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I'm glad I subscribed. I never get tired of your snarky writing. Go Lucian!

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"the Bellowing One"

"the Eminently Indictable One"

"the Fake Christian One"

"the FBI Searched One"

"the Frightening One"

"Le Gros Terribla de Mar a Lago"

"the Excessively Made Up One"

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Jack Smith, whoever you are, please hurry up.

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Every Republican expressing the slightest skepticism about Trump right now will rally to him wholeheartedly as soon as Smith (God willing) drops an indictment.

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I agree. But I am hoping that we rip off this bandage soon and, whatever his acolytes shout, let's have it out and get on to the next round. It's been almost 2 years since he left office, led the insurrection and stole the records; if "justice delayed is justice denied", the public deserves better than this.

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A clinical supervisor of mine, many years ago, used to use the phrase, 'a child's garden of primitive ego defense mechanisms' in reference to particularly dreadful cases I'd present for review. The assessment does come to mind in regards to the current clown car, constructing their own alternate reality.

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Thank you for this! Let’s hope that “NoNo The Sleeping Giant” is down for this count. However, DeSantis is equally as evil: banning books, not wishing to “educate” outside of the white privilege version, and is smart. Ergo even more terrifying.

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DeSantis is whip smart. And he doesn't try to hide his fascist inner self. Just look at how he dealt wit hDisney.

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He is a smart-aleck, not smart. Actually, evil.

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Correction noted! Thanks!

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We'll see. The Disney thing is still in court.

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“we don’t need more politicians who just want to go on TV and talk about our problems.” Nikki Haley

Along with the quotes from Pompeo and Christie: Hilarious! That’s what the whole Republican Congress is now is a group of publicity whores Jonesing for an appearance on Fox, OANN, Newsmax or wherever. Stefanik (mine 🤮) is a regular on Bannon’s crapfest.

The idea that they’re going to all agree to clear the field so God’s new anointed savior DeSantis can go up against the fading savior is especially risible. As if this bunch of egomaniacs like Cruz, Hawley, Pompeo and all the rest are just going to stand down. They don’t care about the country or their party. The narcissism of Trump has pervaded all of them.

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Pompeo had lap band surgery for his public persona to be appealing. Well...Maybe not! All of the speakers at the Jewish Republican conference are less appealing and more appalling. ALL had narcissistic tendencies and hubris before TFG came around. He just allowed them to be themselves!

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you sure it's lap band? the loss is radical enough that I suspected the whole Roux-en-y deal, which came very close to killing me.

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Republicretin "leaders" have had plenty of opportunities to deep-six orange pestilence and they've scooted away with their tails between their legs every time. They redefine what it means to be craven.

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It's even better if you remember that "cretin" derives from "Christian." "Republicretin" is a useful variation for "Christofascist." ;-)

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Lucian, I love all your names for the deluded orange big mouth. I keep saying the same ones over and over, I’ll have to swap yours in! These people at this conference you write about have not comprehended or learned anything. They think they can save their party and save it from their criminal leader at the same time. I can’t wait to see the shit flying when the real fight amongst them commences. Also, excited to read what you will be writing about it!

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"The Bellowing One"

"The Eminently Indictable One"

"The Fake Christian One"

"The FBI Searched One"

"The Frightening One"

"Le Gros Terribla de Mar a Lago"

"The Excessively Made Up One"

Thanks Lucian!!

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Haha! So good!

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“We had to close our mouths and eyes when he said things that horrified us,” [Christian Zionist] Evans wrote in the Post. “I cannot do that anymore.”

Sounds like the whole history of the Church! Except for the last part...

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They are all trumps; obese chris trump, pedophile priest mike trump, vampire

Ron deTrump, slithering MikePomouseo trump, on and on and on; all reading from the same

fucking script. Where's the silver bullet when needed?

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Yup.

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All the world’s a stage,

And all the men and women merely players;

They have their exits and their entrances;

And one man in his time plays many parts,

His acts being seven ages. At first the infant,

Mewling and puking in the nurse’s arms;

And then the whining school-boy, with his satchel

And shining morning face, creeping like snail

Unwillingly to school. And then the lover,

Sighing like furnace, with a woeful ballad

Made to his mistress’ eyebrow. Then a soldier,

Full of strange oaths, and bearded like the pard,

Jealous in honour, sudden and quick in quarrel,

Seeking the bubble reputation

Even in the cannon’s mouth. And then the justice,

In fair round belly with good capon lin’d,

With eyes severe and beard of formal cut,

Full of wise saws and modern instances;

And so he plays his part. The sixth age shifts

Into the lean and slipper’d pantaloon,

With spectacles on nose and pouch on side;

His youthful hose, well sav’d, a world too wide

For his shrunk shank; and his big manly voice,

Turning again toward childish treble, pipes

And whistles in his sound. Last scene of all,

That ends this strange eventful history,

Is second childishness and mere oblivion;

Sans teeth, sans eyes, sans taste, sans everything.

(from As You Like It, spoken by Jaques to Duke Senior)

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Thanks for the reminder, Robert.—It is a tale

Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury,

Signifying nothing. —WS (Macbeth)

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Haha, perfect, difny, in much less words, a perfect fit "an idiot, full of sound and fury."

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A summary—it sprang to mind instantly. Where would we be without him?

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Well, you got me, anyway.

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(In the bright light of day): On second thought, you're right. Please just keep being you.

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Was: LOL. You have a Lear waiting for the right time to spring on us? …

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👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

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Thank you. Without some humor, I don't see how we can go through this again.

Do these people think we don't remember the past six years? I feel I'm in the twilight zone.

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“ Haley told the Republican Jewish Coalition conference in Las Vegas over the weekend that she is considering getting into the race ‘in a serious way.”’ The Republican Jewish Conference reminds me of an old Dick Gregory joke: “I just did my act for a political group, Blacks for Goldwater. And lemmings tell ya, they were both cool dudes.”

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Nice roll call of profiles in cowardice.

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I agree, a shitload of clowns, suck ups, rats, treasonous dogs, etc., etc.

but de santis scares me. With Lady MacBeth by his side, the donor classes a

salivating, the pure evil in his heart, mind, and deeds; He's a natural fit, with a willfulness

that staggers the imagination. Please donnie baby, take this scumbag DOWN!

I'l thank you in the morning.

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you're reminding me of me more by the minute.

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Yes. Terrifying DeSatan.

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Come on, Lucian, you left out the two young guns of the GOP, Hawley and Cotton and the two Scott’s, Tim and Rick and Glenn (No CRT on my watch) Younkin.

Before this is over we will need at least two clown cars.

IfTrump can stay out of jail he will handle this confederation of dunces just as he did in 2016. Taking them out one by one leaving the GOP the walking dead it has become. He owns at least half the base and will raise money from the 50 million Americans data base the RNChelped him build. They have built the monster and ironically the party which has spent two years defending his sedition now needs DOJ to do what they still lack the canines to do. Take him out.

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Lucian, your many names for the pathologically narcissistic sociopath, compulsive liar, and sexual abuser, had me chuckling. I know we have to take this seriously, but humor does help. It's incredible that anyone with even a teeny bit of decency and a teeny bit of intelligence could dream of voting for the big fat destroyer.

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"The Bellowing One"

"The Eminently Indictable One"

"The Fake Christian One"

"The FBI Searched One"

"The Frightening One"

"Le Gros Terribla de Mar a Lago"

"The Excessively Made Up One"

"The Big Fat Destroyer"

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