Trump+Musk: Folie à Deux - Trump thread #137

[Spandauer]

The clock is already ticking and he's an old man. Mid-terms: November 3, 2026

Thanks to @AcrossThePond55 for the thread title.

Previous thread:
https://www.mumsnet.com/talk/_chat/5206120-the-grown-ups-have-left-the-building-trump-thread-136

Bishop takes king

Viral Political Cartoon Perfectly Captures How Bishop Budde Put Trump In His Place

https://www.comicsands.com/budde-trump-bishop-king-cartoon

That list about Project 25...banning bio males from female sport.
How is that going to work with the LA Olympics?

Marjorie Taylor Greene wants to know why Catholic Charities help migrants.

So, another move to do away with separation of Church and State?

None of your fucking business what they do with their money, you nasty bitch.

And since when is she part of DOG-E?

Does anyone in DC not know the actual meaning of the word 'DOGE'? I'm sure Musk does.

"doge, (Venetian Italian: “duke”), highest official of the republic of Venice for more than 1,000 years (from the 8th to the 18th century) and symbol of the sovereignty of the Venetian state."

I heard a clip of Vance making the same allegation about the catholic church

www.rollingstone.com/politics/politics-news/vance-catholic-church-immigrants-bottom-line-1235246957/

Don't call them thick

In other news, he's getting more and more orange. The face-hand disparity is very real.

That should be flagged sensitive content😆

One of the biggest corporate users of illegal migrant workers is Tyson Foods
they have hundreds working in each of their meat packing plants
they donate handsomely to the GOP
ICE will not cut off the supply of BBQ meat

In a foreshadowing, Trumps unlawful/illegal firing of the Inspector Generals can't be opposed because (as we know) the president has immunity for official acts in office.

I am guessing this "immunity" will be taken by team Trump to go as far as to ignore SCOTUS. After all: immunity.

How long will it be before the illegal act is simply disbanding SCOTUS - after all, if POTUS has immunity, then who needs a court ?

With the usual caveats about everything you see on the internet, here is a story about someone who lost $1million on Trump stocks

With grim humor, 1499 to go ?

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/27/jan-6-pardon-police-killing-matthew-huttle

@SerendipityJane

That was our first thought, too. Sorry/not sorry.

As much as I love Michelle Obama, 'they go low, we go high' is deader than a doornail when it comes to Scrotus, his buttbuddies, and his Cult.

A few more rioters are back behind bars charged with sexual assault offences, some involved minors.

Jim Acosta announces on air that he's leaving CNN and says, "it is never a good time to bow down to a tyrant ... don't give in to the lies."

bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com/post/3lgstau3l322d

There's a new official photo of Mrs Trump out and the Guardian has felt it necessary to critique it. I mean... who gives a fuck? It's basically a word salad worthy of Dumpy himself.
The Grauniad is getting worse - and I say that as a longtime subscriber.
www.theguardian.com/us-news/2025/jan/28/american-power-what-does-official-portrait-reveal-melania-trump?CMP=Share_iOSApp_Other

Meanwhile Himself is back on the golf course (2nd or 3rd time since the inauguration) and the Republicans are holed up in his Doral Resort to continue their plotting.
More $$$ in his grifter pot.
www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2025/01/28/house-republican-retreat-trump-national-doral/

Countdown time

Day 9 of Trump 2.0
642 days till Midterms (03/11/2026)
1,376 days till the 2028 election (07/11/2028)
1,450 days till Inauguration Day (20/01/2029)

Apologies for my absence, I’ve caught the cold/flu thing that’s doing the rounds and needed to hide under a duvet for a few days.

First press briefing for the new Press Secretary incoming (she ain’t no CJ!) and I see Caroline Kennedy is calling her cousin “a predator” ahead of his confirmation hearing.

BBC website as well Spandauer re Melania's portrait

@CaveMum

thanks for the 'countdown'!

Caroline Kennedy is calling her cousin “a predator” ahead of his confirmation hearing

Interesting choice of a word, although 'predator' can have more than one meaning.

Hope you are now free of the lurgy @CaveMum
I had it over New Year and its a stinker

I refuse to give the Guardian any money at all @Spandauer as they bully women journalists out and print so many astoundingly bad articles.

Haven’t the Guardian just been bought out by Tortoise or is it just the observer?

Not totally recovered @Talkinpeace but on the road, thanks.

the BBC article on Caroline Kennedy’s comments suggest “predator” in a “picks on the vulnerable” way - saying he got people addicted to drugs.

Tortoise are buying the Observer
which is the only sane part of the Graun
so I will probably delete my bookmark at that stage

The White House confirms: Medicaid websites are down throughout the country.