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1 hour ago, Pig Bellmont said:

They aren’t planning on deporting them all….

Exactly. They never were. I doubt they'll even get remotely close to Obama levels. They'll probably just continue as normal, but make a spectacle of it to show what a 'difference' they're making.

They just want to make a big show of it and claim a yuuuuge victory over the brown people.

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2 hours ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

Seems like a great use of airframe hours on a C-17...

 

they're using abbott accounting 

 

 

1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

Because clearly, Canada is our greatest existential threat.

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Happy Blame Canada GIF by South Park

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7 hours ago, Brew said:

This week has to be icing on the cake of the most perfectly executed grift of all time at this point. Create a bunch of social justice crises to capture a certain subsect of the US population, get elected, sign a bunch of EO’s and then tell them how much you have done, enrich yourself along the way, and go into midterms patting yourself on the back for all that has been accomplished with your proclamations. It’s not like the Dems are going to post ads saying wait a second, there are still brown people at Home Depot, Haitians in Ohio, trans/gay people among us, etc. They are just hoping egg prices stay up so they can use that at this point.

Half the country is celebrating like the US is fixed and they can’t wait to go on vacation to the Gulf of America and the Dems aren’t going to be willing to go low enough to explain the grift to them. The idiots have been enthralled with the sideshow at the circus while getting fleeced all along the way.

I hope they all do go to the Gulf (redneck paradise) for their vacations. Leaves more room on the sand for us in Mexico and elsewhere - if they'll have us.

Fewer obnoxious 'Murican rednecks embarrassing me on Playa Norte is 10000% fine with me.

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6 hours ago, Brew said:

TN has to have the dumbest bunch of elected officials of any state at this point. I don’t know what it is about Middle/East TN specifically, but they are a special group of idiots.

Yeah we lived in Cookeville/Putnam County from 1976-79. Special, indeed.

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1 hour ago, wood said:

Yeah a while back I figured out that even if they could deport 1000 immigrants per day, 7 days a week, it would take something like 33 years to deport 12,000,000 immigrants.

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A whole new Trail of Tears. Trump is an admirer of Old Hickory. Sick fuck.

Nice news about not prosecuting war crimes in the military and approving harrassment of women seeking abortion.

@Brisketexan had it fucking right. Cruelty is our brand. Undiluted. Unrestrained. Unrepentant.

@immamac I suggest a vomit +1 icon as an option. Maybe replace the drool. I'm outraged-out. I can still feel revulsion.

 

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3 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I can make a legitimate case for tariffs and national security for some things, if we're talking about an exercise in good faith. 

You want to slap tariffs on China for electronics, to force American companies to manufacture everything start to finish here in the US, to prevent China from putting in codes and listenting devices into fucking everything and spying on us, and preventing them from constantly tealing our intellectual property? Well ok. You want to force companies to move supply chain for pharmacitcals here, in case we go to war with someone who produces 90% of our insulin, as a simple illustration? Sure. The idea is to spur domestic production of things that could be a real problem if one day the US woke up and didn't have access to things anymore. 

But the Republican Party isn't interested in actually playing this game/exercise in good faith. Otherwise they wouldn't be fucking talking about rescinding the motherfucking CHIPS act. It's about placating their orange diety, grifting, throwing a tantrum, or all 3. 

Yep.

All of this.  Tariffs can indeed be deployed strategically, and every purpose you mention has merit and is at least worthy of discussion.

No such strategic thinking is in play here.  None.  It's about "the most beautiful word in the English language, more beautiful than even 'love.'"  It's performative bullshit to look like a "tough guy" to people who have no clue what a tough guy actually is, but think it's probably when a big dude kicks sand in a kid's face.

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6 minutes ago, SydneyCarton said:

I can make a legitimate case for tariffs and national security for some things, if we're talking about an exercise in good faith. 

You want to slap tariffs on China for electronics, to force American companies to manufacture everything start to finish here in the US, to prevent China from putting in codes and listenting devices into fucking everything and spying on us, and preventing them from constantly tealing our intellectual property? Well ok. You want to force companies to move supply chain for pharmacitcals here, in case we go to war with someone who produces 90% of our insulin, as a simple illustration? Sure. The idea is to spur domestic production of things that could be a real problem if one day the US woke up and didn't have access to things anymore. 

But the Republican Party isn't interested in actually playing this game/exercise in good faith. Otherwise they wouldn't be fucking talking about rescinding the motherfucking CHIPS act. It's about placating their orange diety, grifting, throwing a tantrum, or all 3. 

 

wasn't the CHIPS act a 'success' ? 

R's are cutting their throat for their new jesus 

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Just now, tx 3 putt said:

 

wasn't the CHIPS act a 'success' ? 

R's are cutting their throat for their new jesus 

It was a BIPARTISAN success.  

But, it happened under Biden.

And the Orange God can't have anything successful that can be tied to Biden remain in existence.  So, it has to be killed.

And because the Orange God wants it, the GQP is for it as well.

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3 minutes ago, tx 3 putt said:

 

wasn't the CHIPS act a 'success' ? 

R's are cutting their throat for their new jesus 

It has bene a fucking MASSIVE success, even with early days of data. There's been a lot of articles written about what a huge boon it's been for America, in just the early days. And yet here we are.

https://apnews.com/article/mike-johnson-chips-act-d5504f76d3aa0d5b401216f3592c9a09

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Given that Presidents are given wide latitude in dealing with emergencies, are we just going to have one emergency declaration after another in the next 4 years? We know the GOP congress will unlikely go against Trump, so would the courts have any ability to call bs on everything being an emergency?

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4 hours ago, 956 Worldwide said:

FEMA is there to coordinate and oversee the federal response and money. Cutting it out doesn’t mean the federal benefits go away.  It means the money goes right to these red-state governors to misdirect and misuse.  The point is to reduce oversight and accountability. 

Exactly. Just like when Gov. Hot Wheels moved the MERP subsidy from the Comptroller's office to the Governor's office so he could control the grift and give COTA $35M a year - over $500M so far. Back then it was called the METF. I wonder how much of that gets kicked back to him by Bobby Epstein. He claimed he was moving it in order to 'clean it up' lol.

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FEMA has issues like any organization but I find that there problems mainly fall on incorrect aid expectations and the requirement to watch their budgets.

in any disaster, some (many?) Americans expect FEMA to make them whole. Rebuild my house, cover lost income, buy me new shit even though I have limited if not zero insurance. And Congress forces FEMA to ensure that residents are not fleecing or lying to the US govt., so some of the recovery funds are slow.

then politics gets involved and people start complaining about Ukraine aid which has zero impact on FEMA.

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1 hour ago, Brisketexan said:

What I'm waiting for is for the authorities to go after the REAL, BIG-TIME criminals.

Bust a migrant worker here and there?  Psshaw.  That's child's play.  Go after the big-timers: the people who employ them by the thousands.  Until this regime starts arresting employers and charging them with a stack of federal crimes for illegally employing undocumented workers, we'll know that it's just for show and they aren't serious AT ALL about "solving immigration."

And we know they won't.  Because they don't care about immigration in the least.  They just care about performative bullshit, punching down at the weak and then claiming you're a badass because you arrested some busboys.

This. The Obama admin heavily prioritized going after criminals and still deported far more undocumented immigrants per year than dotard ever did. When dotard took office, he deprioritized criminals, starting the 'criminal immigrant' problem', then blamed it all on Biden of course.

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Posted
1 hour ago, Evil Bill Obrien said:

How long till Trump starts asking around if there is a cheaper/more efficient way to move humans to a different place on the planet and something like this makes it to his desk:

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There is a big boat in Tennessee Trump could commandeer.

What to Expect When Visiting the Ark Encounter! 

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Posted
15 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

Between shipping off immigrants, they could dock it in Corpus Cristi and let the locals pay a fee to tour the boat!

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corpus looooooooves trump 

Posted
4 minutes ago, 'stache said:

I'm taking the family to Montreal for spring break. Might just stay there and pick fruit or something.


Montreal is famous for its sex workers….

Just sayin’

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3 minutes ago, Dnaguy said:


Montreal is famous for its sex workers….

Just sayin’

Funny addendum to that point: my daughter went to college in Montreal.  Being American, she had to get a student visa.  She got it, and it allowed her to work 20 hours a week (as student visas often do).  But it had one restriction, which cracked her up -- NO SEX WORK.  So, you can go pursue your studies in Montreal, but don't think you're gonna fund those by being a stripper or a hooker.  Those jobs are FOR LOCALS.

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11 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Funny addendum to that point: my daughter went to college in Montreal.  Being American, she had to get a student visa.  She got it, and it allowed her to work 20 hours a week (as student visas often do).  But it had one restriction, which cracked her up -- NO SEX WORK.  So, you can go pursue your studies in Montreal, but don't think you're gonna fund those by being a stripper or a hooker.  Those jobs are FOR LOCALS.

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41 minutes ago, Ted Lange said:

Between shipping off immigrants, they could dock it in Corpus Cristi and let the locals pay a fee to tour the boat!

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Did she only get to keep two of them?

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“Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt H.I.V. treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant H.I.V.,” said Jirair Ratevosian, who served as chief of staff for Pepfar during the Biden administration. “That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the H.I.V. epidemic.”

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Trump Pauses Disbursements to Program Supplying H.I.V. Treatment Worldwide
Pepfar, which is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries, faces a funding delay of as long as 180 days.

The Trump administration has halted disbursement of funds from a program that supplies most of the treatment for H.I.V. in Africa and developing countries worldwide for at least 90 days.

The action stems from President Trump’s executive order on foreign aid, which directs all government divisions with foreign development assistance programs to stop disbursing funds to countries and organizations until they can be reviewed.

That includes the President’s Emergency Plan for AIDS Relief, known as Pepfar, a $7.5 billion program overseen by the State Department, officials were told in a memo on Wednesday obtained by The New York Times.

In a separate directive on Friday, also viewed by The Times, officials were informed that although the initial review of foreign aid is intended to be completed within 85 days, final decisions might take up to 180 days.

The longer timeline, and the pause on funding even to existing programs, dismayed some public health and development experts.

“Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt H.I.V. treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant H.I.V.,” said Jirair Ratevosian, who served as chief of staff for Pepfar during the Biden administration. “That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the H.I.V. epidemic.”

Resistant strains of the virus that emerge in other nations would also endanger Americans, he noted.

Since its start in 2003 during the George W. Bush administration, Pepfar is estimated to have delivered lifesaving treatment as many as 25 million people in 54 countries. It was due for a five-year reauthorization in 2023, but it survived a Republican effort to end the program and was renewed for one year.

Public health experts had worried that a new Trump administration would end the program altogether, but some hoped the appointment of Marco Rubio as secretary of state would spell good news for the program. Mr. Rubio has previously supported Pepfar.

The directive to halt existing foreign aid initiatives jeopardizes the lives of people who currently rely on assistance from the United States, some experts warned.

“Some of these programs are the only thing keeping refugee communities alive,” said Gyude Moore, a nonresident fellow at the Center for Global Development and Liberia’s former Minister of Public Works.

“Very vulnerable people will be hurt and it is unclear how this advances American interests,” Mr. Moore said.

 

 

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31 minutes ago, Brisketexan said:

Funny addendum to that point: my daughter went to college in Montreal.  Being American, she had to get a student visa.  She got it, and it allowed her to work 20 hours a week (as student visas often do).  But it had one restriction, which cracked her up -- NO SEX WORK.  So, you can go pursue your studies in Montreal, but don't think you're gonna fund those by being a stripper or a hooker.  Those jobs are FOR LOCALS.

My one trip to a Montreal strip club was pretty, uh, special. Stunning  women (as there are all over Quebec in general), and they were just all over me. Good times.

But I digress ...

If we decide to move outside the Un-united States of MAGA, Montreal is at or near the top of the list, and not just because of the amazing, hot strippers. 

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2 minutes ago, wood said:

My one trip to a Montreal strip club was pretty, uh, special. Stunning  women (as there are all over Quebec in general), and they were just all over me. Good times.

But I digress ...

My wife, the boy and I were wandering Montreal one night, on St. Catherines, the weekend we dropped the daughter off (she was already out running around with friends).  We were trying to figure out a place to eat, and were a bit stuck.  We stop along the sidewalk, only to realize that it was right at the entrance to one of the bigger strip clubs.  Bouncer in the door gruffly asks "what are you looking for?"  We turn to him, "ummm....some place to get dinner?"  "Hell, just go right next door here -- Mr. Steer.  Fantastic burgers!"

So we did.  He was right.  Simple, classic.

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1 minute ago, Brisketexan said:

My wife, the boy and I were wandering Montreal one night, on St. Catherines, the weekend we dropped the daughter off (she was already out running around with friends).  We were trying to figure out a place to eat, and were a bit stuck.  We stop along the sidewalk, only to realize that it was right at the entrance to one of the bigger strip clubs.  Bouncer in the door gruffly asks "what are you looking for?"  We turn to him, "ummm....some place to get dinner?"  "Hell, just go right next door here -- Mr. Steer.  Fantastic burgers!"

So we did.  He was right.  Simple, classic.

Rue St. Catherine ... hollaaaaaa!

Posted
3 hours ago, HornPhD said:

 

A C-17 costs about $25,000 per flight hour (internet search). Houston to Guatemala City is about a 3-hour flight. 

 

I think the C-17 will be used for one or two photo ops because it makes everybody feel macho to see anything military. Vicarious manliness for Trump and his voters. Then they switch to trains or cheaper flight.

Who knows, maybe Trump Airline will re-arise to take the contract.

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What kind of shitheel thinks, "Hey there was a disaster here. I can use that to extort something I want from these suffering people." Disgusting. Trump is incapable of cooperation because he sees everything as a transaction that he has to "win." Fucking grotesque.

 

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Posted
10 minutes ago, Longhorn_Fan68 said:

but, but, Biden's pardons were embarrassing or some shit

 

After actual Trump supporters -- including people Trump just had released from prison -- have called for his summary execution.

Trump is going to get people killed.

And not only will Trump supporters, including every Trump supporter who has ever shown up on this board, not object....they will be PLEASED.  Because summary executions of political enemies entirely outside the rule of law tells you that the fascist authoritarianism is working.

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1 hour ago, bolverk said:

“Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt H.I.V. treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant H.I.V.,” said Jirair Ratevosian, who served as chief of staff for Pepfar during the Biden administration. “That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the H.I.V. epidemic.”

 

He’s a fucking evil ghoul 

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1 hour ago, bolverk said:

“Any prolonged pause in funding could disrupt H.I.V. treatment programs, leading to treatment interruptions, rise of drug-resistant H.I.V.,” said Jirair Ratevosian, who served as chief of staff for Pepfar during the Biden administration. “That’s playing with fire, risking progress that we’ve made over decades to control the H.I.V. epidemic.”

 

Now he's destroying what was basically the only good achievement of the W Bush administration. I think it's pretty clear that the oligarchs have decided a mass die-off serves their best long-term interests. 

This is full-on sociopathy. And Americans are celebrating it.

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13 minutes ago, RomaVicta said:

Now he's destroying what was basically the only good achievement of the W Bush administration. I think it's pretty clear that the oligarchs have decided a mass die-off serves their best long-term interests. 

This is full-on sociopathy. And Americans are celebrating it.

Made up mostly of Christians.  Just like Jesus would've done.

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Posted
3 hours ago, tx 3 putt said:

someone explain to me how tariffs are about national security ?

Well, at least in theory, tariffs can drive manufacturing "back home" by making domestic goods price-competitive.  And some industries, like metals and semiconductors, raise national security issues.

Of course, doing that involves using carefully targeted tariffs. Like those against Chinese EVs.

Posted
2 hours ago, Ted Lange said:

 

There is a big boat in Tennessee Trump could commandeer.

What to Expect When Visiting the Ark Encounter! 

He might have to go to KY if he really wants to find it.



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