I’m wondering if we will see 2027 with all the absolute bullshit and incompetence. At 61, I’ve seen some shit, but this country is way past that point.
I heard a joke the other day and thought you might appreciate its reference to the deep shit we currently find ourselves in.
Donald Trump died and went to Hell. The horned Devil met him at the locked gate and escorted him inside the fiery furnace. As they drudged through the burning cinders the Devil explained to Trump there were two rooms where one could spend eternity and ask him which room he wanted. Trump, being the savvy guy that he is, ask to see both rooms before making a decision. So, the Devil led him down a very long hallway with one large door on either side. The Devil stopped at the first door and opened it so Trump could see inside the room. Inside there were hundreds of people standing in shit up to their necks. Trump shuttered and asked to see the other room.
So, the Devil led him to the next door on the other side of the hallway. He opened that door and inside Trump could see thousands of people, milling around in shit up to their knees, holding steaming hot cups of coffee in their hands. Trump turned to the Devil and smirking broadly said, “I’ll spend my time in this room.” The Devil grinned a hellish grin and agreed as he shoved Trump inside the room and handed him a cup of coffee. As the Devil turned to lock the door, he whirled around and shouted, “Alright! Coffee break is over, back down on your heads.
That's what weighs the heaviest on me. I now know It's not possible for me to live long enough to see the middle class dig itself out of the rut it's put itself into over the past 46 years. It breaks my heart on a daily bases.
I'm a widow on a fixed income. I just read a piece that said the value of the dollar has dropped 23% since 2020. Where in the 1950's the rich made 100 rimes more annual income than the "average American," now that figure is 150 times more and, unlike the 1950's the richest Americans pay little to no income tax according to Warren Buffet. Worse yet, the taxes paid by ordinary Americans go in part to grants to the oligarchs to develop AI which likely will make most workers obsolete in the US. The time has come to stand up for the America imagined by the Founders--all people are created equal and have certain inalienable rights to life, liberty, and an equal opportunity to thrive.
"...list of the government recalls and alerts in Trump’s second term"...All Biden's fault, dammit. The bugs keep crawling-out from under all those windmills&solar fields.
I have noticed Joanne, that even FOX and other MSM tend to go mum these days when they go to the old "this is Biden's fault". Earlier they would join in the chorus. Have you noticed that?
No, Linda. I hadn't noticed. I don't watch FOX, CNN, MSM or any corporate media. Sometimes Independent media will show a clip but I mute it. I don't want to hear what they have to say. They lost me during the 2024 campaign. They sickened me giving Trump a platform and airtime. He was given more than Kamala. I'm done with them. I'll take your word though 😉
I haven't watched TV for about 30 years now (no reason except I stopped enjoying it) and I have never followed MSM on the internet, only clips which I also mute on occasion depending on who is speaking but I watch their faces and when they go flat after someone like Bessant or Hassett speak, I will tune in to see what they just said. That is how I know things are starting to change.
It is a matter of self preservation to ignore the fuckin morons. They will kill you with their stupidity and what they are saying! It is not normal. I refuse
Ditto. I NEVER watch FOX news! Actually, if the deranged lunatic comes on, I mute the sound and usually yell affirmations at the screen for him to disappear from this planet.
National Debt at $40 Trillion. It will only get worse. He still has 2.5 more years of spending. I think his goal is to bankrupt the US as this is typical for authoritarian regimes. They want us all to be poor whilst the oligarchs prosper.
Before Trump ran the first time he suggested that the United States declare bankruptcy. Reset ourselves and start anew. He said he’d done it several times and ALWAYS came out money ahead. Company I worked for had dealings with him and I was trying to find out his philosophy as even back then he wasn’t paying contractors in full, relying on a phalanx of lawyers to get contract terms changed. And STILL people thought he’d be a great President because he was a ‘successful’ businessman.
It would be stunning to see Hegseth's 'decision-making process' around shutting down the drone unit. It's literally where we're getting our butts kicked in the Iran war, and Ukraine is the best in the world🤦
I'm half-expecting some angry Iranian parents whose children were murdered by Hegesth to show up at one of Trump's golf courses armed with drones and hammer home the point that drones are the future.
I miss the Biden administration and feel like we are on the brink of disaster. The Trump administration is so corrupt, and the lies are constant; they can't keep it straight. I honestly miss not having to wake up to what Trump has done overnight.
It was not that long ago that President Biden was vilified for normal aging. That he was aging was undeniable and the need for fresh eyes and legs was justified. The stamina, integrity and cognitive cohesiveness of a person with enough years of experience to incorporate those qualities into a vigorous and effective administration is essential for a functional presidency.
President Biden gave his all to his time in office and that office took all of it. With Trump, the compare and contrast is devastating, a man of vanishing comprehension, with more power than competence. He
is not cognitively intact. His physical health is observably failing. His emotional stability is not based in reality. He has moved way past the line established by the Democrats to question his acuity. If the criticism of the Democrats was that we waited too long, then how long is too long for there to be a reckoning of Trump’s vast and ever deepening deficits.
Trump is stuck in an endless cycle of fear and retribution now, retribution tomorrow, retribution forever. He must be right and for him to be right everyone else must be wrong. These are not the actions of a well man; his demeanor is not one of health or competence and he has the nuclear codes. Every mistake is not his fault, every obsession is his reality and every decent into further perversion of his authority is inevitable. He is trapped in his severely compromised state and he is dangerous.
Really wonderful summation of our reality.. I shudder at the thought he will continue on, unchecked, and open us up to a complete takeover by China or Russia. We have fallen so far from the country that people admired and wanted him come to, that I think we’re probably beginning a be on the list of places to avoid!
Gun control… not! Education…not! Universal healthcare…not! Affordable child care…not! Vaccines…not! Domestic violence…not! Ballrooms, heliports, golden statues, golden Oval Office, golf, golf, golf. Truth (😂) Social…grifting and lining the pockets of every member of his family to “keep safe” until he can access it!!
Why is Hegseth getting rid of the drone assault battalion? Is it possible that this was recommended by Uncle Vladimir? Is it just one of the ways Trump is preventing the US military is from moving forward? Anyone know anything about this? I don’t think the Russians or Iranians have exactly given up on drone warfare.
I have also read that. And so far Trump seems to accept this even if he talks big. Trump likes dictators and is not particularly concerned about Americans in the military.
This is what Scott Bessent always reminds me of: the cartoon monopoly guy. He's clueless in understanding normal people, but running aways with all his chips as fast as he possibly can.
As a result of Trump's firing all the food inspectors, we now have to worry that dozens of fruits and vegetables [and a growing list] will poison us! The debt is now over forty trillion, and growing exponentially, and Trump is responsible for fully twenty five percent of it! I wonder if the electorate will learn that electing career criminals to high office is a bad idea....
“I will give Trump this: if anyone knows how to destroy an economy, it’s him…”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He managed to cause what? At least 5 bankruptcies to his own businesses/CASINOS- where “the house always wins!” Now he even has Walmart’s sales and shares way down, national debt doubled from his first reign and it’s not even 2 years into this fiasco?! Of COURSE that’s all caused by President Biden and his GOP majority Congress?! LOL I can’t imagine how much more quickly he could destroy an economy or country if he TRIED!! 🤣😂🤣😭😭
Come on Trump. You have been in office now for 17 months. You and your cabinet still haven't kept your promises or even fixed the problems Americans face. In fact, all of you have made it worse. I am looking towards to this November when the Democrats recapture Congress.
1. This administration is causing irreparable harm to the US economy. The bond market manipulation of Scott Bessent backfired. The long term market is higher now than before his attempt to lower rates.
2. The US military doing away with the drone battalion is a serious mistake. Just ask Ukraine. They wiped out and entire tank battalion before they were even close to the front.
3. Our food is no longer safe to consume. One does not let the prisoners have the keys to the prison, the companies should not be allowed to test their own products without oversight .
Hey Bessent, Exactly when are you going to shoulder any blame for the economy? You & your inane policies have been at it for 2 years now. The old saying, when you point the finger at someone else, there are 4 fingers pointing back at you, is so appropriate.
Funny I don’t remember this feeling of doom present when Biden was the POTUS!
I’ll turn 70 the end of the month, and I never imagined our country could ever be this low 😢
I turned 83 and lived through mcCarthy... and feel the same way
I'm 90, lived through WWII, and feel the same.
Same.
I’m wondering if we will see 2027 with all the absolute bullshit and incompetence. At 61, I’ve seen some shit, but this country is way past that point.
I agree. I’m 72, and the Sixties were never even close to this level of madness.
I heard a joke the other day and thought you might appreciate its reference to the deep shit we currently find ourselves in.
Donald Trump died and went to Hell. The horned Devil met him at the locked gate and escorted him inside the fiery furnace. As they drudged through the burning cinders the Devil explained to Trump there were two rooms where one could spend eternity and ask him which room he wanted. Trump, being the savvy guy that he is, ask to see both rooms before making a decision. So, the Devil led him down a very long hallway with one large door on either side. The Devil stopped at the first door and opened it so Trump could see inside the room. Inside there were hundreds of people standing in shit up to their necks. Trump shuttered and asked to see the other room.
So, the Devil led him to the next door on the other side of the hallway. He opened that door and inside Trump could see thousands of people, milling around in shit up to their knees, holding steaming hot cups of coffee in their hands. Trump turned to the Devil and smirking broadly said, “I’ll spend my time in this room.” The Devil grinned a hellish grin and agreed as he shoved Trump inside the room and handed him a cup of coffee. As the Devil turned to lock the door, he whirled around and shouted, “Alright! Coffee break is over, back down on your heads.
Exactly! He was more like a soothing balm when he started cleaning up the mess from 45…
I don't either. I was able to relax and not worry about life.
That is what we should all want . A relaxed , normal life.
I'm so sick of all of it.
We're never going to get it again. It'll take decades to feel any sort of normalcy. I'll be dead by then.
Most likely I will as well .
As will I.
That's what weighs the heaviest on me. I now know It's not possible for me to live long enough to see the middle class dig itself out of the rut it's put itself into over the past 46 years. It breaks my heart on a daily bases.
But if this regime is defeated, it will give me some peace of mind , because I have grandkids..
If I had grandchildren . .. they would be brown. Do you KNOW the fights I would get in .
It will never happen in my lifetime either. I shudder to contemplate the kind of world my grandchildren will live in.
I am so glad I do not have grandchildren. That is something I thought I would never be happy about
I'm a widow on a fixed income. I just read a piece that said the value of the dollar has dropped 23% since 2020. Where in the 1950's the rich made 100 rimes more annual income than the "average American," now that figure is 150 times more and, unlike the 1950's the richest Americans pay little to no income tax according to Warren Buffet. Worse yet, the taxes paid by ordinary Americans go in part to grants to the oligarchs to develop AI which likely will make most workers obsolete in the US. The time has come to stand up for the America imagined by the Founders--all people are created equal and have certain inalienable rights to life, liberty, and an equal opportunity to thrive.
Definitely ruined my “golden years.”😢
😭😭
It says something about the dire state of the world for all of us to be so disgusted and sad , at the same time. And to such a degree. This sucks.
Totally sucks! And congress could have nipped it in the bud, but didn’t.😠
I wish it was funny, I know it’s a sarcastic idiom, but not even as that.
When Joe was president I didn't have to smoke a joint to temper the rage before reading Ben and Ron's news updates.
Right Dave. These idiots have destroyed even a happy passtime into a coping tool..
I felt so relaxed. I knew if something happened, Biden and his staff could take care of it.
"...list of the government recalls and alerts in Trump’s second term"...All Biden's fault, dammit. The bugs keep crawling-out from under all those windmills&solar fields.
Please tell me what can we eat that won’t cause us to get sick or die.
Not more possum.
Thank you, Rose. That's what I'd like to know.
Ummmm of course it's Biden's fault according to the Trump regime. I didn't expect anything different coming from their filthy mouths. 😒
For a guy they called so sleepy, he is really keeping busy .. damn you Joe!
Yes and battling cancer. 😢
They suck to pick on everybody that is not their cultists.
I have noticed Joanne, that even FOX and other MSM tend to go mum these days when they go to the old "this is Biden's fault". Earlier they would join in the chorus. Have you noticed that?
No, Linda. I hadn't noticed. I don't watch FOX, CNN, MSM or any corporate media. Sometimes Independent media will show a clip but I mute it. I don't want to hear what they have to say. They lost me during the 2024 campaign. They sickened me giving Trump a platform and airtime. He was given more than Kamala. I'm done with them. I'll take your word though 😉
I haven't watched TV for about 30 years now (no reason except I stopped enjoying it) and I have never followed MSM on the internet, only clips which I also mute on occasion depending on who is speaking but I watch their faces and when they go flat after someone like Bessant or Hassett speak, I will tune in to see what they just said. That is how I know things are starting to change.
You're brave. I get too pissed off and can't listen.
It is a matter of self preservation to ignore the fuckin morons. They will kill you with their stupidity and what they are saying! It is not normal. I refuse
Ditto. I NEVER watch FOX news! Actually, if the deranged lunatic comes on, I mute the sound and usually yell affirmations at the screen for him to disappear from this planet.
National Debt at $40 Trillion. It will only get worse. He still has 2.5 more years of spending. I think his goal is to bankrupt the US as this is typical for authoritarian regimes. They want us all to be poor whilst the oligarchs prosper.
Trump certainly has much experience with bankruptcies so this is a possibility we have been thinking about.
I thought about it since he was re-elected. We're doomed.
You turn your back for a minute and there's fresh hell. 😏 right Jo. No surprise. It'sa cult 🫶
Is there anything worse than hell? If so, we're in it.
It could also be accidental: he managed to bankrupt a casino. That is practically impossible. Everything he touches turns to shit.
He bankrupt SIX OF THEM.
Before Trump ran the first time he suggested that the United States declare bankruptcy. Reset ourselves and start anew. He said he’d done it several times and ALWAYS came out money ahead. Company I worked for had dealings with him and I was trying to find out his philosophy as even back then he wasn’t paying contractors in full, relying on a phalanx of lawyers to get contract terms changed. And STILL people thought he’d be a great President because he was a ‘successful’ businessman.
Creditors call bankruptcy "legalized theft."
The GOP has claimed the country will grow out of its debt ever since Reagan. Hasn't happened yet and it never will.
It would be stunning to see Hegseth's 'decision-making process' around shutting down the drone unit. It's literally where we're getting our butts kicked in the Iran war, and Ukraine is the best in the world🤦
I'm half-expecting some angry Iranian parents whose children were murdered by Hegesth to show up at one of Trump's golf courses armed with drones and hammer home the point that drones are the future.
I'm wondering if that's exactly why he was shown golfing with a Patriot missile system beside him😳
Paranoia
I miss the Biden administration and feel like we are on the brink of disaster. The Trump administration is so corrupt, and the lies are constant; they can't keep it straight. I honestly miss not having to wake up to what Trump has done overnight.
Yes. I wish I could just get one nights sleep. And a break from the reality shitshow.
Every morning I wake up very early with massive dread 😰
This evil regime gets worse
on a daily basis, but you and your team make sure we are given the truth every single day. Thanks Ben. Great job as always!
Ditto!!!$
To the Democrats in Congress:
It was not that long ago that President Biden was vilified for normal aging. That he was aging was undeniable and the need for fresh eyes and legs was justified. The stamina, integrity and cognitive cohesiveness of a person with enough years of experience to incorporate those qualities into a vigorous and effective administration is essential for a functional presidency.
President Biden gave his all to his time in office and that office took all of it. With Trump, the compare and contrast is devastating, a man of vanishing comprehension, with more power than competence. He
is not cognitively intact. His physical health is observably failing. His emotional stability is not based in reality. He has moved way past the line established by the Democrats to question his acuity. If the criticism of the Democrats was that we waited too long, then how long is too long for there to be a reckoning of Trump’s vast and ever deepening deficits.
Trump is stuck in an endless cycle of fear and retribution now, retribution tomorrow, retribution forever. He must be right and for him to be right everyone else must be wrong. These are not the actions of a well man; his demeanor is not one of health or competence and he has the nuclear codes. Every mistake is not his fault, every obsession is his reality and every decent into further perversion of his authority is inevitable. He is trapped in his severely compromised state and he is dangerous.
We the People Do Not Consent.
Really wonderful summation of our reality.. I shudder at the thought he will continue on, unchecked, and open us up to a complete takeover by China or Russia. We have fallen so far from the country that people admired and wanted him come to, that I think we’re probably beginning a be on the list of places to avoid!
Gun control… not! Education…not! Universal healthcare…not! Affordable child care…not! Vaccines…not! Domestic violence…not! Ballrooms, heliports, golden statues, golden Oval Office, golf, golf, golf. Truth (😂) Social…grifting and lining the pockets of every member of his family to “keep safe” until he can access it!!
We are a minority. Need to win.
We are all down the rabbit hole now!
Why is Hegseth getting rid of the drone assault battalion? Is it possible that this was recommended by Uncle Vladimir? Is it just one of the ways Trump is preventing the US military is from moving forward? Anyone know anything about this? I don’t think the Russians or Iranians have exactly given up on drone warfare.
And aren’t China and possibly Russia sending Iran drones? I read this on Reuters a few months ago.
I heard the same. Are they going to "bomb the shit" out of Russia and China? I think not.
I have also read that. And so far Trump seems to accept this even if he talks big. Trump likes dictators and is not particularly concerned about Americans in the military.
So, if drone warfare is not the wave of the future, can we lose the drone port on top of the ballroom?
He's planning on using them on We, the People. Not a foreign adversary.
This is what Scott Bessent always reminds me of: the cartoon monopoly guy. He's clueless in understanding normal people, but running aways with all his chips as fast as he possibly can.
He is definitely the dumbest Treasury Secretary I’ve ever seen.
Scott Bessent always has his nose stuck up in the air like he smells something bad. He doesn't seem to realize that it is the smell of vermin.
As a result of Trump's firing all the food inspectors, we now have to worry that dozens of fruits and vegetables [and a growing list] will poison us! The debt is now over forty trillion, and growing exponentially, and Trump is responsible for fully twenty five percent of it! I wonder if the electorate will learn that electing career criminals to high office is a bad idea....
As long as his Big Macs and diet Cokes are safe, he doesn't give a shit. Fresh fruit. trump? 😂
Beef and fish are on that list of poisoned foods.
I'm sure not McDonald's beef. Didn't I read Argentina beef?
Wouldn't it be a real shame if someone slipped the deranged vermin a poisoned apple?
“I will give Trump this: if anyone knows how to destroy an economy, it’s him…”
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
He managed to cause what? At least 5 bankruptcies to his own businesses/CASINOS- where “the house always wins!” Now he even has Walmart’s sales and shares way down, national debt doubled from his first reign and it’s not even 2 years into this fiasco?! Of COURSE that’s all caused by President Biden and his GOP majority Congress?! LOL I can’t imagine how much more quickly he could destroy an economy or country if he TRIED!! 🤣😂🤣😭😭
Come on Trump. You have been in office now for 17 months. You and your cabinet still haven't kept your promises or even fixed the problems Americans face. In fact, all of you have made it worse. I am looking towards to this November when the Democrats recapture Congress.
19 months. 12+7=19. Give him all the credit he deserves for ruining/destroying the USA.
Thank you for your timely updates.
1. This administration is causing irreparable harm to the US economy. The bond market manipulation of Scott Bessent backfired. The long term market is higher now than before his attempt to lower rates.
2. The US military doing away with the drone battalion is a serious mistake. Just ask Ukraine. They wiped out and entire tank battalion before they were even close to the front.
3. Our food is no longer safe to consume. One does not let the prisoners have the keys to the prison, the companies should not be allowed to test their own products without oversight .
Meanwhile, Houthis are on the offensive to overtake control of airports and other facilities in Saudi Arabia and Somali pirates are pirating.
Trump so far has ruined 6 years of my life that I'll never get back. 😠
Hey Bessent, Exactly when are you going to shoulder any blame for the economy? You & your inane policies have been at it for 2 years now. The old saying, when you point the finger at someone else, there are 4 fingers pointing back at you, is so appropriate.