Author: Andrew Bradford

Proud progressive journalist and political adviser living behind enemy lines in Red America.

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Donald Trump Social Media

The Jokes Write Themselves After Trump Vows To ‘Build Monuments To Our Great Heroes’

Donald Trump wants us all to know that in his next administration, there will be lots of monuments erected that will honor “our great American heroes.”

Trump made that announcement Tuesday on his social media platform, Truth Social, writing, “America is going to start building monuments to our great heroes and heroines again!!! DJT”

Who, you might ask, would those heroes and heroines be? Will there be one for George Wallace and another for David Duke? Or will he sign a proclamation giving Russian president Vladimir Putin American citizenship so his image can be carved on Mount Rushmore?

How about we replace the Washington Monument with a giant statue of Ivanka Trump? That way her daddy can get a stiffy when he walks by.

Fortunately, Trump had the input of the entire social media community, which was only too happy to join the debate.

My mind first went to presidents like Andrew Jackson but it’s probably going to be like the QAnon Shaman and Grimace and the war criminal soldiers he pardoned.

— Matt Novak (@paleofuture.bsky.social) 2024-12-10T16:27:08.965Z

 

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GOP Military U.S. Senate

WATCH A Retired General Put GOP Sen. John Kennedy In His Place

 

Republican Sen. John Kennedy (LA) got more than he bargained for when he tried to attack a retired general at a Senate hearing today.

During a Senate Judiciary Committee hearing, Kennedy asked Retired Major General Randy Manner about Donald Trump’s mass deportation plan and accused him of favoring “open borders.”

“It makes you angry that most Americans don’t believe in open borders, doesn’t it?” Kennedy asked.

“Not in the slightest, sir,” Manner responded.

Kennedy then asked Manner about a remark he made to CNN on October 14.

“President Trump is not like any sane leader. I’m very proud of General Milley for saying that President Trump is a total fascist,” Kennedy quoted Manner saying. “The challenge is because most MAGA Republicans, they don’t understand what fascism is. The reality is that they are, in fact, fascists themselves.”

“Did I read that accurately?” Kennedy inquired.

“Senator, I am happy to discuss my personal perspectives with you separately at any time,” the general explained. “That’s not the purpose of the hearing today.”

Kennedy: “You think you’re smarter than the American people, don’t you?”

“Absolutely not, senator,” Manner replied. “I am here to discuss the use of the military as part of this mass deportation.”

“You think you’re more virtuous than the American people, don’t you, general?” Kennedy asked.

That’s when Manner let Kennedy know he wasn’t about to take any of his crap.

“Senator, I am insulted by your comment. Senator, for 35 years, I served my country with absolute honor and distinction, and I will continue to do so.”

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Donald Trump Viral Video

Jon Stewart Masterfully Mocks Trump’s ‘F**king Weird’ Habit In Viral Video

“The Daily Show” host Jon Stewart was in rare form Monday evening, expertly skewering Donald Trump for what he dubbed his “fucking weird habit” that was on full display when Donald appeared at the reopening of Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris over the weekend.

“How fucking weird he is about shaking hands,” Stewart quipped.

“Top-down, up-down, bottom, side to side, grab it, hit me on the flippity.”

Stewart then made fun of Trump’s latest so-called business venture: A fragrance line he’s named “Fight, Fight, Fight.” He promoted them with a photo of himself sitting next to First Lady Jill Biden, who was also in attendance at the Notre Dame Cathedral event.

“You fucking won. You won,” Stewart said. “You don’t have to push merch anymore. I find it hard to believe I’m saying this, but it’s beneath you.”

Trump claims his strange handshake is no big deal.

“It’s just a firm shake.”

But as Vox reported back in 2017, there’s more to it than just a firm shake.

While most people are acutely aware of these power dynamics — lab experiments Renshon cites in his book have found that even infants can figure out which adults are high-status — there are some people who care so much about their status that they are willing to fight to establish dominance. Donald Trump is, by his own account, one of those people: The common thread in all 12 of his books is an obsession with his status, of showing that he’s better off than the people he’s competing with.

In other words, Trump insists on being seen as the alpha male. It’s part of his larger insecurity. He knows he’s a weak and feckless little man, so he has to try and show others up to hide his own failings.

It make just look like a strange way of shaking hands, but it speaks volmes about Donald Trump’s derangement.

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GOP Social Safety Net WTF?!

GOP Congressman: ‘We Can Move The Retirement Age Back’ To ‘Save’ Social Security

Republican Congressman Mark Alford (MO) said this morning that the way to cut trillions from the federal budget is to “move the retirement age back” and “save” Social Security.

On Fox Business Network’s Mornings With Maria, Alford said both Social Security and Medicare need to be changed because “people are living longer.”

Referencing a visit to Capitol Hill last week from Elon Musk and Vivek Ramaswamy, who have been charged by Donald Trump to slash the federal budget, Alford said, “You know they were here the last week speaking to members of Congress and really they weren’t speaking as much that’s were listening, getting some — from all sides of our conference — some ideas to cut our budget.”

The Missouri Republican added:

“We all agree this is an unsustainable area that we’re in right now — almost $36 trillion in debt and we are spending more on the interest on our debt than we are going to spend on the National Defense Authorization Act this year. Over a trillion dollars. And so we’ve got to right the ship and it’s going to mean cuts. It’s going to mean cuts to the 24% of the discretionary spending that we have and it’s also going to mean looking long-term at the front end of some programs like Social Security and Medicare. Not taking anyone off of what they paid into so far. But there is some waste, abuse and fraud in Medicare that we can take those numbers back and add to our general coffers and our treasury. And on the front end on Social Security, I think there’s a way, when people are living longer, they’re retiring later, then on the front end we can move that retirement age back a little bit.”

Move the retirement age back? How far? To the age of 70? To 80? Or would 90 be better for the GOP?

Hey, maybe we should say no one can ever retire and has to work until the day they die. And those who become unable to work can just starve, thereby making them less of a burden on the government. Sound good, Congressman Alford?

Here’s a better plan: Tax the rich at a rate of 50 percent or higher and cut every member of Congress’ salary to $5 a year with no benefits until they solve the problem without screwing over working people.

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Donald Trump Jill Biden Social Media

‘Tacky’ Trump Trashed Online For Using Jill Biden Photo To Hawk His Fragrances

Proving yet again that he’s nothing more than a snake oil peddling grifter who would gladly steal a starving widow’s last penny, Donald Trump is once again attempting to make money off another of his shitty products, and this time he’s using a photo of him with First Lady Jill Biden to do so.

The photo, which Trump shared on social media, shows Mrs. Biden sitting next to the president-elect during a weekend ceremony marking the reopening of the Notre Dame Cathedral in Paris, France.

That led the disgraced former/future president to post, “Here are my new Trump Perfumes & Colognes! I call them Fight, Fight, Fight, because they represent us WINNING. Great Christmas gifts for the family.”

Kinda makes you wonder if that “assassination attempt” on Donnie earlier this year in Pennsylvania was a staged event meant to boost his poll numbers and give him yet another way to make a buck.

One thing’s certain: Responses to Trump’s cologne post were overwhelmingly negative.