At 6:19 pm, somewhere between Shannon, Ireland, and Washington, DC, the President of the United States barged into the press cabin on Air Force One. Still wearing the deep navy suit and now-wrinkled white shirt, but without the tie he was wearing earlier, he had an urgent question for the press: “I just wanted to make sure everyone’s okay with music, right?” He told the press that he was only there to see if they agreed that “the music’s great, right?” He told them that he picked the playlist himself because he wanted to “make you happy.” They, in return, exchanged small talk just long enough to bring down his guard before jumping at the opportunity to ask him questions. One reporter cut right to the chase, asking about China and President Xi’s upcoming trip to Washington, D.C., and whether Trump plans to ask him about reports that entities in China may have provided Iran with satellite imagery that was used when three American military members were killed.
Trump’s response was, “They do what we do.” And then he added, “Uh, I think he's behaved reasonably well, and we behave reasonably well. You know, when they say that China spies on us, I say you're right, and we spy on them, too. You know, we spy on them, too.”
oh goodness, I see. A battle to fight after the one looming in 51 days perhaps. If you don't win that (even if you dont like those running) your poor country in in danger of losing its democracy.
Mind you, I have thought that USA hasn't been a true democracy for decades.....
As a progressive social Democrat, I totally agree that any legislator who truckles to the Wall Street manipulators, regardless of party affiliation, has no place in our government.
If you read Heather Delaney Reese, Lance Rosen, Heather Cox Richardson, Robert Reich, and some others…you will get a fuller picture.
Unfortunately, we Americans are under attack by the MAGA/MAWA RepubliKKKans, The EPSTEIN Class, and the Democratic leaders like Schumer, Jeffries are too far to the right-centrist because of all that money.
This should help some of your other questions you have further down in the thread.
Lance Rosen and his wife are lifelong activists and even warned about trump. Plus he fills in important and relevant information.
I’m very concerned about what Trump will pull for the November elections. It will be something drastic. I promise he is so afraid of being out of the presidency where he belongs out. Although I am considered elderly at 80, I humbly say that the older Democrats that are in the party. Do not need to be running for president. The ones that have been around and been so non-outspoken they should stay in the position they have that is my true feeling we need Youngblood like the guy that people are saying is Iranian we need Gavin Newsom. Some people may not like him, but he knows what to say and he can fight him and that’s what we need and also the senator from Georgia that is running for his seat again when I hear him speak at his rallies. The only thing I can think of is that should be our next president. I read where Trump had said that this senator was not even known in Georgia, and that people were not coming to his rallies. All you’ve got to do is look and listen, and you will see that people are coming and they are listening and they are agreeing with him. That is someone that we have got to have a run for the presidency but I agree with you somethings gotta be done before January and the new hopefully Democratic fellas can take their place in Congress.
Hi Kay - I live in Montana & know who Jon Ossoff is!
And you are correct he comes across as very presidential & I’d be happy to vote for he or Gavin Newsom. There are a lot of very vocal Dem leaders across the states who stand out. Pritzker also comes to mind. So 2028 primary will be exciting. And 2026 will be the test run to see what we will have to do to protect our elections. Sad that the RNC has turned into an arm of the Trump admin. Corrupted like everything he touches!
Yup, I agree with you. I am not crazy about Minority Leader Jeffries. He isn’t a strong leader. I would love to see that Democrat Congress would vote for a very strong leader who can stand up and speak out. Jeffries isn’t like my hero Nancy Pelosi. She is a very strong and tough lady. She isn’t afraid of the current President. Nancy handled him very well. Democrats should follow her example. It is time for Congress and Senate to be term limits cause they have been in both chambers for a very long time. It is time to change term limits.
Every day - and night - is another horror show, and it just doesn't stop. Last night the EPA was said to be planning to announce that the U.S. will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants. It's not enough that Trump is destroying families in the U.S. Demolition Don also wants to destroy the planet.
We all….especially the Democratic leaders…need our Peter Finch moment….WE’RE MAD AS HELL AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE…..we’re sick and tired of him and all his corrupt cronies.
The Democrats MUST get tougher ..louder..more forceful..Shumer is not a good leader..he needs to step back.
The Republicans are ruthless and will stop at nothing to get their way..the Democrats have to reciprocate and stop the tip toeing..that has always been their Achilles Heel and the Republicans know it.
Take a page from the Irish….they fight through anything they come up against..now they’re fighting him..they’re showing us it can be done..he shrunk up like a wet noodle over there..didn’t know how to handle their tough reception…totally flummoxed to the point that he forgot things he had just posted. THAT’S HOW TO DO IT…FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE…he can’t handle it.
In this scenario…NICE GUYS FINISH LAST…..start fighting ASAP
Agree, the DNC had their chance to remove/replace Joe Biden. We all saw him failing, so they run him, yank him & allow the most unlikeable VP in history to represent Democrats? What were they thinking?
Our “news” is carefully massaged to please our Republican oligarch overlords, who own most, if not all, of the newspapers and broadcast/cable networks.
Centrist democrats are criticized for not having a clear positive agenda voters can get excited about. Affordability and anti Trump. More dynamic democrats call for money out of politics, Medicare for all, policies that put more money in our pockets (vs spending on unreasonable and wasteful wars, vanity projects, etc), affordable housing, clear and fair immigration reform (abolish iCE), big money out of politics. Money out of politics is the big one, to me. Big money is taking over our democracy. Citizens United and dark money with no transparent origins give the ultra wealthy, corporations, and other, even foreign donors way too much ability to wage destructive campaigns against candidates that go against them. We have to compete against them, with our $20 donations, while our cost of living soars due to the policies of the ultra wealthy. The system requires congress to constantly fundraise, which makes them reticent to call out big money and influences them to oppose more progressive candidates. Lots of us are fighting like hell. Canvassing, donating, etc. it’s like a dragon is freely roaming our country and we are “allowed” to fight it with our little swords. But lots of little swords can have an impact, if more people see what is happening. Many people fall for the fear mongering about Muslims and communism.
Heather, you Democrats have got to have more fire in your bellies. Two Democrats cannot win this. why have you stuck with such a weak speaker?
Trump and his team are cleverer than they seem. The world has underestimated them for six years. Their circumvention of so many protections your constitution may apparently have had is crushing. The prospect that the senate could refuse to seat the newly elected Democrats is unbelievable in a normal world, but I feel we are in a parallel universe. Rather Alice in Wonderland.
But von trump hates democracy! He is doobg everything to get rid of this system. Not difficult to understand why. With people voting ... he loses. Corrupt gop is out and he is going straight to face his unpaid fines, epstein shitty files, etc.
All I imagine is the crocodile from Peter Pan chewing on a clock or Dali's Melting Watch painting (I forgot the name). Tick tick mf. We're coming for YOU!! 😎😁🗳☑️
I am SO SICK of worrying about this every single day. I just want to live my life, take care of my family, work, maybe go on a vacation. I want to afford gas and groceries and not worry about money or about the president getting us blown off the map. I don’t want to worry about AI killing us or using up all our water or the electrical grid going down for 18+ months. Why don’t these politicians just want us to live and be happy and, I don’t know, maybe even THRIVE. I want to cry single day. How did we get here😭
We got here because the majority of the country didn’t care. They didn’t see the sleaze cloud wafting off the orange rump. Or if they saw it they didn’t care. They didn’t pay attention to what they saw or heard. They may have been at the same stage you seem to be in from what you say. I think maybe the rump has learned that if you frustrate people long enough they will not care and just give up. I think that’s what rump has learned from his many failed businesses. Plus the fact the his soul is cooked. He and Epstein filleted their souls by doing what they did. So he is a soulless man. That’s why the frustrated people that gave up gave away their votes to a devil in with his soul in embers. The lesson here is be true to your own self and don’t get misled by the likes of djt. Because what you do doesn’t just affect you, it affects everyone else around you.
Heather, I agree completely with your comments about the stance of the Democratic Party and especially its leadership. We need Democrats with fire in their bellies to stop this administration. Where are they?
Agree, the DNC allowed for the return of DJT. Complete open borders, flying illegals all over the country in the middle of the night, housing/feeding them on the dole? Siding with men competing in women sports, gender neutral bathrooms, teaching k thru 3rd grade students that they don't know their sex yet? Mandating the horrible covid vaccines, suppressing the Epstein Files, sanctuary cities, aborting babies at 9 months? My God we go from one extreme to the other. The Amish faith may have the answer, disconnect/remove themselves from this insanity?
Dave, citing all the extremists and none of the moderate policies is not the way to convince people to vote Democratic. The extremists are the Republicans ,the Trump policies.
Christine, they are being silenced and divided by the so-called leaders, Schumer, Jeffries, Booker, and as Maureen said…Bought and sold by pack and AIPAC BLOOD money.
They have been complacent since the beginning and playing centrists and then there’s those like BeneDickt Fetterman.
The social Dems need more power and support. We need so much reform, but first we have to vote and then be prepared for what comes next…Jan.6-2.0.
Christine…im don’t get your questioning, unless you are just being RUDE.
I’m hoping this is rhetorical or checking my point or clearly not understanding what I’m saying and trying to educate and inform others of.
Are you just being RUDE?
I see you are a former Judge.
Of course we have to VOTE BLUE…like our Lives depend on it…Because our lives depend on it.
The point is to win with as high a vote count as possible to make sure there is no question.
They will indeed be trying to sue all the votes/seats they lose.
And we obviously NEED to win and get onto lawsuits on this corrupt and complicit administration, trump, his family, EPSTEIN class, etc.
Then we NEED full reform.
Do you have a real question? Or are you just being RUDE and Disrespectful?
People on this site don’t go after each other…we are all in this together. In fact, I’ve said many, many times to VOTE Blue.
If you are being rude and disrespectful, I’m guessing Heather Delaney Reese and her husband Pete, and all the other Subscribers, especially us paid subscribers would guess this forum and HDR is NOT for you.
Heather, did you notice the orange Hitler's sour expression after his meeting with Governor Connolly of Ireland? I bet she ran rings around him. Trump hates women smarter than him and because she's not a female reporter he can insult he had no alternative but moisten to her. Priceless.
It's still very concerning about the Washington Post's article about what Trump may be planning to do to disrupt the November mid terms. Keep strong America .
Apparently DJT doesn’t understand the job of the president is to protect & defend the citizens of this country. And to enforce the law. He has been actively working against both of those things. Worst president in the history of our country!
Rump has been railing about communists, but is excited to spend time with his very good friend, President Xi, who is literally a Communist. The hypocrisy is unfathomable.
Funny: Trump doesn’t like wind turbines and solar panels. So he takes away subsidies. Then he causes oil prices to rise. Would there be a possibility he has shares in oil companies?
The solution for climate warming and Trump’s war on it is of course electric cars. And remember: there is a choice - it’s not just Teslas! Indeed preferably not! (Teslas)
I spoke to a Republican from Texas yesterday, and he said he wasn't going to vote because of the Republican candidates. He saw a clip of James Talarico, and he said he really liked him, but he wasn't going to vote for the rest of them, so he wasn't voting at all. I explained to him that he could just vote for James, skip the rest, and sign and date it, drop it off at a poll center, or mail it. He was amazed; he thought the whole thing had to be filled out. So we have a Republican voting for James Talarico! We got this.
With two terrible wars slowly merging, it seems as though "drill baby drill" has inadvertently morphed into burn baby burn.
Democratic leadership is addicted to corporate money. They must be replaced.
We cannot mention enough, the names of the people paying the price for our failed learship.
gordon bennett (I'm a brit)! I hope you mean Republican leadership here!
Hi Margie. I absolutely mean Democrats. Corporatist Democrats are compromised by $$$$. We need to replace them with grass roots Democrats.
oh goodness, I see. A battle to fight after the one looming in 51 days perhaps. If you don't win that (even if you dont like those running) your poor country in in danger of losing its democracy.
Mind you, I have thought that USA hasn't been a true democracy for decades.....
You are correct.
As a progressive social Democrat, I totally agree that any legislator who truckles to the Wall Street manipulators, regardless of party affiliation, has no place in our government.
Margie…here’s a piece by Lance Rosen (it is a three part series)that might help further explain the division in our Democratic Party.
Not only division, but like Tom said, they do very little and are bought and sold by PAC and AIPAC money.
https://lancefrosen.substack.com/p/derivative-assassination-the-removal?r=71veyx&utm_medium=ios
If you read Heather Delaney Reese, Lance Rosen, Heather Cox Richardson, Robert Reich, and some others…you will get a fuller picture.
Unfortunately, we Americans are under attack by the MAGA/MAWA RepubliKKKans, The EPSTEIN Class, and the Democratic leaders like Schumer, Jeffries are too far to the right-centrist because of all that money.
This should help some of your other questions you have further down in the thread.
Lance Rosen and his wife are lifelong activists and even warned about trump. Plus he fills in important and relevant information.
Thank you for your care and questions.❤️🩹
Well said
And you as well!
Damn, we are in some serious trouble and we NEED to “cause some Good Trouble.”
Geez, even Ireland knows what to do.
What hell is wrong with all our reps. Congress?
They should be refusing to go home. That’s what we’re paying for.
Just like they should be going after ICE Gestapo and closing these CONCENTRATION Camps.
It’s so infuriating and deplorable.
I’m very concerned about what Trump will pull for the November elections. It will be something drastic. I promise he is so afraid of being out of the presidency where he belongs out. Although I am considered elderly at 80, I humbly say that the older Democrats that are in the party. Do not need to be running for president. The ones that have been around and been so non-outspoken they should stay in the position they have that is my true feeling we need Youngblood like the guy that people are saying is Iranian we need Gavin Newsom. Some people may not like him, but he knows what to say and he can fight him and that’s what we need and also the senator from Georgia that is running for his seat again when I hear him speak at his rallies. The only thing I can think of is that should be our next president. I read where Trump had said that this senator was not even known in Georgia, and that people were not coming to his rallies. All you’ve got to do is look and listen, and you will see that people are coming and they are listening and they are agreeing with him. That is someone that we have got to have a run for the presidency but I agree with you somethings gotta be done before January and the new hopefully Democratic fellas can take their place in Congress.
Hi Kay - I live in Montana & know who Jon Ossoff is!
And you are correct he comes across as very presidential & I’d be happy to vote for he or Gavin Newsom. There are a lot of very vocal Dem leaders across the states who stand out. Pritzker also comes to mind. So 2028 primary will be exciting. And 2026 will be the test run to see what we will have to do to protect our elections. Sad that the RNC has turned into an arm of the Trump admin. Corrupted like everything he touches!
Yup, I agree with you. I am not crazy about Minority Leader Jeffries. He isn’t a strong leader. I would love to see that Democrat Congress would vote for a very strong leader who can stand up and speak out. Jeffries isn’t like my hero Nancy Pelosi. She is a very strong and tough lady. She isn’t afraid of the current President. Nancy handled him very well. Democrats should follow her example. It is time for Congress and Senate to be term limits cause they have been in both chambers for a very long time. It is time to change term limits.
Every day - and night - is another horror show, and it just doesn't stop. Last night the EPA was said to be planning to announce that the U.S. will no longer limit climate pollution from power plants. It's not enough that Trump is destroying families in the U.S. Demolition Don also wants to destroy the planet.
And that was followed up by this insanity: you can read the NYT free gift article, if you still have the stomach: https://www.nytimes.com/2026/09/13/arts/design/trump-kennedy-center-bankruptcy-closure.html?unlocked_article_code=1.BFE.IuNT.x1ZT0YHptQPx&smid=url-share
We all….especially the Democratic leaders…need our Peter Finch moment….WE’RE MAD AS HELL AND WE’RE NOT GOING TO TAKE THIS ANYMORE…..we’re sick and tired of him and all his corrupt cronies.
The Democrats MUST get tougher ..louder..more forceful..Shumer is not a good leader..he needs to step back.
The Republicans are ruthless and will stop at nothing to get their way..the Democrats have to reciprocate and stop the tip toeing..that has always been their Achilles Heel and the Republicans know it.
Take a page from the Irish….they fight through anything they come up against..now they’re fighting him..they’re showing us it can be done..he shrunk up like a wet noodle over there..didn’t know how to handle their tough reception…totally flummoxed to the point that he forgot things he had just posted. THAT’S HOW TO DO IT…FIGHT FIRE WITH FIRE…he can’t handle it.
In this scenario…NICE GUYS FINISH LAST…..start fighting ASAP
V O T E.
Agree, the DNC had their chance to remove/replace Joe Biden. We all saw him failing, so they run him, yank him & allow the most unlikeable VP in history to represent Democrats? What were they thinking?
Democrats must stick to the message and avoid shooting themselves in the foot (are you listening, UT Democrats? Probably not).
IT'S THE ECONOMY STUPID
Hi Suzie, what is the message? As an outsider I have no idea. All I hear in our news is trumpity Trump
Our “news” is carefully massaged to please our Republican oligarch overlords, who own most, if not all, of the newspapers and broadcast/cable networks.
Ah, but our news in Europe is not. So why are we not hearing the Democrat message? And what is the message that Suzie alludes to please?
Centrist democrats are criticized for not having a clear positive agenda voters can get excited about. Affordability and anti Trump. More dynamic democrats call for money out of politics, Medicare for all, policies that put more money in our pockets (vs spending on unreasonable and wasteful wars, vanity projects, etc), affordable housing, clear and fair immigration reform (abolish iCE), big money out of politics. Money out of politics is the big one, to me. Big money is taking over our democracy. Citizens United and dark money with no transparent origins give the ultra wealthy, corporations, and other, even foreign donors way too much ability to wage destructive campaigns against candidates that go against them. We have to compete against them, with our $20 donations, while our cost of living soars due to the policies of the ultra wealthy. The system requires congress to constantly fundraise, which makes them reticent to call out big money and influences them to oppose more progressive candidates. Lots of us are fighting like hell. Canvassing, donating, etc. it’s like a dragon is freely roaming our country and we are “allowed” to fight it with our little swords. But lots of little swords can have an impact, if more people see what is happening. Many people fall for the fear mongering about Muslims and communism.
Heather, you Democrats have got to have more fire in your bellies. Two Democrats cannot win this. why have you stuck with such a weak speaker?
Trump and his team are cleverer than they seem. The world has underestimated them for six years. Their circumvention of so many protections your constitution may apparently have had is crushing. The prospect that the senate could refuse to seat the newly elected Democrats is unbelievable in a normal world, but I feel we are in a parallel universe. Rather Alice in Wonderland.
But von trump hates democracy! He is doobg everything to get rid of this system. Not difficult to understand why. With people voting ... he loses. Corrupt gop is out and he is going straight to face his unpaid fines, epstein shitty files, etc.
All I imagine is the crocodile from Peter Pan chewing on a clock or Dali's Melting Watch painting (I forgot the name). Tick tick mf. We're coming for YOU!! 😎😁🗳☑️
I am SO SICK of worrying about this every single day. I just want to live my life, take care of my family, work, maybe go on a vacation. I want to afford gas and groceries and not worry about money or about the president getting us blown off the map. I don’t want to worry about AI killing us or using up all our water or the electrical grid going down for 18+ months. Why don’t these politicians just want us to live and be happy and, I don’t know, maybe even THRIVE. I want to cry single day. How did we get here😭
We got here because the majority of the country didn’t care. They didn’t see the sleaze cloud wafting off the orange rump. Or if they saw it they didn’t care. They didn’t pay attention to what they saw or heard. They may have been at the same stage you seem to be in from what you say. I think maybe the rump has learned that if you frustrate people long enough they will not care and just give up. I think that’s what rump has learned from his many failed businesses. Plus the fact the his soul is cooked. He and Epstein filleted their souls by doing what they did. So he is a soulless man. That’s why the frustrated people that gave up gave away their votes to a devil in with his soul in embers. The lesson here is be true to your own self and don’t get misled by the likes of djt. Because what you do doesn’t just affect you, it affects everyone else around you.
Heather, I agree completely with your comments about the stance of the Democratic Party and especially its leadership. We need Democrats with fire in their bellies to stop this administration. Where are they?
Agree, the DNC allowed for the return of DJT. Complete open borders, flying illegals all over the country in the middle of the night, housing/feeding them on the dole? Siding with men competing in women sports, gender neutral bathrooms, teaching k thru 3rd grade students that they don't know their sex yet? Mandating the horrible covid vaccines, suppressing the Epstein Files, sanctuary cities, aborting babies at 9 months? My God we go from one extreme to the other. The Amish faith may have the answer, disconnect/remove themselves from this insanity?
Dave, citing all the extremists and none of the moderate policies is not the way to convince people to vote Democratic. The extremists are the Republicans ,the Trump policies.
They are bought and bribed.
Christine, they are being silenced and divided by the so-called leaders, Schumer, Jeffries, Booker, and as Maureen said…Bought and sold by pack and AIPAC BLOOD money.
They have been complacent since the beginning and playing centrists and then there’s those like BeneDickt Fetterman.
The social Dems need more power and support. We need so much reform, but first we have to vote and then be prepared for what comes next…Jan.6-2.0.
Lance Rosen wrote a 3 part article about centrists..https://lancefrosen.substack.com/p/part-iii-more-on-centrist-democrats?r=71veyx&utm_medium=ios
And…preparing…https://lancefrosen.substack.com/p/what-will-trump-do-to-steal-the-midterms?r=71veyx&utm_medium=ios
Well if they have all been bought and sold, then there is no point in voting.
Christine…im don’t get your questioning, unless you are just being RUDE.
I’m hoping this is rhetorical or checking my point or clearly not understanding what I’m saying and trying to educate and inform others of.
Are you just being RUDE?
I see you are a former Judge.
Of course we have to VOTE BLUE…like our Lives depend on it…Because our lives depend on it.
The point is to win with as high a vote count as possible to make sure there is no question.
They will indeed be trying to sue all the votes/seats they lose.
And we obviously NEED to win and get onto lawsuits on this corrupt and complicit administration, trump, his family, EPSTEIN class, etc.
Then we NEED full reform.
Do you have a real question? Or are you just being RUDE and Disrespectful?
People on this site don’t go after each other…we are all in this together. In fact, I’ve said many, many times to VOTE Blue.
If you are being rude and disrespectful, I’m guessing Heather Delaney Reese and her husband Pete, and all the other Subscribers, especially us paid subscribers would guess this forum and HDR is NOT for you.
Heather, did you notice the orange Hitler's sour expression after his meeting with Governor Connolly of Ireland? I bet she ran rings around him. Trump hates women smarter than him and because she's not a female reporter he can insult he had no alternative but moisten to her. Priceless.
It's still very concerning about the Washington Post's article about what Trump may be planning to do to disrupt the November mid terms. Keep strong America .
Apparently DJT doesn’t understand the job of the president is to protect & defend the citizens of this country. And to enforce the law. He has been actively working against both of those things. Worst president in the history of our country!
Rump has been railing about communists, but is excited to spend time with his very good friend, President Xi, who is literally a Communist. The hypocrisy is unfathomable.
Jefferies simply cannot be allowed to become Speaker. He is the wrong person for these times.
Funny: Trump doesn’t like wind turbines and solar panels. So he takes away subsidies. Then he causes oil prices to rise. Would there be a possibility he has shares in oil companies?
The solution for climate warming and Trump’s war on it is of course electric cars. And remember: there is a choice - it’s not just Teslas! Indeed preferably not! (Teslas)
I spoke to a Republican from Texas yesterday, and he said he wasn't going to vote because of the Republican candidates. He saw a clip of James Talarico, and he said he really liked him, but he wasn't going to vote for the rest of them, so he wasn't voting at all. I explained to him that he could just vote for James, skip the rest, and sign and date it, drop it off at a poll center, or mail it. He was amazed; he thought the whole thing had to be filled out. So we have a Republican voting for James Talarico! We got this.