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https://variety.com/2025/tv/news/david-letterman-proud-seth-meyers-trump-calls-fire-host-1236592578/ David Letterman Says He’s ‘Never Been More Proud’ of Seth Meyers Amid Trump’s Calls to Fire Late-Night Host David Letterman is standing behind his “good friend” Seth Meyers amid President Donald Trump‘s calls to fire the late-night host. After being the subject of Meyers’ recent monologue roasts on “Late Night With Seth Meyers,” Trump wrote in a Truth Social post last week (which was reposted by FCC chair Brendan Carr): “NBC’s Seth Meyers is suffering from an incurable case of Trump Derangement Syndrome (TDS). He was viewed last night in an uncontrollable rage, likely due to the fact that his ‘show’ is a Ratings DISASTER. Aside from everything else, Meyers has no talent, and NBC should fire him, IMMEDIATELY!” In a new episode of “The Barbara Gaines Show,” late-night veteran Letterman — who hosted NBC’s “Late Night” from 1982 to 1993 before taking over CBS’ “The Late Show” until 2015 — came to Meyers’ defense. “I’ve never been more proud of Seth Meyers,” he said. “That’s our old show, as a matter of fact. Yeah, we used to do that show, and he does a magical job.” Letterman then referenced Trump’s response to a reporter’s question last week about the 2018 killing of journalist Jamal Khashoggi in Saudi Arabia, saying: “But just remember Seth, things happen. You know what I’m saying?” Later in the episode, Letterman called Trump’s administration “just a wonder of idiocy” and said the president is “our dictator” and is “not going anywhere.” “It’s like 18 times the worst behavior one has witnessed ever anywhere,” Letterman added of Trump. “Think of the worst thing that you’ve ever seen humans accomplish. This is so much worse.”

https://x.com/MarcoFoster_/status/1994051515900744009 (video clip at link) David Letterman on Donald Trump: “It’s just a wonder of idiocy. It’s never ending. He’s our dictator. His appearance is fraudulent as is everything about the regime. It’s like 18 times the worst behavior one has witnessed ever anywhere. Think of the worst thing that you’ve ever seen humans accomplish. This is so much worse.”

Trump's World is trending on Twitter and I thought it be nice to have a Trump general discussion thread that doesn't call him "Father" Here's the hastag: https://x.com/search?q="TRUMP'S WORLD"&src=trend_click&vertical=trends And I'll do the first post:

Well, yes. If Trump hadn't unnecessarily ordered the National Guard into DC, they wouldn't have been there to be shot. Now perhaps, the shooter might have gone after the DC Police or other LEO officers instead. Hopefully we will learn of what his motivation was, which at this time is unknown.

Well well well indeed. (link to NYT subscriber content): https://www.nytimes.com/live/2025/11/27/us/national-guard-shooting-dc?campaign_id=60&emc=edit_na_20251127&instance_id=167162&nl=breaking-news&regi_id=125207237&segment_id=211316&user_id=14502a7228c5a9b835a15627514bfe28 The D.C. shooting suspect had worked with C.I.A.-backed units in Afghanistan The Afghan man accused of shooting two members of the National Guard in Washington, D.C., on Wednesday had worked with C.I.A.-supported military units in Afghanistan, the agency said. The suspect worked for multiple U.S. government agencies in Afghanistan, including a C.I.A.-backed unit in the southern province of Kandahar, a stronghold of the Taliban insurgency during the two-decade war there, the C.I.A. said. Officials identified the suspect as Rahmanullah Lakanwal, 29. After American forces withdrew from Afghanistan in August 2021 and gave way to Taliban rule, the suspect was brought to the United States as part of a program to evacuate Afghans who had worked with the agency, according to the C.I.A. director, John Ratcliffe. [...]

https://www.politico.com/live-updates/2025/11/20/congress/trump-democratic-lawmakers-sedition-00661504 Trump calls for Democratic lawmakers to face trial for ‘seditious behavior’ President Donald Trump on Thursday called for six Democratic lawmakers to face arrest and trial after they made a video encouraging U.S. service members and members of the intelligence community to refrain from following orders if they broke the law. “It’s called SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR AT THE HIGHEST LEVEL,” Trump charged in a post on Truth Social. “Each one of these traitors to our Country should be ARRESTED AND PUT ON TRIAL. Their words cannot be allowed to stand - We won’t have a Country anymore!!! An example MUST BE SET.” The president then reposted 16 Truth Social posts, including one that advocated for hanging the Democrats, like “GEORGE WASHINGTON WOULD.” “SEDITIOUS BEHAVIOR, punishable by DEATH!” he later wrote. Sens. Elissa Slotkin (D-Mich.) and Mark Kelly (D-Ariz.), as well as Reps. Jason Crow (D-Colo.), Chrissy Houlahan (D-Penn.), Maggie Goodlander (D-N.H.) and Chris Deluzio (D-Penn.) were featured in the Tuesday video. They are all either military veterans or worked in national security-focused roles before taking office. “We know you are under enormous stress and pressure right now,” they said. “Americans trust their military. But that trust is at risk. This administration is pitting our uniformed military and intelligence community professionals against American citizens. Like us, you all swore an oath to protect and defend this Constitution. Right now, the threats to our constitution aren’t just coming from abroad, but from right here at home. Our laws are clear, you can refuse illegal orders.” In a joint statement Thursday, House Democratic leadership condemned Trump’s “disgusting and dangerous death threats” and called for him to delete the posts, urging their Republican colleagues to say the same. The statement — co-signed by Minority Leader Hakeem Jeffries, Minority Whip Katherine Clark and Caucus Chair Pete Aguilar — said House leadership had been in contact with the House sergeant at arms and the United States Capitol Police to “ensure the safety” of the members mentioned in Trump’s posts. “Donald Trump incited a violent attack on the Capitol on January 6th as part of a treacherous attempt to overturn the results of the 2020 presidential election,” they wrote. “The President’s violent and unhinged rhetoric against American patriots is consistent with his well-documented history of attacking prisoners of war, Gold Star families and war heroes. There is no bottom when it comes to Donald Trump.”

Nope, they are only being called that by the MAGA crowd.

It wasn't me. I didn't see anything to report you for, as you were doing your usual schtick of posting in just about every thread and adding absolutely nothing to the discussion, which is obnoxious but not a violation of forum rules.

Perhaps we should have more information before we start attributing blame for this shooting.

https://twitter.com/kylegriffin1/status/1955334764962938912 (Newsom's letter to Trump at link) Gov. Newsom to Trump: "You are playing with fire, risking the destabilization of our democracy, while knowing that California can neutralize any gains you hope to make." "If you will not stand down, I will be forced to lead an effort to redraw the maps in California to offset the rigging of maps in red states."

https://x.com/MalcolmNance/status/1993116985325240551 The United States is 2,100 miles from Venezuela. Those boats have a range of about 100 miles. So explain that bulls**t to me. You can’t, you just like the idea of killing people even if it’s illegal. Those are the unlawful orders we are talking about.

Thank you! I saw both on the same night when Thin Lizzy opened for Queen at The Forum in L.A. in 1977. The place was half filled during Thin Lizzy's set and I don't know if it was because those who came to see Queen didn't care about the opening act and were being fashionably late, or perhaps it was L.A. traffic which was bad even back then. In any event the sparse crowd was rather indifferent to Thin Lizzy (which I thought was great, whose first tune was The Boys Are Back in Town) with only just polite applause.

Many people may be right:

25 bands/artists that I've seen in concert ranked in no particular order: Queen Van Halen Led Zeppelin Mountain Jo Jo Gunne Thin Lizzy Deep Purple (with Tommy Bolin) T. Rex David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust Tour) Foghat Little Richard Chuck Berry Jerry Lee Lewis The Knack Journey Patti Smith Rory Gallagher Emerson, Lake and Palmer Terry Reid UFO Kiss Luna The Cocteau Twins Suede The Psychedelic Furs

Unbelievable to me, in that this looks the first step in the eventual prosecution of these six members of Congress.

People this ignorant about Islam probably shouldn't start threads. Q: Does Islam state that jews should be killed? AI Overview No, Islam does not say that Jews should be killed; rather, Islamic texts contain verses and passages that are critical of those who reject its message and historically, there have been differing interpretations of verses concerning Jewish people Some verses condemn those who reject the message of Islam, but this is a condemnation of disbelief, not an instruction to kill all Jews, as the Quran makes a distinction between rejecting the message of Islam and being a specific person.

Jew-hater? Being critical of Israel's government and its policies does not make one antisemitic nor a Jew-hater.

Unbelievable.

Note: Link to Atlantic article is subscriber only content.

Opinion piece from the far left Daily Kos with a good summary of the situation: https://www.dailykos.com/stories/2025/11/24/2355368/-MAGA-has-a-foreigner-invader-problem?detail=emaildkre MAGA has a foreign invader problem Elon Musk has finally done something good with X, even if it wasn’t necessarily the goal. Over the weekend, his social media company rolled out a new policy that allows users to see not only when an X account was created, but also where the account is from. The new feature has led a number of pro-Donald Trump and pro-MAGA accounts to be unwittingly exposed as foreign trolls—who have had great success amassing followers and thus payments from Musk’s creator fund by capitalizing on the easily manipulated rubes in the Republican base. "This is an important first step to securing the integrity of the global town square. We plan to provide many more ways for users to verify the authenticity of the content they see on X," Nikita Bier, X's head of product, wrote in a post on the social media platform. For example, the account @MAGANATIONX—which has nearly 400,000 followers and describes itself as an "America First" "Patriot Voice" who is "standing strong with President Trump"—is actually from a non-European Union country in Eastern Europe. The account pushes voter fraud lies and posts questions seeking input from its followers about whether Democrats should be prosecuted. But it also sent a post that slammed the United States' support of Ukraine—which should have been a sign all along that the account was not on the level. The account @KLeavittNews, a fan page for the White House press secretary with more than 13,000 followers that claims it's based in Washington, is actually from Macedonia. In fact, a number of these pro-Trump accounts have been exposed as being from the small Balkan nation. Meanwhile, the account @America_First0—which has more than 67,000 followers and once claimed to be an attractive female and former liberal who voted for Trump—is based in Bangladesh. An Ivanka Trump fan page that had more than 1 million followers was suspended after it was exposed as being from Nigeria. So too were a number of accounts that purported to be attractive, Trump-supporting white women but were actually from places like Thailand and Myanmar. [...]

It is looking more and more likely this will happen. From my friend Grok: Trump's White House Meeting Fails to Prevent Government Shutdown Deadline Last updated 42 minutes ago President Donald Trump convened with congressional leaders including House Speaker Mike Johnson and Senate Majority Leader Chuck Schumer at the White House on September 29, 2025, in an effort to pass a continuing resolution before the October 1 funding deadline, but the discussions ended without agreement. Republicans advocate for a clean spending bill maintaining current funding levels, while Democrats insist on extending enhanced Affordable Care Act subsidies set to expire on December 31, which could otherwise lead to premium increases for millions. A potential shutdown would furlough 2.3 million federal workers, close national parks, delay veterans' benefits, and halt economic data releases like the upcoming jobs report.

0 for 25. I've been to hundreds of concerts from the 70's forward but didn't see any on the list. Edited to say, I might have seen Y&T in the late 70's but can't verify it with a date or venue in L.A. I remember that Y&T was a band that my friends and I really liked and talked about catching a show but can't remember if we did (I think they were playing the Hollywood Palladium). In any event if I did see them it wasn't particulary memorable.