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Mike Hammer's avatar

There’s only 1 reason to have taken 3 cognitive tests and not being able to stop talking about it.

Fraser's avatar

Yup, cause he's on his way to 10.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

First of all, Talarico is not vegan. He loves his Texas Ribs. What's wrong with veganism anyway? I didn't realize it is a mortal sin. Is it? 🤔

bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

The entire Paxton campaign is going to be lies and slander of Talarico.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Yes, of course it is. We need to brace ourselves.

Mike Hammer's avatar

Ironically, only the brain dead will react.

Marcia Kelly Illingworth's avatar

It's not, but MAGAts link being vegan to being liberal, and we all know that's a sin! (Not!]

Mike Hammer's avatar

Imagine if he were kosher vegan. 😂

Mike Hammer's avatar

Per AI there’s Hummus Homie, Lord of the Leeks, The Bean Pimp, Herbivore Hooligan.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

What is that? Vegan male strippers? 😜

Mike Hammer's avatar

That would leave a mark!

Punkette's avatar

In Texas, it is a mortal sin. Real Texans eat meat, dammit! Big hunks of it, barely cooked and bloody, tearing it apart with their strong canine teeth. Preferably from an animal they killed themselves. Like cavemen! /s ☺️

DIsclaimer: Yes, I am a vegan, and I grew up in Texas so I know that macho type very well.

Karen D's avatar

That's exactly what MAGA means - the "again" part means back to caveman times.

May Lee's avatar

There are only two food groups in Texas - beef and beer.

Punkette's avatar

Lol! True that 😂

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Ewwww I just got a mental image of that! 🤣 Pigs! I'm vegan too but grew up in California. I was never really a meat eater to begin with, my mother could never get me to eat meat as a kid. It must have been my destiny. 😉

Punkette's avatar

It was, my vegan sister! 🌱 Hug!

Mike Hammer's avatar

Maybe Texans are really Marlboro Men wannabes that turned to cannibalism.

io bonini's avatar

Hey JG., Of course it is...along with trans gender and the word Hillary and chocolate covered green M&M's in high heels and black people and Women and Science and ethics and the word blue and wind farms and the word environment any brown skin and vegetables.....

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Well, that about sums it up then! 😂

Geri Cochran's avatar

Oh my, please don't leave out the cure for everything: Ivermectin. smdh

LHS's avatar

It's apparently Satanic. /s

Tracy Loftsgaarden, MM, BA's avatar

If that's not Satanic, being an 8th generation Texan who doesn't eat barbecue certainly is satanic. Those funny Texans.

Grace's avatar

Funny? they have more people falling off their horses in the ER than any other state. Beef and beer will do that to ya!

Diane in Ohio's avatar

If that's all they have, they are in real trouble because Paxton has a lot of baggage. Of course, Republicans elected Paxton how many times, as well as Trump, so who knows.

May Lee's avatar

Being a crook is valued over any other attribute by the voting public in Texas.

Geri Cochran's avatar

Not just a crook...so many other crimes and protecting rapists of children is one of them.

Geri Cochran's avatar

You'd have to live in rural east Texas to get the true flavor of these citizens. :( Magas here are very much into their savior felon's punishment mode toward all sorts of different people. Big cities are a bit more um civil.

Diane in Ohio's avatar

I get a little taste of that here in Ohio. It’s a head scratcher that these folks always vote against their own best interests.

Mike Hammer's avatar

You only need to look at the audience to get that answer.

ramonaj's avatar

They have nothing else. It is pathetic.

Fraser's avatar

Apparently not manly Joanne like.......TACOS!!

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

You can always slip a vegan taco in and they wouldn't know the difference. 😜

Punkette's avatar

Haha! I make tacos with plant-based chorizo, fried up nice and crispy in my cast-iron skillet. Yummy! 😋

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Mmmmm...that sounds nice. I have never tried plant-based chorizo.

Punkette's avatar

Joanne, if you have a Trader Joe’s nearby, they carry an excellent plant-based chorizo. It’s quite spicy too. I fry it up until nicely browned. Delicious in tacos and on pizza!

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

I do have a Trader Joe's close by. I love spicy. I'll pop in to TJ's and give it a try. Thank you for the tip 🫶🏼

Fraser's avatar

Good point Joanne!!

Roxy Copenhagen's avatar

I hope that everyone becomes vegan someday. We don't need to eat animals to survive or thrive, which makes it selfish and murder. However, I believe that it's important that Talarico isn't vegan at this time, because many Americans won't vote for a man who doesn't eat animals; crazy but true. I live in Denmark 🇩🇰 and Talarico has managed to impress me - he seems like a great guy and a very promising politician.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

I like him too, Roxy. I'm not in Texas (thankfully) but if I were, I would vote for him. I think more people might turn to veganism before too long with the costs for meats. It's healthier for sure and less expensive unless you're buying the plant-based meat substitutes. I agree, it is murder and it makes me sad to think of these poor animals being slaughtered for human consumption. By the way, I love and respect Denmark. 🇩🇰

Roxy Copenhagen's avatar

Thank you for your kind comment. I have not really used Substack before, but I young I will now. Where do you live in the US?

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

My pleasure. 😊 I only use Substack. I do not use X, Facebook, Instagram or anything else Meta. I think they are disgusting and full of filth and I don't like to be censored. I'm from Southern California, born and raised but currently in New York.

N. Walters's avatar

According to Trump Talarica is a "vagan..." LOL

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

I saw that! "Vay-Gun" 🤣 The dumbass can't even pronounce it 🤣

Grant Rowson's avatar

Next, they'll be saying he's "Not 'Merican/Texan" because he doesn't wear a Stetson, or cowboy boots, or _____ ;-)

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Hahahaha!!! More than likely. I'm waiting for it.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Milli Vanilli, huh. I thought they were frauds? Oh right. That's fitting to perform at the UFC fight then. Carry on.

Jennifer Kass's avatar

You took the words literally out of my mouth! I literally laughed out loud when I read that. And how on earth is Milli Vanilli going to perform? They didn't sing their songs, and one of them has committed suicide. The clown show just gets stupider by the day.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

I'm sorry 🤣 Exactly!! They lip synced and yes, one of them is dead. The remaining fraudster is German?

ramonaj's avatar

That is the lamest line up for a show I have ever seen.

May Lee's avatar

I'm thinking that most of them will pull out last minute because even these crappy acts have a tiny shred somewhere of self preservation. Did you see that there? Pull out?

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

What do expect? They are all washed up entertainers, they need the money.

ramonaj's avatar

If he pays them. He is notorious for non payments !

Patricia Anne Boone's avatar

And probably with OUR money.

Geri Cochran's avatar

They should volunteer to do it for their new savior! Maybe they'll volunteer at the airports to keep Ebola from entering the U.S. too. lol

LHS's avatar

Holograms! They'll use Holograms of the dead one. 🤪

May Lee's avatar

Somebody will figure out a hologram to fill in the duo. I can't wait to see the attendance at this romp through the swamp.

Donna Maurillo's avatar

Same thought I had when I read their name...

Mary Anne L. Graf's avatar

"I’ve been eating barbecue since before Ken Paxton’s first indictment." ROFL!

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

That was a good one, for sure. 🤣 Go, Talarico!! 👏

BellaB63's avatar

That was pretty epic, ngl.

bitchybitchybitchy's avatar

Congratulations to Canada on making decisions to strengthen itself and lessen reliance on American companies.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Yes, it gave me a great big smile 😃

Camille Kelly's avatar

I wish there was a way for any average American who isn't a Trump supporter to respond occasionally to each of his fairytale, dementia-laced tales. I don't have any solutions on how to save democracy other than massive boycotts or strikes and turn the tides on the billionaires by turning off the cash flow, but it's frustrating not to have a source to combat every verbal piece of shit that spews from the moron-in-office's anal shaped mouth.

Maybe somehow he will hear about it. Psychology tells me that releasing emotions is incredibly beneficial. It prevents physical and mental buildup, allows your nervous system to reset, and helps you process challenges instead of letting them linger, so here goes:

"Obama and Biden both have law degrees. Do you asshole? Both helped reduce the national deficit. What have you done asshole? Raised it to the point of no return. Both have offered programs to help their constituents. What have you done in Iran? Cost taxpayers over 25 billion dollars for ABSOLUTELY NOTHING. YA GOT NOTHING TO SHOW FOR YOUR EFFORTS except 13 lost lives. You had a detention center in Florida that cost over 700,000 per 1,400 of the immigrants housed there! You moron! You spent more holding them, and negated the taxes that they contributed to the treasury for a NET NEGATIVE GAIN! Why don't you show your transcripts and your taxes if you have nothing to hide? Until you show your transcripts, none of us believes you actually graduated college."

Now, because that same psychology tells me that constructive criticism should always include something positive, here goes. "You have done a very good job of leading the US to help bring out your seventh bankruptcy. You are absolutely the best person to run any decent functioning business into the ground. You are also excellent at spewing hatred, racism, misogyny and xenophobia among your followers. You're doing a great job ruining the planet and refuting science, despite having children and grandchildren of your own who will also suffer the consequences. If your goal was to be the most despised person on earth...guess what you win."

Wendy B.'s avatar

I believe that you can set up an account on Truth Social and reply directly to Trump's account.

Camille Kelly's avatar

Wouldn't I get blocked after the first use of the word asshole? 🙂

Kathie Punturiero's avatar

I would like to be able to afford a lawyer to sue him for the stress and mental anguish he has caused for so many of us.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

That's what I'm saying! I'm right there with you.

Geri Cochran's avatar

I've thought of a class action lawsuit because we cannot even pursue happiness, being threatened on a daily basis. :( This regime goes against the very preamble of the Constitution.

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

Oooooo! I want to go off on him! Even if you get blocked, your comment would be there forever. The internet keeps it forever.

Wendy B.'s avatar

Well, maybe try using really long, subtle insults.

Karen D's avatar

I don't think the maga crowd understands subtlety. It goes completely over their heads.

Camille Kelly's avatar

Hmm, that's not fun.

Fraser's avatar

Yes, keep him erasing stuff at 2am:)

Penny Thibeaux's avatar

Thank you for saying everything I feel needs to be said. Wish Rachel Maddow and Lawrence O'DONNELL would read this to the masses.

You are an exceptional writer

Thank you thank you thank you

Keep writing

Mia's avatar

It also helps to swear a lot while voicing these emotions!!🤣

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

I have no problem doing that 🤭

Chris's avatar

Wow - what a boring musical line-up! That's not even the real Milli Vanilli - one of the two guys passed away years ago. Shouldn't something like this be the best of America instead of people beating the crap out of each other followed by some mediocre music?

May Lee's avatar

this IS the best of TRUMP's America

Mia's avatar

👏👏👏👏

Danene Baucom's avatar

Stellar line-up all right! What happened to Kid Rock? No Village People?

Joanne Gatsis's avatar

I was thinking that same thing. "Stellar line-up" 🤣 That made me laugh when I read your comment.

Antoinette's avatar

They're all at the YMCA.

Edward mead's avatar

Friends, stop Trump from rolling back History to only suit Donald Trump. Trump doesn't want the truth being told about how bad Trump was as President. Trump wants History to delete History from January 06.2021,

Crooked and Dishonest, lying, Trump also wants all to not know about Trump trying to steal $1,766 Billion from the US Treasury Dep. Trump doesn't want people to remember the Trump-Iran war.

Donald Trump is the worst and most dangerous person on Earth,

Donald Trump doesn't want people to remember that Trump has made the USA almost a third-world nation, because of Trump's hair-brained changes to USA Policys.

VictoriaRN's avatar

What a fabulous musical line-up for America's 250th Anniversary! Springsteen and Paul McCartney must have already had previous engagements lined up. Maybe Milli Vanilli can lip sync "God Bless the USA!" I suppose "Ice, Ice, Baby" is fitting, though...

Fraser's avatar

Probably have Tom Daly there selling Trump's hole-in-one t-shirts! (Imaginary)

Protect the Vote's avatar

Birds Of A Feather Flock Together

Why is it a surprise that Cheeto would endorse a politician who is a like minded criminal in Paxton? He's pardoned nearly 1700 criminals(most of those are J6 indicted and convicted J6'ers) but now some of the latest are indicted and convicted obvious felons many of whom are wealthy "robber barons" of the 21st century

Cheeto is more than likely thinking that his den of now loyal pardoned rich thieves will help him pull off another rigged election, this time the upcoming midterms

Besides making the abused pardon power a way to manipulate elections, the use of the pardon power is now being extended to the likes of Paxton who has escaped accountability much like Cheeto who likely admires Paxton as a clever fox....no pun intended Now that Paxton has been absolved of any wrongdoing by being endorsed by the felon in chief Cheeto is hoping that some of that absolution will rub off on him as he's been busy trying to erase the history of all of his past

Hey, what's so wrong with being an incessant liar, cheat, fraudster, and sexual predator?

Geri Cochran's avatar

Seems to be the average maga to me. But I'd have to include their love of cruelty toward others.

Protect the Vote's avatar

Exactly

Cheeto: Narcissistic Ego And Contrarianism

Cheeto carries the unofficial personality disorder diagnosis of malignant narcissism(MNPD) which is made worse by frontotemporal dementia of which he has shown signs with growing concerns

The personality traits of MNPD are sadism where there is blatant disregard for humanity such as when the USAID agency was totally dismantled affecting the lives of millions of people and children(done by DOGE led by Musk another MNPD) Loyalty particularly of the media is necessary due to the paranoia exhibited by the impaired And aggression as seen in his fatal decision to attack Iran

But one of the more pernicious characteristics of MNPD particularly for a leader of a country is antisocial behavior demonstrated by Cheeto’s blatant disregard for rules, the rights of others, and societal norms which leads to irrational contrarian decision making(https://bit.ly/4dG68bq) Blowing up the JCPOA(Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action) which had taken 18mo of diplomatic work by the Obama administration, Cheeto showed everyone his contrarian pathology and now is trying to resurrect the agreement on his own which is now costing the American taxpayers billions of dollars a day The exhibited corruption on full display is characteristic of antisocial behavior

The risks of such contrarian attitudes with aggressive tendencies in a man with the nuclear codes should be concerning for all of Americans and the world The unpredictable nature of his actions make him a dangerous threat to not only the country’s national security but country’s of the world

Unfortunately the country is under the control of a psychopath which affects us and as WE have seen the entire geopolitical order WE the People are living in perilous times and neither WE nor the Nazi Republicans should normalize this pathological behavior and insist that the media including substack channels start calling this crazy loon who is atop our government for what he is….a crazed demented man with MNPD

Daniel Solomon's avatar

Stories you're not reporting:

1. Ashley St. Clair. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tqkjJA_NzK4

2. The REAL 2024 election audit.

“In December 2024, I was personally involved in an NSA‑authorized forensic audit of the 2024 election. Kamala Harris and Tim Walz won—by a wide margin. Trump lost dramatically. There are multiple layers of complexity to this cover‑up, including transnational organized crime syndicates that extend far beyond the United States and our elections. To that point, I work in the human trafficking sector, which intersects with the stolen election(s) and has ties to Trump and Epstein—not to President Biden, Vice President Harris, or Governor Walz, but to the Democrats and other allied interests responsible for burying the audit.”

— Adam Zarnowski, ex-CIA agent and author of Jörmungandr

https://thiswillhold.substack.com/p/ex-cia-whistleblower-the-nsa-audited

Geri Cochran's avatar

When VP Harris and elite Democrats refused to stand up and insist upon a public recount: I figured the elites were playing their dirty political games again, as they did in 2015. Still, the elites in the Democratic Party don't want to kill the people I love, unlike magas: they simply want to keep their positions and money they can get while being the people's representative; and giving us as little as possible to satisfy us. And in doing that, they continue to cheat their constituents out of things like universal health care. but, again, magas would prefer some populations be killed, transported to a concentration or 'detention' camp, or become owned like a serf or slave; so my vote will be for a democrat if any of them are running. And I'll hope that someday Americans will realize how much they've been screwed.

Lawrence Baxter's avatar

Hire Alfonsi. Would be another coup for Meidas1

L B Rose's avatar

I bet every citizen who is struggling to pay rent and put food on the table is thrilled to watch this wonderful UFC stadium built for the White House with their tax $$$. (What does the UFC have to do with the founding of our country? The only connection I see is the $1,776 slush fund. [insert barf emoji])

Suel J's avatar

What the actual eff is that? Apparently no one in this regime has anything serious to do. We are at last check involved in an active WAR with Iran. In case anyone needed reminding. So our response is to have a cage fight on the lawn of the White House. With WWE war fighters lol.

Suel J's avatar

Is our esteemed dept of non education leader Linda M. going to be in prominent attendance at the cage fight? I hear it can hold 4000 spectators.

May Lee's avatar

Only if she pays for a million dollar ticket - dumbass donnie doesn't give out freebies y'know

Geri Cochran's avatar

I'm assuming the tax payers are funding it; and the profits will go to the felon. sadly lol

Geri Cochran's avatar

Magas around me seem to be able to make excuses for everything - when all excuses fail, they fall back on 'damn Biden'. :( It's also Biden's fault that food and gas are so expensive. AND it's the 'dumocrats' that have caused all their problems. They are not very good at taking personal responsibility either.

L B Rose's avatar

Good little puppets. They cannot handle real life facts, just like their "Dear Leader". Such a sad state of affairs.....

Mia's avatar

Go Talarico! Just made a contribution to his campaign. If Texas votes for Paxton they deserve what ever comes their way! What is wrong with these people that they would vote for that POS!! Oh,that’s right, more MAGA stupidity! Speaking of stupidity, all the moves mentioned in the post today by the Fuckwit Trump regime!! I wish the World Cup was cancelled, moved elsewhere……with this Ebola outbreak, gee what could go wrong!! As always Ben, thank you for stellar reporting. I count on you everyday! One more thing, I don’t even read anymore about the “peace” dealings with Iran…..all lies coming from our regime…..will not waste my time on the lies! I don’t trust my government AT ALL!! I WANT MY COUNTRY BACK!!!!!

Wendy B.'s avatar

Under Obama, USAID and the CDC efficiently handled the 2014 Ebola outbreak. Travelers entering the US from affected countries were screened, tested, tracked and isolated if necessary. And there are some scientific publications describing the design and animal testing of mRNA vaccines that could target all strains of Ebola. It would be fairly easy to build off that work and rapidly produce a vaccine to stop the outbreak. We can only hope that scientists in other, non-US countries are doing that right now.