The moon thingy. Think about how the mass mediation of the Moon landings in the 1960s drew attention away from the Civil Rights movement by giving ordinary Joe’s in the street the illusion of social Progress ? As for Kristi Noem, she has already shown any disobedient alpha males what she would do to them with the way she btutally killed her disobedient puppy. FFS stupid and mean. All of ‘em. Anyways, many young boys were also sexually abused and trafficked in this decades deep global VIP financial Epstein & Co network. Nothing stays buried forever.
Most crazy moon thing, let's say this absolute farce is real, the only way to get things to the moon, hire old pal FElon's SpaceX to transport stuff to the moon. New orange imbecile slogan, plagiarizing Ralph Kramdem, " TO THE MOON, ELON".
I’m damn certain Trumps involvement is much larger than anyone has grasped Wd. The modeling businesses, and pageants, Trump owned and associated with, like Elite, the Casablancas agency in NYC and Karin, who recruited girls from eastern bloc countries…Paulo Zampolli had an modeling/escort business that introduced Trump to Melania. Then appears as a Trump appointed state employee, WTF?
I’ve always hated horror movies. Living in a real one, even as a bit player, is unfathomable. Script written by P2025 and the tech genuses, cast by Barnum and Bailey, with no end in sight. Dan Rather’s Steady has a great post “The World’s Greatest Showoff.” The carnival-barker run amok. We live in a freak show/horror show. Dan calls it what it is
Perfectly stated. Now is not the time to buy the popcorn and watch the show; it’s time to try and flip the script. (Thanks for the head’s up on Dan Rather’s piece)
Indeed, we can’t play the same old political scripts. Chump has changed that forever. We need a whole new genre. Hope Dems notice. Cast changes necessary
Oh Greg, I am hope you are feeling better. You do make me laugh. Everything is life is relative. So when Maxwell says 'he' did nothing wrong, you're on target as we Know her scale is way off weighing correct and incorrect behavior. in relation to the rest of us who inhabit this planet. Also, in a light security center, isn't she now in a position to groom some of the women there...........and in addition to waving rules I read that because Maxwell was moved they needed to hire MORE GUARDS. That is the big thing in this regime.. Up on that roof, in my mind I heard him saying, mine, mine, all mine.. Sad. We think a president should be (here's the word again) a guardian of our country. He is in a bad-terrible-malignant way.
Defying Hitler, is as you said, prevalent, unfortunately to our times. Best regards
Greg, your book recommendations are wonderful. Keith Olbermann recommended the movie, “A Face In the Crowd”, with Andy Griffith. Andy Griffith I understand said he played only endearing characters because his character in this movie Lonesome Rhodes, is so despicable. I finished watching it last night. He’s a rather trumpian character enabled by the media and groomed until… well I don’t want to ruin it.
Having my morning coffee with you, Greg Olear. No one delivers the bad news better. ☕️ I pray to the Gods of debilitating strokes every night but then we get Vance.
Yeah, we’re all feeling imprisoned. Tied up. Gagged. But we still have to get out there and fight like hell. I live in Vermont. The international airport in Burlington has been used to transport kidnapped brown people out of the country and sent to God knows where. A bunch of us went to a meeting of the airport commissioners to listen to their excuses (like the universities, they say there is nothing they can do about being extorted by the regime) and many more explaining why they don’t have to participate in it. One woman, a journalist who had covered prisons in El Salvador, explained conditions there that yes, sounded just like Nazi concentration camps.
We have to keep fighting. We have to work to change hearts and minds. That is all we can do.
Greg, feel better. It does seem, this is the worst of times, this is the even worst of times. My belief, 4547 will sadly serve out his term as there are no Republicans with a backbone, they are spineless dipshits who would rather see us go to shit than take on their dear, demented leader. No impeachment, no 25th, nothing. Of course divine intervention can end his tenure, the widow maker artery the obvious candidate. Should that occur, JD steps into the Oval, truly the worst outcome. As more red states follow the Texas lead and blue states think"...we go higher" a flip in 2026 slips away, especially as DOJ solicits and gets their hands on voter roles. Googly eyes Patel, working with the blond "let Epstein walk in Fla." Pam will manipulate voter rolls aided by a compliant SCOTUS.
The odds are stacked against us for sure. I'm not sure what needs to happen for us to break through, but people in power have to be willing to shake things up and risk their own necks...and it's not exactly profiles in courage in the Beltway, as you say...
Sitting in the American Air lounge about to exit stage left, leaving for a new life across a pond. Bittersweet! Sweet, 24/7 Mrs OM, a naturalized citizen and I get to be with only child, Mrs OM beyond the reach of Kristi puppy killer's masked, weak henchmen. Bitter, not because I am leaving behind my birth country, rather because of the state it has descended into. I truly believe the dictatorship is upon it, the Constitution doesn't matter and, as you say profiles in courage is non existent in the Beltway. The brave are comedians who risk it to expose the evil upon us. Indeed I am beginning to believe that laughter may be the saving grace, it delivers needed messaging better than most outlets. Fare Thee Well my fellow countrymen, my heart longs for the land of the free, home of the brave. Peace and happiness to all.
The Epstein thing is not going to take him down.. no chance. Maxwell will either get out soon or so or she’ll get a full pardon. The thing is so many people just do not care if he and some of his rich perverted buddies, were involved in this. They would almost have to have him on video with a 13-year-old to do any damage and I’m not even sure that would. His cult would think it was cool.
So many people with questionable morals, and IQ are so obsessed with immigration, owning the libs, getting their big beautiful tax breaks, screwing the middle class, trying to kill off the poor, they disabled, the elderly, the druggies and the mentally ill and homeless, non-whites and non-Christians that they think very little of the Epstein business because they truly do not care.
The two big things are really happening now are climate change and nothing has been done or will ever be done about it so that will do us in eventually. And the second is simply trying to thin out the population, which thanks to RFK Junior and some of Trump‘s other lovely specimens like Stephen Miller and the cowardly spineless Republicans in Congress and I’m sure many more behind the scenes are setting up to do just that.
This is either a real horror story and we are simply on our way out as a species or we are living in a simulation and the simulators are having fun seeing how crazy they can make it and how long we will survive that. It’s just a game to them.
He's survived every single thing so far. Why should this be any different? Never a single consequence of any of his criminal activities. The convictions poof into the ether. The lawsuits he won't pay up. The money NYS is supposed to repossess is in appeal court forever. Etc.
I favor the roof talk...it keeps the diaper stink away from anyone close.
Olfactory consideration aside, the real question I've always had is 'How did Trump steal the election?' Really, that's the only question, because if he and his accomplice(s) can do it, so can others. I'm not saying it was easy, but it appears to be doable. How many of you really thought trump could win the election?
So, the shortcut is to put the screws to Elon...because without Elon he couldn't have done it IMHO, not sneak by seven swing states with just enough of a margin to avoid recounts. Very precise. And then the key satellite falls out of orbit and is consumed in fire. Elon is the key point, although it must not be forgotten that Trump is also the face for other elements of the corporate world and the fossil fuel industry which are effective shielded by his everyday actions. So, what would it take to get Elon to confess in public?
As far as actually impeaching him again, remember John Thune, the head of the Senate, was one of the eight July 4 visitors to Russia. Where are the rest of them deployed? So, the Epstein tapes and case are the only real means of his vacating at this point. Of course, the VP is also a foreign owned figure and little Mike is behind him...pretty sad outlook at the moment. This is what a sophisticated but low grade foreign invasion would feel like. The nation which produced vast wealth for some many falls prey to money...ironic, huh?
Even if he did steal the election -- and if you ask anyone off the record they will say they think he did -- nothing will ever come out of it. There's no mechanism to investigate it, no enforcement agency that will do anything, the press won't cover it, and even if all of that somehow happened, and there was incontrovertible proof everyone agreed on...then what? Kamala will, what, demand he take his gold-plated shit and leave? Her and what army? That's why I haven't bothered to give it too much thought.
Trump is ineligible to be POTUS under section 3 of 14A. All it takes is an agency in authority to physically remove him. We don't need to impeach him, actually. But that won't happen either.
Thune, I believe, was the guy who made it seem like he WASN'T there by posting a pic of him and his wife in DC for the 4th...
Hi Greg - I believe in the end this Epstein thing will go absolutely nowhere. He has gotten away with all of his crimes, past and present. He will continue to get away with crimes until he dies. That’s just the way it is.
As the wise man once said, "The fastest horse doesn't always win the race...but that's the way to bet." There's no reason to expect anything to change. The best case scenario is he would retire, and he won't.
But we still have to keep talking about it, because if you flip a coin enough times, eventually it comes up heads.
Greg, today I went to our local immigration office to protest ICE along with about 250 others. Who comes across the street, casually dressed, but our own congressman, Mark DeSaulnier! He is one of the good progressive Dems. He has come out to quite a few rallies over the years in support of impeaching The Maggot, supporting scientists, and immigrants. He just hung out with us and was genuinely surprised and happy that so many people came out. He waved when those in their cars honked their horns; he spike with me for 30 minutes. The man is a walking encyclopedia regarding books and authors. He liked my t-shirt which said “We The People Have Had Enough” and asked a person to take a picture of us with his phone. Pretty cool!
I asked him if he had heard that Steve Bannon stated he was running for prez in 2028. He hadn’t but said what a piece of shit he was and laughed.
I wanted to chime in on Melania…talk about a piece of shit…but hey….she got a kid outa him and she got millions from the tabloids. She has her own room at their residences and probably has a private elevator where she sneaks her lovers in and out. She is not to be trusted at all and I wouldn’t put it past her as being a Russian agent. Oh and why was Alaska chosen as a secret meeting place for Vlad & Donny to meet?
well, there's a solution for the water problem on the moon. First, find the bottled water company who will contribute most to a trump PAC. Enter into a contract with them. Ship the bottles to the moon. Second, give the homeless in DC the option to go up there and open the bottles and pour them on the reactor. That gives them a place to stay.
And I think everyone with big student loans should sign up for ICE. Take the forgiveness and the 50K and then be the worst possible bumbling ICE agent. Accidentally tase your colleagues mid grab. Point everyone down an empty street. Whatever.
Another ICE thing I'd like to see is a group of activists with a plan. Make sure that an area, preferably near a church or school, is evacuated of all migrants. Stock it with brown citizens going about doing their daily thing. Send in a tip. Watch them collect 100 % citizens. Entrapment? Why not? That's what the trump FBI does.
Great post Greg.
The moon thingy. Think about how the mass mediation of the Moon landings in the 1960s drew attention away from the Civil Rights movement by giving ordinary Joe’s in the street the illusion of social Progress ? As for Kristi Noem, she has already shown any disobedient alpha males what she would do to them with the way she btutally killed her disobedient puppy. FFS stupid and mean. All of ‘em. Anyways, many young boys were also sexually abused and trafficked in this decades deep global VIP financial Epstein & Co network. Nothing stays buried forever.
Most crazy moon thing, let's say this absolute farce is real, the only way to get things to the moon, hire old pal FElon's SpaceX to transport stuff to the moon. New orange imbecile slogan, plagiarizing Ralph Kramdem, " TO THE MOON, ELON".
Trump's objective is to shit on everything we find holy, as my friend LB says. The moon is no exception.
Good point. Sing it, Gil:
A rat done bit my sister Nell.
(with Whitey on the Moon)
Her face and arms began to swell.
(and Whitey's on the Moon)
I can't pay no doctor bill.
(but Whitey's on the Moon)
Ten years from now I'll be paying still.
(while Whitey's on the Moon)
Whitey’s on the Moon is one of our personal taglines when discussing all this madness !
Wake up. THE NUMBER ONE STORY IS THAT TRUMP *KNEW* FOR 15 YEARS THAT EPSTEIN WAS RAPING LITTLE GIRLS AND SAID NOTHING.
And then there's the 13 year old that said he complained after he raped her.
She's among the many that Donald intends to Disappear.
Rapist in Chief
I’m damn certain Trumps involvement is much larger than anyone has grasped Wd. The modeling businesses, and pageants, Trump owned and associated with, like Elite, the Casablancas agency in NYC and Karin, who recruited girls from eastern bloc countries…Paulo Zampolli had an modeling/escort business that introduced Trump to Melania. Then appears as a Trump appointed state employee, WTF?
If you look carefully at all the appointments, especially the posh overseas postings, lots of his old cronies. Almost like it's a kind of bribe...
Where's all the evidence that Trump DIDN'T know? I guess that's not the part that's being geld out of the Epstein files...
TGIF🎉🎉🎉Get your signs and sneakers ready for nationwide rallies on Labor Day, 9/1/25. Channel your rage and get loud!
I’ve always hated horror movies. Living in a real one, even as a bit player, is unfathomable. Script written by P2025 and the tech genuses, cast by Barnum and Bailey, with no end in sight. Dan Rather’s Steady has a great post “The World’s Greatest Showoff.” The carnival-barker run amok. We live in a freak show/horror show. Dan calls it what it is
Perfectly stated. Now is not the time to buy the popcorn and watch the show; it’s time to try and flip the script. (Thanks for the head’s up on Dan Rather’s piece)
Indeed, we can’t play the same old political scripts. Chump has changed that forever. We need a whole new genre. Hope Dems notice. Cast changes necessary
AMEN!
I don't like them either. Real life is horror enough.
RAGE!
I have plenty of that, been building since 2000
Oh Greg, I am hope you are feeling better. You do make me laugh. Everything is life is relative. So when Maxwell says 'he' did nothing wrong, you're on target as we Know her scale is way off weighing correct and incorrect behavior. in relation to the rest of us who inhabit this planet. Also, in a light security center, isn't she now in a position to groom some of the women there...........and in addition to waving rules I read that because Maxwell was moved they needed to hire MORE GUARDS. That is the big thing in this regime.. Up on that roof, in my mind I heard him saying, mine, mine, all mine.. Sad. We think a president should be (here's the word again) a guardian of our country. He is in a bad-terrible-malignant way.
Defying Hitler, is as you said, prevalent, unfortunately to our times. Best regards
Thanks, Sara. I'm finally better, the last two days, although still tired.
At least they're hiring more guards and not firing them to make it easy for her to get Epsteined...
Greg, your book recommendations are wonderful. Keith Olbermann recommended the movie, “A Face In the Crowd”, with Andy Griffith. Andy Griffith I understand said he played only endearing characters because his character in this movie Lonesome Rhodes, is so despicable. I finished watching it last night. He’s a rather trumpian character enabled by the media and groomed until… well I don’t want to ruin it.
Four infographics to illustrate Greg's blog.
Could the EPSTEIN FILES explain Russian influence over Trump?
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/08/07/could-the-epstein-files-explain-russian-influence-over-trump/
How does Ghislaine Maxwell’s prison sentence compare to Federal Sentencing Guidelines for sex offenders?
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/08/07/ghislaine-maxwells-prison-sentence-federal-sentencing-guidelines-for-sex-offenders/
Take a virtual 3D tour of Ghislaine’s new pad
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/08/05/take-a-virtual-3d-tour-of-ghislaines-new-pad/
Jeffrey Epstein — Ghislaine Maxwell pedophile ring victims map
https://thedemlabs.org/2025/07/30/jeffrey-epstein-ghislaine-maxwell-pedophile-scheme-victims-map/
Thanks, Deepak! Great work!
Having my morning coffee with you, Greg Olear. No one delivers the bad news better. ☕️ I pray to the Gods of debilitating strokes every night but then we get Vance.
Thanks, Jocelyn. Vance may be worse, but he may also not be. At this point I prefer the devil we don't know.
Hey Greg,
Yeah, we’re all feeling imprisoned. Tied up. Gagged. But we still have to get out there and fight like hell. I live in Vermont. The international airport in Burlington has been used to transport kidnapped brown people out of the country and sent to God knows where. A bunch of us went to a meeting of the airport commissioners to listen to their excuses (like the universities, they say there is nothing they can do about being extorted by the regime) and many more explaining why they don’t have to participate in it. One woman, a journalist who had covered prisons in El Salvador, explained conditions there that yes, sounded just like Nazi concentration camps.
We have to keep fighting. We have to work to change hearts and minds. That is all we can do.
PS: for an interesting story about how we ended up in this mess, check out the history of the Supreme Court Justice Lewis Powell. The right wingers on the court are his intellectual children. https://www.thenation.com/article/society/powell-memo-project-2025-plutocracy/#
Oh, we're going to keep fighting. No question. The occupation must be overthrown.
Kurt Andersen wrote a great book about Powell and that whole movement, EVIL GENIUSES. Highly recommended.
(Channeling Donovan, There Is a Mountain:) First therr is a meeting then there is no meeting. then there is...
Heehee.
I'm just mad about Vladimir, and Vladimir's mad about me...
Greg, feel better. It does seem, this is the worst of times, this is the even worst of times. My belief, 4547 will sadly serve out his term as there are no Republicans with a backbone, they are spineless dipshits who would rather see us go to shit than take on their dear, demented leader. No impeachment, no 25th, nothing. Of course divine intervention can end his tenure, the widow maker artery the obvious candidate. Should that occur, JD steps into the Oval, truly the worst outcome. As more red states follow the Texas lead and blue states think"...we go higher" a flip in 2026 slips away, especially as DOJ solicits and gets their hands on voter roles. Googly eyes Patel, working with the blond "let Epstein walk in Fla." Pam will manipulate voter rolls aided by a compliant SCOTUS.
WOE IS WE! Where is Kemosabe and Tonto?
Thanks, Old Man. I'm on the mend, thank goodness.
The odds are stacked against us for sure. I'm not sure what needs to happen for us to break through, but people in power have to be willing to shake things up and risk their own necks...and it's not exactly profiles in courage in the Beltway, as you say...
Sitting in the American Air lounge about to exit stage left, leaving for a new life across a pond. Bittersweet! Sweet, 24/7 Mrs OM, a naturalized citizen and I get to be with only child, Mrs OM beyond the reach of Kristi puppy killer's masked, weak henchmen. Bitter, not because I am leaving behind my birth country, rather because of the state it has descended into. I truly believe the dictatorship is upon it, the Constitution doesn't matter and, as you say profiles in courage is non existent in the Beltway. The brave are comedians who risk it to expose the evil upon us. Indeed I am beginning to believe that laughter may be the saving grace, it delivers needed messaging better than most outlets. Fare Thee Well my fellow countrymen, my heart longs for the land of the free, home of the brave. Peace and happiness to all.
Peace and happiness to you and your family.
Thank you
The Epstein thing is not going to take him down.. no chance. Maxwell will either get out soon or so or she’ll get a full pardon. The thing is so many people just do not care if he and some of his rich perverted buddies, were involved in this. They would almost have to have him on video with a 13-year-old to do any damage and I’m not even sure that would. His cult would think it was cool.
So many people with questionable morals, and IQ are so obsessed with immigration, owning the libs, getting their big beautiful tax breaks, screwing the middle class, trying to kill off the poor, they disabled, the elderly, the druggies and the mentally ill and homeless, non-whites and non-Christians that they think very little of the Epstein business because they truly do not care.
The two big things are really happening now are climate change and nothing has been done or will ever be done about it so that will do us in eventually. And the second is simply trying to thin out the population, which thanks to RFK Junior and some of Trump‘s other lovely specimens like Stephen Miller and the cowardly spineless Republicans in Congress and I’m sure many more behind the scenes are setting up to do just that.
This is either a real horror story and we are simply on our way out as a species or we are living in a simulation and the simulators are having fun seeing how crazy they can make it and how long we will survive that. It’s just a game to them.
He's survived every single thing so far. Why should this be any different? Never a single consequence of any of his criminal activities. The convictions poof into the ether. The lawsuits he won't pay up. The money NYS is supposed to repossess is in appeal court forever. Etc.
You would think protecting a violent sexual predator would be a line too far.
A violent CHILD sexual predator.
I favor the roof talk...it keeps the diaper stink away from anyone close.
Olfactory consideration aside, the real question I've always had is 'How did Trump steal the election?' Really, that's the only question, because if he and his accomplice(s) can do it, so can others. I'm not saying it was easy, but it appears to be doable. How many of you really thought trump could win the election?
So, the shortcut is to put the screws to Elon...because without Elon he couldn't have done it IMHO, not sneak by seven swing states with just enough of a margin to avoid recounts. Very precise. And then the key satellite falls out of orbit and is consumed in fire. Elon is the key point, although it must not be forgotten that Trump is also the face for other elements of the corporate world and the fossil fuel industry which are effective shielded by his everyday actions. So, what would it take to get Elon to confess in public?
As far as actually impeaching him again, remember John Thune, the head of the Senate, was one of the eight July 4 visitors to Russia. Where are the rest of them deployed? So, the Epstein tapes and case are the only real means of his vacating at this point. Of course, the VP is also a foreign owned figure and little Mike is behind him...pretty sad outlook at the moment. This is what a sophisticated but low grade foreign invasion would feel like. The nation which produced vast wealth for some many falls prey to money...ironic, huh?
I had the same thought about the stink...
Even if he did steal the election -- and if you ask anyone off the record they will say they think he did -- nothing will ever come out of it. There's no mechanism to investigate it, no enforcement agency that will do anything, the press won't cover it, and even if all of that somehow happened, and there was incontrovertible proof everyone agreed on...then what? Kamala will, what, demand he take his gold-plated shit and leave? Her and what army? That's why I haven't bothered to give it too much thought.
Trump is ineligible to be POTUS under section 3 of 14A. All it takes is an agency in authority to physically remove him. We don't need to impeach him, actually. But that won't happen either.
Thune, I believe, was the guy who made it seem like he WASN'T there by posting a pic of him and his wife in DC for the 4th...
Donald convicted himself numerous times making sexual comments about his daughter.
There is no doubt about his past or continuing guilts. The question is what to do?
We keep talking about it. It's all we can do.
I was known as the talking them into jail cop. That worked most of the time.
Hi Greg - I believe in the end this Epstein thing will go absolutely nowhere. He has gotten away with all of his crimes, past and present. He will continue to get away with crimes until he dies. That’s just the way it is.
As the wise man once said, "The fastest horse doesn't always win the race...but that's the way to bet." There's no reason to expect anything to change. The best case scenario is he would retire, and he won't.
But we still have to keep talking about it, because if you flip a coin enough times, eventually it comes up heads.
I get what you’re saying but, it’s is so frustrating.
Greg, today I went to our local immigration office to protest ICE along with about 250 others. Who comes across the street, casually dressed, but our own congressman, Mark DeSaulnier! He is one of the good progressive Dems. He has come out to quite a few rallies over the years in support of impeaching The Maggot, supporting scientists, and immigrants. He just hung out with us and was genuinely surprised and happy that so many people came out. He waved when those in their cars honked their horns; he spike with me for 30 minutes. The man is a walking encyclopedia regarding books and authors. He liked my t-shirt which said “We The People Have Had Enough” and asked a person to take a picture of us with his phone. Pretty cool!
I asked him if he had heard that Steve Bannon stated he was running for prez in 2028. He hadn’t but said what a piece of shit he was and laughed.
I wanted to chime in on Melania…talk about a piece of shit…but hey….she got a kid outa him and she got millions from the tabloids. She has her own room at their residences and probably has a private elevator where she sneaks her lovers in and out. She is not to be trusted at all and I wouldn’t put it past her as being a Russian agent. Oh and why was Alaska chosen as a secret meeting place for Vlad & Donny to meet?
well, there's a solution for the water problem on the moon. First, find the bottled water company who will contribute most to a trump PAC. Enter into a contract with them. Ship the bottles to the moon. Second, give the homeless in DC the option to go up there and open the bottles and pour them on the reactor. That gives them a place to stay.
And I think everyone with big student loans should sign up for ICE. Take the forgiveness and the 50K and then be the worst possible bumbling ICE agent. Accidentally tase your colleagues mid grab. Point everyone down an empty street. Whatever.
Another ICE thing I'd like to see is a group of activists with a plan. Make sure that an area, preferably near a church or school, is evacuated of all migrants. Stock it with brown citizens going about doing their daily thing. Send in a tip. Watch them collect 100 % citizens. Entrapment? Why not? That's what the trump FBI does.
For Diddler on the Roof, see (courtesy Jay Kuo) https://www.facebook.com/reel/1261558419082931
For Ghislaine's testimony (also courtesy Jay Kuo)
https://xcancel.com/eastendjoe/status/1953236443746140559?s=46&t=V7VfS2X8f7Tb8bB5srchIg