"Shame! Shame!" Rep. Larson Blasts Musk and Complicit Legislators

Rachel Maddow reports:  Rep. John Larson (D-Conn.) last week loudly called out Republicans in Congress who are enabling the Trump-Musk attack on Social Security.  Finally, someone in Congress got hot and bothered!

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Bernie Responds: Stand Up and Fight Back

I couldn't watch the Tyrant's speech last night - it nauseated me.  Bernie's response is golden.  I might quibble over the nuances of some of his proposals, but he is holding up the torch of American democracy, and God bless him for that.  Bernie is a great patriot, a real American, keeping hope alive.

And he's got BALLS.

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"Two Cowardly Puppets and a Hero"

Rep. Seth Moulton (D -  Mass.), Marine veteran and Bronze Star recipient, commenting on yesterday's disgraceful, disgusting bullying of Ukrainian President Zelensky by the Tyrant and his mini-me in the Oval Office:

Moulton, you may remember, made an unauthorized trip with former Rep. Peter Meijer to see firsthand the conditions facing our troops during the Afghanistan withdrawal in August 2021, which I blogged about here.  

I could say more, but I cannot improve on the eloquence of the Blue Dot in Texas, who tells it like it is:

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Crowder, Pritzker, Sanders Tell It LIke It Is

First up, the Liberal Redneck has something to say about MAGA madness and the DOGE boys:

While we're on that subject, Governor J.B. Prizker of Illinois, in his State of the State address yesterday, rang the alarm bell loud and clear on the Nazi parallel with Trump's actions:

And Senator Bernie Sanders makes plain the parallels between Putin and his American wannabe:

I was never a Bernie supporter, but he would sure get my vote now, if I could cast it for him.

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Old Men Tell It Like It is

Statue of Socrates at the Academy of Athens

 

Soon after you turn 60, it begins to dawn on you that you no longer count as a human being and fellow citizen.  From 16 to 40, you are in the groove; after that you are on the downhill run but making good money (you hope), so you don't mind.  But after you retire on a small pension, and you can no longer shake your booty without throwing your back out, you are just not wanted in the social whirl anymore.  A harsh truth of human life.  If you can't run with the big dogs, better stay up on the porch.

Old age is no fun, though between aches and pains it can be fairly pleasant as long as your body holds together.  A compensating factor is that, having lost your juvenile awe of authority figures, and having no job to protect, you feel free to say exactly where the cow bit the cabbage.  And old men who have paid attention through all the stages of life usually have some very keen wisdom to share, if anybody will put down the goddamn smartphone long enough to listen.  

Here's a few old guys like your Head Trucker who speak their minds and give some damn good advice.  I don't necessarily agree with everything they say, but I do like the way they say it.  They can be pretty funny, too.

First up, Tom Powell, Jr., from Illinois, gives a mini-review of a Canadian comedian's rant:

 

Blue Dot in Texas, down in the southern part of the state, doesn't mince words about the state of the country: 

 

Pissed Off Bartender, somewhere in Alabama, isn't quite an old man yet, but we'll grant him honorary status on account of his awesome beard and stache:

 

Finally, fired-by-Trump National Security Advisor John Bolton is a Republican with great expertise in foreign and military affairs; I'd never vote for him, but he really knows what he's talking about:

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