By John Kass

Sunday May 4, 2025

When I was a projectionist at film school in college—just as ‘liberal politicians” began to toss the mentally insane out into the street for the rest of us to deal with– there was one documentary that absolutely haunted me.

“Titicut Follies” by lawyer Frederick Wiseman was about the inmates at  Bridgewater State Hospital for the criminally insane.

They rarely bathed and were subject to cruelty of the firehose. It was a primitive lunatic asylum indeed, brick walls and concrete floors, but watching the Democrats ratchet up their bizarre performances about a variety of subjects–all of which contain their demand for political power over America–made me think of the inmates:

From “Trump Derangement Syndrome” to their love affair and canonization of alleged cold-blooded murderer Luigi Mangione, to the rants of Sen. Corey “Spartacus” Brooks, and others, to all the leftists seeking violence and rushing to loudly support “Maryland man” Kilmar Abrego Garcia—the MS13 gang member, wife beater and alleged human trafficker–and to Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker wildly calling for violence in the streets, Illinois Democrat U.S. Rep Delia Ramirez demanding that Republicans be harassed by the leftist mob and pressured as they pray in church. Their performative geezer folk songs on the Capitol steps and Democrat Hakeem Jeffries dividing Americans in two groups, of “patriots and traitors”.

And through all that, I couldn’t help but see the Democrats as the dangerous lunatics in the Wiseman film.

That’s the Democrat Party of 2025.

Taylor Lorenz on Luigi Mangioni: “Here’s this man who, who’s a revolutionary, who’s famous, who’s handsome, who’s young, who’s smart — he’s a person that seems like a morally good man, which is hard to find.”pic.twitter.com/jnlnOAfqkP

— Defiant L’s (@DefiantLs) April 13, 2025

But the inmates in the documentary film were crazy.

And the Democrats insist that they’re quite sane. And they expect to win power over you in the upcoming midterm elections.

So how to select the winner in the important contest to guide this faltering civilization? What do we do about the Golden Moutza of the Month?

“The stable of idiots is wide and deep,” writes William M. Lee Jr. “Good luck choosing!”

“We used to be able to pick one,” lamented Linda Leinweber. “Now we should just do the top ten.”

No. There can be only one.

But the teeming horde of idiots and morons stretch to the horizon. Now, let’s begin.

Most of you already know how this works. Toward the end of the month readers find me on social media and nominate morons worthy of the Golden Moutza.

“Judging by early Moutza nominations, it looks like a landslide for our hyperbolic hippopotamus, writes reader Tom Winike about Illinois Gov. J.B. Pritzker. “Pritzker hopes to be the first US President financed by secret bank accounts in the Cayman Islands.

Lin Feddor Cappozzo:

“Well, I was going to nominate Bill Belichick and his twenty something girlfriend Jordon Hudson for their odd and uncomfortable answering or rather not answering about their relationship. But then I thought hey I’m almost seventy maybe I’ll find me a twenty something boyfriend.

Then I thought Nah I don’t want to answer questions either.”

David Mansfield:

Easy, Governor Pritzker for calling for violence in an effort to make him relevant and appeal to his far left base where he thinks the Democratic Party is going. Nah!

Joe Maddad Montefinese:

Without hesitation…Porcelain King, Gov Pritzker, for veiled suggestion to “take to the streets” because Pres Trump is a bad man nah! Nah, nah( yes, yes, yes)

Phil James:

Any one of the Dems who went to El Salvador for “Maryland Man”, and who stayed at luxury resorts on our dime. Not to mention all the wailing and gnashing of teeth over “due process”.

Alistair MacUaid:

I nominate our rotund overlord. If a Republican had said that the other side shouldn’t know a moment’s peace, Pritzker would be first in line to tar that person as an “insurrectionist”. Nah, take it!

Charles Katz:

Third place: Corey Booker for the 24-hour speech no one listened to. Second place: the dems on the capitol steps sitting in… No one paid attention. First place by a stomach: Pritzker…he drank too much JB (that is scotch for the ones who didn’t get it).

James Kezios:

“FATSO” Need I say more?

Agatha Mantanes:

James Kezios, you’ve got to say Nah!

John C. Lavezzi:

Gotta push the palm at Ramirez, since I have the misfortune to live in the Illinois 3rd and be “represented” (ugh!) by her. Nah! ‘Pare deka (Take ten)!

Anastasia Tervolas:

Maybe Pritzker for starting an insurrection?  Otherwise, I’d give it to Belichik for making a fool of himself over a girl who could be his granddaughter.

 

(Medieval mental hospital)

 

Bill Kamariotis:

Gov. Flintstone is sooo obvious and such an heeeeeee-yuge target. In breaking from the pack, I nominate has-been actress & cheesecake cutie Alyssa Milano who has actually accused Elon Musk of causing the decline of her career as well as her current financial crisis and thus is demanding 400 million dollars in damages. Irrelevant yes. Amusing??? A thousand times yes!!!  Feesa etho kouklitsa!

Margaret O’Neil Kostka:

Pritzker asking for protests and violence

William Desmond:

Before reading any responses, I immediately knew it had to be Porky the insurrectionist

Bob Angone:

How safe are we when Homeland Security chief in charge of keeping us safe from terrorists and border security gets her personal badge , ID, Purse and 3 grand stolen from under her table at a restaurant by a migrant who escaped undetected until the next day. Christy Noem NAH well deserving of the Moutza.

Phil James:

Any one of the Dems who went to El Salvador for “Maryland Man”, and who stayed at luxury resorts on our dime. Not to mention all the wailing and gnashing of teeth over “due process”.

Bryan Surek:

My Moutza of the month is non-other than a former Washington Post and New York Times reporter Taylor Lorenz in regards to the alleged murderer, Luigi Mangioni…her quote in her interview was, “Here’s this man who, who’s a revolutionary, who’s famous, who’s handsome, who’s young, who’s smart — he’s a person that seems like a morally good man, which is hard to find.”….she backed tracked on the comment but it she wears the jacket as her words were spoken…Taylor Lorenz you seemed to be promoting violence like a certain party recently…..this moutza is for you Na

Tom Winike: 

Great Moutza nomination! The same liberals who insisted Obamacare would solve all our healthcare & insurance problems are now calling for the execution of insurance executives. Chicago is home to some of the biggest insurance firms in the USA. I wouldn’t be surprised if they relocate to safer cities.

Russell G. Whitaker Jr.

John Kass, here’s a nomination that should be close to your heart. The self-congratulatory clowns of the White House Correspondents Association! What a hoot! Giving Alex Thomson an award for his courage in covering Jos Biden’s true mental health!

David Kleckner:

Easy winner has to be Gov. Commodius Maximus. The hot air in his angry and divisive rhetoric calling for action against Republicans has contributed more to global warming than CO2 ever did. Nah!

Christine Morley:

Judge Dugan for totally ignoring her duty to protect “blind justice. Letting a felon gangster escape from her courtroom with victims of his crime sitting there waiting for JUSTICE! She exposed her far left insanity. NAH!

Tom Winike:

Well said! Many Chicagoans remember the horrible day in 1992 when CPD detective Harry Belluomini and US Marshal Roy Bill Frakes were murdered transferring a felon from Dirksen Courthouse to the MCC. Incredibly, some gullible liberals are portraying Judge Dugan as a hero . . .

Kelly Ames Smith:

JB Pritzker is now calling for organized violence. I wonder how much George Soros paid him to say that? Never mind the mind-boggling amount of unsolved crimes in Chicago or how many area teens are currently missing. All he cares about is unregulated abortion through the ninth month and the sexualization of children. How many children have been permanently sterilized on his dime at Lurie?

You’re welcome to publish my comments again this month. Love you!

Marilou Wilschke:

JB Pritzker. Leader of the worst managed state has now decided he is ready to destroy the rest of the country. I guess he figures if a Democrat with dementia can be President, why not him? NAH!

Marilyn Irene Keller Rittmeyer:

No need to look nationally when the state of Illinois gives so many choices. The governor of the state of Illinois, even thinking he is Presidential material, campaigning last week in Hampshire–does he really think his money can buy him the Presidency too? We must NEVER forget how he treated the people of Illinois from March2020 through 2022.”Rules for thee, not for me.”PLEASE remind and educate your readers, and the nation, who this man really is.

Jim Babiak:

Nah … the Illinois leadership pairing of Mayor “I don’t negotiate with terrorists” Johnson and Governor “Republicans Can’t Know Peace” Pritzker for proving the largess of their stupidity by once calling the current administration terrorists while also calling for the exact same against their political opponents. Fahsa Etso boys!

Andrea Eadeh Wills:

Van Hollen – literally someone I’m sure dems secretly wish would have stayed home.

But he didn’t.

Bob Boren:

I would like to nominate the “Legacy Media” for the Golden Moutza of the Month. Specifically, their performance at the 2025 White House Correspondents Dinner where they kind of admitted that they didn’t do a good job of covering Biden’s mental decline during his presidency.

Axios reporter Alex Thompson said “”Being truth tellers also means telling the truth about ourselves. We, myself included, missed a lot of this story,” “Thompson said, speaking before a room of journalists from major news outlets. “

“Missed a lot of the story?” They intentionally covered up his mental decline, not just “missed a lot of this story”. Hiding Biden’s declining mental health is one of the biggest scandals in our history in my opinion. So, Nah! Blow on it to the Legacy Media for not admitting their participation in the scandal.

John Ferree:

Governor Fatso. Can he win more than one?

Tom Klimczak:

Terry Moran of State Media ABC, for his smug confirmation that no matter how much you hate the media, it’s never enough.

William M. Lee Jr.

The stable of idiots is wide and deep. Good luck choosing!

Ken Dietz:

Jelly Belly for inciting violence! Naaah!

Barbara Ann Nogan Olson:

You need to come to Minnesota. You’d have a plethora of options.

Tom Dattalo:

Governor Toilets deserves a Golden Moutza Lifetime Achievement Award as well as one for the month of April. Seeing his Largeness blabbering on in New Hampshire and telling people to take to the streets was even a new low for him. It sounded like he was inciting violence. He should be the one taking to the streets. A jog around one of his many mansions may help him from getting confused with a Macys Thanksgivings Day balloon come November

Andrew Serafin:

So many good options, so little time!

Martha Strawbridge:

“I can’t recall if he’s already taken it once for that whole dysfunctional toilet / the rich don’t pay their fair share situation. But even if he has, JB Pritzker deserves to be a two-time winner for that horrific speech in NH.

Republicans should know no peace? Well, at least I know where I stand. My governor hates me. Should I put my Trump flag back out so my neighbors know which house to target JB?

I guess I shouldn’t be surprised. He has already claimed illegal aliens as ‘his people’. I guess that makes me, a natural born citizen from parents who were also citizens, not one of his people? What am I then? Oh, I know, I’m an ATM. A non-feeling, non-thinking entity from which you can extract tax dollars to redistribute to ‘your people’.

His comments were so heinous they grabbed some national attention this week and the derogatory nicknames flowed like COVID relief money into the Illinois combine. Most of them went for the obvious, JumBo, Jelly Belly and the Trumpized version, Jiggly Belly, which are apropos, but show no imagination. I heard Juicy Bacon? Please don’t insult bacon. I prefer something more nuanced, like Johns Begone.

But today I must honor the tradition. And so, for openly voicing your unapologetic distain for your own people. And yes, we US Citizens, voting republicans are your people, I nominate you, governor toilets and I say the JB stands for…Just Blow on it! Nah!”

Yes Martha Strawbridge. Thank you for your brilliant letter, and thanks to all for your letters. But it is time. Time for the Golden Moutza of the Month.

Yes, the Democrats collectively are acting like a pack of lunatics to be driven off with a firehose. But really, they’re not insane. They’re simply consumed by hatred of America and for those of us who refuse to kneel. The hard left is like that. Some pride themselves on their rationality. Like the governor of Illinois who threatens to bring us to the edge of riot and urban violence just like the “mostly peaceful” Black Lives Matter riots where cities burned, just to serve his political ambition.

“Never before in my life have I called for mass protests, for mobilization, for disruption, but I am now,” Pritzker said. “These Republicans cannot know a moment of peace…Now that this culture of timidity is on full display, those same do-nothing Democrats want to blame our losses on our defense of Black people, of trans kids, of immigrants, instead of their own lack of guts and gumption,” Pritzker said in New Hampshire.

Yes Pritzker.

It isn’t black people or trans-kids, fat boi. Though you are a trans champion, and the black kids in Illinois public schools don’t get an education because you care more for praise from the jacobin teachers unions than for black parents and kids. He is a coward.

And as so many readers have noted, he is beneath contempt.

But he sits there, like a slug in a dark, moist part of the garden, hidden under a leaf, slime everywhere.

We don’t want to go through the riots again. Chicago died in those days, and won’t recover. And threatening us with even more violence so you can appeal to the hard left base doesn’t lead us to your side of the argument. It is repellant. But from a distance, so as not to get your slime on our shoes, I tell you to lift your three or four chins, and take it.

Nah!

J.B. you win the Golden Moutza of the month. Blow on it. Feesah etho you neo-Jacobin fool. The leftist Mensheviks were devoured by the leftist Bolsheviks, a history you should know but don’t. And you’re the kind of hog that could feed an army of them. No matter. Behold the Godden Moutza. You’ve earned it.

Nah! and Nah!.

Feesah!

 

(Copyright 2025 John Kass)

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