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Give me a minute. I need to crack out the Ouija board.

Following the thought

She resigns.
Her successor has to be elected but the district is red, so no D pick-up there.
She runs for Governor, unsuccessfully.
She runs for Senate, unsuccessfully.
She runs for President, unsuccessfully.
She signs a book deal but no one buys the book.
It's what Rs do.

Why are *you* taking the microphone. Was Metatron on PTO? Don't you have prophets for this very purpose?

(Don't smite me--it's just a bit of fun. If you're not doing anything next Thursday, dinner is at 3. Miranda, Evan, and Austin say, "Hi."

I want to note, his minions lack a heart
A lord? A thief? They can’t be told apart.

(Threaten me with iambic pentameter at your own peril. There’s s reason my avatar is what it is.)

Wink.

No.

"They're able to go out and negotiate their own health insurance."

Welp. Don't need any more cognitive tests to prove *this* guy's got dementia.

This also proves he was *never* a businessman.

Insurance companies don't negotiate with individuals--they don't have to. Individuals have no clout.

Jeffrey Epstein had dirt on DJT.

Epstein died in police custody while Trump was in his first term.

I'm not going to make accusations; that would be Conspiracy Theory-ish.

What I *will* say is that Agatha Christie would never write this story because the motive & opportunity are too obvious.

Ah, but this says something about the Rs. They expect the Ds to protect their own regardless of how bad the behavior because that’s what Rs would do.

The idea of integrity is something they don’t understand.

Morality is for others. Sometimes it’s a weapon.

No they are NOT the same.

Good news, RZAF!
She *can't* take her name off.
The House Parliamentarian told Mike Johnson that.
As I understand it, the rule that applies says that once the 218th signature is applied, the signatures are locked and can't be removed.

Bet she'll screech about *that*.

Never underestimate the power of the farce.

(What? Too soon?)

Do it.

I have no tolerance pedophiles.

If they’re members of my party . . .

If they (otherwise) agree with my politics and world view . . .

They betrayed trust by doing these things.

My trust (least important)
Human trust
The victims’ trust (most important)

Release *ALL* the Epstein files.

Deeply misinterpreting things depends on what the judge said. If it was, "In my chambers. Now." There's wiggle room.

"Karoline Leavitt claimed today that Trump was always "extremely professional" while hanging out with [checks notes] Jeffrey Epstein"

Soooo . . .

There's such a thing as a professional child molester.

Who knew?

Anything worth fighting for . . .

. . . is worth fighting dirty for.

I want to elect Democrats who get that.

This was a clarifying moment.

I’ll still vote for Democrats because I know I’ll never get anything from Republicans.

But I’ll never trust the Democrats, as a party, ever again. I will only trust individuals.

And that means . . .

We can’t rely on them. It’s up to us.
It always was.

I am lucky

My life is pretty good.

I have enough to eat.

I am able to afford my rent without assistance.

All this creates an obligation in me to provide for those who need.

I support my local food bank

As for my taxes, I expect them to do the same—support those who need.

I insist.

And the Democratic establishment wonders why Zohran Mamdani won.

(Well, maybe they don't wonder but his fight is not their fight. We have to ask, is *our* fight their fight or is our fight *his* fight?)

And *this* is the reason Mamdani is the future of the Democratic party.

The old guard plays games with people's lives. It's about optics. It's about making the Rs responsible for the shutdown, freezing SNAP, and killing healthcare.

The new guard only cares about delivering.

Some of us see it.

In a world where carpenters get resurrected, anything is possible.

("The Lion in Winter" James Goldman 1968)

This is another of those chicken/egg questions. Unfortunately, I don’t have the answer to that one either.

I ‘do know *this*, . . . they both make *me* sick.

Did that help? I didn’t mean to.

When TT-Boy beat Doug Jones in 2020, the Dems didn’t say, “We just saw what happened in AL. We lost AL. It will be completely stupid in 3-4 years. That’s what they want. And it’s going to spread throughout the country.”

Well, . . . maybe they *should* have.

Let me guess . . .

J.D. Vance is your secret crush.

Is he indifferent to the man who collapsed or does he simply not know what’s going on a few feet from him.

The look on his face . . .

I can’t tell.

Oh, God!

I thought it was some autocorrect thing.

It’s still hilarious.

That’s the problem.

We want them gone now.

But we’ve only laid the foundation.

Will we turn out the vote again next year when we can change Congress?

Will we turn out in 2028?

*I* will.
Who’s with me?

So Gordon Findley, CEO of Novo Nordisk collapsed in the Oval office. What happened? Was the price cut to Ozempic more than he expected?

And this isn’t the only time. Dr. Oz’ granddaughter collapsed.

And these are only the ones we know about.

We need an investigation.

Of course he does.

You’re not actually accusing him of situational awareness or serious self-reflection, are you?

If they’re leaving NYC because they don’t like Mamdani, they’re not welcome in LA.

I wanna know what the original word was.

“So in other words, it’s OK if a ham sandwich is running the place.”

Why not?

There's a turkey sandwich doing interviews on CNBC.