Trumps Presidency 2025

[Tigerbomb13]

27 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

 

This should be another one that goes nowhere from their Cracker Jack box qualified DOJ

[mtutiger]

7 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

I suppose there comes a time in every 'denialist' movement when the fantasy finally becomes unsustainable - at least for the majority. 'holic has a place in his heart for Babe the Blue Ox and maybe would love the world that truck represents to somehow keep going, and for all those hoping it could, Trump was probably their big hope, and when the real world has been shown to chew Trump up and spit him out, maybe that will finally break the illusion for some folks. And the thing is, I was there, that wasn't actually such a great world compared to this one anyway, it's a bill of goods.

I've beat this drum many times and will keep beating it, but while the die hards are a tough nut to crack, they aren't the entirety of those who cast a ballot for Donald Trump. And the die-hards alone a much more of a rump faction than a lot of us realize.

The declining poll numbers and fortunes for his party are a reflection of this IMO

[CMRivdogs]

15 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

This should be another one that goes nowhere from their Cracker Jack box qualified DOJ

Here's the "smoking gun" so to speak. Can we start a list of people Trump and Co wanted Shot, Hung, Killed, etc...

 

[LaceyLou]

1 hour ago, guy incognito said:

It could also be a way to try to convince 'Libruls' to not get one. I wonder if defacing the picture would be a crime? 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[chasfh]

12 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

"I thought he was the lesser of two evils" comes up a lot. How you like him now.

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

 

Two predictions:

• All current passports will be invalidated by a certain date—let's say Dec 31, 2026—and holders will be required by executive order to replace them with new Trump-face passports at a cost upwards of $200 per passport, or else face fines upwards of $10,000 and imprisonment in a converted warehouse of up to two years for failure to do so by March 31, 2027.
• By another certain date—let's say June 30, 2027—all U.S. residents will be required to carry passports on their persons at all times to facilitate identification on demand by police military authorities posted around the country. There will be two passports types: standard blue for citizens, green for non-citizens. Cost of passports will also be $200 per person and all proceeds to go to the Board of Peace. Wages will be garnished for failure to pay.

Damn, I should write a hard political fiction novel.

[romad1]

Remember this when the MAGA bots spout off about how we haven’t had a king since 1776.

[CMRivdogs]

 

[CMRivdogs]

Probably went right over the heads of MAGA Congress Critters

[Motown Bombers]

 

[CMRivdogs]

It's low on list of grievances but the "First Host" just rendered himself obnoxious again.

 

 

Edited 13 hours ago by CMRivdogs

[pfife]

Is this a bad thing?

Michigan gas prices jump most in U.S.; analysts warn of $5 gasoline https://share.google/Ydldu88H3SVnxsfxq

[oblong]

55 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

That went right over his head though. 

[romad1]

Listening to King Charles III's address to Congress replayed on Morning Joe...it was good.  It was for an America that existed in 2015 and I wish would come back.  

Edited 4 hours ago by romad1

[romad1]

And the capper.  The video of the Buffalo fans singing O Canada.  Damn!  I shouldn't be crying in the morning.  

 

Edited 4 hours ago by romad1

[oblong]

Not surprising they did that.  They always play the canadian anthem there even if a canadian team isn't playing since it's minutes away... something they should also do in Detroit since so many fans at the game are Canadian.  

 

 

[romad1]

54 minutes ago, oblong said:

Not surprising they did that.  They always play the canadian anthem there even if a canadian team isn't playing since it's minutes away... something they should also do in Detroit since so many fans at the game are Canadian.  

 

 

The league HQs is in Toronto is it not?  

[oblong]

Yes it is.  We were in Buffalo in October of 2023, driving back from Cooperstown.  We had to stop to get a training run in for our half marathon and we found a trail where we could sneak in 8 miles.  It was a Sunday so we went over to a Longhorn Steakhouse in a strip mall nearby.  The Bills were playing. We were the only two people in a packed restaurant without any Bills gear on.  It was like what I'd expect for a playoff game, not one in early October. 

 

[romad1]

3 minutes ago, oblong said:

Yes it is.  We were in Buffalo in October of 2023, driving back from Cooperstown.  We had to stop to get a training run in for our half marathon and we found a trail where we could sneak in 8 miles.  It was a Sunday so we went over to a Longhorn Steakhouse in a strip mall nearby.  The Bills were playing. We were the only two people in a packed restaurant without any Bills gear on.  It was like what I'd expect for a playoff game, not one in early October. 

 

Our local Wegmans sells Bills gear.  The fanbase is strong, often drunk and can be amusing. 

I went to a Lions game in Buffalo with a buddy who lives in Rochester NY area and had a couple near fights with guys who probably wouldn't have been able to pick which of the three targets in front of them were me.  

[chasfh]

2 hours ago, romad1 said:

Listening to King Charles III's address to Congress replayed on Morning Joe...it was good.  It was for an America that existed in 2015 and I wish would come back.  

So does he, I’m sure.

[romad1]

1 minute ago, chasfh said:

So does he, I’m sure.

So do most Americans

[romad1]

 

[romad1]

I can confirm that my son's graduating class of natural science undergrads is heavily considering European graduate school. 

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[gehringer_2]

12 hours ago, pfife said:

Is this a bad thing?

Michigan gas prices jump most in U.S.; analysts warn of $5 gasoline https://share.google/Ydldu88H3SVnxsfxq

West Texas Intermediate crude oil futures at $104/bbl as I type this.