A Tanzarian drip drip boom 10996 Posts user info edit post |
Soon to be replaced by another actor, I'm sure. 4/7/2020 3:54:40 PM |
bbehe Burn it all down. 18402 Posts user info edit post |
Kenneth Braithwaite is the guy who is awaiting confirmation. I know nothing about him 4/7/2020 4:26:26 PM |
Bullet All American 28465 Posts user info edit post |
What's this about?
https://www.npr.org/2020/11/09/933105262/trump-terminates-secretary-of-defense-mark-esper
[Edited on November 9, 2020 at 2:34 PM. Reason : ] 11/9/2020 2:34:12 PM |
ElGimpy All American 3111 Posts user info edit post |
The first "news" reaction I saw on Twitter to this was that he's angry at Esper because Esper fought him on sending troops into US cities during protests/looting...or something along those lines 11/9/2020 3:06:56 PM |
A Tanzarian drip drip boom 10996 Posts user info edit post |
Barr is out.
How much damage will his successor do in the remaining month? 12/14/2020 6:05:39 PM |
Money_Jones Ohhh Farts 12531 Posts user info edit post |
Not as much as Barr has done 12/14/2020 9:00:48 PM |
Bullet All American 28465 Posts user info edit post |
https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-justice-dept-tried-grand-120145159.html
Quote : | "The Justice Department under President Donald Trump secretly obtained a grand-jury subpoena last year in an attempt to identify the person behind a Twitter account dedicated to mocking Rep. Devin Nunes of California, according to a newly unsealed court document.
But Twitter fought the subpoena, as well as an associated gag order barring the company from talking about it publicly. Twitter executives raised skepticism about whether the Justice Department might be abusing federal criminal law-enforcement power to retaliate against a critic of Nunes, a Republican who is a close ally of Trump, in violation of the First Amendment.
Ultimately, according to a person familiar with the matter, the Justice Department withdrew the subpoena this spring, after President Joe Biden took office." |
5/18/2021 2:35:54 PM |
Bullet All American 28465 Posts user info edit post |
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/11/nx-s1-5187039/trump-lee-zeldin-epa-environment
https://www.reuters.com/world/us/trump-taps-us-senator-marco-rubio-secretary-state-2024-11-12/
Trump on X in 2015:
Quote : | "Marco Rubio is a total lightweight who I wouldn’t hire to run one of my smaller companies - a highly overrated politician!" |
11/12/2024 9:53:07 AM |
CaelNCSU All American 7126 Posts user info edit post |
https://x.com/ComicDaveSmith/status/1856342323900092770 11/12/2024 9:56:40 AM |
Bullet All American 28465 Posts user info edit post |
Quote : | "For years to come, there are many people on the right... that are going to be having to explain and justify how they fell into this trap of supporting Donald Trump."
-Marco Rubio (2016), who was just named Trump's Secretary of State" |
Quote : | "Rubio also said: “Donald Trump, a con artist, will never get control of this party.”
And, “We cannot allow a con artist to get access to the nuclear codes of the United States of America.”" |
11/12/2024 11:46:03 AM |
0EPII1 All American 42549 Posts user info edit post |
^^^^
That's heinous, not to mention, dangerous and scary.
But now, he is in bed with the owner of Twitter, and he is making a big deal about restoring freedom of speech in the US:
https://www.instagram.com/reel/DCKgJFjJe9u 11/12/2024 12:39:11 PM |
moron All American 34178 Posts user info edit post |
All of these announcements are a smokescreen and misdirection meant to keep the attention on trump
https://www.washingtonpost.com/opinions/2024/11/11/trump-senate-recess-appointments-powergrab/
Good article contextualizing it. Media needs to do better instead of just being stenographers 11/12/2024 9:37:19 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26221 Posts user info edit post |
I really wonder how far gone and how willing to cede power the Supreme Court is. 11/13/2024 6:51:41 AM |
Money_Jones Ohhh Farts 12531 Posts user info edit post |
Well considering they said he is a king that can literally do absolutely anything he wants without any fear of consequence, I’d say pretty far fucking gone
[Edited on November 13, 2024 at 7:36 AM. Reason : $$$] 11/13/2024 7:34:48 AM |
Bullet All American 28465 Posts user info edit post |
Fox News host with no political experience is our next Defense Secretary! 11/13/2024 9:37:19 AM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26221 Posts user info edit post |
^^Of course I'm bothered by that decision, but with lifetime appointments, they don't really have to kiss the ring if they don't want to. I would think at some point even they'd get tired of Trump's crap and take a stand for separation of powers. We'll probably get a chance to find out. 11/13/2024 2:00:41 PM |
qntmfred retired 40783 Posts user info edit post |
^ see also: Aileen Cannon 11/13/2024 2:37:46 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26221 Posts user info edit post |
Thanks for reminding me. Not really the same level of untouchable as the Supreme Court. 11/13/2024 3:37:20 PM |
rwoody Save TWW 37818 Posts user info edit post |
Gaetz as AG my God is Rubio the LEAST offensive of his picks so far?? 11/13/2024 3:48:24 PM |
Bullet All American 28465 Posts user info edit post |
Holy shit, this is going to be insane 11/13/2024 3:50:12 PM |
CaelNCSU All American 7126 Posts user info edit post |
https://x.com/matthewstoller/status/1856797803567006193
Based.
Quote : | "Matt Gaetz wrote an amicus brief supporting the FTC’s noncompete ban. He’s a genuine populist on antitrust, arbitration agreements, and corporate power" |
https://x.com/mattgaetz/status/1413125816989495296
"Dey tewk rrrr jerbs"
[Edited on November 13, 2024 at 4:13 PM. Reason : A]11/13/2024 3:56:27 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26221 Posts user info edit post |
Trump is full-on trolling America at this point. His proposed cabinet is a cadre of fools and scofflaws.
I trust his fans will be elated with the elevation of ignorance. 11/13/2024 4:10:45 PM |
EMCE balls deep 89800 Posts user info edit post |
The only way for Trump to be a Super Villain is for him to have normal villains working beneath him. 11/13/2024 4:11:48 PM |
utowncha All American 918 Posts user info edit post |
11/13/2024 5:45:14 PM |
moron All American 34178 Posts user info edit post |
^^^ It's this meritocracy we're always hearing about 11/13/2024 5:52:22 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52855 Posts user info edit post |
[Edited on November 13, 2024 at 6:24 PM. Reason : ]
11/13/2024 6:20:50 PM |
aaronburro Sup, B 53133 Posts user info edit post |
Is it possible we escape this due to the sheer ineptitude of his cabinet members? 11/13/2024 7:01:53 PM |
StTexan Let Trump cook! 7329 Posts user info edit post |
Kevin McCarthy:
Quote : | "“I’ll give you the truth why I’m not speaker. Because one person, a member of Congress, wanted me to stop an ethics complaint because he slept with a 17-year-old, an ethics complaint that started before I ever became speaker. And that’s illegal and I’m not gonna get in the middle of it."" |
11/13/2024 7:03:41 PM |
CaelNCSU All American 7126 Posts user info edit post |
^^ no.
https://babylonbee.com/news/efficiency-new-dhs-secretary-kristi-noem-pledges-to-cut-k-9-workforce-by-90 11/13/2024 7:13:38 PM |
aaronburro Sup, B 53133 Posts user info edit post |
If you can't trust the Babylon Bee, who can you trust? 11/13/2024 7:18:02 PM |
rwoody Save TWW 37818 Posts user info edit post |
^I can't tell if you woosh'ed if I'm woosh'ing your joke 11/13/2024 7:39:14 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26221 Posts user info edit post |
What is MTG going to head up?
Maybe this could fail if these people garner too much attention for themselves and start stealing Trump's spotlight.] 11/13/2024 8:06:39 PM |
StTexan Let Trump cook! 7329 Posts user info edit post |
MTG should be like ways and means commission lol 11/13/2024 8:11:40 PM |
aaronburro Sup, B 53133 Posts user info edit post |
Obviously MTG heads the Space Force. She's gonna finally take out those lasers 11/13/2024 10:06:59 PM |
Bullet All American 28465 Posts user info edit post |
https://www.npr.org/2024/11/13/g-s1-34082/senate-reaction-gaetz-gabbard-trump-cabinet
Quote : | "If confirmed, Gaetz, 42, would take the helm of a department that as recently as last year was investigating him for possible sex trafficking offenses. Ultimately, prosecutors recommended against bringing charges against him after a long-running probe.
Gaetz also faced an House Ethics Committee investigation related to sex trafficking and drug allegations that ended when he resigned his position on Wednesday." |
11/14/2024 9:55:04 AM |
Bullet All American 28465 Posts user info edit post |
https://www.cnn.com/2024/11/13/media/pete-hegseth-fox-news-trump-defense-secretary/index.html
https://nypost.com/2024/11/13/us-news/all-of-secretary-of-defense-nominee-pete-hegseths-tattoos/
11/14/2024 10:02:55 AM |
theDuke866 All American 52855 Posts user info edit post |
Is there any downside or constraint experienced if a nominee isn’t confirmed by the Senate, other than it being a transgression of norms to excessively rely on “acting” positions? 11/18/2024 11:05:10 AM |
rwoody Save TWW 37818 Posts user info edit post |
https://www.washingtonpost.com/politics/2024/11/16/pete-hegseth-sexual-assault-accuser-paid/
11/19/2024 11:06:11 AM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148536 Posts user info edit post |
Apparently the server with the Matt Gaetz investtigation documents was hacked 11/19/2024 1:54:49 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52855 Posts user info edit post |
Dr Oz for Medicare/Medicaid
Horoscopes, stethoscopes...close enough. 11/19/2024 4:40:20 PM |
TreeTwista10 minisoldr 148536 Posts user info edit post |
Vince McMahon's wife for Education Secretary. Seems legit. 11/19/2024 6:41:00 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26221 Posts user info edit post |
] 11/19/2024 7:02:56 PM |
StTexan Let Trump cook! 7329 Posts user info edit post |
Glad to have Oprah only a phone call or two away from Trump 11/19/2024 7:36:39 PM |
theDuke866 All American 52855 Posts user info edit post |
hahaha this is gonna be a damned spectacle to watch.
I just hope Lutnick doesn't fuck up my investment portfolio. Or whatever, maybe he'll create a buying opportunity--I have a big cash horde, for lack of anywhere I'm comfortable investing it...Maybe I can cash in on this debacle 5-10 years down the road. 11/19/2024 7:38:52 PM |
Bullet All American 28465 Posts user info edit post |
11/20/2024 12:28:34 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26221 Posts user info edit post |
I keep hoping it's not. And it keeps being. 11/20/2024 1:12:50 PM |
aaronburro Sup, B 53133 Posts user info edit post |
I dunno. Watching Senate GOP members getting live cucked is pretty cool. 11/20/2024 2:56:45 PM |
The Coz Tempus Fugitive 26221 Posts user info edit post |
Cool is not the word I would choose to describe a dysfunctional democracy surrendering to autocracy. 11/20/2024 3:00:56 PM |
aaronburro Sup, B 53133 Posts user info edit post |
Nah. He's only going to be a dictator on Day 1. Just gotta survive that day, and we're good, right? Right? 11/20/2024 5:40:54 PM |
aaronburro Sup, B 53133 Posts user info edit post |
Matthew Whittaker: no foreign policy or military experience. Let him be NATO Ambassador 11/20/2024 6:04:59 PM |