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Post by Duffking on Nov 13, 2024 15:22:50 GMT
The morbidly amusing thing is that so far every single one of his picks has pissed his base off. They're gonna have such a shit time.
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Post by simple on Nov 13, 2024 15:48:01 GMT
I was sure that he’d have dark powers ready to snatch key positions the moment he took power but somehow he’s gone for similar clowns to last time.
I wonder what the chances are that someone like Hegseth won’t fancy the actual hard work of running a department and the Pentagon is able to insulate itself from some of his worst impulses through sheer institutional weight?
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Post by JonFE on Nov 13, 2024 16:08:21 GMT
Exxon the oil giant is asking trump not to withdraw from the paris climate pact. Its heard to believe oil giant will say this but here we are. Sure trump will ask for a bribe from them to not withdraw
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Post by ned on Nov 13, 2024 16:11:05 GMT
Just saw a head line about Trump appointing a squad to fire generals he doesn't like.
My mind initially read it another way.
Perhaps a sign of things to come.
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Post by reddevil93 on Nov 13, 2024 16:12:07 GMT
The morbidly amusing thing is that so far every single one of his picks has pissed his base off. They're gonna have such a shit time. The one thing giving me a bit of hope is that he’s falling the same trap of hiring either sycophants who are incompetent such as Noem, or somewhat establishment republicans like Rubio who you would think could function as the adults in the room. What the election says about how uneducated and uniformed the voters are in America is a whole other worry though. Just completely detached from reality at this stage. And right wingers firmly in control of the information infrastructure is only going to make the problem continually worse. |
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Post by manfromdelmonte on Nov 13, 2024 16:18:00 GMT
The whole thing is a symptom of where the US is in the cycle of empires rising and falling. The least of its citizens, be that through misfortune, genetics, or lack of opportunity. Have sought a sense of personal achievement, by attaching their own sense of worth with the nation's current, dominant position. They've been drawn to an apocryphal narrative, where the nation leverages its strength to their advantage. This is a hubristic view and will undermine the nation's dominant status.
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Post by JuniorFE on Nov 13, 2024 16:31:52 GMT
Just saw a head line about Trump appointing a squad to fire generals he doesn't like. My mind initially read it another way. Perhaps a sign of things to come. Substituted "fire" with "fire at", I'm guessing? |
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Post by ned on Nov 13, 2024 17:02:48 GMT
Just saw a head line about Trump appointing a squad to fire generals he doesn't like. My mind initially read it another way. Perhaps a sign of things to come. Substituted "fire" with "fire at", I'm guessing? Indeed my mind first read it as Trump appoints firing squad |
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Post by Duffking on Nov 13, 2024 17:33:39 GMT
The morbidly amusing thing is that so far every single one of his picks has pissed his base off. They're gonna have such a shit time. The one thing giving me a bit of hope is that he’s falling the same trap of hiring either sycophants who are incompetent such as Noem, or somewhat establishment republicans like Rubio who you would think could function as the adults in the room. What the election says about how uneducated and uniformed the voters are in America is a whole other worry though. Just completely detached from reality at this stage. And right wingers firmly in control of the information infrastructure is only going to make the problem continually worse. I feel like a likely outcome is he goes through a whole load of sycophants and incompetents who don't really achieve anything quite quickly before trying to do what he did last time. The question is if there's anyone left in the "technically less insane/competent relatively speaking" bracket who'd work with him any more for him to eventually fall back on.
I reckon the Musk/Trump fallout is going to be epic though.
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Post by Duffking on Nov 13, 2024 17:38:12 GMT
www.theguardian.com/media/2024/nov/13/why-the-guardian-is-no-longer-posting-on-xThe Guardian abandoning posting on twitter, which is an interesting move. I wonder how much of it is just clickthroughs from twitter noticeably dropping etc? Stuff like this individually I shouldn't reach too much into, but collectively it does feel like the genuine, final twitter exodus could actually be happening this time.
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Post by 😎 on Nov 13, 2024 18:54:58 GMT
Rick Scott came third in the senate leader vote and got eliminated from consideration, which is interesting given who was screaming for him to lead. They ended up with John Thule who was the least worst choice.
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 13, 2024 18:56:29 GMT
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Post by magicpanda on Nov 13, 2024 18:58:04 GMT
Fucking hell catching up on this is really, really bleak. I don't see a way out of some very dark times unless his presidency does something monumentally stupid in the first months or they completely eat themselves. They are absolutely fanatical and extremely dangerous.
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Post by X201 on Nov 13, 2024 19:09:03 GMT
Hope it lasts long enough for Musk to Tweet some vitally important national secret and subsequently get thrown in jail. |
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Post by JuniorFE on Nov 13, 2024 20:28:31 GMT
Hope it lasts long enough for Musk to Tweet some vitally important national secret and subsequently get thrown in jail. loudly "tut tut"-ed at and possibly fined for maybe 1/100,000th of his wealth, which will never be collected because rich people are above the law's consequences. FTFY (unfortunately) |
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Post by rftp on Nov 13, 2024 20:45:58 GMT
Matt Gaetz for Attorney General.
Jesus.
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Post by peekconfusion on Nov 13, 2024 20:48:28 GMT
Matt Gaetz for Attorney General. Jesus. And Tulsi Gabbard for Director of National Intelligence. Only the best people. |
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Post by askew on Nov 13, 2024 20:49:00 GMT
Paedo Matt Gaetz?
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 13, 2024 20:50:59 GMT
Hahahahaha
Oh fuck. Truly a who's who of talent. This has all the hallmarks of Johnson appointing loyalists rather than you know basic competence. Well done America.
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Post by ned on Nov 13, 2024 20:56:14 GMT
Putin must be throwing his head back and smiling to himself Banderas style at a job well done.
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Post by rftp on Nov 13, 2024 20:58:45 GMT
The very same. Although in this company I feel like it's a given now. |
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 13, 2024 20:59:45 GMT
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Post by peekconfusion on Nov 13, 2024 21:06:13 GMT
Hahahahaha Oh fuck. Truly a who's who of talent. This has all the hallmarks of Johnson appointing loyalists rather than you know basic competence. Well done America. It's like he's just picked the names that have come up on Fox News recently. It's like me picking a fantasy football team. |
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Post by baihu1983 on Nov 13, 2024 21:06:38 GMT
This is going to be.. something.
No way they all last the 4 years.
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Post by Mr Wonderstuff on Nov 13, 2024 21:09:33 GMT
Jesus wept (well he probably is let's be fair) - but it's really like Trump think picking the worst people for jobs just to troll the dems (and us). I feel for our sane US cousins who didn't vote for this shit show. It really is going to be a car crash.
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Post by Jambowayoh on Nov 13, 2024 21:12:52 GMT
Hahahahaha Oh fuck. Truly a who's who of talent. This has all the hallmarks of Johnson appointing loyalists rather than you know basic competence. Well done America. It's like he's just picked the names that have come up on Fox News recently. It's like me picking a fantasy football team. It does seem laughably easy to get a position of power from him by just flattering him. Then give it a while and it'll be "I never hired them, they were forced on me". |
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Post by JuniorFE on Nov 13, 2024 22:30:09 GMT
Have we done "Kristi 'dog shooter' Noem for Homeland Security" yet? Because that's also a thing...
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Post by X201 on Nov 13, 2024 22:35:25 GMT
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Post by peekconfusion on Nov 13, 2024 22:36:41 GMT
He was forcibly deported. |
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Post by MolarAm🔵 on Nov 13, 2024 23:25:35 GMT
I guess there's some positives there if he's putting clowns in all the top positions, in that his government might (again) be too incompetent to do that much damage. But it's not something I'd bet on.
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