In a shooting war, protests, while noble, only end in more carnage for the righteous. We are at the point now where people are going to start shooting back, or just picking off ICE from a couple of hundred yards away. Because that's the only way anyone is going to make them run and hide.

@petersagal.bsky.social Playing a game with our longtime friends tonight. Game involves cards which have things on them ("A Fried Food" or "A Man's name beginning with J."). "Radio show" pops up and my 17 year-old blurts out "Wait Wait Don't Tell Me!" I smile and look at my wife. We done good.

Come in JD, have a seat. So here's the deal. You know my health ain't great, and I'm getting absolutely killed by the hoax Epstein files. So I'm going to resign, and you are going to give me and my whole family comprehensive pardons. That and everything named after me stays that way. Deal?

If a narcissist says something it is because they are thinking about it. Trump wasn't kidding the other day when he brought up retiring and doing a TV hosting gig. He knows he is in trouble, knows he is dying, and is obsessively looking for a way out. Don't be surprised if he pulls the plug soon.

Hypothetical: "Hey Congressman (Redacted), this is Miller at the WH. I've got good news and bad news." "Oh?" "You are all over the Epstein files." "Ohhhh..." "But we're going to take care of it for you- as long as you do everything we want going forward. We now own you. Agreed?" "Ohhhh..."

Just a simple question. If there is no East Wing, can there be a West Wing? Is it just "The Wing" now?

Russia Starts Issuing Draft Notices at Airports to New Citizens and Returning Expats united24media.com/latest-news/...

We all are completely engrossed by the unceasing barrage of shit that our federal government is spewing on a daily basis. In our distraction we are turning away from that which is staring us in the face. We all need to watch this movie. You need to watch this movie. www.youtube.com/watch?v=Nf4C...

I have never thought it useful to send members of congress messages of protest, encouragement, or anything else. Tonight, for the first time, I emailed all eight of the miscreants who are collectively dooming us to lives of misery, premature death and pain. I hope you will do the same.

Traditional American politics is premised on the notion that sometimes you lose and sometimes you win and you have to deal with that. But Trumpism is premised on the notion that any result where you don’t win is illegitimate, unlawful, fraud, criminal. You can’t negotiate with people like that.

DHS Wants States to Hand Over Driver’s License Data for Citizenship Checks talkingpointsmemo.com/news/dhs-wan...

It is past time to either get busy living, or get busy dying. Which will you choose?

In the past month, a serial child rapist has murdered 100 people in the Caribbean, destroyed the East Wing of the White House, neutralized our Congress, & stolen food from 20% of American children. We pay him, house him, drive him, fly him, and pay for his bodyguards. Call your reps 202-224-3121

On the Fate of the Damned

The general consensus seems to be that Trump wakes up every day, knows he's just a President, but acts like a king anyway. IOW he's just a greedy asshole. What is becoming increasingly clear though is that DT really thinks he is a king with absolute powers. Which is absolutely terrifying.

Not for nothing, but the yellow area is exactly 90,000sf, plus or minus a few hundred. How is it that no one in the press ever bothered to just lay out a 2-D rectangle to show how nonsensical this feculent farrago of malignant narcissistic sociopathy really is??

This photo. @sfstandard.com #SFO sfstandard.com/2025/10/23/b...

The second image in a week that shows a completely untrained agent pointing a lethal (from that range) weapon at someone's head with his finger on the trigger. The criminal negligence and lack of ability to act correctly under pressure is frankly astonishing. People are going to be killed.

Let’s call it what it is: murder

Trump: "The ocean drugs and the sea drugs, drugs by sea they call it also, that's almost down to nothing."

I have to wonder why no one has pointed out that Trump is going to fund his monstrosity by using the funds the US taxpayer gave to him, while writing off $230 million of tax liability. It is no coincidence his demand that the US pay him appeared at the same time he started wrecking the East Wing.

Imagine the look on your face if you have a home, and you decide to rent it out, or to just give it to a family member to live in for four years. And ten months in you get a call from a neighbor: "Did you know the occupants were going to take a backhoe and illegally tear down half your house?"

I've been working on defining the root ideas that underpin the war the world finds itself in. What follows is intended to be a living document, one that anyone can modify, update or improve. Please give it a read, share as widely as possible, and provide any feedback you think appropriate.

This CBP Officer is a member of their Special Response Team, an "elite" unit for "special" stuff. Yet his finger is inside the trigger guard, likely on the trigger itself. Despite the weapon being lethal from that range, this yahoo can't muster the trigger discipline of a 14 year-old Boy Scout.

There are images from history that have come to define those periods in time. Space shuttle Columbia, Phan Thi Kim Phuc in Vietnam, Mussolini on the gallows, the Hindenburg, etc. This image is an immutable statement of our times and will linger forever as a reminder of what happened here.

Turns out a confidential inside source in the WH has obtained the planning docs used by the WH to schedule the endless parade of surprises/distractions we've been witness to recently. It is a really shocking list. I'll post more excerpts as they become available. Here is the first part:

Sure, Trump is a doddering old fool, but what possible harm can he really do? It's not like he can bring about the end of the world as we know it by pressing a button and unleashing thousands of intercontinental ballistic missiles at say, China, or Russia, or Chicago... Right? Right? Right?

It seems certain that there must be a WH master calendar for disseminating distracting crap to ensure that no day goes without drama, but also that no two dramas or batshit revelations drop on the same day. I cannot imagine any other way to so reliably and predictably coming up with crazy shit.

Recalibration needed ASAP!

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Holy holy holy shit. Watch this video: youtu.be/-q1N6Akpz9c Start :16 in, set it to .25x, at the highest resolution you can manage. And watch his hands, and his pinkie. The entire video is AI.

Former Paramedic in NYC. Mark my words- unless he gets a heart transplant, Trump has a few months at the absolute most to live. I would not be surprised if he is dead tomorrow. The ecchymosis in his hands and his cankles are the visual evidence of the crashing of his cardiovascular system.

Received in the CA mail today with three others. Such a shameless lack of self-awareness and irony, as well their clear obliviousness to the fact that mailers like these are going to push sentient people to vote yes, and only the ignorant and stupid will bite, which they would have done anyway.

18 USC 111 (Amended) "Assault with a Deadly Sandwich" Yes, this is the world we live in now.

Please stop referring to Ghislane Maxwell as a groomer, a sexual predator, a madam, a socialite, a victim, or anything else. She is a child rapist. She laid hands on young girls' breasts and vulvas to prepare them for Epstein. She taught them how to perform fellatio. Again: A Child Rapist.

So Trump just admitted that Epstein "stole" Virginia Giuffre from him and that is what led to their breakup in 2004. That's big news, but what he obviously doesn't realize is that Giuffre was "recruited" by Maxwell in mid-2000. Trump is flailing and digging himself in deeper and deeper.

What makes men think that posting a selfie on Bsky of themselves in a jockstrap is anything like a good idea? Why would I (or anyone!) want to see such public debasement? Are they so desperate for sex that they are oblivious to the indignity of the effort, or what most women will think?

A woman possibly named Katie Johnson filed suit in CA against Trump in 2016. The suit was dropped because Johnson claimed she had been threatened repeatedly. While the allegations below have not been proven in court, the other 29+ women who have come out make a strong argument for their veracity.

It isn't rocket science. The thugs running this place will stop doing what they are doing when the price to them personally becomes too high. Our job is to make that price too high. It is the only way we will stop them, and it will take courage, personal risk, and physical violence.

The enemy has already taken up arms, and is actively using them against us. They will not bow to anything less than equal and deadly force, and the commitment to use it when necessary. The Civil War is already underway. We will win or lose based solely upon our willingness to fight.

It is past time to accept that we are at war for the soul of our nation- and our freedom. As with all wars people are going to die in this one. And as with all wars there are a large majority of people who refuse to believe that the war has already started. Because war is insanity unleashed.

Congratulations Iran- You've just been Trumped- IE Trump has inserted his MASSIVE PENETRATOR right straight into you- despite your desire that he not do so. Welcome to the reality that many many dozens of women experienced. This turd is such a simple creature. Why oh why are we stuck with him?

For those of you wringing your hands wondering if our mushroom-dick Great Leader is going to insert his Massive Penetrator into Iran let me end your suspense: It is an absolute certainty he will. Here’s why: 1/5

In two months we've gone from the beacon on the hill to a nation that is committing crimes against humanity. Deportation, forcible transfer, false imprisonment and other inhumane acts are being committed daily in your name. So what are you going to do about it? www.law.cornell.edu/wex/crime_ag...