21 thoughts on “Lazy Nation Rising”

  4. Good luck, Pat, you have a lot on your plate. Let us know if we can help. Keep us up to date!

  6. The pair of them must be lying about their medical statuses. I don’t believe either one is the picture of health.

  8. https://www.huffpost.com/entry/senate-genius-act-democrats-trump_n_682bb847e4b0dc52ee2c2135

    Democrats Get On Board With Crypto Bill, Dismiss Concerns About Trump Corruption

    The Senate is advancing crypto-friendly legislation the same week Trump hosts a dinner for buyers of his meme coin.

    The Senate voted 66-32 to proceed to the legislation, with 16 Democrats in favor and two Republicans against.

    The bill had been set to pass earlier this month but Democrats voted no as Sen. Elizabeth Warren (D-Mass.) raised alarms about Trump’s ethically dubious plans to host a private dinner for the biggest buyers of his meme coin.

    Now the bill is back, with modest changes, but it still contains no ban on Trump selling crypto from the White House. Sen. Mark Warner (D-Va.), one of the lead negotiators on the recent changes, signaled earlier on Monday it was the best they could do.

    Warner voted for the bill along with fellow Democratic Sens. Angela Alsobrooks (Md.), Lisa Blunt Rochester (Del.), Catherine Cortez Masto (Nev.), John Fetterman (Pa.), Ruben Gallego (Ariz.), Kirsten Gillibrand (N.Y.), Maggie Hassan (N.H.), Martin Heinrich (N.M.), Ben Ray Luján (N.M.), Jon Ossoff (Ga.), Alex Padilla (Calif.), Jacky Rosen (Nev.), Adam Schiff (Calif.) and Elissa Slotkin (Mich.).

    “This week should be about two things: Republicans in Congress doing a smash and grab to gut Medicaid to give huge tax breaks to billionaires, and Donald Trump accepting massive bribes in the form of crypto payments and multi-million dollar jets,” Levin said. “Instead of that clear message, a handful of Senate Dems decided they’d rather do a big favor for the crypto industry and legitimize an avenue for Trump to collect bribes.”

    In a floor speech on Monday, Warren said the bill essentially legitimizes the industry Trump is using for his own self-enrichment, noting one industry analysis found the law would vastly expand the market for stablecoins.

    “It is fitting that we are voting on the GENIUS Act just a few days before President Trump hosts a private intimate dinner and a VIP White House tour for the top investors in his meme coin — many of whom remain anonymous,” Warren said.

    “And, for this first time in American history, it also makes our president – Donald Trump – the regulator of his own financial product,” Warren said.

  9. Set your alarms for 1am EDT, because The tRUMPublican Bill to Screw Americans will be in rules for mark-up. Hmmm, why don’t they feel like they can do the deed in broad daylight?

  12. Love that one RR. That one irks me almost most of all. Because thanks to Obama my Dad got (successful) cancer treatment near the house, and would have had to go to Tampa every day before Orlando VA got its own.

  13. I truly would like to take a sabbatical and not pay attention to every insane thing coming out of that man’s mouth. Sadly, we cannot afford to turn our backs to him because he is so untrustworthy and dangerous.

  14. One Thing Helping Trump’s Approval Rating: Some People Are Not Paying Attention
    President Trump’s strategy to “flood the zone” may be working to keep his approval rating from sinking even lower. Voters who have not heard much about some of the many major news events from the first 100 days of Mr. Trump’s second term have a higher opinion of the job he is doing, according to the latest New York Times/Siena College poll. A little under half of the 42 percent of voters who approved of the job Mr. Trump is doing as president said they had not heard much about at least some of the ups and downs of his administration’s decisions.

    https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2025/05/18/polls/trump-job-approval-news-attention.html

  15. Something important is that no one in the VA medical centers, staff or patients, talks about sfb and his attacks on the VA system. We are quite used to not talking from years of practice. We know that the VA and military are what he hates and wants destroyed. We know how to communicate too.

  16. Now that the 2028 presidential race is underway I am thinking of a lot of things. Why the losses in the past? Why the wins in the past? What will American voters, especially those that did not vote, want?

    Hoowhee. So much going on, but one thing we saw from 2020 was Americans wanted a stable and sane president. He was everything the liberal wing did not want, old white male politician.

    I am seeing two old white male politicians grabbing headlines. Bernie, no chance, and Tim Walz, kick the fascists out. 20MAY25 my bet is on Tim doing the job.

  17. BB – Orange Adolf has never beat a man in a presidential race…and I have my doubts as to whether or not he beat Harris. Not sure there will even be a 2028 election, and highly doubtful there won’t be monkey business if there is one.

  19. Good. I’m ready for some litigation that shines a light on Dodo’s malfeasant response to the covid pandemic.

    The Justice Department has opened a criminal investigation of Andrew M. Cuomo, a front-runner in the New York City mayoral race, after Republicans accused him of lying to Congress about decisions he made during the coronavirus pandemic as governor, according to two people familiar with the matter.

    – NYT

    https://www.nytimes.com/2025/05/20/us/politics/andrew-cuomo-investigation-doj.html

  20. Since covid and amid trumpism, my impetus had been warning of potential dangers- no one listened, the danger is here

    …still reading everyone’s posts, though, keep it up 👍

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