Trumps Presidency 2025

[oblong]

what do you expect the dems to do?  Screaming and yelling and talking about it won't fix it.  Trump and his admin do not have to respond to public pressure anymore.  Approval ratings are meaningless.  Talking about it on Sunday morning shows and podcasts will not affect them.  Even Fox News turning on them won't affect them.  They have the authority to do what they want and they will.  Yelling at them in hearings in Congress will be blown off.  

We're stuck with this **** for 3 1/2 years.  It might get a little better if Dems flip the house, and maybe the Senate.

[mtutiger]

9 minutes ago, oblong said:

what do you expect the dems to do?  Screaming and yelling and talking about it won't fix it.  Trump and his admin do not have to respond to public pressure anymore.  Approval ratings are meaningless.  Talking about it on Sunday morning shows and podcasts will not affect them.  Even Fox News turning on them won't affect them.  They have the authority to do what they want and they will.  Yelling at them in hearings in Congress will be blown off.  

We're stuck with this **** for 3 1/2 years.  It might get a little better if Dems flip the house, and maybe the Senate.

I don't think they respond to public pressure, but I do think their colleagues in the House/Senate can and will respond to it. Even if it seems hopeless, they shouldn't stop trying.

The fact that Bobby Jr. was taking fire from actual GOP Senators yesterday (not just Ds) is directly tied to the CDC director and leadership making it as difficult as possible for them to be removed and subsequently raising the profile of the moves IMO. Opponents of this administration (including Ds but also others) should learn from it. And raising the profile of the moves raises the salience to voters, who then apply pressure as well when they figure out they cannot do things they once took for granted (ie. getting a COVID shot)

Edited September 5 by mtutiger

[mtutiger]

They can cook the books all they want, but if the Biden years taught us anything, all the data in the world isn't going to override what people see in front of them in their day to day life.

[LaceyLou]

11 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I am not happy that I don't qualify for a vaccine.  I have had Covid before and it was no big deal for me, but I will be teaching for the next 8 months and if I get Covid I am supposed to stay at home.  That means remote teaching  for a week which isn't good.  The lecture is OK, but doing computer labs in breakout rooms is not a good way to learn.  

I think you'll be able to get one.  https://www.boston.com/news/coronavirus/2025/09/03/against-fda-restrictions-healey-issues-order-making-covid-vaccines-more-accessible-in-mass/

[Tiger337]

42 minutes ago, oblong said:

I agree... however cost is an issue in poor communities as that's often all that's available.  It's not easy in the neighborhoods in Detroit to find good fresh food that's good for you.  especially if you don't have a car.  But that can of soup and beef stick and cheese from the gas station will have to do.  That's all you can get.

That's something else that needs to change, but I know it won't especially not under this administration.  Their only "solution" to every problem is punishing people.  

Edited September 5 by Tiger337

[mtutiger]

 

 

[GalagaGuy]

13 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

How do we know drugs were on the boat? 

Maybe all those bundles were Pokemon cards!

[chasfh]

21 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

Even if they were confirmed criminals, the smart thing to do would be to arrest them and interrogate them on their operations. 

Depending on the manner of interrogation, that could make for a good video recruiting tool.

[chasfh]

20 hours ago, CMRivdogs said:

Why go after the low lying fruit. They are expendable, I get it. However it's just theatre. Sinking the boat stops one small shipment. Why not seize the boat and go after the big money cartels and chop off the head.

This move by Trump did absolutely nothing in the scheme of things. 

Except create a super cool video they can use to recruit psychopaths.

[chasfh]

20 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

The number of people with diabetes has doubled (surprisingly he got that right), but that is a little misleading.  Some of it is because we are now better able to diagnose and treat diabetes and also because because people are living longer in general.  It is a big problem though which brings us to your point about his funding cuts for diabetes research. 

Not for nothing, changes in the way autism is diagnosed has also led to higher reported numbers of that.

[pfife]

Imagine how crappy the unrigged job numbers must be 

[chasfh]

11 hours ago, pfife said:

Even this bag of rocks gets it

 

Joke's on Bag O'Rocks: the regime is already rounding up people who fled the Venezuelan dictator, temporarily holding them in squalid conditions, then flying them out of the country on DoW transport to various countries where they can be killed. So the regime is just short-circuiting the process and saving on admin costs to boot.

[chasfh]

10 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

To be fair, he has said that he wants to ban a lot of processed foods. I don't know what his plan is for that.  

Extract a huge bribe out of manufacturers and then look the other way? Is that a thing for RFKJ?

[chasfh]

51 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

They can cook the books all they want, but if the Biden years taught us anything, all the data in the world isn't going to override what people see in front of them in their day to day life.

 

[chasfh]

29 minutes ago, mtutiger said:

 

 

Isn't he outright telling us that by removing, I assume, "political dissidents" from the jobs numbers, the regime will be cooking the books?

Edited September 5 by chasfh

[Tiger337]

7 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Extract a huge bribe out of manufacturers and then look the other way? Is that a thing for RFKJ?

It's a thing for the administration in general.  I am not sure of RFK's level of corruption.  I know he is unqualified and not very bright.  

[mtutiger]

4 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Isn't he outright telling us that by removing, I assume, "political dissidents" from the jobs numbers, the regime will be cooking the books?

That's exactly what he's saying.... 

If I was in the business of running a company or making money, it'd scare the **** out of me.

[ben9753]

The only rule you need to follow: Dear Leader never fails. He is only failed.

[RatkoVarda]

i think Dems want to save us, but they are too stupid to do so

 

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Motown Bombers]

3 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said:

i think Dems want to save us, but they are too stupid to do so

 

So the stupid thing to do would be to run the popular governor instead of the unknown former Republican who used to work for Blackwater? Oh that’s right, he’s young so that must mean he’s better. 

[Motown Bombers]

Just a reminder Sara Gideon was 19 years younger than Collins and 29 years younger than Biden. She lost while Collins and Biden won. 

[RatkoVarda]

she would be 85 at the end of her term; i do not think any one at that age has the energy to fight MAGA fascists

[ewsieg]

This is what you Trump haters don't get, he gets results.   He wants a rate cut, but the fed won't do it because of inflation.  Does he stop there?  No, he gets what he wants, so he plays the long game of stifling jobs and here we are, in a great position to get that rate cut.  More 4D chess from our dear leader.

[mtutiger]

14 minutes ago, ewsieg said:

This is what you Trump haters don't get, he gets results.   He wants a rate cut, but the fed won't do it because of inflation.  Does he stop there?  No, he gets what he wants, so he plays the long game of stifling jobs and here we are, in a great position to get that rate cut.  More 4D chess from our dear leader.

I know you're being sarcastic here, but it's gonna be real fun when the rate cut hits and the market continues to sputter while prices continue increasing.