trump (the former guy, defamer, insurrectionist, and rapist - $83M)

[Jim]

Think they're starting to regret the vanity documentary project?

Trump regretting something that strokes his vanity? No way!

They just regret not making sure they retained the rights to the film and not the film maker. Then they could have tied it up for years.

[Suranis]

You'll find the Cross by the Crossroads in Effingham because nothing says "We are worthy" quite like a twenty story aluminum sided cross by the highway.


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Reminds me a little of the Papal Cross in the Phoenix park in Dublin. Which is 116 feet high. And tasteful.

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[Shizzle Popped]

Mary Miller is from a Chicago suburb.

She was born in Oak Park (Western burb right next to Chicago) and graduated high school in Naperville (SW Burbs) but she married Chris Miller who is from Oakland, IL (in Southern Illinois) back in the 80s, I think.

Its not important where she's from geographically, the problem lies in her being from 1952.

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To be fair, most of her district is still in 1952. I grew up about 5 miles from its western edge so I know the area well. With the exception of a few decent sized towns this is an incredibly rural area. The three largest towns, Danville, Mattoon and Effingham were either mining or minor manufacturing centers at one time but nearly all of those operations have closed over the years. They all thought Trump was going to bring the high paying jobs back. They still think it might happen.

[raison de arizona]

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To be fair, most of her district is still in 1952. I grew up about 5 miles from its western edge so I know the area well. With the exception of a few decent sized towns this is an incredibly rural area. The three largest towns, Danville, Mattoon and Effingham were either mining or minor manufacturing centers at one time but nearly all of those operations have closed over the years. They all thought Trump was going to bring the high paying jobs back. They still think it might happen.

Small world. I spent ~3 months of every year growing up on my Grandpa's farm, in the NE area-ish of the shaded box. Rural AF. Wasn't there for the tfg years, but can only imagine. I was there for the John Deere mess(es) in the 80s.

[Phoenix520]

They all thought Trump was going to bring the high paying jobs back.

He never even gave it a moment’s thought after the election, did he? “Promises kept”

And yet because he hated on the same people they do, it was no big deal. No jobs? At least he’s owning the Libs.

[raison de arizona]

tfg announced he's going to Alaska to hold a rally against Murkowski, since she voted to impeach him. Maybe they'll keep him. He can sit on Palin's porch and look out at Russia.

[keith]

They all thought Trump was going to bring the high paying jobs back.

He never even gave it a moment’s thought after the election, did he? “Promises kept”

And yet because he hated on the same people they do, it was no big deal. No jobs? At least he’s owning the Libs.

Folks in WV we're convinced he would bring coal mining jobs back too = cause he said so. They didnt like it when I told them it wouldn’t happen, coal comes from WY now, and WV has wasted 30 years opportunity to rejig their economy.

[AndyinPA]

Remember Ohio? Don't sell your houses now.

Of course, nothing embarrasses DFO.

[raison de arizona]

Folks in WV we're convinced he would bring coal mining jobs back too = cause he said so. They didnt like it when I told them it wouldn’t happen, coal comes from WY now, and WV has wasted 30 years opportunity to rejig their economy.

The real question here is, what do they think now? Are they ready to vote for him again? Rusty Bowers is. Bill Barr is. And tfg arguably screwed those two (and many more) over worse.

[northland10]

She was born in Oak Park (Western burb right next to Chicago) and graduated high school in Naperville (SW Burbs) but she married Chris Miller who is from Oakland, IL (in Southern Illinois) back in the 80s, I think.

Its not important where she's from geographically, the problem lies in her being from 1952.

osm-intl,6,39.7,-89.3,250x350.png

To be fair, most of her district is still in 1952. I grew up about 5 miles from its western edge so I know the area well. With the exception of a few decent sized towns this is an incredibly rural area. The three largest towns, Danville, Mattoon and Effingham were either mining or minor manufacturing centers at one time but nearly all of those operations have closed over the years. They all thought Trump was going to bring the high paying jobs back. They still think it might happen.

Her new district is:

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Rodney Davis represents the soon-to-be former 13th which is part of the western part of the new district. it was a bit of a toss-up district but in the new redistricting the East St. Louis, Springfield, Decatur, Champaign portion is the new, very thin and long, 13th with most of the rest being combined with the old 15th. Dems can gerrymander as well as Republicans. He lost the primary to Miller.

[Shizzle Popped]

Her new district is:
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Rodney Davis represents the soon-to-be former 13th which is part of the western part of the new district. it was a bit of a toss-up district but in the new redistricting the East St. Louis, Springfield, Decatur, Champaign portion is the new, very thin and long, 13th with most of the rest being combined with the old 15th. Dems can gerrymander as well as Republicans. He lost the primary to Miller.

OK, I hadn't seen the new map. Holy crap, that's a mess. They managed to remove Danville and Effingham from that disaster and maybe even Mattoon, though I can't tell from the map. That's an incredibly rural district and waaay worse than it was. This shit really shouldn't be allowed whether it's Dems or Reps.

[Suranis]

They all thought Trump was going to bring the high paying jobs back.

He never even gave it a moment’s thought after the election, did he? “Promises kept”

And yet because he hated on the same people they do, it was no big deal. No jobs? At least he’s owning the Libs.

Folks in WV we're convinced he would bring coal mining jobs back too = cause he said so. They didnt like it when I told them it wouldn’t happen, coal comes from WY now, and WV has wasted 30 years opportunity to rejig their economy.

Coal Jobs shrank in his 4 years. Automation is to blame for that one. Today you can do a job with 20 people that would take Thousands to do before.

Steel working jobs stayed about the same, but only because new plants opening replaced Plants that were closing, and Twump didn't lift a finger about it other than slapping tarrifs everywhere which wrecked their markets.

[Mr brolin]

tfg announced he's going to Alaska to hold a rally against Murkowski, since she voted to impeach him. Maybe they'll keep him. He can sit on Palin's porch and look out at pine for Russia.

FIFY.....

[Mr brolin]

Is the Putin loving, Russian grovelling thing something that comes as a package with "Old Billionaire'ish White Guy".. ?

Bernie Ecclestone, he who used to be the Chief Executive of Formula One, gave an utterly insane interview today on Britain's, ITV "Good Morning Britain" show today.

He said he'd "take a bullet" for Putin,

The nut jobs war in Ukraine "wasn't intentional",

'What [Putin is] doing is something he believes is the right thing he's doing for Russia."

Apparently the war is all President Zelenski's fault

I've linked the video at the 5:20 point when he starts, however I would suggest watching the whole piece as it starts about racism in F1 and gets progressively weirder.......

[Kendra]

You knew it was coming...

In his first interview after Cassidy Hutchinson testified, Trump says, “The woman is living in fantasy land. She’s a social climber .. I think it’s just a shame that this is happening to our country.”

Ron has at least two more clips from that interview on his Twitter feed. Too lazy to link them all

[Resume18]

You knew it was coming...

In his first interview after Cassidy Hutchinson testified, Trump says, “The woman is living in fantasy land. She’s a social climber .. I think it’s just a shame that this is happening to our country.”

Ron has at least two more clips from that interview on his Twitter feed. Too lazy to link them all

The true shame is Trump happened to this country. On purpose.

[pipistrelle]

Every social climber wants to invite death threats.

[sugar magnolia]

Every social climber wants to invite death threats.

Yep, sort of hard to social climb when you're in hiding.

[Gregg]

Trump calling literally any other sentient being in the galaxy a social climber.

[Slim Cognito]

Sounds to me like Ms Hutchinson kicked trump right in the ole nut sack.

[Ben-Prime]

Sounds to me like Ms Hutchinson kicked trump right in the ole nut sack.

How'd she get to Putin's vault in Russia to do that?

[Kendra]

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... 3ae1645af1

Documentary filmmaker who had access to Trump and his kids compared their dynamics to the family on HBO's 'Succession'

A British documentary filmmaker who was granted exclusive access to the Trump family ahead of the Capitol riot has weighed in on the relationships between Trump and his three most famous adult children — Donald Trump Jr., Ivanka and Eric.

Speaking to Yahoo News on the outlet's podcast, "Skullduggery," Alex Holder said the family agreed to be filmed because they were "very, very confident they were going to win the election" and that their "hubris was just absolutely remarkable."

Asked how he sold his project to the family, Holder said: "I mean, the pitch was I wanted to understand who they were as people. They had always complained about the coverage that they were getting in the US."

"They were always complaining about the 'fake news media' and all that. So, let's try and understand who they are as people," he added.

[Slim Cognito]

You'll never go wrong playing to a trump's vanity.

[Phoenix520]

"Based on his interactions with the former president, Holder said he thought Trump was "delusional" and lives in "cloud cuckoo land." He added that he believed Trump was also "incredibly dangerous" because he never accepts blame and is "always right."

Donald Trump is not a rational player. I mean, he just isn't," Holder said. "You can't have a conversation with him in the same way that you can have a conversation with most other people. He is somebody that lives in a different reality."

And how many millions think of him as the Republican Messiah? I will be eternally bumfuzzled as to WHY. I can’t even begin to pretend to see it.

[pipistrelle]

"Based on his interactions with the former president, Holder said he thought Trump was "delusional" and lives in "cloud cuckoo land." He added that he believed Trump was also "incredibly dangerous" because he never accepts blame and is "always right."

Donald Trump is not a rational player. I mean, he just isn't," Holder said. "You can't have a conversation with him in the same way that you can have a conversation with most other people. He is somebody that lives in a different reality."

And how many millions think of him as the Republican Messiah? I will be eternally bumfuzzled as to WHY. I can’t even begin to pretend to see it.

That right there is my proof to self I’m smart and sane.