The other thread about Project 2025 closed before I could comment about Trump forcing Paul Dans out of his job at Project 2025.

I think this move is supposed to trick us into believing that Trump is against Project 2025. Paul Dans was his sacrificial lamb.

CENSORED

"But hey, at least Trump will give him a cabinet position or ambassadorship for selling out."

But, hey nothing. Trump eliminated a competitor, that's all, and it didn't cost him a dime. Trump will use him, of course, in hopes of picking up that tiny 3-5% but in the end, Trump doesn't hire people who were, and could still be, after is job.

REDIAL

I have no sympathy for a man who has brought so many problems down on his own head. But I do understand what drives a control freak like Trump to respond in ways that make him feel like he still has the upper hand. Right now, the shock of losing control of this election has him drowning in a sea of insecurity, anger and fear. Mostly fear.

Kamala was right when she said she knows his "type." It's a fair guess that he'll keep digging his hole deeper until he buries himself in defeat . . . and hopefully in the hands of the law.

"He looks like a corpse."

#4 | Posted by ZED

The devil always collects his due.

I don't think we should get overly concerned about things Trump says and does from here on out. He's clearly falling to pieces.

This will get a big play on FOX ~ but not much else.

My guess is that Kamala Harris has taken the wind out of his sales and the only way he can a mention is to do something outrageous.

Very much like a sulking child would do just to get a spanking. Because some attention is better than no attention at all.

WARDOG

"So, did anybody ask him why his make-up was so awfully done?"

There was no time to hire a professional, so he did it himself????

A video was captured when Trump was snoozing in the courtroom. It showed makeup on his shirt collar. Someone should tell him that he's supposed to take his shirt off when he sprays on that stuff ~ whatever it is.

A National poll of registered voters puts Kennedy at a tenuous 5 points. Because a percentage of that is guaranteed to couch-sit it out. I really don't see much value in Kennedy's endorsement.

DANNI

Trump can point his finger at the Heritage Foundation for releasing the details of Project 2025. Whatever they were thinking (or not thinking) put Trump back on his heels and in a defensive position. Now his history of disingenuous lies and denials has come back to bite him.

Frankly, it put Trump back on his heels in a defensive position. They inadvertently provided the Harris campaign with a seemingly never-ending stream of Trump's anti-American, anti-Democracy game plan that has ever been conceived.

It was enough to gag a magot. And they were so proud of it, too. I can't even imagine why they thought this idea was going to get Trump elected. I can only assume the authors of this revolting document were encased in a bubble of exuberance and spent their time high fiving each other.

AU

That's true. People do like to vote for the candidate they perceive to be the winner.

People in Trump's orbit are saying (on FOX) that he's become despondent and reclusive. And lacking energy. And that he's angry at Melania. Or just plain angry at the world in general, especially the wealthy donors (after all he's done for them) who are deserting a sinking ship.

I'd like to say it's curtains for Trump, but one can never tell when he's going to adopt Putin's example of how to win elections.

The Harris campaign turned Kennedy down for the same offer. He wanted a promise of a cabinet position in exchange for his endorsement.

Trump tells Kennedy, bow out of the race first and I'll think about it.

Fat chance! Trump is so paranoid he never hires anybody who was after his job.

LAMP

"those votes on the down-ticket State races."

Speaking of which, J.D. Vance would lose two jobs in one election.

When he has to sell a Medal of Freedom (2018) to keep those Adelson dollars rolling in, 'nuff said.

DANNI

Mar-a-Lago is only 3' above sea level. The projected rise is 12'.

I don't think golf carts float.

So, yeah, Trump is either stupid or in blind denial. He never admits he's wrong about anything.

HAMBURGLER @ #2

"If anyone is wondering why he continues to only have rallies at outdoor venues, it's because he's gone limp on payments to all the indoor venues that have rented to him in the past"

That could be part of it. But I suspect Trump's fundraising is drying up and his campaign staff is pinching pennies to make it to the end.

I'm sure Trump would love to have those indoor venues, but it probably cost a couple million to stagecraft and harder to lie about crowd size with all those empty seats on camera. Smaller venues make the crowd look bigger.

Another reason for Trump's truncated campaign schedule is Trump himself.

Does his staff think he's losing his mind? Probably, yes. But it was never a long trip to begin with.

GUNSLINGER

"He will hopefully spend the rest of his miserable life in Prison!"

Nice thought but Trump will die filing appeals before that happens. I'll be happy if he's financially destitute and a political pariah with one foot in an institution and the other foot on a banana peel.

However, I think it's safe to say that Trump's imminent downfall in November won't be the end of the GOP. They've got tons of money and years of time invested in their one-party rule forever plan.

They'll be back in 2028 with a roar and another wannabe dictator to take Trump's place. I wouldn't be surprised if they already have one waiting in the wings.

Letitia James might already have the paperwork ready to file if Trump sells.

Unfortunately, there are still ways he can move the money out of her grasp.

OCUSER

"I'm not sure how he expects that to pass legal muster"

He doesn't. This threat is just another one of Trump's cockeyed ideas and Davis drew the short straw over at Heritage.

"Rumored" to be considered for Attorney General." Yeah, sure, LOL. How many times as Trump sold that old schtick to get a freebie?

FOX cut off his advertising for non-payment. His was evicted from his manufacturing plant for non-payment. Retailers stopped selling his products. Internet sales nosedived. He sold off his equipment. He slept in his car at Trump rallies. He entered the White House through the servants' door in the back. In the end Trump gave him the cold shoulder.

And now he's being sued $5 Million Dollars for a political stunt.

The guy just can't seem to catch a break.

CATDOG

It's funny you think he has the price of a ticket.

I was just wondering who drew the short straw.

Who is Attorney Mike Davis?

The Federalist Society Project 2025

"Mike Davis, the former Chief Counsel for Nominations to Senate Judiciary Chairman Chuck Grassley, is the founder and president of the Article III Project (A3P). A3P defends constitutionalist judges and the rule of law. Davis also leads the Internet Accountability Project (IAP), an advocacy organization fighting to rein in Big Tech, along with the Unsilenced Majority, an organization dedicated to opposing Cancel Culture and fighting back against the woke mob and their enablers.

As Chief Counsel for Nominations, Davis advised Chairman Grassley and other senators on the confirmation of federal judges and senior Executive Branch appointees, serving as staff lead for 30 hearings and 41 markup meetings. He oversaw the floor votes for 278 nominees, including the confirmations of Justice Brett Kavanaugh and the record number of circuit judges confirmed during President Trump's first two years in office."

This attorney is basing his threat to sue on the fact that the guilty verdict could be overturned on appeal, and you can't put the toothpaste back in the tube.

Thus, irreparable harm.

This attorney will probably claim that calling Trump a felon is causing his client irreparable harm.

Oh, boo-hoo.

We certainly hope so. Otherwise, why bother. Not only that but it's true. And that's called Free Speach! (According to Judge Judy)

LAMP

"Does he [Lindell] have $5 million?"

Very unlikely.

Weird that Trump hasn't offered to hold a fundraiser for his usual 50% of the take.

Too busy trying to fundraise for his own lost cause, I guess.

BTW, how much are Medals of Freedom going for these days?