The Trump Presidency, Season 2

[GoblinCampFollower]

Trump's inhibitions (such as they were) are now eroding as dementia takes bigger and bigger bites out of his brain. It's like watching a slow-motion train wreck.

Heather Cox Richardson made an interesting observation about his "Quiet, piggy" insult. It's like he reached back into his childhood to find the worst insult he could think of.

I agree with your conclusion and agree that Mamdani likely had an easier time charming him because of his cognitive decline. I just wanted to point out that Trump has been the king of childish insults for many years!

 

[Innula Zenovka]

The Guardian: Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church

 

[Beebo Brink]

Quiet Piggy 🐷

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[Khamon]

“Tame” indicates a permanent conditioning and that does not exist in Trump’s world. He may have been easily soothed into compliance due to his mental decline but he will turn on a dime and attack Mamdani, and NY, for no reason any time.

Taming and training is not possible. Trump must be dealt with minute to minute like every other demented mind on the planet. He’s less trustworthy now than he’s ever been.

 

[Innula Zenovka]

Reuters Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter

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[Bartholomew Gallacher]

We have further crossed the rubicon. Mamdami called Trump a fascist to his face and Trump fell in love with him and fully supports him
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Yeah, this display of a newfound blooming bromance is really something else entirely. Nobody saw that coming.

Probably Trump understood "Hey, Donnyboy, I'm a fascist too..." - or something like that. It would explain that strange statement and Trump's admiration quite much.

What's next? Putin going back to the old ways of how Soviet politicians greeted each other, the socialist fraternal kiss? Doing that with Donnyboy? This is how its done: Leonid Brezhnev kissing Erich Honecker in 1979.

 

[Cindy Claveau]

 

[Free]

Reuters Exclusive: DOGE 'doesn't exist' with eight months left on its charter

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'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report

Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that...

www.rawstory.com

 

[Casey Pelous]

'Suddenly exposed' DOGE employees fear prosecution after Musk abandoned them: report

Current and former Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE) staffers are growing increasingly concerned that the work they did slashing government programs and eliminating jobs will come back to haunt them with the possibility of criminal prosecutions.Worse still is their growing belief that...

www.rawstory.com

Oh, dear!

Anyway ....

 

[Cindy Claveau]

‘Mike Johnson Will be Stripped of His Gavel’: Republicans Brace for Impact as Party Insider Says Wave of Resignations Is Imminent

Rep. Marjorie Taylor Greene’s sudden retirement announcement didn’t just rattle the halls of Congress — it detonated a political warning flare over a Republican majority that already feels like it’s held together with tape and denial. Her manifesto, sharp-edged and dripping with frustration, didn’t simply call out House leadership. It exposed how unstable the GOP conference has become, and insiders say her exit is already inspiring others who are ready to bolt.

Republicans are clinging to a 219–213 majority, and Punchbowl News reports that upcoming special elections in Tennessee, Texas, and New Jersey could make that margin even thinner. In a moment where every vote is life-or-death for Speaker Mike Johnson, Greene’s critique landed with brutal timing.

“Let’s dispense with the caveats. MTG has never been representative of the House Republican Conference writ large. She clearly has a bone to pick with Trump and the leadership. MTG may have her eye on the governorship — that chatter picked up again over the weekend. She was also never a fan of Speaker Mike Johnson.”

 

[Free]

Couldn't happen to a more anti-masturbatory guy.

 

[Khamon]

Spoiler: Nazi Symoblism

 

[detrius]

We have further crossed the rubicon. Mamdani called Trump a fascist to his face and Trump fell in love with him and fully supports him
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Donald Trump Debuted a Different Winter Look, and the Internet Thinks He Copied Zohran Mamdani’s Style

The politicians recently met at the White House on Nov. 21

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I think when Trump said that Mamdani can call him a "fascist", he actually meant "fashionist".

 

[GoblinCampFollower]

Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

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[Cindy Claveau]

Judge dismisses Comey, James indictments after finding that prosecutor was illegally appointed

A federal judge has dismissed the criminal cases against former FBI Director James Comey and New York Attorney General Letitia James, concluding that the prosecutor who brought the charges at President Donald Trump’s urging was illegally appointed by the Justice Department.

apnews.com

Donnie doesn't think anything applies to him. Let's see how that works.

 

[Casey Pelous]

Donnie doesn't think anything applies to him. Let's see how that works.

Cue Failure47@truthsocial tweeting about how he is beset by enemies on every side but everything is going really, really great except the really bad stuff, which only he can fix.

 

[Cristiano]

Donald Trump Debuted a Different Winter Look, and the Internet Thinks He Copied Zohran Mamdani’s Style

The politicians recently met at the White House on Nov. 21

ca.news.yahoo.com

I think when Trump said that Mamdani can call him a "fascist", he actually meant "fashionist".

Alternate theory - it turned on Trump to be humiliated by Mamdani. MAGA in general have a humiliation kink.

 

[Jopsy Pendragon]

The Guardian: Who can tame Trump? An unlikely candidate is emerging: the Catholic church

Called it months ago. Democrats have been increasingly outmaneuvered by the billionaire-class media machine. They just don’t have the unified messaging muscle to form a coherent opposition—let alone counter a propaganda ecosystem built to overwhelm them.

Meanwhile, the country is riding down a death spiral with Thunder Rumpus at the wheel. Their kind of "divisive-dynamo" political style can’t run forever on the same fuel. Eventually, it demands fresh enemies—new sacrificial groups to make objective lessons of to scare any nay-sayers into silent self-preservation or the sycophantic bravado of loud support.

And when they run out of external targets to turn people against? They’ll turn inward. It’s only a matter of time before the movement starts cannibalizing itself.

My bet? The next fracture is between the old-guard moral-panic conservatives—the performative/so-called “family values” crowd—and the neo-authoritarian, loyalty-only, government-mafia faction that Thunder Rumpus, Miller, Heritage, and company have threaded through the federal apparatus.

Which wedge sets off the chain reaction is anyone’s guess. If Epstein-file fallout were going to do it, it would’ve happened already. But sooner or later, the faction that feels most exposed is going to start launching subpoenas or indictments in an effort to throw others under the proverbial bus before they get tossed there themselves.

Once that dam breaks? Dominoes. All the way up.

 

[Casey Pelous]

OMG! Who could have anticipated this? Melon Felon's Great Healthcare Plan isn't quite ready .... but, any moment now!

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/politics/trump-health-care-proposal

 

[Free]

https://www.cnn.com/2025/11/23/politics/trump-health-care-proposal

Postponed.

He has been really busy, and just didn't have to time to deal with the less important stuff. I know having to sign that Epstein bill took a lot out of him.