Tom Mullen: What is 'America First' About Annexing Greenland?

"Every few years, Washington politicians get a hankering to expand the American empire. One of their more bizarre obsessions is Greenland. The Trump administration famously floated the idea of buying the island from Denmark in 2019, sparking international ridicule. While the notion seemed to die down after that, it never truly disappeared. Some in Washington still see Greenland as the next great prize for the United States—a resource-rich Arctic territory that could be absorbed into the federal bureaucracy under the guise of economic and strategic benefits.

The first of many problems with this idea is that, like many Americans, the people of Greenland don’t want to be ruled by Washington. They’ve been moving toward greater independence from their own country for decades. And even if they were interested, U.S. taxpayers should think twice before taking on the costs of governing yet another distant landmass when their government is running $2 trillion per year deficits managing the territory it already has.

Annexing Greenland is the opposite of ‘America First.’ It’s ‘DC Empire First,’ precisely what tens of millions of Trump supporters voted against in November. But as history shows, not only campaign promises but the whole platform of a political movement goes out the window when the ruling class smells power, expansion, and illegitimately acquired wealth.

The idea of the U.S. acquiring Greenland isn’t new. In 1867, Secretary of State William Seward—best known for purchasing Alaska from Russia—proposed buying Greenland along with Iceland. The deal never happened, but the U.S. kept its eyes on Greenland for strategic reasons.

During World War II, American forces established bases on the island to prevent Nazi Germany from gaining a foothold. After the war, in 1946, President Harry Truman offered Denmark $100 million in gold for Greenland. Denmark refused. The U.S. ended up negotiating a military presence instead, and to this day, Thule Air Base remains a key U.S. outpost in the Arctic.

While American military interests in Greenland are undeniable, there’s a big difference between maintaining an alliance and annexing an entire landmass. Yet, expansionist-minded politicians never let go of the idea. When Trump suggested buying Greenland, the response from Denmark was clear: “Greenland is not for sale.” So, Trump now wants to take via some form of coercion, whether that is economic or military...

Source:Tom Mullen back in 2011.

From Tom Mullen

To answer Tom Mullen's question, first: absolutely nothing. I think a better question would be: "What's healthy about smoking tobacco?" Well, almost nothing. But at least with tobacco it can calm someone's nerves a little bit. Similar with alcohol, but tobacco is even worst for you. 

Whatever you think of President George W. Bush, (and I disagreed with most of the decisions he made) he was never talking about expanding the American empire and creating some new American, Neoconservative World Order. His vision was make the world safer for liberal democracy, even if that meant militarily overthrowing authoritarian regimes that represented no immediate threat to America. He never wanted to make Iraq the 51s state or any other foreign country that had an authoritarian government, the 51st state.

When Donald Trump was running for President in 2024, he talked about ending the Russian war in Ukraine within 24 hours of him becoming President again. Nowhere in his campaign was be talking about invading Canada, Mexico, Panama, and now Greenland... which is still part of Denmark. 

If DJT were talking about invading all these countries in... I don't know... 2024 (just to drop a year) don't you think that would've made some difference in the swing states as far as the votes he got? 

Don't you think DJT would've lost Arab-American votes in... I don't know... Michigan (to drop a state) had he talked about annexing Gaza and kicking out all the Arabs there, so he could make Gaza part of his Trump Empire? 

Unless you are an imperialist, or a wannabe oligarchic dictator, you don't invade foreign countries that represent no threat to your country whatsoever, just because you think you could personally make money off of having those territories as part of your own country. At some point Donald Trump needs to figure out who he is politically, or the voters will do that for him themselves and his party as well he personally, will pay a huge price for that. 

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CBS News: Why a Judge Ruled to Dismiss Eric Adams' Case With Prejudice

"Judge Dale Ho agreed to drop the federal corruption case against New York City Mayor Eric Adams "with prejudice." CBS News' Anna Schecter breaks down the court's reasoning." 

Source:CBS News with a look at New York City Mayor Eric Adams. I wonder if he's still a MAGA mayor now that DOJ can no longer charge him with anything relating to his bribery offenses.

From CBS News

"The initial request to drop the charges made note that the decision was not based on "the strength of the evidence or the legal theories on which the case is based."

That triggered concerns that Adams could not effectively govern the city because he would be beholden to the Trump administration, as long as the possibility of the charges returning remained in place.  

Adams and his attorneys have vehemently denied any wrongdoing. 

Judge Ho's decision includes words Adams' opponents are sure to focus in on: "Everything here smacks of a bargain, dismissal of the indictment in exchange for immigration policy concessions." 

In his ruling to dismiss the case with prejudice, Judge Ho took issue with the Department of Justice's request to dismiss the case without prejudice, meaning he could've faced trial on the same charges again at a later time. 

Judge Ho summarized the DOJ's reasoning to drop the case as based on three things: It's tainted with impropriety, detrimental to national security and immigration enforcement, and was a weak case to begin with. 

"There may or may not be good reasons to drop this prosecution. But the reasons articulated by DOJ, if taken at face value, are inconsistent with a decision to leave the charges in the Indictment hanging like the proverbial Sword of Damocles over the Mayor," Judge Ho wrote. "And there are many reasons to be troubled by DOJ's proffered rationales—further supporting dismissal with prejudice." 

Judge Ho also addressed why he couldn't continue to pursue the case after the DOJ moved to dismiss it...

From CBS News

From what I wrote about this case in February: 

"So what CBS News crime reporter Anna Schecter was talking about in the CBS News video, was what back in the day was called a "pro-quid-quo". 

Another way of phrasing that would be: "I'll scratch my back, if you scratch mine. You know, platonically". 

From The New Democrat

Again, we're not lawyers here at The New Democrat. But if someone pointed a gun at my head, (even if were a water gun) and I was forced to try summarize Judge's Ho decision here... actually I would try to summarize his decision, even if someone threaten me with broccoli... but I would say this: 

Judge Ho doesn't want the U.S Department of Justice to have criminal leverage (meaning the ability to charge someone with a crime, if you don't do exactly what they want them too) over Mayor Adams. Which gives the Mayor the freedom to do his job and make decisions for New York City, without having to worry about if the Trump Administration doesn't like what he's doing, they could try to indict the Mayor for some other crime, even if there's no merit to their charge. 

This has nothing to do the actual case against Mayor Adams or prove that he's innocent. The Judge is just accepting the reality that the U.S. Attorney is not going to bring the case here against him. So he might as well just dismiss the case and do with prejudice, so DOJ can't use it against the Mayor as leverage. 

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Dan Mitchell: Libertarian Humor

"Even though I have an entire page dedicated to libertarian humor (pro and con), I only added two columns in the past year (here and here).

I’ll try to do better in 2025, starting with this bit of stand-up humor.

I have to give the guy credit. I don’t know his personal views, but at least he understands the differences between philosophies.

Next we have the libertarian perspective on the political spectrum.

Not as good as my triangle, but fundamentally accurate.

I thought about putting our third item with my collection of gun control humor, but the real message if in the bottom frame, so it qualifies as libertarian.

Our next item shows someone who thinks like me (the guy with the beard, in case that’s not obvious).

Per tradition, I’ve saved the best for last.

And what makes this article from the Babylon Bee especially amusing is that I just landed in Buenos Aires this morning…

Source:Dan Mitchell with look at the lighter side of libertarianism. But that’s only assuming there’s any other side to libertarianism.

From Dan Mitchell

Before I go much further into this, I just want to say that I and the rest of The New Democrat, actually have a lot in common with what we call Classical Libertarians. As real Liberals, (or Classical Liberals, if you prefer) we believe in individual freedom as well… both personal and economic, as well as personal responsibility. 

But having said that, The New Democrat also believes in the rule of law. And someone might say: “Can’t you believe in the rule of law and also be a Libertarian?” I guess so. But when you have people who call themselves Libertarians, but who call for privatizing law enforcement, or just say something like:

“It’s up to the individual to fix any injustice that may occur to themself by themselves”. It's harder to believe that Libertarians even believe in a role for government when it comes to law enforcement.

And the rule of law is just 1 issue. Schools, public infrastructure, pretty much anything that’s run by local government’s, Libertarians will tell you that there’s no need for public this, that, and the other thing, plus something else…. all those things can be handled by the private sector and individuals themselves. 

So what I’m going to do here is give you at least a classical definition of what it means to be a Libertarian. And then make fun of people who call themselves Libertarians, but who are really right-wing Anarchists. The Right’s version of antigovernment hippies. 

As was written on The New Democrat 3 weeks ago: 

“If I were to give a serious definition of libertarianism, (and that’s a big if) it would be very close to the first Wikipedia article about it that I posted here: someone who believes in the individual and individual freedom over everything else. That means someone who believes in both personal and economic freedom, combined with personal responsibility. And that government is just there to do for the people what the people can’t do for themselves:

National security

Foreign affairs

Law enforcement

Managing the currency

And that the best government is the government that’s closest to the people, instead of the Federal Government trying to treat the states and cities as just additional federal agencies, with very little, if any autonomy of their own.

From The New Democrat

The classical definition of what I just gave you, you could probably call that from the Ron Paul School of Libertarianism. But when you got people even from Reason Magazine, or Ayn Rand supporters, or John Stossell saying: “We don’t even need a Defense Department, let alone law enforcement, or public schools and roads”, that begs the questions: “What do Libertarians want from government, other than to be left alone and allowed to live their own lives?”

Just go about with the rest of your life while so-called Libertarians try to come up with answer to that. Because you might have forgotten the original question before you get answer. And if the answer to the question is essentially “nothing”, but perhaps explaining that answer in at least 1 paragraph… what’s the difference between a Libertarian and a right-wing Anarchist? 

If you want some political cultural stereotyping, I’ll give it to you anyway: if you are old enough to remember the Hippies from the Silent and Boomer generations from the 1960s and 70s… the Beatniks from the 1950s and early 60s… there was a cultural and hardcore individualist faction in both movements, who weren’t very political. They just wanted government to leave them alone. That’s what the so-called “Modern Libertarian” looks like to The New Democrat.

TND sees “modern Libertarians) as right-wing hipsters who just want to be free to live the life and be able to do anything in the world… that’s currently illegal. Perhaps short of being able to kill without cause, or physically assault without cause. But who knows, they may think even murder and assault, even burglary should be legal… but so should vengeance:

“Yeah, man… vengeance is out there. I mean, it’s really out there”.

And at risk of sounding really insulting: if you are familiar with The Manson Family… “Modern Libertarians kind of sound like Lynette Fromme (also known as Squeaky) or Sandra Good, and perhaps a few other whacked-out, hardcore, antiestablishment members of that crime family… who are currently not serving life sentences in prison for murder.

I would put the Dan Mitchell’s of the world in the classical bloc when it comes to American Libertarians. He’s someone who I believe thinks we should have a have government defense department, law enforcement. etc… a government strong and responsible enough to protect its citizens from predators: foreign and domestic. Not to try to run the people’s lives for them. But he might a member of a small minority when it comes to people who call themselves “Libertarians” today.

Source:The New Democrat

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ABC News: Senator Cory Booker Stages Overnight Filibuster in Senate to Protest President Trump & Elon Musk

"Democratic Sen. Cory Booker was still speaking Tuesday afternoon on the Senate floor — continuing a filibuster he started at 7 p.m. Monday night — in protest against the national "crisis" he says Pres. Trump and Elon Musk have created.

“I rise tonight because I believe sincerely that our country is in crisis, and I believe that not in a partisan sense, because so many of the people that have been reaching out to my office in pain, in fear, having their lives upended–so many of them identify themselves as Republicans," he said Monday night.

The New Jersey senator vowed to last "as long as [he is] physically able."

Source:ABC News with a look at U.S. Senator Cory Booker (Democrat, New Jersey talking his head off. At least the man came prepared. You don't see a phonebook around him, or children's books, fast food menus, train schedules, etc. 

From ABC News

Also from ABC News about past Senate filibusters: 

"On June 12, 1935, Sen. Huey Long, D-La., filibustered for more than 15 hours to require Senate confirmation for more posts within the National Recovery Administration. President Franklin Roosevelt opposed Long’s idea. The Senate’s website says Long’s motive was "to prevent his political enemies in Louisiana from obtaining those lucrative government jobs."

He reportedly read and analyzed each section of the Constitution while he talked and claimed the president’s New Deal programs had made the founding document "ancient and forgotten lore."

Sen. Strom Thurmond, R-S.C., held one of the longest filibusters on record. Historians say in 1957 he talked for 24 hours and 18 minutes in an attempt to block a vote on the Civil Rights Act. He passed the time reading line by line through state laws, already on the books at the time, to protect voting rights and election procedure, as well as opinions from the U.S. Supreme Court.

Other senators have read parts of the phone book and even sang songs.

Later that year, Sen. Ted Cruz, R-Texas, took to reading Dr. Seuss’s "Green Eggs and Ham," while holding the floor to oppose former president Obama’s health care law." 

From ABC News

When all else fails and there's nothing else to write about, write a blog post about perhaps the least popular institution in America, (other than Donald J. Trump) the U.S. Congress. And if that doesn't put everyone at the Insomniacs Convention to sleep... finally, go even further and make a play to put the rest of the country sleep as well and talk about the Senate filibuster in particular. The U.S. House might suck as well, but at least they get to go home at the end of the day, or to their nearest bar, or country clubs, because representatives aren't allowed to talk their heads off over there. 

Anytime you are feeling like the biggest loser and screwup in the world, always remember that there will always be at last 1 institution in America that's even more unpopular than you (other than Donald J. Trump) and screws up even the basics more than you: the U.S. Congress. When they hit 20% as an institution, that's a good day for them. That's worth celebrating for them. 

And if anyone wants me to tell you what I think about Senator Booker's speech here, (who is still awake at this point) I'll tell you anyway: call me a cynic... but only because I am. I've been voting since I was 22, all the back to 1998. I've been blogging for 15 years now. I'm seen my share of political corruption and taxpayer funded nonsense. And this has nothing to do with Senator Booker personally. I think he's 1 of the good guys up there. 

But to keep this real: the Senator is looking to run for President in 2027-28. He's very intelligent, very likable, sweet, kind of guy, with a very quick sense of humor. If he could put the organization together, he would be 1 of the top 3 contenders for the Democratic nomination 2 years from now. I mean that's what this speech is about: bringing attention to himself, especially from partisan Democrats, who don't think the Democratic leadership, especially in Congress, isn't doing enough to stop Donald Trump and Elon Musk. And the man can deliver a great speech as well. So I hope everyone who had nothing to do for the last 24 hours, who perhaps was at that Insomniacs Convention, got a chance to watch Senator Booker's speech. 

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Michael Smerconish: James Carville: Donald Trump Collapse Happened Quicker Than I Imagined

"Legendary Democratic strategist James Carville discusses his bold prediction on the "massive collapse" unfolding inside the Trump administration and how Democrats should respond." 

Source:CNN talking to the father of the modern political rope-a-dope strategy: James Carville.

From CNN

From The New Democrat back in February on this very issue: 

"Democratic strategist James Carville called on Democrats to make a "strategic political retreat" in a guest essay for The New York Times on Tuesday, telling members of his party "to play dead."

"Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight, and make the American people miss us. Only until the Trump administration has spiraled into the low 40s or high 30s in public approval polling percentages should we make like a pack of hyenas and go for the jugular. Until then, I’m calling for a strategic political retreat," he wrote. 

"With no clear leader to voice our opposition and no control in any branch of government, it’s time for Democrats to embark on the most daring political maneuver in the history of our party: roll over and play dead," the strategist continued.

"Carville compared his suggestion to a "tactical pause," and argued the Democrats needed to stop regularly playing defense against the Trump administration's actions.

"It’s a vision move — get out of the hour-to-hour, day-to-day combat where one side (ours) is largely playing defense and struggling to defend politically charged positions (like explaining D.E.I. or persuading voters to care about foreign aid), and take time to regroup, look forward and make decisions about where we want to get to over the next two years," Carville said.

He said Americans were likely not waiting around for lawmakers and commentators to make the same old arguments to criticize the president. 

"They’re tired of it, and our Democratic voters are tired of watching us moan and groan to cover up our impotency out of power. They want us to be smarter than that," he added." 

And my response to that: 

"When you see your arch-enemy is drowning in the ocean. don't throw them a lifeline. Let them drown. 

When you see your arch enemy's house is on fire and no one is there to do anything about it, don't even offer to spit on the fire, let alone dump your own water on it, or call 911. Just let the house burn down. 

Let MAGA burn our national house down. Hopefully they don't destroy the country. But don't help them do that, or try to get in their way, outside of what's going on in the courts and at the state level. Show American voters this is exactly who you voted for and the consequences of that fateful decision. And tell them and show them there's a better way on the campaign trail and why you deserve to be in power again." 

From The New Democrat

From The New Democrat 2 weeks ago: 

"Along with all these organic and peaceful protests that are happening mostly outside of Washington and at the grassroots level, and the townhalls. That's how you defeat Donald Trump and MAGA, Instead of reminding voters why they don't like you either and voted against you in 2024, you just keep the focus on why they don't like Donald Trump and MAGA and make the case why they shouldn't be allowed to govern at all when their terms are up and speak out against them in unity." 

From The New Democrat

No offense to Michael Smerconish (who I do have some respect for because at least he talks about interesting issues) and I don't pretend to be a professional media critic by any means... but you can see why he's never been a correspondent for Ted Koppel's Nightline, or for 60 Minutes, Meet The Press, etc. You don't get any followups from him (at least in this interview) and you get a lot of softball, mainstream media questions from him like: 

Michael Smerconish: "So, Harry -- Harry Enten, I really respect his opinion. He crunches numbers for us here at CNN. And he spoke to Trump and right track, wrong track numbers. Let's roll the clip and then have James respond. Go ahead.

HARRY ENTEN, CNN CHIEF ANALYST: All we talk about is how unpopular Donald Trump is. But in reality, he's basically more popular than he was at any point in term number one and more popular than he won election back in November of 2024.

When you wrote in "The Times" and you spoke of rolling over and playing dead, you said, allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight and make the American people miss us.

But if the approval rating of the Democratic Party is at 29 percent, according to CNN's data, who's missing Democrats right now? They might be upset with Trump, but who is really missing the Democrats?

OK. Still -- still staying --

He says, the Democratic brand is toxic right now. What are Democrats doing to fill the vacuum or the void that Trump is leaving open?

 Final comment. This comes from a critique to your "Times" op-ed of a month ago, the Muhammad Ali, the rope-a-dope strategy. Put this on the screen." 

And these are just Michael Smerconish's points from his interview with James Carville on Saturday, from CNN. 

I mean Smerconish could've gotten his questions from his local newspaper. Or worst... someone's Twitter feed. Not a lot of research and preparation for his interviews. A lot of straight, belt-high fastballs, at around 90 miles an hour, over the middle of the plate, that Carville whacked out of the park for home runs. Yes, it's baseball season. 

I know the mainstream media wants to talk about how unpopular the Democratic Party is right now... at least the journalists who are worried about potential backlash they may get from Donald Trump and his administration. But the Democratic Party is not in charge right now. 

To paraphrase James Carville: political parties are in the business to win elections... period. Not to be popular. And they do that with the candidates that they recruit, nominate. And then you win elections by getting more votes than your opponents. And the Democratic Party as of right now is not in charge of anything in Washington, at the Federal level. It's not their job to be popular. Their job is to beat Republicans in every elections that they can. 

And as Jame Carville told Michael Smerconish: 

Mr. Carville talking about the Trump Administration: "Well, what tense are we in? Is it collapsing or has it collapsed? That's the only argument to have.

And I was wrong. I said, Memorial Day. It's before April Fool's day which the Trump administration should make a national holiday because it's so accurately represents who they are. So, I'm not really -- no one -- do not argue with me". 

I mean when you are running against an April Fools Day administration and political party... how popular do you have to be? The better question there is: how much smarter do you have to be than a daily fool and joke? The Democrat:

"You might not like me. But at least I'm not a fool. 

I don't share classified information with journalists.

 I don't claim that tariffs pay for themselves, or the other country would just pay the higher prices.

 I don't have drunks working for me... or Russian contacts... or people with enemies lists running the FBI".  

And Mr. Smerconish can talk about all he wants that he's more popular now than he was 8 years ago at this time... the key point is the President is still unpopular. More to the point: his polices are even less unpopular. 37% approval on the economy... you have to go back to G.W. Bush in 2008 to find a Republican President who was doing worst on the economy politically. 

President Trump is unpopular on the economy primarily because his own small town rural base (the heartbeat of the modern Republican Party) is paying the higher prices for basic necessities because of his tariffs. 

Trump 2017 vs Trump 2025: he might more popular now, but he was in the low 40s at this time 8 years ago, when he had only been President for 2 months at that point. I mean the idiot can say he's more intelligent than the moron. But is that even worth mentioning? 

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Jesse Dollemore: Donald Trump EXPLAINS PLAN FOR ILLEGAL 3RD TERM – “I’m Not Joking!

"Jesse discusses Donald Trump’s third-term plans and the methods by which he will illegally be President again. He tells Kristen Welker that he isn’t actually joking, and they are working out how they will violate the Constitution to achieve their goals." 

Source:Jesse Dollemore talking about DJT can look & sound when someone spikes his Diet Coke.

From Jesse Dollemore

From NBC News: 

"President Donald Trump did not rule out the possibility of seeking a third term in the White House, which is prohibited by the Constitution under the 22nd Amendment, saying in an exclusive interview with NBC News that there were methods for doing so and clarifying that he was “not joking.”

“A lot of people want me to do it,” Trump said in a Sunday-morning phone call with NBC News, referring to his allies. “But, I mean, I basically tell them we have a long way to go, you know, it’s very early in the administration.”

“I’m focused on the current,” Trump added, in some of his most extensive comments to date about serving a third term.

When asked whether he wanted another term, the president responded, “I like working.”

“I’m not joking,” Trump said, when asked to clarify. “But I’m not — it is far too early to think about it.”

When asked whether he has been presented with plans to allow him to seek a third term, Trump said, “There are methods which you could do it.”

NBC News asked about a possible scenario in which Vice President JD Vance would run for office and then pass the role to Trump. Trump responded that “that’s one” method.

“But there are others, too,” Trump added.

Asked to share another method, Trump simply responded “no.”

Amending the Constitution to abolish the two-term limit would be exceedingly difficult, requiring either a two-thirds vote of Congress or two-thirds of the states agreeing to call a constitutional convention to propose changes. Either route would then require ratification from three-quarters of the states.

The president pointed to his poll numbers, saying that “a lot of people would like me to” hold office for a third term.

Trump has previously commented on running for a third term in office, though Republicans have seen these comments as jokes or the president trolling his critics... 

From NBC News

At risk of being called a sexist by every militant, left-wing, feminist, in the history of God's green Earth: (assuming there is a God) Just when I think Kristen Welker is just beautiful, adorable, Sunday morning eye-candy, who can get any drunk in the country with a head slamming hangover, to wake up on Sunday morning, just to watch her, she gives us some real hard news. Instead of just trying to convince her viewers of how cute and sweet she is. But the far-left doesn't like Kristen Welker. So perhaps I have nothing to worry about, since they only cry sexism over women they actually like.

I could roll either way on this latest Donald Trump, Washington tabloid story. And I'll tell you what I mean by that. 

As The New Democrat said yesterday on social media about this latest Trump story: "Maybe we shouldn't jump in the lake every time he's says there's fish in it. He's simply trying to distract the country from Signal Gate and the economy". 

From The New Democrat

And I completely agree with that. But the problem this story has given me a new theory about how Democrats should play this, assuming The White House is actually serious about this and someone hasn't been jacking the President's Die Coke with Jack Daniels or some other alcoholic beverage. 

And it's Kristen Welker who threw this out there because apparently she's been talking to her own MAGA sources about this: Vice President J.D. Vance runs for President in 2027-28, (which is a story right there that I' will explore in the future) the Vice President selects his only boss, the President, to be his running mate. And some how they win the election.

So this is where the Democrats come it: whoever is the Democratic nominee for President in 28, they select President Barack Obama as their running mate. And President Obama spends the last 2 months of this campaign trolling not Vice President Vance, but President Trump. All day, every day, on social media, everywhere else, all the interviews, the townhalls, etc.

I mean when you are talking about Barack Obama, you are talking about 1 of the quickest and funniest minds, ever in American politics. The late night talk show hosts have. nothing on him from that standpoint. He proved that last October campaigning for Kamala Harris with the whole story about the price of diapers and talking about changing diapers and interrupting himself to say: 

"First of all, can you imagine Donald Trump changing diapers? Think about that for a minute". And other issues like that. 

You put President Obama on the campaign trail full-time to troll President Trump... the current President would look like a college of starving fish in the lake. I mean we're talking about the University of Texas Austin...a school of fish that large. And he take the bait every time the former President baits the current President. 

So if the President is not drunk and high enough to shake hands with the Moon, they won't be pushing this. But if they do, the Democrats have the perfect counterpunch: tell the people how great a Vice President Barack Obama would be and that would kill this latest insane MAGA story faster than fire burns paper. 

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Sky News: JD Vance Hits Out At Denmark During Greenland Visit After Donald Trump Says US 'Needs' The Island

"JD Vance has told Denmark it has "not done a good job" with Greenland during a visit to the territory - as President Donald Trump repeated his call for the US to take over the island. 

Vice President Vance, his wife Usha and other senior US officials arrived at an American military base in Greenland, the semi-autonomous territory that has been a part of Denmark for more than 600 years.

"Our message to Denmark is very simple: you have not done a good job by the people of Greenland," Mr Vance said. "You have underinvested in the people of Greenland, and you have underinvested in the security architecture of this incredible, beautiful landmass filled with incredible people. We need to ensure that America is leading in the Arctic."

Source:Sky News with a look at U.S. Vice President J.D. Vance (MAGA, Ohio) pointing at a mirror?

From Sky News

And from Slate Magazine: 

"Last weekend, second lady Usha Chilukuri Vance shared an Instagram video from the White House announcing an upcoming trip to Greenland and offering a “special message” for its America-hating residents. Clad in a white suit and speaking extremely monotonically into the camera, Vance informed her viewers that she would be visiting Kalaallit Nunaat in time for the autonomous Danish territory’s Avannaata Qimussersua dog sledding race, which the United States is sponsoring. “I’m also coming to celebrate the long history of mutual respect and cooperation between our nations, and to express hope that our relationship will only grow stronger in the coming years,” Vance concluded. “I look forward to meeting many of you soon.”

From Slate Magazine

And fron Yahoo: 

"Vice President JD Vance and his wife, Usha Vance, landed in Greenland on Friday afternoon, but they had to rearrange their entire trip to avoid embarrassment after people in the country said they didn’t want to welcome the couple.

And now, of course, the internet is roasting Vance for being unpopular wherever he goes.

In anticipation of the visit, American officials went door-to-door in Nuuk, Greenland’s capital, in the hopes of finding residents who wanted to greet Usha Vance, but no one took them up on the offer, Danish TV reports per The Daily Beast. Instead, that part of the trip and an excursion to see a dog sled race were pared down to just a visit to the remote American missile defense station on the island.

The controversial trip was part of President Trump’s push to take Greenland from Denmark “one way or the other.” But things didn’t go to plan as Greenland’s government called the trip “highly aggressive,” people planned to protest outside of the airport, and the organizers of the sled race said they never invited the second lady to attend, The New York Times reports.

The internet quickly started mocking Vance for bungling this PR stunt of a trip so badly. People quipped that “Hating JD and Usha Vance has united the world,” while someone else hoped they “choke on fermented shark,” and another person suggested that no one would want to put their furniture at risk around Vance, writing, “Who’d want to put their coach in danger like that... 

From Yahoo News

I don't want to be too semantical: (so of course that's what I might be doing here) but how could J.D. Vance know how cold "shit" is? I mean seriously: how would someone know that? And I will let you use your imagination before I get too vulgar about what someone might need to do with their own "shit", or someone else's "shit" before they could possibly know how cold the "shit" is. 

I'm also not a prude: (no, really) but the Vice President of the United States, flying off to foreign territory, un-welcomed, un-invited, showing up at a U.S. military base, wearing a t-shirt, blue jeans, and boots. He's 40 years old, he's the freakin Vice President of the United States... he's not at a Tim McGraw concert (no offense to Tim McGraw or any other country singer) or at a NASCAR race, or a college football game. He's supposed to represent the United States of America. And she shows up in another country, 1 of our best allies in the West, looking and acting like a dick. (My word) Just when people are thinking that it's Pete Hegseth is the 1 who drinks too much. 

This from CNN: 

"Vance, who only decided in the last few days to make the trip, said Denmark had neglected its territory and that America could no longer ignore Russian and Chinese alleged designs on the island.

“Our message to Denmark is very simple,” Vance said. “You have not done a good job by the people of Greenland.”

He repeatedly claimed the island was vulnerable and that the United States had “no other option” than to ramp up its presence there.

Greenland would be better off “coming under the United States’ security umbrella than you have been under Denmark’s security umbrella,” he said, saying it was the “policy of the United States” to see changes to the island’s Danish leadership.

Still, he acknowledged the future of the island should be up to its residents." 

From CNN

But according to POLITICO, which is actually in the business to report the news, unlike the Vice President of the United States: 

"Greenlanders have a message for Donald Trump: We’re not interested.

85 percent of the local population are against the idea of becoming part of the United States, according to new polling conducted by research company Verian, for national newspaper Sermitsiaq in Greenland and media outlet Berlingske in Denmark.

The poll was based on web interviews conducted between Jan. 22 and 27 among 497 representatively selected citizens in Greenland over the age of 18... 

From POLITICO

I would love to know where the Vice President's Office gets their information. But I think the safe bet is that they make "shit" up. Perhaps they claim they get it from the State Department. But they don't have any hard information. 

And the thing about Donald Trump and his VP claiming that: "America would be respected and feared again again when I'm President".... 

Greenland is the largest island in the world

If they were a an independent country: they would be the 12th largest country in the world in territory and yet their people are saying "hell no" about becoming part of the United States at any point in the future. If that's not embarrassing enough: they don't even want Donald and JD visiting their state. So much for America being respected and feared under Donald and JD. 

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Donald Trump's Reality TV Secretary Kristi Noem

" Secretary of Homeland Security Kristie Noem flies to El Salvador for maybe the most disgusting propaganda event in political history" 

Source:David Pakman Show with a look at U.S. Secretary of Homeland Security Kristi Noem. I guess she's trying to show everyone how "fabulous" she is. 

From David Pakman

From The Economic Times: 

"Kristi Noem's latest promotional video is making waves, and not just because of its message. Homeland Security Secretary Kristi Noem filmed a controversial advertisement inside El Salvador's Terrorism Confinement Center (CECOT) prison, warning undocumented immigrants of severe consequences. While some praised her stance, others chastised her rhetoric...

From The Economic Times

The New Democrat was talking about then Governor Kristi Noem a year ago when she was under consideration to be Donald Trump's VP nominee and that doggone (pun intended) story broke about her:

"My theory for why Kristi Noem decided to do this, is she's a much smarter politician than she seems to want anyone whose not inside of her South Dakota circle to know. I think she believes that Donald Trump is a loser, whose going down, because he's going to lose overwhelmingly with women. And even lose too many Republicans with all his legal baggage, including the fact he could be a two-time convicted felon before election day in November and that will make it too hard for him to beat President Biden in November. And she doesn't want to be part of that electoral catastrophe. And she sure as hell doesn't want to get blamed for it. But that's my theory."

From The New Democrat

I would've thought that with David Pakman's political satiric background, especially when talking about right-wingers, that he would've jumped all over Secretary Kristi Noem's independent woman of MAGA, reality TV persona here. I mean I thought he would've jumped in there like a horse who hasn't had anything to drink in a few days, would jump into a lake. But, no, he just gave us a left-wing take on how these suspected Latin American terrorists and gangbangers, are being treated by Trump Administration. 

Unless you are a hardcore leftist, who's not a fan of law enforcement to begin with, very hard to feel sorry for how these prisoners are being treated right now. And I'm saying this as someone who doesn't approve of the President's use Alien Enemies Act here. 

So as Secretary Noem filmed her little independent, straight to home video, need to stay up to 4AM (unless you record it) c-film, from El Salvador, she does that by flaunting her $60,000 Rolex watch. 

From recent reports I've been seeing, including from The Street, Kristi Noem's net worth is somewhere around a million dollars. She's 53 years old, her current salary as Secretary of Homeland Security is $246,000 a year. Could she have taken $50,000 dollars out her checking or savings account to pay for  a watch, she may only where a few times this year? Sure. But that would be the smoking gun that you would need to see that she's not a fiscal conservative and that she doesn't believe in fiscal responsibility... even with her own money. But I would want to see proof that she bought this watch with her own money and not just take someone's word on that before I believed it. 

So the question here is did she really pay for that watch herself? I mean we're talking about a middle-age woman (even though she still looks and acts like a little girl) who has a fairly modest net worth, especially compared with her fellow cabinet officials, perhaps spending $50,000 of her own money, on a Rolex, she may only wear a handful of times, even as Secretary of DHS. 

Or, it was given to Secretary Noem as a gift by someone else who does have that kind of money to spend on watches. And perhaps that person wants influence with the Trump Administration. And if that watch is a gift, she would have to report that gift to the Office of Government Ethics as an executive branch employee.

But this little film that DHS did here... that's all it was. Imagine Newsmax, or FOX putting together their own reality TV show for their MAGA audiences, this is what it would look like. People pretending to be for the common man (and perhaps just man) while they're flaunting their high-end wardrobes, living in mansions, driving foreign luxury and sports cars... their expensive lifestyles. With wannabe reality TV star Kristi Noem perhaps as the star of it. But Majorie T. Greene, Lauren Boebert, Alina Habba, Pete Hegseth, (drunk or sober) Dan Bongino, The Kasman Patel, perhaps Joe Rogan making weekly appearances on Cowboy Patriots For America. (Or whatever the hell it would be called) But that's all it would be, just another show calling itself reality TV. 

Does anyone who is currently sane, sober, and intelligent, (who isn't 1 of Pete Hegseth's drinking buddies) think this little c-film from Noem Productions, are going to to prevent Latin gangbangers and terrorists, as well as just innocent people from those countries, who are simply trying to escape the poverty and crime of those countries, from trying to come to America, legally, or illegally? Anyone want to make that bet? 

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Katrina Szish & Bob Sellers: BREAKING: President Trump Withdraws Elise Stefanik's UN Nomination Due to House Majority

"President Donald Trump has withdrawn the nomination of Rep. Elise Stefanik to be Ambassador to the United Nations due to the slim House GOP majority. NEWSMAX's Kilmeny Duchardt reports details." 

Source:Newsmax with a look at U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik (MAGA, New York)

From Newsmax

From the President of the United States: 

"As we advance our America First Agenda, it is essential that we maintain EVERY Republican Seat in Congress. We must be unified to accomplish our Mission, and Elise Stefanik has been a vital part of our efforts from the very beginning. I have asked Elise, as one of my biggest Allies, to remain in Congress to help me deliver Historic Tax Cuts, GREAT Jobs, Record Economic Growth, a Secure Border, Energy Dominance, Peace Through Strength, and much more, so we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN. With a very tight Majority, I don’t want to take a chance on anyone else running for Elise’s seat. The people love Elise and, with her, we have nothing to worry about come Election Day. There are others that can do a good job at the United Nations. Therefore, Elise will stay in Congress, rejoin the House Leadership Team, and continue to fight for our amazing American People. Speaker Johnson is thrilled! I look forward to the day when Elise is able to join my Administration in the future. She is absolutely FANTASTIC. Thank you Elise!" 

From Donald J. Trump

Just a point of clarification first: Katrina Szsih said: 

"So what might have sounded like some type of scandal, is not that all. This is about Elise Stefanik keeping her seat in Congress".

I get this is Newsmax and I don't expect them to really give me any facts whatsoever, let alone even a few of them, or most of them, let alone all of them. And getting news from them, is like lying down in the street searching for water because you are thirsty. But their reporter Kelly Dukart said: 

"Republicans are not willing to take a chance on her (meaning U.S. Representative Elise Stefanik) seat with their narrow majority in the House of Representatives... 

"Republicans not willing to take a chance on her seat with their narrow House majority", that's the key line here. And you heard it from Newsmax, before you want to blame it on "legacy media", the "liberal media", "the left-wing media", etc. 

House Republicans have 2 seat majority right now in the House of Representatives. Think about that: Out of 234 seats, they only have 219 seats. Donald Trump is unpopular, Democrats are winning legislative seats in Pennsylvania in other places where Donald Trump won those districts by 15-20 points. 

House Republicans lose Matt Gaetz's Florida seat (and I'm not predicting that they will) and then Elise Sefanik gets to the United Nations and the Governor of New York (Kathy Hochul) would call for a special election for her seat as well and maybe that's this summer and that's Northeastern New York , where Democrats are competitive... The White House right now is doing political damage control right now and trying to hold back what could be a perfect political storm for the Democrats for the rest of 25 and going into 2026. 

So Katrina Szish might be technically right when she say's President Trump withdrawing Representative Stefanik's name for the United Nations Ambassador, is not a "scandal". But The White House is simply trying to contain a potentially major political fire for themselves. 

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Representative Jasmine Crocket Gets Backlash From The Left For Her Hot Mess

"Robby Soave and Lynda Tran react to "The View" hosts scolding Rep. Jasmine Crockett  (D-T.X) over her comments about Texas Governor Greg Abbott." 

Source:The Hill with a look at U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett (Democrat, Texas)

From The Hill

"Backlash Over Rep. Crockett's Gov. Abbott Comments" 

Source:The View with a look at U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett (Democrat, Texas)

From The View

U.S. Representative Jasmine Crockett's (Democrat, Texas) own words about Government Greg Abbot: 

“Y’all know we got Governor Hot Wheels down there,” Crockett said. “And the only thing hot about him is that he is a hot (expletive) mess, honey.”

And then Representative Crockett trying to clean up the manure she dumped in the kitchen. This is why you never let your horse into your house. You can imagine how well that went: 

"I wasn’t thinking about the governor’s condition—I was thinking about the planes, trains, and automobiles he used to transfer migrants into communities led by Black mayors, deliberately stoking tension and fear among the most vulnerable," Crockett wrote on X." 

From USA Today

Just yesterday The New Democrat on social media was talking about who Fox News anchor Laura Ingraham was talking about how The White House was handling Signal Gate: "Seriously: even freakin Laura Ingraham is asking questions like: “How did a journalist get added to a Signal group chat among top Trump officials discussing a U.S. military strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen?" When even Fox News knows MAGA is screwing up... you know they screwed up."

From The New Democrat

And now today, The View (which is like MSNBC daytime in the primetime) is talking about how Representative Crockett screwed up in how she not just got caught mocking Governor Greg Abbott (Republican, Texas) who is a paraplegic, but how she tried to explain her comment and tried to deny what she knew she did. 

Representative Crockett saying she didn't know Governor Abbot was a paraplegic... imagine being caught on video tape trying to walk out with a coat at a department store, or something and of course you get caught doing that and your response is something like: "That wasn't me. That must have been my twin". And you don't even have a twin. I mean she's from Texas too: 

Does she ever go home? 

Does she ever look at the media there? 

I'm willing to bet she's at least met Governor Abbot at some point. Did she think he was too lazy to stand up or something? 

When intelligent people fall in ditches, they tend to pick themselves up and climb out of the ditch. But in Jasmine Crockett's case, she decides that since she's already in the ditch, she might as well try to dig for gold, or something. 

Do you really need any other reason why The New Democrat for the last month now has endorsed James Carville's political approach of strategic rope-a-dope and counterpunch? 

Let the Republican Party be the Republican Party of the Marjorie T. Greene's and Lauren Boebert's, who can only get any political publicity at all, when they make a break for the wall and escape their political asylum's and do something crazy on the street. They're the party of Donald Trump and his political reality TV show The Keystone Cops At The White House. 

The Democratic Party is supposed to be the party of the people. Not the crazy people. The people who work hard, play by the rules, trying to get ahead in life. Not trying to make life harder for good, intelligent, responsible, hard-working Americans. As James Carville said: 

"Allow the Republicans to crumble beneath their own weight, and make the American people miss us. Only until the Trump administration has spiraled into the low 40s or high 30s in public approval polling percentages should we make like a pack of hyenas and go for the jugular. Until then, I’m calling for a strategic political retreat," he wrote. 

With no clear leader to voice our opposition and no control in any branch of government, it’s time for Democrats to embark on the most daring political maneuver in the history of our party: roll over and play dead," the strategist continued... 

From The New Democrat

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Don Lemon: HOT TAKES! - What's In The Signalgate Texts?!

"We have receipts! The Atlantic's editor in chief Jeffrey Goldberg has released screen grabs from the Signal group chat he was added to by Trump's NSA Mike Waltz. Join us as Don breaks it down!" 

Source:Don Lemon with a look at Leakin Mike Waltz and DUI Pete Hegseth.

From Don Lemon

From CNN: 

"1215et: F-18s LAUNCH (1st strike package)”

 1345: ‘Trigger Based’ F-18 1st Strike Window Starts (Target Terrorist is @ his Known Location so SHOULD BE ON TIME – also, Strike Drones Launch (MQ-9s)”

 1410: More F-18s LAUNCH (2nd strike package)”

1415: Strike Drones on Target (THIS IS WHEN THE FIRST BOMBS WILL DEFINITELY DROP, pending earlier ‘Trigger Based’ targets)”

 1536 F-18 2nd Strike Starts – also, first sea-based Tomahawks launched.”

“If this information — particularly the exact times American aircraft were taking off for Yemen — had fallen into the wrong hands in that crucial two-hour period, American pilots and other American personnel could have been exposed to even greater danger than they ordinarily would face,” Goldberg and Harris wrote.

National security adviser Mike Waltz later texted to confirm that the target was in a building that collapsed and the strike was successful.

“The first target – their top missile guy – we had positive ID of him walking into his girlfriend’s building and it’s now collapsed,” Waltz wrote at 2 p.m. ET.

And later in the day, Hegseth confirmed to the group that more strikes were coming.

“Great job all. More strikes ongoing for hours tonight, and will provide full initial report tomorrow. But on time, on target, and good readouts so far,” he said.

The release of the messages appeared to undercut Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard’s testimony on Tuesday, where she said it was to her knowledge that weapons packages, targets and timing weren’t part of the conversations in the Signal chat.

Gabbard on Wednesday doubled down on the administration’s insistence that no classified information was shared in the now-infamous chat.

“The conversation was candid and sensitive, but as the president, National Security Advisor stated, no classified information was shared,” Gabbard told the House Intelligence Committee. “There were no sources, methods, locations or war plans that were shared. This was a standard update to the national security cabinet that was provided alongside updates that were given to foreign partners in the region.”

She also said Hegseth was ultimately responsible for deciding what in that conversation should or should not have been classified: “Ultimately, the Secretary of Defense holds the authority to classify or declassify.”

Goldberg said on Wednesday the magazine decided to redact a sensitive piece of information out of their follow-up article.

“We did redact one piece of information because we felt, on our own, that we felt it was best to do. And the CIA asked us, but, you know, at a certain point, the administration is saying that there’s nothing classified or secret or sensitive in these so at a certain point, I just felt, you know, let our readers decide for themselves,” he said on MSNBC of the decision to publish the rest of the information... 

From CNN

From The New Democrats yesterday: 

"Before I get into the important point of what I want to say here, I have to say hearing a story like this, about these group of people, who were caught redhanded sharing military secrets, over a private phone... it's not funny. But if 1 of your goals in life is to be the world champion of hypocrisy, this would be a great start: "Damn, these people are serious hypocrites. I got nothing on them. They can have the world title... if they want it that badly". 

As Jessica Tarlov said... and they weren't called MAGA back in 2014 when Hillary Clinton's email story broke, but these are the same people culturally and ideologically, who were accusing HRC of not being trustworthy to protect our national security secrets... 

From The New Democrat

From The New Democrat today: 

"So Ben Meiselas and ABC News do a very good job of laying out all the MAGA lies about Group Chat Gate from the Trump Administration. But Ron Filipkowski pretty much sums up their main problem here in 1 sentence: 

"You would think that people who lie so much would be better at it by now from all the practice." 

And if you are someone who just doesn't love political history, but Hollywood political history films... there's a great line from Hal Holbrook (who played Deepthroat in All The President' Men in 1976) where he's talking to Bob Woodward (played by Robert Redford) about the Watergate burglars and the people in The White House whose job was to cover up the Watergate and the Plummers mess created by President Richard Nixon and his loyalists: 

"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand... 

From The New Democrat

I guess my first response here is and from the way Don Lemon reads Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's texts here... the Secretary sounds like a frat boy, who just got approved to a fraternity, (perhaps he's just a sophomore) and he's trying to impress the upperclassman in the fraternity and show them how tough and masculine he is and perhaps he's already a few six packs in before this point... so sounds he like:

"Dude!!! Let's do it! Let's get him! Yeah, man!"

Or, it could be Pete Hegseth trying to prove to his group chat crew, how he got the nickname "DUI Pete". And he's just drunk out of the world at that point and he's simply just ripping here.

Look, the country was warned last year about the consequences of having a president and presidential administration, that puts loyalty to 1 man, as well as performance and looks on TV, over actual qualifications, knowledge, education, experience, and intelligence, for the jobs that they're seeking. But 77 million voters voted for Donald Trump anyway, which gave him over 300 votes in the Electoral College.

The U.S. Senate had the opportunity to deny these people their current jobs simply because they're not qualified for them. But the Republican Senate approved them anyway, even though a lot of them knew better, but weren't ready to risk their political futures.

Elections has consequences and when the people vote for the wrong people to represent them... bad things happen. (And that's putting it mildly) The Trump Administration has been in office for 2 months now and we're already seeing how inept and unqualified they are at governing.

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Ben Meiselas: Fox News COLLAPSES On LIVE TV As Lies ALL BLOW UP

"MeidasTouch host Ben Meiselas reports on how Fox News is in a total panic as the Trump administration lies over its war plan leaks are getting more ridiculous and absurd by the minute." 

Source:Meidas Touch with a look at MAGA TV.

From the Meidas Touch

From FOX News themselves: 

"National Security Advisor Michael Waltz is pressed on claims from an article in 'The Atlantic' and defends the Trump administration’s foreign policy success on ‘The Ingraham Angle." 

From FOX News

And from a real news source: ABC News: 

"How did a journalist get added to a Signal group chat among top Trump officials discussing a U.S. military strike on Houthi rebels in Yemen?

That's a key question after the message chain was brought to light on Monday by The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg in an article titled: "The Trump Administration Accidentally Texted Me Its War Plans." A National Security Council spokesman told ABC News shortly after the article was published the message thread that was reported "appears to be authentic."

Goldberg said he received a connection request on the commercially available app from a user identified as White House national security adviser Michael Waltz. He recounted later being added to a chat group with a message from Waltz about it being established to coordinate about Houthis... 

From ABC News

What I'm going to talk about here really gets to my point about Laura Ingraham in this discussion. I can't believe The New Democrat is sort of speaking up for Laura Imgraham (the princess of far-right propaganda) but this is Donald Trump's America and times are very different. From The New Democrat last week: 

"Just a little background of what I think of Laura Ingraham first and then the interview: 

I think she's a right-wing, hyper-partisan demagogue, who a best is very loose with the truth. But she's not stupid or crazy. You see that just in the opening of this interview with President Trump where she said that The White House readout of the conversation between the President and President Vladimir Putin: "As a positive reading of the conversation"

And then Laura Ingraham literally asking the President when talking about Chief Justice John Roberts statement on the President attacking Federal judges because they ruled against him: "Are there any court orders that you wouldn't defy?"

Think about that: a Fox News anchor... I mean there's no one more MAGA than Laura Ingraham. Her right-wing populist record, goes back to the 1990s, if not father. She's a saner, more intelligent version of Ann Coulter. And she's asking the Dear Leader of the MAGA movement (who also just happens to also be President of the United States) "Are there any court orders that you would defy... 

From The New Democrat

"Secretary Scott Bessent's line: "Many of the employees are fantastic. It's this consultant group. They're like a boa constrictor. They're like a python," he said. "They've constricted themselves around our government, and the costs are unbelievable. They're being passed on to the American taxpayer."

Reminds me of this expression: "The expression "you can never trust a snake" is a common idiom used to describe someone who is deceitful, untrustworthy, and potentially dangerous, often implying they are scheming or manipulative. It's rooted in the image of a snake, a creature often associated with stealth and danger." 

I'm just wondering of the Secretary is speaking from personal experience here. And perhaps cluing in Laura Ingraham's viewers about his own trustworthiness.

Which would explain Fox News host Laura Ingraham less than enthusiastic expression and response to Secretary Bessent when the Secretary compared Federal workers to snakes... 

From The New Democrat

And from The New Democrat about this yesterday: 

"Before I get into the important point of what I want to say here, I have to say hearing a story like this, about these group of people, who were caught redhanded sharing military secrets, over a private phone... it's not funny. But if 1 of your goals in life is to be the world champion of hypocrisy, this would be a great start: "Damn, these people are serious hypocrites. I got nothing on them. They can have the world title... if they want it that badly". 

As Jessica Tarlov said... and they weren't called MAGA back in 2014 when Hillary Clinton's email story broke, but these are the same people culturally and ideologically, who were accusing HRC of not being trustworthy to protect our national security secrets... 

From The New Democrat

And from Ben Meiselas's colleague Ron Filipkowski over at Meidas (Ron today about the Trump Administration's lie machine: 

"You would think that people who lie so much would be better at it by now from all the practice." 

From Ron Filipkowski

So Ben Meiselas and ABC News do a very good job of laying out all the MAGA lies about Group Chat Gate from the Trump Administration. But Ron Filipkowski pretty much sums up their main problem here in 1 sentence: 

"You would think that people who lie so much would be better at it by now from all the practice." 

And if you are someone who just doesn't love political history, but Hollywood political history films... there's a great line from Hal Holbrook (who played Deepthroat in All The President' Men in 1976) where he's talking to Bob Woodward (played by Robert Redford) about the Watergate burglars and the people in The White House whose job was to cover up the Watergate and the Plummers mess created by President Richard Nixon and his loyalists: 

"The truth is, these are not very bright guys, and things got out of hand". 

The fact is The White House only speaks to 1 audience, which is their MAGA base. They feel as long as they have those small town, blue-collar, folks who think America is has been going to hell since the 1960s because of multiculturalism and everything else from that period... they'll be fine. They just have to stay in there and keep doing all the fighting and attacking the so-called elitists. And anyone who isn't rural, Anglo-Saxon male, they'll just label those folks as DEI when they stand up to this White House. 

So when you are only speaking to 1 audience and morality and honesty if anything are just obstructors to your ultimate goal which is to take over and run America, you can literally lie your asses off in public, even purger yourselves in front of Congress. Because who's going to stop them? 

And my point about Laura Ingraham is something that was made on The New Democrat last week: Ben Meiselas at 1 point in this video said referring to Ingraham: "She almost gets it". He's wrong. She gets it and I think she's also getting tired of having to spend 10-15 minutes of her show every night trying to defend the Keystone Cops as The White House every night. I think she knows how incompetent they are and doesn't even mind letting her viewers get a taste of that. But she doesn't want to lose her job at Fox News and her 7-8 figure income every year from FNC. But that's my observation about her.

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