They have shown us, and told us, who they are. We should believe them. “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” - Mark Twain
Sadly NY 21 will be sold to the highest MAGA carpetbagging bidder. Any MAGA candidate put up for election will win in a landslide. Not many voters up here look farther than what political party they are.
Perhaps there is a silver lining in the fact that our next President at 78 years of age may find it necessary to take a daily nap. Thinking positively....if we can get him away for at least an hour a day resting comfortably on a big pillow or in a cushy soft chair taking a midday snooze, the professional and experienced problem solvers that run our nation will be able to parlay his nap time into a one hour or so respite suitable for course corrections and retrieval of executive actions that are heading towards the precipice. In my view, anytime away from Trump being awake and alert might be advantageous for the well being of our nation and the world.
Ken… you raise a valid point! But we just don’t know yet all of those who might fill important positions in the next Trump administration . For instance , I just heard on the news that yesterday over three dozen laboratory monkeys escaped from a research lab in South Carolina. Current news reports indicate that most of the lab monkeys have been recaptured and about a dozen still remain on the loose. Amongst those lab monkeys that remain on the loose, news pundits suggest that at least three of them are presently being considered by President elect Trump for possible Cabinet appointments. So let’s wait and see who he appoints before we can suggest that they’re all bad! LOL
I was about to reply to your earlier comment: WHAT experienced problem solvers. So there is a chance that the remaining at large monkeys might be available!
Given his lifelong diet of Big Macs he might get a longer nap than an hour. Often after a long period of high stress a person with underlying health issues can experience a cardiac event when the pressure is off and he relaxes. Have seen it happen in my own family.
Sedition Stefanik has no conscience. Foreign ambassadors will soon learn what we already know. She will use her new position in the same way as she used her position here as the representative from NY 21. She will do Trump’s bidding no matter how devastating it will be to US and our global partners.
Thank you for this early morning read. I've been following the Cabinet and non-Cabinet appointments. I'm speechless this morning. I'm referring to my morning angst as "Ridley." We are rid of Elise, but the bigger stage is terrifying. Is there a long wanted missile defense system, one that is not recommended by the Generals, in our future?
"A large number of people had lost faith in the government as a force to solve what they perceive as the biggest problems confronting the nation and their own lives."
I'm not surprised by Vielkind's observation.
I think there's been, for decades, an erosion of civic responsibility on the part of many people, aided by an increase in conservative/populist denigration of government and our institutions. Add to it the fact that our government, like all human endeavors, is a flawed and imperfect attempt at maintaining our society, and the stage has been set for efforts at reducing the size of the federal government. Government makes a convenient scapegoat for the failures of our economic system.
With the advent of a more organized and determined Trump 2.0 administration, we'll see how much popular support there really is for achieving the fiscal conservative 'holy grail' of a government so small you can drown it in a bathtub.
I agree, Bob. Reagan opened the modern era door to all these grievances. Trump brings an arrogant flare that promotes ignorance as an asset. Little else in his agenda seems new.
Fox news weekend reporter as Secretary of Defense? We're in for a real threat of world unrest. I read this a couple of days ago, "When a clown goes to the palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus." Buckle up, the circus is in town. 😑
Elon Musk's PAC reportedly donated $200 million to elect Trump as president. He vows to continue to support republican candidates at the next mid term election cycle which include judicial candidates. Donations equal access. Did Americans elect Musk to run the country? Seems as though we did. For sure, he and other billionaires own Trump and Trump owns both houses of government. Oh, but the price of groceries...........
2040? What makes you think she will wait that long to run for the Presidency? Are you seeing the next four terms as Trump, two terms of Vance, a Democrat's one year term, and then Stefanik?
Honestly, didn't give it that much thought beyond being in her 50s would seem like a good time to run for president. Hopefully by then, the country would have learned not to elected senior citizens in cognitive decline.
When the first Trump assassination attempt occurred, which was before Trump had named JD Vance as his VP, I wondered if Stefanik's calendar might get accelerated. At that point, she had name recognition and money in the bank. I am thinking it will be Elise 2028. Other idea is a Vance-Stefanik ticket, play the long game, and run at the top of the ticket after that.
So much for modeling the trad wife role for Republican women.
Elies will be way out of her depth in the UN. But then all she has to do is read the prepared statements her Dear Leader sends her and collect a paycheck. She, along with Rubio will be the laughingstocks of the world stage. Now we have to wait to see what MAGA carpetbagger our Dear Leader sells NY 21 to.
She has always been out of her depth, which is why she began with a lie (not a Santos sized lie, but lie nonetheless) and increased those exponentially, year after year. Her accomplished legislative record and constant town hall appearances throughout the district to speak with voters also supports this.
Stefanik brings North Country foreign policy experience to U.N.
The headline is the joke and punchline all in one... you did not need to continue the column after that, but for the few people who don’t know about the incessant whining from pos_tfnKKK.
• in 10 years wrote two bills that were passed into law, none of the benefited ny21 or America
• LCV (League of Conservation Voters) score in 2-23= ZERO, lifetime 29% not like the climate or environment was important who represented a district that main resource was nature (https://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/elise-stefanik)
• pos_tfnKKK has two skills, kneeling to power and lying
One of the things missing here... Security clearance.. Not sure of the hmpy ped cabinet selections can pass one. If the CIA/FBI look into pos_tfnKKK’s background they will find that on Jan.4, 2021.. pos met with hmppyped to plan the insurrection. I contend that the insurrection was funded by pos_tfnKKK’s superpac and planned by her
The White House finds security clearances frivlous inconveniences.
Your point about UN security clearance is interesting.
I also wonder about rules of decorum. Trump is sending her to the UN to have her shout angrily at global leaders to advance the America First policies. But the UN has microphones that are not controlled by MAGAs and those mics can be muted.
I can't wait for that video clip: Stefanik getting muted.
Don't know your reasons (100%), but I don't see many reporters (actual journalists) wanting to run for political office... In fact even locally I can't think of any reporters who even ran for the school board.
Lots of journalists will be part of an administration.. but not candidates
crist... how about proving something
besides you are dishonest
you forget
a) hmpy trmPEDOphile will be the oldest president
b) regularly sh*ts his pants (literaly)
c) when he was young.. worked three hours a day
d) skipped security meetings
e) lied 30,0000 plus times
here are links so you know what facts look like (clearly you know how to ignore them
a) https://apnews.com/article/trump-harris-presidential-election-age-health-medical-records-7bb8212c1024748371e43b85e137bae5
b) https://x.com/BMeiselas/status/1844532076466315440
c) https://www.businessinsider.com/president-donald-trump-daily-routine-2018-10
d) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/breaking-with-tradition-trump-skips-presidents-written-intelligence-report-for-oral-briefings/2018/02/09/b7ba569e-0c52-11e8-95a5-c396801049ef_story.html
e) https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2021/01/24/trumps-false-or-misleading-claims-total-30573-over-four-years/
there you go, I listed links to prove you are wrong
how about it
now back to your safe space where you whine about being blocked for lying
widdle pee pee
Jimmy V makes two relevant observations. The first one is troubling, having worked in government for many years. Second one is hopeful.
They have shown us, and told us, who they are. We should believe them. “It is curious that physical courage should be so common in the world and moral courage so rare.” - Mark Twain
Great quote I had not heard before!
I have a feeling we will be looking for more...
Wile I am glad to be rid of Stefanik, I fear for the the rest of the world.
Let’s get to work replacing her!
Sadly NY 21 will be sold to the highest MAGA carpetbagging bidder. Any MAGA candidate put up for election will win in a landslide. Not many voters up here look farther than what political party they are.
Perhaps there is a silver lining in the fact that our next President at 78 years of age may find it necessary to take a daily nap. Thinking positively....if we can get him away for at least an hour a day resting comfortably on a big pillow or in a cushy soft chair taking a midday snooze, the professional and experienced problem solvers that run our nation will be able to parlay his nap time into a one hour or so respite suitable for course corrections and retrieval of executive actions that are heading towards the precipice. In my view, anytime away from Trump being awake and alert might be advantageous for the well being of our nation and the world.
Have you seen the people he surrounds himself with? Not much trust in them either.
Ken… you raise a valid point! But we just don’t know yet all of those who might fill important positions in the next Trump administration . For instance , I just heard on the news that yesterday over three dozen laboratory monkeys escaped from a research lab in South Carolina. Current news reports indicate that most of the lab monkeys have been recaptured and about a dozen still remain on the loose. Amongst those lab monkeys that remain on the loose, news pundits suggest that at least three of them are presently being considered by President elect Trump for possible Cabinet appointments. So let’s wait and see who he appoints before we can suggest that they’re all bad! LOL
I was about to reply to your earlier comment: WHAT experienced problem solvers. So there is a chance that the remaining at large monkeys might be available!
Some very good points. I actually think the lab monkeys would be a big improvement.
Given his lifelong diet of Big Macs he might get a longer nap than an hour. Often after a long period of high stress a person with underlying health issues can experience a cardiac event when the pressure is off and he relaxes. Have seen it happen in my own family.
Sedition Stefanik has no conscience. Foreign ambassadors will soon learn what we already know. She will use her new position in the same way as she used her position here as the representative from NY 21. She will do Trump’s bidding no matter how devastating it will be to US and our global partners.
Thank you for sharing!
Thank you for this early morning read. I've been following the Cabinet and non-Cabinet appointments. I'm speechless this morning. I'm referring to my morning angst as "Ridley." We are rid of Elise, but the bigger stage is terrifying. Is there a long wanted missile defense system, one that is not recommended by the Generals, in our future?
Interesting point. I had not thought of that, but I suspect Ms. Stefanik will not care a hoot about Fort Drum and Watertown after she resigns.
Her pit-stops there were only intended to be photo-ops.
There goes Elise's vaunted missile defense system :-)
I'll double check, but I do believe it's in Project 2025.
Please NOOOOOOO!
Yes - but the dumpster wants an "iron dome" system! Hooboy!
Rid of Elise, yes, but who or what will the Republican machine appoint to replace her. We may all wish we had her back.
"A large number of people had lost faith in the government as a force to solve what they perceive as the biggest problems confronting the nation and their own lives."
I'm not surprised by Vielkind's observation.
I think there's been, for decades, an erosion of civic responsibility on the part of many people, aided by an increase in conservative/populist denigration of government and our institutions. Add to it the fact that our government, like all human endeavors, is a flawed and imperfect attempt at maintaining our society, and the stage has been set for efforts at reducing the size of the federal government. Government makes a convenient scapegoat for the failures of our economic system.
With the advent of a more organized and determined Trump 2.0 administration, we'll see how much popular support there really is for achieving the fiscal conservative 'holy grail' of a government so small you can drown it in a bathtub.
I agree, Bob. Reagan opened the modern era door to all these grievances. Trump brings an arrogant flare that promotes ignorance as an asset. Little else in his agenda seems new.
It appears we will soon find out what it is like to have support from the federal government.
Key findings about Americans’ declining trust in government and each other July 22, 2019 https://www.pewresearch.org/short-reads/2019/07/22/key-findings-about-americans-declining-trust-in-government-and-each-other/
Fox news weekend reporter as Secretary of Defense? We're in for a real threat of world unrest. I read this a couple of days ago, "When a clown goes to the palace, he doesn't become a king. The palace becomes a circus." Buckle up, the circus is in town. 😑
Competency matters not, only blind loyalty.
Maybe Secretary of Propaganda.
Competence not required.
I dont know, Ken - seems to me THAT office is already packed FULL - no more room - lines down the hall - out the door!
Competitive position.
Another great quote!
Perfect description of the future clown show.
Elon Musk's PAC reportedly donated $200 million to elect Trump as president. He vows to continue to support republican candidates at the next mid term election cycle which include judicial candidates. Donations equal access. Did Americans elect Musk to run the country? Seems as though we did. For sure, he and other billionaires own Trump and Trump owns both houses of government. Oh, but the price of groceries...........
This is what autocratic governments look like with oligarchs running the show.
Let's see what happens after a few months of those prices remaining high. Folks that want government price control are not fans of capitalism.
2040? What makes you think she will wait that long to run for the Presidency? Are you seeing the next four terms as Trump, two terms of Vance, a Democrat's one year term, and then Stefanik?
Honestly, didn't give it that much thought beyond being in her 50s would seem like a good time to run for president. Hopefully by then, the country would have learned not to elected senior citizens in cognitive decline.
When the first Trump assassination attempt occurred, which was before Trump had named JD Vance as his VP, I wondered if Stefanik's calendar might get accelerated. At that point, she had name recognition and money in the bank. I am thinking it will be Elise 2028. Other idea is a Vance-Stefanik ticket, play the long game, and run at the top of the ticket after that.
So much for modeling the trad wife role for Republican women.
How much ever pos_tfnKKK wants to be president
she has to come to terms with bro- mentallity.
It is clear, if you are Hillary, Kamala or Nikki.. there are men who will not vote for you.
To put it in perspective, hmpyt-pedo supposedly was considering pos_tfnKKK for vp.. she wasn't in the short list, no woman was
I have wondered when she will have her awakening on that issue. It's kind of a developmental milestone for women. She's about the right age.
Yes, my dear, there is a glass ceiling.
That seems to be the case.
Elies will be way out of her depth in the UN. But then all she has to do is read the prepared statements her Dear Leader sends her and collect a paycheck. She, along with Rubio will be the laughingstocks of the world stage. Now we have to wait to see what MAGA carpetbagger our Dear Leader sells NY 21 to.
Speaking of paychecks...her fundraising will have to re-vamped. UN Ambassadors don't fundraise. I suppose she will still have her E-PAC.
I won't lose faith. They will certainly figure out a way to funnel money to the MAGA coffers.
Is it the Peter principle where you are promoted to your level of incompetence.
She has always been out of her depth, which is why she began with a lie (not a Santos sized lie, but lie nonetheless) and increased those exponentially, year after year. Her accomplished legislative record and constant town hall appearances throughout the district to speak with voters also supports this.
Stefanik brings North Country foreign policy experience to U.N.
The headline is the joke and punchline all in one... you did not need to continue the column after that, but for the few people who don’t know about the incessant whining from pos_tfnKKK.
• in 10 years wrote two bills that were passed into law, none of the benefited ny21 or America
• LCV (League of Conservation Voters) score in 2-23= ZERO, lifetime 29% not like the climate or environment was important who represented a district that main resource was nature (https://scorecard.lcv.org/moc/elise-stefanik)
• pos_tfnKKK has two skills, kneeling to power and lying
• Foreign Policy? She is a grifter, she took $820,687 from an israeli lobbyist group to accept the genocide of Palestine. So not so different than the grifter hmpy trmPEDOphile https://trackaipac.com/u-s-house%3A-mt-%E2%80%94-o#b739bb80-031a-462f-b510-818d3cdbdadc
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One of the things missing here... Security clearance.. Not sure of the hmpy ped cabinet selections can pass one. If the CIA/FBI look into pos_tfnKKK’s background they will find that on Jan.4, 2021.. pos met with hmppyped to plan the insurrection. I contend that the insurrection was funded by pos_tfnKKK’s superpac and planned by her
But if you remember in 2016 most of hmpy trmPedophile’s could not pass security checks https://www.cnn.com/2018/02/09/politics/trump-officials-pending-security-clearances/index.html
The shadow of hmpy trmPedo’s administration.. where the murderers of democracy hide.
The White House finds security clearances frivlous inconveniences.
Your point about UN security clearance is interesting.
I also wonder about rules of decorum. Trump is sending her to the UN to have her shout angrily at global leaders to advance the America First policies. But the UN has microphones that are not controlled by MAGAs and those mics can be muted.
I can't wait for that video clip: Stefanik getting muted.
I like this visual.
Ken Tingley for Congress, still sounds good to me
I think I'd rather spend time in a Gulag which is sounding more and more possible these days.
A run for Congress, may be a good option, then. Our District 21 needs some hope. I am serious - "Ken Tingley for Congress".
Don't know your reasons (100%), but I don't see many reporters (actual journalists) wanting to run for political office... In fact even locally I can't think of any reporters who even ran for the school board.
Lots of journalists will be part of an administration.. but not candidates
From everything I have seen over the years, it is just an ugly, ugly business,
I would vote for Ken Tingley for Congress.
Great snarky headline on a great piece of commentary on a very vile person.