Shortly before 9 pm last night, the press were lined up on the tarmac of Joint Base Andrews as Donald Trump exited Air Force One and walked directly towards them. His right arm hung limp at his side while the sweat on his face glistened with the bright lights pointed at him. As soon as he was within earshot of the reporters, he didn’t wait for their questions. Instead, he immediately launched into a long-winded proclamation that our country was not just surviving, but thriving.
“So, the Patriot Games were tremendous, a tremendous success, great young athlete, the future of our country, and we had a great time in Ohio, a fantastic time in Ohio. The country is doing well. The stock market's fantastic record. We have 79 records so far in a short period of time. More people are working right now in the United States than ever before. And prices are dropping fast. Iran is going fine. Going just absolutely fine. We totally control the Strait of Hormose (sic). We have control over it. Nobody else, only us. Our Navy is unbelievable and things are going great for our country.”
Trump is sounding so like Putin and Kim jong un constantly bigging up USA when actually all around him is crumbling. - totally in charge of the strait of Hormuz but he has sailors wanting to jump off ship because they have been stranded.
Everyone please stay strong and defy the odds and take this ridiculous man’s power away.
Yesterday and today have been a difficult day. Talking with my daughters-in-law. Have a grandson and granddaughter in the military currently serving in this sh*tshow of a war with Iran. This is a total clusterfu€k of incompetence, ignorance and hubris from Trump and Hegseth..
The morale and conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln is absolutely vile. The conditions on this navy ship just do not just begin or stop there. There are other navy ships that our military personnel are dealing with logistical nightmares from food supply and rations. The delivery of any fresh goods from the primary regional hub in Bahrain to ships at sea has become highly difficult to absolutely nothing being received. Therefore our sailors, marines and other military personnel are having smaller rations of food and supplies, all at the same time to work a grinding work day from up to 12 to 16 hours, no days off. …The highly operational tempo across the Middle East ships has caused backlogs in basic upkeep of the ships leading to periodic issues with the navy ship’s laundry, and plumbing. The conditions are also really no better on land either as per one of my daughter-in-law that my granddaughter is located.
Stupidity is dangerous, and incompetence is unforgivable…
Both Trump and Hegseth as well as this entire regime are all dangerous and their actions, behaviors are unforgivable.
Trump treats even his entire cabinet as expendables. They are the ones sitting inside a metal tube flying through the air, him knowing they are a possible target of incoming fire and he snuck out of the backdoor of that metal tube in a catering truck before it even takes off to another airplane for transportation that is safely hidden away. Then as always lies everytime he opens his mouth.
Our family, friends and neighbors even strangers serving in the military are not expendable because he is an arrogant POS… Have no sympathy for those in his cabinet that were used as if lined up as ducks in a shooting gallery, they are just as culpable. Have absolutely nothing remotely even nice to say or think about a woman who stood behind a podium and continued his lies and delivered them to the White House press all the while wearing a cross dangling from a chain around her neck leaving to spend time with her family.
It’s now 5:00 am and haven’t slept a wink and will probably go outside and walk with the dog just to clear the mind and have a cup of coffee, may even add a five finger pour of liquor in that touch of brew. May also scream out-loud. There are benefits to living in a rural area versus the suburbs or the city.
Good for Taylor swift pulling her sound from all her music. It’s all about resistance. Facing the fear, uncertainty with the deepest voices inside all of us telling us to take each step forward. Just keep moving, just keep swimming, just keep resisting this foulness of individuals who have no souls, no conscience.. There are 82 days til midterms… this horror show may not end then, but it’s a beginning to turn the page from this darkness. Make your voice be heard, Vote for the changes that are needed to begin… Keep the hope..
I’d take the dog out for a walk in my Lower Westchester NY suburb right now, but I saw a coyote prowling around in the woods last night, and the dog woke us up around 1 with her alarm bark.
Thank you for sharing the conditions the sailors are experiencing. No fun at all being treated like an expendable pawn. I can only imagine the stress you are under.
I am absolutely on a “list” for my various acts of resistance. There is also what I am: an atheist, a social democrat, and a childless cat lady. I don’t know if the “anti terrorist” activity has gotten granular enough to make people like me unsafe, but you know what? I am all out of f*cks to give about it. I say come and get me. I won’t keep my head down and obey preemptively. I will not be silenced!
Ha ha ha... he won't even finish this one. Unless the corrupt gop plays it as a remake of mitch the bitch! Btw where is that demented fucker? Why the dems do not insist to get an answer? And nobody leaks any information. Impossible. What a dirty stinky republican mess.
Nebraskans are heading to our concentration camp in McCook this weekend to show that we have not forgotten. I see photos of visibility resisters on highway bridges. We are still boycotting and canvassing and attending fundraisers for local candidates. These things all give me hope!
If you see the photos that Robert Hubbell posts everyday, then you will know that WE the People are still out standing on the streets protesting. Here in Vermont, people are protesting every week somewhere as well as on overpasses . We have not stopped the Resistance and there is another No kings Rally scheduled.
Also many of us write postcards to different states urging people to vote. My husband and I have 300 postcards to write to Michigan. So
I wanted you to know that we are continuing to FIGHT for our Democracy and we will WIN. I read you every day and wanted you to know that. Thank you Heather for your journalism multiple times a day. Livy Hitchcock
Trump does nothing but campaign. He’s all talk and no action, as he often says of others — no lasting action.
His war, his tarifffs, his executive orders, his court cases, his healthcare [concept of a] plan, his monuments and ballrooms and reflecting pools, his 250th celebration — all talk, nothing lasting
Just like Trump airlines, Trump casinos, Trump marriages. None of those lasted, either.
For Trump, loyalty outweighs competence, as is the case for all autocratic and dictatorial regimes. I am always amazed at how someone like Karoline Leavitt continues to defend a malignant narcissist (a diagnosis of Trump from 2015) at all costs. That can only be out of self-interest, or simply put, it is pure blindness. And the latter is perhaps the worst part, now that she is also going to become his advisor. Nothing good can ever come of that.
Apart from this Ms. Leavitt, I have been wondering for years why there are still so many women who support this man. Someone who has faced various lawsuits for sexual assault and rape and is known for his disrespectful attitude towards women, such as his statement: "If you just have enough money you can do anything to them, even grab them by the p*".
For men, women's way of thinking is sometimes difficult enough to follow, but I really don't understand this at all.
Trump soothes himself by babbling about a third term, but that isn’t realistic for several reasons, the first being his obvious decline in health and mental capability. The Republican party at this point would love to be able to shed the mantle of sleaze he’s gifted their party with, and move on to more normative forms of influence peddling and corruption. Trump at this point is a liability, not an asset, and it seems unlikely they would squander their remaining credibility on a frontal challenge to the Constitution that would have to unwind over the course of months in the court system. It’s not that they’re opposed to constitutional violations - far from it, but smash and grab through the erosion and elimination of institutional firewalls seems to be their preferred method of operation.
I forsee a black flag operation "requiring" a declaration of a national emergency cancelling the midterms or at least initiating martial law, (voter intimidation and vote rigging).
For what it's worth on protesting I think part of the problem is that it's too hot right now. I'm hoping it starts up again in September/October time frame. My personal opinion on a third term is it could only happen in a coup at his direction using the military he could never win in an election unless he killed all the democrats and independent voters, and that's a lot of killing.
Trump is sounding so like Putin and Kim jong un constantly bigging up USA when actually all around him is crumbling. - totally in charge of the strait of Hormuz but he has sailors wanting to jump off ship because they have been stranded.
Everyone please stay strong and defy the odds and take this ridiculous man’s power away.
Thank you Heather for your writing.
Yesterday and today have been a difficult day. Talking with my daughters-in-law. Have a grandson and granddaughter in the military currently serving in this sh*tshow of a war with Iran. This is a total clusterfu€k of incompetence, ignorance and hubris from Trump and Hegseth..
The morale and conditions on the USS Abraham Lincoln is absolutely vile. The conditions on this navy ship just do not just begin or stop there. There are other navy ships that our military personnel are dealing with logistical nightmares from food supply and rations. The delivery of any fresh goods from the primary regional hub in Bahrain to ships at sea has become highly difficult to absolutely nothing being received. Therefore our sailors, marines and other military personnel are having smaller rations of food and supplies, all at the same time to work a grinding work day from up to 12 to 16 hours, no days off. …The highly operational tempo across the Middle East ships has caused backlogs in basic upkeep of the ships leading to periodic issues with the navy ship’s laundry, and plumbing. The conditions are also really no better on land either as per one of my daughter-in-law that my granddaughter is located.
Stupidity is dangerous, and incompetence is unforgivable…
Both Trump and Hegseth as well as this entire regime are all dangerous and their actions, behaviors are unforgivable.
Trump treats even his entire cabinet as expendables. They are the ones sitting inside a metal tube flying through the air, him knowing they are a possible target of incoming fire and he snuck out of the backdoor of that metal tube in a catering truck before it even takes off to another airplane for transportation that is safely hidden away. Then as always lies everytime he opens his mouth.
Our family, friends and neighbors even strangers serving in the military are not expendable because he is an arrogant POS… Have no sympathy for those in his cabinet that were used as if lined up as ducks in a shooting gallery, they are just as culpable. Have absolutely nothing remotely even nice to say or think about a woman who stood behind a podium and continued his lies and delivered them to the White House press all the while wearing a cross dangling from a chain around her neck leaving to spend time with her family.
It’s now 5:00 am and haven’t slept a wink and will probably go outside and walk with the dog just to clear the mind and have a cup of coffee, may even add a five finger pour of liquor in that touch of brew. May also scream out-loud. There are benefits to living in a rural area versus the suburbs or the city.
Good for Taylor swift pulling her sound from all her music. It’s all about resistance. Facing the fear, uncertainty with the deepest voices inside all of us telling us to take each step forward. Just keep moving, just keep swimming, just keep resisting this foulness of individuals who have no souls, no conscience.. There are 82 days til midterms… this horror show may not end then, but it’s a beginning to turn the page from this darkness. Make your voice be heard, Vote for the changes that are needed to begin… Keep the hope..
I’d take the dog out for a walk in my Lower Westchester NY suburb right now, but I saw a coyote prowling around in the woods last night, and the dog woke us up around 1 with her alarm bark.
Thank you for sharing the conditions the sailors are experiencing. No fun at all being treated like an expendable pawn. I can only imagine the stress you are under.
Hope your family remains as safe as possible, considering the reality you so eloquently described. Trump is the world's nightmare.
Thank you..
Bold of him to assume he'll live that long.
I am absolutely on a “list” for my various acts of resistance. There is also what I am: an atheist, a social democrat, and a childless cat lady. I don’t know if the “anti terrorist” activity has gotten granular enough to make people like me unsafe, but you know what? I am all out of f*cks to give about it. I say come and get me. I won’t keep my head down and obey preemptively. I will not be silenced!
Thank you, Heather, for your tireless work. You continue to remind us that the resistance is holding and hope is still alive.
Ha ha ha... he won't even finish this one. Unless the corrupt gop plays it as a remake of mitch the bitch! Btw where is that demented fucker? Why the dems do not insist to get an answer? And nobody leaks any information. Impossible. What a dirty stinky republican mess.
It seems like they’re letting that sleeping dog lie, since the upside of it is one less GOP vote in the Senate.
Yes. But this is quite unusual. He must show himself. A cheat. Like all republican lies since a long time. I do not imply dems are better btw! Tks
You’re right - it does need to be addressed, for sure. Who knows what twisted strategies politicians get up to in pursuit of their almighty power? 😵💫
Nebraskans are heading to our concentration camp in McCook this weekend to show that we have not forgotten. I see photos of visibility resisters on highway bridges. We are still boycotting and canvassing and attending fundraisers for local candidates. These things all give me hope!
If you see the photos that Robert Hubbell posts everyday, then you will know that WE the People are still out standing on the streets protesting. Here in Vermont, people are protesting every week somewhere as well as on overpasses . We have not stopped the Resistance and there is another No kings Rally scheduled.
Also many of us write postcards to different states urging people to vote. My husband and I have 300 postcards to write to Michigan. So
I wanted you to know that we are continuing to FIGHT for our Democracy and we will WIN. I read you every day and wanted you to know that. Thank you Heather for your journalism multiple times a day. Livy Hitchcock
Seriously, his days are numbered. He will not make it that long. His physical health is dictating that
Too fricking bad… he has got to go.
Trump does nothing but campaign. He’s all talk and no action, as he often says of others — no lasting action.
His war, his tarifffs, his executive orders, his court cases, his healthcare [concept of a] plan, his monuments and ballrooms and reflecting pools, his 250th celebration — all talk, nothing lasting
Just like Trump airlines, Trump casinos, Trump marriages. None of those lasted, either.
For Trump, loyalty outweighs competence, as is the case for all autocratic and dictatorial regimes. I am always amazed at how someone like Karoline Leavitt continues to defend a malignant narcissist (a diagnosis of Trump from 2015) at all costs. That can only be out of self-interest, or simply put, it is pure blindness. And the latter is perhaps the worst part, now that she is also going to become his advisor. Nothing good can ever come of that.
She is a hate-filled liar.
That must be the case.
Apart from this Ms. Leavitt, I have been wondering for years why there are still so many women who support this man. Someone who has faced various lawsuits for sexual assault and rape and is known for his disrespectful attitude towards women, such as his statement: "If you just have enough money you can do anything to them, even grab them by the p*".
For men, women's way of thinking is sometimes difficult enough to follow, but I really don't understand this at all.
I'm a woman and I certainly have never understood why any woman would vote for this stupid pig.
I don't get it either, except that it's a cult.
And spoiled as HELL.
Trump soothes himself by babbling about a third term, but that isn’t realistic for several reasons, the first being his obvious decline in health and mental capability. The Republican party at this point would love to be able to shed the mantle of sleaze he’s gifted their party with, and move on to more normative forms of influence peddling and corruption. Trump at this point is a liability, not an asset, and it seems unlikely they would squander their remaining credibility on a frontal challenge to the Constitution that would have to unwind over the course of months in the court system. It’s not that they’re opposed to constitutional violations - far from it, but smash and grab through the erosion and elimination of institutional firewalls seems to be their preferred method of operation.
I forsee a black flag operation "requiring" a declaration of a national emergency cancelling the midterms or at least initiating martial law, (voter intimidation and vote rigging).
Leavitt: [I]t is incumbent upon all of us who care about this country to fight back ..
Interesting word choice, Karoline, "incumbent," while referring to the guy who wants to run again.
I would not want to be in Karolyin Leavitt's, (America's Tokyo Rose), shoes when the trials start.
For what it's worth on protesting I think part of the problem is that it's too hot right now. I'm hoping it starts up again in September/October time frame. My personal opinion on a third term is it could only happen in a coup at his direction using the military he could never win in an election unless he killed all the democrats and independent voters, and that's a lot of killing.
81 days.