Will Attorney General Pam Bondi, FBI Director Ka$h Patel, or lying (and exempted from further polygraphs) Dan Bongino be willing to go to prison for Trump?
Melania is completely loyal to her rich husband.
Long before she became the first lady, Melania Trump (nee Knauss) was "very involved" in convicted child sex predator Jeffrey Epstein's social circle. That is how she was introduced to Don Trump, a longtime biographer (Michael Wolff) of the 47th US president has claimed: "She's introduced by a model agent, both of whom Trump and Epstein are involved with. She's introduced to Trump that way. Epstein [knew] her well," Michael Wolff said in an interview with The Daily Beast podcast host Joanna Coles. Melania was part of the same modelling and social circles frequented by both Trump and Epstein, he added. More: ndtv.com
"If we eat just one billionaire, the rest will fall in line" (Russell Dobular, Due Dissidence)
Take that, Trump. Feel the Bern! Keep it up and I'm calling Hillary and Doug. Or can I join you?
Massive crowds show for Bernie Sanders in Trump states
(The Rational National) Feb. 24, 2025: #5 on Trending. Vermont Senator and sell-out Bernie Sanders (Independent who aligned with the Democrats every chance he got) is helping to organize massive crowds in Republican-controlled districts. Here's why he's doing it. [Where's Dennis Kucinich when we need him?]
TikTok Ban: Last Week Tonight with John Oliver (HBO)
(LastWeekTonight) Nov. 21, 2024: John Oliver discusses the looming TikTok ban in the U.S., what some potential motivations behind it could be and, most importantly, the fact that you ARE bisexual. Yeah, you. [Are you a fan of Ryan Seacrest? Gay, completely gay, and if a female, at least bi or LGBTQIA+.]
Connect with Last Week Tonight online...on YouTube for more almost news as it almost happens, on Facebook like your mom would, on Twitter for news about jokes and jokes about news, or visit the official site for all that other stuff at once: hbo.com/lastweektonight
Matt Gaetz’s bombshell sex scandal allegations, Trump’s Shady Squad, and Don Jr.’s unwanted attention
(Jimmy Kimmel Live)
Nov. 20, 2024: Pres. Genocide Joe "Weekend at Bernie's" Biden turns 82 today, which leads the show to play a round of “Which is Older?” to celebrate, according to a new study Washington D.C. has the second highest cannabis (marijuana, pot, weed) consumption in the United States, the House Ethics Committee has reached an impasse on whether to release details into the illegal sextracurricular activities of Republican Rep. Matt Gaetz, VP Elect JD Vance has been working inside the Senate to drum up support for cabinet nominees, Trump’s entire cabinet is shaping up to look like a TV show, Donald is out selling limited-edition guitars, Don Jr has been getting some unwanted attention for his appearance at Elon Musk’s new rocket launch, and Blake Shelton stops by to sing a song we wrote for him that he has never seen in a new edition of Wing It & Sing It. #Kimmel
Ever since former Pres. DJ became the GOP presidential nominee in 2016, there has been a small but loud group of so-called Republicans in the media and the halls of power who have fervently dreamed of the day when Trump loses his hold on the party.
Until the vice-presidential debate, these MSNBC "conservative" pundits and figures such as former Rep. Liz Cheney and Mormon Sen. Mitt Romney could have hoped that if Trump face-plants this year, the GOP will finally come back to its senses and put them back in charge.
Ohio Senator JD Vance put that theory squarely to bed onstage in New York City.
WHY VANCE EASILY BEAT WALZ IN DEBATE, SOFTENING HIS IMAGE IN THE PROCESS
Though polling varies, by most accounts, Sen. Vance scored a win over Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz (not to mention the biased CBS moderators) with his command of the issues and a surprising affability that even seemed to have Walz charmed at times.
But it was the substance, not the style of Sen. Vance’s answers that should worry the Never Trump crowd. Because Sen. Vance, for maybe the first time, is a major political figure who is not Donald Trump, but who can explain and embody Trump’s populism even in the loftiest forums.
The cover of Time magazine this week acknowledged this with a portrait of Vance and the words, "The New Right" which is, in fact, another term for the changes that Trump has wrought in the GOP.
Trumpian populism, or the New Right, has four essential pillars erected by dumb Donald J. Trump:
anti-globalism,
a strong border,
energy independence, and
taking the fight to wokeness.
On all four, JD Vance made the case.
The Ohio senator spoke of... More
ScarJo, SNL; Jon Stewart; Jordan Klepper; Ashley Wells, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Jon Stewart calls BS on Trump and the GOP's performative patriotism | The Daily Show
(The Daily Show) March 11, 2024: Jon Stewart unpacks Biden’s fired-up State of the Union and Katie Britt’s disastrous GOP kitchen rebuttal, then calls bullsh*t on conservatives branding themselves the party of “true American patriots” and wrapping themselves in the flag and Constitution, while their leader Trump's rhetoric sounds more like an unhinged undemocratic king. #DailyShow #JonStewart #Trump
Scarlett Johansson plays Sen. Katie Britt in a satire of her SOTU rebuttal on SNL
(CurrentPulse News) Watch as Scarlett Johansson [wife of Weekend Update's SNL member Colin Jost] takes on the role of Senator Katie Britt in a hilarious satire of her State of the Union rebuttal on Saturday Night Live.
'Absurdly overdramatic': Republicans react to Katie Britt’s State of the Union response
(MSNBC) March 8, 2024: Alabama Republican Sen. Katie Britt delivered the GOP (Grand Old Party = Republican) response to Biden’s State of the Union, and well, the reviews are in. #KatieBritt #StateoftheUnion #GOP
(Jen Psaki) Jordan Klepper, a contributor to The Daily Show, reviews and rips into Sen. Britt.
The rebuttal to the rebuttal
Sen. Katie Britt defends Biden response following SNL parody
(Graeme ONeil) March 10, 2024: Graeme O'Neil takes a look at Alabama Senator Katie Britt defending her response to Pres. Biden's State of the Union address, following Scarlett Johansson impersonating Katie on Saturday Night Live.
Jimmy Kimmel Live, politics as comedy, March 13, 2024; Eds., Wisdom Quarterly
Hey, Brother, I like your girlfriend's tee-shirt! Do you mind if I take her out some time?
House passes bill to ban TikTok, Trump and Biden rematch set, Aaron Rodgers (and Gov. Jesse Ventura) on RFK Jr’s VP shortlist
(Jimmy Kimmel Live) The US House of Representatives passed a bill that would ban TikTok in America, "Honest Don" Trump is now not in favor of the ban that he originally proposed, Marjorie Taylor Greene is siding with The Don, the monologue gets interrupted by a TikToker, Genocide Joe Biden and dumb Trump officially clinched their parties nominations, independent (possibly libertarian) candidate RFK Jr. is reportedly looking at quarterback Aaron Rodgers as a possible VP candidate and conspiracy theorist Minn. Gov. Jesse Ventura, we are less than two weeks away from the start of the DJ "Lock Him Up" Trump trial related to the defamed stripper Stormy Daniels hush money case, Mike "the My Pillow Guy" Lindell’s legal bills are adding up, and the show heads out to Hollywood Blvd. to give men a women’s history mini-quiz for Women’s History Month. #Kimmel
Keven Hart can't get no love, except from Diddy
There was once a great mean, a girlfriend who met The Rock with her boyfriend, wearing a homemade tee-shirt that read, "You are my Rock, my Dwayne, my Johnson." Ha ha, the boyfriend didn't like it, but Dwayne "The Rock" Johnson sure did. It was recreated in front of an envious Kevin Hart fresh from gay partying with Sean "Puff Daddy-P Diddy" Combs, no doubt. Now he's jealous of John Cena's package envelope stunt at the 2024 Oscars?
(Jimmy Kimmel Live) The Rock talks about presenting at the Oscars, celebrities he met for the first time, being in the audience during the 2017 Best Picture mix-up, running into a half-dressed John Cena backstage, taunting crowds leading up to WrestleMania 40, his new skincare line Papatui, and he takes Guillermo out for a spa day. More#Kimmel
House votes to ban TikTok and RFK’s unexpected VP contender | The Daily Show
The US is secretly at war with China, but shssh.
(The Daily Show)
March 13, 2024: Co-Hosts Desi Lydic and Michael Kosta weigh in on RFK Jr. shortlisting footballer Aaron Rodgers as his VP pick [and his better option, Gov. Jesse Ventura], South Dakota Gov. Kristy Noem doing sponcon for a Texas dentist, and Correspondent Ronny Chieng calls on America to step up its misinformation game after the House passed a bill to ban TikTok. #DailyShow#TikTok#RFKJr
Dying monarchy must keep up appearances as king and princess fight to stay alive
When you marry into Reptilian clan
Is future-Queen Kate Middleton dying or already dead? No one's seen her. Windsor Castle future-occupants posted a totally phony and doctored photo of a healthy and beautiful Kate (taken from an old magazine cover she appeared on). News of her in a car with her mother without a security detail wasn't her at all. What's going on? First the king is dying of ball cancer (prostate?), and the princess is in the hospital with stress-related illnesses from her cheating husband and/or faking pregnancies with perfect children and future rulers? One crosses over into conspiracy territory to even think about it.
The world still loves half-American Saint Princess Di (R), seen here with Saint Mother Theresa.
(Doug's Dharma) Politics and Society. Let's look at what the historical Buddha had to say about politics and society. He had a very interesting approach and some unique insights to provide.
This is the third Doug's Dharma YouTube video, so it's a bit rougher than some of the later ones. His apologies. Check out his Patreon page: dougsseculardharma. Some posts on Early Buddhism and politics at the Secular Buddhist Association:
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The Buddha's Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony: An Anthology of Discourses from the Pali Canon
By Bhikkhu Bodhi with foreword by the Dalai Lama, Kindle Edition
This anthology of translated Theravada Buddhist discourses (sutras) has 4.8 out of 5 stars with 197 ratings. It is part of the series The Teachings of the Buddha (10 books).
In a world of conflict and strife, how can we be advocates of peace and justice?
In this volume, acclaimed American Buddhist scholar-monk Dr. Bhikkhu Bodhi, Ph.D., has collected and translated the Buddha’s teachings on
conflict resolution,
interpersonal and social problem-solving, and
the forging of harmonious relationships.
The selections, all drawn from the Pali canon, the earliest record of the historical Buddha’s discourses, are organized into ten thematic chapters. The chapters deal with such topics as
the quelling of anger,
good friendship,
intentional communities,
the settlement of disputes, and
the establishing of an equitable society.
Each chapter begins with a concise and informative introduction by the translator that guides us toward a deeper understanding of the texts that follow.
In times of social conflict, intolerance, and war, the Buddha’s approach to creating and sustaining peace takes on a new and urgent significance.
Even readers unacquainted with Buddhism will appreciate these ancient teachings, always clear, practical, undogmatic, and so contemporary in flavor.
The Buddha’s Teachings on Social and Communal Harmony will prove to be essential reading for anyone seeking to bring peace into their communities and into the wider world.
Aaron Mate, Jimmy Dore (TJDS); Jon Farina (Status Coup News, LIVE in New York City, Feb. 15, 2024); Shauna Schwartz, Sheldon S., Ashley Wells, Pfc. Sandoval (eds.), Wisdom Quarterly
Rep. Tlaib speaks truth to power in DC.
American Jewish truth teller Aaron Mate (mate.substack.com), son of the great addiction medicine specialist Dr. Gabor Mate (drgabormate.com. Zeitgeist movie), joins Jimmy Dore and Kurt Metzger to discuss Israel's apartheid system for dummies. Yes, Israel is an illegal apartheid state with settler colonial ambitions through ethnic cleansing and other war crimes...not the least of which are genocide, for which it is currently being prosecuted by the International Court of Justice in the Hague, Netherlands. Mate attempts to deconstruct how apartheid works and what Americans can do about it.
BDS: Boycott, Divest, and Sanction Israel for its racist, genocidal crimes against humanity.
LIVE from Ceasefire Now protest Chuck Schumer's NYC office: US police crack down
(Status Coup News)
Started streaming 12:30 pm (PT) Let's go LIVE to a gathering in front of Amy Schumer's cousin's office in NY. It's Senator Chuck Schumer's office.
American citizens demand a ceasefire1
Protesters have gathered demanding he answer his constituents. This is part of an all-day picket demanding he let Gaza and the West Bank live in a Free Palestine.
This is following Israel's invasion of the city of Rafah and the upcoming bombing of a hospital in their continued genocide, as they attempt to ethnically cleanse all of Palestine to expand their walled police state and keep Prime Minister/Dictator Bibi Netanyahu in power.
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Trump thinks he’s more popular than Taylor Swift, senators grill social media CEOs, Elmo goes viral
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More popular, Nazi Barbie or Wannabe Adolf?
Jimmy Kimmel Live) Jan. 31, 2024: Cases of syphilis (the STI) in the United States skyrocketed to the highest numbers since the 1950s, in Washington DC they held the annual lambasting of the social media CEOs event, and most of the senators are too old to figure any of it out, a ruling is expected any day now on how much ex-Pres. Don John Trump will have to shell out as he loses yet again in his the multi-million dollar fraud case, Trump is reportedly telling people he’s more popular than Taylor "Nazi Barbie" Swift, we check in with Sesame Street's Elmo after he went viral for asking everyone on Twitter (X) how they were holding up, and Jimmy plays a new round of “Foreigner or Not?”
MAGA(ots) nuts melt down over TrayLor (Taylor Swift and Travis Kelce), Trump goes totally off the rails, and A.I. Joe Biden
(Jimmy Kimmel Live) Jan. 30, 2024: Guillermo celebrated his birthday in Puerto Rico over the weekend, there is a bunch of right wing crazy talk about Taylor "Nazi Barbie" Swift and Pres. Joe Biden in relation to the Super Bowl and 2024 election, Trump has gone completely off the rails, he is very proud of the fact that he is nominated for a Nobel Peace Prize (which anyone can be), Biden’s Super PAC is said to be planning to spend $250 million dollars on ads in the three months leading up to the election, Jimmy Kimmel is making waves in Canada surrounding his Honorary Mayorship of Dildo, and a number of businesses are using what they call “dynamic pricing” to charge more when demand is high.
Trump’s courtroom confusion, Jimmy actually agrees with Ted Cruz, and a birthday prank on Guillermo!
(Jimmy Kimmel Live) Jan. 25, 2024: Jimmy tells a harrowing story involving his newly adopted dog Todd getting sick all over the house, Los Angeles had a 4.2 earthquake last night, Donald Trump testified in the defamation trial related to his rape of E. Jean Carroll, Eric Trump was on TV with Hannity where he set a new world record for namedropping daddy, Trump is bigly upset that Nikki Haley hasn’t dropped out of the race, he claimed that anyone that makes a contribution to her campaign will be permanently banned from MAGA Camp, Jimmy agrees with Ted Cruz for the first time ever, and he sends Guillermo on a special and memorable experience for his birthday.
Ukrainian military, like the Russian, hates gays and its tiny LGBTQIA movement at home.
Rashida Tlaib confronted about sending $100 billion to US Proxy-War on Russia in Ukraine
(The Jimmy Dore Show) March 9, 2023. During a recent constituent gathering to discuss environmental concerns in the Dearborn, Michigan area, Congresswoman Rashida Tlaib was asked whether some of the $100+ billion she voted to send to Ukraine could have been applied to domestic issues like the ones being discussed. Rather than answer the question, Representative Tlaib and her co-host, public health professional Abdul El-Sayed, deflected, ignored the questioner, and insisted on moving on to a different subject entirely.
Jimmy Dore and Americans’ comedian Kurt Metzger discuss the cardinal sin of violating protocol even when facing global thermonuclear war. #TheJimmyDoreShowMore
Bernie "B.S." Sanders bails and allows Senate vote on warrantless FBI spying on Americans to go unopposed. Democrats Liz Warren, Amy Klobuchar, and Hillary's pick Timmy Caine, along with other silent sell outs, jumped on the bandwagon. It's not just the Constitution- and freedom-loving hypocrites in the Republican party now in power. It's the aiders and abetters in the other wing of the same party, the Democrats. We have a one-party system and are duped into believing we have anything else. But talk of a Third Party is out of the question, like a real People's Party.
(eSuite) Senate votes to allow FBI warrantless access to browsing histories
(NTB) Using COVID-19 like a new 9-11 pretext act to prop Patriot Act
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