President Trump and US politics catchall

Where goats go to escape
User avatar
tabascoboy
Posts: 6675
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:22 am
Location: 曇りの街

Firewater
Posts: 74
Joined: Wed Feb 12, 2025 1:19 pm

dpedin wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 8:28 am
Firewater wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 7:57 am
Kiwias wrote: Fri Mar 14, 2025 11:14 am

The judge had to remind herself not to let her anger take over. Remarkable indeed.
This ruling will be overturned. And rightly so
You've not read the detail of the case have you, in particular the legal argument behind the Judges decision? The DOJ got eviscerated for its preparation for the case, trying to change its submission when challenged and for the substance of what it was trying to defend. On a purely legal basis there is no chance it will be overturned ... however in Trumpland we now know the rule of law means feck all unfortunately.
It will be and should be overturned

If low level district court judges want to make decisions like this run for office.
User avatar
Enzedder
Posts: 3839
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:55 pm
Location: Hamilton NZ

Firewater wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 8:42 pm
dpedin wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 8:28 am
Firewater wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 7:57 am

This ruling will be overturned. And rightly so
You've not read the detail of the case have you, in particular the legal argument behind the Judges decision? The DOJ got eviscerated for its preparation for the case, trying to change its submission when challenged and for the substance of what it was trying to defend. On a purely legal basis there is no chance it will be overturned ... however in Trumpland we now know the rule of law means feck all unfortunately.
It will be and should be overturned

If low level district court judges want to make decisions like this run for office.
That's not how it works. He has a case presented to him and he makes a judgement as he MUST do. The parties can appeal it up the line if they want.
I drink and I forget things.
User avatar
Niegs
Posts: 3570
Joined: Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:20 pm

tabascoboy wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 4:03 pm
I know some Conservatives that now see Poilievre is a negative nerd who's got nothing going for him now that Trudeau's gone.

I think he fucked it in going totally on that route when the history of our elections should have told him that people were already tired of him and he could have pulled in even more people by positively going "I'm going to be middle of the road and here are some things we'll do to ease the cost of living because the pandemic screwed a lot of things for a lot of you."

Instead, this is his playbook...
User avatar
tabascoboy
Posts: 6675
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 8:22 am
Location: 曇りの街

Biffer
Posts: 9717
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:43 pm

Tornadoes running all over the Midwest. 12 dead.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevx7lkznm1o

Missouri, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, all red states who voted for Trump and now they get limited warnings because the weather service is being cut and they’ll get no help from FEMA because it’s gone.
And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
Rhubarb & Custard
Posts: 2177
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 4:04 pm

Biffer wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 8:38 am Tornadoes running all over the Midwest. 12 dead.

https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cevx7lkznm1o

Missouri, Tennessee, Oklahoma, Arkansas, Louisiana, Mississippi, all red states who voted for Trump and now they get limited warnings because the weather service is being cut and they’ll get no help from FEMA because it’s gone.
DOGE perhaps haven't had the time yet to turn off the Joe Biden designed Jewish space lasers ruining the weather for ordinary Americans
dpedin
Posts: 3213
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:35 am

Enzedder wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 9:55 pm
Firewater wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 8:42 pm
dpedin wrote: Sat Mar 15, 2025 8:28 am

You've not read the detail of the case have you, in particular the legal argument behind the Judges decision? The DOJ got eviscerated for its preparation for the case, trying to change its submission when challenged and for the substance of what it was trying to defend. On a purely legal basis there is no chance it will be overturned ... however in Trumpland we now know the rule of law means feck all unfortunately.
It will be and should be overturned

If low level district court judges want to make decisions like this run for office.
That's not how it works. He has a case presented to him and he makes a judgement as he MUST do. The parties can appeal it up the line if they want.
DOGE told OPM to issue a template letter/email using poor performance as the reason why they were summarily sacking employees in order to avoid due process and costs of sacking folk. Letters were sent out to 1,000s of folk who had exemplary performance and service records and this was all recorded on their files. Turns out Judge has seen through the smoke and mirrors, saw it for exactly what it was and deemed it illegal and order immediate re employment and a cease on all similar cases in a number of other depts. The DOJ presented a shite defence and almost ran away when challenged. This could cost the US Gov a lot more $$$ than any savings they might have made. Musk and his bunch of useless, inexperienced laptop warriors getting their arses handed to them!
User avatar
fishfoodie
Posts: 8532
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:25 pm

There's no depth they won't sink to.
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed from its website information and educational materials about the history of black and female service members.

Some of the content unpublished from the site was on veterans who had received the nation's highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor, according to military news site Task & Purpose.

The content removal is part of a larger effort by President Donald Trump to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in the military and throughout the federal government.

Approximately 400,000 veterans are buried in the Army-run cemetery, which was established after the US Civil War at the home of the South's general, Robert E. Lee.

On the cemetery's website, internal links that directed users to webpages with information about the "Notable Graves" of dozens of black, Hispanic and female veterans were missing on Friday.

The pages contained short biographies about veterans such as Gen Colin L Powell, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is the highest rank in the military after the president.

They also told the life stories of members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the country's first black military airmen.

Earlier this year, the Defense Department had to reinstate training materials on the revered airmen after a national outcry over their removal following Trump's orders on DEI.

Information on Hector Santa Anna, a World War II bomber pilot and career military leader who has been called a hero of the war, has been taken down, as well.

Visitors to the site may also have trouble finding information, as links to major sections have disappeared. It no longer lists pages for African American History, Hispanic American History and Women's History.

Content still exists on some notable women buried there, including former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and 14 veterans from the unit recently featured in the Oscar-nominated movie The Six Triple Eight, but it is only found from a direct search.

Since re-entering the White House, President Donald Trump has signed multiple executive orders banning DEI within the federal government.

A spokesperson for the cemetery said in a statement it was working to restore links and content and remained "committed to sharing the stories of military service and sacrifice to the nation", according to the Washington Post.

It added that it wanted to ensure that the content aligned with Trump's orders and also with instructions from Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz03gjnxe25o
User avatar
Sandstorm
Posts: 11425
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 7:05 pm
Location: England

fishfoodie wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:33 am There's no depth they won't sink to.
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed from its website information and educational materials about the history of black and female service members.

Some of the content unpublished from the site was on veterans who had received the nation's highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor, according to military news site Task & Purpose.

The content removal is part of a larger effort by President Donald Trump to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in the military and throughout the federal government.

Approximately 400,000 veterans are buried in the Army-run cemetery, which was established after the US Civil War at the home of the South's general, Robert E. Lee.

On the cemetery's website, internal links that directed users to webpages with information about the "Notable Graves" of dozens of black, Hispanic and female veterans were missing on Friday.

The pages contained short biographies about veterans such as Gen Colin L Powell, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is the highest rank in the military after the president.

They also told the life stories of members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the country's first black military airmen.

Earlier this year, the Defense Department had to reinstate training materials on the revered airmen after a national outcry over their removal following Trump's orders on DEI.

Information on Hector Santa Anna, a World War II bomber pilot and career military leader who has been called a hero of the war, has been taken down, as well.

Visitors to the site may also have trouble finding information, as links to major sections have disappeared. It no longer lists pages for African American History, Hispanic American History and Women's History.

Content still exists on some notable women buried there, including former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and 14 veterans from the unit recently featured in the Oscar-nominated movie The Six Triple Eight, but it is only found from a direct search.

Since re-entering the White House, President Donald Trump has signed multiple executive orders banning DEI within the federal government.

A spokesperson for the cemetery said in a statement it was working to restore links and content and remained "committed to sharing the stories of military service and sacrifice to the nation", according to the Washington Post.

It added that it wanted to ensure that the content aligned with Trump's orders and also with instructions from Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz03gjnxe25o
MAGA Scum
geordie_6
Posts: 513
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:22 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:33 am There's no depth they won't sink to.
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed from its website information and educational materials about the history of black and female service members.

Some of the content unpublished from the site was on veterans who had received the nation's highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor, according to military news site Task & Purpose.

The content removal is part of a larger effort by President Donald Trump to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in the military and throughout the federal government.

Approximately 400,000 veterans are buried in the Army-run cemetery, which was established after the US Civil War at the home of the South's general, Robert E. Lee.

On the cemetery's website, internal links that directed users to webpages with information about the "Notable Graves" of dozens of black, Hispanic and female veterans were missing on Friday.

The pages contained short biographies about veterans such as Gen Colin L Powell, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is the highest rank in the military after the president.

They also told the life stories of members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the country's first black military airmen.

Earlier this year, the Defense Department had to reinstate training materials on the revered airmen after a national outcry over their removal following Trump's orders on DEI.

Information on Hector Santa Anna, a World War II bomber pilot and career military leader who has been called a hero of the war, has been taken down, as well.

Visitors to the site may also have trouble finding information, as links to major sections have disappeared. It no longer lists pages for African American History, Hispanic American History and Women's History.

Content still exists on some notable women buried there, including former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and 14 veterans from the unit recently featured in the Oscar-nominated movie The Six Triple Eight, but it is only found from a direct search.

Since re-entering the White House, President Donald Trump has signed multiple executive orders banning DEI within the federal government.

A spokesperson for the cemetery said in a statement it was working to restore links and content and remained "committed to sharing the stories of military service and sacrifice to the nation", according to the Washington Post.

It added that it wanted to ensure that the content aligned with Trump's orders and also with instructions from Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz03gjnxe25o
Mango Mussolini talks at length about fighting for the country, but is content for the information about people who literally fought and died for their country. Spitting on their memory. Disgusting.
dpedin
Posts: 3213
Joined: Thu Jul 02, 2020 8:35 am

Read that Canadians are foregoing their summer holidays in the US this year, analysts reckon bookings already 80% down on previous years. US holiday sector taking a bit of a hit as tourists from other countries are also looking elsewhere. Trumpeconomics, a misnomer is ever I've heard one, is working well!
User avatar
Niegs
Posts: 3570
Joined: Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:20 pm

Biffer
Posts: 9717
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 6:43 pm

And are there two g’s in Bugger Off?
User avatar
Niegs
Posts: 3570
Joined: Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:20 pm

He's such a good dude.

User avatar
fishfoodie
Posts: 8532
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:25 pm

geordie_6 wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:09 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:33 am There's no depth they won't sink to.
Arlington National Cemetery has scrubbed from its website information and educational materials about the history of black and female service members.

Some of the content unpublished from the site was on veterans who had received the nation's highest military recognition, the Medal of Honor, according to military news site Task & Purpose.

The content removal is part of a larger effort by President Donald Trump to eliminate diversity, equity and inclusion (DEI) practices in the military and throughout the federal government.

Approximately 400,000 veterans are buried in the Army-run cemetery, which was established after the US Civil War at the home of the South's general, Robert E. Lee.

On the cemetery's website, internal links that directed users to webpages with information about the "Notable Graves" of dozens of black, Hispanic and female veterans were missing on Friday.

The pages contained short biographies about veterans such as Gen Colin L Powell, the first black chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, which is the highest rank in the military after the president.

They also told the life stories of members of the Tuskegee Airmen, the country's first black military airmen.

Earlier this year, the Defense Department had to reinstate training materials on the revered airmen after a national outcry over their removal following Trump's orders on DEI.

Information on Hector Santa Anna, a World War II bomber pilot and career military leader who has been called a hero of the war, has been taken down, as well.

Visitors to the site may also have trouble finding information, as links to major sections have disappeared. It no longer lists pages for African American History, Hispanic American History and Women's History.

Content still exists on some notable women buried there, including former Supreme Court Justice Ruth Bader Ginsburg and 14 veterans from the unit recently featured in the Oscar-nominated movie The Six Triple Eight, but it is only found from a direct search.

Since re-entering the White House, President Donald Trump has signed multiple executive orders banning DEI within the federal government.

A spokesperson for the cemetery said in a statement it was working to restore links and content and remained "committed to sharing the stories of military service and sacrifice to the nation", according to the Washington Post.

It added that it wanted to ensure that the content aligned with Trump's orders and also with instructions from Secretary of Defence Pete Hegseth.
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz03gjnxe25o
Mango Mussolini talks at length about fighting for the country, but is content for the information about people who literally fought and died for their country. Spitting on their memory. Disgusting.
Yeah bonespurs is part of it; but I was also struck by Rubio, who once upon a time wanted to be taken seriously, calling out the Saffer Ambassador, while at the same time his own Administration was trying to erase the history of sacrifice & service of thousands of people of colour, simply because they were that !!!

Tell me again why it's wrong, or inaccurate to call these despicable fuckers Nazis ?
geordie_6
Posts: 513
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 6:22 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:49 pm
geordie_6 wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:09 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:33 am There's no depth they won't sink to.



https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cz03gjnxe25o
Mango Mussolini talks at length about fighting for the country, but is content for the information about people who literally fought and died for their country. Spitting on their memory. Disgusting.
Yeah bonespurs is part of it; but I was also struck by Rubio, who once upon a time wanted to be taken seriously, calling out the Saffer Ambassador, while at the same time his own Administration was trying to erase the history of sacrifice & service of thousands of people of colour, simply because they were that !!!

Tell me again why it's wrong, or inaccurate to call these despicable fuckers Nazis ?
Has anyone put it to the prick in a presser? That the administration is erasing the records of American heroes?
User avatar
fishfoodie
Posts: 8532
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:25 pm

geordie_6 wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:07 pm
fishfoodie wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 9:49 pm
geordie_6 wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 12:09 pm

Mango Mussolini talks at length about fighting for the country, but is content for the information about people who literally fought and died for their country. Spitting on their memory. Disgusting.
Yeah bonespurs is part of it; but I was also struck by Rubio, who once upon a time wanted to be taken seriously, calling out the Saffer Ambassador, while at the same time his own Administration was trying to erase the history of sacrifice & service of thousands of people of colour, simply because they were that !!!

Tell me again why it's wrong, or inaccurate to call these despicable fuckers Nazis ?
Has anyone put it to the prick in a presser? That the administration is erasing the records of American heroes?
Don't be silly !

... chickenshit God boy of a speaker has already told the GOP cocksuckers to stop doing, "Town Halls", because they're well aware just how fucking awful all this is for their constituencies.

I was watching a video earlier, & God boy himself, in his constituency, has ~25% of his 18-65 voters on medicaid, & about the same percentage on food stamps !!!!!

So two of the programs that Space Karen & the GOP are determined to gut, so they can give tax cuts to billionaires are going to destroy the lives of the idiots who voted for the GOP.

You can see why he doesn't want them having meetings, with video, when people realize just how badly their going to get fucked for the next four years.
User avatar
Uncle fester
Posts: 4659
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:42 pm

You could kind of explain this away if the individuals were still searchable by name so you could claim "everybody is treated the same" and "no special treatment for minorities" but it's actually full and total erasure of non-white people.

https://bsky.app/profile/brandonfriedma ... hllhr2kk2c
User avatar
fishfoodie
Posts: 8532
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 8:25 pm

Uncle fester wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:26 pm You could kind of explain this away if the individuals were still searchable by name so you could claim "everybody is treated the same" and "no special treatment for minorities" but it's actually full and total erasure of non-white people.

https://bsky.app/profile/brandonfriedma ... hllhr2kk2c
Not forgetting women of course ..... which MAGA wants us to just .... forget !
User avatar
Uncle fester
Posts: 4659
Joined: Mon Jun 29, 2020 9:42 pm

fishfoodie wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:28 pm
Uncle fester wrote: Sun Mar 16, 2025 10:26 pm You could kind of explain this away if the individuals were still searchable by name so you could claim "everybody is treated the same" and "no special treatment for minorities" but it's actually full and total erasure of non-white people.

https://bsky.app/profile/brandonfriedma ... hllhr2kk2c
Not forgetting women of course ..... which MAGA wants us to just .... forget !
Who?
User avatar
Kiwias
Posts: 7093
Joined: Sat Jul 04, 2020 1:44 am

Even while the government was forcibly moving 10,000s+ of Japanese-Americans into concentration camps and confiscating their assets, a significant number of these people signed up to serve in the army of that country, fighting with extreme distinction in the 442nd regiment. So what do Corporal Bone Spurs and Boozy Pete do?
History of the Nisei ‘Go For Broke’ WWII unit removed from Army website
https://www.hawaiinewsnow.com/2025/03/1 ... y-website/
Gumboot
Posts: 8363
Joined: Tue Jun 30, 2020 9:17 am

These cunts aren't even trying to hide their racism anymore...
Black Medal of Honor recipient removed from US Department of Defense website

The US defense department webpage celebrating an army general who served in the Vietnam war and was awarded the country’s highest military decoration has been removed and the letters “DEI” added to the site’s address.

On Saturday, US army Maj Gen Charles Calvin Rogers’s Medal of Honor webpage led to a “404” error message. The URL was also changed, with the word “medal” changed to “deimedal”.

Rogers, who was awarded the Medal of Honor by then president Richard Nixon in 1970, served in the Vietnam war, where he was wounded three times while leading the defense of a base.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... or-veteran
User avatar
Niegs
Posts: 3570
Joined: Thu Aug 13, 2020 3:20 pm

You'd think they'd draw the line or at least wait a bit longer before going after the veterans/military history, ffs, given how quick they are to thank someone for their service, wank over the military at sports events, etc.
Post Reply