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Debbie's avatar

It’s getting to the point that I’m afraid to open a news report anymore! Every day it’s something crazy from Trump. What an embarrassment for the entire country and the MAGA butt kissers ought to be ashamed.

Ps Hegseth is making the military bombing the fishing boats to sign NDAS. I mean WTF?

Steve's avatar

I understand your feelings about this. However, their goal is to discourage us to the point that we turn away. Don't let them succeed. Remember that you are not alone in this.

WJB Motown's avatar

NOKINGS 3 should have a date by now. The Orange Nazi`s are working 24/7 to destroy America. There is not a single second to sit around and feel good.......We have to respond with full force to their declaration of war on Mother Earth.

Joyce's avatar

100% accurate.

Maui Wahine's avatar

An NDS that is signed to hide a criminal act should be declared void as against public policy. The military is being put in an impossible position here and itʻs a crime that the Congress is so impotent that it allows this nonsense.

MM Harris's avatar

It's time for someone high enough in authority in the military to stand up and say "ENOUGH" to these illegal boat bombings. Are they afraid of losing their jobs and pensions or are those protected if the claim "illegal" is true?

May Lee's avatar

There isn't anyone in the military that has any power to stand up and say "enough". Trump is commander in chief and to go against his orders (from Hegseth or whoever). It wouldn't just be a court-martial or losing their jobs or pensions, they'd be tried for TREASON, which carries a death penalty in this country. And you KNOW trump would try to execute someone on national tv just for the fun of it. We're getting nothing in the way of guardrails from Congress or the Supreme Court, so it's going to take pitchforks in the streets or a coup of some sort to STOP them.

Anne Beach's avatar

In his first term, Trump had a number of high-ranking officers act as his advisors. That did not go too well. They usually wound up resigning their positions because Trump doesn't listen to good advice (or any advice, either, as far as I can tell).

Geri Cochran's avatar

You mean making the military murder the people in the fishing boats? :(

Carolyn Harris's avatar

Well naturally trump doesn't call it that, just the rest of us. :(

Bluesmurf's avatar

Ever wonder what happened to some of the stuff that was reported earlier this year? Check this out: "Wonder What Happened To…? Updates On News From The Past" - https://bluesmurf.substack.com/p/wonder-what-happened-to-updates-on

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Alison Hadley's avatar

Totally get it. I can hardly even listen to the clips, trying to understand why anyone even gives him the time of day. He just took the wrecking ball to our Capitol without any permission or regard. It is just unbelievable the insults and assaults he makes to the our people... and the feeling of impotence of the average citizen. Giving money, time, effort and seeing this continue is just demoralizing.

MM Harris's avatar

I hate thinking that my tax dollars are going STRAIGHT into the pockets of thieves.

Jean Conley's avatar

I'm with you 100% ("I can hardly listen to these clips"). Makes me sick to even hear his voice--I always have to mute it in these clips--and when I start to hear him on TV, etc.

Corinne Sternlieb's avatar

But, we were all forewarned: when has Trump ever NOT done whatever the heck he wants to do? Like a two-year-old he simply DOES it. And the more he can outrage people the better, in his view--so he goes into overdrive and does an overreach for good measure. He is toxic. WHY are we allowing him to continue? What does it do for the nation? He needs to be impeached -- NOW.

Marlene Lerner-Bigley (CA)'s avatar

Too bad the soldiers do not know the REAL news!

Skitealwedrop's avatar

I suspect our Military knows the truth about the deranged conman. It would be hard to keep a straight face when he’s spewing his dribble. The guys and girls probably laugh at the orange nut case over a beer.

Artemis's avatar

There were some facepalms and quite a bit of squirming there in the background. Looking at that diverse group of troops, he was absolutely playing to the wrong audience.

Valerie's avatar

I read that the audience in Japan was hand picked. Of course we can't believe all that we read but THAT sounds believable.

Susan Raquel's avatar

Don't know about being handpicked in Japan; but, seems to me there was talk of handpicking of troops at some event that he had. Seems like those that did not want to be present were excused? Something like that.

Valerie's avatar

I think the Generals and Admirals were told if they didn’t come to Washington for the big Jamboree a month or so ago they could retire. Maybe sailors were offered the same. But from what I saw, if there are still any female sailors (yeah of course there are) I don’t think they were invited.

Afrika's avatar

Do you think they have knowledge of another Earth like planet? Probability factor there could be an earth like planet in every solar system! The nukes here, trumps bunker????? END GAME!!!?!?!???🦘

Jean Conley's avatar

Bet it was......somehow, The Dictator Dump was able to arrange it.

Valerie's avatar

and if there was a female sailor in the audience I didn’t see her….

Valerie's avatar

Oops, yes I looked at Stars and Stripes and I did see about five or six female sailors in the crowd.

Kathy Sowers's avatar

Every audience is the wrong audience. Except for the cult.

Anastasia Pantsios's avatar

I don't know how any moderately sane person could listen to this and go "Yes, that makes sense." Remember they're heading from families back home about how they're struggling to make ends meet.

C Bowlby's avatar

Worst pres ever!

Dik de Bruijn's avatar

65% of the "guys and girls" who had served/were serving in the military voted for Trump in 2024. If "our military" knows the truth about Trumpty Dumpty, they either don't care or support him anyway.

Cappy Fann's avatar

If one thinks about it, the majority of the military are enlisted, young, and not long out of high school. They're proven to be gullible. (They believed the recruiter.) The remaining 35% are most likely officers --who learned critical thinking in college, along with senior enlisted who have learned how to detect bullshit during the course of their enlistment.

It would be interesting to know the college majors of officers who support Trump.

Face palming, showing anything but respect for the CINC could get a military member into trouble. Hegseth probably already knows the names of any who did and they're going to be brought up on charges. This is the bozo who wasted tax dollars hunting down military members who said anything negative about Charlie Kirk, some 300 people.

Anne Beach's avatar

From what I saw in the Generals/Admirals section in the front row it appeared that none of them were laughing. In fact, they were remarkably stone-faced.

Susan Raquel's avatar

From what I have read that is exactly what they are supposed to do. They did the same at the "big meeting" and caused trump much anguish that they didn't applaud, etc.

Skitealwedrop's avatar

If that’s true they should have known who they were signing up for. They are part of the reason this country is so f’d up.

Geri Cochran's avatar

There are many maga men in the military that apparently want to live under a dictator or oligarchy, as well as many men and women who believe in reclaiming our democratic republic. I wonder what the percentages are of each side?

Susan Raquel's avatar

If I remember correctly many of the worst J6ers were former military and law enforcement.

Perhaps the families of the military might know from what the family is told; otherwise, I don't think that we will know until after the service men/women are civilians again.

Geri Cochran's avatar

I'm not sure we'll ever know.

Anne Beach's avatar

They are probably too depressed about the situation to find any of it worth laughing about.

arne link's avatar

The soldiers have families, mothers and fathers and probably children. Believe me, they hear what things are like on the outside.

Mia's avatar

Not only will they hear it, they will feel it Nov. 1 when no paychecks happen! I don’t know why anyone in the military voted for the orange beast, he thinks they are all suckers and losers!

Dik de Bruijn's avatar

I'm sure they do. But do they care if things are bad? Or do they think the suffering -- sensu Charlie Kirk -- is a small price (for others) to pay for them to have their cult leader?

Edith Brideau's avatar

They can't know the real news when they are force-fed Fox News at all military bases.

Robin's avatar

Communication with loved ones at home would be the fresh (but sad) air they need

Angelia's avatar

I was thinking, these soldiers can find out anything, already know more than the buffoon gabbing at them. Does the buffoon really think they don’t know about the inflation in their home country. Does the buffoon think this is the Vietnam war that he got out of going to? The buffoon is stupid.

Thank you Ben. You do a great job of keeping us informed.

Dik de Bruijn's avatar

These are great questions. But here's one you didn't ask: do the soldiers care about what's happening? Or are they happy to support Trumpty Dumpty in the (mistaken) belief that he's going to, well, you know: MAGA.

Janet S's avatar

Great updates, Ben- keep 'em coming! So easy to quickly digest!

Michele Guerrero's avatar

Why hasn't "he" been commited yet?

Angie's avatar

Because rich men who actually run the country still need him to sign things.

Maui Wahine's avatar

They must fear that JD Vance wonʻt have the same cult-like hold over MAGA, otherwise Trump would be gone via the 25th Amendment.

Joanne Steacie's avatar

I agree, and he doesnt!

Michele Guerrero's avatar

Isn't this elder abuse?

Jonathan Klinski's avatar

He is the waste fraud and abuse! He doesn't care about abusing anybody 💯💯

MM Harris's avatar

I have first hand experience with Alzheimers, and though I'm no trump fan, I can't help but feel sad when I watch/hear him. . . not just for what that disease and the other ailments he's dealing with are doing to him, but also because it seems he's being taken advantage of.

Roberta Houle's avatar

MM Harris. He has always been like this. He has always had his sycophants telling him what to do because he performs at a Grade 5 level. Save your sadness for the lives of the people that he is decimating.

Mia's avatar

🤣🤣🤣He’s being taken advantage of…WTF, he has made almost 2 billion dollars so far in this presidency! He is the biggest grifter and is using the office of the presidency to enrich himself and his family! Gads start reading some real news……

Skitealwedrop's avatar

🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣

Skitealwedrop's avatar

Why did he have an MRI at Walter Reed?

Valerie's avatar

Oh didn't you know? It's because he's just so incredibly intelligent that they wanted to give him a medal for having the best MRI ever. He could identify a giraffe and an elephant and . . . oh, a whole lot of other stuff.

Skitealwedrop's avatar

You sound like me. I can make jokes about the idiot conman allllll day long. He’s a disgrace!

Valerie's avatar

He gives us so much material but it’s black humor because so many people believe him!

Skitealwedrop's avatar

It’s funny how SNL portrays him. My son calls him vagina neck and I call him labia neck with a spray tan. Notice right above his tie and collar. The con has labia. It’s fucking hilarious 🤣

C Bowlby's avatar

Uhh,rumpie said his MRI was best ever, cognitive hard, elephants, giraffes, and uhhhh

then said he's smarter than Jas&AOC... his dementia is growing worse, LoL!

Bluesmurf's avatar

Either his brain for stroke or his veins for blood clots...

Susan Raquel's avatar

That positive re advanced imaging really isn't saying much because we don't really know what tests were done;

What is Advanced Imaging in Diagnostics?

Advanced imaging in diagnostics encompasses cutting-edge technologies that allow healthcare professionals to see detailed images of the inside of your body—without the need for invasive surgery. These techniques are pillars of modern diagnostic procedures, helping to detect, evaluate, and monitor various conditions with higher precision.

MRI (Magnetic Resonance Imaging): Uses magnets and radio waves to create detailed images of organs and tissues—great for brain, joints, or spinal cord assessments.

CT (Computed Tomography) Scan: Combines X-rays and computer technology to produce cross-sectional images—for internal injuries, tumors, or infections.

PET (Positron Emission Tomography) Scan: Tracks metabolic and chemical activity, commonly for cancer, brain, and heart health.

Ultrasound: Uses sound waves for real-time imaging, ideal for pregnancy checks, organ evaluation, and soft tissue issues.

3D Mammography: An advanced breast imaging technique for early cancer detection.

https://www.iliveactive.com/Health/Disease-Management/Diagnosis/Diagnostic-Procedures/Advanced-Imaging-in-Diagnostics

Jonathan Klinski's avatar

Can't pass a cognitive test? Rubber room time

Skitealwedrop's avatar

Or padded cell time.

WJB Motown's avatar

Cankles McTacoTts has recuring dreams of being Donable Lector and fucking his daughter Ivanka on Smokey Eyed Vances couch.

Phil De Luca's avatar

His MRI was different. He was Managing his Rectal Incontinence. Too much flatulation.

He thought it was congratulations.

Anne Beach's avatar

An excellent question.

Hal Brown's avatar

Lot's of news - none of it good - but I am still reeling from Rachel Maddw's segment last night about the feds now about to use spyware that can track anybody down. This is a police state even George Orwell didn't predict. After I posted my Substack I had to add links even as wrote my Subsack and posted it: https://halbrown.substack.com/p/half-the-nation-is-okay-blase-or

Bluesmurf's avatar

It's too late now for any of us who have been posting on here for months and months - I'm hitting my 1 year anniversary very soon... Regardless of what law they are breaking, we still have a Constitutional right to free speech and expression. Presuming we are not kidnapped off the street and disappeared, we have a right to be here and say what we say. So, he can round us up, but there are millions of us and we will fight back.

Joanne Steacie's avatar

Exactly, Bluesmurf! We'd all be in jail. They are outnumbered to be able to get us all who have been badmouthing, criticizing, and truth telling about this

lousy regime! Yeah, they built more prisons but do they think locking us all up will silence us? Keep us from making "good trouble". Gee, I just don't think so. Their list of surversives could become a list of heros when the script flips. Since Trump's crew is headed by liars, haters and cheaters and incompetents who are doing their best to harm and kill us, it'll flip. It's coming. Just feel it. We're getting way past fed up and their damage is getting worse and their "leader" is getting weaker. Tick tock!

Hal Brown's avatar

In a fair world, a just world, a world where where karma was a real thing, Trump would meet his maker tomorrow (whoever that maker was. If I was a believer (I am definetely NOT) I'd say it wasn't the Heavenly Father but the Fallen Angel who sired him. While being Biblical, I'd say the guy seems to be Methuselah. The Bible does not say if he was nice or not. Our luck Trump is very NOT NICE and will live, if not to be 969, at least beat Jiroemon Kimura's record. He lived to be 116 years and 54 days old

Kelvin Hobbs's avatar

American Rhetoric: Movie Speech "Michael Collins"

(1996) https://tinyurl.com/47mvpzs2

Our friends ... would like to shut me up.

Oh yes, jail me again, shoot me, who knows?

And I'd like you to send them a message.

If they shut me up, who'll take my place?

[Crowd: I will!]

Who's going to take my place?

[Crowd: I will!]

I can't hear you.

Who'll take my place?!

Will they shut you up?!!

Maui Wahine's avatar

Never obey in advance and donʻt show fear. We have to keep posting.

SFGal's avatar

Yes, Hal, I saw that as well, along with Marc Elias on her program. The surveillance program I'd read about previously was frighteningly explicated by Maddow and the analyst (can't recall her name now) she interviewed on the subject. DT pulling out all the stops to oppress us using our tax dollars.

Hal Brown's avatar

After I saw Rachel I knew I had to write about it today. Early in the Turmp regime she seemed to feel some hope, but now she is as pessimistic as I am, well almost as despairing. Few are quite as gloom-ridden and fatalistic as I am.

SFGal's avatar

I don't know, Hal -- I'm feeling pretty dark about things and what little hope seems to derive from being involved with Meidas, but seeing Rachel like last night it seems more often we're grasping at proverbial straws. I have deep admiration for Ben and especially Ron, though my heart is filled with emotion for Marc Elias, his fearless Democracy Docket team, as well as the heroism of Democracy Forward, Public Citizen, and ProPublica in their ceaseless dedication to defend and uphold our Constitution against authoritarianism. Marc making the rounds of MSNBC news programs is doing his utmost to reach a broader electorate although he's likely preaching to the choir of a more liberal audience. Too many out there succumb to the MAGA media.

Hal Brown's avatar

I see others like Norm Eisen, Jennifer Rubin, Thom Hartmann, and many more allies trying to inspire people to fight back in various legal ways, but I sometimes think they are desperately trying not to get sucked into the whirlpool of despair I used AI to show (in my Substack) of someone representing me about to drown. Again and again I urge people to engage in self-care but also try not to delude themselves.

SFGal's avatar

Indeed, those individuals and numerous indefatigable others are at the forefront of resistance-confrontation-persistance as you note. Self-care is important in the face of a reality seemingly beyond our control.

nacreplus2's avatar

THANK YOU for posting this!! Total nightmare. Why is America sleeping while they slide down this increasingly steep slope?!?!???

Hal Brown's avatar

The thing of it is about a sleeping America is that just over half of us are awake and of that half seven million we know of FOR CERTAIN were not only wide awake, but were mobilized enough to go to NO KINGS protests. Yet the other half, to varying degrees, are asleep. That's why I included "Half the nation is okay, blasé, or in favor of a police state" in the title of my Substack.

Marty LeVasseur's avatar

I almost get ill listening to this horseshit. Never in my life had l heard more dishonest drivel until this clown! 🤡

Kristen Selvey's avatar

Please spread the word and JOIN US on NOVEMBER 22ND for the IMPEACH REMOVE DONALD TRUMP DEMAND!!!! US PATRIOTS will be in DC with Jessica Denson, Cliff Cash, Robby Roadsteamer, Pissed off bartender, drop kick Murphy, and US VETERANS to DEMAND THE REMOVAL of this ILLEGAL, FASCIST, EVIL, INCOMPETENT REGIME!!! Let's make HISTORY together ❤️!!!!!!

Dawn Fischkelta's avatar

Can you please provide more info on this? Do you have a link to the event or specific info that I can spread? Thank you!

Bluesmurf's avatar

Mobile.us is advertising this rally: "Remove the Regime - November 22

Rally" - https://www.mobilize.us/flareusa/event/863965/

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Kristen Selvey's avatar

Let me try and send a link, I'm not very tech savvy. November 22nd, Washington DC.

Julie Mushing's avatar

Correction - "I watched the full address, and it’s just the latest in a string of the most humiliating performances from a former president I’ve ever seen."

He is the current president - what an embarrassment!

Rob Fowler's avatar

Needs to become "former" ASAP....

SFGal's avatar

It was indeed grotesque, Julie. I had to wonder about the cheering, laughing, and clapping service members who most likely were compelled to be a photo-op audience. I found his DEI comments before that assembly particularly offensive.

Julie Mushing's avatar

Especially as they are not getting paid, so there is no money going to their families. UGH - surprised they didn't charge the stage!

SFGal's avatar

That fact as well is the huge irony obsessing me in trying to observe the faces of those Navy members (many people of color) for their visible responses to his wicked wall of lies and nonsense. He just thinks he's a TV star, some kind of lame-o burnt-out third-rate comedian who just doesn't want to give up the mic once he's behind it. Those poor folks indeed, over an hour of that demented drivel that made me cringe watching at two a.m. PST. I kept asking why I was torturing myself?

arne link's avatar

Someone must hold up a "clap" sign and a "laugh" sign at the appropriate moments. They probably got paid to be there, which is nice since their normal pay is being with held.

SFGal's avatar

You gotta wonder, Arne. I was amazed he kept up with his teleprompter much as it seemed he did to maintain a semblance of a thread of coherence. I do hope maybe those service personnel did receive some form of gratuitous bonus. You're probably right about the prompt signs under orders and surveillance as I did notice not all were smiling and/or clapping.

MM Harris's avatar

He seems to be sliding downhill fast...

WJB Motown's avatar

The Orange Asshole received a string of "F 's " on his dementia tests. They prescribed a years supply of industrial strength Depends.

Marj's avatar

But a former president also!

JA's avatar

Literally nothing he said is true. Hopefully our troops know he’s completely full of shit.

WJB Motown's avatar

There could be a problem......."I llike the uneducated".......Bad connections, top down...everywhere.

JA's avatar

Actually just MAGAts. They’re the only ones who believe his steady stream of lies in his demented, unhinged dying brain.

Nancy Richardson's avatar

The President is sick and it shows daily. It really makes you wonder who is running the country. This entire regime needs to go now. It’s past time for the SCOTUS, Senate and the House to do their jobs. This includes the Military, as well.

Thanks for the update, Ben. You and your brothers do a terrific job!

Avia Laeta's avatar

It’s difficult to even listen to him !!

Chinyere's avatar

I wish ppl wouldn’t play clips of him speaking!!

jan carter's avatar

Makes me sick too. I turn my volume down while his ugly mug is on camera. Hes lieing always.

Chinyere's avatar

Yeah, I get about 10 seconds of hearing him talk and then I move on. My ears hurt, lol.

Steve's avatar

Press your mute button. The sight of him and his voice make me🤮.

Chinyere's avatar

Agreed! He’s so gross!!🤢

Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

Steam power returns, “I wish I had your job,” magnets, catapults, Bill’s deployment, “Do you love your wife?”, low, low prices, a li’l problem with beef, Bill’s daughter’s birthday. Free association, no dancing.

arne link's avatar

What? No fucking jerk-off dance. Those troops were cheated!

Leslie Goodman-Malamuth's avatar

He took up marriage counseling for the Navy where he left off with trophy wives at West Point.

Edith Brideau's avatar

Thank God no dancing. The only bright spot.

Leonardo Del Toro's avatar

When you think he cannot become more of a imbecile, boom…