The amateur hour in Washington continues. J.D. Vance, who had all of two years governmental experience before he became vice president, was upset this weekend because while walking with his 3-year-old (and his Secret Service detail, make no mistake) a few protestors wanted to talk to him. So he obliged and they were polite. Then Vance sought to make it into a political talking point and that blew up in his face. This is a habit with Vance. When Zelenskyy was in the Oval Office Vance spoke to him, “Like he was scolding a child for being late to dinner,” in the words of the Wall Street Journal. Finesse is not the man’s strong suit but if it was, Trump wouldn’t have chosen him to be VP.
My four-year-old gets anxious whenever he has to take his nap in the daycare’s makeshift bomb shelter, which is almost daily. He also gets anxious whenever we wake him up in the middle of the night to take him to the bathroom because there are explosions outside our home. STFU. https://t.co/ozqH2SNsix
— Oleksandra Povoroznyk 🇺🇦 (@rynkrynk) March 9, 2025
Here’s the whole tweet. “Today while walking my 3 year old daughter a group of “Slava Ukraini” protesters followed us around and shouted as my daughter grew increasingly anxious and scared. I decided to speak with the protesters in the hopes that I could trade a few minutes of conversation for them leaving my toddler alone. (Nearly all of them agreed.) It was a mostly respectful conversation, but if you’re chasing a 3-year-old as part of a political protest, you’re a shit person.”
First of all, I love how he says, “While walking my 3-year-old,” like she’s the family dog and not a kid. What must the Vance household be like, “Oh honey, could you walk the kid today? I did it last week,” and J.D. snapping, “Goddamn it, I thought when they got housebroken all the big work was done. You mean I have to spend a half hour with one of them? What are we going to talk about? I’m busy, I need to write another fake memoir about a life I never lived.”
Nobody was “chasing a 3-year-old” but the reply Vance got spoke to the larger issue, which is that the man has no concept of inconvenience, let alone duress, let alone the realities of living in a war zone.
And speaking of “shit people” who would chase other people as part of a political protest, what about the shit person he works for, who had his own vice president on the run, heading for the tunnels under the Capitol and afraid to get into a chauffeured vehicle? What about that?
Protestors may have spoken to J.D. but they didn’t use bear spray, mace, flagpoles, bats, tazers or any of the other accoutrements that Trump’s MAGA hoard brought to the Capitol on January 6. It is true that sticks and stones will break your bones and all Vance had to deal with was words. He’s way ahead of the position that Mike Pence was in that awful day.
But of course the MAGAs all side with Vance and against our ally Ukraine because this is the upside down world in which we live.
Ukraine didn't get $350 billion. That's a figure Trump made up like he makes up everything. And you fools BELIEVE what comes out of his mouth. That's the tragedy here.
— Ursula Faw (@ursulafaw56) March 9, 2025
There's no "entitlement." Ukraine is an ally. When and if Ukraine falls Poland will be next. And then the rest of Europe. You might study a little skirmish called WWII sometime. It is most instructive.
— Ursula Faw (@ursulafaw56) March 10, 2025
Do you love it? What’s an overstatement of $250 billion? Again, if Biden did it, the pitchforks and torches would be coming out and storming the hill MAGA would be. But Trump says it, hey, what’s the big deal? Trump’s got a golf game to think about, he can’t be worried about trivia like Ukraine holding the line for democracy in the world.
It’s quite the switcheroo when the American president and his coterie are anti-democracy but that is indeed where we are. You’ll be glad to know, however, that other countries in the world are holding the line. Because they understand what’s involved and what a linchpin Ukraine is. Unlike J.D. Vance.
Elon Musk's and the Kremlins surrogate in Romania Calin Georgescu has been officially banned from running in the election. Massive victory for democracy and law.
MAGA and Vatniks are having an absolute meltdown. pic.twitter.com/Xt2nGDEvEN
— Anonymous (@YourAnonCentral) March 9, 2025
Oh well, Elon. You can’t win ’em all. Welcome to politics. It’s not a nice business we’re in, to quote John McCain.
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So other countries have functioning democracies?
Lessons to be learned after Trump.
Yes they do, and one of the strongest is just to the north of you, across the famous “undefended border.” Sadly, that lack of defense is now looking somewhat ominous for Canada.
And it’s not like the US handed Ukraine one of those giant Publishers Clearinghouse checks.
Most of the support was in the form of weapons and ammunition from our stockpiles and the cash went to American arms dealers (and their employees) to replenish the stock.
Why do.I suspect that book.was ghostwritten? And is there any chance there’s a contract we could get hold of?
I have seen less eyeliner on 3 Goth girlx and three drag queens.