@TrueBloodNet Your Matthews is my Lemon. To each his own.

Bring back Chris Matthews, MSNBC, and cancel Morning Joe. As far as I know, Matthews never went to Mar-a-Lago to kiss Trump’s ring. Chris Wallace is available now. He’d be a good get for the network.

I thought Gaetz was an aficionado of Trumpism. So why did he withdraw from consideration so quickly? Deny, deny, deny, obstruct, obstruct, obstruct. He hadn’t learned that from his mentor? Then he’s too stupid for any job offered by Trump. Too bad. I was actually hoping his nomination would get to the Senate, so we’d see those Republican senators (Collins, McConnell, et al.) furrow their brows, wring their hands, then vote for him.

@MidnightRider The Democrats are feckless, and the Republicans take advantage of it. Tell me something I don’t know.

@MidnightRider They will do what you said. Trump doesn’t know how tariffs work, obviously, and his MAGA crowd buys in to his false narrative.He should’ve learned that lesson with his agriculture tariff during his first term, but he didn’t, and it cost the taxpayers big time. Here we go again.

@MidnightRider I was referring to your take on the media, not the effect of Trump’s economic policies or the lack of wisdom in those who voted for him.

@MidnightRider Not as cynical as you, but I hear ya.

@MidnightRider What their ass-kissing visit said to Trump - and everyone else - “We’re sorry for all those bad things we said about you, and we won’t do that anymore.” They’ve lost all credibility in commenting on Trump now. So maybe they’ll let their guests opine instead and respond with an Ari Melber-like “Hmm.”

Disgraceful. Joe and Mika going to Mar-a-Lago to kiss Trump’s ring in order to cover their asses with a tyrant. No different from McCarthy, Cruz, McConnell, Rubio et al. I’m done with them.

Trump has learned his lesson from the first term: no more getting people for his Cabinet who know what they’re doing, forcing him to fire them. This time, only sycophants who will do whatever he says. The steamroller government has begun. God bless America, and the Supreme Court.

So let me get this straight: Trump is creating a whole new Department of Government Efficiency, with its attendant bureaucracy, in order to cut spending and streamline the government? Huh?

@MakerWerks Trump ain’t leaving except in a coffin. And then we’ll have Vance to use “national emergency” as a reason to cancel elections. Which likely is Trump’s plan now.

How can anyone still say with a straight face that they were “shocked” to learn of the latest Trump gambit? The shock quota must surely be over by now, and we’ve entered the “eyes glazed over” era.

Jack Smith is quitting, but he still has to deliver a report to the AG. Garland has the option of making it public. Will he? Don’t bet on it. The entire investigation apparatus is caving. Republicans are right. Democrats are wusses. You wouldn’t see Republicans doing that if the positions were reversed. They would spend the next four years trying to revive the cases. Obamacare is a case in point.

So how does Trump get to establish a new department? Doesn’t Congress have to be involved? How much will the heads get paid? What is its budget? Can Trump decide to create an I love Trump Department with MTG as its secretary? Jeez!

Will SCOTUS reimburse the treasury for the millions of dollars spent in Jack Smith’s investigations?

@gemswinc So you’re saying he”s a coward? Possible. Judges expect blowback, and death threats are a part of that.

Another delay in Trump sentencing. Begging the question: Is Judge Merchan actually a Trumper? No one has yet raised that possibility. Perhaps all of Trump’s rantings against him was theater? Hmm.

So Biden is running out of time to get judges confirmed in the senate. What the hell is he waiting for? Is Congress still on its Labor Day break? Jeez.

Fraud is fraud, whether it’s successful or not. Trump and his acolytes claimed massive election fraud after he lost in 2020. And before votes were cast in 2024, his people were already claiming fraud by the Dems this time too. But Trump won! Hmm. Where’s the fraud claim now? Crickets.