The shit's about to hit the fan, folks. Finally.

Karoline Leavitt is to Donald Trump
as
Ghislaine Maxwell was to Jeffry Epstein

 Proclivities wrote:

She could have just said "this is the best of several poor options" and praised Trump for making the right choice. Trump probably offered to build a casino so she didn't have to endorse whatever harebrained ideas came out of the meeting.

 ScottFromWyoming wrote:
It's about her own image; she can't admit to disagreeing with anything Trump does, so she always blames or chastises cabinet members or other peripheral actors.

 Proclivities wrote:

And yet it's one thing Trump's done that I really don't have a problem with. The optics are difficult but there's no advantage to leaving the guy in the wilderness. Syria's never going to have a leader Laura Loomer would be happy with.

Link to the Times covering this - gift article.

 Red_Dragon wrote:

It’s the Magnificent Mile
Unless you’re nasty.

“trump - borderline insane,” Epstein wrote on Dec. 22, 2018

 Steely_D wrote:

Trump keeps talking about prices coming down, and is pointing to Walmart's Thanksgiving Dinner. He's clueless...and assumes everyone in the country is too.

Walmart’s new basket is only cheaper because it contains fewer and simpler items, primarily store brands. Repeating the “full” 2024 menu including name-brand items and side dishes in 2025 increases the total cost by 10–20%, rather than lowering it by 25%.

2024 basket (link to Walmart with this list)

• Whole Frozen Turkey 10 – 16 lb. ($0.88/lb.)
• Great Value Sweet Hawaiian Rolls (1 unit – 12oz)
• Great Value Golden Sweet Whole Kernel Corn (3 units - 15oz)
• Ocean Spray® Jellied Cranberry Sauce (1 unit - 14oz)
• Great Value Canned Green Beans (2 units - 14.5oz)
• French’s Crispy Fried Onions (1 unit - 6oz)
• Campbell’s Condensed Cream of Mushroom Soup (2 units - 10.5oz)
• Great Value Brown Gravy Mix (2 units - 0.87oz)
• Marie Callender’s Southern Pecan Pie (1 unit - 32oz)
• Great Value Frozen Whipped Topping (1 unit - 8oz)
• Great Value Frozen Deep Dish Pie Crusts (1 unit - 16oz)
• Great Value 100% Pure Pumpkin (1 unit - 15oz)
• Great Value Evaporated Milk (1 unit – 12 fl oz)
• Jet-Puffed Mini Marshmallows (1 unit - 10oz)
• Jiffy Corn Muffin Mix (2 units - 8.5oz)
• Great Value Poultry Seasoning (1 unit - 1.5oz)
• Swanson Chicken Broth (1 unit - 32oz)
• Fresh Whole Russet Potatoes (1 unit - 5lbs)
• Fresh Whole Sweet Potatoes (3 units)
• Fresh Yellow Onions (1 unit - 3lbs)
• Fresh Celery Stalks (1 unit)

2025 basket (link to Walmart with this list)

• Butterball Turkey, 13.5 lb. ($0.97/lb. — lowest price since 2019)
• Kinder’s Fried Onions, 4.5 oz.
• Campbells Cream of Mushroom Soup, 10.5 oz. (1 can)
• Stove Top Turkey Stuffing, Twin Pack 2 x 6 oz.
• Great Value Dinner Rolls, 12 ct.
• Fresh Russet Potatoes, 5 lb.
• Fresh Cranberries, 12 oz.
• Great Value Baby Carrots, 2 lb.
• Great Value Corn, 15 oz. (3 cans)
• Great Value Green Beans, 14.5 oz. (3 cans)
• Great Value Artisan Macaroni & Cheese, 12 oz. (3 boxes)
• Great Value Brown Gravy Mix, 0.87 oz. (2)
• Great Value Pie Crusts
• Great Value Evaporated Milk, 12 fl. oz.
• Great Value 100% Pure Pumpkin, 15 oz.

… Trump did an interview with Fox host Laura Ingraham, who actually pressed him on several issues that MAGA is upset about where they feel he is not hearing them. It went badly for Trump:

• Q - You said as many as 600,000 Chinese students could come to the US. Why is that a pro-MAGA position when so many American kids want to go to school and there are places not for them and these universities are getting rich off Chinese money? Trump: If we were to cut that in half, you would have half the colleges in the US go out of business. Ingraham: So what. Trump: MAGA was my idea. It was nobody else’s idea. I know better than anybody else what MAGA wants.
• Q - You say that the economy is hot. Then why are people saying they are anxious about the economy? Trump: I don’t know that they are saying that. I think the polls are fake. More than anything else, it’s a con job. Costs are way down. Ingraham: So you are saying voters are misperceiving how they feel?
• Q - Is a 50 year mortgage really a good idea? Trump: It’s not even a big deal. You go from 40 years to 50. Ingraham: It’s 30 years. Trump: It’s not even a big deal! You go from 40 to 50 years. And what it means is you pay something less. From 30, some people had a 40, and now they have a 50. You pay it over a long period of time. It’s not like a big factor!”
• Q - Does it make sense to fire Air Traffic Controllers right now like you threatened in your Truth Social post Trump: The one’s that stayed, I’m sending them a $10,000 bonus. Ingraham: Where is that money coming from? Trump: I don’t know, I’ll get it from someplace. I always get the money from someplace.
• Trump was asked about his mystery health care plan: “What I want is instead of going to the insurance companies, I want the money to go into an account for people where the people buy their own health insurance. It’s so good. The insurance will be better. It’ll cost less. Everybody is gonna be happy. They’re gonna feel like entrepreneurs. They’re actually able to go out and negotiate their own health insurance. Call it Trumpcare.”
• Trump on SNAP: “It really puts the country in jeopardy. People who are able bodied who can do their job leave their job because they figure they can pick this up because it’s easier—that’s not the purpose of it.”

Commentary on the interview:

… The average SNAP benefit is $177 a person. I don’t think many people are quitting good-paying jobs to sit home and collect it. And 86% of households receiving SNAP benefits have at least one person working. Many on SNAP are also either elderly or disabled.

… Right-wing pollster and Trump supporter Rich Baris: “The interview with Laura Ingraham is one of the worst appearances for Donald Trump that I have ever seen.
If you have a friend who is OG MAGA, please check on them to make sure they’re not suicidal at this point.”

… Conservative commentator and Trump supporter Dominic Michael Tripi: “Trump’s interview with Laura Ingraham was an embarrassing disgrace, easily his worst ever. MAGA is dead. Trump is out of touch, dismissive of struggling Americans, and has no solutions. America Last.”

… Dr. Oz was asked on Fox for a few more details on this new ‘Trumpcare’ plan: Q - “What would Trumpcare look like? Oz: These are ideas that we are still working on in part because until the government shutdown ends, we don’t have all the people in the room.”

… Rep. Tim Burchett (R-TN) was on CNN unveiling his healthcare plan: “I think we’ve had enough hearings. I think we need to just start bringing stuff to the table and start voting on it. It seems kinda crazy, but in the future maybe we oughta bring the patients and the doctors to the table and tell the insurance companies they can go take a flying leap.”

 rgio wrote:

That's pathetic. I just looked at it myself before reading this. So

FOXNews is in cahoots with Trump and the revelation (heh) that was absolutely allied with known child molesters and has been lying (quelle suprise) about his involvement with child molestation and child trafficking.

Child molestation and child trafficking and Trump, as well as multiple felonies, rape, and insurrection. And yet, folks still think he's a good guy. SMH.

 rgio wrote:
Anyone looking to investigate the Republican response to this... Fox isn't going to help you.  They are too focused on the UC Berkeley chaos outside TPUSA campus event under federal investigation to focus on that Epstein rumor.

Epstein alleged Trump 'spent hours' with one of his victims, in email released by Democrats

The original symbol of fascism in Italy under Benito Mussolini was the fasces. This is an ancient Imperial Roman symbol of power carried by lictors in front of magistrates; a bundle of sticks featuring an axe, indicating the power over life and death.
BENITO RUMPO
 Red_Dragon wrote: