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1 hour ago, royiv said:

Paid $8.28 for a dozen organic eggs at HEB this afternoon. When the fuck are the promised cuts to my egg prices coming?

Concern for high egg prices are so last year, nobody cares anymore.

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https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/02/02/this-needs-to-stop-now-elon-musk-confirms-radical-doge-us-treasury-plan/

Now, as fears emerge Trump’s administration is “dangerously” undermining the U.S. dollar, Musk has confirmed he wants to put the U.S. Treasury on a blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies—including Musk’s pet project dogecoin.

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How are both parties just sitting back and letting this happen? Elon was having private conversations with Putin last year, he has no legitimate claim to the network and data he is collecting, and he's running around bragging about putting the Treasure on a blockchain. WTF!

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Meanwhile I have a family member posting speeches about free market Libertarianism and the downfall of the West due to Collectivism. As if that has fuck all to do with what is happening to our country right now. Too distracted by hating Socialism to pay attention to anything else.

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Non catholic church service today the pastor started off by a call to the congregation to step up as the catholic charity that assists newly settled refugees are SOL on funding with doge bs. Local branch currently oversees 300 refugees, about 85 fams who would be up a creek. No fucks given

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Re: the Canadian hockey fans booing the anthem, I'd forgotten about this, but does anyone remember the Maple Leafs' fans stepping in last year to sing it for us after their singer's microphone stopped working?

We can no longer have nice things.

Thanks, Trump.

 

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5 hours ago, DreadHead said:

https://www.forbes.com/sites/digital-assets/2025/02/02/this-needs-to-stop-now-elon-musk-confirms-radical-doge-us-treasury-plan/

Now, as fears emerge Trump’s administration is “dangerously” undermining the U.S. dollar, Musk has confirmed he wants to put the U.S. Treasury on a blockchain, the technology that underpins bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies—including Musk’s pet project dogecoin.

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How are both parties just sitting back and letting this happen? Elon was having private conversations with Putin last year, he has no legitimate claim to the network and data he is collecting, and he's running around bragging about putting the Treasure on a blockchain. WTF!

One party holds the House, the Senate, the Presidency, and the Supreme Court and you’re “both partying”? What do you think the Democrat’s options are here? Unless you get a Republican to step up this country’s cooked.

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1 hour ago, wood said:

Re: the Canadian hockey fans booing the anthem, I'd forgotten about this, but does anyone remember the Maple Leafs' fans stepping in last year to sing it for us after their singer's microphone stopped working?

We can no longer have nice things.

Thanks, Trump.

 

I watch hockey with a good canadian friend every week or so. We both stand up for the anthems. Hokey on TV? Sure. But he does it so I will as well. Green card dude, been a teacher for 21 years in the US. Yeah, he is gonna get deported.

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2 hours ago, wood said:

Really good article imho from the NYT today that was gifted to me earlier today.

I agree with Klein here, that what Trump is displaying with this blizkrieg of EOs is weakness, not strength. 

https://www.nytimes.com/2025/02/02/opinion/ezra-klein-podcast-trump-column-read.html?unlocked_article_code=1.t04.mwSZ.KfcjTizcj7to&smid=url-share

 

Made it a decent ways thru but stopped at “trumps political capital is thin”… they still don’t get it. 

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Legal eagles want to chime in? This was released by FEMA today. Only agency I saw post it.

NOTICE OF COURT ORDER
You are hereby advised that a temporary restraining order has been entered in the case of New
York et al. v. Trump, No. 25-cv-39-JJM-PAS (D.R.I.), ECF No. 50 (Jan. 31, 2025). You are
receiving this Notice pursuant to the Court’s directive that notice of the order be provided “to all
Defendants and agencies and their employees, contractors, and grantees by Monday, February 3,
2025, at 9 a.m.” A copy of the Court’s Order is attached for reference.
This case challenges an alleged “pause” of certain Federal financial assistance, related to OMB
Memorandum M-25-13, Temporary Pause of Agency Grant, Loan, and Other Financial
Assistance Programs (Jan. 27, 2025) (“OMB Memo”). Although that OMB Memo was
rescinded on January 29, 2025, the plaintiffs in the above-referenced case allege that the funding
pause directed by the OMB Memo is still in effect, including because of recently issued
Executive Orders by the President.
 

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or title[.]” (Order, pg.12). Additionally, any decision to pause, stop, delay, or
otherwise withhold federal financial assistance programs must comply with all
notice and procedural requirements in the award, agreement, or other instrument
setting forth the terms of the award or obligation.
4. Out of an abundance of caution, all federal agencies (even those not named as
defendants in the case) should comply with the above-referenced terms.
As the Court’s Order reflects, the above terms are temporary as litigation in the case is ongoing.
At present, however, the Court’s Order is in effect and must be complied with.
If you have any questions about the scope or effect of the Court’s Order, please contact your
agency’s Office of General Counsel or your grant officer, as appropriate. Thank you for your
attention to this matter

 

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Just now, royiv said:

It’s always the democrats fault. Can’t expect the republicans to have a spine and stand up for the constitution.

If the wannabe dictator is going to be stopped, the GQP is going to have to do it.  Which means turn out the lights the party’s over

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16 hours ago, royiv said:

Paid $8.28 for a dozen organic eggs at HEB this afternoon. When the fuck are the promised cuts to my egg prices coming?

As soon as the grocery stores read Trump's executive order I guess. 

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33 minutes ago, The Dog said:

 

well glad to see someone is at least trying to do something finally besides sternly worded letters and pithy tweets. 

15 minutes ago, The Dog said:

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lol

oh i hope maybe one of Anon secretly works for Elon lol

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27 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Rubio says he’s acting director of USAID as humanitarian agency is taken over by the State Department

Little Marco takes over USAID: https://www.cnn.com/2025/02/03/politics/usaid-washington-workers/index.html

Um, well see, um, yeah.... He already was. State has a lot of bureaus and agencies within it. Non-proliferation, human rights, propaganda, I mean public affairs, and yes, DEVELOPMENT. State runs Foreign Military sales, not DOD.

USAID kind of is a part of State. There is not Secretary of international Development. The Agency Director works with the Sec of State. It is not an independent group. That is why its budget is tied closely. A lot of USAID's overseas management budget is tiny. One reason, It is within the State budget. The Country Director reports to the Ambassador, etc.

The cost is going to be large for this transformation. New systems, emails, etc. And yes, new leadership.

 

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7 minutes ago, InkaUtexas said:

Um, well see, um, yeah.... He already was. State has a lot of bureaus and agencies within it. Non-proliferation, human rights, propaganda, I mean public affairs, and yes, DEVELOPMENT. State runs Foreign Military sales, not DOD.

USAID kind of is a part of State. There is not Secretary of international Development. The Agency Director works with the Sec of State. It is not an independent group. That is why its budget is tied closely. A lot of USAID's overseas management budget is tiny. One reason, It is within the State budget. The Country Director reports to the Ambassador, etc.

The cost is going to be large for this transformation. New systems, emails, etc. And yes, new leadership.

 

Actually I think USAID is an independent agency at least in terms that they don't (didn't) have a cabinet secretary that they reported to. They most likely worked closely with State and the NSC, but they didn't officially report to them. 

 

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2 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund, says it could buy TikTok

https://www.reuters.com/markets/wealth/trump-signs-executive-order-create-sovereign-wealth-fund-2025-02-03/

Percentage chances that if something like this is created, it will be used primarily to 1) enrich Trump allies who will earn huge sums serving as its "managers," and 2) enrich Trump allies who will be the beneficiaries of much of its spending?

I remember the old stories of the Mexican highway department, many decades ago, spending $5 million building a fantastic new road....that went to only one place, the Mexican president's large and remote ranch.  That is exactly the kind of thing this sort of slush fund would be used for.

Drain the swamp my ass.

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2 minutes ago, C-Man said:

Trump orders creation of US sovereign wealth fund, says it could buy TikTok

https://www.reuters.com/markets/wealth/trump-signs-executive-order-create-sovereign-wealth-fund-2025-02-03/

he needs an act of Congress for this- there is a whole popular musical about it and everything. he can’t appropriate taxpayer dollars into a slush fund by decree. Honestly the press is failing at showing the weaknesses of attempting to govern by lawless EOs and doing little more than repeating verbatim the press releases from the White House 

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11 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

The water released literally did not and does not flow to Southern California....where LA is actually located.  He's a psychopathic lying madman.

There is literally no functional hydrological connection between the Tulare lake bed and L.A.

He's a fucking psychotic idiot.  Seriously, @realgreggym, please tell us how this is the "grown-up" thing to do -- order the release of water hundreds of miles away, not connected to the L.A. area at all, AFTER the fires are largely under control anyway, makes ANY fucking sense.  It's an idiotic stunt, meant to please idiots.

Midland needs water, so let's drain Lake Brownwood.

Sure, that checks out 100%.

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8 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

How do you fund a wealth fund if you are $36 trillion in debt?

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“I’m the king of debt. I’m great with debt. Nobody knows debt better than me,” Trump told Norah O’Donnell in an interview that aired on “CBS This Morning.” 

We elected this.  We elected the greatest businessman of all time.....who has ended up in bankruptcy a jillion times.

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11 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

How do you fund a wealth fund if you are $36 trillion in debt?

 

 

Administration officials did not say how the fund would operate or be financed, but Trump has previously said it could be funded by "tariffs and other intelligent things."
 

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