Message to all women who went to work for, or even voted for that that disgusting sack of demented shit. He was the one who was recorded saying "when you're famous, you just grab 'em by the pussy, they let you do that."
"We have always known that. Apparently, it is only now dawning on the Cabinet women who thought they were different."
"... part of the patriarchal package tho: dominance."
Could be the issue. In any case, some qualified person should undertake the project of explaining the origins of this fetish. It goes across gender lines. Men who find trump 'exciting' adorn their pickup trucks with flags, Women do what -- vote for him, wish to serve in his cause?
No, it's just the most extreme form of misogyny: females (no matter their age) are not human beings they are objects whose only purpose is men's pleasure - sexual or otherwise.
All of his cabinet deplorables willingly sold their collective souls to the orange-faced prince of darkness either for self-aggrandizement or blind loyalty induced by consuming too much of the poisoned Kool Aid. Either way, I say a plague on all their houses and yes, Jen, it is high time that the heads of some of the male sycophants were stuck on pikes.
I feel great sympathy for them; as women, we all always have to learn the hard way that our faith in any real sense of equality has been dumped on. Again. We never give up, & our daughters & granddaughters & our GrandSons are benefiting from it.💋
He likes abusing women (and minorities). Jen said a competent President would have fired these people many times over, but in reality, a competent President would never have nominated them to begin with. tRump at his very core is an agent of chaos and he doesn't want anyone around with even a shred of competence showing him up.
Chaos is a strategy. The Nazi Party thrived on turmoil and despair. The insights in the book, “The Nazi Mind@, by Laurence Rees, are applicable to Trump-MAGA.
Suzanne, the answer to your question is that the scales are permanently affixed to their eyes by Gorilla Glue. Your sister-in-law suffers from a terminal illness: MAGAt Syndrome. The founder of AA had a name for people who would not or could not free themselves from their addiction: lost souls. Count your S-I-L as one of those.
There's been some interesting speculation about this very question: what's it gonna take for such people to finally see him for what he is? What does he have to do?? Some have suggested the fact that almost 1/4 of Americans read at a sixth-grade level, and are therefore more susceptible to simplistic emotional messaging. Psychologists explain that those who still support him, even now, never had any national recognition or profile before, and were simmering in their longstanding, irrational hatred toward "the elites" - people who ran things like universities, the Kennedy Center, etc., etc., ad nauseum. And of course, strange and brown people.
But now they have a prominence and power they never had, led by a top leader who publicly reinforces all their secret resentments and hatreds. He's given them videos of millions who agree with them, seas of red hats packing stadiums and cheering him on. So what happens when their champion is gone? They go back to obscurity? I don't think so...
I think the root problem of the U.S. began with slavery, the dehumanization of people of color, and the incubation of racism in the former Confederate states.
Racism was effectively used by the Nazis and MAGA copies their tactics.
It would require a multi-faceted approach to address racism and take a generation to overcome.
The 'white is better' syndrome reaches beyond our history and shores. Witness the global sales of skin lightening and hair straitening products -- neither of which are good for the body. It may have the same colonialist roots everywhere.
The interesting thing here is that my SIL has a master's degree in speech pathology. She is not unlearned, but she is led by her friends who are all MAGA cultists.
That's truly frustrating, Suzanne. Sorry you have to deal with that! I have three (hopefully helpful) comments: 1) most degrees don't mean what they used to, 2) Master's degree programs are historically the money-makers for any school, easier to get into and through, and 3) with all due respect to its sincere practitioners, I see speech pathology as basically insular: an easily-compartmentalized activity that doesn't automatically reflect a broader, more nuanced view of politics and so-called "real life." Then there's her friendships, her social circle, which is a whole OTHER issue... yipes...!
#2 Master's degrees. As an undergrad around 1970 those that went on to pursue graduate degrees tended to be true eggheads and/or very gifted with smarts. Nowadays an MA is often just a resume building exercise for both civilians and those in the military gathering promotion points. And one does not need to be more than an average student to earn one.
So true! I knew I wasn't the only one who's seen or remembered it. Unfortunately, many things have diminished in their true value since 1970. Don't start me... !!
That sounds flippant, but it's true. Social connections are a powerful determinant of a person's ideological leanings. The desire to be accepted and belong is strong, as we are a social species.
I've studied cults and discovered that the fear of rejection by the people the cultist has formed a close ideological bond with is one of the main factors against turning away from the group belief system. And on a personal level, I've seen time and again people modify their belief systems to align with those held by whatever social group they're hanging out with (in both good and bad ways).
not uncommon, many highly educated folks have no common sense. three things are required to be a trump supporter : stupidness, racism, or greed. You can have all 3 but only one is required.
Would that she could look at exactly what Trump has done for her. Bets are on that the word would be 'nothing'. Critical thinking is an important characteristic, and it's apparently lacking.
The females in Trump’s cabinet were not chosen for their brains, competence, or experience. They have functioned as props— a perverse combination of compliant ‘eye candy’ and illusory symbols of DJT’s “support of women” whom he scapegoats with satisfaction.
All the women will be gone before Kash Patel or Pete Hegseth. The worst man will still be left standing. It doesn’t matter if they’re drunks or have ten children by three or four different women. Caused by infidelity. Character doesn’t matter to Trump.
“Unfit, unqualified, dishonest, and scandalous” are perfect adjectives for Trump and his entire cabinet. When sufficiently embarrassing enough that even Trump feels tainted he gets rid of them. In a tweet! These female sycophants have already debased themselves by pushing his patriarchal authoritarian agenda, so I have no sympathy for them.
Saw a very funny and accurate description of Donnie’s cabinet….” The liquor cabinet…Hegseth, Patel and Jeannie Pirro…apparently and allegedly all drunk by lunch…
The only problem with watching the train wreck of Trumpworld unfold is how long it's taking. I'm rooting for the final episode to arrive sooner rather than later.
I am a man with a dream: a ten year moratorium on male voting as a partial reparation for denying women the vote until 1920. Think of what would be achieved during that brief interlude!
Of course. Bigotry is the seedbed for the MAGA Voodoo Cult (aka the "Republivan Base") and always has been. With race and religion, misogyny has been the other leg that has held up the MAGA Party. It's not the "economy stupid". For the MAGA Party it's the "bigotry stupid". Low and middle-income Conservatives have accepted the economic knife in their backs for generations because the billionaires have successfully brain-washed them into believing that it's those People Not Like Themselves who are taking their jobs and taxes while threatening their female servants and children and attempting to grab their firearm fetishes.
So true, Jen. I seriously cannot understand how any female can suffer to be around Tramp. He doesn't like women at all, only wants to use them. And to actually vote for this creep as president of our country is beyond mind-blowing.
The whole group, male and female, are embarrassingly incompetent.
I’ve been saying those words for the last 10 years! HOW,in the name of everything we hold holy,does ANY woman vote for him?! Is their self-respect that low? Or are they really that gullible,naive and flat out STOOPID???!!! 😎😉
Trump's attitude toward women has always been known. Women are here to provide enjoyment for Trump and nothing more. This is one of the reasons whyTrump is doing everything in his power to keep the Epstein files from being released. These files will show his abhorrent treatment of young girls and display for all to see his admitted lack of respect for anyone female.
The Epstein files will get released as soon as Republicans see that supporting their withholding condones their acceptance of Trump's anti woman position. When that happens, wait for the rath of women everywhere to rise up and make Trump wish he had stayed in NY as an incompetent wealthy businessman.
Trump definitely has mommy issues. The venom toward women runs deep in his psyche, and it comes out anytime he thinks, speaks, or acts. Trump is always looking for the person or people he sees as the weakest, and given his documented bias toward women, they are often the first to be kicked to the curb. It's part of his pattern of pouncing on the perceived weakest link to avoid confronting his own demons. Trump lives in a world of projection.
Of course he isn't going to fire the incompetent men! Trump has mirrors, and paintings, and photos of himself all over the White House now, and he has chosen all these idiots because they are reflections of himself. If they are found to be lacking, he could be, too.
Spot on! And that women debase themselves to the place of bowing to this mad king and his regime is beyond understanding! Even among women, there are the déplorables.
And what are we to make of all this? I confess to being impressed by Katie Porter, who is campaigning to become the next governor of California and scarcely gets a mention in the MSM or on Sub Stack. I just looked up the current list of "negatives" about her. Only one source is dated this year - all the others are from 2025. Here is what I found:
"Self-destructive" (referring to the public outbursts)
"Prickly" (describing her media demeanor)
"Unapproachable" (pertaining to staff relationships)
"Polarizing" (regarding her electoral appeal)
And here are my impressions:
"Self-destructive" - I watched the supposedly "disqualifying" performance of Porter during her interview. Does she suffer fools gladly? Absolutely not. Keep in mind that right now we have a president who not only suffers fools, he has apparently chosen his cabinet to include more that a few raging fools. (He thinks they make him look better.)
"Prickly" - What the hell does this even mean? Is she, demure, feminine and self-effacing? No, she is not. I would seriously question as to whether California actually desires these qualities in its next governor.
"Unapproachable" - despite the complaints of a small number of staffers, Porter retains the public (and written) support of numerous folks who have worked with or for her.
"Polarizing" - Porter expresses her views clearly and unapologetically. This is a negative?
Porter is being essentially overlooked in favor of a billionaire who has subsidized his political future with his own money, the AI Bros, etc., who just happen to be all or mostly all men. California, you surprise me. We in the US have already rejected two eminently qualified women for similar nonsensical reasons. And, look where it has gotten us.
Perhaps Trump formed an emotional pattern when he played his part in "The Apprentice". Every time he could thunder "You're fired" he could feel more powerful. Now, as the limits to his real power are clearly showing, he is attempting to bolster it with rapid-fire dismissals. The problem for him is: the more people who go down, the greater the reveal of the crew he has chosen to surround himself with. He has created a supreme mess that only gets messier.
Message to all women who went to work for, or even voted for that that disgusting sack of demented shit. He was the one who was recorded saying "when you're famous, you just grab 'em by the pussy, they let you do that."
Don't say you weren't warned.
Absolutely. No sympathy--not even the tiniest violin--for these women who willingly adhered to the patriarchal bargain and got what they paid for.
Patriarchy is one thing. Glorifying sex predation and child rape is in a league of its own.
They’re all part of the patriarchal package tho: dominance.
"We have always known that. Apparently, it is only now dawning on the Cabinet women who thought they were different."
"... part of the patriarchal package tho: dominance."
Could be the issue. In any case, some qualified person should undertake the project of explaining the origins of this fetish. It goes across gender lines. Men who find trump 'exciting' adorn their pickup trucks with flags, Women do what -- vote for him, wish to serve in his cause?
Vicarious dominance?
No, it's just the most extreme form of misogyny: females (no matter their age) are not human beings they are objects whose only purpose is men's pleasure - sexual or otherwise.
All of his cabinet deplorables willingly sold their collective souls to the orange-faced prince of darkness either for self-aggrandizement or blind loyalty induced by consuming too much of the poisoned Kool Aid. Either way, I say a plague on all their houses and yes, Jen, it is high time that the heads of some of the male sycophants were stuck on pikes.
I feel great sympathy for them; as women, we all always have to learn the hard way that our faith in any real sense of equality has been dumped on. Again. We never give up, & our daughters & granddaughters & our GrandSons are benefiting from it.💋
He likes abusing women (and minorities). Jen said a competent President would have fired these people many times over, but in reality, a competent President would never have nominated them to begin with. tRump at his very core is an agent of chaos and he doesn't want anyone around with even a shred of competence showing him up.
Thus the question: EPSTEIN?
Chaos is a strategy. The Nazi Party thrived on turmoil and despair. The insights in the book, “The Nazi Mind@, by Laurence Rees, are applicable to Trump-MAGA.
If you want to know your enemy, read the book.
...warned more than nine years ago.
I think every woman overestimates their charm for a man.
And when will the scales fall from the eyes of those MAGA cult women like my sister-in-law who think Trump is some sort of deity?
Suzanne, the answer to your question is that the scales are permanently affixed to their eyes by Gorilla Glue. Your sister-in-law suffers from a terminal illness: MAGAt Syndrome. The founder of AA had a name for people who would not or could not free themselves from their addiction: lost souls. Count your S-I-L as one of those.
There's been some interesting speculation about this very question: what's it gonna take for such people to finally see him for what he is? What does he have to do?? Some have suggested the fact that almost 1/4 of Americans read at a sixth-grade level, and are therefore more susceptible to simplistic emotional messaging. Psychologists explain that those who still support him, even now, never had any national recognition or profile before, and were simmering in their longstanding, irrational hatred toward "the elites" - people who ran things like universities, the Kennedy Center, etc., etc., ad nauseum. And of course, strange and brown people.
But now they have a prominence and power they never had, led by a top leader who publicly reinforces all their secret resentments and hatreds. He's given them videos of millions who agree with them, seas of red hats packing stadiums and cheering him on. So what happens when their champion is gone? They go back to obscurity? I don't think so...
I think the root problem of the U.S. began with slavery, the dehumanization of people of color, and the incubation of racism in the former Confederate states.
Racism was effectively used by the Nazis and MAGA copies their tactics.
It would require a multi-faceted approach to address racism and take a generation to overcome.
The 'white is better' syndrome reaches beyond our history and shores. Witness the global sales of skin lightening and hair straitening products -- neither of which are good for the body. It may have the same colonialist roots everywhere.
In fact, I have read that the Nazis actually liked what America was doing vis a vis race and the Nazis copied it.
You may well be right, Roberto. But as you point out, the solution is not going to help us now.
The interesting thing here is that my SIL has a master's degree in speech pathology. She is not unlearned, but she is led by her friends who are all MAGA cultists.
That's truly frustrating, Suzanne. Sorry you have to deal with that! I have three (hopefully helpful) comments: 1) most degrees don't mean what they used to, 2) Master's degree programs are historically the money-makers for any school, easier to get into and through, and 3) with all due respect to its sincere practitioners, I see speech pathology as basically insular: an easily-compartmentalized activity that doesn't automatically reflect a broader, more nuanced view of politics and so-called "real life." Then there's her friendships, her social circle, which is a whole OTHER issue... yipes...!
#2 Master's degrees. As an undergrad around 1970 those that went on to pursue graduate degrees tended to be true eggheads and/or very gifted with smarts. Nowadays an MA is often just a resume building exercise for both civilians and those in the military gathering promotion points. And one does not need to be more than an average student to earn one.
So true! I knew I wasn't the only one who's seen or remembered it. Unfortunately, many things have diminished in their true value since 1970. Don't start me... !!
not liking your dis of speech therapists. patricia RN
nothing more real life than helping someone to speak
You need to find your sister some new friends.
That sounds flippant, but it's true. Social connections are a powerful determinant of a person's ideological leanings. The desire to be accepted and belong is strong, as we are a social species.
I've studied cults and discovered that the fear of rejection by the people the cultist has formed a close ideological bond with is one of the main factors against turning away from the group belief system. And on a personal level, I've seen time and again people modify their belief systems to align with those held by whatever social group they're hanging out with (in both good and bad ways).
The site is giving me trouble responding to your very interesting comment. All I wanted to say was "interesting" ! It was!
not uncommon, many highly educated folks have no common sense. three things are required to be a trump supporter : stupidness, racism, or greed. You can have all 3 but only one is required.
I think they will fold...they have no ability to lead themselves ...that's how they ended up in the cult...
Would that she could look at exactly what Trump has done for her. Bets are on that the word would be 'nothing'. Critical thinking is an important characteristic, and it's apparently lacking.
The females in Trump’s cabinet were not chosen for their brains, competence, or experience. They have functioned as props— a perverse combination of compliant ‘eye candy’ and illusory symbols of DJT’s “support of women” whom he scapegoats with satisfaction.
His fear of women stems from his recognition that he’s not the smartest guy in the room.
If he can denigrate half of his audience, he moves himself up in the room’s standings — now he’s upper half.
Strong women frighten Trump. Good questions frighten him. Strong women asking good questions terrify him.
All the women will be gone before Kash Patel or Pete Hegseth. The worst man will still be left standing. It doesn’t matter if they’re drunks or have ten children by three or four different women. Caused by infidelity. Character doesn’t matter to Trump.
“Unfit, unqualified, dishonest, and scandalous” are perfect adjectives for Trump and his entire cabinet. When sufficiently embarrassing enough that even Trump feels tainted he gets rid of them. In a tweet! These female sycophants have already debased themselves by pushing his patriarchal authoritarian agenda, so I have no sympathy for them.
Saw a very funny and accurate description of Donnie’s cabinet….” The liquor cabinet…Hegseth, Patel and Jeannie Pirro…apparently and allegedly all drunk by lunch…
The only problem with watching the train wreck of Trumpworld unfold is how long it's taking. I'm rooting for the final episode to arrive sooner rather than later.
MAGA is a fascist party and they are in complete control of the U.S. government. Their failures will not result in their removal. Look at Russia.
To remove them from power requires active resistance (e.g. political activism in VA).
The utmost priority now is to block Trump’s nomination of judges and attorney generals.
I am a man with a dream: a ten year moratorium on male voting as a partial reparation for denying women the vote until 1920. Think of what would be achieved during that brief interlude!
Right you are, sir. For quite sometime, I have believed that more estrogen and less testosterone would good for the future of our planet.
Hear, hear!
There's an old sci-fi-novel about the World splitting into two realities - one with all the men, the other with all the women.
Guess which one managed to make peace & run things better.
(sorry, wish I could remember the name - I know it's by somebody Big in sci-fi)
The book you referenced is “The Disappearance” by Phillip Wylie.
Thank you!
I apparently have thought of it occasionally over the years, I bought a kindle version some years ago - umm- apparently during DJT-1 (hmmmm....)
Maybe I'll move it up my TBR.
Of course. Bigotry is the seedbed for the MAGA Voodoo Cult (aka the "Republivan Base") and always has been. With race and religion, misogyny has been the other leg that has held up the MAGA Party. It's not the "economy stupid". For the MAGA Party it's the "bigotry stupid". Low and middle-income Conservatives have accepted the economic knife in their backs for generations because the billionaires have successfully brain-washed them into believing that it's those People Not Like Themselves who are taking their jobs and taxes while threatening their female servants and children and attempting to grab their firearm fetishes.
That is the best and most coherent summary of the situation that I have read in a long time. Thank you Bob!
So true, Jen. I seriously cannot understand how any female can suffer to be around Tramp. He doesn't like women at all, only wants to use them. And to actually vote for this creep as president of our country is beyond mind-blowing.
The whole group, male and female, are embarrassingly incompetent.
some women like power
And then they find out: Power is an illusion.
esp power with no good intentions attached
I’ve been saying those words for the last 10 years! HOW,in the name of everything we hold holy,does ANY woman vote for him?! Is their self-respect that low? Or are they really that gullible,naive and flat out STOOPID???!!! 😎😉
Yes…
We share one brain! I have NO CLUE how to answer your questions. He has been creepy forever, it's nothing new.
When you deal with the devil you get burned.
Trump's attitude toward women has always been known. Women are here to provide enjoyment for Trump and nothing more. This is one of the reasons whyTrump is doing everything in his power to keep the Epstein files from being released. These files will show his abhorrent treatment of young girls and display for all to see his admitted lack of respect for anyone female.
The Epstein files will get released as soon as Republicans see that supporting their withholding condones their acceptance of Trump's anti woman position. When that happens, wait for the rath of women everywhere to rise up and make Trump wish he had stayed in NY as an incompetent wealthy businessman.
From your keyboard to G*d’s screen, Steven
I'd settle for the Chairman of the DNC.
We all have our deities. 😉
So true!
Trump definitely has mommy issues. The venom toward women runs deep in his psyche, and it comes out anytime he thinks, speaks, or acts. Trump is always looking for the person or people he sees as the weakest, and given his documented bias toward women, they are often the first to be kicked to the curb. It's part of his pattern of pouncing on the perceived weakest link to avoid confronting his own demons. Trump lives in a world of projection.
Of course he isn't going to fire the incompetent men! Trump has mirrors, and paintings, and photos of himself all over the White House now, and he has chosen all these idiots because they are reflections of himself. If they are found to be lacking, he could be, too.
Spot on! And that women debase themselves to the place of bowing to this mad king and his regime is beyond understanding! Even among women, there are the déplorables.
And what are we to make of all this? I confess to being impressed by Katie Porter, who is campaigning to become the next governor of California and scarcely gets a mention in the MSM or on Sub Stack. I just looked up the current list of "negatives" about her. Only one source is dated this year - all the others are from 2025. Here is what I found:
"Self-destructive" (referring to the public outbursts)
"Prickly" (describing her media demeanor)
"Unapproachable" (pertaining to staff relationships)
"Polarizing" (regarding her electoral appeal)
And here are my impressions:
"Self-destructive" - I watched the supposedly "disqualifying" performance of Porter during her interview. Does she suffer fools gladly? Absolutely not. Keep in mind that right now we have a president who not only suffers fools, he has apparently chosen his cabinet to include more that a few raging fools. (He thinks they make him look better.)
"Prickly" - What the hell does this even mean? Is she, demure, feminine and self-effacing? No, she is not. I would seriously question as to whether California actually desires these qualities in its next governor.
"Unapproachable" - despite the complaints of a small number of staffers, Porter retains the public (and written) support of numerous folks who have worked with or for her.
"Polarizing" - Porter expresses her views clearly and unapologetically. This is a negative?
Porter is being essentially overlooked in favor of a billionaire who has subsidized his political future with his own money, the AI Bros, etc., who just happen to be all or mostly all men. California, you surprise me. We in the US have already rejected two eminently qualified women for similar nonsensical reasons. And, look where it has gotten us.
Seriously and sadly accurate…
Perhaps Trump formed an emotional pattern when he played his part in "The Apprentice". Every time he could thunder "You're fired" he could feel more powerful. Now, as the limits to his real power are clearly showing, he is attempting to bolster it with rapid-fire dismissals. The problem for him is: the more people who go down, the greater the reveal of the crew he has chosen to surround himself with. He has created a supreme mess that only gets messier.