Trump’s America

[DDD Dad 14643]

6 minutes ago, Rex Kramer said:

 

I was talking to my friend DDD. Calm down bro. There’s something called an electorate. And, for all intents and purposes, he won a majority. 

And I am a fuckface. 

[GenXer 3425]

1 hour ago, hobbes2702 said:

They want destroy the dollar. Don’t you even crypto bro

Crypto is so last year. Memecoin is where it’s at. My niece’s unemployed husband told me so.

[C-Man 27777]

[C-Man 27777]

[Covri 6368]

25 minutes ago, Zepol87 said:

Rex come on bro you voted for trump

I don’t think he’s lying when he says he didn’t vote for trump, but it’s odd to defend trump now as the better candidate in the election. Why wouldn’t he have voted for him if he was the better more electable choice? Truly a pair a ducks…

[Rex Kramer 1535]

44 minutes ago, DDD Dad said:

And I am a fuckface. 

One that is loved. 

[Rex Kramer 1535]

22 minutes ago, Covri said:

I don’t think he’s lying when he says he didn’t vote for trump, but it’s odd to defend trump now as the better candidate in the election. Why wouldn’t he have voted for him if he was the better more electable choice? Truly a pair a ducks…

Didn’t see @Zepol87’s post. No. I absolutely did not vote for him and never did. I’m not defending him. I’m telling you what is obvious, particularly from the perspective of those that did vote for him. 

[Biff Tannen 46150]

2 hours ago, StassneyHorn said:

Finally had the heart to look up how close the US house was for Dems. 7,310 votes across Iowa-1st, Pennsylvania-7th, and Colorado-8th.

Don’t worry your pretty head. It will all be over soon. 
 

Head on to heartache
Beware of the promises made
Head on to heartache
Steadfast to an early grave (Let them rot!)
Head on to heartache
Beware of the promises made
Head on to heartache
Steadfast to an early grave (Let them rot!)
Let them fucking rot!

[Blotto 24011]

4 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Children with cancer should pull themselves up by their bootstraps.

Signed,

The Pro-Life party

Well now this is indeed a conundrum for those stupid fucking rubes....

https://www.cnbctv18.com/world/russia-claims-breakthrough-in-cancer-treatment-with-mrna-vaccine-free-for-patients-by-2025-19526110.htm

I'm pretty sure mrna vaccines were frowned upon by the MAGAts. But if you tell them this life saving elixir can be extracted from the tip of putin's cock.....well now there's gonna need to be a lot of deep introspection in the GQP. And by a lot, I mean.......glug, glug, glug.

[Captainant 28506]

The Hill: Trump team affirms he’s leader of GOP amid ‘President Musk’ barbs

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“As soon as President Trump released his official stance on the CR [continuing resolution], Republicans on Capitol Hill echoed his point of view. President Trump is the leader of the Republican Party. Full stop,” said Karoline Leavitt, transition spokesperson for the Trump-Vance team, in a statement shared with The Hill.

Reminds me of that line from Tywin Lannister: "Any man who must say, 'I am the King', is no true king."

[Horn Under a Bad Sign 20903]

 

 

 

 

[Wally Fairway 5674]

At what point will Elmo be named Chancellor of the United Federation of Right Wing States (of which the MAGA party will make the US a funding member). 

And as a follow-up, are you ready to swear an allegiance to said federation?

[WhatTheBuck 28928]

10 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

Bwahahaha. Still blaming the Dems for their own incompetence. Never change, MAGA. And why would they. This shit works with the unwashed masses.

 

Whenever the Republicans have shut down the government, their attempts to blame it on the Democrats have never been successful. I don’t see why this time will be any different.

[Evil Bill Obrien 3510]

43 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

And as a follow-up, are you ready to swear an allegiance to said federation?

Do we get cool grey uniforms and get to go into space and kill bugs?

 

 

if not then yeah probably gonna be a no from me dawg… Especially if there’s no Carmen or Dizzy or full coed showers for absolutely no logical reason…

[TwiceHorn 32071]

21 hours ago, DDD Dad said:

Which is precisely why the lawsuit was filed in the first place.  In addition to being a financially wise choice (versus the cost of litigation and risk of a runaway Trumpy jury), it also reflects ABC choosing to "kiss the ring" rather than fight a good fight as the 4th estate against the incoming fascist regime.

This also reflects the danger of corporate consolidation of the media.  When Disney/Amazon/Murdoch enterprises is making decisions that affect journalism, you are no longer independent.

Good stuff. One thing though, the whole scenario is a bit emblematic of the whole "MSM" treatment of Trump.  On some occasions, overstate what is already bad enough about Trump (rape vs. sexual assault), on others just completely normalize him.  

I thought at the beginning of the Trump administration, the media was in a constant state of hysteria, often overstating the gravity of Trump's malfeasance.  Then, later, particularly as he was out of office, curiously understating his malignance.

Not that any of that really affected his base.  But, assuming there are people "reachable" about Trump (debatable in light of the election results) created a narrative that Trump was persecuted or over-harshly judged.

[Jive Turkey 12993]

 

[TwiceHorn 32071]

1 minute ago, Jive Turkey said:

 

Fuck you you fucker.

[Brisketexan 106874]

Fuck you you fucker.

Good. Do it.
And then, end it by passing a CR that fucks over the little guy, victims of disasters, farmers, kids with cancer. Do it.

The only way anything will ever improve is for the suffering to become excruciating. We need more of this. 1000x more.

[Anastasis 23716]

The solution here is obvious. Stand alone bills. Vote them up, or vote them down on their own merits. The CR/omnibus whatever has just become a mechanism for institutionalized dysfunction, alternately used by the Rs and the Ds based on how the board is set at the moment. 

[Francisco 2.0 32585]

4 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Good. Do it.
And then, end it by passing a CR that fucks over the little guy, victims of disasters, farmers, kids with cancer. Do it.

The only way anything will ever improve is for the suffering to become excruciating. We need more of this. 1000x more.

 

But here's the thing:  the GOP would willingly embrace and pass a CR double whatever was tanked on Wednesday of this week after January 20, because reasons.  

 

 

 

[bluto 4995]

Asking earnestly, why is the incoming admin who ran on slashing govt spending demanding the debt limit be removed?

[Wally Fairway 5674]

58 minutes ago, Anastasis said:

The solution here is obvious. Stand alone bills. Vote them up, or vote them down on their own merits. The CR/omnibus whatever has just become a mechanism for institutionalized dysfunction, alternately used by the Rs and the Ds based on how the board is set at the moment. 

No one has time for that, when they have to campaign, and mock the other side. 

What has it been 20+ years since there was anything except a omnibus bill, the times they have changed. Just don't say line item veto or DJT and his lapdogs will go hyper active about that possibility.

[Anastasis 23716]

41 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

No one has time for that, when they have to campaign, and mock the other side. 

What has it been 20+ years since there was anything except a omnibus bill, the times they have changed. Just don't say line item veto or DJT and his lapdogs will go hyper active about that possibility.

Apparently lightning is striking, cause the new plan is three stand alones. 

[C-Man 27777]

Gary Peterson is a national treasure.

[StassneyHorn 6765]

Pass the bills, my portfolio begs.

[linux 1784]

1 hour ago, bluto said:

Asking earnestly, why is the incoming admin who ran on slashing govt spending demanding the debt limit be removed?

Short answer because they want to do handouts AND get rid of the people that could tell Donny NO.

[wood 11763]

On 12/18/2024 at 5:14 PM, tx 3 putt said:

 

Got a link for this image? I'd like to post it elsewehere, where they're very picky about sourcing. Never mind. I found it. Here's the whole filing: https://cdn.factcheck.org/UploadedFiles/Johnson_TrumpEpstein_Calif_Lawsuit.pdf

Edited Friday at 06:17 PM by wood

[Rex Kramer 1535]

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Good. Do it.
And then, end it by passing a CR that fucks over the little guy, victims of disasters, farmers, kids with cancer. Do it.

The only way anything will ever improve is for the suffering to become excruciating. We need more of this. 1000x more.

You are such a bloviating, histrionic drama queen. 

[SimonBolivar 11062]

2 hours ago, bluto said:

Asking earnestly, why is the incoming admin who ran on slashing govt spending demanding the debt limit be removed?

The "until 2029" was the best part.

[PRONG HORN 3219]

3 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

And then, end it by passing a CR that fucks over kids with cancer

 

 

 

[Biff Tannen 46150]

31 minutes ago, PRONG HORN said:

 

 

 

Jfc dude. 

[Brisketexan 106874]

28 minutes ago, PRONG HORN said:

 

 

 

Elon AND Pronghorn continue to lie?  Color me shocked.

There was a bipartisan stand-alone bill regarding that particular aspect of cancer research.  Do you know what it did NOT include?  That's right....appropriation/funding.  Instead, it expressly DEFERRED on that to a further act of Congress (so....the exact continuing resolution we've all been discusssing) - see the full text of the referenced bill in its funding section:

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SEC. 3. Coordination of NIH funding for pediatric research.

 

(a) Sense of Congress.—It is the sense of the Congress that the Director of the National Institutes of Health should continue to oversee and coordinate research that is conducted or supported by the National Institutes of Health for research on pediatric cancer and other pediatric diseases and conditions, including through the Pediatric Research Initiative Fund.

(b) Avoiding duplication.—Section 402(b)(7)(B)(ii) of the Public Health Service Act (42 U.S.C. 282(b)(7)(B)(ii)) is amended by inserting “and shall prioritize, as appropriate, such pediatric research that does not duplicate existing research activities of the National Institutes of Health” before “; and”.

When in doubt, do NOT read what "Libs of TikTok" says.  Read the actual bill text.  Go ahead, read it.  You won't find a funding appropriation in it.

Elon Musk, and his mouthpieces like Pronghorn, lie.  They do it without hesitation, without taking a breath in between the lies.  It is their natural state of being.

[Pancho 46259]

So that dumbass Latina who lost the Missouri SoS race has now moved to Texas to run for congress.

 

Why does she just have to be in politics? I’m guessing its really about the grift?

 

 

[Foosters 18267]

Nvmnd

Edited Friday at 07:48 PM by Foosters

[Bozo_Casanova 26840]

4 hours ago, Anastasis said:

The solution here is obvious. Stand alone bills. Vote them up, or vote them down on their own merits. The CR/omnibus whatever has just become a mechanism for institutionalized dysfunction, alternately used by the Rs and the Ds based on how the board is set at the moment. 

[TwiceHorn 32071]

18 minutes ago, Pancho said:

So that dumbass Latina who lost the Missouri SoS race has now moved to Texas to run for congress.

 

Why does she just have to be in politics? I’m guessing its really about the grift?

 

 

174k isn't a bad gig for a 25 year old ignoramus.

Also, this says terrible things about Texas.  Nothing new, but terrible just the same.

[MonkeyDoughnut 10803]

36 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Elon AND Pronghorn continue to lie?  Color me shocked.

There was a bipartisan stand-alone bill regarding that particular aspect of cancer research.  Do you know what it did NOT include?  That's right....appropriation/funding.  Instead, it expressly DEFERRED on that to a further act of Congress (so....the exact continuing resolution we've all been discusssing) - see the full text of the referenced bill in its funding section:

When in doubt, do NOT read what "Libs of TikTok" says.  Read the actual bill text.  Go ahead, read it.  You won't find a funding appropriation in it.

Elon Musk, and his mouthpieces like Pronghorn, lie.  They do it without hesitation, without taking a breath in between the lies.  It is their natural state of being.

So Elon didn't kill the funding since the bill was never passed in senate?

[Underdog 29161]

12 hours ago, Horn Under a Bad Sign said:

 

 

 

 

A face only a Louisville Slugger would love. 

[wood 11763]

 

[Wally Fairway 5674]

4 hours ago, Anastasis said:

Apparently lightning is striking, cause the new plan is three stand alones. 

hope you are right, but nothing has passed until it is passed. if nothing is going to pass then the MAGA crowd wants something to point at the Dems as blame for a shutdown. 

[C-Man 27777]

1 hour ago, Pancho said:

So that dumbass Latina who lost the Missouri SoS race has now moved to Texas to run for congress.

 

Why does she just have to be in politics? I’m guessing its really about the grift?

 

 

It would be a shame if this Colombian refugee were to get sent back to Colombia

[Anastasis 23716]

7 minutes ago, Wally Fairway said:

hope you are right, but nothing has passed until it is passed. if nothing is going to pass then the MAGA crowd wants something to point at the Dems as blame for a shutdown. 

Listening to CNBC, sounds like it is now one bill. 

[gmr548 16684]

6 hours ago, Jive Turkey said:

 

Republicans have consistently been really good at shutting down the government, getting rightly blamed for it, and not learning from it. Even under Trump, with Democrats holding the House. One of the more incredible phenomena in the clownshow that is US politics.

[tx 3 putt 78668]

 

[tx 3 putt 78668]

6 hours ago, Brisketexan said:

Good. Do it.
And then, end it by passing a CR that fucks over the little guy, victims of disasters, farmers, kids with cancer. Do it.

The only way anything will ever improve is for the suffering to become excruciating. We need more of this. 1000x more.

 

 

[Bozo_Casanova 26840]

2 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

174k isn't a bad gig for a 25 year old ignoramus.

 

But it’s a bad gig for a 35 year old CPA or 50 year old entrepreneur or family farmer. Successful ones, anyway.
Not for nothing, we’d have much better people in congress if we raised their salary to $1mm/year. We get what we pay for. 

Edited Friday at 10:06 PM by Bozo_Casanova

[Texas Jeff 1999]

Asking earnestly, why is the incoming admin who ran on slashing govt spending demanding the debt limit be removed?

Responding earnestly, they plan to run it up and blame the Dems.

[Biff Tannen 46150]

1 hour ago, Bozo_Casanova said:

But it’s a bad gig for a 35 year old CPA or 50 year old entrepreneur or family farmer. Successful ones, anyway.
Not for nothing, we’d have much better people in congress if we raised their salary to $1mm/year. We get what we pay for. 

Dan Pfeiffer said that we should pay them more because, among other things, they have to have two houses: one in DC and one in their district. Why don’t we have tax payer funded Congress housing in DC?  Like a dorm or something.

[Bozo_Casanova 26840]

17 minutes ago, Biff Tannen said:

Dan Pfeiffer said that we should pay them more because, among other things, they have to have two houses: one in DC and one in their district. Why don’t we have tax payer funded Congress housing in DC?  Like a dorm or something.

We should pay them $1-2M/year and senators should make $3-5mm.

[Biff Tannen 46150]

Just now, Bozo_Casanova said:

We should pay them $1-2M/year and senators should make $3-5mm.

Fine. But what about my dorm idea?  Knock them down a peg.