Monday Stuff

Lawrence O’Donnell tells us about Cheetoh Benito looking away from a man who collapsed in An Oval Office during some weight loss drug event last week; I agree with O’Donnell that the pic in this post should indeed be the official White House portrait...looks like the Tangerine Toddler wants to get discounts for what #47 calls “the fat drug”...yeah, we know that Don The Con is a crook, but there also appears to be some serious medical stuff going on with this guy, and I know that has been pointed out already (and oh yeah, a person with a shred of conscience would have seen the man on the floor needing medical help and ensured that, at a minimum, 911 was called and an ambulance was on the way, but since we’re talking about Our Delusional Narcissistic Sociopath of a *preznit, he pretty much stood like a statue and did nothing)...and once again, HuffPo’s S.V. Date stands up like a journalist should in the face of Combover Caligula...and no, I’m not going to give Hangin’ Judge JR credit for a damn thing (i.e., saying something plainly obvious on tariffs) when he and the other wingnuts on the High Court have done somersaults to give Pumpkin Pol Pot everything he wants...also, we learn that the D.C. sandwich thrower Sean Dunn was acquitted (and no, the hoagie, as we call it in these parts, didn’t “explode” when it hit the vest of the ICE thug...more on that later)...

...and I know a lot more is going to be said about this, but despite the resounding victories in the elections about a week ago, it does indeed look like U.S. Senate Democrats are going to cave on the shutdown (here), and apparently the only thing they’re going to get is a promise from Senate Republicans to vote on extending ACA credits in December...and yeah, this is pretty much the same bunch, along with Manchin, that promised a vote on “Build Back Better” under Biden for climate initiatives, ACA credits, and other "social spending," and we know what happened on that one, right?



...and in response to Sen. Angus King of Maine (under the heading of what happens when you cave to Pumpkin Pol Pot and his lackeys), I offer the following (and I know PA’s John Fetterman is part of the “coward caucus”; I’m definitely not the biggest fan of Conor Lamb, but if he declared for Fetterman’s seat in ’28 right now, he’d get my support)...

...well, for the opposing point of view, Robert Reich tells us how Dems should be standing up to #47, basically, by REFUSING TO NORMALIZE ALL OF THIS GARBAGE; this can take the form of standing up to the never-ending torrent of misinformation including outright lies and calling for investigations into all of his self-enrichment dealings, including this crypto garbage (and of course, we need to take aim also at the “pay no price, bear no burden” bunch and all the havoc they’re creating at our expense)...and most definitely, demonstrating for a better future should be part of this as Reich says...



...and Kyle brings back the “Don’t Be A Sucker” ad from the War Department in 1943 (not sure if Schumer or anybody in the “coward caucus” has ever seen this; if not, they should...if “I’ll Drink To That” Hegseth made that film now, the crank on the street would be applauded by everyone and given a parade, likely with tiki torches...and oh yeah, I forgot about the TV episode of that western about the con man named Trump who wanted to build a wall – pretty damn spooky indeed...NSFW/H)...



...and The Late Show with Stephen Colbert has some fun with the recent acquittal of the D.C. sandwich guy (another glorious legal accomplishment from Judge Boxwine – more here)...



...and happy 50th birthday to Jim Adkins of the band Jimmy Eat World.