Trump / Musk (other than DOGE) Omnibus Thread

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Bobfripp said:
So back in 2020, if Biden were to have an affair (ewwww), and covertly paid the lover to 'catch and kill' the story so he could win the election (a campaign finance violation), he should not be held accountable?
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Correct. Not a big deal in my mind and apparently not too big a deal to the majority of American voters but a pretty big deal to 12 jurors in New York City.
 
gtyellowjacket said:
Correct. Not a big deal in my mind and apparently not too big a deal to the majority of American voters but a pretty big deal to 12 jurors in New York City.
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It'd be a big deal to me. It should disqualify him for the highest office in the land for sure, and I would want him to be indicted for it at least. Shouldn't being POTUS require greater character, not to mention law-abiding behavior, than the average US citizen?
 
Bobfripp said:
It'd be a big deal to me. It should disqualify him for the highest office in the land for sure, and I would want him to be indicted for it at least. Shouldn't being POTUS require greater character, not to mention law-abiding behavior, than the average US citizen?
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I guess not. Democracy sucks sometimes.

And just to add that I voted against Trump because of the J6 stuff but the convictions didn't move the meter for me.
 
nycfan said:


Most diverse?

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Wray is giving Trump the finger on his way out the door. Because Wray is resigning, even a temporary replacement can only be someone who has already been Senate confirmed (or served as a senior staff for at least 90 days in the prior year). So no Acting Head of FBI appointment for Kash Patel, he will have to go through Senate confirmation.

"under the Vacancies Reform Act, if a vacancy occurs in a Senate-confirmed position, the president "can temporarily replace that appointee (such as the FBI director) only with a person who has already received Senate confirmation or with a person who has served in a senior capacity in the agency for at least 90 days in the year before the resignation."
 
Ramrouser said:
Yes. they are not DEI picks. I think Elon, Vivek el al. could do a pretty good job running a company. Elon's the Ford/Edison/Tesla of our era. Dr. Carson was known as a pretty decent neurosurgeon. I would trust Pete Hegseth to lead a platoon of soldiers in battle. Scott Bessent is more than capable of managing my money, etc.
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DEI picks are qualified in their field, which trump's picks aren't. Someone being able to manage your money isn't any more qualified to lead the Treasury Department of the United States than someone who plays Flight Simulator is qualified to fly an F-35 in combat. Dr. Carson may have been an outstanding neurosurgeon, but that doesn't mean he can coach football or lead HUD. Linda McMahon may have helped run a fake rasslin' organization, but she is completely and totally unqualified to run the Department of Education. What's the biggest organization Hesgeth has run? How big is the DOD? I mean, WTF are people thinking?
 
Mulberry Heel said:
I'd love to as well, but that's not possible for everyone, or even a great majority of people. Depending on the surveys and studies I've read, at least 40% of retirees depend almost entirely on Social Security for their retirement income, and many more need it as a supplement to what other savings they do have. Abolishing, privatizing, or even just significantly cutting it will be a disaster of epic proportions, imo. Not that Trump or Elon or any of their other plutocrat buddies would care, of course.
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If they abolish SS, there will be a replacement plan to deal with the people who lived thinking it would be there and now border homelessness when they are no longer able to work.
 
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