Tuesday, May 13, 2025

Good for Sean, boo on Drew

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Above is Isaiah's THE WORLD TODAY JUST NUTS "Fake Ass Waleed Shahid" 



"The stories are mostly told by people that I wouldn't trust with a dime," he said of the allegations against Allen.
Sean Penn is skeptical of the sexual assault allegations against his Sweet and Lowdown director, Woody Allen.

When asked point-blank if he would be open to working with the controversial filmmaker in the future, the Oscar-winner didn't hesitate with his response.

"I'd work with him in a heartbeat," Penn said during a visit to The Louis Theroux Podcast. "If it was the right [project]."

Good for Sean.  I lost a lot of respect for Susan Sarandon a few years back when she was Tweeting garbage about Woody Allen.  Considering her own life, she's the last who should ever leap to conclusions.  But she did on Woody Allen.

You've got a child's testimony which was found to be coached and which was full of holes -- as Moses has since pointed out.  That just leaves Mia Farrow.  And Mia's a known liar.

If you missed it, we all dropped Drew Barrymore when she attacked Woody from her talk show.  That's why no one notes her or her talk show.  C.I. said, at the time, not to even give her the attention by noting that we were done with her.  That was May of 2021 and I'm the first one to mention it at one of the community sites.  She's so stupid, Drew.  And she's so over.  It's a shame she was such a pain in the ass to her co-stars.  It's a shame she tried to sleep with married male co-stars.  It's a shame no one wants to work with her anymore.  But by all means, use your joke of a program to go after Woody Allen who was kind enough to hire you back when you were a drug addict that no one wanted to work with.  She's come full circle, Drew has, no one wants to work with her now either.  

In a way, it's sad because even if she lost weight, her face is too ugly now.  That chin thing is just disgusting.  She's like a Frankenstein or something.  

It's a shame she never really made it as an actress but she's lucky to have her talk show and, of course, HOLLYWOOD SQUARES.  

And Woody?  He's made ANNIE HALL, MANHATTAN MURDER MYSTERY, SLEEPER, HANNAN & HER SISTERS, LOVE & DEATH, BROADWAY DANNY ROSE, SMALL TIME CROOKS, TAKE THE MONEY AND RUN, RADIO DAYS, MANHATTAN, MATCH POINT, BLUE JASMINE, BULLETS OVER BROADWAY, ZELIG, CAFE SOCIETY,  MIDNIGHT IN PARIS, HOLLYWOOD ENDING, etc.  Classic films that will stand the test of time.  

Going out with C.I.'s "The Snapshot:"


Tuesday, May 13, 2025.  Saggy ass and saggy MOOBS notwithstanding, Donald Chump intends to 'work it, girl' in the MidEast as he goes trolling for dollars and social diseases. 



The "I Don't Know" presidency?  



I don't know?  Is he AWOL on his own presidency?


Donald Trump’s much-utilised deflection tactic has been expertly exposed in a damning supercut as people slam his three-worded cop-out.

The second term of US president Trump has been dotted with a series of controversial moments, including a recent interview in which he claimed he “didn’t know” if he had to uphold the US constitution as president.
It was an interview that saw Trump use the phrase “I don’t know” several times, as he has done repeatedly throughout his current term in office, to try and distance himself from controversial points when questioned on them by the press.


Among the many problems with Kash Patel’s embarrassing tenure as FBI director is his willful ignorance. NBC News reported last week that while FBI directors have, for decades, attended a daily 8:30 a.m. “director’s brief,” but Patel is receiving these briefings only twice a week — in part because he kept failing to show up for work on time. He has also apparently abandoned a Wednesday afternoon teleconference meeting with bureau leaders in field offices.
Two current FBI officials told NBC News that Patel’s intelligence briefers have struggled to craft a briefing “that captures his attention.”

This is not, evidently, limited to the hapless FBI chief. Politico reported:

Politico’s report, which has not been independently verified by MSNBC or NBC News, added that the low number of briefings “is troubling to many in and around the intelligence community, who were already concerned about Trump’s act-first-evaluate-after approach to governing.”

It’s worth emphasizing that different presidents have approached these briefings in different ways. George W. Bush received intelligence briefings on a nearly daily basis. Barack Obama received briefings roughly every other day, but he was known to be a voracious reader of the written President’s Daily Brief (often referred to as the PDB). Joe Biden received an in-person briefing once or twice a week, but like Obama, he was also known to read the PDB briefing book.
Trump, meanwhile, reportedly doesn’t read the PDB, and if the Politico report is accurate, he’s receiving in-person briefings roughly once every 10 days.



Kash Patel?  Let's take a brief detour to note that Dancing Queen.



It was earlier this month that  Leigh Kimmins (THE DAILY BEAST) reported on Dancing Queen Kash Patel:

 A former FBI boss has claimed that the bureau’s director Kash Patel has been spotted in nightclubs more regularly than he has been seen at work.

Former counter-intelligence official Frank Figliuzzi said on Morning Joe Friday that President Donald Trump’s man is a bit of an anomaly in the J. Edgar Hoover Building in Washington, D.C.

He has however been spotted elsewhere, according to Figliuzzi, who was appointed as assistant director of the FBI’s Counterintelligence Division by Robert Mueller in 2011.

“Reportedly, he’s been visible at nightclubs far more than he has been on the seventh floor of the Hoover building,” Figliuzzi told Morning Joe co-host Jonathan Lemaire.

“And there are reports that daily briefings to him have been changed from every day to maybe twice weekly.”



Since Bennen noted Dancing Queen Kash Patel who can't stop clubbing, let's note this from Liam Prenderville and Rory Robinson (IRISH STAR):

FBI officials are reportedly fuming over Kash Patel's handling of his role as FBI Director, with sources claiming he has reduced standard authorized meetings while being spotted at high-profile sports events and celebrity gatherings.

Since stepping in as Acting Director of the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives in February and ascending to the FBI's top position, Patel has been seen making a series of public appearances at NHL games and UFC fights. In early April, he attended two NHL games, including one where Alex Ovechkin matched Wayne Gretzky's record of 894 goals at a Washington Capitals game.


Be sure to check out the photo with the article, Kash and Matthew Barzal of the New York Islanders -- as Rickie Lee Jones put it, "It Must Be Love."





Two current FBI officials said Patel sometimes seems uninterested in the materials, forcing them to try to create briefs that will hold his attention.
Patel also ended a long-standing practice of holding secure weekly video conferences with field office leaders across the country, according to NBC. The meetings were considered a crucial way to share information and priorities across the bureau.

That is repeating what was already noted, I know.  But it is important.

Why?

Chump's unqualified security appointees have left the country at risk.  They don't know what they're doing.  Heaven forbid another 9/11 happens; however, if it does, we need to all grasp that Chump wasn't interested in security briefings nor was Kash.  Let's hope Tulsi at least is regularly briefed.  If some preventable tragedy takes place under Chump's watch, heads need to roll.


Another tragedy?  The American people are really going to register the fact that Chump and Kash elected to ignore briefings and had 'more important' things to do then address national security.  

Another tragedy and, when confronted, what is Chump going to say to how did this happen?  

"I don't know."


Back to Chump, at NATIONAL SECURITY JOURNAL, Andrew Latham makes the argument for Chump being worse than even Richard Nixon:

And that’s the problem with the comparison still whispered across editorial pages and shouted from political pulpits: that Trump is the new Nixon.

He isn’t. He’s far more radical.

Nixon’s presidency ended in disgrace and resignation. Trump’s first term ended in defiance and denial, and now his second term begins with a movement more emboldened than ever. Nixon feared being caught. Trump made being caught the point—and being punished the proof of righteousness.

Yes, the two men share some superficial traits: deep paranoia, a hatred of elites, a knack for channeling grievance. Both campaigned as outsiders and governed with chips on their shoulders. But Nixon still played within the rules, even when he bent or broke them. He sought to control the system. Trump wants to break it and dance on the ruins.


Nixon believed in the Cold War order. He understood power, respected its limits, and wielded it through diplomacy, secrecy, and calculation. He opened China, split the Soviet bloc, and pursued détente to avoid catastrophe. Trump, by contrast, governs by instinct and spectacle. His foreign policy is a mix of gut reactions and cable news monologues. Nixon read books. Trump rewatches his rallies.

Nixon tried to shift the global balance of power. Trump wants to shake the whole system until the screws fall out. He’s not recalibrating American grand strategy. He’s torching it. His disdain for NATO is not rooted in realist critique but in crude transactionalism: if allies don’t “pay up,” he threatens to walk away. Nixon tried to reweight burdens among allies. Trump treats them like delinquent tenants.

This isn’t restraint. It’s retribution.



Chump's drive by retribution and by greed.  It's the latter that has Chump scurrying off on his Middle East tour during which he'll go to Qatar and present himself on hands and knees before 
Sheikh Tamim ibn Hamad Al Thani where he will no doubt be singing Dallas Dixon's "Good Lookin'" to the Sheikh.



He's bouncing off my booty cheeks, I love the way he ridesI can hardly breathe when he's pumping deep insideI kiss him on his neck and then he kisses on my bussyCall him "Daddy" while I holler Man, that Sheikh's so damn good looking (looking, looking)


Remember to douche, Chump, before and after.

Yes, our American Whore's headed off to Qatar to claim his jet.

Henry James is turning over in his grave thinking all he got was Daisy Miller and what he could have done with a character like Donald Chump instead.

Lawrence O'Donnell addressed the vast corruption last night, noting how greedy Chump was lecturing little girls that they could only have two dolls for Christmas while Chump was getting a four hundred million dollar plane as his own personal bribe.



As did Rachel Maddow.


The whole world's talking about how Chump has a price tag on his ass and he's for sale and he's selling out the United States while he works that saggy ass of his.












Since the January inauguration, the administration has acted like sociopaths and lunatics. They have acted recklessly and lawlessly, destroying everything in their wake. It is time to invoke Amendment 25 because clearly the president is mentally incompetent for this position. He’s aiding and abetting a potential global economic meltdown. He’s stoking the domestic anger and worldwide fury that makes the U.S. a target of homegrown violence and international terrorism.



We'll wind down with this from Senator Chuck Schumer's office.  Remember his $400 million plane as you read over his attack on American children:

Already 8,000 Cases Of Food For FeedMore WNY Have Already Been Canceled Due To Trump’s Cruel USDA Cuts - Now GOP Wants To Steal Up To $230 Billion From SNAP To Fund Trump’s Tax Breaks For Corporations & Billionaires

Schumer, With Church Leaders & Advocates, Say This Double Whammy Could Hurtle Families To A Hunger Crisis, Impacting 208,000+ In WNY, Millions Nationwide; Demands GOP Block Cruel Cut To SNAP And Protect Anti-Hunger Programs

Schumer: No Child Should Go To Bed Hungry. This Is Not A Partisan Issue; This Is A Moral Issue

As Congressional Republicans look to advance the largest potential cut to the anti-hunger program SNAP in American history this week, U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer stood with Western NY religious leaders, food banks, & farmers to issue a stark warning and demand action against the devastating proposed $230 billion SNAP cut to fund Trump’s tax cuts for corporations & billionaires, that would leave thousands of seniors, families and children hungry. The senator joined with church leaders and hunger advocates to say how this is a moral issue that we should all unite to stop, and Schumer called on the administration to reverse its hunger program cuts and for the NY House Republicans to stand against stealing from SNAP, which over 208,000 in Western NY rely on for food.

“No child should ever go to bed hungry. But Trump’s slashing of anti-hunger programs at the USDA has already cancelled 8,000 cases of food for FeedMore Western NY.  Now, House Republicans are trying to rush through the budget process and make the largest cut to SNAP in history. With food insecurity on the rise, this is a double whammy that could hurtle families to a hunger crisis,” said Senator Schumer. “Stealing from SNAP to pay for Trump’s tax breaks for corporations & billionaires is as backwards as it gets, and will result in thousands of kids, seniors, and families going hungry. It is not a partisan issue, it is a moral issue. That is why I am here to show what these cuts mean for the nuns, priests, and food banks on the frontlines of fighting against hunger. Together we are demanding a stop to this all-out assault on our federal anti-hunger programs and to protect SNAP for our children, veterans, seniors, and families.”

"We need to recognize that food insecurity is not just a problem for someone else—it’s our problem. Catholic Charities of Buffalo, alongside FeedMore WNY and others, is committed to addressing it. But we cannot do it alone and we are grateful for the efforts of Senator Schumer and those of his colleagues who truly understand this problem," said Deacon Steve Schumer, president and CEO of Catholic Charities of Buffalo.

Schumer added, “It only takes a few NY House Republicans to join us to stop this cruel cut to SNAP. We need NY Republicans to show us which side they are on with their actions. For feeding corporate & billionaires’ greed or for feeding hungry families here in Western NY. We need them to join us in demanding the USDA reverse all of Trump’s cuts to our farmers, food banks, and anti-hunger programs and keep their hands off SNAP to fund Trump’s tax breaks.”

Schumer explained how Trump’s USDA has already cruelly canceled $1 billion in food assistance, hurting Western New York’s FeedMore WNY, and if these SNAP cuts move forward it would be a double whammy, hurtling us to a hunger crisis. The Supplemental Nutrition Assistance Program (SNAP) is a lifeline for nearly 3 million NY seniors, veterans and families who rely on the critical funding to purchase groceries. Schumer said that we should be investing more not less in anti-hunger programs, but under the Republican proposal, the average family would be reduced to just $5.00 per day per person. A breakdown of SNAP recipients in Western NY from the Center for American Progress can be found below:

County

SNAP Recipients

% of County on SNAP

Cattaraugus

10,959

14.4%

Chautauqua

23,926

19.1%

Erie

147,427

15.5%

Niagara

26,650

12.7%

TOTAL

208,962

  

Schumer explained the Republican proposal to cut up to $230 billion from SNAP would inevitably mean costs of feeding families shift to states, who simply do not have the capacity to absorb this massive increase in expenses, risking families going hungry. According to the Center on Budget and Policy Priorities, mandating New York State to cover even a modest share of SNAP benefits would shift astronomical costs to the state with even just 5% increasing New York State’s costs by nearly $3.5 billion from FY2026 to FY2034. The senator said it is impossible to cut this much from federal SNAP funding without ripping food away from hungry children, seniors, veterans, people with disabilities, and more.

These agonizing decisions would be amplified even further at the local level, with non-profits, many of whom have already had their funding cut, unable to fill in the gap. Counties could even be forced to shoulder the burden of increased costs in SNAP, using more local dollars to provide coverage because less federal funding will be coming in.

According to New York’s Office of Temporary and Disability Assistance, in New York’s 26th Congressional District – which represents parts of Erie and Niagara counties – nearly 77,000 households receive an estimated $337 million in annual benefits. 35% of SNAP recipients are children, 14% are elderly, and 10% are people with disabilities. In New York’s 23rd Congressional District over 51,000 households receive an estimated $200 million in annual benefits. 31% of SNAP recipients are children, 17% are elderly, and 12% are people with disabilities.

Schumer said, “SNAP is a lifeline that helps uplift everyone, from the NY farms who get direct assistance from the program to Western NY families’ kitchen tables. NY Republicans are tying themselves in knots to try to justify these SNAP cuts, but the math shows you cannot make the massive cuts the House’s tax bill proposes without risking the food security for thousands of families. I’m all for reducing any waste or fraud to make the program more efficient, but rushing to pass these massive damaging cuts with no plan while they slash our food banks is a recipe for disaster.”

The proposed SNAP cuts would be a blow to Western NY food banks which have already been hit hard by Trump’s funding freezes and canceled payments. Earlier this year, the USDA canceled $1 billion in food assistance for organizations to purchase locally grown food. USDA programs provide food banks, schools, and other organizations with federal support to purchase local food products from NY farms.

FeedMore WNY is facing a projected $3.5M loss in food for 2025, as 12 critical orders of protein, dairy, and produce scheduled for delivery between May and August have already been canceled, resulting in the loss of over 8,000 cases of food, including thousands of dozens of eggs. In 2024, TEFAP CCC purchases accounted for 13% of all food distributed by FeedMore WNY. This loss comes as hunger continues to surge across the region, with FeedMore experiencing a 46% increase in demand since 2021, serving tens of thousands of children, seniors, and working families each year.

Schumer said these proposed cuts will limit food banks’ ability to keep shelves stocked as more people have been forced to rely on food banks to feed their families. Food bank workers and religious leaders across Upstate New York are concerned about the impact of potential cuts to SNAP on the people they serve, and farmers are worried there will be nowhere to sell their food if SNAP funding levels drop.

“No matter which way you slice it, this Congressional Republican plan will screw Western New York families, food banks and farmers from farm to table. We need everyone to stand up to these cuts that would take away food from our neighbors in need,” added Schumer.

 “Deeply embedded in many religious traditions is the call to care for the vulnerable, forgotten, and poor in our midst. Offering them as we do, not just charity, but also justice that upholds their dignity and worth as human beings. And what is more basic in providing human dignity and worth for people, than providing them with the food they need? For 16 years I have pastored in WNY, and during that time I have witnessed over and over again the injustices that exist around our food system.  I have seen people who depend on programs like SNAP for their survival, especially the elderly and the children in my congregation, torn down and made to feel like they are unworthy because they cannot afford to eat. We cannot let the people we call our neighbors, our family, and our friends, go hungry in order to save those who already have more than what they need. That is why I am proud to stand with Senator Schumer, and other leaders in our community, to demand justice. To demand that our leaders uphold the dignity of all people, instead of choosing to take the food off their plates,” said Pastor Rebecca Mentzer, Prince of Peace Lutheran Church.

"As the director of Primera's Food Pantry, I see firsthand how many of our neighbors have to make impossible choices—between paying bills or putting food on the table,” said Pastor Cesar Galarza, Community Church Jehovah Jireh. “In recent months, we have seen a 50% increase in individuals who come to our pantry because they can no longer afford groceries. We are grateful to Senator Schumer for being here today and hearing about the nutritional insecurity that many people in our community face, and we urge more lawmakers to follow his lead. Our communities are struggling—not in theory, but in real life—and they need meaningful support to access the basic nutrition every person deserves."

“We hope for a day when we do not need millions of dollars in funding because the need in the community is lower – but that day is not today. Food insecurity remains a massive and growing problem across the country, including Western New York. Last year alone, more than 165,700 individuals relied on FeedMore WNY for food assistance, which was a 46 percent increase in just three years' time. The federal government plays a critical role in alleviating food insecurity, and we appreciate the work Senator Chuck Schumer is doing to fight for this mission critical funding. In 2024, FeedMore WNY received more than $14.9 million in federal funding to purchase food for our food bank distribution network, offer community outreach with SNAP assistance, and provide prepared meals for our community dining sites and home-delivered meal clients. It is imperative that the federal government continue to fund and support food assistance programs including SNAP, TEFAP and Meals on Wheels. Any reduction or elimination of these vital funds would has a devastating effect on the charitable food assistance network and further exacerbate the already massive problem of hunger in WNY and throughout the nation,” said Collin Bishop, Chief Communications Officer FeedMore WNY.

Proposed rollbacks to the country’s most widely utilized nutrition assistance program would strain budgets for Western NY families. Schumer said decimating funding for SNAP right as costs at grocery stores across the country are skyrocketing will hit the Western NY hard. According to the New York State Community Action Association, more than 14% of people in Erie County live in poverty, including more than 20% of children. According to No Kid Hungry, over half of New Yorkers reported going into debt in the past year due to rising food costs, with over 60% of families with children.

SNAP not only supplements families’ food budgets, it has also generated great economic benefits for New York State and NY-26 specifically. According to the National Grocers Association, grocery stores across New York State sold over $2.1 billion in groceries to people using SNAP benefits, including $146.1 million in NY-26. This created more than 18,500 New York jobs in the grocery industry, including 1,288 in NY-26, and generated more than $820.8 million in grocery industry wages, including $356.9 million in NY-26.

Schumer has been a strong advocate for addressing food insecurity in Western New York. Schumer last year secured $3 million for FeedMore WNY to build a new, 197,700-square-foot facility in the fiscal year (FY) 2024 spending bill. The senator secured $2 million to expand FeedMore WNY’s facility in the omnibus end-of-year spending package for FY2023. Additionally, in November 2023, Schumer announced over $40 million for food organizations across the state through the USDA funded New York Food for New York Families program with Governor Hochul, including $2 million for FeedMore and millions more for other Western NY food organizations and school districts.

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