Historically, some of them involve catapults (because rich people tell them to)

President Trump is teasing us about using “other methods” for staying in office for an illegal third term. Yes, there are other methods. You tried one a few years ago, I think it was on January 6th. There are other methods for staying in power beyond when you are legally allowed to be there. Historically, some of them involve catapults. —Jon Stewart

On The Daily Show, Michael Kosta examined how the US market lost $2.5 Trillion in value in a day. “$2.5 Trillion vaporized. Your kids’ college? Disintegrated. Your 401k given the death penalty. Your pension waterboarded at Guantánamo. Those stocks your nana gave you 20 years ago accidentally stepped on a landmine while vacationing in Vietnam. Economists say we could be on the verge of a recession, so things are looking scary right now. But don’t worry – the only thing the president is better at than negotiating is speaking soothing words of comfort in times of need.” —Michael Kosta

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2023/12/baby-baby-all-time-when-do-we-want.html

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”

 

It’s like if I find out my parents were doing this year’s Thanksgiving show with James Corden (Accomplices)

June 2022

The House select committee investigating the Capitol attack on 6 January 2021 resumed public hearings on Thursday afternoon, and Seth Meyers homed in on a particularly shocking section: evidence that Ginni Thomas, wife of the supreme court justice Clarence Thomas, frequently corresponded with John Eastman, the Trump lawyer who orchestrated a plan for Mike Pence to decertify the 2020 election. The spouse of a sitting supreme court justice was apparently in direct communication with a key figure in the planning of a coup. That seems like a pretty clear conflict of interest. It’s like if I find out my parents were doing this year’s Thanksgiving show with James Corden.” —Seth Meyers

The committee also presented evidence that Ginni Thomas was in consistent contact with the then White House chief of staff, Mark Meadows, about a bunch of truly insane election fraud theories. Her texts included one in which she claimed a group of co-conspirators, including the ‘Biden crime family, elected officials, social media censorship-mongers’ and others were being arrested and would soon be ‘living in barges off Gitmo [Guantánamo Bay] to face military tribunals for sedition’. Whoa! Those texts make Mike Lindell sound like a levelheaded businessman. I know those texts all sound insane to you. But it’s important to remember: they really are fucking insane.” —Seth Meyers

http://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2022/03/1001-ways-to-make-america-great-and.html

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night of the Earth 

and Orwell’s 1984.”

 

the time he asked if he could legally send Seal Team 6 to rough up Lorne Michaels (Welcome to Guantán-a-lago Spa & Resort)

June 2021

“We’re constantly reminded, even five months after he left office, that Trump’s response to the pandemic was somehow much worse and much crazier than we even knew at the time. Every day we keep hearing new details about his time in office thanks to what seems like a never-ending parade of tell-all books scheduled for publication, each filled with more damning new details about just how much of a sociopath he was. 

The forthcoming book Nightmare Scenario: Inside the Trump Administration’s Response to the Pandemic That Changed History, by Yasmeen Abutaleb and Damian Paletta, two reporters at the Washington Post, which revealed that early in the pandemic, Trump suggested sending infected Americans stuck on cruise ships to Guantánamo Bay. ‘Don’t we have an island that we own?’ he asked the White House Situation Room in February 2020. ‘What about Guantánamo?’ 

Only Trump would refer to Guantánamo Bay as an island that we own. It’s such a reminder that he will always first and foremost be a real estate guy. It would’ve been hilarious watching Trump try to rebrand Guantánamo as a fun place for people to spend a week. [As Trump] ‘Welcome to Guantán-a-lago Spa & Resort, make sure you check out the bay, I’m sure it is full of pigs!’ 

Also, was there like a fantasy football draft, but for the stories each staffer got to tell for their books? [As a member of Trump’s staff] – ‘I can’t decide between the time he wanted to send cruise ship passengers to Gitmo, or the time he asked if he could legally send Seal Team 6 to rough up Lorne Michaels.’” —Seth Meyers

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html 

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night 

of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”

 

then hit the bar for bottomless piña colada boarding (Uh, do you mean Jared?)

June 2021

“A forthcoming book by two Washington Post journalists is said to provide new information about the Trump administration’s response to the coronavirus pandemic. The main detail: There wasn’t one.” —Stephen Colbert

“According to the book, early in the pandemic former President Donald J. Trump suggested sending Covid-infected American cruise ship passengers to the Guantánamo Bay naval base in Cuba to avoid adding to U.S. case numbers. The president wanted to send cruise ship passengers to Gitmo, so enjoy your beach day with a complimentary head sack, then hit the bar for bottomless piña colada boarding.” —Stephen Colbert

“And you know he said he wants to send them to ‘Geronimo Bay’ or something like that.” —Jimmy Kimmel

“Of course the reality star wanted to send them to an island. He probably sent a camera crew, too, and called it ‘Survirus’ or something.” —Jimmy Kimmel

“This is another good McNugget for the book. Trump — they say he was very upset about Covid testing because he believed that positive tests would look bad and hurt his chances of re-election. He had a call with Alex Azar, who was his secretary of health and human services, and he demanded to know what ‘idiot’ decided to make the federal government do testing, and Alex Azar was like, ‘Uh, do you mean Jared?’” — Jimmy Kimmel, referencing Jared Kushner, Trump’s son-in-law and senior adviser

“Imagine being in that administration and someone calling you ‘the idiot.’ That’s like being in the N.B.A. and your nickname is ‘the tall guy.’” —Stephen Colbert

https://idiocracy23.blogspot.com/2021/02/a-magisterial-collection.html 

“A magisterial collection. A combination of Bukowski’s Last Night 

of the Earth and Orwell’s 1984.”