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Tuco's avatar

Why aren’t more people talking about the ballroom, and what trump is doing with the bunker below the ballroom? The bunker is what he’s focused on upgrading, yet no one is talking about it at all.

Sharon Otstot's avatar

Every once in a while the subject of the bunker comes up. On the list of the top ten issues, the ballroom is now maybe number four. Not forgotten, just inundated. We're treading water to keep up.

Rebecca Bain Patchell's avatar

They probably know we are going to be blown to bits by the wars he and his stupid leaders are doing. Scary thought.

Hound's avatar

I hope that when that happens no innocent Americans are killed only the guilty ones especially the filthy rich.

Taralynnelo's avatar

Because he's planning to nuke everyone.

Hound's avatar

I think he’s planning on getting the world nuked. Like God Trump loves suffering and chaos for people.

Supposedly there’s some work being done on the bunker under the White House because Trump is scared. I don’t think you’re gonna be seeing him go to Mar-a-Lago cause I think he Iranians might be able to get him there. They’ve already talked about killing him because they’re pretty pissed off and if they do I think they they think they will be doing the world of favor. Time will tell if it is a favor to the world.

33RR's avatar

I don’t think Daddy Putin will allow Iran to kill his useful idiot yet. Deplorable Don is still Putin’s greatest foreign asset. Maybe if Democrats take control of Congress in November, then his orange boy will become expendable.

Hound's avatar

Good point. On the other hand Putin may end up taking a dirt nap pretty soon.

Well I don’t understand is The US could take out leadership easily. Maybe we should’ve kept doing that and told them to stop being a theocratic or live in fear of more assassinations. But then the question becomes, who is going to liberate the United States from fascist corporate control.

I’m also thinking there’d be a pretty good Olive branch if someone from Israel were to deliver Benjamin Netanyahu‘s head to Iran on a silver platter.

Taralynnelo's avatar

He was on the golf course yesterday. He's not scared enough IMO.

Douglas Gilligan's avatar

Because Trump's strategy since before his first term was to always distract from his current self created crisis with another one that can't be ignored. There are easily more than twenty categories of crimes he has committed, reasons for his removal, with each one of the categories having a large number of instances when he broke that law or clause of the constitution. The media, even this one, just keeps on playing the game of outrage over the latest terrible thing Trump has done, with only very rarely making an effort to put some of them in perspective, and even then offering nothing but promises of 'congressional investigations' to reward the public for voting in Democrats.

Hound's avatar

I wonder how many of our enemies have Bunker Buster bombs.

💣

If the White House were to be demolished somehow whether it’s with a wrecking ball or a terrorist attack I personally would be glad to see it go because there’s no way to get rid of the stench of Trumpism.

Rebuild it and rebuild the constitution so that this can never ever ever ever happen again

Nige Few's avatar

Is anything happening with the bunker and ballroom? I thought everything had just stopped.

Sharon Otstot's avatar

If you thought that Trump cared about the Republican Party, you were wrong. He cares about one thing -- loyalty. He and Musk are the same -- destroyers, not builders -- like a two year old who destroys the building block tower of his five year old brother. Why? Because it belonged to someone else, and because it is there. I'm furious.

Carole's avatar

And add in all the sycophantic cabinet , including Vance, Johnson and Miller- they’re all so deluded that they think their regime and power will last forever as long as they pledge fealty to the “king”. I CANNOT wait for it all to crumble around their ears and watch them wither and scream during their prosecutions for war crimes and lying to Congress and the rest of us. !!! Oh HAPPY DAY!!!

Ian Ogard's avatar

I will read this again before I go to sleep tonight and have sweet dreams.

Charles G Haacker's avatar

Fun dayn moyl in Gots oyern —"From your mouth in God's ears." 👏🥲

Sharon Otstot's avatar

Is this a Celtic language?

Charles G Haacker's avatar

It is Yiddish, a language spoken by Ashkenazi Jews for centuries. I love the language for being onomatopoeic. The actor Mandy Patinkin has spent years trying to preserve and even reintroduce it. For obvious reasons, the language is dead in Israel for having been the language of the Schtetl, the Diaspora. Many of the Jews murdered in the Holocaust spoke it. According to Google Gemini, Yiddish is a ~1,100-year-old Germanic language developed by Ashkenazi Jews, blending German, Hebrew, and Slavic influences. Originating in 10th-century the Rhineland, it served as a primary language for millions in Central/Eastern Europe before the Holocaust. Today, it is spoken primarily in Hasidic communities and academia, and is known for its rich, expressive slang.

Yiddish is known for its witty, emotional, and often cynical expressions:

Chutzpah: Supreme audacity, nerve, or gall.

Schlep: To drag or carry something heavy or annoying; to travel a long way.

Mensch: A person of honor, integrity, and compassion.

Schmuck: A stupid or contemptible person (often used as a light insult).

Oy Vey: Oh, pain!—an exclamation of dismay, shock, or exasperation.

Klutz: A clumsy person.

Bupkis: Absolutely nothing; "He knows from bupkis."

Kvetch: To complain chronically.

Glitch: A minor malfunction or error (originally glitsh).

Sharon Otstot's avatar

Boy, was I off base! I am familiar with the borrowed words, but I've never heard anyone actually conversing in it. I am a language teacher (French and Spanish) and a writer/storyteller (plays, short stories, creative nonfiction and poetry). Words are important to me. I appreciate your providing me with the history of Yiddish. Thank you very much.

Sharon Otstot's avatar

This is why I love David's substack -- people talk to each other. I hope we meet again.

Hound's avatar

People like Trump who are narcissists and histrionic are children and adult bodies and that makes a very very dangerous. People like that should be in cages and they should be spayed or neutered so they can’t procreate and produce more people like them.

Narcissism is genetic.

Sharon Otstot's avatar

I like to watch Mary Trump's videos on Youtube. Not only is she a trained psychologist of some type, but she remembers and shares insights into the whole family. Whether Daddy Fred was a narcissist, I don't remember her saying. She does give the whole scenario on that particular type of dementia, though. Have you seen her videos? It's nice to converse with you again, Hound.

Carole's avatar

Well I read:

Is Narcissism Hereditary?

Narcissism is considered moderately heritable, resulting from a complex interaction between genetic predisposition and environmental influences rather than genetics alone. Studies suggest a genetic basis exists (sometimes estimated around 23-33%), but upbringing, trauma, and social environment play a crucial role in developing traits

Hound's avatar

Brain scans say otherwise. The sociopath has a very different brain that functions in a very different way than the brains of humans. Check it out for yourself.

There are people who are predisposed to be narcissist so we can blame mommy and daddy But when we see it with every member of the Trump family It is probably genetic. With no evidence whatsoever people are saying that Trump is a narcissist because his father Fred was a narcissist and a douche bag and a scumbag and a sociopath and a Racist. Nurture may add to it.

I’ve read that bullshit about narcissists being victims of some kind of trauma well that’s bullshit too. When I was watching the Johnny Depp trial They tried that bad mommy bad daddy bullshit and her own siblings said she was always an asshole.

I had family members who were sociopaths and narcissists. My grandmother was an evil bitch, Her daughter my mother was an evil bitch, Her son my brother was an evil bastard. I have six nieces and nephews. In one family 2 out 3 are sociopaths And narcissistic. In the other family Two out of three were also narcissistic sociopaths. The common denominator is my mother. It happened with my brother’s kids.

Narcissism is getting worse I think because of social media and egotistical shitheads posting on Facebook and showing off for everybody and worrying about how many followers they have. That probably makes it worse.

I’m getting so sick of people saying Donald Trump is a narcissist. Tell us something we don’t already know.

If I were King of the world I would make a law that says if someone is a narcissist or a sociopath or a histrionic They should be spayed or neutered Because to do anything else would be a crime against humanity. It would be like breeding a Pitbull with a wolf.

NANCY Jambor's avatar

We are truly in a double fire horse year! Replete with energetic change in all directions and aspects of our world. I was reminded that double-fire can lead to literal and figurative burnout (no pun intended). We all need the nourishment of our community connections and the natural world (blooming wildflowers, squares of sunshine for napping and more) to thrive and deal with the chaos.

Lori's avatar

It’s amazing to me that the Congressional GOP don’t do anything to save themselves NOW for what will happen to them at the mid-terms. Are they so delusional that they believe this administration’s agenda will keep them in their jobs? Talk about cowering in the sinking ship…

Coop's avatar

Lori: They are confident there won't be mid-term elections.

Hate to say it, but that's my forecast. The Orange 💩 will cancel them. 🤬

Charles G Haacker's avatar

Coop, I thought *I* was the born pessimist in the Substack crowd. I keep trying to put on a brave face, pretending it will all be okay, that it will come out in the wash, and blathering positivity, yada yada, and underneath, I completely agree with you. The deadly orange snake will figure it out. Maybe not him; I think he has lost it. I know dementia when I see it, and he has it. But the real danger lies in the Nazis he surrounds himself with (lookin' at you, Steve Miller). We, on the right side of history, see those people as stupid, incompetent, imbeciles, but that's a flawed perception. Drumpf himself is the Lady in the Spangled Tights, misdirecting attention here, there, and everywhere, to obfuscate the Epstein files. Meantime, those other SOBs, smarter than they look, are engineering the coup that may put a Junta in control of our country.

Coop's avatar

I'm in 🇨🇦, Charles. The whole of the 🌎 is in grave danger from the Orange 💩. I've been sensing/seeing the very worst of what's to come.

I am so relieved that my own kids (in their mid-30s) have announced they will NOT be having children. They are smart and can clearly see where its all heading.

I feel one of the main reasons for birthrates crashing is that young people sense what is coming.

Don't think for one second that 💩 and/or Netanyahu won't hit the 'N' button. They won't even hesitate.

Douglas Gilligan's avatar

They SHOULD have convicted him for the insurrection. That was their very best opportunity. They blew it, and now we have consequences. This is not over yet.

LynseyFS's avatar

"If your voice held no power, they wouldn’t try to silence you.” (Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg)

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Joanne Held's avatar

Oh, wouldn't that be spectacular! The first sliver of hope I have felt in years.

Skepticat's avatar

"Trump just blew up the GOP’s midterm advantage."

From your pixels to Fate's ears.

Ken brinkley's avatar

The bunker is an AI center!

Sharon Otstot's avatar

I don't think it's large enough. They range of hundreds of thousands to over a million square feet.

Rebecca Bain Patchell's avatar

Who wants trumpy in office anyway or his hateful thugs? So whatever he has done wrong to change some of the maga republicans minds that is good news. However, to say he should have done something different means nothing. He cannot do anything different being a puppet and a mad man with no scruples.

Coop's avatar

His only policy priority would be more tax breaks for multi-millionaires, billionaires and Big Corps. That's all Reps ever do, so that some of the money comes back from them in campaign contributions and PACs.

So, there's that. 🤬

Tim Brown's avatar

I’m suddenly feeling something weird: optimism! Thanks David!

Ian Ogard's avatar

Trump's dragging the Republican party down the drain faster now than all of those businesses he bankrupted.

Leslie Judge's avatar

But David, even if both the Senate and the House turn Democratic at the mid-terms (the elections are not stolen from the people), even if the Republicans are voted out of the Presidency in '29, we are still stuck with a Supreme Court that is entrenched, politically activist, and pretty much completely anti-democratic. What's to keep them from turning over any new democratic laws passed by Congress and the Executive branches, any laws that don't fit their extreme radical plans for our country? Democrats have not been known to have any courage to change the Judiciary. What makes you/us think they will have that courage then?

Susan Klemetsen's avatar

I think that will change when we have a trifecta in 2028. I do think we will expand the court. Biden gave it serious consideration. He ordered a study of it, but unfortunately, he lacked the courage to act. Because of the corruption on the Court, I don't think we have any choice.

Leslie Judge's avatar

Perhaps... I hope so. There have been so many egregious decisions by this court, something must be done. I love the idea of expanding the Court and rotating the bench with the Appellate justices. There are way too many cases for only nine justices, too many shadow docket decisions, too many important cases left languishing for months beyond the reasonable. The Court has become an untrustworthy creature, unelected, and ruling our lives from an untouchable bench. It is an exceptionally unacceptable situation.

Charles G Haacker's avatar

Everyone fears that Sotomayor will die, and prays she doesn't.

Leslie Judge's avatar

Yes, and that is another reform needed - some mandated retirement age or term limit.

Colleen Hunt's avatar

“Trump administration demands Cuban president step down” (MSNow 23/3)

The people of the world demand the US president steps down.

JoAnn Duffy's avatar

David, the regime sees no scenario in which they plan to cede power.