If we were somehow able to harness the sheer amount of energy expended by Trump's toadies to pretend that they are not really the democracy-hating assholes that the evidence repeatedly demonstrates them to be, we could provide free electricity to everyone in all 50 states for the next 1,000 years...
My thoughts are Alito must resign along with Thomas. Trump needs to stroke out playing golf, let’s make it the “Big One” as Fred Sanford would say since the tournaments he won went from 29 Friday to 31 by Saturday night. That would finally get rid of the orange turd, dictator douche bag and the rapist.
Rudy’s brain is pickled and I was really looking forward to him getting handcuffed and perp walked into the Maricopa County jail.
But let’s follow it up with the best comeback in oversight after dark. I thought Jared Moskowitz had the championship until Jasmine Crocket let loose on Moscow Marge with Bleached Blonde, bad built, butch body. She truly needed to be bitch slapped cause you don’t make fun of a woman’s eyelashes and she wouldn’t win a battle of the brains with AOC cause she’s unarmed for that one. I swear I wanna drive over to her district and place a nice sign on the corner of Main Street.
I did Xeet you with some kitty pics since they didn’t want me doing anything Saturday just like Eli and Auggie were with you.
Okay this comment has little to do with your excellent writings, but it is a reason to be dismayed and disheartened. This is from the AP and the story from a t***p campaign rally.
"And for many, Trump is a champion of Christianity and patriotism.
“I believe he believes in God and our military men and women, in our country, in America,” said Tammy Houston of New Lexington, Ohio."
You must wonder how this woman believes this. Has she not heard t***p denigrate the armed forces, has she not seen the news of him calling them losers. Did she not hear him say he has NEVER asked God for forgiveness, did she not hear him take Putin's word over his own and Americas intelligence agency?
I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for George W. I thought much of the criticism was overblown. But selecting Alito over Michael Luttig is something I may never be able to forgive.
Mr. Sykes you contribution to tell it like it is with the best incite is invaluable and I thank you for it. In our new environment you help what is at times too unbelievable to comprehend understandable. And those dog pics are a highlight everytime I read on of your pieces!
Respectfully, I disagree. MAGA have never been “dignified.” They’ve sullied & broken everything they’ve touched. I’m fed up with there being 2 standards, one where MAGA do & say anything they want, and everyone else has to politely look the other way. Pearl-clutchers get No sympathy from me. It’s a form of denial on their part. The Pearl-Clutchers resent having to face facts, MAGA broke your precious civility and high standards. Ignoring them and their bad behavior will not get your civility & high standards back. You need to be the adult in the room and deal with MAGA toddler behavior or you’re just going to get More of it.
Always the victim. They're always the victim, Charlie, as you and many other have observed. Trump is the victim, kept off the campaign trail by a trial he sought to delay endlessly, and "forced" to bring in surrogates to circumvent a gag order. Alito is a victim of mean neighbors who did not initially attack him or his wife but days after the only attempted coup in our history condemned the insurrectionist who sought to overthrow the democracy Alito has sworn to defend. Alito's answer, apparently through his surrogate, is to sneer at his neighbors with an upside down flag -- "No, fuck you. Insult us and we'll burn the whole damned democracy down." Then there's Abbott, Tucker Carlson's surrogate in Texas, claiming a cold blooded murderer is a victim of an overzealous DA and a jury of his peers. Now Victim Perry is freed with all his gun rights restored. Victims Alito and Trump await their full restoration.
In fact there are such depictions of Trump, with his mouth a sphincter, that circulated in 2016-2017. My favorite is his face carved into a block of Spam.
I do think Roberts is a bit less ideological than the others but I also know he has very little power. For all intents and purposes Alito took over the court when that very odd Coney woman was confirmed. I would very much suspect that Alito told Roberts it was him that leaked the Dobbs decision and then laughed in his face with a "what are you going to do about it". Alito has been planning what is going on now since he was in DOJ under Reagan
People tend to give Roberts a pass in the mistaken idea that he’s somehow less partisan or corrupt than his fellow jurists. He’s not at all-- don’t ever forget he got the job by helping to throw the 2000 election to Bush.
You're challenged to find anyone more anti-trump than I am.
I am an aged veteran with strong respect for our American flag and flag protocol.
In my 70+ years, I have flown the flag upside down to signal my distress. Last time was from the day trump was elected until Biden’s inauguration.
This episode was the first time I heard that flying the flag this way was maga symbology. So far, I have seen only one photo of a flag flown this way at the 06 Jan coup.
For one, I refuse to surrender this very valid distress signal to the magats.
As far as Alito, one can only hope it was flown this way to signal his distress about the coup, not the election result.
Either way he and/or his wife shouldn’t have done it. You or I can express our opinion that the country is in distress. A Supreme Court Justice cannot and should not.
Alito claims that the flag did not represent his feelings at all, and that his wife somehow chose this particular expression as a personal response to neighbors. If you buy that, you're welcome to it.
Of course it has traditionally been held inappropriate for judges to "signal" any viewpoint, apart from legal ones from the bench.
Charlie when your home I see the beautiful picture of your pup over your right shoulder. Nice. Thanks for trying to help our democracy every day.
So glad you are back on Substack. Also enjoy your posts, the honesty, balance and common sense are refreshing. But I love the pics of the pups!
If we were somehow able to harness the sheer amount of energy expended by Trump's toadies to pretend that they are not really the democracy-hating assholes that the evidence repeatedly demonstrates them to be, we could provide free electricity to everyone in all 50 states for the next 1,000 years...
My thoughts are Alito must resign along with Thomas. Trump needs to stroke out playing golf, let’s make it the “Big One” as Fred Sanford would say since the tournaments he won went from 29 Friday to 31 by Saturday night. That would finally get rid of the orange turd, dictator douche bag and the rapist.
Rudy’s brain is pickled and I was really looking forward to him getting handcuffed and perp walked into the Maricopa County jail.
But let’s follow it up with the best comeback in oversight after dark. I thought Jared Moskowitz had the championship until Jasmine Crocket let loose on Moscow Marge with Bleached Blonde, bad built, butch body. She truly needed to be bitch slapped cause you don’t make fun of a woman’s eyelashes and she wouldn’t win a battle of the brains with AOC cause she’s unarmed for that one. I swear I wanna drive over to her district and place a nice sign on the corner of Main Street.
I did Xeet you with some kitty pics since they didn’t want me doing anything Saturday just like Eli and Auggie were with you.
It’s so great to have you back, Charlie. The coalition of the decent is here to support you!!!!!
Okay this comment has little to do with your excellent writings, but it is a reason to be dismayed and disheartened. This is from the AP and the story from a t***p campaign rally.
"And for many, Trump is a champion of Christianity and patriotism.
“I believe he believes in God and our military men and women, in our country, in America,” said Tammy Houston of New Lexington, Ohio."
You must wonder how this woman believes this. Has she not heard t***p denigrate the armed forces, has she not seen the news of him calling them losers. Did she not hear him say he has NEVER asked God for forgiveness, did she not hear him take Putin's word over his own and Americas intelligence agency?
I’ve always had a bit of a soft spot for George W. I thought much of the criticism was overblown. But selecting Alito over Michael Luttig is something I may never be able to forgive.
Mr. Sykes you contribution to tell it like it is with the best incite is invaluable and I thank you for it. In our new environment you help what is at times too unbelievable to comprehend understandable. And those dog pics are a highlight everytime I read on of your pieces!
WRT the balloons: very simple, he's a dickhead. I would also endorse ones that explore the idea that his face resembles ass.
Re: vaccines, an unvaccinated child died after contracting measles (in Canada). https://www.reuters.com/world/americas/ontario-reports-first-death-measles-over-decade-2024-05-17/
Oh for gawd sakes can’t a justice and his wife stick it to their Liberal neighbors?
And can’t a justice and his wife accept loans and vacations from their friends?
And isn’t it okay if a justice really, really likes beer?
These guys are absolutely straight shooters. No biases at all. Nothing to see here folks. These aren’t the rights you thought you wanted anyway.🤦♂️
Respectfully, I disagree. MAGA have never been “dignified.” They’ve sullied & broken everything they’ve touched. I’m fed up with there being 2 standards, one where MAGA do & say anything they want, and everyone else has to politely look the other way. Pearl-clutchers get No sympathy from me. It’s a form of denial on their part. The Pearl-Clutchers resent having to face facts, MAGA broke your precious civility and high standards. Ignoring them and their bad behavior will not get your civility & high standards back. You need to be the adult in the room and deal with MAGA toddler behavior or you’re just going to get More of it.
Always the victim. They're always the victim, Charlie, as you and many other have observed. Trump is the victim, kept off the campaign trail by a trial he sought to delay endlessly, and "forced" to bring in surrogates to circumvent a gag order. Alito is a victim of mean neighbors who did not initially attack him or his wife but days after the only attempted coup in our history condemned the insurrectionist who sought to overthrow the democracy Alito has sworn to defend. Alito's answer, apparently through his surrogate, is to sneer at his neighbors with an upside down flag -- "No, fuck you. Insult us and we'll burn the whole damned democracy down." Then there's Abbott, Tucker Carlson's surrogate in Texas, claiming a cold blooded murderer is a victim of an overzealous DA and a jury of his peers. Now Victim Perry is freed with all his gun rights restored. Victims Alito and Trump await their full restoration.
Another great piece Charlie, you are greatly missed! Thank you for the obligatory Auggie and Eli pics and of course dear Pete.
In fact there are such depictions of Trump, with his mouth a sphincter, that circulated in 2016-2017. My favorite is his face carved into a block of Spam.
If it were up to me, at least five of those Justices would be off that Court now. Shame on John Roberts that he refuses to exercise some authority.
I do think Roberts is a bit less ideological than the others but I also know he has very little power. For all intents and purposes Alito took over the court when that very odd Coney woman was confirmed. I would very much suspect that Alito told Roberts it was him that leaked the Dobbs decision and then laughed in his face with a "what are you going to do about it". Alito has been planning what is going on now since he was in DOJ under Reagan
People tend to give Roberts a pass in the mistaken idea that he’s somehow less partisan or corrupt than his fellow jurists. He’s not at all-- don’t ever forget he got the job by helping to throw the 2000 election to Bush.
You're challenged to find anyone more anti-trump than I am.
I am an aged veteran with strong respect for our American flag and flag protocol.
In my 70+ years, I have flown the flag upside down to signal my distress. Last time was from the day trump was elected until Biden’s inauguration.
This episode was the first time I heard that flying the flag this way was maga symbology. So far, I have seen only one photo of a flag flown this way at the 06 Jan coup.
For one, I refuse to surrender this very valid distress signal to the magats.
As far as Alito, one can only hope it was flown this way to signal his distress about the coup, not the election result.
Either way he and/or his wife shouldn’t have done it. You or I can express our opinion that the country is in distress. A Supreme Court Justice cannot and should not.
Alito claims that the flag did not represent his feelings at all, and that his wife somehow chose this particular expression as a personal response to neighbors. If you buy that, you're welcome to it.
Of course it has traditionally been held inappropriate for judges to "signal" any viewpoint, apart from legal ones from the bench.