Vox Populi, our weekly live chat about the week’s events begins tonight at 7:00 pm PT. Hope to see you then!
AdLib2 hours ago
Hey TW!
AdLiban hour ago
Hey interesting week.
twilson117
an hour ago
That’s an understatement.
AdLiban hour ago
I don’t even want to think about what will happen next week.
AdLiban hour ago
Understatement is my speciality. 
twilson117
an hour ago
Apparently, he’s bombing Iran any day now.
AdLiban hour ago
You don’t say. 
AdLiban hour ago
There’s actually too much to be able to talk about all of it tonight! The Epsteing files release, Don Lemon, Melania movie, Bruce’s song, etc.
AdLiban hour ago
Well I would like to see the new week start off with Noem being fired, followed by Miller, and of course the blonde bimbo AG
twilson117
an hour ago
Noem is on the knife’s edge. And how about the Senate Dems forcing a vote to rein in ICE?
AdLiban hour ago
If Trump starts bombing Iran for no logical reason impeachment should start immediately
twilson117
an hour ago
ICE needs to meet The Predator
twilson117
an hour ago
It kind of seems like Trump is locked into a death spiral, the only question is if he pulls the country and world down with him;
AdLiban hour ago
Good evening dear friend!
choicelady
an hour ago
Hey CL!
AdLiban hour ago
Hey AD. and TW. TW I like “ICE needs to meet the Predator”. Appeals to me a lot.
choicelady
an hour ago
TW – I was thinking about The Hulk facing down ICE, “Hulk smash!”
AdLiban hour ago
Hey CL you will be happy to know we have our fair share of the winter wonderland of snow and supposedly due for more.
twilson117
an hour ago
TW – As long as you’re nice and cozy inside.
AdLiban hour ago
Ad the Hulk would be nice
twilson117
an hour ago
TW – my bro and SIL are in Rutland, so I assumed what fell on them falls on you, and yes – finally: winter wonderland. And ice. And slush. And drifts..
choicelady
an hour ago
Ad the only time I go out in the winter is when I need to
twilson117
an hour ago
TW – He could do that clap thing and they go flying over the buildings, all gone in a clap.
AdLiban hour ago
Tw – those are the words of a very wise New England man.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL Rutland is not that far from where I am so he definitely had his share of snow.
twilson117
an hour ago
Anyone see that someone – probably drawn and quartered now – posted UNREDACTED Epstein files on DOJ site? They are ghastly awful.
choicelady
an hour ago
I do know your area v his – my parents were briefly in Auburn in an assisted living facility. Spent a LOT of time there until they died.
choicelady
an hour ago
So as I was saying, Trump is acting like a cornered animal, he can’t turn around his sinking public opinion against him and the more he tries to abuse his power to prevent his “enemies” from winning or getting elected into power, the more hated he is. Seems like a vicious circle, I think he goes more and more insane and dangerous.
AdLiban hour ago
Ad – Trump is so brain dead he always listens to the last person he talks to. Unfortunately for us, that’s Miller.
choicelady
an hour ago
I haven’t paid that much to the files, I want to see the woman compensated for they suffered when they were young.
twilson117
an hour ago
CL – I saw what the DoJ released that I think they were too stupid to recognize, so many pages about Trump’s molesting and raping, Musk, Lutnick, Bill Gates, on and on!
AdLiban hour ago
TW – fully agree. These name names. Some only shady experiences. Some utterly vile. But names. And Trump is in them.
choicelady
an hour ago
Let me ask this, do you believe there is enough there to get and impeachment to stick this time?
twilson117
an hour ago
Ad – DOJ didn’t post those initially. They have taken them down, redacted them, restored them. Whoever had the gall to put up the real things is probably either fired or swimming with the fishes.
choicelady
an hour ago
TW – No. Not until we get a MAJOR Dem majority. We have to convict this time. We HAVE to.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL – But Trump, Miller, Bannon, etc. all see the huge locomotive coming down the tracks at them. I think they will do their best to try and blow up the tracks but it won’t work to try and prevent elections when tens and hundreds of millions of Americans are driven to vote to take power away from him.
AdLiban hour ago
Ad you mean Aquaman posted them
twilson117
an hour ago
And the second we get a conviction, someone has to be there with cuffs to haul him off.
choicelady
an hour ago
TW – that could be.
choicelady
an hour ago
Sociopaths always go too far. That’s this whole administration and sycophants – they go too far. And people are sick of it.
choicelady
an hour ago
Well according to the Trump the DumbAss everythig is going fine in the ecomony
twilson117
an hour ago
CL – The best thing for aleaker to do is widely distribute what they leak then it’s all too late and retribution against them, as with the innocent Don Lemon only magnifies the anger against them.
AdLiban hour ago
TW – Miller tells him so. “You’re perfect. Your economy is perfect.” And so on.
choicelady
an hour ago
TW – Wouldn’t it be appropriate for Trump to be taken down by the Teen Titans?
AdLiban hour ago
I don’t think this group in the White House can publicly denounce a leaker, which is why I fear said leaker who posted the REAL docs is in high risk.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL Miller is the lowest of low humans on this earth.
twilson117
an hour ago
TW – Miller is Nosferatu’s spawn.
choicelady
an hour ago
CL agree whole heartly
twilson117
an hour ago
And Goebbels is his great uncle.
choicelady
an hour ago
We rightly talk about Trump as a sociopath, and he is, but Miller is even higher on that scale than Trump which would have seemed impossible.
AdLiban hour ago
Ad – Miller’s whole family agrees with you.
choicelady
an hour ago
So what are the odds of Trump staging another Wag the Dog, another fake “assassination” attempt on him or Miller or whoever in his evil circle, to justify shutting down elections and arresting all Democrats? No, he won’t succeed in either but what are the odds he is plotting such a thing?
AdLiban hour ago
Ad – there is nothing he won’t try.
choicelady
44 minutes ago
99.9%
twilson117
44 minutes ago
Apparently, they’re sending the ICE Gestapo into OH to ethnically purge PoC from the state, clearly they think white people in OH will cheer them on but they’re in for a surprise. And it will only help Sherrod Brown win his way back to The Senate.
AdLib42 minutes ago
Threatening to bomb Iran is beyond stupid.
twilson117
42 minutes ago
Yes t0 both of you. He’s rancid, vengeful, and stupid, a TERRIBLE mix.
choicelady
42 minutes ago
The thing about blowback is that morons like Trump never anticipate it. If an attack on Iran results in American soldiers or civilians being killed, which I think he wants, HE will be blamed for starting the violence. Just as most of the worold sees Netanyahu as a villain.
AdLib41 minutes ago
AD – totally accurate. He believes now he’s untouchable. He is SO WRONG.
choicelady
40 minutes ago
The arrest of Don Lemon demonstrates blowback. He is now elevated and garnering so many more viewers and supporters because of this criminal act of arresting him.
AdLib39 minutes ago
CL that is what all dictators believe until the suddenly find out that they are not.
twilson117
39 minutes ago
Trump looks to old days and autocrats. He forget social media, screen shots, accountability in plain view.
choicelady
39 minutes ago
Trump thiks his shock and awe against decent Americans will scare them into kneeling down to him while we’re seeing it is instead inspiring the most non-political people to stand up and protest against him and ICE. It will get worse but as the election nears, it will get horrible and Americans will revolt against him and Repubs at the polls.
AdLib37 minutes ago
CL well he certainly ticked off one of his major supporters the gun lobby, when they find out the person his Gestapo murdered had a license to carry
twilson117
36 minutes ago
Across America it’s really ordinary people coming out for our democratic republic, our Constitution, the rule of law. As one sign said: “It’s so bad even INTROVERTS are here!”
choicelady
36 minutes ago
TW It SO backfired on them to go all huffy about carrying guns. When the NRA chides you, you really screwed up!
choicelady
35 minutes ago
CL – Look at the ICE murders, in the old days, they might have gotten away with their lies about Good and Pretti being domestic terrorists but with cameras in phones always filming and social media to quickly spread those videos, their attempts to whitewash their intended murders failoed spectacularly.
AdLib35 minutes ago
Ad – EXACTLY.
choicelady
35 minutes ago
Ad spot on, gives new meaning to ‘it’s the age of the geek baby’
twilson117
34 minutes ago
John Fugelsang had a really good article about toxic masculinity. What was SO demoralizing is the support for authoritarianism from GEN Z!!! That’s scary.
choicelady
34 minutes ago
TW –
choicelady
33 minutes ago
CL – Exactly! No one wanted it to get so bad in this country that the people had to unite and revolt but that is what we’re seeing, an amazing ghroundswell and so much determination and bravery that these cowardly fascists keep coming up with conspiracy theories of it being paid for and orchestrated. As fascist sociopaths, they can’t understand that their hate is inspiring an uprising that they can’t defeat in the end.
AdLib32 minutes ago
Ad I agree
twilson117
31 minutes ago
CL – Yes, what the hell is wrong with Gen Z? Why do you think too many of them are pro-fascist? Just their fear of women having a vote and power?
AdLib30 minutes ago
It only going to ge worse for Trump I know it’s early to talk about college graduations but this is going to be a horrible year for this year’s college grads.
twilson117
29 minutes ago
Ad – lovely thing by Liberal Librarian on “establishmentblog” about the Left who love Robespierre and the Jacobins. They slaughtered the rich, true, but it rebounded on them after the French Revolution. All dictators and autocrats get offed by their own people, displaced, run out of town. Whatever it is, left or right, people won’t tolerate it forever.
choicelady
29 minutes ago
CL yes that didn’t work out so well for the French in the long run.
twilson117
27 minutes ago
Ad – about Gen Z, it seriously is a generation of those who have been handed everything, think they don’t have to work for it, and are furious they do. It’s NOT just that generation. My dearest friend REALLY thought she didn’t ever need to apply for a job because she never had to. They just fell in her lap. She died poor and lonely from resentment. I loved her, but it was rancid. Too many believe they are “owed” the goodies of society. No clue where that came from. We all don’t think that.
choicelady
26 minutes ago
The polling is now nosediving for Trump and the Repubs, many Repubs in Congress are retiring, the infighting among the MAGA famous is getting very bad, Trump is like Nero fiddling while the country and the GOP burns. And his $10 billion lawsuit against his own DoJ? Trying to steal all of that taxpayer money so publicly? How insane is that? Someone said he got an Obama judge for that case, if true, it will be gone in no time. And what about Lindsay Graham holding up the budget vote because it gets rid of him paying himself $500k in taxpayer money? They are all insane with stealing from us!
AdLib25 minutes ago
Ad – they ARE insane! The reason nobody will use the 25th on Trump is that he’s their ATM. They will “Weekend at Bernie’s” him just to keep the gravy train running.
choicelady
24 minutes ago
I now think JD doesn’t WANT to be president – he’d have to feed the gravy train instead of feeding FROM it.
choicelady
23 minutes ago
Hmm…what happened again to the evil and cruel leaders when the French Revolution came? Poor Melania Antoinette, first her movie bombs then she’ll lose her head over it all.
AdLib23 minutes ago
CL this is Rome burning and Trump is indeed Nero playing his fiddle
twilson117
23 minutes ago
Well, first the Jacobins beheaded the aristocrats then got beheaded themselves. Autocrats never prosper.
choicelady
22 minutes ago
And can I say, I despise the wealthy and Dems need to strongly frame them as Trump collaborators, fascists, and the enemies who should be taxed to hell and have their monopolies broken up.
AdLib22 minutes ago
TW – Trump is so bad, he’s making Nero look cool.
choicelady
22 minutes ago
I think the issues of tribunals and accountability WILL arise in the Dem presidential, but unless we get a veto proof majority 2026, this won’t be THE issue. It can’t be if we can’t MAKE it happen.
choicelady
21 minutes ago
As a parent, I would say that the parents who were “Helicopter Parents”, made sure their kids got trophoes just for being alive, and spoiled them into having such selfish and ignorant expectations had so much to do with that.
AdLib20 minutes ago
I am fine with any presidential candidate who is anti monopoly, for accountability, willing to prosecute the evil doers, and willing to restore social democracy for the people.
choicelady
20 minutes ago
Ad – that is, I think, a real part of it. From the 70s on, DSA were those kids! They were my students when I was a TA in grad school. I had a never of kids from blue collar union families – 100% the opposite. They ROCKED. Rich brats? OMG.
choicelady
18 minutes ago
*I had a number of kids….
choicelady
18 minutes ago
My first round of entitlement was 1980 when the Brats were “too good” to vote for Carter, never MIND that Reagan would do such harm. I could not believe my ears.
choicelady
17 minutes ago
CL – I think we’re all on the same page about Trump being the conduit for theft of the treasury for all those around him and their self-interest in propping him up so they can keep robbing the nation of its money. They already are doing Weekend at Bernie’s, he is clearly out of his mind and they and all the institutions bowing to him are sanewashing his madness.
AdLib17 minutes ago
Well, in all fairness, I think Trump is still alive…
choicelady
16 minutes ago
Barely.
choicelady
16 minutes ago
One HUGE division I see is the Black community v the entitled faux lefties. Bluesky has a “Blacksky” thread. It has a ton of people I follow and really respect who are scathing about the embedded racism of the DSA types. They aren’t wrong. If the Left doesn’t get over itself, they will be left in the dust.
choicelady
14 minutes ago
CL – The odds were against Dems winning most of the seats up this year but those odds have changed now. In 2028, I think Dems will be favored on Senate seats and adding in seats won this year that weren’t expected with another three years of Repubs supporting Trump’s fascist insanity, I think there is a real chance Dems will have 60 seats in The Senate at least and control the House and WH. Then, there better be huge efforts to fix things, install permanent guardrails against a future Trump, and passage of all the pro democracy issues that have been neglected for so long.
AdLib13 minutes ago
Ad – 100% agree!!!
choicelady
13 minutes ago
CL- Trump is only alive from the neck down…not counting his hands and ankles.
AdLib12 minutes ago
I don’t think the “pro democracy” issues have been neglected so much as stymied. Voters keep returning enough GOP to make full passage impossible.
choicelady
12 minutes ago
CL I went back to school at night while working full time with a family in one of my undergrad classes there were some ‘regular college students’ and the professor had these kids in his day class and when they were with us he would ask them a question and they couldn’t answer it and when one of us gave the answer, he brought thunder and lightening down on them for essentially being lazy
twilson117
12 minutes ago
CL – Agreed, the narcissistic “Lefties” are a loud but tiny minority, they will be steamrolled by the movement that’s growing across the country.
AdLib11 minutes ago
TW – good on the prof!!! For my whole entire life at CSU Dominguez Hills a college BUILT on diversity, and later in grad school, it was ALWAYS the Black students who knew how the world worked, knew history, were realists not doctrinaire fools. Always. I know who knows. It ain’t us white lefties.
choicelady
10 minutes ago
I’m not so sure they’re so much a minority. Bombast appeals to the young. It’s DARING. That’s very attractive.
choicelady
9 minutes ago
If our rancid lefties screw up 2026 and mostly 2028 AGAIN, we are doomed.
choicelady
9 minutes ago
CL – Good point, under Biden Dems did try to pass the John Lewis Voting Rights Act, tried to strengthen the financial safety net, tried to help build democracy, address immigration compassionately, many things Americans wanted for so long but the filibuster and traitors like Manchin and Sinema stood in their way. We need a big majority in The Senate so such saboteurs are irrelevant.
AdLib8 minutes ago
Ad – yes, our own Fifth Column and the rancid right conspired to block every good thing.
choicelady
8 minutes ago
And may the Good Lord (he/she/it) hear our prayers and get Fetterman to retire!
choicelady
7 minutes ago
Folks I’m bugging out a little early tonight I have some things I need to take care of that will keep me up late but I wanted to pop in tonight for as long as I could. Have a good weekend.
twilson117
7 minutes ago
I don’t thin Fetterman is actually rancid so much as LITERALLY brain damaged.
choicelady
7 minutes ago
TW – The lazy, entitled folks deserve to be taken to task and left to their own self-destruction. The majority of Americans are like those amazing folks in MN, they want to do the right thing, not just for themselves but for all of us.
AdLib6 minutes ago
Good night, TW – have a lovely weekend and an easy ‘snow time’
choicelady
6 minutes ago
Glad you made it tonight TW! Have a great weekend!]
AdLib5 minutes ago
Fetterman is awful, either way and even his own voters oppose him now. He will be a one-termer for sure.
AdLib4 minutes ago
Well, I got short sleep last night and probably should follow TW out the door. I had bad news on my car – the “serve engine” light is indeed a faulty catalytic converter. $3000 awaits me next week to replace it. We GOT an extended warranty. THAT is not covered.
choicelady
4 minutes ago
Fetterman will not win reelection, but I’d like to have him take an easy exist and retire.’
choicelady
3 minutes ago
But I do think Fetterman was BSing his voters, I think he seems very determined to act as he is right now. If he was confused, that would be one thing but he is forceful anout being an ass.
AdLib3 minutes ago
When his stroke hit, he really changed. He is cognitively OK but emotionally a disaster. That happens w strokes. Even his wife is unable to deal w him. Very sad.
choicelady
2 minutes ago
Oh no, CL! That’s messed up! I think because they get stolen so much, insurers dropped them from coverage.
AdLib2 minutes ago
Exactly. But mine’s just on the fritz, and it has to be replaced. Ugh. Well, dear Ad – good night. Sweet dreams! May our prayers be answered, and you know what I mean.
choicelady
a minute ago
choicelady
a few seconds ago
I struggle with understanding people with mental health issues because I typically hold everyone responsible for what they say and do, that defines them to me. Maybe you’re right but he seems so venal and defiant about supporting Trump, it’s hard for me to be sympathetic.
AdLiba few seconds ago
I know exactly what you mean and I’m right there with you!
AdLibin a few seconds
Night!
AdLibin a few seconds
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