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Now, Sis. Let's not go overboard. My point was very specific. Cornyn and Tillis are shoving a stick up Trump's ass where it actually hurts ........... his greed, and his grifting. Even if Blanche is confirmed , there's already a little tear in Trump's fat disgusting ass because they used Blanche. Basically to get revenge. And/or hold a little bit of the Trump grift and barely legal Trump crime in check. I'm not saying these guys are heroes. It's more accurate to say they are political whores who want their pound of flesh in revenge. But when it's Republicans doing it, and the pound of flesh comes out of Trump's fat disgusting ass, it is fun to watch. It will be interesting to see what Blanche does. As far as Clayton goes, like I said, with Trump there is always plenty of shit to go around. Which piece of shit would you prefer to eat? Tulsi Gabbard is a sad embarrassment. And I'm guessing whether they voted for him or against him, Clayton was a slightly less smelly piece of shit than Pulte. But I think we know with Trump, you are going to be eating shit. Period. And we agree. Most of them are dutiful shit eaters. I have a slightly different take than you. Some of these Republicans have to eat shit just so they can lose a general election. Half of them probably would fucking love it if they could put Trump's head on a pike. At least Tillis and Cornyn get the small loser's pleasure of a taste of revenge. But, of course, even the revenge tastes like shit. The whole thing is just a massive piece of shit. And the legacy for Trump, and America, will be shit. The question is whether, and how long, it takes to scrape away the shitty reputation and image of the US once the piece of shit is actually gone. For now, it just gets worse.

Thanks you for posting that. Boy is this a sign of the times. A great unifying sport is degraded, so that Donald Trump and the Kushners can get rich. Meanwhile, kudos to Mexico and Canada. Sheinbaum and Carney both outclassed Trump. Sheibaum gave her tickets away and made it about young Mexican women soccer players getting a chance. And Carney simply evoked what was said above. It's a great world sport. No wonder they are loved and admired in a way the greedy narcissistic piece of shit Trump never will be. Trump probably thinks the clever grifting compensates for that. But of course it doesn't.

That will be interesting to watch. Maybe they have something like he raped somebody. But I doubt it. We'll all learn soon. Jackson is almost the anti-Planter. He is a legitimate 5th generation logger from Maine. No one disputes this. In Oregon, Democrats started to lose loggers decades ago because of things like protecting the spotted owl. He started his political career as an anti-choice Republican. Fast forward and as Maine Senate President, he helped oldster Dem Guv Janet Mills shepherd through some pro-choice bills after the takedown of Roe v. Wade. It would be a bit like saying he is one of those anti-same sex marriage Democrats (think Barack Obama, Joe Biden, Bill Clinton, and Hillary Clinton) who changed along the way. Largely because we, the LGHTQ community, and our allies changed the political environment. I will keep saying this until I die. I am so proud to be a Gay man. We literally won the battle not of a year, or a decade, or a century. To paraphrase Jeb Bush, we changed millenia of history. Jeb Bush never got it. The Democrats above and Troy Jackson did. My point is he seems almost perfect. If the point is to run real working class candidates who have been vetted, who do know how politics work, and who have had a relatively successful career, he seems like the real thing. Platner was not that. He was an outsider and charismatic guy chosen by some crappy young political operatives who took himself down. From what I have read arguably Jackson's biggest problem is he has zero rizz. That may help explain why he lost two primaries: one for US House years ago, one for Guv this year. So that in itself will be interesting. Susan Collins herself isn't exactly charismatic. But hopefully it means he has 100 days to run a campaign about what Mainers care about most. Which is probably not charisma. If he can avoid making himself the issue, or letting Republicans make him the issue, he could win. The Platner thing was messy. But in the end what it does say is that some Democrats don't want sleazy guys like Trump to be their leader. That's arguably a plus.

I'll add this video, which I found to be a very amusing take on Trump's grift. The stuff about Newsom is later in that 21 minute video. The stuff about Trump's grift is the first 6 minutes. I have a love/hate thing for Mark Halperin. I feel strongly that he did the best job of any journalist covering the 2024 election. If Kamala Harris had spent an hour a day watching his 2way about what regular people were saying about Kamala Harris and Democrats, she might have won. This matters a lot. Trump won in 2024 because some 2020 Biden/Harris voters switched to Trump in 2024. And some Zoomers who'd never voted before were pissed at Biden/Harris and voted for Trump. At a minimum, we need them back in 2028. Halperin did help me understand why people we need in 2028 (and 2026) voted in a way I detest in 2024. This is not my opinion. This is math. Since Trump won, I rarely watch Halperin. I wouldn't say he is pro-Trump. But it seems clear he doesn't want to piss off Trump. At least not too much. Trump probably answers the phone anytime Halperin calls. That plays into his comments here. So Halperin starts with a dig at Hollywood liberals and Trump Derangement Syndrome. (After his funny dig at Woody Harrelson for smoking lots of pot.) If somebody is going to be a big old drama queen, I suppose it should be a Hollywood liberal. And Edward Norton will do. Maybe in her next life Miss Graham will come back as a Hollywood liberal woman. Then she can be the drama queen in a dress and high heels that Mark Halperin accuses of TDS. The funny thing is that Halperin then confirms that everything the deranged Hollywood liberals are saying is true. Maybe deranged Hollywood liberals say it with a bit more drama, or higher heels, than Halperin would. Funnier still, the person confirming that everything the deranged Hollywood liberals are saying about Trump's grift is true is ............................... Donald Trump, probably, Halperin is describing first person what Trump says about Trump's own grift. And it's probably a good guess that Halperin is talking about what Trump has told Halperin, when Halperin asked Trump about Trump grift. And Halperin - and Trump - are probably right. It may bulldoze any norm anyone ever had. But it probably is not illegal. After all, that's what lawyers are for. They are almost as useful as high heels. 🤔

Sorry, but that's SO disrespectful of one of the greatest women of our time. My hope is that The Divine Miss Graham gets to prove Ginger Rogers was right. If not in this life, at least in the life beyond. First, let's review one of Miss Graham's most dramatic performances in this life. Remember, this has always been a woman of high principle. It would have been wrong to confirm Garland right before an election. Which is why she voted to confirm Barrett right before an election. Principles count. My hope is that in the next life, Miss Graham gets to to redo everything she did in this life. Except next time, let her be free. Like Ginger Rogers, let her do it backwards, and in a dress! (For specific fashion advice regarding her dress, please consultant my Younger And More Fashionable Sister In Cock.)

I'm JD Vance. And I approve this message. Hell, maybe JD would get us out of Trump's New Forever War. And speaking of assassinating Trump, who in God's name would think of such a thing? Iran, perhaps? God knows why! Iranian threat to Air Force One prompted the plane swap at NATO summit It's such a perfect metaphor for what's wrong with the grifting piece of shit's self-destructive behavior. Apparently a badly designed Forever War is fine, as long as its shiny and new and Trump's. Who cares if we lose, and it destroys America's image? Same for Air Force One. Why lick Trump's ass when you can just give him a shiny new plane? Even if it makes it easier for some Iranian surrogate to blow him out of the sky? I wonder if Iran will kill The Genocide Jew. Then we can all have a discussion about whether The Genocide Jew was a good guy or not. And how effective Israel was at trying really hard to not to kill the 70,000+ Palestinians they killed, including tens of thousands of women and children. Who no doubt would appreciate how hard The Genocide Jew tried not to kill him. If they were still alive. My hope is The Genocide Jew and Yasser Arafat get to burn in hell chained together for eternity. That's not a bad thing to say. Is it? 🤔 One of the best indicators of what a self-destructive and America destroying piece of shit Trump is is that he let another grifter like The Genocide Jew talk him into another Forever War. Israel and the US deserve what we are getting. The rest of the world does not. I'm not defending Iran. And I could care less whether they kill Trump or not. If they do, it won't surprise me. But I have no love for Gay murdering theocrats. I'd be surprised if Iran kills Trump. The theocrats will probably gain more power by just continuing to slowly humiliate him. Again, Trump did this to himself. And America. And the world.

Fair enough, my Unquestionably Younger And More Beautiful Sister In Cock. 😍 We know when Trump is involved, there is always plenty of shit to go around. When I was a young activist type spending lots of time on Capitol Hill, someone had the courtesy to anonymously put this Chinese fortune on my office mail inbox: "In youth and beauty, wisdom is rare." These days, let's just say that in an "ogre on a pike" competition with Haley Stevens, maybe I would win. 😱 So maybe that means I am a bit wiser these days? Only a darling sister can judge that. Just like only I can judge and appreciate your eternal - how many decades has it been? - grace and beauty. But I digress. Back to John and Tom. That's a very specific legislative, or legal, goal. We'll see whether he and Tillis get it, or chicken out. My guess is it's gonna be a win for Cornyn and Tillis. Trump primaried them out or drove them out. So they have nothing to lose. Other than the small pleasure of feeling the pike going right up the stinky ass of the ogre if they chicken out. We'll see. But speaking of age, I'll reinforce the point that this is a footnote for the history books. It confirms that even Republican Senators who don't have to worry about being primaried out agree with us, Sis. Trump is a grifting piece of shit. It also confirms Trump is a dumb ass loser. If Tillis and Cornyn were on the ballot, they would both likely win. Cooper winning North Carolina is likely, and a minimum requirement for a Democratic Senate. Talarico winning is unlikely. But if he does win it likely means a Democratic Senate. Trump did this to himself. Whatever price he pays with Tillis and Cornyn will be small ball compared to the sticks a Democratic Senate will shove up the grifter's ass. Time will tell. Maybe wisdom will prevail. 😉

Cornyn wants Trump IRS settlement rewritten before voting for Blanche I just love it! It's one thing when I, or my dearest and most darlingest Sister In Cock, talk about how Trump is a lying raping grifting piece of shit. We just get accused of Trump Derangement Syndrome. But when John Cornyn politely - or not so politely - takes the stinky bile of shit from Trump's own fat disgusting ass and shoves it down Trump's grifting raping lying throat, it's just a fact. Cornyn is saying Trump is, in fact, a grifting piece of shit. Tom Tillis is the same way these days. He got in trouble with Trump for saying Trump was a piece of shit in so many ways. Which most Republican Senators believe, but are too pussy and unprincipled to say. But Tillis would say it. And now he'll say it more. And, yeah. When Cornyn or Tillis take a stick and shove it up Trump's ass, it's not the same as when Trump rapes America. Or Canada. Or the world. They have nowhere near Trump's power. Or ability to stick around and keep raping and grifting. But it is still satisfying to see the stick go straight up Trump's ass. And to see Trump whine like the little raping grifting bitch he is. Just imagine what the whining little bitch is gonna sound like if Democrats take the House or Senate. That grifting bitch Trump is gonna whine like a baby. Better still, history will record that the whining raping grifting little bitch was ...................... how do I put this delicately? ---------------------- a whining raping grifting piece of shit. In his own small way, Cornyn is writing a little piece of that history. Give me James Talarico, and I will really love ya John. I mean, it's not like Ken Paxton is a grifter or anything. It's just that I think Talarico is pretty. 🫢

Okay. But then I should change the title of the thread, from "Go fuck yourself" to "Come fuck me". 😉

Fine. Be that way, Sis. I guess I'll just have to settle for Tom Holland then. Or Robert Irwin. Or both. 😉

I've always felt there are two things in life we simply can't have enough of. Bubbles, and snowflakes.

TMI. But if we are going for the man boy type, I'd take Tom Holland over Barron, thank you. Tom Holland is shorter, prettier, and seemingly a nice guy. Anne Hathaway just complimented him by saying she hopes her sons grow up to be like Tom Holland. Aw, shucks! Wonder how many people say they want their son to grow up to be like Barron Trump?

I actually feel sorry for him. Granted, he'll be rich and famous his whole life. And maybe he'll end up being a cold narcissistic snob like his Dad and Mom. Who knows? Who cares. I was curious so I checked. There is an imaginary internet rebuke from Meryl Streep after he made an imaginary insult to her ("Sit down, 76 year old!) He was kicked off Steven Colbert's show - again, in someone's imagination. So it's internet crap where, if anything, they are just using Barron - who is an adult now - to take digs at his asshole Dad. It is so much easier in my mind to use Genocide Jew wannabe Jared to take digs at Trump. Jared the Genocide Jew wannabe, along with Steve Witless, is the one dragging the US and world into a genocide war or two we didn't ask for and don't want. The Genocide Jew wannabe Jared, like his Dad, is an actual piece of shit who deserves to be called out for being a grifting piece of shit, like his Dad and father-in-law. Can poor Barron escape from all this? Does he want to? Or would he prefer to revel in grifting and narcissism? Time will tell. There are two things I have heard that I kind of like about Barron. First, he's a big soccer fan. That just makes him sound normal. Second, he apparently helped turn his Dad on to these manosphere internet types like the Nelk Boys and Theo Von, who his Dad used to get young guys pissed off at Bidenflation to vote for him. Whether that is actually Susie Wiles cleverly giving Barron credit, who knows? But it makes Barron sound like he is both smart, and a smart ass. Who would have thought? 😉

Maybe he just likes the sign behind him. THE STAGE IS YOURS. Poor Donald. The stage is burning. And he can't figure out how to avoid killing thousands (if not more) US soldiers to avoid a humiliating defeat. The poor incompetent piece of shit is on a burning stage, and the world laughs at his recklessness and stupidity. And is horrified by his genocidal wishes. Hope Barron at least is having fun.

Well, we agree on almost everything. But not this. Personally, I always find it refreshing when people refrain from making asses out of themselves. 😜 Besides, he really does have a nasty bite.

The ‘hopeless, bad people’ just won Donald Trump's World Cup The U.S. president has relentlessly targeted Spain. Its soccer stars just had the last laugh. I'm looking at the bright side. At least Donald learned some Spanish. loser [(British) ˈluːzəʳ, (US) ˈluzər ] noun (= person) perdedor (perdedora) m/f (= card) carta f perdedora he’s a born loser siempre sale perdiendo ⧫ es un perdedor nato to be a bad loser no saber perder ⧫ tener mal perder And congrats to Spain!

Just asking for a friend Steve Bannon is NOT invited to the 3way, is he? Truly, maybe I should take your place Sis. We don't want you to feel exhausted.

Can't wait. 😁 (I'm invited, right Sis?) Some of this stuff is just funny it is so pathetic. The 27 year old ad maker who helped spawned Platner and bragged about looking down on working class idiots is an idiot, in fact. His career is over - at least for a while. But some of the so called "pro's" are almost as bad. I think it is generally considered the status quo that Haley Stevens in Michigan is not a great candidate. This is coming from "mainstream" people like Mark Halperin and Jim Carville. Who are in fact very good judges of these things. So they say that she is a mediocre candidate. And then in the next breath they fret about how we can't nominate some "progressive" or "extreme left wing" or "socialist" type. Even though ................ wait for it ............. the polls consistently show El-Sayed doing slightly better than Stevens against Rogers. Who is probably the most formidable candidate the GOP is running in a state Democrats absolutely need to win to have a prayer of a Senate majority. I assume the thought process is that once you get a democratic socialist like Mamdani on the ballot, it's a sure thing he will drag Democrats down. 🤔 And that turned out to be true. Mamdani did drag Dan Goldman and a lot of other solid Democrats down. Poor things! My trip down memory lane with Wellstone is partly based on this. In the 1980's Reaganomics ruled. And Democrats in Minnesota kept running these Establishment types that kept losing Senate and Guv races. Wellstone was generally viewed as the last person in Minnesota who could actually take a Republican out. And yet he was the one who took a Republican out. And what he started really has not stopped in Minnesota, thanks in part to some very committed activists who organized like crazy to continue his legacy. Even the moderate Democrats like Klobuchar pay homage to Wellstone and his grassroots movement as if he were a God. More important, Tim Walz - who got his start at Camp Wellstone - has proven that Wellstone-y Democrats can govern. Yeah, he's had a scandal. But it has not tarnished the chances of other Democrats who will likely take the Guv and Senate races. The best case scenario in my mind is that enough of these left wingers win that they prove they can both win, and govern competently. Mamdani is off to a pretty good start. But as I noted in my prior post, it is a fact that actual working class people and Blacks are NOT voting for these left wing types. So if Democrats or democratic socialists really think this is a ticket to power after Trump, there is a lot of work to be done. (Side note, since I mentioned Walz. I read that when he interviewed for Veep he told Team Harris he was NOT a good debater. He's not, and it's good he knows that. Kamala absolutely clobbered Trump in their one debate. That debate Walz did with Vance was when momentum started to shift away from Harris. She commented in her book that she did not think he did a great job. Meanwhile, we now know she really wanted Pete Buttigieg on the ticket. And his mouth is arguably even more skilled than yours, Sis. 🤪 Albeit in a different way. No one would argue the choice of Veep would have made a difference. But it is an interesting historical woulda coulda shoulda.)

I'm getting more excited about this race. It seems winnable. There is a lot of enthusiasm, for sure. Maine Democrat Shenna Bellows drops out of race to replace Graham Platner She ended her Senate bid on Sunday as rival Troy Jackson consolidated support in the state’s delegation selection process. I know very little about the top three candidates trying to take Platner's place. Other than they have all run for and/or won statewide office with credible campaigns. And they all have good government and/or legislative experience. I think Bellows would have been fine. But the fact that Troy Jackson and his organized supporters, including unions and rural working class people, clobbered Bellows mightily and quickly bodes well for what Susan Collins has in store for her, I hope. Top five things Graham Platner discussed when he dropped out: 1. My grievances. 2. My grievances. 3. My grievances. 4. My grievances. 5. My grievances. Top five thinks Shenna Bellows discussed when she dropped out: 1. Unifying around a shared goal. 2. Unifying around a shared goal. 3. Unifying around a shared goal. 4. Unifying around a shared goal. 5. Unifying around a share goal. I set up my monthly contributions to Jackson on ACT Blue last night. He is not quite the nominee yet, but it looks inevitable. I'm hoping for El-Sayed in Michigan. But I'll support whoever the Michigan Democratic nominee us. I see winnable races in Georgia, Michigan, Maine, Alaska, Ohio, Iowa, and - one can always hope - Texas. The only one I am not giving to is Cooper in North Carolina, since if he can't win none of these people can. Our Genocide grifting raping price hiking POTUS is such a miserable piece of shit that even with all our own problems, and with Trump's right wing SCOTUS rigging the vote by only letting Republicans gerrymander, Democrats ought to be able to do this. We've done it before.

And speaking of foolish ,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,, This has now been said so much that it's getting old. But Trump is saying that the national elections that happened when Obama and Biden were President were run fair and square, since he won. But the national election he ran as President was crooked, since he lost. What does that tell us about Trump? I wish the media would ask Trump to explain that every day for the rest of his crooked incompetent term.

And they don't say a word about his grifting children, do they? Of course, the worse is his son in law. We are literally fighting or supporting two Genocide Wars so that Tender Jared can grift and cheat, just like his Daddy did. But it gets even better. We get the Genocide Jew's grifting and warmongering as an added bonus. Make America Grift Again!

Troy Jackson sounds like one of them. Susan Collins might be in big trouble. This guy was a legislative leader in the state and has a strong union base, which he clearly has organized. And which he will need to win. And he sounds very down to earth. Troy Jackson jumps out to big lead in race to replace Graham Platner in Maine The progressive logger and lawmaker dominated Maine Democrats’ Saturday county meetings to pick a replacement for Platner.

The saddest delusion is that Trump somehow thinks he can wiggle his way out of this without making it an even bigger loss for the US. But since most MAGA people see it as a victory, Trump can and will go on deluding himself. It seems pretty clear that Iran is now trying to goad Trump into a ground war so the bloodbath and the humiliation can get bigger still. And Trump is stupid enough to do it, probably.

That's a different thread. But I agree, Sis. With an asterisk. Blame AIPAC. AIPAC halts fundraising for endorsed House Democrats who opposed Israel aid So we now have AIPAC disavowing Nancy Pelosi. Nancy Pelosi! Who like most Democrats has been a fervent supporter of Israel's right to exist. I like what Pelosi said. I blame AIPAC for turning into Genocide PAC. I blame Netanyahu for being a Genocide Jew. And Trump is for the genocide. God help us in terms of what these maniacs decide to do next. Trump has turned the US into a global pro-genocide laughing stock. China wins while the US and Russia conduct or condone genocides. I watched an interesting interview of Ro Khanna and Tom Massie yesterday. Khanna claimed that Israel was the real deciding factor in some of these recent House election wins by lefties. He said the defeated House members were not thrown out because of their support for health care, or housing, or affordability. It was about Israel. Pretty boy Dan Goldman is probably the poster child example of why Khanna is right. I don't live in Maine. So I have no idea how much, if any, impact it has on this election. But Pelosi is right. A powerful message was sent. Democrats are sick of the genocide. And a lot of those Democrats are liberal American Jews and Israeli human rights organizations.

I think this article answers the OP's question. A complete fucking idiot, who is now discredited, vetted Platner. ‘Professional malpractice’: The Platner fallout engulfs the operatives who made him A string of early missteps, like rejecting an offer for a deeper vetting of Platner, has cast doubt over his young consultants’ future in Democratic politics. The more people are looking under the hood, the more we learn that pretty much everything about this is wrong. Platner himself is no working class hero. He came from a well off family and sold oysters to his Mom's restaurant. Which is a well off restaurant by Maine down to earth standards. His Dad was an affluent attorney. Nothing wrong with that. But not what most people would call "working class." Probably the most respectable part of Platner's background was his military service. But some of the things he did there were questionable. Like the alleged Nazi tattoo. As a point of comparison, Pete Buttigieg is ranked #2 or #3 in the polls for Democratic nominee for President in 2028. You do hear about his military service. You don't hear about his Nazi tattoo. You know he is a nice Gay guy with a hubby and kids. No sexual assault allegations, either. Dan Moraff, the now discredited piece of shit consultant who delivered Platner to us well meaning progressives, is himself accused of sexual hanky panky. Rep. Summer Lee, a true progressive and member of Congress, banned Moraff from her 2022 campaign after three allegations of sexual misconduct against him. This is the part of the Politico article I find most disturbing In other words, just make up bullshit. Which is basically an insult to working class voters. The silver lining on this cloud is this is an idea that deserves to be discredited. Platner's likely replacements are all people who have actual legislative or government experience. And at least some of them have a long history of fighting for the working class, This may help explain why the favorability rating of Democrats right now is still a bit lower than Republicans in most polls. Mamdani won young voters for sure. But Cuomo won the working class and Black vote. I'm all for Mamdani. But Democrats (or democratic socialists) still have work to do in convincing actual working class voters that we are the party of affordability and growth. Most of my experience with actual US Senators has been in lobbying them as a left-wing housing and anti-redlining activist decades ago. But I was very lucky to watch two people actually rise out of nowhere and nothing to become US Senators. Paul Wellstone was a lefty college professor who spent decades working on activist causes. He lost a statewide race, before he was able to get elected to the Senate. I met Jeff Merkley when he and his wife lived in what would be considered a slummy apartment in the worst part of Portland, Oregon. He ran the local Habitat for Humanity. He agreed to help me build Portland's first citywide affordable housing alliance to take on banks for redlining. Both of these guys spent years or decades working among the grassroots and building networks and experiences and victories. They did not have to prove they were from, among, and for the working class. I feel very lucky to have known them. Like other Democrats such as Sherrod Brown, they can accurately be described as tireless champions who fought hard for the working class long before they ran for office. If the Democratic Party wants to run people like that, there are plenty of them. And they have the passion and skills to win. That is what the Democratic Party and Chuck Schumer and Hakeem Jeffries should do. It should not depend on some dip shit 27 year old ad maker bragging at a fashion designer's glitzy party in Manhattan. Or some guy accused of sexual misconduct recruiting some other guy accused of sexual misconduct. Rant over and out.