TUESDAY: No two people are just alike!

TUESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2025

She'd like to see them bleed out: Did it start with five years of Donald Trump's birtherism? Was that where it started?

For us, that was the start of a remarkable era in which we learned how many people out in the world seem to be out of their minds. Today, as President Trump continues to possibly spiral downward, he provided the latest implausible account of the amazing difficulty of the "cognitive test" he still claims he aced in spectacular fashion.

Concerning that lengthy account, we can only say, Wow! Last evening, he also did this:

Trump Fires Off Over 160 Truth Social Posts in Frenetic, Late-Night Blitz

President Donald Trump unleashed a frenetic, late-night posting binge on Monday, flooding Truth Social with more than 160 posts in less than five hours, in a wild spectacle that saw him teeing off on political opponents and policies.

From 7 p.m. to nearly midnight (ET), the president reposted an endless stream of clips, some of which were duplicated in what appeared to be an automatic loop, amplifying MAGA-friendly pundits and conspiracy theories.

Among them was a clip of Alex Jones, featuring Bed, Bath and Beyond founder Patrick Byrne, whose video carried the bizarre caption: “Michelle Obama may have used Biden’s autopen in the final days of his disastrous administration to pardon key individuals.” Other posts lauded his vow to nullify all of Biden’s Autopen orders.

He also posted what appeared to be an AI-generated video of Elon Musk discussing Trump’s vow to “immediately” revoke temporary protections for Somali migrants.

It goes on from there. The New York Times and all its columnists continue to hold that this sort of thing shouldn't be reported or discussed, not even with qualified specialists.

Meanwhile, did Pete Hegseth order a second strike? We'll all have to wait, and some day we may all find out what happened. 

Along the way, it has always seemed to us that something seemed to be wrong with Hegseth—that he seemed to need (and deserve) some help. Regarding the sitting president, we have advised you to "pity the child" even as you search for ways to restrain the adult—the adult we Blues almost surely helped get elected. 

That said, our press corps has agreed that possible or probable "mental disorders" must never be discussed with medical specialists where a political person is involved. That was always a good idea until it finally wasn't—but our press corps will cling to that shibboleth until the very end as the society keeps sliding sideways.

Hegseth always seemed to be disordered, even back in the old Fox & Friends Weekend days. Yesterday, the principal friend on that morning program showed up on Outnumbered to say that we all need to maintain the United States as a Christian nation:

Fox News host urges defense of America’s 'Christian Culture' against communism

A Fox News host is urging viewers to defend America’s “western Christian culture” and to think “communism” whenever they hear about feminism or secularism.

Rachel Campos-Duffy, a “Fox & Friends Weekend” co-host, told [Outnumbered] viewers on Monday, “I think it’s really up to us to reclaim our culture.”

“We can sit and complain about it, but when we give in to those atheist groups that keep suing, we should come right back—this is our culture,” she said. “I’m not going to let, you know, pro-Palestinian or whatever they’re putting forward—these are all fronts for, you know, whenever you see any of these groups, just think feminism, secularism, just think communism. This is what they’re really about.”

“It’s always been about communism,” Campos-Duffy insisted.

“Making the state the center, removing the power of religion and family from our culture. It’s up to us to make sure that our culture remains what it is, which is a Western Christian culture with a beautiful history...

As we've often noted, Campos-Duffy is a deeply genial person, at least among her own. She's sensational morning show "talent."

Stating the obvious, there's no reason why she shouldn't hold the religious views and values she does hold. But she also seems to be such a true believer that someone who pities the regular people of suffering Gaza can only be engaged in a front for Communism, or so it apparently seems to her.

(For extra credit only: Does that make her a bad person? Or does it only make her a person person? Compare and contrast. Discuss.)

That said, we Blues have often been a tiny bit nutty too. Every time Rep. Jasmine Crockett (D-Texas) manufactures another incident like this, another Trump voter decides to hang onto his or her wings. Fox has been dining out on that absurd own goal for roughly a week, and its viewership is very large.

That said, we'll leave you today with this report about Megan Kelly's desire to see the people on those apparent drug boats suffer before they drown. She spoke with Mark Halperin on her eponymous podcast. Here's part of what she said:

Megyn Kelly Complains Trump Isn’t Prolonging Deaths of Alleged Drug Traffickers: ‘I’d Really Like to See Them Suffer’

Megyn Kelly defended the Caribbean boat strikes ordered by President Donald Trump and Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth, not only calling the criticism “manufactured” but also complaining that the people on the boats were being killed too quickly and she would prefer to “see them suffer.”

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"So I really do kind of not only want to see them killed in the water, whether they’re on the boat or in the water, but I’d really like to see them suffer. I would like Trump and Hegseth to make it last a long time so that they lose a limb and bleed out a little. Like I’m really having a difficult time ginning up sympathy for these guys who ten seconds earlier almost got taken out by the initial bomb, but because they managed to get ejected, you know, a little too soon, had to be taken out in the water. I realize legally it may make a difference, but truly, Mark, this is a tough case to really gin up the sympathies of the American people."

She's like see them lose a limb and be forced to hang on a while as they slowly bleed out. (We'll admit we don't have that same reaction. Plus, there's an endless array of basic, unresolved facts to sort out.)

It's beginning to seem that no too people are just alike! Our overall views at this point would include these:

All these people are fellow citizens. We'll guess there are some people who could use some help.

Some such people may even be over here in the Blue camp! We assume that something is wrong with President Trump—something which may have come to him through the genes. (Under the rules of the game, no such obvious possibility can be reported or discussed.)

We feel sorry for the perpetually furious, tortured Hegseth. We leave you with a basic question:

Would you want to be him?