Trumps Presidency 2025

[romad1]

i guess we will see who stands up to this

 

[Tigerbomb13]

11 striped flag 😂

[Tigermojo]

39 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

So, what's it going to be - Dictatorship or Chinese colony? 

Mar-a-lago mafia which is based on Putin's mafia. That's why they want tax immunity because the mafia always gets taken down for tax evasion. 

[CMRivdogs]

48 minutes ago, romad1 said:

i guess we will see who stands up to this

 

Just tried to e-mail my congresscritter, (Whitless from Warsaw). Just jumped thru a lot of hoops. Doesn't seem to be working

[romad1]

I got to say we were musing today about the Cuban drone strikes on Mar-a-lago being a biblical judgement...you almost want that to happen so they kharmic sodom and gomora judgement occurs. 

[CMRivdogs]

Just now, romad1 said:

I got to say we were musing today about the Cuban drone strikes on Mar-a-lago being a biblical judgement...you almost want that to happen so they kharmic sodom and gomora judgement occurs. 

Does he have a cryp er ballroom built under Mar alago? 

[romad1]

 

[Sports_Freak]

 

[pfife]

Anyone get their DOGE check or their tarrif refunds yet?

Apparently 2 more weeks

Edited 4 hours ago by pfife

[chasfh]

21 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Yep, Funny how it works...Don't believe a single word from MAGA or their sycophants

 

They’re counting on people being too distracted by endless entertainment options to notice.

[chasfh]

20 hours ago, RatkoVarda said:

it is going to take a while to die, but this country is done.

the abject, blatant corruption is breathtaking.

MAGA is the ultimate combination of grifters, racists, nihilist, useful idiots, and just plain weird and nasty trash.

a basket of deplorables.

At least in its current form, and we can no longer simply vote our way back to whatever we nostalgically regard as normal.

At this point it’s probably going to take something very dramatic (or drastic, take your pick) to change things for the better on a permanent basis, and it’s well within the range of outcomes that a frightening number of us—both old and young—may not be alive to see it.

[chasfh]

19 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

They get it all right. The problem is the folks who blindly follow the Pedaphile Party because..."Libs are bad according to Faux News and their AM radio listening, etc

I do think the RWM is the linchpin of this whole thing, and if that ecosystem could be somehow decimated, that would go a long way toward breaking the spell.

[RatkoVarda]

10 minutes ago, chasfh said:

At least in its current form, and we can no longer simply vote our way back to whatever we nostalgically regard as normal.

At this point it’s probably going to take something very dramatic (or drastic, take your pick) to change things for the better on a permanent basis, and it’s well within the range of outcomes that a frightening number of us—both old and young—may not be alive to see it.

need to fix SC. add 4 justices. impeach Alito and Thomas, remove them. strip Roberts of CJ title. Congress decides what the SC non-constitutional jurisdiction is, so start limiting their ability to review the things you know they are going to screw with

need to fix House of Representatives. add 50% more seats. Texas, Fla, NY, Illinois, and Cali will benefit the most. need to have more Reps for 330M people.

need to fix EC. impossible. ****ty red states would never give up their advantage of having land vote for presidents.

need to round up MAGA trash and eject them straight into the sun.

Dems lack the will and balls to get this done, terrified of what the RW media will say about them, terrified of being seen as not "reaching across the aisle". institutionalists will preach moderation, deliberateness, and of course cooperation with people who are trying (and succeeding) in destroying the country

Dems will not save us from MAGA. no one will.

[romad1]

4 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

need to fix SC. add 4 justices. impeach Alito and Thomas, remove them. strip Roberts of CJ title. Congress decides what the SC non-constitutional jurisdiction is, so start limiting their ability to review the things you know they are going to screw with

need to fix House of Representatives. add 50% more seats. Texas, Fla, NY, Illinois, and Cali will benefit the most. need to have more Reps for 330M people.

need to fix EC. impossible. ****ty red states would never give up their advantage of having land vote for presidents.

need to round up MAGA trash and eject them straight into the sun.

Dems lack the will and balls to get this done, terrified of what the RW media will say about them, terrified of being seen as not "reaching across the aisle". institutionalists will preach moderation, deliberateness, and of course cooperation with people who are trying (and succeeding) in destroying the country

Dems will not save us from MAGA. no one will.

The monster in the room is citizens united.  Its allowing Orban and Putin to fund all sorts of terrible things.  

There is no returning to normality as defined by anyone.  The only path is synthesis as taught by the harsh lessons of this criminal gang in power right now.  

 

[Tiger337]

1 hour ago, pfife said:

Anyone get their DOGE check or their tarrif refunds yet?

Apparently 2 more weeks

They are being delayed due to the Iran War and you should be thankful for that.  

[chasfh]

18 hours ago, Tigermojo said:

Trump won't even give people $2K for anything. The slush fund is just another grift that will end up in his crypto wallet. 

Especially likely since under the terms of the settlement, the government has no responsibility for “the protection or safeguarding” of the funds once they have been placed into the account, including any issues related to bank errors or crimes, like fraud, that may be committed with the money. The fund will also be managed by a six-person commission, five of whom will be appointed by the Trump-appointed attorney general, and any of whom can be unilaterally removed by Trump at any time for any or no reason.

What could possibly go wrong?

[chasfh]

18 hours ago, romad1 said:

Cassidy and Cornyn I'd imagine. 

So what if Senate votes to pass the resolution to curb war powers? What do they expect Trump to do in response? Comply? As if.

[chasfh]

17 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

So, what's it going to be - Dictatorship or Chinese colony? 

False choice. There can be both. 😏

[gehringer_2]

10 minutes ago, chasfh said:

So what if Senate votes to pass the resolution to curb war powers? What do they expect Trump to do in response? Comply? As if.

well, the dumb part about the War Powers act is that the President can veto the resolution, which then means it you need an override super majority - which ain't gonna happen anyway.

We used to think that having a Constitution instead of  just a precedent guided Parliament like Britain was an advantage. I just don't think it's true anymore. The US Constitution and its recent SCOTUS interpretations are hindering US democracy far more than they are helping to achieve it.

Edited 2 hours ago by gehringer_2

[chasfh]

16 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

well, the dumb part about the War Powers act is that the President can veto the resolution, which then means it you need an override super majority - which ain't gonna happen anyway.

We used to think that having a Constitution instead of  just a precedent guided Parliament like Britain was an advantage. I just don't think it's true anymore. The US Constitution and its recent SCOTUS interpretations are hindering US democracy far more than they are helping to achieve it.

Probably because they treat the Constitution like MAGA Christians treat the bible: they embrace the parts that make them feel good, and they ignore the rest.

[Motown Bombers]

Do people who got fired over Charlie Kirk get a piece of this slush fund? 

[chasfh]

 

From the story:

Acting Attorney General Todd Blanche made clear Wednesday that the conduct of January 6, 2021, rioters who attacked law enforcement will be factored when the soon-to-be-set-up commission reviews applications to the anti-weaponization fund.

“One of the factors the commissioners have to consider is what the claimant did — the claimant’s conduct,” Blanche told CNN’s Paula Reid in an interview Wednesday. “The claimant would have to say, ‘I assaulted a cop and I want money.’”

“Whether the commissioners will give that person money – that claimant – it’s up to them. But that’s one of the factors they have to consider,” he continued, adding that Trump “does not stand for assaulting law enforcement.”

Blanche said he couldn’t fully rule out the possibility that someone who was violent toward officers [would not receive payments], saying it was up to the commissioners.

“So, whether the commissioners will give that person money, that claimant, it’s up to them,” he said.

Translation:

If you assaulted a Capitol cop to overturn the election and reinstall Donald Trump as president, then congratulations and look for a check in the mail.