I don’t agree with Ann Coulter. Whatever these performances are, they’re not cabinet meetings. Dictators don’t have cabinet meetings, or understand what they’re about. These performances are about flattering the Top Guy, nothing else.
Q: “Have you been in touch with El Salvador about returning Abrego Garcia? Has a formal request from this administration been made?”
Rubio: “I would never tell you that. And you know who else I’d never tell? A judge.”
Trump has been violating the law with impunity for 5 decades. It’s only natural everyone that works for him sees him as an example of what’s possible if you just ignore the law and do as you damn well please. And they have the benefit of the Presidential stamp of approval for their actions and policies.
It doesn’t do Trump any good if he’s the lone person flouting our laws. He must have everyone else do the same, otherwise none of this destruction, cruelty and chaos gets imposed on the nation.
As I understand it, in MA billboards are illegal on state roads and highways, and any off-premises billboard requires a permit and involves fees. Does keep rural stretches of highways (e.g., most of I-90) and other major roads (like Rte. 2) a lot prettier than they would otherwise be.
Based on everything we’ve seen lately, and taking a look back at China’s long history of patient wisdom, China is slowly squeezing trump’s balls and will get him to submit as soon as they need to. No rush. They might even be having a little fun toying with the moron and his bumbling advisors.
Was that the normal WH Correspondent’s briefing? I think I remember reading the WH is now doing a “New Media” briefing for social media news influencers (gak!) who are mostly rightwing morons. It may be a separate event.
There was this hurricane that came up the gulf of California in 1983 and then the eye stalled for two days west of Tucson. My rain gauge showed 8 inches the first day and 7 the second day. Our house flooded. Not fun at all.
I gotta head out folks. The weather was pretty good yesterday and I had to stay home waiting on other people. Today it’s a very nice:
Today
Sunny, with a high near 73. Northwest wind 3 to 6 mph.
I have to decide if I want to go on the Centennial Trail, or battle the congestion on the Sammamish River Trail the Marymoor connector and the East Lake Sammamish trail.
I’m glad I still have these first world problems for the present.
If I may suggest another possibility, that he tried but couldn’t think of “empty.” The word wouldn’t come to him as he was speaking so he went with a synonym. Despite not being an expert, I’m calling it “cognitive decline.”
“We’re not gaining control over real people’s thoughts and behaviors quickly enough, so we’re inventing fake people to build fake relationships with real people as our thought injection devices. The trust and comradery created by fake people ingratiating themselves with real people will allow us to create a fake sense of belonging and emotional support and fake peer pressures that the real person will be dependent upon and influenced by. Advertisers and politicians, especially their dark money PACs, will funnel all their money at us for that kind of powerful, subversive, psychological manipulation and brainwashing.”