I’m very happy that Joe Biden not only talked Donald Trump into having debates, he also made sure that there would not be an audience who would disrupt the debate (as has happened in the past). But another big benefit of not having an audience is that the debate can happen anywhere, even in some penitentiary. After all, orange is Trump’s color.
This is an SNL skit from 6 years ago. Yes, that’s right. You’ll be forgiven if you thought it was from today, the day that Michael Cohen testifies against Trump in court. Plus there are some fantastic cameo appearances, including the real Stormy Daniels, Alec Baldwin as Trump, Martin Short as Trump’s doctor (and drug pusher), Scarlett Johansson as Ivanka, Jimmy Fallon as Jared, and Ben Stiller as Michael Cohen. Even funnier now than before, and possibly the funniest SNL cold opening ever!
Michael Cohen created the best nickname for Donald Trump, but it took The Lincoln Project to turn it into a product. After all, Trump just LOVES to sell shit.
I know I recently posted a Jimmy Kimmel video, but today I was reading politics and was getting a little annoyed and even depressed. But then, I watched this new Jimmy Kimmel video and had a good long laugh. It is medicine for the brain!
Meanwhile, Congress managed to pass four foreign aid bills on Saturday. What’s interesting is that these bills had been held up by the “Freedom Caucus”, and were opposed by Donald Trump, but they were passed by large bipartisan margins. I dare to dream that the tide is turning against Trump and the FC. May they rot in Mar-A-Lago.
Are you avoiding reading anything about Trump’s first criminal trial? Actually, this is the FIRST US President to have had a criminal trial, ever! And since he keeps ignoring his gag order, who knows, he might be the first president ever to go to jail.
Luckily, Trump won’t be able to get a jury like this one!
After all, a Republican candidate for the US Senate recently suggested that residents of nursing homes are not qualified to vote, because they have a life expectancy of less than six months. Of course, this had absolutely nothing to do with the fact that polls are showing that senior citizens favor Joe Biden.
After all, women did not have the right to vote in the US (along with other rights) until August 18, 1920.
Axios reports that some House Republicans, including Rep. Guy Reschenthaler, a member of GOP leadership, introduced a bill to rename Washington Dulles International Airport (IAD) to the “Donald J. Trump International Airport”. This would mean that both D.C. airports would sport names of former Republican presidents (the smaller airport – DCA – is named after Ronald Reagan).
Reschenthaler told Fox News, “In my lifetime, our nation has never been greater than under the leadership of President Donald J. Trump. As millions of domestic and international travelers fly through the airport, there is no better symbol of freedom, prosperity and strength than hearing ‘Welcome to Trump International Airport’ as they land on American soil.”
Given the Republican razor-thin majority in the House, and a Democratic Senate, it is unlikely the bill would pass, but that didn’t stop Democrats from making fun of it:
Rep. Gerry Connolly, who represents part of Dulles, quipped “Donald Trump is facing 91 felony charges. If Republicans want to name something after him, I’d suggest they find a federal prison.”
Rep. Jamie Raskin opines “If they name it after Trump, there could be continued round-trip service to Moscow.”
Rep. Don Beyer reminds us of Trump’s infamous Muslim travel ban which resulted in detentions at Dulles where, for example, a 71-year-old man with a heart condition was detained and denied access to a lawyer. Beyer also said on eX-Twitter, “I remember Republicans like those who wrote this bill hiding and giving mealy mouthed responses when asked about the suffering Trump’s Muslim ban caused. They know Dulles will never be renamed after Trump. Again, that’s not the point, the point is to suck up to their Dear Leader.”
Update: Democrats propose a bill to rename some federal prison (likely in Florida, as close to Mar-a-Lago as possible), to the “Donald J. Trump Correctional Facility”. I wish!
Now that Donald Trump has been fined around half a billion dollars for defrauding New York state, he finds himself in quite a pickle. A few days ago, Trump and his attorneys said that Trump cannot afford to post the bond required in order to appeal the fine. According to them, Trump was turned down for a bond by around 30 companies. Apparently, every company thinks that Trump is a bad risk.
But this points to a more serious problem. According to the Financial Times:
As every spy agency knows, the most at-risk employees are those who are heavily in debt. Presidential candidates are offered intelligence briefings during the election. Trump is facing a much-postponed trial for allegedly secreting troves of highly classified material at Mar-a-Lago.
It does not take great deductive skill to see that Trump’s financial quandary poses a national security risk. If insurance companies and friendly billionaires think he is too big a credit risk, who might help him out instead? What sort of collateral could Trump offer in return? Even by America’s recent standards, this creates a new kind of headache.
So how could Trump find someone who would be willing to loan him the money he desperately needs? The obvious answer is someone who could possibly want something big from Trump. It is easy to imagine Vladimir Putin offering a loan to Trump, in exchange for national secrets. Or in exchange for Trump allowing Putin to take over Ukraine.
After all, we’ve already seen Saudi Arabia shower Jared Kushner with money just to get in good with the Trump family.
Can the US afford to have a president who is for sale to our enemies?
UPDATE: Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba spoke to Fox News about Trump’s need to come up with $450 million by Monday. They asked her “Is there any effort on the part of your team to secure this money through another country, Saudi Arabia or Russia?”. Habba responded, “I can’t speak about strategy.”
Habba has a long and sorry record as Trump’s attorney, which you can read about on Wikipedia. Enjoy!
Even if he only does his thing once a week, it is so good to have him doing a regular show again.
And he even makes fun of himself.
I love his takedown of Republicans who claim that they are the true patriotic Americans, despite the fact that they also claim they want Trump to become a dictator.
This is a very powerful video. It starts out with Jimmy Kimmel making fun of Donald Trump during the Oscars last night, and then goes on to provide tons of evidence that Trump doesn’t care one bit about his base. Trump says things that they will like, but they are all lies. It doesn’t matter, because his base eats them up.
Hillary Clinton called them “deplorables”, but they aren’t. They are “panderables”. Trump consistently panders to them, but doesn’t actually do any of the things that he promises. This works, because his base never gets respite from the powerful feeling that they are forgotten. They just don’t realize who it is who is actually doing the forgetting.
And it looks like Biden and his team realize this and will be broadcasting to the voters!
Here is Biden’s first election ad after his powerful SOTU speech, and he points out that “Donald Trump believes the job of the president is to take care of Donald Trump.”
