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February 6, 2024

Today's Tiedrich rant: a day in the life of Donald Trump's increasingly demented brain



Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/a-day-in-the-life-of-donald-trumps

BREAKING NEWS: DONALD TRUMP DOES NOT HAVE IMMUNITY FROM HIS SHITTY CRIMES.

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JUST IN: The DC Circuit Court of Appeals has now ruled that Donald Trump cannot claim the defense of presidential immunity to insulate himself from criminal prosecution.


thank you, DC Circuit Court. now The Man Who Convicts War Criminals In The Hague can get back to the business of throwing Trump’s insurrectionist ass in prison. ok, now here’s the post I was almost finished writing when this news came down.

Little Donny Fuckface went on Newsmax last night to praise the shit out of his amazing self, and at one point started to brag about his world-class handling of the economy during the pandemic.

he intended to yammer something about supply chains, but the rotting colostomy bag inside Trump’s head chose that unfortunate moment to spring a leak, and this is what came out instead:


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It's a great rant with lots of nice visuals. However i can only make so much fit into 4 paragraphs ....
So it's worth a click on the link to read the rest!


February 5, 2024

Police make mass arrests in Pa. Capitol as protestors decry state investments in Israel



Pittsburgh Post-Gazette link: https://www.post-gazette.com/news/politics-state/2024/02/05/pennsylvania-capitol-shapiro-protest-israel/stories/202402050071

HARRISBURG — A loud protest in the state Capitol Rotunda on Monday against Pennsylvania spending on Israel-issued bonds — carried out in the same spot where Gov. Josh Shapiro will deliver his budget address Tuesday — led to mass arrests.

A large throng of protestors bearing signs and wearing “Divest from Genocide” shirts occupied large portions of the grand staircase and other areas being prepared for Mr. Shapiro’s much-anticipated address. An elevated speaking platform, massive television screens, and hundreds of chairs already were in place when the protest began.

Between 1 and 2 p.m. many people were restrained with their hands behind their backs by police officers and led away, even as chants against state investing decisions continued.

Lilah Saber, identified by a participant as a spokesperson for the group, said there were more than 150 arrests overall. “There were about 10 folks from Pittsburgh” in that number, she said.
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Didn't they tell us that the building was closed due to roof repairs? The PA Legislature is on extended (paid) leave right now, and they aren't back in session until the end of March. I'm guessing that Senator John Fetterman was not among those arrested.

February 4, 2024

Today's Tiedrich rant: dipshit vigilante truckers reach the border, shocked to find there's no immigrant invasion



Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/dipshit-vigilante-truckers-reach

once again, the world’s most gullible imbeciles have been hoodwinked. after listening for months to yammering blowhards on Fox News and Newsmax telling them that brown-skinned commie hordes were streaming by the millions across Sleepy Brandon’s open borders and coming to their home towns to steal their jobs and get their sisters hooked on fentanyl, these credulous numb-nuts decided it was time to get all pro-active and shit.

we’re going down to the border, they announced, and we’re going to fuck these migrants up. they were going down to Eagle Pass in Texas, the site of Greg Abbott’s I AM THE LAW civil-war-cosplay hissy fit, and they were going take matters into their own hands and open up a fresh can of vigilante whup-ass on these swarthy border-crossers.

I’ll drown these illegals with my own two hands if I have to! they promised that a convoy of 700,000 patriotic truckers would mass along Rio Grande and shut that open-border shit right the fuck down — but as with anything planned and executed by these morons, it was a craptastic clown-show.

our good friend Anarchy Princess was on the scene for the start of the convoy, and did the math.

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“Guys, this is the fucking convoy. That’s it. Not a semi truck in site. 19 vehicles. Anything other images you are seeing of a large group of trucks is from 2022.”
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There's a lot more to this story but I can't make it fit into the 4 paragraphs. There are some choice Tiedrich insults for Sarah Palin, Ted Nugent, and several other has-been wingnuts too. It's worth a click to read the rest of it.

This is what happens when all they listen to is hate-radio and wing-nut news.

February 2, 2024

Pennsylvania automatic voter registration boosts sign-ups, but not a political party, data shows

AP News link: https://apnews.com/article/automatic-voter-registration-pennsylvania-shapiro-trump-biden-b9f085aeeec09181e37ae13e12d43ecc

HARRISBURG, Pa. (AP) — New data from automatic voter registration at Pennsylvania driver’s license centers shows that sign-ups have grown, remain almost evenly divided between the political parties and do not significantly favor one party over another in the presidential battleground state.

The latest data, published Wednesday by Pennsylvania’s elections office, tallies just over four months of new voter registrations since Gov. Josh Shapiro announced the change in September to make it easier for people to register and for counties to manage voter rolls. It shows about a 45% increase in sign-ups at driver’s license centers compared with those during a similar period two years ago.

It also shows little change in the partisan mix of those registering under the new system, despite accusations by Donald Trump that Democrats would use it to “steal Pennsylvania.” If anything, the new automatic voter registration system — which is the subject of a lawsuit by Republican lawmakers — has favored the GOP.

Of about 47,300 new voter registrations, 35% chose independent or a third party, 34% opted for Republican and 31% went with Democratic, according to the data. By comparison, during a similar period two years ago, there were about 32,500 new voter registrations, with a breakdown of 35.5% Democratic, 34% independent or a third party and 30.5% Republican.
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As we know, the Dems of Pennsylvania must continue to woo the independent non-affiliated voters, who are ALWAYS the lynchpin to any victory in our state. In 1972 I became a first-time voter and I registered as an independent and stayed that way for 35 years. Finally in 2008 I registered as a Democrat because I wanted to vote for Hillary Clinton in the primary election. Never in all those years did I ever voted for a Repuke for President. Independent voters are an important factor in our elections, especially in swing-states such as Pennsylvania.


February 2, 2024

Today's Tiedrich rant: Donald Trump's a sick fuck, this I know -- because Joe Biden tells me so



Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/donald-trumps-a-sick-fuck-this-i

we already know that Dark Brandon loves him some f-bombs. most famously, back in 2010, he referred to the signing of Obamacare legislation as a “big fucking deal,” loudly enough for the microphones to catch it.

which is why it’s super fucking amusing and also totally fucking unsurprising to learn that Joe is just as potty-mouthed in private as he is in public — and that he’s no fan of Donny Dumbfuck.

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The president has described Trump to longtime friends and close aides as a “sick fuck” who delights in others’ misfortunes, according to three people who have heard the president use the profane description. According to one of the people who has spoken with the president, Biden recently said of Trump: “What a fucking asshole the guy is.


so, Donald Trump is a “sick fuck” and a “fucking asshole.” hey Joe — tell us how you really feel. now, I can already hear the entire wingnut outrage-industrial complex gearing up to throw a days-long shit-fit over this. how dare he! where is the decorum? quick, the smelling salts! where is my fainting couch?

.... but answer me this, you defenders of Dear Leader: where is the lie? of course Trump’s a sick fuck. who else would look at a department store dressing room and think gosh, what a great place to rape someone. of course he’s a fucking asshole. just look at … his entire fucking life.
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What follows is an amazing, delicious list of assholery that Chump has perpetrated since whenever he made it clear that that's how he is and that's how it's going to be. Tiedrich doesn't say exactly when that was, but I'm pretty sure it happened before Chump was elected in 2016.

I'm quite sure that most of us on DU would agree wholeheartedly, but perhaps using fewer f-bombs? (I don't know.) This is a great rant by Jeff Tiedrich, and it's worth a click to read the rest.

February 2, 2024

Penn State plans to slash $94M from budget, including deep cuts to Commonwealth Campuses

Spotlight PA link: https://www.spotlightpa.org/statecollege/2024/01/penn-state-budget-cuts-commonwealth-campuses-bendapudi/

STATE COLLEGE — Penn State University plans to slash $94 million from its budget starting in July 2025, changes it says are necessary for its long-term stability and success. A significant portion of the budget cuts will affect the Commonwealth Campuses, which are slated to lose $54 million in funding, according to the university’s budget office. Penn State’s Board of Trustees will vote on the budget plan this summer.

President Neeli Bendapudis administration is attempting to balance the university’s budget by 2025. Under her leadership, Penn State moved to a two-year budget model to provide more predictability and stability to its financial planning. Handling the university’s multimillion-dollar budget deficit has been an ongoing challenge for Bendapudi since she became president in May 2022.

“The need for change within our University is undeniable and must occur for Penn State to retain its status as a leading institution, to innovate, and to invest in greatness at scale in education and research,” Bendapudi said in the university’s announcement.

Penn State said its financial challenges stem from inflation, demographic changes, and increasing personnel costs, including an anticipated $30 million increase in health care expenses in 2025. The announcement also said that neither tuition rates, which Penn State’s Board of Trustees control, nor the state legislature’s support, have kept pace with inflation. The announcement did not include information about or estimates of layoffs.
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Commonwealth Campuses are otherwise known as "satellite campuses" at other large state universities. They are the smaller schools that confer 2-year associates' degrees, and they also prepare bachelors' candidates for further study at the main campus in University Park. Pennsylvania has 20 such Commonwealth (satellite) campuses:

February 1, 2024

Today's Tiedrich rant: oh noooooo! Donald Trump just threw shitastic lawyer Alina Habba under the parking garage



Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/oh-noooooo-donald-trump-just-threw

last week, after losing her client $83.3 million in the Yes, You Fucking Well Did Rape Her trial, ace parking garage lawyer Alina Habba stood defiantly before the microphones and promised “I’m just getting started.”

well, guess what: (screenshot)


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I am in the process, along with my team, of interviewing various law firms to represent me in an Appeal of one of the most ridiculous and unfair Witch Hunts our Country has ever seen - The defamation Sham presided over by a Clinton appointed, highly partisan, Trump Hating Judge, Lewis Kaplan, who was, together with certain other Radical Left Democrat Judges, one of the most partisan and out of control activists that I have ever appeared before. He was a “bully” who demanded two trials, rather than one, denied me Due Process, would not allow me to put forth vital evidence (of which there was much!), and only allowed me to be on the witness stand for minutes, telling my lawyer what to ask, and telling me to only give one word answers, as his wife and friends sat in cordoned off front row seats watching with glee. This entire HOAX is a disgrace to our American System of Justice. Any lawyer who takes a TRUMP CASE is either “CRAZY,” or a TRUE AMERICAN PATRIOT. I will make my decision soon!


that’s right, Grandpa Crazypants fired Alina Habba in the most Grandpa Crazypants way possible: via a rambling, delusional middle-of-the-night post on his failing app.

welcome, Alina, to that exclusive club known as the Stinky Shitpile of Former Trump Lawyers. here’s your tiny violin. here comes Sydney Powell to teach you the secret handshake. here’s Kenny Chesebro to explain why it’s a bad idea to lie to a grand jury. and Rudy Colludy will be along in a minute to recommend a good collection agency.

why the sudden frown, Alina? oh, what — you thought you were getting paid? you actually thought Donald Trump was going to pay your bills? oh, you dear innocent babe in the woods.
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There are lots more insults and digs because Tiedrich is just getting warmed up. Poor Alina Habba and her puffy, pouty lips! She's getting disrespected by the worst president in the history of the US and it's all over the internets. Now she has to go out and get a real job.





January 31, 2024

What Pittsburgh-Area River Was Just Named the 2024 River of the Year?



Pittsburgh Magazine link: https://www.pittsburghmagazine.com/what-pittsburgh-area-river-was-just-named-the-2024-river-of-the-year/

Originating as a stream in Potter County in North-Central Pennsylvania, it journeys 325 miles through a small part of New York and then across six counties in Western Pennsylvania before joining the Monongahela River in Pittsburgh at the Ohio River. It provides drinking water to more than 1 million people and serves as a habitat for hundreds of animal species, including the threatened Salamander mussel.

That’s the Allegheny River, which has been named Pennsylvania’s 2024 River of the Year by the Pennsylvania Department of Conservation & Natural Resources and Pennsylvania Organization for Watersheds & Rivers. Held annually since 1983, the contest raises awareness about the Pennsylvania environment and local conservation efforts.

Janet Sweeney, vice president of the watershed organization, said in a release that the “program continues to engage our communities by providing a wonderful opportunity to showcase all the nominated rivers and the great work being done in Pennsylvania on these resources.”

Organizations nominate rivers for the award, with five being selected for a public vote. The winning river’s nominating organization receives a $10,000 grant from the DCNR and watershed group to fund events throughout the year, including a sojourn commemorating the River of the Year award.


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January 31, 2024

US rightwing conspiracy theory touts Taylor Swift as 'Pentagon asset'



Guardian link: https://www.theguardian.com/music/2024/jan/31/taylor-swift-travis-kelce-super-bowl-rightwing-conspiracy-biden

Taylor Swift is a “Pentagon asset”, an “election interference psyop” who, with unnamed left-leaning forces, has conspired to “rig” the Super Bowl and then endorse Joe Biden in the presidential election. That’s according to a raft of influential rightwing figures, who have begun to spread a conspiracy theory that Swift, a pop star, is part of a nefarious plot ahead of November’s presidential election.

Swift has found herself at the center of the rightwing commentariat’s attention in recent weeks after intense media focus on her relationship with Travis Kelce, a star tight end for the Kansas City Chiefs football team.

She has been in the crowd as the Chiefs have progressed through the NFL playoffs: on Sunday, the team won the AFC Championship game, and will play in the Super Bowl on 11 February. The attention their romance has received has led to a number conspiracy theories.

“I think – and I’ve said this, I’ve taken a lot of crap for this online – I think they’re using Taylor Swift right now,” Jack Posobiec, an influential rightwing conspiracy theorist, said in a video posted on Truth Social on Monday. “They’re gearing up for an operation to use Taylor Swift in the election against everything: against Trump, for Biden, they’re gonna get her and all you know they call them the Swifties they’re going to turn those into voters, you watch.” Posobiec did not elaborate on who “they” are, but Roseanne Barr, the rightwing former actor who, for unexplained reasons, was also in the video, agreed.
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OK let's all have a collective eye-roll over this lunacy.

Ready? One... two... three...



Next the RWNJs are going to say that if the Kansas City Chiefs actually win the Super Bowl (again) it's all because of Miss Sparkle Princess's Fairy Dust. Am I right?
January 31, 2024

Today's Tiedrich rant: holy shit, Taylor Swift has broken Donald Trump's worm-infested brain



Link: https://www.jefftiedrich.com/p/holy-shit-taylor-swift-has-broken

Little Donny Fuckface has a lot on what’s left of his decaying mind.

he’s in a world of shit. he’s already on the hook for close to 90 million dollars for defaming the woman he raped. he’s got four concurrent criminal trials going on. he’s fighting to remain on the ballot in Colorado and Maine, while additional states mull dropping him from theirs. his gold-digging third wife hates his guts. and we may find out as early as today just how many hundreds of millions Judge Engoron will order him to fork over for being a lifelong business fraud and tax cheat.

which is why it’s super fucking satisfying to learn that he can still find the time to pitch a shit-fit about how a talented young woman who does actual good in this world is a thousand times more popular than he is.

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Last month, the source close to Trump adds, the ex-president commented to some confidants that it “obviously” made no sense that he was not named Time magazine’s 2023 Person of the Year — an honor that went to none other than Swift in December.


Donald Trump is for the first time in his pampered life facing serious financial ruin and possible jail time, and Taylor Swift’s popularity is what eats away at him.
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It's a great rant that includes a multitude of praise for Ms. Swift along with insults for Chump and other MAGAs.


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Hey DU friends! Baby boomer here. I became a voter in 1972 when I turned 21, and I've been voting regularly ever since. For a long time I remained independent - always voting for Dem candidates. However that changed in 2008 when I wanted to vote for Hillary Clinton for President. But I live in Pennsylvania where we have closed elections, and my only chance to vote for Hillary was in the Dem primary. So I joined the Democratic Party in 2008, voted for Hillary, and I've never looked back. Barack Obama won the primary in Pennsylvania, as ell as most other states, and I supported him in the general election. It was a different story in 2016 .... You'll never convince me that Chump didn't CHEAT his way into the White House. The worst 4 years in the history of our country ensued, 2017 to 2020, and the first few days of 2021. We all lived through it and i don't need to explain it now. My goal is to make sure that Chump NEVER gets elected to ANYTHING again. Not even Dogcatcher of West Palm Beach FL. Whether he goes to prison is not up to me - but he must be CONVICTED of his crimes and PREVENTED from running for office again. Better yet - he should be in prison or six-feet-under. You get me? I love the cooperation, optimism and can-do spirit of Democratic Underground. We're a community of liberal-minded Americans and we know how to share our stories constructively and pro-actively. Let's all pitch in and get this job done. There has never been a more important election that right now, this year. Democrats everywhere MUST WIN. Joe Biden must win FOUR MORE YEARS!
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