Excuse me - "Deus Vult."

That dumbass doesn't realize anything. It only knows what it's told.

As for Hegseth, he does have his positives including not only being a strong advocate for vets but also one who is liked by vets.

What vets like him besides a few not so savory ones? -------- Hogsbreath has a "Deux Vult" tattoo, fercrhissakes (pun intended).

He's not "in" yet.
My bet, that egg's not going to hatch.

It just got worse. Fkkk me.
Matt Gaetz as Attorney General.
You gotta be shhtting me.
This is a joke, right?

Tulsi ------' Gabbard as Director of National Intelligence.

Holy ----.

For Fishpaw - a repost of mine:

"74,224,319 in 2020, Trump lost
74,264,010 in 2024, Trump won

Trump gained all of 39,691 votes. That is a 0.00053 increase. You want to huff and puff and throw your weight around just understand you didn't get a mandate, and half of America is against you. We aren't going anywhere, just like you aren't going anywhere."

Actually they are listening to the majority of the American people who elected the GOP in a landslide to stop the Democratic party from governing. In the words of Barack Obama, "Elections have consequences".

The only thing you have right is Obama's statement.

Oh - and you don't have control of the House yet.
You are 4 short.

Rationalizations and setting up the justification for your party's horrendous plans doesn't diminish the facts and the truth; you don't have a majority of people in this nation supporting you.

I never heard JPW say that. That doesn't even make sense.
But I'm sure you "heard" that in your head when you read what he actually wrote,
You are driven by an oversized amygdala.

You're forgetting to account for the millions of republicans that died from covid.

Republican math. It never ceases to amuse. Total US deaths from COVID:
1,219,487.

The number never was "millions of republicans."
It was significantly higher in counties that were red, and the redder the deader, but no where near "millions." The other problem with your statement is that it ignores the early blue state death rates - which were exacerbated by Trump and Kushner refusing aid - idiotically calling COVID a "blue state problem" and not treating was beneficial to them.

Then redders, armed with what should have been some great knowledge from experience from the blue states became belligerent and managed, even in the age of vaccines, to catch up in the fatality rate.

So congrats, morons.

It turned purple counties bright red and erased 2 decades of Dem gains here.

I have a big issue with this narrative. I posted Trump's numbers in post #68.
Pundits and others are wringing their hands "Oh the Nation is going red!"
I do not see that.

Think of Trump's block of voters as a red cube. It's the same height this election (won) and last election (lost).
Now put a blue cube next to it. In the previous election the blue cube was taller than the red - and people talked about a shift to blue.
This election that blue cube is shorter than the red cube. So now everyone's saying "oh my! there's a massive shift towards red!"

Nothing changed with the red cube. There aren't more "red" turning out to vote than before.

This was a problem with blue voters not showing up, and a slight shift - making up some Republican that shifted out.

Hey Boaz, just like JPW said - here's the numbers:

74,224,319 in 2020, Trump lost
74,264,010 in 2024, Trump won

Trump gained all of 39,691 votes. That is a 0.00053 increase. You want to huff and puff and throw your weight around just understand you didn't get a mandate, and half of America is against you. We aren't going anywhere, just like you aren't going anywhere.

#63 - Exactly.

You're kind, Laura.
I look at the ignorance of that statement of Oneironaut and think "I hope you never have to live through a miscarriage or other issue where you unnecessarily lose your wife, daughter, grand daughter, or any other loved one because moral absolutists decided your choices for you."

Aw.
So a I'll just call that a 'win/win/win' from my perspective ;-)
A kind gesture on Gal's part, a gentle prod to prevent future possible embarrassment for HomerJ (with a much reduced audience compared to the "Get A BRAIN!! MORANS" guy), and a bit of a self-own.

Gal pointing out a self-own brought a smile to this face. Just like this always does:

(What a horrible way to gain notoriety, that poor schmuck!)

I like this. Thanks, Lamplighter.

A woman (interviewed) here from the Dominican Republic (immigrated years ago) voted for Biden last time, voted for Trump this time. She said Trump is uniting "religion with government and that is what we need!"

Yay for us.

Oops - error in editing the first sentence. Too many revisions and fact gathering to be correct, and I forgot to change the premise. Geez.
Should have been:
"Trump barely got more votes this time than when he lost the last time."

Have a good weekend, STD.

You do realize Trump got less votes this time than he did when he becaume "45"?
74,224,319 in 2020, he lost
74,264,010 in 2024, he won

Trump gained all of 39,691 votes. That is a 0.00053 increase. From what I see, he lost republicans and gained in some democratic (previous) groups. Dearborn, MI was a big loss for Democrats and gain for Trump. May they reap the full benefits for that decision. Latino men loved Trump being macho, even if they detested his policies. Awesome, they can swoon while they get screwed by his policies. Economically speaking, many wanted old time prices back. Guess what? Prices aren't going down. That's not how it works. The dollar was devalued and these are the new normal prices. Only way* to change that is if we experience significant deflation - and that would be catastrophic.

So sit back an enjoy the ride, folks. It's going to be interesting.

* there are other ways, like a huge increase in productivity that can drive costs down, but for the typical 'basket' we're talking about, that is just not going to happen.

You do realize Trump got less votes this time than he did when he becaume "45"?
74,224,319 in 2020

You're trying to get them to self-identify exactly as YOU want them to self-identify.

I'm just pointing out they're self-identifying as "not them" any longer, but to Trump and everyone else they still are "them."
Just like 85% of Cubans here (Florida) identify as "White" not "Hispanic." The KKK didn't see them that way. Nor were they allowed to marry "across the races."

But hey, they genuinely believe they aren't them and they're above those "others."

Guess we'll all find out if they are or aren't in 2024 under Trumplican Rules.

BTW - if you want, the history of South Africa and how "colored people" were created and why is fascinating. If you want to make it a fun education, get Trevor Noah's book "Born a Crime" and read that. Seriously. Not a great book, but an entertaining one and educational on race and power. Highly recommend.

Exactly.

Democrats will, however, do all they can to save this nation. They will work tirelessly, with tenacity and purpose, to save this nation. I don't know how I feel about that, to be honest.