It won’t work in the end….
But Trump, a convicted criminal, and Co. ….
ARE trying everyday to rewire history and enact revenge against the law and legal system…..
“Why attack universities? Why attack journalism? Because ignorance works for power. First, make the truth seekers live in fear. Sue the journalists. For nothing. Then send masked agents to abduct a college student, a writer of her college paper who wrote an editorial supporting Palestinian rights, and send her to a prison in Louisiana and charge her with nothing. Then, move to destroy law firms that stand up for the rights of others.”
“With that done, power can rewrite history. With grotesque, false narratives, they can make heroes criminals and criminals heroes. And they can change the definition of the words we use to describe reality. ‘Diversity’ is now described as ‘illegal.’ ‘Equity’ is to be shunned. ‘Inclusion’ is a dirty word. This is an old playbook, my friends…”
— Scott Pelley, in a commencement address at Wake Forest
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“Donald Trump wants to ‘dictate’ policies like those of far-right regimes in the 1930s, a leading billionaire investor has warned,” The Guardian reports.
“Ray Dalio writes in a new book that the US president is acting like a chief executive without a board as he seeks to expand executive power even more aggressively than predecessors Andrew Jackson and Franklin D Roosevelt.”
Writes Dalio: “When I say that the policies President Trump is using to ‘make America great again’ are remarkably like the policies that those of the hard-right countries in the 1930s used, that should not be controversial.”
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New York Times: “Mr. Trump’s directives have so far hit a stubborn snag. Few, if any, of those singled out have done anything to invite conventional prosecutorial scrutiny, much less committed prosecutable crimes to warrant an indictment under federal law.”
“But a Trump loyalist, given new, vague and possibly vast power, has found a workaround.”
“In recent days, Ed Martin, the self-described ‘captain’ of the Justice Department’s ‘weaponization’ group, made a candid if unsurprising admission: He plans to use his authority to expose and discredit those he believes to be guilty, even if he cannot find sufficient evidence to prosecute them — weaponizing an institution he has been hired to de-weaponize, in the view of critics.”
Afternoon All….
New Open Thread is HERE.…
Just finished the prologue of the Coppins Romney book….
Interesting….
Hope you enjoy!
So far we get a human view of a iconic GOPer US Senate who discovers who he was running with…..
Tuberville announces Alabama governor run
Sen. Tommy Tuberville is running for Alabama governor in 2026.
The Alabama Republican launched his campaign website on Tuesday, ending weeks of speculation about his ambitions for the state’s highest office.
Tuberville is looking to succeed termed-out Republican Gov. Kay Ivey. He is immediately the frontrunner to win the seat in the deep red state, with other potential Republican candidates opting against a campaign. His decision also sets up an open Senate race in Alabama in the midterms….
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I’m sure he won’t be missed in the US Senate….
Dumb as they come and winner ,ever since he’s been in the Senate ,of my much anticipated yearly “ Dumbest Member of the Senate Award.”
Some pretty stiff competition there, Jack.
He won’t be missed in DC…..
Update….
A federal judge in New York on Tuesday cleared the way for the Treasury Department’s entire DOGE team to access the federal government’s sensitive data systems that manage trillions of dollars in payments each year.
U.S. District Judge Jeannette Vargas lifted the final legal restriction barring four Treasury DOGE staffers from accessing Treasury’s payments infrastructure. Vargas relaxed her earlier order, finding the Trump administration had shown it set up a process to appropriately vet and train the employees….
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Good Morning people
Morning….
Morning…..
Rough one for Donald…..
Things ARE coming BACK at him on SEVERAL fronts….
Morning……..
Took the night off….
Is there still any idiot who believes that Republicans really care about the “ deficit?”
I especially enjoy it when these Republican sheep start mouthing off about “ spending .” Then their owner, Trump,tells them to shut up and do what they’re told and the sheep meekly line up to vote the way their master tells them to.
Oh and the “ deficit?”
What “ deficit?”
The deficit and national debt are part of a strategy to force the shrinkage of government and government payments. Scream about it when you want to recuce spending but not when you want to reduce taxes.
The three reactionary slogans (now that Stop the Steal has become inoperable) are:
Flood the Zone;
Drain the Swamp (including pesky regulators and the professional civil service); and
Starve the Beast (run up deficits so that there’s no money left for spending).
Guys?
CBO’s estimates make clear that we are continuing to spend more in 2025 than we did last year. Since the beginning of 2025, the federal government has spent $2.4 trillion — $166 billion more than in the same four months of 2024. Because of strong tax receipts in April 2025, the deficit is down a modest $5 billion in the first four months of this year compared to last year….
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The ‘System’ WILL continue to ‘do its thing’….
Musk ‘s thing has been a failure….
Peroject 2025 Also….
The latest idiocy from the MAGA idiots is that Biden was killed in 20#0 and replaced by a clone.
Trump is spreading this also.
Another example of how fucked up Trump and his minions ATE…..
They ARE slowly digging themselves into a hole….
Morning everyone
Someone needs to investigate this robot Biden clone and its relationship with the robot Melania clone that the online left sometimes talks about.
Robot’s !
There have ALWAYS been been conspiracy mongers amongst the RightWingNuts….
Trump has allowed them to be mainstreamed….
The media LOVES anything crazy enough to get your attention
Morning…..
Good Morning…..
The Problem With Governing by Delusion
In a moment that underscored just how far the political discourse has slipped, Fox News hosts openly laughed after President Trump suggested that Joe Biden had been murdered in 2020 and was replaced with a clone.
The claim is so absurd it doesn’t merit a fact-check.
Morning everyone
I am slowly reading the Romney book….
Good Read…..
Better backgrounder on the Donald ….New Yorkers KNOW…….
Morning people….
The Trump/ Musk romance is OVER as expected
Post will be forthcoming
Don’t tell Miller
He’s Next….
They NEVER Last with Trump
At least in regards to people expressing opinions online, the reaction of Democrats to Joe Walsh saying he is officially joining their party is basically, “eww, we don’t want him.”
Small tents are cozier.
Walsh is NOT very important for Democrats….
They have BIGGER things to deal with and Get Done…..
I do not think you understand the point.
Walsh can do whatever he wants. He says he wants to be a Democrat. However, it seems like many Democrats do not want people joining them unless they agree completely on every issue, such as abortion for example, or because think a person who might have disagreed with them in the past is irredeemable.
The amount of online ire from the left directed at Liz Cheney for actually working very hard to try to get people to vote for Kamala Harris was really remarkable.
On the other hand, Republicans do not seem to care as much about disagreements or what a person was saying or advocating for in the past. For the most part, as long as you pledge fealty to Trump, you are welcomed in.
Democrats seem to want to be far more exclusive, with a lot more litmus tests. That makes it harder to win elections.
Oh I understand…..
I have been saying here that Democrats ARE going to HAVE TO widen their tent for 2026 and 2028…
Those of the party that DEMAND old policy ‘purity’ did NOT get the message with Trump’s , House and Senate 2024 Republican WINS….
Hot rumor is that Walsh is moving to S.C. to seek the totally worthless Democratic nomination for Governor next year(No Democrat has been elected Governor since 1998).
Walsh quite obviously doesn’t understand SC politics at all.Cong.Jim Clyburn will pretty much choose the Democratic sacrificial lamb.Oh there will be a primary( in which the vote will be about 70% Black) but the result will be ,whoever Clyburn endorses will win.
Then that nominee will lose the election to the Republican nominee by 10-15 points.
Damn!
Musk says that the reason the Epstein files haven’t been released is Trump is in them.
Wow! That would be a shock!
What would MAGAs response be if true?
Eh!
The Elon Musk/Donald Trump divorce was perhaps as predictable as anything, but it is beautiful and spectacular to see unfold today. It is getting ratcheted up by the hour.
Elon apparently gives no f’s. He is saying he is going to start his own party and that Trump is hiding the Epstein client list because he is on it.
Unless they can somehow kiss and make up, this is going to have serious political ramifications. Republicans were counting on Musk to be their checkbook for years to come. (Of course,Democrats were planning on running against Elon in the short-term also.)
This is all amazing.
It’s like Mafia families going to war with each other.
I am basically convinced now that Trump either gave or was witness to seeing Elton Musk get that black eye late last week.
Elon just called for Trump to be impeached.
In the meanwhile, Trump put out a statement saying he will end all of Elon’s government contacts and will bankrupt him.
Stock in Tesla is way down. Stocks in Orville Redenbacher are up hugely!
Elon Musk might become the first white South African to be kicked OUT of America
Steve Bannon has called for Musk to be immediately deported.
Ok
I’m out and around
The post will be coming a little later
Interesting
The main media outfit ain’t fronting this yet
Scared?
Very, very soon, Trump will be talking about Elon Musk being a drug addict and will cite the “highly respected” New York Times.
Wait until Elon Musk starts posting about Donald Trump being involved with the Covid vaccine.
Morning……
DOGE can access sensitive Social Security records, Supreme Court rules
Supreme Court limits outside access to DOGE records
The court’s action amounted to a partial victory for the Trump administration, which filed an emergency appeal in an effort to avoid complying with orders from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, who is overseeing CREW’s lawsuit.
However, the high court’s order appears to leave the door open for CREW to seek records and take testimony about DOGE’s structure and authority.
Musk Floats ‘The American Party’
Elon Musk floated a new political party on Friday after falling out with President Trump over the big, beautiful bill, The Hill reports.
Said Musk: “The people have spoken. A new political party is needed in America to represent the 80% in the middle! And exactly 80% of people agree. This is fate.”
He followed up with a potential name for the group, “The America Party.”
Afternoon people…
Morning everyone
Morning People….
Morning everyone…….
Newsom poll numbers in California going to climb……
All this crackdowns are going to hurt the economy and cost. GOPer’s MORE VOTES….
Typical Trump turning something to Shlt
Sad as it may be, the “average American” just does not care about this. They may even say they “disapprove”, but it does not directly affect their lives, and thus they do not care. They think the protestors are a bunch of losers.
People who hate Trump will continue to hate him, as they have for a long time now. People who love him will make an excuse for literally anything. Most people are not focused on these fights.
The “average American” only cares about their personal finances, as James Carville commanded so back in 1992. The Constitution is an abstract concept. If “chaos” starts to hit them directly, they may start caring. Right now, the “chaos” is being framed as being caused by illegal immigrants and radical leftists.
Trump and his enablers are reveling in this. They do not think Democrats are going to be helped and are probably right.
I agree on the average American angle….
But?
There IS a built up anger against the constant Trump ‘did this and that’ that I feel is embedded in these protests
When things get violent?
Even Democrats want no part of this
I am of the opinion that Miller IS over reacting with this and will become a liability somehow down the road…..
Contrary to Jack’s view
Trump IS DIGGING himself deeper in Shit with his Chaos Protocol
Contrary to your view ,expressed daily over the past eight years that “ Trump is finished”,He continues to thrive and indeed is probably at the peak of his power presently.
You have been consistently WRONG about Trump and totally lack any credibility in any discussion concerning him.
Actually you have some weird obsession with him that requires you to predict his coming demise politically.
One day ,Trump will exit the scene.When that happens you will undoubtedly proclaim that you were uh “Right!”
Gross silliness.
Ok……
But the FACT REMAINS?
Trump’s OVERALL RECORD HAS been FAILURE…..
Most things he touches turns to SHIT….
It WILL CONTINUE for the convicted criminal……
Morning…..
Morning Folks……
According to to CNN…
Immigrant voters in the U.S. strongly support Trump.
Brian Wilson RIP
It’s only in your eyes, James, that Trump has been a failure.
If you read the Trump interview is the current issue of The Atlantic, Trump, without guardrails or gatekeepers, says that unlike his first term’s experience, he’s having fun. In his own eyes and those of his supporters, he is succeeding, perhaps not so fast as he’d like, but still making steady progress.
Oh I agree he’s having ‘Fun’……
Last time?
He had puyshback from outside AND INSIDE….
This time?
The staff and even the House and most Senate march to HIS tune….
But?
Success?
Lets’s see?
Economy?
Is it ‘Better’ like Trump said he could do from the jump?
NOPE….
High prices from Tariff’s that have come and gone…..
(TACO King?…Steel dance coming?)
Tariff’s?
NOPE….
I don’t think most Americans would give him a thumbs up?
Government?
DOGE/Project 2025 butcher CUTS?
Thousand’s LOST their jobs….
Thousand’s Laid off WITH PAY…..
A good amount ain’t coming back even if asked to do so….
Those left working?
Doing MORE with LESS and worried….
Education?
Moving to cut funding for programs….
Means cuts in employment and research and STATUS for America…
Oh?
Trump wanted a cut off in Chinese students ?
Turns out he backed AWAY from THAT….
Immigration?
Under Miller’s leadership ?
Trump HAS lauched a SWEEPING dentention WAVE…..
It IS generating fear and hard luck stories in the media that HAVE driven Trump’s sole support thing to DISapproval…
And NOW?
Protest’s that Trump WILL use to TRY and gain support….
But probably will fail at….
And there are the COURT’s?
Trump has received little to NO Sucess in the nations’ Federal Courts….
His best place is the Alito 5 who gave him ‘Immunity’ ….
BUT gace migrants something they did N OT have before….
The ‘RIGHT” to a hearing before being shipped out
(His minions are getting around that….They dismiss cases and ICE THEN dentains them )..
Yes….
Most of the time the Trump Admin DOES follow the court’s and judges…
But?
Sometimes they do NOT…
But?
Garcia IS Back in America before he probably gets kicked out again…
A Hollow victory for Trump, who seemed to have pissed off the entire court on that one….
Having Fun?
Questioned on Musk?
Being ignored by Putin, Netanyhu and XI?
Those things one would image do NOT make ole’ Donald Happy….
The things I see?
He’s making a shit load of money….
He CAN go after and neutralise some people…
And?
He still has a free second home, airplane and helicopter ….
Oh?
I forgot…
He CAN let other criminal’s out of jail….
Yea….
In MY eyes….
Most EVERYTHING ole” Donald touches turns to Shit….
The list just keeps getting LONGER/BIGGER….
He’s CONSISTANT….
The operative words?
“ In MY eyes”
The point we were making is that in his supporters eyes he make slow but steady progress in “ making America great again.”
Apparently ( and unsurprisingly) you uh “ missed” that.
In the latest Q Poll?
67% of Republicans support Donald’s BBB..Among Republicans, 88 percent have a favorable opinion of Trump. In Quinnipiac University’s March 13 poll, 88 percent also had a favorable opinion of Trump.
45.3 are listed as Registered Democrats
37.8 are listed as Republicans…
27.6 as Independent ….
Source….
So when you say his supporters/Republicans?
You ARE talking abouta distinct MINORITY of the voting bloc in America…
I WILL remeind that EVERY DAY there are pieces about ‘Buyer’s remorse’ with straying Democrats and even Republicans…
Those ‘supporters eyes’ in MY view HAVE shrunk
I agree.
James is obsessed with the idea that Trump is a colossal failure and that such is self evident but,as you point out, to his supporters ( around half of the American people) he is succeeding.
Simply repeating over and over that “ everything Trump touches turns to shit” is no substitute for real analysis of how Trump is doing in the eyes of his supporters.
However , “ analysis “ is not one of James’s attributes.Instead he essentially expresses his “ wishes “as to Trump,repeats it over and over,and then pronounces that he has “ presented facts” to justify his claim( amusingly some of these “ facts” are from opinion pieces that he sees in various publications.) In his case these “facts” are strictly in the eye of the beholder.
Then comes the proclamation that everything Trump does “ turns to shit”Maybe to him, but to his supporters?Trump is making steady progress and ,while lots of people who don’t support Trump denounce the progress he is making ,they grudgingly acknowledge it is happening,leaving such a trite pronouncement as “ everything he touches turns to shit”to people like James who substitute their wishes for the reality.
I backed up My Point of view with Facts, Incident’s and I’ll add his rocking poll numbers which a new poll put at a 38% Approval….
Some of us have drank the Kool-Aid….
Others have NOT….
Thanks Guys for having me WRITE out my reasons…..
Who exactly has uh “ drank the kook aid?
There ARE those who think Donald IS doing a Great Job….
Check Twitter….
The ‘Kool Aid’ recipients are singing their love for their ‘ Hero and Saviuor’…
He’s the “second coming’….
But?
Opposite them?
Are the crazies turning out in the streets against the ICE raids, but MORE about the LACK of any pushback from Democrats against Donald & Co…..
Morning everyone…,.
Ole Donald is in NO BETTER shape today than he has been for a while….
It’s gonna get worse…..
Starting with Rain on the parade he stole from the US Army….
Well?
Donald ain’t gonna get the media attention he craves….
Iran/Israel….
‘No Kings’
Minnesota shootings….
The Trump Chaos HAS descended across America….
You CANNOT rip so many things up , so fast without getting a LOT of people REALLY UPSET….
Good Morning on this Fathers Day!
Morning People….
Morning…….
The job approval polls that Trump supporters like all have him in the low to mid 50s and rising. For those that even pay attention to polls, that is all the information that they need and they will never even consider anything else. They cite the facts (not completely inaccurately) that Trump was underestimated in the polls all three times he ran. They look, somewhat accurately, at all the turmoil and problems Democrats currently have.
Is Trump at 38% JA? Probably not. He’s probably in the low to mid 40s. Until and unless Democrats prove themselves able to win elections in places they have recently been losing elections, it is all irrelevant. There are and have been for a decade a lot of voters who dislike Trump but fear Democrats even more.
The fact IS ONE poll had him at 38%….
The average IS probably low to mid 40$ like you say CG….
That isn’t anything to crow about….
Added to all this polling is the numbers have DROPPED on his ONLY good spot….
Immigration….
I agree with you also that Trump isn’t much of a ‘Likeable’ person…
But hardcore GOPer’s HATE Democrats and Lefties EVEN MORE….
There have been TONS of pieces about how GOPer’s do NOT like Donald, including the GOPer members of Congress…But?
They See Trump as the vessel for their dealing with their discontent….
The GOPer lawmakers are just SCARED of Trump focusing on them…
So former Tea Partier Joe Walsh, the former Illinois Congressman, who emerged as an anti Trumper and the left the Republican Party and became a Dem, was down here in Charleston for the “ no king” rally Saturday.
Walsh has been making sounds about running as a Democrat against Trumper Lindsay Graham.Walsh actually addressed the thousand or so present .Despite a few boos, the crowd greeted him warmly.If Walsh wants to go up against Graham in what will be an exercise in futility ( a Democrat hasn’t won a state race in S.C. in almost twenty years) he must first win the Democratic nomination.That means he will have to defeat Dr. Annie Andrews,an already announced candidate ,and maybe a couple more.
Andrews ran a losing race against bonkers Republican Nancy Mace in 2024but still is popular among Charleston Democrats.Then there will likely be one or two Black candidates.( the vote in the primary will probably be around 65% Black).
Why Walsh picked S.C. as his new state to make a run in is beyond me.If he wanted to make a stand in the south, NC would have been the better choice. Walsh is go nowhere in S.C.
Were is Clyburn on this?
No response?…
I have no idea where Clyburn stands in this matter.To my knowledge he has made no statements nor has there been much press speculation.
His comments tend to be PIVOTAL…..
Well at the end of the day?It doesn’t matter.Whomever the nominee is will be easily defeated by Graham.
Is Graham definitely going to survive a primary? I am sure he will, but there is a lot of hatred towards him on the right to be sure.
He won by 10 points in 2020 with Trump on the ballot. In 2026, I think that race might at least be within single digits.
Could be.
The only major candidate to receive some notice is Ralph Norman,the Congressman .However,of late ,Norman has been speculating on running for Governor where Henry McMaster is term limited out.
Norman did endorse Nikki Haley for President in 2024 so ,if he ran, Graham might try to bring Trump in to blast him.
Graham is one of those guys who no one seems to particularly like but still manages to win.
Yea…It KEEPS going that way for the worm…..
I think he does scrape by again….
“Scrape by?”
That’s funny.
Graham has never gotten less than 55% of the vote.
He will likely get at least that ,likely more , depending on his opponent.
As u pointed out?
No one particularly‘likes’ the guy…..
But he seems to get elected
I could say ‘scraping’ by…
Tim Scott doesn’t seem to smart either….
He’s still married, eh?
Wait?
Sanford ??????
What’s his status?
You can use whatever you want.
I find that a weird use of the word” scraping.”and in my opinion your intent was to indicate that it would be “ close.”
It won’t.
I presume he’s still married .Ive heard nothing differently.
Stanford’s “ status” is that he has alienated most factions in the S.C. Republican Party.
I haven’t heard anything about him in a long time.
North Carolina has stronger D options for the Senate seat. I believe Walsh has been living in Virginia.
Yeah, I have no idea why he thinks running for office in SC is the right move. I believe he is genuine in his beliefs and has certainly sacrificed a career in conservative media upon making the transformation, but he definitely likes attention and will use a lot of profanity on the campaign trail if he runs.
If Joe Walsh were to become a SC nominee next year, that means that jack and I will be able to say we voted for the same down ballot candidate at various points.
In 2012, I had to support Walsh for reelection in a futile effort when my home was put into his district via redistricting,.
Afternoon all……
Trans in America getting cast aside
I got through the first 1/3rd of the Romney book and then skipped through the rest….
A very interesting man, who like ALL politicians HAS T bend themselves into pretzels to get votes…:
Mitt did point to a Donald that has endored to this day!
Morning everyone…..
The American President continues to turn everything he touches into Shit…..
Again……..
There is NO REASON for the United States to join Israel in attacking Iran…..
NONE…….
An overwhelming majority of Americans would disagree with you that there is NO reason.
But that great part about America, is that you get to have your opinion.
WHAT ARE Talking About????
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The poll finds Americans opposing U.S. airstrikes against Iran by a 20 percentage-point margin — 45 percent to 25 percent — with a sizable 30 percent saying they are unsure….
Source…