I just discovered that you like to fondle children. You'll claim I have no proof, but you have no proof that I'm making it up! At the very least it needs to be looked into. Why do you care so much about yourself that you won't protect the children???
Trump / Musk (other than DOGE) Omnibus Thread
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ZenMode
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I have no idea, but that's a secondary topic.
The claim is that Israel plans to "wipe Palestine off the map" and that is the intent/plan behind being given bombs.
On multiple levels, that makes no sense, so there's no reason to believe it's going to happen.
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Europe beginning to view USA as an adversary
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'Backfired spectacularly': European officials reportedly now view US as an 'adversary'
If Vice President J.D. Vance hoped to earn respect among international leaders with his speech in Germany last week, it didn't work, according to one senior diplomat. Vance not only didn't persuade his audience, he insulted them, the Financial Times reported Monday."His speech backfired...
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BillOfRights
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True. If someone is asserting that a wrong has been or is being committed it is incumbent on them to prove it.
CFordUNC
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I’m a “taxes should be low, the tax base should be broad” conservative. I think that the ultra wealthy should pay taxes, I think that corporations should pay taxes, and I think that lower income people should pay taxes. I think that low taxes helps to foster innovation, entrepreneurship, invention, and creation. I generally believe that people know how to invest and give their money charitably better than the government.
But what the Trump administration is advocating for is cutting taxes for the ultra wealthy and for corporations, while continuing to spend money hand over fist. Sure, they are trying to reduce suspending on certain areas of the government that they think are unnecessary, but they are not actually trying to spend less money overall. You can’t reduce revenue and keep spending the same, or even increase it, and not face dire economic consequences. Neither Republicans nor Democrats have proven themselves to be good stewards of government resources, and to pretend otherwise is foolish. I won’t say that Democrats are completely altruistic in how they spend our money, and I won’t say that Republicans are completely sinister in how they spend our money. And vice versa.
The reality is that Democratic tax policy generally tries to reduce the tax burden on the middle class at the expense of the upper class; Republican tax policy generally tries to reduce the tax burden on the upper class and corporations at the expense of the middle class and lower class. That is not a partisan statement. It’s objectively true. And it’s fine – Republicans and Democrats have completely different policy priorities. As taxpayers, citizens, and voters we all make our individual choices as to which of the two policy objectives we prefer.
The reality is that right now, because Republicans are in power, it is their prerogative to implement tax policy and fiscal policy to their liking. The reality is also that for something like 98% or more of the citizenry in our country, Republican tax policy and fiscal policy is, at best, neutral and at worst punitive. It’s up to each individual voter how they feel about that.
I’m going to start planning what we are going to do with all the money (and I’m sure it will be a big windfall) my wife and I are going to get. Is there a formula you can use to calculate how much you will receive?
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I will not be the slightest bit surprised if Trump starts sending out checks before long. It will be unrelated to the work DOGE is doing of course, but Trump will not hesitate to buy favorabiliry ratings.
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It's not an either/or thing. It's both. Elon really is dumb about lots of things he doesn't know about (he's not the polymath he fancies himself to be) and he really is this dishonest that he'll make up obvious lies like this.
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Given that most of the claims Elon has made about what DOGE is "finding" have already been proven to be outright lies, I think it's pretty safe to treat any claims Musk and DOGE make extremely skeptically.
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Trump Makes Broad Use of Emergency Powers to Advance Policy Priorities
Critics, including some conservatives, say he uses inflated emergency claims to create legal justifications for forceful action
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"...Trump, in his dozens of executive orders, has declared a “national energy emergency” aimed at speeding energy production and electrical-grid upgrades. He has said a crisis at the nation’s borders constitutes a national emergency, allowing him to impose expedited tariffs on China, Canada and Mexico until they halt the flow of migrants and illegal drugs.
Other executive orders declare that the entry of migrants without legal status amounts to “an invasion,” giving him emergency authority to stop accepting asylum claims from those crossing from Mexico, as well as to authorize the Defense Department to reallocate money for projects such as a wall along the border, without approval from Congress.
A Department of Homeland Security memo cited emergency conditions in authorizing state and local law officers to enforce federal immigration law. Another emergency declaration formed the basis for Trump’s sanctions on the International Criminal Court.
... His declaration of an energy emergency comes as U.S. oil production is at or near record highs, and Trump has said the nation can do without the oil and gas it imports from Canada.
Trump’s border actions come as illegal crossings have dropped substantially. Border Patrol apprehensions in December fell to the lowest daily average of any month during the Biden administration. ..."
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"... Presidents have signed many emergency declarations in recent decades: imposing sanctions, authorizing unapproved drugs during health emergencies and responding to the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks.
Democrats said Trump in his first term inappropriately used emergency powers to bypass Congress and start construction of a wall along the Mexican border after lawmakers declined to fund the project.
Biden angered Republicans by moving to cancel billions of dollars in student-loan debt using a law that allowed the administration to modify loan rules during wartime or national emergencies. Courts blocked Biden’s plan, saying he had overstepped his authority, though he nevertheless found workarounds that gave many borrowers loan relief.
... In imposing tariffs on China, Mexico and Canada, Trump used authority under the International Emergency Economic Powers Act, which is most often used to impose sanctions on terrorists or rogue nations. It was the first time the law has been used to levy tariffs. ..."
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Every dime and then some (is there even one Trump voter who thinks our budget deficit will decrease these next four years?) will be given to the uber wealthy in the form of tax breaks.
They will raid our social security and Medicare if they have to.
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All four of those had very skimpy foreign policy credentials as well coming into the job. And you could also argue that each one of those had their biggest mistakes as Presidents on that side of the ball (Clinton-Balkans/Somalia, GWB-Iraq, Obama-Arab Spring, Trump-World).
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I don’t think Vance hoped to earn respect in the international community at all. He knew exactly what he was doing and it was on target.Europe beginning to view USA as an adversary
'Backfired spectacularly': European officials reportedly now view US as an 'adversary'
If Vice President J.D. Vance hoped to earn respect among international leaders with his speech in Germany last week, it didn't work, according to one senior diplomat. Vance not only didn't persuade his audience, he insulted them, the Financial Times reported Monday."His speech backfired...
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The DOGE process will end up costing a ton of veterans and disabled Americans their jobs because 30% of the federal work force are veterans and 21% of federal employees self-identify a disability:
“…Individuals who have served in the uniformed military service constituted a considerable segment of the federal workforce.
At the end of fiscal 2023, 30% of federal employees were veterans compared to 5% of the total employed U.S. civilian labor force. In the same year, 25% of new federal hires were veterans.
… In fiscal 2023, 21% of the federal workforce identified as having a disability or serious health condition. Of those employees, 2.7% indicated having a targeted or serious health condition and 7.8% identified as having other disabilities or serious health conditions. The other 10.5% of employees with a disability had either an unlisted or undisclosed disability. “
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