all the dem govs, and any so moved Rs, might have a big potluck over at the uninvited dude’s place. You know, all casual and polite, sorta letting the inherent Fuck You to the orange cartoon-character speak for itself. Invite the press; interview some folks around the keg. Everyone having a good old time.

This is not a hard choice. Every last Dem Governor should make a very public statement today that this is unacceptable and we will not be party to any racism, and certainly nothing so nakedly racist as this.

And for that matter, even without the racism, it must be 100% unacceptable to EVERY Dem Governor to have any of them singled out for punishment, as is the case with Polis. Unacceptable every day of the week. Shove all of that up Trump's ass and watch the TACO show up.

This is not a hard decision. Anybody who needs more than about 30 seconds to consider this should resign and turn the job over to somebody with more backbone and more ability to think strategically.

At first, he apparently banned some unspecified Dems. There was strong pushback, and then he said he was only banning the black one and the gay one, as if that made it better. Dem Senators have variously made statements indicating they are boycotting. But it is unclear if that changes with the clarification that only blacks and gays are banned. Then some reports said the dinner is canceled entirely, which seems even shittier than before. That says "If you won't let be single out blacks and gays, then I don't even want to have the damn dinner."

What an asshole this guy is. He had his chance to correct himself. There should be no further discussion. The Governors should have their meeting and leave Trump out of it.

The National Governors Association has a winter conference going from 2/19 - 2/21/2026. When these types of conferences go on, they usually have multiple sessions of activities including keynote speakers and break-out sessions with smaller groups of individuals who might be on certain committees, and who would be discussing subject-matter stuff and maybe drafting policies.

The "winter conference" has traditionally been held in D.C. That allows the governors to pencil in slots to meet with whoever the current President is, both "formally" and "informally".

And apparently there is a "MEETING" (which I assume goes on during the day) and then a "DINNER" (which I assume is in the evening).

It was originally announced that the "MEETING" was GOP-only (no mention of the dinner at that point). The NGA initially balked at that exclusivity and removed that "MEETING" event from their official event calendar.

Then suddenly the "DINNER" was brought up with respect to "everyone but 2 Democrats". This is when the other Dems said, "we're done".

But MEANWHILE, TACO was sputtering about inviting ALL governors (including ALL Democrats), TO THE "MEETING" (and one article I had read indicated that both Moore & Polis got invites to "THE MEETING" ), but apparently TACO held fast about THE "DINNER" exclusions.

Haven't heard any updates since but since this conference doesn't start until Thursday, a lot can change between now and then.

I expect the NGA may put something together with the Congressional leadership and just ignore the Executive, where they will tell their members to do what they want otherwise on their own time, but it won't be "sanctioned" by the NGA.

This is all about Trump just being his usual asshole, racist, homophobe self. He continues to believe that is working for him.

as they have important work to do... and will attend to their conference and let the idiot's (cow) chips fall where they may (without them).

From 2010 through 2025, the strategy was to kiss Trump's ass, flatter him, and hope you are the last person to speak with him before a decision is made.

Now, I think most of them recognize:

* Trump is senile beyond any baseline level necessary to do the job
* Others are running things, pretty much full time
* You will probably have to sue the administration to get them to do the right thing, and litigants are winning > 95% of the time

So the new strategy may be to humor him when necessary, but to try to steer clear as much as possible, and try to keep Trump's low ratings from costing you the next election.

doing the right thing? Typical.

Tell grandpa to fuck off..............

1964.

You say:

A very apt description.

Our governor has been amazing. I tremble to think of the next guy in office will destroy all of Gov. Beshear's good work.

I'd boycott it just because the very sound of Dopey Donnie's voice makes me ill.