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JCF Clark's avatar

Trump is endangering Obama, and others' lives. The man must be removed.

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Michelle Boydston's avatar

He touches President Obama this country will explode with anger and retaliation. President Obama is still the most respected President in the history of America. He will always be my President. I wish he still was. πŸ™πŸ»πŸ’™πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ™πŸ»πŸ’™πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ™πŸ»πŸ’™πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡ΈπŸ™πŸ»πŸ’™πŸ‡ΊπŸ‡Έ Donald is so jealous of him because he knows how much the American people love him.

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Joan's avatar

And he knows he’s simply not as smart, nor as well liked, as President Obama is still.

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Michelle Boydston's avatar

Someone better be protecting Maxwell because just like how easily they were allowed to take out Epstein, they will try and do it again with Maxwell. Oh the things that that nonhuman will do to avoid accountability for his crimes.

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Daniel H Laemmerhirt's avatar

OBAMNA is living and defecating rent-free in that obese Alzheimer's patient's a-brain.

And Epstein was it's ONLY and SOLE real friend in 78 years!

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Darrell McClain's avatar

Ah, another brisk sunrise over the Potomac, and once again the republic’s stewards report for duty like actors in a long‑running farce who’ve forgotten the plot but remember every gesture. One marvels that The Wall Street Journalβ€”once the town crier for respectable robber baronsβ€”now doubles as the village gossip, breathlessly revealing that the former impresario‑in‑chief appears in Epstein’s unexpurgated ledger. Mr. Trump’s predictable retortβ€”β€œmade up,” that favored balm for injured egosβ€”lands with all the gravitas of a late‑night infomercial, yet the faithful applaud on cue.

Enter Attorney General Pam Bondi, incongruously cast as Cassandra. She warns the emperor about those naughty pages festooned with his name, only to be rebuked by the emperor himself. One can’t help but admire the circular beauty of a court in which everyone swears the other fellow never said what everyone swears was said. Orwell called this doublethink; in our own gaudier epoch, it passes for Tuesday.

And then, as if choreographed by Bertolt Brecht on a bourbon binge, Deputy Attorney General Toddβ€―Blancheβ€”moonlighting as Trump’s legal valetβ€”hosts Ghislaine Maxwell for tea. The symbolism is almost indecent: an officer of justice simultaneously polishing the imperial sceptre and massaging the hand that once fed child‑scented crumbs to the global elite. It would shock, were the nation still shockable.

Meanwhile, Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard now accuses Barack Obama of β€œsabotage.” (We are assured no evidence is necessary; insinuation, like fast food, requires no cooking.) The Supreme Court gallantly steps in to affirm that any presidential crime, suitably draped in bunting and brass bands, is no crime at all. The monarchy our founders disinvited has slipped back in, wearing golf cleats and a red baseball cap.

Elsewhere, the incumbent oracle declares the nation will collect β€œ$17β€―trillion” any minute now and reminds us that America β€œinvented everything” an assertion best left unexamined, like a motel bedsheet under ultraviolet light.

One is tempted to laugh indeed, one must, to avoid retching yet the punch‑line grows tragic. When power and farce converge without restraint, the audience stops discerning comedy from catastrophe. But take heart, dear listeners: the empire always provides fresh episodes, each madder than the last, and subscriptions are still only a click away.

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Joan's avatar

The Donald is SO off base, and doesn’t know he’s delusional about all this..

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Barbara Dillard's avatar

Shouldn’t a dem go with Blanche.

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P A Smith's avatar

Aren't Blanche & Maxwell's lawyer friends???

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Vicki's avatar

I'm not really that surprised over the timing. The Heritage Foundation got Project 2025 started, manipulated Trump to set the "big beautiful bill" in motion, and now that they don't need him - he has been cast aside.

I used to be a Republican until I realized how the Reagan & Bush years twisted things around. When Trump became president in 2016, I was done with even pretending there's any virtue left in the Republican party.

Not that any political party is any better, but right now ANYTHING is better than the immaturity and ignorance that Republicans are so proud of. It's pretty telling when a 10 year old can see through them.

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David's avatar

Good morning everyone β˜€οΈβ˜ΊοΈ

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Daniel H Laemmerhirt's avatar

Mornin'! Late morning. 😁

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SNF's avatar

πŸ€” Karoline Leavitt, when asked if Trump believes Obama should be arrested, said only that β€œanyone convicted of crimes should be held accountable.”

Do these people hear what comes out of their own stupid ass mouths?

1. Obama hasn't been convicted of any crimes

2. Her boss HAS, yet isn't being held accountable

I started to say something about her logic not making any sense, but clearly there's no logic or sense to be found among that lot!

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Joan's avatar

Too bad, they count on you to make it seem otherwise

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RESIST's avatar

TRUMP abused and insulted every person who supported him and supported. MAGA , it’s painful and unforgiving but at least they all now know what kind of person Trump really is! I personally hate him because I believe he is a pedophile and has hurt some good people who put trust in him ! I hope he lives a very long time paying his debt to society.

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Joan's avatar

He certainly is one, and an opportunist for sure…I believe he’s miserable, but for all the wrong reasons.

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Walter Grego's avatar

As a proud Canadian I would like to share with this post on how a new Democratic talking point for Democrats.

https://www.youtube.com/@clauskellermanpov3004

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Gregg Barak's avatar

Here is my take from a commentary that I wrote about this for Raw Story yesterday:

https://www.newsbreak.com/raw-story-2096750/4127683141203-trump-s-rage-threatens-to-unearth-his-biggest-skeletons-opinion.

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Xplisset's avatar

Gregg, this felt like opening a drawer in a locked room and finding everything you thought was conspiracy… neatly filed under β€œpending discovery.” The legal dots you’re connecting are the ones the media keeps pretending are just clutter man.

That Katie Johnson breakdown? Chilling but what really stopped me cold was how effortlessly you highlighted the legal mechanism Trump’s trying to use against the Wall Street Journal to delay a reckoning. Not a rebuttal. Not even a defense. Just a stall tactic. And if it fails? We might finally see how deep the rot goesβ€”and how many sealed documents line up with long-ignored survivor claims.

I’ve been writing about the containment strategy running parallel to this: how major outlets are shaping public memory in real-time, dodging the most explosive material not because it’s false but because it’s unmanageable. These aren’t lapses in coverage Greg…They’re tactics.

This was a good read everyone should click that link and if anyone wants to see the receipts on how they’ve rigged the silence (and maybe fall down a rabbit hole or two while you’re at it), I got notes. Lotta them. Find them in the usual place.

Just don’t say I didn’t warn you when your browser history gets interesting.

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Lisa Chambers's avatar

DAVID G GUTHRIE is a 60+ year old man who brutally raped my son, 12 at the time, in the boys bathroom from 2018-2020 when he attended Einstein Middle School in Shoreline Wa. He taught in the Shoreline school district # SSD 412 beginning in 1995. He also worked at Shorewood High School.

An attorney stated his grooming was advanced making it highly likely there are other victims. Please dm me if you’d like to join a class action.

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Joan's avatar

So sorry that happened to your son, what an awful thing, and so hard to β€˜get over’…

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Stephanie Knouse's avatar

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Kathleen Ery's avatar

I thought I had a paid membership to your show ending up being something for YouTube I’m totally confused . Can’t figure out how to cancel so I can switch to real membership!!!

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