As we noted yesterday, Donald Chump was trying to take a
victory lap -- one. He's still trying today. He's made it about half
way round the track. You've seen his body, you know how much weight
he's hauling. He may never complete that lap. Even with people
cheering him on -- even with people who know better (Dan Abrams, I'm
looking at you) cheering him on.
But
it doesn't matter at this point.
Now you go your way, baby, and I'll go mine
Now and forever, 'til the end of time
I'll find somebody new, and baby, we'll say we're through
And you won't matter anymore
Now and forever, 'til the end of time
I'll find somebody new, and baby, we'll say we're through
And you won't matter anymore
-- "It Doesn't Matter Anymore," written by Paul Anka, first covered by Linda on her HEART LIKE A WHEEL album
As Linda Ronstadt sang, "And you
won't matter anymore." That's where we are now with Donald Chump. That's because the crowd has drifted, the
stadium is empty and it's just a fat and wobbly man trying to complete
that lap as he huffs and puffs, sweating causing his orange foundation
to drip onto the track.
No one even cares enough to holler, "Come on, fat boy, you can do it!"
And the time window is collapsing as well. Bel Trew (INDEPENDENT) explains:
And
less than 24 hours after Donald announced this “everlasting peace”,
Palestinians were still being killed in Gaza, aid trucks stopped from
going into Gaza and a row broke out about the failure of Hamas to return
the bodies of dead Israeli hostages.
All of these grim, and sadly all too predictable factors, threaten to topple the whole ceasefire process.
Again,
cease-fire. Not a peace plan. A lot of lying and fooling, shaking and
baking took place. There was never a peace plan -- thanks to the
British press which pushed back on that lie repeatedly. Pablo O'Hana (UK's METRO) observes, "It’s a shallow 20-point ceasefire and hostage agreement, devoid, in my view, of any meaningful content. This isn’t a peace deal. It isn’t even a peace process."
Some Americans are slowly learning what Fred Trump sussed out in a matter of days: Donald is an all around failure. Anna Commander (NEWSWEEK) reports:
A
new poll released on Tuesday shows that 57 percent of Americans believe
the U.S. economy is getting worse—the highest percentage in over a
year.
Public sentiment about
the U.S. economy has grown increasingly negative in the closing months
of 2025. According to recent polls, a majority of Americans now believe
that economic conditions are deteriorating, a trend that coincides with a
government shutdown, inflation concerns, and widening partisan divides.
Analysts
note that such pessimism can impact consumer confidence, policy
decisions, and political outcomes in the lead-up to the 2026 midterm
elections.
Why
do they think that? Because their own eyes are stronger and far more
reliable than anything they could ever see on FOX "NEWS." Chump has
tanked the economy. Christopher Kuo (WALL STREET JOURNAL) reports:
During
a recent trip to the supermarket, Kelvin Lin was surprised to see that
the price of a rib-eye steak had jumped to $32.99 a pound.
It had been several dollars cheaper two weeks earlier, he said.
Lin,
a 33-year-old software engineer who lives in New York City, complained
to the butcher but ended up buying the steak anyway. “It feels
terrible,” he said.
Inflation
in the grocery aisle is picking up, and stinging consumers. Consumers
said they are cutting back on purchases, stockpiling certain foods or
exploring more-affordable stores.
“It’s
perturbing and upsetting,” said Mark Bookbinder, a 68-year-old engineer
who lives in Cincinnati. He has been struck by steady increases in the
prices of sliced turkey, cereal and yogurt.
Albertsons
Chief Executive Officer Susan Morris said on a Tuesday earnings call
that shoppers are choosing smaller package sizes and using more coupons
to reduce their grocery bills. She said the supermarket company is
looking to cut costs to help counter inflation.
“We
see them sticking closer to their shopping list, maybe not buying that
extra item, that extra bottle of whatever,” Morris said.
He's
a failure. He's destroyed everything. Remember his promise that his
tariffs (taxes on American consumers) would result in 90 deals in 90
days. If you're generous, he got seven deals in 90 days -- if you're generous. His failures have harmed the country. Chris Brennan (USA TODAY) explains:
China,
which until 2024 was the biggest importer of American soybeans, has
retaliated against Trump's chaotic trade war tariffs by refusing to buy
the crop from our country now, shifting its purchases to other
countries.
Farmers like Bartman watched with
dismay as China, on Sept. 23, bought 7 million metric tons of soybeans
from Argentina, a quarter of that country's crop this year, after
Argentina suspended export taxes to make the deal.
And
where was Milei on Oct. 14, on the same day Bartman spoke from his
tractor? The Argentine president was being welcomed at the White House
by Trump. The two men stood for pictures, flashing big smiles and
thumbs-up gestures.
A journalist asked Trump
what his message was for the people of Argentina. His answer: "We love
them. We'll be there for them. They have a great leader, a very great
leader."
He'll be there for them. He just won't be here for you or for me or for any of the American people.
While Americans suffer for his actions, he's bailing out Argentina.
Senator Elizabeth Warren is rightly calling it out.
Chump is not serving the American people.
He lies and lies and hopes that the American people forget the lies. Robert Davis (RAW STORY) quotes US House Rep Ro Khanna stating:
He
sold the American people on lowering prices on day one. He sold the
American people that he's a business guy, that he's going to get the
economy moving, and he's done nothing for America's farmers. Grocery
prices are up. You know what I would do with that $20 billion? I
would give that money to the American people who have had a 26% increase
in coffee tariffs and coffee prices because of the irrational tariffs
on coffee. He's made food prices go up. He's hurting America's farmers,
and then he's giving the money away to Argentina. We're adding insult to
injury by then taking the business away from American farmers and
selling it to China.
Exactly. Chump's destroyed our economy. He's destroyed the job market. Adam Downer (DAILY BEAST) notes:
Trump-tapped
Federal Reserve Governor Stephen Miran broke ranks with the MAGA
administration and admitted that the economy is sinking under President
Trump.
Miran on Wednesday undercut the
president’s rosy view of the economy, pointing out that the labor market
has become weaker since Trump took office.
“The
economy was weaker in the first half of the year versus where it was
last year,” Miran told CNBC anchor Sara Eisen at the network’s Invest in
America Forum.
Though Miran, 42, didn’t directly
criticize Trump for the issues with the economy, he did blame the
weakened economy on factors directly caused by his administration.
“Yes,
the labor market continued to weaken in the first half of the year,” he
said. “I think part of that was due to uncertainty over policy. We
might have had the biggest tax hike in history, so maybe there were
firms that were holding off on investing until the tax hike was done.”
Fed Chair Jerome Powell spoke Tuesday in Philadelphia to the National Association for Business Economics. Eleanor Pringle (FORTUNE) notes:
Powell
suggested the employment side had weakened further, saying: “While the
unemployment rate remained low through August, payroll gains have slowed
sharply, likely in part due to a decline in labor force growth due to
lower immigration and labor force participation. In this less dynamic
and somewhat softer labor market, the downside risks to employment
appear to have risen.”
He added that
while official data from the Bureau of Labor Statistics is delayed given
the government shutdown, “available evidence suggests that both layoffs
and hiring remain low, and that both households’ perceptions of job
availability and firms’ perceptions of hiring difficulty continue their
downward trajectories.”
All of the above combines to explain the news Martha McHardy (NEWSWEEK) reports:
President
Donald Trump’s approval rating has fallen below water in every major
swing state for the first time since taking office, according to a new
set of state-level polls.
The latest Morning
Consult survey shows the president’s net approval is now negative across
all seven battlegrounds expected to decide the 2026
election—Pennsylvania (-2), Michigan (-5), Wisconsin (-8), Arizona (-2),
Georgia (-1), Nevada (-3), and North Carolina (-3).
Regrets collect like old friends
Here to relive your darkest moments
I can see no way, I can see no way
And all of the ghouls come out to play
And every demon wants his pound of flesh
But I like to keep some things to myself
I like to keep my issues drawn
It's always darkest before the dawn
-- "Shake It Out," written by Florence Welch and Paul Epworth, first appears on Florence & The Machines' CEREMONIALS.
Vanity Fair magazine has published an exclusive excerpt
of the forthcoming memoir of the late Virginia Giuffre, a victim of
late Jeffrey Epstein, whom she met while working at President Donald
Trump's Palm Beach country club.
Giuffre,
Vanity Fair writes, completed work on the manuscript for “Nobody’s Girl:
A Memoir of Surviving Abuse and Fighting for Justice” in October 2024.
Just
weeks before her death by suicide in April 2025, Giuffre wrote to her
collaborator on the book, Amy Wallace, “the content of this book is
crucial… It is imperative that the truth is understood and that the
issues surrounding this topic are addressed, both for the sake of
justice and awareness. In the event of my passing, I would like to
ensure that “Nobody’s Girl” is still released.”
The excerpt Vanity Fair has published takes place in 2000, when a 16-year-old Giuffre worked in the spa at Trump's Mar a Lago.
Giuffre's
father, she wrote, "was responsible for maintaining the resort’s
in-room air-conditioning units, not to mention its five-championship
red-clay tennis courts, so he knew his way around, both indoors and
out."
Giuffre got her job at the spa after passing a drug and polygraph test, she wrote. She also detailedTrump's employee handbook.
The
ones assaulted often forgotten and/or ignored by the press. Virginia
refuses to be silenced. Does Chump think she was a 'hoax'? And what
happens when Speaker of the Closet Mike Johnson is unable to stall any
further to protect Chump? What happens when he has to seat Adelita Grijalva? Annie Karni (NEW YORK TIMES) reports:
The
Arizona secretary of state on Tuesday certified the election of
Representative-elect Adelita Grijalva, a Democrat who won a special
election 22 days ago in her state.
But Speaker Mike Johnson is still refusing to seat her while he keeps the House out of session during the government shutdown.
So
on Wednesday morning, a group of Arizona lawmakers gathered in front of
the Capitol and accused Mr. Johnson of protecting pedophiles,
obstructing the will of voters and taking an unprecedented political
action in refusing to perform the simple ministerial duty of swearing in
an elected member of Congress.
“This delay is not procedural, it is intentional,” said Ms. Grijalva, who is poised to provide the final signature
needed to force a floor vote on whether to demand that the Trump
administration release the Epstein files. “He is doing everything in his
power to shield this administration from accountability. That is not
leadership, that is obstruction.”
Makes
you wonder what Chump has on Mike -- photos of Mike as a wedding guest
with a man kissing him on the cheek? Who knows? Senator Ruben Gallego
is quoted in the report stating, "Speaker Johnson is covering up for
pedophiles, did you guys get that? Speaker Johnson is covering up for
pedophiles."
As
we've noted for weeks now -- yes, it has been weeks, she was elected
September 23rd -- refusing to seat her is denying her district a voice
in the House of Representatives. She was duly elected. But Our Lady of
Conversion Mike Johnson refuses to swear her in. The American people
have had enough of princess' nonsense and the calls for the princess to
seat Grijalva are growing louder. Jacob Wendler (POLITICO) reports:
Arizona
Attorney General Kris Mayes threatened legal action against House
Speaker Mike Johnson on Tuesday for failing to seat Rep.-elect Adelita
Grijalva.
In a letter to Johnson,
Mayes accused the House GOP leader of violating the Constitution by
unnecessarily delaying the Democrat’s swearing-in ceremony.
“Arizona’s
right to a full delegation, and the right of the residents of CD 7 to
representation from the person they recently voted for, are not up for
debate and may not be delayed or used as leverage in negotiations about
unrelated legislation,” Mayes, who is also a Democrat, wrote in the
letter.
It is time for Johnson to stop lying and to stop hiding. Ailia Zehra notes:
House
Democrats marched through the halls to Speaker Mike Johnson’s (R‑La.)
office Tuesday evening, chanting in unison: “What is he afraid of?
Epstein!” Their protest targets Johnson’s refusal to swear in Rep.-elect
Adelita Grijalva (D‑Ariz.), despite her election being certified by
Arizona officials.
[. . .]
Opponents
point to earlier instances this year when he promptly administered the
oath to Republican members during pro forma sessions — something he has
declined to do for Grijalva.
Kate Santaliz and Andrew Solender (AXIOS) report that Johnson has wet his Pampers and adults in the room are rolling their eyes as he throws a tantrum:
"Is
Speaker Johnson saying Members can no longer walk in the halls of the
people's House to express our viewpoints?" Rep. Teresa Leger Fernández
(D-N.M.), the chair of the Democratic Women's Caucus, said in a
statement to Axios.
"The real question everyone
should be asking is why Rep.-Elect Adelita Grijalva has not been sworn
in. Speaker Johnson keeps changing the story of why he can't swear her
in, and this is his latest attempt to distract us," she said.
"We
will keep calling attention to his failure to swear her in. We will
keep showing up in the halls of Congress demanding that we return to
work so we can address the Republican health care crisis."
A
Women's Caucus spokesperson stressed that the protest was "peaceful" and
denied the characterization that lawmakers "tore down" a poster. Video
shows Barrágan removing the poster and placing it on the ground.
Adelita Grijalva spoke with Jen Psaki last night on MSNBC.
We noted the scandal of The Young Republicans chat yesterday that glorified Hitler, the Holocaust, racism, sexism, homophobic and violence. Miss Sassy JD Vance always has a lie -- remember, he knew he was lying about Haitians when confronted during the campaign. He has no respect for the truth. He's jut a fat man in a girdle -- which Ruth pointed out, please remember, his spanx were on display in a photo during the campaign.
Let's stop for a minute. The press failures. I'm just so damn sick of them. Fir four years, Chump was president and we had to read crap nonsense from serious outlets suggesint ght Chump's organe skin was most likely due to some illness. No, it was make up. Only no can mainstream press admit that. JD Vance wears eye liner. The mainstream press didn't want to admit that during the campaign. Why can't they just be honest?
JD Vance is ons tage with his hands in the air and his shirt rides up revealing he is wearing Spanx. That is news. Only Ruth covered it ("Does JD Vance wear SPANX?"). That is news. And it's news for any number of reasons including vanity but especially considering that Chump and Vance were attacking drag queens, cross dressers and transgender people while both 'men' were wearing make up and JD was in a girdle.
Back to the point we were on. JD is cheap little liar who now thinks he can lie to protect the adults -- not young boys, not children -- who were part of the chat reported on by POLITICO's Jason Beeferman and Emily Ngo:
Leaders of Young Republican groups throughout the country worried what would happen if their Telegram chat ever got leaked, but they kept typing anyway.
They referred to Black people as monkeys and “the watermelon people” and mused about putting their political opponents in gas chambers. They talked about raping their enemies and driving them to suicide and lauded Republicans who they believed support slavery.
William Hendrix, the Kansas Young Republicans’ vice chair, used the words “n--ga” and “n--guh,” variations of a racial slur, more than a dozen times in the chat. Bobby Walker, the vice chair of the New York State Young Republicans at the time, referred to rape as “epic.” Peter Giunta, who at the time was chair of the same organization, wrote in a message sent in June that “everyone that votes no is going to the gas chamber.”
Giunta was referring to an upcoming vote on whether he should become chair of the Young Republican National Federation, the GOP’s 15,000-member political organization for Republicans between 18 and 40 years old.
“Im going to create some of the greatest physiological torture methods known to man. We only want true believers,” he continued.
This isn't a one day story. JD Vance's lies alone means it's not a one day story. Pam Bondi screeches when the entire country doesn't want to pretend Charlie Kirk wasn't a racist. She hisses and threatens and forgets what free speech is as did panty waist JD Vance. (I know 'panty waist' is an insult but not sure what it means but if you're a man wearing girdles in secret, it seems like "panty waist" is a word that would apply to you.)
Chump and Vance cannot be allowed to succeed in their efforts to normalize hate. As Mike noted, "Those chat files are disgusting and represent the worst of America. People defending it or minimizing it are disgusting. "
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