Trumps Presidency 2025

[romad1]

The wife was told that OPM has told all federal workers to telework starting Wednesday because of the military parade for The President's birthday.  

[smr-nj]

They said “for the president’s birthday“? Not Flag Day? What the holy hell.

[romad1]

59 minutes ago, smr-nj said:

They said “for the president’s birthday“? Not Flag Day? What the holy hell.

https://bsky.app/profile/claudiner66.bsky.social/post/3lr7gsmvhvc2a

https://www.govexec.com/workforce/2025/06/opm-recommends-telework-other-flexibilities-dc-area-feds-ahead-military-parade/405936/

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The parade is scheduled for Saturday and is billed as celebrating the Army’s 250th anniversary, though it shares a date with President Trump’s 79th birthday, and is expected to cost in the tens of millions of dollars.

 

[Motown Bombers]

What's wild is Los Angeles is supposed to host the Olympics in 2028. The IOC should have them in Paris again and boycott the US. It's too unsafe. 

[Tiger337]

It really doesn't matter what they call the parade.  Holding an expensive parade after gutting the government supposedly to cut the deficit is incredibly hypocritical and insulting.  What do we need a military parade for?  Everybody in the world already knows we have the biggest, most powerful military in the world.  It's not North Korea.   

[ewsieg]

I'm in Denver for a conference and just got back to my hotel room and the first news station I saw was FoxNews.  I put it on and they were showing live coverage of police and national guard trying to push a crowd back and arresting those that resisted.  Then they go to another guy that has 'breaking' news.  His report:

"Oh my, just out of nowhere we have this caravan of vehicles that just came out of nowhere (cars in one direction slowly moving, in the one time I went to LA I had several times that I was apparently in a caravan myself as traffic just stopped all the time).  Sorry i digress, back to the news report.... "most of these cars have flags and they aren't US flags, they are Mexican and other country flags, it's just crazy!  I don't know why we're not seeing a police presence to address this"

[CMRivdogs]

23 minutes ago, ewsieg said:

I'm in Denver for a conference and just got back to my hotel room and the first news station I saw was FoxNews.  I put it on and they were showing live coverage of police and national guard trying to push a crowd back and arresting those that resisted.  Then they go to another guy that has 'breaking' news.  His report:

"Oh my, just out of nowhere we have this caravan of vehicles that just came out of nowhere (cars in one direction slowly moving, in the one time I went to LA I had several times that I was apparently in a caravan myself as traffic just stopped all the time).  Sorry i digress, back to the news report.... "most of these cars have flags and they aren't US flags, they are Mexican and other country flags, it's just crazy!  I don't know why we're not seeing a police presence to address this"

And yet in places like Commerce Twp, Michigan pickup trucks roar up Commerce Rd past the high school with a flag representing a nation that tried insurrection against the U-S.

[guy incognito]

5 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

What's wild is Los Angeles is supposed to host the Olympics in 2028. The IOC should have them in Paris again and boycott the US. It's too unsafe. 

Next year’s World Cup is looking pretty rocky too.

https://www.cbc.ca/news/world/world-cup-trump-1.7549793

[CMRivdogs]

The pup is sick so we're up late, (or extremely early) so I'm playing with ChatGPT.

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Kick Out the Clowns

(To the tune of “Send in the Clowns”)

 

[Verse 1]

Isn’t it rich?

A circus in charge—

One juggling lies,

The other a farce.

Where are the grown-ups?

Kick out the clowns.

 

[Verse 2]

Isn’t it bliss?

Don’t you approve?

One throws a tantrum,

The rest barely move.

Who brought the chaos?

Kick out the clowns.

 

[Bridge]

Just when we hoped things would change for the good,

They handed the keys to a car full of wood.

Quick with a meme, slow with a plan—

How did this ever begin?

 

[Verse 3]

Isn’t it clear?

They’re out of their depth.

Shouting on screens

While the house holds its breath.

Please, not more speeches.

Kick out the clowns.

 

[Bridge 2]

What kind of game turns the truth into bait,

And keeps every vote

Stuck in stalemate?

We asked for vision—

They gave us soundbites.

Where are the adults tonight?

 

[Final Verse]

Isn’t it rich?

Isn’t it sad?

Laughter through tears

At the mess that we’ve had.

Time to be brave now—

Kick out the clowns.

Yes, send them home now—

Kick out the clowns.

And this to the tune of Beer Barrel Polka

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The Birthday Parade

 

 

(To the tune of “Roll Out the Barrel” — upbeat, ironic march)

 

[Verse 1]

Roll out the banners, shine up the brass,

Line up the loyal and march ’em in mass.

Smile for the cameras, cue the charade—

Here comes the star of the Birthday Parade!

 

[Verse 2]

Confetti of slogans, flags on a stick,

History’s twisted, the optics are slick.

Truth took a rain check, facts got delayed—

All hail the king of the Birthday Parade!

 

[Bridge]

Wave to the base,

Grin at the lie,

Yell about freedom while justice runs dry!

Boast on a float,

Pout from a stage—

Democracy’s boxed for the Birthday Parade.

 

[Verse 3]

Kids pledge allegiance, cue the school choir,

Freedom’s now merch with a wink and a flyer.

Don’t ask a question, just be afraid—

You’re either cheering or out of the parade.

 

[Final Verse]

So crank up the anthem, blast it on high,

Truth is for suckers and nuance must die.

Toast to the chaos, long may it fade—

It’s always showtime at the Birthday Parade!

i changed the Title of the Parade to Birthday Parade

Edited Tuesday at 08:59 AM by CMRivdogs

[romad1]

8 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

What's wild is Los Angeles is supposed to host the Olympics in 2028. The IOC should have them in Paris again and boycott the US. It's too unsafe. 

this is the same IOC that let the Soviet Union, China and Nazi Germany host

[romad1]

that image!

[romad1]

Dag.: "He already took the fifth, before arriving." — Bluesky

 

[1776]

11 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

It really doesn't matter what they call the parade.  Holding an expensive parade after gutting the government supposedly to cut the deficit is incredibly hypocritical and insulting. 

… and totally stupid. Trump is on the polar opposite side of Theodore Roosevelt’s quote, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”  
 

 

[romad1]

colleague sent me a picture which crashed my DM of Hegseth supposedly wearing a "stars and bars" hankie in his suit pocket 

 

[romad1]

Some critique of the "how was the play Mrs Lincoln?" variety is that Hegseth and Noem never planned for the arrival of these troops and they are sleeping on the floors of buildings.  

[RatkoVarda]

13 minutes ago, romad1 said:

colleague sent me a picture which crashed my DM of Hegseth supposedly wearing a "stars and bars" hankie in his suit pocket 

 

so the Sec of Defense wipes his nose with the American flag? Wait until Fox News hears about this! That's a thousand times worse than all the things Obama never did.

[chasfh]

11 hours ago, ewsieg said:

I'm in Denver for a conference and just got back to my hotel room and the first news station I saw was FoxNews.  I put it on and they were showing live coverage of police and national guard trying to push a crowd back and arresting those that resisted.  Then they go to another guy that has 'breaking' news.  His report:

"Oh my, just out of nowhere we have this caravan of vehicles that just came out of nowhere (cars in one direction slowly moving, in the one time I went to LA I had several times that I was apparently in a caravan myself as traffic just stopped all the time).  Sorry i digress, back to the news report.... "most of these cars have flags and they aren't US flags, they are Mexican and other country flags, it's just crazy!  I don't know why we're not seeing a police presence to address this"

I hope protesters show up in DC on June 14th waving Mexican flag. Hey, why the **** not? It's Flag Day, isn't it?

[romad1]

2 minutes ago, chasfh said:

I hope protesters show up in DC on June 14th waving Mexican flag. Hey, why the **** not? It's Flag Day, isn't it?

Not supposed to.  DC is a no-go for the "No Kings" protests. 

[Motown Bombers]

Speaking of flags, I was driving down 13 Mile and there was a flag of Trump raising his fist after his ear got nicked. I went to Google street view, and sure enough the flag was there in all of it's glory.

[mtutiger]

54 minutes ago, 1776 said:

… and totally stupid. Trump is on the polar opposite side of Theodore Roosevelt’s quote, “Speak softly and carry a big stick.”  
 

 

Probably the engineer in me speaking, but rolling M1 Abrams tanks across 8" of asphalt seems monumentally stupid

Edited Tuesday at 02:57 PM by mtutiger

[romad1]

22 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Speaking of flags, I was driving down 13 Mile and there was a flag of Trump raising his fist after his ear got nicked. I went to Google street view, and sure enough the flag was there in all of it's glory.

do they like pizza? 

[romad1]

16 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

Probably the engineer in me speaking, but rolling M1 Abrams tanks across 8" of asphalt seems monumentally stupid

They are putting steel matting down on the streets for this.  They told all the Federal workers to stay home so they could do this.  

[mtutiger]

Just now, romad1 said:

They are putting steel matting down on the streets for this.  They told all the Federal workers to stay home so they could do this.  

It will help, but still risky and a monumental waste of money and time.

[romad1]

19 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

It will help, but still risky and a monumental waste of money and time.

like the entire Trump period in US history. 

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, romad1 said:

Not supposed to.  DC is a no-go for the "No Kings" protests. 

Says who?