Give people five bucks and they'll say anything you want.

The political pressure Trump has created in State Houses is getting to everybody.

Oppps. One more . . .

6) Will Peter Thiel be passing out "Vote for Vance" campaign buttons at the funeral?

ZED

I don't think Karma is going to let him off that easy but it's fun to speculate:

Here's mine:

1) Does Max Factor have enough makeup to make him look alive?

2) Can Melania shed tears on cue?

3) Would the Rotunda have to be painted gold?

4) Would Melania hold a big party at Mar-a-Lago?

5) Would J.D. Vance try to sell tickets to the viewing?

Has anybody seen Trump on the golf course this weekend?

TRUTHY

CNN and BBC just ran a headline that said, "TRUMP DEAD AT 79."

Which ran a cold chill down some GOP spines in D.C. for a few hours. It was called a hoax but CNN and BBC never posted a retraction.

The U.S. Supreme Court wants to emerge from the Trump administration smelling like a rose. If he fails, so do they. Their dubious rulings supporting Trump will be hard to explain. . . you know, being so dubious and all that.

it's one year and two months to the midterm. And less 24 months after that for early voting in the
general. Trump is running out of time and his former tailwinds are slowly starting to doubt voting for him in 2024.

He picked a very bad time to start messing with tariffs which, in spite of his lies, are raising prices dramatically.

The U.S. Supreme Court may save him from himself by refusing to hear his appeal but messy as that will become, it's just the tip of the iceberg.

The more desperate Trump becomes, the more dangerous he is.

And nobody knows IF or when the U.S. Supreme Court will reach its breaking point.

EBERLY

"I struggle believing legitimate panic is real."

Did you struggle to believe the Covid-19 panic was real? Or the panic the House legislators felt on January 6?

Or the panic Trump felt when V.P. Mike Pence double crossed him on January 6?

Or the panic Eastern Europe feels as they up armor against Russia's aggression.?

Or the panic innocent immigrant American citizens feel when they're shuffled off to El Salvador.

At what point do you START to believe legitimate panic.

Let's wait first to see if Trump uses his speed dial to John Roberts. Sometimes Roberts act like he's doesn't want to be so quick to step across that final line. Or better yet, someone who wants to protect Trump from the worst of his incompetent self. Until the time is right.

No, did you?

They're terrified for the safety of their families . . . or perhaps a few random car bombs as a warning to any GOP member of Congress who is thinking about stepping out of line.

Remember ~~ Trump is getting desperate. He's only got another 26 months to get this done, and daylight is a'burnin'.

Or face the wrath of . . . (Oh, the horror) . . . VLADIMIR PUTIN who will need Trump and the non-NATO U.S. Military to invade, first Eastern and then all of Europe. i.e. World War III

Use your common sense, SNOOFY

Do those televised Republican town hall meetings look like 76% to you?

They're doing everything short of throwing rotten tomatoes at their GOP representatives.

And that's just the poor suckers Trump ordered to get out there and defend his policies. The others seem to find something else to do during August recess.

Under these circumstances my spidey sense tells me that there isn't even going to be a midterm ~ at least not one that we'd recognize as, in any sense of the word, normal. Trump's trial runs with the National Guard in Democrat strongholds, plus whoever his goons can intimidate with life threatening insinuations to challenge the count at the local level, will see to that.

Court cases could go all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court whom we already know are on Trump's speed dial which is becoming less and less a secret every day.

I also recall that people were going on . . . and on . . . and on . . . about the price of eggs, like they thought it was the end of civilization.

SNOOFY @ #2

"That's what Republicans voted for.
Just ask them.

I don't think so. At least not on purpose. Only if they believed an authoritarian President (quoting Trump) would bring down the price of groceries so fast they wouldn't believe it.

Trump's glib lie hit them right in the bread basket.

I, too, am surprised that more blue states haven't jumped on Newsom's bandwagon. Not only with the maps but also with the mockery. Trump can't stand being laughed at. That may be his Achillies Heel.

MSGT

You're the dummy for not recognizing that Newsom is just using humor to mock Trump. There never were any bibles. Just a "sold out" sign. GEESH but you're slow.

Dead man walking unless Trump finds a way to jury-rig the midterms. He's working on it.

I want to see how many other Republicans are named in the Epstein files, perhaps thinking they'd be safe under the protective wing of Donald Trump.

If true, and those names get out, it's going to be a bloodbath.

Thanks CHANTRESSE. I'll give it a try with blueberries.

Newsom isn't copying Trump. He's mocking him with humor. Watch SNL some Saturday night . . . or the monologs of the late night comedians . . . and you'll get the drift.

There's a lot of truth in humor.

HAMBURGLER

"warm up each cookie for a minute or two laid over the coffee"

That works nicely, too, with chocolate chip "Muffin Tops" a new product which are now available at Walmarts here in the U.S. Beforehand I could only buy them from a bakery.

Honest to God, that greasy ol' Big Mac just slipped out of the bun. I was really just waving "hello" to the nice officer.

SNOOFY

Just the tip of the iceberg.

Yikes, indeed

That the dementia gremlins floating around in Trump's brain are turning off the circuit breakers at a rapid rate of speed.

There's no doubt that Trump's cabinet and staff are aware, maybe even anticipating.

I mentioned years ago on this site that I had a vision of the Secret Service chasing Trump running buck naked down Pennsylvania.