I think the property taxes should go up, exponentially, by all who benefit directly from the Wall until such time as the final cost of the Wall is recovered.

And then only slightly thereafter to cover the cost of maintenance for the duration.

THE BULL

Don't blame the economy on your personal cash flow problems. Maybe you should have made better decisions in your life. Like, for example, graduate from high school, if that's the case, as it is with many who are left struggling to survive on a low income.

Or maybe you're just a perpetual victim.

Trump's Karma must be spreading her wings.

I always think of President Biden as someone who speaks softly and carries a big stick.

Ref: Theodore Roosevelt.

I wonder whose definition of "false" Dictator Trump will use when he adopts the same law here in America to carry out his vow of retribution against journalist.

In Russia for example:

"Scores of people have been prosecuted under the new law, and those implicated in high-profile cases have been given long prison sentences."

Of course, Trump sells pardons. Otherwise, what good are they if they can't put a quick buck or two into Trump's pocket?

REDIAL

Ignore. He thinks unborn babies come from a woman's stomach.

Read a book, PASTMYPRIME

Biden is demented? LOL

I'd like to see how Trump would have handled the war between Israel and Gaza.

If it wasn't for Biden's experience and diplomacy all of the Middle East would be a giant fireball by now.

The repugnuts should be down on their knees thanking Biden for the way he handled Iran and thus kept U.S. troops out of that war.

And how integrated Biden was with Israel to negotiate that cease fire to start getting the hostages released.

And how Biden's diplomacy was instrumental in getting Egypt to open their gates into Gaza for the hostages to get food, medical supplies and fuel.

Yeah, he's the one who is demented? ~ LOL

He lies about everything else, so why not that, too.

REDIAL

The "laptop might be mentioned in passing. But the real top priority is Trump's direct order ~~ SHUT IT DOWN!

Johnson and McCarthy both tried to straddle the fence, but I doubt if Trump is having any of that again. He doesn't want to straddle the fence. He doesn't want bi-partisan cooperation. He wants to SHUT IT DOWN. Blaming Biden for the shutdown is a big, if not the biggest, part of Trump's re-election campaign.

KEYSTONE

"I guess Trumpy is losing his luster with his own kind."

Trump will have to lose his money and the power it buys him to lose his luster. Which is what A.G. Letitia James and Special Prosecutor Jack Smith is trying to accomplish in New York and D.C. before Trump manages to scam him way back in the White House again.

They're both fighting for democracy as well as justice.

As the last "good" Republican left standing, maybe Romney should run for President (again) but with a better campaign manager.

If he wants to knock Trump off his pedestal, he's going to need a bigger soapbox.

Too bad Romney and Liz Cheney are from the same state. She'd make him a good VP and partner on the campaign trail.

His home district isn't happy with him so I doubt if he'll go back there. They've also vowed to elect a Democrat to replace him.

Aside from Santos' woes, the House is more over the barrel now than when McCarthy was Speaker, with one less member majority ~ and Johnson opening the door to Democrats.

It's possible there's going to be a real donnybrook among the House Republicans when they get back from Thanksgiving vacation.

SPEAKS

"One more russian asset who really needs trump to win in order to stay out of prison."

The oddity is, they're both in the same boat.

The other oddity is that Rudy hasn't flipped on Trump and negotiated a sweet plea for himself in both federal and state cases. Rudy is holding all the aces. I don't understand why he's not using them to get the most serious of the legal monkeys off his back. Trump didn't even put Rudy's name on the pardon list before he left office. He owes Trump nothing.

"Hate to take the infantilizing tone"

What a shame. You do it so well.

Just wait until Trump defaults on the national debt after he triples it again.

As I said before, the U.S. Treasury is just a bigger piggy bank to a thief like Trump.

Whatever is his, is his . . . . and whatever is ours, is his, too.

Sounds a lot like Jarad's name was going to come up when this guy flipped.

JOHNNY

So you're saying it's a retribution thing ~ to get even for what they're doing to him.

Can't say that I blame them. Santos got the 'big head' and thought he was the one holding all the aces. The lid was 'bout to blow off, sooner or later. Prancing show ponies don't usually last long in Congress.

ROBSON @ #68

FLAG: LOL and PFFFTTT

He shoulda left out the part about them going home at night to sleep with their mistresses.

That was a no-no. Nobody likes a snitch. He broke the Sacred Code of Silence. Now everybody is REALLY mad at him.

"Indeed it can. We call it evaporation."

#12 | POSTED BY HORSTNGRABEN

Send Trump. He spews enough hot air to do the job.

SNOOFY @ #9

"Maybe a giant Band-Aid to hold it in place?"

LOL ~ or how about bungie cords.

If Trump was President, he'd just nuke it ~ like he wanted to do with hurricanes.

I think ZED hit the nail on the head.

"I think he's too spoiled by fame."

And I'll just add . . . And he thought it was going to last forever.

LOL ~ BST & Co CPAs think they're going to get blood out of turnip.

If Trump was going to help Rudy (except for that little fundraiser) he would have done so by now. And even a pardon wouldn't erase all those lawsuits.

Nope, poor ol' alcoholic Rudy is being left out to dry. He's made a lot of bad choices in his life. He never could let go of the limelight of 9-11. So he hooked up with a scam artist like Donald Trump.

I feel sorry for him in a way. But only because he's too old and too far gone to pull himself out of the mess he's made of his life. If his brain isn't completely pickled maybe he's put himself into rehab.