Last night's speech was Trump's tacit SURRENDER to the inevitable.

[Fiendish Thingy]

As media outlets, even FOX and CBS, fact checked his lie-filled demented rant, the following has become clear:

1) he knows Republicans are going to lose big in the midterms

2) he knows, even after gerrymandering and voter suppression, his dozens of court losses are proof there is little left that he can do to stop this bloodbath of an electoral wipeout, and

3) he telegraphed to the Republican congress that he will blame all of them for not passing the SAVE Act to prevent this loss “I’m not a loser, you guys are the losers!”

4) he knows all he can do between now and November is whine, complain, tantrum, and issue empty threats, because the courts and the states will continue to rebuff him and ignore him.

Any other interpretation, or declaration of impending Reichstag fires, martial law or other extreme scenarios are just amygdala-tickling dystopian fantasies.

Yes, yes, he will likely reject the election results, but with even FOX and CBS refusing to buy into his lies about election fraud last night we now know the media narrative post-election will be, as Shakespeare put it:

”It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing”

Never forget this one absolute truth:

Trump is not omnipotent, and the states and the people are not powerless

Nothing can stop the Blue Tsunami!

See you at the victory party in November!

[MarineCombatEngineer]

1. Thank you!!!

Love your enthusiasm and optimism.
I'm of the same mind, I've always been a glass half full kinda guy, not a glass half empty.

[Fiendish Thingy]

2. Trump's glass is bone dry

We can expect he will throw that glass to the ground and shatter it, while we toast our victory.

[ColoringFool]

25. Bone-spur dry! 🤪

[Blumancru]

51. Made iced tea come out of my nose.

[ultralite001]

69. That sounds like the name of a whine...

Oops... Wine...

🤣🤣🤣

[Takket]

3. He brought nothing to the table last night

It seems pretty clear his train is out of steam. The only people paying attention to him are the zombies he already controls. But no one else is listening. His final move is going to be moving to cancel the results of the election once it takes place. I only hope the courts and lawyers are all ready for it.

[Fiendish Thingy]

4. This isn't the states and courts first rodeo with this kind of nonsense

Ask Rudy, Sidney Powell, John Eastman, Kari Lake and Tina Peters.

Most states have been wargaming various scenarios, as they have every election in the Trump era.

[ShazzieB]

55. 🇺🇸 Good! 🇺🇸

[sedwin]

70. Right?

Donald Trump lost over 60 post‑2020 election lawsuits across multiple states, according to a 2022 conservative legal review. He believes everyone is still concerned about his loss six years ago and not about Iran, rising prices across the board, his massive cuts to Social Security and Medicare, the huge erosion of civil rights under his leadership or the masked Trump thugs shooting citizens in the streets. He is totally disconnected from the reality we the people are experiencing today.

[Attilatheblond]

30. Kinda figure he might TRY to incite another attack and riot when the time comes a new Senate/House sworn in

Not sure how many of his fools will show up, but there are a lot of really foolish people out there still.

[Lovie777]

5. shithole has his private armed force with psychopaths at the helm..................

he's got the 6 RW US SC justices, alongwith F.B.I., CIA, DOJ, US AG, and the Intelligence bureau, both chambers in congress. Psychopaths across mostly red states in governorship's and legislation. And a crazy cult, corporate media. Billionaires.

Started conflicts, battles, and bullying allies.

shithole have made the USA now a weak link in the world. shithole terrorizes everyday the American people. Economy sucks. Healthcare for Americans is rock bottom, and jobs are being loss in record numbers.

The republican party seems to be afraid of shithole.

Democrats are not.

With all this said, yea, I think We the People will survive, and yes we will win in November.

[Fiendish Thingy]

6. He knows he is beaten, and is looking for a scapegoat

The only people he can’t blame are the voters themselves, because to do so would be to admit he legitimately lost the support of the people.

[leftstreet]

7. Hegseth needs to measure Trump's testosterone

He hates warriors who surrender!

[Fiendish Thingy]

8. Low T Trump!

I love it!

[Attilatheblond]

36. Going with Low-T-rump myself

[Tim S]

9. I wish there was a "Recommend & Profusely Thank" button for this posting this thread

[Just_Vote_Dem]

10. Great post, thank you

I hope those who still have some apprehension will read this and understand WE GOT THIS

[ChicagoTeamster]

11. He's doing this in vain hope that the psycho MAGAs will harass and threaten their Republican Senators

to vote for passage of the SAVE Act so they can win through voter suppression in November.

[Attilatheblond]

40. Any senators foolish enough to let that happen will face a nation full of pissed off women

and the men who love/respect them.

Sadly, there are too many foolish senators who want to keep their cushy jobs, and some probably have staffers who will lobby hard to keep theirs too. There is some honor in D.C., but not nearly enough.

[Faux pas]

12. Yes!

[NNadir]

13. Well said! Knr

[SamuelAdams]

14. Last night was very telling.

The "businessman" has no idea how to fix the economy. He has given up even trying. He seems too stupid to realize his policies are what is damaging the economy. The art of the deal guy has no idea how to negotiate an end to the Iran war he started. All he has is lies about it already being won. Even if his claims were true, his SAVE Act wouldn't fix the security problems he was complaining about. For more than a decade he has whined about all our problems. When twice given a chance to fix those problems, he has failed miserably.

[Fiendish Thingy]

17. It was an "Emperor has no clothes" moment

He stood naked before the world, like no one has ever seen before…

[FakeNoose]

71. Not only is HE clueless, but so is everyone he has in his Cabinet and Administration

.... So even if he had accidently hired a smart person who knows how to fix the problems, does anyone believe that Chump would actually listen to the person? Oh hell know, they'd be the first one fired.

Chump is a truly stupid man and this is something we could all see coming from a mile away.

[Roc2020]

15. Before the speech I thought

after the speech he will make it worse for the republicans in the midterms. Yeah. He made it worse. He is beyond incompetent.

[flashman13]

16. That is such an appropriate Shakespearean quote.

[calimary]

20. Total poetry, for sure.

”It is a tale told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, signifying nothing.”

Shakespeare didn’t know he was not only a poet, but also a prophet.

[flashman13]

28. He was the master of recognizing false hoods and bombast.

[dpibel]

18. Yeah. What does the ranking member of the intel committee know??

Down there, 4th paragraph. Those words inside quotation marks are from Rep. Jim Himes, ranking member of the House Intelligence Committee.

He seems to have the idea that it would take very little effort to put an election into question. Not, as some posit, a military/police presence at every polling place. Not, as some posit, an impossibly large force. Just a few ballot boxes.

But why should I pay any attention to what a guy who has access to all the intelligence says?

I can get the real info from an anonymous poster on a political discussion website. Whew! I was almost worried there for a moment.

Midnight, election day. Trump announces “secret intelligence” from Venezuela. And savour the absurdity Himes flagged on the way through: Trump and Marco Rubio are effectively running Venezuela now, so the secret intelligence from Venezuela comes from his own blokes. He’s citing himself. It’s a man writing his own reference letter and acting gobsmacked that it’s glowing.

The claim: Maduro’s cousin got at the voting machines in Georgia. Millions of undocumented aliens voted. Therefore, and here’s where your skin should try to leave your body, I am deploying. We are seizing ballot boxes in the critical states.

Then Himes asked the question that ought to be carved above the door of every newsroom on Earth:

“What happens when all of a sudden we’ve lost the chain of custody of 70 ballot boxes in critical states? That is the moment in which American democracy dies.”

[blue sky at night]

19. I really admire...

Someone that can craft beautiful sentences and takes the time to proofread their work…nice job and I agree with your every point. It took me a second to remember the most ancient part of the brain….amygdala-tickling dystopian fantasies indeed!

[Fiendish Thingy]

21. My daughter is a high school English teacher

I have to keep on my toes!

Thanks for the compliments.

[Dr. T]

22. I learned a new word today. Amygdada.

Had to look it up.

[Attilatheblond]

42. Did you read what it governs? And scientific comparisons of its size in people who lean far right

as opposed to people of more liberal bent? It's interesting stuff.

[Dr. T]

44. I need to do more research.

I stopped digging at Merriam-Webster. Thanks for doing the work for me.

[Martin Eden]

23. He will almost certainly do more than "whine, complain, tantrum, and issue empty threats"

I would not rule out sending ICE to polling places to intimidate, or sending the FBI to sieze ballots and voting machines, or even declaring martial law.

The courts can't prevent that, even if somehow a court order is issued in advance. A megalomaniacal dictator will do anything to hold onto power.

[kentuck]

27. We have to remember January 6th to know what he is capable of doing.

He will do anything he can to hold onto power, you are correct. That is why he spends so much time on dividing our country - his side and the other side. His power comes from his cult and their potential to do harm.

[Moostache]

29. My prediction is changed today...

I anticipate a Democratic wave in the House and a closely divided Senate maybe 51-49, but too close for ANY comfort or bullying by Trump to get his way.

Trump will see the writing on the wall and will resign the presidency (with a full clemency pardon from Vance in hand) and flee the country in 2027. His only concern now is staying out of jail for the rest of his (hopefully VERY short) post-presidency life. He is 80 now, in obvious declining health and likely on a 2-3 year over-under line for survivability. By 2030, the world probably has a 90-95% chance that he is dead either way.

That speech and the response of the networks and some in GOP circles indicate that he lacks the control to command anything after December of this year and that in a new Congress, with a GOP desperate to throw off his yoke for 2028, he will be perilously close to impeachment and removal from office this time. He is a complete coward, so he will run from that fight like Wily-E.Coyote from the Road Runner's traps.

I take solace in the fact that he loses sleep about 2020 still. That shit warms my fucking heart and soothes my tortured soul. Yes Trump has immeasurably damaged this nation, possibly irreparably as well...but at least I know his tiny hands are rubbing every night as he stews in the juices of his own failure and loss and how that makes him undeniably a "loser" the worst thing in his warped little world fashioned by that asshole Fred. Stew in it Donnie. Plan your escape and where you want to die - it won't be in New York, you will NOT be celebrated here or in the majority of the world for anything BUT the act of finally dying and your memory and legacy are ones of graft, theft, fraud and ultimately FAILURE. You die a bum. HAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!!!

[Fiendish Thingy]

33. I might quibble over a few specifics

Like I don’t think he can or will flee, as he would then be subject to asset seizure/forfeiture, which would leave him a pauper in a foreign land.

Otherwise, I agree with all your adjectives…

[Attilatheblond]

43. Maybe some crisis will arise and require him to 'spend more time with his family'

on some well insulated island in the Mediterranean?

[Martin Eden]

41. He also commands ICE and the FBI, regardless of popular support and who controls Congress.

This POtuS has immense power at his fingertips, and he doesn't give a damn about Constitutional law or the sworn oath he took.

[Fiendish Thingy]

61. He has very little actual physical control outside the executive branch

Ten thousand ICE agents terrorized Minneapolis, but couldn’t control the city.

Thousands of national guard troops couldn’t control LA.

His only true power is the ability to sow chaos and destruction.

The states aren’t cowering in fear and complying with his demands, and, finally, neither are many republicans in congress, so why should we?

[Fiendish Thingy]

32. And yet, he has obeyed all election related court orders thus far

I don’t expect that to change - he is weak and incompetent.

I do expect lots of noise and political theatre, because that is all he has left.

I would not rule out sending ICE to polling places to intimidate, or sending the FBI to sieze ballots and voting machines, or even declaring martial law.

Taking any of those steps would only make things worse for republicans in general and for Trump specifically, and would not produce the results that you think they would.

If you feel compelled to tickle your own amygdala, please proceed, but don’t expect the rest of us to accept your declarations as evidence based facts.

[Martin Eden]

47. He has ignored multiple court orders in ICE operations

I believe there is good reason to believe he can impact election results with siezed ballots and voting machines BEFORE any court ruling after the fact can be issued. Also, multiple appeals all the way to the Supreme Court for a final ruling can take months.

I don't claim to know what will happen, but of one thing I am certain:

We should NOT underestimate what this pathological power-mad narcissist will do to retain a compliant congress. The Democratic Party and orginizations need a plan for any contingency.

We don't know what the next few months will bring, but I think it's a safe bet the shitstorm will get worse as the Iran war drags on, supply chains are stretched beyond anything we've seen since the 1973 gas shortages, prices continue to rise, the economic impact hurts more people, and Hair Twitler grows more desperate.

Protests are likely to grow, and this POtuS will be itching to declare martial law. All it takes is some violence, possibly sparked by Proud Boy instigators.

I don't want any of this to happen. I'll be happy as a clam if my worst fears prove to be overstated -- but I don't think anticipating the worst is unreasonable. He has stocked his cabinet with sycophants who will follow any order he issues. No guardrails this time.

Meanwhile we are all free to tickle any part of our anatomy as the urge strikes us, yourself included.

[Fiendish Thingy]

49. I prefer to tickle my cerebral cortex with fact based evidence rather than fact-free fearmongering

For the bajillionth time, nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility .

So is “strategic deployment” of troops or ICE at polling places in solid blue districts. They simply don’t have enough people.

In election after election over the past 18 month, solid red 2024 Trump +20 districts have swung 15-30 points towards Dems in places like FL, GA and TX - how do they “strategically” interfere with the thousands of polling places in those districts without harming the chances of their own republican candidates for congress as well as down ballot races?

Again, those are actual election results I’m talking about, not polls or pundit prognostications.

I believe there is good reason to believe he can impact election results with siezed ballots and voting machines BEFORE any court ruling after the fact can be issued. Also, multiple appeals all the way to the Supreme Court for a final ruling can take months.

Not true - as we have seen in numerous examples from Bush v Gore to all the evidence free challenges in 2020 that cost many lawyers their licenses to practice, with cases concerning time sensitive election matters, the courts can move quickly, resolving cases in weeks, often in just a few days or hours (see the 60 cases Trump lost in 2020 between election day and the beginning of December when the Electoral College met)

[Keepthesoulalive]

53. I don't often agree with you

But you are right. His cult didn’t believe his last assassination attempt his constant need for attention and his attack on their lifestyle meaning descent into poverty has them rethinking their priorities.

[Fiendish Thingy]

54. The Trump-induced widespread suffering is uniting the majority of the nation against Trump and the republicans. Nt

[Keepthesoulalive]

57. Sometimes it requires pain

To stop living in fantasy land and where is my $2000 doge check.

[GoodRaisin]

73. If he sends in his goon forces to physically seize ballots, we don't have to give them the ballots.

[Martin68]

24. Well said. Agree 100%

[Beck23]

26. Democrats Communists?

This is why the GOP is now calling Democrats Communists. - So they can say they are working with China to hack the election.

[Fiendish Thingy]

34. They will SAY lots things between now and November

Because that is all they have left.

Even many of the MAGA faithful are starting to tune out.

[Blumancru]

64. Well then we should call them Simeofecal Schizofascists.

[Mister Ed]

31. I've long agreed with you that those who cry "Doom!" should be ignored...

...but I think those who cry "Danger!" should be judiciously heeded.

We know that there is nothing the MAGA maladministration wouldn't do to prevent a free and fair election, but increasingly we see that there is less and less that they can do.

Let us remain vigilant as the blue tsunami gathers to swamp their seawalls and sweep them away.

[Fiendish Thingy]

35. Vigilance is essential

And I don’t think anyone in the blue or swing states is asleep at the switch, and neither are folks like those at Democracy Docket.

They know it’s likely to get very noisy and messy, which is why they have been staging war games for various scenarios.

It’s not their first rodeo.

[Attilatheblond]

45. AZ Sec of State Adrian Fontes sure recognizes the threats and is working REALLY effectively to protect us

If anyone wants to show him some support, supporters in AZ would be grateful. Trump's humpers are trying to give him personal trouble on top of wanting him out of office. The man is a fighter, cares deeply about protecting the people's voice.

He barely won his election last time and faced a lot of GOP legal bullshit to get sworn in and do his job for us. If you have some spare coin and want to help us in our work to turn AZ from purple to blue.... Well, thank you for considering helping keep the DEMs in control of Arizona's top jobs, Governor Hobbs, Sec of State Fontes, and our titan of strength and brilliance AG Kris Mayes who meets daily with EVERY DEM state AG via Zoom and has kicked some trump ass around here.

[drray23]

38. This is indeed the proper posturing.

Remain vigilant, do not ignore the potential chaos Trump will try to generate when the gop loses at the ballot box.

At the same time these hair on fire posts basically saying all is lost and there is nothing we can do is ridiculous.

These same people have been telling us for the past few months that for sure, we will have martial law next week ( especially during the Minnesota ICE invasion). I have yet to see that happen.

Prominent democrats like Jim Himes are not throwing in the towel, they are informing the electorate to not fall for Trump's bullshit.

States are already taking measures to protect against election meddling and the speech Trump delivered yesterday will only serve to accelerate that.

Trump and the GOP will fail.

[kentuck]

37. #3...

" he telegraphed to the Republican congress that he will blame all of them for not passing the SAVE Act to prevent this loss “I’m not a loser, you guys are the losers!”

He will have his excuse. He is not the loser. They are. If they had only done as he asked?

[mwmisses4289]

39. Now is not the time to crow about "victory party in November".

If the victory in November happens, after the election is the time to crow and celebrate, not before.

We did this kinda of thing with Ms. Clinton and Ms. Harris, and look what happened.

[Fiendish Thingy]

48. I hear you, however...

There must be something to counter the defeatist Doomerism that tends to permeate threads, and we must recognize our opponents’ repeated failures and the successes we have already experienced that point to success in November.

My post was presented in the spirit of forward momentum, enthusiasm and the confidence that, at this moment, we are in the process of winning.

My post doesn’t come from a position of cocky certainty; it is merely a recognition of the evidence that points to our victory.

For the record, the midterms and the presidential elections of 2016 and 2024 are apples and oranges. It is inappropriate to compare two elections dependent upon the electoral college (as well as many other unprecedented factors in 2024) to an election that contains nearly 500 separate races for federal office, as well as hundreds of state and local offices, all decided by simple majority votes.

It is the difference between a sniper with a single bullet and a mob of millions, each armed with a sawed off shotgun.

[BradBo]

46. Hes going to invade Iran and call for Marshall Law.

[Fiendish Thingy]

50. If he invades Iran with US boots on the ground, Dems will take back the senate with 53 seats

Which is why he won’t invade.

There will be much saber rattling about martial law, but as all rational people know, nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility .

They simply don’t have enough troops to physically control 360 million people over the vast national landscape.

[Blumancru]

62. Martial not Marshall

Unless he is planning to intimidate voters with loud guitar music.

[dweller]

67. Uh oh ... you asked for it

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[Justice matters.]

52. He still has the power to declare "national emergency" and impose Martial Law.

RIGGED will be his reason.

He will block a Democratic majority to start in January by any means necessary, and the extreme court will back him.

He will ignore the courts just like he does now.

Fascist dictators with that much power refuse to concede they lost (History proves that).

And nobody will do anything "effective" to stop him.

[Fiendish Thingy]

58. For the bajillionth time...

Nationwide martial law is a physical impossibility

So is “strategic deployment” of troops or ICE agents to solid blue areas.

He will ignore the courts just like he does now.

Except, for the most part, he doesn’t ignore the courts:

No troops deployed to Portland or Chicago

Kilmer Garcia free on US soil

Liam Ramos and his dad free and home in Minneapolis.

Demands for voting rolls blocked

Indictments for Comey, James and others quickly dismissed

USPS ordered to deliver mail in ballots without interference.

All in response to court orders.

Fascist dictators with that much power refuse to concede they lost (History proves that).

Except when it doesn’t.

Viktor Orban had far more centralized control over the courts, the legislature, the media, elections and the government as a whole than Trump does, and where is he now?

Despite acting with lawless impunity on a daily basis, the fact is, this administration is an evil clown car of incompetent goat rodeo rejects that fails exponentially more than it succeeds.

[FakeNoose]

72. Yes your words are giving us hope

We may actually hang on until 2028 and finally - FINALLY! - be rid of this pox.

[Bobstandard]

59. Agree! Irrational optimism writ large!

It’s comforting to think Trump is on his last legs, that he’s about to get his comeuppance. It’s wishful thinking

The telling passage in the OP is #4

4) he knows all he can do between now and November is whine, complain, tantrum, and issue empty threats, because the courts and the states will continue to rebuff him and ignore him.

Let’s be real. He has shown no regard for the courts when they rule against him. None of the legal rebuffs have altered his behavior. He’s been putting in place the apparatus necessary to negate even a landslide Democratic election result. The coup is farther along than most think.

Don’t let irrational optimism blind us to reality. Work hard to assure that necessary Democratic landslide. But be prepared for a post election battle requiring real sacrifice.

[Justice matters.]

65. Exact. Pedo also doesn't care about the blue states or even all states.

All he'll have to do will be to (illegally) order his armed goons in ice to circle around the Capitol, and refuse any access to it.

Mark my words. FASCIST dictators NEVER accept defeats. They always find ways to try to win by force.

[relogic]

56. I'll be there

but don’t invite any billionaire, trillionaires with names like Bezos, Zuckerberg, Musk, etc. unless they come clean and admit defeat of their malfeasance and complicity to steal the wealth and government from the people at the bottom who actually make this economy work.

[Mme. Defarge]

60. Merci!

I needed that.

[Jilly_in_VA]

63. He looks and sounds

like he is dying. Puffy face, can't catch his breath, and God knows what is going on beneath that baggy suit. I said earlier this week that he looks like Exhibit A for my Cardiology instructor's lecrure on congestive heart failure, (She began that series by saying "if we live long enough, every one of us will die of congestive heart failure." Way to wake up a class at 8::45 am, Ms. Parier! But I doubt a one of us has ever forgotten it, I sure haven't!)

[Fiendish Thingy]

66. Here's hoping the new Dem congress will add significantly to his cardiac stress

BTW, love your Pogo quote in your sig line - I recently picked up several old collections of the daily strips and find I may have to start micro dosing some hallucinogens to approximate Kelly’s surreal frame of mind in order to comprehend some of the stories…

[Jilly_in_VA]

68. Here's hoping

it won't take that long. Today would not be soon enough for me!