Trump Presidency

[chew-ie]

A Democratic Representative has been locked inside the Texas house chambers and is not allowed to leave.

The reason she got locked up, is because she refused to sign a slip for her to be escorted home by the Texas Department of Public Safety. The escort was meant to surveillance her movements and if needed force her back to the chambers on the 20th.

Source: https://www.cbsnews.com/texas/video/tex ... ps-escort/

O’er the land of the free

[fiksal]

Texas itself is like an undeveloped country inside of US

[chew-ie]

Texas itself is like an undeveloped country inside of US

It's the weakest link of a chain which breaks first.*

*bicycle wisdom

[fiksal]

I would vote for their independence if it were come to it. But they seem to want to drag everyone with them instead

[burger1]

Nebraska announces plan for immigration detention center dubbed the 'Cornhusker Clink'

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/nebra ... r-AA1KPoH2

Dc homeless sent to prisons or undergo forced treatment Approx 1/1000 people

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/dcs-h ... r-AA1KOmSM

White House press secretary Karoline Leavitt said last week that those living in homeless encampments will need to either accept treatment at a homeless shelter or go to jail if they refuse.

US military presence in Mexico/South America continues to grow.

Several Texas Democrats joined state Rep. Nicole Collier (D) on Tuesday to protest new guidelines preventing party members from leaving the House chambers without a police escort and signed agreement.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA1KSzgB

Trump puts 50 million bounty on Venezuela’s President Nicolás Maduro. There's still a 10m bounty on trump as far as I know.

https://www.cnn.com/2025/08/08/americas ... latam-intl

Other states have increased the number of national guard troops they are sending to DC. Before the election there were reports of democrats being dismissed from the national guard just based on their political preference.

Quite a few protests and the US news being quiet on them is quite telling.

[burger1]

Trumps ~454 million dollar fraud fine removed by appeals court and reduced to 0. More obvious corruption.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/politics ... r-AA1KXt5n

Alligator Alcatraz ordered to shut down within 60 days due to endangered species. Florida governor DeSantis says he will fight it.

https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/all ... 40251.html

The lawsuit claims both the DeSantis and Trump administrations failed to follow the National Environmental Policy Act, which requires environmental-impact studies and public input before projects can proceed.
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The Miccosukee Tribe says the facility, located near the Big Cypress National Preserve, threatens sacred ceremonial sites, tribal traditions and endangered species habitats. The facility has already disrupted access to off-road trails and plants used for medicine and ceremonies.

[burger1]

Quite a few countries halting postal service to the US in some ways. Australia, Germany, Uk, and quite a few other countries.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/money/compani ... r-AA1L2iXP

Deutsche Post and DHL Parcel Germany said it was temporarily suspending parcel delivery for business customers to the US from Saturday, as "key questions remain unresolved" about how duties would be paid, and by whom

Royal Mail said it was withdrawing its current US export services, but added it hoped to have a new system up and running within two days to allow it to comply with the new rules before the new rules kick in.

Earlier this week PostNord announced it was also suspending services as the US authorities only provided details about the required changes on 15 August.

[burger1]

https://apnews.com/article/abrego-garci ... e86bc77ff4?

Immigration officials said they intend to deport Kilmar Abrego Garcia to Uganda, after he declined an offer to be sent to Costa Rica in exchange for remaining in jail and pleading guilty to human smuggling charges, his defense attorneys told a court Saturday.

Trump using more hand makeup to hide stuff.

Seems like health care and education is resposible for job growth in US. Most of the rest is negative.

https://www.bls.gov/charts/employment-s ... hanges.htm

[fiksal]

yep, I saw that, his lawyer is saying that's an obvious move to intimidate the defendant and get him to admit to something he isn't guilty of, a sign that the government is on the revenge path

[clakclak]

New national guard deployments just dropped, they will now get active in the following states: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Louisiana, Nebraska, Nevada, New Mexico, Ohio, South Carolina, South Dakota, Tennessee, Texas, Utah, Virginia, Wyoming. I still do not understand why or what they are doing, but there you go.

Source: https://www.foxnews.com/politics/nation ... ckdown.amp

[Chips]

No mention of Ghislaine Maxwell?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd3pe6189go

Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has told US officials she did not witness any inappropriate conduct by Donald Trump or former President Bill Clinton.

Think I did ask before whether anyone would be willing to believe anything anymore from any source, as the entire thing is just conspiracy theory country
But that goes for the wider overall circus around any subject, act or anyone that is divisive.

[clakclak]

No mention of Ghislaine Maxwell?

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdd3pe6189go

Ghislaine Maxwell, the jailed associate of sex offender Jeffrey Epstein, has told US officials she did not witness any inappropriate conduct by Donald Trump or former President Bill Clinton.

Think I did ask before whether anyone would be willing to believe anything anymore from any source, as the entire thing is just conspiracy theory country
But that goes for the wider overall circus around any subject, act or anyone that is divisive.

She could be saying the truth, she could be lying. Who knows. What I will say is that I do not find her an exactly trustworthy source of information. Usually I prefer to believe victims over predators and Maxwell’s statements conflicts with what at least one victim said.

[fiksal]

are there any known victims that accused Trump in that context?

[felter]

Trump has 49 sexual assault allegations made against him, and at least one of those allegation the women said she was a minor at the time of the assault, while I seem to remember Epstein and Maxwell are also mentioned in that report.

It is funny though that up until that interview Maxwell and her lawyers were saying they had both the list and report, while saying they would release them if their demands were not met, and just after that interview she was moved to a more, let's call it luxurious prison, then the transcript was released and the list, report and birthday card no longer exists. Not to say the wording is the exact same as the wording Trump and his sycophants have been using for months. At the end of the day they have either been making fools out of Americans in the past by saying the list and report is real, or they are making fools out of Americans now by saying they don't exist, it's either one or the other they both cannot be right, but it shows most Americans as the suckers that they're proving to be.

[clakclak]

are there any known victims that accused Trump in that context?

Regarding only the accusations against Trump in the Epstein context, I think the only one in which the victim is named in public is Stacy Williams: Source. It is not the only accusation against him in connection to Epstein, but as far as I am aware it is the only one in which the victim put her name out there.

Here is the wiki entry for accusations of sexual misconduct against Trump, if you want to dive deeper. It is a lengthy read and includes a graphic description of the (alleged) brutal rape of at least one underage girl, so be advised before you jump in.