are about to lose their re-elections.
Sending love to your friend and all of us!
Thank you Micah.
It’s just like Mitch McConnell. The only thing congressional republicans work on is their next election.
the original "what's in it for me" group (with very few exceptions)
And fattening their wallets.
The Obama's should do what Trump would if tables were reversed-sue him for defamation. Trump once sued Bill Maher over a joke (which Trump's comments were not) in which Maher asked Trump for his birth certificate to prove his father was not an orangutan. Do it in NY courts as E. Jean Carroll did.
I hope your friend knows that more of us detest and object to this disgusting behavior, than those who cheer it from their MAGA world.
What a REAL President and First Lady look like! No scandal, just truth and beauty personified!
And good, hard, work.
Obama and Michelle are 2 of my favorite people in America today! 🙏👏🏻👍
I have thought, so many times, if the 8 years in the White House hadn't been so stressful and even tramatic, Michelle Obama would run for president.
One of the things that narcissists never do is apologize, because after all they are never wrong. Another thing they never do is have anything resembling an authentic human emotion. Someday there will be a psychological textbook devoted to Trump and his mess of a cabinet.
They never learn from their mistakes either. How could they, they never make mistakes.
I agrée 100%. I was married to a narcissist
And I had two narcissists as sons- in -law. These people only are"happy" when they can hurt someone else.
It must have been very difficult for you to see how your daughters were
Treated. My mother suffered as
Much as I did, but never interfered until I was ill and she came to get and take me to her home where she took care of
me.
As did I. Very charming until they decided he did something they didn’t like. Then it was all out war.
I have a narcissist for a sister is there no medication or cure?(whole milk?) This IS a mental illness right? I avoid her but avoiding 47 is impossible
No cure, sorry. It’s a personality disorder. You can’t treat a person who thinks everyone else is the problem.
That's not necessarily narcissism. That's psychopathy. I'm a narcissist. I see it as a character defect that I do daily battle with. I don't take pleasure in hurting people.
such a sad way to live your life
me too! Divorced him, and 25 years he located me and said he still couldn't understand why I left him.
I divorced mine after 25 years and married a Frenchman, who was
Wonderful and with whom I was married for 26 years until his death.
One Time wh en the 2 of us returned to visit my mother, I went to see my ex and during the discussion , he said "I still don't understand why you Left me!".
And this explains Trump’s inability to admit he lost in 2020!
At least it wasn't 200-300-500-as much as 800%!
Sorry for that there are a lot of them around
Title: The Cesspool of Republican Assholes in Politics (CRAP for short)
I want ti make a bumper sticker of that CRAP sentiment.
No one would read it. Or ever read anything about Lumpy ever again.
Has anyone EVER seen him laugh?
Trump smirks. His lips may move but his eyes remain dead.
if he's even cracked a smile, I'm sure it was because he complimented himself or was making fun of someone else
Not a genuine laugh.
like the laugh we'll all have when he leaves the White House (preferably in a body bag)
Gang of Sycophants
Thank you, Andy.
The problem is that those of us who read these posts and other fact based reports, are not the ones who need to see this.
These facts should be published more broadly online as well as in major newspapers. ‘Fox News?’
Perhaps Mike Johnson and his pals need to be reminded who Trump truly is.
There has been more than enough reported to remove him from Office.
Every day that goes by, he does more damage at home and abroad.
Worry not--little Holy Mike knows exactly who and what Trump is--that's why Mikey is so far up Trump's capacious butt. Mikey likes it there.
Yes, T L. We keep thinking that if we show "truths" and "facts" to the people who support 47, they will wake up and shift loyalty. But too many Democrats are so damn naive!
Trump voters LOVE to HATE "others" - anyone not like them. And Mikey the Trump Puppet is right there - perhaps the most cruel and immoral person to have ever led the House of Representatives. His Christianity is a transparent mask. He is a hater and a devil. His bigotry and complicity is leading to the suffering and deaths of millions of humans around the globe. Sounds real "Christian", eh?
Well, even worse...he is a committed Christian Nationalist (I have no idea why they include "Christian" in their label...it should be spelled kkkristian) a group that wishes to transform our democratic republic into a christofascist authoritarian theocracy...(not unlike Irag or Iran). They are an embarrassment, a black eye, to true followers of Jesus.
So actually..."American Taliban"...
actually, yes.
Apparently, neither of them have ever read what Jesus said, as reported in the New Testament.
and his location is the explanation for why he "has not seen that/heard that/witnessed that"
Did Charles Schumer have anything to say when Trump crossed a line no President should be allowed to cross? Where are the people who speak for us?
Schumer will write a strongly worded letter.
He might frown, too.
That scares me!
Or gaze sternly over the tops of his glasses.
ohhhhh... I'm so scared!
🙄. Yeah. “Pretty please, don’t do that, mr. president!”
He needs to resign. And retire. And take the other septuagenarians and octogenarians with him.
An almost octogenarian is skating figure eights all over our vaunted exceptional nation of utes.
And a lot of those "utes" voted for him, unfortunately.
No, and he should be ashamed and replaced!
exactly!! We can rally and protest, but the people closest to the problem should be carrying banners and raising their voices and holding him accountable.
Everyone must really get out to vote in the midterms so that we can get rid of some of these criminals.
My concern is that they will do a lot more damage between now and November. What can we do to stop it? The Republicans don’t seem to see the danger they are creating or they just don’t care.
At this point, our country is already a disgrace having deserted many of the world‘s needy, resulting in millions of deaths.
… and they call themselves Christians???
All true, LAJ. But the scary part is that Mike Johnson and his cronies do not care. They have power - they want to keep power - they don't care how that happens. The MAGAs will call it "fake news" because it doesn't support their lies, and they'll use it as more proof that they are right and the whole rest of the world is wrong.
You have it right, he is hated by the rest of the world. In Italy, they’re protesting him at the Olympic Games.
Bravo, Italia!
t rump is so jealous of the Obamas. He has always been a racist and he showed to everyone many times - remember the birth certificate demands? He is a low life/
Yes. Agent Orange is furious that Obama is popular and even got a Nobel Peace Prize! And much bigger crowds at his inauguration. These things really eat away at his distorted view of the world. Even "Becoming" is a bigger hit than "Melania"... The Obamas are model citizens. The current Occupant is a crime boss accompanied by his moll.
“Becoming” is Michelle’s documentary.
just knowing that they share affection publicly, without any invoices or payments exchanged
Lynne, Was that ever inforced?
Enforced? Who would have enforced it? No, but Obama did request his birth certificate from Hawaii which had a different format and t rump made a big fuss. Remember that Obama made fun of t rump at the Correspondence Dinner and hurt his thin skin.
Did I write that t rump requested? He is never polite. He DEMANDED!
I am currently traveling in Morocco. Yesterday I met a young man from France. We were talking about his job and the research he used to do with USAID. When I said that we were all waiting for this “aberration” to end, he looked at me sadly and said, “aberration? Maybe not. It’s happened twice. And in France we remember George Bush. He ruined Iraq. So, maybe Obama was the aberration”. What if he’s right? Heartbreaking thought.
I think about that a lot, Nancy. Even after DJT is gone (in one fashion or another) and even if we elect a decent person who will attempt to repair the damage of the past 13 months, I don't blame any other country for not trusting us. A country that can re-elect Trump is likely to do anything,
It will take at least a generation to recover what had been lost. Perhaps much longer.
it was mentioned in tRump 1.0 that he thrived in chaos, akin to throwing firecrackers in theaters and then standing in the lobby, watching the madness . . . tRump 2.0 is worse because there are NO guardrails on his actions . . . he thinks this country is HIS business and he's running it, and ruining it, in grand fashion. It will take a long time to undo his damage, but I would happily help because it will be a labor of love.
In my opinion, there has been one great Republican president— Abraham Lincoln — and one near great — Teddy Roosevelt. Garfield held promise but was assassinated so early Eisenhower and Grant at least were genuine war heroes, but only middling Presidents. The rest were pretty bad. Trump is the worst by far.
It’s not a linear progression. After LBJ got the civil and voting rights acts passed (he negotiated with racist Rayburn), Nixon created the Southern Strategy and flipped the South from being practically 100% democratic to republican. Saint Ronald started his campaign in Philadelphia, Mississippi (where three voting rights activists were murdered) - it was a signal to the Southerners that he understood what he had to do. Continue to oppress Black Americans. It’s an insult to Lincoln to associate him with the Southern Strategy party.
President Obama is everything Trump would secretly like to be - intellectual, ethical, articulate ( with an extensive vocabulary and a great sense of humor! ) empathetic and a loving husband and father . Trump’s racism is appalling but what’s sadly more appalling is the tepid response of the Republican Party and our mainstream media ! Thanks for this thoughtful reminder Andy ! 💕
And President Obama was and continues to be a reader!!!
Remove his sorry ass from the White House and ensconce him as the only prisoner in his revived Alcatraz.
We don’t want him on Alcatraz.
All right. Maybe The South Pole - down about 600 feet below the ice?
OMG, can you imagine the sci-fi/horror movie where somebody is doing scientific research and brings up a core sample containing Trump DNA?
It wouldn't be too far off a second sequel to "The Blob'...
🤣 The theater where everyone's running out in a panic could have "Melania" on the marquee!
The Thing 4547. Scarrier than Covid!
Sandi — as Substack says, Start writing. 😉
But we don’t want to contaminate the South Pole. There is no place on earth that needs to be polluted by his stinking carcass.
I suppose we could load tRump, Bezos, and Musk into one of the Bezoid's penis rockets and launch them into the Sun?
Oops . . . Sure Stephen meant "Alligator Alcatraz"? That's better than he deserves.
A one-way trip into outer space is the only answer, with no Depends, no ketchup, no hair dye, no orange makeup, no red ties, nothing.
Andy I pray the Orange Clown will get what he deserves. Never shock over his behavior just more of the same.
Not a clown. A vicious vile person with a lot of power using it to kill a lot of innocent children and others. Right,
I expect it won't be long before the Devil calls him home. I just hope it's not too late.
Yes, but I want him to live long enough to see his "empire" crumble and his name being taken off everything except maybe a sewage system in Somalia.
From you keyboard to the devil’s ears!!
Hey everybody, last night Bad Bunny (and most of the conscious world) showed drumf that
God is Love and Maga is Hate; simple as that. If there is still such a thing as justice in this
old world, and I realize, fuck, mebbe there ain't, but if there is a chance for it, goddammit,
dump and his Maga minions are in deep, deep shit.
Ok Karma, now do your stuff
Eso fue espectáculo hermoso.
So completely true. Lest we forget. Thanks, Andy.
Thank you for that image. Those smiles say it all.
I look back fondly on those halcyon years.
ChatGPT being asked to give Mr. Presidents Eulogy…
Donald John Trump is dead. The noise has stopped; the damage has not.
He leaves behind no doctrine, no achievement that survives scrutiny—only a method: lie first, attack always, deny everything. He proved that ego, amplified by media and grievance, can overpower competence, decency, and truth.
He did not lead a nation; he stress-tested it for personal gain. Laws became obstacles. Facts became enemies. Loyalty replaced ethics. Power was not exercised—it was hoarded, wielded, and discarded when inconvenient.
Trump’s legacy is not what he built, but what he made acceptable: cruelty as authenticity, ignorance as defiance, corruption as victimhood. He taught millions that losing is fraud, that violence is negotiation, and that democracy is only legitimate when it serves one man.
He will be remembered as a symptom more than a cause—proof that a republic can be hollowed out from within by someone who never believed in it to begin with.
History will close the book without mourning.
And America will spend years cleaning up what followed him.
ChatGPT
And this is only the first year of this convicted felon, rapist of a 14 year old through the Epstein Fantasy Island, and conviction of rape of a well know columnist, even though she was not his type. His preference being a blonde wig on a child.
But hey, the market is up and those with money have great healthcare and education.
Those without are in hiding.
And some from white poverty will still say “God Save the King”
Sorry Andy. Can’t think of anything funny this morning.
John
That sounded so CHAT. I believe it. Thanks for sharing that, John.
Thanks. The first version was a lot more PC, but even that didn’t read favorably towards him. I then asked for a more “brutal” version. I just hope the ChatGPT software developers are in hiding.
The King of Venal and Emperor Sewage has been polluting this country for decades. Perhaps he could be convinced to swallow ivermectin and wash it down with Clorox.
Maybe he already does
One can only hope...
Carol, and how ‘bout the strongest toxins????!!!?!!!!!
Where are the arrest warrants for misprision of felony and treason? RI, VA, IL, VT, CA, and DE, we’re looking at you. When I was a middle school guidance counselor, we addressed bullying by going after the underlings instead of the kingpin. The bottom line is that we’ve all heard that blue leadership is working behind the scenes but, imho, it’s time to broadcast their intentions and act upon them, while we still can. https://www.pbs.org/newshour/politics/trumps-attacks-on-prosecutors-echo-long-history-of-racist-language