I certainly hope and pray that this is the beginning of the end. We still have to deal with the Stephen Miller’s, the Peter Thiel‘s, the Russell Vought’s and all the other idiots that are in the government right now. But this gives me hope. As always Ben, thank you for your reporting.
And Musk…JD V could be worse and is a lot younger backed by those awful people lurking in the shadows protecting him with their billions. He’s as slimy as they come because they’re all sneaky. He recently met with Murdoch to likely plan their continuation of the destruction.
I agree with you wholeheartedly! But I don’t think JD has the backing of the cult that has followed the orange felon. At least I’m praying he doesn’t lol. The fact that everywhere he goes, people are protesting against him tells me he would not be well accepted as president.
Once they lose DT, they'll look for a replacement. Vance is in the position to help carry out the destruction. I can tell you one thing, he's probably better at hiding his creepiness than the Donald is.
As a man who has changed his name at least 3x, he's a wooden soul. He doesn't know who he is. Project 2025 and the 'tech bros' will ditch him too, as soon as they have enough grip on power. We must not let that happen!!
JD Vance, born James Donald Bowman, has undergone several name changes throughout his life, reflecting his complex family history and personal identity. His name changes are as follows:
James Donald Bowman
– This was Vance's original name at birth in 1984, taking his biological father's name, Donald Bowman .
James David Hamel
– After his parents divorced, Vance was adopted by his mother's third husband, Bob Hamel. His mother changed his name to James David Hamel, removing his biological father's name and honoring an uncle, David. Vance kept his childhood nickname "J.D." during this time .
James David Vance
– In April 2013, Vance legally changed his surname to "Vance" to honor his maternal grandmother, Bonnie Vance (known as "Mamaw"), who played a significant role in raising him. This change occurred just before he graduated from Yale Law School .
JD Vance
– In July 2021, as he entered politics, Vance removed the periods from his initials, adopting the stylized version "JD Vance." This change was primarily aesthetic and reflects how he is currently known publicly .
Vance's memoir Hillbilly Elegy was published under
I don't think Vance is any good at hiding his creepiness...One look at him and his "fake" plastered on smile totally gives him away. Remember, Trump took on Vance, and Donald likes to be around people that mirror him.
Until he’s the one who releases the Epstein files, then he’ll be their hero 🤦🏼♀️. And the idea of him and his technocrat buddies being in power terrifies me. 24/7 surveillance everywhere, and true Gilead shit. The entire administration has to go.
Unlike Trump, who oozes it! And that's half the problem. STOP choosing fuc king presidents because they've been on the tv or in films and try doing what serious people do and choose them for policy, intergrity and a proven voting record. Look that shit up!
Ok, I get it... you think Republicans specifically, the conservatives who TRUST IN TRUMP and do not believe the "liberal lies" are either stupid or consciously evil. The reality is these people NEVER felt the boot... I had a convo with my husband of 10 years who knows the horrific traumas I endured at the hands of pedophiles and the ptsd the first 26 years of my life engendered... he knows all the things...but could not understand why, after 10 years of safety and love with him, why I still have extreme anxiety in certain situations. He cannot comprehend my thinking. Those who never SEE or FEEL the horrific side of the patriarchy are as much a victim of the 40 plus years and trillions spent by Heritage Foundation and the kkkristian billionaires as I was.
I don't understand your point. That all men are evil - left, right and non-political alike? That liberals are liars? That adults who are too lazy or moronic to research before they vote are somehow victims? That people who put lower taxes (or so they thought) higher on their list of priorities than protecting people from racism, sexism, homophobia etc. are NOT horrible, shitty people? Or that voting for someone based on their previous voting record isn't more intelligent and likely to work for you than voting based on tv appearances? I'm genuinely flummoxed.
The cult is not a JV Schvantz cult, it's a trump cult, but people have been too dismissive, saying he's more persuadable, or less committed, & I DONT think that it's true, I think Schvantz is as much a threat to democracy as any of the rest of them. And Rubio the Rube is being groomed for the Golden throne as well, along with Junior Cokehead & Eric the Dunce. We need an oppositional House & Senate & we need to be on top of the voter suppression & fraud that is coming.
Murdoch isn’t too happy with Trump right now but it doesn’t mean he will align himself with the likes of JD because Murdoch is old money…Putting assumptions aside I would think just maybe if they see the downfall of Trump they would think twice about taking the mantra that was Trump…🤞🏻
I think JD is evil incarnate – I think he will do anything fame and fortune. However, he has not got the skill set for dealing in this corrupted world of Murdoch. Murdoch will eat him for lunch.
Not arguing with any of your points, but remember what Bannon said about Trump that got Bannon kicked out of the white house? Bannon called him "a useful tool." And he was & is. No different than Schavantz who was bred & groomed (insert wry smile here) to be the next useful tool, complete with coin slot & wind-up crank in the back, OR marionette strings, or the hand inside the puppet head, whatever metaphor you want, they're all appropriate.
Who needs ‘the base’ when you have billionaires backing you who can buy anyone’s loyalty and obeisance for themselves or for their new puppet JD-VP? They’ll just start a new bunch of knuckle-dragging cultists. They’re out there just ripe for the picking!
Agreed. Vance is a very scary character. He scares me more than trump for the reasons already mentioned. Most scary was . . him sitting behind trump at the State of the Union address with this evil grin and smirk, through the whole speech, that sent chills down my spine. I keep saying to myself, what in the ---- is he grinning about? Not to mention, Vance has, and would have, the Christian right mindset and undoubtedly their support in his bag. The Christian right is just waiting in the wings, even more cult influential. Christian nationalism & conservatism. It's an "us vs. them" mentality -- always needing an enemy. "The enemy within" - trump. Everyone outside the cult is the enemy.
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I have always felt that way as well. I have been warning people since last fall about project 2025 in the Heritage foundation and what they plan to do to America. Everyone forgets that Trump is ignorant and not the brains behind everything that’s been done so far. All those executive orders were written by Stephen Miller and the p25 team. But I don’t think mascara man will have the support from the full Congress.
He doesn't need support...they are obviously compromised by some bad deed or arranged blackmail scenario... guessing most Congressmen are pedos that were videoed then blackmailed into compliance. Vought, Theil & Miller are the true believers that white men are God's personal picks to rule the universe. Thiel is particularly violently anti human...he would kill every female if he could figure out how to replace the womb.
Virtually no one is covering/investigating/exposing Miller et al. as they build their 40,000-man private gestapo force as fast as they can. Why isn’t this obscene attack on our way of life being uncovered on a daily basis? Any response, anyone?
Virtually no one actually read Project 2025, and fewer followed the (previously) easily found online trail to the right wing billionaires who have spent 40 plus years and trillions in media/tech/schoolwork elections and prepared propaganda for evangelical pulpits... I have asked for most my life to all I encountered: Do you really know what you think you know?"
Who is left to report on this "obscene attack on our way of life?" You won't see any main-stream media coverage - they're all controlled by Trump & his money & threats. Remember "Voice of America" that went around the world? Gone. Many others are gone gone gone. MTN is the only world wide news that is still standing. This "thing" with Trump has been long-time coming. What is unfolding now is what he planned from way back in 2016. Whoever thought this great nation of America would be attacked from the inside by a mad Communist?
I truly believe everyone involved in this Cabal is evil incarnate. However, magas don't like them - Trump is their god. Trump has a special gift of persuasion, hypnotizing his followers just like Hitler. In our country, where justice, freedom and liberty have been our guiding light, the rest of the people have been awakened from their slumber and the head of this snake will be served to magas on a platter. This has been a wake up call for everyone, and if we can dare to make it until the 2026 election, there will be a blue wave like we have never seen before. The real leaders of our country will be joined by the youth of this country and will rise up to find a new way forward. As history has shown, our country has had many many dark periods only to be followed by a joyous renewal.
Without Trump, many of the Millers and Thiels of our time will have no charismatic leader to take their agenda to gullible redhats. Trump is an evilly attractive figure who has duped many, using the force of his personality. He is a consummate salesman, but never delivers the product. Get rid of such a person at the apex of our government, and rats will scurry away. Meidas will keep the pressure on…..maybe there’s a ray of hope!
But do you think they care that they need “charisma” while violating all of our rights? No, they don’t. Trump was merely a stooge for them. The overall plan was to have somebody younger, smarter, more devious to replace the older, decrepit-minded sucker. We can put the blame on Leonard Leo, the Kochs, Russell Vought, the Mercers, Ginni Thomas, Kevin Roberts, and of course, Elon and Peter Thiel. All white supremacists/Nazis. The INJUSTICES 6 who sit on the Supreme Court are bought and paid for.
The Redhats will have difficulty finding a younger, smarter version of Trump to carry the flame. Trump has a unique quality that attracts a certain sort of voter. Kinda like a televangelist who attracts a certain kind of “Christian”. Trump may be a stooge, but he is a gifted messenger. JD Vance is not, the Trump Twins Eric and Donny are not…and without their own personal Mango Mussolini to gut the gullible, their message is hard to popularize.
Maybe…maybe not. I don’t think JD has any cred with MAGA so you’re right about that but perhaps these cheaters just don’t give a flying f**k what MAGA thinks. In that case, there could be a surprising collaboration between all of the Dem, Repub, Independent population.
I find it so strange that people in America find Trump charismatic. Everywhere else in the world sees him (and has done since the first time they set eyes on him) as a slimy, sleazy moron who hasn't changed his views since the mid 50's or his hairstyle since the mid 80's. He's a joke. He has that ugly, rich man thing going where he tries to convince himself that women give him the time of day due to his charm 🤣 and sex appeal 🤮, not solely because he buys them. He's so ridiculous, even North Koreans who take their own stupid looking cosplay king seriously must be shaking their heads.
“People” don’t. There’s a segment of America, the same folks who send money to televangelists in order that the televangelists might purchase new personal jets…that find Donald J Trump utterly irresistible. He’s got the hair. He’s got the patter, and jeeezus loves him. And then there are the über-rich, the folks for whom Trump will carve out unbelievably wonderful tax advantages, will savage consumer protections to enhance profitability, and who will support Trump for their financial benefit. Thanks to these people, and the electoral college, we have an utterly unfit doofus in the White House. Many, many Americans are both horrified and powerless.
I think there will be a bloodbath among those hoping to be trump**'s successor. None of them has the "charisma" needed to replace him in the hopes of the Red Hat Brigade. I plan to consume a lot of popcorn while watching it.
Now we must fight many battles all at once. This is the biggest constitutional crisis in our lifetime. The people will not be satisfied the way leadership have run our country in the past. There is no time for patience. We are on life-support, and just as treating a patient in ICU, there are many many areas that must be covered at once to save the patient. That's where we are now. We must rise to meet this challenge.
That's my read as well. Bannon is already gone, Musk is gone and actively angry, this means that Miller has become the de facto chief of staff. The problem is that Miller is an ideologue, has no real clue how to deal with administration, and is about as charismatic as a dead toad. Thiel is the money man, but he's a vampire - he's allergic to any kind of sunshine, which is one reason why you haven't seen him hobnobbing in DC) - too many very shady deals that wouldn't stand the light of scrutiny.
MAGA dies with Trump, who I suspect was Epstein's blackmail partner for the last several decades before Trump realized that Epstein was a danger to him. Everyone fixates on the underage sex, but Trump and Epstein were basically running a blackmail and extortion ring, probably bankrolled in great part by Russian money. JD Vance doesn't have that secret vault of blackmail material.
For the record, I don't think this is driven by a sudden attack of conscience on the part of the MAGA rubes. They know (at least the intelligent ones do) that he's a mafioso-style capo, a true sociopathic criminal (just like them). They got what they wanted in his obscene bill, and now he's redundant to requirements.
Will JD be worse? No, probably not. He doesn't have the political base, he has very little actual power, and frankly he's not ruthless enough. He will likely send Miller and the rest of the sycophants, idiots and ne'er-do-wells packing, but trying to keep the system still running after all of the damage that it's taken will consume his entire attention, and the worst effects haven't even begun to fully kick in yet.
Yes, those guys are not going away, and we have to face the fact that they are the real threat. They let Trump play strong man, but they are calling the shots. I will throw the biggest party when the POS kicks the bucket, but then we have to keep going until they are all in jail for their crimes. Midterms are key!!!
I dont pray. Pretty sure millions of other humans also dont pray. Check your bias, please. Your opinion only represents a portion of humanity, not everyone...there are just as many folk who dont think like you as there are that do. Thoughts to think about. Peace.
Not bias on my part at all. It was worded that “I“ pray. I wasn’t including anybody else in that comment. It’s my personal opinion and belief. I’m not overly religious, but I still have faith. There is good out there somewhere. I think you ought to think about not criticizing somebody for their own personal opinion
You said "everybody"... im part of 'everybody" and I dont pray. My apologies for making it sound like an attack, it was a clarification and a request to be more precise.
If just for a moment one believed: God is everywhere, is in everything, is in everyone, and nothing happens except by the Will of God - yes, I'd be praying to the same God that put Trump in office.
This desolate path Trump is on, is his karma in this lifetime. Nothing could alter that, and if we look back, it's been written that Trump was infatuated with Hitler at a young age and continues to idolize him to this day. Nothing is original about Trump's behavior, decisions, plans to destroy American justice, American freedom, American democracy, America's beacon of light upon the entire world. Trump studied Hitler, stole his play-book, and that's what we're seeing today.
So the question remains: if this is Trump's karma that cannot be altered, how are the people that believe in America's goodness going to handle this evil situation, bearing in mind - we are all connected in the Great Spirit, The Creator, God?
Will this be trump’s undoing????? I pray this is only the beginning of God in action imposing his vengeance on all the death, corruption, and sexual abuse on trump’s hands🙏🏽
Every institution that once protected him is now calculating his cost. The lawsuits. The coverage shifts. The silence from names that used to defend him on cue. They’re not defending anymore..nope…they’re distancing. That’s collapse in slow motion. So maybe Trina just maybe we’ll see.
I appreciate how you say they're distancing...I hadn't thought of that. I've been focused on the fact that not one of them has stood up and said this is horrible stuff. But I really like your take on the situation. One more reason why I love the Meidas Mighty..I get to hear so many great perspective and analyses of situations!
If this is god in action, you must also accuse him of allowing this horror! Please stop with that non-sense. Only the actions of people can change this or perpetuate it!
The classic! 😂 oh you’re angry. Trina, I can’t seek Jesus without any evidence of his existence as a god. Nor can you. If that upsets you, that’s a marker of being indoctrinated and blind to facts.
I have been praying so hard to God for so long and wondering what is happening to the whole world. I have been praying for the people in Gaza, for the people in the Ukraine. I have been wondering why God has allowed so much evil in this world and why He has allowed Trump and all this hate here in America when there are so many good people trying to fight back. I told God I couldn't just sit here and do nothing when there are so many good people and innocent people. I hope this is the beginning of the end for Trump and his vile creatures of hate.
God isn't doing this. He is sitting back and letting the worldy destroy themselves as he knew they ultimately would. I too, despite what the Bible says have been praying for Ukraine and the people of Gaza. I have to wonder if those who interpreted the Bible truly did it honestly and correctly. 🤔 I'm trusting my heart that God wouldn't wish this on Gaza 🙏
It just mindblowing that anyone believes in the control mechanism that has been used and is still being used to convince humans that other humans are lesser than... the bible is the most horrific attack on human sentience and self hood.
Oh please. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and some of the book was written 4 thousand years ago. Doesn't that kind of put it in perspective? It won't do any good to insult others for their religious faiths. They didn't do anything. Tronald Dump HAS done more than his share of destroying.
Ray…No! Religious hypocrisy MUST be pointed out. Letting it in to our government started our demise. Enough of protecting the feelings of these offensive cults!
God let his people wander in the wilderness. Jesus sought out the marginalized, the outcasts, Samaritans, etc. we are one people under God- we must never forget those in need-whether in Gaza or Ukraine or the homeless, the displaced from floods and fire.
Why didn’t your god stop the Holocaust, the starvation of children and others in Gaza, severe treatment in various African countries? Why didn’t Jesus not address the horror of slavery? He never speaks against it. Why? Because he was a man of ancient times where this was the norm.
Morning Sylvia. God doesn't "allow" so much evil. We have free will, every one of us, good and evil. This is why we're here, to learn how to use it. It's the purpose of an earthly existence. I'm not in the mood, and this is not the place, but just know that I understand your feelings. And thank you for your prayers for Ukraine. My mom was born there.
Actually my comment was of the spiritual, not religious, persuasion. I have zero -- zero -- use for organized religion, and a very good reason to have abandoned it. I live next door to a priest, and even he understands. Peace, or as I like to say, namaste. 💜
But I’m not in charge of the timing….. I can wait.
God knows more than I do about this.
But God wants to save lost people … God loves his people he created
and wants them to repent of their evil and Trump is in that category. Personally, if I was God I would have him in the fire of hell by now!! But that is not very loving on my part……
Humans feel a need for SOME ENTITY to be at the helm of all the stuff going on in the world, - hence the praying & callling to a God up there to 'do something'. Fact is we are sitting on a giant rock that is floating in vast space with other giant rocks & giant balls of plasma & we do not really understand any of this existence. So to imagine something 'in charge' makes us feel better - fits into our belief in a purpose for everything. I have no idea what the reality is of all that, but I still find myself praying to WHATEVER is in charge to 'make it better'. It doesn't make any difference, people like trump keep on keeping on, and the world just carries on floating in space & nobody answers the questions !! However now that I'm 85 & leaving here any time, I really want to feel confident in an afterlife not for myself but for my family that I love so much. There is something deep rooted that will not let me just believe all of 'this' is for nothing ! All of that just produces a big argument with my own brain & no answers. So I perfectly understand the 'trust & obey'/just believe decision by any other human - it does PARTLY solve the big dilemma, just not very satisfactorily ! .
When was the last time they read the BIBLE...ya know the part about JESUS throwing the MONEY CHANGERS out of the TEMPLE?
How about TRUMP & FAMILY GRIFTING?
How about the part about STRANGERS?
The BIBLE was written over time, translations are always questionable, but if they're supporting RACIST, HATE MONGER, SEXUAL PREDATOR like TRUMP, they're FAKE CHRISTIANS!
ICE GESTAPO is arresting PEOPLE on the streets - KIDNAPPING! NO WARRANTS! NO DUE PROCESS!
TRUMP is setting up CONCENTRATION CAMPS that VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS, ICE GESTAPO are reporting INCREASED DEATHS, PEOPLE ARE DISAPPEARING -WHERE ARE THEY?
INNOCENT People are being deported to THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES without DUE PROCESS, countries known for TORTURE & HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.
FAKE CHRISTIANS are DEVOID OF ANY CHRISTIAN HUMANITY!
I am hopeful that this will have a real impact on him and his ability to further damage our country. But we’ve all thought this is what is going to be the end of his presidency and the return of sanity and the cult falls back in place. Fingers crossed.
I hereby repeat and reference the remarks of Keith Habermann this morning as if set forth at length. WHITE HOUSE "PARALYZED"; NOW IS THE TIME FOR OBAMA TO DESTROY TRUMP - 7.24.25
Daniel, this is brilliant! Love Olbermann. My governor, JB Pritzker, would also be a participant in this. I really want to see this happen. This is a way to show real power of the people. Stop paying for the seditionists and criminals to run the country!
He doesn’t shy away from calling the Felon a Fascist. But you’re correct on hearing from him real recently. It’s my hope that he’s working on the fed tax withholding with other Blue State Govs. It would take a lot of legal input.
Let's hope Trump doesn't go on a full destruction mode before he is finished moreover who will replace him shady Vance, obsequious Miller or another of the evil clan? Karma needs to finish the job and fast.
The problem continues with Vance, who is malleable and follows more intelligent but just as evil handlers like Vought and Thiel. Miller is a canker on the mouth and needs to have his evil channeled where no one cares.
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I,too,am hoping this will be the demise of his vile actions. This may be what puts an end to his childish,evil destruction. We'll have to contend with JD Vance,but he doesn't have the respect or following of the people behind him.
Our only hope, should Vance become President, is that his wife — a staunch Democrat who worked for a prominent Democratic law firm — will rein him in. Apparently, his mother-in-law, a Professor at San Diego State, was the pioneer of the DEI program at her job! I'd like to be fly on the wall at their family dinners!
Very hard to understand that man. He looks at his wife & their 2 handsome but very brown children & still spouts the crap he does. Does his wife believe he is secretly a Dem & tolerates his career because of that ? I do not understand how she manages to stay in the same room, let alone his bed !!!
I've only watched a handful of episodes at the recommendation of my children, who grew up watching South Park and really appreciate the eye-opening witty, funny sarcasm, cynicism and truthfulness of most episodes.
I certainly hope and pray that this is the beginning of the end. We still have to deal with the Stephen Miller’s, the Peter Thiel‘s, the Russell Vought’s and all the other idiots that are in the government right now. But this gives me hope. As always Ben, thank you for your reporting.
And Musk…JD V could be worse and is a lot younger backed by those awful people lurking in the shadows protecting him with their billions. He’s as slimy as they come because they’re all sneaky. He recently met with Murdoch to likely plan their continuation of the destruction.
UGH!
I agree with you wholeheartedly! But I don’t think JD has the backing of the cult that has followed the orange felon. At least I’m praying he doesn’t lol. The fact that everywhere he goes, people are protesting against him tells me he would not be well accepted as president.
Once they lose DT, they'll look for a replacement. Vance is in the position to help carry out the destruction. I can tell you one thing, he's probably better at hiding his creepiness than the Donald is.
As a man who has changed his name at least 3x, he's a wooden soul. He doesn't know who he is. Project 2025 and the 'tech bros' will ditch him too, as soon as they have enough grip on power. We must not let that happen!!
Vance changed his name 3X???? Ooooo, please tell us about that!!! Or at least tell me, I didn't know! Best to you...
JD Vance, born James Donald Bowman, has undergone several name changes throughout his life, reflecting his complex family history and personal identity. His name changes are as follows:
James Donald Bowman
– This was Vance's original name at birth in 1984, taking his biological father's name, Donald Bowman .
James David Hamel
– After his parents divorced, Vance was adopted by his mother's third husband, Bob Hamel. His mother changed his name to James David Hamel, removing his biological father's name and honoring an uncle, David. Vance kept his childhood nickname "J.D." during this time .
James David Vance
– In April 2013, Vance legally changed his surname to "Vance" to honor his maternal grandmother, Bonnie Vance (known as "Mamaw"), who played a significant role in raising him. This change occurred just before he graduated from Yale Law School .
JD Vance
– In July 2021, as he entered politics, Vance removed the periods from his initials, adopting the stylized version "JD Vance." This change was primarily aesthetic and reflects how he is currently known publicly .
Vance's memoir Hillbilly Elegy was published under
I can't remember where I learned that but it's a known fact. AI could probably tell you. Lol
I don't think Vance is any good at hiding his creepiness...One look at him and his "fake" plastered on smile totally gives him away. Remember, Trump took on Vance, and Donald likes to be around people that mirror him.
Until he’s the one who releases the Epstein files, then he’ll be their hero 🤦🏼♀️. And the idea of him and his technocrat buddies being in power terrifies me. 24/7 surveillance everywhere, and true Gilead shit. The entire administration has to go.
Let’s hope that will be the case CC!
He is a little lacking in charisma!!
Unlike Trump, who oozes it! And that's half the problem. STOP choosing fuc king presidents because they've been on the tv or in films and try doing what serious people do and choose them for policy, intergrity and a proven voting record. Look that shit up!
Ok, I get it... you think Republicans specifically, the conservatives who TRUST IN TRUMP and do not believe the "liberal lies" are either stupid or consciously evil. The reality is these people NEVER felt the boot... I had a convo with my husband of 10 years who knows the horrific traumas I endured at the hands of pedophiles and the ptsd the first 26 years of my life engendered... he knows all the things...but could not understand why, after 10 years of safety and love with him, why I still have extreme anxiety in certain situations. He cannot comprehend my thinking. Those who never SEE or FEEL the horrific side of the patriarchy are as much a victim of the 40 plus years and trillions spent by Heritage Foundation and the kkkristian billionaires as I was.
I don't understand your point. That all men are evil - left, right and non-political alike? That liberals are liars? That adults who are too lazy or moronic to research before they vote are somehow victims? That people who put lower taxes (or so they thought) higher on their list of priorities than protecting people from racism, sexism, homophobia etc. are NOT horrible, shitty people? Or that voting for someone based on their previous voting record isn't more intelligent and likely to work for you than voting based on tv appearances? I'm genuinely flummoxed.
The cult is not a JV Schvantz cult, it's a trump cult, but people have been too dismissive, saying he's more persuadable, or less committed, & I DONT think that it's true, I think Schvantz is as much a threat to democracy as any of the rest of them. And Rubio the Rube is being groomed for the Golden throne as well, along with Junior Cokehead & Eric the Dunce. We need an oppositional House & Senate & we need to be on top of the voter suppression & fraud that is coming.
Murdoch isn’t too happy with Trump right now but it doesn’t mean he will align himself with the likes of JD because Murdoch is old money…Putting assumptions aside I would think just maybe if they see the downfall of Trump they would think twice about taking the mantra that was Trump…🤞🏻
If Trump falls, JD Vance would be wise to walk away.
Maybe we're better off with a hobbled Trump? He seems to be his own worst enemy.
I think JD is evil incarnate – I think he will do anything fame and fortune. However, he has not got the skill set for dealing in this corrupted world of Murdoch. Murdoch will eat him for lunch.
Not arguing with any of your points, but remember what Bannon said about Trump that got Bannon kicked out of the white house? Bannon called him "a useful tool." And he was & is. No different than Schavantz who was bred & groomed (insert wry smile here) to be the next useful tool, complete with coin slot & wind-up crank in the back, OR marionette strings, or the hand inside the puppet head, whatever metaphor you want, they're all appropriate.
Hillbilly Vanilli's got the P2025 oligarchs, but it doesn't seem likely he's got the base, base cult of gullible magaistas ...
Who needs ‘the base’ when you have billionaires backing you who can buy anyone’s loyalty and obeisance for themselves or for their new puppet JD-VP? They’ll just start a new bunch of knuckle-dragging cultists. They’re out there just ripe for the picking!
You're absolutely correct! The masterminds at Project 2025 have already groomed JDV to take the reins and he is much worse than Trump.
Agreed. Vance is a very scary character. He scares me more than trump for the reasons already mentioned. Most scary was . . him sitting behind trump at the State of the Union address with this evil grin and smirk, through the whole speech, that sent chills down my spine. I keep saying to myself, what in the ---- is he grinning about? Not to mention, Vance has, and would have, the Christian right mindset and undoubtedly their support in his bag. The Christian right is just waiting in the wings, even more cult influential. Christian nationalism & conservatism. It's an "us vs. them" mentality -- always needing an enemy. "The enemy within" - trump. Everyone outside the cult is the enemy.
Scary!
We take down one thug at a time.
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JD will never have the MAGAty, culty base.
Trump is a puppet, a fool, pedo pig. But the real danger rests in JD Vance, Project 25 and the New Right’s billions.
They have always been in it for the long run. Unlike we Dems who are reactionary, shortsighted and foolishly genteel.
I have always felt that way as well. I have been warning people since last fall about project 2025 in the Heritage foundation and what they plan to do to America. Everyone forgets that Trump is ignorant and not the brains behind everything that’s been done so far. All those executive orders were written by Stephen Miller and the p25 team. But I don’t think mascara man will have the support from the full Congress.
He doesn't need support...they are obviously compromised by some bad deed or arranged blackmail scenario... guessing most Congressmen are pedos that were videoed then blackmailed into compliance. Vought, Theil & Miller are the true believers that white men are God's personal picks to rule the universe. Thiel is particularly violently anti human...he would kill every female if he could figure out how to replace the womb.
Virtually no one is covering/investigating/exposing Miller et al. as they build their 40,000-man private gestapo force as fast as they can. Why isn’t this obscene attack on our way of life being uncovered on a daily basis? Any response, anyone?
Virtually no one actually read Project 2025, and fewer followed the (previously) easily found online trail to the right wing billionaires who have spent 40 plus years and trillions in media/tech/schoolwork elections and prepared propaganda for evangelical pulpits... I have asked for most my life to all I encountered: Do you really know what you think you know?"
Bravo Brandi Cates! None of us knew what we now know, except for evil men with evil thoughts.
Who is left to report on this "obscene attack on our way of life?" You won't see any main-stream media coverage - they're all controlled by Trump & his money & threats. Remember "Voice of America" that went around the world? Gone. Many others are gone gone gone. MTN is the only world wide news that is still standing. This "thing" with Trump has been long-time coming. What is unfolding now is what he planned from way back in 2016. Whoever thought this great nation of America would be attacked from the inside by a mad Communist?
Yet being gay himself theil is adamantly against the LGBTQ community! What a SICK POS he is!!
Project 2025 chose the wrong dupe to front their program. They needed the the Prez, they got a Pedo
But they wanted someone stupid that they could manipulate. And he’s the perfect idiot!
HERE IS MY HOPEFUL THOUGHTS:
I truly believe everyone involved in this Cabal is evil incarnate. However, magas don't like them - Trump is their god. Trump has a special gift of persuasion, hypnotizing his followers just like Hitler. In our country, where justice, freedom and liberty have been our guiding light, the rest of the people have been awakened from their slumber and the head of this snake will be served to magas on a platter. This has been a wake up call for everyone, and if we can dare to make it until the 2026 election, there will be a blue wave like we have never seen before. The real leaders of our country will be joined by the youth of this country and will rise up to find a new way forward. As history has shown, our country has had many many dark periods only to be followed by a joyous renewal.
That is my dream for today 😢
Then we will have to worry about voter fraud too on the next election. I betcha they'll be a lot of it on the republican side!!
We can still hope...
Bullseye.
I hope you meant gentle
Very true
Vance is a soulless Theilocrat and would be a much harsher boy leader than the orange fuckwad.
No offense, but pretty sure you mean genteel not gentile
Thanks for the correction.
Without Trump, many of the Millers and Thiels of our time will have no charismatic leader to take their agenda to gullible redhats. Trump is an evilly attractive figure who has duped many, using the force of his personality. He is a consummate salesman, but never delivers the product. Get rid of such a person at the apex of our government, and rats will scurry away. Meidas will keep the pressure on…..maybe there’s a ray of hope!
CE, I hope so. It is scary but I agree that the worst of these monsters (Miller) etc have Zero personality to attract a cult following.
I SO agree with you on this! Without Trump, they will scurry away.
But do you think they care that they need “charisma” while violating all of our rights? No, they don’t. Trump was merely a stooge for them. The overall plan was to have somebody younger, smarter, more devious to replace the older, decrepit-minded sucker. We can put the blame on Leonard Leo, the Kochs, Russell Vought, the Mercers, Ginni Thomas, Kevin Roberts, and of course, Elon and Peter Thiel. All white supremacists/Nazis. The INJUSTICES 6 who sit on the Supreme Court are bought and paid for.
The Redhats will have difficulty finding a younger, smarter version of Trump to carry the flame. Trump has a unique quality that attracts a certain sort of voter. Kinda like a televangelist who attracts a certain kind of “Christian”. Trump may be a stooge, but he is a gifted messenger. JD Vance is not, the Trump Twins Eric and Donny are not…and without their own personal Mango Mussolini to gut the gullible, their message is hard to popularize.
Maybe…maybe not. I don’t think JD has any cred with MAGA so you’re right about that but perhaps these cheaters just don’t give a flying f**k what MAGA thinks. In that case, there could be a surprising collaboration between all of the Dem, Repub, Independent population.
I find it so strange that people in America find Trump charismatic. Everywhere else in the world sees him (and has done since the first time they set eyes on him) as a slimy, sleazy moron who hasn't changed his views since the mid 50's or his hairstyle since the mid 80's. He's a joke. He has that ugly, rich man thing going where he tries to convince himself that women give him the time of day due to his charm 🤣 and sex appeal 🤮, not solely because he buys them. He's so ridiculous, even North Koreans who take their own stupid looking cosplay king seriously must be shaking their heads.
“People” don’t. There’s a segment of America, the same folks who send money to televangelists in order that the televangelists might purchase new personal jets…that find Donald J Trump utterly irresistible. He’s got the hair. He’s got the patter, and jeeezus loves him. And then there are the über-rich, the folks for whom Trump will carve out unbelievably wonderful tax advantages, will savage consumer protections to enhance profitability, and who will support Trump for their financial benefit. Thanks to these people, and the electoral college, we have an utterly unfit doofus in the White House. Many, many Americans are both horrified and powerless.
True. But I read so often of people mentioning his "charisma". Even his cousin Mary, who's not a fan, referred to it.
I think there will be a bloodbath among those hoping to be trump**'s successor. None of them has the "charisma" needed to replace him in the hopes of the Red Hat Brigade. I plan to consume a lot of popcorn while watching it.
One battle at a time. 💪🏻
Now we must fight many battles all at once. This is the biggest constitutional crisis in our lifetime. The people will not be satisfied the way leadership have run our country in the past. There is no time for patience. We are on life-support, and just as treating a patient in ICU, there are many many areas that must be covered at once to save the patient. That's where we are now. We must rise to meet this challenge.
Stephen Miller’s grasp on power is tenuous at best. He’s one misstep away from the void of irrelevance he came from.
That's my read as well. Bannon is already gone, Musk is gone and actively angry, this means that Miller has become the de facto chief of staff. The problem is that Miller is an ideologue, has no real clue how to deal with administration, and is about as charismatic as a dead toad. Thiel is the money man, but he's a vampire - he's allergic to any kind of sunshine, which is one reason why you haven't seen him hobnobbing in DC) - too many very shady deals that wouldn't stand the light of scrutiny.
MAGA dies with Trump, who I suspect was Epstein's blackmail partner for the last several decades before Trump realized that Epstein was a danger to him. Everyone fixates on the underage sex, but Trump and Epstein were basically running a blackmail and extortion ring, probably bankrolled in great part by Russian money. JD Vance doesn't have that secret vault of blackmail material.
For the record, I don't think this is driven by a sudden attack of conscience on the part of the MAGA rubes. They know (at least the intelligent ones do) that he's a mafioso-style capo, a true sociopathic criminal (just like them). They got what they wanted in his obscene bill, and now he's redundant to requirements.
Will JD be worse? No, probably not. He doesn't have the political base, he has very little actual power, and frankly he's not ruthless enough. He will likely send Miller and the rest of the sycophants, idiots and ne'er-do-wells packing, but trying to keep the system still running after all of the damage that it's taken will consume his entire attention, and the worst effects haven't even begun to fully kick in yet.
Not sure you are correct on JD Vance. He will not want to give up what little power he has now & will fight tooth & nail to get more.
Yes, those guys are not going away, and we have to face the fact that they are the real threat. They let Trump play strong man, but they are calling the shots. I will throw the biggest party when the POS kicks the bucket, but then we have to keep going until they are all in jail for their crimes. Midterms are key!!!
Get rid of Trump and Miller will be marched out too. He only has his power because Trump allows it.
Perhaps if the biggest idiot falls, they will all crumple and fall. Hope is a very good thing...
And JD Vance
Who are you praying to? The god that put Trump in office?
Absolutely NOT!! everyone has something that they pray to or for. It’s my privilege to be able to pray for whom or what I believe in.
I dont pray. Pretty sure millions of other humans also dont pray. Check your bias, please. Your opinion only represents a portion of humanity, not everyone...there are just as many folk who dont think like you as there are that do. Thoughts to think about. Peace.
Not bias on my part at all. It was worded that “I“ pray. I wasn’t including anybody else in that comment. It’s my personal opinion and belief. I’m not overly religious, but I still have faith. There is good out there somewhere. I think you ought to think about not criticizing somebody for their own personal opinion
You said "everybody"... im part of 'everybody" and I dont pray. My apologies for making it sound like an attack, it was a clarification and a request to be more precise.
Sorry to offend you. I’m old and I would hope the everyone would have something to cling to in rough times.
If just for a moment one believed: God is everywhere, is in everything, is in everyone, and nothing happens except by the Will of God - yes, I'd be praying to the same God that put Trump in office.
This desolate path Trump is on, is his karma in this lifetime. Nothing could alter that, and if we look back, it's been written that Trump was infatuated with Hitler at a young age and continues to idolize him to this day. Nothing is original about Trump's behavior, decisions, plans to destroy American justice, American freedom, American democracy, America's beacon of light upon the entire world. Trump studied Hitler, stole his play-book, and that's what we're seeing today.
So the question remains: if this is Trump's karma that cannot be altered, how are the people that believe in America's goodness going to handle this evil situation, bearing in mind - we are all connected in the Great Spirit, The Creator, God?
Thank you
Will this be trump’s undoing????? I pray this is only the beginning of God in action imposing his vengeance on all the death, corruption, and sexual abuse on trump’s hands🙏🏽
Trina,
Every institution that once protected him is now calculating his cost. The lawsuits. The coverage shifts. The silence from names that used to defend him on cue. They’re not defending anymore..nope…they’re distancing. That’s collapse in slow motion. So maybe Trina just maybe we’ll see.
🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏🙏
I appreciate how you say they're distancing...I hadn't thought of that. I've been focused on the fact that not one of them has stood up and said this is horrible stuff. But I really like your take on the situation. One more reason why I love the Meidas Mighty..I get to hear so many great perspective and analyses of situations!
That's what happens when you pretend to be a God.
And when decieved people think you are a god.
And, don't believe in God
Remember he took his hand off the Bible during the inauguration
Timothy Snyder opens “On Tyranny” with this:
“In politics, being deceived is no excuse.” [Leszek Kolakowski]
If this is god in action, you must also accuse him of allowing this horror! Please stop with that non-sense. Only the actions of people can change this or perpetuate it!
Whatever happened to free speech 🤣
Reality matters when under Fascist rule, or anytime really. The MAGAs always cry out free speech too when they put out their BS.
Seek Jesus and he will help you not be so angry 🙏🏽
The classic! 😂 oh you’re angry. Trina, I can’t seek Jesus without any evidence of his existence as a god. Nor can you. If that upsets you, that’s a marker of being indoctrinated and blind to facts.
I have been praying so hard to God for so long and wondering what is happening to the whole world. I have been praying for the people in Gaza, for the people in the Ukraine. I have been wondering why God has allowed so much evil in this world and why He has allowed Trump and all this hate here in America when there are so many good people trying to fight back. I told God I couldn't just sit here and do nothing when there are so many good people and innocent people. I hope this is the beginning of the end for Trump and his vile creatures of hate.
God isn't doing this. He is sitting back and letting the worldy destroy themselves as he knew they ultimately would. I too, despite what the Bible says have been praying for Ukraine and the people of Gaza. I have to wonder if those who interpreted the Bible truly did it honestly and correctly. 🤔 I'm trusting my heart that God wouldn't wish this on Gaza 🙏
It just mindblowing that anyone believes in the control mechanism that has been used and is still being used to convince humans that other humans are lesser than... the bible is the most horrific attack on human sentience and self hood.
Oh please. It was written more than 2000 years ago, and some of the book was written 4 thousand years ago. Doesn't that kind of put it in perspective? It won't do any good to insult others for their religious faiths. They didn't do anything. Tronald Dump HAS done more than his share of destroying.
Ray…No! Religious hypocrisy MUST be pointed out. Letting it in to our government started our demise. Enough of protecting the feelings of these offensive cults!
Don’t blame the Bible…Blame those who abuse it to control others…
Linda, you clearly have not read the bible or you wouldn’t make that statement.
I have been in bible study…have you? This is exactly what I mean you have no comprehension of my statement but rush to your false accusation….
Spot on Brandi! 🎯
Yes!! We are witnessing the horrors and pure evil in our lifetime, but like you I trust and place my faith in God. Praying for divine intervention.
God let his people wander in the wilderness. Jesus sought out the marginalized, the outcasts, Samaritans, etc. we are one people under God- we must never forget those in need-whether in Gaza or Ukraine or the homeless, the displaced from floods and fire.
Who is my brother??????
Why didn’t your god stop the Holocaust, the starvation of children and others in Gaza, severe treatment in various African countries? Why didn’t Jesus not address the horror of slavery? He never speaks against it. Why? Because he was a man of ancient times where this was the norm.
Morning Sylvia. God doesn't "allow" so much evil. We have free will, every one of us, good and evil. This is why we're here, to learn how to use it. It's the purpose of an earthly existence. I'm not in the mood, and this is not the place, but just know that I understand your feelings. And thank you for your prayers for Ukraine. My mom was born there.
Olivia…you sound exactly like a MAGA..are you one?
🙄🤔 Damned if I can figure out how you came to that ridiculous conclusion. But hey, have a nice day.
The constant god talk..religious infiltration into everything…is classic MAGA. That’s why I ask.
Actually my comment was of the spiritual, not religious, persuasion. I have zero -- zero -- use for organized religion, and a very good reason to have abandoned it. I live next door to a priest, and even he understands. Peace, or as I like to say, namaste. 💜
How's that praying working for you?
Miracles have happened before!
But I’m not in charge of the timing….. I can wait.
God knows more than I do about this.
But God wants to save lost people … God loves his people he created
and wants them to repent of their evil and Trump is in that category. Personally, if I was God I would have him in the fire of hell by now!! But that is not very loving on my part……
Looks like it is…It’s only works for those who pray…God knows…
I am also having praying but sometimes it takes a long time to
see God’s hand but we cant stop praying! Trump is old and sickly and he might meet his Creator soon…. I hope. But our VP is just as bad.
Debbie, Remember it is not in Our time, it is in God's time
Humans feel a need for SOME ENTITY to be at the helm of all the stuff going on in the world, - hence the praying & callling to a God up there to 'do something'. Fact is we are sitting on a giant rock that is floating in vast space with other giant rocks & giant balls of plasma & we do not really understand any of this existence. So to imagine something 'in charge' makes us feel better - fits into our belief in a purpose for everything. I have no idea what the reality is of all that, but I still find myself praying to WHATEVER is in charge to 'make it better'. It doesn't make any difference, people like trump keep on keeping on, and the world just carries on floating in space & nobody answers the questions !! However now that I'm 85 & leaving here any time, I really want to feel confident in an afterlife not for myself but for my family that I love so much. There is something deep rooted that will not let me just believe all of 'this' is for nothing ! All of that just produces a big argument with my own brain & no answers. So I perfectly understand the 'trust & obey'/just believe decision by any other human - it does PARTLY solve the big dilemma, just not very satisfactorily ! .
I feel the same way!!
HUH? Who voted for this EVIL?
It’s pretty obvious….Haters voted and with all Trump’s evil doing that only emboldened them sadly…Blinded by Hate…
All of trump’s followers are christians.
YOU WROTE:
SeekingReason
4h
All of trump’s followers are christians.
Thank you for commenting!
When was the last time they read the BIBLE...ya know the part about JESUS throwing the MONEY CHANGERS out of the TEMPLE?
How about TRUMP & FAMILY GRIFTING?
How about the part about STRANGERS?
The BIBLE was written over time, translations are always questionable, but if they're supporting RACIST, HATE MONGER, SEXUAL PREDATOR like TRUMP, they're FAKE CHRISTIANS!
ICE GESTAPO is arresting PEOPLE on the streets - KIDNAPPING! NO WARRANTS! NO DUE PROCESS!
TRUMP is setting up CONCENTRATION CAMPS that VIOLATE HUMAN RIGHTS, ICE GESTAPO are reporting INCREASED DEATHS, PEOPLE ARE DISAPPEARING -WHERE ARE THEY?
INNOCENT People are being deported to THIRD WORLD COUNTRIES without DUE PROCESS, countries known for TORTURE & HUMAN RIGHTS ABUSE.
FAKE CHRISTIANS are DEVOID OF ANY CHRISTIAN HUMANITY!
Sylvia- your words wise snd wonderful-indeed there is so much that needs to be done throughout the world
How tiny we have all become to focusing in on the horrors of the swamp in DC.
Me too, Sylvia. So long…………
I am hopeful that this will have a real impact on him and his ability to further damage our country. But we’ve all thought this is what is going to be the end of his presidency and the return of sanity and the cult falls back in place. Fingers crossed.
I hereby repeat and reference the remarks of Keith Habermann this morning as if set forth at length. WHITE HOUSE "PARALYZED"; NOW IS THE TIME FOR OBAMA TO DESTROY TRUMP - 7.24.25
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6tUdpTr21zs&t=421s
Daniel, this is brilliant! Love Olbermann. My governor, JB Pritzker, would also be a participant in this. I really want to see this happen. This is a way to show real power of the people. Stop paying for the seditionists and criminals to run the country!
I'm from Minnesota and I respect JB Pritzer so much! Haven't heard much from him on the public stage lately...miss him!
He doesn’t shy away from calling the Felon a Fascist. But you’re correct on hearing from him real recently. It’s my hope that he’s working on the fed tax withholding with other Blue State Govs. It would take a lot of legal input.
🙏🏽
I love Olbermann too! The Godfather of Progressive Talk.
Let's hope Trump doesn't go on a full destruction mode before he is finished moreover who will replace him shady Vance, obsequious Miller or another of the evil clan? Karma needs to finish the job and fast.
The problem continues with Vance, who is malleable and follows more intelligent but just as evil handlers like Vought and Thiel. Miller is a canker on the mouth and needs to have his evil channeled where no one cares.
Karma made Trump one of the richest men on the planet and the most powerful. Do you think Karma is going to change that?
Hugs Ben and family. Every word you wrote is true and passionate. The gravity of the depth we're in is perfectly clear. Stay strong and safe. Please remember you can't help anyone else unless you take care of yourself first.💖✨️
Oh now I’m going to have to watch South Park! Seriously folks, if you’ve been reading these posts, please join in supporting their work. The medias network is crucial to freedom of the press and needs yours and my support.
Hello to the brilliant brothers who began this publication - I am so proud of what you have done. I am an American Muslim university professor living in Libya with no way to financially support your work but I keep you in my prayers. God protect you and this entire network of upstanding citizens.
Thank you Mr. Kosarich. That was good to hear. We need all the help we can get.
I,too,am hoping this will be the demise of his vile actions. This may be what puts an end to his childish,evil destruction. We'll have to contend with JD Vance,but he doesn't have the respect or following of the people behind him.
Dumpy doesn’t have any respect, he has fear, the weakest most insidious talent he can claim.
Exactly!! He is a cult leader, they don't respect him, they fear him. And we know there is a big difference.
Our only hope, should Vance become President, is that his wife — a staunch Democrat who worked for a prominent Democratic law firm — will rein him in. Apparently, his mother-in-law, a Professor at San Diego State, was the pioneer of the DEI program at her job! I'd like to be fly on the wall at their family dinners!
A staunch Democrat? Not since 2014 or so. Check her Wikipedia article.
Very hard to understand that man. He looks at his wife & their 2 handsome but very brown children & still spouts the crap he does. Does his wife believe he is secretly a Dem & tolerates his career because of that ? I do not understand how she manages to stay in the same room, let alone his bed !!!
Hey Ben! Wow you fired up!
But long game man. Long game. Slow burn.
We need you at your best.
We need your brothers.
We need to resist these beasts.
There’s the key word.
RESIST. Ty 👍
This won’t be easy.
I’m in. All the way.
My grandfather fought and defeated the fascists now it’s my turn.
Thanks! I needed those words. I feel much better now that you’ve gotten this off my chest! 😂
Now let’s get this pathetic cancer on our country excised and GONE! Keep the pressure on and the Epstein leaks will flow freely!
How soon can we get Pete Buttigieg voted in as Speaker of the House? Next week?
The family, Melania, Donald JR, eric, ivanka go around pretending they are a dynasty. Crooks.
Donnie is drunk with power. Using all the advantages for himself…SouthPark, didn’t hold back!!😂
I've only watched a handful of episodes at the recommendation of my children, who grew up watching South Park and really appreciate the eye-opening witty, funny sarcasm, cynicism and truthfulness of most episodes.
To ruin this communist regime will be a triumph not only for the US, but for the world.
Ahhh mannnnn Ben, you had me going there on the title. I thought he might have been admitted for CHF.
Soon enough that will be his ultimate karma.
Death is knocking at his door. Or should I say, POUNDING.
It’s about time! Trump is absolutely evil; a prison sentence awaits him in NY. Can’t come soon enough.