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Thursday, May 21, 2026

President Donald Trump on Wednesday demanded Senate Republicans fire the nonpartisan Senate parliamentarian, Elizabeth MacDonough, after she ruled this weekend that Republicans could not include funding for the White House ballroom in an immigration enforcement bill.

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Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough blocked the inclusion of $1 billion of funding for Trump's White House ballroom in Republicans' budget reconciliation package.

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-- HuffPost (@huffpost.com) 4:29 PM · May 20, 2026

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Thrashing in a draining pool.

If Trump's production of fecal matter could be figured into the national economy . . .

#1 | Posted by Dbt2 at 2026-05-20 02:07 PM | Reply

Tyrants will be tyrants.

#2 | Posted by Nixon at 2026-05-21 07:20 AM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Trump: Obey me, or be fired.

The law and the Constitution do not matter.

Just obey me or be fired.


#3 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-21 10:07 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Taking a step back from this latest miasma to emerge from the mouth of Pres Trump ...

His comment indicates the qualification of those senior officials who surround him in the White House, and his possible interaction with those officials.


Stated differently, were Pres Trump's senior advisors chosen by Pres Trump because they would only agree with him, or were they chosen for their knowledge of their tasks?


#4 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-21 10:11 PM | Reply | Newsworthy 1

Republicans hate democracy. They'd prefer to toss out the Constitution and replace it with a dictatorship.

#5 | Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2026-05-21 11:23 PM | Reply

@#5

I do not disagree.

But the question I have to ask is along the lines of ...

How long before the GOP realizes what they have been supporting?

And as a followup question ...

When might they eventually grow the backbone to do something about it?



#6 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-21 11:54 PM | Reply

Missing Persons - Words (1982)
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Lyrics excerpt ...

genius.com

...
[Intro]
Do you hear me?
Do you care?
Do you hear me?
Do you care?
...



#7 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-22 12:00 AM | Reply

@#7

OK more lyrics from the song ...


...
[Verse 1]
My lips are moving, and the sound's coming out
The words are audible, but I have my doubts
That you realize what has been said
You look at me as if you're in a daze
It's like the feeling at the end of a page
When you realize you don't know what you just read

[Chorus]
What are words for when no one listens anymore?
What are words for when no one listens?
What are words for when no one listens? It's no use talkin' at all

[Verse 2]
I might as well go up and talk to a wall
'Cause all the words are having no effect at all
It's a funny thing, am I all alone?
Something has to happen to change the direction
What little filters through is giving you the wrong impression
"It's a sorry state," I say to myself

...

[Verse 3]
Pursue it further, and another thing you'll find
Not only are they deaf and dumb, they could be going blind, no one notices
I think I'll dye my hair blue
Media overload bombarding you with action
It's getting near impossible to cause distraction
Someone answer me before I pull out the plug
...

#8 | Posted by LampLighter at 2026-05-22 12:04 AM | Reply

Weird. Elizabeast has proven essential to destroy any progressive legislation. Replacing her with Jizzlane?

#9 | Posted by redlightrobot at 2026-05-22 01:08 AM | Reply

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