I like 30 the best, guilty x34, but this is a close second- ‘12. Nikki Haley, like all current GOP politicians, is a spineless poltroon. There is no cult of personality around her and never will be. She is not going to blow into Milwaukee like Venus on the clamshell and wow everyone at the RNC.’ Venus on the clamshell 😂
"..wandering around Mar-a-Wanko aimlessly like Charles Foster Kane in search of his long-lost sled."
Totally. I prposed this a while back because, lets face it, it's unfair for the Secret Service to have to sit around a prison for years.
As for MAGA, I have boxes and boxes of popcorn when MangoWanker finally takes his place with Ivana under the golf course, and the cult destroys itself completely infighting over (hopefully) many months
"In Rough Beast, I write extensively about how Trump has always surrounded himself with criminals. Because he has. Always. Because he is one himself and always has been."
I remind all of Lincoln's Bible and Gregs minor masterpiece:
#Trump is and has always been a #Mobster, owned by Moscow and Saudi for the last 30 years, by the FBI & CIA before that, and WAS A #MOB STOOLIE TO DA #Giuliani in NY the late 1980s. That's how they first met!
I love this, but it assumes he lives to Nov. 5. My great fear is that the McDonald's day of reckoning comes before Nov. 4, and the GOP has a chance to remake "The Death of Stalin."
Damn, it feels good. But damn it was exhausting. Also, when it comes to the sentence, doesn't he now have a record, having been judged a rapist in the E. Jean Caroll debacle?
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I joined today to comment on this 34 point epic column. Thank you, sir! You lifted my spirits today. I have literally talked myself in to the insane notion that the Supreme Court will install Trump next January 20 no matter what happens in November. In looking at their action in the 14th Amendment case and now the immunity case, and the morally bankrupt conduct of Alito, Thomas, Roberts, etc., I feel I have some rational basis for my fear.
Thanks for these 34 theses today. Outstanding work!! You are helping calm my fears and I thank you for that. You have helped me again see we are not the crazy ones. It is Trump, Cruz, Vance, Rubio and all the rest who need to be in a mental health facility. Thank you!!!
I bought both of your books today, based on the brilliance of this “34” column.
Oh, your fear is absolutely rational, alas. If Sammy and Clearance have the chance, they would absolutely hand the election to Trump...because they're too dumb to understand how fascism works, and that doing so would take power away from THEM. But that sort of shenanigans only works if the election is close, and it won't be close. It's going to be a drubbing -- assuming Joe is alive and reasonably sentient by November, and he figures out what to do with Bibi.
No other writer has such an entertaining catalogue of tRumps criming, I will purloin your stuff to educate anyone that needs educating! Given his historical ratting I do find it hard to believe that the real mob didn’t wack him back in the day, oh well, another off ramp for the Orange idiot that never came to be. I started Rough Beast. first 5 pages, very engaging documentation of our “leetle (fingered) friend, but finishing up Life on the Mississippi (Twain version) and feel compelled to get that done first. Thanks again
“Creativity is indicated. I’m fine with establishing Mar-a-Lago as a sort of neo-Elba, where Trump can be alone with the guards and the support staff, wandering around aimlessly like Charles Foster Kane in search of his long-lost sled.”
I like the idea better of Mar-a-Largo becoming the property of NY state (as part of pay off for the Letitia James’ judgement)
We can find a better prison than Rikers but less nice than Palm Beach for CFT & needs to be in NY! (I wouldn’t trust De Santis keeping CFT under lock & key anymore than Florida kept Epstein locked up. -remember they didn’t?)
How about some small town upstate NY? Or back where he started - in Queens?
In my imagined scenario, either NYC would rent out the place, or the govt would...or, better yet, Tish James would seize it and therefore NY would own it. It needs some fine-tuning for sure.
I prefer he stay far away from my state, and I veto putting him upstate anywhere. Queens, yes...somewhere within sniffing distance of the Gawanus Canal?
Hey, Greg. All done reading "Rough Beast." It's a page-turner!
When Kevin Roberts said - on Page 118 - that "Stewardship and conservation are supplanted by population control..." does that mean he thinks population control would help alleviate the effects of climate change?
I think he means that, to environmentalists, stewardship of the land, and its conservation, are higher priorities than humans. He's thinking about it on a very micro level, and this is something one has to approach with the widest possible lens.
"Dumping slow-acting poison into the drinking water won't harm anyone now and will cost too much money" is not a savvy strategy for longterm success.
Ok, I ordered your book today at my local bookstore. The manager said you did the setup correctly and he was able to order it through Ingraham, whatever that is. He was interested in the book. it will take about 10 days to get here (Northern CA). Looking forward to reading it!
Good thinking! 🤩
Thanks!
I like 30 the best, guilty x34, but this is a close second- ‘12. Nikki Haley, like all current GOP politicians, is a spineless poltroon. There is no cult of personality around her and never will be. She is not going to blow into Milwaukee like Venus on the clamshell and wow everyone at the RNC.’ Venus on the clamshell 😂
"spineless poltroon" Genius!
Thanks, Lexine. "Poltroon" is a word that needs to be resurrected!
The quote from the CBS News article is outstanding. Venus isn't coming to save them...
Thank you, Greg. Chock full of tasty nuggets.
"..wandering around Mar-a-Wanko aimlessly like Charles Foster Kane in search of his long-lost sled."
Totally. I prposed this a while back because, lets face it, it's unfair for the Secret Service to have to sit around a prison for years.
As for MAGA, I have boxes and boxes of popcorn when MangoWanker finally takes his place with Ivana under the golf course, and the cult destroys itself completely infighting over (hopefully) many months
Thanks, WIlliam. Oh, his cult will evaporate as soon as he reunites with Ivana.
Gitmo is another possibility, deliciously ironic.
I like that
"In Rough Beast, I write extensively about how Trump has always surrounded himself with criminals. Because he has. Always. Because he is one himself and always has been."
I remind all of Lincoln's Bible and Gregs minor masterpiece:
#Trump is and has always been a #Mobster, owned by Moscow and Saudi for the last 30 years, by the FBI & CIA before that, and WAS A #MOB STOOLIE TO DA #Giuliani in NY the late 1980s. That's how they first met!
https://gregolear.substack.com/p/give-me-secrecy-and-give-me-death
Thank you!
I love this, but it assumes he lives to Nov. 5. My great fear is that the McDonald's day of reckoning comes before Nov. 4, and the GOP has a chance to remake "The Death of Stalin."
Weekend at Donnie's?
I'm fine with Big Mac taking care of business, but after Labor Day would be great...and after Election Day, even better.
With Steve Bannon and Stephen Miller as Larry Wilson and Richard Parker?
Perfect! I can't wait til my mother wakes up so I can show her this. She claims she's only hanging in to see how things turn out..🙄
Oh dear. Things are going to turn out just fine. I think...
This is a glorious piece. I especially appreciated the readout of the 34 verdicts 👏👏👏
Thanks, Sue. Yes, that was magnificent.
Damn, it feels good. But damn it was exhausting. Also, when it comes to the sentence, doesn't he now have a record, having been judged a rapist in the E. Jean Caroll debacle?
I think Greg's calling him an adjudicated rapist is a nod to E. Jean.
So so exhausting.
No, the Carroll case was a civil one, which is why, I think, we put "adjudicated" before "rapist," rather than "convicted."
But also, wouldn't it be great if they put him in a zoo? That's the real dream scenario.
PETA would object. Animal cruelty!
There's a pattern to how Trump responds to criminal convictions.
See if you can spot the pattern with this interactive guide:
12 Habits Of Big Losers
https://thedemlabs.org/2024/06/02/12-habits-of-big-losers/
Click on this link. It's got an 'accurate' cartoon of the 12 habits! Well done and TRUE.
Thanks Judy.
I use cartoons in the DemLabs blog because they make a point quickly and with humor. Check out this blog with more examples of political cartoons and why they are effective in storytelling.
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Oh, that's terrific! Thank you!
I joined today to comment on this 34 point epic column. Thank you, sir! You lifted my spirits today. I have literally talked myself in to the insane notion that the Supreme Court will install Trump next January 20 no matter what happens in November. In looking at their action in the 14th Amendment case and now the immunity case, and the morally bankrupt conduct of Alito, Thomas, Roberts, etc., I feel I have some rational basis for my fear.
Thanks for these 34 theses today. Outstanding work!! You are helping calm my fears and I thank you for that. You have helped me again see we are not the crazy ones. It is Trump, Cruz, Vance, Rubio and all the rest who need to be in a mental health facility. Thank you!!!
I bought both of your books today, based on the brilliance of this “34” column.
Thanks so much, Rick!
Oh, your fear is absolutely rational, alas. If Sammy and Clearance have the chance, they would absolutely hand the election to Trump...because they're too dumb to understand how fascism works, and that doing so would take power away from THEM. But that sort of shenanigans only works if the election is close, and it won't be close. It's going to be a drubbing -- assuming Joe is alive and reasonably sentient by November, and he figures out what to do with Bibi.
Have you been to Texas lately, the evil has hijacked, well, everything
This is brilliant Greg! Lifetime achievement award - lmao. I'm also here for the stellar comments so lots of love to all your readers ❤️
Thanks, Helen. Lots of great comments, as always! I love our community here.
No other writer has such an entertaining catalogue of tRumps criming, I will purloin your stuff to educate anyone that needs educating! Given his historical ratting I do find it hard to believe that the real mob didn’t wack him back in the day, oh well, another off ramp for the Orange idiot that never came to be. I started Rough Beast. first 5 pages, very engaging documentation of our “leetle (fingered) friend, but finishing up Life on the Mississippi (Twain version) and feel compelled to get that done first. Thanks again
Thanks, Richard! Anytime I'm #2 behind Mark Twain, I feel like I've accomplished something.
I guess they kept him around because he was useful? And because, given his connections, he would be really hard to take down. Gravano said so himself.
“Creativity is indicated. I’m fine with establishing Mar-a-Lago as a sort of neo-Elba, where Trump can be alone with the guards and the support staff, wandering around aimlessly like Charles Foster Kane in search of his long-lost sled.”
I like the idea better of Mar-a-Largo becoming the property of NY state (as part of pay off for the Letitia James’ judgement)
We can find a better prison than Rikers but less nice than Palm Beach for CFT & needs to be in NY! (I wouldn’t trust De Santis keeping CFT under lock & key anymore than Florida kept Epstein locked up. -remember they didn’t?)
How about some small town upstate NY? Or back where he started - in Queens?
In my imagined scenario, either NYC would rent out the place, or the govt would...or, better yet, Tish James would seize it and therefore NY would own it. It needs some fine-tuning for sure.
I prefer he stay far away from my state, and I veto putting him upstate anywhere. Queens, yes...somewhere within sniffing distance of the Gawanus Canal?
I understand, but Mar-a-Largo is too nice (not to mention prime waterfront property) for such a criminal!
He needs to stay in NY where he was convicted, otherwise some other governor might set him free (i totally see Florida letting him out)
How about we put him on that decommissioned Staten Island Ferry that Colin Jost and Peet Davidson bought?
That works!
Hey, Greg. All done reading "Rough Beast." It's a page-turner!
When Kevin Roberts said - on Page 118 - that "Stewardship and conservation are supplanted by population control..." does that mean he thinks population control would help alleviate the effects of climate change?
As to today's piece - love it!
Thanks so much, Lynell!
I think he means that, to environmentalists, stewardship of the land, and its conservation, are higher priorities than humans. He's thinking about it on a very micro level, and this is something one has to approach with the widest possible lens.
"Dumping slow-acting poison into the drinking water won't harm anyone now and will cost too much money" is not a savvy strategy for longterm success.
P.S. I saw what you did...a humble thanks for the acknowledgement!
of course!
I'm sharing this far and wide, for all my depressed lefty friends.
Thank you! I hope it helps!
Ok, I ordered your book today at my local bookstore. The manager said you did the setup correctly and he was able to order it through Ingraham, whatever that is. He was interested in the book. it will take about 10 days to get here (Northern CA). Looking forward to reading it!