Coffee Talk with Tiff

August 14, 2025 12:17 pm EDT Tiff Editorial (Open Thread) Comments Off on Coffee Talk with Tiff
Coffee. Photo by Jonathan Thursfield.

It’s Thursday…

President Shitshow’s public schedule for…

Thursday, August 14 2025
9:00 AM
In-Town Pool Call Time
In-Town Pool
11:00 AM
The President receives his Intelligence Briefing
Oval Office 
Closed Press
1:00 PM
The President delivers remarks
Oval Office 
White House Press Pool

Brace yourselves: President Spotlight Hog is commandeering the Oval Office this afternoon to yap about… something. Nobody knows what, not even him half the time, probably. All this just a day before he jets off to Alaska to buddy up with Putin—because why let world affairs go quietly when you can make it all about you?

Speaking about the meeting with Putin…

[snip]

Putin was holding a meeting in Russia on Thursday with members of Russia’s leadership to prepare for the Alaska meeting. As part of that preparatory meeting, he said he wanted to discuss the negotiation process with Ukraine and how it was going. 

Putin also said he planned “to talk about the stage we are at with the current American administration, which, as everyone knows, is making, in my opinion, quite energetic and sincere efforts to stop the fighting, stop the crisis and reach agreements that are of interest to all parties involved in this conflict.”

Kremlin aide Yuri Ushakov said Thursday that the Friday meeting between Mr. Trump and Putin in Alaska is expected to begin at around 11:30 a.m. local time on Friday. The main topic will be the war in Ukraine, but there will also be discussions about economic cooperation between Washington and Moscow.

He said the meeting will take place at Elmendorf-Richardson Air Force Base, and that there will first be a one-on-one meeting between the two leaders before their delegations join.

Mr. Trump and Putin will say a few words at the start of the meeting, Ushakov said, and they will hold a joint press conference afterward.

Ushakov said each delegation will have five members. For Russia, those will be Ushakov, as well as Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov, Russian Defense Minister Andrei Belousov, head of the Russian Direct Investment Fund Kirill Dmitriev, and Russian Finance Minister Anton Siluanov.

CBS News. 08/14/2025.

At this point of Trump 2.0, we’re all just along for the worst ride ever—seatbelts optional, nausea guaranteed.

In other news…

California Governor Gavin Newsom (D) is holding a presser today at 11:30 AM my time.

Let’s talk about Governor Newsom Press Office Twitter account.

I won’t lie to you, I still hate our elected leaders social media’ing…

But…

Show more =’s DONALD “THE FAILURE” TRUMP BE WARNED, TOMORROW MAY BE THE WORST DAY OF YOUR LIFE. ALL BECAUSE YOU “MISSED THE DEADLINE.” LIBERATION DAY FOR AMERICA!!! — GCN

I found this reply…

Show more =’s “THE MAPS” WILL SOON BE RELEASED. VERY MUCH ANTICIPATED. HISTORY MADE. THE GOP’S RIGGED GAME IS OVER!!!! THE PEOPLE RETAKE CONGRESS. YOU’RE WELCOME, AMERICA! LIBERATION DAY!!! THAT IS WHAT MANY ARE CALLING IT. THANK YOU FOR YOUR ATTENTION TO THIS MATTER. — GCN

I will 100 percent go on record as saying that I’m not a fan of this off the book map making. I will also own it by saying, if they tell us today there will be a special election and I’m asked to vote for it or not. I will be voting “yes”.

I’m sick and tried of the Republicans playing games and not expecting push back for their game playing.

Live Feed:

Governor Newsom, California leaders make major announcement countering Trump’s gerrymandering scheme:

In economic news…

The Producer Price Index (PPI) rose for July. Shocking I know that wholesale prices increased…

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