CURRENT EVENTS July 14 - July 22

[BlueSmoke]

The man's either a total buffoon, or a textbook case of cognitive decline. Probably both.

Total Buffoon. His whole life he's been a Buffoon. I can't think of any success he's had in his whole life other then being successful at being a buffoon. But somehow it works for him.

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

 

[nycfan]

The looks on Varney’s face as she responds says a lot …

 

[tarheelbillie]

What a fucking asshole.

Colbert told Trump flat out “go f**k yourself” Monday night. Love it.

 

[StrangePackage]

Fighting Irish - with the drunken, red headed mascot? Mountaineers - guy with the coonskin cap?

... Sorry what?

Since when is the fighting Irish leprechaun drunk?

 

[finesse]

... Sorry what?

Since when is the fighting Irish leprechaun drunk?

Stereotyping is addictive.

 

[nycfan]

 

[SnoopRob]

... Sorry what?

Since when is the fighting Irish leprechaun drunk?

Since Trump got elected and the leprechaun saw what is happening to the country.

 

[4thgenheel]

Fighting Irish - with the drunken, red headed mascot? Mountaineers - guy with the coonskin cap?

 

[nycfan]

 

[CFordUNC]

 

[nycfan]

“When Kristi Noem put 22-year-old Thomas Fugate in charge of a unit fighting domestic terror in June, her department rushed to praise the MAGA loyalist for his “leadership.” But within days, the Daily Beast revealed that the new official overseeing the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) had no experience in fighting terrorism—and in fact had only ever worked as a gardener and a grocery store clerk.

… On June 5, a senior official from the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) told the media that Fugate—a Donald Trump superfan who interned at The Heritage Foundation—had been “temporarily given additional leadership responsibilities” at the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), describing the promotion as “a credit to his work ethic and success on the job.”

… In an eyebrow-raising interview with Fox News Digital, Fugate stressed that he never called the shots. “All decisions came down from policy leadership, [the] undersecretary, deputy secretary, and chief of staff,” he said, adding that CP3 is “a very niche and small, specialized office” that mostly hands out grants.

“It’s only when you take it out of context and blow it out of proportion that it then becomes a massive problem where people think I’m practically running the FBI,” he said.…”

 

[nycfan]

“When Kristi Noem put 22-year-old Thomas Fugate in charge of a unit fighting domestic terror in June, her department rushed to praise the MAGA loyalist for his “leadership.” But within days, the Daily Beast revealed that the new official overseeing the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3) had no experience in fighting terrorism—and in fact had only ever worked as a gardener and a grocery store clerk.

… On June 5, a senior official from the Department for Homeland Security (DHS) told the media that Fugate—a Donald Trump superfan who interned at The Heritage Foundation—had been “temporarily given additional leadership responsibilities” at the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships (CP3), describing the promotion as “a credit to his work ethic and success on the job.”

… In an eyebrow-raising interview with Fox News Digital, Fugate stressed that he never called the shots. “All decisions came down from policy leadership, [the] undersecretary, deputy secretary, and chief of staff,” he said, adding that CP3 is “a very niche and small, specialized office” that mostly hands out grants.

“It’s only when you take it out of context and blow it out of proportion that it then becomes a massive problem where people think I’m practically running the FBI,” he said.…”

Here is background on Fugate’s predecessor, who resigned in protests of severe cuts to the program (which was the Biden Asmin version of a domestic terrorism prevention program that has had different names under Obama, Trump 45 and Biden):



A View from the CT Foxhole: William Braniff, Director, Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships, U.S. Department of Homeland Security - Combating Terrorism Center at West Point

 

[Ramrouser]

... Sorry what?

Since when is the fighting Irish leprechaun drunk?

That's my point. The stereotype is the hot tempered drunken Irishman, i.e. white guys. ND embraced it in their nickname and mascot.

 

[TangledUpInBlue06]

This. I kind of wish BO would say as much. Put up or shut up. Trump is painting himself in a corner - either he backs down like a lil b or there are riots in the streets. Plus BO's got Trump v. US immunity in his back pocket.

 

[finesse]

That's my point. The stereotype is the hot tempered drunken Irishman, i.e. white guys. ND embraced it in their nickname and mascot.

Catholics talking about Catholics isn't the same as one race putting down another.

 

[superrific]

Fighting Irish - with the drunken, red headed mascot? Mountaineers - guy with the coonskin cap?

Mountaineers are like Tar Heels.

Sure, Notre Dame embraced the stereotype (arguably), but they did it for themselves. That's not even remotely the same thing. Don't believe me? Drive a BMW into New Richmond, IN and call them hoosiers. See what happens.

 

[superrific]

This. I kind of wish BO would say as much. Put up or shut up. Trump is painting himself in a corner - either he backs down like a lil b or there are riots in the streets. Plus BO's got Trump v. US immunity in his back pocket.

I wouldn't count on Trump v. US protecting Barack. The Supreme Court refused to set forth any actual rule about what constituted official conduct, precisely so it could make case-by-case determinations based on their preferences.

 

[Huh?]

[/Foghorn Leghorn voice] "Look, I say! It's a squirrel! I say, that's treason! Pay no attention to those dagnabbit DOJ files." [/Foghorn Leghorn voice]