Trump claims that USA got a raw deal from Canada. Stewart points out that the trade agreement with Canada was created by … you guessed it, Donald J. Trump, who at the time (2018) called it “the best trade deal ever made”.
But that’s just an appetizer. At this point, I think everyone knows that Trump’s war on DEI is plain and simple racism. But not only is it racist, it doesn’t even make sense. So Stewart shows a video of the head of the RNC, saying “In the United States of America, we get ahead and succeed by merit and merit alone.” But who was the head of the RNC who said that? Why, it was Lara Trump, married to bozo Eric Trump.
There’s more, of course. Definitely worth watching!
One more quote (although not from Stewart) is a short video from Dr. Anthony Fauci that gives you an idea of just how narcissistic our president is:
That’s how to say “Happy Lunar New Year” in Cantonese. You could also say Xin Nian Kuai Le in the more common Mandarin. Wednesday, January 29 is the start of the Lunar New Year, and the start of the Year of the Snake, which might be apropos given our new political administration — Snakes are considered to be cunning, mysterious, and obstinate!
I wanted to change “Hail” to “Jail”. But that would just be wishful thinking, as TFG got off with no jail time, no probation, and not even a fine. However, he is now – and forever will be – a convicted felon (if it makes you feel any better, he is a convicted felon 34 times over, since he was convicted of 34 felony counts). He has the dubious honor of being the first US president to be convicted. Even the Supreme Court didn’t save him.
The funniest thing about this is that our once and future president, who showed no remorse at all, claiming after the sentencing that he is totally innocent, could have easily avoided the whole thing if he had just paid the hush money to Stormy Daniels out of his own pocket, which would not have been illegal at all. But NOOOO! he had to pretend it was a business expense, which is illegal. So he is a victim of his own greed and stupidity.
Speaking of stupidity, I’d like to point out that 4 members of the Supreme Court voted to grant Trump’s request to stop his sentencing. This was a New York trial, and the US Supreme Court has no right to mess with the trial at all. Worst of all, 4 members of the US Supreme Court clearly believe that the president is completely above the law, even before he was first elected. How idiotic is that?
In case you can’t guess who the four are: Clarence Thomas, Samuel Alito, Neil Gorsuch, and Brett Kavanaugh. I think they deserve to be impeached.
Most of my readers know that I was always a big fan of Jimmy Carter, so it is very good news that Carter was interviewed by The Borowitz Report. Naturally, I will share the Report’s findings in their entirety.
HEAVEN (The Borowitz Report)—In a wide-ranging interview on Thursday, former President Jimmy Carter said that the best part of Heaven “by far” is the knowledge that he will never see Donald J. Trump again.
“Don’t get me wrong, I’m very grateful for the gift of eternal life,” he said. “But an eternity without Trump is the greatest gift of all.”
Carter said that he was “far from alone” in appreciating his Trump-free existence, adding, “Nelson Mandela just said the same thing.”
Asked if he had seen Trump on cable news criticizing his sale of the Panama Canal, Carter responded, “We don’t have cable news up here. I’ve heard it’s on nonstop in the other place.”
RIP Jimmy!
And here’s another Borowitz Report related to Carter that is worth a read.
Congress must get rid of, or extend out to, perhaps, 2029, the ridiculous Debt Ceiling. Without this, we should never make a deal. Remember, the pressure is on whoever is President.
Is he still embarrassed? He should be, because Congress (including Republicans) decided to ignore Trump and then made a deal without raising the debt ceiling.
Actually, Trump’s electoral margin was 1.6%. To put that in perspective, that is the fifth-smallest US election margin in the last 100 years. In addition, the Financial Times points out that in 2024 every incumbent party in every developed democracy in the world lost vote share, which actually has never happened before.
But that isn’t going to stop Trump from arguing that he won so bigly that he can throw out our constitution and act like a dictator. Indeed, Trump has claimed that because he is the present-elect, he already has presidential immunity now.
MAGA types seem to only care if they can cause liberals to lose. Ironically, they don’t seem to notice that this will also make them lose even more than the liberals do! Currently, Red states get more government handouts than Blue states. If Trump cuts those handouts, it will hurt more Republicans than Democrats.
Another example, MAGA Republicans want to kick all “illegal” aliens out of the country, but this would be incredibly costly. Like how much money will it require to just find all illegal aliens, and then how much will it cost to send them all to some other country, assuming that any other country would want to accept them!
On top of that, consider that half of all food grown in the US is harvested by illegal aliens. If all the illegal aliens are gone, how many Americans would be interested in that terrible job? And how much will the cost of food increase to get Americans to pick fruit and vegetables? It has been shown that Trump won the election because of the high cost of groceries, gas, and other goods. What will they do when Trump’s plan will raise the cost of those goods way higher than that!
Trump always played the victim, claiming falsely that Dems weaponized the government against him. But of course, Emperor Trump is already weaponizing his administration against anyone who doesn’t kowtow to him.
Alex Jones defamed the families of the 20 children (plus 6 educators) who were killed in the Sandy Hook mass shooting, by repeatedly claiming that the massacre was a hoax staged by “crisis actors” in order to encourage more gun control. For his misdeeds, Jones racked up more than a billion dollars in judgements for defamation, leading to his utter bankruptcy, including putting his “Infowars” website on the auction block.
Here’s the humorous part. Infowars, including its website, social media accounts, studio, trademarks, video archive, and other assets, was purchased by The Onion (I assume everyone knows our favorite satirical website). And the first advertiser for the new Infowars is going to be Everytown for Gun Safety.
Jones remains an asshole, and vowed to challenge the sale and auction process in court, but it isn’t clear how, since he is now dirt broke.
The Onion posted a story about the acquisition on their website, here’s an excerpt:
No price would be too high for such a cornucopia of malleable assets and minds. And yet, in a stroke of good fortune, a formidable special interest group has outwitted the hapless owner of InfoWars (a forgettable man with an already-forgotten name) and forced him to sell it at a steep bargain: less than one trillion dollars.
Some of you know that it was Jon Stewart who inspired me to start this blog. I loved how Stewart combined politics with humor, and wondered why there wasn’t a blog that did the same thing. I also am an avid reader of Heather Cox Richardson’s blog. And so, I have to say that this video of Stewart talking with Richardson is the best thing I’ve seen in the aftermath of the presidential election.
Yes, I realize that it is an hour long. Yes, I also realize that this is supposed to be a humor blog and many people just want to ignore the election and forget about it. Give it a try, it starts off strong and (spoiler!), ends on a positive note. It got me out of my post-election funk, and it can help you too.
The November 8 blog entry by Richardson is also rather pithy and worth a read.
According to The Washington Post, women in the US are taking matters into their own hands. They are looking into a movement in South Korea called 4B.
“For some women in the United States, the election on Tuesday was a referendum on women’s rights, with reproductive freedoms hanging in the balance. So with Donald Trump — who has been found liable for sexual abuse and touted his role in overturning Roe v. Wade — winning the presidency, some women say they are turning to a radical Korean feminist movement that swears off men to reclaim a sense of agency.”
“The 4B movement, a fringe brand of Korean feminism, has caught the attention of young Americans on Instagram and TikTok in recent days, with users espousing the merits of its four “no’s” — no sex, no dating or marriage with men and no having children. On Google, searches related to 4B surged in the hours following the U.S. election results.”
