With unhinged holiday threats condemning his foes “to hell” the former president taunts courts, provokes violence and shows he will stop at nothing to retake power.
The greatest danger is to normalize and accept Trump’s sociopathic behavior.
Trump’s hardly festive Christmas day message on his own social media site began with “Merry Christmas to all, including Crooked Joe Biden’s ONLY HOPE, Deranged Jack Smith” but ended with “MAY THEY ROT IN HELL. AGAIN, MERRY CHRISTMAS!” (Dec 25, 2023, 2:38 PM)
The next day he opened with “Biden’s Flunky, Deranged Jack Smith, should go to HELL” (Dec 26, 2023, 2:46 PM). Here is taking full advantage of an appellate court’s recent ruling that he is allowed to attack Smith despite the lower court’s gag order attempting to control his dangerous language threatening court personnel and witnesses.
His troops rallied to the charge. Steve Bannon: “Ditto Mr President—for ALL Those Trying to Destroy Our Beloved Country — ‘May They Rot in Hell’”
And in a bizarre echo of his recently stated aims for total power Trump posted a word cloud depicting the words “revenge” and “dictatorship”…
he’s full speed ahead crashing into the new year.
so buckle those seat belts. looks like it’s gonna to be a rough tough doozy
Attribution: The New Year by Bob Englehart, PoliticalCartoons.com
speaking of the upcoming new year
I have been tracking Tik-Tok influencers since learning it’s the biggest source of news for 18 to 29 year olds. Here’s an example of some genius stuff going on from the kids… Lie.Lie.Lie
More from Tik-Toker Chris Mowrey: How To Talk To Trump Supporters
So, how to explain everyone BUT Melania in this year’s family Christmas pic?
And note the lineup- daddy between Jared and Ivanka.
I give……where’s Eric?
Haha, as if it were a family.
If Plumpty & Co. aren’t there first, we’ll know they ain’t dead yet.
Looking forward…
The 2023 Kennedy Center Honors is scheduled to broadcast on CBS Wednesday, Dec. 27 at 9/8c.
Will there be amoebas in heaven?
Now here’s a beaut. Can’t decide whether Kimberly looks more Elvira or Morticia.
Craig
So is everybody but Melania in mourning? Thus everybody in black?
Jack
Jr, looks like he was out celebrating too much the night before, And just because you picked up somebody while partying hard on Christmas eve doesn’t mean the family would like to meet them too.
Whats that? Oh, you mean she is family, oh never mind. A lovely couple aren’t they.
Jack
Subject of the day.
One of the great advantages the Democrats have is Trump. The more he is out there, the more regular suburbanites see him, the more they are turned off.
The trick will be to get him out there doing this next summer when people are starting to pay attention.
Right now we need to remember most voters don’t hang out on twitter or tic tok and only do facebook to share pictures of the family.
Jack
jack, look again. that’s ivanka in the shocking pink whilst all else are in blck. melania’s out of the picture — could be she’s taking the pix — or maybe that’s why they’re all in mourning clothes (except ivanka of course).
Pat,
Ha, We could make a crude joke but never mind.
You can tell I’m not a celebrity watcher, They all look alike to me and certainly not like anybody in my world.
Although Jr does remind me of a ne’er-do-well cousin. He always shows up at family functions with his latest, “interesting”, girl friend
Jack
Bunch of thems i doesn’t rekkkanazi. Plumpty looks shorty and dumpty.
i must be getting old because i think Tom Smothers’ death should be bigger news 🤷♂️
Also, i’m halfway through the Beatles documentary “Get Back”, and Yoko is vindicated, she didn’t break up the Beatles, Paul did. The documentary, itself, is a fascinating glimpse into the past and the creative process🤯
Last days of the year deaths get less attention because the obituary roll calls are already done.
https://youtu.be/Pu_Qw4Z12Ow
Bink
I only made through about 30 min of the Beatles movie. The thing I took away was how bored Ringo looked all the time.
Not a real Beatles fan but they do have more songs that stayed on my play list than the Stones. I’m always surprised just how little of the late 60’s pop music is there.
That, what is there is often more obscure stuff.
Jack
It’s definitely a deep-dive, was interesting to see John obviously tripping on acid on day 3, Paul demonstrates how he was the actual musical genius of the group, and as is typical, kind of a jerk about it.
i’ll finish it some time this week, when else am i going to have a chance to hang-out with the Beatles when they’re 29?
Well done, Peter Jackson 🫡
There’s a part where George is discussing how a tv show he was watching the night before inspired him
to write “I Me Mine”, so Peter Jackson went back and found footage of the TV show George was watching and plays it over George discussing his inspiration, so you’re almost looking inside Harrison’s mind, very cool
Oh, you can also see in their eyes how much John and Paul loved each other
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/entertainment/tom-smothers-death/index.html
“Tom Smothers, one half of famed comedy duo, dies at 86”
The precursor to The Daily Show, etc., when they could get it by the censors. Those songs were never about what they seemed.
Go watch the songs about Crabs Walk Sideways, and Church Bells. Just brilliant.
Junior and Gargoyle deserve each other. WTF was Gavin Newsome thinking? I guess she’s just going to glom onto whomever or whatever to get what she wants. Maybe she’s actually a barnacle.
Hadn’t heard about Tommy.
Que lastima. There goes another little piece of my heart.
Gargoyle was once another person entirely.
Gargoyle looking pretty good if you ask me, her Faustian bargain must be having to sleep with Butthead
She’s reading call girl from the 80s, so that’s on brand for the tRUMPs. Coke, it’s the real thing.
Junior’s extra-long sleeves, so everyone can see his cuffs are monogrammed. So, thirsty.
Yessir
They had it all.
Sturge, Yes, he did.
Fetterman Q&A
https://www.politico.com/news/2023/12/27/john-fetterman-q-and-a-00133217
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/politics/biden-ukraine-military-aid-package/index.html
“The US State Department announced a $250 million Ukraine military aid package on Wednesday, the last such package the US will provide to Ukraine until Congress approves the Biden administration’s funding requests.”
“This package provides up to $250 million of arms and equipment under previously directed drawdowns for Ukraine,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. “Capabilities provided in today’s package include air defense munitions, other air defense system components, additional ammunition for high mobility artillery rocket systems, 155mm and 105mm artillery ammunition, anti-armor munitions, and over 15 million rounds of ammunition.”
“This aid package announced Wednesday falls under Presidential Drawdown Authority, which is pulled directly from US stocks and can be shipped quickly to Ukraine. The US already exhausted the other key form of assistance, the Ukraine Security Assistance Initiative, which allows the Defense Department to contract with arms manufacturers to purchase weapons for Kyiv.”
https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2023/sep/28/us-republican-candidates-2024-unions-uaw
“American support for labor unions is at a 57-year-high, and union members.. are a coveted voting bloc that could help secure the White House in 2024.”
“Except there’s one problem: the Republican party doesn’t like unions.”
“In the decades since Ronald Reagan’s presidency, GOP lawmakers championed “right to work” laws designed to limit union membership. In 2021, congressional Republicans overwhelmingly voted against a bill that would make it easier for workers to form unions.”
lol, grunge was a long time, ago
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/politics/colorado-gop-appeal-trump-supreme-court/index.html
“Colorado GOP asks US Supreme Court to overturn ruling disqualifying Trump from 2024 ballot”
“The appeal means the state court’s pause on the ruling – which was set to expire January 4 – will be indefinitely extended until the US Supreme Court announces whether it will take up the appeal, and, if it does, until it issues a final decision in the matter.”
“The high court is separately involved in other matters related to Trump’s election subversion criminal case.”
I still see grunge in the parking lots around FOCO.
I guess she’s moving.
“Boebert will run in Colorado’s 4th Congressional District next year instead of the 3rd Congressional District. The 4th District is far more favorable to Republicans.”
OMG. Ken Buck’s. Weld County. Lord a mighty.
Ivy – Booblehead knows she can’t get re-elected where she’s at now. Hopefully, she’s shown herself to be enough of a loon that they won’t want her, either. No matter how far the district leans toward Republicans, her performance at Beetlejuice will probably hurt her, because women aren’t allowed to do things that men are forgiven.
https://www.cnn.com/2023/12/27/politics/chris-christie-new-hampshire-ad-buy/index.html
“Chris Christie is directly pushing back on calls for him to drop out of the 2024 Republican presidential primary in a new seven-figure ad buy debuting in New Hampshire on Thursday…”
“The buy marks a strategic decision by Christie’s campaign to ramp up resources dedicated to its all-in-on-New Hampshire strategy ahead of the January 23 primary. His campaign has so far touted a low campaign cash burn rate – relying mainly on media interviews and ads funded by a super PAC supporting him.”
BID: only five miles away from me but like a million miles. Still, it may be harder than she thinks.
Once mote a sturgeone late night Prediction.
Boebert will lose. Wherever she runs. Her goose has been in the oven for 6 hours at 350°. Well done and over.
She might have had a chance had she just been able to realize how stupid she is.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Colorado%27s_4th_congressional_district
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