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Pig Bellmont

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  1. Ever since Bin Ladin was killed (at least) foreign actors have accused the government from using USAID as a front for intelligence operations- I don’t think it’s a coincidence that this is the first agency Musk and Trump are trying to close down. I don’t believe for a minute this is about illegally stopping funding for things like supplies and education programs to combat Ebola in Africa
  2. I’m legit ready to march in DC to protest this dictatorial bullshit. If anyone has any info on some civil action- please post it here.
  3. USAID was created by an act of Congress and can’t be closed on a whim of an unelected billionaire. What the actual fuck is happening
  4. USAID is an agency created by Congress and it can’t be closed by presidential fiat - or whatever role Musk pretends to have. Is there really going to be no pushback at all? Where is Congress?
  5. A trade deficit isn’t a subsidy.
  6. Stop engaging the troll. It’s like y’all’s first time on the internet
  7. There is nothing less surprising than Ana simping for fucking Tulsi Gabbard. Jesus
  8. I also want to know how secure are these servers that they’re using to lock others out of these systems? Did Elon just hand over all our government data to Chinese hackers?
  9. They haven’t got to discovery (at least I don’t think so) in any of the lawsuits. Pretty sure it’s just been pleadings and leaks to the press. Official document requests, subpoenas to third parties, depositions, etc is when parties explore the proof the other side has for their claims and regardless how strong you may feel, it’s too early to predict a win for anyone
  10. Honestly I think you described 40 million of his voters
  11. 30 prosecutors from the Washington DOJ office walked tonight for prosecuting J6ers. That’s quite a large percentage of the field office. Oh and DC is a unique place with federal jurisdiction so the local DOJ office handles most crimes in the city with the local “state” AG office takes stuff like traffic and juvie cases. Anyone feel safer? Who wants to drive to DC and commit felonies?
  12. Not to be a nihilist but does it even matter if Kash Patel is affirmed or not?
  13. Trump likely believes HIV is a gay and/or black people problem. Aid to gays and blacks is inconsistent with his priorities so it has to go. More likely- reports saying if review of web material was too voluminous to get through by 5p today then it came down
  14. To negotiate what exactly?
  15. So wait. The guy nominated to run the FBI received $900k from Trump’s media company this Tuesday and not one article in a major newspaper blasting the corruption? Surely this is at least half as important as one time when Bill Clinton was on the same plane with the AG while his wife ran for president- right? I mean what the actual fuck.
  16. Oh we shouldn’t ignore the 10% tariffs on all imports from China. Markets already tumbling - will this force another ag bailout? weeeeeeeeeeee
  17. Is it political to point out that these tariffs are prohibited by the trade agreement his administration negotiated and signed? You’d think it’s in the government’s interest to respect treaties or trade agreements with our allies - but nah fuck all that. Let’s disrupt favorable international relations for funsies. Oh also you seem to be missing impacts on housing due to lumber tariffs, increased costs for aluminum, the Fed keeping interest rates high, private sector more likely to implement hiring freezes to stockpile cash in case of an economic downturn, and the retaliation against goods we export which all will inevitably make kitchen table issues more expensive and also destabilize the stock markets. Should we also ignore that it seems a material motive for the administration is rooted in misunderstanding the definition of a trade deficit? Because that seems like an important part of this whole situation too
  18. Wild to say this given the last 12 days or so. Or having lived in Texas for any public employees other than police…
  19. We are in a legitimate constitutional crisis.
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