Trump Presidency

[matthewfarmery]

A good video to watch, Canada has basically pulled the rug from under Trump. They have created new supply chains that bypass America. they are threatening to cut ties with Musk's starlink program. And more. While America is losing billions in revenue, Canada has been increasing that.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HVqjr8UXwaE

And all because of one bloody lunatic who thinks he can threaten countries with Tariffs. America is on a downward spiral. And will be getting weaker by the day.

Edit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndnkYYVrZTA

Anther good video, apart from the first company, (which because of a lunatic in charge, and self inflicted) But the other four companies are American home grown, are leaving the US and going over to Canada. This is something that Washington and Trump will deny. But its happening. and because of Trump and, because companies are losing faith in America. Whichout those big names, America business are going to flee even more. The America will no longer be the powerhouse that it claims to be.

Recession will hit, and when it does, it will hit hard. And a lot of people will certainly suffer as a result.

[fiksal]

It is areas like this where we will see the clash between reality and policies based on fantasy the most. Weather and climate change does not care about rather or not republicans believe it exists.

no words

between cutting services and denying the existence of climate change as both being policy of MAGA, I have no words

[chew-ie]

It is areas like this where we will see the clash between reality and policies based on fantasy the most. Weather and climate change does not care about rather or not republicans believe it exists.

no words

between cutting services and denying the existence of climate change as both being policy of MAGA, I have no words

Based on the last few weeks I'm inclined to believe that even with hard consequences pushed into everyones face / lives, there will still be those lost in their dream world. ("Temperatures are only high because there are so many measures taken", "There always used to be some flooding"...)

[Vertigo 7]

You know that everything that makes the orange one look bad he's going to blame Biden. He's been doing that since he came in and broke the economy with this stupid terrif crap. Of course, his idiot base will believe it.

[felter]

I watched a clip of an interview somewhere, it was with one of Trumps goons, and they were asked something like, should the Trump administration be help accountable for the mess in Texas, and the reply was something along the lines of, it's the weather, it's unpredictable, and you cannot tell what it is going to do so of course we aren't responsible. I don't know where you stay, but they predict the weather here all the time, and they always give out warnings when storms are expected, they might not know exactly how strong a storm is going to be, but they will say a storm coming expect the possibility of flooding, and they expect people to act accordingly. As far as I can gather, there was no form of any kind of warning in Texas about the possibility of serious flooding. So that person was talking out of the wrong hole. Personally I think it all goes back to sharpy-gate as that fiasco embarrassed Trump so now they would rather let people die rather than have him get embarrassed himself again. And it is a fiasco, they are now saying 28 kids have died for something that should have been avoidable if the US governments were doing their jobs correctly.

[Vertigo 7]

Nope, its working as intended. This is by design. After all, it's better than what would have happened if Harris got elected.

[clakclak]

So maybe onto something a bit lighter. Trump has said that he will hold a UFC fight on the lawn of the white house. Now I have been an MMA fan for years. The UFC is the most popular promotion these days, and if you take a closer look at some of the other promotions that were well known in the past, it is downright tame in its presentation. It is however, still, marketing MMA, a sport that will seem quite insane to anyone who has never seen it before.

Not only that but the UFC has some crazy people in it. There are perfectly reasonable fighters like Jared Gordon who mostly uses his career as a platform to campaign for people who struggle with drug use, there are people who are dislikable for simply being arrogant (Ilia Tuporia is an example of that), but every now and again MMA gets some wild cards, some people that are so incomprehensible weird or dumb or downright evil that it is hard to truly put it into words (and trust me, this is just the very tip of the ice-berg. These are just the will known ones).

I hope the UFC rolls out their freaks for this fight. I know they won’t, but many of the crazies are big Trump fans, so one can hope. There is a chance we see Bryce Mitchell praise Adolf Hitler on the grounds of the White House. Another thing that would be interesting, would be if the UFC decides to put Russian fighters on the card. They have a lot, one of the champions for example is Russian (and another fighter from Russia is bound to be champion again soon). Their post fight interview in front of the White House might very well be coopted for Russian Propaganda.

There is a half decent chance this event will end in utter chaos. I can think of about 30 other reasons why this is a bad idea, but I can’t say that I am not looking forward to it. This will either be the most sterile and heartless MMA event of all time, or an utter car crash.

[Vertigo 7]

I called this crap years ago.

The orange imbecile has created a labor shortage on farms nationwide since ICE has arrested the dangerous criminal scum that was working these farms. To correct this, he's wanting to send the criminal scum back to the farms as slave labor.

You MAGA freaks are not gonna be happy until you're whipping nonwhites through the streets in chains, again, ain't ya?

[Observe]

I understand your concerns about the consequences of the government response, but I'm guessing by your statement that you don't have any solutions to offer besides hyperbole. In case I'm wrong about that, what kind of immigration policies would you suggest that the US adopt in future?

[Vertigo 7]

Do I need a specific solution to be opposed to slavery? Slavery is really the soliton you're okay with? I mean I shouldn't be surprised that it is. Tracks with everything else you've supported.

[Observe]

That's what I thought. In other words, you come to a discussion forum, not to discuss, but only to vent.

[Vertigo 7]

Yes, massah, whatever you say massah. I'm sorry, massah.

Why do you think I need to entertain MAGA in discussions? I've never met any MAGA that is worth talking to.

*edit

Anyone else getting MTG vibes where she runs around screaming "DEBATE ME!" when she goes on her white power tirades?

[felter]

The answer is you offer immigrants the opportunity to integrate into American society by doing the jobs that American citizens do not want to do, you don't just round them up throw them in the back of a van and export them to another country.

[Mailo]

I understand your concerns about the consequences of the government response, but I'm guessing by your statement that you don't have any solutions to offer besides hyperbole. In case I'm wrong about that, what kind of immigration policies would you suggest that the US adopt in future?

Could you explain what is wrong with the current system? I'm not an American citizen, so I actually do not know the answer, but from all I've read the main issue was that there were not enough legal ways to get into the country. On the other hand, there never was a big incentive to provide these legal ways, as the US massively benefited from the current illegal immigration, since they on average payed more into the system than they took out, not to speak of the workforce they provided to the US economy that is now missing. I do realize that there are ideological reasons to change it, but not really economic ones, nor ones based on safety, as crime won't significantly be affected by changing immigration rules.

[Vertigo 7]

Malio, the crux of the issue, from the MAGA side, is they're not english speaking, white skinned people. It's always been about race for the right wing. They don't care if they're here legally or not. They do this under the guise of anti terrorism or drug interdiction, and so forth. Of course, they claimed that they were only going to go after the real bad criminals, but we all knew that was a lie and whaddya know, they're going after anyone with brown skin or non-American sounding names. Ones that did have a VISA or were granted asylum are finding that revoked under the orange one's orders and finding themselves deported having done nothing wrong. And now they're even going after naturalized citizens and looking for any justification to revoke their citizenship on ANY technicality to provide the same treatment.

It's nothing but pure cruelty and racism.

*edit

Just as a reminder, illegal border crossing is a misdemeanor, no more serious than jay walking or speeding. with civil penalty of $50 but not more than $250 - 8 U.S. Code § 1325

[matthewfarmery]

The corrupt SC strikes again,

Supreme Court Clears Way for Mass Firings

“The Trump administration can move forward with plans to slash the federal work force and dismantle federal agencies, the Supreme Court announced on Tuesday. The decision could result in job losses for tens of thousands of employees at agencies including the Departments of Housing and Urban Development, State, Treasury and Veterans Affairs,” the New York Times reports.

“The order, which lifted a lower court’s ruling that had blocked mass layoffs, was unsigned and did not include a vote count, which is typical in such emergency applications. Justice Ketanji Brown Jackson wrote a public dissent.”

“The case represents a key test of the extent of President Trump’s power to reorganize the government without input from Congress.”

Washington Post: “Two of the liberal justices — Elena Kagan and Sonia Sotomayor — appeared to have joined the conservatives in allowing the administration to plan reorganizations and reductions in the workforce.”

At this point, Trump will mass fire who he damn well pleases, FEMA and other agencies might as well get dissolved.

Seriously, this will do a lot of damage. Clear now that the SC are in the bag for Trump.

[clakclak]

First inmate reports from Alligator Alcatraz are out. Inmates claim that:

- they are not given water to bath/shower

- they get food once a day invested with maggots

- they are subject to light torture, bright lights are not turned off

- they are exposed to mosquitoes

- that medication is being withheld

- that guards confiscated that bible of one inmate stating that there is „no religion“ in the camp

- one inmate said, „ We're like rats in an experiment.“


Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/miami/news/alli ... on-center/

[fiksal]

perhaps the solution to the border issue is to deport people who open and operate prisons on innocent people; steal children (5000+ of them) or raid American cities.

prosecute them of course and take back their citizenship. I think they would've wanted that way

[Vertigo 7]

I'd be for deporting rapists and otherwise convicted felons.

My bad, those guys are made to be the president.

[Chips]

They didn't say they were closing today. You're assuming, and you know what happens when you do that? lol...

At this time, Community Hospital plans to continue to serve Curtis and the surrounding communities with its Community Hospital Behavioral Health program, providing important mental health support and resources to the community.

Community Hospital is working closely with patients and staff to ensure a smooth transition of services and will provide guidance on alternative care options in the region.

https://chmccook.org/community-hospital ... cal-center

Maybe you should stick to UK matters and not feel the need to expand your sphere of ignorance.

So wait, the outrage is something that hasn't happened.
okayyyyyyyyyyyyyy....

Meanwhile, we'll continue to gloss over the fact that US Govt Funding was insufficient for the outfit to remain liquid - as they themselves attest to. I mean, yes Trump is undoubtedly going to be causing damage for many - both recognisably *now* and those who don't know about it due to increasing the debt, unless magically/miraculously, GDP expands sufficiently to cover it (it won't), which results in even more/harsher cuts affecting far more in the future... to prop up whatever his fantasy rich-elite-cabal desire.

But the continued "we'll excuse examining any failing because that failing is lesser than current failing" in the actual *now* is a carte blanche to failure.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ndnkYYVrZTA

Anther good video, apart from the first company,

You do realise that's an AI generated video channel. Right?

that doesn't mean what's in it may or may not be containing some actual valid points. Just questioning why, when there's a plethora of valid news sources and research sources - all of which *should* be corroborated by several sources, people are going down the route of "this random channel of Ai said..."

As for expecting the public to care about the conditions "ice-rounded-up-legit-or-just-citizens" detainees face -- reference back to things like... Gitmo. Extraordinary rendition.
By all means, pick and choose when you decide to respect human rights, and general decency... For absolute clarification, it's shockingly bad and has been for years (especially with regards to ICE and so on). But... did anyone *really* expect anything different given the history of how the US treats people? Why care now... when history illuminates they haven't before?