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Polls Are Made for Strippers But I'm Pretty Sure This Stripper Is Really Into Me

A new NBC poll shows Trump with the highest approval ever and a party almost completely united behind him.

Check out how they spin that finding:


Poll: Trump faces early challenges on the economy as a united GOP backs big change


A new NBC News poll shows Trump with a job approval rating as high as he's ever had. But doubts loom in voters' minds, especially over the economy and government cuts.

How will Trump handle the "challenge" of record popularity?


Voters are starting 2025 sour on the state of the economy and President Donald Trump's handling of it so far, even as his election to a second term sparked an upswing in positive feelings about the direction of the nation, according to a new national NBC News poll.

So what they're trying to avoid stating clearly is that voters had had a terrible impression of the economy and the nation's direction under Biden, and now, under Trump, they are much more positive about the economy and the direction of the country. NBC wants to emphasize that the public still has doubts -- not that the public's mood has shifted much more positive than it had been.

Buoyed by jubilant and unified Republicans, who are standing in lockstep with Trump and the expansive agenda he and congressional leaders are pushing in Washington, more registered voters see the U.S. as heading in the right direction than at any point since early 2004, though a majority still say the country is on the wrong track. Trump's approval rating also equals his best-ever mark as president (47%), though again, a majority (51%) disapproves of his performance.

Remember, this is a #Rigged NBC poll of the NPR editors and fading celebrities with multiple transgender children. The numbers may be a touch off.


Meanwhile, driven in part by a pessimistic shift among Democrats since Trump's election, just 18% of voters rate the economy as "excellent" or "good" -- not as low as the poorest economic marks during the Biden administration, according to CNBC polling from 2022, but within a handful of points and as low as that mark has been in NBC News polling since 2014. Majorities of voters disapprove of Trump's early job performance on the economy (54% disapprove, 44% approve) and how he's handling inflation and the cost of living (55% disapprove, 42% approve).

...

Overall, the poll reflects an America that remains deeply divided in the months following Trump's 2024 victory, as it was in the months before.

The liberal media rule is that if any liberal is unsatisfied with a Republican, the public is "deeply divided."

Biden, on the other hand, was popular, until the media pressured him to drop out.

...

In another change from Trump's first term in the White House, the public has come around on his deportation-focused immigration policies, though voters are wary of his handling of other issues, including foreign policy.

Voters like the general idea of the Department of Government Efficiency, the Trump-blessed effort to slash government jobs and spending. But they harbor reservations about its rapid-fire execution so far, as well as about billionaire Trump adviser Elon Musk, DOGE's de facto head.

And voters are split evenly on which party they'd like to see win the 2026 midterm elections, even as the Democratic Party faces record-low popularity and fractious divides over how to respond to Trump. (The survey was conducted March 7-11, before Senate Democrats provided a handful of votes to help resolve a government funding fight.)

"While this survey shows a mixed result for Donald Trump, Democrats are the ones in the wilderness right now," said Democratic pollster Jeff Horwitt of Hart Research Associates, who conducted this survey with Republican pollster Bill McInturff of Public Opinion Strategies. Horwitt called Trump's upside-down numbers among independents "a flashing red light across the survey."

...

Trump's job approval rating (47%) and personal favorable rating (46%), along with the 44% who believe the country is on the right track, are at all-time highs in NBC News polling during his political career.

But they are also far below where previous presidents stood during the "honeymoon period" of new administrations, marking the polarization that has defined the Trump years. Slightly more disapprove of Trump's job performance (51%) and view him personally negatively (49%), and 54% see the country as on the wrong track.

Yes, because the Demented Usurprer Biden drove the country into a ditch and it's taking time to get ourselves out of it.

...

When it comes to the issues, Trump fares particularly well on immigration. Fifty-five percent of voters approve of his handling of border security and immigration, while 43% disapprove. A similar share, 56%, say he's bringing the "right kind of change" on the issue, while 25% say he's bringing the wrong change and 18% say he isn't bringing change.

But that's the only one of the five issues tested in the poll -- border security and immigration, foreign policy, the economy, inflation and cost of living, and the war between Russia and Ukraine -- that sees a majority of American voters approve of how Trump is handling it.

...

Just 1% rate the economy as "excellent" and 17% as "good," with 39% calling it "only fair" and 43% rating it "poor." While Republicans are more likely to have favorable views of the economy than others, majorities across virtually every demographic still view the economy in an unfavorable light.

...

The NBC News poll also gauged voters' feelings on what kind of change Trump is bringing as president, with 40% saying he's bringing the right kind of change to inflation and the cost of living, while 30% say he's bringing the wrong change and 28% say he isn't bringing change.

On trade and tariffs, 41% say he's bringing the right change, 38% say the wrong change and 18% say he is not bringing change.

Overall, 46% said Trump is bringing the right kind of change, 30% said he's bringing the wrong kind of change, and 21% said he's not bringing change.

A CNN poll finds that the Democrat Party is more unpopular than it has ever been in their polling history.


The Democratic Party's favorability rating among Americans stands at a record low, according to a new CNN poll conducted by SSRS, fueled in part by dimming views from its own frustrated supporters.

With many in the party saying publicly that their leaders should do more to stand up to President Donald Trump, Democrats and Democratic-aligned independents say, 57% to 42%, that Democrats should mainly work to stop the Republican agenda, rather than working with the GOP majority to get some Democratic ideas into legislation.

The survey was taken March 6-9, days before 10 Democratic senators -- including Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer -- voted with Republicans in the chamber to advance a GOP-authored spending bill to avert a government shutdown, much to the chagrin of many other Democratic lawmakers and progressive critics.

Democrats view their own party unfavorably:

...

Democratic-aligned adults say, 52% to 48%, that the leadership of the Democratic Party is currently taking the party in the wrong direction. That's another shift from eight years ago, when views on this metric were largely positive.

Among the American public overall, the Democratic Party's favorability rating stands at just 29% -- a record low in CNN's polling dating back to 1992 and a drop of 20 points since January 2021, when Trump exited his first term under the shadow of the January 6 attack at on Capitol. The Republican Party's rating currently stands at 36%.

That's driven in part by relatively high levels of dissatisfaction within the Democratic Party. Just 63% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents report a favorable view of their own party, a dip from 72% in January and 81% at the start of President Joe Biden's administration. The decline comes across ideological wings, with favorability ratings for the Democratic Party falling by 18 points among liberals and moderates alike since the start of 2021.

The public no longer believes the Democrat Party is "mainstream."


...

Both the Democratic and the Republican parties are viewed by about half the public as having views and policies that are too extreme, rather than generally mainstream. That's a change from 2022, when most Americans -- 56% -- called the Democratic Party's positions mainstream. Views of the GOP have remained effectively unchanged over that time.

Democrats don't like any of their possible candidates:


Democrats, who overwhelmingly consider Trump too extreme, have yet to consolidate around any one-party leader to serve as a counterpoint. Asked in an open-ended question to name the Democratic leader they feel "best reflects the core values" of the party, 10% of Democratic-aligned adults name New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 9% former vice president Kamala Harris, 8% Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and 6% House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Another 4% each name former president Barack Obama and Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, with Schumer joining a handful of others at 2%.

More than 30% didn't offer a name in response. "No one," one respondent answered. "That's the problem."

Democrats are particularly angry at Cuck Schumer for suggesting he was going to fight the CR before cucking out like a closet cuck. They're so angry, in fact, that Schumer has cancelled his book tour -- he's afraid of protests and difficult questions, but is also, he says, afraid that some of his leftwing supporters might try to physically attack him.

Senate Minority Leader Chuck Schumer has canceled book tour events this week because of security concerns amid a backlash over his support for a Republican bill to prevent a government shutdown last week.

As a commenter said, he must be afraid of all those White Supremacists angry at him for not being more opposed to Trump.

...

Event pages for several of the planned stops for Schumer's book, Antisemitism in America: A Warning, which is scheduled to be released on Tuesday, showed postponement announcements on Monday morning.

"Sen. Schumer's book tour events during the week of March 17 are being postponed for security reasons. We will work to reschedule this event at a later date," reads the page for an event planned to be held Wednesday at Sixth & I, a synagogue in Washington, D.C.

There were calls to protest his speeches following his vote on the funding bill, which is also known as a continuing resolution (CR).

"PROTEST SCHUMER'S BOOK TOUR NEXT WEEK," Emma Vigeland, co-host of the left-leaning show The Majority Report, posted to X, formerly Twitter, on Friday while also sharing a list of events planned for this week.

Backlash against Schumer continued into Monday, as he faced growing calls from the party to step down as the Democratic Senate leader. An online petition of Democrats who would withhold party donations until he steps down had been signed nearly 25,000 times.


If you want to see that nasty crabfarming whore Mike Brzezinski deliver the bad news, you can watch that here.

The 2Way guys think that the real reason Schumer is cancelling his book tour is that, for the first time in his political life, he'll face hostile questions from the leftwing media. Sean Spicer thinks that he's afraid that he just doesn't have the practice at handling a hostile press, and could destroy his remaining career with one maladroit answer.

But also, Democrat partisans and Hamas supporters might try to kill him.

Because Democrats are the party of love and tolerance and moderation.

Posted by: Ace at 05:45 PM




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1 Hola

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 17, 2025 05:46 PM (GYt5+)

2 2nd

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 17, 2025 05:46 PM (GYt5+)

3 3rd?

Posted by: Thanatopsis at March 17, 2025 05:47 PM (GYt5+)

4 Jessica Tarlov says Trump is underwater on everything except the border.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2025 05:47 PM (63Dwl)

5 Jessica Tarlov wants us all to know Trump's DISapproval number is 51 percent making him underwater.

Posted by: M. Gaga at March 17, 2025 05:49 PM (KiBMU)

6 Who cares about his polls with Democrats? How's he polling with stranded astronauts?

It should be easy enough that the "journalist" can handle the math.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 17, 2025 05:49 PM (VNX3d)

7 What's he going to do about the price of eggs??!!!

* looks at the price of eggs *

* wide eyes *

oh!

Posted by: Dems at March 17, 2025 05:49 PM (krQz2)

8
What are these "equitable powers" that Boasberg is yakking about?

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 17, 2025 05:49 PM (eVY9L)

9
The 2Way guys think that the real reason Schumer is cancelling his book tour is that, for the first time in his political life, he'll face hostile questions from the leftwing media.

He's afraid they'll throw raw cheeseburgers at him.

Posted by: Bertram Cabot, Jr. at March 17, 2025 05:50 PM (63Dwl)

10 Willowed:

Yeah its a boomer thing, everyone else is meh, dude got shot, too bad. I wasn't even born yet.
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And it was more than ten miles from where you lived, right?
Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 17, 2025 05:46 PM (mH6SG)

And besides, it's not like the Deep State still tries to kill people who are a threat to their power.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2025 05:50 PM (dGCAG)

11 "The public no longer believes the Democrat Party is "mainstream."


Ho Lee Fuk.

This is big.

Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2025 05:50 PM (0HaGk)

12 and think about it - these polls are cooked a bit in the left's favor, still

Posted by: Black Orchid at March 17, 2025 05:51 PM (Pv3Rg)

13 7 What's he going to do about the price of eggs??!!!

* looks at the price of eggs *

* wide eyes *

oh!
Posted by: Dems

relax. despite trump, egg prices are still higher than they were this time last year.

Posted by: abc "news" (really) at March 17, 2025 05:51 PM (oY6Yp)

14
The Democrats can't stop orange Hitler from governing like a fascist. What good are they?
- Half of Democrat voters

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2025 05:51 PM (Dv3i1)

15 Let's put it this way: there are a bunch of issues that people have been going "what the hell am I on crazy pills??" for years now. Over ten years. My barber, the cashier at the store, people in restaurants, just whoever, chatting. People were baffled, frustrated, and upset at the sheer insanity going on. Apolitical people, people who lean leftish. People who just want to live their lives.

Stuff like tranny bathrooms, and open borders, and massive waste, fraud and blatant abuse of power. Stuff we've all talked about for years and felt helpless about. Watching Army ads and going "THESE are the people who are protecting us??" Frustration at Fire Departments easing requirements so they get more women into the job. On and on and on it goes.

Everyone has been so sick of it for so long and now some dude comes along, kicks the door in and goes: ALL THIS CRAP ENDS TODAY.

So yeah. I can buy most people are happy with this.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 05:51 PM (2VST1)

16 What's he going to do about the price of eggs??!!!

* looks at the price of eggs *

* wide eyes *

oh!
Posted by: Dems at March 17, 2025 05:49 PM (krQz2)

I haven't bought a carton of eggs in months, maybe more than a year.

Was really thinking of getting some eggs, and making them for dinner.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2025 05:51 PM (dGCAG)

17 Fighting within the Democrat party?

No way - that never gets reported!
Also, AOC wants Schumer Senate seat - do they mention that as a motive?

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2025 05:51 PM (Hkcdp)

18 Wonder how many copies USAID was on the hook for before defundung?

But yes. He's toast with one bad answer. He was always Nancy's bitch.

Posted by: Steve_in_SoCal at March 17, 2025 05:51 PM (JkCto)

19 Just wanted to know which other President was polled for a review of his effect on the economy after 60 days.

Obama was still allowed by the complicit press to blame Bush 6 years in.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 05:51 PM (OaZlZ)

20 Schumer looks OLD

he can't think on his feet; he's a mess

larry O'Donnell looks old too, all of a sudden

they're worn out, worn down

Posted by: Black Orchid at March 17, 2025 05:51 PM (Pv3Rg)

21 I know the Dems' polls are a little below par right now, but Schumer going onto The View tomorrow will really help their average!

Posted by: Hoover at March 17, 2025 05:52 PM (gKWVE)

22 He's afraid they'll throw raw cheeseburgers at him.
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I hope not--that might upset Mayor Pete and his partner who are busy nursing their child.

Posted by: Crusader at March 17, 2025 05:52 PM (TN0g+)

23 Yeah, the late 1900's, who knows, but we're past early twenty first century, finally. So grow up.

Posted by: Deplorable Minion at March 17, 2025 05:52 PM (QSrLX)

24 8What are these "equitable powers" that Boasberg is yakking about?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 17, 2025 05:49 PM (eVY9L)

“Equitable powers” are much like Penumbras and Emanations. It’s bullshit that left wing jurists make up when they know the actual law doesn’t come close to supporting their opinion.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2025 05:52 PM (uWKK8)

25 relax. despite trump, egg prices are still higher than they were this time last year.
Posted by: abc "news" (really) at March 17, 2025 05:51 PM (oY6Yp)

Everyone says Carter was a bad president.

What were the prices of eggs under Carter?

Hmm???

Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2025 05:52 PM (dGCAG)

26 Jessica Tarkovsky is an idiot who reliably repeats the DNCs talking points.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2025 05:53 PM (Hkcdp)

27 None of it means much while judges are allowed to be POTUS. Is scotus ever stepping in?

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at March 17, 2025 05:53 PM (Qv+mB)

28 I've been predicting street violence, assassinations, and so forth from crazed Democrats - and we've had some already - but if the first confirmed kill of a politician is Chuck Schumer, I'm gonna laugh my black little heart out.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 17, 2025 05:53 PM (BI5O2)

29 NBC wants to emphasize that the public still has doubts -- not that the public's mood has shifted much more positive than it had been.

It's been 2 months, and Drumpf hasn't made Faberge eggs affordable. I've had it, and want that drunk winestepmom instead.

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 17, 2025 05:53 PM (gBv1i)

30 The woman that bonked PDT with a microphone is a lezbo weirdo that works for NPR. They shouldn't let anyone like that anywhere near him.

Posted by: fd at March 17, 2025 05:54 PM (vFG9F)

31 Schumer looks OLD

he can't think on his feet; he's a mess

larry O'Donnell looks old too, all of a sudden

they're worn out, worn down
Posted by: Black Orchid at March 17, 2025 05:51 PM (Pv3Rg)

The new Democrat phrase is "at this moment."

It's tied to the new blood trying to push the old blood out.

At this moment/in this moment... it's our time.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2025 05:54 PM (dGCAG)

32 "Democrats, who overwhelmingly consider Trump too extreme, have yet to consolidate around any one-party leader to serve as a counterpoint. Asked in an open-ended question to name the Democratic leader they feel "best reflects the core values" of the party, 10% of Democratic-aligned adults name New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 9% former vice president Kamala Harris, 8% Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and 6% House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Another 4% each name former president Barack Obama and Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, with Schumer joining a handful of others at 2%."

This poll needs to add meth-addicted stripper as a choice. No doubt that a meth-addicted stripper would be seen by a majority of the country as being a better candidate for President than any of the Democrat choices listed above.

Posted by: Sasquatch, the Original Trans-Wookie at March 17, 2025 05:54 PM (QFp22)

33 I'm all out on my own on this one, but I actually think Schumer strategically made a smart move funding the government. I think many of the legalities of retaining workers goes out the window when a department has been defunded.

Maybe I'm wrong, but it seems many of these court cases come down to whether Congress funded a program or not.

Posted by: Leupold at March 17, 2025 05:54 PM (4pwAx)

34 Whatever happened to Carter?

Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2025 05:54 PM (0HaGk)

35
But they are also far below where previous presidents stood during the "honeymoon period" of new administrations,

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We haven't even entered the honeymoon phase yet with trump. This is the early days of an arranged marriage phase where the bride isn't sure she likes this. A year from now she'll be wanting to have another baby.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 17, 2025 05:54 PM (eVY9L)

36 That's the funniest Headline I have seen Ace use in a long time.


Well done.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 05:55 PM (npXNI)

37 It's tied to the new blood trying to push the old blood out.


sadly, the new blood is hobbled and gay as all fuck

Posted by: Black Orchid at March 17, 2025 05:55 PM (Pv3Rg)

38 A Rasmussen poll released last wknd also published terrible numbers for the ‘rats.

Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2025 05:55 PM (7kZ8R)

39 Antibiotic-resistant gonorrhea is polling slightly ahead of Democrats these days. Sad!

Posted by: bear with asymmetrical balls at March 17, 2025 05:55 PM (gBv1i)

40 I hope not--that might upset Mayor Pete and his partner who are busy nursing their child.
Posted by: Crusader at March 17, 2025 05:52 PM (TN0g+)

Isn't that little store-boughten brat about old enough to take the training wheels off her bicycle now?

Posted by: Alberta Oil Peon at March 17, 2025 05:55 PM (MqtqS)

41 This poll needs to add meth-addicted stripper as a choice. No doubt that a meth-addicted stripper would be seen by a majority of the country as being a better candidate for President than any of the Democrat choices listed above.

no way, fucko, i'm outta here

Posted by: Courtney! at March 17, 2025 05:55 PM (gKWVE)

42 Have we even hit the 1/2 way point in the First 100 Days, yet?

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 05:55 PM (npXNI)

43 This poll needs to add meth-addicted stripper as a choice

Vote for Destiny! Her song is still Pour Some Sugar On Me!

In all seriousness, supposedly strip clubs are having serious problems with low attendance these days. Everyone stays home and goons while watching onlyfans.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 05:55 PM (2VST1)

44 We haven't even entered the honeymoon phase yet with trump. This is the early days of an arranged marriage phase where the bride isn't sure she likes this. A year from now she'll be wanting to have another baby.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone

When's your next novel out?

Posted by: MkY at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (cPGH3)

45 34 Whatever happened to Carter?
Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2025 05:54 PM (0HaGk)

Michael Caine got him.

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (uWKK8)

46 Whatever happened to Carter?
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Well, he's technically deceased.

But despite his demise, his staff asserts he's as spry as ever, and that they have a difficult time keeping up with him!

Posted by: Crusader at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (TN0g+)

47
10% of Democratic-aligned adults name New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 9% former vice president Kamala Harris, 8% Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and 6% House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Another 4% each name former president Barack Obama and Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, with Schumer joining a handful of others at 2%."

============

Something off about the math here....

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (eVY9L)

48 The "doubts" are all pushed by the press.

Posted by: steevy at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (KQk9m)

49 Regarding La Belle France demanding their mouldering old whore be returned:

Pack up the hands
Pack up the tush
All on the ship
Give it a push
You'll be surprised
You're fixing the French Mistake

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (BI5O2)

50 Schumer to country: "cup your hands, I have to pee".

Posted by: Commissar of Plenty and Lysenkoism in Solidarity with the Struggle for festive little hats at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (TEJE9)

51 I'm hoping to finish the content Ace has provided here by midnight. Heh.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (mH6SG)

52 Yes, because the Demented Usurprer Biden drove the country into a ditch and it's taking time to get ourselves out of it.
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But how far do you think Trump could get if he said he "didn't want to hear from the guys who drove the country into the ditch"?

It was not a cause of concern when Obama said that he "didn't want to hear" from the guys he blamed.

But I bet it would be if Trump said it.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 05:57 PM (krQz2)

53 I am part of that 27% that approves highly of the Democrat party's current activities. It's overwhelmingly entertaining.

It's so bad for them right now that there a growing movement in the Blue states to want Canada's newly installed Gnome (Mark Carney) to serve as Guardian of the United States. That's how you know that no democrat has stepped up to fill the leadership void. The NPC's are looking to Canada. Incidentally, you want to know why no US democrat has stepped forward? It's because they know DOGE and Trump will put them under the microscope, and there are toooo many skeletons in the closet for all the chosen ones. So they are keeping a low profile.

Posted by: Orson at March 17, 2025 05:57 PM (dIske)

54 Fani Willis ordered to pay $54,000 for 'intentional' violations in Trump case

https://tinyurl.com/3yy5kz7z

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2025 05:57 PM (NpAcC)

55 I haven't seen writing with such inside out deceptive perspective since the days of Leonid Bresznev.

Commies gonna commie.

Posted by: Minuteman at March 17, 2025 05:57 PM (47/pr)

56 I like the idea of getting rid of that statue

just send back the head, re-use the rest of the metal and coat it in gold - Statue of Donald John Trump!!!

Posted by: Black Orchid at March 17, 2025 05:57 PM (Pv3Rg)

57 glad to report Little League is back in spades in our town after getting trashed by covid crap

Posted by: DanMan at March 17, 2025 05:57 PM (8uzBS)

58 >>I'm hoping to finish the content Ace has provided here by midnight.


The only thing reading the content can do is make you forget how awesome the Headline is.

Best to just read the Headline and get straight to commenting.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 05:58 PM (npXNI)

59
Posted by: MkY at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (cPGH3

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I'm not talking about Trump and his voters.I'm talking about trump and the people who didn't vote for him.

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 17, 2025 05:58 PM (eVY9L)

60 Keep the statue, remove the damn commie poem on its base !!

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2025 05:58 PM (Hkcdp)

61 Schumer is old, Pelosi is old , AOC, Crockett and Jefferies are nitwits. Sanders is a laughable old communist coot. The propaganda ministers are brain damaged.
Trump is lucky in his enemies.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2025 05:58 PM (bVN1m)

62 What are these "equitable powers" that Boasberg is yakking about?
_____

Judges can do some presidenting, and the president can do some judging. Right?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2025 05:58 PM (Dv3i1)

63 The "doubts" are all pushed by the press.

Posted by: steevy at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (KQk9m)
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Probably the preface of each poll is a page or two of negative framing, and then the question.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (krQz2)

64 10% of Democratic-aligned adults name New York Rep. Alexandria Ocasio-Cortez, 9% former vice president Kamala Harris, 8% Vermont Sen. Bernie Sanders and 6% House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries. Another 4% each name former president Barack Obama and Texas Rep. Jasmine Crockett, with Schumer joining a handful of others at 2%."

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Something off about the math here....

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If the numbers presented here seem a little off, its because they were prepared by a woman.....

Posted by: Zombie Norm MacDonald at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (TN0g+)

65 Best to just read the Headline and get straight to commenting.

Yes, I'm leaning in that direction.

Posted by: Notorious BFD at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (mH6SG)

66 How heavily toward Democrat was this poll weighted?

Is this more like a Sep. 2024 poll, which NBC had Kamala leading 49%-45%, or an Oct. 2024 poll thst showed a 48%-48% split?

Posted by: tankdemon at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (R256O)

67 My biggest fear with Trump is many of the things he needs to do are going to "hurt" the economy.

If you curtail like a trillion in government spending and lay off hundreds of thousands of gov workers, it does have negative effects, short term. Same with tarrifs.

I support these things, but I can't pretend it wont cause turbulence.

Posted by: Leupold at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (4pwAx)

68 What are these "equitable powers" that Boasberg is yakking about?
_____

Judges can do some presidenting, and the president can do some judging. Right?
Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2025 05:58 PM (Dv3i1)
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Nein! No judging!

Posted by: Hawaiian Judge at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (krQz2)

69 just send back the head, re-use the rest of the metal and coat it in gold - Statue of Donald John Trump!!!
Posted by: Black Orchid at March 17, 2025 05:57 PM (Pv3Rg)

Oh please! Turn it into the WarHammer Trump!

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (uWKK8)

70 I'm not talking about Trump and his voters.I'm talking about trump and the people who didn't vote for him.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone

I get it.
I just enjoyed your turn of phrase.

Posted by: MkY at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (cPGH3)

71 So I guess the take away from this post is the Democrats are full of crap and they are eating it. I like.

Posted by: Alteria Pilgram - My President has convictions. at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (hjWnr)

72 Whatever happened to Carter?
------------
Well, he's technically deceased.

But despite his demise, his staff asserts he's as spry as ever, and that they have a difficult time keeping up with him!
Posted by: Crusader at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (TN0g+)

He's already promised to vote straight Democrat tickets in 2026, 2028, and 2030.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 17, 2025 06:00 PM (VNX3d)

73 This is false as #MAGARegret is trending on BlueSky.

So, so many lifetime conservatives, first time callers admitting they regret their vote for Trump.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 17, 2025 06:00 PM (7oyRZ)

74 But I saw a big anti0 - Trump protest video from Chicago and Jefferies says they have the momentum on their side.

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2025 06:00 PM (fwDg9)

75 >>My biggest fear with Trump is many of the things he needs to do are going to "hurt" the economy.



Oh Noes!


Please, Sir. Not my Fake Economy! Anything but muh Inflated Numbers!

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:00 PM (npXNI)

76
Posted by: MkY at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (cPGH3

============

Oh! (Curtseys)

Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone at March 17, 2025 06:00 PM (eVY9L)

77 This has been quite the Monday news day!

I need a cigarette, and I don’t even smoke.

Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2025 06:00 PM (7kZ8R)

78 FART-Tubing..... Let's dew it !!!!

Posted by: Mary Clogginstein from Brattleboro, Vt at March 17, 2025 06:00 PM (FDlb9)

79 I am old enough to remember when the Constitution granted specific powers and if not explicitly there then it don't exist.
That's why the Legislature used to say, "Ummm, Commerce Clause, yeah that's the ticket, it's the commerce clause."

Never would have guessed that every federal judge, even those not mentioned in the constitution,has a Super Edict authority to direct anyone in the Executive branch to do anything they feel.

Trump should fuck with them right back, "Vetoed!"

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 17, 2025 06:00 PM (/lPRQ)

80
22 Days Since lizard-face carville predicted "total collapse in thirty days"

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 17, 2025 06:00 PM (9RB1C)

81 Keep the statue, remove the damn commie poem on its base !!
Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2025 05:58 PM (Hkcdp)
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Or send it back. Fuck New York. Fuck New York harbor.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:01 PM (krQz2)

82 but I can't pretend it wont cause turbulence.
Posted by: Leupold at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (4pwAx)

A lot of this is being hashed out in the stock market now. Investors tend to predict these things which is how they stay rich enough to invest.
Wait awhile and watch the stocks take off.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 17, 2025 06:01 PM (gKWVE)

83 Do any of these imbeciles actually believe what they're saying or nah?

I vacillate between they know they're lying, we know they're lying and they know we know they're lying and they're special needs.

Posted by: CaliGirl at March 17, 2025 06:02 PM (GMfeY)

84 I've come to the conclusion that a lot of these judges have entered the "Look at Me! I'm Important!" stage of being a little kid.

The appropriate response is closer to a spanking, and sent to bed without supper. Giving them attention just makes them worse.

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 17, 2025 06:02 PM (VNX3d)

85 The whole shutdown thing really was well played.

I kind of wish they had gone ahead with the shutdown ad given their base what they wanted.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 17, 2025 06:02 PM (bss/y)

86 but I can't pretend it wont cause turbulence.
Posted by: Leupold at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (4pwAx)

A lot of this is being hashed out in the stock market now. Investors tend to predict these things which is how they stay rich enough to invest.
Wait awhile and watch the stocks take off.
Posted by: gKWVE
==

I'm in the camp it's probably best to just rip it off like a bandage.

That's basically what Reagan did, 80-82 was bad, but then America never soared as high.

Posted by: Leupold at March 17, 2025 06:03 PM (4pwAx)

87 >>A lot of this is being hashed out in the stock market now. Investors tend to predict these things which is how they stay rich enough to invest.
Wait awhile and watch the stocks take off.


Stocks have another 30-40% of their Value to shed before they are can be viewed as an indicator of anything real re. Economics.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:03 PM (npXNI)

88 "as a lifelong Republican, I regret the skyrocketing price of quality Boapha since the inauguration"

Posted by: gKWVE, dialing in at March 17, 2025 06:03 PM (gKWVE)

89 Just 63% of Democrats and Democratic-leaning independents report a favorable view of their own party

That's like polling heterosexual men with the question, "Do you like women?" and getting only 63% saying "Yes."

The Democratic Party is doing something SO wrong that 37% of Democratic Party members hate the Democratic Party.

Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2025 06:03 PM (pMi6S)

90 Whatever happened to Carter?
Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2025 05:54 PM (0HaGk)

Still attending John McCain's funeral, I think.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2025 06:03 PM (dGCAG)

91 Boasberg apparently ended the hearing with no findings. He's got to call Barack and Jarrett to find out what to do

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2025 06:04 PM (bVN1m)

92 70 I'm not talking about Trump and his voters.I'm talking about trump and the people who didn't vote for him.
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone."

I'm talkin' bout... Pop Music!!!

https://tinyurl.com/yf9ymxp6

Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2025 06:04 PM (uWKK8)

93 Never would have guessed that every federal judge, even those not mentioned in the constitution,has a Super Edict authority to direct anyone in the Executive branch to do anything they feel.

Trump should fuck with them right back, "Vetoed!"
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 17, 2025 06:00 PM (/lPRQ)
---
The President is a Constitutional entity. Congress is a Constitutional entity. Supreme Court is a Constitutional entity.

Lower courts are created by Congress "as needed". They're barely mentioned in the Constitution.

This is silly.

But highly indicative of the excesses of tin-pot dictator judges who write "opinions" into "rule(ing)s".

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:05 PM (krQz2)

94
Stocks have another 30-40% of their Value to shed before they are can be viewed as an indicator of anything real re. Economics.
Posted by: garrett

==
That's the other problem, stock market is still way too bubbly. I was hoping the correction would come while Biden was in charge.

It just feels like 1999 right now.

Posted by: Leupold at March 17, 2025 06:05 PM (4pwAx)

95 I'm omnipotent! My wife told me so.

Posted by: Judge Boasberg at March 17, 2025 06:05 PM (Aqu9a)

96 Or send it back. Fuck New York. Fuck New York harbor.

Why should we pay for the shipping? Let the frogs come and get it.

Posted by: Oddbob at March 17, 2025 06:05 PM (/y8xj)

97 I support these things, but I can't pre

Short term pain, long term gain

Posted by: kallisto at March 17, 2025 06:05 PM (IYvE+)

98 33 I'm all out on my own on this one, but I actually think Schumer strategically made a smart move funding the government.
Posted by: Leupold

Agreed. Maybe adjudication on the insane federal court dictates will be good but shutting them down along with the rest of the fedgov could have shattered what's left of the left.

Posted by: Auspex at March 17, 2025 06:05 PM (j4U/Z)

99 Fifty-five percent of voters approve of his handling of border security and immigration, while 43% disapprove. A similar share, 56%, say he's bringing the "right kind of change" on the issue,
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Well, I'm sure the Democrats going all-in on preventing the deportation of murderers, rapists, thieves, gang members and terrorists will convince the public Trump is WRONG.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 17, 2025 06:05 PM (7oyRZ)

100 I've come to the conclusion that a lot of these judges have entered the "Look at Me! I'm Important!" stage of being a little kid.

They all think they are the knight in shining armor stepping up to hold the bridge against the barbarian hordes. THIS IS THEIR MOMENT. They are the ones they have been waiting for. No one else can save them except JUDGE MAN (cape flapping)

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:05 PM (2VST1)

101 The problem is that half of that 37% of disaffected Democrats are Trump-curious, while the other half are Marx-curious.

Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2025 06:05 PM (pMi6S)

102 >>The President is a Constitutional entity. Congress is a Constitutional entity. Supreme Court is a Constitutional entity.


Really, only the Chief Justice is a Constitutional entity.

The rest of the Court is tradition.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:06 PM (npXNI)

103 Halperin's podcast has become a pretty good political conversation. The Dem Dan whatever is actually somewhat stable

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2025 06:06 PM (bVN1m)

104 Oh, of course we won't take that statue back.

But I would.

The French are trying to score points with their bitchy little note. I'd call that bluff.

There would be welders with cutting torches on Liberty Island tomorrow morning, hacking that green slattern up and packing her into the hold of a vessel that's supposed to be full of armaments with a note taped to her crotch that says:

Now
Another
Treaty's
Over

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 17, 2025 06:06 PM (BI5O2)

105 Michael Caine got him.
Posted by: Tom Servo at March 17, 2025 05:56 PM (uWKK

Nobody gets Carter!

Posted by: Syl Scallone at March 17, 2025 06:06 PM (dGCAG)

106 Leupd, Bessent said Trump asked him to come up with a plan to deal with that 18 months ago.

The press may freak out about it, but they have already con show the massive feeder job and program cuts, and tariffs, will hurt the economy and have plans for dealing with it. Sure, there will be some surprises and mishaps, but this is the best team to weather the storm. These cuts have to happen to save the country — it would be much worse if they weren’t doing this so drastically.

Posted by: Lizzy at March 17, 2025 06:06 PM (Hkcdp)

107 That's like polling heterosexual men with the question, "Do you like women?" and getting only 63% saying "Yes."

Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2025 06:03 PM (pMi6S)
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Are Democrats like Corey Booker in the mix?

Then that's not so far fetched.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:06 PM (krQz2)

108 Im melting! Ahhhh I'm melting...oooooo
-Democrat Party of Witches.

Posted by: I I'm gumby damn it! at March 17, 2025 06:07 PM (37aB+)

109 I don't remember a time when the Democrat Party was in such bad shape. Given the makeup of the party I don't see a path back for them unless they make major changes.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 17, 2025 06:07 PM (LkLld)

110 My biggest fear with Trump is many of the things he needs to do are going to "hurt" the economy.

If you curtail like a trillion in government spending and lay off hundreds of thousands of gov workers, it does have negative effects, short term. Same with tarrifs.

I support these things, but I can't pretend it wont cause turbulence.
Posted by: Leupold at March 17, 2025 05:59 PM (4pwAx)

All the waste in real stuff is dwarfed by the outright fraud going on. its like wondering how crack dealers are doing financially.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 17, 2025 06:08 PM (n7h9X)

111 Libs of TikTok
@libsoftiktok

Texas Attorney General Ken Paxton just announced the arrest of a woman who was providing illegal abortions and operating an illegal network of medical clinics in the Houston area.

The clinics, which employed individuals posing as medical professionals, have all been shut down.

Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2025 06:08 PM (NpAcC)

112 >>I don't remember a time when the Democrat Party was in such bad shape.


1983-1988.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:08 PM (npXNI)

113 @98, 33. I agree Schumer made the right move. We , however, are not deranged Dems who are out of their minds with rage

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2025 06:09 PM (bVN1m)

114 Now, if we'd all only consent ot being ass-raped by a dude in a wig who calls himself Daffodil Unicorn then we'd be peacefully converted to wokeism. It's that easy.

Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2025 06:09 PM (pMi6S)

115 Admit it, MAGA's. We got y'all on the run.

Posted by: Hakeem Sees All Hakeem Knows All at March 17, 2025 06:09 PM (paSBy)

116 This may have been posted already, but it's news to me-- just broke in the last hour.

Trump at the Kennedy Center saying that he's going to release all the JFK files tomorrow, and has instructed his people that there are to be no redactions.

Posted by: Just reporting at March 17, 2025 06:09 PM (O0wCY)

117 Trump should fuck with them right back, "Vetoed!"
Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 17, 2025 06:00 PM (/lPRQ)
---
The President is a Constitutional entity. Congress is a Constitutional entity. Supreme Court is a Constitutional entity.

Lower courts are created by Congress "as needed". They're barely mentioned in the Constitution.

This is silly.

But highly indicative of the excesses of tin-pot dictator judges who write "opinions" into "rule(ing)s".
Posted by: Axeman

And being a creature of Congress is exactly why Trump can veto them. Worth it just for fun.

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 17, 2025 06:09 PM (/lPRQ)

118 These cuts have to happen to save the country — it would be much worse if they weren’t doing this so drastically.
Posted by: Lizzy
==
Agree 100%

It has to be done. We wont have a country anymore.

If there was one part of Trump's agenda I would put on the back burner, it's probably the tariffs. I'm for them, but I think it needs to be rolled out slowly and not have consumer price shocks. too much uncertainty.

Goal is to get manufacturing to relocate to US. That's a long term play, not an over night deal.

Posted by: Leupold at March 17, 2025 06:09 PM (4pwAx)

119 >>I agree Schumer made the right move.


In the end.

But he made a huge mistake in making a fiery speech to the counter only days before.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:10 PM (npXNI)

120 LOL but James Carville says Trump's polling will collapse any day now.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 17, 2025 06:10 PM (7oyRZ)

121 They all think they are the knight in shining armor stepping up to hold the bridge against the barbarian hordes. THIS IS THEIR MOMENT. They are the ones they have been waiting for. No one else can save them except JUDGE MAN (cape flapping)

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:05 PM (2VST1)
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I'm reasonably sure, they don't think that. I'm reasonably sure the smartest Democrats know that's only shit they feed to their supporters.

I'm reasonably sure they are ideologues who know that ideology doesn't fly so well with the American masses, so they have to couch it in terms that Trump is pulling a fast one and they are the last legal line of defense against Trump Kong.

Of course, there could also be some real stupid ones in the bunch.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:10 PM (krQz2)

122 WH curb stomps then skull fucks DC judge who ordered Trumps bitches returned to US soI l. https://tinyurl.com/ye2a346x

Posted by: I I'm gumby damn it! at March 17, 2025 06:10 PM (37aB+)

123 The clinics, which employed individuals posing as medical professionals, have all been shut down.

But my dick extension is still good, right?

Right?

Posted by: Ali Bubba at March 17, 2025 06:11 PM (/LD7G)

124 I don't remember a time when the Democrat Party was in such bad shape.

1994 was BRUTAL for Democrats, they were totally off balance and out of power, all the momentum was with the Republicans and they blasted out of the gate to get all this great stuff done. Then things were completely overturned within 2 years and the Republicans lost both houses of congress by 1998

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:11 PM (2VST1)

125 Im melting! Ahhhh I'm melting...oooooo
-Democrat Party of Witches.

Posted by: I I'm gumby damn it! at March 17, 2025 06:07 PM (37aB+)

I just realized, someone needs to make a meme: The Ring Wraith (labeled as Democrat Party) is confronting the helmeted swordholder, saying "No man may defeat me."

Then the helmet comes off, revealing [Insert your favorite Democrat harpie here] who says "You are not a biologist!"

Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2025 06:11 PM (dGCAG)

126 116 This may have been posted already, but it's news to me-- just broke in the last hour.

Trump at the Kennedy Center saying that he's going to release all the JFK files tomorrow, and has instructed his people that there are to be no redactions.
Posted by: Just reporting

I've got my tinfoil hat fully adjusted and the Zapruder film on auto-repeat. I'm ready.

Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2025 06:11 PM (pMi6S)

127 >>1983-1988.

This feels worse. They brought so many freaks and lunatics into the party and gave them prominence and now they are source of energy in the party. The lunatics are running the party and they appeal to a very small group of voters.

Posted by: JackStraw at March 17, 2025 06:12 PM (LkLld)

128 >>1994 was BRUTAL for Democrats


They had the White House, though.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:12 PM (npXNI)

129 Then things were completely overturned within 2 years and the Republicans lost both houses of congress by 1998
Posted by: Christopher R Taylor
==
Republicans still controlled both houses of Congress after 98 election.

Posted by: Leupold at March 17, 2025 06:13 PM (4pwAx)

130 imagine come january 2027 when ocasio-crackpot and mazi hirono are fighting for the title of dumbest senator. imagine the look on liz warren's face when she realizes she has to take a back seat to aoc. imagine joe biden showing up at the white house and asking people why his key doesn't work

Posted by: gnats local 678 at March 17, 2025 06:13 PM (CWTWj)

131 The Statue of Liberty was nothing more than a Marxist Camel's nose.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:13 PM (krQz2)

132 Christopher Taylor, I think the GOP still had the House until 2006. The Senate flipped in 2001 after the election when Jim Jeffords from VT pulled his affiliation and caucused with Daschle.

Posted by: gKWVE at March 17, 2025 06:13 PM (gKWVE)

133 I don't remember a time when the Democrat Party was in such bad shape.


1983-1988.
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The early 70s as well--George McGovern got beaten as badly as anyone has in a Presidential race.

Posted by: Zombie Norm MacDonald at March 17, 2025 06:13 PM (TN0g+)

134 The BB:

"A Federal Judge Orders Astronauts to be Returned to Space Station"

Also:

Kate Hyde
@KateHydeNY

Gotta love that while Mark Kelly was trading in his Tesla, Elon Musk was flying into space to save Kelly's fellow astronauts who were abandoned by Joe Biden's autopen.

Posted by: Cheri at March 17, 2025 06:13 PM (oiNtH)

135 During Reagan's years Tip O'Neill rolled him on the immigration deal. The Dems also jammed him up with the Iran Contra stuff

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2025 06:14 PM (bVN1m)

136 I don't remember a time when the Democrat Party was in such bad shape.
-----

1983-1988.
Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:08 PM (npXNI)

They still held the House then.

You'd have to go back to post-Civil War.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2025 06:14 PM (dGCAG)

137 >>This feels worse. They brought so many freaks and lunatics into the party and gave them prominence and now they are source of energy in the party. The lunatics are running the party and they appeal to a very small group of voters.


Oh, it will be worse for them.

Their Old Guard has no backup. Back in the 80s/early 90s, it was the Communist Wing of the Party that was isolating them...But - That faction was headed up by the Lion of the Senate and bolstered by the Media Establishment.

They ain't got either of that, now.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:14 PM (npXNI)

138 Disassemble the statue and send France the bill. And tell them when the pickup time is.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:14 PM (krQz2)

139 You know there are dems who are hoping the astronauts burn up on reentry.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 17, 2025 06:14 PM (bss/y)

140 Video of Trump in the last hour with his announcement about the JFK files:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLdNqmJXGzI

Posted by: Just reporting at March 17, 2025 06:14 PM (O0wCY)

141 I'm in the camp it's probably best to just rip it off like a bandage.

That's basically what Reagan did, 80-82 was bad, but then America never soared as high.
Posted by: Leupold at March 17, 2025 06:03 PM (4pwAx)

And for every day from 83-90 the media could say nothing but how bad the economy was yearly, inflation was just around the corner, and we were all going to die in WWIII

Posted by: Oldcat at March 17, 2025 06:14 PM (n7h9X)

142 The real mystery of Nov 22, 1963 is: How did Abraham Zapruder get his hands on an iPhone, to record the shooting? Inquiring minds need to know. Answer that question and you uncover the conspiracy.

Posted by: zombie at March 17, 2025 06:14 PM (pMi6S)

143 Fani Willis ordered to pay $54,000 for 'intentional' violations in Trump case

https://tinyurl.com/3yy5kz7z
Posted by: redridinghood at March 17, 2025 05:57 PM (NpAcC)

Fani gets slapped in the fannie ! hahahaha so great

Posted by: Joy Reid at March 17, 2025 06:15 PM (NtVYv)

144 >>They still held the House then.


Yes. But they were on the precipice of losing it in under 5 years by, 88.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:15 PM (npXNI)

145 WH curb stomps then skull fucks DC judge who ordered Trumps bitches returned to US soI l. https://tinyurl.com/ye2a346x
Posted by: I I'm gumby damn it!

Did they strip that asshole judge of his security clearances yet?

Posted by: Itinerant Alley Butcher at March 17, 2025 06:15 PM (/lPRQ)

146 "A Federal Judge Orders Astronauts to be Returned to Space Station"



Gold, Jerry!

Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2025 06:15 PM (0HaGk)

147 The Statue of Liberty was nothing more than a Marxist Camel's nose.
Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:13 PM (krQz2)

The Statue of Liberty was originally designed for the Mediterranean end of the Suez canal, but there were no investors to pay for it.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 06:15 PM (D7oie)

148 I think we should polish the Statue of Liberty. Make her a bronze goddess instead of a corrupted, decayed and tarnished trollop.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 17, 2025 06:16 PM (bss/y)

149 What are these "equitable powers" that Boasberg is yakking about?
Posted by: Blonde Morticia's phone

You must use your powers equitably.

If you deport 250 latino gangsters, you must also deport 250 law-abiding white dudes. Or import 250 muslim terrorists.

Posted by: mikeski at March 17, 2025 06:16 PM (DgGvY)

150 But this is also more false as Tim Walz was "well received" at the Iowa townhall.

Take that MAGA!
Tim Power will crush you!
Walz-mentum is unstoppable!

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 17, 2025 06:16 PM (7oyRZ)

151 The Statue of Liberty was nothing more than a Marxist Camel's nose.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:13 PM (krQz2)
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Okay, that was too extreme.

little more

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:16 PM (krQz2)

152 I think we all agree...this ain't getting any better for the Dems, any time soon.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:16 PM (npXNI)

153 Video of Trump in the last hour with his announcement about the JFK files:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLdNqmJXGzI
Posted by: Just reporting at March 17, 2025 06:14 PM (O0wCY)

Should at least be interesting. Now release Obama's

Posted by: Hatari somewhere on Ventura Highway at March 17, 2025 06:17 PM (NtVYv)

154 I think we should polish the Statue of Liberty. Make her a bronze goddess instead of a corrupted, decayed and tarnished trollop.
Posted by: Aetius451AD

Trump's in office.

Gold filigree or GTFO.

Posted by: mikeski at March 17, 2025 06:17 PM (DgGvY)

155
Who cares about his polls with Democrats? How's he polling with stranded astronauts?

FOR THE LAST TIME, THEY ARE NOT STRANDED!

-- CNN, if we added "Hysterical" to our name, then we'd be CHNN (Khan!)!

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 17, 2025 06:17 PM (xG4kz)

156 " You know there are dems who are hoping the astronauts burn up on reentry.
Posted by: Aetius451AD "


And would run to the net to gloat about it.

Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2025 06:17 PM (0HaGk)

157 Yeah you are right, it took a few years longer to lose congress, but by 1998, effectively the Democrats were in control anyway. All that momentum and excitement and leadership was gone, they defaulted to GOPe standard.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:17 PM (2VST1)

158 Sooth so let's party like there is only 8 days left

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2025 06:17 PM (fwDg9)

159 83-88 was just people who were sick of Jimmy and liking Ron a lot.

This is different. Democrats have held every commanding height in this society for decades now, and they were just sent packing for a 34-TIME CONVICTED FELON AND NAZI.

This wasn't a referendum on a President. It was a rejection of the existing order.

Posted by: Yudhishthira's Dice at March 17, 2025 06:17 PM (BI5O2)

160 Yes. But they were on the precipice of losing it in under 5 years by, 88.
Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:15 PM (npXNI)

Sure, but 5 years is a long time, obviously.

There were still men in the Democrat Party in the 80s, and they were still formidable opponents.

Reagan sure thought so.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2025 06:17 PM (dGCAG)

161 152 I think we all agree...this ain't getting any better for the Dems, any time soon.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:16 PM (npXNI)

Not suck each other's dicks just yet. MMMMMmm.

Posted by: Yoda at March 17, 2025 06:18 PM (bss/y)

162 You know there are dems who are hoping the astronauts burn up on reentry.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 17, 2025 06:14 PM (bss/y)
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Or the "chopstick catch" fails.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:18 PM (krQz2)

163
Who cares about the JFK files.

I want the Epstein "suicide" murder files.

Posted by: Soothsayer at March 17, 2025 06:18 PM (9RB1C)

164 Someone with an X account should ask CNN if they will send a reporter into space aboard Boeing's Space Edsel.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 06:18 PM (b1S6W)

165 Nobody's said "Preference Cascade" yet?

It's like I don't even know you people.

Be better, ace. Be better.

Posted by: Washington Nearsider, still gloating at March 17, 2025 06:19 PM (OuB2L)

166 Not suck each other's dicks just yet. MMMMMmm.
Posted by: Yoda at March 17, 2025 06:18 PM (bss/y)
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Or ever.

I'm going to just put that option on the table.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:19 PM (krQz2)

167 They all think they are the knight in shining armor stepping up to hold the bridge against the barbarian hordes. THIS IS THEIR MOMENT. They are the ones they have been waiting for. No one else can save them except JUDGE MAN (cape flapping)
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Wave a Covid lawsuit in their face and they melt like the Wicked Witch of the East.

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 17, 2025 06:19 PM (7oyRZ)

168 Fuck New York. Fuck New York harbor.
Posted by: Axeman

Everybody who has ever visited heartily endorses your sentiment.

Posted by: Auspex at March 17, 2025 06:19 PM (j4U/Z)

169 >>1983-1988.

This feels worse. They brought so many freaks and lunatics into the party and gave them prominence and now they are source of energy in the party. The lunatics are running the party and they appeal to a very small group of voters.
Posted by: JackStraw at March 17, 2025 06:12 PM (LkLld)

They always had the machine Democrats and fixers that were able to create safe seats with some modest fraud in exchange for helping out the odd guy with a ticket. But those guys are dead and their replacements don't understand the levers and the college boy and girl heirs hate the average Americans. Now they are under assault by the zealots and they have no response.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 17, 2025 06:19 PM (n7h9X)

170 I'm going to hazard a guess a majority of Americans are pleased with the lack of "business as usual" in Washington.

Only the insane believe doing the same government nonsense over and over will eventually lead to success.

President Trump is moving hard to hit countries with tariffs while reducing taxes at home. I think President Trump knows reducing taxes while raising tariffs is, at worst, neutral for citizens from a paycheck standpoint. However, I believe President Trump believes rebuilding the middle class will help everyone and, in the end, people will reap huge benefits over the long term.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 17, 2025 06:19 PM (tT6L1)

171 The lunatics are running the party and they appeal to a very small group of voters.
Posted by: JackStraw

If you polled them, 63% wouldn't appeal to themselves.

Posted by: mikeski at March 17, 2025 06:20 PM (DgGvY)

172 So the Democratic Party's appeal is more...selective, now, right?

Posted by: Crusader at March 17, 2025 06:20 PM (TN0g+)

173 I'm going to just put that option on the table.
Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:19 PM (krQz2)

In our house, that's always on the table!

Posted by: Chasten Buttigieg at March 17, 2025 06:20 PM (PiwSw)

174 WH curb stomps then skull fucks DC judge who ordered Trumps bitches returned to US soI l. https://tinyurl.com/ye2a346x
Posted by: I I'm gumby damn it!

Nice. Trump could always suggest that if the Judge has issue with this, he just needs to send his bailiffs down there to get them back. Let hilarity ensue.

Posted by: Cheri at March 17, 2025 06:21 PM (oiNtH)

175 DOGE is cutting off the Dims' cash cow. That's another big difference between today and past times they were down.

Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 17, 2025 06:21 PM (paSBy)

176 I think we all agree...this ain't getting any better for the Dems, any time soon.

The difference I see now than from times in the past is that the Democrats are still doubling down on topics they call 80/20: the vast majority of the population in America are not just opposed by STRONGLY opposed to. Joe Average and Jane Housewife do NOT WANT MEN IN THEIR DAUGHTER'S BATHROOM. They do not want middle school girls forced to strip in front of the boy who calls himself a girl. They do not like their tax dollars being sent to Peruvian transexual opera.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:21 PM (2VST1)

177
The Statue of Liberty was nothing more than ...

Somewhere in this household, there is a picture of our much younger son in his middle school days, posing under the foot of the Statue of Liberty as though he was being crushed, with him screaming in panic. I found it hysterical (still do).

Posted by: Krebs v Carnot: Epic Battle of the Cycling Stars (TM) Imprison! Imprison! Imprison! at March 17, 2025 06:21 PM (xG4kz)

178 So the Democratic Party's appeal is more...selective, now, right?

Well Bedlam only appeals to a certain set also.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 06:21 PM (b1S6W)

179 And to answer the unasked question:

Yes. I am entertained.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:21 PM (npXNI)

180 175 DOGE is cutting off the Dims' cash cow. That's another big difference between today and past times they were down.
Posted by: Meade Lux Lewis, Domestic Terrorist at March 17, 2025 06:21 PM (paSBy)

I'll be interested to see what ripple effects that has. They seemed to go particularly apeshit over that one.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 17, 2025 06:22 PM (bss/y)

181 Who cares about the JFK files.

I want the Epstein "suicide" murder files.
Posted by: Soothsayer at March 17, 2025 06:18 PM (9RB1C)

The CIA cares, that's who.

Posted by: BurtTC at March 17, 2025 06:22 PM (dGCAG)

182 However, I believe President Trump believes rebuilding the middle class will help everyone and, in the end, people will reap huge benefits over the long term.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 17, 2025 06:19 PM (tT6L1)

The official line is: Trump is confused and is striking out erratically hoping to find a theme that will resonate with his populist base.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 06:22 PM (D7oie)

183 Speaking of eggs: My wife went in to buy eggs at our local store, they were pushing $12/dozen. She's thinking, "what, prices are down.."

Hit another store, $6/doz.

yeah, the price of eggs is down, some stores haven't yet got the message, however.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 17, 2025 06:22 PM (tT6L1)

184 >>Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:21 PM (2VST1)


And the Media no longer has a Blanket to cover shit up for them.
The media has a Hand Towel at best.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:22 PM (npXNI)

185 I'm going to just put that option on the table.
Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:19 PM (krQz2)

Much obliged.

Posted by: Career Bridgebuilder Engineer at March 17, 2025 06:23 PM (Aqu9a)

186 > "Video of Trump in the last hour with his announcement about the JFK files":

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BLdNqmJXGzI

>>"Should at least be interesting."

They're releasing "about 80,000 pages."

Posted by: Just reporting at March 17, 2025 06:23 PM (O0wCY)

187 The democrat party went communist at some point, the problem they have is the majority of their own party are doughy headed useful idiot champagne socialists who rather than engage in old-fashioned philanthropy and personal civic virtue hired the Boss Tweed graftocrats to do the legwork for them.

The thing is the academics are stone cold communists who believe at this point in Marx more than the former Soviets.

We need either a national divorce or an actual come to Jesus moment, because a strong plurality of democrats are actively trying to bugchase a Rhodesian level genocide to protect their rice bowls.

Pleasant reading everyone.

Posted by: sven at March 17, 2025 06:23 PM (X0I7i)

188 They always had the machine Democrats and fixers that were able to create safe seats with some modest fraud in exchange for helping out the odd guy with a ticket. But those guys are dead and their replacements don't understand the levers and the college boy and girl heirs hate the average Americans. Now they are under assault by the zealots and they have no response.
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When more and more of the Democrat office fillers became "fundamentally non-serious" choices, they took their eye off the ball. Old school Democrats were always in it for the graft, but they still managed to fix a few potholes, get a park painted, clean up a block or two of bad neighborhoods, etc--just enough "help" that the complaints were muted. But THIS generation of *Grifters* is focused SOLELY on the fraud--ain't nobody fixing anything, and the conversations now are no longer about fixing anything but rather pointless & estoteric arguments about how that man in the dress over there isn't really a man and should be allowed into the woman's lockerroom along with your daughter.

Posted by: Crusader at March 17, 2025 06:24 PM (TN0g+)

189 I want the Epstein "suicide" murder files.

Yeah that matters a hell of a lot more to me than JFK. That guy was whacked, but worse, he was involved in slavery and child trafficking, molesting kids and teens. I don't care if it burns down the entire system, people MUST PAY.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:24 PM (2VST1)

190 there are groups setting up to do co-ordinated reads of the JFK papers. I do wonder what an AI trawl of the release will produce, too.

Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 06:25 PM (D7oie)

191 It's wicked witch of the West.

I just can't even with you people.

Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2025 06:25 PM (0HaGk)

192 The official line is: Trump is confused and is striking out erratically hoping to find a theme that will resonate with his populist base.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 06:22 PM (D7oie)

The entertainment of this 'flailing' is awesome even if we get no other benefit.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 17, 2025 06:25 PM (bss/y)

193 Who cares about his polls with Democrats? How's he polling with stranded astronauts?

FOR THE LAST TIME, THEY ARE NOT STRANDED!
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They overstayed their welcome?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2025 06:25 PM (Dv3i1)

194 The official line is: Trump is confused and is striking out erratically hoping to find a theme that will resonate with his populist base.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 06:22 PM (D7oie)
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That's because the usual suspects cannot understand lower taxes will offset higher prices due to tariffs.

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 17, 2025 06:26 PM (tT6L1)

195 Seeking verification, but looks like Trump just stripped Ashley and Hunter Biden of security. Being in South Africa without 18 agents (!) might feel a lil different to ol Hunter.

Posted by: Piper at March 17, 2025 06:26 PM (p4NUW)

196 163
Who cares about the JFK files.

I want the Epstein "suicide" murder files.
Posted by: Soothsayer

I want the Big Mike prostate exam.

Posted by: Auspex at March 17, 2025 06:26 PM (j4U/Z)

197 "Nasty crabfarming whore..." that's funny right there

Posted by: Mark Andrew Edwards, buy ammo at March 17, 2025 06:26 PM (xcxpd)

198 What if we just replaced a few things on the Statue of Liberty?

Put Joseph McCarthy's Face on it.

Replace the Torch with a Diana Ross and the Supremes 'Stop in the Name of Love' pose.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:26 PM (npXNI)

199 It's wicked witch of the West.

I just can't even with you people.
Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2025 06:25 PM (0HaGk)

What did Nancy Pelosi do now?

Has she handed over the title yet? If so, to whom?

Posted by: Hour of the Wolf at March 17, 2025 06:27 PM (VNX3d)

200 FOR THE LAST TIME, THEY ARE NOT STRANDED!
-- CNN, if we added "Hysterical" to our name, then we'd be CHNN (Khan!)!
Posted by: Krebs v Carnot

"Stranded" derives from "strand," an Old English word for a seashore. You can't be "stranded" on a mountain or a spaceship or another planet. Only on a beach!

And if it means something else, we'll have them change the dictionary, like we did for "vaccine" and "woman!"

Posted by: This... is CNN at March 17, 2025 06:27 PM (DgGvY)

201 A new NBC News poll shows Trump with a job approval rating as high as he's ever had.

But doubts loom in voters' minds,




No there aren't.
These people lie as easily as breathing.

Posted by: rickb223 at March 17, 2025 06:27 PM (BLpWt)

202 FOR THE LAST TIME, THEY ARE NOT STRANDED!
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They overstayed their welcome?
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This is about the smell of that chick, right?

Posted by: Crusader at March 17, 2025 06:27 PM (TN0g+)

203 A lot of boomer democrats are dying off. All those union guys.

Posted by: davidt at March 17, 2025 06:27 PM (i0F8b)

204 The fact that there is any controversy about releasing the JFK files after more than 60 years shows the power of the deep state. Everyone involved is either dead or drooling on themselves. Anyone who doesn't know "sources and methods " by now after watching cop shows is as big a veg as Biden

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2025 06:27 PM (bVN1m)

205 My heart is breaking for Sen. Schumer.

Wait... It was just gas. Never mind.

Posted by: Madame Mayhem (uppity wench) at March 17, 2025 06:27 PM (4XwPj)

206 The Bidens have enough money to afford their own security.

Good luck hiring such in South Africa.

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 06:27 PM (b1S6W)

207 The problem is that half of that 37% of disaffected Democrats are Trump-curious, while the other half are Marx-curious.
Posted by: zombie

Sorry, but Blond Morticia put it more succinctly. Downright terse. Fecund, but terse.

Posted by: MkY at March 17, 2025 06:27 PM (cPGH3)

208 Any numbers on DEI? Tranz? Education? I've been told these are very important issues.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 17, 2025 06:28 PM (wBaIH)

209 Re: stripping of Secret Service
https://tinyurl.com/mwna7kwn

Posted by: Piper at March 17, 2025 06:28 PM (p4NUW)

210 But THIS generation of *Grifters* is focused SOLELY on the fraud--ain't nobody fixing anything, and the conversations now are no longer about fixing anything but rather pointless & estoteric arguments

Yeah, there's that as well. I mean the right isn't much better, the old rock ribbed 60s conservative average male would whup the ass of guys like Charlie Kirk and Ben Shaprio. He'd force them to hold his jacket while he made out with their girlfriend.

But the modern left is incompetent at pretty much everything these days, and they have taken over almost everything. And they have successfully forced out almost all the old guard who were actually good at their jobs. People like Pelosi and Schumer are awful and evil, but skilled. Pelosi is gone and Schumer probably will be soon too.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:28 PM (2VST1)

211 "Nasty crabfarming whore..." that's funny right there
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Are we still talking about Courtney Love?

Posted by: Crusader at March 17, 2025 06:28 PM (TN0g+)

212 Oh, it will be worse for them.

Their Old Guard has no backup. Back in the 80s/early 90s, it was the Communist Wing of the Party that was isolating them...But - That faction was headed up by the Lion of the Senate and bolstered by the Media Establishment.

They ain't got either of that, now.
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The Balanced Budget Act of 1997 passed the House with 219 Republican votes and 59 Democrat votes.

Not a single Democrat would vote for a balanced budget now.

But Republicans are EXTREME!!!
LOL

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 17, 2025 06:28 PM (7oyRZ)

213 The astronauts aren't stranded like Captain Bentine isn't stranded

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2025 06:29 PM (bVN1m)

214 "Nasty crabfarming whore..." that's funny right there
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Are we still talking about Courtney Love?
Posted by: Crusader at March 17, 2025 06:28 PM (TN0g+)
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that would be "drugged out nasty crabfarming whore"

Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 17, 2025 06:29 PM (tT6L1)

215 Ground Control to Major Tom, amirite?

Posted by: eleven at March 17, 2025 06:29 PM (0HaGk)

216 I like the idea of getting rid of that statue

just send back the head, re-use the rest of the metal and coat it in gold - Statue of Donald John Trump!!!
Posted by: Black Orchid at March 17, 2025 05:57 PM (Pv3Rg)

Bullshit. It stays. First thing my grandparents saw when they arrived at the turn of the last century. They cried when they saw it, cried because they had finally arrived in America. And freedom. Both sets of grandparents from Eastern Europe, the Austrian Hungarian Empire.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 17, 2025 06:29 PM (dgRL6)

217 Seeking verification, but looks like Trump just stripped Ashley and Hunter Biden of security. Being in South Africa without 18 agents (!) might feel a lil different to ol Hunter.
Posted by: Piper

Too good to fact-check! This is almost better than grounding Pelosi's plane while she was on the way to the airport.

Posted by: mikeski may get another 4 hours from this at March 17, 2025 06:30 PM (DgGvY)

218 "crabfarming whore"

I learn so many useful things on this site that I can use in my personal life.

Posted by: Citizen Cake at March 17, 2025 06:30 PM (CwhoI)

219
Bullshit. It stays. First thing my grandparents saw when they arrived at the turn of the last century. They cried when they saw it, cried because they had finally arrived in America. And freedom. Both sets of grandparents from Eastern Europe, the Austrian Hungarian Empire.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 17, 2025 06:29 PM (dgRL6)

But we could maybe add a robotic hand doing the turn it around signal, right?

Posted by: Piper at March 17, 2025 06:31 PM (p4NUW)

220 The official line is: Trump is confused and is striking out erratically hoping to find a theme that will resonate with his populist base.
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Imagine how much better he would be doing if he just buckled down and did his homework ....

Posted by: People's Hippo Voice at March 17, 2025 06:31 PM (7oyRZ)

221 Gonna guess that Judge Man is on the take.
Probably cartel money

Posted by: vmom deport deport deporte at March 17, 2025 06:31 PM (GhIJO)

222 First thing my grandparents saw when they arrived at the turn of the last century. They cried when they saw it, cried because they had finally arrived in America

Yeah my grandfather came through Ellis Island, he thought it was so wonderful to see Lady Liberty. He felt shabby in his home made clothes, felt like she was looking down her nose at him.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:31 PM (2VST1)

223 What was the whiny French excuse given for US needing to send the statue back? We're stopping the flow of illegals? We're not censoring enough? Our taxes aren't high enough yet?

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2025 06:32 PM (Dv3i1)

224 This is about the smell of that chick, right?

It put my spine out of place

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:32 PM (2VST1)

225 198 What if we just replaced a few things on the Statue of Liberty?

Put Joseph McCarthy's Face on it.

Replace the Torch with a Diana Ross and the Supremes 'Stop in the Name of Love' pose.

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:26 PM (npXNI)

I went looking and the internet did not disappoint:

https://tinyurl.com/cnmwy9jx

https://tinyurl.com/mtan64bp

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 17, 2025 06:32 PM (bss/y)

226 The official line is: Trump is confused and is striking out erratically hoping to find a theme that will resonate with his populist base.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 06:22 PM (D7oie)
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That sounds about right.

If history is any guide the media will eventually build up enough mental anguish about Trump that people will need to another session of crash and burn with the Dems.

Read this post from this guy who got drummed out of med school during Covid for not following the song sheet. Problem is that he revealed just how biased and auto-thinking he had been against conservatives until his ox was gored.

The media machine knows that you can build up back pressure against Trump if they turn the hose full blast, and perhaps we need another round of "finding out" from the Dems.

I hope that's not the case, but the machine is gambling that it is.

The only question is that can they degrade the marginal confidence with them faster than they can degrade the trust in Trump's course of action.

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:33 PM (krQz2)

227 What was the whiny French excuse given for US needing to send the statue back? We're stopping the flow of illegals?

I didn't read the article but he was whining about a lack of US freedom, which is comical coming from a Frenchy, so its probably about DEI or something like that.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:33 PM (2VST1)

228 Aetius

https://tensor.art/u/727481333235843246

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 06:33 PM (b1S6W)

229 Even though she is a whackjob lunatic, I always thought Murderin' Joe Scarborough's current godless commie cumdumpster was a bit of a One.

Posted by: anchorbabe fashion cop at March 17, 2025 06:33 PM (ufFY8)

230 If by a miracle PDT reached a huge job approval number, the MSM would post headlines like this -

President Trump's latest job approval poll numbers are all above 70 percent - Democracy, Women, Children, Minorities, Ukrainians, Palestinians, and Resident Undocumented Immigrants Will Suffer Immediately; MAGATS Will Soon Painfully Suffer From What They Stupidly Voted For.

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2025 06:34 PM (aBgBM)

231
Astronauts Butch Whilmore and Suni Williams (affectionately know as the Smelly Chick) will be undocking tonight somewhere around midnight. They will splash down in the Pacific tomorrow afternoon sometime.

NASA+ will cover both events.

Another American, Nick Hague (they guy who put the alien mask on to greet Crew 10), and a Rooskie will be coming back with them on the Crew 9 capsule.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 17, 2025 06:35 PM (w6EFb)

232 France is becoming a Muslim country. Islam does not allow statues of humans. The Muslims would throw rocks at Lady Liberty until it collapsed.

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2025 06:35 PM (bVN1m)

233 Read this post from this guy who got drummed out of med school during Covid for not following the song sheet. Problem is that he revealed just how biased and auto-thinking he had been against conservatives until his ox was gored.

Yeah I read that too, basically he was forced to realize that maybe his presumptions might not be true, and then started to wonder what ELSE might not be? I think the Wuhan Flu and its hysterical over reaction had that effect on a lot of people.

The media machine knows that you can build up back pressure against Trump if they turn the hose full blast, and perhaps we need another round of "finding out" from the Dems.

Its always worked in the past. It took 1½ terms with Bush, but I am not convinced they can pull it off this time, not in Trump's term. Their ability to flood the zone and control the narrative has... diminished.

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:35 PM (2VST1)

234 Do the crabfarmers have a newsletter?

Posted by: Sandra Flook at March 17, 2025 06:35 PM (mH6SG)

235 https://tensor.art/u/727481333235843246
Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 06:33 PM (b1S6W)

Second from the right, top row. Nice eyes.

I di not remember seeing the blonde in the pool last time. Nice as well.

Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 17, 2025 06:36 PM (bss/y)

236 Even though she is a whackjob lunatic, I always thought Murderin' Joe Scarborough's current godless commie cumdumpster was a bit of a One.
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I'll confess that when 10s suddenly became Ones I was a little confused.

Posted by: Crusader at March 17, 2025 06:36 PM (TN0g+)

237 Funny thing about Hunter hiding out in South Africa. Read some stories about the wypipo that used to be in that neck of the woods way back in the day. They'd always have hired (black) security guys, and when it was time for whitey to leave country, they'd go to dinner with their security, excuse themselves to the bathroom, and never return - having hired transport beforehand. Because when your armed security learned you were leaving, the last thing they'd do is rob you blind and/or kill you. So you packed your shit, had it sent ahead, and just disappeared.

Posted by: ballistic at March 17, 2025 06:36 PM (aZOqv)

238 Ashley frigging Biden had 13 Secret Service agents. 13!

Posted by: JackStraw at March 17, 2025 06:36 PM (LkLld)

239 >>Posted by: Aetius451AD at March 17, 2025 06:32 PM (bss/y)


They Moddin Everything up in here!

Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:36 PM (npXNI)

240 The only question is that can they degrade the marginal confidence with them faster than they can degrade the trust in Trump's course of action.
____

They're speaking to certain congressional R's who are just now feeling the tingling along their backs that could be a sign of the regrowth of their long lost spines.

I think the media might have struck on the strategy that has a chance to work.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2025 06:37 PM (Dv3i1)

241 Anna: the blonde braided cowgirl can serve me cake any time

Posted by: Christopher R Taylor at March 17, 2025 06:37 PM (2VST1)

242 Late afternoon NOOD!

Posted by: Turn 2 at March 17, 2025 06:38 PM (6TlG5)

243 The astronauts need to come down. They are occupying the colonized space of potential aliens!

We didn't even ask them permission if we can go into space!

Posted by: Axeman at March 17, 2025 06:38 PM (krQz2)

244 Speaking of eggs: My wife went in to buy eggs at our local store, they were pushing $12/dozen. She's thinking, "what, prices are down.."

Hit another store, $6/doz.

yeah, the price of eggs is down, some stores haven't yet got the message, however.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 17, 2025 06:22 PM (tT6L1)

Even here in CA, a dozen is down a couple dollars on some brands. Others haven't budged yet.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 17, 2025 06:38 PM (n7h9X)

245 yeah, the price of eggs is down, some stores haven't yet got the message, however.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing

They bought them at the higher price, they have to sell them at the higher price to not lose money on them.

Until they can't sell them at all because everybody else's prices are lower, and they have to put them on sale.

Posted by: FeatherBlade at March 17, 2025 06:38 PM (LsB7C)

246 Boasberg needs to face the Morbark of Justice

Posted by: Drink Like Vikings at March 17, 2025 06:38 PM (wtJ9W)

247 How long have those two been up there?

Posted by: davidt at March 17, 2025 06:39 PM (i0F8b)

248
Elon was splashing down in the Atlantic or Gulf with the crew Dragons, but they had a problem with the "trunk" on the Dragon.

They thought it would burn up completely on reentry after jettison, but some chunks came down in some shitholes somewhere, and to avoid any more such incidents, they are coming back down in the Pacific.

The trunk can be aimed for Point Nemo upon jettison.

Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 17, 2025 06:39 PM (w6EFb)

249 Thanks Aetius and Christopher Taylor

Posted by: Anna Puma at March 17, 2025 06:39 PM (b1S6W)

250 243 The astronauts need to come down. They are occupying the colonized space of potential aliens!

We didn't even ask them permission if we can go into space!
Posted by: Axeman
_____

I wonder what the 'land acknowlegment' statement will be when the astronauts get to Mars.

Posted by: Chuck Martel at March 17, 2025 06:39 PM (Dv3i1)

251 Ashley could have used those SS agents when she was 13 and in the shower.

Posted by: Field Marshal Zhukov at March 17, 2025 06:39 PM (wBaIH)

252 PDT will shortly order an end to Secret Service protection for Hunter and Ashley Biden. I don't know what took so long, but better late than never.

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2025 06:40 PM (aBgBM)

253 What a crummy job- no matter how much they’re paid- being the Secret Service detail for crooked, coke addict Hunter Biden and for Joe Biden. It’s not as if they’re protecting someone who had the moral stature of Pope John Paul ll

Posted by: FenelonSpoke at March 17, 2025 06:42 PM (qz1SJ)

254 Sundowner, Ashley and a SS agent might not all fir in a shower

Posted by: Skip at March 17, 2025 06:45 PM (fwDg9)

255 Bullshit. It stays. First thing my grandparents saw when they arrived at the turn of the last century. They cried when they saw it, cried because they had finally arrived in America. And freedom. Both sets of grandparents from Eastern Europe, the Austrian Hungarian Empire.
Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 17, 2025 06:29 PM (dgRL6)

But we could maybe add a robotic hand doing the turn it around signal, right?
Posted by: Piper at March 17, 2025 06:31 PM (p4NUW)

My wife and I took my parents to Liberty Island and Ellis Island in the late 70's, first time for any of them. Mom and Dad were first generation Americans. It was a very emotional moment for us to stand in the Great Room at Ellis Island, realizing that both their moms and one father had passed through there, and because they ventured here, we were now here. We visited once more and actually climbed the steps to the crown of Miss Liberty, from where I snapped a few shots of lower Manhattan. Again, a very emotional experience.

Posted by: thatcrazyjerseyguy at March 17, 2025 06:47 PM (dgRL6)

256 The official line is: Trump is confused and is striking out erratically hoping to find a theme that will resonate with his populist base.
Posted by: Kindltot at March 17, 2025 06:22 PM (D7oie)
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That's because the usual suspects cannot understand lower taxes will offset higher prices due to tariffs.
Posted by: blake - semi lurker in marginal standing (tT6L1) at March 17, 2025 06:26 PM (tT6L1)

People won't see much higher prices because other alternatives exist. French wines are expensive, but American or Australian wines knock you out just as fast and the hangover is just as painful. So you pay only a little more, unrelated to the tariff. And for local products you may add domestic jobs to the mix for cute grape crushing maidens.

Posted by: Oldcat at March 17, 2025 06:48 PM (n7h9X)

257 Am maternal ancestors came through Ellis ISland as well, that fucking statue is nothing but a noose around our necks these days.

Fwance evidently for the low price of some copper gets to run our immigration policy due to a poem added to it.

Posted by: sven at March 17, 2025 06:48 PM (X0I7i)

258 Am maternal ancestors came through Ellis ISland as well, that fucking statue is nothing but a noose around our necks these days.

Fwance evidently for the low price of some copper gets to run our immigration policy due to a poem added to it.
Posted by: sven at March 17, 2025 06:48 PM (X0I7i)

A Live Laugh Love pillow has no legal force and I don't see why a poem on a statue has any more than that

Posted by: Oldcat at March 17, 2025 06:52 PM (n7h9X)

259 Posted by: publius, Rascally Mr. Miley (w6EFb) at March 17, 2025 06:35 PM (w6EFb)

Publius, after sleeping on you question last night about ease or difficulty of docking approaches, my memory may have failed me at that instant. My team worked exclusively on Shuttle Orbiter prox ops - docking approaches and undocking departures. The Orbiter center of mass was approximately 35 feet aft of the docking mechanism. Making it ~35 feet below the Vbar of a typical symmetric space station. So that was a factor that affected the approach problem that did not apply in Gemini and Apollo dockings.

Ah, I've forgotten so many details of our work. (I was and am not an orbital mechanics expert, I was managing the work of experts.) I need to look for one of the team reports in files I brought home and refresh my memory. Apologies if I confused you or drove you nuts with my answer last night.

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2025 06:53 PM (aBgBM)

260
Eh, we gave the French CBD.

That ought to be good enough.

Posted by: naturalfake at March 17, 2025 06:56 PM (iJfKG)

261 213 The astronauts aren't stranded like Captain Bentine isn't stranded

Posted by: Smell the Glove at March 17, 2025 06:29 PM (bVN1m)


That's right, they were not stranded. Tonight they'll make a jail break! From the Junta's anti-Musk Orbital Jail.

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2025 06:57 PM (aBgBM)

262 the only doubts might be if Trump and save the sinking ship ... they have NO dubts he is trying like hell ...

Posted by: The Dark Lord at March 17, 2025 07:03 PM (DBAaD)

263 112 >>I don't remember a time when the Democrat Party was in such bad shape.


1983-1988.
Posted by: garrett at March 17, 2025 06:08 PM (npXNI)

And yet they won the house in 84,86 and 88. And the senate in 86 and 88.

Posted by: Its Go Time Donald at March 17, 2025 07:05 PM (Qv+mB)

264 Publius, another PS -

Orbiter docking and undocking +Zo axis (toward the target vehicle) reaction control firings were constrained by the need to keep plume impingement loads on Station Alpha/ISS and Mir solar arrays within the limits we were given. That turned-out to not be a big problem given the canting of the Orbiter's RCS engines, but that's a long story. If the pilot let the Orbiter get above the closing velocity limit, it cost a lot of prop to slow down in-close to the target. +Zo-axis canted Xo-axis engines had to be fired, producing much less -Zo thrust than the dedicated -Zo engines. It turned-out that the Orbiter was a fantastic prox-ops vehicle, for several inter-related reasons.

Posted by: Gref at March 17, 2025 07:10 PM (aBgBM)

265 Poll of Donks.

Ryan James Girdusky
@RyanGirdusky
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Follow
CNN poll: Who do you think the leader of the Democratic Party is?

AOC: 10%
Kamala Harris: 9%
Bernie Sanders: 8%
Hakeem Jeffries 6%
Barack Obama 4%
Jasmine Crockett 4%
Gavin Newsom 2%
Nancy Pelosi 2%
Elissa Slotkin 2%
Chuck Schumer 2%
Tim Walz 1%

-
Not a decent person in the bunch.

Posted by: Anonosaurus Wrecks, Soldier of the Persistence at March 17, 2025 07:14 PM (L/fGl)

266
AOC: 10%
Kamala Harris: 9%
Bernie Sanders: 8%
Hakeem Jeffries 6%
Barack Obama 4%
Jasmine Crockett 4%
Gavin Newsom 2%
Nancy Pelosi 2%
Elissa Slotkin 2%
Chuck Schumer 2%
Tim Walz 1%

-- --

AOC is going to let that ego get away from her over this.

Right now she can't decide if she wants to take on Schumer or run for prez in'28.

Posted by: SpeakingOf at March 17, 2025 07:20 PM (6ydKt)

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