Who are the staffers creating the moonscape and grotesque healing image? Is there anyone working in the White House who's not a grifter or nuts? Are we taxpayers obliged to give them lifetime pensions? Aaarrrggghhh!
He has the time because starting and fomenting trouble, and finding ways to extort more money, is how he spends all his time. He is not concerned with governing and watching over this country. He uses it as a weapon.
I believe you’re 100% right. It goes without saying that Trump himself is utterly incapable of creating online images. For me, the question of whether he approves them or not is irrelevant. They go out in his name and can thus be seen as being published with his endorsement. All of which, alas, is of no consequence to his cult.
I don’t know why he has the time either. He’s too busy going to boxing matches with his Secretary of State.
One really good thing is that when he or Vance campaigns for someone, whether it be at home or abroad, his chosen candidate loses. That bodes well for the November elections.
One other note. Didn’t we have a 14-day cease fire agreement? Vance and the others stayed for 21 hours and took their marbles and went home.
My impression is that 21 hours in diplomatic time is just the preamble to actual conversation and negotiations. The Americans used their 21 hours to make demands, just like toddlers, oppositional teenagers, and other ignorant and arrogant adults.
Read the impressions of astronauts who have viewed Earth from space.
Earth is a space ship with a thin life support system.
One very sick individual, Trump, controlled by two others, Netanyahu and Putin, (all three accused of heinous acts!), is in possession of the means to destroy life on Earth.
The generals . . . Refuse any and all unlawful orders, which they have yet to do. Otherwise, it's wait until November to apply the brakes; that. Is assuming the brake lines haven't been cut. Still, if all goes "well" in 2026 & 2028, and the military chain of command continues to violate the laws of war, let the trials begin.
And just for the record, I looked up "were ministers arrested for holding church services during COVID" and only ONE story popped up, about an evangelical mega-church pastor in FLORIDA who was "charged with two counts: unlawful assembly and a violation of health emergency rules. Both are second-degree misdemeanors,"
So, as usual, wild hyperbole and lies are all you can expect from this president.
I live in a rural area of Virginia. When COVID first began to appear, our confirmed cases (posted regularly on the web - I was watching) were in the single digits until a nearby church held a revival meeting. Cases suddenly jumped to around 35, if I remember the numbers correctly. I don't recall any ministers being arrested or charged but the churches certainly bore some responsibility for the spread of the disease.
As a kid we called them holy pictures….but they were either reproductions of famous art or beautiful nature pics. Not of a clown imitationg Christ. In fact the nunnies would faint at the b blasphemy.
He wants to be called ‘Sir’, but he refers to the Pope as ‘Leo’ in an angry rant, & portrays himself in priestly garments ‘healing the sick’?? I’m a Catholic and this is blasphemous and vile.
Ignore the Bombast bloviator. When you see or hear his miserable excuse for "words" follow Melania's advice "I don't care. Do you?"
Praise the Hungarians. Believe the Pope's Message of Peace and caring for the less fortunate than us. Find a candidate you like and support them through Nov. Bring your friends. Save the America we love.
I was raised Catholic but left the church when I could no longer abide the hypocrisy of what I call the "church on Sunday, mean on Monday" crowd. However, old habits die hard. This is so offensive and blasphemous, Most disturbing, though, is that whoever generated it, he approved it, and It is yet another display of his NPD and proof that he has serious mental and psychological issues and needs to be removed--yesterday.
And once again, as is so often the case, had Biden (Obama, Clinton) engaged in this type of mentally ill conduct, the calls for impeachment/removal would be never ending.
I guess the Orange Messiah only heals White people.
Yes, there definitely is something wrong with him, and his enablers are not blameless. I look forward to all of them utilizing the facilities at one of the camps they built, preferably in the Everglades.
The social media post attributed to Trump must be created by a staffer and endorsed by him … or maybe he’s not paying attention. Trump wouldn’t write or speak bombast that coherently. And the picture of Trump as the Chosen One is a cynical appeal to the Evangelical followers who believe he’s bringing on Armageddon to hasten the Second Coming. This is strange to anyone but a true believer.
What tells me most that he’s not well is military orders that appear to be temper tantrums, like the blockading of the Strait of Hormuz because Iran’s effectively doing so to assert power instead of caving in to his demands. (I’m no fan of Iran, but it’s Trump who got us into this mess on a gut feeling.)
Hungary’s Authoritarian Conceded Today’s Fair Election. We Won’t Have That Luxury…
1) Encourage employers of all sizes to close on election day (with or without pay)
2) Encourage all people to identify & assist those vulnerable with Obtaining Required ID/Documentation
3) Encourage all to identify & assist those vulnerable with Access To Physical Polls - ready to pivot to last minute changing of poll locations without notice
4) Encourage all to identify & assist those vulnerable by Providing ‘Cover’ and Representation for them at The Polls
5) Encourage all - Starting NOW - Well Ahead Of The Midterms, that these measures May Be Necessary and To Anticipate the Subversion and likelihood of Federal Agents being Present at The Polls
6) Encourage all to phone camera image their Voting Machine Receipt Scroll Pages
7) PRE-address messaging to Gen Z on a mass scale to minimize turnout insufficiency / Stimulate Their Future politics and Power To Effect Change
If your state has an online voter search website take advantage of it and check that all is well with your voter registration. Even print it for your records.
It looks like it might have been a toss-up going into the election in Hungary with Obán's opponent slightly in the lead. As they were making the turn toward the home stretch though, a dark horse broke out from nowhere and easily clinched the election for Obán's opponent.
That dark horse, of course, was J.D.Vance. Yes, the same detestable, fanatical right-wing zealot, who is number 2 behind Trump in being loathed the world over, and was the kiss of death for Obán the minute he stepped off the plane to campaign for Oban.
Vance is unquestionably the secret weapon that the Democrats can use in November by having him actively campaign for the Republican candidates. His support for Republicans would be a slam-dunk for the Democrats.
As for Trump, the Republicans would be wise to minimize his exposure leading up to the November elections, but we all know that he's never happy until he can make an ass of himself on the world stage and come out from his private world of fantasies to take repeated curtain calls for his adoring fans.
As each day passes, the world awaits the next eruption from our very own unstable and unpredictable megalomaniac, who is obsessed with leaving to posterity the glorious memories of The Golden Age of Poltical Buffoonery.
The man has lost what little mental acuity he once had. It would be sad if this happens to anyone, but it is dangerous in one who holds such a powerful global position. His sycophants have much to be held accountable for.
No one offers better analysis on the Iran War than SIR LAWRENCE FREEDMAN, the dean of British military strategists. He concludes that it's time for the US to shuffle off the stage so that the remaining nations of the world can work out a compromise on the Strait of Hormuz
I depend on Joyce Vance and others like Heather Cox Richardson for not only sanity amist the stupidity and chaos, but for putting things into legal and historical context that even the most dyed in the wool MAGAt could understand, if they bothered to listen (They don’t).
Nonetheless, I remain deeply disturbed and troubled as to the direction of America. and the divisions that insure this stupidity relys on to fester.
I am no genius or prophet, but I feel strongly that no matter what happens in the midterms - even if it produces the much hoped for blue wave - nothing is going to change.
Listening to Pete Buttigieg on Friday handily dismantle the assinine claims from CNBC host Joe Kernen, who is quite comfortable with gaslighting, lying, and encouraging division, illustrated the problem that must be addressed if any sanity is to return to the country.
People like this quack dominate the airwaves, and felon Trump has damaged facts, the truth, and the press to the point that no one can believe anything being broadcast, even when it is sound and fact-based. This is the playbook of authoritarians and everyone should be concerned that we are so far down the slippery slope atoward what comes next; fascism.
Until we have fact-based, honest reporting rules that propagandists like FOX, AXIOS, and all the others must follow, we are never going to live in a country that is not divided by lies, bafoons, morons, and grifters like the current convicted convict liar in chief and his ship of fools.
I would really like to hear what Joyce Vance has to say about this elephant in the room!
I thought last week it was silly to send the least popular politician in America to support Orban so yes, please, please, have JD campaign across the country! It was also irritating when the cosplayers succumbed to failure so quickly with Iran. Weren’t we supposed to have the ubiquitous two weeks to negotiate instead of 22 hours? (Although two weeks is nowhere near enough time.). Complex negotiations take a while, particularly when the other side doesn’t trust you—and why should they when you attacked them during negotiations? It’s not like buying a car—though we could use one to stuff clowns in.
I had thought the Iranians wanted no part of Witkof and Kushner as part of the negotiating team. Did I mis-hear? But if they objected and those two were still active members, I'm not surprised they got no results!
As to the state of our nation, unlike the Pope, who was defamed by the arch criminal in the oval, I for one will never forgive the MAGA6, all of whom are Catholic, for their central role in dealing death blows to the United States of America and our constitution. That goes double for CJ Roberts.
Who are the staffers creating the moonscape and grotesque healing image? Is there anyone working in the White House who's not a grifter or nuts? Are we taxpayers obliged to give them lifetime pensions? Aaarrrggghhh!
These images are really disturbing. No idea where he finds them. Or why he has the time to find them.
A maga supporter I know was posting trump as God and savior pictures during his first administration. They don't recognize the blasphemy.
They think that they want to think. And thinking makes it so.
He has the time because starting and fomenting trouble, and finding ways to extort more money, is how he spends all his time. He is not concerned with governing and watching over this country. He uses it as a weapon.
That's what seasoned dictators DO.
My guess is that the images are generated by AI.
My guess is that he and his crew are nuts.
I believe you’re 100% right. It goes without saying that Trump himself is utterly incapable of creating online images. For me, the question of whether he approves them or not is irrelevant. They go out in his name and can thus be seen as being published with his endorsement. All of which, alas, is of no consequence to his cult.
I don’t know why he has the time either. He’s too busy going to boxing matches with his Secretary of State.
One really good thing is that when he or Vance campaigns for someone, whether it be at home or abroad, his chosen candidate loses. That bodes well for the November elections.
One other note. Didn’t we have a 14-day cease fire agreement? Vance and the others stayed for 21 hours and took their marbles and went home.
My impression is that 21 hours in diplomatic time is just the preamble to actual conversation and negotiations. The Americans used their 21 hours to make demands, just like toddlers, oppositional teenagers, and other ignorant and arrogant adults.
Steven Cheung is a master craftsman in the back office.
https://www.newyorker.com/news/annals-of-communications/the-face-of-donald-trumps-deceptively-savvy-media-strategy
Ai has no artistic objections.
Read the impressions of astronauts who have viewed Earth from space.
Earth is a space ship with a thin life support system.
One very sick individual, Trump, controlled by two others, Netanyahu and Putin, (all three accused of heinous acts!), is in possession of the means to destroy life on Earth.
We are all in grave danger.
Who can stop him?
The generals . . . Refuse any and all unlawful orders, which they have yet to do. Otherwise, it's wait until November to apply the brakes; that. Is assuming the brake lines haven't been cut. Still, if all goes "well" in 2026 & 2028, and the military chain of command continues to violate the laws of war, let the trials begin.
Apparently, no one.
the healing one made me vomit a little in my mind ewww
wrong on a million levels - I'd like to unsee it!
As long as Trump's inside, I'm all in favor of sending Trump Towers to the moon.
What did the moon ever do to YOU?? lol
And just for the record, I looked up "were ministers arrested for holding church services during COVID" and only ONE story popped up, about an evangelical mega-church pastor in FLORIDA who was "charged with two counts: unlawful assembly and a violation of health emergency rules. Both are second-degree misdemeanors,"
So, as usual, wild hyperbole and lies are all you can expect from this president.
I live in a rural area of Virginia. When COVID first began to appear, our confirmed cases (posted regularly on the web - I was watching) were in the single digits until a nearby church held a revival meeting. Cases suddenly jumped to around 35, if I remember the numbers correctly. I don't recall any ministers being arrested or charged but the churches certainly bore some responsibility for the spread of the disease.
Something for idle hands while The Master crumples.
An unhealthy relationship with the truth. Revolving regime
As a kid we called them holy pictures….but they were either reproductions of famous art or beautiful nature pics. Not of a clown imitationg Christ. In fact the nunnies would faint at the b blasphemy.
He wants to be called ‘Sir’, but he refers to the Pope as ‘Leo’ in an angry rant, & portrays himself in priestly garments ‘healing the sick’?? I’m a Catholic and this is blasphemous and vile.
Who's gonna tell him he doesn't get a vote for Pope?
Ignore the Bombast bloviator. When you see or hear his miserable excuse for "words" follow Melania's advice "I don't care. Do you?"
Praise the Hungarians. Believe the Pope's Message of Peace and caring for the less fortunate than us. Find a candidate you like and support them through Nov. Bring your friends. Save the America we love.
I’ve been voting since Nixon versus McGovern. I would never take advice from Melania!
Yes to advice on praising the Hungarians and finding a candidate to support but definitely not following Melania’s advice. Just to be clear. 😉
Excellent advice.
A very big “yes”!!!’n
Yes, Karen, I am also a Catholic, and the Pope should be referred to as “Your Holiness.”
According to AI, Trump got 58% of the Catholic vote in 2024.
Waiting for excommunications.
I'm sure it was on the abortion issue
22% according to Pew. I’m going w/Pew.
Blasphemous
I’m not Catholic and I was also greatly offended by dt’s post. Yes - vile and blasphemous.
I was raised Catholic but left the church when I could no longer abide the hypocrisy of what I call the "church on Sunday, mean on Monday" crowd. However, old habits die hard. This is so offensive and blasphemous, Most disturbing, though, is that whoever generated it, he approved it, and It is yet another display of his NPD and proof that he has serious mental and psychological issues and needs to be removed--yesterday.
@The Washington Post has just reported that the backlash was so bad, the image was removed. But the fact that he posted it shows how crazy he is.
And once again, as is so often the case, had Biden (Obama, Clinton) engaged in this type of mentally ill conduct, the calls for impeachment/removal would be never ending.
it was absolutely awful...next we'll see jiz dressed as Mary !
not priestly garments...he's dressed as Jesus
Thank goodness for the Hungarian people. The abusers, MAGAts and Trump can all go Fuck off. I’m in Sunday mode.
you made me chortle - thanks
💙🩵💙
That last picture! One of the miracles of Trump apparently … is personal weight loss!
This made me smile. Thank you.
Any time.
Oh boy … this one begins with hope.
I guess the Orange Messiah only heals White people.
Yes, there definitely is something wrong with him, and his enablers are not blameless. I look forward to all of them utilizing the facilities at one of the camps they built, preferably in the Everglades.
I think they shut that one down. One of the ones in Texas will have to do
But I always thought of sending them to a remote island with lots of guns and ammo but not quite enough food would do the trick.
Didn’t he say things were safe in Haiti?
The social media post attributed to Trump must be created by a staffer and endorsed by him … or maybe he’s not paying attention. Trump wouldn’t write or speak bombast that coherently. And the picture of Trump as the Chosen One is a cynical appeal to the Evangelical followers who believe he’s bringing on Armageddon to hasten the Second Coming. This is strange to anyone but a true believer.
What tells me most that he’s not well is military orders that appear to be temper tantrums, like the blockading of the Strait of Hormuz because Iran’s effectively doing so to assert power instead of caving in to his demands. (I’m no fan of Iran, but it’s Trump who got us into this mess on a gut feeling.)
Yes and let’s not forget that Devin Nunes runs the show on Truth Social so all of this awfulness could be created by him.
"You don't get to punch me in the face, I'M gonna punch me in the face"
Hungary’s Authoritarian Conceded Today’s Fair Election. We Won’t Have That Luxury…
1) Encourage employers of all sizes to close on election day (with or without pay)
2) Encourage all people to identify & assist those vulnerable with Obtaining Required ID/Documentation
3) Encourage all to identify & assist those vulnerable with Access To Physical Polls - ready to pivot to last minute changing of poll locations without notice
4) Encourage all to identify & assist those vulnerable by Providing ‘Cover’ and Representation for them at The Polls
5) Encourage all - Starting NOW - Well Ahead Of The Midterms, that these measures May Be Necessary and To Anticipate the Subversion and likelihood of Federal Agents being Present at The Polls
6) Encourage all to phone camera image their Voting Machine Receipt Scroll Pages
7) PRE-address messaging to Gen Z on a mass scale to minimize turnout insufficiency / Stimulate Their Future politics and Power To Effect Change
*PLEASE RESTACK THIS.*
If your state has an online voter search website take advantage of it and check that all is well with your voter registration. Even print it for your records.
Absolutely do that!
GOTV can triumph over democracy-destroying bad reality TV. Our turn, USA!
It looks like it might have been a toss-up going into the election in Hungary with Obán's opponent slightly in the lead. As they were making the turn toward the home stretch though, a dark horse broke out from nowhere and easily clinched the election for Obán's opponent.
That dark horse, of course, was J.D.Vance. Yes, the same detestable, fanatical right-wing zealot, who is number 2 behind Trump in being loathed the world over, and was the kiss of death for Obán the minute he stepped off the plane to campaign for Oban.
Vance is unquestionably the secret weapon that the Democrats can use in November by having him actively campaign for the Republican candidates. His support for Republicans would be a slam-dunk for the Democrats.
As for Trump, the Republicans would be wise to minimize his exposure leading up to the November elections, but we all know that he's never happy until he can make an ass of himself on the world stage and come out from his private world of fantasies to take repeated curtain calls for his adoring fans.
As each day passes, the world awaits the next eruption from our very own unstable and unpredictable megalomaniac, who is obsessed with leaving to posterity the glorious memories of The Golden Age of Poltical Buffoonery.
If we needed any more evidence that JD Vance has “negative charisma” Hungary delivered.
No joke! How nice that JD gave the Hungarians a reason to vote the way they did.
The man has lost what little mental acuity he once had. It would be sad if this happens to anyone, but it is dangerous in one who holds such a powerful global position. His sycophants have much to be held accountable for.
No one offers better analysis on the Iran War than SIR LAWRENCE FREEDMAN, the dean of British military strategists. He concludes that it's time for the US to shuffle off the stage so that the remaining nations of the world can work out a compromise on the Strait of Hormuz
catch gift link!
https://kathleenweber.substack.com/p/the-causes-and-consequences-of-trumps
Seriously folks, this guy is more than a few ants short of a picnic.
He needs to go.
That's a new one, I like it.
I depend on Joyce Vance and others like Heather Cox Richardson for not only sanity amist the stupidity and chaos, but for putting things into legal and historical context that even the most dyed in the wool MAGAt could understand, if they bothered to listen (They don’t).
Nonetheless, I remain deeply disturbed and troubled as to the direction of America. and the divisions that insure this stupidity relys on to fester.
I am no genius or prophet, but I feel strongly that no matter what happens in the midterms - even if it produces the much hoped for blue wave - nothing is going to change.
Listening to Pete Buttigieg on Friday handily dismantle the assinine claims from CNBC host Joe Kernen, who is quite comfortable with gaslighting, lying, and encouraging division, illustrated the problem that must be addressed if any sanity is to return to the country.
People like this quack dominate the airwaves, and felon Trump has damaged facts, the truth, and the press to the point that no one can believe anything being broadcast, even when it is sound and fact-based. This is the playbook of authoritarians and everyone should be concerned that we are so far down the slippery slope atoward what comes next; fascism.
Until we have fact-based, honest reporting rules that propagandists like FOX, AXIOS, and all the others must follow, we are never going to live in a country that is not divided by lies, bafoons, morons, and grifters like the current convicted convict liar in chief and his ship of fools.
I would really like to hear what Joyce Vance has to say about this elephant in the room!
I thought last week it was silly to send the least popular politician in America to support Orban so yes, please, please, have JD campaign across the country! It was also irritating when the cosplayers succumbed to failure so quickly with Iran. Weren’t we supposed to have the ubiquitous two weeks to negotiate instead of 22 hours? (Although two weeks is nowhere near enough time.). Complex negotiations take a while, particularly when the other side doesn’t trust you—and why should they when you attacked them during negotiations? It’s not like buying a car—though we could use one to stuff clowns in.
As always, well done Joyce. We’re with you.
I had thought the Iranians wanted no part of Witkof and Kushner as part of the negotiating team. Did I mis-hear? But if they objected and those two were still active members, I'm not surprised they got no results!
Which is an Indication that they may have been serious about negotiating, while we, sending corrupt amateurs, were not.
Hurray, Hungary!
As to the state of our nation, unlike the Pope, who was defamed by the arch criminal in the oval, I for one will never forgive the MAGA6, all of whom are Catholic, for their central role in dealing death blows to the United States of America and our constitution. That goes double for CJ Roberts.