And
she now worships at the feet of and is currently Secretary of Homeland Security
under Cricket…I mean Dictator-On-Day-One Don, who makes Cricket’s behavior look
like that of the winner of the Westminster Dog Show.
Don
is an 78-year-old man-baby. And talk about “untrainable” and “aggressive
personality”.
Do
the math.
This has been your Paying Attention™ Thought
For The Day.
Yesterday, during
a joint appearance with fellow criminal Benjamin Netanyahu,
Dictator-On-Day-Fifteen Don did not shoot from the hip. Deadly Don shot
straight from his big, fat, dumb ass. We can all smell it from here.
Even
Netanyahu was taken aback when Don blurted out one of the most shocking, insane
and disgusting concepts-of-a-plan imaginable while the two men stood together
in front of the American press. It was obvious the Israeli leader, had not been
apprised of this fucked up bullshit prior to Don’s public disservice
announcement.
Both of these bastards
belong in jail
Seemingly
out of nowhere, Don suggested that the United States – yes, that United States
– support the permanent removal of all Palestinians so that he (We? No thanks
dickhead.) can “own Gaza” and develop it into “the Riviera of the Middle East”
so “world people” can move in and make Gaza great again, or what-the-fuck-ever.
When asked if he was fucking serious (not in so many words) Der Furor rambled
on and on about making a great real estate deal out of the current “demolition
zone” that is Gaza since Netanyahu and Hamas turned it to rubble.
It’s
a good thing Don’s scum-in-law Jared fixed the Middle East during Don’s first
term, or this could mean trouble.
According
to one expert, Don’s shocking pronouncement, which was surely preceded by no
thinking whatsoever* – after all, Don generally only consults with himself, as
he has told us in the past – will most certainly result in some form of
horrific, most likely deadly blowback from any number of bad actors in the
region.
No
one is claiming that Don should think before he speaks. Besides, it’s difficult
to teach a very old, dementia-addled old rabid dog new tricks. While in theory he
possibly should think, he should never speak. Ever. Someone needs to tell
gramps to STFU, get him on the proper meds and into a well-padded room for the
duration.
Get
ready for even more bad craziness.
______________________________________________ *Although some are saying this was actually a new policy announcement
rather than more ravings from a known lunatic. Not sure which is worse.
This has been your Paying Attention™ Schmuck Of The Day. Oy
vey.
This is not a
correction of anything originating here at Paying Attention™. Our hands are
clean on this one.
There was an
apparent mix-up with Punxsutawney Phil on Groundhog Day. The poor, put-upon
groundhog of annual fifteen-minutes-of-fame fame was reported to have seen his
shadow and scurried back to the safety and anonymity of his comfy abode, signaling
another six weeks of winter.
However, there was a
confounding factor that was not evident until careful review by GD replay
officials.
It turned out that
what caused Phil to make a hasty retreat was not his shadow, and therefore was not
a harbinger of much more winter. It turned out to be some insensitive oaf with
the likeness of our intolerable 47th president. No, not fElon Mush, the other
guy. With the orange pancake makeup and discolored cotton-candy-hair. Phil got
one eyeful of that coagulating countenance and hot-footed it back underground. Which
we all may need to consider if Der Furor continues his wrathful, fascist
rampage.
Hell, seeing that puss
makes me want to crawl into a dark hole for four years. No groundhog
should have to be subjected to such affrontery.
Wannbe-King Don (not to be confused with Don King, especially during Black History Month) has been in office again for two long years now...wait, I'm being told that is two weeks. Weeks, not years. Well, you could have fooled me. I’ll blame it on theRent-A-Coma. As we have barely survived these two years...I mean weeks, it
is time to admit that the emperor does in fact have clothes. They don’t
actually fit, and his tie goes down past his tiny...hands, but they are apparently his, since all his clothes are similarly
ill-fitting.
Okay, so he does have clothes. BFD. What
the emperor does not have are brains, empathy, human emotions, common sense,
business sense (other than recognizing that there are millions of suckers just
waiting for the next excuse to send him what’s left of their hard-earned
dollars, which are barely enough to live off of thanks to the lack of a living
wage for so many, thanks in turn to the policies of the emperor’s political party), or
the ability to stop breaking laws.
It would be so much better if he had any of those things, and no fucking clothes. I think I speak for all of us when I say that we would all compliment him bigly on his very strong and powerful wardrobe.
Freak
out…
I
mean, Peace Out.
This has been your Paying Attention™ Fraught
For The Day. We’re in some deep Don-Don.
It's time once again for one of our readers' favorite Paying Attention™ special features (Keep those cards and letters coming in):
Look
Who’s Fuckin’ Talking™
Much of our current political
milieu can be traced back to disgraced ex-president Richard Nixon who was
forced to resign as the impeachment noose was tightening around his miserable
neck. Actually, some good things came from President Lemonade. Thanks to Tricky
Dick we got inspectors general – non-partisan watchdogs put in place to protect
the American public from abuses perpetrated by government officials – like Nixon – at all
levels. No one was supposed to be immune from oversight.
Ha!
However, the main
culprit responsible for the descent of American political reality is none other
than the erstwhile costar of Bonzo the Chimp – Ronald Wilson Reagan. His trickle-down,
criminal presidency (and let’s not forget all the Alzheimer’s) set the stage
for today’s decrepit, dishonest and greed-fueled Fascist/Trump Party (nee
Republican). Reagan was the first
to beat the dumb-drum about government being the enemy. The MAGAts have run
with it all the way to Jan 6 and beyond.
Douchebag
Killer Mike – Reagan (well worth a look)
We bring you this
little tidbit on the heels of Trump’s most recent assault on America. After his
Friday Night Massacre a week ago – firing inspectors general who would not forsake
their oaths to the Constitution in favor of pledging allegiance to Don, and
after this past Friday Night Massacre – firing the leadership of the FBI, along
with all agents there who dared apply the law to the leader of the Jan 6 insurrection
against the government. Again, under cover of the weekend, this past Saturday
night Dictator-On-Day-One Don announced massive tariffs (25%) on Canada and Mexico,
along with a less horrific tariff (10%) on China. The Stock Market, which was
thriving right up to the 2024 election of Don, immediately responded by taking
a further dive. While this is not a real indicator of how most Americans
survive economically, it is only the first sign of the horrors to come.
Martin Mull – Eggs
The main reason Don
got elected – fucking egg prices – has done the exact opposite of improving,
which candidate Don promised he would fix very quickly and easily. “When I win,
I will immediately bring prices down, starting on Day One”. He also said, “I
won an election based on that. We're going to bring those prices way down”. Of
course, the moment he got in office suddenly insisted it would be very
difficult and not something a president can just fix easily. Everything is
about to get much more expensive as we are now embroiled in a self-inflicted
trade war* – mostly with our allies.
Speaking of eggs,
Don is now planning to ignore the burgeoning bird flu that has already resulted
in the euthanizing of 137 million chickens in this country, over the past two
years, in order to try and stop the spread of the virus which has already spread
across species. Dictator-On-Day-One Don will likely stop allowing the infected
birds to be killed so we can have more (and infected) eggs – just like he
thought that not counting cases of COVID-19 deaths would make the virus less
deadly.
Back to the Great Communicator. As the old saying
goes, even a broken clock is right twice a day. In that spirit, here is one of
the few valuable statements to come from old Ronny:
Our peaceful trading partners are not our enemies;
they are our allies. We should beware of the demagogues who are ready to
declare a trade war against our friends – weakening
our economy, our national security, and the entire free world – all while
cynically waving the American flag.
Though it was not Eisenhower’s dire warning before
him:
In the councils of government, we must guard against
the acquisition of unwarranted influence, whether sought or unsought, by the
military-industrial complex. The potential for the disastrous rise of misplaced
power exists and will persist.
Or Biden’s more recent warning:
Today, an oligarchy is taking shape in America of
extreme wealth, power and influence that literally threatens our entire
democracy, our basic rights and freedom, and a fair shot for everyone to get
ahead.
Don, who insisted ad nauseam that only foreign
interests would feel the sting of his idiotic tariffs is now telling Americans
that “THERE MAY BE SOME PAIN” coming from his
ego-driven, thought-free tariffs that will “BE WORTH THE PRICE THAT MUST BE
PAID” (caps his), and is threatening further tariffs if they dare to
retaliate, which all countries involved have already indicated they will do.
Hopefully you’re not reliant on things like food, clothing, shoes, booze, medicines, sporting goods, petroleum, household goods, toys, computers, appliances, cars or other threatened items that will surely be affected by Don’s latest disastrous douchebaggery. Other than that, there should be nothing to fret over.
Unfortunately, he enjoys the occasional golden
shower
And, as if all this economic mayhem wasn’t enough, Don has fired the director of
the Consumer Financial Protection Bureau – two years before his term was to
expire. Not necessarily because the CFPB was the brainchild of Elizabeth
Warren, though that undoubtedly made Don’s move that much sweeter; but more importantly,
because – as the name implies – it protects consumers. That is a big no-no for
Don and his minions.
Rest assured however, that there will be no pain whatsoever for Don and his filthy, stinkin', blood-stained too-well-to-do buddies wringing their hands and our necks.
The smart money is on this not going well for America or Americans.
_______________________________________________ *The Rupert Murdoch-owned Wall Street Journal
said that Don has launched the “dumbest trade war in history”. They/we ain’t
seen nothin’ yet.
Before the electrons had even stabilized on
this story, Dictator-On-Day-One Don had to back down from his idiotic threat. Though
he claimed to have won concessions from Mexico and Canada, he is as is always
the case, full of shit. He backed down. He caved. Surrendered. He’s a loser, a phony, a wimp, a bully without
the muscle, who ran away to change his diaper at the
first sign of fighting back.
We would be remiss if we did not mention the following: Don is mentally deteriorating man-baby narcissist and an unparalleled moron.
As many commemorate the 80th
anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz, others seem more than ready to let
bygones be bygones. One of those heartless weasels is none other than the
richest man-child in the world – fElon Mush.
Just in case there are still any doubts about
what fElon Mush intended during Don's inauguration festivitieswhen fElon smacked his right hand on his heart and then
shot that right arm at a very familiar and troubling angle, turned to face the
people seated behind him who might have missed the fullness of the gesture, and
repeated his salute for the cheap seats, many may have missed an important dot
that needed to be connected in order to better complete the not-so-hidden
picture.
A few days after Mush made the gesture he seemed
so comfortable with he probably does it in his sleep, perhaps wishing to give the intentions of his salute unambiguous context, he also made an appearance via video at a rally
of the Alternative für Deutschland Party in Germany. The AfD Party has been
known to engage in Nazi rhetoric. The anti-Semitic, fascist-trending
billionaire from South Africa, who recently purchased a president and
significant portion of America’s federal government, told Germany’s far right
party to let go of Nazi guilt. Mush appeared at the Nazi-loving event just two days before the 80th
anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz.
Surely the greedy psychopath Mush feels no guilt about growing up in Apartheid South Africa with his wealthy extremely white family. Surely he also believes that Americans should not bother with remorse, and certainly not any reparations for the national sin of slavery. And surely it is well past time for even thinking about this country’s Original Sin against this land’s original inhabitants.
“It's OK to be proud to be German, and not to lose that in some sort of multiculturalism (italics mine) that dilutes everything”. Professional racist/anti-Semite Elon Musk, addressing modern-day Nazis, January 25, 2025
Mush told the new Nazi-wannabes that Germans had “too much focus on past guilt, and we* need to move beyond that. Children should not be guilty of the sins of their parents, let alone their great-grandparents”, obviously referencing the country's Nazi past. No, fElon children are not guilty of the sins of their ancestors, but they should wish and work to avoid repeating them at the very least.
Feeling guilty is much different than being guilty.
Mush’s $250 billion played no small part in
putting Dictator-On-Day-One Don back in the White House despite his 34 felony
convictions and countless other transgressions against innumerable individuals
and America itself. Mush is currently the owner of the American president and is in control of most of the federal government. This is not hyperbole. He is no doubt curious to see if he can be of similar "service" to Germany. He is probably excited since he won’t have to start from scratch and build new camps
and gas chambers; he can just refurbish the originals.
Don made another of
his patented “perfect phone calls”. This time to Denmark.In a fiery telephone call with Denmark’s premier
Mette Frederiksen, Don insisted he was serious in his determination to take
over Greenland according to senior European officials.
Don’s verbal nuke
lasted 45 minutes. Five current and former senior European officials briefed on
the call said the conversation had gone very badly.
Don calmly blowing a gasket at the Danish
premier
One source familiar with the phone tantrum told the
Financial Times “It was horrendous”.
According to another anonymous official, “He was very firm.
It was a cold shower. Before, it was hard to take it seriously. But I do think
it is serious, and potentially very dangerous.”
Part of Denmark’s response to Don’s bullshit, after Frederiksen attempted in vain to reason
with Captain Dementia and reach some kind of sane compromise, and after another
Danish official told the Adderall-addled asshole to “fuck
off”, came from a
Danish bakery…
Hopefully they taste better
than he looks, though surely not the point.
They sure got the coloring right.
Why the fuck not?
Marc Short, who
served as chief of staff to ex-Vice President Mike Pence, told the news outlet,
“Back then, he was trying to consolidate power in the Republican Party. Today, Trump is the party.” Yes, the party like it's 1933 in Germany.
You’re just figuring
that out? It’s been that way for nearly eight years.
And that my friends,
scares Ratpublicans to death. Fingers crossed.
Two more of Don’s
supremely unqualified (at best), not to mention dim and either
dictator-friendly (Trash Patel) or dictator-adjacent (Tulsi Gabbard) nominees
to ruin two critical agencies. Patel, who stated he would shut down FBI
headquarters in Washington, DC on day one and turn it into a “Museum of the
Deep State”, is Don’s pick to ruin the FBI. Tulsi Assad…I mean Putin…I mean
Gabbard is up for the Director of Lack of Intelligence…I mean National
Intelligence.
Lincoln Project – Together Again
One of Patel’s main
qualifications, besides being a Trump-style shameless
self-promoter, and his unrelenting obsequiousness and bordering-on-criminal
devotion to Dictator-on-Day-One Don, is having written a children’s book titled
The Plot Against the King. The story is about what Patel calls
“Russiagate”. The book features King Donald and Kash the Distinguished
Discoverer. The plot is too obvious to bother with. Someone should check his
brain for worms.
C’mon Trash, tell us what you really
think
Patel
decided to go with the Rick Perry-fake-glasses-to-attempt-to-appear-less-stupid
gambit during his hearing.
This from Sen. Adam
Schiff (D-CA)
“Mr. Patel, maybe I don’t
know, but you may be the first nominee for FBI director in history who felt it
necessary to plead the Fifth. You said you wouldn’t testify to a grand jury
because it might incriminate you.”
The grand jury in
question was investigating a, let me see if I’ve got this name right, Donald J.
Trump for stealing classified documents from the White House and storing them all
over his roach-and-rat-infested golf hole Mor-on Lago, including in a bathroom.
Patel also did not want to risk incriminating The Don.
Mr.
Schiff was in fact correct. Patel is the first potential FBI director to plead
the Fifth. Hey cut the poor idiot some slack. At least he’s not an alcoholic or
a rapist. That we know of.
Also,
during the hearing Patel denied knowing Stew Peters, a far-right conspiracy
theorist on whose podcast, The Stew Peters Show, Patel appeared eight
times. Eight times. Can you say lying sack of shit?
Trash Patel in one of his many appearances on
the Stew Peters show.
According
to the Anti-Defamation League, Peters is a “prolific antisemite”. Because of course he
is.
Both
of these very-low-IQ, obviously ironic DEI nominees refused to directly answer
the simplest of questions during their Senate hearings: How would you respond
to an illegal order by the president?
Gabbard
said, "I don't believe for a second that President Trump would do anything
to break the law." For some pathetic reason Democrats did not remind
Gabbard that her prospective new boss was convicted of 34 felonies, found
liable for sexual assault (which a judge stated amounted to what everyone in
the world considers rape), found guilty of
defamation…twice,has been banned from running a charity after having
siphoned off most of the money of a previous charity, would absolutely been
found guilty of stealing classified documents had it not been for his eleventh-hour
appointment of an unqualified dimwit judge who oversaw – more like overlooked –
this case, and would have almost certainly been found guilty of inciting the Jan
6 Capitol riot/insurrection/attempted coup had it not been for the 70-some
million idiots, assholes and racists who put him back in the White House under
the protection of the blatantly unconstitutional decision by the high court
granting “presidents” blanket immunity (something that will surely be rescinded
the next time a Democrat wins the White House while the Court remains in the
hands of traitors like Thomas and Alito and their usually compliant lackeys Kavanaugh,
Gorsuch, Barrett and Chief Justice-in-name-only Roberts).
And don’t
even get me started on RFingK, Jr. and his mouse/baby baby chick smoothies
for his pet hawk and his endless lying about everything he ever said and
believed. I’m begging you.
Just
like the Supreme Court appointees before them, almost every one of Don’s
nominees has been flagrantly lying their asses off. Denying years of readily
available audio and video evidence, one after the other of these treacherous
cretins sat there and tried to make everyone buy completely transformed
versions of themselves – versions that will quickly (i.e., immediately)
disappear the moment they get control. Count on it.
In celebration of
what now looks to be the last federally recognized Black History Month, for at
least the next four fear-filled, loathsome, excruciating years, Dictator-On-Day-One Don, America’s
Racist-in-chief has issued a “memo” decreeing that the Defense Intelligence
Agency (for starters) shall not support any celebrations or commemorations of MLK Day, Black
History Month or Juneteenth. Hmmmmm, do I smell a theme?
