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This Newsom meme will get the orange menace right in the nards. (Original Post) Swede Aug 20 OP
I am shocked BoRaGard Aug 20 #1
Pete Hegseth might want him in his security detail with the other beefy dudes. TheBlackAdder Aug 20 #105
Really glad I wasn't drinking coffee when I saw this . . . hatrack Aug 20 #2
me too rurallib Aug 20 #37
OMG!! THAT IS SO HYSTERICAL! lark Aug 20 #3
Kimberly Guilfoyle gave up THAT for no_hypocrisy Aug 20 #4
Did she give it up? LR3 Aug 20 #12
She wasn't always like that. Mz Pip Aug 20 #60
Kimberly Guilfoyle Evidently Got MAGAT Basking Shark Injections - A Cautionary Tale... MayReasonRule Aug 20 #35
This message was self-deleted by its author Beachnutt Aug 20 #48
Yikes! Emile Aug 20 #49
Between The Basking Shark Injections And Voting Republican It Explains Pretty Much Everything MayReasonRule Aug 20 #53
This looks like an old "R.Crumb" drawing. FadedMullet Aug 20 #109
Dead On Target! It IS An Old "R. Crumb" drawing... MayReasonRule Aug 20 #117
Wasn't that a great movie? Really interesting guy, though really one dimensional. His brother and mother..... FadedMullet Aug 21 #122
It Was Revelatory... I'd Had No Idea About What R. Crumb Came From... MayReasonRule Aug 21 #135
NSFW label please! NT mwooldri Aug 20 #80
🤣🤣🤣 MayReasonRule Aug 20 #94
Politics aside, I don't know why women do that to themselves FoxNewsSucks Aug 20 #69
I'm a woman and I don't understand that either BonnieJW Aug 20 #81
I'm a woman too, and I'm 80 - and I've seen all kinds of women do all kinds of things to themselves soldierant Aug 20 #118
This is a dangerous practice and there are now young girls going under the knife as well for similar reasons. Dave Bowman Aug 20 #95
Dear God, she's a gargoyle. calimary Aug 20 #72
PERFECT DESCRIPTION calimary.... popsdenver Aug 20 #108
Imagine rambler_american Aug 20 #99
Two words: fish lips. ShazzieB Aug 20 #115
I wonder if Noem's South Park repair crew is available Bluetus Aug 21 #136
That's The Spirit!!! MayReasonRule Aug 21 #139
I know, right? Joinfortmill Aug 20 #42
Shuddddddddderrrrr! nt Trueblue Texan Aug 20 #58
Jr.: "My fahhhhther wil be pissed." live love laugh Aug 20 #100
Well Newsom works out and probably eats healthy.......................... Lovie777 Aug 20 #5
I may not be his biggest fan in the world JustAnotherGen Aug 20 #6
That orange man in the WH................. Lovie777 Aug 20 #11
He's the fighter we need in this time JustAnotherGen Aug 20 #17
Maybe he'll get so mad he will share those special secret photos of Ivanka! travelingthrulife Aug 20 #44
Oh definitely swong19104 Aug 20 #70
Yeah, but that's California and I find him charming, but then I LOVE California! CTyankee Aug 20 #110
'Unctuous' is what I meant Oeditpus Rex Aug 20 #114
He went to a fancy restaurant during covid BidenRocks Aug 21 #121
Newsom just makes me melt... Scottie Mom Aug 20 #111
I agree Gavin is the polished dude with a great gift of gab and punches peacebuzzard Aug 22 #140
Did this come from his press office???? Amaryllis Aug 20 #7
I suspect these memes have taken on a life of their own. NH Ethylene Aug 20 #27
Definitely. Lots of people are joining in the fun. nt SunSeeker Aug 20 #28
Puti will be jealous. Joinfortmill Aug 20 #43
I haven't seen that one. Emile Aug 20 #46
Many many memes here... txwhitedove Aug 20 #57
they are a scream ! NJCher Aug 20 #66
😍 malaise Aug 20 #113
I like "The Diddler" one FoxNewsSucks Aug 20 #71
I like him drinking cup of MAGA Tears. txwhitedove Aug 20 #93
That is great! LMAO Jack Valentino Aug 20 #98
Have you seen the one with him wearing a red hat : AllyCat Aug 21 #127
Which is fabulous. I hope other Democrats take notice. This is cheap, this is a psychologically astute way Scrivener7 Aug 21 #133
NO MorbidButterflyTat Aug 20 #82
...... Diamond_Dog Aug 20 #8
Bwhaha Emile Aug 20 #9
Fucking. Awesome. LR3 Aug 20 #10
K & R Emile Aug 20 #13
This shit's fun but it does NOTHING for Dems who are running shoe string campaigns fighting to win in '26 Cheezoholic Aug 20 #14
Lighten up Francis. Emile Aug 20 #16
🤣🤣🤣 MayReasonRule Aug 20 #36
It's dangling bait in the water waiting for Krasnov to bite. speak easy Aug 20 #18
I'll NEVER be tired of seeing it. FINALLY someone is going after the low hanging fruit of Cankles's Scrivener7 Aug 21 #129
Maybe we can find a more vanilla candidate Hornedfrog2000 Aug 20 #19
This message was self-deleted by its author Pacifist Patriot Aug 20 #22
We gotta get through '26 before we even start thinking about '28. This is the most important midterm of our lives Cheezoholic Aug 20 #29
The least you could do, is to learn how to spell his name. Emile Aug 20 #30
The Majority Of Our Population Is 'Not About Substance'... Quite The Opposite... MayReasonRule Aug 20 #39
Our party has pretty much focused on policy BlueKota Aug 20 #55
I get what you're saying, but it can be a very effective tactic to deploy against narcissists. Pacifist Patriot Aug 20 #20
Exactly, Hornedfrog2000 Aug 20 #23
Malignant narcissism and toxic masculinity is quite the recipe for insecurity. Pacifist Patriot Aug 20 #24
Great, put in our pocket for '28. They can't win without the small MAGAt base so whomever they run will have to Cheezoholic Aug 20 #33
Vance 28? alfredo Aug 20 #51
Stealing.. with credit. KentuckyWoman Aug 20 #116
A leading candidate for bumper sticker of the year. NoMoreRepugs Aug 21 #131
Winning back the House in '26 is everything because . . . peggysue2 Aug 20 #75
These mid-terms are critical. I don't think GN's digital media team is taking anything away from that effort though. Pacifist Patriot Aug 20 #83
I'll add... Pacifist Patriot Aug 20 #25
I totally agree. Like I said, I enjoy it as much as the next person. Yes it enrages hardcore MAGAt's Cheezoholic Aug 20 #31
We can do both. I think this is gonna unravel Dumpy. Joinfortmill Aug 20 #45
This message was self-deleted by its author BannonsLiver Aug 20 #65
GN is irrelevant to the mid-terms. People like Josh Turek (have you seen his ad?!) are doing that kind of lifting Pacifist Patriot Aug 20 #86
I'm with you. Time to get serious. yorkster Aug 20 #32
Are you pretty sure this came from Newsom's office? dpibel Aug 20 #78
NO, it didn't! MorbidButterflyTat Aug 20 #85
Ok, mea maxima freaking culpa. yorkster Aug 20 #90
I think the whole point is to look as childish as drumph Nittersing Aug 20 #63
... BannonsLiver Aug 20 #64
Pearls NoRethugFriends Aug 20 #74
This is a tasteless rando meme MorbidButterflyTat Aug 20 #84
Agree . I dont see why this is promoted here. Tasteless and juvenile imo. msfiddlestix Aug 20 #106
I don't think the design goal of memes is a reduction of your utility bills Torchlight Aug 20 #88
Then don't look malaise Aug 20 #107
LOL Emile Aug 20 #112
Lol, think most missed my point. I look, I enjoy him getting FatAss's goat. I just fear any messaging could get Cheezoholic Aug 21 #137
I agree that it will not be the platform malaise Aug 21 #138
A majority of American chose "childish" "shit" like this over policies that would benefit them. W_HAMILTON Aug 21 #123
Dems are running shoestring campaigns because they sent out AllyCat Aug 21 #128
It's a genius way to fight a malignant narcissist. That helps all of us. This is not playing with fire. Scrivener7 Aug 21 #130
It's supposed to be childish. That's the point. Iggo Aug 22 #141
Absolutely love it! (nt) Paladin Aug 20 #15
And guess what? Hornedfrog2000 Aug 20 #21
In the nards? True Dough Aug 20 #26
Just do a full grid-coverage of Nancy Pelosi's Purse. GopherGal Aug 20 #92
Nice of them to use my torso for that AI creation SpankMe Aug 20 #34
Who's looking at the flag??? llmart Aug 20 #54
more please et tu Aug 20 #38
Omg! Lol! Joinfortmill Aug 20 #40
Hey, Swede, YOU OWE ME 15 minutes of cleaning time. I was eating a fresh homemade muffin with my first cup of coffee. usaf-vet Aug 20 #41
Sorry about that. Swede Aug 20 #104
Newsom would never associate... Escape Aug 20 #47
Once upon a time...Kimberly. rubbersole Aug 20 #62
He was married to her..LOL LeftInTX Aug 21 #125
I could have sworn Neville was dead... 3825-87867 Aug 20 #50
This reminded me of the following. usaf-vet Aug 20 #52
If looks could kill...and right in djt's face too. Wonderful. SWBTATTReg Aug 20 #97
Oh snap! berniesandersmittens Aug 20 #56
Can't wait for Trumpers' outrage about using an image of the president's daughter in a suggestive manner. sop Aug 20 #59
There seems to be a problem... tryharder Aug 20 #61
Yum Yum maliaSmith Aug 20 #67
GN is hot and has all of his faculties dlilafae Aug 20 #68
OMG, tsf is gonna hate that so much! CTyankee Aug 20 #73
I'm starting to think I'm all in on Gavin for 2028. Just brilliant! Vinca Aug 20 #76
Frankly, that goes too far. malthaussen Aug 20 #77
I'm a bit more concerned about the burning of the constitution than some stupid flag. dem4decades Aug 20 #103
Logical fallacy. One has nothing to do with the other. malthaussen Aug 20 #119
GUFFAW Faux pas Aug 20 #79
Yep, and it doesnt even have to be faked....nt Figarosmom Aug 20 #87
If this is from Newsom's press office, prove it MorbidButterflyTat Aug 20 #89
Thank you! Wild blueberry Aug 20 #91
Love this! Polybius Aug 20 #96
Oh my. Irish_Dem Aug 20 #101
LOL, go Gavin. dem4decades Aug 20 #102
Ah, Ivanka pfitz59 Aug 21 #120
More LeftInTX Aug 21 #124
Are we going to be mimicking right wing BS on this site? erodriguez Aug 21 #126
Nope. This works. Scrivener7 Aug 21 #134
Goodness!! ailsagirl Aug 21 #132

Mz Pip

(28,203 posts)
60. She wasn't always like that.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:21 AM
Aug 20

I remember the hype around the wedding. They were even referred to as the new Kennedys. But their marriage couldn’t withstand the strain of a long distance relationship and they split a few years later. They both found someone else and they divorced in 2005.

Response to MayReasonRule (Reply #35)

MayReasonRule

(3,746 posts)
53. Between The Basking Shark Injections And Voting Republican It Explains Pretty Much Everything
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:48 AM
Aug 20


MayReasonRule

(3,746 posts)
117. Dead On Target! It IS An Old "R. Crumb" drawing...
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:44 PM
Aug 20

I took two of my buddies to see the film regarding him at The Inwood Theater in Dallas back in the day... revelatory indeed!

FadedMullet

(437 posts)
122. Wasn't that a great movie? Really interesting guy, though really one dimensional. His brother and mother.....
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:11 AM
Aug 21

.......living isolated in the house together, with the windows all covered up, that was sad.

MayReasonRule

(3,746 posts)
94. 🤣🤣🤣
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 02:26 PM
Aug 20
"You're glowing, Kimberly," her colleague, Rachel, commented one morning as they sipped their lukewarm coffee in the office break room.

Kimberly Guilfoyle's smile was indeed brighter than ever before. It stretched from ear to ear, as if it had been photo shopped onto her face. Her teeth gleamed like a shark's, but it was the corners of her eyes that truly captured Rachel's attention.

They crinkled in a way, that seemed, almost... predatory.

Rachel tried not to shiver at the thought, dismissing it as an overactive imagination.


We Are Stardust We Are Golden on Bluesky

FoxNewsSucks

(11,311 posts)
69. Politics aside, I don't know why women do that to themselves
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:52 AM
Aug 20

It is NOT an improvement, and looks far worse later down the road.

BonnieJW

(2,996 posts)
81. I'm a woman and I don't understand that either
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 12:58 PM
Aug 20

Think about it. You have to get needles in your lips! How do women stand that?

soldierant

(8,874 posts)
118. I'm a woman too, and I'm 80 - and I've seen all kinds of women do all kinds of things to themselves
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:57 PM
Aug 20

with the goal of a attracting a man - often a man who was in no way worth attracting. Not all of those things were more or less permanent, but by far the greater number were - shall we say, not terribly intelligent. Not that women are stupid - not even all these women were stupid - but it was the way we were brought up. I rejected it pretty early - and, for some reason, I had my own sense of style before I was five (not that I remember that, but stories my mother used to tell make it pretty clear.) So I have watched it for a long time - and have never understood it. But it certainly is real.

Dave Bowman

(5,718 posts)
95. This is a dangerous practice and there are now young girls going under the knife as well for similar reasons.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 02:31 PM
Aug 20

Lovie777

(19,939 posts)
5. Well Newsom works out and probably eats healthy..........................
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:11 AM
Aug 20

he's handsome in my opinion and he cares about all of California, and the USA.

He knows the importance of health care, education, economy, global warming, etc., and generally a nice guy.

He is the total opposite of shithole and the overall GQP.

Lovie777

(19,939 posts)
11. That orange man in the WH.................
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:28 AM
Aug 20

is soooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo

vain, I can see him countering Newsom's picture above with a AI depiction of his finest and having a raging moment on social media.

Newsom is definitely getting under shithole's skin.

JustAnotherGen

(36,756 posts)
17. He's the fighter we need in this time
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:36 AM
Aug 20

At this point of absolute absurdity - Camille Zapata is the Angel Among Us.

swong19104

(498 posts)
70. Oh definitely
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:53 AM
Aug 20

The guy oozes charisma. At least towards the classier people. Trump is charismatic only to those at the bottom of the barrel, right? To the rest of us, Trump is just hideously repugnant.

While Newsom is charismatic, he is also seen as charismatic, which sort of makes him a bit unctuous.

CTyankee

(66,926 posts)
110. Yeah, but that's California and I find him charming, but then I LOVE California!
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 08:08 PM
Aug 20

Reagan was from Cali, too, but he was old Cali. Newsom's good and he's hip. I like him a lot and hope he's our next Prez.

Oeditpus Rex

(42,518 posts)
114. 'Unctuous' is what I meant
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:10 PM
Aug 20

when I called him "slick" the other day. It's like his charisma -- which isn't Obama charisma, but new-car salesman -- has a switch on it. It's always "on" in public, apart from that Big Deal early in his administration when he threw the dinner party with details I can't recall. Seems like he was defensive at first, then rather penitent when the meed-ya wouldn't let it go. (It went on for at least two weeks.)

Scottie Mom

(5,833 posts)
111. Newsom just makes me melt...
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 08:17 PM
Aug 20

...always has and still does. Just love his thoughts, his humor, his quick mind and his politics. Gads, he is gorgeous is soooooo many ways!!!!!

peacebuzzard

(5,636 posts)
140. I agree Gavin is the polished dude with a great gift of gab and punches
Fri Aug 22, 2025, 09:39 PM
Aug 22

that we need right now. CA chose him well to lead the great state.
I am grateful we have this handsome outspoken Dem juxtaposed to all the ugliness and insanity of the present.

NH Ethylene

(31,202 posts)
27. I suspect these memes have taken on a life of their own.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:53 AM
Aug 20

This morning I saw a bare-chested, muscle-bound Newsom riding a bear!

AllyCat

(18,146 posts)
127. Have you seen the one with him wearing a red hat :
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 07:53 AM
Aug 21

“Make Melania C*me Again”?

I about died laughing!

Scrivener7

(56,904 posts)
133. Which is fabulous. I hope other Democrats take notice. This is cheap, this is a psychologically astute way
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 08:05 AM
Aug 21

to fight the malignant narcissist and his malignant narcissistic followers, and it's viral.

Perfect.

Cheezoholic

(3,252 posts)
14. This shit's fun but it does NOTHING for Dems who are running shoe string campaigns fighting to win in '26
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:31 AM
Aug 20

It's beginning to become as childish as FatAss's shit. I personally am getting tired of seeing it. Too much, too quick. That's not going to get my utility bills down. We are playing with fire IMHO.

speak easy

(12,351 posts)
18. It's dangling bait in the water waiting for Krasnov to bite.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:36 AM
Aug 20

Personally, I am not tired of seeing (yet).

Scrivener7

(56,904 posts)
129. I'll NEVER be tired of seeing it. FINALLY someone is going after the low hanging fruit of Cankles's
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 08:00 AM
Aug 21

ridiculous psychology. This is exactly how to render him into blubbering idiot while at the same time making his base doubt their perception that he's the strong "daddy" of their dreams.

This stuff is genius and I wish everyone would do some of it.

Ridicule and EPSTEIN. Two very powerful tools that can be used by Democrats right now. While some of our party wring their hands and say, "There's nothing we can do!1! We're not the party in power!1!!"

Finally someone is giving some indication that they get it.

Hornedfrog2000

(824 posts)
19. Maybe we can find a more vanilla candidate
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:42 AM
Aug 20

For you to support? We literally have fox news complaining about this, and you. Good company.

Response to Hornedfrog2000 (Reply #19)

Cheezoholic

(3,252 posts)
29. We gotta get through '26 before we even start thinking about '28. This is the most important midterm of our lives
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:59 AM
Aug 20

Last edited Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:43 AM - Edit history (1)

I have my problems with Newsom but would probably support him in '28. But it'd not '28. We are being handed a golden candy bar with this BSBBB. Our party is cash starved. Our focus needs to be completely 100% on these midterms. FatAss doesn't matter anymore. There's a reason he doesn't do any domestic travel or rally shit anymore. He doesn't care. We need to run against what the republicans have let him do and what they have done economically. That was my point. Newsome isnt running for 225 seats in the house and a possible majority in the Senate. Like I said it's fun but its not substance thats going to change minds about government.

MayReasonRule

(3,746 posts)
39. The Majority Of Our Population Is 'Not About Substance'... Quite The Opposite...
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:26 AM
Aug 20


It is these individuals that this is largely targeted towards...

We ARE the Big Tent... Truth is the largest part of our populace leans more towards 'this' lack of substance than intellectualism.

Extra bonus is it throws the petulant child raping, mass murdering orange shit-gibbon into spasms of shit throwing rage!

Kicking and screaming please...

BlueKota

(4,526 posts)
55. Our party has pretty much focused on policy
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:49 AM
Aug 20

Last edited Wed Aug 20, 2025, 03:07 PM - Edit history (1)

in every single election. Yet we still got tsf twice in 2 out of 3 elections and ended up with a Republican majority in the House, Senate, and Supreme Court.

It's great to focus on policy once in office, but unfortunately it's not going to win elections. As much as people say they want issue driven campaigns the results of these elections show differently. Trump's mocking, bullying, and fear baiting was obviously more effective. It's sad that too many people don't do their own research, or think about which policies make the most sense to improve their lives, and others lives too. It's pretty obvious they don't or tsf and his trained pyschophants would have won squat.

So go Newsom. I truly think his main goal is showing the blatant hypocrisy of the other side and how much the misidentified "liberal," press are really just a bunch of right wing corporate ass kissers and apologists!

Pacifist Patriot

(25,110 posts)
20. I get what you're saying, but it can be a very effective tactic to deploy against narcissists.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:42 AM
Aug 20

They get so distracted fighting the source of the narcissistic injury it consumes all their energy. If it results in a presidential aneurysm, all the better.

Cheezoholic

(3,252 posts)
33. Great, put in our pocket for '28. They can't win without the small MAGAt base so whomever they run will have to
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:11 AM
Aug 20

applauid FatAss. But we gotta win these midterms and both sides of the hill or we are toast. These midterms are so fucking important. If these fascists get a full 4 years of this shit the courts will crumble with no congressional support to fight back. Like I said thats it.

peggysue2

(12,119 posts)
75. Winning back the House in '26 is everything because . . .
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 12:11 PM
Aug 20

Without a win there we'll see no certification of any Dem in '28. Even if it were a runaway.

Ballgame over. Short of a hot civil war.

Agent Orange and his minions know this which explains the redistricting brouhaha.

We need to win it; they need to steal it by hook or crook. Explains the nonsense of no mail-in voting nor voting machines (with Donny's stipulation that all votes be counted day of the election).

And yes, a full 4 years without guardrails and constitutional protections lead to the same place.

The 2026 election is the country's last stand despite all the push back in the courts, on the street and/or the memes/ads driving the Repugs crazy while trimming the sails of the fascist takeover.

The importance of next year's elections cannot be overemphasized.

Pacifist Patriot

(25,110 posts)
83. These mid-terms are critical. I don't think GN's digital media team is taking anything away from that effort though.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 01:12 PM
Aug 20

Pacifist Patriot

(25,110 posts)
25. I'll add...
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:50 AM
Aug 20

It's busting through some of the right-wing information bubbles, and in a way that can chip away at perception. Fox News giving him attention can potentially be worth the juvenile tactics. Seeing a unique playbook being used identically by two very different people makes cognitive dissonance just a little bit harder to hold onto. We need every tactic in the book going after the orange menace. Everyone playing their own part and using the best tools at their disposal from every angle possible.

Cheezoholic

(3,252 posts)
31. I totally agree. Like I said, I enjoy it as much as the next person. Yes it enrages hardcore MAGAt's
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:07 AM
Aug 20

because it IS a mirror into their souls.But my entire point was we gotta get real and go after these people who sit on their asses. And IMO its focusing on that BSBBB. And still I would hope, we dont spend 2 years trying to indict 100 people if we win. I'm telling you that just makes US feel good to get justice. Unfortunately the reality is, we're not dealing with people who care about this. Most Americans are selfish and just want more money in their pockets more than they want political justice. Put it their and we can change this country.

Response to Cheezoholic (Reply #31)

Pacifist Patriot

(25,110 posts)
86. GN is irrelevant to the mid-terms. People like Josh Turek (have you seen his ad?!) are doing that kind of lifting
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 01:16 PM
Aug 20

Everyone has their own part to play.

yorkster

(3,366 posts)
32. I'm with you. Time to get serious.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:07 AM
Aug 20

This was fun for a while, but the whole Trump Ivanka thing is not amusing in the
least.


dpibel

(3,636 posts)
78. Are you pretty sure this came from Newsom's office?
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 12:23 PM
Aug 20

I don't see any evidence of that.

If not, you're scolding the Internet at large, which is a bit quixotic.

yorkster

(3,366 posts)
90. Ok, mea maxima freaking culpa.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 01:28 PM
Aug 20

Didn't say it came from Newsom's office, but MorbidButterflyTat says it didn't. A good thing if that's the case.
I was responding to the op that maybe too much too fast is the case and 2026 looms large.

Nittersing

(7,548 posts)
63. I think the whole point is to look as childish as drumph
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:28 AM
Aug 20

All his all-caps posts just aren't gonna carry the same weight after this.

BannonsLiver

(19,570 posts)
64. ...
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:29 AM
Aug 20

Maybe we should all go back to the old when they go low we go high bit and hope for better results.

Torchlight

(5,496 posts)
88. I don't think the design goal of memes is a reduction of your utility bills
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 01:19 PM
Aug 20

I think they're designed to use humor to expose and ridicule political figures in a way that’s easily shareable and memorable. Seems this one works...

Cheezoholic

(3,252 posts)
137. Lol, think most missed my point. I look, I enjoy him getting FatAss's goat. I just fear any messaging could get
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 09:54 AM
Aug 21

lost in it. Everyone says our party can walk and chew gum, I think they stumble and swallow their gum of late. That was the jest of it. I'll take my lumps for pissing a bunch of people off. I stand by my point that this better not turn into our platform, it will just get even more people to sit out of he midterms. I am 100% for fighting these fascists like hell.

malaise

(288,340 posts)
138. I agree that it will not be the platform
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 10:04 AM
Aug 21

but it is knocking Donvict and his cheerleaders off of theirs.

W_HAMILTON

(9,492 posts)
123. A majority of American chose "childish" "shit" like this over policies that would benefit them.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 05:20 AM
Aug 21

Luckily enough, for those that do care more about policies that would benefit them, Democrats have been and are still offering that as well.

AllyCat

(18,146 posts)
128. Dems are running shoestring campaigns because they sent out
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 07:56 AM
Aug 21

Fundraising emails and texts the days after the election as we all reeled from the tragedy of the election. “Donate now to save democracy!”

Bad choice. I and many others have blocked them all.

Scrivener7

(56,904 posts)
130. It's a genius way to fight a malignant narcissist. That helps all of us. This is not playing with fire.
Thu Aug 21, 2025, 08:02 AM
Aug 21

This is someone finally hitting the enemy where they hurt.

Hornedfrog2000

(824 posts)
21. And guess what?
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 09:44 AM
Aug 20

Every single person who complains about this, you can point to a trump post showing you how fucking ridiculous and stupid it is.

That is the entire point. You can show trumpers just how stupid it is they support and asshole who posts shit like this looks.

GopherGal

(2,567 posts)
92. Just do a full grid-coverage of Nancy Pelosi's Purse.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 01:57 PM
Aug 20

Assuming they're still in there from his last term...

So, maybe Putie-Daddy carries them in a backpack? Or a briefcase?

SpankMe

(3,569 posts)
34. Nice of them to use my torso for that AI creation
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:13 AM
Aug 20

Not really, but it would have been nice.

Also, it's interesting that AI prompting can't get an American flag right (unless, of course, they prompted it that way to steer clear of flag code violations and RW outrage). There are way more than 50 stars there, and they're not arranged right.

I'm not complaining or criticizing. It's just an observation about how AI seems to work in image creation.

usaf-vet

(7,662 posts)
41. Hey, Swede, YOU OWE ME 15 minutes of cleaning time. I was eating a fresh homemade muffin with my first cup of coffee.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:26 AM
Aug 20

Picture a large bite of the muffin followed by a mouthful of coffee to wash it down....... when I opened your post. Coffee and a muffin were spat on the keyboard and screen.

I'd buy you a week's worth of coffee and send you a dozen muffins if I had an address.

THAT POST WAS WORTH the cleanup time and then some.

sop

(15,722 posts)
59. Can't wait for Trumpers' outrage about using an image of the president's daughter in a suggestive manner.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:10 AM
Aug 20

Cue up all the old pics of Trump literally groping a teenage Ivanka.

tryharder

(14 posts)
61. There seems to be a problem...
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 11:22 AM
Aug 20

“I’d like to order my Gavin newsom, please”

“I’m sorry. After 11am we only serve the Trumpmaster 3000. You think you hate it now? Wait till it tries to drive the USA”

*gestures left, sees Joe Biden being crushed*

“I don’t think you heard me.”

CTyankee

(66,926 posts)
73. OMG, tsf is gonna hate that so much!
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 12:02 PM
Aug 20

Gavin's the MAN! Can't wait to call him Mr. President!

malthaussen

(18,282 posts)
77. Frankly, that goes too far.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 12:12 PM
Aug 20

Not kidding. Okay, I understand and even accept the principle that the enemy must be fought with all reasonable means, and am just as pleased with the Gov's tweet-barrage as the rest of you.

But flag etiquette is very clear: the US Flag is not to be worn as a garment. Period. Yes, the other side abuses this rule constantly. That doesn't mean we have to. When choosing to abuse a rule or custom, one should ask what it buys them. This use of the US Flag does not buy the Democrats or Mr Newsom anything, and I doubt JDT or the MAGATs will even notice, given the rest of the meme.

Trivial? One could argue so. But one of the problems we are seeing, especially in this century, is the manipulation of political imagery in ways that are, to me and many other observers, distinctly Fascist in nature. One US Flag on a podium, placed according to the rules, is one thing, and it served US politics well for decades. A whole series of flags, flag lapel pins, flag iconography? It reminds me of nothing so much as the film Triumph des Willens.

Patriotism is not something you wear. In fact, wearing the US Flag is distinctly un-patriotic, as it violates the rules for flag display that the country has long followed.

-- Mal

malthaussen

(18,282 posts)
119. Logical fallacy. One has nothing to do with the other.
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 10:15 PM
Aug 20

Mr Newsom's meme works just as well without the flag as with. Why should the Democrats disrespect the flag as much as the Republicans do?

-- Mal

MorbidButterflyTat

(3,554 posts)
89. If this is from Newsom's press office, prove it
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 01:27 PM
Aug 20

Because it looks to me like a rando tasteless meme.

Ivanka's father's sexual abuse of her is not funny.

Would it be cool and funny to have any of his countless other victims' memed faces on there??

Wild blueberry

(7,852 posts)
91. Thank you!
Wed Aug 20, 2025, 01:41 PM
Aug 20

Makes me laugh.
Don't care where it comes from. In my rural area I've seen flags flying w /Frump and "Daddy's Home".
So this is laser focused and brilliant.
Thank you.

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