I read the big announcement this afternoon. I thought sure it had to be a spoof like an Onion story. Made sure to look for legit news sources and found that sure enough, it was real. Thanks for mentioning it tonight to confirm this is indeed going down in the books as history. Gah!
Counting down to the inevitable — and hilarious — Saturday Night Live skit this weekend. Also, given that Trump is technologically clueless, it's a safe bet that he has no idea what an NFT is.
SNL will be good, no doubt, BUT, today's NY Times beautifully animated 3D Model, of where the stolen TOP SECRET, government, documents were not so very well hidden or secured, is much better and not in the least funny. It is a Federal Crime to steal top secret documents.
Gift link for everyone to see how bad Trump's theft was, how many people had access to the stolen documents and how awesome the NY Times 3D model designer is. One of the best NY Times publications I have seen in 40 years of reading that august newspaper.
I reviewed the details of the Mar a Lago security relative to the classified documents with a growing sense of horror that this soulless, irresponsible Celebrity had open access to these matters in such a manner.
Many of those documents are abstracts representing covert operations just the name and nature probably reveal American representatives and efforts.
The criminal at the heart of this wretched business who failed at everything he was involved with except being a Manhattan TV Star demonstrates how impoverished of talented Governance the Republican Party has become.
Now the confused efforts to organize the next House of Representatives appears in danger of lasting until Easter which means Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will have to continue providing the remaining viable Government Branch.
Lol. I'm sure multiple studies have proven that velvet ropes will prevent curious and/or bored individuals from going up the stairs to an ex-president's office. ;-)
Thanks Mike - if that isnt clear enough for anyone to understand (and reading the comments on the article - some just dont get it-big surprise) nothing will get thru to these MAGAs!
No need to wait for Saturday Michael... Late night hosts - especially my favorite, Stephen Colbert are 'all over it' and delighted to have old reliable 'orange douche' providing gaffe material ! NFT has a 'T' in it ; I feel he'll likely think it has something to do with him. Sad, but it's so pathetic I have to laugh !
I haven’t had coffee for a week. Is this what we’re talking about.
NFT means non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are generally created using the same type of programming used for cryptocurrencies. In simple terms these cryptographic assets are based on blockchain technology. They cannot be exchanged or traded equivalently like other cryptographic assets. Like Bitcoin or Ethereum
Being ancient I just Googled to find out what on earth an NFT is. I’m thinking I’m not the only one here somewhat mystified. Now that I know, are there really going to be buyers? Mind boggling.
Me too. I read it wrong. I thought to myself, “I wouldn’t pay 9 cents much less 99 cents.” What a grifter! But then, he always has been and he always will be a con.
There are many people who really think he is a god. They worship everything he says or does. There are many millions of them so this is sort of a paltry number.
Yes, but consider this is merely the first 12 hours of offering a Halloween costumed image of himself for $$$. Cheap Trick is what we used to call him BEFORE he was on The Apprentice.
Those are the easy ones. The people who want to prove their devotion. They are hoping Don will confer some special recognition for their loyalty. Cheap trickster is Don’s style. A legend in his own mind.
I’m waiting for the limited edition Trump autographed Sham-Wow’s and Ginsu Knives to be advertised. Sigh, the guy is the epitome of a late night TV commercial. Sad, but fitting & most deserving.
I can’t tell you how many sleepless nights I’ve had since 45 appeared on the national political stage. No such pillowcase for me either! Uh oh, that idea may haunt me!
Thank you. Yes a National Treasure. I didn't know his story (even though I played in a little folk group in the late 60's & early 70's). Sent this to my kids who are baseball fans living in Chicago. And the 1st song to my friend who used to enjoy good music at Daniel's Den, too. Left too soon.
I've never been a fan of the "orange huckster" but these superpower NFTs have made a believer out of me. They're awesome. I fell for the offer of 5 for $400 and now heartrending decisions have arisen. Who of my relatives and close friends will receive a prized gift depicting the greatest, most illustrious leader of our United States? Wish me luck.
Like most of us here on the LFAA comment section, I hooted with laughter when I read today’s newsletter. Now as I have time to think about it, and take in the reactions of -well, the world, - to this gross hawking of nothingness, I’m rather stopped in my tracks. We are buying into the ludicrously blatant headline stealing of the master of non-paid advertising. Biden had an INCREDIBLE week to boast about. His twitter handler poked fun and tried to tease away some of the engagement to relevant, actual accomplishment and BIG NEWS. But who are we talking, and posting, and allowing to suck up the oxygen in the room? AGAIN? This is not a judgement on any commenters. It is a curious observation on my own actions, as well as of those I’m reading. And I’m feeling like we are once again playing into the “Flood The Zone With Shit” game.
MLRGRMI, It's why, for weeks now the TV hasn't been on in my house. All I have now is a twenty-one year old Radio Shack antenna pointed at Atlanta. Not even connected to my set. It's like chump never left on ALL media.
Cancelled everything but WAPO (and SubStack!) to get the fool out of my house.
Me too! Haha. It seemed too good to be true. What a dullard. What an oaf.
Thing is - a Trump failure is not a failure of Trumpism. Trumpism is alive and well. Witness the Defense spending bill, where Republicans are forcing Democrats' hands WRT to repealing the vaccine mandate among the military. These fuc_ers just will not take this disease seriously. Then Desantis is starting up a Covid 19 response investigation??? And House means to depose Fauci for some grillings by Republican led committees? Bring it on. It is my hope that Trumpism will follow Trump himself into the dustbin of history. Sooner rather than later. It's going to take alot more "winning" for our current administration, with little to no bad luck or self-inflicted wounds, and an improving economy. Fingers crossed.
I agree. Trumpism isn't dead. Probably will never be because it represents a resolute distrust in government and the belief that the world is after me and thus conspiracy theories abound. Joe, a native son here in Delaware, is riding high or higher these days because he hires good people and the administration is firing on all cylinders. We will see if that "moron" McCarthy is elected Speaker in the House and then the spotlight is on the Republicans to produce and not backtrack and regurgitate old beefs. Hunter, the 2020 election, Mayorkas, even attempting to impeach the President himself are a losing strategy.
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” —Probably not Abraham Lincoln or Mark Twain.'
'As you may have noticed, Elon Musk is tweeting again. Or, rather, still.
The headline in the Washington Post captures our timeline: “Elon Musk, notorious Twitter troll, is now trolling Twitter itself.”
'The world’s richest man,' (perhaps, not anymore) '... embroiled in a complex, high-stakes takeover bid amid the falling share prices of his company, nevertheless takes time out for some social media lulz.'
'And, of course he is, because we live in an age of sh*tposting billionaires — phallic-obsessed rocketeers, who have decided that they should transform themselves into divas of performative assholery.'
'It’s good to be f-you rich in an age without guardrails or shame. The mega-rich can pose as populists, create memes, and even assume the personas of emotionally stunted adolescents. When you are a celebrity, they let you do anything, right?'
'This is, of course, a choice. Billionaires can actually be anyone they want to be. They can be philanthropists, they can be thought leaders, they can measure their words carefully. They can stay silent.' (CHARLIE SYKES - The Bulwark)
Thanks for sharing this! I especially appreciated to reference to Bob Dole (and I would add Dwight Eisenhower and John McCain). I probably wouldn't have voted for them, but I would have been proud to shake their hands and engage in conversation.
Just to be clear, Janet, I was actually reacting to the years from 2016 - 2020, then the antics, of a "not able to accept defeat" defeated ex president, dominating the news for clicks even as President Biden continues to move resolutely forward in an effort to restore sanity and productivity in our governing process. How did tfg embarrass us as a country? We can "count the ways" ad infinitum. The best, of course, being his current grift lowering himself to modeling a Halloween costume, side splittingly amusing in its photoshopped improvements. So, yes, rather than allow him any more air space in our heads, let's celebrate, instead, the extremely rocky journey our current president has navigated with grace, dignity and determination. Go BIDEN!!
If Trump is losing his luster now, just wait until the criminal charges starting and wounding him. It's a safe bet that all this bad new is continuing good news for DeSantis, who must feel like he won the Lotto. Let's wait and see, though, if Gov. Smarmy can truly excite the MAGA base with his monotone sleeping-pill speeches. There will end up being bitter GOP primary fights in which, I hope, they beat each other to a pulp.
Yes. A WaPo reader (and probably a lot of other people) pointed out that if DeSantis beats Trump in a primary, Trump might run as a third-party candidate to take them all down with him.
Forgot this: apparently, he said during 2016 primary that if he didn't get nominated, he'd run independently. He was asked if he'd pledge to support whomever did get nomination. That was his response.
I know folks who love Trump far, far more than they love anything else in their lives. I remain completely baffled by this phenomenon, but, no longer discount it even slightly.
For those folks that I know in that state, they will probably not even know about the trading cards and second, if they do learn about them,
THEY WILL PURCHASE THEM.
So, we should be very, very careful at this point in our history. The parallels to the mid pre-history of the rise of the Nazi party remain stark and frightening.
Germany was laughing a Hitler at around this stage of the show as well.
But, those that loved Hitler? They really, really loved him.
I don't understand Trump's appeal and never did, but, I DO understand that for those who love Trump, their love for him will not be compromised or loosened by some trading cards.
I recommend For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child Rearing and the Roots of Violence, Alice Miller. She provides a credible psychological explanation for why so many Germans were ripe for a leader like Hitler.
Why, Steph, do you think DeSmarmy (a name I stole from here....) would have any problem with being more criminal? He flew innocent people thousands of miles from Texas to FLA to Martha’s Vineyard. Not to mention the “Don’t Say Gay” law, etc. He is a YUGE creep. I feel sick just trying to imagine him as our president. OMG.
Living in Fla, one of the headlines is that he’s loudly questioning the efficacy of Covid vaccines. Given that SO many needlessly died in this state directly due to his careless mask proposals, stifling of accurate numbers of infection and death rates, bullying of students on live TV at a press conference, calling mask-wearing ridiculous without knowing their health status, the sickening way he treats migrants and poc, the rewriting of educational texts, his “don’t say gay” proposal, and so much more-he continues to be responsible for people’s deaths and deteriorating levels of decency, civility, and respect. He is terrifying and feels emboldened bc of his re-election. He allows no one to question him or stand in his way.
Too many still underestimate the ignorance, gullibility and downright bigotry of Floridians. That's why, in the face of Democratic victories elsewhere, Demings and Crist lost and Republicans gained seats in the legislature and locally as well.
the Republicans of Florida are nuts. Little Ronnie will find a real campaign for President MUCH harder outside of Florida, where he cannot control the narrative nor favorably gerrymander the vote.
“…Deteriorating levels of decency, civility, and respect…” and it all got worse when the morons of this country saw fit to elect Trump as president. That is something I will NEVER understand!!! Trump made it OK for people to act on their biases because he did. There is no decency, civility, or respect in that man and the GOP STILL can’t find the balls to speak up and out.
This is what happens when we use white affirmative action to let sub par adademic performers into fancy schools that are faking about their own academic rigor.
DeSantis would not have lasted two weeks at Texas A&M.
Then, back home to work at McDonald's.
But at Yale??? The lowest grade is a C. Cannot flunk out.
Oh. I did not mean to question his capacity for amoral or criminal behavior, though I honestly believe he has less criminal history under his belt than TFG. It's the atmosphere and the stomach for calling out and questioning that behavior, against the backdrop of prosecutions that are coming. Have you populated your indictment bingo card yet? Trump Co goes in the center square.
DeSantis simply does not have the "feral charisma" that allows drumpf to hold his MAGA cultists in their true believer state. It is drumpf's one true superpower.
Yet, today’s PBS Newshour informed that a recent poll showed that 45% of Republicans would vote for Trump if he ran in 2024. That’s still a high percentage.
Yes, it is high, disturbingly so considering his astounding failings, but not nearly enough to win. He's never going to recover the support he's lost among Independents, which are always the key to winning the White House. And Trump shows no signs of being able to win the GOP nomination.
All he has to do is what he did in 2016 - keep hold of his 30-40% and let the rest be divided up among however many run against him - cuz it won't just be DeSantis.
love that - Gov. Swarmy. He is so monotone. I don’t see how people get fired up by him. He has a whiney, flat, mid-west nasal, boring tone. I can use the word “mid-west” because I am. I still can’t square how all these people support this bore from Flor - he is Harvard and Yale. So the people they elect can be from “elitist” universities but our policies should be grounded in guns and god?
The Democrats will indict Trump just as soon as the Republicans are done with him. At which point the Democrats will save the Republican party from themselves. At which point Desantis can run full-Nazi.
I'm afraid to look at the former guy's trading cards because laughing that hard could be hazardous to my health. Loved President Biden's response! Sometimes I don't know what's real until Heather tells me. Thank you, Heather!
'Hear ye, hear ye', Trump has gone NFT; he now selling as a non-fungible token, a '...unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided, that is recorded in a blockchain, and that is used to certify authenticity and ownership.'
"MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT! My official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection is here!" he posted, "These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of my Life & Career!"
"Collect all of your favorite Trump Digital Trading Cards, very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting," he continued in the post. "Only $99 each! Would make a great Christmas gift. Don't Wait. They will be gone, I believe, very quickly!"
While Trump's is peddling his NFTs, which may be selling for 99 cents on eBay very soon, 'Harvard names Claudine Gay as president, first Black person at helm.'
'Gay, 52, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, joined the Harvard faculty in 2006 as a professor of government and is now dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the Ivy League university in Cambridge, Mass.'
'She will take office on July 1, succeeding Lawrence S. Bacow, the university’s retiring president, Harvard said. Gay will be the second woman to serve as president.'
'The barrier-breaking appointment of Gay — the first person of color to be named as the university’s president — comes several months after Harvard released a searing report on the history of its entanglement with slavery and racial discrimination in prior centuries. In remarks in a live-streamed appearance at the university Thursday, Gay praised what she called Harvard’s “bold agenda for reckoning and repair.” (WAPO)
Getting back to Trump's wares, 'Much of the art in question depicts a muscly version of himself in idealized settings, like in a wrestling ring, in outer space, at a race track, and surrounded by gold bars that read "TRUMP." (People)
And she had been dean of the college of arts and sciences, not a technocrat. We need more humanists leading higher education institutions. I'm with you Marlene: the news made me a little lighter.
The cards are fiction of the most profane, who suggested this, chump didn’t know but somebody should have. The ones I saw mock his very existence. Good job
I'm uncomfortable with adding detritus to outer space.
"What is another word for detritus? Noun Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals debris remains refuse fragments litter lumber remnants rubbish rubble scrap waste chaff dregs dross offscourings scum slag spoilage swill wreckage ashes debitage dreck flotsam garbage gash grot junk leavings mullock residue ruins scraps trash." "Dreck" is my favorite. "Swill" is too poetic.
Tim G aka " Baked Alaska " is going to jail for live streamimg his J6 positive admissions of Sedition on the Dlive Platform. This follows his conviction for assault in Phoenix after he screwed up his J6 plea deal. Tim felony will be back on the street in 2023.
tf'g's "ANNOUNCEMENT" is low hanging fruit not worthy of discussion except perhaps in tales of grifting or abnormal psychology journals. HCR did refrence a real person with the moniker "Baked Alaska". This person is headed to jail for the 2nd time since J6. The J6 report to the Nation and referrals will soon be here. I suggest we keep our eye on those that have been prosecuted like 'Baked Alaska' & more than 950 others, those that will be prosected like tf'g, those that should be prosecuted such as at least 34 in Congress & the dates & terms of their parole or release.
How about another topic other than tfg? NBC News reports that the House has joined the Senate in unanimously directing the removal of the bust of Justice Roger Taney from the SCOTUS building to ne replaced by a bust of Thurgood Marshall. Taney authored the heinous, pre-Civil War Dred Scott decision. I would like to be there for Biden's singing of that Bill.
Bryan, Think of this as the second 'Death of Salesman' and Trump's doing it completely on his own, without any help from Arthur Miller. Sure, there is higher fruit, like 'Baked Alaska'! Who are you kidding? Trump is an American classic.
Death of a Condo Saleman? .... Didn't Wily Loman fail to go to Alaska ... failed to cash in on the "diamond mine". 1950's regression? I think I need to consult with Maggie Haberman.
Not to diminish by one iota Claudine Gay's accomplishments but I must note that the first Ivy to be headed by a talented African American woman was not Harvard:
Thank you Richard for bringing Ruth J. Simmons, sworn in as the 18th president of Brown University on July 3, 2001, to our attention. The Washington Post noted for its fact checking of former president, clearly, is not up to speed in this department. How many more distinguished educators have not reached that level of distinction as a result of discrimination?
MLRGRMI, who would have thunk that Trump has been concealing pecs and abs like that beneath his stuffed shirt? I swear to god, that card got me breathing hard, and I'm not even gay! HAW !!
I have come to the conclusion that Donald J. Trump suffers from acute infantilism. Dementia already has set in. Next thing we know, he will be hawking decks of plastic playing cards.
I know folks who love Trump far, far more than they love anything else in their lives. I remain completely baffled by this phenomenon, but, no longer discount it even slightly.
For those folks that I know in that state, they will probably not even know about the trading cards and second, if they do llearn about them,
THEY WILL PURCHASE THEM.
So, we should be very, very careful at this point in our history. The parallels to the mid pre-history of the rise of the Nazi party remain stark and frightening.
Germany was laughing a Hitler at around this stage of the show as well.
But, those that loved Hitler? They really, really loved him; a love that never stopped. We bombed the love away.
I don't understand Trump's appeal and never did, but, I DO understand that for those who love Trump, their love for him will not be compromised or loosened by some trading cards.
Some of his appeal is probably based on the sunk cost fallacy, and some of it may be about how much tf'g is similar to themselves, or the men they have in their circle. And some of it is how he gave permission to give an fu to those who they see as taking away their privilege and allowing "those people" access to some of the goodies they thought were supposed to go to them - so a zero sum game. All of which reflects how many of them think more like children than adults.
As we’ve all seen, some folks will throw their family away if they don’t agree with their Trump adoration. Sick and sad-but that’s where we are. I agree with you-we can’t laugh this away. The brainwashing is REAL and with numbers supporting him as they are, there is no remission in sight.
KELTIK, never underestimate a grifter. He is so well-practiced from a lifetime of deceit this does not surprise me. He will get sold out. There are still tens of millions of Americans who voted for him. He knows his customers.....
Maybe a nice tarot deck with cards of his bros. Death cards of course since he is death star. Cards featuring whose under the bus. Cards featuring a bottle of ketchup and another showing some spatter.
Janet, what would make you consider his condition an ACUTE one??!
Can you identify a time or phase of his life when was he NOT a malignant narcissist? He was raised to be a narcissist by a narcissist father and his father's lawyer, Roy Cohn, the same one who facilitated Joe McCarthy in the 1950's until they too (McCarthy & Cohen) were brought down in infamy in the Army-McCarthy hearings.
We must remember who the traitors in Congress are. Recent reporting indicates that these 34 Republican members of Congress exchanged text messages with Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, about assorted schemes to overturn the 2020 election. !@#%&#!
I would love to see this list unfurled at the last hearing of the Jan 6th Committee this coming week, with their photo displayed, with name and state and position also displayed. Their treasonous activity deserves to be highlighted for all to see.
Yes, the cards. But look at all the press coverage it has garnered him. That is his real pay. We need to totally ignore the orange man, stop being so obsessed with him. No attention, not even to make fun of him. We need to focus on more important issues like: where is the national voter's rights bill?
You're so right, Steven. The entire time he was in office, no watching or clicking on anything, or reading about him at all, for these exact reasons. And it was easy to ignore him. Not feeding the insatiable desire for attention of any kind was delicious. And allowed more constructive and productive endeavors to flourish. Since he's been 'gone' for so long, getting a yuk or two seems less destructive to the country. YES! Where IS our national voter's rights bill??
That this clown show continues. Will there be a prequel to the madness, done as comedy? I'm gripping the arms of my paid-up seat in this traveling tent show. The cruelty done with elephants, baboons, and chimpanzees. Every town played, the tent get festooned with local indignataries playing clowns in the armour-plated clowncar.
YES, quite correct to ignore TFG and deprive him of oxygen,
yet...
how else will we come to understand how an electoral plurality of the whole country fell for his scams and his blather despite KNOWING what he had been and still was?!
Was it really all because for-profit media flourished on his divisive outrages planted and supported by the Russians?
OMG! The internet is FULL of take-offs of these cards and every one is more brilliant than the last one! It's times like these I love social media. What a complete and utter buffoon. A total moron. The man has REALLY lost touch with reality as never before. I saw the Filipkowski tweet and I thought it was a joke. Biden's comeback "MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT" was beautifully played. I CAN'T WAIT to see what late night TV will do with this--Stephen Colbert will have a field day!
Meanwhile...Republicans' clown car continues its wild ride and Democrats are managing to hold steady and continue to go about the business of governing...
I can't bear to watch Fox, even through gaps between my fingers. Has anyone noticed how Tucker Carlson is playing this? He probably doesn't dare mention it for fear of losing his normally scowling demeanor. This has to be the best comic relief to have popped up yet. Brokémon ! Whew! 😂
I don't think he has lost his touch at all. I believe as someone mentioned - 'he knows his customers'- I see him as a brilliant self promoter and marketing guy. I get get goose bumps each time I read this is where Hitler was at this time in his campaign. He killed 6 million plus Jews. Respectfully I see no humor in any of this. Just fright.
They should be called traitor cards. Can’t wait to see these ridiculous cards go the same way his steaks did!
I still can not wrap my head around the fact that this toxic sociopath sat in our White House. Nor can I believe he is still out there with his coat of Teflon protecting him. I just hope that the documents will prove to be his Waterloo and he will be indicted. And then, I can finally get a full night’s sleep. It’s been a rocky ride since 2016.
American Psychiatric Association five signs of Narcissitic Personality Disorder:
1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate experience)
2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.
3. Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people or institutions
4. Requires excessive admiration.
5. Has a sense of entitlement (i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations.
The French must be rolling in the streets laughing. It’s another distraction from the real crimes. Let us never forget he stole $TWO-HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION from his modest or low-income supporters…..this is small time peanuts. One should not take anything he says seriously, EXCEPT for his clear statements and actions to overthrow the US government. For that, he should spend what’s left of his harmful, unproductive-on-every-level, pathetic life in prison.
Did none of his staff notice the resemblance to "Dark Brandon" with the laser eyes?! Well, imitation is the greatest form of flattery--soon he'll be sporting those aviator sunglasses and eating his "two scoops" of ice cream out of a cone.
When John F Kennedy was campaigning in 1960 he once described the GOP like Elephants in a Circus trunk to tail going around and around the center ring and not ever getting anywhere. The GOP today as Heather is writing fits that same description. Thanks for this great analysis!
“ If the Democrats are trying to portray themselves as the competent party, the Republicans seem to be trying to give them a leg up.” Love this SO MUCH!😎
I read the big announcement this afternoon. I thought sure it had to be a spoof like an Onion story. Made sure to look for legit news sources and found that sure enough, it was real. Thanks for mentioning it tonight to confirm this is indeed going down in the books as history. Gah!
Counting down to the inevitable — and hilarious — Saturday Night Live skit this weekend. Also, given that Trump is technologically clueless, it's a safe bet that he has no idea what an NFT is.
SNL will be good, no doubt, BUT, today's NY Times beautifully animated 3D Model, of where the stolen TOP SECRET, government, documents were not so very well hidden or secured, is much better and not in the least funny. It is a Federal Crime to steal top secret documents.
Gift link for everyone to see how bad Trump's theft was, how many people had access to the stolen documents and how awesome the NY Times 3D model designer is. One of the best NY Times publications I have seen in 40 years of reading that august newspaper.
https://www.nytimes.com/interactive/2022/12/15/us/mar-a-lago-trump-documents.html?unlocked_article_code=_psLGSO_QjQ6HJG8Ra8g0CDbHiAEIBLUtOPnu1xUMRLXTw49xW3lEGzaq2OB0Un_zLR2qnWzGw8p6WLjrxTtaNrWWjBd66ibpPKooFlHEhYHJ7bSVYKukdYHsWPhagusMFOfmvA2rwDhwKr_eOOnOBBLxAyeyrg7aL1bybFJklY2S2M84UN3NkLLqCiG5iGy4s6N2XhTb5t_jxxy3NABuo_pyxpvN67kM6_tXkNmwWoluYLbAGPiWyzzzG_Ldq1T9H9rLHgx6OrPgjzbQs2zdjEGg9fOV0t-t0xcvUS2sNWHIdoI-zTQ41KmF7adY1XaE4x5p6NEBBkCC9rArB2lzDwCxjolAjNx-6EMzAwkYw&smid=share-url
Wow. Why didn't he just take the documents and lay them out on the beach? Wow, Just wow. What a slap in the face to America.
In the end, he’s a sad, clueless old man. (And I was born before he was.)
This is what happens to sad, clueless young men who keep following the same script: they grow old.
That's the cleverest thing I've read this week.
I reviewed the details of the Mar a Lago security relative to the classified documents with a growing sense of horror that this soulless, irresponsible Celebrity had open access to these matters in such a manner.
Many of those documents are abstracts representing covert operations just the name and nature probably reveal American representatives and efforts.
The criminal at the heart of this wretched business who failed at everything he was involved with except being a Manhattan TV Star demonstrates how impoverished of talented Governance the Republican Party has become.
Now the confused efforts to organize the next House of Representatives appears in danger of lasting until Easter which means Joe Biden and Kamala Harris will have to continue providing the remaining viable Government Branch.
That is just brilliant. Anyone could go in search of a rest room and find top secret documents.
Thanks, Mike. Fascinating piece of work.
This is amazing. And all the images are sourced! So impressive. Thanks so much for the link -- I let my NYT sub lapse after 2016. <g>
Wow. Thanks, Mike. And thank goodness for that velvet rope sealing off access to his office from the ballroom.
Lol. I'm sure multiple studies have proven that velvet ropes will prevent curious and/or bored individuals from going up the stairs to an ex-president's office. ;-)
Thank you!!!
👋 👋 👋 👋 👋 👋 👋
Thanks for this, Mike.
Thx Mike. That was interesting.
Thanks, Mike.
That was cool, thank you!
Thank you, Mike. That was fascinating and certainly clarifies what a danger he has been.
Thank you for this "gift". Certainly an enlightening and sad tour.
Thanks Mike - if that isnt clear enough for anyone to understand (and reading the comments on the article - some just dont get it-big surprise) nothing will get thru to these MAGAs!
Mike
Wow! Thanks for sharing!
Thx Mike
No need to wait for Saturday Michael... Late night hosts - especially my favorite, Stephen Colbert are 'all over it' and delighted to have old reliable 'orange douche' providing gaffe material ! NFT has a 'T' in it ; I feel he'll likely think it has something to do with him. Sad, but it's so pathetic I have to laugh !
Colbert was a HOOT!
I haven’t had coffee for a week. Is this what we’re talking about.
NFT means non-fungible tokens (NFTs), which are generally created using the same type of programming used for cryptocurrencies. In simple terms these cryptographic assets are based on blockchain technology. They cannot be exchanged or traded equivalently like other cryptographic assets. Like Bitcoin or Ethereum
Being ancient I just Googled to find out what on earth an NFT is. I’m thinking I’m not the only one here somewhat mystified. Now that I know, are there really going to be buyers? Mind boggling.
In other words - imaginary objects!
I've got an association of ideas when I see the word "non-fungible" - it suggests poisonous mushrooms to me.
I completely agree! In this instance, that sure does apply, right?
Seth Myers was good.
Will check it out!
Me too. I read it wrong. I thought to myself, “I wouldn’t pay 9 cents much less 99 cents.” What a grifter! But then, he always has been and he always will be a con.
Asked my hubby if he was going to buy death star's grifter cards. He just laughed as should anyone.
The price is $99, not 99 cents.
For clarification, yes I know that it is $99. But I read it wrong. Because my brain likely couldn’t fathom that $99 was correct.
Nah...you were clearly just being generous while thinking about the AFV. (actual face value)
Wait for the whole set. Don, Vlad, Modi, Orban, Bibi, Bolsanaro, Pence, Kavanaugh, Barrett, Jordan, McCarthy, Graham..........It will be bigly wonderful.
Lol. But $4.6 mill in less than 12 hours?!?!? Something sure stinks in Den-maralardo.
There are many people who really think he is a god. They worship everything he says or does. There are many millions of them so this is sort of a paltry number.
Yes, but consider this is merely the first 12 hours of offering a Halloween costumed image of himself for $$$. Cheap Trick is what we used to call him BEFORE he was on The Apprentice.
Those are the easy ones. The people who want to prove their devotion. They are hoping Don will confer some special recognition for their loyalty. Cheap trickster is Don’s style. A legend in his own mind.
me too
The AFV of an NFT...well, of course. Thanks to the NBN, I can look that up instantly, although my IQ doesn't grasp its significance.
Good grief. Is there someone that stupid?!!
evidently there are lots of them. yikes!
99 dollars
Not even 9 cents makes sense.
Yes. I was agreeing with the other one who read it wrong. Took a second look.
I want to know who convinced him that the trading cards would be a good idea?? Seriously. SMH
Barron? Or maybe Rudy.
Nah, Bannon was apoplectic. Check out TCinLA, hysterical
Rudy is the best answer re: his choice of funding. Too funny.
Yes, probably the kracken!
Who knows about that? Update (in today's British tabloids): sold out in 24 hours. The superhero gets $4 million.
Yes. It is.
I still find it hard to believe that it wasn't a joke.
IKR
That will be what he says after it flops!
He must have been reading Gary Larson cartoons.
Def Pillow Guy. He’s been hawking macho Trumpy Bears for a while.
Rudy
I’m waiting for the limited edition Trump autographed Sham-Wow’s and Ginsu Knives to be advertised. Sigh, the guy is the epitome of a late night TV commercial. Sad, but fitting & most deserving.
How about a pillow case with Trump’s image so you can sleep with your idol on Mike Lindell’s pillow!
Oh dear, I’d NEVER get a wink of sleep….. Shudder, the stuff of nightmares!!!!!
I can’t tell you how many sleepless nights I’ve had since 45 appeared on the national political stage. No such pillowcase for me either! Uh oh, that idea may haunt me!
LOL
Barbara Could I get a Trump autographed Sham-Wow wrapped in a My Pillow?
🤣🤣🤣
Has trump inked a deal with Popeal? Trump “Deep Sea Pocket Fisherman”??
Steve Goodman to the rescue
https://youtu.be/HnqtGjHJjs8
Hysterical!!! Thanks Dave!
Steve was a National Treasure He appeared too early and left way too soon
https://youtu.be/7xBxZGQ1dJk
Thank you. Yes a National Treasure. I didn't know his story (even though I played in a little folk group in the late 60's & early 70's). Sent this to my kids who are baseball fans living in Chicago. And the 1st song to my friend who used to enjoy good music at Daniel's Den, too. Left too soon.
His catalog is life inspiring. To watch his videos is pure joy
💞 Enjoying more now!💞
🤣😂
I've never been a fan of the "orange huckster" but these superpower NFTs have made a believer out of me. They're awesome. I fell for the offer of 5 for $400 and now heartrending decisions have arisen. Who of my relatives and close friends will receive a prized gift depicting the greatest, most illustrious leader of our United States? Wish me luck.
Hold your horses Rudy, I hear there's a North Korean knockoff for 99¢.
🤣😂😅
That’s some pricey sarcasm there, fella. Go for gusto
As if ...
Like most of us here on the LFAA comment section, I hooted with laughter when I read today’s newsletter. Now as I have time to think about it, and take in the reactions of -well, the world, - to this gross hawking of nothingness, I’m rather stopped in my tracks. We are buying into the ludicrously blatant headline stealing of the master of non-paid advertising. Biden had an INCREDIBLE week to boast about. His twitter handler poked fun and tried to tease away some of the engagement to relevant, actual accomplishment and BIG NEWS. But who are we talking, and posting, and allowing to suck up the oxygen in the room? AGAIN? This is not a judgement on any commenters. It is a curious observation on my own actions, as well as of those I’m reading. And I’m feeling like we are once again playing into the “Flood The Zone With Shit” game.
We never stopped playing the game.
MLRGRMI, It's why, for weeks now the TV hasn't been on in my house. All I have now is a twenty-one year old Radio Shack antenna pointed at Atlanta. Not even connected to my set. It's like chump never left on ALL media.
Cancelled everything but WAPO (and SubStack!) to get the fool out of my house.
Guess who they talk about?
Yeah, subscribed again to WAPO. I had to have at least one "paper." How else can I hear about mElon?
My thought was 'he's insensed by the power of Dark Brandon.' LOL...can't even touch him! Bidon runs circles around the slob.
Me too! Haha. It seemed too good to be true. What a dullard. What an oaf.
Thing is - a Trump failure is not a failure of Trumpism. Trumpism is alive and well. Witness the Defense spending bill, where Republicans are forcing Democrats' hands WRT to repealing the vaccine mandate among the military. These fuc_ers just will not take this disease seriously. Then Desantis is starting up a Covid 19 response investigation??? And House means to depose Fauci for some grillings by Republican led committees? Bring it on. It is my hope that Trumpism will follow Trump himself into the dustbin of history. Sooner rather than later. It's going to take alot more "winning" for our current administration, with little to no bad luck or self-inflicted wounds, and an improving economy. Fingers crossed.
I still don't get why Republicans are so eager to kill their own voters.
The surviving deplorables will cheat and vote dead people.
Again....
I agree. Trumpism isn't dead. Probably will never be because it represents a resolute distrust in government and the belief that the world is after me and thus conspiracy theories abound. Joe, a native son here in Delaware, is riding high or higher these days because he hires good people and the administration is firing on all cylinders. We will see if that "moron" McCarthy is elected Speaker in the House and then the spotlight is on the Republicans to produce and not backtrack and regurgitate old beefs. Hunter, the 2020 election, Mayorkas, even attempting to impeach the President himself are a losing strategy.
As a friend put it, "He is giving a bad name to fruitcake, with or without nuts."
lol
“Better to remain silent and be thought a fool than to speak out and remove all doubt.” —Probably not Abraham Lincoln or Mark Twain.'
'As you may have noticed, Elon Musk is tweeting again. Or, rather, still.
The headline in the Washington Post captures our timeline: “Elon Musk, notorious Twitter troll, is now trolling Twitter itself.”
'The world’s richest man,' (perhaps, not anymore) '... embroiled in a complex, high-stakes takeover bid amid the falling share prices of his company, nevertheless takes time out for some social media lulz.'
'And, of course he is, because we live in an age of sh*tposting billionaires — phallic-obsessed rocketeers, who have decided that they should transform themselves into divas of performative assholery.'
'It’s good to be f-you rich in an age without guardrails or shame. The mega-rich can pose as populists, create memes, and even assume the personas of emotionally stunted adolescents. When you are a celebrity, they let you do anything, right?'
'This is, of course, a choice. Billionaires can actually be anyone they want to be. They can be philanthropists, they can be thought leaders, they can measure their words carefully. They can stay silent.' (CHARLIE SYKES - The Bulwark)
Thanks for sharing this! I especially appreciated to reference to Bob Dole (and I would add Dwight Eisenhower and John McCain). I probably wouldn't have voted for them, but I would have been proud to shake their hands and engage in conversation.
The podcasts are gold.
I'm a fairly regular Bulwark reader. Charlie is on a roll.
On a roll indeed!
Card images seem to have lost his blubber, advertising has hit a new low in more than a few ways
Thx
The guardian was where I first read it. :)
"THESE" days?????
Just to be clear, Janet, I was actually reacting to the years from 2016 - 2020, then the antics, of a "not able to accept defeat" defeated ex president, dominating the news for clicks even as President Biden continues to move resolutely forward in an effort to restore sanity and productivity in our governing process. How did tfg embarrass us as a country? We can "count the ways" ad infinitum. The best, of course, being his current grift lowering himself to modeling a Halloween costume, side splittingly amusing in its photoshopped improvements. So, yes, rather than allow him any more air space in our heads, let's celebrate, instead, the extremely rocky journey our current president has navigated with grace, dignity and determination. Go BIDEN!!
Quite the contrary.
If Trump is losing his luster now, just wait until the criminal charges starting and wounding him. It's a safe bet that all this bad new is continuing good news for DeSantis, who must feel like he won the Lotto. Let's wait and see, though, if Gov. Smarmy can truly excite the MAGA base with his monotone sleeping-pill speeches. There will end up being bitter GOP primary fights in which, I hope, they beat each other to a pulp.
Let the GOP feed on themselves.
Yes. A WaPo reader (and probably a lot of other people) pointed out that if DeSantis beats Trump in a primary, Trump might run as a third-party candidate to take them all down with him.
This would prove there is a God and he/she’s not an evangelical
This would help the Democratic nominee.
Forgot this: apparently, he said during 2016 primary that if he didn't get nominated, he'd run independently. He was asked if he'd pledge to support whomever did get nomination. That was his response.
Oh I pray that it would be so!!
Michael,
"If Trump is losing his luster now".
I know folks who love Trump far, far more than they love anything else in their lives. I remain completely baffled by this phenomenon, but, no longer discount it even slightly.
For those folks that I know in that state, they will probably not even know about the trading cards and second, if they do learn about them,
THEY WILL PURCHASE THEM.
So, we should be very, very careful at this point in our history. The parallels to the mid pre-history of the rise of the Nazi party remain stark and frightening.
Germany was laughing a Hitler at around this stage of the show as well.
But, those that loved Hitler? They really, really loved him.
I don't understand Trump's appeal and never did, but, I DO understand that for those who love Trump, their love for him will not be compromised or loosened by some trading cards.
I’ve lost family connections attempting to explain Hitler’s influence over “enough” German citizens in his systematic rise to power
How did he do it? Propaganda, charisma? Fighting that is like trying to convince the “fans” that World Wide Wrestling is scripted
How does a used car salesman sell a badly used car?
I recommend For Your Own Good: Hidden Cruelty in Child Rearing and the Roots of Violence, Alice Miller. She provides a credible psychological explanation for why so many Germans were ripe for a leader like Hitler.
Thank you. I will put this on my (post Christmas) reading. Looks to be a fair bit dark for sure.
Or anything
The Sunk Cost Fallacy seems to be also at play here.
DeSantis will founder. You can't be more Trump than Trump without also being more criminal.
Why, Steph, do you think DeSmarmy (a name I stole from here....) would have any problem with being more criminal? He flew innocent people thousands of miles from Texas to FLA to Martha’s Vineyard. Not to mention the “Don’t Say Gay” law, etc. He is a YUGE creep. I feel sick just trying to imagine him as our president. OMG.
Living in Fla, one of the headlines is that he’s loudly questioning the efficacy of Covid vaccines. Given that SO many needlessly died in this state directly due to his careless mask proposals, stifling of accurate numbers of infection and death rates, bullying of students on live TV at a press conference, calling mask-wearing ridiculous without knowing their health status, the sickening way he treats migrants and poc, the rewriting of educational texts, his “don’t say gay” proposal, and so much more-he continues to be responsible for people’s deaths and deteriorating levels of decency, civility, and respect. He is terrifying and feels emboldened bc of his re-election. He allows no one to question him or stand in his way.
Too many still underestimate the ignorance, gullibility and downright bigotry of Floridians. That's why, in the face of Democratic victories elsewhere, Demings and Crist lost and Republicans gained seats in the legislature and locally as well.
the Republicans of Florida are nuts. Little Ronnie will find a real campaign for President MUCH harder outside of Florida, where he cannot control the narrative nor favorably gerrymander the vote.
“…Deteriorating levels of decency, civility, and respect…” and it all got worse when the morons of this country saw fit to elect Trump as president. That is something I will NEVER understand!!! Trump made it OK for people to act on their biases because he did. There is no decency, civility, or respect in that man and the GOP STILL can’t find the balls to speak up and out.
He was a terrible baseball coach at Yale too.
This is what happens when we use white affirmative action to let sub par adademic performers into fancy schools that are faking about their own academic rigor.
DeSantis would not have lasted two weeks at Texas A&M.
Then, back home to work at McDonald's.
But at Yale??? The lowest grade is a C. Cannot flunk out.
PLUS. TODAY at Ivy? Average grade is an A.
Oh. I did not mean to question his capacity for amoral or criminal behavior, though I honestly believe he has less criminal history under his belt than TFG. It's the atmosphere and the stomach for calling out and questioning that behavior, against the backdrop of prosecutions that are coming. Have you populated your indictment bingo card yet? Trump Co goes in the center square.
Lord, I hope. He is beyond redemption.
DeSantis simply does not have the "feral charisma" that allows drumpf to hold his MAGA cultists in their true believer state. It is drumpf's one true superpower.
Yet, today’s PBS Newshour informed that a recent poll showed that 45% of Republicans would vote for Trump if he ran in 2024. That’s still a high percentage.
And if there are more than two opposition candidates to Trump, that 40% will guarantee he wins the primaries.
Ugh ugh UGH
Yes, it is high, disturbingly so considering his astounding failings, but not nearly enough to win. He's never going to recover the support he's lost among Independents, which are always the key to winning the White House. And Trump shows no signs of being able to win the GOP nomination.
All he has to do is what he did in 2016 - keep hold of his 30-40% and let the rest be divided up among however many run against him - cuz it won't just be DeSantis.
And those polls didnt look good for Biden. I just dont get it.
https://www.pbs.org/newshour/show/new-poll-shows-americans-want-congressional-cooperation-but-expect-gridlock
I was thinking the same, Mike!
love that - Gov. Swarmy. He is so monotone. I don’t see how people get fired up by him. He has a whiney, flat, mid-west nasal, boring tone. I can use the word “mid-west” because I am. I still can’t square how all these people support this bore from Flor - he is Harvard and Yale. So the people they elect can be from “elitist” universities but our policies should be grounded in guns and god?
Again, never underestimae the ignorance, gullibility and bigotry of Floridians.
The Democrats will indict Trump just as soon as the Republicans are done with him. At which point the Democrats will save the Republican party from themselves. At which point Desantis can run full-Nazi.
Hurry up, Donnie. Do your worst.
I'm afraid to look at the former guy's trading cards because laughing that hard could be hazardous to my health. Loved President Biden's response! Sometimes I don't know what's real until Heather tells me. Thank you, Heather!
I saw the “Superman” one, and though clenched, his hands are definitely bigger. 😂😜
I still laugh at Vanity Fair's phrase "short-fingered vulgarian"
OMG! This has to be the BEST LFAA yet!😂
Brokémon!!!!!
'Hear ye, hear ye', Trump has gone NFT; he now selling as a non-fungible token, a '...unique digital identifier that cannot be copied, substituted, or subdivided, that is recorded in a blockchain, and that is used to certify authenticity and ownership.'
"MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT! My official Donald Trump Digital Trading Card collection is here!" he posted, "These limited edition cards feature amazing ART of my Life & Career!"
"Collect all of your favorite Trump Digital Trading Cards, very much like a baseball card, but hopefully much more exciting," he continued in the post. "Only $99 each! Would make a great Christmas gift. Don't Wait. They will be gone, I believe, very quickly!"
While Trump's is peddling his NFTs, which may be selling for 99 cents on eBay very soon, 'Harvard names Claudine Gay as president, first Black person at helm.'
'Gay, 52, the daughter of Haitian immigrants, joined the Harvard faculty in 2006 as a professor of government and is now dean of the Faculty of Arts and Sciences at the Ivy League university in Cambridge, Mass.'
'She will take office on July 1, succeeding Lawrence S. Bacow, the university’s retiring president, Harvard said. Gay will be the second woman to serve as president.'
'The barrier-breaking appointment of Gay — the first person of color to be named as the university’s president — comes several months after Harvard released a searing report on the history of its entanglement with slavery and racial discrimination in prior centuries. In remarks in a live-streamed appearance at the university Thursday, Gay praised what she called Harvard’s “bold agenda for reckoning and repair.” (WAPO)
Getting back to Trump's wares, 'Much of the art in question depicts a muscly version of himself in idealized settings, like in a wrestling ring, in outer space, at a race track, and surrounded by gold bars that read "TRUMP." (People)
Love that a Haitian woman is president of Harvard! Perhaps she will change things up by confronting the on-campus Federalist Society.
And she had been dean of the college of arts and sciences, not a technocrat. We need more humanists leading higher education institutions. I'm with you Marlene: the news made me a little lighter.
Someone has to stop them-the Federalist Society, I mean.
The cards are fiction of the most profane, who suggested this, chump didn’t know but somebody should have. The ones I saw mock his very existence. Good job
And here I thought Trump's "big announcement" was his intention to challenge Kevin McCarthy for Speaker of the House. Silly me.
On a much better note, congratulations to Dr. Claudine Gay! Harvard will be in good hands.
Yes, Speaker of The House of Cards!
I’ll take the baseball cards thank you!
Hale, why wouldn't you want to see Trump in outer space?
I'm uncomfortable with adding detritus to outer space.
"What is another word for detritus? Noun Organic waste material from decomposing dead plants or animals debris remains refuse fragments litter lumber remnants rubbish rubble scrap waste chaff dregs dross offscourings scum slag spoilage swill wreckage ashes debitage dreck flotsam garbage gash grot junk leavings mullock residue ruins scraps trash." "Dreck" is my favorite. "Swill" is too poetic.
Bruce Murray, Your effort to protect outer space by digging deep into 'detritus' with 'Dreck' was an ignoble work, indeed. Did you use your hands?
I rather like 'mullock'.
I can't stop laughing! Thank you, Bruce and fellow commenters! 🤣
LOL!
😅🤣😂
Tim G aka " Baked Alaska " is going to jail for live streamimg his J6 positive admissions of Sedition on the Dlive Platform. This follows his conviction for assault in Phoenix after he screwed up his J6 plea deal. Tim felony will be back on the street in 2023.
tf'g's "ANNOUNCEMENT" is low hanging fruit not worthy of discussion except perhaps in tales of grifting or abnormal psychology journals. HCR did refrence a real person with the moniker "Baked Alaska". This person is headed to jail for the 2nd time since J6. The J6 report to the Nation and referrals will soon be here. I suggest we keep our eye on those that have been prosecuted like 'Baked Alaska' & more than 950 others, those that will be prosected like tf'g, those that should be prosecuted such as at least 34 in Congress & the dates & terms of their parole or release.
How about another topic other than tfg? NBC News reports that the House has joined the Senate in unanimously directing the removal of the bust of Justice Roger Taney from the SCOTUS building to ne replaced by a bust of Thurgood Marshall. Taney authored the heinous, pre-Civil War Dred Scott decision. I would like to be there for Biden's singing of that Bill.
Bryan, Think of this as the second 'Death of Salesman' and Trump's doing it completely on his own, without any help from Arthur Miller. Sure, there is higher fruit, like 'Baked Alaska'! Who are you kidding? Trump is an American classic.
Death of a Condo Saleman? .... Didn't Wily Loman fail to go to Alaska ... failed to cash in on the "diamond mine". 1950's regression? I think I need to consult with Maggie Haberman.
I think you've been autocorrected, Counselor. Roger Taney.
Excuse me your Honor.
I've had an embarrassing number of autocorrect gaffs in my life and times, including on several police reports that were submitted.
No judge, just a simple court reporter.
Oh, fair editor, Ally, Bless You for catching Counselor McKown monkeying with 'THE TRUTH'.
Yup, LFAA is like having 5000 Editors; love it. I can handle the truth.
Ah, both a 'true' advocate and gentleman...Bryan Sean McKown...I'll courtesy, not, but happy to know you.
Not to diminish by one iota Claudine Gay's accomplishments but I must note that the first Ivy to be headed by a talented African American woman was not Harvard:
https://www.brown.edu/about/administration/president/people/past-presidents/ruth-j-simmons-2001-2012
Thank you Richard for bringing Ruth J. Simmons, sworn in as the 18th president of Brown University on July 3, 2001, to our attention. The Washington Post noted for its fact checking of former president, clearly, is not up to speed in this department. How many more distinguished educators have not reached that level of distinction as a result of discrimination?
Oddly enough, the state that has the most HBCU’s is…Alabama! They have 14, in fact. That really blew my mind.
Thank you so much for this, Richard. She has quite an impressive background and Brown was very wise to appoint her as President.
YAY GAY!!! Thanks for this great news Fern!
MLRGRMI, who would have thunk that Trump has been concealing pecs and abs like that beneath his stuffed shirt? I swear to god, that card got me breathing hard, and I'm not even gay! HAW !!
Hahaha, so much levity in the early am
I have come to the conclusion that Donald J. Trump suffers from acute infantilism. Dementia already has set in. Next thing we know, he will be hawking decks of plastic playing cards.
If you think he's pathetic now, wait until it dawns on him: "They don't love me anymore."
Michael,
"They don't love me anymore".
I know folks who love Trump far, far more than they love anything else in their lives. I remain completely baffled by this phenomenon, but, no longer discount it even slightly.
For those folks that I know in that state, they will probably not even know about the trading cards and second, if they do llearn about them,
THEY WILL PURCHASE THEM.
So, we should be very, very careful at this point in our history. The parallels to the mid pre-history of the rise of the Nazi party remain stark and frightening.
Germany was laughing a Hitler at around this stage of the show as well.
But, those that loved Hitler? They really, really loved him; a love that never stopped. We bombed the love away.
I don't understand Trump's appeal and never did, but, I DO understand that for those who love Trump, their love for him will not be compromised or loosened by some trading cards.
Some of his appeal is probably based on the sunk cost fallacy, and some of it may be about how much tf'g is similar to themselves, or the men they have in their circle. And some of it is how he gave permission to give an fu to those who they see as taking away their privilege and allowing "those people" access to some of the goodies they thought were supposed to go to them - so a zero sum game. All of which reflects how many of them think more like children than adults.
As we’ve all seen, some folks will throw their family away if they don’t agree with their Trump adoration. Sick and sad-but that’s where we are. I agree with you-we can’t laugh this away. The brainwashing is REAL and with numbers supporting him as they are, there is no remission in sight.
I have a feeling the jokes on us. I sum my opinion up realizing this “prank” is probably a perfect money laundering system.
KELTIK, never underestimate a grifter. He is so well-practiced from a lifetime of deceit this does not surprise me. He will get sold out. There are still tens of millions of Americans who voted for him. He knows his customers.....
Maybe a nice tarot deck with cards of his bros. Death cards of course since he is death star. Cards featuring whose under the bus. Cards featuring a bottle of ketchup and another showing some spatter.
Suggesting that he has dementia is an insult to those, like my mother, who actually suffered with dementia. He does not suffer.
actually WE suffer from his acute malignant condition... among other things
Janet, what would make you consider his condition an ACUTE one??!
Can you identify a time or phase of his life when was he NOT a malignant narcissist? He was raised to be a narcissist by a narcissist father and his father's lawyer, Roy Cohn, the same one who facilitated Joe McCarthy in the 1950's until they too (McCarthy & Cohen) were brought down in infamy in the Army-McCarthy hearings.
...make that Cohn...
LOL!!!
We must remember who the traitors in Congress are. Recent reporting indicates that these 34 Republican members of Congress exchanged text messages with Donald Trump’s Chief of Staff, Mark Meadows, about assorted schemes to overturn the 2020 election. !@#%&#!
Rep. Rick Allen (Georgia)
Rep. Brian Babin (Texas)
Rep. Andy Biggs (Arizona)
Rep. Dan Bishop (North Carolina)
Rep. Kevin Brady (Texas)
Rep. Mo Brooks (Alabama)
Rep. Ted Budd (North Carolina)
Rep. Andrew Clyde (Georgia)
Sen. Kevin Cramer (North Dakota)
Sen. Ted Cruz (Texas)
Rep. Warren Davidson (Ohio)
Rep. Tom Emmer (Minnesota)
Rep. Bob Gibbs (Ohio)
Rep. Louie Gohmert (Texas)
Rep. Paul Gosar (Arizona)
Rep. Mark Green (Tennessee)
Rep. Jody Hice (Georgia)
Rep. Richard Hudson (North Carolina)
Rep. Mike Johnson (Louisiana)
Sen. Ron Johnson (Wisconsin)
Rep. Jim Jordan (Ohio)
Rep. Fred Keller (Pennsylvania)
Rep. Mike Kelly (Pennsylvania)
Sen. Mike Lee (Utah)
Rep. Billy Long (Missouri)
Rep. Barry Loudermilk (Georgia)
Sen. Cynthia Lummis (Wyoming)
Rep. Barry Moore (Alabama)
Rep. Greg Murphy (North Carolina)
Rep. Ralph Norman (South Carolina)
Sen. David Perdue (Georgia)
Rep. Scott Perry (Pennsylvania)
Rep. Chip Roy (Texas)
Rep. Marjorie Taylor-Greene (Georgia)
White as snow men and 2 grossly white woman with one being a loud-mouth.
I would love to see this list unfurled at the last hearing of the Jan 6th Committee this coming week, with their photo displayed, with name and state and position also displayed. Their treasonous activity deserves to be highlighted for all to see.
I imagine the 34 would take it as a compliment and love the publicity for their "cause" and careers. : - (
Keep this handy
Thanks, Laurie, for this list. If not traitors, at least idiots who have NO business in elected office. I hope it’s published far and wide.
❗️ ❗️ ❗️
Yes, the cards. But look at all the press coverage it has garnered him. That is his real pay. We need to totally ignore the orange man, stop being so obsessed with him. No attention, not even to make fun of him. We need to focus on more important issues like: where is the national voter's rights bill?
Steven, I agree. Ignoring him is his worst fear. But this one was too good not to make fun of! Laughing is a form of therapy, after all.....
I swear the media made him president and continues to give him all the attention he wants. I totally agree. Let’s put our focus somewhere else.
You're so right, Steven. The entire time he was in office, no watching or clicking on anything, or reading about him at all, for these exact reasons. And it was easy to ignore him. Not feeding the insatiable desire for attention of any kind was delicious. And allowed more constructive and productive endeavors to flourish. Since he's been 'gone' for so long, getting a yuk or two seems less destructive to the country. YES! Where IS our national voter's rights bill??
That this clown show continues. Will there be a prequel to the madness, done as comedy? I'm gripping the arms of my paid-up seat in this traveling tent show. The cruelty done with elephants, baboons, and chimpanzees. Every town played, the tent get festooned with local indignataries playing clowns in the armour-plated clowncar.
Yes! We need to remove his oxygen-his mental illness thru es on attention!!
YES, quite correct to ignore TFG and deprive him of oxygen,
yet...
how else will we come to understand how an electoral plurality of the whole country fell for his scams and his blather despite KNOWING what he had been and still was?!
Was it really all because for-profit media flourished on his divisive outrages planted and supported by the Russians?
A vulnerable public was required
OMG! The internet is FULL of take-offs of these cards and every one is more brilliant than the last one! It's times like these I love social media. What a complete and utter buffoon. A total moron. The man has REALLY lost touch with reality as never before. I saw the Filipkowski tweet and I thought it was a joke. Biden's comeback "MAJOR ANNOUNCEMENT" was beautifully played. I CAN'T WAIT to see what late night TV will do with this--Stephen Colbert will have a field day!
Meanwhile...Republicans' clown car continues its wild ride and Democrats are managing to hold steady and continue to go about the business of governing...
I can't bear to watch Fox, even through gaps between my fingers. Has anyone noticed how Tucker Carlson is playing this? He probably doesn't dare mention it for fear of losing his normally scowling demeanor. This has to be the best comic relief to have popped up yet. Brokémon ! Whew! 😂
I don't think he has lost his touch at all. I believe as someone mentioned - 'he knows his customers'- I see him as a brilliant self promoter and marketing guy. I get get goose bumps each time I read this is where Hitler was at this time in his campaign. He killed 6 million plus Jews. Respectfully I see no humor in any of this. Just fright.
Or, as Bugs Bunny would say, “a real Ma-roon!”.
The funniest one I saw was of the old "Garbage Pail Kids" cards. Hilarious.
Colbert was TERRIFIC!!
Maybe this is a step in his preparing an insanity defense when he is indicted.
Ah yes...that’s for sure. Anything to get out of a conviction but sorry, Jack don’t play that game!
Brilliant thought!
And which lawyer would dare suggest that he plead insanity?
WHAT?!!
Our favorite "stable genius" pleading insanity?
Can't imagine it.
It's so life-like, it almost seems real...
They should be called traitor cards. Can’t wait to see these ridiculous cards go the same way his steaks did!
I still can not wrap my head around the fact that this toxic sociopath sat in our White House. Nor can I believe he is still out there with his coat of Teflon protecting him. I just hope that the documents will prove to be his Waterloo and he will be indicted. And then, I can finally get a full night’s sleep. It’s been a rocky ride since 2016.
Keep your eye on Jack Smith, Barbara! I think he has his scissors out to clip that Teflon coat away. It is the “Emperor’s New Clothes”. OMG.
I hope you’re right about Jack Smith.
NFT Traitor Cards!!!
American Psychiatric Association five signs of Narcissitic Personality Disorder:
1. Has a grandiose sense of self-importance (e.g., exaggerates achievements and talents, expects to be recognized as superior without commensurate experience)
2. Is preoccupied with fantasies of unlimited success, power, brilliance, beauty, or ideal love.
3. Believes that he or she is "special" and unique and can only be understood by, or should associate with, other special or high-status people or institutions
4. Requires excessive admiration.
5. Has a sense of entitlement (i.e., unreasonable expectations of especially favorable treatment or automatic compliance with his or her expectations.
DO ALL FIVE FIT ANYONE WE KNOW??????
He is the prototype!
Lord help us, this man was and still wants to be the President of the United States of America. What does this say about us?
The French must be rolling in the streets laughing. It’s another distraction from the real crimes. Let us never forget he stole $TWO-HUNDRED FIFTY MILLION from his modest or low-income supporters…..this is small time peanuts. One should not take anything he says seriously, EXCEPT for his clear statements and actions to overthrow the US government. For that, he should spend what’s left of his harmful, unproductive-on-every-level, pathetic life in prison.
To the 74 million? Or to the decent human beings?
NFT?? No F*****g Trump??
Good one, cForrestm! NFT, exactly: N stands for NEVER....
Good to know…at least I got the idea.
Did none of his staff notice the resemblance to "Dark Brandon" with the laser eyes?! Well, imitation is the greatest form of flattery--soon he'll be sporting those aviator sunglasses and eating his "two scoops" of ice cream out of a cone.
OMG thanks to those who posted the Midas Touch link, HE DOES HAVE AVIATORS ON IN SOME OF THEM!!
Miselle, whatever he thinks will get him votes. It’s revolting that he seems to have SUCH “good health”....
Best fiction ever, better than Fox could gin up, oh wait, did they advise…
When John F Kennedy was campaigning in 1960 he once described the GOP like Elephants in a Circus trunk to tail going around and around the center ring and not ever getting anywhere. The GOP today as Heather is writing fits that same description. Thanks for this great analysis!
Disagree (mildly). They are going in spirals as they swirl down the bowl.
It’s taking too long!!! Add some Draino quickly!!
Swirling with all those highly classified documents, after 45 scanned and faxed them to Putin…..
“ If the Democrats are trying to portray themselves as the competent party, the Republicans seem to be trying to give them a leg up.” Love this SO MUCH!😎