The Shallow State

Here's how they report on him in the UK, where their free press has a spine.

** JUST IN ** A federal judge in New York has ruled AGAINST Trump the tyrant and his private DOJ toy-thing, ruling that Maureen Comey was unlawfully fired, and must be retroactively reinstated. Trump responded that he is making a ton of money and Jon Husted has a great ass.

It's now official! If Trump wants to visit his buddy Jair Bolsonaro, he will have to do it in a Brazilian prison.

Summary of Trump speech today: high prices are short term - 1% El-Sayed is bad - 4% Greenland is ours - 5% nothing is his fault - 8% Omar is bad - 12% Dems want all trans - 15% Ass - 55%

I don't know whether it's going to be a wave or a tsunami, but I do know what color it will be.

Trump is Desperate. Enfeebled. Impatient. He's DEI now.

Trump's energy is erratic. He's desperate to put forth grandiosity. He is filled to the brim with malice and fear. He knows he's losing. And he is glitching up a storm.

NOBODY feels fear as acutely as a malignant narcissist facing an unraveling of their false and fraudulent constructs. They suffocate without their grandiosity. Diminishment. Paranoia. Enfeeblement. Mortality. He's in a narcissistic nightmare now.

When Elon Musk ordered the slowdown of the Starlink service for Ukraine, the impact of that was to hinder the early warning system Ukraine used to advise citizens of incoming attack so that they could get to safety as quickly as possible. I'm not an attorney. But how is this NOT facilitating murder?

Some might disagree, but I think it's only fair that all Data Centers should be located directly in the middle of the neighborhoods of billionaires, preferably white tech billionaires.

Hey farmers! We really do love you and appreciate what you do. But we're tired of bailing you out because you keep voting for the guy whose policies are failing you. STOP DOING THAT!

** JUST IN ** Michael Bloomberg is giving $80M to Dems for the midterms. His focus is ensuring a SIZABLE Dem majority in the House. Source: NYT

At this point, if you can't tell who the good guys are, you're probably not one of them.

"Donald Trump is oblivious to the collapse of his own presidency." - Sen. Jon Ossoff

For so many Republicans, support turned to doubt. Doubt turned to confusion. Confusion turned to annoyance. Annoyance turned to exhaustion. And exhaustion has now turned to disgust.

This tweet has long since been deleted by its author. I'm posting it as a source for anyone who needs it. It should remind us that malignant megalomaniacs often travel in the same nefarious circles but given the nature of megalomania, turn on each other. Thank you for your attention to this matter.

In 2014, Eric Trump said that the Trump Organization did not rely on American banks because "we have all the funding we need out of Russia." He didn't deny it right away, but he denies saying it now. I can see why.

GOP Rep. Don Bacon (NE) announced today that he and other GOP lawmakers WILL block Trump's lame-duck priorities, INCLUDING supplemental funding and reconciliation, due to his pausing of Russia sanctions, propping up Russia's economy, and betraying a democratic ally. Good for him!

The Trump administration is not sending Trump to Oklahoma because the race is tight. They're sending him to Oklahoma to get rid of him and keep him from campaigning in places where the race really IS tight. He is a net negative.

I shouldn't have to say this. You shouldn't have to hear it. We forget it, because we are subjected to MAGA idiocy - and they bitch non-stop that Trump said "no new wars," and he'd "lower prices." Let's remember the thing we shouldn't have to say: He ran for President to stay out of jail. PERIOD.

Katie Zacharia is out. She lasted less than a half of a Scaramucci. The head of lettuce I bought the day she was hired is still crisp. I think I'll have a salad for lunch.

My gut tells me that this is one election where which candidate spends the most amount of money won't matter much at all.

BOT TEST: We need more windmills. And, thank God for Obamacare.

BOT TEST: Zelensky and Carney are now the most powerful and respected leaders in the free world. And Fauci should win the next Nobel Prize in Medicine.

Most people don't realize its impact yet, but Zelensky did massive damage to the GOP by brilliantly, strategically, and effectively taking out Russia's major bot farm.

What's amazing about the fake Talarico story to me, is that Paxton is STILL too fearful to debate him.

How long before a MAGA influencer gets its conspiracy theories confused and accuses Talarico of being at an Atlanta Hawks game?

The fact that Russia has helped Iran - AND helped them target US troops, and yet Trump- while Russia struggles - just de-sanctioned the purchase of Russian oil, should be a MUCH bigger story. Like - a REALLY BIG story. Like - an "our President really IS a useful idiot" story.

Those who follow me, know I like to use alliteration. I was watching Markwayne Mullin speak this morning about ICE, awkwardly and defensively, apparently squeezing a stress ball, and thankfully, it led me to my Alliteration of the Day: Markwayne Mullin is a Moron.

The next time Trump shows up at a rally wearing those giant braces, buttresses, and other contraptions on his legs and backside, I hope an attendee shows up with a really powerful electromagnet and points it at him.

Today, Trump renewed his contention that he "deserves" a Nobel Prize. Shortly after that, he once again evidenced he had no idea how trade works or what a trade deficit is, suggesting we'd save $40B by not importing Swiss watches. Is there a Nobel Prize for Mathematical Idiocy?

The GOP has announced that after Oklahoma and Alabama, Trump's next campaign stop will be Antarctica.

I have to admit, I like seeing and hearing tons of Trump voters saying they regret their votes - here on social media, on TV, and elsewhere - but I'm frustrated that more voters interviewed aren't more focused on his constant lying, corruption, lying, ill health, lying, incompetence, or lying.

I wish we could take every Republican Trump-voting adult and strap them to a chair like Malcolm McDowell in A Clockwork Orange and make them watch a teleprompter slowly playing the text of Trump's interview with Time Magazine. It would be game over.

Anyone who reads Time's recent interview with Trump would clearly conclude that the biggest story on Earth, this day and every day, is that the President of the United States is seriously unwell and allowed to continue in office - unfit, untethered, and unchecked. Unbelievable.

After listening to Eric Schmitt today, I think it's high time we instituted a measure whereby - if a speaking lawmaker makes a brazenly false assertion, an airhorn warning goes off - and if they do it again or double down on it, the floor underneath them opens, swallows them up, and they disappear.

Jack Smith is professional, admirable and unflappable. His motivations are unimpeachable. His adherence to the Rule of Law is steadfast and refreshing. He has zero political rhetoric. He shows no personal or professional sensitivity. He communicates accurately. He would be an ideal attorney general.

So far, the highlights of the Jack Smith hearing from Republicans consist of them asking him whether he believes in the Easter Bunny, whether he attended a Hawks game, and calling him a dirtbag. We need to put the Republican Party out of ITS misery AND OURS in November.

I hope there's at least one patriotic American in Trump's senior employ who remembers to craft a master key to the bunker under the ballroom so we can forcibly remove him without much collateral demolishment.

Trump, preparing to board AF1 to Tennessee today, looking lumpy, ruddy, puffy, blotchy, stiff, hunched, loser-y, and disheveled.

Trump freaked out today over the well-documented story that FL Gov candidate Byron Donalds scrubbed Trump's name from his website to create distance. Of course, the story is real. When it broke there was side by side evidence. Besides, how did Trump even find out about it? NATALIE!! DO YOUR JOB!

Here's what I expect Xi is telling his close aides upon return: "It's as we suspected. They surround me with money and pageantry. He thinks everything that impresses him, impresses me. He is an oblivious and foolish man. There is great division there. Opportunity for us. We must watch closely."

I think we can safely conclude now that Scott Jennings' representation that he had a 20-minute conversation with Mitch McConnell in July, was an out-and-out lie.

Here's a new photo of the happy and vivacious couple, enjoying life, and privately contemplating how they can do more good for the world. True love is such a wonderful thing.

Xi is visiting, the UN is in session, the Free Press is under attack - all big stories - but THE biggest story on Earth today, is same as yesterday: The US President is seriously unwell and allowed to continue in office - unfit, untethered and unchecked. Unbelievable. Unfathomable. Unacceptable.

Every loss for Trump is a win for America. He does NOT prioritize the best interests of the American people - he's unable to do so, pathologically. He is trying to sell the word America while he ushers in an era of Un-America. He IS the Anti-American.

I fantasize that when we get to 3 weeks before the midterms, we start hearing the phrase: "No Republican seat is safe."