Was he presented with the, ~retire or be fired~ dictum?

@#262 ... Me or the DNC? ...

Both.

Both have had failed strategies.

But the whole Jill Stein thing has gotten old.

She will never win a nation-wide election.

So, why does she continue to waste peoples' money trying to that goal?

On the other hand Mayor Mamdani had a strategy that worked.

... Easily discredited propaganda ...

Yeah, that seems to be what is currently being discovered about the Trump Admin.

A question of, "~believe what we tell you to believe~ vs. ~believe your own eyes in the videos you see.~

Pres Trump seems to have gotten away with that approach regarding J6 (~peaceful demonstrators~).

But, now it seems to be more of a ~Fool me once, shame on you. Fool me twice, shame on me~ type of issue.

... The 2A people are coming out in droves against ICE after the Alex Pretti shooting. ...

(I presume 2A means Second Amendment, if not, please correct me)

It is looking that way.

Even the NRA has exited the closet on this issue.

So, as AG Bondi seems to state, Pres Trump's private militia invasion of Minneapolis is not about immigrants, but about trying to affect the next elections?

@#260 ... Well then, America is ------.

Stuck between choosing between oligarchy party #1 or oligarchy party #2. ...

Possibly.

But Jill Stein?

I mean, really.

A candidate whose candidacy only seems to keep Republicans in power.

Maybe, look towards a better strategy for 2028?

@#17 ... Majority isn't the way our system works. ...

100% agreement on that.

The Electoral College is how our system works.

OK, beyond that, I was replying to a comment that said, "this is what we voted for."

We did not vote for this.

The Electoral College voted for this.

Apologies for the wall-of-text.

But NBC News seems to be going to the heart of the matter in their article.

More from the article ...

... The Chinese Defense Ministry said in a statement Saturday that Gen. Zhang Youxia, vice chairman of the Central Military Commission which controls the armed forces, was under investigation and accused of serious "violations of discipline and law."

Liu Zhenli, another People's Liberation Army general and a lower member of the commission who was in charge of the Joint Staff Department, was also put under investigation, the ministry said.

The statement gave no details about the allegations against them or the charges they were facing. But an editorial Sunday in the Liberation Army Daily newspaper, the mouthpiece of the country's armed forces, suggested that Zhang, 75, was accused of corruption and possibly disloyalty to Xi. ...

"This is a reminder coming directly from President Xi Jinping, that political loyalty stands well before combat readiness," he told NBC News in a telephone interview Monday. "Political disloyalty is a cardinal sin inside the party. And the message is clear: it's a political accusation," he said. "I think the message is extremely clear, no one is safe."

Xi could have let Zhang, 75, retire to save face, he said, adding that this was "very important in China." ...

Of the six generals Xi appointed to the commission in 2022, only one is left, allowing the president to consolidate power, but also heightening the risk of a military miscalculation when it comes to Taiwan, according Steve Tsang, the director of the China Institute at SOAS University of London.

"Removing generals like Zhang means that there will not be any general who would dare to advise Xi against a military adventure when the time comes, and this increases the risk of a miscalculation," he said in an email Monday. ...

@#20 ... where he is expected to retire soon ...

So, maybe the Pres Trump telling him... retire, or be fired? You're killing my polling ...

@#19

Found this ...

Bovino removed from his role as US Border Patrol commander at large, The Atlantic reports

@#57 ... I don't understand the American obsession with displaying/bringing weapons in the public sphere. ...

Nor do I.

But I also do not deny them that Constitutionally protected right to do so, as Trump Admin officials seem to want to do.

@#1 ... He has a future with ICE - if Trump's ICE is still around when he gets out of prison... ...

Looks that way.

@#256 ... You're lying, as usual. ...

Looks that way.

Apparently, nothing more than the usual self-admitted trolling for replies.

So sad.

Craving for such a level of attention on a message board.

Now that Pres Trump seems actively to be diminishing NATO, is Pres Putin laying the groundwork for his next unprovoked invasion target?

More from the article ...

... The Russian state-sponsored APT named Sandworm was behind the December 2025 cyberattack targeting Poland's power grid, cybersecurity firm ESET reports.

Poland's energy infrastructure, including two combined heat and power (CHP) plants and a renewable energy management system, was targeted by hackers on December 29-30, and Polish officials blamed Russia for the assault.

Said to have been the largest cyberattack against Poland in years, the December 2025 incident was thwarted before it could cause a blackout or compromise critical infrastructure, the country's officials said earlier this month. ,,,

@#14 ... I doubt there will be any pivot. Just Damage Control. ...

I'd tend to agree.

Pres Trump sees the polling, and he now seems to be trying to control the damage he caused in the polls.

If Pres Trump's polling on immigration goes negative, what does he have to fall back on?

His efforts on inflation?

@#252 ... Republican leaders in the House thought they had a deal on immigration. ...

Even the Democrats were on board to pass it.

But then, Pres Trump deep-sixed the bill that the Republicans and his White House wanted.

@#13 ... this is what we voted for ...

Less than half of "we" voted for this.

... "This killing is not an isolated incident. It is part of a broader pattern in which ICE, with its paramilitary-style operations, has been unleashed to carry out violent and abusive enforcement and detention practices with little oversight or accountability. ...

What type of training has ICE received?

Have they been trained in working among peaceful protesters?

Unlike local law enforcement officers, who are their to serve the people of their community, ICE seems to be there to control the strangers they meet in the community.

Pres Trump has become so toxic to Republicans running for office that he opted not to run?

Will other Republicans follow his suit?