LAMP

I also have to wonder if Peter Thiel will be willing to throw good money after bad if Newsom is the more politically overwhelming candidate in turncoat Republican states.

I'm just saying, it's not too soon to do some "what if" planning for 2028. In fact, I'd be surprised if it isn't alredy being done.

LAMP

Re: Peaking too soon.

Agreed that's a danger in most cases.

But frankly, I'm not convinced there is a "peak" in Newsom's case . . . as long as Trump, with ever increasing desperation and on a completely different (psychotic) rail, keeps feeding Newsom the ammunition.

(And Vance, who can't seem keep his zipper up, isn't helping.) How long before he ditches his Hindu wife who refuses to switch to Christianity?

DOC

It wasn't really a horror show. At least not for me. Actually, I was having a Grand Ol' Time rounding up the thieves and puttin' on the squeeze.

Shame on me. (LOL)

Thanks DOC

It was a busy, busy trip with relatives coming out of the woodwork to see if they were in the Will ~ or try to sneak their way in if they weren't. I caught two of them with over $11,000 in checks that were forged before my mother's death. I got all the money back. It was either that or they get arrested for about 5 different felonies. (It was one of my finer moments ~ LOL)

Probate Commissioner gave me some under-the-table help. Turned out my highschool sweetheart was his father. Small, small world.

Anyway, although I'm a big city girl now I've known those people all my life. Too bad they made the mistake of thinking I was still a hick from the sticks.

While I was in West Virginia to settle my mother's estate, I tried . . . I REALLY tried to warn my mother's friends and neighbors what was in store for them and their families.

But it was Trump country and there was no talking to those people. They were deaf, dumb and blind to everything I tried to explain.

They were so backwards in their beliefs that I'm not even going to call them to say I told you so.

Donald Trump is envious of President Putin.

This is the kind of power without consequences that the current President of the United States can only patiently dream about . . . waiting for his turn to unleash his own true maniacal form of military justice.

Time will tell on this J.D./Erika thing. Let's see what kind of pressure Peter Thiel brings to the decision. Thiel has spent a lifetime and millions of dollars supporting and promoting Vance for just this moment in time. Peter Thiel very much wants to be the Shadow President to (much like Donald Trump) enrich himself.

Vance owes him big time.

DBT2

There's still plenty of time to fight over the spoils of the Trump administration.

The point I was getting to is Vance's personal dilemma. His now wife, Usha, is the daughter of immigrants from India and who is refusing to give up her Hindu religion and adopt Christianity. She has set her foot down on that. That could be a deal breaker for Vance's presidential aspirations.

Vance has to decide (and soon) what is more important to him. His now wife or someone else (like Erika Kirk) who would be the beautiful firebrand First Lady with a constituency of her own to help him get elected.

Assuming you already know that we're dealing with genuine, dyed-in-the-wool sociopaths without a conscience nor respect for personal boundaries, Vance might have to ditch the old and come in with the new (wife, that is) if he wants to be President.

He was lucky to get "adopted" by "Kingmaker" Peter Thiel who paid his freight for all those pre-Trump years and all the way up to the vice presidency, to the tune of multi, multi millions of dollars, a big chunk of that to pay Donald Trump to pick J.D. for Vice President.

There will be no stopping "Kingmaker" Peter Thiel now if Vance runs for President in 2028. He can change his moniker from "Kingmaker" to Shadow President.

Not to change the subject but when I read the headline about Vance's moral crisis I immediately thought of ADULTRY.

Back to your regular programming.

A FRIEND

"Tis almost like they demonstrate colossal stupidity all day, every day."

That's because they're not worried about losing power.

Best bet is that they already have a plan to nullify or cancel the midterms. Maybe Roberts' Court can find a way to twist the Constitution into knots so Trump can federalize the power of the States to run their own elections.

And was she blonde and resemble his daughter?

"Was Trump both a user and a facilitator and (possibly) did he get first pick.

Is that what Trump is pointing to in the above picture? The one he picks for himself in exchange for the loan of Mar-a-Lardo for the occasion.

J.D. Vance probably knows all the answers. Unless he was too blinked by the many charms of Erika Kirk to notice there was a man with pending felony charges of rape giving the keynote prayers at Turning Point USA.

CATDOG

Naw . . . Bondi needs credible scapegoats so she can pass the buck.

What DOJ prosecutor or FBI agent would want to slip their neck in that noose. (Breaking Trump's transparency law.)

Best to punch the time clock and try not to get caught leaving by the front door. (Use the janitors' entrance.)

LAMP

Should, coulda, woulda. The FBI "shoulda" questioned the tipster (1) for the names of "everybody" at the party, (2) how long was she forced to remain at the party (3) was she ever invited or coerced in any way to participate in the meme and (4) what did she witness herself.

The information is too sketchy to determine what the FBI did . . . or didn't do . . with the tip.

On the dark side, if the tipster's claim about a "party for prostitutes," was true it sounds like Trump was helping his good friend, Jeffrey Epstein, "audition" future candidates for his sex trafficking enterprise for his stable of VIPs.

It would also answer the question of . . . How much did Trump know and when did he know it.

In short, Was Trump both a user and a facilitator and (possibly) did he get first pick

REDIAL

Well, Trump is a pathologically compulsive liar so what else is new?

All glitter and no gold, so to spea.

REDIAL

"soon enough"

You mean before he gets impeached? The Senate seems to be building up a head of bipartisan steam lately and Trump's poll numbers are dropping like a lead balloon. They already forced him to sign the Epstein Transparency Act with a threat to override a veto.

Of course, that could've been a one-off. But it could be that the Senate is starting to feel a sense of their former pre-Trump power.

Talk in the cloakroom is rumored to be much different than they say in public.

Is there such a thing as a concept of a concept?

And here I predicted he was just going to name an aircraft carrier after himself. How Naive am I?

LAMP

Why? Apparently, everyone is satisfied with the budget committee's explanation.

I don't really much care. There are more important things to consider. Plus, Patel can't take it with him when he gets canned anyway.

Maybe Vice President Vance is the one who should be shopping for a private armored car as he and Erika Kirk finish Charlie's "Turning Point" tour together. Vance's wife looks like she could get really nasty any day now. She has her sights on being the next First Lady.

But then, Erika Kirk could be thinking the same thing.

LAMP

"why a German car instead of a US-made car?"

You tell me. Is there even such a thing?

On the other subject, Patel is unofficially, maybe, sorta, kinda, almost like dictator military Brass.

No doubt he and his girlfriend have received assorted threats. But then, maybe they wouldn't be such a tempting target if they avoided drunken parties.

What? They can't afford up armored SUVs for their brass?