I say YES. YOU say NO....Numero Tre! Enjoy!

Made this small so I could put in his full speech:

His full quote is AMAZING. Here it is

“Washington under Trump has become Nero's court, an incendiary emperor, submissive courtiers, and a jester on ketamine in charge of purging the civil service.

It is a tragedy for the free world but first and foremost it is a tragedy for the United States. Trump’s message is that there is no point in being his ally since he will not defend you, and he will impose more customs and duties on you than on his enemies, and will threaten to take possession of your land by supporting dictators who attack you. The ‘king of deals’ is showing what the art of SUBMISSION is all about. He thinks that he will intimidate China by surrendering to Putin, but Xi Jinping, in the face of such a disaster, is undoubtedly in the process of speeding up preparations for the invasion of Taiwan.

Never in history has a president of the United States capitulated before the enemy. None have ever supported an aggressor against their ally. None have trampled the American Constitution, taken as many illegal decrees, fired the judges that could stop him, sacked at once the Military Staff, weakened all the checks and balances and taken control of social media.

I have confidence in the solidarity of American democracy and people are protesting already, but in one month Trump did more damage to America than four years of his last presidency. We were at war with a dictator, Putin, but now we're at war with a dictator supported by a traitor.”

BREAKING: Former Transportation Secretary Pete Buttigieg brilliantly dismantles Donald Trump's deranged speech to Congress, says that it was filled with "darkness" and "dazzle" but zero substance.

He really is one of the best communicators that Democrats have ever had...

"Look, it was classic Trump, right? It was a lot of darkness, and it was a lot of dazzle, but there was very, very little about the things that most affect our lives," Buttigieg said on The Late Show with Stephen Colbert.

"I believe politics is about everyday life," he went on. "It’s about what government can and must do to make our everyday lives better. And the biggest issue on people’s minds — the affordability of everyday life — is not something that got more than a few seconds of mention in his speech."

He pointed out that Trump failed to mention his plutocratic "tax cuts for the rich" which is in reality "the biggest thing that he’s working on."

"But it’s always like this, right?" said Buttigieg. "It’s always going to be about, they’re going to talk about Greenland and about pronouns and about mice, and not about what’s going to actually make our lives better."

"The state of the union is roiling, right?" he continued. "We’ve got divisions that we didn’t think could get any worse, that have been picked at and punched at again and again by the president, whose job is to unite the American people, who’s supposed to be a walking symbol of what Americans have in common, and instead, of course, we have something else."

"The state of the union, I think, is really confused about why our leaders are talking about renaming things on maps instead of getting the price of eggs down," Buttigieg said.

"The state of the union is wondering whether we can get through another four years of being turned against each other by our own leaders, or whether we can be summoned into something better," he added.

As usual, Buttigieg was eloquent, honest, and incisive. The American people cannot allow themselves to get distracted by Donald Trump's bluster and lies. We have to hold this failed administration accountable and demand fundamental changes to our political system.

Here's a guy who could make a great P or VP.

BREAKING: Panamanian President José Raúl Mulino incinerates Donald Trump for "lying" about his efforts to seize control of the Panama Canal and exposes what's really going on.

Our MAGA president is making us the laughingstock of the world...

"Once again, President Trump is lying. The Panama Canal is not in the process of being restored, and this is certainly not the task that was even discussed in our conversations with Secretary Rubio or anyone else," Raúl Mulino wrote on X.

"I reject, on behalf of Panama and all Panamanians, this new affront to the truth and to our dignity as a nation. Cooperation between our governments requires clear understandings on issues of mutual interest, as has been done," he continued.

"It has nothing to do with the 'recovery of the Canal' or with tarnishing our national sovereignty. The Canal is Panamanian and will continue to be Panamanian!" Raúl Mulino concluded.

During his address to Congress, Trump once again pledged to "take back the canal" and claimed that the powerful BlackRock investment firm is going to help by acquiring ports on opposite ends of the canal.

Of course, Panama has zero interest in returning the canal to American control. This entire farce is just another prong of Trump's neo-imperialist fantasies, just like his desire to acquire Greenland.

Every sane adult must reject these delusions. Greenland belongs to Greenland and the Panama Canal belongs to Panama!

The King Dictator complex fully turned loose in this speech.

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Everything is in place to trigger a national crisis, crash the dollar, declare martial law, and cancel all future elections.

On February 5, in a New York Times opinion column inspired by the "rude shock" of Chinese start-up DeepSeek unveiling an artificial intelligence model that matched America’s best at a fraction of the cost, despite trade restrictions on A.I. chips, Zeynep Tufecki wrote:

If the inevitable proliferation of A.I. endangers our cybersecurity... it’s time to harden our networked infrastructure — which will also protect it against the ever-present threat of hacking, by random agents or hostile governments. And instead of fantasizing about how some future rogue A.I. could attack us, it’s time to start thinking clearly about how corporations and governments could use the A.I. that’s available right now to entrench their dominance, erode our rights, worsen inequality. As the technology continues to expand, who will be left behind? What rights will be threatened? Which institutions will need to be rebuilt and how? And what can we do so that this powerful technology with so much potential for good can benefit the public?

DeepSeek panic was a handy distraction for Elon Musk and his band of "random agents" known as DOGE, who continued their own efforts "to entrench their dominance, erode our rights, worsen inequality."

DOGE's nefarious activities are, as Sen. Elizabeth Warren and others warned, a "grave" threat to national security, especially when it comes to leaking defense and intelligence secrets.

Experts have raised concerns about known national security risk Musk's operation potentially installing untested software and connecting unauthorized servers, which could serve as backdoors for adversaries.

Foreign Policy put it bluntly in an article headlined: "DOGE Is Hacking America: The U.S. government has experienced what may be the most consequential security breach in its history."

The article's authors Bruce Schneier, a security technologist and lecturer at the Harvard Kennedy School, and Davi Ottenheimer, the vice president of trust and digital ethics at Inrupt, a data infrastructure company, write:

"This is much more critical than the initial unauthorized access. These new servers have unknown capabilities and configurations, and there’s no evidence that this new code has gone through any rigorous security testing protocols. The AIs being trained are certainly not secure enough for this kind of data. All are ideal targets for any adversary, foreign or domestic, also seeking access to federal data."

In the midst of this national security nightmare, Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth decided to halt all US cyber operations against Russia.

Republicans like defense hawk Mike Turner who believe "Russia is still the evil empire" were incredulous:

Asked about temporary halt in planning and cyber operations on Sunday's "Face the Nation with Margaret Brennan," Republican Rep. Mike Turner of Ohio said, "I'm unaware of that. I don't believe — there are too many, I'm certain, considerations there for that to be an accurate statement so blanket." 

Conveniently for Putin, Speaker Mike Johnson had removed Turner from his role as House Intelligence Committee chair a few weeks earlier.

I'm not sure if this was cooked up in any of Musk's secret phone calls with Putin over the last couple of years, but things have lined up perfectly for the Russian leader.

Just at a time when Trump should be focused on hardening our networked infrastructure, he's actually allowed Elon Musk to come in and breach all our systems, install untested software and secretive AI systems—and potential backdoors. Right on cue, he's shut down the American military's ability to pre-empt or mitigate Russian cyberattacks that could target areas such as energy, banking, and election infrastructure.

In other words, everything is now in place if a psychopathic president, in league with power-hungry oligarchs, ever wanted to trigger a national crisis, crash the dollar, declare martial law, and cancel all future elections.

Scary stuff.

In MAGA World, Even Allies Aren’t Safe

Samuel Wynn WardeMar 05, 2025123Share

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Donald Trump’s State of the Union address last night was part theater, part chaos, and all the usual bullshit and lies.

While the speech was peppered with exaggerations and self-congratulations, two offhand remarks stood out—both for their potential consequences and the sheer recklessness with which they were delivered.

From casually throwing Marco Rubio under the proverbial bus to creating a legal headache for Elon Musk, Trump reminded everyone that in MAGA World, loyalty is a one-way street.

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Rubio: Fall Guy for the Panama Canal Gamble

Trump opened his speech with a grandiose announcement: the United States will be “reclaiming” the Panama Canal.

With his signature mix of historical revisionism and drama, he decried the “giving away” of the canal and vowed to restore America’s control over it.

The real kicker came when Trump named Secretary of State Marco Rubio as the person leading that high-stakes endeavor.

Now we have Marco Rubio in charge. Good luck, Marco. Now we know who to blame if anything goes wrong.

The tone was unmistakable, even if Trump later attempted to sugarcoat it by lavishing Rubio with praise.

Political observers quickly recognized the move for what it was: Trump positioning Rubio as a convenient scapegoat for any missteps in this ambitious and geopolitically fraught initiative.

Ryan Wiggins, chief of staff at the Lincoln Project, summed it up succinctly in a three-part thread on X (formerly Twitter):

Painful watching @marcorubio. He knows better than all of this. He DOES understand geopolitics. If he has any presidential aspirations, he should step down and stand up. Trump just showed his cards. Trump is threatened by his popularity in the Senate. He is setting @marcorubio up.

Trump will blame our fall from international grace on Rubio, making him serve shit sandwiches to all of our allies thus hammering the final nail in "Little Marco's' political ambitions. #ETTD [Everything Trump Touches Dies].

The saddest part about all of it is @marcorubio knows what I have said here was true. He heard the threat from the podium, just like the rest of us did.

The Washington Post echoed this sentiment, noting that Rubio’s hawkish foreign policy views were never a comfortable fit in Trump’s administration.

WAPO also pointed out that Trump has a history of using lighthearted jabs to convey not-so-subtle messages to his appointees.

Musk: Legal Trouble Courtesy of Trump’s Big Mouth

While Rubio faces political fallout, Elon Musk is staring down a legal mess—all thanks to Trump’s inability to think before he speaks.

During the address, Trump casually mentioned the creation of the Department of Government Efficiency (DOGE), a new agency ostensibly tasked with combating government waste.

In true Trump fashion, he used the moment to drag Musk into the spotlight.

“I have created the brand new Department of Government Efficiency—DOGE. Perhaps you’ve heard of it. Which is headed by Elon Musk, who is in the gallery tonight,” Trump said, beaming as Musk stood up to bask in the applause.

What Trump likely saw as a harmless shoutout to his favorite billionaire quickly turned into ammunition for DOGE’s legal opponents.

Within hours, Kelly B. McClanahan, a lawyer in an ongoing case against the department, filed a new pleading citing Trump’s words as “new evidence.”

The filing highlights Trump’s statement as proof that Musk is, in fact, running DOGE—despite government lawyers repeatedly arguing that he is not.

As NBC News reported, Trump’s comment has already complicated the administration’s legal defense. Government attorneys now face the unenviable task of reconciling Trump’s remarks with their previous claims that Musk holds no official role in DOGE.

Additionally, critics were quick to pounce on the irony. One post on X read:

“LMFAO! Great job @realDonaldTrump! Thanks for providing a smoking gun for plaintiffs to prove that @elonmusk is in fact the person in charge of/running @DOGE.”

Whether Trump’s comment was an unintentional blunder or a deliberate move to stroke Musk’s ego, it has thrown the DOGE legal case into chaos.

And Musk, who was likely there for the photo op narcissistic ego boost, now finds himself further entangled in a legal predicament already under heavy scrutiny.

Implications: Everything Trump Touches Dies

Trump’s State of the Union address reveals a recurring theme in his leadership style: everyone around him is expendable.

From Rubio being set up to take the fall for a potentially disastrous foreign policy move to Musk getting dragged into a legal mess of Trump’s making, the president’s recklessness knows no bounds.

Once a rising star in the Senate, Rubio finds himself burdened with an impossible task and a massive target on his back. Meanwhile, Musk is now confronted with legal troubles stemming from Trump’s propensity to speak freely.

This isn’t strategy; it’s chaos. Trump’s offhand remarks and impulsive decisions have created a ticking time bomb for his administration.

Rubio’s career will suffer potentially terminal collateral damage if the Panama Canal project fails. Additionally, as Musk’s legal troubles escalate, DOGE may collapse under the weight of its own lies and contradictions.

For Trump’s allies, the lesson is clear: being close to power has a cost. In MAGA World, even the most loyal supporters are seen as disposable tools, thrown away the instant they are no longer useful. As the saying goes, Everything Trump Touches Dies.

Concluding Thoughts: A Circus Act with Real-World Consequences

Trump’s presidency has always been a spectacle, but last night’s address was a stark reminder of the real-world consequences of his theatrics.

His remarks about Rubio and Musk weren’t just offhand quips—they were grenades, tossed without a second thought, leaving his so-called allies to deal with the fallout.

For Rubio, it’s a political disaster in the making. For Musk, it’s a legal labyrinth that could drag DOGE—and the administration—into deeper trouble.

And for Trump? It’s just another day in office, where the chaos he creates is everyone else’s problem.

One thing is sure: in Trump’s world, there are no allies—only temporary pawns.

”Everything is in place to trigger a national crisis, crash the dollar, declare martial law, and cancel all future elections.”

Though I continue to fervently hope I am wrong, this is exactly where I see things headed. I have believed this since trump was elected. The destruction of US democracy goes much much deeper than trump.

Oh sure, right….or is that when pigs fly.

From the big orange distraction machine.

Read this earlier but didn't want to say anything till I saw it at least one more time.

By all means.