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CMW's avatar

With all this information on incompetence and corruption emerging into the mainstream, one has to wonder whether Trump voters are practicing “deliberate” ignorance or whether they are so gullible and so far into the Trump cult that the truth just bounces off. God help us!

Linda Roberta Hibbs's avatar

Thank you for the article, Mr. Wilson. I asked a question, about redistricting Florida. What I meant to say is gerrymandering, my apologies. I saw that on BBC news. Trump is desperate. He is losing the MAGA party. People are walking away. They are fellow Americans citizens. Trump flags with the exception of few including hats are be burned. I can’t stand the site of this President voice or speech. His cabinet I believe has stolen from the American farmers, travel pay for veterans and pel grants for students going to college. If you like Independent Media and good podcasts please support and subscribe to Rick Wilson’s Against All Enemies.

Dom Pegnato's avatar

I love the you’re fired photo. Whoever picked that photo is a genius.

Mike's avatar
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One has to wonder why Susie Eichmann Wiles, R- Hairspray, seems to be safe.

Haldeman, aka "The Iron Chancellor" lasted 4+ years until a sacrificial lamb was needed. Andy Card lasted 5, after helping lie us into an incomprehensibly stupid war. He even interrupted W's reading of "My Pet Goat" and lived to tell about it.

So why do the Chiefs of Staff have such staying power? Only answer I can come up with is she knows where all the bodies are buried. I'd love to spike her daily tumbler of Dewars with sodium pentothal

OldnTired's avatar

So that gets us to today, when Deputy Assistant Secretary for Counterterrorism Julia Varvaro gets suspended after a story arises based on an accusation that she's a 'sugar daddy' hunter, created when one of her 'sugar daddys' filed a complaint with the Inspector General. I haven't found much about what qualifications she had for the position (in the government, that is), which speaks loudly.

OldnTired's avatar

While the Donald likes to 'dance' to the Village People's 'YMCA', you have to wonder what is Varvaro's favorite dance tune. Perhaps Def Leppard's 'Pour Some Sugar on Me'?

Bob McKeown's avatar

I will be perpetually tempted to hear her surname as Vulvaro ;)

Laura Fraser's avatar

Patel is a shoo-in for next inn line, but I would dearly love to see Hegseth get the boot.

I was going to say that nobody deserves it more than him, but that would be categorically not true given the overwhelmingly large number of lackwits in Trump's administration.

Bob McKeown's avatar

Now playing: Panzerballett, Zickenterror

This is a German jazz metal comedy patter song, a war of (German) words between bandleader Jan Zehrfeld and the utterly amazing Conny Kreitmeier. Imagine technical death metal presented as a Vegas floor show. And I mean ... it's German humor, which is a bizarre enough concept in itself.

There's just something about a German guy yelling NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN NEIN at the top of his lungs that's kind of impossible not to love ;)

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lKGKor-gLMk

David J. Finger's avatar

Today's winning Wilsonism: "taint polishers." The best description of the orange turd's clown cabinet. This is why nobody tops Rick when it comes to dumping on the moron in the White House.

Robin Barfoot's avatar

I think it's also telling to note that all of the cabinet officials fired so far have been women. Tulsi gabbard would make number four. Possibly Kash Patel would be fired but he would be the only male so -!misogyny rules.

Marcia's avatar

Yeah, but he has dark skin so….

TomD's avatar
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Whatever level of incompetence there is among Trump appointees, doing what Trump tells them to do perfects it.

Christine's avatar

And the Republicans in Congress allowed it all!

If they’re not smart enough to resign and we know there are plenty of those, then they need to be voted out of a job.

Leave Trump with a solid Democratic Congress and he’ll know exactly how Obama felt.

Mingo's avatar

The GOP congress is either on permanent vacation and when they're in session, part of the furniture.

Nenapoma's avatar
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🎶it’s firing season throw …that ketchup on the wall .. it’s firing season rip that photo off the walllll and throw that photo to the trash can🎶 to the tune it’s closing time

Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Not like the old days in France where the Guillotines where perfected and purp walks took place just outside the court and to the right where the chopper stood ready for the next verdict.

Nenapoma's avatar

Another one Bites the dust

Liz Scheffler's avatar

Yes, I've seen the term DUI hires thrown around for some upper echelon Administration types (fill in your preferred names). I think we are at competency X loyalty =0 performance. We have seen three leave in under 60 days (with the SecLabor the latest). I expect that in the not too distant future the majority of Cabinet level leadership will be all Acting, as no one will survive Senate approval. Thanks Rick for the analysis, and may this all happen very, very soon.

Douglas Paul Truhlar's avatar

Well no wonder Patel spends so much time organizing little stacks of paper then restocks them then…the man is hammered, I think the ‘water glass’ is full to the top with fine Russian Vodka the kind you get for doing what ever is necessary for dopey don and bestie palie Putie. Oh those late nights babbling on the top secret US plans pour another for Krasnov and another, keep them coming!

SLMontgo's avatar

This: "The kind of person who will say “yes, sir” to anything is, almost by definition, not the kind of person who can actually do a cabinet-level job."

Mike Hammer's avatar

Trump’s cabinet is now know known as the “liquor cabinet.” I’d hate to see Kash Patel in delirium tremens but firing Patel would break Trump’s misogyny streak at the very least.

Mike's avatar

He's doesn't already have the DTs? Huh ...

Mike Hammer's avatar

He said he wanted to go to Valhalla, so yeah!