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Debbie Hawkins's avatar

What I can’t understand is why anyone would attend an invitation to the White House. We have all seen how rude trump treats even the pope. How on earth a group of small business owners could subject themselves to the insults, they must know are coming. Maybe trump is right and his followers are stupid.

gpm414's avatar

These daily propaganda performances aren’t attended by supporters, they are hostages looking for their “10 seconds of glory” standing next to a failing dictator. Thank you Heather for the courageous work you are doing to save our Democracy! Count me in.

Katherine Cooper's avatar

They’re complete sycophants/true believers and they do not deserve our business.

Pamela S.'s avatar

Why does anyone even go there for these types of events? They already know it will be a complete waste of time and expense.

shakingmyhead's avatar

Trump should pay them to attend!

Mark Holm's avatar

One of the first signs you see in a family where one member is headed into and retreats into that cognitive decline is that the same stories get repeated time and time again. Each time it's as if it's the first time being told. We are seeing more of this with him. Each event the script is the same, the same stories repeated again and again. We aren't getting anything new, just refining the details so they look better in their own minds. Questioning the details that don't fit your own observed reality, just makes them angry and they lash out. We've all seen it in our own families, why isn't anyone calling it here.

Diana's avatar

My stepson has autism- and he has a tape that he says over and over- if he gets interrupted- he has to start over again. That tape gets old quickly…😮‍💨

Penny Cowden's avatar

I wonder if his "bunker" is all about not leaving the White House when his term is up.

MB Kiefer's avatar

Nah, just brick up the door from the outside. "For the love of God, Montressor!"

Diana's avatar

Ooooohhh…Penny that is quite a scary thought isn’t it- but with him you never know. I can’t wait till it’s over‼️

Anne Fletcher-Jones's avatar

So—okay—brick up the door from the outside, turn off the utilities and quietly create a new place for the next president. Let djt think he’s still “it” and ignore him. (I know—wishful thinking!)

Shelly Rellim M.'s avatar

He already proved he/they are NOT leaving…Jan.6, 2021 TREASONOUS Insurrection. He has mentioned staying another term or more many times. The Bunker is the real deal, not the glitzy ballroom distraction/cover, which he obviously also wants as every other authoritarian fascist dictator does. The bunker will have complete security, medical facilities, etc. He has already also stated that come November, if we hopefully can make it there and he/they don’t declare Martial Law from a FALSE FLAG to cancel elections, he knows he will be impeached. But the other issue is they’ve already planned for that with, most likely Vance, backed by the evil, fascist, Nazi, Thiel and Karp.

Tracey Queripel's avatar

That bit about Newport Beach is very interesting.

Beverly VanLandingham's avatar

He needs to be deposed. NOW!

James's avatar
May 5Edited

How long are we going to continue to listen while this cognitively impaired individual rambles on and on at every public appearance while simultaneously endangering our country and the world at large? We have a mechanism for correction of this and should have taken it long before this point. By now, JD Vance, who desperately wants to be President, must be on board with a 25th Amendment proceeding. Whether he can convince the rest of the Cabinet to go along will be a test of his leadership. We cannot allow this nightmare to continue.

Linda Schwartz's avatar

there is a certain property where i live ( Monroe county PA) that has had trump signs and flags displayed for years, since his 1st administration. A few weeks ago the flags and signs were gone, replaced by an American flag. That made me feel a little better.

Anne Fletcher-Jones's avatar

Let’s hope it doesn’t just mean a change of ownership!

Jane Hall's avatar

Thank you as always for your excellent report. It is indeed frightening that his staff is not reporting his serious decline. I hope you are reaching out to whomever has power - not for political reasons but because billions of lives are at stake.

NANCY Jambor's avatar

Another terrifying post chronicling DJT decline. What is wiles doing for crissakes? The pretense has reached a level of absolute absurdity.. no wait. Guess not. Cuz it just keeps rolling like the rickety tanks on the streets of DC for the failed birthday parade. Remember that ridiculousness?!?

Jami Craig's avatar

Those people got exactly what they deserved from a guy they chose to sit in a room with for their proud moment. Which tells me it WAS their proudest moment and that is exactly why MAGA still proudly exists. We will NEVER be free of them.

TJ's avatar

Would look forward to hear what some of those small business owners thoughts were by having to endure that meandering of his and how they see their day of recognition turned out to be just another “rally of rambling” from grandpa exclaiming that he passed his not just one but three cognitive tests and was able to identify the squirrel.. every now and then he may find his nuts..

Great observation on the paraphernalia coming down in Newport Beach. Seeing it in this area of “cherry red” Ohio that have taken down their lawn signs and observe more American flag’s now ever more present versus his mug shot… There’s no need to wonder why that ballroom is important to him, it’s just not that he’s afraid that he will not be remembered or admired as he wants to be, it’s because that bunker underneath he sees as vital to attain those additional years for him to be squatting at 1600 Pennsylvania Ave.. Thinking between his “flop sweat” and “nap times” fear the craziness is just beginning to start…

Shelly Rellim M.'s avatar

TJ, seems we are always on the same page. I 100%agree with you.

As I wrote above…

He already proved he/they are NOT leaving…Jan.6, 2021 TREASONOUS Insurrection. He has mentioned staying another term or more many times. The Bunker is the real deal, not the glitzy ballroom distraction/cover, which he obviously also wants as every other authoritarian fascist dictator does. The bunker will have complete security, medical facilities, etc. He has already also stated that come November, if we hopefully can make it there and he/they don’t declare Martial Law from a FALSE FLAG to cancel elections, he knows he will be impeached. But the other issue is they’ve already planned for that with, most likely Vance, backed by the evil, fascist, Nazi, Thiel and Karp.

We know he pardoned all his “patriot” J6’ers now ICE Gestapo to be ready for the big dog whistles and defend their Nazi fascist KKKult leader and their MAGA/MAWA AmeriKKKa and they’ll be free to do as they please with continued EXECUTIONS and kidnappings of non-whites and “Domestic Terrorists,” and “ others” and imprisonment in Concentration Camps.

Project 2025-26, the Heritage Foundation, Palantir-Thiel, Karp and their Eugenics, Nazi fascist Manifesto, Elon Musk and ALL those Nazi fascist EPSTEIN Files tech. bros. And other wealthy Nazi supporting elites, etc.

TJ's avatar

Fear it’s going to unfortunately get a lot worse before better. As his niece Mary Trump has explained numerous times he will burn it all down before ever admitting any form of defeat..

Shelly Rellim M.'s avatar

Without a doubt…unfortunately.

I’m not sure if you’ve seen this. I think I shared it before, but it’s worth resharing.

Lance Rosen’s article

https://lancefrosen.substack.com/p/they-are-planning-a-nationwide-j?r=71veyx&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web

TJ's avatar

Thanks for the heads up article. You may like this article by Joyce Vance about the SPLC going after Blanche and the DOJ and all in this regime.

https://joycevance.substack.com/p/two-motions-from-the-splc-tell-the?r=viplr&utm_medium=ios

Shelly Rellim M.'s avatar

Thanks for that article and writer. Do you have others you recommend?

I follow a variety-Lance Rosen(lots of political and protesting, etc. experience and he also wrote on the SPLC,), Heather Cox Richardson, It’s a Lovely Life Heather Delaney Reese, I Fucking Love Australia(always spot on, too), Aaron Parnas, Robert Reich, etc, and some Epstein Files deep divers and other writings-VERY interesting the ties and the Epstein expanding web-Alisa Valdes-Rodriguez, Anne Mitchell -lawyer, Racheland the city, and for ICE…Eyes on ICE on Eyes on ICE on Substack-Highly recommend that-ICE Gestapo and the Concentration Camps are beyond vile.

This is a good article from Lance’s Facebook page. I couldn’t get to his Substack to get it, (my writing gets taken away when you leave the sites “too long,”but you can check him out. Definitely relates and compares today with the past, especially trump-Hitler, etc.

This is about the bunker.

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=pfbid0xQBGRPVgqR3uK9hbhwe6AXWeZ8cRdhGZyiGiqNh7CnEAAKfJu1EK9M4EVXRhCT5fl&id=100001688856411

TJ's avatar

It seems we follow the same.. here are a few others. Paul Krugman, Robert Hubbell, Dean Blundell, The Contrarian, Bullwark, The Mouthy Renegade, Rick Wilson, Lincoln Square, Project Salt Box- this is a good one about ICE and detention centers going up. Katie Phang, Heather Delaney Reese, JoJoFromJerz and her podcast, Robin Snyder (WTF), Katie Couric, Jay Kuo and The Status Quo, Brian Tyler Cohen, Mary Geddry, Terry Moran, Charlie Sykes, Timothy Snyder, John Pavlovitz, Miles Taylor, and Steven Beschloss. Try to get a variety of information from financial, political, business, social and health as possible..

TJ's avatar

Would recommend him Peter Dosa his take on Hungary and Orban’s rise and fall is quite insightful..

https://substack.com/@peterdosa

Mike Basile's avatar

Another brilliant post, Heather. You and Heather Cox Richardson are a national treasures and a blessing to every American!

Lorna Pearl's avatar

I can’t believe anyone supports this man anymore

He is clearly out of his mind and over medicated. The polls should be about 26% support him. He is a total train wreck

jane's avatar

Thank you, Ms. Reese. For the most part my neighborhood is pretty discreet about their political leanings. We did have one standout. From the time of djt’s first election he always kept his trump/vance lawn sign in his yard. When djt lost to Joe Biden, he added a little lawn flag that said “I could s**t a better president than Biden” and that sign remained in his yard until a few weeks ago when both the lawn signs disappeared. My belief is that the responsibility for the current administration now lies with the majority maga caucus in Congress and SCOTUS.

Katherine Cooper's avatar

And the 79 million Americans like your neighbor who voted for him in 2024.

Ann Panda's avatar

I hold up my middle finger every time I run by the maga house a few blocks from us. I notice their signs are down and lately they haven't been outside in their rump t-shirts.

George McCully's avatar

Good for the record, Heather. Thanks.

Jenna bognar's avatar

He dictated his health letter awhile ago. Now there is a group of lying doctors. Exactly how long can modern medicine hold him up? How long can republicans commit this fraud, forever?

Iain's avatar

HDL: We all live in hope that your Newport Beach experience goes viral ...

"We were living in Newport Beach at the time, where every other house seemed to have a flag for him in their front yard, and then he attacked the military. He called fallen soldiers “losers” and “suckers.” And almost overnight, the signs came down. Not slowly or gradually, but within days and with very few holdouts. Either no signs went up to replace them, or Biden signs went up."