The Tech Bros and billionaires largely know Trump has no loyalty to anyone besides himself. He’s objectively losing it and will be more difficult to influence him let alone control.

Mikhail Khodorkovsky was once the richest oligarch in Russia but when he looked like he was going to jump into politics and was a little incautious with some of his statements. So Putin took his riches and threw him in prison for ten years.

They got EVERYTHING they needed out of Trump, JD will work smoother.

I just hope there isn't another major national emergency, because Donald has already proven that he does not know how to handle one.

Yes, sir, and to your very excellent point, I believe that Donald will prove himself to be that "major national emergency" not necessarily limited to a single nation, as modern-day Republicans in general have repeatedly proven they cannot govern because they are not leaders but cowards who have abdicated their oaths and responsibilities to a pathologically lying opportunist who invents his own reality and cares for little else beyond money and power combined with an unquenchable neediness for praise.

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As I said before...

Puerto Rican support for Trump maintained despite 'garbage' joke that drew backlash

Trump makes gains with some Puerto Ricans this election despite controversial 'garbage' joke

Puerto Rican voter says despite joke she voted for candidate who will give her 'better life in the future'

The controversial "floating garbage" joke about Puerto Rico made by a comedian at a rally for Republican President-elect Donald Trump during the final days before the election may not have had the negative effect on Trump's support from Puerto Ricans that critics expected it would.

Despite the backlash from the quip made by comedian Tony Hinchcliffe at a Trump rally in New York City roughly a week before Tuesday, Trump still won several Florida counties with the state's largest concentration of Puerto Ricans, which he lost in both 2020 and 2016.

Osceola County, which is home to the largest concentration of Puerto Ricans in the Sunshine State based on census data, voted in favor of Trump on Tuesday night after voting Democrat in the last two elections in which Trump ran. Meanwhile, Miami-Dade and Hillsborough counties, two other districts with a significant population of Puerto Ricans that Trump lost in 2020 and 2016, also went for Trump this time around.

The backlash had no appreciable negative effect.

While you may claim that there was still backlash, I would submit to you that a difference which makes no difference IS no difference..

What's ya'all's opinion on Democrats' lawfare operations???

Personally, I think they should admit defeat and apologized to all involved..

This is an object lesson against fascism..

Don't use the courts and a twisted fascist version of the law to try and settle political scores and interjecting election campaigning by other means..

It's a process that ultimately backfires..

Would Democrats have won if they had simply killed the lawfare operations in it their infancies???

Quite possibly.

I've always wondered about that and it still sticks in my craw today, especially in view of this unprecedented 2024 presidential campaign. It's just one of those things that I can't seem to let go of.

The pertinent question will be about if and how the country comes together to handle it.

I do.

The blame game can be such a waste of precious time and energy without any meaningful gain.

You know, maybe this decisive result in favour of the former president is just what was needed for the country to make some meaningful progress ... in the long run.

And, I am already starting to get the feeling that our own little world here in Weigantia may also have the opportunity to rise to its true potential, if you know what I mean and I'm sure that you do.

Oh, it's starting already ... it's Biden's fault! People love the blame game, especially those who don't have the first clue about how to play it.

Life is complicated; politics is moreso except when it isn't.

Just to clarify, though, I definitely wasn't blaming Biden when I was explaining why we really shouldn't blame Harris.

And while those sentiments do not exactly reflect the point I'm trying to make, I think you know what I'm trying to say.

We all have lessons to learn in the wake of this election result.

It should be an interesting four years and, God willing, we'll get to live through them! :)

Heh. Projection, projection ... oh, never mind dear.

Well, EM, I'm just saying it's easy to armchair quarterback in hindsight, but if Harris had done what you're suggesting, she would have still drawn the ire of many -- you and me included -- but for entirely different reasons.

Have a great day!

I always do. :)

AND it looks like President Trump won the POPULAR VOTE by a.... wait for it...

CONSIDERABLE MARGIN

You mean "considerably margin"? Heh. Well, we never actually decided on a benchmark for considerable margin, but I will tell you honestly now that I would have -- and still would -- define a considerable margin as +5. We'll see if he gets there.

California takes so long to count, and the addition of all those as yet uncounted millions of votes on the coast are likely to shrink that final margin versus expanding it. It'll sure be interesting to find out.

Damn!! I coulda had a MILLION dollars!!! :D

Missed opportunity! Seriously, though, I still don't think he'll win by a considerable margin, but we might find out when all the votes are counted whether you would have owed me a million dollars I would have donated to veterans.

I will settle for a promise from you that you will leave my wife and kids OUT of your comments and flame wars...

You haven't won the bet yet, but I will state unequivocally that there's absolutely no reason to "boomerang" a hurled insult unless it is thrown by you in the first place.

Deal??

That's entirely up to you... and always has been.

He will have no excuses.

When I wished for undivided government, this isn't quite what I had in mind but, it could turn out for the best ... again, in the very long run ... if the right lessons are learned.

Having now won the presidency in resounding fashion AND controlling both houses of government AND winning the popular vote, to boot does NOT make the next four years for president-elect Trump easy breezy.

He also has A LOT to lose if he doesn't make the lives of Americans better and improve the state of the union.

I will reserve judgement until I hear her concession speech. She will either leave a small crack through which to continue her political career OR she will quickly fade into political oblivion.

Nope.. Not since she had one of her minions tell everyone to go home..

As much as I dislike Harris supporters, they deserve better than that...

Harris was definitely not POTUS material no matter how ya slice it..

The only question that remains...

Will Democrats accept the will of the people??

Anyone here want to field that???

Liz,

Have a great day!

OK.. If you insist.. :D

It's my fervent hope that ALL Democrats take a good long look in the mirror and I would hope they would be mortified by what they have become..

You really have to admire how Democrats have so completely and so utterly frak'ed themselves..

What else can one say about a group of people who have put themselves into a position where they A> have to admit that they were completely and utterly full of kaa kaa… Or B> have to concede the election to Adolph Hitler and will have to work with a fascist for the good of the country..

Only Democrats could frak themselves over so completely and thoroughly...

This may just be the result that will best serve to save the union ... in the long run, I mean.

And, it could also save the Democratic party in the process - if you know what I mean and I believe that you do, deep down.

You probably would start off saying she was a disloyal expletive who doesn't know her role as VP and a whole lot of other things worse than that. You would have also likely claimed she was throwing Biden under the bus so she could become POTUS because she was "ambitious" or a "power-hungry" expletive and all kinds of other choice terms.

Heh. Projection, projection ... oh, never mind dear.

I probably would have agreed with you.

Have a great day!

In no particular order...

Pardon ALL J6 defendants who committed no violent crime.

Pardon ALL defendants who have been persecuted and pursued by the Democrats and their HATE TRUMP mentality.

Pardon Joe Biden.

Pardon Hunter Biden.

THAT is what President Trump should do.

But President Trump should NOT pardon himself..

President Trump should let ALL the legal cases against himself crumble on their own lack of merit...

THE COUNTRY IS SAVED!!! :D

OUCH!!! And the ref takes a point away!!! :D

Former Wyoming Rep. Liz Cheney acknowledged President-elect Trump's victory in a statement Wednesday morning that called on all Americans to accept the results of the 2024 presidential election.

"Our nation’s democratic system functioned last night and we have a new President-elect. All Americans are bound, whether we like the outcome or not, to accept the results of our elections," Cheney said in a statement.

"We now have a special responsibility, as citizens of the greatest nation on earth, to do everything we can to support and defend our Constitution, preserve the rule of law, and ensure that our institutions hold over these coming four years. Citizens across this country, our courts, members of the press and those serving in our federal, state and local governments must now be the guardrails of democracy."

Looks like Liz is trying to avoid the firing squad, eh?? :D

Democrats LOST the Senate and DIDN'T gain the House...

President-Elect Trump pulled off a Trifecta!!! :D

Complete control of the government..

PLUS advanced knowledge of how vindictive and hate-ful Democrats can be..

No weekly impeachments from the Democrats this time around, eh? :D

AND it looks like President Trump won the POPULAR VOTE by a.... wait for it...

CONSIDERABLE MARGIN

:D

Damn!! I coulda had a MILLION dollars!!! :D

I will settle for a promise from you that you will leave my wife and kids OUT of your comments and flame wars...

Attack me all you want, to hell and back.. That's absolutely fine with me...

Just leave my family out of it..

Deal??

I mean, it was obvious by midnight or 0100hrs that she was going to lose...

It was a pretty shitty thing to do to send her followers home without a concession speech...

I have a feeling that Harris is going to be the kind of loser that ya'all thought President Trump would be...

And it looks like Weigantia is getting a donation, eh?? :D

Because I am in such a good mood, I will match your donation of $50 to Weigantia as well. And because I am in a REALLY good mood I will match those donations with a $50 donation to Israeli Guide Dogs.. :D

in the extremely unlikely event that Donald completely sweeps the swing states, he'll get 312.

"Extremely Unlikely"?? Is that what we're calling the facts?? :D

Of course.. I am not saying that 2024 is going to be exactly the same as 1980, vote for vote..

What I AM saying is that it's not going to be a razor thin win for President Trump. It's going to be a blow-out win for President Trump where it's going to be indisputable and it won't drag out for days or weeks, but rather we should know by this time tomorrow, if not sooner..

You have to admit.. My prediction was uncannily accurate, eh?? :D

Sure, it wasn't close to 1980..

But it WAS "a blow-out win for President Trump" and it WAS "indisputable" and it DIDN'T "drag out for days or weeks" and we DID "know by this time tomorrow, if not sooner."

Regardless of all that, it's UNDENIABLE that the pollsters were "WAY WRONG" as I predicted they would be..

As I said, there was "simply NO scenario where Harris wins that could be, in it's wildest dreamz, 'realistic'.."

:D

Depending on how others respond, that's probably going to be the extent of my gloating..

Maybe I am mellowing in my old age, but I hate to kick ya'all when yer down...

Even Caddy... :D

So... Anything new?? :D

JL,

the answer is that biden has never been unfit for office, he just got old

He got old which made him unfit for office..

Liz is right and I stated it dozens of times in the aftermath of President Trump's knock-out debate performance..

If Biden was unfit to be the candidate, then he was (and is) unfit to be POTUS..

"Simple logic.."
-Admiral James T Kirk

kamala was loyal and a decent candidate on short notice,

I admire your loyalty but let's be honest here..

Kamala was a horrendous candidate. She was in 2019 and she was worse in 2024..

Anyone who is afraid of press conferences is not fit to be a candidate for POTUS, let alone POTUS itself..

kamala was loyal and a decent candidate on short notice, but there's no answer for a cultural phenomenon like donald, unless he really and truly self-destructs, which this time he did not.

JL

One final point ... If Biden was so unfit to be the nominee for president in 2024, then why was he not removed from office, altogether.

That is a question for Biden and/or those who do the removing via Constitution. Why did Biden choose to run again instead of announcing his stepping down and then Democrats having a primary to choose a candidate for 2024? You tell me, and we'll both know.

Harris was not being honest about all of that and if she can [sic] be honest about something like that, then how trustworthy can she be, generally speaking?

Perhaps Biden wasn't being honest about "all of that." You won't generally see the Vice President of any American President step forward and announce to the world that the POTUS is unfit to serve. How trustworthy would you have found Ms. Harris had she announced to the world that Your Worship Joe Biden was unfit?

You probably would start off saying she was a disloyal expletive who doesn't know her role as VP and a whole lot of other things worse than that. You would have also likely claimed she was throwing Biden under the bus so she could become POTUS because she was "ambitious" or a "power-hungry" expletive and all kinds of other choice terms. I probably would have agreed with you.

Not glum. Just running numbers.

If CW was posting like he usually does, I'd be commenting like I always do. But he isn't... so I'm not. :)

Did someone die???

Oh yea.. The Democrat Party just died... :)

I bet ya'all are happy the streets of Florida need me right now, eh??

:D. :D

Who could have predicted that President Trump would win!!!!

Oh... wait.... talk to ya'all soon..

Harris was not being honest about all of that and if she can be honest about something like that, then how trustworthy can she be, generally speaking?

I wonder how much that played into the vote. Well, that and the fact that it has always really been about the economy and how the Democrats could never figure out to overcome the 'effectiveness' of the, ah, Republican cult of economic failure, ;)

Well, assuming they are, I'm thinking that what we are witnessing today is what one might call 'political justice'.

Of course, urban areas report last, but the pattern is already emerging of underperformance by Democrats versus 2020.

Basically, it's looking more like 2016 than 2020... at this point.

This time, I'm not finding any of that. We're being told that a few non-swing states have voted the way we knew four years ago that they would vote today. And that's basically all. There are opinion columns that could just as well have been posted yesterday as today. There are oh-so-informative statements that the swing states are still the swing states. But no news.

Found another typo:

We will not be turned around
or interrupted by intimidation,
because we know our inaction and inertia
we** be the inheritance of the next generation.
Our blunders become their burdens.
But one thing is certain…

**well, IMO

[Note: I am having problems commenting here for some reason, so I am answering by editing instead. You're right -- it's actually "will". It has been changed and mea culpa! -CW]