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You are here: Home / Open Threads / HEY DID YOU GUYS HEAR

HEY DID YOU GUYS HEAR

by John Cole|  March 30, 20236:12 pm| 256 Comments

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256Comments

  1. 1.

    Baud

    March 30, 2023 at 6:12 pm

    No fair, double dipping!

  2. 2.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:13 pm

    Now you’re just fucking with us.

  3. 3.

    John Cole

    March 30, 2023 at 6:15 pm

    @Alison Rose: why I would never

  4. 4.

    M31

    March 30, 2023 at 6:15 pm

    @Alison Rose:

    Now you’re just fucking with us.

    that’s Stormy’s job and now you owe $230,000

  5. 5.

    Mo MacArbie

    March 30, 2023 at 6:16 pm

    This is getting like the thing with the hands on the baseball bat to see who goes first, which is fitting.

  6. 6.

    RandomMonster

    March 30, 2023 at 6:16 pm

    HOLY FUCKING SHIT!!1!!1!

  7. 7.

    steppy

    March 30, 2023 at 6:17 pm

    STOMP STOMP STOMP!

    Just keep leapfrogging each other. It’s worth it!

  8. 8.

    Gin & Tonic

    March 30, 2023 at 6:17 pm

    Yeah, I heard that Turkiye approved Finland’s application to join NATO.

    Oh, did you mean something else?

  9. 9.

    suzanne

    March 30, 2023 at 6:17 pm

    Happy Indictment Day, friends!

  10. 10.

    Lawrence A Schuman

    March 30, 2023 at 6:18 pm

    Can I get a Rikers and remand? If not, take his passport and put a lowjack on his ankle.

  11. 11.

    Amir Khalid

    March 30, 2023 at 6:19 pm

    Reposted from downstairs:

    This is big news. I remember when Najib was finally charged in court. It wasn’t the end of the road, there was still a long way to go, but at least we Malaysians knew the process was in motion. I reckon that’s how you feel over there.

  12. 12.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:19 pm

    @John Cole: but you’re so good at it

  13. 13.

    Baud

    March 30, 2023 at 6:19 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    👍🇫🇮🪖

  14. 14.

    Chacal Charles Calthrop

    March 30, 2023 at 6:19 pm

    How is Maxwell taking the news?

  15. 15.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:19 pm

    @M31: She’s cute, I’m sure she’d earn it.

  16. 16.

    Deputinize Eurasia from the Kuriles to St Petersburg

    March 30, 2023 at 6:19 pm

    I have chilled prosecco. Also, some really nice whiskey.

  17. 17.

    Roger Moore

    March 30, 2023 at 6:20 pm

    Who is tired of all the winning?  Not me!

  18. 18.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:20 pm

    Hillary getting the news

  19. 19.

    persistentillusion

    March 30, 2023 at 6:20 pm

    @M31: No, the other sex worker, whose name I cannot recall, got $140,000, so $270,000 is the correct amount owed.//

  20. 20.

    Mike R

    March 30, 2023 at 6:21 pm

    My friends have been calling and rejoicing all afternoon.  Hope tfg is sweating and Melanoma is screeching and breaking lamps and various pieces of furniture.

  21. 21.

    Michael Bersin

    March 30, 2023 at 6:22 pm

    Damn, there’s going to be a run at the local grocery…

    We’re going to have to make a trip to the store for sparkling indictment drink and party food

  22. 22.

    TaMara

    March 30, 2023 at 6:22 pm

    I spent a nice chill afternoon helping a friend look at rescue cats and come back and the blog seems to have exploded.

    I had a kindness post set to go tonight, but I’ll probably pull it since this is going to take focus for the remainder of the evening.

  23. 23.

    Shrillhouse

    March 30, 2023 at 6:22 pm

    “We got him!”

  24. 24.

    Mai Naem mobile

    March 30, 2023 at 6:22 pm

    Have a thought for the servers and cleaning staff at Mar-A-Lago. Its going to look like a murder scene with all the ketchup everywhere.

  25. 25.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:23 pm

    @TaMara: We’re all about spite and mockery today. Kindness tomorrow :P

  26. 26.

    persistentillusion

    March 30, 2023 at 6:23 pm

    @Alison Rose: Why is there no up-vote button?  What do you think the celebration at the Clinton household looks like?  Champagne, obvs, but also fireworks?

  27. 27.

    HeleninEire

    March 30, 2023 at 6:23 pm

    YAY. Goddess bless the socialist, gay loving, gun hating place that is called NYC. My home. Woo Hoo.

  28. 28.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:24 pm

    LOL apparently TFG asked for prayers, meanwhile God is like “lol bitch gfy”

  29. 29.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:24 pm

    @persistentillusion: Lots and lots of laughter, I’m sure.

  30. 30.

    Layer8Problem

    March 30, 2023 at 6:24 pm

    @Alison Rose:  “Tragedy [for Trump] tomorrow, comedy tonight!”

  31. 31.

    Soprano2

    March 30, 2023 at 6:25 pm

    Ok this blog is ROTFLMAO funny right now. I guess everyone wanted to be first, huh?

  32. 32.

    Spanky

    March 30, 2023 at 6:25 pm

    @Amir Khalid:

    Reposted from downstairs

    This is gonna happen a lot tonight.

  33. 33.

    persistentillusion

    March 30, 2023 at 6:26 pm

    @Alison Rose: Yeah, even an apparently all-forgiving deity was like:  Bye Felicia.  GDIF.

  34. 34.

    HeleninEire

    March 30, 2023 at 6:26 pm

    Watergirl make that cake.

  35. 35.

    stinger

    March 30, 2023 at 6:26 pm

    @Alison Rose: Love it!

    I’m wondering what the man who invented the moniker The Former Guy will have to say about. But I’m REALLY wondering what Hillary will have to say (and how she’s privately celebrating)!

  36. 36.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:27 pm

    Ari Melber just said “State of NY vs Donald Trump” and I was just like, damn I wish my NY-born-and-raised-till-they-retired-and-moved-to-Florida grandparents had lived to see this. They hated his fucking guts and knew he was a sack of shit from the beginning.

  37. 37.

    CaseyL

    March 30, 2023 at 6:27 pm

    OK, now it’s funny.  I await the rest of the front pagers’ weighing in (except, possibly, TaMara, because she doesn’t roll that way) (though even she may be a little bit tempted).

    (I also saw that the Paltrow ski collision lawsuit has gone to the jury, who will hopefully find against both parties, since they’re both woo woo nitwits.)

  38. 38.

    Spanky

    March 30, 2023 at 6:27 pm

    About time for a Cracker post.

  39. 39.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    March 30, 2023 at 6:28 pm

    Nope, thanks for letting me know. ;)

  40. 40.

    prostratedragon

    March 30, 2023 at 6:28 pm

    Joy dance music

  41. 41.

    Baud

    March 30, 2023 at 6:29 pm

    I wonder if this news will break Twitter.

  42. 42.

    Scout211

    March 30, 2023 at 6:29 pm

    Reposted from one of the other dozen indictment threads downstairs.

    CNN has a comment from an associate.  Look for a Truth Social diatribe tonight.

    Trump was caught off guard by the grand jury’s decision to indict him, according to a person who spoke directly with him, but he is preparing a response and is poised to react with either a video message or a statement Thursday night.

    While the former president was bracing for an indictment last week, he began to believe news reports that a potential indictment was weeks – or more – away.

    “Is this a shock today? Hell yes,” the person said, speaking on the condition of anonymity as Trump’s team calculated its

     

    ETA:

    Trump released a statement in response to the indictment claiming it was “Political Persecution and Election Interference at the highest level in history.”

    “I believe this Witch-Hunt will backfire massively on Joe Biden,” the former president said. “The American people realize exactly what the Radical Left Democrats are doing here. Everyone can see it. So our Movement, and our Party – united and strong – will first defeat Alvin Bragg, and then we will defeat Joe Biden, and we are going to throw every last one of these Crooked Democrats out of office so we can MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN!”

    Trump’s lawyer Alina Habba said in a statement that Trump “is a victim of a corrupt and distorted version of the American justice system and history. He will be vindicated.”

  43. 43.

    UncleEbeneezer

    March 30, 2023 at 6:29 pm

    I told my wife yesterday “I wish I could hope to come out of the anesthesia and find out Trump had been indicted” but alas, this came a day late.  Still thrilled though, and I think other indictments are on the way.  Definitely the MAL Documents, probably Fulton County and maybe even Jan 6th (though that is the biggest stretch)

  44. 44.

    MomSense

    March 30, 2023 at 6:30 pm

    Woooooo to the fucking hoooooo!

    I’m at knit night and we are all stitching and celebrating!!

  45. 45.

    MazeDancer

    March 30, 2023 at 6:30 pm

    Alexander Vindman tweeted: “Here. Right. Matters.”

    Sums up my beliefs, too. Specially today.

    Doesn’t matter if it was for jay-walking, he has to be held accountable dor something. And now he is.

  46. 46.

    Spanky

    March 30, 2023 at 6:30 pm

    @Scout211: Great! We get to add Inciting a Riot to the list of charges.

    Editing to ask, does a riot actually have to happen to get that charge?

  47. 47.

    UncleEbeneezer

    March 30, 2023 at 6:30 pm

    @Baud: How do break the already-broken?

  48. 48.

    Rose Weiss

    March 30, 2023 at 6:31 pm

    Exchanging joyful messages with my friends and having a slightly early glass of vino to celebrate! I feel like having a big party with lots of wild dancing, but I’m old and live alone so I’ll stick to wine.

  49. 49.

    Burnspbesq

    March 30, 2023 at 6:31 pm

    @Lawrence A Schuman:

    You might get your wish. I wouldn’t want to be the lawyer who has to stand in front of a judge at Trump’s arraignment and explain why a guy who owns a 757 isn’t a flight risk.

  50. 50.

    different-church-lady

    March 30, 2023 at 6:31 pm

    Nature is healing.

  51. 51.

    prostratedragon

    March 30, 2023 at 6:32 pm

    @Scout211:  Just a couple of hours ago I saw some report that his camp were gloating about having scared off the Manhattan prosecutor with their squeakings, and thought it would be wonderful if an indictment came down today. Sometimes it really works out.

  52. 52.

    jonas

    March 30, 2023 at 6:32 pm

    I wonder if Weisselberg didn’t finally flip on him. He’s apparently no longer being represented by Trump Org lawyers. Ooooh boy. Popcorn futures have hit an all-time high.

    Anyway, before we all get too excited, what’s the actual penalty Trump might be facing here? Small fine? Slap on the wrist? These white collar-type crimes tend to carry no real consequences, it seems.

  53. 53.

    Spanky

    March 30, 2023 at 6:33 pm

    @Burnspbesq: I thought it was in the shop?

  54. 54.

    p.a.

    March 30, 2023 at 6:34 pm

    Finally!  I want any pieces of shit out in pro-tRump protests busted if they so much as j-walk.

    This could also help weed out the tRumputinists in our security services too, from local cops on up to the FBI if they start acting or posting pro-tRump shit.

  55. 55.

    M31

    March 30, 2023 at 6:34 pm

    hahahaha I bet the MAGAts were laughing at all the gnashing of teeth by libs when the Grand Jury wasn’t meeting again til the end of April

    WHO’S GNASHING NOW MOTHERFUCKERS?

  56. 56.

    David Anderson

    March 30, 2023 at 6:34 pm

    Guess no health policy posts tonight

  57. 57.

    Dan B

    March 30, 2023 at 6:34 pm

    One of the Central Park 5, Yusuf Salaam, was asked about the indictment.  Trump never apologized about taking out a full page ad calling for capital punishment.

    His statement:

    Karma.

  58. 58.

    Burnspbesq

    March 30, 2023 at 6:36 pm

    @Spanky:

    I read or heard recently that it was airworthy. Who knows? But he owns it, and the things that are/were wrong with it are definitely fixable.

    ETA: Apparently he used it to get to Waco for last Saturday’s rally.

    https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11902423/Donald-Trump-shows-campaign-secret-weapon-takes-DailyMail-com-inside-Trump-Force-One.html

  59. 59.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 30, 2023 at 6:36 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer: ​
     How’re things post-surgery?

  60. 60.

    Spanky

    March 30, 2023 at 6:37 pm

    And in the midst of all this, RIP Mark Russell,  per wapo. His humor was never cutting enough for this moment, though.

  61. 61.

    jonas

    March 30, 2023 at 6:37 pm

    @Burnspbesq: Quite frankly, if Trump decided to take off to some third-world country w/o an extradition treaty and run out the clock as the guest of some strongman asshole, I wouldn’t give a shit.

  62. 62.

    Scout211

    March 30, 2023 at 6:37 pm

    @David Anderson: The Texas judge’s ruling today was discussed in earlier threads but adding a dedicated post to discuss that ruling would be welcome. Or tomorrow. It would be nice to hear your take.

  63. 63.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:38 pm

    @jonas: Maybe he’ll make it to mother russia and end up near an unfortunate smoking accident

  64. 64.

    Elizabelle

    March 30, 2023 at 6:38 pm

    Also celebrating that Jimmy Carter has lived to see this day.  I hope JEC sees a lot more days — and maybe some more indictments.

    May this be the first of many indictment days for TFG.  Let ’em rip.

  65. 65.

    TerryTime

    March 30, 2023 at 6:39 pm

    Cheers to the first of many!

  66. 66.

    jonas

    March 30, 2023 at 6:40 pm

    @Burnspbesq: ​
      He definitely landed at the airport in Waco the other day in a Trump-branded jet, so (unless he has several, which I don’t think he does) it’s been brought out of mothball, it would seem.

  67. 67.

    Delk

    March 30, 2023 at 6:40 pm

    Let’s see if the newly released shaman has learned a lesson.

  68. 68.

    Dangerman

    March 30, 2023 at 6:42 pm

    Best Opening Day Ever!

    Take him out for balling her, take him out with the clowns, buy him some peanuts (don’t ask what word almost went there) and Cracker Jacks, we don’t care if he ever comes back …

  69. 69.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 6:42 pm

    @John Cole: I was sure that was going to be Betty Cracker.  I want the Betty Cracker take on this.

  70. 70.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:43 pm

    Ah, here’s DTJ with the antisemitism and assorted bullshit. SOROS!!!!!!! MAO!!!!!  ARGLE-BARGLE!!!!!

  71. 71.

    Jay

    March 30, 2023 at 6:43 pm

    @jonas:

    he’s being represented by another TFG lawyer.

  72. 72.

    Steeplejack

    March 30, 2023 at 6:43 pm

    @David Anderson:

    😹

  73. 73.

    BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️

    March 30, 2023 at 6:44 pm

    In honor of the occasion: Brothers Johnson, Stomp

    woohoo!!!

  74. 74.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 6:44 pm

    @Alison Rose: Oh my god, that’s perfect.

  75. 75.

    AxelFoley

    March 30, 2023 at 6:44 pm

    Hol’ up…I was told that they’d NEVER indict Trump.  I kept hearing that Trump was gonna get away with his crimes scott-free. Y’mean to tell me the naysayers don’t know what the fuck they’re talking about?

  76. 76.

    Almost Retired

    March 30, 2023 at 6:45 pm

    I am listening to Fox News and it’s delightful.  Anger, recriminations, hyperbole, veiled regrets, etc.  Not even the Germans have a word for how I’m feeling.

  77. 77.

    thruppence

    March 30, 2023 at 6:46 pm

    Let’s see – where’s that single malt? Oh, here it is! Cheers!

  78. 78.

    RandomMonster

    March 30, 2023 at 6:46 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: Yeah, I heard that Turkiye approved Finland’s application to join NATO.

    As a person of Finnish descent, this makes me quite happy.

  79. 79.

    anitamargarita

    March 30, 2023 at 6:47 pm

    @Alison Rose:

    Absolutely! Spite and mockery, it’s what’s for dinner

  80. 80.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 6:47 pm

    @HeleninEire: I actually went with pie today.  Ever hopeful, I baked it this afternoon, and even when it seemed that we were getting bad news, I held off cutting into it in case we got good news later today.  And we did!

    Cake!  Manhattan Grand Jury Voted to Indict Trump

  81. 81.

    Manyakitty

    March 30, 2023 at 6:47 pm

    @Alison Rose: lol I was hoping for video

  82. 82.

    persistentillusion

    March 30, 2023 at 6:47 pm

    @David Anderson: Au contraire, this first indictment is good for everybody’s mental health with very few exceptions!

  83. 83.

    MazeDancer

    March 30, 2023 at 6:48 pm

    @David Anderson: Actually laughed. Very cute.

    You can comment on preventative co-pays tomorrow. Unless Trump gets arrested..

    In which case people will be too distracted watching that on a loop.

  84. 84.

    cain

    March 30, 2023 at 6:49 pm

    This is an appropriate time to post the “Fuck your feelings” pic I think ;)

  85. 85.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 6:49 pm

    @jonas: No, he actually has new Trump lawyers.  Apparently more Trump-y than the last lawyers, who were deemed not Trumpy enough by… Trump.

    Nothing to see there… until these attorneys have to get attorneys because they will not be working in the best interests of W (name too hard to remember spelling) and will instead be only working in the best interests of Trump.

  86. 86.

    Old School

    March 30, 2023 at 6:50 pm

    Trump is old news.  Where are the Gwyneth Paltrow posts?

  87. 87.

    BigJimSlade

    March 30, 2023 at 6:50 pm

    via GIPHY

  88. 88.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 6:51 pm

    @David Anderson: You are wise.

  89. 89.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:52 pm

    Hey y’all, the even bigger news is that Gwyneth was found not liable. HUZZAH! Jade eggs for everyone!

  90. 90.

    Baud

    March 30, 2023 at 6:52 pm

    @Alison Rose:

    Whoa.

  91. 91.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 6:52 pm

    @Almost Retired:

    Not even the Germans have a word for how I’m feeling.

    Just wanted to see this again.

  92. 92.

    cain

    March 30, 2023 at 6:52 pm

    @cain: Also, I would kill for a twitter post from Hillary saying “Lock him up! Lock him up!”

  93. 93.

    cain

    March 30, 2023 at 6:53 pm

    @David Anderson: ha! People have been talking about the latest attack by that federal judge.

  94. 94.

    Captain C

    March 30, 2023 at 6:54 pm

    @Delk:

    Let’s see if the newly released “shaman“ has learned a lesson.

    With any luck he’ll stick to bothering people at Burning Man from now on.

    (quotes mine)

  95. 95.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 6:55 pm

    @Alison Rose: You forgot to include her bawdy belly laugh!

  96. 96.

    Patricia Kayden

    March 30, 2023 at 6:56 pm

    Indicting him was good but I’m looking forward to the perp walk!! What a great day!! Nobody is above the law. Thank you, New York!!

  97. 97.

    Roberto el oso

    March 30, 2023 at 6:56 pm

    I am looking forward to when the Kennedy Center honorees include Stormy Daniels … or when she receives the Presidential Medal of Freedom … or both.

  98. 98.

    jonas

    March 30, 2023 at 6:57 pm

    @WaterGirl: Ah, ok. Earlier today some folks were speculating he unloaded his Trump team lawyers because he was getting ready to flip. Oh well. Maybe he can and Trump can share a cell…

  99. 99.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 6:57 pm

    LOL Trump has been INDICATED you guys. God, what a dumbass.

  100. 100.

    Wag

    March 30, 2023 at 6:58 pm

    Late to the game, but WHOO-HOO!!!!

  101. 101.

    mrmoshpotato

    March 30, 2023 at 6:58 pm

    Time to start defrosting a rack of ribs.

  102. 102.

    Roberto el oso

    March 30, 2023 at 7:00 pm

    Alison R got there first with the ‘indicated’ tweet!

  103. 103.

    Dangerman

    March 30, 2023 at 7:00 pm

    Let’s have two more indictments tomorrow

    /ernie banks

  104. 104.

    prostratedragon

    March 30, 2023 at 7:01 pm

    I heard somewhere that AW’s new lawyers maybe TFG-paid, but they’re also RICO specialists.

  105. 105.

    Scout211

    March 30, 2023 at 7:02 pm

    @Alison Rose: Oh my. That is precious. Poor man is outraged that he has been indicated!!

    Idiot.

  106. 106.

    Warblewarble

    March 30, 2023 at 7:02 pm

    Based on the evidence presented the grand jury (ordinary citizens) voted to indict. THE REST IS NOISE.

  107. 107.

    Another Scott

    March 30, 2023 at 7:02 pm

    @Alison Rose:

    If he’s this upset about being indicated, imagine when he finds out he was indicted as well. pic.twitter.com/OvaB5cDYci

    — Jack E. Smith ⚖️ (@7Veritas4) March 30, 2023

    Heh.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  108. 108.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 7:03 pm

    @Another Scott: LOLZ

  109. 109.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 7:03 pm

    @jonas: I’m hoping this “small, white collar crime” will open up the floodgates for other indictments.

    No one was willing (brave enough) to be the first to indict a former President.

    Let the floodgates be opened! Starting with Georgia!

  110. 110.

    Denali5

    March 30, 2023 at 7:04 pm

    At last! I get to open the champagne!

  111. 111.

    hilts

    March 30, 2023 at 7:04 pm

    I hope Trump is plagued with alternating bouts of diarrhea and constipation for many months to come because he deserves as much physical discomfort as possible.

  112. 112.

    Another Scott

    March 30, 2023 at 7:04 pm

    BlueVirginia.US:

    Statement From DPVA Chairwoman Susan Swecker On The Indictment Of Donald Trump
    RICHMOND, VA – This afternoon, a Manhattan grand jury voted to indict former President Donald Trump for his role in a hush money payment to pornstar Stormy Daniels ahead of the 2016 election.

    After the ex-president’s indictment, Susan Swecker, Chairwoman of the Democratic Party of Virginia, released the following statement:

    “No one is above the law – that is the guiding principle of the American justice system. Today, after years of alleged criminal activity, fraud, malfeasance, and treason, a grand jury in Manhattan has rightfully indicted a man who has habitually used his power and influence to mistreat others and evade the rule of law.

    Although it is alarming that Donald Trump, with his moral compass fixed on the south pole, was able to ascend to power, today’s charges should encourage patriots and all who believe in democracy to take heart: even someone who was once the most powerful man in the world is accountable to the system of laws and ideals that govern our country.”

    ***

    +1

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  113. 113.

    prostratedragon

    March 30, 2023 at 7:05 pm

    INDICATED, guffaw!! I knew he’d be constitutionally unable to get it right.

  114. 114.

    lurker

    March 30, 2023 at 7:06 pm

    @Cole @Watergirl @AndersonMayhew @TaMaRa

     

    so the big issue in all of this is that Watergirl posted first … and Cole bigfooted her … and Anne Laurie bigfooted Cole … and Cole bigfooted Anne Laurie right back in a particularly petty form of blog revenge …

    predictions on what happens next:

    TaMaRa does a post with Adam about pies and cakes in Bakhmut …

    Tbogg comments on something and the post gets something like 3000 more comments after that cuz Tbogg …

    Cole bigfoots that post too …

    Maxwell, Steve and Thurston do a joint post explaining that Cole has been hogging the mouse and the keyboard and they want us to know that Trump was indicted …

    Dick Mayhew comes back after getting a call from IFAB that freaked him out.  He explains that he made up the David Anderson persona and Richard Mayhew is his real name.  Also, does a you be the referee post.  And mentions that boy is Duke mad about the fake documents he presented when he got his job. …

     

    Why do you ask if I am punchy or deliriously happy?

    ; – )

  115. 115.

    anitamargarita

    March 30, 2023 at 7:06 pm

    @Burnspbesq:

    I wish he would get on his plane with his whole criminal family and gtfoh

  116. 116.

    dm

    March 30, 2023 at 7:06 pm

    @BigJimSlade: Also: https://media.giphy.com/media/k49oXgsKbVQ4g/giphy.gif

  117. 117.

    prostratedragon

    March 30, 2023 at 7:07 pm

    That “Happy” loop that someone posted is treacherous! Might have to find one of “Stomp” for weaning purposes.

  118. 118.

    Almost Retired

    March 30, 2023 at 7:07 pm

    On the one hand, I suppose it would have been preferable to have the first indictment come out of J6 or the Georgia phone call or the fact that the nuclear codes were on display in the Mar-a-Lago lobby.  But none of those would include any discussion of his three inch orange mushroom dick.   So I’m OK with this.

  119. 119.

    Baud

    March 30, 2023 at 7:08 pm

    @Another Scott:

    You broke the blog.

  120. 120.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 7:08 pm

    @Elizabelle: YES! My Dad didn’t live long enough to see this, but Jimmy Carter living to see this is the next best thing!

    I think I’ll take flowers to Dad’s niche tomorrow – with a big smiley face balloon!

  121. 121.

    Betsy

    March 30, 2023 at 7:08 pm

    @Scout211: “poised,” lol

  122. 122.

    Another Scott

    March 30, 2023 at 7:09 pm

    @Baud: Sorry.  It’s ok now, yes?

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  123. 123.

    Bill Arnold

    March 30, 2023 at 7:10 pm

    @Burnspbesq:
    Trump Force One was parked next to a runway at Stewart Airport near-ish me for a while, visible from the access road, missing the port engine for much of that time. They borrowed an engine, flew it down to Louisiana for a refurb/repaint, then it was flown to West Palm.

  124. 124.

    Dan B

    March 30, 2023 at 7:10 pm

    @jonas:  Weisselberg just changed lawyers theyre still being paid by the Trump org.

  125. 125.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 7:10 pm

    @Roberto el oso:  Who is Alison R?

    Never mind. Alison Rose, obviously.

  126. 126.

    dm

    March 30, 2023 at 7:10 pm

    @Alison Rose: As someone whose auto-correct is always oh-so-helpful, I’m afraid I let stuff like that go.

  127. 127.

    VOR

    March 30, 2023 at 7:11 pm

    Yeah, indicting TFG for paying off an adult film actress is like getting Capone on tax evasion. So what, I’ll take it. This might, just might, encourage other indictments. The dam has been broken.

  128. 128.

    Baud

    March 30, 2023 at 7:11 pm

    @Another Scott:

    👍

  129. 129.

    different-church-lady

    March 30, 2023 at 7:12 pm

    Has the NYT weighed in on how this bad for Biden?

  130. 130.

    kalakal

    March 30, 2023 at 7:12 pm

    They say there’s no such thing as bad publicity.

    Har, har, de fucking har

  131. 131.

    waysel

    March 30, 2023 at 7:12 pm

    De lurking to join the celebration. Hooray!

  132. 132.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 7:12 pm

    @lurker: That was fun.

  133. 133.

    Mai Naem mobile

    March 30, 2023 at 7:13 pm

    @jonas: i think that’s the other NY case. The fraud case. We need that March Madness TFG case bracket pic up again.

  134. 134.

    Betsy

    March 30, 2023 at 7:13 pm

    @David Anderson: ♥️

  135. 135.

    Delk

    March 30, 2023 at 7:13 pm

    I’m surprised there hasn’t been a cakecat sighting.

  136. 136.

    Poe Larity

    March 30, 2023 at 7:13 pm

    @jonas: If only we could get Trump to follow Snowden and take his fanbois with him.

    Maybe Putin would finally let him build a Trump tower in Moscow.

  137. 137.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 7:13 pm

    @WaterGirl: Me I presume :)

  138. 138.

    PBK

    March 30, 2023 at 7:13 pm

     

    @David Anderson: Look forward to all your posts but like to concentrate on them and that won’t be happening tonight!  Hope you will discuss the ruling today on preventive care.

  139. 139.

    M31

    March 30, 2023 at 7:14 pm

    Cake is in the oven, bitches

  140. 140.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 7:14 pm

    @dm: Yeah but when it’s TFG raging out, it’s fucking funny

  141. 141.

    Betsy

    March 30, 2023 at 7:14 pm

    @WaterGirl: That is GORGEOUS .. and EXCELLENT COLOR SCHEME

  142. 142.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    March 30, 2023 at 7:15 pm

     
    🚨BREAKING🚨
    Dump was just indicted❗​​

  143. 143.

    Fair Economist

    March 30, 2023 at 7:15 pm

    I am basically lying on the couch all day for the immediate aftermath of knee arthroscopy, and I fell asleep. I woke up and saw a “Trump indicted” semi-spam mail from a Substacker who evidently bought my name from a list. I click through, and it’s a link to an article from earlier this month, so I roll my eyes at having fallen for clickbait. Then I log on here and it’s really true. Yay!

    I should take unplanned afternoon naps more often.

  144. 144.

    James E Powell

    March 30, 2023 at 7:16 pm

    @stinger:

    But I’m REALLY wondering what Hillary will have to say (and how she’s privately celebrating)!

    The fact that Hillary Clinton is not Nixon-level angry & bitter all the time is additional evidence that she is a much better person than I am.

  145. 145.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 7:16 pm

    And the Jean Carroll vs TFG rape trial starts in April!

  146. 146.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 7:17 pm

    @Baud: It looks fine on my phone.  ??

  147. 147.

    glc

    March 30, 2023 at 7:17 pm

    Recipe

  148. 148.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 7:17 pm

    @Another Scott: It’s fine now on my phone.

  149. 149.

    Fair Economist

    March 30, 2023 at 7:18 pm

    @Almost Retired:

    On the one hand, I suppose it would have been preferable to have the first indictment come out of J6 or the Georgia phone call or the fact that the nuclear codes were on display in the Mar-a-Lago lobby.

    Me too, but from the “wheels grind slowly point” this indictment is for something from 2016 while the other two are from 2020-21.

  150. 150.

    Old School

    March 30, 2023 at 7:18 pm

    @VOR:

    Yeah, indicting TFG for paying off an adult film actress is like getting Capone on tax evasion.

    Indicting a criminal Republican former president on campaign finance violations is like indicting a Republican former speaker of the house on campaign finance violations.

  151. 151.

    kalakal

    March 30, 2023 at 7:18 pm

    I do hope the police heed TFGs advice not ” to be too nice” when making the arrest. It’s the least they can do

  152. 152.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 7:19 pm

    @waysel: Welcome to commenting!

  153. 153.

    Dr. Jakyll and Miss Deride

    March 30, 2023 at 7:20 pm

    Oh, the ex-prez whose parts are all nether

    Is nearing the end of his tether:

    He’s a fat scary clown,

    But his ship’s going down,

    And the band has struck up “Stormy Weather.”

  154. 154.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 7:20 pm

    @Mai Naem mobile:

    March Madness

  155. 155.

    lurker

    March 30, 2023 at 7:20 pm

    @WaterGirl: when I started that, the post was on something like comment 75 … I clearly need to make these things quicker…

    still waiting for the post from Maxwell Steve and Thurston though…

  156. 156.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    March 30, 2023 at 7:21 pm

    @WaterGirl: ​
      Same here. It looks fine on my IBM 082 Punch Card Sorter

  157. 157.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 7:21 pm

    @Betsy: Ha!

    Not sure why, but those are my favorite dishes for dessert.

    Are you commenting on the red, white and blue for this occasion? Total accident!

  158. 158.

    David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch

    March 30, 2023 at 7:22 pm

    Meanwhile the BBC is busy covering Gwyneth Paltrow (no, really)

  159. 159.

    lurker

    March 30, 2023 at 7:22 pm

    @Baud:

    @WaterGirl:

    @Another Scott:

    was that an actual problem with displaying a comment, or a snarky bit of envy about a good comment?

  160. 160.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 7:23 pm

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: Scott apparently fixed whatever it was before we checked.

  161. 161.

    Ihop

    March 30, 2023 at 7:23 pm

    Perp walk the rancid shitbag

    This got Cohen jail time and is among the smallest acts of his time in office. He has earned this indictment and hopefully several more.

    And gets e. Jean Carroll her justice as well. I’d pity him, but I’m just going to giggle. A lot and for a good long time.

  162. 162.

    Elizabelle

    March 30, 2023 at 7:24 pm

    I feel such relief.

    Amir’s comment (#11) sums it up.

    And there are more indictments to come.

  163. 163.

    lurker

    March 30, 2023 at 7:24 pm

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: my difference engine is still working it out. the gears never quite met the required tolerances so it is slow and buggy.  got it from Babbage himself though.

  164. 164.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 7:24 pm

    @lurker: Sometimes when you copy & paste from elsewhere on the internet, there can be a stray character or something funky that breaks the margins on phones.

    I think Another Scott fixed whatever the actual problem was.

  165. 165.

    kalakal

    March 30, 2023 at 7:24 pm

    @David 🌈 ☘The Establishment☘🌈 Koch: Trump’s the top story on their website now

  166. 166.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    March 30, 2023 at 7:25 pm

    @David Anderson:

    Republicans… once again getting in the way of health care. 😉

  167. 167.

    lurker

    March 30, 2023 at 7:26 pm

    @WaterGirl: seems I read baud’s comment wrong, I understand the potential issue, but I tend to default to snark on this blog instead of realizing there might be a real issue … wonder why that is

  168. 168.

    Roberto el oso

    March 30, 2023 at 7:26 pm

    @Alison Rose: yes! sorry, I’ll be clearer in the future, promise! in my defense, I plead an excess of giddiness.

  169. 169.

    Deputinize Eurasia from the Kuriles to St Petersburg

    March 30, 2023 at 7:27 pm

    @Scout211:

    I thought Alina had already been under threat of sanctions or had already been sanctioned. She’d better check herself before she wrecks herself – the bloated mediocrity may find himself with a gag order and restrictions from social media, and those can extend to counsel.

  170. 170.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 7:27 pm

    @Roberto el oso: No problem! I think I’m the only Alison who regularly comments :)

  171. 171.

    scribbler

    March 30, 2023 at 7:27 pm

    @Dr. Jakyll and Miss Deride:  Just wanted to say how much I’m enjoying your…poems?

  172. 172.

    lgerard

    March 30, 2023 at 7:30 pm

    Opening day scores

    Soros 1
    Trump 0

  173. 173.

    Another Scott

    March 30, 2023 at 7:31 pm

    @WaterGirl: There was a long string of * – long enough to break the right margin.  I’m glad I had enough time in the edit window to fix it.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  174. 174.

    BenCisco 🇺🇸🎖️🖥️♦️

    March 30, 2023 at 7:31 pm

    @VOR: “I can live with it.”

  175. 175.

    M31

    March 30, 2023 at 7:33 pm

    [intro]

    don’t know why

    ‘took so long to indict that guy

    stormy daniels

  176. 176.

    Elizabelle

    March 30, 2023 at 7:34 pm

    @lgerard:   LOL.

  177. 177.

    BigJimSlade

    March 30, 2023 at 7:34 pm

    @dm: I just thought about that a minute ago :-)

  178. 178.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 7:35 pm

    @Alison Rose: I thought he was talking about someone who got there first with a tweet, and the only Alison i know on twitter is Alison Gill, and that’s Alison G, so I wondered who Alison R was.

    When I came back to it, I of course realized he wasn’t talking about someone on twitter.

  179. 179.

    Tony Jay

    March 30, 2023 at 7:37 pm

    With all the other potential indictments rolling down the hill of just desserts towards his tiger striped mug, Tang Miniwang is going to have to look into hiring a booking agent to manage his court appearances.     

  180. 180.

    Matt McIrvin

    March 30, 2023 at 7:38 pm

    @Elizabelle: Jimmy Carter is probably too kind and decent to take any pleasure in this. The rest of us can laugh though.

  181. 181.

    FastEdD

    March 30, 2023 at 7:38 pm

    A shot of Chinaco Anejo in honor of BartCop. He would have been happy today.

  182. 182.

    Frankensteinbeck

    March 30, 2023 at 7:40 pm

    @Gin & Tonic:

    I was waiting for the big footing to stop to answer.  Great news!  Fuck you, Vlad!

    @Alison Rose:

    Did we ever get an explanation for covfefe?

  183. 183.

    Almost Retired

    March 30, 2023 at 7:40 pm

    @M31: Ha!  Brilliant.  Although you don’t have to change the next verse:  “Oh yeah.  Life is bad.  Gloom and misery everywhere.”

  184. 184.

    Another Scott

    March 30, 2023 at 7:42 pm

    It’s officially official.

    Alvin Bragg spox: “This evening we contacted Mr. Trump’s attorney to coordinate his surrender to the Manhattan D.A.’s Office for arraignment on a Supreme Court indictment, which remains under seal. Guidance will be provided when the arraignment date is selected.”

    — Manu Raju (@mkraju) March 30, 2023

    (via nycsouthpaw)

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  185. 185.

    Elizabelle

    March 30, 2023 at 7:44 pm

    @Another Scott:   I love it.  Long time coming, but time to move to the next stage.

  186. 186.

    Leto

    March 30, 2023 at 7:44 pm

    On March 20th, DeathSatan said he wouldn’t get involved with any possible extradition of Trumpov. Now he’s saying he won’t allow it. Can’t wait to see this showdown.

  187. 187.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    March 30, 2023 at 7:46 pm

    @Elizabelle:

    Also celebrating that Jimmy Carter has lived to see this day.

    I wish that three of New York’s best journalists, Wayne Barrett, Jack Newfield, and Pete Hamill, had lived to see this indictment.

  188. 188.

    different-church-lady

    March 30, 2023 at 7:46 pm

    @Tony Jay: Dominoes, baby.

  189. 189.

    Baud

    March 30, 2023 at 7:46 pm

    @Leto:

    If he’s smart, he’ll say Trump came to him begging with tears in his eyes…

  190. 190.

    different-church-lady

    March 30, 2023 at 7:47 pm

    @Matt McIrvin: Jimmy Carter is probably in too much pain to take pleasure in anything right now.

  191. 191.

    oldgold

    March 30, 2023 at 7:48 pm

    Deeply troubling.

    DeSantis said the state would “not assist in an extradition request given the questionable circumstances at issue with this Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor and his political agenda.”

  192. 192.

    RedDirtGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 7:50 pm

    I picked the wrong week to give up sugar!

  193. 193.

    Wyatt Salamanca

    March 30, 2023 at 7:51 pm

    @oldgold:

    DeSantis is competing with Pence for the role of Trump’s biggest ass-kisser. He’s pure, unadulterated scum.

  194. 194.

    different-church-lady

    March 30, 2023 at 7:51 pm

    @Frankensteinbeck: Fuck you, Vlad!

    honestly, I’d be even happier at his arrest than Trump’s.

  195. 195.

    MagdaInBlack

    March 30, 2023 at 7:52 pm

    I’m watching Don Jr meltdown/rant about his fathers indictment. It’s fun too

    (  he is his usual coke fueled glassy eyed self )

  196. 196.

    Elizabelle

    March 30, 2023 at 7:52 pm

    @different-church-lady:   I hope not.  I hope he’s having some peaceful final days, and many of them.  Excellent palliative care.

  197. 197.

    M31

    March 30, 2023 at 7:53 pm

    @oldgold: Soros-backed Manhattan prosecutor

    DeSantis filling in the “anti-semitic person’s code word for Jew” bingo card

  198. 198.

    Elizabelle

    March 30, 2023 at 7:53 pm

    @MagdaInBlack:  What are you watching?

  199. 199.

    different-church-lady

    March 30, 2023 at 7:53 pm

    @oldgold: Oh cool: DeSantis gets arrested too!

  200. 200.

    MagdaInBlack

    March 30, 2023 at 7:55 pm

    @Elizabelle: Hal Sparks on youtube.

    I’m iffy about posting links because I dont wanna get yelled at for doing it wrong

  201. 201.

    Leto

    March 30, 2023 at 7:55 pm

    @Baud: first version will be with tears in his eyes, second he’ll be on his knees begging, third will be groveling like a dog. “Sir! Sir!’

  202. 202.

    Elizabelle

    March 30, 2023 at 7:59 pm

    @MagdaInBlack:   Thank you.

  203. 203.

    Spanky

    March 30, 2023 at 7:59 pm

    @Baud:

    If he’s smart

    Ah. Well, …

  204. 204.

    Leto

    March 30, 2023 at 7:59 pm

    Law enforcement showed the handcuffs they’d have to use for this solemn occasion.

  205. 205.

    oldgold

    March 30, 2023 at 8:04 pm

    Incredibly DeSantis makes this nihilistic, anti-Semitic, racist statement at a time the indictment is under seal.

    CNN is reporting the indictment includes 34 counts.

  206. 206.

    M31

    March 30, 2023 at 8:09 pm

    @oldgold:

    CNN is reporting the indictment includes 34 counts.

    32. Subjecting the American People to detailed descriptions of defendant’s genitalia.

  207. 207.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 8:10 pm

    @Leto: Ha!  I thought they were going to be little fluffy pink handcuffs.

  208. 208.

    Chief Oshkosh

    March 30, 2023 at 8:11 pm

    @David Anderson: Yeah, but longterm, they are the most important posts. You have given me a new and good appreciation of an area otherwise would just be a source of confusion and frustration.

    :)

  209. 209.

    kalakal

    March 30, 2023 at 8:11 pm

    @oldgold:

    Hah! Can he be charged with obstruction if he actually does anything to interfere?

  210. 210.

    UncleEbeneezer

    March 30, 2023 at 8:18 pm

    @oldgold:

    As Gov. DeSantis certainly knows, Trump is already negotiating a self-surrender to avoid arrest, so there is no need to extradite him. Just getting free credit with the base by trashing the rule of law. Politics by disinformation.

  211. 211.

    Dan B

    March 30, 2023 at 8:19 pm

    It’s reported that former Trump employees are exchanging congratulatory emails.

  212. 212.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    March 30, 2023 at 8:20 pm

    @lurker: “Tbogg comments on something and the post gets something like 3000 more comments after that cuz Tbogg …”

    FYI, you can also say: “Tbogg comments on something and the post gets something like 6 Tbogg units of comments after that cuz Tbogg …”

  213. 213.

    lurker

    March 30, 2023 at 8:25 pm

    @Odie Hugh Manatee: yeah, not sure of how well people remember the Tbogg unit…

  214. 214.

    UncleEbeneezer

    March 30, 2023 at 8:25 pm

    BREAKING on
    @MSNBC
    : Trump will surrender next week, according to his defense attorney.

  215. 215.

    CaseyL

    March 30, 2023 at 8:29 pm

    I wondered if TFG was even in Florida, but then remembered hearing that he never leaves MAL.*

    So who’s living in the NY penthouse? Failson #1 and Scary Shouty Lady?

    *except, obviously, for a rally now and then.

  216. 216.

    Dr. Jakyll and Miss Deride

    March 30, 2023 at 8:29 pm

    @scribbler: Thanks!  Still one or two more coming.

  217. 217.

    Geminid

    March 30, 2023 at 8:30 pm

    @M31: I’ve been wondering what the scope of their indictment would be, whether it covered more crimes than just the hush money payments  This number of 34 counts makes me think it does.

  218. 218.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    @UncleEbeneezer: He’s got a flurry of pleas for bail money from his MAGAt base to send out before he heads to Manhattan.

  219. 219.

    Elizabelle

    March 30, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    I think this is about the time of year that TFG heads north to Jersey?  Albeit, state has a less amenable governor.

    This year he can spend some quality time with the late Ivanka Trump, buried at his golf course.

  220. 220.

    CaseyL

    March 30, 2023 at 8:31 pm

    @Geminid: Maybe, and I hope so.

    But each individual piece of the infraction could be its own crime and another count.  Hiding the money, moving the money, paying  the money, declaring the payment as something it was not, etc.

  221. 221.

    Geminid

    March 30, 2023 at 8:33 pm

    @Geminid: A friend tells me the NYT reported that Trump will be arraigned this coming Tuesday.

  222. 222.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 8:34 pm

    @kalakal: Per the WaPo:

    “DeSantis would need to build a solid legal case to decline an extradition request. According to Article IV, Section 2, Clause 2 of the U.S. Constitution, no state has the right to decline an extradition request from another state.

    “A person charged in any state with treason, felony, or other crime, who shall flee from justice, and be found in another state, shall on demand of executive authority of the state from which he fled, be delivered up, to be removed to the state having jurisdiction of the crime,” the Constitution reads.

    Federal law also outlines that states are required to comply with another state’s extradition request.”

    https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2023/03/30/trump-desantis-indictment-extradition/

  223. 223.

    MazeDancer

    March 30, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    34 Counts against Trump – “sources” say – is good. Wish it was more.

  224. 224.

    gwangung

    March 30, 2023 at 8:35 pm

    @CaseyL: Kinda sells itself when it comes to proving intent.

  225. 225.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 8:39 pm

    @Jackie: He’s already fundraising:

    https://thehill.com/homenews/campaign/3926978-trump-fundraises-off-ny-criminal-charges-predicts-it-will-backfire/

  226. 226.

    Geminid

    March 30, 2023 at 8:41 pm

    @CaseyL: Yeach, I guess it’s possible that all 3r counts relate to the Stormy Daniels matter. It seems like they would want to keep that simpler, though. And there probably were other, unrelated financial crimes uncovered, and good reason to indict on those as well.

    I guess we’ll find out for sure at the arraignment, if not before.

  227. 227.

    Jess

    March 30, 2023 at 8:43 pm

    I love that he was taken down by a porn star. Live by the “sword” (potato peeler?), die by the sword. I’m naming my firstborn Stormy.

  228. 228.

    Odie Hugh Manatee

    March 30, 2023 at 8:46 pm

    @lurker:

    I’m here to remind everyone! I can be annoying like that…

    It takes practice and I like to practice! ;)

  229. 229.

    James E Powell

    March 30, 2023 at 8:46 pm

    Katie Porter, Gavin Newsom, The Squad, and somebody for that guy who almost beat Boebert all texted me asking for money today. Coincidence?

  230. 230.

    kalakal

    March 30, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    @Jackie: Yeah, I figured it was performative BS. DeStupid is being dumb as usual here, He can’t legally do anything to stop TFG being extradited yet being a dumbass is building an expectation amongst the MAGAs that he will. If he does he creates a total shitstorm, when he doesn’t and he won’t, the deplorables are going to turn on him as a do nothing wimp

  231. 231.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    Still weird to ever be on the same side as this fucker, but this made me LOL

    Happy First Indictment to all those who celebrate.
    — Bill Kristol (@BillKristol) March 30, 2023

  232. 232.

    Another Scott

    March 30, 2023 at 8:48 pm

    @James E Powell: End of the month + quarter fundraising.

    Cheers,
    Scott.

  233. 233.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 8:52 pm

    @Alison Rose: A LOT of Never Trumpers and former republicans are celebrating right along with us 😁

  234. 234.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 30, 2023 at 8:52 pm

    @James E Powell: I got Frisch, Hakeem Jeffries, and a couple of blegs from Wisconsin

    I probably shouldn’t type it out loud, but I’ve been getting far fewer text solicitations the last few weeks.

  235. 235.

    Chief Oshkosh

    March 30, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    @anitamargarita: Bermuda is nice this time of year…

  236. 236.

    Alison Rose

    March 30, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    @Jackie: Yeah, I was watching MSNBC earlier and there were a few times when Nicolle Wallace looked a bit exuberant.

  237. 237.

    Jim, Foolish Literalist

    March 30, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    @Jackie:

    A LOT of Never Trumpers and former republicans are celebrating right along with us

    and more quietly, a couple dozen R Senators and a few presidential wannabes who really want Dems to do the dirty work for them

    ETA: Along those lines (not for the faint of heart or stomach)

    your himbo boyfriend @swolecialism 3h
    Ron DeSantis is gonna do filthy things to an extra large tub of pudding tonight

  238. 238.

    karen marie

    March 30, 2023 at 8:54 pm

    I take a couple hour nap and look what the fuck happens!

    Should nap more often apparently.

  239. 239.

    Elizabelle

    March 30, 2023 at 8:56 pm

    @Geminid:  That’s what I am wondering.

    Did they find evidence of other crimes, which are indictable?  Wouldn’t it be wonderful if the Stormy charge turns out to be the mildest out of this grand jury?

  240. 240.

    Lyrebird

    March 30, 2023 at 8:57 pm

    @Gin & Tonic: ​
     

    For reals? …typing… AWESOME!

  241. 241.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 8:58 pm

    @Alison Rose: Rachel Maddox will be on tonight! Alex Wagner is off this week due to kiddos spring break.

    Morning Joe is gonna be LIT tomorrow 😂

  242. 242.

    JoyceH

    March 30, 2023 at 8:58 pm

    Ha! My pizza delivery took almost three times as long as usual. I asked the delivery person if they were busy tonight and she said “VERY busy!”  This red rural county has twice as many Republicans as Democrats, but what Dems we have are celebrating tonight!

  243. 243.

    Rileys Enabler

    March 30, 2023 at 9:02 pm

    Had to choose between booze or cake due to cholesterol issues, so booze it was. CHEERS! It feels like progress is finally- FINALLY- being made.  Whew. So happy to celebrate this with you all.

  244. 244.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 9:02 pm

    @Jim, Foolish Literalist: It would be fun to be a well hidden fly in several homes tonight.

    We need to pay attention to R senators who appear to be trying to hide hangovers tomorrow 😁

  245. 245.

    kalakal

    March 30, 2023 at 9:03 pm

    Andy Borowitz sums up the mood for some at Mar-a-Lardo

    Melamine speaks out

  246. 246.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 9:04 pm

    @Rileys Enabler: Cheers back atcha!🍻🍷🍾🥂

  247. 247.

    Jackie

    March 30, 2023 at 9:08 pm

    @kalakal: 😂  I know TFG doesn’t drink; does she? If so, she’s probably already shit-faced!

  248. 248.

    kalakal

    March 30, 2023 at 9:10 pm

    @Jackie: If she didn’t she does now 😄

  249. 249.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 9:15 pm

    @kalakal: On twitter they are saying that Trump already agreed to turn himself in next week.

    So Little D gets to stand up and beat his chest for the rubes, telling him he will never extradite Trump!  So he gets to be the big hero to his rubes, because they will have no idea that this is just performative bullshit because Trump already agreed to turn himself in.

    These guys don’t have an honest bone in their bodies – not one, between all of them.

  250. 250.

    WaterGirl

    March 30, 2023 at 9:17 pm

    All 24 indictments don’t have to be against trump, right?

  251. 251.

    James E Powell

    March 30, 2023 at 9:17 pm

    @Another Scott:

    End of the quarter did not occur to me. I guess I’m not paying attention.

    Why is that so important?

  252. 252.

    Baud

    March 30, 2023 at 9:19 pm

    @James E Powell:

    FEC quarterly reporting.

  253. 253.

    kalakal

    March 30, 2023 at 9:25 pm

    @WaterGirl: I want to see the faces on those toerag losers of the Patriot Moat as the perp is driven out of the front gates.

    Don’n’Ron – would you buy a used car from these men?

  254. 254.

    Mike in NC

    March 30, 2023 at 10:00 pm

    Fat Bastard is about to sweat some more. Good.

  255. 255.

    persistentillusion

    March 30, 2023 at 10:26 pm

    @Tony Jay: Bravo!

  256. 256.

    Steve in the ATL

    March 30, 2023 at 10:43 pm

    @FastEdD: I loved BartCop! RIP.

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