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5 minutes ago, HenryJames said:

Mostly performatave shit.  A couple of things stand out.

The Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to create a mechanism to provide legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties to enforce the law.  This mechanism shall include the use of private-sector pro bono assistance for such law enforcement officers.

a)  Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of agencies as appropriate, shall increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement.
(b)  Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime.
 

 

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Posted
12 minutes ago, Gap03 said:

Congrats, Skadden and Kirkland & Ellis.  You're going to be providing free legal advice for the next 4yrs (or more) for the most vicious and unrepentant LEOs the country has ever seen.  

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Somewhere, there are internal discussions ongoing on what the new hourly "rate" will be for this pro bono work.

 

 

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Posted
30 minutes ago, TwiceHorn said:

Mostly performatave shit.  A couple of things stand out.

The Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to create a mechanism to provide legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties to enforce the law.  This mechanism shall include the use of private-sector pro bono assistance for such law enforcement officers.

a)  Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of agencies as appropriate, shall increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement.
(b)  Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime.
 

I mean, holy shit ...

Section 1.  Purpose and Policy.  Safe communities rely on the backbone and heroism of a tough and well-equipped police force.  My Administration is steadfastly committed to empowering State and local law enforcement to firmly police dangerous criminal behavior and protect innocent citizens. 

When local leaders demonize law enforcement and impose legal and political handcuffs that make aggressively enforcing the law impossible, crime thrives and innocent citizens and small business owners suffer.  My Administration will therefore:  establish best practices at the State and local level for cities to unleash high-impact local police forces; protect and defend law enforcement officers wrongly accused and abused by State or local officials; and surge resources to officers in need.  My Administration will work to ensure that law enforcement officers across America focus on ending crime, not pursuing harmful, illegal race- and sex-based “equity” policies. 

The result will be a law-abiding society in which tenacious law enforcement officers protect the innocent, violations of law are not tolerated, and American communities are safely enjoyed by all their citizens again.

Seriously, America, it's time to wake up ...

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Wonder what my anti-authority brother thinks about this now that he's turned into a Trumpkin. Quite the predicament. Thanks for the full on police state you absolute morons.

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Posted
Just now, Brisketexan said:

“I’m a libertarian” may be the biggest political lie of the last 50 years. I haven’t seen a one who has the slightest concern about a right wing authoritarian government.

God isn't this the fucking truth. 

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Posted
1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:


None of the “anti-authoritarian libertarian” types are actually against an authoritarian government. They only have a problem with a hypothetical authoritarian government that acts against “real Americans” (good conservative white folks). That government can crush as many minorities and liberals as it wants, and they won’t have a single problem with it.
“I’m a libertarian” may be the biggest political lie of the last 50 years. I haven’t seen a one who has the slightest concern about a right wing authoritarian government.

This is sadly true. Pathetic.

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Posted
8 minutes ago, Francisco 2.0 said:

 

 

 

 

 

Haha that's basically the only three things anyone could come up with on a Reddit thread I saw the other day. Quite the first 100 days. But of course they are accomplishing all of the insane things they actually wanted to do. They're just not going to list them out for the dumb dumbs to see 

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Posted
11 hours ago, Pancho said:

That’s because the conservative was supposed to win but since turnip started with his 51st state shit, his numbers have nosedived to the point where he might lose tonight. This was supposed to be a cakewalk for the Canadian conservatives 

Welp…

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Posted
42 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:


None of the “anti-authoritarian libertarian” types are actually against an authoritarian government. They only have a problem with a hypothetical authoritarian government that acts against “real Americans” (good conservative white folks). That government can crush as many minorities and liberals as it wants, and they won’t have a single problem with it.
“I’m a libertarian” may be the biggest political lie of the last 50 years. I haven’t seen a one who has the slightest concern about a right wing authoritarian government.

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Posted
On 4/26/2025 at 6:17 PM, austingirl said:

This exact scenario happened to me, but it was 14 years ago so I was able to have the D and C. If someone had told me I had to wait another week, after confirming that the baby had died, I would have lost my absolute mind and then traveled to another state to take care of it. This is not only dangerous but terribly, terribly cruel.

 

This.  

 

This is what we call penance...

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Posted
2 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

(b)  Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime.

 

breathalyzers at pentagon exits?

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Posted
3 hours ago, TwiceHorn said:

Mostly performatave shit.  A couple of things stand out.

The Attorney General shall take all appropriate action to create a mechanism to provide legal resources and indemnification to law enforcement officers who unjustly incur expenses and liabilities for actions taken during the performance of their official duties to enforce the law.  This mechanism shall include the use of private-sector pro bono assistance for such law enforcement officers.

a)  Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Attorney General and the Secretary of Defense, in consultation with the Secretary of Homeland Security and the heads of agencies as appropriate, shall increase the provision of excess military and national security assets in local jurisdictions to assist State and local law enforcement.
(b)  Within 90 days of the date of this order, the Secretary of Defense, in coordination with the Attorney General, shall determine how military and national security assets, training, non-lethal capabilities, and personnel can most effectively be utilized to prevent crime.
 

 

We'll see how performative it is.

A weird amount of suggestions that local and state control of law enforcement will be stripped away and placed under federal control.

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Posted
1 minute ago, SubliminalHorn said:

I’m so jealous of Canadians 

Samesies. Always the bridesmaid never the bride. Canadians were sliding right the same way were but threw that lasso around the tree stump just before going over the cliff.

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On 4/26/2025 at 6:17 PM, austingirl said:

This exact scenario happened to me, but it was 14 years ago so I was able to have the D and C. If someone had told me I had to wait another week, after confirming that the baby had died, I would have lost my absolute mind and then traveled to another state to take care of it. This is not only dangerous but terribly, terribly cruel.

 

I feel bad for her because you can tell she long since left the ideology(pink hair and arm sleeve out front shoulda told ya). This right here is reason 234 of why we are vacating this state. I cannot and will not watch my daughter suffer like this.

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Posted (edited)
19 hours ago, Underdog said:

Already on it… 

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Are the shoes in your avatar curling shoes?   I just always thought you were a dandy. -respectfully

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Posted
9 hours ago, Brisketexan said:


None of the “anti-authoritarian libertarian” types are actually against an authoritarian government. They only have a problem with a hypothetical authoritarian government that acts against “real Americans” (good conservative white folks). That government can crush as many minorities and liberals as it wants, and they won’t have a single problem with it.
“I’m a libertarian” may be the biggest political lie of the last 50 years. I haven’t seen a one who has the slightest concern about a right wing authoritarian government.

This is absolutely dead on.

 

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Posted (edited)
6 hours ago, Valmy77 said:

We'll see how performative it is.

A weird amount of suggestions that local and state control of law enforcement will be stripped away and placed under federal control.

Some of the language like "best practices" is emblematic of performative everywhere it's used.  The epitome of a nonce phrase.

As we have observed, the major federal tool for local law enforcement is money.  So we'll probably get more MRAPs and Stingers and other weapons in the hands of local cops.  That's not good, but probably doesn't change much.

Also, the budget gon' 'splode.

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Posted
1 hour ago, locodos said:

Are the shoes in your avatar curling shoes?   I just always thought you were a dandy. -respectfully

Yes, there are "curling" shoes.   Curling is awesome and ton of fun to do.

Posted (edited)
1 minute ago, elfenix said:

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Man, Admiral Adama is just about the farthest character away from Donald Trump I could think of. BSG got real weird in the back half but it holds up pretty well

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Posted
9 hours ago, Willfully Horn said:

Authoritarian scat munchers are in no way libertarians. 

Of course not.

Weren't they a band in Austin in the mid 90's?

Posted

Lulz

Amazon to start telling customers how much of the price is due to tariffs and Klan Barbie is freaking out calling it a “hostile and political act.”

 

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Posted
10 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Lulz

Amazon to start telling customers how much of the price is due to tariffs and Klan Barbie is freaking out calling it a “hostile and political act.”

 

To the cult, every negative consequence of Trump's regime is the result of a conspiracy by his enemies.

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Posted
17 minutes ago, Pancho said:

Lulz

Amazon to start telling customers how much of the price is due to tariffs and Klan Barbie is freaking out calling it a “hostile and political act.”

 

Free speech is really important unless of course it is saying bad things about Trump. 

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Posted

This seems bad. I don't subscribe to this one so I don't have the entire post.

https://www.leefang.com/p/speaker-johnson-plans-vote-to-curb

Speaker Johnson Plans Vote to Curb Congressional Oversight of Trump, Musk

Congress will vote on new rules to shut down its own investigative powers of the executive branch.

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The House of Representatives will vote on Tuesday for a change in rules that will prevent lawmakers requesting disclosures from the Trump administration.

The shift, quietly released last night by Republican leaders, will shut down so-called “Resolutions of Inquiry” – a congressional tool for demanding factual information or documents in the possession of the president or from a cabinet secretary – through September 30th.

The rules reclassify legislative days to prevent the enactment of the investigative resolutions:

Resolutions of inquiry have existed since the very first Congress to seek answers from the executive branch. If passed in the committee of jurisdiction, the resolution gains “privileged” status and goes directly to a full vote before the entire chamber.

In recent weeks, a number of these investigative resolutions have been introduced. One such resolution demands documents about Elon Musk's status as a special government employee and to disclose information about his potential conflicts of interest. Another resolution requests information about whether DOGE is using artificial intelligence to identify cuts and impose layoff decisions in the federal government.

Rep. Adam Smith, D-Washington State, sponsored a resolution to produce answers on the so-called “Signalgate” controversy, including the extent to which the administration uses the messaging app to discuss national security matters.

The attempt to shut down the resolution of inquiry process outside of an emergency appears to be without precedent.

“Speaker Johnson is trying to blind Congress and take away one of the only tools where the majority of Representatives, unfiltered by party leadership, can conduct oversight,” said Sean Vitka of Demand Progress, a watchdog group.

Vitka's organization notes that the Signalgate resolution only requires just two members of House Armed Services Committee Republican lawmakers to pass. Gaining two GOP lawmakers on the committee would force a full House floor vote by the end of next week.

The rules that govern the procedures for such inquiries were first adopted in 1879. Any member, regardless of party or seniority, can propose an inquiry and resolutions may pass on a simple-majority vote.

During the 1970s, the resolutions became a vital tool for lawmakers to obtain information about the ongoing Vietnam War. In more recent House members have proposed inquiries related to the 2008 bank bailouts, immigration data, and nuclear safety records, among other issues.

 

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Posted
13 hours ago, jimmyjazz said:

See for instance our favority surly "libertarian" Ani.  Total right wing bootlicker.

I happened to catch (self proclaimed Libertarian) Jeff Ward shit talking how old and senile Joe Biden was a few days ago.  And was in the context of a sports take.  I couldn't change the channel faster.

You could freshen up your example of old and senile with the old senile guy currently destroying the country, but reasons

Posted
11 hours ago, Valmy77 said:

We'll see how performative it is.

A weird amount of suggestions that local and state control of law enforcement will be stripped away and placed under federal control.

The right sells the notion that "sanctuary cities" harbor criminals of all types and don't prosecute for any crime.  And it sells like hot cakes. Defund the police was a horrible own goal by progressive with regards to branding and just fed into RW propaganda.

They will find a on off example during some protest this summer to increase the use of federal troops and law enforcement for local matters.

Logical next step in facism.

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Posted (edited)
6 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

Defund the police was a horrible own goal by progressive with regards to branding and just fed into RW propaganda.

It was done by activists and shows the danger of just sidelining and ignoring the progressive wing to just do whatever. Because they will do whatever. They need to have their leaders in the Democrats so that they can have their energy directed in productive directions to actually achieve progressive ends.

Because "defund the police" was not an own goal in the sense that it was the result of a strategy that backfired. It was the result of no strategy. No leadership. So the void was filled.

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Posted
3 minutes ago, Born to Run said:

The dangers of both siderism though....

I don't mind people annoyed we elected such an old dude in 2020. It just drives me nuts then many of the same people elected an equally old dude in 2024.

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