Maine Democrats scramble to replace their disgraced nominee with $419 and no primary, one candidate blames a canoe, Mamdani declares war on landlords, and a bank robber brings unlikely accomplice.
Well, yes, Dave. That occurred when they elected all those Democrats. Wasn't Maine a conservative bastion where people said "rud" for road? Perhaps the short summers led to the mental issues Washington State contends with.
Dave, I agree. Talk about wackos - don’t forget that Tucker lives there part of the year also. Maybe the state has been overtaken by the same “demons” that supposedly attacked him in the middle of the night. Just sayin’. Too bad as it’s a beautiful state.
Free in Florida, you have a low and unpleasant character. No doubt about that. And as I told you before, you are certainly not one of the thinkers at C&C Your talents are in snitching, and in seeing bots everywhere. Anyone who fails to agree with you is a bot, apparently. Convenient distraction.
Too funny! You're a type. Sometimes they think they see bots. Sometimes they think they see spies from the 77th Brigade. And some of them think they see flying saucers. According to the fashion of the day.
Now run along and try harder to be a good boy. Shoo!
Anecdotally, influence from Boston-area transplants and retirees. Small population, so it doesn't take a lot of in-migration to change it significantly. (See also Vermont.)
To paraphrase Porfirio Diaz:
"Poor Maine. So far from God. So close to Massachusetts."
Vermont went crackers back in the 1970s when many cults located there. Now you see the elderly cultists who never escaped wondering around in a daze in places such as Saint Johnsbury.
As for Canada, it was leftwing American draft dodgers in the 70s heading mostly to either British Columbia or Toronto that produced a lot of the WOKE-folk attitudes in later eras. Then American or CCP Chinese cults took over the Canadian Maritimes and spread it there. Canadians were always conservative by nature. Leftwimg-ism had to be introduced.
"So the local DNC’s party bosses —currently panicking because Susan Collins is sitting on $11 million in campaign cash while the Democratic candidates are checking the sofa cushions for loose change— will get to pick the winner."
This is classic humor for candidates!
I would have picked the departing candidate, for their honesty.
But that leaves the SOS candidate who was also honest(ly) trapped on a canoe.
Nice touch on the (checking my notes)
squirrel distraction.
She'll take it because she's the best looking, is honest, and... She's the best looking. Because... People are shallow.
Collins may have a fundraising problem as it looks like a walk in the park. She'll be expected to point up money for other candidates in tighter races.
Maybe bring in the kitten, for it's battle hardened past. And surviving.
Umm. When you’re having a debate to show people you can do the job is a great time to know some facts. A shocking number of candidates spend days doing something called Debate Prep for a reason.
Those were astounding, shocking comments. Did her and the other deeply ill, mentally retarded dude acting as the ugliest fake "woman" I've ever had to lay eyes on, give you any indication that the "leaders" of the maine democrat party do not want a leader, they want someone they will absolutely control? Like brain dead brandon cabbage and communist kamala word salad?
And what's with Portland? Portland Maine, Portland Oregon? What water are these people drinking, what polluted air are they breathing, what pot are they smoking that leaves these people so deranged and unstable, yet thinking they are viable humans - they are not!
BUT - These people have no ethics and they have no morale foundation to guide their decisions and actions. They will steal votes to steal an election, unless we stop them.
By the way, did everyone see where schumer pulled a swalwell, ripping a fart in the Senate while lying (actually, it sounded pretty wet, Im thinking he may actually have brandoned in his pants.) Maybe that's what they are breathing?
Casey, my vote’s with you. You’re thinking of “Admiral Rachel” Levine. The first time I saw this guy/woman in a dress in a short clip on TV (when he was still in a political health position I believe in PA), I remarked to my husband, “I feel So Sorry for that woman. She’s the ugliest woman I’ve ever seen and I don’t think she can do much about it.” This was very early on before the trans stuff was so front and center. It’s a mental illness, for sure.
A mental illness which 30% of people living in this country think is perfectly okay to force on the rest of us as normal. Its abysmal. Honestly, I just think those who put them forth know they are deeply ill, and it is just another part of their plan to destroy the country.
Sorry, but I refuse to conjure another image of levine to save myself the projectile vomiting which will come with it.
I think you’re right about the 30%. I had a graduate class in colonial history and the prof said that about 30% of the population during the Revolution were patriots, 30% were Royalists and the other 30% basically blew in the wind to see how it would go.
I’ve been wondering if the Royalist 30% - having dispersed to Canada, the UK or remained here - aren’t ancestors of these groups. Could be. I know the patriot group are ones who are MAGA and who read columns like Jeff’s and we don’t do or fall for stupid (at least most of the time.)
I can identify with that. We were at the W&M homecoming parade ~2003 or 4. Saw some seriously ugly woman on a float who turned out to be the homecoming queen. I did not realize it was a dude until I watched O Reilly on Monday night and he had footage of it and discussed it. . I was so proud. Our alma mater featured on the top national prime time show.
Roland, I can only imagine how proud you must have been! 🤪 It really is “The Emperor has no clothes.” Everyone knows it’s insane but until lately, way too few of us were brave enough to say it.
Casey! Did you have to remind me of that abomination of humanity? I'm not sure which is worse, perhaps they are equally disgusting? And not just because of their look but because of their deep mental illness? Which we are supposed to accept as completely normal, no problem here? NEVER, not on my watch.
We have one running for our congressional seat, a deeply ill "huMAN" who thinks its a woman.
The real takeaway is that these people are not going to go away without a big fight, they intend to force their illness down our throats (yikes that is not a good mental image). The democrat party understands well, the destruction they are reeking by putting these lunatics in front of us.
I don’t want to know, KC. What matters is that they need therapy to overcome an illness. Why is it that there is a treatment for virtually every malady known to man/woman but the mental illness of the LGBTQXYZ crowd is normalized instead of treated? We really shouldn’t be part of normalizing it yet many look the other way instead of saying NO!
I always enjoy your scriptural excerpts, Janice, and this one seems particularly apropos. But I'm curious, is it more in reference to today's Democrat Party or to Magnolia (and perhaps tuxedo cats in general)? I grew up a staunch Democrat, even attended the 1964 Convention (and saw Bobby Kennedy stop his ride and literally get up onto the roof of the car to give an impromptu speech and shake hands), so I take no pleasure in their confusion today about who they are and what they stand for (just mostly, against)! And as for Tuxedo Cats, in our not-inconsiderable experience, they are simply the sweetest, most gentle and mellow felines for which we have ever had the pleasure of providing for over many, many years! And this is not to denigrate the other strays we’ve had and that I continue to care for, be they dilute calicos, siamese, rag dolls, egyptian maus, maine coons, norwegian forrest cats, and even a russian blue! And, thanks again for today's quote!
After reading your comment, I wondered what in the world Jeff wrote about today, since I hadn't read the post yet. Just read it and laughed! We have a tuxedo that actually appeared in a tree near our house, meowing his head off and apparently deciding to live with us. I do not know anything about his criminal history, as he was about 12 weeks old when we found him. 😆
Can't wrap my mind (or stomach!) around that Maine Senate Debate!! Can you even for a moment IMAGINE the Founding Fathers seeing this! Now that's something to weep about!
Same way AOC got her job: casting call. Job post on local acting board, with 'talent' agents. Whoever the 'producers' hired for central casting put that stage together. It checked most of the boxes, so they consider it a success.
I Would Do Anything for Love by the Dashboard Light (but I won’t do that! Ew gross) but, hey, Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad When You’re A they/them Bat Out of Hell, you’ll be gone by the morning light (which pretty much describes they/them’s political prospects)
Has anyone ever written a comprehensive article or report that lays out how much cash or cash equivalent a non US citizen is entitled to receive every month or year? Food stamps amount, rent subsidies, medical insurance premiums or other medical reimbursements paid , all other amounts of sm cash received or fees etc waived. The foregoing does not of course include things like costs incurred by schools, hospitals etc that hopefully are paid by states and not reimbursed by the fed govt.
Similarly, any analysis of how much employers save by paying lower wages with govt making up the difference ( essentially the rest of us are subsidizing those employers)
The above data would help make the case why the failure to.deport even non criminals costs the average us citizen and makes their lives less affordable, an argument that would appeal to many and put real context into the deportation arguments that today center on ICE activities
Perhaps, but a report like this would also need to calculate the unseen costs, such as the demand for jobs, cars, housing, groceries, medical care, and so on. The law of supply and demand states that prices rise when demand outstrips supply, and fall when supply exceeds demand, until the market reaches equilibrium. This is an economic distortion that clever people have learned to monetize.
Without a doubt. I am more focused on the average American seeing how much cash someone here illegally gets every year as that is a nice fat number all can best understand. If properly assembled and communicated it would sway people to.go vote and to vote for those who truly oppose open borders because of the costs to we the people.
What galls me to no end is that in the 90s, someone I know who married a non US citizen at the time actually had to sign a document stating that neither the person nor the spouse (remembering that one of them was an actual American citizen) would ask for any government support. I think it was for a certain amount of time, like 20 years or something but can’t recall exactly. So these people, one a citizen and one a legal immigrant, had to promise not to get government help at that time. But now, no problem, ILLEGAL immigrants get free or in state tuition at college, food stamps, housing assistance, medical care, all kinds of help and people just shrug their shoulders about it 😡😡😡
RL, it was actually Bill Clinton who signed a law to limit federal benefits to illegal immigrants (1996, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), eliminating eligibility for SNAP, Medicaid, federal housing assistance, most unemployment benefits, cash welfare, social security, etc.
Before that, there were no laws governing immigrant eligibility for public benefits. Since then, states have expanded some of their benefits, and eligibility categories have been refined.
From ChatGPT:
In 2025, the administration announced that several agencies would rescind Clinton-era interpretations and apply PRWORA more broadly to additional federally funded programs, arguing this better reflected Congress’s original intent.
Bottom line: Congress has not broadly expanded federal benefit eligibility for illegal immigrants since 1996.
Based on the best estimates I could find, there isn’t a single authoritative figure because eligibility, household composition, and state programs vary.
However, a reasonable estimate from published analyses is about $8,800 per undocumented immigrant per year in net taxpayer cost. Using an estimated 14 million undocumented immigrants, that works out to roughly $123 billion per year.
That’s an estimate—not a precise government figure.
I, too, would like to see a report on how much it is costing US taxpayers to support illegal immigrants. At a local level, it is easy to see how much they take from food banks, housing, hospital, schools, and even legal aid service providers. Examples: They use the emergency department at the hospital as a primary care because they won’t be turned away if they can’t pay. A teacher I know who works in a rural county said they have students who speak 10 different languages other than English or Spanish. The staff has to use Google translate to communicate with those students. Think about how much effort is put into accommodating those few students to the detriment of the citizen students.
My daughter is a kindergarten teacher and has had to do the same when she’s had four different foreign language kids in her classroom! Kids catch on pretty quickly, it the parents don’t. Google Translate has been her godsend!
And, that was based on 15 million.... It is probably > 30 million, as I believe a Harvard study suggested years before the onslaught happened during Obummer and Bidumbs evil reign. We may have as many as give or take 50 million illegals by now.
From my youth, there was a story that Khruschev was left 3 letters from Stalin "to be opened only in times of dire crisis." When Hungary rose in revolt, he opened the first: "Blame me!" which he promptly did, and survived. Later during the U-2 Incident, he opened the second which redd "Blame the USA!" He did, and again lived on. Embroiled in the Cuban missile crisis he'd instigated, he opened the third, but it only said, "Prepare three letters..."
The Democrat Party of Communism be on its 3rd letter...
I once had a talking dog. I got tired of listening to him and all his BS. I decided to sell him. A man came by and immediately the dog starts telling him he used to work for the CIA and was given to Putin as a gift so he could spy on him and report back to the CIA. He said all kinds of things like the time he was in the Marine Corps and helped in the liberation of Faluja in Iraq. He also said he used to work in the DEA and took down drug cartels in Mexico.
The man seemed genuinely impressed and said, “wow! Do you realize your dog can talk?!!”
I said, “he’s such a liar. He was never a Marine.”
I've had a rough week (almost rougher than the Maine dems) and today's column made me laugh so hard I nearly spit out my coffee. Thank you for sharp insight and the greatly needed comic relief!!
Don’t forget the Mayor left “Little Italy” off a recent district map he created. Now that’s worth a hit in and of itself by the mob. Oh the irony of it all!
You keep messing with peoples investments and taking away, he will be offed, no doubt about it. Then we can ship his body back to uganda where it always belonged.
Looks like Maine picked a random Dem voter from the check out line of a dispensary (next to the soft serve ice cream shop) and told them they're going to run for the US Senate seat. Kudos to the Dems, they picked the typical clump of cells that passes for a Democrat these days. Yay, so populist!
Yes, agreed - it’s inevitable and richly deserved for that party to split into DSA vs. Rump Dems with 15 to 20% of the vote each. Then the DSA will split into Communist Party USA vs DSA, while the Rump Dems either join GOP or register Independent.
I am worried about the younger voters who are enthralled with Mamdani’s offerings. They won’t mature quickly enough to come to their senses before the damage is done. I just hope the fracturing of the Dem party happens soon enough to dilute their votes.
What's up with Maine anyway? Is it too close to Canada? Has it become an insane asylum?
Answer: Most definitely YES.
Someone out there has a wicked sense of humor. 😂😂😂
Actually, a reasonable explanation .
Well, yes, Dave. That occurred when they elected all those Democrats. Wasn't Maine a conservative bastion where people said "rud" for road? Perhaps the short summers led to the mental issues Washington State contends with.
More likely an invasion by Bahstonians?
AKA Massholes as my Maine resident friends (and parents) fondly refer to them.
Mass of two shits for me
Yeah I was going to suggest that too.
I thought it was pronounced "rad', or is that Boston?
Dave, I think the Griftocrats are so close to the edge of the United States of America that they're afraid they'll fall off the face of sanity.
Just sayin'.
Dave, I agree. Talk about wackos - don’t forget that Tucker lives there part of the year also. Maybe the state has been overtaken by the same “demons” that supposedly attacked him in the middle of the night. Just sayin’. Too bad as it’s a beautiful state.
Oh my...it's you Free in Florida. The site snitch. Who gets up to ornery things on other Substacks.
You’re such a disagreeable person - or more likely, bot. Protesting that someone is calling you out? Someone needs to. I will not respond further.
Free in Florida, you have a low and unpleasant character. No doubt about that. And as I told you before, you are certainly not one of the thinkers at C&C Your talents are in snitching, and in seeing bots everywhere. Anyone who fails to agree with you is a bot, apparently. Convenient distraction.
Too funny! You're a type. Sometimes they think they see bots. Sometimes they think they see spies from the 77th Brigade. And some of them think they see flying saucers. According to the fashion of the day.
Now run along and try harder to be a good boy. Shoo!
They are trying to keep up with Minnesota which also borders Canada.
Canada produced me. And I had the answers to this upside-down-land nonsense many years ago.
Same goes for NYC. According to this Uber driver, if you're not a "brown" person, you're going to need a visa to enter the city.
https://x.com/RockieWatts/status/2077800253210632686?s=20
Yep!
wasn't one of the graham cracker's mottos: They don't know Maine. Well, I guess we do now, a nothing burger.
It's all that wildfire pollution.
Does Maine have Voter ID? I'm not from there, but I know which candidate I'd vote for.
Shocking right?
No, they aren't locked in.
Anecdotally, influence from Boston-area transplants and retirees. Small population, so it doesn't take a lot of in-migration to change it significantly. (See also Vermont.)
To paraphrase Porfirio Diaz:
"Poor Maine. So far from God. So close to Massachusetts."
Vermont went crackers back in the 1970s when many cults located there. Now you see the elderly cultists who never escaped wondering around in a daze in places such as Saint Johnsbury.
As for Canada, it was leftwing American draft dodgers in the 70s heading mostly to either British Columbia or Toronto that produced a lot of the WOKE-folk attitudes in later eras. Then American or CCP Chinese cults took over the Canadian Maritimes and spread it there. Canadians were always conservative by nature. Leftwimg-ism had to be introduced.
Ashley was definitely in the wrong place…and in the wrong body.
"So the local DNC’s party bosses —currently panicking because Susan Collins is sitting on $11 million in campaign cash while the Democratic candidates are checking the sofa cushions for loose change— will get to pick the winner."
This is classic humor for candidates!
I would have picked the departing candidate, for their honesty.
But that leaves the SOS candidate who was also honest(ly) trapped on a canoe.
Nice touch on the (checking my notes)
squirrel distraction.
She'll take it because she's the best looking, is honest, and... She's the best looking. Because... People are shallow.
Collins may have a fundraising problem as it looks like a walk in the park. She'll be expected to point up money for other candidates in tighter races.
Maybe bring in the kitten, for it's battle hardened past. And surviving.
Can’t imagine why a ‘normal’ leftist loon would have a problem with Leftist Susan Collins.
Yes and yes.
“and I’ve been running for governor for a long time.”
Besides the canoe situation, I think this statement should have people wondering as well.
Also, “when I need to know the facts I will.”
Umm. When you’re having a debate to show people you can do the job is a great time to know some facts. A shocking number of candidates spend days doing something called Debate Prep for a reason.
Those were astounding, shocking comments. Did her and the other deeply ill, mentally retarded dude acting as the ugliest fake "woman" I've ever had to lay eyes on, give you any indication that the "leaders" of the maine democrat party do not want a leader, they want someone they will absolutely control? Like brain dead brandon cabbage and communist kamala word salad?
And what's with Portland? Portland Maine, Portland Oregon? What water are these people drinking, what polluted air are they breathing, what pot are they smoking that leaves these people so deranged and unstable, yet thinking they are viable humans - they are not!
BUT - These people have no ethics and they have no morale foundation to guide their decisions and actions. They will steal votes to steal an election, unless we stop them.
By the way, did everyone see where schumer pulled a swalwell, ripping a fart in the Senate while lying (actually, it sounded pretty wet, Im thinking he may actually have brandoned in his pants.) Maybe that's what they are breathing?
https://www.westernjournal.com/making-stink-chuck-schumer-appears-pass-gas-raging-trump-senate-floor/
Ugliest "woman?" You've forgotten Admiral Whatsherface? (Lucky you if you have.)
You’ve also apparently forgotten the Canadian shop teacher with the size triple Z fake boobies.
😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂😂
Stop!! Your killing me!
Right! ‼️🤮
Casey, my vote’s with you. You’re thinking of “Admiral Rachel” Levine. The first time I saw this guy/woman in a dress in a short clip on TV (when he was still in a political health position I believe in PA), I remarked to my husband, “I feel So Sorry for that woman. She’s the ugliest woman I’ve ever seen and I don’t think she can do much about it.” This was very early on before the trans stuff was so front and center. It’s a mental illness, for sure.
A mental illness which 30% of people living in this country think is perfectly okay to force on the rest of us as normal. Its abysmal. Honestly, I just think those who put them forth know they are deeply ill, and it is just another part of their plan to destroy the country.
Sorry, but I refuse to conjure another image of levine to save myself the projectile vomiting which will come with it.
I think you’re right about the 30%. I had a graduate class in colonial history and the prof said that about 30% of the population during the Revolution were patriots, 30% were Royalists and the other 30% basically blew in the wind to see how it would go.
I’ve been wondering if the Royalist 30% - having dispersed to Canada, the UK or remained here - aren’t ancestors of these groups. Could be. I know the patriot group are ones who are MAGA and who read columns like Jeff’s and we don’t do or fall for stupid (at least most of the time.)
I can identify with that. We were at the W&M homecoming parade ~2003 or 4. Saw some seriously ugly woman on a float who turned out to be the homecoming queen. I did not realize it was a dude until I watched O Reilly on Monday night and he had footage of it and discussed it. . I was so proud. Our alma mater featured on the top national prime time show.
Roland, I can only imagine how proud you must have been! 🤪 It really is “The Emperor has no clothes.” Everyone knows it’s insane but until lately, way too few of us were brave enough to say it.
Casey! Did you have to remind me of that abomination of humanity? I'm not sure which is worse, perhaps they are equally disgusting? And not just because of their look but because of their deep mental illness? Which we are supposed to accept as completely normal, no problem here? NEVER, not on my watch.
Granted the competition is stiff.
Well more like limp rather than stiff in their case though 😑
We have one running for our congressional seat, a deeply ill "huMAN" who thinks its a woman.
The real takeaway is that these people are not going to go away without a big fight, they intend to force their illness down our throats (yikes that is not a good mental image). The democrat party understands well, the destruction they are reeking by putting these lunatics in front of us.
What do these persons see when they look in the mirror?
I don’t want to know, KC. What matters is that they need therapy to overcome an illness. Why is it that there is a treatment for virtually every malady known to man/woman but the mental illness of the LGBTQXYZ crowd is normalized instead of treated? We really shouldn’t be part of normalizing it yet many look the other way instead of saying NO!
🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣🤣
Indeed. Perhaps the Leftist candidates need a preparation service like they provide MCAT takers.
That was ani interesting statement. Apparently she doesn’t need to run on anything substantial
Right?? I had the exact same thought! Seems to me like it would be a pretty good time to know your facts.
Running what? Like a runner for coffee and bagels? Like a courier or something?
Only if anyone watched it
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But of the Son He says,
“Your throne, O God, is forever and ever,
And the righteous scepter is the scepter of His kingdom.
You have loved righteousness and hated lawlessness;
Therefore God, Your God, has anointed You
With the oil of gladness above Your companions.”
— Hebrews 1:8-9 NAS95
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Love this verse....the Father calling the Son God✝️
I always enjoy your scriptural excerpts, Janice, and this one seems particularly apropos. But I'm curious, is it more in reference to today's Democrat Party or to Magnolia (and perhaps tuxedo cats in general)? I grew up a staunch Democrat, even attended the 1964 Convention (and saw Bobby Kennedy stop his ride and literally get up onto the roof of the car to give an impromptu speech and shake hands), so I take no pleasure in their confusion today about who they are and what they stand for (just mostly, against)! And as for Tuxedo Cats, in our not-inconsiderable experience, they are simply the sweetest, most gentle and mellow felines for which we have ever had the pleasure of providing for over many, many years! And this is not to denigrate the other strays we’ve had and that I continue to care for, be they dilute calicos, siamese, rag dolls, egyptian maus, maine coons, norwegian forrest cats, and even a russian blue! And, thanks again for today's quote!
After reading your comment, I wondered what in the world Jeff wrote about today, since I hadn't read the post yet. Just read it and laughed! We have a tuxedo that actually appeared in a tree near our house, meowing his head off and apparently deciding to live with us. I do not know anything about his criminal history, as he was about 12 weeks old when we found him. 😆
What turned you from the Democrat party, if you are no longer a Democrat?
Looks like Maine democrats are up a certain creek without a paddle- but at least one of them has a canoe!
😂
Mark, 😂
Devory Darkins Show is on it… “What’s happening in Maine?”
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YU-6NYU-IxU&pp=ygUTZGV2b3J5IGRhcmtpbnMgc2hvdw%3D%3D
Wait - Tucker Carlson announced he’s no longer a Republican- so…
He’s been circling the drain since he “left” FoxNews
Enough said…”to feature a woman dressed like she’s preparing to survive a biological attack in a haberdashery”.
Aka Congressman Rosa DeLauro.
The real Witch of the West. Isn't she about 104 years old?
Doesn't matter. She probably voted. Dead or alive.
who has been a Rep, wait for it, since 1991.
With green and pink hair highlights......
Hers is purple.
🤣🤣🤣🤣
Can't wrap my mind (or stomach!) around that Maine Senate Debate!! Can you even for a moment IMAGINE the Founding Fathers seeing this! Now that's something to weep about!
When I first saw it, I thought it was a joke - a Babylon Bee video.
Chris Farley in an SNL opener!!
Thought the same... this could be an SNL skit! Lol
In a canoe, down by the river!
🤣😆
FreeBird07 you mean SHOULD be! 😂
Oh good lord! Now I can’t unsee that!!
I wasn’t watching, but listening and when “Ashley” ( if that’s his real name) spoke, my head jerked so fast I almost snapped my neck! 😂
"A Republic....if you can keep it"
Ben Franklin
Manufactured freak show.
In your face even with imaginary party system.
Bread and circus to amuse
the masses, while the country burns.
I asked my husband ‘is this really the best in Maine for Democrats?’ Yikes! It’s a stomach check. 🤢
Dems like Dumb. New bumper sticker! 😂
That’s a good one
Patti, exactly! PICK SOMEONE AT _RANDOM_!!!
Kenobi for Senate 2026, he’s their only hope.
My sides hurt!! This was the funniest C&C ever! The Democrats provide such easy material, but really Jeff, thank you so much for this!!
YES!!! Jeff is on a ROLL today!! I was annoying my husband by repeating “and then Jeff says …” 😂
Agree! I kept annoying my wife while she was trying to listen to Adam Carolla and Drea DeMatteo.
I agree 💯!
Oh my gosh yes!! I was laughing so hard!!! 🤣🤣🤣
I agree!
Mr. Webb looks like Meat Loaf.
Four out of four are bad.
What wouldn't a guy whose had a dickchoptomy for love do for a Senate seat?
Who has visions of paradise by the Senate cafeteria light?
When all it takes is the right words out of his mouth, between bites?
Jeff's question--how did 'they' get on that stage--is the key.
Same way AOC got her job: casting call. Job post on local acting board, with 'talent' agents. Whoever the 'producers' hired for central casting put that stage together. It checked most of the boxes, so they consider it a success.
I Would Do Anything for Love by the Dashboard Light (but I won’t do that! Ew gross) but, hey, Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad When You’re A they/them Bat Out of Hell, you’ll be gone by the morning light (which pretty much describes they/them’s political prospects)
🤭😆
I kept thinking, I’ve seen that face before. 😂😂😂
But can he sing like Meatloaf? Cause I always loved his music
He actually can sing. Fox played a clip last night of one of his songs. Pretty darn good.
WoW, maybe this was just a promotional gig to sell his music!
Well, he did go viral!!
Excellent notion Susan, did not even think of that.
Yes!!
Now that had me laughing...
I know I thought the same thing 😂
Has anyone ever written a comprehensive article or report that lays out how much cash or cash equivalent a non US citizen is entitled to receive every month or year? Food stamps amount, rent subsidies, medical insurance premiums or other medical reimbursements paid , all other amounts of sm cash received or fees etc waived. The foregoing does not of course include things like costs incurred by schools, hospitals etc that hopefully are paid by states and not reimbursed by the fed govt.
Similarly, any analysis of how much employers save by paying lower wages with govt making up the difference ( essentially the rest of us are subsidizing those employers)
The above data would help make the case why the failure to.deport even non criminals costs the average us citizen and makes their lives less affordable, an argument that would appeal to many and put real context into the deportation arguments that today center on ICE activities
Perhaps, but a report like this would also need to calculate the unseen costs, such as the demand for jobs, cars, housing, groceries, medical care, and so on. The law of supply and demand states that prices rise when demand outstrips supply, and fall when supply exceeds demand, until the market reaches equilibrium. This is an economic distortion that clever people have learned to monetize.
Without a doubt. I am more focused on the average American seeing how much cash someone here illegally gets every year as that is a nice fat number all can best understand. If properly assembled and communicated it would sway people to.go vote and to vote for those who truly oppose open borders because of the costs to we the people.
What galls me to no end is that in the 90s, someone I know who married a non US citizen at the time actually had to sign a document stating that neither the person nor the spouse (remembering that one of them was an actual American citizen) would ask for any government support. I think it was for a certain amount of time, like 20 years or something but can’t recall exactly. So these people, one a citizen and one a legal immigrant, had to promise not to get government help at that time. But now, no problem, ILLEGAL immigrants get free or in state tuition at college, food stamps, housing assistance, medical care, all kinds of help and people just shrug their shoulders about it 😡😡😡
RL, it was actually Bill Clinton who signed a law to limit federal benefits to illegal immigrants (1996, Personal Responsibility and Work Opportunity Reconciliation Act of 1996 (PRWORA), eliminating eligibility for SNAP, Medicaid, federal housing assistance, most unemployment benefits, cash welfare, social security, etc.
Before that, there were no laws governing immigrant eligibility for public benefits. Since then, states have expanded some of their benefits, and eligibility categories have been refined.
From ChatGPT:
In 2025, the administration announced that several agencies would rescind Clinton-era interpretations and apply PRWORA more broadly to additional federally funded programs, arguing this better reflected Congress’s original intent.
Bottom line: Congress has not broadly expanded federal benefit eligibility for illegal immigrants since 1996.
Yes I know, but somehow Democrats ignore that 🙄
What I find astounding is how many lawmakers we have who don’t know the law.
And just think how many non-working American citizens also collect those benefits, for decades.
There definitely is a place for support when needed. It ought not become a lifestyle.
And the national debt keeps growing.
The national debt skyrocketed after the crash of 2008, when Obama and Congress decided to put Wall Street gambling onto the public debt.
Since then, it has gone astronomical. We are literally comping Wall Street gamblers, and putting the debt on our children.
And then they have the NERVE to brag about how high the Dow is.
Well, of course it is. We have given them hundreds of billions to play with.
Mrs. RW
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Clarity, see above. A reasonable estimate is $8,800/yr for ~14 million undocumented and/or unauthorized immigrants.
Based on the best estimates I could find, there isn’t a single authoritative figure because eligibility, household composition, and state programs vary.
However, a reasonable estimate from published analyses is about $8,800 per undocumented immigrant per year in net taxpayer cost. Using an estimated 14 million undocumented immigrants, that works out to roughly $123 billion per year.
That’s an estimate—not a precise government figure.
I, too, would like to see a report on how much it is costing US taxpayers to support illegal immigrants. At a local level, it is easy to see how much they take from food banks, housing, hospital, schools, and even legal aid service providers. Examples: They use the emergency department at the hospital as a primary care because they won’t be turned away if they can’t pay. A teacher I know who works in a rural county said they have students who speak 10 different languages other than English or Spanish. The staff has to use Google translate to communicate with those students. Think about how much effort is put into accommodating those few students to the detriment of the citizen students.
Yes and they require free interpretation services at hospitals and in the courts. All of that costs the taxpayers money.
My daughter is a kindergarten teacher and has had to do the same when she’s had four different foreign language kids in her classroom! Kids catch on pretty quickly, it the parents don’t. Google Translate has been her godsend!
Mayor, see above. A ChatGPT analysis from legit agency data provides an estimate of roughly $123 billion per year. Ball park.
And, that was based on 15 million.... It is probably > 30 million, as I believe a Harvard study suggested years before the onslaught happened during Obummer and Bidumbs evil reign. We may have as many as give or take 50 million illegals by now.
Sounds like the Fed’s subsidy to Walmart…
"Communism: the original grievance cult.
Step 1: Spend 200 years screeching that everything wrong in your life is the capitalists' fault.
Step 2: Burn it all down for the utopia.
Step 3: 100 million dead, bread lines, and secret police.
Step 4: 'That wasn't REAL communism!'
Still waiting on that worker's paradise, comrades? Or just more cope from the iPhone revolutionaries? 😂"
From my youth, there was a story that Khruschev was left 3 letters from Stalin "to be opened only in times of dire crisis." When Hungary rose in revolt, he opened the first: "Blame me!" which he promptly did, and survived. Later during the U-2 Incident, he opened the second which redd "Blame the USA!" He did, and again lived on. Embroiled in the Cuban missile crisis he'd instigated, he opened the third, but it only said, "Prepare three letters..."
The Democrat Party of Communism be on its 3rd letter...
Ok Magnolia is the kind of kitten I want to adopt. She has seen some things. I bet she has some great stories.
I once had a talking dog. I got tired of listening to him and all his BS. I decided to sell him. A man came by and immediately the dog starts telling him he used to work for the CIA and was given to Putin as a gift so he could spy on him and report back to the CIA. He said all kinds of things like the time he was in the Marine Corps and helped in the liberation of Faluja in Iraq. He also said he used to work in the DEA and took down drug cartels in Mexico.
The man seemed genuinely impressed and said, “wow! Do you realize your dog can talk?!!”
I said, “he’s such a liar. He was never a Marine.”
Nice yarn. 😂
She is so cute too!
I agree. 😻
Of course cat agrees!!
I've had a rough week (almost rougher than the Maine dems) and today's column made me laugh so hard I nearly spit out my coffee. Thank you for sharp insight and the greatly needed comic relief!!
I hear you!! Hang in there!
Hang in there! 🙏
Hope next week is better for you! 🙏
It was good to see that Mayor Zohran Mamdani opted to hold his eviction press conference at NYC's local Learing Center.
If mammadammadingdong keeps this up with landlords, he will be assassinated.
I think a lot of NY'rs are missing the mob about now. The mayor would have been off'd weeks ago.
Don’t forget the Mayor left “Little Italy” off a recent district map he created. Now that’s worth a hit in and of itself by the mob. Oh the irony of it all!
You keep messing with peoples investments and taking away, he will be offed, no doubt about it. Then we can ship his body back to uganda where it always belonged.
…. Lori… 😂🤣😂🤣mammadammadingdong
Omg… love this… perfect!
all credit goes to Torrance Stephens who came up with it. He has his own stack and comments on this one as well!!!
That silly grin is getting old.
You brighten my mornings with your wry writings
I know! I’m still laughing! 🤣
Looks like Maine picked a random Dem voter from the check out line of a dispensary (next to the soft serve ice cream shop) and told them they're going to run for the US Senate seat. Kudos to the Dems, they picked the typical clump of cells that passes for a Democrat these days. Yay, so populist!
‘Clump of cells’ 😂
With a touch of mrna.
‘Waste of skin’
the best we can hope for is a complete split in the democrat party with both them becoming irrelevant for decades
Yes, agreed - it’s inevitable and richly deserved for that party to split into DSA vs. Rump Dems with 15 to 20% of the vote each. Then the DSA will split into Communist Party USA vs DSA, while the Rump Dems either join GOP or register Independent.
I am worried about the younger voters who are enthralled with Mamdani’s offerings. They won’t mature quickly enough to come to their senses before the damage is done. I just hope the fracturing of the Dem party happens soon enough to dilute their votes.
Good Saturday morning!!
Morning Dr Linda🤗
Good morning from
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Morning Dr!
Good morning!
Good morning!! 😁
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