Drudge Retort: Recently Flagged Comments

Trump gives remarks on ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

riiiiight as the economy was on the verge of a recovery

Enjoy the higher prices, Trumpers!
When will you admit Mango Mussolini lied to you about "lower prices on day 1"??

Posted by e1g1 at 2025-04-02 10:19 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

Val Kilmer Dies

#3
he ain't got no distractions

Posted by itchyp at 2025-04-02 10:10 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by mattm

I see the 12 year old incel is posting about sex again.

Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-04-02 09:40 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by REDIAL

Remember this tax when lying -------- tell you the rich pay all the taxes

#10 | Posted by truthhurts

US Auto industry has been protected by a 25% tariff on light trucks for decades

The rich don't buy trucks. But now now you care?

Posted by oneironaut at 2025-04-02 09:04 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by lfthndthrds

Trump gives remarks on ‘Liberation Day’ tariffs

China gets 34%, Taiwan gets 32%. China can easily offer a better deal to Taiwan. Bring the gunboats back.

Posted by FortNecessity at 2025-04-02 08:26 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by billy_boy

Biden didn't do what Trump is going, but then again, you can't really explain what Trump is doing to begin with.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 08:07 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

China, Japan, South Korea Will Jointly Respond to US Tariffs

Out of 7 comments, 5 belong to GasLighter and he still hasn't said anything substantive.. Maybe bust out in another song (with lyrics) for the class...

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-02 07:50 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by fortfisher

It is nice to see some on the left demonstrate some economic sense when it comes to tariffs. I happen to agree with the criticisms of tariffs from an economic standpoint.
#13 | Posted by BellRinger

Tariffs can serve a purpose. E.g., protect fledgling domestic industries, level the playing field to compensate for foreign subsidies to their own businesses, etc.

This is just ludicrous, targeting friend and foe alike. There is only one reason for it, so Trump can manipulate the stock market and make billions shorting it.

Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 07:05 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky

Bring forth your tributes

These make-believe numbers should definitely bring prices down.

Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 06:18 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

As timely today as the day I first heard it.
#1 | Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 05:23 PM

I was honestly astonished you would post, and reconsidering how repulsive I find you when I clicked..

You got me, bitch!:]

Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-02 06:15 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by censored, funny by AMERICANUNITY

Remember this tax when lying -------- tell you the rich pay all the taxes

Posted by truthhurts at 2025-04-02 06:13 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

Again for the dumb amongst us

------- unilaterally implemented the largest tax hike in American history

Posted by truthhurts at 2025-04-02 06:12 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by censored, newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon

Largest tax hike in American history

Posted by truthhurts at 2025-04-02 06:09 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

Musk serves as a temporary government employee, with a 130-day cap.

14 | POSTED BY GRACIEAMAZED A

I'm not at all certain this isn't the way Musk sees Trump.

Posted by Zed at 2025-04-02 06:00 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by lfthndthrds

Trump Tells Inner Circle That Musk Will Leave Soon

Sigh. Musk serves as a temporary government employee, with a 130-day cap. Look it up. In fact, send it to the people you follow on BSKY. Another thread with Reo Speedwagon playing in the background.

Posted by gracieamazed at 2025-04-02 05:54 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by lfthndthrds

1. Break Up Western Alliance? Check.

2. Make Bush Recession Look Like Nothing? Check.

3. Invade Canada, Panama, Greenland, and the Local McDonalds. Check. Check.

Posted by Corky at 2025-04-02 05:53 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by censored

The Real Cost of DOGE

As many here have noted, and others ignored, this was always going to cost more than it saved.

And that's just money; the cruelty was the point.

Posted by Corky at 2025-04-02 05:46 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot

How did he come up with these stupid numbers, by throwing three darts at a board and adding up the score? Inflation is about to go through the roof. Example, almost all clothing is made in these tariff targeted Asian countries, because NOBODY in America is willing to work for the kind of wages that allows Puma to sell tee shirts for ten bucks at their outlet stores. So, now thanks to tariffs Puma will charge $14, congratulations you just paid a $4 Dotard tax. You'll still buy the tee because you can't match the price elsewhere, but Puma won't move a factory to the US, because aside from the massive outlay for setting one up, good luck finding workers, and the cost to produce those same tees would be closer to $20 or more before the profit margin was built in. Prior to the coming Trumpcession, we were at 4% unemployment, the workers don't exist in this country to make everything we consume, and some things such as certain fruits and vegetables cannot be grown here. Without a doubt Combover Quisling is the stupidest man to EVER occupy the WH and one of the most evil. This has to be a record, same POTUS, two financial crises completely of his making.

Posted by _Gunslinger_ at 2025-04-02 05:39 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building

So, largest tax increase in history.

Thanks magat scum

Posted by truthhurts at 2025-04-02 05:29 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

Hey Fishpaw.

You're my bitch.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 05:29 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by Alexandrite

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building

"No where does it say they owned the building"

Trump administration takes $500M US Institute of Peace building for free
A DOGE staffer installed as USIP president had the half-billion-dollar property transferred to the government for free
Author: Sophie Rosenthal
Published: 7:38 AM EDT April 2, 2025
Updated: 8:00 AM EDT April 2, 2025
WASHINGTON " A judge said she isn't able to stop the Trump administration from taking a half-a-billion-dollar building owned by a small congressionally-founded nonprofit.

Created by Congress in 1984, U.S. Institute of Peace is a nonpartisan nonprofit that works to stop violent conflicts abroad and create peace deals.

www.wusa9.com

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 05:27 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Alexandrite

They are just making up numbers at this point. China doesn't have a 67% tariffs on the US. They are blaming Currency Manipulation and Trade Barriers with no explanation to justify the tariffs.

As these countries implement reciprocal tariffs, expect US businesses to offshore production so they can sell from non-tariff countries. Why build in the US to sell to China or the EU when you can build in Mexico and avoid tariffs?

And after building in Mexico, why come back when the tariffs end? There is no cost-benefit to moving back.

Posted by Sycophant at 2025-04-02 05:22 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Zed

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building

#12

That's a good picture of Snoofy meeting the pope.

Posted by fortfisher at 2025-04-02 04:24 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by lfthndthrds

"any entities they create should be subject to executive oversight to ensure the funds are spent appropriately."

Hey Genius,
Those entities already have executive leadership.
For example, the Fed has a Board of Governors.
en.m.wikipedia.org
NASA has an Administrator. en.m.wikipedia.org
You have a room temperature IQ. en.m.wikipedia.org

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 04:07 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack, newsworthy by Alexandrite

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building

'Congress' doesn't have any money at all; 'Congress' spends my tax money. They don't need to create any 'independent' organizations; any entities they create should be subject to executive oversight to ensure the funds are spent appropriately. Projects like this are a transparent attempt to circumvent the 'check and balance' operation pursuant to self-dealing by rogue elected officials. Sometimes it works- The Federal Reserve System has a "unique structure that is both public and private"
#40 | Posted by itchyp at 2025-04-02 03:50 PM

Doge wasn't elected.

Doge hasn't passed simple background security checks.

"Congress" handed all power to Doge.

"Congress" is essentially Doge and vice-verse.

"Congress" is taking the weekend off.

Doge is taking Social Security apart.

"Congress" is taking social security apart with an non-elected "executive oversight" entity.

"Congress" is stealing all financial records, your private data, healthcare information, etc.

"Congress" is using Doge as it's axe man and it's shield.

Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-02 04:02 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

A Vietnam vet found a dream senior living community.

#10: Hi Nixon: My mother's dentures similarly disappeared in the hospital and nobody knew what happened to them or wanted to accept responsibility. "Oh, that happened on the night shift, I work days...." Blah-blah-blah. My poor mom would pass away soon after that appalling incident. And the insurer who would later cut off her care was none other than UnitedHealthCare. Luigi Mangione whacked the UHC CEO not long after my mom passed and like most Americans, I didn't care. America's healthcare system, like its policing, needs a complete overhaul. Regrettably, neither will ever happen despite who is in the White House.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-02 04:01 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot

Qusim Rashid

@qusimrashid

Guy worth $340B spending $25M in WI is like the median American worker who makes $39,982 a year spending $2.94.

Meaning, a $5 cup of coffee has a greater financial impact on a working American than $25M did on a maniac billionaire.

This is how democracies collapse.

TAX BILLIONAIRES OUT OF EXISTENCE.

Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-02 03:56 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

^buy an ad

Posted by itchyp at 2025-04-02 03:56 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by fortfisher

IHIP News: Doth Mike Johnson PROTEST Gay Marriage Too Much?? 17:47 105K views 3 months ago IHIP News

I want to know more about the boy dressed in panties opening a door to allow Mike Johnson inside.

Mike Johnson is one hateful closeted homosexual who deserves to be doxed, imo.

Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-02 03:34 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

You seem to be lying.
#12 | POSTED BY SNOOFY

It's his speciality.

Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-02 02:57 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by REDIAL

What is a woman?

#5 | Posted by BellRinger

A woman is a vagina which children come out of.

Ta da!

#8 | Posted by ClownShack

So who's going to break the news to "Laura"?

Posted by boaz at 2025-04-02 02:41 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by fortfisher

"Which seems to be a misrepresentation of what is actually contained in this legislation"

^
You seem to be lying.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 02:40 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack, newsworthy by Wardog

Republicans are incapable of governing.

Posted by qcp at 2025-04-02 02:39 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Wardog

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building

" In this case, it would be the ~80% of individuals in opposite-sex marriage who change their names, so their birth certificates no longer match their voter registration names.

#9 | POSTED BY CENSORED AT 2025-04-01 05:45 AM | FLAG: |"

Which seems to be a misrepresentation of what is actually contained in this legislation. Also, when women are broken down into demographics the demographic the GOP has had the best recent success is married women. So, trying to put a nefarious spin on this doesn't make logical sense.

Posted by BellRinger at 2025-04-02 02:38 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by ClownShack

Try googling that sentence, Einstein.

Christ you are a stupid son of a bitch.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 02:24 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

Never let a crisis of your own making go to waste!

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 02:23 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot

Bugs Bunny, sawing off the Florida Peninsula.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 01:55 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by redlightrobot

Mass Murderer Believed He Was Fulfilling Trump's Wishes, his Attorney says

What an actual LIBERATION DAY would look like:

Abolishing the Federal Reserve.

Abolishing the FBI, NSA, CIA, etc.

Abolishing the Income Tax.

Repealing the Patriot Act.

Repealing FISA.

Repealing Citizen's United and banning SuperPACs.

Impeaching rogue judges from the bench.

Making VoterID, same-day voting, election audits, signature verification and citizenship mandatory for all elections.

Banning mail-in ballots and ballot harvesting.

Banning COVID mRNA injections.

Removing liability protections for corrupt pharmaceutical corporations.

Abolishing all foreign aid.

Abolishing corporate subsidies.

Bringing the troops home to defend America's borders.

Deporting all illegal immigrants.

Banning all foreign and domestic lobbying.

Banning dual citizens from holding public office.

Prosecuting every politician and Federal Reserve member guilty of insider trading.

Prosecuting everyone involved in the Crimes Against Humanity committed during COVID.

Prosecuting everyone involved in the Jeffrey Epstein blackmail operation.

Prosecuting everyone involved in the J6 operation.

Prosecuting everyone involved in censoring the Hunter Biden laptop story.

Prosecuting everyone involved in facilitating the summer riots in 2020.

Prosecuting everyone in the Biden family who subverted American interests for financial gain.

Prosecuting CA politicians for their criminal negligence during the Palisades fire.

Publishing the list of every Congressperson who has settled sexual assault cases with taxpayer funds.

Releasing all the declassified and unredacted documents related to 9/11, JFK's assassination, MLK's assassination, RFK's assassination, and the murder of Seth Rich.

Banning all the harmful chemicals and pesticides in the American food system.

Banning geoengineering.

Eliminating government interference and regulations written by insurance companies in the healthcare industry.

And ... replacing everyone in Congress with a few notable exceptions.

What did I miss?

Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-04-02 01:48 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot

she was training Americans to help take down a potential "dictatorship" of President Donald Trump. Pure evil and seditious promotion by an insurrectionist Democrat.
#20 | Posted by Robson

So storming the capitol to overthrow democracy isn't evil or seditious, but helping people resist dictatorship is evil and seditious.

Got it.

Posted by SpeakSoftly at 2025-04-02 01:47 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky, newsworthy by Wardog

Trump's policy regarding tariffs is similar to his policy was about shutting down for COVID. It was a lot of flip-flopping between shutdown or no shutdown, and we shutdown just long enough to screw over the economy, small business, people's jobs, and supply chains, but not long enough to have any effect death or spread of the disease.

Similarly, Trump craters the stock market by threatening tariffs only to backtrack long before any benefits from the tariffs take hold (which would take decades).

It's all a bunch of pain for absolutely no gain.

Posted by horstngraben at 2025-04-02 01:42 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot

Trump Just Pardoned... a Corporation?

It's probably because he's undermining profits.

#10 | Posted by lfthndthrds

A massive pandemic or disease outbreak would do that.

Posted by Sycophant at 2025-04-02 01:38 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot

Blowing out Democracy, like snot into a rag.

Pity there isn't any "Citizens Only" fund.

Thiel allegedly can only run Republicans, and there appear to be plenty who want to jog alongside.

I'm certain there are Democrats invested in his government AI project.

Re-balancing their influence will require revolt, imo.

Not just at Tesla dealerships.

Posted by redlightrobot at 2025-04-02 01:37 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky

"It's probably because he's undermining profits."

Profits, earnings, wages, GDP, life expectancy, status of the dollar as the global reserve currency.
He's undermining it all.
You like it.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 01:19 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot, newsworthy by hamburglar

Toxic Algae Killing Sea Lions, Dolphins in California

It's probably because he's undermining profits.

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-02 01:17 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot

According to Lancet, these toxic maritime algae blooms CAN also sicken people on shore: www.thelancet.com

#8 | Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-02 02:41 AM | Reply | Flag:

Oh look, climate reduced to a color-by-number picture... JPW will love you long time for this one.

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-02 01:13 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by fortfisher

Toxic Algae Killing Sea Lions, Dolphins in California

Those are conclusions.

You really just aren't a smart person. Eighth grade education, tops.

#7 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 02:35 AM | Reply | Flag:

LoL Sure Einstein, "conclusions" that specifically say they don't know ----- bUt tHeY wRoTe A nEwZ aRtIcLe!!!!!

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-02 01:11 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by fortfisher

Musk Visits CIA HQ, Officials Hold Their Noses

How soon until the list of operatives in Russia, China and NK are "accidentally" gmailed to Putin?

Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-02 01:01 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Musk Says He'll Step Down from DOGE in May

Regardless: THEY WANT TO SLASH $2 TRILLION, SO THEY CAN BORROW TWICE AS MUCH TO GIVE OVER 60% TO THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT.

That's how today's "fiscal conservatives" operate and is why the 1% have more wealth than all of the middle class.

Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-02 12:52 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by censored

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building

#12 Assessor's data base says it has been owned by the US Government.

Let's see the original deed and any subsequent titles then.

#15 | Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 11:40 AM | Reply | Flag:
(Choose)

Sure, look it up and let us know. Thanks

#17 | Posted by fishpaw

Do these idiots really think the Executive Branch IS the government rather than a part of it?

Posted by Sycophant at 2025-04-02 12:51 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

Putin to Conscript 160,000 More Russians for Ukraine War

It sounds like Wall St. is worried about share values, as usual.

Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-04-02 12:48 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot

Putin rejects peace plan from his demented orange bitch.

The bald midget doesn't want peace. He never wanted peace.

He wants Ukraine.

He played Moscow Fats to broker a "peace" deal whereas Apartheid Elmo gets the rare earth minerals, widdle donnie doll hands gets to say "he brokered the peace plan" and the bald midget would slip Zelensky some novochuk tea.

He didn't count on the EU to step up to make up for what the bloated orange sack of vile cut. Krasanov Fats even tried extorting Ukraine with a public shaming for not wearing a suit

Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-02 12:48 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by censored

Europe's Plan to Ditch US Weapons Spooks Trump Admin

"As for Marco Rubio, situation normal: in over his head."

I heard his Secret Service code name is Peter Principle.

Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-02 12:42 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Doc_Sarvis, funny by mattm

Europe's Plan to Ditch US Weapons Spooks Trump Admin

It took Trump only ten weeks in office to nail down this country's reputation as an unpredictable, indiscreet, fickle, and unreliable ally. From a European perspective, best to organize now for as much decoupling as events warrant. As for Marco Rubio, situation normal: in over his head.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-04-02 12:40 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by censored

Europe's Plan to Ditch US Weapons Spooks Trump Admin

Musk loses bigly!

$20 million lost.

Womp womp.

Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-02 12:32 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Marco Chihuahua!

Posted by YAV at 2025-04-02 12:29 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by censored

This guy's history - heavy cocaine use, heroin addiction (which garnered him a felony conviction), steroid abuse, brain worm problems, weird dead critter fetish, horrendous treatment of women, and affection for asinine"theories" associated with health just for openers - does not inspire confidence.

Posted by Doc_Sarvis at 2025-04-02 12:11 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by censored

This entire administration is all about undermining anything they are supposed to be in charge of

Posted by hamburglar at 2025-04-02 12:08 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

Trump Targets Billions in Funding to Harvard

Another day in "I didn't think the leopard would eat MY face" world.

Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-02 12:08 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Whatsleft

"Like many others I believe universities need to be unbiased"

Finish the sentence.

Republicans believe universities need to be unbiased towards the truth.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 11:36 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

Our Police State Has Arrived

"Badges, to god-damned hell with badges! We have no badges. In fact, we don't need badges. I don't have to show you any stinking badges, you god-damned cabrn and chinga tu madre! Come out there from that -------- of yours. I have to speak to you."

United States official policy for immigrants, Jan 20, 2025.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 11:33 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Zed

Mass Murderer Believed He Was Fulfilling Trump's Wishes, his Attorney says

"dictatorship" of President Donald Trump.

#20 | POSTED BY ROBSON

Trump is already a dictator, just at this moment not an all-powerful one.

You are the stooge of the dictator. And you've never been powerful. That's why you're a stooge.

Posted by Zed at 2025-04-02 11:25 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, funny by Wardog

TX Sheriff's Office Mourns 4 Deputy Suicides in 6 Weeks

"apparent suicide"

Allegedly.

"The HCSO Community Engagement Division wrote on Facebook that "Heaven has gained two beautiful angels."

Pretty sure the HCSO had them killed.

"Gonzalez was the nominee for director for U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement until he withdrew the nomination in June 2022." --wikipedia

I bet dimes to donuts that Harris County Sheriff Ed Gonzales is engaged in human trafficking.
And these four little piggies who died were trying to do the right thing.
Bevause they didn't realize until too late their boss is the trafficker.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 11:06 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot

Mass Murderer Believed He Was Fulfilling Trump's Wishes, his Attorney says

#20

There should be a Robson SNL skit mocking these kinds of moronic posts.

Posted by Corky at 2025-04-02 11:04 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Zed, newsworthy by hamburglar, funny by Wardog

Mass Murderer Believed He Was Fulfilling Trump's Wishes, his Attorney says

Representative Pramila Jayapal (D-WA) said Monday on MSNBC's "The Rachel Maddow Show" that she was training Americans to help take down a potential "dictatorship" of President Donald Trump. Pure evil and seditious promotion by an insurrectionist Democrat. How unpatriotic and low of a IQ does it take for Democrats to find voters who will elect these people? Democrats drive violence and they need held accountable.

Posted by Robson at 2025-04-02 11:00 AM | Reply | Flagged funny by Corky

Waltz, Staff Used Gmail for Government Communications

Waltz was one of the loudest voices calling for criminal charges against Hillary Clinton for using a private email server (NOTE: she didn't use a commercial email account)

Not only does the U.S. government have secure email accounts he should have been using, they also have what Waltz, Hegseth, et al SHOULD have been using for messaging - one of the government secure methods like JWICS, the Joint Worldwide Intelligence Communications System, not Signal.

Congressional Republicans: "Meh"

Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-02 10:35 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Zed

Republicans Win Special Elections for 2 Deep-red House Seats in Florida

About -15% for the R candidates than elections six months ago.

Midterms can't arrive soon enough to rid ourselves of the House MAGAts.

Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 10:22 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Domestic Enemy Hat @kenwhite.bsky.social

12h
Something is fundamentally wrong with America when millions of dollars can't buy you a Wisconsin Supreme Court seat, the respect of your children, the silence of your baby mammas, or a functional penis implant.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-02 10:16 AM | Reply | Flagged funny by Corky, newsworthy by Zed, funny by hamburglar

Republicans Win Special Elections for 2 Deep-red House Seats in Florida

WASHINGTON (The Borowitz Report)"After being handed a bruising defeat in the state's Supreme Court election on Tuesday, Elon Musk angrily demanded that Wisconsin pay him back "in full" for the money he poured into the contest.
"I want $20 million wired into my account by end of business Wednesday," the furious South African declared. "And I want it all in cash, none of that worthless crypto ----."
"Until I am refunded, every voter I bribed is my employee," he continued. "As such, I forbid you to work remotely and demand that you report to Tesla headquarters at once."
In a final demand, Musk said he expected to be reimbursed $16.95 for the cost of his cheesehead.

www.borowitzreport.com

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-02 10:07 AM | Reply | Flagged funny by AMERICANUNITY, funny by Corky, newsworthy by Zed, funny by Zed, funny by hamburglar

19 points in District 6
17.6 points in District 1

#16 | Posted by YAV

In the First district in the area around Pensacola, Republican Congressman Matt Gaetz defeated Valimont by 32 points in November. President Trump nominated Gaetz to be his Attorney General. Gaetz later withdrew and left Congress, leaving his seat open. Patronis jumped into the race but was heavily outraised by Valimont, who drew support from Democrats across the country. Patronis' margin of victory was about 15 percentage points, 17 points lower than that seen by Gaetz in November.

In the Sixth district in central Florida, Fine beat Weil by about 14 points. That's a significantly narrower margin than that seen by then-Congressman Mike Waltz in November. Waltz defeated his Democratic opponent by 33 points. He left the seat vacant when he was named Trump's national security adviser. Weil raised ten times more money for his campaign than Fine and Democrats hoped they could pull out a victory in a red district.

www.npr.org

Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-02 10:00 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by censored

Europe's Plan to Ditch US Weapons Spooks Trump Admin

Europe is also ditching Tesla, whose sales are down 30-60% there.

Womp womp.

Posted by AMERICANUNITY at 2025-04-02 09:49 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by censored

Europe's Plan to Ditch US Weapons Spooks Trump Admin

"In the 2024 fiscal year, the United States sold weapons, equipment, and defense services worth a record $318.7 billion. This marked an approximately 28 percent increase compared to 2023."

Destroying record sales made possible by the Biden administration. Good job MAGAts!

Posted by censored at 2025-04-02 09:29 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by TrueBlue, newsworthy by hamburglar

Europe's Plan to Ditch US Weapons Spooks Trump Admin

The money given to Ukraine seems like a bargain

Posted by truthhurts at 2025-04-02 09:28 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by censored, newsworthy by TrueBlue, newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY, newsworthy by hamburglar

When Did the Betrayal Begin?

"On another subject, national security advisor, Mike Waltz, has been using freaking Gmail to send classified info!"

Doesn't that carry mandatory prison time?
Hopefully a Republican knows. They're big on Law and Order.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 09:13 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

-textbook case of TDS

Sure. I guess the facts have TDS too.

"President Donald Trump ordered an immediate evacuation of U.S. troops from Afghanistan and Somalia after his election loss in November 2020"

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 09:10 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by SpeakSoftly

When Did the Betrayal Begin?

textbook case of TDS

We need to draw a bright line between derangement syndrome' and I just hate that -------------.' Too much pure hating is getting categorized as derangement syndromes and it's a disservice to haters everywhere.

Posted by lee_the_agent at 2025-04-02 09:05 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky, newsworthy by shane

Republicans Win Special Elections for 2 Deep-red House Seats in Florida

So glad you posted this. I was just about to do it! This is so typical of the Pro-Birth anti-Life GOP party. Good for the GOP members that joined in on wanting this. "Christian" Mikey J can't stand that women are even in Congress. He sure can't stand them asserting themselves about taking care of their newborns. He just wasn't counting on fathers actually caring about their own kids that much, too!

So "Christian" Mikey J threw a fit!

Posted by YAV at 2025-04-02 08:35 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

A lot of Trump voters are low-information voters who don't even realize other elections exist.

Also, Florida's full of @$$#013$

Posted by hamburglar at 2025-04-02 08:28 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

Republicans Win Special Elections for 2 Deep-red House Seats in Florida

The Wall Street Journal put it well: "The MAGA Backlash Arrives"

Posted by YAV at 2025-04-02 08:23 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

FBI Raid Home of Computer Scientist who Is Now Incommunicado

This is a sampling of the cyber-security research Xiaofeng Wang conducted:

par.nsf.gov

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-02 05:28 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot

DOGE Accesses Federal Payroll System

A solid rejection of Trump/Musk which portends hope for America. Any defeat for racist Nazis is a good thing.

Posted by danni at 2025-04-02 03:35 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

This is to burn all the spies.

There is no other reason.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-02 02:34 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Toxic Algae Killing Sea Lions, Dolphins in California

You've clearly never spent any time around a scientist

#5 | POSTED BY JPW AT 2025-04-02 12:09 AM | FLAG:

Does NatGeo count?

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-02 02:32 AM | Reply | Flagged funny by fortfisher

DOGE Accesses Federal Payroll System

blackmail is my guess.

Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-04-02 01:37 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Republicans Win Special Elections for 2 Deep-red House Seats in Florida

"Which district, Einstein?"

Gaetz's district.

A +30 (R) district. which went (R) by 10. And that's a (R)eason to celebrate?!?

Well, I guess any port in the storm....

Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-02 12:31 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by censored, newsworthy by ClownShack

Toxic Algae Killing Sea Lions, Dolphins in California

" This is what you call evidence?"

There's plenty of evidence. You're arguing conclusions, not facts.

Feel free to proffer your alternate theory.

Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-01 11:59 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by LampLighter

Republicans Win Special Elections for 2 Deep-red House Seats in Florida

@#7 ... Today those margins dropped by more than half.
Escambia county in District 1 that hasn't been blue in decades went blue by 3 points. ...

Yup.

It's fun to see the ad hominem attacks trying to deflect from that reality.

OK, I will state it differently ...

In a deep Red Florida, when the voting results change from a 30+ percentage lead by Republicans to a 15 or so point lead by Republicans ...

What does that say about how non-deep-Red voters view Republicans?

As an aside, it was significant enough that Pres Trump withdrew Stefanik's nomination to the UN.

If the deep-Red Republicans lose 15 or so percentage points in a deep Red state, what does that say about Independents going forward?

Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-01 11:14 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

Republicans Win Special Elections for 2 Deep-red House Seats in Florida

@#5 ... Gaslighter is really firing on all cylinders to get people to post. ...

Ya really need to stop projecting.

Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-01 11:04 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

This was a blowout. Called way earlier than I thought it was going to be, too! Excellent!
This is great news for Wisconsin and for America. YES!

Posted by YAV at 2025-04-01 10:58 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Corky, newsworthy by hamburglar

Republicans Win Special Elections for 2 Deep-red House Seats in Florida

I posted my earlier comments on this thread to see if I could elicit responses by the troll farm

Looks like my tactic worked.

#19 | Posted by LampLighter at 202

Nobody reads that crap you copy and paste you stupid ----.

Posted by fortfisher at 2025-04-01 10:55 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by lfthndthrds, newsworthy by ScottS

33 points in District 6, Waltz won 4 months ago, now 14 points.
32 points in District 1 - Gaetz won just 4 months ago, now 14.6 points.
Today those margins dropped by more than half.
Escambia county in District 1 that hasn't been blue in decades went blue by 3 points.

And then there's Wisconsin. Oh boy, was that a winner for the Democrats!

What a solid, good, hope-filled night!

Please, Republicans, keep doing what you're doing. PLEASE.

Posted by YAV at 2025-04-01 10:55 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by LampLighter

- Posted by shrimptacodan

Making blithering idiots look like Oxford grads on a daily basis.

Posted by Corky at 2025-04-01 10:28 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

#11 BS no asian speaks like that, more like ....

Black man rapin' no one be listenin'

Posted by oneironaut at 2025-04-01 09:44 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by lfthndthrds

Republicans Win Special Elections for 2 Deep-red House Seats in Florida

Black man tak ahh day long, no one risten.

~ Oneironunt

----- diplomat to SFO

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-01 09:39 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by fortfisher

" Pres Trump prevailed by 30 percentage points in one of those districts"

Which district, Einstein? Also Trump wasn't running in the race. Is this how you make yourself feel better with a 27% nationwide approval rate for Democrats?

Posted by lfthndthrds at 2025-04-01 09:35 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by ClownShack

uk.news.yahoo.com

... "If you love your neighbor, if you love this country, show your love. Stop them from doing what they're trying to (do)," he said. ...

Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-01 09:20 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by lfthndthrds

Waltz, Staff Used Gmail for Government Communications

via GIPHY

Posted by fortfisher at 2025-04-01 09:00 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by lfthndthrds

@#6 ... now conducting court-martial level offenses. ...

That's the way it is looking.

Apparently, an obsequious loyalty to Pres Trump removes any obligation to a prior oath to serve the Constitution.

Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-01 08:40 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by OCUser

was hoping he'd stroke out. Damn you liberals are good at crying.

Posted by fortfisher at 2025-04-01 07:57 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by lfthndthrds

At least he managed not to become a traitor to his country doing this. Or a destroy the Western Alliance for Vlad's Birthday.

Nor did he alienate our most natural and long-time Allies. And many swing voters and some of his Base who feel the knife in their back.

Or give out Secret Attack plans to whomever on a public chat.

Corey also somehow managed not to destroy the economy, either . Sounds like a real Win compared the Republican Train Wreck in the WH.

Posted by Corky at 2025-04-01 07:47 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by LampLighter, newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by Sezu

Waltz, Staff Used Gmail for Government Communications

At first, I was shocked.

Like, a Democrat worked for 24 hours straight?

But then, I realized the 'job' only consisted of standing and talking smugly for 24 hours and it was less impressive.

Posted by ScottS at 2025-04-01 07:33 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by shrimptacodan

And National Security Advisor Mike Waltz was in US Army Special Forces fighting the Taliban and HQN, now conducting court-martial level offenses. F#@%ng unbelievable.

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-01 06:42 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by LampLighter, newsworthy by OCUser

Maryland Resident's Deportation 'removal was an error'

"back in 2019"

Doesn't seem to have any relevance to the events of 2025.

If I'm wrong, please set the record straight.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-01 06:24 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building

allowing a kettle of vultures pick clean the bones of America's resources

According to all the waste DODGE has found, it's the democrats/progressives who have been eating the MEAT before they became bones.

Posted by boaz at 2025-04-01 05:54 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by ClownShack

Maryland Resident's Deportation 'removal was an error'

@#9 ... The people responsible for his kidnapping and deportation ...

Kidnapping?

Yeah, that is the way it is looking.

Though I suspect the Courts may have final say on that.

That is, if he lives long enough to be returned and for there to be a court case.

Maybe that's why the Trump admin says there's no way they can bring him back to the US ... why should they bring back the evidence of their admitted error?

Posted by LampLighter at 2025-04-01 05:46 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

Hooters Files for Bankruptcy

Mike Johnson would have to ask his accountability buddy to monitor him while he read this thread.

Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-01 04:53 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by Corky

Maryland Resident's Deportation 'removal was an error'

The people responsible for his kidnapping and deportation should be in prison and that included Trump. Unfortunately the Supreme Court gave Trump immunity from such crimes.

Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-04-01 04:51 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

Maryland Resident's Deportation 'removal was an error'

Sorry, no takebacks, so say the MAGA dorks who sent this guy to a possible death in a very dangerous place. Meanwhile, Cosplay Barbie Noem will soon state that they had to send this guy to a hellhole because, well, he's brown. I'll wager that upon learning of their mistake the US will stop paying his room and board at the Salvadoran prison in which he is stuck, because why should the US pay to house some guy they don't know?

This man will be lucky to get out alive. If so, he's going to lawyer up. If not, well he will dumped in a pit somewhere in Central America...

Posted by catdog at 2025-04-01 04:50 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

Waltz, Staff Used Gmail for Government Communications

LOCK HIM UP!!!

OCU

Posted by OCUser at 2025-04-01 04:46 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Maryland Resident's Deportation 'removal was an error'

The Trump administration now says there's nothing it can do to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to U.S. custody.

Fascist pigs.

Posted by Alexandrite at 2025-04-01 04:24 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by AMERICANUNITY

Maryland Resident's Deportation 'removal was an error'

This administration is one big error

Posted by hamburglar at 2025-04-01 03:54 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Alexandrite

Mass Murderer Believed He Was Fulfilling Trump's Wishes, his Attorney says

THIS IS STOCHASTIC TERRORISM!

"Is there no one who will rid me of_____________?

A) "these Meddlesome Invaders"

B) "these Meddlesome Judges"

C) "this Meddlesome Priest"

D) "these Meddlesome Fact Checkers"

Posted by Wardog at 2025-04-01 03:10 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by SpeakSoftly

Yeah see one day Fishy is going to be a billionaire, too, so he's always voted for the billionaire agenda.

It only makes sense.

#8 | Posted by Corky at 2025-04-01 01:38 PM | Reply | Flag:
(Choose)

You better be nicer to billionaires, they are the ones who pay the taxes that you live off.

Posted by fishpaw at 2025-04-01 02:31 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by Angrydad

Don't worry FishPawn, I know quite well you have nothing to contribute to the conversation.

Just remember, you sold out the nation so the wealthy could have another tax cut.

#7 | Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-01 01:34 PM | Reply | Flag:
(Choose)

Interesting how all of you were crowing about the Biden economy and how great it was. The Trump tax cuts were in place then. Did you know that?

Posted by fishpaw at 2025-04-01 02:29 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by Angrydad

Putin to Conscript 160,000 More Russians for Ukraine War

Yeah see one day Fishy is going to be a billionaire, too, so he's always voted for the billionaire agenda.

It only makes sense.

Posted by Corky at 2025-04-01 01:38 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Angrydad

the result will be an indelible stain on our country's flag and a domestic stench which will cause nearly every foreigner to avoid these shores for years to come...

#3 | POSTED BY CATDOG

The Trump talk about attacking a NATO ally has already stained our flag and its standing on the world and strained our relationships with close ally's that were built over 70 years.

And the maga maroons are out bragging about it as tho it's a good thing.

Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-01 01:37 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by censored

China Launches Massive Military Drills Around Taiwan

We've got the US President threatening to take over Greenland and Canada while supporting Russian's annexation of Ukraine. Why wouldn't China just do the same with Taiwan? It's not like the US is going to do anything about it.

Posted by johnny_hotsauce at 2025-04-01 01:36 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by Sezu, newsworthy by MBlue, newsworthy by TrueBlue, newsworthy by Whatsleft

Putin to Conscript 160,000 More Russians for Ukraine War

Blah, Blah, blah
#5 | POSTED BY FISHPAWN

Don't worry FishPawn, I know quite well you have nothing to contribute to the conversation.

Just remember, you sold out the nation so the wealthy could have another tax cut.

Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-01 01:34 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Angrydad

The Russkies are doing so well in their defensive war against Ukrainian aggression that they want more young Russians to join in the impending glory, thus the invitation for more locals to come along so as to stand in a field and be fired upon by the enemy's shotgun-firing drones (be sure to wave to the camera for the folks back home).

Z is doing the right thing by continuing the fight until his demands for the return of Ukrainian land and children are met. The European countries MUST continue their supply of money and weapons as that will bring Vlad to the table, or better yet, cause him to order a wholesale retreat back to Mother Russia.

As for our country's despot, I'll wager he will see resignations left, right and center from the senior ranks of the US Military, if any action into Canada or Greenland is ordered. The only military leaders left will send troops to be shot by snipers and vomited upon in any populated area in either country. If such incursions take place, the result will be an indelible stain on our country's flag and a domestic stench which will cause nearly every foreigner to avoid these shores for years to come...

Posted by catdog at 2025-04-01 01:30 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by donnerboy

I will never understand how trumpers keep eating this shht sandwich and telling us how delicious it is.

Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-01 01:29 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by MBlue

Why don't you ever say why Trump's policies are wrong and how your party would do it differently?

Sure

Here's a policy that is wrong:

"This removal was an error," a top Immigration and Customs Enforcement official wrote in a statement to a federal judge. Kilmar Abrego Garcia, a Salvadoran, was on one of three deportation flights to his home country on March 15 amid a frantic legal fight over President Donald Trump's decision to invoke war powers to hasten the deportation of more than 100 Venezuela nationals to El Salvador. In addition to the Venezuelans subject to Trump's invocation of the Alien Enemies Act were other deportees with purported gang ties. The Trump administration now says there's nothing it can do to facilitate Abrego Garcia's return to U.S. custody.

What my party would do differently?

We would give people Due Process.

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-01 01:26 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by lfthndthrds

#4 Blah, Blah, end of democracy, blah, Trump is Hitler, blah, blah, blah. Grow up you temper tantrum throwing baby.
Why don't you ever say why Trump's policies are wrong and how your party would do it differently?

Posted by fishpaw at 2025-04-01 01:23 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by lfthndthrds, funny by Angrydad

"For reasons no one can understand, Trump is starting trade wars with our allies and the rest of the world."

Republicans consider themselves so stupid that they can't understand what Trump is doing.

But they still trust Trump.

You can't make this stuff up, but you can live out your curtailed golden years in abject poverty because of it!

Posted by snoofy at 2025-04-01 01:22 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Angrydad

Mirror, mirror on the wall, who's the richest of them all?

Whenever I read a response on DR by a Trump supporter, I'm reminded of Ron White's oh so true line " You can't fix stupid".

Posted by Foreigner at 2025-04-01 01:20 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack, newsworthy by Angrydad

Billionaires have no right to exist.

Posted by LegallyYourDead at 2025-04-01 01:18 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by qcp

Musk Says He'll Step Down from DOGE in May

If Musk steps down, who becomes President?

Posted by eightfifteenpm at 2025-04-01 01:14 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by Wardog, funny by censored, funny by AMERICANUNITY

DOGE Is Trying to Gift Itself a $500 Million Building

Brazen, panoptic crimes are taking place left and right, 24/7 under the Trumpf junta. Thank you Republican voters for allowing a kettle of vultures pick clean the bones of America's resources: thumbs.dreamstime.com

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-01 01:12 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

FishPawn is eager for his family to be strapped with the burden of paying for Trump's tariffs and tax cuts.

Or perhaps FishPawn, and the rest of our resident Trumpers are secret billionaires who spend all their free time on the DR.

Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-01 01:08 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Angrydad, newsworthy by Sezu

Musk Says He'll Step Down from DOGE in May

Same thing happened to Rome before its collapse. A weak senate abdicated their power to Ceasar and Rome had its first king.

Same thing happened in Germany, the Nazis silenced all opposition and seized power.

Same thing is happening here in America. We have a subservient Republican Congress who Trump has rendered absolutely impotent. They serve absolutely no purpose and are sitting idly by as Trump governs America by executive order.

Not to mention everyone ignoring Musk and his band of incel hackers still having full unfettered access to all this nations and every Americans private information.

The Trump administration will end this nation as it's been for the past century.

Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-01 12:57 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by lee_the_agent

"Looks like Mr Musk has some trouble with numbers ..."

He claimed SS was not only a Ponzi scheme, but the biggest one in history.

He's not only ignorant of Ponzi schemes, he's ignorant of the actual equilibrium equation of Social Security.

We know it's an equilibrium equation, because it was in surplus after Reagan changed the withholding rates.

Regardless: THEY WANT TO SLASH $2 TRILLION, SO THEY CAN BORROW TWICE AS MUCH TO GIVE OVER 60% TO THE WORLD'S WEALTHIEST ONE-TENTH OF ONE PERCENT.

Let's see a show of hands: who's for borrowing MORE, so we can give away MORE tax cuts to the wealthy???

Posted by Danforth at 2025-04-01 12:45 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by LampLighter, newsworthy by censored, newsworthy by Wardog, newsworthy by TrueBlue

Trump doesn't care because this "tax increase" effects the working class FAR more than the wealthy. Those who need to spend their entire paycheck to live will be effected way more than those who don't. Such wide ranging tariffs are actually a way to pass that libertarian wet dream, the so called "fair tax". Where only purchases get taxed.

#6 | Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-04-01 12:21 PM | Reply

You mean that same working class that voted for Trump because they needed to spend their entire paycheck to live while Biden/Harris were in office?

Posted by fishpaw at 2025-04-01 12:29 PM | Reply | Flagged funny by Angrydad

Posted by Whatsleft at 2025-04-01 12:21 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack, newsworthy by Sezu

That is because of the web front end codebase.

Thank you.

And that front end codebase is written in Java/HTML/etc and THAT can't handle high volume in instances.

Posted by brass30 at 2025-04-01 12:18 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Yes, thanks for making my point.

#26 | POSTED BY ONEIRONAUT

You have no point.

If an IT system is old and needs upgrading your solutions to fire every one who knows it and understands it and send in random right wing radical hackers to reprogram it on the fly without any planning or approvals by Congress and make it worse.

Yeah. That's just fricking brilliant.

Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-01 12:15 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by LampLighter, newsworthy by ClownShack, newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by TrueBlue

"We now live in the Trump era, where the president's terrible ideas are made real by a team of enablers and toadies. Democracy may die in darkness, but under Trump, it's just as liable to die in dumbness."

Bret Stephens, New York Times

Posted by SomebodyElse at 2025-04-01 12:03 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack, newsworthy by lee_the_agent

The SSA site is getting hammered. It was down yesterday, too. Trump-Musk are trying to destroy SSA. They've created panic. They are a curse and enemies of the people of the Untied States.

Posted by YAV at 2025-04-01 12:01 PM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

In 2023, the Social Security website crashed four times within a 10 day period due to server overload ...

You do realize stable systems encounter issues and support staff have to react to it and correct it.

Ever work in IT?

Posted by brass30 at 2025-04-01 11:57 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

IMO, the only goal for SSA DOGE is denial of benefits for as long as possible. My bet is that when they announce the roll out of their replacement masterpiece it will require in-person re-enrollment in order to claim benefits. Likely the re-enrollment process will be initial denial of benefits followed by a lengthy review process, also in-person. Why else eliminate phone access and reduce staff?

Let's face it squarely, we are viewed as nonessential drains on capital. The capital that they think rightly belongs to approved fund managers, CEOs and corporate governance boards.

Posted by Hickory at 2025-04-01 11:48 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

I haven't read all the comments yet, but I work in IT and actually at a COBOL shop.

To rewrite/implment an entire Social Security system in a matter of "months" is impossible.

Posted by brass30 at 2025-04-01 11:47 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Yup. Next the empire drops troops onto Alderaan (called Greenland in our Galaxy)

Since my ascension, I have allowed a convenient fiction to persist"that the Empire is merely a continuation of the Republic. The Imperial Senate remains"an illusion of many voices coming together to govern. In truth, there is only one voice. Mine."
Emperor Sheev Palpatine, to Darth Vader

Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-01 11:29 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by Whatsleft

I heard that Uzbecky-beckistan is going to pay for it.

#2 | POSTED BY CENSORED

I heard it was the Dutch.

But no one has told them yet. They are still pissed about Trumpy Shady JD trying to fondle Greenland.

Posted by donnerboy at 2025-04-01 11:22 AM | Reply | Flagged funny by censored

The life insurance admin system I work on is written entirely in COBOL. Several few years ago, they tried to convert it to Java...and finally gave up after three years and who knows how much money. I've coded COBOL daily for 25 years and converting it to pseudo code a Java, .net or other high level language programmer can understand is not easy.

Posted by HeeHaw at 2025-04-01 10:00 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by DarkVader, newsworthy by hamburglar

Voter Suppression is a major problem in America

Posted by hamburglar at 2025-04-01 09:58 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by redlightrobot

And I wish it was just limited to the economy. But his executive orders and DOGE are going to kill scientific innovation in our country which will move us behind Europe, China, and India. Additionally he is killing our traditional alliances so the country will be less secure.

All of this will lead to either vast domestic unrest which Trump will declare Martial Law or giving up and capitulation--either way Trump will use it to stay in power as long as he can while it all burns to the ground except for the ultra rich who will have escape options.

Posted by MBlue at 2025-04-01 09:55 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ClownShack, newsworthy by lee_the_agent

Rogue SSA
@alt-ssa.altgov.info

This is so bad. Worse than people can imagine.

When you work in our systems, you're generally working in dozens of separate programs that interact with the COBOL architecture. Every one of those would need to be rebuilt. Even if they succeed in migrating, no one would be able to do their jobs.

bsky.app

Posted by Gal_Tuesday at 2025-04-01 09:41 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by DarkVader, newsworthy by hamburglar

Didn't Star Wars predict this whole scenario over 20 years ago?

Posted by ExpectingReign at 2025-04-01 09:37 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by MBlue

The Coming Recession Will Be Self-Inflicted

And it will make Trump billions by shorting the stock market for the recession that he caused.

Are White House insiders using Trump's tariff announcements to play the stock market?
www.latimes.com

Posted by censored at 2025-04-01 09:05 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by TrueBlue, newsworthy by MBlue, newsworthy by lee_the_agent

Look, what's happening is that no matter how bad the economy gets MAGA will lie about it and say that it's fine.

We're already getting a taste of that here in this forum.

Believe your own eyes; believe what you see. And don't obey MAGA threats to keep quiet about it.

Posted by Zed at 2025-04-01 09:03 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by MBlue, newsworthy by ClownShack, newsworthy by lee_the_agent

Self-inflicted? As in Trump took the economy into the gravel pit and shot it?

Posted by Zed at 2025-04-01 09:01 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by MBlue, newsworthy by ClownShack, newsworthy by lee_the_agent

The Real Cost of DOGE

The idea that Dotard and Elmo are smart businessmen is a myth on par with tax cuts create revenue.

Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-01 08:58 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Florida: Bus Driver Shoots and Kills Two Pax After Argument

The pattern is predictable....

1. Announce tariffs.

2. Markets tumble.

3. His cronies buy in.

4. Retreat on tariffs.

5. Markets rebound.

6. The cronies sell off.

7. Lather, rinse, repeat.

Most
Corrupt
Preznit
Ever.

Posted by Nixon at 2025-04-01 08:56 AM | Reply | Flagged funny by lfthndthrds, newsworthy by qcp, newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by lee_the_agent, newsworthy by redlightrobot

This sums up American carnage under Krasnov Fats.

time.com

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-01 07:09 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by C0RI0LANUS

Putin to Conscript 160,000 More Russians for Ukraine War

So much for the demented orange pedo's truce.

Posted by reinheitsgebot at 2025-04-01 06:24 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Toxic Algae Killing Sea Lions, Dolphins in California

What is a woman?
#5 | Posted by BellRinger

In this case, it would be the ~80% of individuals in opposite-sex marriage who change their names, so their birth certificates no longer match their voter registration names.

Posted by censored at 2025-04-01 05:45 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar

Dead zones in the world's seas are increasing from rising ocean temperatures and pollution: www.cbc.ca

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-01 01:11 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar, newsworthy by SpeakSoftly, newsworthy by redlightrobot

Florida: Bus Driver Shoots and Kills Two Pax After Argument

Dotard Trumpf at his first inauguration (2017): "This American carnage stops right here and right now."

Posted by C0RI0LANUS at 2025-04-01 12:48 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by ichiro, newsworthy by Nixon, newsworthy by hamburglar

A woman is a vagina which children come out of.

Ta da!

Just face it. That's all it boils down to for misogynists.

They need to know who they can rape.

Posted by ClownShack at 2025-04-01 12:43 AM | Reply | Flagged newsworthy by hamburglar