“President Donald Trump is mulling over whether to recognize Crimea as Russian as part of any future deal to end the war in Ukraine, according to a report.”
Crimea is part of Ukraine that Putin ~annexed~ a decade ago. tRUMPutin can’t just decide this sh/t.
John Oliver discusses sports betting, how it became so popular, why it can be so damaging, and – of course – how toned John’s shoulders are. Very toned. According to him.
no colbert last night due to the games, so here’s kimmel
Donald Trump was walking around the White House grounds with Elon Musk’s son X, it was a terrible weekend of storms across several states and Trump bragged about winning his golf tournament during the disaster, he is planning to release the files related to the JFK assassination, he is claiming (without any proof) that Biden never actually signed his pardons making them void, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by playing the greatest local news story of all time, Jimmy’s son Billy let him know what he expects on St. Patrick’s Day, and we head out to the Farmer’s Market to ask kids about leprechauns!
how* could we arrest Ellen? let us fantasize the ways, jamie:
perp walk him dressed only in skivvies by way of white house and capitol to DC jail at 1901 D Street SE.
send email telling him due to his probationary status and poor performance he’s fired under reduction in force provisions; take away all phones, devices, citizenship and passport; and immediately deport him for lying on visa and naturalization forms.
2025, using krasnov, has gutted the federal institutions that would normally provide controls to keep the executive from being a dictator/king. The Congress is controlled by fascists, the judicial is controlled by 2025, with a couple levels of good judges, and the executive branch is loaded with faux snooze idiots.
What is outside of 2025 control is krasnov eating habits and his drug abuse. That is if they are not beyond offing their useful idiot. Epstein used as an example of things that could upset the 2025 plans, alive he could have talked a lot.
It looks like the 2025 plan, as was announced a year ago, to overwhelm the system, works. It does require sfb to stay alive as he is the only one who can blunder about with a cult. Lose the cult, lose the power.
So, if krasnov starts having mini-strokes or worse the 2025 plans get shaky. We know that sfb is now just spouting what was fed to him, such as Ukraine soldiers surrounded by russians and he is going to save the day. There is so much more of the toddler being given a crown and scepter and adults do what he tells them to do. He already babbles nonsense, so more addled brain would not be noticed.
I think he was given the bad news of his impending health crisis when he “won” his latest championship and announced it would be his last. If I were a betting type I would start the office pool on vance getting a promotion in the next six months or less.
Yes, the bracket. And par for this state – Gov. Patrick Morrissey threatens legal action against the NCAA because WVU didn’t make the tournament on an at large bid. So sayeth Fox Sports. OK, WVU had a record much like UNC’s at 19-13 versus 22-13 for UNC, and UNC had a better away record than WVU, but WVU had 4 Quad 1 wins versus 1 for UNC, and a home record on par with UNC. Of course UNC had a tournament run and lost to Duke in the semis of the ACC. WVU lost in the first round of the Big 12 tourney to Colorado. Neither made the tournament. They have nothing to complain about.
And meanwhile Dumbass and Putin are going to talk about how much of the Donbas Russia will get to keep.
The dramatic scene played out in Washington on Monday afternoon as Mr. Musk’s team was rebuffed from the U.S. Institute of Peace, an agency that President Trump has ordered dismantled, then entered it with law enforcement officers. Agency officials say that because the institute is a congressionally chartered nonprofit that is not part of the executive branch, Mr. Trump and Mr. Musk do not have the authority to gut its operations.
This latest move to use US Marshals or DC police to invade independent agencies in their own buildings stinks to high heaven. Doesn’t the mayor of DC have some say so in use of police?
If one of the groups known as Anonymous could hack tRUMPutin’s platform, instead of just jacking with X.
The syphilitic dementia (remember the red palms) seems to be getting worse.
Will the MAGAts follow JD? Nah.
The yt supremacist, Nick Fuentes, is no longer on the tRUMPsky train.
The podcaster who used to eat bugs and testicles for a living, Joe Rogan, is fading. If he didn’t care about some of his bro-base turning on him, I think he’d say he’s had enough, too.
Keep hammering at Republicans in the Senate, and contact anyone you know in FL to vote blue in April, if they are in a district with a special House election.
Take care of yourselves, friends, and community, as best you can.
Plant a victory garden. My tomatoes sprouted last night.
Same price as the lowest at both Food Lion and Walmart (or within a couple of cents). Kroger has Eggland’s Best and Simple Truth for a dollar less at $4.79 & $4.99.
Israel launches waves of strikes on Gaza with more than 400 reportedly killed Many people were having their pre-dawn meal, part of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, when explosions started in Gaza, witnesses say.
This is the largest wave of air strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire began on 19 January. Talks to extend it have failed to reach an agreement.
Round up Bibi, Putin, and tRUMPsky, and put them on trial for war crimes. Just a thought.
“And meanwhile Dumbass and Putin are going to talk about how much of the Donbas Russia will get to keep.”
pogeaux, but zelenskyy has already promised to rename the region Donaldass Trumpland in his honor plus throw in Trump signage on all Ukranian gold domes. How’s BFF vlad gonna top that?
For baking, you can use ground flax in water, or Bob’s Red Mill makes egg replacer. It replaces 34 eggs for less than $6.00. You can also use pumpkin or banana or applesauce, depending on what you’re making.
Chuck Schumer is going to be on The View today, speaking of replacing.
Dictator Alert: Take note of Trump argument that the judge is not allowed to interpret this Alien Enemies Act. If Judicial Review falls there goes the rule of law. And that is their goal.
Eggs are largely symbolic on the Passover and Easter tables. You don’t have to actually eat them. Go with the fake plastic. Put some candy inside. Cadberry’s are good too.
If Chuck had made the case for not shutting down that he made on The View, he might’ve been able to go through with his book tour. Still not convinced it was the way to go, but if there was no exit strategy from a shutdown, then it makes sense…I guess.
Bannon said in his Thursday episode, “I’m a huge supporter of these tax cuts: no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security for working class people.”
However, he continued: “I am not a fan of the corporate tax cut right now—the reason is they gamed the system last time,” he said of corporations under Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts, which saw a cut in the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent.
He argued that businesses didn’t take their savings and put it back into the market and economy, rather, they “made more money” for themselves through their equity packages.
Yep. Trickle-down economics is a scam. So, even Bananan@zi isn’t fully onboard?
Been pondering again while I putz around the house. This time is a continuation of yesterday thinking regarding the longevity of krasnov. We know he is the puppet to puttie the puppet master, who today put sfb on hold for the precious “call”. I would start wearing a kevlar neck scarf if I found myself on hold that way. Although 2025/heritage white supremacists plan to destroy America is well under way, perhaps they are thinking how to end it. Doing a slap down phone call is a big sign of something.
Hmmm, no rule if law…opens up military who hate what’s happening now (even if it’s because it’s not what they thought they were voting for) to taking care of this; round ‘em up.
“Russian TV Celebrates Trump’s ‘Awesome’ Move to Shut Down Voice of America”
RIP- Voice of America (Note: There were few outlets for information in the past, and the evildoers and Kremlin-cucks don’t own all of the platforms, plus, who knows would this administration push on VOA.)
bId – I am sure any action would show up as the work of someone other than russians.
Our country was formed up by the army led by Georgie W. The Continental Congress folded the tent and hid.
anoniamnotthewalrua
16 days ago
coup coup ka-joob
anoniamnotthewalrus
16 days ago
chooga chooga chooga
anontheyrestupidnazis
16 days ago
it’s basically been 2 straight months of illegality (aka “crime”) from these overt nazi fucks, impeach depose rebuild
anontheyrestupidnazis
16 days ago
BiD is kind of taking the emotional hit for all of us by keeping tabs on these assholes, while people like me think “oh what can i do about it, might as well ignore it”
Russian president Vladimir Putin can be seen smiling and laughing when he was told that he’s running late for his highly anticipated call with President Donald Trump in a video circulating on X, formerly known as Twitter.
The video of Putin laughing on Tuesday was posted by Pekka Kallioniemi, a nonresident research fellow at the International Centre for Defense and Security, who wrote on X, “Putin is making Trump wait again. They two leaders were supposed to have met already, but Putin is still at some conference. When Putin is reminded of the meeting, everyone starts laughing – they’re literally making fun of Trump and his convoy.”
In the video, Putin can be seen meeting with business representatives who are members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs congress, according to the Russian state news agency TASS.
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It’s such a d/ck move by Putin (who is one), but it’s giving such Schadenfreude, and that’s the best we can do until RussoRepublican Senators & Reps consciously uncouple from the Kremlin.
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/
Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands, Study FindsTesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that’s twice the industry average, according to a new report.
The study was conducted on model year 2018–2022 vehicles, and focused on crashes between 2017 and 2022 that resulted in occupant fatalities. Tesla vehicles have a fatal crash rate of 5.6 per billion miles driven, according to the study.
The average fatal crash rate for all cars in the United States is 2.8 per billion vehicle miles driven.
The Tesla Model S has a rate more than double than average, at 5.8 per billion vehicle miles driven; meanwhile, the Tesla Model Y — the best-selling vehicle in the world has a fatal crash rate of 10.6, nearly four times the average.
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AI:
As of October 2024, there have been fifty-one reported fatalities involving Tesla’s Autopilot system, with many incidents attributed to the system’s failure to ensure driver attention and appropriate use. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has raised concerns about the safety of Autopilot, linking it to hundreds of collisions.
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Ha! More Teslas on fire at dealerships…and the dealerships have fireproof blankets in case those suckers catch on fire…for whatever reason.
Remember when Pintos caught on fire, several humans died, and it was all over the news???
The MAGA politician who introduced a bill classifying “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness has been arrested for allegedly soliciting a teen for sex. According to police, Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn had arranged to meet someone who he thought was a 16-year-old girl for sex. Unbeknownst to him, he had been texting police, who arrested him when he arrived at the arranged meeting location. His arrest comes just a day after he and four other Republican state senators introduced a senate bill classifying “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness. The purported syndrome has been used by Donald Trump and his supporters to dismiss and discredit his critics.
Mussolini finds his balcony (Kennedy Center yesterday)
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anontheyrestupidnazis
16 days ago
…seems most people are resigned in my sphere. Heard about an upcoming local MAHA party (aka “measles party”, no bullshit), so that’s disturbing as fuck
“The downstream effect of measles can be having insidious hearing loss in the 20s and 30s, having surgeries and then digressing to a point to where hearing aids may not work to the level they need a cochlear implant … all this could be prevented with timely vaccinations in childhood.”
“Trump admin considers giving up NATO command that has been American since Eisenhower”
*At Putin’s command, most likely. Seriously, it’s time for Congress (and maybe some cabinet members) to realize this isn’t just Project 2025 for the sake of yt rich men solidifying power, this is about turning over our country to Putin. Step TF up!
jamie
16 days ago
Schumer on All In and I can understand why he thinks he couldn’t risk a shut down. What I can’t understand is why there isn’t a mechanism to arrest Musk and his henchmen of DOGE for committing illegal acts such as these agency invasions,
anontheyrestupidnazis
16 days ago
cops tend to be right-wingers, that’s why they’re not enforcing the law
East Bumfuck is experiencing some wild ass climate change (even if NOAA can’t say it). Sunday the North Central Regional Airport (or whatever the hell they’re calling it these days) registered the highest wind gust ever at 71 mph, and tomorrow East Bumfuck will see a record 81 degrees Fahrenheit for March 19, with a slow slide back into a high the 40s over the next 10 days. They always say that’s just spring in WV. Maybe, but IT’S NEVER FUCKING HAPPENED BEFORE, asshole.
So far, Trump hasn’t done anything to suggest that he’s cooling on Putin. When Zelensky didn’t give Trump everything he wanted in their Oval Office meeting last month, the U.S. president berated his Ukrainian counterpart, and Trump’s allies called for new elections in Kyiv. When Putin didn’t give Trump everything he wanted today, the Russian leader still got a friendly Truth Social post from Trump, pledges of further talks, and possibly some hockey games featuring the best players from each country.
But there were signs that Trump wasn’t happy with how Putin played his hand. Trump has rarely missed opportunities to chat with reporters during the first eight weeks of his presidency; just yesterday, he fielded questions multiple times, including when predicting that Putin wanted peace, and he often boastfully engages with the press while signing executive orders.
Another such signing was scheduled for the Oval Office this afternoon. But reporters were not invited to watch, depriving them of the chance to ask questions about the Putin call. Trump remained behind closed doors.
New Trove of Kennedy Files Offers Few Revelations So Far
A tranche of documents tied in some way to the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was released late Tuesday. No major new details were found immediately, but scholars said it would take time to sift through them all.
A new trove of government files about the assassination of President John F. Kennedy was released to the public late Tuesday under an order from President Trump. Scholars hope the flood of papers will resolve — or at least shed light on — the final questions about an event that traumatized a nation and remains the subject of conspiracy theories six decades later.
The release, which came in the early evening, consisted of 1,123 PDF documents, according to the National Archives, including typewritten reports and handwritten notes. Most of them were shorter than 10 pages. Mr. Trump, in teasing the release on Monday, said there would be no redactions — but an early review found that some information appeared to have been blocked out.
The truth is that nothing in the archives is going to dispel the fog of hypothesis, rumor and speculation that swirls around these killings. The assassinations of the 1960s — President Kennedy’s in particular — remain the source and paradigm of modern conspiratorial thinking, a style of argument to which the current president is passionately committed. Whatever details emerge now are unlikely to settle the ongoing debates, which are less about what happened in Dallas in 1963 (or Memphis and Los Angeles five years later) than about the character of the American state and the nature of reality itself.
An undocumented woman in Denver who became a symbol of immigrant resistance during President Trump’s first term as she evaded deportation was arrested at work on Monday by federal immigration agents, her family and immigrant activists said.
Jeanette Vizguerra, 53, had been on her break at a Target store near Denver when immigration agents took her into custody, said Jordan Garcia, an immigrant-rights advocate with the American Friends Service Committee who has known Ms. Vizguerra for 15 years.
Recounting details of the arrest that Ms. Vizguerra had relayed to her family, Mr. Garcia said one of the agents told her, “We finally got you.”
Ms. Vizguerra drew national attention when, in early 2017, she packed her clothes and moved with her three youngest children into a church basement in Colorado, hoping that the sanctuary of a house of worship would protect her from Mr. Trump’s deportation plans. In 2021, she received a one-year stay of deportation from the Biden administration, but friends said Tuesday she was aware of her peril.
Her detention has already stirred a backlash from Colorado Democratic politicians and immigrant-rights supporters, who accused the Trump administration of trying to silence critics of its immigration crackdown.
Mayor Mike Johnston of Denver condemned Ms. Vizguerra’s arrest as a “Putin-style persecution of political dissidents” that had ensnared a working-class mother who had dedicated her life to helping other undocumented immigrants.
“We don’t see this as immigration enforcement,” he said in an interview. “This is about targeting political opponents and using the force of your government to punish them.”
Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat of Colorado, called Ms. Vizguerra a “pillar of her community” and urged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to release her. The agency did not immediately comment on her case.
On Tuesday, lawyers for Ms. Vizguerra filed a legal challenge to her detention in federal court. Protesters and family members were keeping vigil outside the immigration detention center in the Denver suburb of Aurora where she was being held.
Ms. Vizguerra was the latest high-profile immigrant detained or deported by federal authorities as the Trump administration ramps up its immigration crackdown. While other cases rose to prominence for their involvement in Middle East controversies, Ms. Vizguerra may be the first to have gained attention for her immigrant-rights advocacy.
A Brown University professor and doctor with a valid visa was deported over the weekend after Homeland Security officials said she attended the funeral for a Hezbollah leader while on a trip to Lebanon. Earlier this month, a legal permanent resident who led campus protests at Columbia University over Israel’s war in Gaza was detained by immigration agents without any criminal charges, but nevertheless accused by the Trump administration of “siding with terrorists.”
Ms. Vizguerra’s supporters said she had spent years dreading — and preparing for — this moment.
A Mexican citizen, she crossed without authorization into the United States in 1997, found work as a house cleaner and janitor in Denver and had three American-born children, all citizens, according to court filings.
Her long, tangled saga with America’s immigration-enforcement system began in 2009 when she was pulled over in a traffic stop in the Denver suburbs.
The officer who pulled her over asked whether she was in the United States legally or illegally, and searched her bag after she declined to answer, according to legal papers later filed by her lawyers. The officer found a made-up Social Security number that she had used to apply for work, and Ms. Vizguerra was charged with misdemeanor identity theft. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 21 days in jail.
Ms. Vizguerra was then placed into removal proceedings, which she fought and appealed for years. In 2013, after she returned to Mexico to visit her dying mother, she was arrested on her return through Texas and convicted of illegal entry.
After five postponements of deportation, Mr. Trump was elected. And in early 2017, she fled to a church.
“My intuition,” Ms. Vizguerra said at the time, “tells me that if I go in, I’m not coming out.”
Politicians rallied to her case, and Time named her one of the most influential people of 2017.
More than seven years later, Colorado and Ms. Vizguerra are once more at the heart of the battle over immigration enforcement.
About 42,000 migrants arrived in Denver in recent years, many of them on buses sent by the governor of Texas at the height of the migration crisis. The influx strained Denver’s budget and city services and became fodder for the presidential campaign.
Mr. Trump made a series of exaggerated claims that Venezuelan gangs had overrun decrepit apartment buildings in Aurora. Earlier this month, Denver’s mayor was summoned to Congress by Republican lawmakers who accused him and other big-city Democrats of trying to flout Mr. Trump’s deportation efforts.
With Mr. Trump’s return to the White House, Ms. Vizguerra and her allies recognized that she was once again vulnerable.
“Her case is a huge miscarriage of justice,” said Hans Meyer, her former immigration attorney and friend of Ms. Vizguerra for 20 years.
Mr. Garcia, from the American Friends Service Committee, said that in recent months, Ms. Vizguerra had helped educate immigrants about their legal rights and prepare for the possibility of deportation by drafting a power of attorney. She had made similar preparations.
“She had to live her life and take care of her kids,” Mr. Garcia said. “If they can do this to Jeanette, they can do this to anyone.”
Fly shit and pepper stuff, dense, but extremely intuitive with smart charts.
Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won
This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”
…The story of this election is that people who follow the news closely, get their information from traditional media and see politics as an important part of their identity became more Democratic in absolute terms. Meanwhile, those who don’t follow politics closely became much more Republican…
…It is a real shift. This is the thing I am the most shocked by in the last four years — that young people have gone from being the most progressive generation since the baby boomers, and maybe even in some ways more so, to becoming potentially the most conservative generation that we’ve experienced maybe in 50 to 60 years…
…I think it’s really important to ground any discussion of the election in the simple fact that Donald Trump was just as unpopular on Election Day last year as he was in 2020, and maybe even a little bit more unpopular. But what changed is that Biden had a net favorability rating of plus six, and Harris had a net favorability rating of minus six….
….When we measure issues, we measure how important voters find it. Then we just measure: Do you trust Democrats or Republicans more on this issue?
What you see here is, if you look at the top issues that voters care the most about — cost of living, the economy, taxes, government spending, the deficit, foreign policy and health care — other than health care, where Democrats have a narrow lead, Republicans have massive trust advantages of about 15 points on all of the issues that voters care the most about.
The story that I would tell in response to your question is that in this election, voters trusted Republicans way more than Democrats on all of the most important issues, but they also bought into this idea that Donald Trump was a terrible person who couldn’t be trusted with power. That’s what made the election close.
…Asking the hard questions. I think that Democratic messaging last cycle was not economically focused enough. I think that it focused too much on narratives of defending institutions and democracy. And it’s just very easy for folks to fall into that trap.
serendipitously, the last comment in last thread from BiD:
but we digress, the real news of the day: the bracket!
2025 March Madness: Men’s NCAA tournament schedule, dates | NCAA.com
and John Oliver’s take on sports gambling
John Oliver discusses sports betting, how it became so popular, why it can be so damaging, and – of course – how toned John’s shoulders are. Very toned. According to him.
no colbert last night due to the games, so here’s kimmel
Donald Trump was walking around the White House grounds with Elon Musk’s son X, it was a terrible weekend of storms across several states and Trump bragged about winning his golf tournament during the disaster, he is planning to release the files related to the JFK assassination, he is claiming (without any proof) that Biden never actually signed his pardons making them void, we celebrate St. Patrick’s Day by playing the greatest local news story of all time, Jimmy’s son Billy let him know what he expects on St. Patrick’s Day, and we head out to the Farmer’s Market to ask kids about leprechauns!
There really has to be some way to arrest Elon and/or impeach Trump for treason
https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics/extremely-bad-tech-expert-issues-major-warning-about-new-elon-musk-scheme/ar-AA1B9nqj?ocid=socialshare&pc=ASTS&cvid=d7e0654b6e244846bad70965e40b17a8&ei=24
how* could we arrest Ellen? let us fantasize the ways, jamie:
*in what manner, that is
2025, using krasnov, has gutted the federal institutions that would normally provide controls to keep the executive from being a dictator/king. The Congress is controlled by fascists, the judicial is controlled by 2025, with a couple levels of good judges, and the executive branch is loaded with faux snooze idiots.
What is outside of 2025 control is krasnov eating habits and his drug abuse. That is if they are not beyond offing their useful idiot. Epstein used as an example of things that could upset the 2025 plans, alive he could have talked a lot.
It looks like the 2025 plan, as was announced a year ago, to overwhelm the system, works. It does require sfb to stay alive as he is the only one who can blunder about with a cult. Lose the cult, lose the power.
So, if krasnov starts having mini-strokes or worse the 2025 plans get shaky. We know that sfb is now just spouting what was fed to him, such as Ukraine soldiers surrounded by russians and he is going to save the day. There is so much more of the toddler being given a crown and scepter and adults do what he tells them to do. He already babbles nonsense, so more addled brain would not be noticed.
I think he was given the bad news of his impending health crisis when he “won” his latest championship and announced it would be his last. If I were a betting type I would start the office pool on vance getting a promotion in the next six months or less.
Yes, the bracket. And par for this state – Gov. Patrick Morrissey threatens legal action against the NCAA because WVU didn’t make the tournament on an at large bid. So sayeth Fox Sports. OK, WVU had a record much like UNC’s at 19-13 versus 22-13 for UNC, and UNC had a better away record than WVU, but WVU had 4 Quad 1 wins versus 1 for UNC, and a home record on par with UNC. Of course UNC had a tournament run and lost to Duke in the semis of the ACC. WVU lost in the first round of the Big 12 tourney to Colorado. Neither made the tournament. They have nothing to complain about.
And meanwhile Dumbass and Putin are going to talk about how much of the Donbas Russia will get to keep.
Jamie, i see a way for jail time. These judges need to lock up some people for contempt when they defy their orders.
Brought to you by The Pillage People
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/17/us/politics/doge-musk-institute-of-peace.html
This latest move to use US Marshals or DC police to invade independent agencies in their own buildings stinks to high heaven. Doesn’t the mayor of DC have some say so in use of police?
DOGE staff call police to access U.S. Institute of Peace’s D.C. headquarters after standoff
today’s meme…
This is how a dictator undermines the rule of law.
Cheapest eggs at my Safeway right now. In the week before Trump’s inauguration I paid $2.69, same store, same brand.
He shouldn’t mention DEMENTED CRIMINALS in his rage tweets (or whatever you call them). He is one.
If one of the groups known as Anonymous could hack tRUMPutin’s platform, instead of just jacking with X.
The syphilitic dementia (remember the red palms) seems to be getting worse.
Will the MAGAts follow JD? Nah.
The yt supremacist, Nick Fuentes, is no longer on the tRUMPsky train.
The podcaster who used to eat bugs and testicles for a living, Joe Rogan, is fading. If he didn’t care about some of his bro-base turning on him, I think he’d say he’s had enough, too.
Keep hammering at Republicans in the Senate, and contact anyone you know in FL to vote blue in April, if they are in a district with a special House election.
Take care of yourselves, friends, and community, as best you can.
Plant a victory garden. My tomatoes sprouted last night.
The eggs from Turkey were POTUS Joe’s deal. Every country tRUMPsky has asked for eggs has declined.
No eggs for Easter? ~It’s a war on Jesus~
Same price as the lowest at both Food Lion and Walmart (or within a couple of cents). Kroger has Eggland’s Best and Simple Truth for a dollar less at $4.79 & $4.99.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/c9vy3k4dpz0o
Israel launches waves of strikes on Gaza with more than 400 reportedly killed
Many people were having their pre-dawn meal, part of the Islamic holy month of Ramadan, when explosions started in Gaza, witnesses say.
This is the largest wave of air strikes in Gaza since the ceasefire began on 19 January. Talks to extend it have failed to reach an agreement.
Round up Bibi, Putin, and tRUMPsky, and put them on trial for war crimes. Just a thought.
“And meanwhile Dumbass and Putin are going to talk about how much of the Donbas Russia will get to keep.”
pogeaux, but zelenskyy has already promised to rename the region Donaldass Trumpland in his honor plus throw in Trump signage on all Ukranian gold domes. How’s BFF vlad gonna top that?
For baking, you can use ground flax in water, or Bob’s Red Mill makes egg replacer. It replaces 34 eggs for less than $6.00. You can also use pumpkin or banana or applesauce, depending on what you’re making.
Chuck Schumer is going to be on The View today, speaking of replacing.
Dictator Alert: Take note of Trump argument that the judge is not allowed to interpret this Alien Enemies Act. If Judicial Review falls there goes the rule of law. And that is their goal.
Schumer acquitted himself well on The View
BID, I’m hearing that first-hand from the long-time Austin-based listeners. They’re wondering out loud what the fuck happened to him? *
* they are disgusted by his latest guest choices.
Conan statement on renewing Oscar contract: “The only reason I’m hosting the Oscars next year is that I want to hear Adrien Brody finish his speech”
Eggs are largely symbolic on the Passover and Easter tables. You don’t have to actually eat them. Go with the fake plastic. Put some candy inside. Cadberry’s are good too.
If Chuck had made the case for not shutting down that he made on The View, he might’ve been able to go through with his book tour. Still not convinced it was the way to go, but if there was no exit strategy from a shutdown, then it makes sense…I guess.
But he’ll listen to SCOTUS if they rule against him?
https://www.newsweek.com/steve-bannon-warns-corporations-gamed-system-trump-tax-cuts-2040921
Bannon said in his Thursday episode, “I’m a huge supporter of these tax cuts: no tax on tips, no tax on overtime, no tax on Social Security for working class people.”
However, he continued: “I am not a fan of the corporate tax cut right now—the reason is they gamed the system last time,” he said of corporations under Trump’s 2017 Tax Cuts, which saw a cut in the corporate tax rate from 35 percent to 21 percent.
He argued that businesses didn’t take their savings and put it back into the market and economy, rather, they “made more money” for themselves through their equity packages.
Yep. Trickle-down economics is a scam. So, even Bananan@zi isn’t fully onboard?
Been pondering again while I putz around the house. This time is a continuation of yesterday thinking regarding the longevity of krasnov. We know he is the puppet to puttie the puppet master, who today put sfb on hold for the precious “call”. I would start wearing a kevlar neck scarf if I found myself on hold that way. Although 2025/heritage white supremacists plan to destroy America is well under way, perhaps they are thinking how to end it. Doing a slap down phone call is a big sign of something.
Hmmm, no rule if law…opens up military who hate what’s happening now (even if it’s because it’s not what they thought they were voting for) to taking care of this; round ‘em up.
BB – I wonder if Putin wouldn’t end Krasnov’s contract and pin it on some group/country to foment even more chaos.
https://www.newsweek.com/russian-tv-trump-shut-down-voice-america-2045867
“Russian TV Celebrates Trump’s ‘Awesome’ Move to Shut Down Voice of America”
RIP- Voice of America (Note: There were few outlets for information in the past, and the evildoers and Kremlin-cucks don’t own all of the platforms, plus, who knows would this administration push on VOA.)
He’s kinda like if Nero had gotten old.
He just keeps going lower. “Tucker Carlson Says Europe Would Be Better Off If Hitler Had Won WWII” https://www.comicsands.com/tucker-carlson-europe-hitler?utm_source=bluesky&utm_medium=infeed&utm_campaign=linkprogram
It escapes his mind that our army and navy would have been vanquished.
bId – I am sure any action would show up as the work of someone other than russians.
Our country was formed up by the army led by Georgie W. The Continental Congress folded the tent and hid.
coup coup ka-joob
chooga chooga chooga
it’s basically been 2 straight months of illegality (aka “crime”) from these overt nazi fucks, impeach depose rebuild
BiD is kind of taking the emotional hit for all of us by keeping tabs on these assholes, while people like me think “oh what can i do about it, might as well ignore it”
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Why are the Pillage People untouchable? It’s like we’re just waiting for the Vikings to land on shore and burn down the villages.
lol trump had adjudicated rapist and virulent racist Conor McGregor at the WH, he should be deported with Tren De Aragua (sp?)
Why are they untouchable? Because people are afraid of losing their livelihoods
…and the vikings have already landed, the villages are on fire
https://www.newsweek.com/watch-putin-laughs-upon-being-told-hes-running-late-trump-call-2046618
Russian president Vladimir Putin can be seen smiling and laughing when he was told that he’s running late for his highly anticipated call with President Donald Trump in a video circulating on X, formerly known as Twitter.
This is not the first time that Putin has kept a U.S. official waiting. He reportedly kept Trump’s envoy to the Middle East, Steve Witkoff, waiting for eight hours on March 13 as he met with Belarusian leader Alexander Lukashenko, according to Sky News.
The video of Putin laughing on Tuesday was posted by Pekka Kallioniemi, a nonresident research fellow at the International Centre for Defense and Security, who wrote on X, “Putin is making Trump wait again. They two leaders were supposed to have met already, but Putin is still at some conference. When Putin is reminded of the meeting, everyone starts laughing – they’re literally making fun of Trump and his convoy.”
In the video, Putin can be seen meeting with business representatives who are members of the Russian Union of Industrialists and Entrepreneurs congress, according to the Russian state news agency TASS.
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It’s such a d/ck move by Putin (who is one), but it’s giving such Schadenfreude, and that’s the best we can do until RussoRepublican Senators & Reps consciously uncouple from the Kremlin.
While our so-called president, sworn to faithfully uphold our laws, aids and abets the conflagration. If that ain’t impeachable, what else is?
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aiding_and_abetting
https://www.roadandtrack.com/news/a62919131/tesla-has-highest-fatal-accident-rate-of-all-auto-brands-study/
Tesla Has the Highest Fatal Accident Rate of All Auto Brands, Study FindsTesla vehicles suffer fatal accidents at a rate that’s twice the industry average, according to a new report.
The study was conducted on model year 2018–2022 vehicles, and focused on crashes between 2017 and 2022 that resulted in occupant fatalities. Tesla vehicles have a fatal crash rate of 5.6 per billion miles driven, according to the study.
The average fatal crash rate for all cars in the United States is 2.8 per billion vehicle miles driven.
The Tesla Model S has a rate more than double than average, at 5.8 per billion vehicle miles driven; meanwhile, the Tesla Model Y — the best-selling vehicle in the world has a fatal crash rate of 10.6, nearly four times the average.
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AI:
As of October 2024, there have been fifty-one reported fatalities involving Tesla’s Autopilot system, with many incidents attributed to the system’s failure to ensure driver attention and appropriate use. The National Highway Traffic Safety Administration has raised concerns about the safety of Autopilot, linking it to hundreds of collisions.
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Ha! More Teslas on fire at dealerships…and the dealerships have fireproof blankets in case those suckers catch on fire…for whatever reason.
Remember when Pintos caught on fire, several humans died, and it was all over the news???
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https://www.thedailybeast.com/maga-pol-justin-eichorn-who-introduced-bill-on-trump-derangement-syndrome-arrested/
The MAGA politician who introduced a bill classifying “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness has been arrested for allegedly soliciting a teen for sex. According to police, Minnesota state Sen. Justin Eichorn had arranged to meet someone who he thought was a 16-year-old girl for sex. Unbeknownst to him, he had been texting police, who arrested him when he arrived at the arranged meeting location. His arrest comes just a day after he and four other Republican state senators introduced a senate bill classifying “Trump Derangement Syndrome” as a mental illness. The purported syndrome has been used by Donald Trump and his supporters to dismiss and discredit his critics.
Mussolini finds his balcony (Kennedy Center yesterday)
…seems most people are resigned in my sphere. Heard about an upcoming local MAHA party (aka “measles party”, no bullshit), so that’s disturbing as fuck
John Roberts seems to have figured out that the title of “Chief Justice” in front of his name actually has some power attached.
https://www.cdc.gov/measles/downloads/measlesdataandstatsslideset.pdf
Measles remains a leading cause of vaccine-preventable infant mortality.
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https://newsnetwork.mayoclinic.org/discussion/expert-alert-measles-and-hearing-loss/
“The downstream effect of measles can be having insidious hearing loss in the 20s and 30s, having surgeries and then digressing to a point to where hearing aids may not work to the level they need a cochlear implant … all this could be prevented with timely vaccinations in childhood.”
*Measles parties are child abuse, IMO.
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/national-security/trump-admin-considers-giving-nato-command-exclusively-american-eisenho-rcna196503
“Trump admin considers giving up NATO command that has been American since Eisenhower”
*At Putin’s command, most likely. Seriously, it’s time for Congress (and maybe some cabinet members) to realize this isn’t just Project 2025 for the sake of yt rich men solidifying power, this is about turning over our country to Putin. Step TF up!
Schumer on All In and I can understand why he thinks he couldn’t risk a shut down. What I can’t understand is why there isn’t a mechanism to arrest Musk and his henchmen of DOGE for committing illegal acts such as these agency invasions,
cops tend to be right-wingers, that’s why they’re not enforcing the law
trump purged DoJ sooooo…
East Bumfuck is experiencing some wild ass climate change (even if NOAA can’t say it). Sunday the North Central Regional Airport (or whatever the hell they’re calling it these days) registered the highest wind gust ever at 71 mph, and tomorrow East Bumfuck will see a record 81 degrees Fahrenheit for March 19, with a slow slide back into a high the 40s over the next 10 days. They always say that’s just spring in WV. Maybe, but IT’S NEVER FUCKING HAPPENED BEFORE, asshole.
https://www.theatlantic.com/politics/archive/2025/03/putin-trump-ceasefire-proposal/682092/
https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/03/18/us/jfk-mlk-rfk-assassination-files
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/books/review/john-f-kennedy-assassination-conspiracy-theory.html
An undocumented woman in Denver who became a symbol of immigrant resistance during President Trump’s first term as she evaded deportation was arrested at work on Monday by federal immigration agents, her family and immigrant activists said.
Jeanette Vizguerra, 53, had been on her break at a Target store near Denver when immigration agents took her into custody, said Jordan Garcia, an immigrant-rights advocate with the American Friends Service Committee who has known Ms. Vizguerra for 15 years.
Recounting details of the arrest that Ms. Vizguerra had relayed to her family, Mr. Garcia said one of the agents told her, “We finally got you.”
Ms. Vizguerra drew national attention when, in early 2017, she packed her clothes and moved with her three youngest children into a church basement in Colorado, hoping that the sanctuary of a house of worship would protect her from Mr. Trump’s deportation plans. In 2021, she received a one-year stay of deportation from the Biden administration, but friends said Tuesday she was aware of her peril.
Her detention has already stirred a backlash from Colorado Democratic politicians and immigrant-rights supporters, who accused the Trump administration of trying to silence critics of its immigration crackdown.
Mayor Mike Johnston of Denver condemned Ms. Vizguerra’s arrest as a “Putin-style persecution of political dissidents” that had ensnared a working-class mother who had dedicated her life to helping other undocumented immigrants.
“We don’t see this as immigration enforcement,” he said in an interview. “This is about targeting political opponents and using the force of your government to punish them.”
Senator Michael Bennet, Democrat of Colorado, called Ms. Vizguerra a “pillar of her community” and urged U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement officials to release her. The agency did not immediately comment on her case.
On Tuesday, lawyers for Ms. Vizguerra filed a legal challenge to her detention in federal court. Protesters and family members were keeping vigil outside the immigration detention center in the Denver suburb of Aurora where she was being held.
Ms. Vizguerra was the latest high-profile immigrant detained or deported by federal authorities as the Trump administration ramps up its immigration crackdown. While other cases rose to prominence for their involvement in Middle East controversies, Ms. Vizguerra may be the first to have gained attention for her immigrant-rights advocacy.
A Brown University professor and doctor with a valid visa was deported over the weekend after Homeland Security officials said she attended the funeral for a Hezbollah leader while on a trip to Lebanon. Earlier this month, a legal permanent resident who led campus protests at Columbia University over Israel’s war in Gaza was detained by immigration agents without any criminal charges, but nevertheless accused by the Trump administration of “siding with terrorists.”
Ms. Vizguerra’s supporters said she had spent years dreading — and preparing for — this moment.
A Mexican citizen, she crossed without authorization into the United States in 1997, found work as a house cleaner and janitor in Denver and had three American-born children, all citizens, according to court filings.
Her long, tangled saga with America’s immigration-enforcement system began in 2009 when she was pulled over in a traffic stop in the Denver suburbs.
The officer who pulled her over asked whether she was in the United States legally or illegally, and searched her bag after she declined to answer, according to legal papers later filed by her lawyers. The officer found a made-up Social Security number that she had used to apply for work, and Ms. Vizguerra was charged with misdemeanor identity theft. She pleaded guilty and was sentenced to 21 days in jail.
Ms. Vizguerra was then placed into removal proceedings, which she fought and appealed for years. In 2013, after she returned to Mexico to visit her dying mother, she was arrested on her return through Texas and convicted of illegal entry.
After five postponements of deportation, Mr. Trump was elected. And in early 2017, she fled to a church.
“My intuition,” Ms. Vizguerra said at the time, “tells me that if I go in, I’m not coming out.”
Politicians rallied to her case, and Time named her one of the most influential people of 2017.
More than seven years later, Colorado and Ms. Vizguerra are once more at the heart of the battle over immigration enforcement.
About 42,000 migrants arrived in Denver in recent years, many of them on buses sent by the governor of Texas at the height of the migration crisis. The influx strained Denver’s budget and city services and became fodder for the presidential campaign.
Mr. Trump made a series of exaggerated claims that Venezuelan gangs had overrun decrepit apartment buildings in Aurora. Earlier this month, Denver’s mayor was summoned to Congress by Republican lawmakers who accused him and other big-city Democrats of trying to flout Mr. Trump’s deportation efforts.
With Mr. Trump’s return to the White House, Ms. Vizguerra and her allies recognized that she was once again vulnerable.
“Her case is a huge miscarriage of justice,” said Hans Meyer, her former immigration attorney and friend of Ms. Vizguerra for 20 years.
Mr. Garcia, from the American Friends Service Committee, said that in recent months, Ms. Vizguerra had helped educate immigrants about their legal rights and prepare for the possibility of deportation by drafting a power of attorney. She had made similar preparations.
“She had to live her life and take care of her kids,” Mr. Garcia said. “If they can do this to Jeanette, they can do this to anyone.”
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/us/immigrant-arrest.html
Fly shit and pepper stuff, dense, but extremely intuitive with smart charts.
Democrats Need to Face Why Trump Won
This is an edited transcript of an episode of “The Ezra Klein Show.”
…The story of this election is that people who follow the news closely, get their information from traditional media and see politics as an important part of their identity became more Democratic in absolute terms. Meanwhile, those who don’t follow politics closely became much more Republican…
…It is a real shift. This is the thing I am the most shocked by in the last four years — that young people have gone from being the most progressive generation since the baby boomers, and maybe even in some ways more so, to becoming potentially the most conservative generation that we’ve experienced maybe in 50 to 60 years…
…I think it’s really important to ground any discussion of the election in the simple fact that Donald Trump was just as unpopular on Election Day last year as he was in 2020, and maybe even a little bit more unpopular. But what changed is that Biden had a net favorability rating of plus six, and Harris had a net favorability rating of minus six….
….When we measure issues, we measure how important voters find it. Then we just measure: Do you trust Democrats or Republicans more on this issue?
What you see here is, if you look at the top issues that voters care the most about — cost of living, the economy, taxes, government spending, the deficit, foreign policy and health care — other than health care, where Democrats have a narrow lead, Republicans have massive trust advantages of about 15 points on all of the issues that voters care the most about.
The story that I would tell in response to your question is that in this election, voters trusted Republicans way more than Democrats on all of the most important issues, but they also bought into this idea that Donald Trump was a terrible person who couldn’t be trusted with power. That’s what made the election close.
…Asking the hard questions. I think that Democratic messaging last cycle was not economically focused enough. I think that it focused too much on narratives of defending institutions and democracy. And it’s just very easy for folks to fall into that trap.
https://www.nytimes.com/2025/03/18/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-david-shor.html
when the fly shit hits the fan, they’ll find out what it was really all about.
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