One has to wonder how long he and his people have been covering that up and if it contributed to his previously well documented descent into right wing madness.
Now see how ridiculous that sounds? Because that’s exactly how you sound ranting on about conspiracy theories regarding President Biden.
Like President Biden, my father was diagnosed with stage 3 prostate cancer last year at 83. His PSA had been near normal the year before and the recommendation from his DR was and remains watchful waiting. It hasn’t gotten worse nor metastasized.
Point being this could well be a recent development with no connection to his prior fitness to serve. Frankly given the opaqueness of the current president’s medical history, I’d say we are blessed to know way more about President Biden.
Using this announcement as cover for all manner of political conspiracies isn’t just bad form though - it cheapens the diagnosis and what he and Dr. Biden are no doubt struggling through. We as a nation used to be better then that.
It appears the courts won’t let Congress abdicate their responsibilities to check the executive after all. Of course it remains to be seen if the executive or Congress care:
You are barking up the wrong tree in the wrong yard on the wrong block. The GOP has worked for five decades to get to this point - they will Prop him up and let him act as long as he allows them to move in the directions they want. He’s nowhere close to endangering their completion of this mission - in fact he’s probably enabling its fruition significantly sooner than they expected.
Everything that doesn’t focus on this is just wasted intellectual effort.
A great many voters of all stripes fail to see clear policy differences between the two parties as they exist now. It’s supposedly a major reason we have so many who no longer vote.
That aside if you look at current economic policy proposals of democrats now and republicans under Reagan there’s little daylight.
Democrats biggest problem is few democrats can hold an audience like republicans have been taught to do. Bernie is the notable exception as is AOC.
If we need to have separate space for women and men - which is fishing ridiculous IMHO - the the MLB team that just called up a woman pitcher from the minors has some splaining to do.
In case anyone cares, the Presidents budget request for next fiscal year is now posted on the White House website. The total numbers for reductions in various places match what was reported from the leaked OMB pass back a couple of weeks ago.
Everyone here gets it. Believe me when I tell you his most ardent supporters in my town don’t. And when Walmart starts running out of TP in a couple weeks they will be mad as hell. Just not at him.
The democrats currently in national and state wide offices are hardly the radical left. It may appear that way because of how far right the GOP has gone, but Biden governed as a surprisingly successful economic centerist with a smattering of center left social success. It’s actually a major reason the dems are now in wilderness wandering mode.
On “Joe Biden the Man Interrupts Joe Biden the Narrative”
I actually believe both those things.
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That matters why? I mean I get that I’m probably the only one here who trusts my former White House colleagues, but I do.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 5/19/2025”
One has to wonder how long he and his people have been covering that up and if it contributed to his previously well documented descent into right wing madness.
Now see how ridiculous that sounds? Because that’s exactly how you sound ranting on about conspiracy theories regarding President Biden.
On “Joe Biden the Man Interrupts Joe Biden the Narrative”
The WH admitted he had skin cancer in 2022. Which all the video surfacing today points to. Jeez.
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Are we not allowed to wonder what Jaybird gets out of derailing conversations with baseless useless conspiracies that do no one any good?
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Like President Biden, my father was diagnosed with stage 3 prostate cancer last year at 83. His PSA had been near normal the year before and the recommendation from his DR was and remains watchful waiting. It hasn’t gotten worse nor metastasized.
Point being this could well be a recent development with no connection to his prior fitness to serve. Frankly given the opaqueness of the current president’s medical history, I’d say we are blessed to know way more about President Biden.
Using this announcement as cover for all manner of political conspiracies isn’t just bad form though - it cheapens the diagnosis and what he and Dr. Biden are no doubt struggling through. We as a nation used to be better then that.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025”
Some mornings you just have to laugh at whose face the leopards are currently eating.
https://www.thedailybeast.com/kid-rocks-restaurant-closes-to-avoid-trumps-ice-raids/?fbclid=IwQ0xDSwKUFZpleHRuA2FlbQIxMQABHrOSy9oJFC8KH9N4zz6rePF_1cPH4xjR_Ti6414eek-56tETtzgX2Vpjsi7O_aem_xYMMsOrTKw8OTo-M-FxvKg
On “American Foreign Policy Drive-by: Houthis and the Blowfish Edition”
As with so much of this administrations work, performative war works for people with short attention spans.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 5/12/2025”
Tossing him at this point would be the second stupidest thing the DNC has done in the last year.
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No Veronica, there is no Santa, much less two. But the GOP sure does love to stack the deck anyway.
https://open.substack.com/pub/thomhartmann/p/americas-long-coup-how-the-gop-rigged-812?r=v677&utm_medium=ios
On “United States and China Agree to 90 Day Tariff Reprieve”
Funny how easy it was to give up the fight to onshore manufacturing.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025”
It appears the courts won’t let Congress abdicate their responsibilities to check the executive after all. Of course it remains to be seen if the executive or Congress care:
https://www.nbcnews.com/politics/trump-administration/judge-pauses-trumps-effort-reduce-size-federal-government-rcna205996?cid=sm_npd_nn_fb_ma&utm_campaign=trueanthem&utm_medium=social&utm_source=facebook&_branch_referrer=H4sIAAAAAAAAAwXB2w6CIAAA0L%2FpMbstq8011sRlxcoZoi8OCC9DwKCyeujbO6d5PHq38TzNuBaDG9O%2BH3etlh7BOlq8eVulbFsx3rW3YD8UpJmwGjVFNtmd0hCAxJdlviaw2MMLmiu20vCwRLIIaZy5WEzjqwqP33tkkKrOFyzl7JWo9Ilpff%2BAkgpVxujs33ID86HDBJio9x3HYPSzohLWtroumTWDEzaAlAtmjPwDpk3xKbMAAAA%3D&fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR7k_Y9XFZIFQN3mb8nFK6NkZEaJWsJe1JUmELzqGoNmfPQVkk2vRmTuVagqyA_aem_JNP7dYoFYwlVXAoGp7scVA&_branch_match_id=1281224086309622960
On “How Much Is Enough?”
You are barking up the wrong tree in the wrong yard on the wrong block. The GOP has worked for five decades to get to this point - they will Prop him up and let him act as long as he allows them to move in the directions they want. He’s nowhere close to endangering their completion of this mission - in fact he’s probably enabling its fruition significantly sooner than they expected.
Everything that doesn’t focus on this is just wasted intellectual effort.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 5/5/2025”
The police violence was the miscarriage Jay. These convictions are the corrections for the individuals but will do nothing to correct the system.
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Let’s hope Texas continues its streak of judicial activist independence and ignores him.
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Because we as a nation need more reasons to commit political violence:
https://www.cnn.com/2025/05/05/weather/weather-weapons-nws-radar-attack
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And good news for fans of due process.
On “A Backlash Is Coming”
Hope. Such a powerful word yet rendered neutered by reality these days.
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A great many voters of all stripes fail to see clear policy differences between the two parties as they exist now. It’s supposedly a major reason we have so many who no longer vote.
That aside if you look at current economic policy proposals of democrats now and republicans under Reagan there’s little daylight.
Democrats biggest problem is few democrats can hold an audience like republicans have been taught to do. Bernie is the notable exception as is AOC.
On “Gender Critical: Legally Defining Sex”
If we need to have separate space for women and men - which is fishing ridiculous IMHO - the the MLB team that just called up a woman pitcher from the minors has some splaining to do.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025”
In case anyone cares, the Presidents budget request for next fiscal year is now posted on the White House website. The total numbers for reductions in various places match what was reported from the leaked OMB pass back a couple of weeks ago.
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Everyone here gets it. Believe me when I tell you his most ardent supporters in my town don’t. And when Walmart starts running out of TP in a couple weeks they will be mad as hell. Just not at him.
On “A Backlash Is Coming”
The democrats currently in national and state wide offices are hardly the radical left. It may appear that way because of how far right the GOP has gone, but Biden governed as a surprisingly successful economic centerist with a smattering of center left social success. It’s actually a major reason the dems are now in wilderness wandering mode.
On “Open Mic for the Week of 4/28/2025”
No Lee it’s not the exact opposite. They voted for the white guy who was going to hurt people. He’s hurting people. Win win.
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How disloyal!