SATURDAY, APRIL 11, 2026
...after the world lost a week: We hit the ground running, admittedly at a rather slow speed, after yesterday's medical summit.
Results from the summit were several:
One pharmaceutical was kicked to the curb. Another was replaced by a substitute. We returned to our sprawling campus, fell into a deep sleep.
These pharmaceuticals today! At any rate, "Doc" assured us we'd be back on track—and our current reports will (we hope) resume on Monday morning.
Where we left off:
"Who talks like that," David Remnick had said, speaking to Jen Psaki. For the sake of clarity, we'll highlight that excellent question:
Who talks like that?
Also, Megyn Kelly has asked several similar questions, including these:
Can’t he just behave like a normal human? What does that say about him?
One possible answer to all those questions is stunningly obvious. The fact that no one knows how to provide it—or the fact that no one is willing to do so—is anthropology all the way down concerning our bodies, ourselves.
One possible answer is blindingly obvious. With a bit of luck, we'll return to this topic at the start of the week.
Almost surely, the president isn't "a normal human." But what's the excuse, or the explanation, for the conduct of everyone else?
"One possible answer to all those questions is stunningly obvious. The fact that no one knows how to provide it—or the fact that no one is willing to do so—is anthropology all the way down concerning our bodies, ourselves."
ReplyDeleteThis is Somerby's strawman, the idea that no one "knows how" or "is willing" to state what is wrong with Trump. Several commenters have taken the time to supply quotes showing that this accusation is false.
Politics has little to do with "anthropology". Anthropology is: "(1) the study of human societies and cultures and their development, and (2) the study of human biological and physiological characteristics and their evolution." These are legitimate scientific fields that have nothing whatsoever to do with Somerby's complaints that supposedly no one will admit that there is something very wrong with Trump (despite this ongoing complaint by the left, former Trump supports, and never-Trump Republicans). What does Somerby gain by claiming that no one will speak about Trump's abnormal behavior? Somerby gets to bash the press and liberals for not speaking out, when we have been the main ones doing so since 2015, when Trump declared his candidacy.
The "everyone else" who Somerby needs to be discussing are not Trump's critics, but his supports, and they are falling away from Trump in droves as each Trump act is more horrifying than the last. That is something Somerby does not acknowledge.
Then Somerby thows in the phrase "...concerning our bodies, ourselves." This hearkens back to a famous book in the 1970s, during the early days of Women's Lib and the feminist movement. Wikipedia says:
"Our Bodies, Ourselves is a landmark book on women's health, sexuality, and reproductive rights, created by the Boston Women's Health Book Collective (now known as Our Bodies Ourselves) starting with a 1970 booklet, Women and Their Bodies. It became a feminist classic, providing comprehensive, empowering information on topics like contraception, childbirth, and sexual health, and has been continuously updated through multiple editions, with the most recent print version published in 2011. The book's goal is to give women the knowledge to take control of their health, viewing it as a political issue beyond just biology."
This reference is way out of place in Somerby's essay today. It has nothing to do with anything he is discussing. Why would he throw it into that sentence? His tendency to type whatever pops into his brain at any given moment does not produce coherent argument. Beyond that it is offensive to do this, given that Somerby is antagonistic to feminism, feminists in particular, and does not support women's issues, including contraception and choice. His lack of support for such things is a major reason why Somerby's ongoing claim to be liberal is unlikely to be true. Liberals support women's issues and have included them in every Democratic Party Platform since they became visible via the women's movement. Not Somerby though.
I am sorry that Somerby had problems adjusting to new meds this week, but that doesn't excuse the crap he writes here. A lot happened while he was under the weather. It might be better for him to deal with that instead of rehashing the stupidities he wrote before his doctor's visits.
"supports" = supporters (autocorrect problem)
DeleteYeah, it's a bitch having to go over your AI-generated, endless Slabbiness to find mistakes.
DeleteHope you're doing okay Bob.
Leroy
Who wound you up today, Leroy? You are in a champion bad mood and seem to want only to kick other people. I think you need a nap.
DeleteLeroy's emotional discomfort is our burden here.
DeleteHey, if it saves his wife from a beating or his dog from getting kicked, it's a small price to pay.
It bothers me that Leroy cannot tell the difference between human-written and AI generated comments. It suggests he will be very vulnerable to the changes in internet content during the next election cycle. I'll bet he thinks Trump creates his own memes.
DeleteI feel a sense of nostalgia because Cecelia used to accuse those writing lengthier comments of using AI. She hasn't been around for a while but maybe Leroy can say "hi" to her for us.
DeleteFuck the trannytroll.
DeleteHere is why Somerby's odd reference to women's health (Our Bodies, Ourselves) is problematic:
ReplyDelete"Katie Miller, wife of White House Deputy Chief of Staff Stephen Miller, condemned the teen birth rate having declined in a recent post on X.
Miller shared a screenshot of a graph charting the birth rate decline in the U.S. by age group, that used data from the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and was published in a recent Wall Street Journal article.
Pointing to the decline in the teen birth rate, Miller said that hormonal birth control is "killing population growth," and that "our biological destiny is to have babies." [Newsweek]
This push to encourage teen girls to procreate is bad for the girls because there are more physical complications among younger women (the younger, the more risks in childbirth). Further, if they are closer to 15 than 19, getting pregnant interferes with finishing school and establishing independence as an adult, severely limiting their ability to find employment and making them dependent on parents and the men who impregnated them. It reduce their life options, which is perhaps what Miller and his ilk want. If these young girls are pushed to marry their impregnators, the divorce rate for women who marry under 20 yo is the highest of any age group except those in their 50s who split up when their kids leave the home. That is because the younger girls do not yet know who they are as adults, are coerced by their lack of means to support themselves or a child, and become very different people as they mature and realize they do not belong with whoever they were forced to marry.
Those in strongly religious communities may or may not be exceptions, but note that Miller is urging this on all women, not just Amish or Fundamentalist/Orthodox groups.
So why did Somerby throw that phrase into today's essay? And why is he once again throwing out dog whistles, hinting and not directly saying what he means on even the topic of Trump's ongoing misbehavior? He says "One possible answer is blindingly obvious." without bothering to state what he is referring to. Yes, we can guess, but why the mystery?
The time for hinting that Trump has a bad personality is long past. We are in the days when calls for Trump's removal are increasing on both sides of aisle and people appear to be just waiting for the House/Senate to change majorities so that something can be done about Trump. Somerby could point that out, but he prefers to be vague and mumble. We don't need him to do that, especially if he doesn't have the courage to following his own hints to their obvious conclusion himself.
Somerby is correct. It's blindingly obvious that every Republican voter is a bigot.
DeleteGood luck to anyone who wants to counter that fact.
"Anyone who isn't a bigot, or isn't perfectly fine with bigotry, left the Republican Party over a quarter of a century ago."
DeleteJD Vance
It is time to ask why a supposed liberal such as Somerby would waste time trolling feminists when there is so much Trump misbehavior to discuss.
DeleteWeirdly Katie Miller went on Fox News a while back and mocked her husband’s lack of charisma and sexual prowess, she and Watters had a big laugh about it, and this was during rumors swirling she was having an affair with Musk (the fat slob with hair plugs, cold sore herpes, and a botched penile implant).
DeleteGhouls, all of them.
Miller only wants young white girls popping out babies. Already have too many browns for these fascist creeps and weirdos
DeleteFrom Thom Hartmann today:
ReplyDelete" Carlos Hernandez, 36, is the father of a two-year-old daughter and works rehabbing houses that have been damaged in fires; ICE thugs pumped 6 bullets into his body, including one into his face. He survived, but is hospitalized. ICE is claiming he tried to “weaponize” his car, a common lie they tell (see: Renee Good), and refusing to name the agents who shot him. They also now claim he’s a member of a notorious gang, which he, his attorney, and his family deny. Another day, another ICE outrage. How many brutal incidents and murders is it going to take to get this rogue agency shut down or at least to start operating under the rule of law and the Constitution?"
Somerby never discusses these atrocities. Why is he even here? If I were feeling an adverse drug reaction, I would rush back to the keyboard. I would take some days to feel better. That Somerby rushes back is another clue that perhaps he gets paid write right-supporting crap and needs the income to maintain his lifestyle. Those of us close to 80 otherwise tend to rest when we need to, without the pressures of job or trolling obligations.
Doctors determined Somerby suffers from xenophobia, a disease without a cure, so they’re pumping him full of placebos - Wednesday’s at the golf resort don’t pay for themselves.
DeleteGolf fans are watching the Masters tournament this weekend.
DeleteWhy should he? Discuss your topic of choice, I mean.
DeleteWrite your own blog, nitwit.
Leroy
So, you don't care about the things Somerby might have been discussing either. Got it.
DeleteLeroy's the tough guy hall monitor around here.
DeleteWe all live in fear of Leroy.
All pills are at least placebos, whether they have any other active ingredient or not. Expectation effects are powerful. There is a journal devoted to studying the -- the Journal of Psychosomatic Medicine. That's why doctors always provide additional instructions, such as "You should be feeling better in a few days" or "The pain should lessen in an hour...".
DeleteInquiring lefties are following this story too, again from Thom Hartmann (a liberal/progressive MVP in the independent press):
ReplyDelete"— When will the other Melania shoe drop? The great mystery this week, at least across cable news and social media, is why Melania Trump would go on TV from the White House and pull a Richard Nixon “I am not a crook” for no apparent reason. That didn’t work out well for Nixon, and it’s unlikely her demand that “The false smears about me … must stop” will do anything other than fuel more speculation and a faster circulation of her nudie pictures and photos of her with Jeffrey Epstein. Speculations about what provoked her run from a woman close to her threatening to “expose” her “pedophile husband,” to the possibility a new book is about to come out claiming Melania and Epstein were once involved, to weird theories that Trump asked her to do it (he claims he didn’t even know she was going to, but he constantly lies) to distract from the Iran debacle. Something very, very weird is going on with this couple (if you could call two people who live and sleep separately a couple). But then, if you were married to Trump, wouldn’t you be a bit on the edge, too?"
The obvious question is not what's wrong with Trump, but what is our nation going to do about him?
ReplyDeleteMelania is trying to rewrite the past and help sell her failed movie to streaming services (so Amazon can recoup its overblown investment). Here are some of the complexities not found in her film:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.wonkette.com/p/melania-did-not-have-sexual-relations
There is a great deal more to what happened between Epstein, Trump, Melania and a model agent named Zampolli who was friends with both Trump and Epstein:
"Milanese model agent Paolo Zampolli also sponsored Melania in 1996 for that genius Einstein visa for her extraordinary modeling ability, an episode that has always been rather mysterious! Trump later gifted Zampolli many cushy jobs, starting in 2004 when he made him Director of International Development for the Trump Org selling apartments, and eventually promoted him all the way up to an Ambassador for Global Partnerships in the current administration, where he was just hanging out with JD Vance in Hungary this very week! Zampolli allegedly used his connections last year to try to get ICE to deport his (ex-) girlfriend of two decades to Brazil so he could get full custody of their child. What a guy!"
Sounds like one of the good Christians.
DeleteHeather Cox Richardson (who Somerby should read) describes the actions of prominent Democrats who are calling for a cognitive evaluation by Trump's White House physician, with a report to Congress, including Jamie Raskin and Pete Buttigieg. Somerby claims no one is doing anything, but that is untrue of the left.
ReplyDeletehttps://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-10-2026
Somerby can only claim that no one is doing anything or talking about Trump's insanity, by ignoring the press where such activities are reported.
Is something wrong with Somerby's health? Of course. But he only hints about it, never stating explicitly what his problems are. Trump doesn't even do that. He pretends he is strong and has no health issues when it is obvious he is decaying and no longer functioning as a president is expected to do.
ReplyDeleteWhy do right wingers tolerate these obviously incompetent people in postions of high responsibility. The right accepted Pete Hegseth (a known alcoholic and rapist) and Brett Kavanaugh, another excessive drinker, despite hearings on their fitness. So the problem is with the right wingers who voted to accept these defective incompetents, not solely with Trump. I am encouraged the the right wing voters are finally recognizing that they need to hold their own guys accountable for something besides grifting.
Meanwhile, Somerby never discusses the problem of right wing acceptance of incompetence, in exchange for promises of financial gain that never materializes for anyone except Trump's billionaire cronies, those who engage in insider trading and rig the betting markets.
Why does Melania get a new jet (with a bed in the back) when she doesn't fulfill the responsibilities of First Lady and has no office in the White House any more -- Trump tore it down because it was obviously in the way of building an underground hospital on the premises (so his health problems will be less obvious as they progress).
We right-wingers judge workers on how effectively they do the job. We're not prejudiced. We don't pre-judge people.
DeleteBased on his background, Hegseth looked like a dubious choice for Secretary of War. But, under his leadership the military has performed superlatively. The recruitment problem was solved. Getting Maduro out inside a military complex was a incredible feat. Ditto for rescuing a airman trapped in Iran. Iran's rapid military destruction was superb. We didn't have disasters like the withdrawal from Afghanistan.
When some one charged Gen. Grant, in the President Lincoln’s hearing, with drinking too much liquor, Mr. Lincoln, recalling Gen. Grant’s successes, said that if he could find out what brand of whisky Grant drank, he would send a barrel of it to all the other commanders.
And that makes it OK for the Secretary of Defense to be an alcoholic who has attacked women? It isn't just that Hegseth is unqualified, but he is a fuck up. He bombed a girls' school, killing 170 little girls. Neither you nor Hegseth nor Trump may care about that, but the rest of us (many of whom are parents) do care. Hegseth lies about his military accomplishments, both in the previous bombing and the current invasion.
DeleteDavid, please don't leave all that empty space at the end of your comments. It is annoying to readers.
DeleteWhen you say Hegseth lies, obsequious lickspittles like DiC find that to be an attractive trait
DeleteWhat kind of attitude is focused particularly the bombing of that school? We all know that was not intentional. Compare the two sides. One US bomb accidentally hit a school. OTOH thousands and thousands of Irani missiles intentionally hit civilian targets. Give me a break.
DeleteMeanwhile Israel is committing war crimes in Lebanon every day
DeleteThe point is that it was NOT intentional but incompetent. The bomb hit a 15 year old target that hadn't been verified by Hegseth's military carrying out the bombing. That is incompetence. I'm not inclined to forgive the loss of 170 children because Hegseth doesn't know how to do his job.
DeleteDemocrats don't believe two wrongs make a right, the way you Republicans seem to do. Grant drank so it is OK for Hegseth to get blitzed. Republicans just don't seem to care what happens to little girls.
No one says the US military can’t execute plans effectively, DiC. A baboon could issue orders and the military would carry it out. Do you think for a minute hegseth actually scoped out the Venezuela mission himself? He’s relying on experts within the military, at the least the few remaining that he hasn’t fired. The problem obviously is the lack of strategy in Iran. And your criticism of the Afghanistan withdrawal: well, things sometimes happen, as witness the school that was bombed. The withdrawal from Afghanistan, as you have repeatedly been told, overall went as well as could be expected, and we are now longer in that forever war, thanks to Biden.
Delete@12:17 - You seem to be judging overall competence based on one single accidental bombing? Do you believe that in a war, if someone makes a single mistake, that proves that the entire war was conducted incompetently?
DeleteThe obscenity is DiC comparing hegseth to Grant. Grant was a commanding general, planning battles, eventually winning the civil war for the Union. Hegseth was a TV host.
DeleteI seem to remember right wingers hauling Hillary Clinton to Congress multiple times, calling her a murderer, because 4 people were killed in Libya.
DeleteNo David, there is a pattern of incompetence. Hegseth doesn't have accurate data on the results of his campaign, but has lied repeatedly about outcomes. It is his job to have that data and tell the truth about it. Today there is battleship in harm's way in the Straits of Hormuz, being threatened with destruction. Does Hegseth not know where he can send his ships, especially during peace negotiations?
DeleteThat bombing of the girls' school was not "accidental." The coordinates specified were those that were hit. The problem is that no one on Hegseth's staff knew the target was no longer military but had been decommissioned and turned into a school -- 15 years ago. That is incompetence, not an accident.
Hegseth lies to the president and makes false statements to the press. He is too busy eliminating minorities and women from the military promotion lists to actively supervise the activities of his staff.
It is major incompetence that Hegseth does not recognize that his job is to defend the nation and ensure peace, not play with weapons against designated enemy nations. I have met some generals in my past career and they, to a person, saw their role as avoiding war. There was none of Hegseth's blood lust, eagerness for MMA-style combat, posturing and gloating over nonexistent victories while both US and Iranian (and others in the broader theater) were dying. Hegseth reflects ICE attitudes, toxic masculinity, not a seasoned military attitude and sense of responsibility in his job. That's why Secretaries of Defense have previously been people with experience in that field, not talk-show hosts.
Trump wants to redesign battleships to look sleeker, more like Italian ships, because he has no clue what functionality a ship should have. Hegseth doesn't talk him out of it, which is incompetent on Hegseth's part. If you have a crazy boss, it is your job to manage him and keep him out of trouble. Hegseth sucks at that.
Delete"One of Secretary of Defense Pete Hegseth's main defenses of the U.S. decision to negotiate a controversial ceasefire with Iran is that its ballistic missile program has been "functionally destroyed."
DeleteBut that claim has now been shot down by U.S. intelligence assessments, the Wall Street Journal reported on Friday."
Hegseth is just another liar.
"We didn't have disasters like the withdrawal from Afghanistan."
DeleteSurvivors of the deadliest Iranian attack on U.S. forces since the war began have disputed the Pentagon's description of events and said their unit in Kuwait was left dangerously exposed when six service members were killed and more than 20 wounded.
https://www.google.com/amp/s/www.cbsnews.com/amp/news/iran-war-kuwait-drone-attack-survivors-us-army/
"But he only hints about it, never stating explicitly what his problems are."
DeleteFuck you, asshole. What business is it of yours? What a fucking catamite.
Leroy
"You seem to be judging overall competence based on one single accidental bombing?" You fucking asshole liar David .
DeleteLeroy clearly doesn't know what a catamite is. The word is majorly misused and offensive, bigoted.
DeleteSomerby brings up his health, not anyone here. If he wants to talk about it, fine, but he doesn't say anything beyond his hints. He doesn't have to talk about his health at all. In fact, I would prefer it if he didn't. But hinting instead of informing is unhelpful.
Personally, I don't care what his drug problems are or why his medication was switched, but Somerby brought it up himself. So, when Leroy blames the rest of us because Somerby is vague, that is a misplaced complaint. But none of that has anything to do with catamites. That word belongs in a Jeffrey Epstein discussion.
What was Leroy thinking when he said "catamite"? It isn't close to any derogatory term with a negative meaning that he might have chosen instead. Is Leroy accusing Somerby of this, or another commenter? On what basis? This is just plain weird.
DeleteUsing a boy as a catamite is child abuse, Epstein level. The oddness is compounded because the comment that seems to have upset him was written by a woman. Most women are not homosexual men, to my knowledge. Maybe Leroy is 12 and that is the worst word he knows?
DeleteOr maybe he is familiar with the word because it is part of his own personal life.
DeleteJust sayin'.
Instead of using such a word as an inappropriate epithet, he needs to seek therapy, in that case.
DeleteAgree.
DeleteHegseth's only thoughts are centered around his next drink and his next sexual assault.
DeleteEverything else are distractions for him.
"Hegseth looked like a dubious choice for Secretary of War. But, under his leadership the military has performed superlatively."
DeleteFInal score:
Ohio State 209, Middlebury School for the Blind: 0.
Conclusion: The Ohio State coach was superlative..
Does Somerby not understand that even MAGAs and Trump supporters abhor what Trump has been doing? Here is some evidence, via Tiedrich:
ReplyDelete"pour one out for the proprietor of the now-shuttered Trump Truth Store in Crystal Lake, Illinois.
apparently,
sales plummeted when conflict with Iran began, with the owner saying business went “dead as a door nail”
He also has a collection of anti-Trump gifs and memes from X:
https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/this-week-in-stupid-april-11-edition
I'll bet Somerby has no idea this has been happening:
ReplyDelete"We have a brand-new lawsuit against the Trump regime to tell you about.
In a nutshell, the Trump regime has told over two dozen countries in Africa and Latin America that if they want even the barest health assistance from the United States, they have to sign exploitative “agreements” to give us access to valuable assets, including sensitive data and natural resources.
Here’s more:
For generations, the United States has devoted a modest amount of taxpayer dollars to foreign aid. (Polls show that many Americans think foreign aid accounts for as much as half of all federal spending. In reality, only about 1% of the federal budget — just one penny out of every dollar — goes to foreign aid.)
There are many reasons why our government does this, including:
No nation lives in a vacuum. The security of the United States and the health of the American people are affected by challenges like famine, disease, and disasters in other countries.
Relatively small amounts of aid can make an enormous difference, saving and improving literally millions of lives all around the world.
Many consider it the moral duty of the richest nation on Earth to provide at least a modicum of help to poorer countries. (Especially given the historical reality that some countries, including ours, are as rich as they are in part because they exploited the people and natural resources of other countries for decades or even centuries.)
Despite these and other reasons, both noble and self-serving, to maintain at least a minimal foreign aid program, the Trump regime has — notoriously, arbitrarily, and recklessly — taken a sledgehammer to foreign aid.
This assault on foreign aid is literally killing people. But that, apparently, is not sinister enough for the Trump regime. In recent months, the Trump administration has used foreign aid to essentially bully other countries into giving the regime access to their data and natural resources.
For example, as reported in The New York Times, the Trump regime is considering withholding lifesaving aid for over 1,000,000 HIV patients in Zambia unless the country grants the United States even more access to its mineral resources than it already has.
In other nations, the Trump administration is seeking direct access to health data and viral samples without any guarantees that resulting medical breakthroughs would then be shared with those countries..."
Public Citizen (https://www.citizen.org/)
Everyone knows the country made Captain Queeg president so he could let RFK Jr. experiment with the health and lives of all of us including our children. No use complaining about it now, we'll just have endure the crazy shit.
DeleteLet’s Just Repeal the 25th Amendment Already
ReplyDeleteEven if it were invoked to remove our openly insane president, its ridiculous set of stipulations would probably put him back in office anyway.
By Charles P. PiercePublished: Apr 06, 2026 11:27 AM EDT
This points to the fecklessness of current Republicans, but there is more to the 25th than just that, per Wikipedia: "The ambiguities in Article II, Section 1, Clause 6 of the Constitution regarding death, resignation, removal, or disability of the president created difficulties several times."
DeleteWhy is Trump referring to Allah again? Is he rubbing it in that Iran is losing (he thinks), by suggesting that ther Iranian God is not on their side? Has Trump suddenly become Muslim?
ReplyDelete"... and, most importantly, their longtime ‘Leaders’ are no longer with us, praise be to Allah!” Trump said this morning.
Of course Trump is rubbing it in. He's a witty person. He's a skillful stand-up comedian who just landed a clever one-liner.
DeleteHe may be trying to mock the Iranians, in his stupid way. There are over 2 billion muslims in the world making it the second largest religion. It is also the fastest growing religion. Muslims will be 30% of the world population by 2050 due to that growth. Christianity has 2.3-2.4 billion, nearly equal with Islam but not growing at the same rate.
DeleteWhy would Trump deliberately antagonize Muslims, especially those living in countries that are not enemies of the USA (India, Indonesia for example)? Do Christian supporters of Trump like such gratuitous mocking remarks? Trump is not much of a Christian but no one thinks he is Muslim.
Clever is not a word anyone can apply to Trump and be taken seriously.
DeleteDavid is an ass. He said he comes to this blog to prove that magas and Trump are not monsters, yet every day he proves the opposite
DeleteDIC — in what alternate universe you inhabit has Trump ever been described as witty?
DeleteAsking for a friend. 😎
Psst David, even Alex Jones, Megyn Kelly, Candace Owens, Joe Rogan, Tim Pool, Nick Fuentes, etc have jumped ship, you’re sinking, bro.
DeleteDon't forget Tucker too, although, fair point, we know from private texts that Tucker has always despised Trump.
DeleteTrump is to witty as Ted Nugent is to artist.
Deleteha!
Delete"Of course Trump is rubbing it in."
Delete'Rubbing it in' means someone has suffered a harm and you are making it worse.
Trump's comment was made during a threat when Iran hadn't yet suffered the harm, so his non sequitur was not 'rubbing it in.'
Looks like the White House is dropping its attempt to persuade Iran to become a tourist destination in favor of "negotiations" with a near-human private equity grifter.
ReplyDeleteIranians agreed to meet with the Trump team only after they humiliated him by making him stop the bombing in Lebanon.
DeleteHe agreed, tail between his legs.
And it still ended in failure.
DeleteIranians are playing Trump like a fiddle, just like other countries did when Trump tried his misbegotten trade wars.
From The Root:
ReplyDelete"Although some in Congress, including House Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, are still publicly on the fence, outside organizations like the NAACP are joining the movement to remove Trump. “This is the first time the NAACP has ever called for the 25th Amendment to be invoked,” the organization wrote in a statement. “The rhetoric and actions emanating from the highest office in the land has reached a level of instability that poses a direct threat to the well-being of millions of Americans and the integrity of our armed forces.”
I belonged to to NAACP when they mattered. Today not much is left.
DeleteI belonged to the Jewish faith before they went all genocide happy.
DeleteScrew them colored folks right racist David?
DeleteIn David's country they do not have the NAACP, everything David says is made up and/or inaccurate.
Delete2:43 Sure you did.
DeleteNot only was I a member of the NAACP for decades, I also donated to several other civil rights organizations. One year I took a bus to Washington D.C to hear MLK speak. I paid attention to what MLK said.
DeleteMLK's goal was a color-blind society. The left abandoned MLK's goal and created a society where race is more important than ever, where people are officially classified by race. They think the way to end discrimination is to promote even more discrimination, but what they think is the "good kind" of discrimination. I stick with MLK. I think everyone should be treated equally regardless of race. Race should be irrelevant. When asked my race, I always answer, "human." As a SC Justice once said, "The way to end discrimination is to stop discriminating."
When asked my race, you always answer Jew.
DeleteThe scourge of DEI has been amply addressed with the hiring of the most unqualified assemblage of cabinet members in history. Your Orange Jesus is a non discriminatory politician who by sheer coincidence has populated this government with nearly entirely White conspiracy theorists, bloggers, Fox talking heads, wrestle mania personalities and personal lawyers, none of whom have the credentials to be in their positions.
Delete"...created a society where race is more important than ever..." Here's a little project for you. Go ahead and scour your favorite party in congress for the minority members in their ranks and get back to us with your summary of why race is less important to them. You have your share of chutzpah lecturing to anyone about race as a Zionist worshiping a forever apartheid regime in the Mideast. I'll take Mandela's and the Reverend Tutu's words on that.
DeleteDavid was never a member of NAACP, he never went to DC to watch MLK jr.
DeleteDavid is a troll, everything he says is made up and/or inaccurate.
David has been caught lying about his personal background innumerable times, making factual mistakes that were easy to debunk.
David is quite the weirdo.
I almost never agree with Maureen Dowd, but I agree with her about this:
ReplyDelete"Veteran columnist Maureen Dowd unloaded on First Lady Melania Trump Saturday over her “mysterious” statement this week regarding Jeffrey Epstein, during which, the first lady called on Epstein survivors to be allowed to testify before Congress.
“The first lady called on Congress ‘to provide the women who have been victimized by Epstein with a public hearing specifically centered around the survivors’ so they could tell their stories,” Dowd wrote in an op-ed published in The New York Times on Saturday. “Shouldn’t the men doing the alleged crimes be the ones called to answer?”
Mrs. Trump’s address reportedly came as a surprise to not only multiple senior Trump administration officials, but to her own husband, President Donald Trump, who told MS NOW’s Jacqueline Alemany that he “didn’t know anything about” her statement prior to it being issued.
In doing so, however, Dowd argued that Mrs. Trump had not only misplaced the focus on Epstein survivors rather than on Epstein’s potential accomplices, but had “ended up yanking America’s eyeballs back to Jeffrey Epstein.”
“For mysterious reasons, the Slovenian Sphinx stunned the West Wing, walking into the grand entrance hall of the White House to dump kerosene on the flickering Epstein fire,” Dowd wrote. “In effect, Melania’s dramatic message was: ‘Hey, guys, we’re not done here yet. Everybody come look at what my husband so terribly doesn’t want you to look at!’”
Mrs. Trump is believed to have appeared in the Justice Department’s recent release of Epstein files, specifically a 2002 email from a sender identified only as “Melania,” and sent to “G. Max,” who is believed to be Epstein accomplice Ghislaine Maxwell. In her statement this week, Mrs. Trump appeared to acknowledge the email, but described it as a mere “casual correspondence.”
The point is that the DOJ and FBI should have investigated these crimes, not held congressional hearings over them. Dowd doesn't mention it, but Melania's name appears in the files over 100 times. It isn't a matter of one ambiguous email, like people have been suggesting.
There is a lot more concerning Melania's relationship with Epstein and her modeling agent (who got her that Einstein visa by lying on his application, using the same technique he and Epstein have both used to bring Eastern European women into the US for sex trafficking purposes. Perhaps some here do not know that Melania's modeling career started with nude photos, porn, not high fashion magazine modeling. And she attended those parties, just like the teens (conned into thinking they were becoming models) did when they were raped by much older, wealthy men.
The Iran mistakes are important because people are dying, but so are these crimes against young women, including Melania who was young once herself.
It stuns me how the mainstream media attacked Hillary, who literally taught Bible school nonstop, and walked on eggshells with Melania. Fuck Mo Dowd
DeleteMelania has not aged gracefully in both temperament and demeanor.
DeleteShe has not transitioned as much as Trump but she has made some foolish choices; she is not only hard to listen to, she is hard to look at as well.
As Tiedrich says, why isn't one of the five languages Melania supposedly speaks English? But you could ask the same thing about Trump, who pretends to speak only one language.
DeleteHeather Cox Richardson is reliable and accurate. Here is her rundown of the facts about the ceasefire up to April 9:
ReplyDeletehttps://heathercoxrichardson.substack.com/p/april-9-2026
HCR has turned herself into a valuable public intellectual probably better than anyone else has, with her integrity intact.
DeleteShe maintains a somewhat centrist liberal outer shell, but her brain is fairly leftist; she is not an expert in behavioral science but she sneaks some in in her writing.
She uses an explanatory voice rather than adversarial, and she sticks close to documented history instead of speculation, while offering structural critiques. In this way she sounds reasonable to moderates, left or right, while nudging them towards considering systemic issues.
A useful way to read a piece like this is to ask three questions: what facts are included, what facts are omitted, and where does the prose stop describing and start nudging the reader towards an emotional conclusion.
DeleteRichardson deftly interlaces a range of ostensibly credible, institutionally anchored sources with a tone that is calm, measured, and almost didactic in its restraint, creating an atmosphere of reasonableness that invites trust rather than resistance. Through this composed and explanatory voice, she then organizes a series of complex, fast-moving, and often disjointed events into a narrative structure that feels orderly, intelligible, and continuous. What might otherwise register as a confusing stream of developments is thereby rendered into a coherent storyline, one that not only makes sense of the facts but also imbues them with a sense of moral significance and direction.
DeleteAt the same time, this narrative is subtly attuned to the reader’s existing concerns and intuitions, particularly those already inclined toward unease about the figures or institutions involved. By aligning the flow of events with those underlying sensibilities, she creates a resonance that feels less like persuasion and more like recognition. The reader is not confronted with an overt argument so much as guided, almost imperceptibly, toward a conclusion that seems to arise naturally from the material itself. In this way, the rhetorical force of the piece lies precisely in its ability to present persuasion in the guise of understanding.
Yes the HCR post is good. There is an odd symmetry between Trump demanding Iran reconcile peacefully this week under threat of annihilation and his wife taking the pulpit demanding the likewise impossible, that people erase her history with Epstein. Neither will be happening anytime soon.
DeleteHeather Cox Richardson concocts essays that are not hurried reactions but carefully constructed reflections. In them, she takes the often fragmented and emotionally charged developments of contemporary politics and situates them within a broader, more coherent historical narrative. The result is a body of work that seeks not merely to inform, but to orient and provide readers with a sense of continuity and perspective in a media landscape frequently characterized by competing claims to truth.
DeleteFor many readers, the appeal lies in the tone as much as the content. Richardson’s approach is measured, deliberate, and grounded in historical context, offering an alternative to the more reactive and partisan modes of political commentary that dominate much of the public sphere. Her work has come to be regarded, in many circles, as a clarifying presence something that cuts through confusion not by simplifying events, but by placing them within a longer arc of American history.
At times, particularly after periods of especially dense or exhausting news coverage, she allows for moments of quiet departure from analysis. Instead of an essay, she may share a photograph a still lake, a fading sunset captured by her husband. These interludes serve as subtle reminders that the rhythms of political life, however consuming, exist within a larger and more enduring world. They also reinforce a key aspect of her project: the cultivation of perspective, not only historically but emotionally.
Beyond her newsletter, Richardson is a prolific historian and author, having written six books that explore various dimensions of the American experience, including the development of the American West and the history of the Plains Indians. Her recent book, Democracy Awakening: Notes on the State of America, represents a particularly ambitious effort to synthesize her thinking. In it, she traces the roots of contemporary political tensions back to the pre-Revolutionary era, constructing a narrative that connects past and present in a continuous thread. The work examines the conditions under which democratic systems become vulnerable, paying particular attention to the ways in which language and historical interpretation can be manipulated to support authoritarian tendencies. At the same time, it highlights the persistent efforts of marginalized groups to expand the meaning and practice of democracy, suggesting that the American story is not a static inheritance but an ongoing contest over inclusion and power.
What distinguishes Richardson’s intellectual posture is her commitment to understanding as a primary mode of engagement. Rather than approaching political developments as occasions for immediate judgment, she treats them as phenomena to be examined, contextualized, and explained. This orientation toward comprehension toward placing one’s “feet under” the subject, so to speak produces a tone that many experience as calm. Yet that calmness is not detachment; it is the byproduct of method. By grounding her analysis in historical continuity, she reduces the volatility of the present moment, allowing for clearer evaluation and more deliberate thought.
At the core of Richardson’s work is a concern not only with what has happened, but with what individuals believe is possible. She has consistently emphasized the importance of historical narratives that reinforce a sense of agency, the idea that individuals and groups can shape the trajectory of society. In her view, one of the more consequential shifts in contemporary discourse is not simply the marginalization of certain voices, but the erosion of the belief that participation matters. Against this, her work implicitly argues that democratic systems depend on the conviction that engagement is meaningful, a message increasingly articulated by younger generations who see themselves as active participants in political life.
Her intellectual influences reflect a similar commitment to thoughtful analysis and cultural depth. She has expressed admiration for journalists and writers who combine rigor with clarity, as well as for broader cultural commentators whose work bridges history, science, and human experience. This constellation of influences contributes to a worldview that is both analytical and expansive, one that recognizes the interconnectedness of political, cultural, and intellectual life.
DeleteAt the same time, Richardson’s perspective on the present moment is not defined solely by concern. Alongside the recognition of political tension and institutional strain, she observes what might be described as a resurgence of intellectual and creative energy. Across disciplines—writing, music, art—there appears to be a proliferation of voices and ideas, a kind of renaissance emerging from within the very conditions that generate anxiety. This coexistence of unease and creativity forms a backdrop to her work, suggesting that periods of instability may also be periods of generative possibility.
The newsletter itself, despite its scale and influence, retains an organic quality. It began as a modest effort to contextualize daily events and has grown into a significant platform for historical interpretation. Yet its future, in Richardson’s view, is not fixed. There is an implicit understanding that its purpose is tied to a particular moment, and that it may eventually become unnecessary. This perspective aligns with her identity as a teacher: the ultimate goal is not perpetual dependence, but the cultivation of independent understanding. In that sense, the success of her work would be measured not by its popularity, but by its obsolescence, by a readership that no longer requires her guidance because it has internalized the habits of thought she has sought to model.
It is more useful and interesting to talk about what Richardson said, than about her writing style or personality. If you use AI, please cite it as a source.
DeleteAgreed. Skipping over this obvious AI garbage.
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DeleteLooks like someone got triggered by 5:48's non AI generated comment, and had the dumb idea to run it through AI as some lame attempt at a diss.
DeleteLeroy, is that you?
Hard to tell these trolls apart.
From Tiedrich:
ReplyDelete"while Donny was power-loading his diaper on the White House lawn because some woman reporter had the temerity to ask questions, peace talks with Iran were taking place in Pakistan. as usual, it was Amateur Hour — because look who Donny sent to sit on our side of the table. these three fucking idiots.
Vice President JD Vance is leading the U.S. delegation, which also includes Steve Witkoff, Mr. Trump’s special envoy, and Jared Kushner, his son-in-law.
oh great. no diplomats. not one person whose profession is foreign policy. no one trained in the art of geopolitical negotiation. just two slumlords and a guy who fucks furniture.
and it went just about as swimmingly as you might imagine.
“the bad news is that we have not reached an agreement. and I think that’s bad news for Iran much more than it’s bad news for the US. so, we go back to the US having not come to an agreement.”
wait, what? you’re already headed back to the US? that’s it? one day, and you bail?
‘here are our demands.’
‘no.’
‘okay, fuckity-bye.’
where in the Art of The Deal does it say ‘give up after one day’? Donny and his dead pedo bestie spent more time than that dickering over who got to ‘own’ the Motel-a-Lago spa girls.
it’s as if the whole kabuki clown show was engineered to fail from the start.
are you telling me that Couchfuck McGee’s legendary ability to charm the pants off a sofa didn’t work?
“so, how long have you been an Iranian negotiator? HA HA, THAT’S GREAT.”
oh, and where was Secretary of State Liddle Marco Big-Shoes while all this negotiating was taking place? I don’t know if any of Donny’s shitwits know this, but diplomacy is the purview of the State Department. they own that shit. that’s where — spoiler alert — all the diplomats work. so, shouldn’t the Secretary of State have been in Pakistan?
sorry, Liddle Marco couldn’t come out to play. he was too busy babysitting Dear Leader at a wrestling match in Miami last night — and Marco sure looks fucking hammered, doesn’t he?"
“Shocking , absolutely shocking that JD does not have the temperament for diplomacy” said President Zelenskyy.
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Someone desperately doesn't want readers to see what was said here. Wonder why.
DeleteDon't know whether this new strategy will work, but glad to see the Administration is clever enough to try something different.
ReplyDeleteI will boast that Trump is following a principle I noted here a week ago - that the ability to blockade the Strait does not belong only to Iran. Lots of countries could blockade the Strait by threatening oilers there. But, Iran was the only country willing to do so. Well, now Trump is showing that the US is also willing to do so.
This may not work. It/'s a political risk. It will drive oil prices way up and Trump will be blamed.
There is something seriously the fuck wrong with you
DeleteMilitary efforts cost money. Trump has been spending like a drunken sailor.
Delete"glad to see the Administration is "clever" enough to try something different."
DeleteDid you mean to say "desperate" enough?
I thought we won the war, DiC. Why are we still trying to figure out how to open the strait, which we don’t need? Lack of planning/strategy?
DeleteIt will undoubtedly work for the Democrats in the midterms. Inflation is about to take off and the markets will drop like a stone if energy prices go up. The world pays a large price that assholes like DiC exist.
DeleteTrump is trying to open the Strait of Hormuz by joining Iran in blocking the Strait. Brother, please.
DeleteBrilliant strategy, sure sure.
Just more Orwellian doublespeak.
And it is even worse, Trump tried to send ships through the Strait and Iran said uh no you don't and so they had to turn tail and now Trump is pretending he meant to do that all along, like a cat that tried a jump and fell instead.
Trolls: are you guys that out of touch? MAGA is over, I mean Jesus Trump got booed last night at a MMA fight, and it wasn't merely because he had to hold Dana White's hand to keep steady as he stumbled to his chair. Maybe Trump's got a strategy to replace Melania with Dana White.
What in the name of all that is holy is fucking Jared doing there?
ReplyDeleteSqueeze another billion out of middle eastern despots.
DeleteThe NY Times wrote an editorial calling Trump incompetent:
ReplyDelete"The New York Times' editorial board laid into Donald Trump Sunday, hammering his war in Iran as significantly weakening American power and influence.
And it said the last few weeks have made the president's "glaring incompetence" crystal clear.
The editors broke down Trump's recent failings into a handful of major hits to U.S. national interests."
They did not call him insane. They did suggest that Trump seek help from Congress and America's international allies to resolve the war. They focused on Trump actions, not potential explanations for his incompetence, because what matters is not Trump's health but our nation's well-being and world peace.
That's an embarrassingly stupid editorial. E.g., consider this statement:
Delete"He has disdained careful military planning." The exact opposite is true. In fact, the military victory was incredible well-planned, well-executed, and amazingly successful.
"He went to war without seeking congressional approval" - that's true, but what Trump did was normal, accepted practice. All our recent Presidents have made war without Congressional approval. Trump complied with the War Powers Act
"Iran’s regime deserves no sympathy" - So much an understatement that it's ludicrous. This is a regime that murdered 32,000 of its own citizens for the "crime" of demonstrating.
Why is the strait under Iranian control if we planned so carefully, DiC?
DeleteI would add that the Times ignores the elephant in the room: Iran's nuclear program. Should we allow Iran to develop nuclear weapons. If not, how can we stop them? The Times doesn't say. They ignore the central question.
DeleteTrump is dealing with a real world situation that has no good solutions. The Times is dealing in an imaginary world where bringing Congress and our allies more into the process will magically solve the problem.
Violating the law is not "accepted practice."
DeleteTrump is murdering his own people for the crime of having previously been admitted as an immigrant. I don't know why he is murdering children by letting them catch measles, a disease that was almost completely eliminated before he took office.
This more two wrongs make a right reasoning by David. Just because Iran is bad doesn't make emulating them a good idea.
I agree with the editorial, but they don't go far enough. They don't call Trump insane (which will disappoint Somerby) and they don't talk seriously about removing him. They just plead with bystanders to help him do better, which seems impossible.
Literally everything David said above is false.
DeleteOrban concedes defeat. Fuck you, fascist dickhead
DeleteNow that a miserable excuse for a human (aka J.D. Vance) laid an egg in Pakistan, the White House goes all in on outright extortion:
ReplyDeletehttps://www.nbcnews.com/world/iran/collapse-us-iran-talks-pakistan-path-peace-less-clear-rcna319607
This is insanity
DeleteVance did what he needed to accomplish: He determined that there was no negotiated solution that both sides could agree on. He succeeded to the degree that he did not allow Iran to delay.
Delete@12:15 - I don't think some other US negotiator could have persuaded Iran to give up nukes.
Why are we negotiating, DiC? K thought we won the war, and Trump demanded unconditional surrender. ??
DeleteIt is simple really. If you pay a toll to Iran big bad Donnie will blow your tanker up. This of course will simply lead to Iran begging us for a simple peace. This will simply bring peace throughout the region. It's simple innit. Like fascist David, simple.
DeleteIt is simple really. If you pay a toll to Iran big bad Donnie will blow your tanker up. This of course will simply lead to Iran begging us for a simple peace. This will simply bring peace throughout the region. It's simple innit. Like fascist David, simple.
Delete"Vance did what he needed to accomplish: He determined that" he needed to campaign for a European totalitarian scumbag. The second this POS has campaigned for a fascist asshole. And that makes fascist David get a woody
Delete“I don't think some other US negotiator could have persuaded Iran to give up nukes.”
DeleteBut we obliterated their capacity a few months ago…
I think that someone with training in diplomacy could have done better. Iran is saying it could not establish trust in Trump during the negotiations. That may be because the US negotiators cannot predict what Trump will do, given that he is batshit. If they cannot assure Iran that Trump will honor any bargain, then Iran is right not to make any agreement. This is one of the consequences of having an unstable leader as president.
DeleteCan I ask once more, what in the name of all that is holy is Jared doing in the middle of these life and death negotiations?!
DeleteTrump forced Vance to go and negotiate as a way to save face for Witkoff/Kushner and to humble Vance and show who's boss, so that Vance understands he is nothing more than Trump's lapdog.
DeleteAnd Iran did not fall for any of it.
Contributing to the lack of faith other leaders have for Trump's word during negotiations. He is perhaps there to build casinos in Iran or offer quid pro quos in Gaza real estate in exchange for Iranian leadership selling out their own people. No legitimate purpose. Neither Jared nor Trump can conceive of a person being uncorruptable.
DeleteAlso too Digby says:
ReplyDelete"Hungary, under Prime Minister Viktor Orbán, is a dark, repressive place. But Kevin Roberts, president of the Heritage Foundation — the conservative think-tank that has given America, among other gifts, Project 2025 — has called it not just the “model for modern statecraft, but the model. Americans, Brits, Spaniards, Australians — everyone — can and should learn from it.”
Fucking Nazis suck.
Everyone knew but here it is:
DeleteHungary election: Trump ally Viktor Orbán concedes defeat
If you don't immediately open the Strait of Hormuz, we'll shut it down.
ReplyDeleteDo I have that right?
I don't know, but you have about as much sway as the US president, which is not anything against you, but indicates how useless Trump is to Americans.
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