Ain't That America XXVIII

Let’s once again start with some good news, good votes, standing against the regime, and speaking up before discussing the Grieving Grifter and Melanie’s panties …

In a special election for Kentucky State Senate District 37, Democrat Gary Clemons won the election with 72.5% of the vote.

This is the Resistance at work.

After a closed-door deposition with the House Judiciary Committee last week, attorneys for Jack Smith, the former special counsel who led the criminal cases against Cankles, demanded their client to be allowed to testify in an open forum:

“[We] reiterate our request for an open and public hearing. During the investigation of [Cankles], Mr. Smith steadfastly followed Justice Department policies, observed all legal requirements, and took actions based on the facts and the law. He stands by his decisions.”

The GOP is scared that Smith will speak in public and reveal the facts of this case and proof Cankles guilty of criminal activity.

Ohio Democrat Representative Joyce Beatty is calling out faux-christian KKKarolying Leavitt for not telling the truth about the “unanimous vote” to add Cankles’ name to the Kennedy Center; Leavitt lied:

“I have just been informed that the highly respected Board of the Kennedy Center, some of the most successful people from all parts of the world, have just voted unanimously to rename the Kennedy Center to the [Cankles]-Kennedy Center.”

Surprise, but this was not the case at all, and Joyce Beatty, who serves as an ex officio member of the Kennedy Center, shared a very different version:

“I'm Congresswoman Joyce Beatty … I was on that call. And as I tried to push my button to voice my concern, to ask questions, and certainly not to vote in support of this, I was muted. Each time I tried to speak, I was muted. Participants were not allowed to voice their concerns who were online. Yet it was said at the end, it was a unanimous vote.”

This is completely unsurprising, as the regime lies about literally everything.

A Siena College poll shows that New York Governor Kathy Hochul has a 19-point lead over her Republican challenger, New York GOP Representative Elise Stefanik, in a hypothetical 2026 general election matchup.

And so Stefanik, who garnered zero support from Cankles has quit the race before it really began and has announced she will also resign from Congress.

This is one goose-stepper who was kicked to the curb by her own regime.

The Oklahoma Supreme Court ruled that former Superintendent, and cultist, Ryan Walters and the Oklahoma State Board of Education [OSBE] violated the Open Meeting Act by approving new K-12 social studies standards promoting Christianity to public school students by making changes to standards without notifying the public or providing notice to the other OSBE members.

The court declared the standards invalid according to Americans United and reinstated the prior version of the standards enacted in 2019.

Wyoming GOP Senator Cynthia Lummis has announced that she will not seek re-election to the Senate in 2026:

“It’s an incredible honor to represent Wyoming in the U.S. Senate, and throughout my time here, Wyoming has been my one-and-only priority … Deciding not to run for re-election does represent a change of heart for me, but in the difficult, exhausting session weeks this fall I’ve come to accept that I do not have six more years in me. I am a devout legislator, but I feel like a sprinter in a marathon. The energy required doesn’t match up.”

If anyone thinks this isn't Lummis getting out now and then running for office once Cankles is gone so she can play the "I did nothing wrong" card is a special kind of stupid.

A Cynthia Lummis kind of stupid.

Senate leaders gave up on trying to pass a government funding package before adjourning for the holidays, punting the issue to the new year—when lawmakers will have just a few weeks left to avoid another government shutdown.

Senators tried to make an eleventh-hour attempt to find a path forward on bringing up a bundle of five bills but Democratic Senators Michael Bennet and John Hickenlooper of Colorado announced they would hold up the package after White House budget director Russ Vought’s decision to dismantle the National Center for Atmospheric Research.

It has been reported that the dismantling of the climate center is retribution from the regime for Colorado Democrat Governor Jared Polis refusing to allow a pardon of QAnon nutbag Tina Peters from state prison.

Resisting extortion!

Minnesota Democrat Representative Ilhan Omar, one of the first Muslim women in Congress, wants GOP Representative Randy Fine expelled for Islamophobic remarks. The Minnesota Democrat’s campaign sent out an email blast citing comments Fine made in a House committee hearing stating about “mainstream Muslims” specifically:’

“I don’t know how you make peace with those who seek your destruction, I think you destroy them first.”

Fine proudly shared the clip of his Hate Speech online.

Fine also called for denaturalizing and expelling all Muslims living in the United States.

At the end of CBS’ heavily promoted Saturday night town hall with Erika “Grieving Grifter” Kirk, CBS News editor-in-chief Bari Weiss promised viewers that there would be “many more conversations like this in the weeks and months ahead” on the network.

Trouble is, no one was watching ; according to early numbers from Nielsen’s Big Data + Panel measurement, the one-hour CBS News town hall drew 1.548 million total viewers and 237,000 in the coveted advertising demographic of viewers aged 25 to 54.

The Erika Kirk sit-down declined 11% in total viewership compared to the network’s normal programming of reruns and was down 41% percent in that key demographic.

And like Cankles, CBS is rewriting history saying the town hall was actually up compared to the network’s programming in recent weeks.

Uh huh.

In September, Cankles’ assistant Margo Martin shared a video of a hallway filled with the portraits of former presidents and calling it the "The Presidential Walk of Fame.” The video she shared panned over multiple portraits of former presidents before lingering on an image of Biden's autopen signature.

Cankles has long lied that Biden’s pardons were signed using an autopen, citing a report which has been used by rightwingnut and mainstream media morons to fuel claims about Biden’s cognitive decline.

The Biden plaque that refers to him as "the worst President in American History" who took office "as a result of the most corrupt Election ever seen in the United States."

A plaque installed under the portrait of former President Barack Obama refers to him as “one of the most divisive political figures in American history." It, among other things, criticizes the Affordable Care Act as "ineffective" and derides other policies that would be "later terminated by [a narcissistic, racist fuckmonkey called [Cankles].”

It’s really a Walk of Shame of a President who cannot get anything done other than bitch and moan and kvetch about being a loser.

I want to plaque dedicated to Cankles:

I like it.

Erika “Grieving Grifter” Kirk says Turning Point USA, the hate group her husband founded, would work to elect JD Vance president in 2028 as infighting over the future of the GOP took center stage:

“We are going to get my husband’s friend JD Vance elected [in 2028].”

I’m not sure, I wasn’t there, but I wonder if she mentioned that she would then become First Lady once she orders CouchFucker to dump Usha. And, if so, does she know she'd be playing second fiddle to a sofa?

The Justice Department released thousands of new records on convicted sex offender Jeffrey Epstein last week but at least 550 pages in the documents are fully redacted because nothing says transparency like blacked out text and nothing says Cankles isn’t a child raping pervert like making sure any mention of his name is not seen.

I need Pammy Jo Bondi to be arrested for crimes against America and aiding and abetting a rapist.

PS Democrat Congressman Ro Khanna and GOP Representative Thomas Massie say they are committed to holding Justice Department officials, especially Pammy Jo Bondi, accountable for their failure to release all eligible Epstein files by Friday’s deadline.

Good.

At a rally in North Carolina over the weekend to talk about affordability—gas is down to just 30-cents in some areas, and eggs are free, and healthcare is … well, eggs are fee—Cankles got wrapped up in one of his Doddering Demented DonOLD rants about Melanie’s panties and the FBI raid on Mar-Illegal:

"They went into my wife's closet ... they looked at her drawers … Her undergarments, sometimes referred to as panties, are folded perfect, wrapped. They're, like, so perfect. I think that she steams them."

With the American people facing double and triple costs for healthcare in the New Year, with a rapist in the White House threatening war with Venezuela, his main concern were that his wife’s panties … which he has been in since Melanie said “I do” were touched and not by him.

Seriously.

What can we do? Oh, I know …. 

The Funny Papers

Adam Zyglis, Clay Bennett, Dave Whamond, Michael de Adder, Gary Huck, Nick Anderson, Pedro X Molina, RJ Matson, Robert Unell, Chris Britt

Why Is It ...

… that people always tell me to “just be myself” and forget that I have already tried that and traumatized everybody.

… that people have yet to learn that I want to be invited so I can say No.

… that I often wonder what the part of my brain that used to memorize telephone numbers is doing now.

… that no one understands that I have an on again off again relationship with reality

… that when you tap a video online you can see how much longer it plays but you can’t do the same to people.

… that I like to surround myself with people who have extensive vocabularies but still choose to say ‘fuck’ a lot.

… that people don’t see that I am so fine that I stay in the house all day because I am like a collector’s item.

… that the key to looking amazing is looking like crap most of the time so looking good is more of a surprise.

… that if I am giving you any attention, you should feel blessed since my real passion is ignoring people.

… that most people don’t realize that getting old means you prefer day drinking to staying out all night.

I Didn't Say It ...

Billy & Janice Crystal, Albert & Kimberly Brooks, Martin Short, Alan & Robin Zweibel, Larry David & Ashley Underwood, Marc Shaiman & Lou Mirabal, Barry & Diana Levinson, James Costos & Michael Smith, on the loss of Rob and Michele Reiner:

“Going to the movies in a dark theater filled with strangers having a common experience, laughing, crying, screaming in fear, or watching an intense drama unfold is still an unforgettable thrill. Tell us a story audiences demand of us. Absorbing all he had learned from his father Carl and his mentor Norman Lear, Rob Reiner not only was a great comic actor, he became a master storyteller. There is no other director who has his range. From comedy to drama to ‘mockumentary’ to documentary he was always at the top of his game. He charmed audiences. They trusted him. They lined up to see his films. His comedic touch was beyond compare, his love of getting the music of the dialogue just right, and his sharpening of the edge of a drama was simply elegant. For the actors, he loved them. For the writers he made them better. His greatest gift was freedom. If you had an idea, he listened, he brought you into the process. They always felt they were working as a team. To be in his hands as a film maker was a privilege but that is only part of his legacy. Rob was also a passionate, brave citizen, who not only cared for this country he loved, he did everything he could to make it better and with his loving wife Michele, he had the perfect partner. Strong and determined, Michele and Rob Reiner devoted a great deal of their lives for the betterment of our fellow citizens... They were a special force together—dynamic, unselfish and inspiring. We were their friends, and we will miss them forever. There is a line from one of Rob’s favorite films, ‘It’s a Wonderful Life,’ ‘Each man’s life touches so many other lives, and when he isn’t around, he leaves an awful hole, doesn’t he?’ You have no idea.”

I don’t know why these deaths hit me so hard; I know neither one of these people. But I think they fought a good fight for all of us, stood up to the worst of us, to try to make the world better for us.

And perhaps we should all be doing more of that.

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Zohran Mamdani, Mayor of New York Cityin response to the shooting at Brown University:

“Two people were killed this evening at Brown University by a gunman who remains at large. Eight others are injured, fighting for their lives in a nearby hospital. This senseless violence—once considered unfathomable—has become nauseatingly normal to all of us across our nation. Tonight, on the eve of the anniversary of the Sandy Hook shooting, we find ourselves in mourning once again. The epidemic of gun violence stretches across America. We reckon with it when we step into our houses of worship and out onto our streets, when we drop our children off at kindergarten and when we fear if those children, now grown, will be safe on campus. But unlike so many other epidemics, we possess the cure. We have the power to eradicate this suffering from our lives if we so choose. I send my deepest condolences to the families of the victims, and to the Brown and Providence communities, who are wrestling with a grief that will feel familiar to far too many others. May we never allow ourselves to grow numb to this pain, and let us rededicate ourselves to the enduring work of ending the scourge of gun violence in our nation.”

Perhaps we should be like Australia, where their mass shooting was not done with assault weapons for if it had been many more would be dead or injured.

Let’s end the United States of Guns and start with assault weapons and vote out any politician who utters that bull shit line, “Now is not the time.”

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Jack Smith, attorney who has served in the United States Department of Justice, in his opening statement before the House Judiciary Committee, during a private deposition:

“Our investigation developed proof beyond a reasonable doubt that [Cankles] engaged in a criminal scheme to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election and to prevent the lawful transfer of power. I made my decisions in the investigation without regard to [Cankles] political association, activities, beliefs or candidacy in the 2024 presidential election. We took actions based on that the facts and the law required—the very lesson I learned early in my career as a prosecutor.”

Okay, so then let’s vote out the GOP and let the Democrats get back to the business of punishing a traitorous criminal for what he tried to do, and is doing now, to this country.

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Jimmy Kimmel, talk show host and friend of Rob & Michele Reiner:

“I know from my personal interactions with Rob Reiner that he would want us to keep pointing out the loathsome atrocities that continue to ooze out of this sick and irresponsible man’s mouth. So we’re going to do that over and over again until the rest of us wake up.”

Be like Rob and Michele and stand up for America before there is no America left to stand for.

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Jon Stewart, comedian, writer, producer, director, actor, political commentator and host of The Daily Show, on Cankles’ real constituents:

“For those of you who were wondering, during this delightful first year of his presidency, who the ‘you’ was that he was going to work so tirelessly for it turns out he is for you, if you are a personal friend, if you donated a lot of money, or if you enriched his meme coin businesses, or you enriched his son’s crypto coin businesses, or of you beat up police officers on his behalf, or if you bought him a plane, or if you probably promised not to reveal anything incriminating about him. Those are the yous it turns out he was for. And if you’re one of those yous, life’s pretty sweet. But for the rest of us, we’re on the outside. And I can only guess what the view is that we’re going to enjoy.”

He isn’t for you, at all. And neither is the GOP.

Vote them all out.

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Bobservations

We all know I have many … MANY … Husbands-In-My-Head but this is a tale about Carlos’ boyfriend.

When he and his family moved in behind us we struck up a n over the fence friendship and when Carlos asked me to describe the husband I said he was bearded and beefy and dirty, because he works with his hands. That intrigued Carlos so I began calling the new neighbor Carlos’ boyfriend and saying things like:

“Your boyfriend is outside.”

“Your boyfriend is working in his shed.”

Your boyfriend is mowing his yard.”

This week the neighbor was using a small tractor to grade his property for better water drainage and I said to Carlos:

“Your boyfriend is outside on a tractor. Maybe if you’re nice he’ll let you take a ride.”

“I don’t want to ride on a tractor.”

I smiled:

“I didn’t say anything about a tractor.”

I’m fun.

This Tuxedo Says is from July 2012 …

Can you imagine Tiffany testifying? 

I mean, she’d probably admit that Daddy kidnapped the Lindbergh baby if it saved her ass.

Actor and director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele, a film producer, were killed this past weekend by their own son, Nick, who had a history of substance abuse issues.

But this isn’t about that.

Rob Reiner starred in one of the most iconic TV shows of all time, All in the Family, and went on to produce and direct such films as This Is Spinal Tap, Stand by Me, The Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally…, Misery, A Few Good Men, The American President, LBJ, and The Story of Us among others.

But this isn’t about that either.

At a time when many people in this country stood against LGBTQ+ rights and marriage equality Reiner cofounded the American Foundation for Equal Rights, which funded the legal fight against Prop 8, the California ballot measure that revoked marriage equality in that state.

When two same-sex couples—Kris Perry and Sandy Stier, and Paul Katami and Jeff Zarrillo—sued over Prop. 8 after they were denied marriage licenses, the American Foundation for Equal Rights hired lawyers Ted Olson and David Boies to argue the case against Prop. 8.

U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker ruled in 2010 that Prop. 8 violated the U.S. Constitution while California state officials in two consecutive administrations declined to defend Prop. 8; in 2012, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit upheld Walker’s ruling and the following year, the U.S. Supreme Court let that decision stand.

Reiner likened the Prop. 8 case to the landmark civil rights case Brown v. Board of Education, which determined that separate is not equal:

“We don’t believe in separate but equal in any other legal position except this. We feel that this is the last piece of the civil rights puzzle being put into place.”

And he continued to be an ally; at the Human Rights Campaign’s Los Angeles dinner in 2019, he spoke out for LGBTQ+ equality, saying:

“We have to move past singling out transgender, LGBTQ, Black, white, Jewish, Muslim, Latino. We have to get way past that and start accepting the idea that we’re all human beings. We’re all human beings, we all share the same planet, and we should all have the same rights, period. It’s no more complicated than that.”

At a time when the courts, the state legislatures, and our own Congress were standing against equality Rob and Michele Reiner stood up for simple equality, for all of us.

That’s what this is about.

Thank you, Rob and Michele, for taking up the fight, for standing by us, and with us, and with anyone who’s ever been considered less than in America.

RIP

I just saw the photos Vanity Fair took of Cankles staff, unretouched photos, and the right is calling it an act of sabotage. I say, Good for Vanity Fair, showing that his team is rotting right before our eyes.

Claudio Breitscheidel was born in Southern Germany to Polish immigrant parents who wanted to model after seeing an ad on television and two weeks later he was walking in Fashion Week. He moves fast, so … Would you Hit It?

Architecture Wednesday: Renovated 19th-century Manhattan Firehouse

Nestled in the heart of the West Village, this extraordinary 25-foot-wide, five-story townhouse—formerly a firehouse—has been transformed into a remarkable 6,850-square-foot private residence with private elevator. With a rare curb cut and a pristine four-car garage, this one-of-a-kind home blends historic charm with modern luxury and zoned for multi-use, allowing for a live-work space.

You enter the house via the second floor foyer staircase which is lit from above by a 26-foot-high ceiling, crowned by a skylight that floods the main space with natural light. The expansive living area includes exposed beams, brick walls, 25” feet of windows and a large wood-burning fireplace. The adjacent chef’s kitchen has soaring 15-foot ceilings with exposed wood beams, and French doors that open onto a beautifully landscaped 1,000-square-foot south-facing terrace equipped with built-in grilling station and irrigation—perfect for seamless indoor-outdoor living.

The third floor features a sun-drenched primary suite facing south and includes a walk-in closet and en-suite marble bath. There is a second spacious bedroom with an en-suite bath, along with a well-appointed laundry room.

On the fourth floor is a flew space, currently used as a bedroom with ensuite marble bathroom, with a floor-to-ceiling wall of glass leading to a large south-facing rooftop terrace. This room could easily be used as a den, studio or home office.

Access the ground floor 4-car garage is via a private elevator or use the restored original firehouse staircase which links the kitchen to a ground floor media room and powder room. The garage/gallery space offers conversion potential, seamlessly extending the living area or serving as a dedicated office space.

The basement level is currently outfitted as a fully equipped jazz club, with hand-painted murals, a powder room, a small office, and a wine cellar; the space can easily transform into a gym, playroom, or additional office.

Located in the West Village, one of Manhattan’s most coveted neighborhoods, this home offers access to world-class dining, boutique shopping, and cultural landmarks. With nearby parks, schools, and excellent transportation options, this one-of-a-kind residence delivers both privacy and convenience.

All for just $21,000,000.

As always click to emBIGGERate …

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