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MAGA, let’s be honest: We all know the reason Donald Trump and so many of you can’t move on from Barack Obama is because an intelligent, articulate, highly popular Black man became president — and it absolutely broke all of you.
We’re 18 years removed from Obama’s 2008 victory, and you all still haven’t been able to recover.
And let’s face another fact about your orange messiah, Trump: His obsession — call it Obama Derangement Syndrome, if you will — comes from the fact that he knows, deep down, our 44th president is better than him in every way possible.
He’s more intelligent and more respected. He’s a better husband, father, and friend, and damn sure a better president. Barack Obama is given the type of respect Donald Trump spends nearly every day trying to force and bully others into pretending to give him.
And I know you’ll say that’s all ridiculous and none of it’s true. Except, it is. Which is why, even though Obama hasn’t been in office for nearly a decade, this president still brings him up all the damn time.
Hell, why do you all think he’s so obsessed with the Nobel Peace Prize?
Because Barack Obama has one and he doesn’t — that’s why.
Trump’s jealousy is so overwhelming that it’s made him obsessed with an award for no other reason than he can’t stand that Obama has one and he doesn’t.
It’s pathetic.
But back to Obama’s 2008 win. That single victory triggered the Tea Party, which was really the first step toward the cult you all have since become, and the years of embracing one conspiracy after another to justify the total and complete nonsense so many of you claim to believe.
Fringe lunatics such as Alex Jones, Candace Owens, Laura Loomer, and Nick Fuentes are now part of the “Republican mainstream.”
You know: Jones and his claims that Sandy Hook was staged with actors; Owens, who claims the French president’s wife is actually a man; Fuentes, the white supremacist who denies the Holocaust; and Loomer, who hasn’t met a crazy or racist conspiracy she didn’t believe to be true.
A Black man’s victory took you guys down a path that’s so incredibly unhinged that the late Charlie Kirk, someone you all viewed as a leader among conservative voices, built a large part of his brand calling MLK a “terrible person” and the Civil Rights Act one of the “biggest mistakes” in the country’s history.
And I don’t want to hear about how “radical the left” has become, because that’s all a lie.
As I’ve pointed out before, at our last presidential convention, we had presidents dating back to 1992 speaking on behalf of Kamala Harris — all while Trump couldn’t even get his former vice president to speak for him. In fact, there was basically no Republican representation at the 2024 RNC from before the Trump era. That’s how radical the party has become over the past few years.
Meanwhile, Democrats can go back decades because we still have the same values today that we had back then: improving access to health care, opposing tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of everyone else, supporting workers’ rights, protecting vulnerable groups of Americans, combating climate change, and having the government invest in helping Americans rather than big corporations.
Again, I know no member of MAGA will ever admit that Trump and their cult are envious and jealous of Barack Obama — or that the victory of a Black man and his family to the White House completely broke their party — but that doesn’t mean it’s not true.
Obama’s victory broke the GOP to such an extent that it sent you all down a path that started with the Tea Party and spawned the birther conspiracy, which Trump built his entire political brand on. It all led to the entire Republican Party completely selling itself out to one of the most despicable, dishonest, pathological liars and con artists on the planet, all because he fed you the right-wing fan fiction and hate you all thrive on.
And you don’t need to believe me — just look at what Republicans such as Ted Cruz, the late Lindsey Graham, JD Vance, and Marco Rubio all said about Trump when they weren’t having to suck up to him to maintain their political careers. This was back before MAGA took over the entire party and gave this president the power to end Republican careers with one social media post because the cult is going to do what Trump tells them to.
Back when they called him a con artist, a pathological liar, a fraud, a really bad person, “America’s Hitler,” and all sorts of other insults.
Then go look at what Republicans who no longer need to bow down to Trump have to say about him, with many of those individuals now calling him a pathological liar, a fraud, a really bad person, and all sorts of similar insults.
It’s almost as if there’s a correlation between Republicans praising Trump only when they’re hoping to further their political careers, yet once that’s no longer a concern, that’s when you hear the truth about what they really think about him — which all sounds oddly similar to what the rest of us have been saying about Trump since long before he launched his political campaign in 2015.
So you all can deny everything I’ve said here all you want, but I don’t really give a damn. The facts are the facts, and we have the receipts.
In 2008, the entire Republican Party broke, all because a smart, well-spoken, highly educated, very respected Black man and his family moved into the White House — and Donald Trump will live out the rest of his life in a state of petty jealousy because he will never be even a fraction of the man Barack Obama is, nor will he ever be as respected or admired as our 44th president.
He’ll go to his grave suffering from Obama Derangement Syndrome.
We’re 18 years removed from Obama’s 2008 victory, and you all still haven’t been able to recover.
And let’s face another fact about your orange messiah, Trump: His obsession — call it Obama Derangement Syndrome, if you will — comes from the fact that he knows, deep down, our 44th president is better than him in every way possible.
He’s more intelligent and more respected. He’s a better husband, father, and friend, and damn sure a better president. Barack Obama is given the type of respect Donald Trump spends nearly every day trying to force and bully others into pretending to give him.
And I know you’ll say that’s all ridiculous and none of it’s true. Except, it is. Which is why, even though Obama hasn’t been in office for nearly a decade, this president still brings him up all the damn time.
Hell, why do you all think he’s so obsessed with the Nobel Peace Prize?
Because Barack Obama has one and he doesn’t — that’s why.
Trump’s jealousy is so overwhelming that it’s made him obsessed with an award for no other reason than he can’t stand that Obama has one and he doesn’t.
It’s pathetic.
But back to Obama’s 2008 win. That single victory triggered the Tea Party, which was really the first step toward the cult you all have since become, and the years of embracing one conspiracy after another to justify the total and complete nonsense so many of you claim to believe.
Fringe lunatics such as Alex Jones, Candace Owens, Laura Loomer, and Nick Fuentes are now part of the “Republican mainstream.”
You know: Jones and his claims that Sandy Hook was staged with actors; Owens, who claims the French president’s wife is actually a man; Fuentes, the white supremacist who denies the Holocaust; and Loomer, who hasn’t met a crazy or racist conspiracy she didn’t believe to be true.
A Black man’s victory took you guys down a path that’s so incredibly unhinged that the late Charlie Kirk, someone you all viewed as a leader among conservative voices, built a large part of his brand calling MLK a “terrible person” and the Civil Rights Act one of the “biggest mistakes” in the country’s history.
And I don’t want to hear about how “radical the left” has become, because that’s all a lie.
As I’ve pointed out before, at our last presidential convention, we had presidents dating back to 1992 speaking on behalf of Kamala Harris — all while Trump couldn’t even get his former vice president to speak for him. In fact, there was basically no Republican representation at the 2024 RNC from before the Trump era. That’s how radical the party has become over the past few years.
Meanwhile, Democrats can go back decades because we still have the same values today that we had back then: improving access to health care, opposing tax cuts for the wealthy at the expense of everyone else, supporting workers’ rights, protecting vulnerable groups of Americans, combating climate change, and having the government invest in helping Americans rather than big corporations.
Again, I know no member of MAGA will ever admit that Trump and their cult are envious and jealous of Barack Obama — or that the victory of a Black man and his family to the White House completely broke their party — but that doesn’t mean it’s not true.
Obama’s victory broke the GOP to such an extent that it sent you all down a path that started with the Tea Party and spawned the birther conspiracy, which Trump built his entire political brand on. It all led to the entire Republican Party completely selling itself out to one of the most despicable, dishonest, pathological liars and con artists on the planet, all because he fed you the right-wing fan fiction and hate you all thrive on.
And you don’t need to believe me — just look at what Republicans such as Ted Cruz, the late Lindsey Graham, JD Vance, and Marco Rubio all said about Trump when they weren’t having to suck up to him to maintain their political careers. This was back before MAGA took over the entire party and gave this president the power to end Republican careers with one social media post because the cult is going to do what Trump tells them to.
Back when they called him a con artist, a pathological liar, a fraud, a really bad person, “America’s Hitler,” and all sorts of other insults.
Then go look at what Republicans who no longer need to bow down to Trump have to say about him, with many of those individuals now calling him a pathological liar, a fraud, a really bad person, and all sorts of similar insults.
It’s almost as if there’s a correlation between Republicans praising Trump only when they’re hoping to further their political careers, yet once that’s no longer a concern, that’s when you hear the truth about what they really think about him — which all sounds oddly similar to what the rest of us have been saying about Trump since long before he launched his political campaign in 2015.
So you all can deny everything I’ve said here all you want, but I don’t really give a damn. The facts are the facts, and we have the receipts.
In 2008, the entire Republican Party broke, all because a smart, well-spoken, highly educated, very respected Black man and his family moved into the White House — and Donald Trump will live out the rest of his life in a state of petty jealousy because he will never be even a fraction of the man Barack Obama is, nor will he ever be as respected or admired as our 44th president.
He’ll go to his grave suffering from Obama Derangement Syndrome.
Chelsea dad g09
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Chelsea dad g09
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Hüsker Dü
DA
Really makes you wonder who Stevens actually represents…
One thing is for certain: She’s not representing working class people. Or the Democratic Party.
New reporting from Drop Site News suggests that the staffer who ran the press conference for Mike Rogers and Haley Stevens “is a registered foreign agent for the state of Israel—one of two foreign agents working on the Rogers campaign.”
Apparently, “party unity” comes with an expiration date—and Haley Stevens picked two days before the election.
After losing Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed and endorsing him, Stevens spent Sunday backing his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers. Quite the journey from “support our nominee” to “actually, elect the Republican.”
The rupture followed a dispute over Israel and an outside group’s ad linking U.S. aid to grocery costs. Stevens called the ad antisemitic; El-Sayed said his campaign had nothing to do with it and that he disagreed with it. Then came the canceled campaign appearance—and her endorsement of Rogers.
Now, Drop Site News reports that Rogers spokesperson Abigail Ronson, photographed behind Stevens at Sunday’s endorsement, is a registered foreign agent for Israel. Another Rogers campaign worker, Jesse Stokes, is also registered for Israel-related work.
Haley Steven’s betrayal should be a wake up call for 2028. Candidates taking funding from foreign agents are compromised.
One thing is for certain: She’s not representing working class people. Or the Democratic Party.
New reporting from Drop Site News suggests that the staffer who ran the press conference for Mike Rogers and Haley Stevens “is a registered foreign agent for the state of Israel—one of two foreign agents working on the Rogers campaign.”
Apparently, “party unity” comes with an expiration date—and Haley Stevens picked two days before the election.
After losing Michigan’s Democratic Senate primary to Abdul El-Sayed and endorsing him, Stevens spent Sunday backing his Republican opponent, Mike Rogers. Quite the journey from “support our nominee” to “actually, elect the Republican.”
The rupture followed a dispute over Israel and an outside group’s ad linking U.S. aid to grocery costs. Stevens called the ad antisemitic; El-Sayed said his campaign had nothing to do with it and that he disagreed with it. Then came the canceled campaign appearance—and her endorsement of Rogers.
Now, Drop Site News reports that Rogers spokesperson Abigail Ronson, photographed behind Stevens at Sunday’s endorsement, is a registered foreign agent for Israel. Another Rogers campaign worker, Jesse Stokes, is also registered for Israel-related work.
Haley Steven’s betrayal should be a wake up call for 2028. Candidates taking funding from foreign agents are compromised.
Chelsea dad g09
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Party over politics, amirite?!?!
Hüsker Dü
DA
Hey, Republicans, thank you so much for offering to take me to school on what I voted for. To be honest, I am unsure how good a teacher you would be.
You keep saying you want me to know that I did not vote for this thing you call "woke."
You tell me I voted against MAGA instead because I'm pissed off about gas and grocery prices. Only.
Not really.
I mean, I am pissed off about gas and grocery prices, because, not being stupid or blind, I can see that both of those problems are the direct and completely predictable outcomes of choices made by your whacked-out ramble-talking way-over-the-hill dizzy-head president.
But let's go back to the lesson on woke.
By woke, do you mean that I am filled with horror and anger when I see your ill-trained army of border control clown-thugs shooting innocent Americans through their car windows? Machine-gunning fishermen in the Gulf?
Because if that is woke, I am way the fuck woke, man, and that is exactly what I voted on. I want to see all that shit stop right now and people go to prison for it.
So, count me woke woke woke on that one.
I am equally woke, I think, on the clown king's fumble-stumble loser war blowing up schools with no fucking idea what he's doing. Wake me up when that one is over.
Is it woke for me to be stunned and aghast that the president's son-in-law is walking around in the middle of the stumble-fumble war scooping up billions of dollars for himself?
If it is, I am way awoke on that one, too. In fact I voted the way I did in part because I want to see the president's son-in-law go to prison with the fisherman murderers.
So, yeah. Wokedy-woke-woke.
I could go on. Snatching food from the mouths of hungry children and then thinking that you are patriots for doing it: that one wakes me way up.
But let's just leave it here. I know exactly what I voted for.
You Republicans suffered a crushing humiliating defeat because you have no understanding whatsoever of the things we Democrats voted for.
So, really, if we're going to go to school on this, the instruction needs to go in the other direction. Don't you think?
And before we can begin our class on this, I must ask you folks in the back of the room to stop talking. I'm doing the little key-lock thing with my hand in front of my lips.
You keep saying you want me to know that I did not vote for this thing you call "woke."
You tell me I voted against MAGA instead because I'm pissed off about gas and grocery prices. Only.
Not really.
I mean, I am pissed off about gas and grocery prices, because, not being stupid or blind, I can see that both of those problems are the direct and completely predictable outcomes of choices made by your whacked-out ramble-talking way-over-the-hill dizzy-head president.
But let's go back to the lesson on woke.
By woke, do you mean that I am filled with horror and anger when I see your ill-trained army of border control clown-thugs shooting innocent Americans through their car windows? Machine-gunning fishermen in the Gulf?
Because if that is woke, I am way the fuck woke, man, and that is exactly what I voted on. I want to see all that shit stop right now and people go to prison for it.
So, count me woke woke woke on that one.
I am equally woke, I think, on the clown king's fumble-stumble loser war blowing up schools with no fucking idea what he's doing. Wake me up when that one is over.
Is it woke for me to be stunned and aghast that the president's son-in-law is walking around in the middle of the stumble-fumble war scooping up billions of dollars for himself?
If it is, I am way awoke on that one, too. In fact I voted the way I did in part because I want to see the president's son-in-law go to prison with the fisherman murderers.
So, yeah. Wokedy-woke-woke.
I could go on. Snatching food from the mouths of hungry children and then thinking that you are patriots for doing it: that one wakes me way up.
But let's just leave it here. I know exactly what I voted for.
You Republicans suffered a crushing humiliating defeat because you have no understanding whatsoever of the things we Democrats voted for.
So, really, if we're going to go to school on this, the instruction needs to go in the other direction. Don't you think?
And before we can begin our class on this, I must ask you folks in the back of the room to stop talking. I'm doing the little key-lock thing with my hand in front of my lips.
Hüsker Dü
DA
First things first: if you’re stuck at a gate tonight, we’re sorry, and we hope you get where you’re going safely and soon.
Here’s what we know. The FAA halted departures nationwide on Friday, citing a communications problem at its air traffic control centers.
The White House says there’s no sign of a “nefarious act.” Nobody has named a cause.
Here’s what we also know.
Three days earlier, the FAA finished rolling out an AI tool called SMART to all 22 of those centers.
To be clear, SMART makes routing recommendations. It doesn’t direct planes, and human controllers are still in charge. No official has connected it to today. But no official has ruled it out, either.
And when you flip a new system on across the entire country and the entire country’s flights stop 72 hours later, “trust us” isn’t an answer.
Show the work.
Which brings us to the transportation secretary. On May 12, Sean Duffy posted this on X about the 2023 grounding: “Under Pete Buttigieg, the NOTAM system … BROKE DOWN - grounding planes nationwide for the first time since 9/11 … And Pete didn’t fix it.”
He signed off by bragging that his department was “moving at the speed of Trump.” Has- has he seen Trump move?
Accountability was very important to him then. So let’s have some.
What failed? When did they know? Was the new tool tested at this scale before it went live everywhere? And who signed off?
Travelers deserve real answers, not a blame game.
The adults have left the room.