JonFE
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Post by JonFE on Nov 12, 2024 11:46:43 GMT
Rules for thee but not for me, innit?
Edit: New page et al., but given the subject of this thread, nobody is going to be confused about it, right?
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apollo
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Post by apollo on Nov 12, 2024 12:30:13 GMT
More trump ramblings about Dismantling the Department of Education
he said it before recently but has the power to do it
so red states will be about guns and jesus
I feel these films quotes fit
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Post by zephro on Nov 12, 2024 13:11:44 GMT
I know our courts are a product of entrenched tradition and privilege but it does feel like having that structure, however small c-conservative it might be, provides a level of stability that the politicised US system lacks. The whole thing around SCOTUS being political appointees has been proven ripe for abuse when the GOP refused to follow convention over Obama’s last vacancy then ignored convention again to stop Biden getting a go at the end of Trump’s first term. Yeah it's kind of a good example of Corporatism, which is a state built out of different "groups" with their own interests. Like Unions, Farmers, Aristocrats (traditionally) etc. They have their own hierarchies and traditions outside of the raw politics of Westminster. |
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Post by zagibu on Nov 12, 2024 17:46:02 GMT
The whole thing around SCOTUS being political appointees has been proven ripe for abuse
Project 2025 wants to reinstate executive order 13957. It does not only sound like something Palpatine would do, it also exactly is something he would do. They really want to create imperial rule.
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Post by Dougs on Nov 12, 2024 18:09:20 GMT
Yeah, heard about that on John Oliver. National parks run by climate change deniers, and all sorts. Way wider reaching than the main Departments. Loads of US public services etc are run by civil servants, well away from political interference.
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Post by JonFE on Nov 12, 2024 18:21:25 GMT
Yeah, heard about that on John Oliver. National parks run by climate change deniers, and all sorts. Way wider reaching than the main Departments. Loads of US public services etc are run by civil servants, well away from political interference. Not for long it seems, if this comes to pass.  |
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Post by Dougs on Nov 12, 2024 18:32:59 GMT
Yup, exactly. Obviously there potential for interference has always been there but this now makes it more likely - much like what happens with the FCC etc.
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Post by JonFE on Nov 12, 2024 18:45:38 GMT
Lets hope he goes hard on these Project 2025 policies and by midterm moderate voters will be compelled to vote against him. It goes without saying that Democrats must also get their shit together by then...
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 12, 2024 18:47:43 GMT
Lets hope he goes hard on these Project 2025 policies and by midterm moderate voters will be compelled to vote against him. It goes without saying that Democrats must also get their shit together by then... No, no people know what they voted for. Let's not insult their intelligence... |
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Post by simple on Nov 12, 2024 18:47:43 GMT
Ripping into the National Parks and especially the designated monuments is also a way of destroying the last vestiges of native lands and cultural artefacts.
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Post by JonFE on Nov 12, 2024 19:02:28 GMT
Lets hope he goes hard on these Project 2025 policies and by midterm moderate voters will be compelled to vote against him. It goes without saying that Democrats must also get their shit together by then... No, no people know what they voted for. Let's not insult their intelligence... They sure did. I mostly had those who chose not to vote at all for whatever reason in mind. Also, what intelligence? |
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Post by Trowel 🏴 on Nov 12, 2024 19:28:49 GMT
Ripping into the National Parks and especially the designated monuments is also a way of destroying the last vestiges of native lands and cultural artefacts. No doubt all fracking hotspots. |
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Post by Dougs on Nov 12, 2024 19:56:27 GMT
Bingo
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Post by simple on Nov 12, 2024 20:16:51 GMT
It really is quite the coincidence
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Post by apollo on Nov 12, 2024 20:27:03 GMT
congratulations dipshit democrats who didn't vote or the protest voters
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Post by simple on Nov 12, 2024 22:36:04 GMT
Still, those libs sure got owned and isn’t that the real quiz?
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 13, 2024 0:59:58 GMT
The Department of Government Efficiency has to be a joke name surely, no way did Trump put Musk in charge of DOGE. America is a fucking joke if it's true.
Also the pick for Secretary of Defense, a twat from Fox News.
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Post by Blue_Mike on Nov 13, 2024 4:42:05 GMT
I know that historically speaking, no country being partitioned has ever worked out for the best for either of the resulting countries, but fuck me, that country needs partitioning.
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Post by X201 on Nov 13, 2024 7:42:56 GMT
I know that historically speaking, no country being partitioned has ever worked out for the best for either of the resulting countries, but fuck me, that country needs partitioning. I’ve been saying that for a while. It’s far too large, with far too many disparate ideologies, for one single government to govern in a way that doesn’t pander to the current knee jerk popular outrage and shadowy vested interests. |
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Post by Dreyzing on Nov 13, 2024 7:54:05 GMT
First efficiency meeting:
"Those pesky elections sure are expensive in time and money... "
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Post by cubby on Nov 13, 2024 7:58:48 GMT
"This president role sure costs a lot of money, how much on security?? Cut.."
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Post by ned on Nov 13, 2024 8:06:26 GMT
Please let him try to add his face to Mount Rushmore.
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Post by Vandelay on Nov 13, 2024 8:10:59 GMT
I know that historically speaking, no country being partitioned has ever worked out for the best for either of the resulting countries, but fuck me, that country needs partitioning. I’ve been saying that for a while. It’s far too large, with far too many disparate ideologies, for one single government to govern in a way that doesn’t pander to the current knee jerk popular outrage and shadowy vested interests. I don't know, their ideology seems pretty consistent across the country, with the exception of major cities. Even with the blue states, when you look at it on a county level it is basically one or two blue patches where the cities are surrounded by a sea of red. |
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Post by Tuffty on Nov 13, 2024 8:51:42 GMT
Also the pick for Secretary of Defense, a twat from Fox News.
Replacing a 4 star General with a guy from Fox News who doesn't believe in washing his hands seems so....obviously a move by Russia? But either people are too dumb to see it or can't call it out because they're compromised too. |
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Post by senso on Nov 13, 2024 9:16:12 GMT
Massive job cuts in Government expected. Those face eating leopards are going to enjoy a buffet.
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Post by Bongo Heracles on Nov 13, 2024 9:20:04 GMT
The US government turning into a pump and dump crypto scheme is the kind of plot twist I wish I had the brains to write. Absolutely amazing.
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Post by Whizzo on Nov 13, 2024 9:22:03 GMT
Putting two people in charge of a department to increase efficiency is some genius level thinking.
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Post by Chopsen on Nov 13, 2024 9:35:13 GMT
The US government turning into a pump and dump crypto scheme is the kind of plot twist I wish I had the brains to write. Absolutely amazing. That's the thing. The main argument against Trump being the worst version of himself as portrayed by his detractors is that it would be implausibly outside the normal way things work for him to be able to do. Yet implausibly outside the normal way things work keep happening |
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Post by Chopsen on Nov 13, 2024 9:39:27 GMT
Putting two people in charge of a department to increase efficiency is some genius level thinking. Not only that, but heading a *newly created* department that has no (?) executive ability and can only make recommendations for the legislature to analyse, debate and then try to implement. Strong "xkcd too many standards" cartoon vibes. |
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Post by peekconfusion on Nov 13, 2024 9:41:20 GMT
The US government turning into a pump and dump crypto scheme is the kind of plot twist I wish I had the brains to write. Absolutely amazing. If it was the plot of a low-rent, made for TV movie on Netflix, it would have been dismissed as too ridiculous. |
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