| Brenda: Hey, SIX. I am still bouncing off the walls some. I should be better tomorrow and during the test since I will actually be there. Thanks for the vote of confidence. I feel I should be okay too. But ugh! I hate being poked at. |
| second: Melania Trump’s new documentary, Melania, is looking like an opening-week box office flop.
The documentary detailing the first lady’s return to the White House is projected to make just $1 million in its first week. While documentaries generally do worse at the box office, the sheer amount of money Amazon spent—$40 million for the rights, $35 million for an aggressive marketing blitz—and the constant stream of Truth Social posts from President Trump make this a particularly pitiful showing.
Melania’s early failure comes as a new report from Rolling Stone details serious labor issues behind the scenes and a whopping two-thirds of the film’s staff requesting not to be credited at the end of the film. Director Brett Ratner, who made headlines after six women accused him of sexual assault and harassment during the #MeToo movement in 2017, was perhaps the most loathed person on set. [go to link] |
| second: Canadian Prime Minister Mark Carney on Tuesday denied Treasury Secretary Scott Bessent’s claim that, in a private call with President Donald Trump, he had backtracked on some of the remarks from his much-discussed speech in Davos, Switzerland, last week.
“To be absolutely clear, and I said this to the president, I meant what I said in Davos,” Carney told reporters in Ottawa on Tuesday morning, pushing back on Bessent’s remarks from the night before.
In his address to the World Economic Forum, Carney had declared that the established U.S.-led world order was in the “midst of a rupture.” And he pointedly warned that the “bargain” of an American hegemony “no longer works,” adding that “great powers” have exploited and weaponized economic tools like tariffs.
The speech — which came as Trump was aggressively pressuring Europe to sell Denmark-owned Greenland to the U.S. — received a rare standing ovation at Davos. [go to link] |
| second: We’re fortunate that Trump is too impatient, too addicted to violence, to pursue the salami tactics Viktor Orban used in Hungary — slicing the institutions of democracy away gradually and insidiously until there was nothing left. Trump, instead, is trying to speedrun the process, shocking and aweing the nation into submission. The siege of Minneapolis was clearly meant as a show of force that would intimidate not just undocumented immigrants, but blue states as a whole and opponents in general. It was entirely predictable that innocent people would be dragged from their cars, beaten, pepper-sprayed in the eyes, and killed. Earlier this month Trump told the GREAT PEOPLE OF MINNESOTA that THE DAY OF RECKONING AND RETRIBUTION IS COMING. This is what that promise looks like in action. [go to link] |
| second: 6ixStringJack wrote: As a citizen, I'm going to lose my medicaid that I will die without, but 20,000 illegal kids in Illinois are getting healthcare. That's the world the Democrats have created for us. 6ixStringJoker: If the Indiana Trumptards will kill you by withdrawing your medicaid, you will survive only if you stop supporting Trump and move to a blue state. |
| second: “I’m from New Hampshire and many of my Republican friends are leaving the party, too,” he said. “Minneapolis was the last straw.” | | “I assume you’re talking about the behavior of ICE and border patrol agents there, and the killings?” | | “All terrible, of course,” he said, shaking his head. “But what really finished me were the lies – Noem. Miller, Bovino, Vance, Trump.” He frowned. “They lied through their teeth. I saw the videos! Can’t trust them ever again. None of them. Pack of liars.” [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: Not really though. They pad out that February bill and only make it for 29 days and every year that January bill is for 35 days just to soften the February blow, I'm sure. Come to think of it though, since delivery charges change every month, it's likely to have something to do with that as well. Having never looked into it, cynical me thinks that's so they can maximize profits, but maybe they actually do save the end user some money by billing it this way every year. Never thought of that before. |
6ixStringJack: If you don't count the wind chill, only 4 more nights with lows in the single positive digits and then we get nice and toasty with an overnight high of 14 degrees. My bill next month is going to be over $400.  |
6ixStringJack: How you feelin' Brenda? Keeping the stress low? I know you're going to be fine.  |
| 6ixStringJack: As a citizen, I'm going to lose my medicaid that I will die without, but 20,000 illegal kids in Illinois are getting healthcare. That's the world the Democrats have created for us. |
| 6ixStringJack: IL Statehouse candidate finds 20,000 kids without SSNs getting Medicaid [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: What is Steve Simon trying to hide? We will find out soon. Tick Tock... |
| 6ixStringJack: I know it fell out of your media cycle, so it's already been purged from your peabrain, but you've got only 4 days and 2 hours before ALL federal funding is yanked from 14 blue states and D.C.... Good luck Democrats. You'll need it. |
| 6ixStringJack: You say that, but all the video evidence shows you guys out on the street burning everybody else's shit down. Everybody sees this now. You're finished. Shut your fucking mouth before you get yourself into trouble. |
| second: Trumptards are childishly aggressive and their absurd threats and screaming shouldn’t be taken seriously. You cannot argue with Trumptards. They demand evidence, then call your sources biased. You provide primary sources, they claim they're doctored. You show them video, they say it's out of context. You give them context, they say you're cherry-picking. This isn't debate. This is a systematic refusal to allow reality to intrude on mythology. You're not arguing facts. You're arguing whether facts exist. That is from Chapter 4 — Child Development and Early Learning Through Age 8: A Unifying Foundation. [go to link] Since Trumptards will forever be immature, they struggle to even get by in adulthood. So sad for them. |
| 6ixStringJack: And I see you're still avoiding your post history and you're not giving me the Secret Service numbers to call in 2026. Why is that, huh? You want to see more? I've got plenty on you. |
| 6ixStringJack: And Trump didn't kill anyone. Tim Walz, Jacob Frey and the Legacy Media egging on your terrorist buddies did. They drove your people nuts with Covid lockdowns, mostly the white college "educated" women, and they're out there committing suicide by cop for you. I'll ask you for a third time, why isn't your bitch ass out there in Minneapolis right now? This is EXACTLY what you've said you wanted now for years. Why is your fat, stupid ass sitting at home, loser? Get out there and fight. |
| 6ixStringJack: Shut up bitch. They're all going home. Every single last one of them and their kids. You lose. Everything. Forever. Even CNN is showing polling that over 70% of Americans want ALL illegals out of the country now. The Democratic Party messaging is completely dead. You broke it. Congratulations. |
| second: Trump unleashed chaos by killing people and then lying about the victims. Homan and ICE Director Todd Lyons apparently want to use ICE resources to deport as many criminals as possible. That would mean focusing enforcement on the most cooperative jurisdictions, minimizing friction and maximizing the number of deportees who’ve done clearly bad things.
It’s Noem, Lewandowski, and Border Patrol chief Greg Bovino who’ve pushed for creating these dramatic scenes. Which I bring up not to paint Homan and Lyons for sainthood, but as a reminder that this really is a choice that Trump made.
He has unleashed chaos, deliberately, by choosing to side with the pro-chaos faction of his administration over the advice offered by more seasoned professionals. [go to link] |
| 6ixStringJack: Sorry, but Haken can't save you. |