What he's actually saying is that big tax cuts for billionaires will cause pain for average Americans and both he and Musk don't give a crap. They won't feel any pain and that's all either one of them care about.

"The swaggering blowhards? Neutered, dumb as rocks poosy cats in thrall to someone who growls louder. They are actually quite dangerous."

They are dangerous because they really aren't Alphas, they are Betas who think jwcked up 4 wheel drive pickup trucks with loud exhaust systems somehow turns them into Alphas. The are also not leaders; they are followers looking for some leader who talks tough and who is unashamedly racist, homophobic, xenophobic, misogynist, transphobic, etc. just like they are. They are boiling in rage because a black guy, or worse, a black woman got the promotion they wanted but wasn't qualified for. And deep down they think deporting millions on immigrants will finally open up the path for them to succeed without all the competition from immigrants. Problem is, they still won't succeed because they don't have the abilities necessary to succeed. Trump is a Beta too, that's why he needs Musk and Putin to tell him what to do.

In the indictment didn't it say he lied to t, so then I suspecy that the IG's testimony in his trial will be critical to his conviction and sentencing which to me says the IG was important oversight at the Federal Reserve as I suspect it also was in all the agencies where Trump arbitrarily fired them without even fully understanding the important functions they did. Trump is a big fat stupid bull in a china shop and we will be cleaning up the mess long after he is gone.

"Lawful and unlawful are meaningless words now"

Musk's Nazi salute told the whole story; Americans either recognized it for what it meant the day he did it or they will slowly figure it out over the next four years. These days I am getting many desperate pleas for help from Democrats who see the mid-term elections as our only hope to save our democracy and I think I am quickly coming to the conclusion that they are right and that we are in an emergency and it is going to take a very unified and powerful Democratic Party to save America just like 1932!

I do understand that Trump and his Fascist regime may decide to pull out of various human rights treaties entered inti during Presidencies prior to his own but treaties are approved by Congress so to pull the U.S, out of a treaty it would also require an act of Congress.

So the rabid MAGA haters might face some delays in their attempts to eliminate asylum as a legal way for immigrants to justify before a judge the reasons that asylum should be granted. I know people stuck in the quick sand of pur immigration courts who have been waiting over a year just to get a court date; we desperately need more immigration courts and judges to clear the backlogs of cases. As it is now, if a person has money for lawyers their case will be heard fairly quickly but if they don't have monet thwy just wait endlessly and realize many of these peopje are very well educated with employment opportunities waiting as soon as a judge decides they can work here. And the "Catch 22" is that if they can work they could afford a lawyer.

"Illegal immigrants don't have any rights though."

"We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty and the pursuit of Happiness."

It was interesting I think yhat the word "unalienable" was used in the sentence discussing rights.

"Asylum is a human right that protects people fleeing persecution or conflict. International law protects the rights of asylum seekers, refugees, and migrants.
International laws that protect asylum seekers
The 1951 UN Refugee Convention
Protects refugees from being returned to countries where they risk persecution
The 1967 Protocol to the 1951 UN Refugee Convention
Expands the right to asylum
The Universal Declaration of Human Rights
Article 14 states that everyone has the right to seek asylum from persecution
The principle of non-refoulement
Enshrined in the 1951 Refugee Convention, this principle states that asylum seekers cannot be returned to situations where their lives or freedoms would be in danger
How the United States protects asylum seekers
The Refugee Act of 1980 incorporated the definition of a refugee from the 1951 UN Refugee Convention into U.S. immigration law
People granted asylum in the U.S. are legally allowed to remain in the country without fear of deportation
Asylees can apply to become permanent residents and eventually citizens"

I recall, one time Trump went outside holdinf a Bible upside down and that convinced Christians he shared their beliefs. when to when he wants their votes and nothing more than that. WWJD? Does anyone think He would be rounding up and incarcerating those undocumented people and shippong them to a concentration camp in Cuba? I would have to say this rivals the roundimg up and incarceration of Americans of Japanese ancestry during WWII; maybe it would have been more fair to have rounded up those of German descent too? One does have to wonder why the descendants of Germans weren't treated the same as those of Japanese descent? Just like Trump's plan for the illegal immigrants today? Think it has anything to do with the color of their skin? I just don't think I wiil be able to tolerate MAGA Christians without laughing in their faces from now on.

I watched Trump slsndering the air traffic control people and claing his administration would bring in much more qualified and intelligent people but I was thinking as I watched him lie; we've seen the quality of professiionals he will bring in by watching the cabinet choices he has made and sorry but most of them couldn't find a management position anywhere in the private sector. But then neither could Trump himself. How long can he fool his stupid supporters by blaming previou administrations for everything that goes wrong? Right now his lunatic base will believe any lie he tells them but that won't last very long. I think it was Harry Truman who kept a sign on his desk that said "The buck stops here!" Trump will have one that says "Don't lblame me, it's Obama's or Biden's fault!"

Watched Trump today doing a short press conference about the crash where he claimed that his administration is only hiring the most in; I just hope it isn't during a critical emergency.telligent and bwst qualified people to serve in his administration. He seems to be unaware that we see his Cabinet appointees on TV. be drunk They are far from the most intelligent and most qualified. Theie only qualification is loyalty to Donald Trump over loyalty to country. RFK Jr. was asked how his views on abortion changed so radically on abortion when Donald Trump offered to appoint him the HHS Secretary appointment. He mumbled ll be apparent when they start trying to manage huge departments with thousands of thsomething virtually incoherent. Question everyone is asking themselves is will the Sec. of Defense be drunk if we should be attacked? So many others whose only qualification is loyalty to Trump. Their shocking incompetence will be viewed by millions; I just hope not during a critical moment.

The majority of people we call Mexican could qualify as indigenous if DNA was the deciding criteria.

Not a good time to point fingers assigning blame.

"It looks to me to be more of a purge of those who adhere to their oath of service to the Country, i.e., the Constitution, instead of declaring their fealty to Pres Trump."

a/k/a Democrats

It's a purge of all Democrats. Dicyayors first step is to pyge oppositiom and consolidate power; text book path ptobably recommrnded by Vladimir Putin.Never expected we would have a American President so subservient to a Russian dictator. Sad day for America. Left wing commentators are referring to our Vichy government; where is Charles De Galle?

He could always invadeIraq like Bush Sr. //////7 Jr. did. Yjenopposition to the President can be called "unpatriotic."

So, none of the MAGAs are concerned about cultting trillions in revenue to pay for tax cuts for the wealthy and understand the direct effect that has on inflation. So, in other words, the MAGA's complaints about inflation were jusure parttisan*pplitics and If the MAGAs ever want to see their own or their children's lives better they will have to move past such partisanw income group they want to get ahead and support all low income groups getting ahead! Unfortunately, MAGAs, you got a little work to do there. Too much resentment when a black or brown person gets a promotion. You have to stop resenting promwithout racism of any kind!otions ans start celebrating them regardless of skin color and black and brown people need to stop resenting when white people get ahead! We would all do better t demand billionaires pay their without racism of any kind! But wealthy Americans know, if they can keep us hating each other, we won't dee, car payment, car insurance, propemand that billionaires pay their fair share in taxes; like the same percentage a parent with three kids earning $40,000 pays. Oh no, billionaires would call that highway robbery even though they cam pay it with zero personal pain or discomfort. But that wage earner earning $40,000 has real problems meeting all the BASIC expenses they need to; like rent or mortgage, car payment, car insurance, property insurance; required by mortgage company, day care for kids, etc. Excuse me, but do any of you feel billionaires are overtaxed?
FBI
Let's think about that for a moment; do you feelthat the police, FBI,ARE AS CONCERNdE ABOUT YOUR SAFESTY as they are about billionaires? If you do, I have a bridge in Brooklyn for sale! Point being, we spend far more proportionately protecting the very rich than the rest of us and why shouldn't they pay for it?
Furthermore: Do you honestly believe our courts are unbiased towards the rich proprty owners or that our entire legal system, so dependend up on professional legal representation doesn't benefit those who can afford legal representation as opposed to those who can't.

The elected leaders should be focused on the real problems in this state whight up to thw water's edgeich are causing Floridians to lose their homes. 1. The stupidly writtn condo law inspired by the collapse of one building in a state with thousands of condo buildings in no danger of collapse but the engineering firms recommend unnecessary repairs thafor a tiny fraction of their actual worth, tear them down and build something taller on the same piece of land.t cost millions of dollars which only benefits developers who can buy the empty buildings. 2. The property insurance industry is disregarding the actual risk on the east coast of Florida which is very low and basing rates on the Gulf (of Mexico) Coast where the developers have been building right up to the water's edge which is a recipe for disaster but which gives them huge profits by overpricinf coverage in areas with li; but our Governor and Legislature are bought and paid for by the insurance industry.ttle or no risk.
Instead these ass****s pander to Trump and his racist agenda.

Republicans just hate elections because they hate democracy.

They just aren't satisfied with the numbers of women dying after miscarriagea without proper medical care following miscarriages. More deaths for women please! Ghouls!

Blatant racism, I think we're all waiting for a MAGA to defend this but they can't so thore ey'll ignore it as usual. Donald Trump is and always has bwwn a eacist piece of filth. Could use strongerm more appropriatw words but moderation rules and sometimes stands in the way of truth.

"CVN-81 will the 4th Ford class aircraft carrier and it's due to be named after a black guy. Lewzer better get on that ASAP."

He'll probably name it after himself! Remember when theMAGAts would get offended when we called him a racist? He may as wejj pull hisNAZI regalia out of storage and start talking abouy the Gernan Master Race! Putin probably won't like that though and decide to annes the United States, If he does we should impeach him and draft Zelensky for President; we would need a President with balls and that ain't Trumpf.

Hopefully an intervention by God will occur which will solve the problem.

OMG! Why is she bringing Christian vlues back into the Church? As I've been informed by my, so called Christian ewlatives,
"Trump won, we're in charge now!" I think that the Right Rev. Mariann Edgar Budde, schooled Trump and all the Freaking Evangelicals who forgot the real meaning of Christianirsty. I just don't remember the passage in the Bible where Jesus called for tax cuts for billionaires! If you do please quote it here! And where is the passage about deporting millions of poor people who just wanr to come here and work? Trump calls them "murders ans rapists" but he has raped more women than 99.9% of the people he wants to deport and 99.9% of them have done more work in rgeir lives than he and all of his kids have done combined. i';; just finosj ny asking any Evangelica;s that dare come here and I lnpw they are few but still o'll ask, "how can you vote for the raxisr behinf the accusations Donald Trunp advertiswd on full page ads in the New York Times which were later proven to be untrue? And whivh he never apolofized for?

"Mr. Hegseth, what do yoy say to these allegations?" And furthermore, "I am not drunkish"

Mr, Hegseth, "Huh?, what?"
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"I hope that theory hasn't escaped Denmark's Prime Minister."

I doubt it hasn't occurred to our Generals.

"What can possibly go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong, go wrong,v with this logic?
Is AI already in charge and malfunvtioning just like every other computer controlled thing in history? AI won't change anything it will just multiply the harm.