The crown is slipping

 

Warning to the military

 In response to Trump's threat that "a civilization will die tonight."

UPDATE 02:27 pm:

Fucking madman.

The tide is turning

 

Great news. But beware.  In the words of Robert F Kennedy, Sr., expect "desperate acts of defeated men."

Also, looks like he's stopped ignoring the polls.

UPDATE 12/15/2025:  Utterly devoid of any humanity.  Totally indefensible.

Fox posted a "Truth"

Ouch.

I wonder when Fox will be banned from Truth Social.

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Appears Mike Pompeo will be running for president

This from a guy who spent years carrying water for the selfsame "victim".

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

UPDATE:  Oooh, getting a little nastier.

Slightly smarter daughter wants no part of it

Ivanka Trump has decided to bow out of US politics and not actively join her father’s bid to retake the White House in 2024, saying she has chosen “to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family”.

  Guardian

Probably should have done that in 2016.

In a statement, Ivanka Trump said: “I love my father very much. This time around, I am choosing to prioritize my young children and the private life we are creating as a family. I do not plan to be involved in politics.”

[...]

Donald Trump launched his 2024 bid for the Republican nomination on Tuesday night at his Mar-a-Lago resort in Florida. Members of his family, including his wife, Melania, and son Eric were present. Even Ivanka’s husband, Jared Kushner, was in attendance. But Ivanka was not.

Where was Baby Don?

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Let Michigan show the way

Republicans around the country are questioning Trump's continued role as the de facto national party leader after GOP performance in the midterms nationally fell well below expectations.

[...]

[Michigan] Democrats were reelected to the three top statewide offices while Democrats won majorities in both the House and Senate.

The [GOP] "experienced its worst election results in almost 40 years," former Michigan Chamber of Commerce president and CEO Rich Studley said on Twitter Thursday.

  Detroit Free Press

...but hey, do what you want...you will anyway.

Turning tide

While there remain hardline Trump supporters who still stand by the former president and dismissed Hutchinson's testimony as "hearsay," some others who previously defended him have started to change their tune.

Mick Mulvaney, Trump's former Acting Chief of Staff, explicitly stated that he can no longer support Trump in the wake of Hutchinson's testimony.

[...]

Sarah Matthews, a deputy press secretary in the Trump administration, tweeted that those who are attempting to downplay Hutchinson's role or her access in the West Wing "either doesn't understand how the Trump WH worked or is attempting to discredit her because they're scared of how damning this testimony is."

Even the Rupert Murdoch press, which includes some of the staunchest supporters of Trump, appeared to acknowledge the damage Hutchinson's testimony inflicted.

[...]

Conservative lawyer and frequent Fox News contributor Andrew McCarthy wrote an opinion piece for the Murdoch-owned New York Post arguing that the case to charge Trump with a crime "appears to be getting stronger" following Hutchinson's testimony.

[...]

McCarthy previously defended Trump around the time of his first impeachment. He wrote a book attacking Robert Mueller's investigation into Russian interference at the 2016 election, as well as the Hillary Clinton campaign and the Obama administration, entitled Ball of Collusion: The Plot to Rig an Election and Destroy a Presidency.

The Washington Examiner, another right-wing news outlet, published an editorial arguing that Hutchinson's testimony shows that Trump is "unfit to be anywhere near power ever again."

[...]

On Tuesday, Fox News anchor Bret Baier described Hutchinson's claims as "compelling" while highlighting the alleged quote from Meadows, stating Trump "doesn't care" that his supporters were chanting "hang Mike Pence" at the Capitol because he believes the then-vice president "deserves it."

Baier went on to dismiss the series of posts Trump wrote on Truth Social while Hutchinson was delivering her testimony.

"Cassie Hutchinson is under oath on Capitol Hill. The president is on Truth Social making his statements," Baier said.

[...]

"For the first time since the hearings started, no one is dismissing this," [a] Trump aide said.

  MSN

Defying Trump

A rarity: a Republican with integrity

[Adam Kinzinger (R-Ill), an Air Force veteran and lieutenant colonel in the Air National Guard,] has been one of the most outspoken critics of the administration’s decision to pull troops out of Afghanistan, was one of the first in his party to recognize President-elect Joe Biden (D) as the winner of the 2020 election, slammed the president’s allegations of voter fraud on Twitter and has come out heavily against the QAnon conspiracy theory.

[...]

While he represents a district where Trump beat Biden handily, the Illinois Republican said he doesn’t fear the possibility of facing a primary challenge from the right.

“If someone wants to primary me then do it — they've tried to do it every year. But, in my view, what matters is not whether I win or lose. Obviously, I want to win but it's can you look at yourself in the mirror,” Kinzinger told The Hill in an interview.

[...]

“I've been through a couple primaries right and I've won pretty handsomely every time. So, yeah, that's the other thing, I’m not even convinced I'm even going to run again next year because this is what happens,” he added.

“Every cycle I make the decision, it's kind of a prayerful consideration before I have to drop petitions because I don't want to be in a position where I'm running again simply because it's my plan. And by that I mean, if I'm not the best person for the district, right?”

[...]

[Kinzinger says] he likes “Trump personally, I think he's hilarious." But he feels the tone of the Republican Party needs to change. Kinzinger said he voted for the president in the 2020 election and agrees with a lot of what the administration has accomplished but would like to see a less divisive tone in politics.

[...]

“I understand how politics works, and I understand that you have to be political and I'm political right, but at the same point if you're not willing to put your career on the line for a cause how can you ask 18-year-olds to do it for the country,” he said.

[...]

“I mean we're advocating for crap now that I never would have imagined you know when Trump says he's gonna in essence recklessly pull out of Afghanistan. There's only a handful of us that even say anything about that,” he said.

“If [former President] Obama would have done the exact same thing, we'd be outraged."

[...]

“I've been surprised by a lot of people, and, you know, I think the vast majority of members of Congress think probably like I'm talking, but they look at Twitter too much, and they see our Twitter mob and it's intimidating or they get the text messages," he added.

  The Hill

And death threats. MAGAworld is vicious.

While his commentary hasn’t sat well with everyone in the GOP, House Republican Conference Chair Liz Cheney (Wyo.), a fellow defense hawk, said his voice has been an asset to the party.

“I'm a huge fan of Adam — he combines a real depth of experience and knowledge on foreign policy and national security issues in particular with, you know, the courage of his convictions and, you know, he will always stand up and speak out for what he knows is right. He always tells it like it is,” she told The Hill in an interview.

That's what they say about Trump.

Kinzinger, member of the bipartisan Problem Solvers Caucus who has become known for his willingness to work across the aisle, said, “There will constantly be a fight in the party...But I think ultimately people are going to recognize the tone has to change."

Rep. Seth Moulton (D-Mass.) said he has found Kinzinger easier to work with than the majority of members across the aisle despite not always seeing eye-to-eye on policy.

“I always know that when I go to Adam I can find a reasonable voice, someone who will listen, and someone who I don't always agree with, but at least has a lot more courage than most people around here," he told The Hill.

"He's absolutely easier to collaborate with because he believes in facts and principal."

They turn on him now

He has neither, and she knows it.  Besides, she's been fueling his lack of both for the past four years.