Stephen Colbert delivers his LIVE monologue following President Trump’s address before a joint session of Congress, where Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green was thrown out for shouting down the President, and each of Trump’s lies was met with cheers from the Republican side of the aisle.
Didn’t miss anything, slept okay and cat did not bother until three am.to tell me the food bowls were empty.
bId – puttie health. He has something that causes hand and leg shakes. He disappeared for a while a couple years ago, speculation is he underwent some medical treatments. The shaking is not as visible, but is still there. It is a way to tell a copy puttie from the real thing. There is speculation he had a stroke due to a dragging leg and not very active arm, but you do not see that on the current puttie. Modern medicine helps return from minor strokes. He is a germophobe, just like his krasnov, and rarely shakes hands. As with krasnov a real medical exam report is not out in public. At least twenty doubles have been publicly identified, a couple are very close copies of the real puttie.
Trump addressed a joint session of Congress, he got quite an intro from the Sergeant at Arms, many of Donald’s closest allies were in attendance, he laid out his agenda for the next four years, Elon was in the house tonight in his official capacity as America’s highest-ranking DOGEbag, a new poll from CNN said 52% of Americans do not approve of the way Trump is handling his job as President, the Dow dropped 1300 points in two days, Trump touted that he has made English the official language of the United States, Democrat Al Greene of Texas got thrown out, there was a second Democratic rebuttal in Spanish from a representative who’s from right here in The Golden State, Justin Trudeau of Canada spoke about America’s new tariffs, SHAQ provided our favorite moment from a parade in New Orleans, and Trump celebrates Women’s History Month.
BTW, it’s Lent
and this year I think I’ll give up hope.
anontraumatized
21 days ago
where does he get the energy and when does he sleep
Anonymous
21 days ago
Jamie, re your comment last night, Glenn Kessler is doing what he does. Identified 26 false, misleading or out of context claims from last night. WaPo
Fact-checking 26 suspect claims in Trump’s address to Congress
President makes false claims about border crossings, regulations, the economy, inflation and many other issues.
President Donald Trump’s address to a joint session of Congress on Tuesday was vintage Trump: long, rambling and chock-full of stretched facts and dubious figures. Many of these claims have been fact-checked repeatedly, yet the president persists in using them. Here, in the order in which he made them, are 26 statements by the president that were untrue, misleading or lacked context.
As is our practice, we do not awardPinocchios in speech roundups.
“We won the popular vote by big numbers and won counties in our country 2,700 to 525.”
These are misleading metrics. Unlike in 2016, Trump won the popular vote, but only narrowly. On a percentage basis, his margin over Democratic nominee Kamala Harris was 1.5 percent, the smallest since 2000 and the fourth smallest since 1960.
(And on and on..)
anontraumatized
21 days ago
the part where he went on at length about cutting aid to Africa was the most racist thing i’ve ever heard in a speech from a sitting US politician
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Anonymous
21 days ago
Happy days? Master of the universe saves Wall Street?
anoncanwepleasefindaleader
21 days ago
i listened so i’m just now seeing Al Green being ejected for not much by those smug pricks JD and Mike
i was Team JD immediately after the election, but after seeing his conduct since, i hate him
more than the USA autocrat, a spineless weasel
…and i really try not to “hate” people but fuck that traitorous treasonous scum
Last edited 21 days ago by anoncanwepleasefindaleader
Amazing moment during Trump’s handshakes with justices last night — Points finger at Chief Justice John Roberts (who wrote immunity decision), then shakes his hand and says “Thank you again. Thank you again. I won’t forget.” He also thanked Kavanaugh. (Prof. Laurence Tribe’s response on Bsky: “OMFG”)
Absolutely stunning. Trump to Chief Justice Roberts: "Thank you again. Thank you again. I won't forget."
Trump’s Dictatorship Takes A Hit, WIll He Obey SCOTUS Order?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has *upheld* a lower court’s order forcing USAID/State to immediately pay $2 billion owed to contractors for work they’ve already performed.
Alito/Thomas/Gorsuch/Kavanaugh dissent https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25551544/24a831-order-2.pdf
PatD – Ha! I don’t want to admit it, but giving up hope for Lent is on point.
Blizzard here last night. High winds this morning. The heavy BBQ grill is laying in its side. I know how it feels. It’s clear that the RussoRepublicans are in cahoots with tRUMPutin. They all need to be impeached and removed, but not one will. This is going to take other countries hammering away at us, or a contingent of Luigis. I wouldn’t put it past Putin to take out Agent Krasnov and make it look like an inside job. He’d much rather deal with JD than Don-Old.
Representative Sylvester Turner, age 70, has died.
“In 2024, following the death of longtime U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, Turner announced his candidacy for Texas’s 18th congressional district. He won the Democratic primary and was elected to Congress in November 2024.”
anonugh
21 days ago
i won’t fault any of y’all for giving up, at this point
this is on my generation’s head, now. i always knew they were rather dumb
ah yes, the USA autocrat’s public humiliation of Rubio was right out of the narcissist’s playbook, with friends like the USA autocrat, who needs enemies
“The U.S. has banned its allies, including the U.K., from passing on American intelligence, according to new reports, a move set to cut off Ukraine’s access to vital information used to coordinate strikes and protect its cities.”
“John Helin, military analyst with Black Bird Groupon X: “This likely has more significant and immediate ramifications for Ukraine than the end of weapons and funding to Ukraine, considering the extensive intelligence capabilities of the U.S.”
“Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo”
“The memo instructs top-level staff to prepare for an agency-wide reorganization in August to “resize and tailor the workforce to the mission and revised structure.”
“At least three lawmakers were injured on Tuesday, one of them seriously, after chaotic scenes in Serbia ’s parliament, during which smoke bombs and flares were thrown, further fueling political tensions in the Balkan country.”
“Chaos erupted about an hour after the parliamentary session started, with opposition lawmakers blowing whistles and holding up a banner reading “Serbia has risen so the regime would fall!” Hundreds of opposition supporters rallied outside the parliament building during the session.”
This is the energy we needed (or at least walking out in solidarity with Representative Green), not tiny paddles which made Dems look like they were at an auction.
Attribution: US cuts aid to Ukraine by Patrick Chappatte, Le Temps, Switzerland
Patrick Chappatte was an editorial cartoonist for The New York Times, until the newspaper terminated all editorial cartoons in 2019. He now draws for The Boston Globe, as well as European media Der Spiegel, Le Canard Enchaîné, Le Temps and NZZ am Sonntag.
US Tariffs from the Trump Administration are hastily conceived and sloppily executed. The repercussions from these bad decisions will reverberate for decades. Buckle up! Executive Producers Don Caron and Jerry Pender
“US House starts reprimand of Democrat Al Green for disrupting Trump speech” “Representative Green, a Texas Democrat who has been in Congress for 20 years and has repeatedly called to impeach Trump, is facing a House censure resolution for yelling at the president, waiving his black cane and refusing to sit down during Trump’s Tuesday night speech.”
“Censure is a symbolic reprimand that carries no fines or other penalties.”
Unlike other Dems (and all RussoRepublicans), he was doing his damned job for his constituents.
If tRUMPutinnfoesnt care about tanking the economy, let’s shove it all over the edge with a full work stoppage & ongoing boycotts of everything except absolute necessities like food.
anonohwell
20 days ago
the rabble has to feel it before there’s any momentum for a check on the USA autocrat’s power
that won’t take long but may be too late by then if it’s not already
anonohwell
20 days ago
when i was raised Christian i was taught values of humility, modesty, and forgiveness
them trumputin pricks last night were arrogant, preening, and vindictive
maybe God’s word has changed since, or MAYBE they’re full of shit
So Sylvester Turner died after attending the shit fest last night. (WaPo.)
Sylvester Turner, a former Houston mayor who began serving in the U.S. House of Representatives in January, died March 5 at his home in Washington, hours after attending President Donald Trump’s address before Congress. He was 70.
The article said the cause of death was not known. Hmmm, cancer or the unbearable bullshit he exposed himself to for over an hour and a half last night? My money’s on the latter.
“Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a group setting.”
“You are invited to a candlelight dinner featuring special guest President Donald J. Trump,” the invitation reads, under a “MAGA INC.” header. MAGA Inc., or Make America Great Again Inc., is a super PAC that supported Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. “Additional details provided upon RSVP. RSVPs will be accommodated on a first come, first serve basis. Space is very limited. $1,000,000 per person.”
Hope they all choke and/or get food poisoning.
I wonder if the Senators who fined at Mar-a-Lago in early February get a piece of the action, or if they’re just free to do whatever the hell they want to make money?
“Arizona 15-Week Abortion Ban Permanently Blocked Under Arizona Abortion Access Act”
“The Arizona Abortion Access Act (Proposition 139) restored Arizonans’ right to control their own bodies and medical decisions, enshrining the right to abortion into the state constitution. It was overwhelmingly approved by voters, who declared that politicians have no place in Arizonans’ reproductive health decisions.”
“The case, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, asserts that the ban is unconstitutional because it denies Arizonans’ access to abortion care in violation of the state’s 2024 constitutional amendment protecting the fundamental right to abortion.”
“BlackRock’s $23 Billion Panama Canal Deal: What We Know So Far”
“…BlackRock-led acquisition of two key ports along the Panama Canal, marking a significant shift in control over a critical international trade route.”
“The agreement sees CK Hutchison Holdings selling its interests in ports across 23 countries, including the Balboa and Cristobal ports on either end of the Panama Canal. A consortium led by BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, and Terminal Investment Limited will take over the assets.”
“The $23 billion sale provides the Hong Kong-based conglomerate with nearly $19 billion in cash, equivalent to its entire market value, and a way to exit the mounting geopolitical tensions.”
“For BlackRock, the deal is part of a broader push into global infrastructure investment. The firm expects the acquired ports to generate about $1.7 billion in annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.”
“Jack Daniel’s maker says Canada pulling US alcohol off shelves ‘worse than tariff’
“I mean, that’s worse than a tariff, because it’s literally taking your sales away, (and) completely removing our products from the shelves,” Whiting said on a post-earnings call.
Canada accounted for only 1% of the company’s total sales, Whiting said, so the company can withstand the hit.”
“Whiting added the company would watch out for what happens in Mexico, which according to its annual report, made up 7% of its 2024 sales.”
As the rest of the world follows suit, they will find a replacement and probably never go back. We are a global pariah. Nobody will want “made in the USA” anymore. Putin is laughing at Agent Krasnov and the RussoRepublicans in Congress and the “junk drawer.”
“Hayden Haynes, the chief of staff to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and one of the most powerful aides on Capitol Hill, was arrested after President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress for drunken driving after his car struck a Capitol vehicle, two law enforcement sources told NBC News. Johnson’s office also confirmed the incident.”
“One of the sources told NBC News that a police report indicated that Haynes hit a Capitol vehicle around midnight and was arrested and released with a citation to appear in court.”
How long before Hegseth realizes he’s in deep shit.
There are those who
believe that he’s a bit simple and might never realize it.
You know….like if someone took me out of my cabinet shop and appointed me to be CEO of IKEA….well…I’d have a qualm or two.
“The Department of Government Efficiency is set to cancel the lease of a major National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) facility that meteorologists call the “the nerve center for the entire weather enterprise in the United States.”
“We call it the ‘American Weather Enterprise,’ and by ‘we,’ I mean the American Meteorological Society, the industry, the private sector, as well as the government, the military, the Air Force and the Naval Weather Service,” Paul said Wednesday.”
“A day earlier, multiple outlets reported that the Trump administration was planning to make major cuts to NOAA, including cancelling the leases of several facilities that include the Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park, Maryland.”
“For the 2024 fiscal year, the U.S. spent $6.8 billion on NOAA’s discretionary spending budget.
“That amounts to about $3 per taxpayer per year to get the kind of protection that we get,” Paul said, adding that, “I don’t think the public is fully aware of how much they’re getting on their tax dollars.”
“Some believe that the reported lease cancellations, along with the recent layoffs and hiring limitations, suggest that DOGE is trying to dismantle NOAA entirely. Mann warned that “Without NOAA we are flying blind into a climate abyss.”
“The primary forecasting for “convective” weather events like tornadoes take place at the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma. DOGE cuts have hit the SPC as well, according to Rick Spinrad, the former NOAA administrator.”
Auntie Em! Uncle Henry!
Elon, I hope a house falls on you!
“No one mourns the wicked.”
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anontruth
20 days ago
i don’t think the people who just conceded undisputed global hegemony give a shit how good Hegseth is at his job
“Trump sent a message to the people of Gaza on Wednesday, writing that, “A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD! Make a SMART decision. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW, OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY LATER!”
Wow, save that post for his war crimes trial, of which there will be more than one front.
“Macron will open debate about extending French nuclear protection to European allies”
“France and Britain are Europe’s only two nuclear powers.”
“He said that he wanted to believe that the United States “will remain at our side,” while adding that Europe had to be ready if that was no longer the case.”
It’s no longer the case. The US can not be trusted. It has been infiltrated by Russia. Smart move.
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Anonymous
20 days ago
We need a like button. Some of the posts lately are great exercises in pointed creative writing.
Yes, they’re eating the dogs! they’re eating the cats! and the mice are all transgender!
Skipped lie-a-palooza & just read the fact-checking sites this morning. Had a convo with the resident MAGAt about the mice. The accusatory, “There’s no way you knew what transgenic meant! You looked that up!” Well, of course I did. It’s good to learn new words and things. M’gawd!
anontruth
20 days ago
ok a little late but seeds in trays
food for the eatin’ and flowers for the pollinatin’
Stephen Colbert delivers his LIVE monologue following President Trump’s address before a joint session of Congress, where Texas Democratic Rep. Al Green was thrown out for shouting down the President, and each of Trump’s lies was met with cheers from the Republican side of the aisle.
Didn’t miss anything, slept okay and cat did not bother until three am.to tell me the food bowls were empty.
bId – puttie health. He has something that causes hand and leg shakes. He disappeared for a while a couple years ago, speculation is he underwent some medical treatments. The shaking is not as visible, but is still there. It is a way to tell a copy puttie from the real thing. There is speculation he had a stroke due to a dragging leg and not very active arm, but you do not see that on the current puttie. Modern medicine helps return from minor strokes. He is a germophobe, just like his krasnov, and rarely shakes hands. As with krasnov a real medical exam report is not out in public. At least twenty doubles have been publicly identified, a couple are very close copies of the real puttie.
IMO kimmel’s take much better
Trump addressed a joint session of Congress, he got quite an intro from the Sergeant at Arms, many of Donald’s closest allies were in attendance, he laid out his agenda for the next four years, Elon was in the house tonight in his official capacity as America’s highest-ranking DOGEbag, a new poll from CNN said 52% of Americans do not approve of the way Trump is handling his job as President, the Dow dropped 1300 points in two days, Trump touted that he has made English the official language of the United States, Democrat Al Greene of Texas got thrown out, there was a second Democratic rebuttal in Spanish from a representative who’s from right here in The Golden State, Justin Trudeau of Canada spoke about America’s new tariffs, SHAQ provided our favorite moment from a parade in New Orleans, and Trump celebrates Women’s History Month.
BTW, it’s Lent
and this year I think I’ll give up hope.
where does he get the energy and when does he sleep
Jamie, re your comment last night, Glenn Kessler is doing what he does. Identified 26 false, misleading or out of context claims from last night. WaPo
the part where he went on at length about cutting aid to Africa was the most racist thing i’ve ever heard in a speech from a sitting US politician
Happy days? Master of the universe saves Wall Street?
i listened so i’m just now seeing Al Green being ejected for not much by those smug pricks JD and Mike
i was Team JD immediately after the election, but after seeing his conduct since, i hate him
more than the USA autocrat, a spineless weasel
…and i really try not to “hate” people but fuck that traitorous treasonous scum
I couldn’t watch, so I didn’t. Heard it all before.
Fuck him and the whores he rode in on.
Might as well get this started now.
Amazing moment during Trump’s handshakes with justices last night — Points finger at Chief Justice John Roberts (who wrote immunity decision), then shakes his hand and says “Thank you again. Thank you again. I won’t forget.” He also thanked Kavanaugh. (Prof. Laurence Tribe’s response on Bsky: “OMFG”)
Carrhae 53 BC.
When an inept and stupid leader blunders, many horses die.
—Old Sturgeonic Proverb
“Thank you again…..I won’t forget it.”
As all his sycophantic whores are gathered around the television doubled up with laughter.
Trump’s Dictatorship Takes A Hit, WIll He Obey SCOTUS Order?
BREAKING: The Supreme Court has *upheld* a lower court’s order forcing USAID/State to immediately pay $2 billion owed to contractors for work they’ve already performed.
Alito/Thomas/Gorsuch/Kavanaugh dissent
https://s3.documentcloud.org/documents/25551544/24a831-order-2.pdf
“Sturgeonic Proverbs” should definitely become a thing
I heard some folks had their own joint sessions.
I vote with Poobah on the Sturgeonic Proverbs idea.
BTW, Roberts voted against DODO in the USAID decision, and you can bet that decision has him steaming this morning.
Why Ms. Ivy, whateveuh are you suggesting?
craig, what time was that SCOTUS decision issued, before or after DODO’s “thank you” to the chief?
After, PatD. So Roberts knew last night when Trump thanked him, probably was thinking “not so quick”
That’s why he has to keep having kids. Booger boy will be too big to carry pretty soon. That kid is not a magic wand. Vitamin K will get him.
I didn’t watch a second of it… that’s why god invented the food network.
i’m more of a Bongo Seville fan 😜
No more auditing rich people! The IRS is drafting plans to cut as much as half of its 90,000-person workforce, AP sources say
https://apnews.com/article/irs-doge-layoffs-tax-season-0659e4b439400bf66023273f6a532fa0
PatD – Ha! I don’t want to admit it, but giving up hope for Lent is on point.
Blizzard here last night. High winds this morning. The heavy BBQ grill is laying in its side. I know how it feels. It’s clear that the RussoRepublicans are in cahoots with tRUMPutin. They all need to be impeached and removed, but not one will. This is going to take other countries hammering away at us, or a contingent of Luigis. I wouldn’t put it past Putin to take out Agent Krasnov and make it look like an inside job. He’d much rather deal with JD than Don-Old.
https://www.click2houston.com/news/local/2025/03/05/sylvester-turner-former-houston-mayor-and-congressman-remembered-for-political-legacy/
Representative Sylvester Turner, age 70, has died.
“In 2024, following the death of longtime U.S. Representative Sheila Jackson Lee, Turner announced his candidacy for Texas’s 18th congressional district. He won the Democratic primary and was elected to Congress in November 2024.”
i won’t fault any of y’all for giving up, at this point
this is on my generation’s head, now. i always knew they were rather dumb
”The Day The Nazi Died”
ah yes, the USA autocrat’s public humiliation of Rubio was right out of the narcissist’s playbook, with friends like the USA autocrat, who needs enemies
Dodo’s triumph such as it was will be short-lived.
People are sayin’ …
What foods these morsels be.
https://www.newsweek.com/russia-ukraine-2039872
“The U.S. has banned its allies, including the U.K., from passing on American intelligence, according to new reports, a move set to cut off Ukraine’s access to vital information used to coordinate strikes and protect its cities.”
“John Helin, military analyst with Black Bird Groupon X: “This likely has more significant and immediate ramifications for Ukraine than the end of weapons and funding to Ukraine, considering the extensive intelligence capabilities of the U.S.”
F U Russian warship! Help Ukraine, anyway!
https://apnews.com/article/veterans-affairs-cuts-doge-musk-trump-f587a6bc3db6a460e9c357592e165712
“Trump administration plans to cut 80,000 employees from Veterans Affairs, according to internal memo”
“The memo instructs top-level staff to prepare for an agency-wide reorganization in August to “resize and tailor the workforce to the mission and revised structure.”
What’s it called when the coup gets couped?
Whatever it’s called, it’s time.
https://apnews.com/article/serbia-lawmakers-injured-parliament-5f8079017f4d0e102e823233af55a51c
“At least three lawmakers were injured on Tuesday, one of them seriously, after chaotic scenes in Serbia ’s parliament, during which smoke bombs and flares were thrown, further fueling political tensions in the Balkan country.”
“Chaos erupted about an hour after the parliamentary session started, with opposition lawmakers blowing whistles and holding up a banner reading “Serbia has risen so the regime would fall!” Hundreds of opposition supporters rallied outside the parliament building during the session.”
This is the energy we needed (or at least walking out in solidarity with Representative Green), not tiny paddles which made Dems look like they were at an auction.
Attribution: US cuts aid to Ukraine by Patrick Chappatte, Le Temps, Switzerland
Patrick Chappatte was an editorial cartoonist for The New York Times, until the newspaper terminated all editorial cartoons in 2019. He now draws for The Boston Globe, as well as European media Der Spiegel, Le Canard Enchaîné, Le Temps and NZZ am Sonntag.
US Tariffs from the Trump Administration are hastily conceived and sloppily executed. The repercussions from these bad decisions will reverberate for decades. Buckle up!
Executive Producers Don Caron and Jerry Pender
today’s meme…
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/us-house-starts-reprimand-of-democrat-al-green-for-disrupting-trump-speech/ar-AA1AjXFC
“US House starts reprimand of Democrat Al Green for disrupting Trump speech”
“Representative Green, a Texas Democrat who has been in Congress for 20 years and has repeatedly called to impeach Trump, is facing a House censure resolution for yelling at the president, waiving his black cane and refusing to sit down during Trump’s Tuesday night speech.”
“Censure is a symbolic reprimand that carries no fines or other penalties.”
Unlike other Dems (and all RussoRepublicans), he was doing his damned job for his constituents.
If tRUMPutinnfoesnt care about tanking the economy, let’s shove it all over the edge with a full work stoppage & ongoing boycotts of everything except absolute necessities like food.
the rabble has to feel it before there’s any momentum for a check on the USA autocrat’s power
that won’t take long but may be too late by then if it’s not already
when i was raised Christian i was taught values of humility, modesty, and forgiveness
them trumputin pricks last night were arrogant, preening, and vindictive
maybe God’s word has changed since, or MAYBE they’re full of shit
So Sylvester Turner died after attending the shit fest last night. (WaPo.)
The article said the cause of death was not known. Hmmm, cancer or the unbearable bullshit he exposed himself to for over an hour and a half last night? My money’s on the latter.
https://www.wired.com/story/people-paying-millions-donald-trump-mar-a-lago/
“Business leaders are paying as much as $5 million to meet one-on-one with the president at his Florida compound, sources tell WIRED, while others are paying $1 million apiece to dine with him in a group setting.”
“You are invited to a candlelight dinner featuring special guest President Donald J. Trump,” the invitation reads, under a “MAGA INC.” header. MAGA Inc., or Make America Great Again Inc., is a super PAC that supported Trump’s 2024 presidential campaign. “Additional details provided upon RSVP. RSVPs will be accommodated on a first come, first serve basis. Space is very limited. $1,000,000 per person.”
Hope they all choke and/or get food poisoning.
I wonder if the Senators who fined at Mar-a-Lago in early February get a piece of the action, or if they’re just free to do whatever the hell they want to make money?
F U Russian warship!
“Arizona 15-Week Abortion Ban Permanently Blocked Under Arizona Abortion Access Act”
“The Arizona Abortion Access Act (Proposition 139) restored Arizonans’ right to control their own bodies and medical decisions, enshrining the right to abortion into the state constitution. It was overwhelmingly approved by voters, who declared that politicians have no place in Arizonans’ reproductive health decisions.”
“The case, filed in Maricopa County Superior Court, asserts that the ban is unconstitutional because it denies Arizonans’ access to abortion care in violation of the state’s 2024 constitutional amendment protecting the fundamental right to abortion.”
Time I got to the 3rd or 4th proverb it’d probably be more of a flatitude.
muskovite and krasnov plan on gutting the Veterans Administration by eighty thousand people. Just a start as the 2025 plan is to eliminate the VA and veterans benefits. Let’s see how well that holds up.
A side note: muskovite wants to privatize more of the federal agencies. I think all of them.
https://www.newsweek.com/blackrock-panama-canal-deal-what-we-know-2040093
“BlackRock’s $23 Billion Panama Canal Deal: What We Know So Far”
“…BlackRock-led acquisition of two key ports along the Panama Canal, marking a significant shift in control over a critical international trade route.”
“The agreement sees CK Hutchison Holdings selling its interests in ports across 23 countries, including the Balboa and Cristobal ports on either end of the Panama Canal. A consortium led by BlackRock, Global Infrastructure Partners, and Terminal Investment Limited will take over the assets.”
“The $23 billion sale provides the Hong Kong-based conglomerate with nearly $19 billion in cash, equivalent to its entire market value, and a way to exit the mounting geopolitical tensions.”
“For BlackRock, the deal is part of a broader push into global infrastructure investment. The firm expects the acquired ports to generate about $1.7 billion in annual earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation, and amortization.”
https://www.reuters.com/business/retail-consumer/brown-forman-misses-quarterly-sales-estimates-muted-spirits-demand-2025-03-05/
“Jack Daniel’s maker says Canada pulling US alcohol off shelves ‘worse than tariff’
“I mean, that’s worse than a tariff, because it’s literally taking your sales away, (and) completely removing our products from the shelves,” Whiting said on a post-earnings call.
Canada accounted for only 1% of the company’s total sales, Whiting said, so the company can withstand the hit.”
“Whiting added the company would watch out for what happens in Mexico, which according to its annual report, made up 7% of its 2024 sales.”
As the rest of the world follows suit, they will find a replacement and probably never go back. We are a global pariah. Nobody will want “made in the USA” anymore. Putin is laughing at Agent Krasnov and the RussoRepublicans in Congress and the “junk drawer.”
BB – Between cutting vet benefits & now gutting the VA, how long before there’s a coup on the coup?
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/congress/speaker-mike-johnson-chief-staff-arrested-dui-charge-trump-speech-rcna194986
“Hayden Haynes, the chief of staff to House Speaker Mike Johnson, R-La., and one of the most powerful aides on Capitol Hill, was arrested after President Donald Trump’s joint address to Congress for drunken driving after his car struck a Capitol vehicle, two law enforcement sources told NBC News. Johnson’s office also confirmed the incident.”
“One of the sources told NBC News that a police report indicated that Haynes hit a Capitol vehicle around midnight and was arrested and released with a citation to appear in court.”
Hmm, not Hegseth.
How long before Hegseth realizes he’s in deep shit.
There are those who
believe that he’s a bit simple and might never realize it.
You know….like if someone took me out of my cabinet shop and appointed me to be CEO of IKEA….well…I’d have a qualm or two.
https://www.newsweek.com/doge-set-cancel-lease-weather-nerve-center-tornado-season-begins-2040142
“The Department of Government Efficiency is set to cancel the lease of a major National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) facility that meteorologists call the “the nerve center for the entire weather enterprise in the United States.”
“We call it the ‘American Weather Enterprise,’ and by ‘we,’ I mean the American Meteorological Society, the industry, the private sector, as well as the government, the military, the Air Force and the Naval Weather Service,” Paul said Wednesday.”
“A day earlier, multiple outlets reported that the Trump administration was planning to make major cuts to NOAA, including cancelling the leases of several facilities that include the Center for Weather and Climate Prediction in College Park, Maryland.”
“For the 2024 fiscal year, the U.S. spent $6.8 billion on NOAA’s discretionary spending budget.
“That amounts to about $3 per taxpayer per year to get the kind of protection that we get,” Paul said, adding that, “I don’t think the public is fully aware of how much they’re getting on their tax dollars.”
“Some believe that the reported lease cancellations, along with the recent layoffs and hiring limitations, suggest that DOGE is trying to dismantle NOAA entirely. Mann warned that “Without NOAA we are flying blind into a climate abyss.”
“The primary forecasting for “convective” weather events like tornadoes take place at the Storm Prediction Center (SPC) in Norman, Oklahoma. DOGE cuts have hit the SPC as well, according to Rick Spinrad, the former NOAA administrator.”
Auntie Em! Uncle Henry!
Elon, I hope a house falls on you!
“No one mourns the wicked.”
i don’t think the people who just conceded undisputed global hegemony give a shit how good Hegseth is at his job
fucking traitors
https://www.newsweek.com/trumps-final-ultimatum-hamas-after-direct-talks-last-warning-2040279
“Trump sent a message to the people of Gaza on Wednesday, writing that, “A beautiful Future awaits, but not if you hold Hostages. If you do, you are DEAD! Make a SMART decision. RELEASE THE HOSTAGES NOW, OR THERE WILL BE HELL TO PAY LATER!”
Wow, save that post for his war crimes trial, of which there will be more than one front.
He sounds like a lunatic.
https://theprint.in/world/macron-will-open-debate-about-extending-french-nuclear-protection-to-european-allies/2535547/
“Macron will open debate about extending French nuclear protection to European allies”
“France and Britain are Europe’s only two nuclear powers.”
“He said that he wanted to believe that the United States “will remain at our side,” while adding that Europe had to be ready if that was no longer the case.”
It’s no longer the case. The US can not be trusted. It has been infiltrated by Russia. Smart move.
We need a like button. Some of the posts lately are great exercises in pointed creative writing.
We better look into this. Peter Navarro on FOX: “Canada has been taken over by Mexican cartels”
“i don’t think the people who just conceded undisputed global hegemony give a shit how good Hegseth is at his job”
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That right there is where it gets real tricky being a Hegseth.
Anon, RE: Like Button.
I can add one but a few years ago I tried and it was widely rejected. Will try again if there is a consensus for it.
Go for it.
Some of the fact checks today on his firehose of lies are really funny.
Trump claimed the Biden administration spent $8 million “making mice transgender.” The White House tried to back up this number with records, but the documents actually showed the funds were for cancer research using “transgenic” mice, which means genetically altered, nothing to do with their gender.
https://www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/trump-transgender-mice-medical-research-1235289439/
@jpegStephen King @stephenking.bsky.social
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4h
Alina Habbard posted: NOTHING CAN STOP THIS MAN FROM FIGHTING FOR HIS COUNTRY.
David Simon had a succinct 2-word response: “Bone spurs.
Yes, they’re eating the dogs! they’re eating the cats! and the mice are all transgender!
Skipped lie-a-palooza & just read the fact-checking sites this morning. Had a convo with the resident MAGAt about the mice. The accusatory, “There’s no way you knew what transgenic meant! You looked that up!” Well, of course I did. It’s good to learn new words and things. M’gawd!
ok a little late but seeds in trays
food for the eatin’ and flowers for the pollinatin’
Slava Ukraine, defeat the autocrats 🫡 🌻
It’s a worth a try.
oh no, anon nation can’t thumbs up but that gets one + an ‘lol’
anon nation is going to try and be little less lazy with their posts also, not much though
let’s call it ‘newspeak’ 😑
Axlerod called Al Green “despicable” last night
…more or less despicable than destroying the country, Ax?
Thank you, Rep. Green 🫡 🇺🇸
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