Coffee Talk with Tiff

December 15, 2025 2:11 pm EST Tiff Coffee Talk with Tiff Comments Off on Coffee Talk with Tiff
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It’s Monday…

President Shitshow’s public schedule for…

12/15/2025:

9:00 AM – In-Town Pool Call
White House press logistics. Translation: reporters milling around, hoping for scraps, while officials insist nothing is happening even when everything is.

3:00 PM – Mexican Border Defense Medal Presentation (Oval Office)
This is the headline event. Optics-heavy, substance-light, designed for photos and talking points. Expect buzzwords, zero context, and a lot of chest-thumping while actual policy details remain locked in a drawer marked “do not open.”

4:15 PM – Christmas Reception (Closed Press)
State Floor. No cameras. No questions. Seasonal cheer deployed as a force field against reality.

8:15 PM – Another Christmas Reception (Closed Press)
Same vibe, later hour. More donors, more photos you won’t see, more pretending the country isn’t on edge.

In case you missed like I did, back in August the Department of Defense announced they were bringing back the “Mexican Border Defense Medal”.

Effective immediately, the Mexican Border Defense Medal is established to recognize service members deployed to the U.S. international border with Mexico for Defense Department support to U.S. Customs and Border Protection, said Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth in an Aug. 13 memorandum. 

Service members deployed in support of CBP previously were recognized with the Armed Forces Service Medal.  

To receive the new award, service members must have been permanently assigned, attached or detailed to a unit that deployed to participate in a designated DOD military operation supporting CBP within the area of eligibility for 30 consecutive or nonconsecutive days, from Jan. 20 to a future termination date to be determined, Hegseth said. 

The area of eligibility is U.S. land within 100 nautical miles from the international border with Mexico within Texas, including the city of San Antonio, as well as New Mexico, Arizona, California and the adjacent U.S. waters out to 24 nautical miles, he said. 

Service members and veterans previously awarded the AFSM may apply for the new award in lieu of the AFSM previously awarded, the secretary said, adding no one can be awarded both medals for the same period of qualifying service. 

“Securing the southern border, protecting the territorial integrity of the U.S. and defending our homeland are Department of Defense priorities,” said Anthony J. Tata, undersecretary of defense for personnel and readiness. 

Tata underscored the timeliness and criticality of this award, adding, “The service members deployed to support this national security imperative deserve to be recognized for their bravery and contributions — and we look forward to pinning the Mexican Border Defense Medal on them soon.”

The U.S. Army Institute of Heraldry will expedite procurement of MBDMs made to DOD standards, and the Defense Logistics Agency will expedite the process for procuring and placing the MBDM in the supply system to ensure timely availability of the award for qualifying service members and veterans. 

Defense Department (note the new link is war.gov). 08/23/2025.

About the Medal

According to Institute of Heraldry, the MBDM is identical to the Mexican Border Service Medal, struck in 1918, for service in 1916 and 1917 in the Mexican state of Chihuahua and on the U.S. side in the vicinity of the New Mexico and Texas borders with Mexico. 

The medals are bronze. On the front is a sheathed Roman sword hanging on a tablet, along with an inscription that reads “For Service on the Mexican Border.” 

The sword symbolizes war or military strength and is sheathed to indicate service in the United States rather than in actual combat.  

On the reverse side is the Coat of Arms of the United States above a scroll and surrounded by a wreath ending at the center with cross rifles in dexter, crossed sabers in sinister and crossed cannons in base. 

The wreath represents achievement. The rifles, sabers and cannons represent the infantry, cavalry and artillery. 

The ribbon’s field of green is symbolic of freedom, while the golden yellow color alludes to virtue. These colors represent civic virtue by serving the government in the pursuit of freedom. 

The order of precedence for the MBDM will be before the AFSM and after the Korea Defense Service Medal.

Defense Department (note the new link is war.gov). 08/23/2025.

Hegshit responded to reporting that the medal was “new”. It’s not new.


I can’t even begin to express the rage one single post has caused in me. One post by the President of the United States, and I honestly can’t think about anything fucking else. It’s not that we don’t know who he is. We do. It’s not that his statements shock us anymore. They don’t. But there are times when he says or does something that strips away any illusion of humanity he might have left.

Actor/Director Rob Reiner and his wife Michele Singer Reiner were found murdered yesterday afternoon in their home. People magazine first reported that sources told them the suspected killer was their son Nick.

They also reported that it was their daughter Romy who discovered the bodies.

Police confirmed they have arrested and charged their son Nick with murder and that his bail has been set at 4 billion.

This is how the US President responded to the tragic deaths of the Reiner’s.

There are simply no words to describe how hateful this post is, or how absolutely shitty a person he has to be to approve it. And you can be sure he’ll be asked about it today during his remarks, likely at all three events. Two of them are listed as “closed press,” but that has never stopped him. He cannot stand not being the center of attention.

The Reiners’ deaths were not the only tragedy this weekend. On Saturday in Syria, three people were killed, two U.S. service members and an American interpreter, while three others were wounded.

President Fuckstick responded to the deaths in Syria:

Brown University was placed on lockdown after a shooting inside a classroom left two people dead and nine others injured. The victims were identified as 19-year-old Ella Cook of Alabama and 18-year-old Mukhammad Aziz Umurzokov of Virginia.

The fuckstick added to confusion on Saturday during the incident at Brown Uni, by saying the suspected shooter was in custody.

He later throw Brown Uni police under the bus by saying they made the mistake not him.

I can’t 100 percent confirm that Brown Uni police never said that but in their updates on twitter, they never said there was a suspect in custody.

To add to the shitshow that is this admin, on Sunday a person of interest was taken into custody. Media outlets named the person (I will not be sharing his name), he was released according to local officials after their investigation took a different path.

The tip officials say came from the FBI. The suspect as of this morning remains at large.

In Australia, two men, now identified as a father and son, opened fire on a crowd gathered for the opening day of Hanukkah, killing 15 people and injuring another 40. The father, Sajid Akram, 50, was killed during the incident. His son, Naveed Akram, 24, remains hospitalized. Outlets report that Australian officials acknowledge the names are circulating but have not formally confirmed them as the shooters until the surviving suspect can be charged.

All and all I hate this timeline.

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