Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week’s events begins tonight at 7:00pm PT. Hope to see you then!
AdLib2 days ago
Hey TW!
AdLib2 days ago
He Ad give me a sec just got in need a min to get settled lots to discuss.
twilson117
2 days ago
Ok!
AdLib2 days ago
Hey CL!
AdLib2 days ago
Howdy!
AdLib2 days ago
Hi – just dropping in to say HI. I miss you guys. Hubs and I are down with the World’s Most Enduring Cold. It’s nothing worse, but it hangs on, won’t go away. So I’m just checking in while he goes off to get food. How are you all? Hope you had a good Thanksgiving on the way to a pleasant holiday season.
choicelady
2 days ago
May the new year bring us release from oppression and renewed energies to fight the bad guys.
choicelady
2 days ago
So sorry to hear that CL! Yes, we had a nice Thanksgiving. Hope you’re on the way to better health and a lovely Christmas.
AdLib2 days ago
Hard to tell at this point, but we will make the best of it. Modest Christmases make that doable.
choicelady
2 days ago
I think it will. The evil of these people has become so in-our-faces and the polling shows people see him as a villain now.
AdLib2 days ago
I am very encouraged by the smack down to Trump by the Indiana GOP.
choicelady
2 days ago
I may have had that cold, the congestion hund on for weeks but has finally subsided.
AdLib2 days ago
Sorry to hear you’re not feeling CL hope the cold passes you and Hubby by quickly
twilson117
2 days ago
Oh gosh, Ad – I’m sorry – that IS sort of the thing we have. Mine is a cough, his is fatigue, but we both feel tired and stuffed up all the time.
choicelady
2 days ago
Hi TW – yes. It’s the Trump Cold. Nothing good comes of it, and it won’t go away.
choicelady
2 days ago
CL – Sounds like the cold I had. It was so stubborn and exhausting so even if it’s not the same, I know how you’re feeling.
AdLib2 days ago
CL everything Frump touches dies
twilson117
2 days ago
CL – The Trump Cold is of course a head cold.
AdLib2 days ago
All we want to do is sleep, but for me that’s not so easy. I kind of live in a twilight zone during the day, restless wakefulness at night.
choicelady
2 days ago
He is really looking deranged more frequently now.
AdLib2 days ago
LOL!!! Those are good descriptions!
choicelady
2 days ago
And the Repubs in Congress have started standing up against him. I think a collapse of his support with Repubs in Congress is following the polls.
AdLib2 days ago
He really is at the end of the dementia cycle. Not pretty.
choicelady
2 days ago
GOP are eviscerating themselves every time they defer to him. FINALLY the bloom is off the rose with him, and anyone supporting him is doomed.
choicelady
2 days ago
TW – radical change of subject – have you had snow? I love MA in the snow!
choicelady
2 days ago
Does the GOP ever concede Trump is out of his mind and turn on him profoundly?
AdLib2 days ago
I pulled a copy of the National Security Strategy and from what little I’ve read of it he is taking us back/or wants to/ full blown isolationism and wanting to tell the rest of the world to F***OFF and we are going to take over what is in our hemisphere
twilson117
2 days ago
Ad – don’t know, but I live in infinite hope!
choicelady
2 days ago
TW that is really scary!!
choicelady
2 days ago
CL we had a brief bout didn’t last long but as you know this is New England and I expect we will see some major storms around Jan and Feb
twilson117
2 days ago
TW – sorry you won’t get the fabled White Christmas then. It’s just so pretty when it happens. New England just sparkles when it snows. I miss it very much.
choicelady
2 days ago
CL slowly but steadily moving the country to autocracy the over arching goal of the uber wealthy repugs.
twilson117
2 days ago
CL – Did you see the reporter who asked him what he would say to the 24 million Americans whose ACA premiums would skyrocket after the 1st? His only reply to the destruction he’s causing is accusing reporters of being Dems and fake news but NEVER addressing the major issue they raise. I think Repubs have to be freaking out about how hated they will be after 3 more weeks. And no rescue for them on the horizon. Trump is polling in the low 30s now, I could see high 20s in January.
AdLib2 days ago
On Bluesky the meme making the rounds is of GOP saying frantically that come 2026 they are going to be decimated. But they keep on supporting his rancid wants. Can’t call them plans, they’re impulses. If they lose as massively as we think, it’s their own doing.
choicelady
2 days ago
CL in NE one never really knows at this time of year. But with the holiday about show shortly who knows
twilson117
2 days ago
CL – Supposedly, a number of Repubs in the House are hating Johnson and are willing to resign or take him down.
AdLib2 days ago
When I first returned to MA in 1981, it snowed a lot and was very lovely. I think we had snow for Christmas that year and several others.
choicelady
2 days ago
How can Repubs have hop for any repreive in 2026 before elections with how the 99% are suffering worse and worse. Maybe they’re just hoping Trump can overthrow or rig the election as their only hope?
AdLib2 days ago
Ad – i really hope that’s true, but who would replace him? I’m kind of looking on the leprechaun who was interim with some fondness. He was good for a giggle.
choicelady
2 days ago
The problem with rigging in midterms is they’re all regional not statewide. Makes it really less likely.
choicelady
2 days ago
Senate maybe, but House is iffy.
choicelady
2 days ago
CL – I think if Trump collapses, it will be because the nation has really turned against him and the GOP so whoever tries to step up as a leader including Vance, will be jumping into a snake pit anyway and will have trouble getting any more evil done.
AdLib2 days ago
Ad – JD is so disliked by even MAGA that he has no support system. He hasn’t the wherewithall to bribe and threaten as Trump does because the Cabinet don’t like him, he has nobody but Thiel behind him, and ONE guy does not make for a power base.
choicelady
2 days ago
JD is craftier in some ways than Trump, but he’s really dumb about courting support.
choicelady
2 days ago
CL – Agreed, that’sthe way it looks to me. If Vance took over for Trump, I think he would be the lamest duck we’ve ever seen as Repubs in Congress stampede away from Trump policies to save their careers.
AdLib2 days ago
And stampede away from Vance who would be disliked by a larger percent of Repubs and the same high percent of indies and Dems.
AdLib2 days ago
JD doesn’t have a clue how to command fealty. The GOP would, indeed, stampede
choicelady
2 days ago
I would just like to point out to JD and the pro-feudalism TechBros that this view is not popular with ANYONE. If Trump is removed, they’re toast.
choicelady
2 days ago
Where did TW go?
choicelady
2 days ago
Where did Ad go? “All alone am I, ever since you went “bye”, all alone with just the beat of my heart… “
choicelady
2 days ago
CL – JD has personal issues as a human being, he wholly lacks empathy and doesn’t respond to people in a normal way. He comes off as kind of a creep to everyone. He will be so weak as a leader no one wants to follow.
AdLib2 days ago
TW? Are you there? You keep dropping out.
AdLib2 days ago
TW – Text me about any trouble you’re having at the site if you are and can’t post.
AdLib2 days ago
Remember when Tim Walz, as governor, said, “We aren’t afraid of MAGA. A little creeped out, but not afraid!” He was citing JD in the wake of the “sofa revelation”. That’s ALL JD engenderes – ick factor.
choicelady
2 days ago
I’m here, CL.
AdLib2 days ago
You avatar disappeared.
choicelady
2 days ago
TW comes and goes.
choicelady
2 days ago
Sorry dropped off for a bit but back
twilson117
2 days ago
Glad you’re back, TW!!
choicelady
2 days ago
CL – Yes, I think the term “creep” both works well against Vance and the GOP…because it’s true…and because it’s kind of indefensible when they act and speak like creeps.
AdLib2 days ago
Wake up TW! 
AdLib2 days ago
So some photos of Epstein came out w lots of GOP guys and some Dems, and Comer is demanding BOTH Clintons come in and testify on pain of subpoena. Not any of the GOP guys, but Clintons plural.
choicelady
2 days ago
Was trying to find something got distracted but back now, from what I see from my point is the idiot who current occupies the WH will just keep dragging the country down and he seems hellbent on getting us into a war
twilson117
2 days ago
TW – We do agree with you – he thinks being in a war is the way to install martial law even though we never did that before.
choicelady
2 days ago
CL he is in the last leg of his life span so he wants to grab as much as he can and get as many things named after he as he can exactly what a sick dictator does.
twilson117
2 days ago
It’s hard to use the phrase “a bridge too far” with the insanity of what Trump’s doing lately. What phrase better describes it? One traitorous act too many?
AdLib2 days ago
TW – I agree completely. He’s sucking the lifeblood out of the nation because he knows he’s dying and wants revenge with long lasting impacts.
choicelady
2 days ago
Ad – we used to think he’d hit bottom. He kept digging. Dante didn’t have enough circles of hell for Trump.
choicelady
2 days ago
I also agree, he wants the world to end along with his life. If existence is over for him, he wants it to be for everyone…except the wealthy and tyrants. Not a good idea to have such a nihlist having access to the nuke button.
AdLib2 days ago
OK – Greg just brought food. Have to go eat. Hope to be here next week. Love you both!
choicelady
2 days ago
See you later CL!
AdLib2 days ago
Ad if only traitorous act would mean something to him and those who are propping him up. The have no shame.
twilson117
2 days ago
Take care CL have a good weekend.
twilson117
2 days ago
Indeed, Trump doing something treasonous now happens on any day that ends in “y”.
AdLib2 days ago
So how long do you think there will be a mandate to start naming major streets after TRrunp?
twilson117
2 days ago
I will volunteer naming my toilet after Trump.
AdLib2 days ago
All toxic dumps could be named”Toxic Trumps”.
AdLib2 days ago
I can think of a few dump sites
twilson117
2 days ago
Have you heard from Murph at all??
twilson117
2 days ago
Yes, texted with Murph last week, he said he would likely be on Vox but apparently hasn’t been able to make it.
AdLib2 days ago
So he is doing okay?
twilson117
2 days ago
I think so.
AdLib2 days ago
Well let’s hope so it would be interesting to hear how things are going in his state, wonder how much of the farm bailout will go to them
twilson117
2 days ago
It seems Trump is having trouble getting the states to go along with his redistricting scheme, what’s your take on it?
twilson117
2 days ago
Yes, it seems like voters in MO submitted enough signatures to cause a vote to stop redistricting there.
AdLib2 days ago
It sure looks like 26 is shaping up to be one heck of year, hopefully Dems can stay the course
twilson117
2 days ago
What Trump did in IN, threating to cut all fed support for the state unless they redistricted as he ordered them to actually pushed more state senators to vote against it! And it failed! Trump is looking down the barrel of an electoral cannon next Nov and he knows it.
AdLib2 days ago
Would love it if Dems took both The House and senate.
AdLib2 days ago
While I didn’t read it the piece it looks like Al Green’s attempt to impeach Trump failed as I’m sure most people thought it would, but why do I feel there is just cause?
twilson117
2 days ago
It’s after 11 here you up for a conversation
twilson117
2 days ago
Not surprising, Repubs in the House are still the same cowards they’ve always been, they won’t vote to impeach Trump out of fear of retribution. It is kind of scary and disgusting that Trump does have a kind of secret mob that will threaten anyone who doesn’t bow to him. That should end once Trump is gone but who knows. The real domestic terrorists are Trump-owned.
AdLib2 days ago
Yep, sounds good!
AdLib2 days ago
Alright just need to nuke my coffee will call you in a bit
twilson117
2 days ago
ok
AdLib2 days ago
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