Gotta give Trump credit, he never hesitates to go where no one has gone before. Pulte for DNI? It would be a joke if it weren't so serious. Going from bad to worse is a feature of this regime.
Postcarding tonight, plus a virtual meeting for the Jolly campaign.
When Trump even can’t put lipstick on the pig, and rather claims he doesn’t care, we’ve entered late-stage Trumpism, or as I like to call it the “Steak and Vodka Phase”.
Here I thought we would have to wait until November to make him a lame duck but he's doing such a great job himself that by November he will be the lamest duck in Presidential history. Keep the pressure on. It's working!
And sd the focus continues to be the POS, the folks in Newark NJ need help in getting out the realities of the Delaney Hall for-profit prison or, as I refer to it, America's Concentration Camp. Please read this substack from folks on the ground in Newark. Spread the word to #ShutDownDelaneyHall
Thanks, Simon! It does feel as if Trump's losses are beginning to pile up.
I also think his physical and mental deterioration are speeding up and both of those make him look weak to Americans.
I called my representatives to say that, in addition to killing the slush fund, Democrats also need to kill the deal that grants Trump and his family immunity from tax investigations and that Trump is out of touch with reality and must be removed from office. I'm writing postcards to Ohio voters.
I am not a medical professional, but it seems to me that whatever measures his physicians are taking are not to preserve or improve his health (he needs to quit his stressful job to do that), but to preserve his ability to stay on his feet and be on camera.
T**** cares about image above all, and so do his cult followers. The fact that he now looks so weak and ill says to me that they have reached the limit of what they can hide, and are now playing for time, so he can finish out the midterms.
But it sure looks like he is burning through his physical reserves to do that.
I'm not sure he experiences stress the way most people do. I would think that most presidents experienced stress as it relates to doing their duty for the country and securing their legacy as a public servant.
His stress is to dominate everything. I'm sure it's stress but it's a different kind.
He can't dominate his end.
Joe Biden was exhibiting signs of aging and signs that he was aging in a stressful job, having lived a more stressful personal life than many can fathom. His losses were traumatic and enormous.
He also had a life-long communication issue in which age breaks down the skills you acquired to help manage your challenges.
He is also a different physical type than the current president.
Biden made some poor choices in the end, and we all know how that worked out for everyone. But he did not have personality disorders that brought harm to the world, and he surrounded himself with able public servants; our govt then had checks and balances (though perhaps loyalty got in the way of people doing the very hard work of advising him against going back on his vow to be a one-term president).
FDR dropped dead in office; Churchill drank his way through the war.
Lincoln suffered severe melancholy. Teddy Roosevelt had his issues.
Morally, lots of presidents we look up to violated their marriage vows. It's not a new thing - just the tech and communication methods are new.
A country run by white old men is not a novelty.
A world run by a grifter, a malevolant narcissist, a rapist, and someone who exhibits psychopathy is a different story.
Actually, I thank God for the bone spurs excuse. Many more young soldiers would likely have come to harm if they had to rely upon this guy to help save them.
No doctors can fix this up. Again, it's up to people to wipe the cobwebs from their eyes - especially those who made what's happening happen in the first place.
It was always there for eye to spy. Maybe it's the New Yorker in me that feels that way (listen, he actually got more NY votes this time around, right?), but it's a grudge I can't completely let go of yet.
I agree that he doesn’t experience stress like the rest of us. But it clearly stresses him out if he doesn’t get his way, if he is criticized for anything, and if he thinks his audience is too small.
Also, activities like flying to AZ to give an hour long speech and then back again the same day, even napping on Air Force One, have got to be physically demanding. His obvious insomnia can’t be helping. He is clearly freaked out about potentially being impeached again. So I think his job is stressful even though he doesn’t care about doing it well, or the consequences of failure.
We are all watching it, and it is insane that the GOP and his syncophants are still propping him up. Not to mention corporate media who talk about his political problems but not his physical or cognitive ones.
Some days November feels far, far away. Thank You Catherine for your persistence with your MoCs about our out of touch addled president who needs to go NOW.
It is terrible to hear what is happening in Newark New Jersey! I hope it doesn't escalate to something more, and Governor Sherill will be able to resolve the issue soon.
I am going to make my calls now, to Congress and Senate.
Thank you Simon, I love All the Polling! Good for Us, Bad for the R's!!
o Hinojosa last night in Plano near Paxton's part of the state. Huge enthusiastic crowd in a traditionally red county. Talarico stayed late to take pictures of the hundreds of people waiting in line. Both candidates' focus was on corruption.
I think it’s imperative we all understand there are MULTIPLE pathways towards retaking the Senate. While winning Maine on its face would be nice, it is NOT ‘imperative’ to win Maine to win back the senate. Let’s utilize our resources as productively as possible like we do here in Hopium. AK, NC, IW, OH, TX, NE. ANY four of those six will achieve 51.
Platner is an extremely flawed candidate. A ‘Nazi style tattoo he claims he didn’t know about for twenty years…please 😒, extramarital messages, denigrating a Purple Heart recipient, past racist and homophobic remarks!!!’ In my view, Maine voters made a significant error in not nominating Mills. If Platner wins, sure we’re a step closer towards retaking the senate (and that’s not for nothing obv) just as we would be with any of the other ‘flippable states.’
But, let’s not put all our eggs in the basket of our most flawed senate candidate of the election cycle. Simon stressed this from the beginning! Little experience, unvetted, both pose innate challenges. Mills had a winning record, unflappably! ‘Oh she’s too old or she’s too establishment.’ I’m sorry, but do we want to win or not?!? Granted, I don’t live in Maine so it’s easier for me to make these criticisms without experiencing direct impact of his potential influence.
But this speaks more so to the party. The GOP has plenty of issues with flawed candidates and we certainly are not immune by any means. The difference is or should be anyway, is how WE respond and ensure that flawed figures don’t become the FACE of our party unlike the GOP with Trump and plenty of others. Peltola, Cooper, Brown, and Osborne all can win it back for us. IW too, believe it or not (who’d have thought). Talarico is naturally a long shot but also a great plausibility. May we keep our eyes on the prize with a balance between vigor, ambition, keen strategy, ‘rightful ruthlessness,’ and integrity ✌️💕.
i agree about platner, but people are not in the mood for geriatric candidates right now. i can understand how they would be fired up over a younger candidate who talks a good game. mills just wasn't getting traction; so how would she get it in the general? so here we are, and this is a bitter pill. likewise, i hear a lot of defense of platner; tim miller and bill kristol pointed out how collins has enabled trump, and platner will still be better. they also think more crap will come out; i tend to agree. i wish we weren't in such a place. we will have to see what happens next. i do not vote in maine but spend a good chunk of every summer there. i can see platner getting crossover trump votes. its indies i worry about. will they see collins as a safer bet, one who has brought home the bacon....or is anti incumbent feeling so strong even a flawed dem can win?
With T showing more and more weakness, I hope our Dem challengers emphasize how weak their R opponents have been by meekly following his every instruction. Although the Rs might be starting to break out of that, they have been total wimps til now.
True to the manual on fascism, trump is blaming the people for Iran. We shouldn't care about gas prices,etc. Hitler just before his death blamed the German people for his defeat. Let's see how his endorsements do today.
Only Netanyahu can make me agree with Trump. The actions of Israel under Netanyahu are unforgivable and so self-defeating. It truly breaks my heart because I can’t defend the indefensible.
Hard no on Bill Pulte and my Senators will hear from me.
As big a deal as we know it is, I think Trump's recent willingness to go after established fellow Republicans may have been the final straw for a lot of these guys. I mean, there's not much point in standing by him if he'll go after you anyway.
Daily calls are in to WI Dem elected members regarding the 4 points in today’s letter, as well as my comments about Pulte. I’m joining the Stand up for Science call today at 3:00 (central time)
Gotta give Trump credit, he never hesitates to go where no one has gone before. Pulte for DNI? It would be a joke if it weren't so serious. Going from bad to worse is a feature of this regime.
I think Trump is in a death spiral.
If Scott Bessent was going to punch him… I don’t know what to think.
Postcarding tonight, plus a virtual meeting for the Jolly campaign.
When Trump even can’t put lipstick on the pig, and rather claims he doesn’t care, we’ve entered late-stage Trumpism, or as I like to call it the “Steak and Vodka Phase”.
🤞🏼🙏🏻 for Jolly
Step by step, the judiciary is recognizing how unlawful Trumpism actions have been:
https://www.denverpost.com/2026/06/01/ncar-boulder-supercomputer-nsf-judge/?share
Let's keep up the pressure! We are winning!
Here I thought we would have to wait until November to make him a lame duck but he's doing such a great job himself that by November he will be the lamest duck in Presidential history. Keep the pressure on. It's working!
And sd the focus continues to be the POS, the folks in Newark NJ need help in getting out the realities of the Delaney Hall for-profit prison or, as I refer to it, America's Concentration Camp. Please read this substack from folks on the ground in Newark. Spread the word to #ShutDownDelaneyHall
https://sussexvisibilitybrigade.substack.com/p/gov-sherrill-must-take-stronger-action-198?r=9mc3r&utm_campaign=post-expanded-share&utm_medium=web
Thanks, Simon! It does feel as if Trump's losses are beginning to pile up.
I also think his physical and mental deterioration are speeding up and both of those make him look weak to Americans.
I called my representatives to say that, in addition to killing the slush fund, Democrats also need to kill the deal that grants Trump and his family immunity from tax investigations and that Trump is out of touch with reality and must be removed from office. I'm writing postcards to Ohio voters.
My go-to is that he is "unwell and must be removed from office."
Sometimes, I feel so overwhelmed, it's the only thing I can communicate.
I am not a medical professional, but it seems to me that whatever measures his physicians are taking are not to preserve or improve his health (he needs to quit his stressful job to do that), but to preserve his ability to stay on his feet and be on camera.
T**** cares about image above all, and so do his cult followers. The fact that he now looks so weak and ill says to me that they have reached the limit of what they can hide, and are now playing for time, so he can finish out the midterms.
But it sure looks like he is burning through his physical reserves to do that.
I'm not sure he experiences stress the way most people do. I would think that most presidents experienced stress as it relates to doing their duty for the country and securing their legacy as a public servant.
His stress is to dominate everything. I'm sure it's stress but it's a different kind.
He can't dominate his end.
Joe Biden was exhibiting signs of aging and signs that he was aging in a stressful job, having lived a more stressful personal life than many can fathom. His losses were traumatic and enormous.
He also had a life-long communication issue in which age breaks down the skills you acquired to help manage your challenges.
He is also a different physical type than the current president.
Biden made some poor choices in the end, and we all know how that worked out for everyone. But he did not have personality disorders that brought harm to the world, and he surrounded himself with able public servants; our govt then had checks and balances (though perhaps loyalty got in the way of people doing the very hard work of advising him against going back on his vow to be a one-term president).
FDR dropped dead in office; Churchill drank his way through the war.
Lincoln suffered severe melancholy. Teddy Roosevelt had his issues.
Morally, lots of presidents we look up to violated their marriage vows. It's not a new thing - just the tech and communication methods are new.
A country run by white old men is not a novelty.
A world run by a grifter, a malevolant narcissist, a rapist, and someone who exhibits psychopathy is a different story.
Actually, I thank God for the bone spurs excuse. Many more young soldiers would likely have come to harm if they had to rely upon this guy to help save them.
No doctors can fix this up. Again, it's up to people to wipe the cobwebs from their eyes - especially those who made what's happening happen in the first place.
It was always there for eye to spy. Maybe it's the New Yorker in me that feels that way (listen, he actually got more NY votes this time around, right?), but it's a grudge I can't completely let go of yet.
I agree that he doesn’t experience stress like the rest of us. But it clearly stresses him out if he doesn’t get his way, if he is criticized for anything, and if he thinks his audience is too small.
Also, activities like flying to AZ to give an hour long speech and then back again the same day, even napping on Air Force One, have got to be physically demanding. His obvious insomnia can’t be helping. He is clearly freaked out about potentially being impeached again. So I think his job is stressful even though he doesn’t care about doing it well, or the consequences of failure.
We are all watching it, and it is insane that the GOP and his syncophants are still propping him up. Not to mention corporate media who talk about his political problems but not his physical or cognitive ones.
Some days November feels far, far away. Thank You Catherine for your persistence with your MoCs about our out of touch addled president who needs to go NOW.
It is terrible to hear what is happening in Newark New Jersey! I hope it doesn't escalate to something more, and Governor Sherill will be able to resolve the issue soon.
I am going to make my calls now, to Congress and Senate.
Thank you Simon, I love All the Polling! Good for Us, Bad for the R's!!
Saw James Talarico and Gin
o Hinojosa last night in Plano near Paxton's part of the state. Huge enthusiastic crowd in a traditionally red county. Talarico stayed late to take pictures of the hundreds of people waiting in line. Both candidates' focus was on corruption.
Fantastic! Did you take any pictures? Were they registering new voters?
Excellent post, Simon. Remember to like everyone!
I think it’s imperative we all understand there are MULTIPLE pathways towards retaking the Senate. While winning Maine on its face would be nice, it is NOT ‘imperative’ to win Maine to win back the senate. Let’s utilize our resources as productively as possible like we do here in Hopium. AK, NC, IW, OH, TX, NE. ANY four of those six will achieve 51.
Platner is an extremely flawed candidate. A ‘Nazi style tattoo he claims he didn’t know about for twenty years…please 😒, extramarital messages, denigrating a Purple Heart recipient, past racist and homophobic remarks!!!’ In my view, Maine voters made a significant error in not nominating Mills. If Platner wins, sure we’re a step closer towards retaking the senate (and that’s not for nothing obv) just as we would be with any of the other ‘flippable states.’
But, let’s not put all our eggs in the basket of our most flawed senate candidate of the election cycle. Simon stressed this from the beginning! Little experience, unvetted, both pose innate challenges. Mills had a winning record, unflappably! ‘Oh she’s too old or she’s too establishment.’ I’m sorry, but do we want to win or not?!? Granted, I don’t live in Maine so it’s easier for me to make these criticisms without experiencing direct impact of his potential influence.
But this speaks more so to the party. The GOP has plenty of issues with flawed candidates and we certainly are not immune by any means. The difference is or should be anyway, is how WE respond and ensure that flawed figures don’t become the FACE of our party unlike the GOP with Trump and plenty of others. Peltola, Cooper, Brown, and Osborne all can win it back for us. IW too, believe it or not (who’d have thought). Talarico is naturally a long shot but also a great plausibility. May we keep our eyes on the prize with a balance between vigor, ambition, keen strategy, ‘rightful ruthlessness,’ and integrity ✌️💕.
i agree about platner, but people are not in the mood for geriatric candidates right now. i can understand how they would be fired up over a younger candidate who talks a good game. mills just wasn't getting traction; so how would she get it in the general? so here we are, and this is a bitter pill. likewise, i hear a lot of defense of platner; tim miller and bill kristol pointed out how collins has enabled trump, and platner will still be better. they also think more crap will come out; i tend to agree. i wish we weren't in such a place. we will have to see what happens next. i do not vote in maine but spend a good chunk of every summer there. i can see platner getting crossover trump votes. its indies i worry about. will they see collins as a safer bet, one who has brought home the bacon....or is anti incumbent feeling so strong even a flawed dem can win?
With T showing more and more weakness, I hope our Dem challengers emphasize how weak their R opponents have been by meekly following his every instruction. Although the Rs might be starting to break out of that, they have been total wimps til now.
True to the manual on fascism, trump is blaming the people for Iran. We shouldn't care about gas prices,etc. Hitler just before his death blamed the German people for his defeat. Let's see how his endorsements do today.
Only Netanyahu can make me agree with Trump. The actions of Israel under Netanyahu are unforgivable and so self-defeating. It truly breaks my heart because I can’t defend the indefensible.
Hard no on Bill Pulte and my Senators will hear from me.
Contacted my reps with Simon’s points. My postcarding habit continues!
So great to see T caving on the slush fund. Or as some call it, the Thug Fund!
As big a deal as we know it is, I think Trump's recent willingness to go after established fellow Republicans may have been the final straw for a lot of these guys. I mean, there's not much point in standing by him if he'll go after you anyway.
Daily calls are in to WI Dem elected members regarding the 4 points in today’s letter, as well as my comments about Pulte. I’m joining the Stand up for Science call today at 3:00 (central time)
https://events.standupforscience.net/stand-up-for-science/emergency-science-meeting