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Kiwias wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 8:39 am

Uncle fester wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 7:54 am Well this threat is troubling.
https://www.reddit.com/r/law/s/8rpeJZgc87

Trump is all for leaving stuff up to the states unless they do something he doesn't agree with. I suspect there are lawyers already preparing for the inevitable cases if Horman does what he is threatening.

sockwithaticket wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 1:57 pm Was just catching up with The Daily Show and Pam Bondi really is a bizarre person. Quite aside from her complete disregard for the law, this thing with drastically escalating the claim of lives saved due to fentanyl seizures is strange.

On Fox news she claimed that seizure of 21m pills had saved 19m lives, a couple of days later it was 22m pills and 119m lives saved (!), then in the next cabinet meeting she was claiming that the same number of pills being seized was saving 258m lives. America usually experiences 70k fentanyl related deaths per year.

Obviously the biggliest exagerrations are a hallmark of Trump's sycophants, but this is truly odd.

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Gumboot wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 7:51 pm "Pull my finger..."

Uncle fester wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 2:40 pm

This unserious unfunny crap is beyond tedious.

TB63 wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 6:07 pm Oh FFS!... They really are the laughing stock of the world now..

Sandstorm wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 7:47 pm Needs more Wookie (Vance)

Niegs wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 6:12 pm AI could only include a red light saber and they are too clueless to get it.

fishfoodie wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 8:25 pm

Sandstorm wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 7:47 pm Needs more Wookie (Vance)

I see him more as the effeminate protocol droid

Flockwitt wrote: Sun May 04, 2025 7:42 pm I’m certainly laughing

Biffer wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 9:14 am How exactly do you put a tariff on a movie?

sockwithaticket wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 11:47 am The walking tantrum has faced another court defeat. He's been ordered to unfreeze federal funds to the state of Maine after their governor stood up to him.

Although as we know, the courts telling his administration to do or stop doing something doesn't necessarily result in follow through.

tabascoboy wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 6:21 am The idiocy gets worse

tabascoboy wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 6:21 am The idiocy gets worse

Flockwitt wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 3:30 pm Mexico President says no to US troops in Mexico to fight cartels.

Trump says, "She's a lovely woman but she can't think straight."

Sandstorm wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 3:44 pm

Flockwitt wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 3:30 pm Mexico President says no to US troops in Mexico to fight cartels.

Trump says, "She's a lovely woman but she can't think straight."

He’s such an arsehole.

Niegs wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 2:43 pm

tabascoboy wrote: Mon May 05, 2025 6:21 am The idiocy gets worse

Making studio lots great again! The White Lotus to be filmed in Burbank. The Boys to be on a sound stage only.

Gumboot wrote: Sat May 03, 2025 7:51 pm

Slick wrote: Tue May 06, 2025 9:35 pm Trump on India and Pakistan lobbing bombs at each other - “they’ve been at it for centuries”

US embassy demands obedience from Stockholm city:

“Bizarre”


“We will never sign this contract”, says S-mayor Jan Valeskog.

The Stockholm City Planning Office must not promote gender equality, diversity and inclusion. This is what the US Embassy demands in a letter, with a contract they expect the city to sign.

• ⁠“It's completely bizarre,” says Jan Valeskog (S), Mayor of Stockholm.

The embassy begins the letter with “Dear City Planning Office” and then explains that a new policy requires anyone from whom the US government purchases goods and services to sign the contract.

The Department of Public Works is expected to sign and return the contract within 10 business days.

• ⁠We absolutely will not do that, it goes against everything we stand for. They should withdraw these oddities," says Jan Valeskog.

It is the embassy that benefits from the City of Stockholm, not the other way around, he believes.

• ⁠If the US terminates its relationship with the City Planning Office, the embassy will find it difficult to obtain building permits if they want to rebuild, for example. “That's their headache, not ours,” says Valeskog.

According to the National Board of Housing, Building Permits are required for new construction, extensions and certain changes to the external appearance of buildings. The US embassy at Gärdet in Stockholm. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT

DN has previously reported that the USA has demanded the same of Swedish companies that supply goods and services. At the time, the embassy replied in an email to DN that “U.S. missions are reviewing contracts and grants to ensure they comply with the White House's latest executive order”.

Guy Smiley wrote: Wed May 07, 2025 5:07 am FFS...

https://www.dn.se/sverige/usas-ambassad ... d-bisarrt/

US embassy demands obedience from Stockholm city:

“Bizarre”


“We will never sign this contract”, says S-mayor Jan Valeskog.

The Stockholm City Planning Office must not promote gender equality, diversity and inclusion. This is what the US Embassy demands in a letter, with a contract they expect the city to sign.

• ⁠“It's completely bizarre,” says Jan Valeskog (S), Mayor of Stockholm.

The embassy begins the letter with “Dear City Planning Office” and then explains that a new policy requires anyone from whom the US government purchases goods and services to sign the contract.

The Department of Public Works is expected to sign and return the contract within 10 business days.

• ⁠We absolutely will not do that, it goes against everything we stand for. They should withdraw these oddities," says Jan Valeskog.

It is the embassy that benefits from the City of Stockholm, not the other way around, he believes.

• ⁠If the US terminates its relationship with the City Planning Office, the embassy will find it difficult to obtain building permits if they want to rebuild, for example. “That's their headache, not ours,” says Valeskog.

According to the National Board of Housing, Building Permits are required for new construction, extensions and certain changes to the external appearance of buildings. The US embassy at Gärdet in Stockholm. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT

DN has previously reported that the USA has demanded the same of Swedish companies that supply goods and services. At the time, the embassy replied in an email to DN that “U.S. missions are reviewing contracts and grants to ensure they comply with the White House's latest executive order”.

Guy Smiley wrote: Wed May 07, 2025 5:07 am FFS...

https://www.dn.se/sverige/usas-ambassad ... d-bisarrt/

US embassy demands obedience from Stockholm city:

“Bizarre”


“We will never sign this contract”, says S-mayor Jan Valeskog.

The Stockholm City Planning Office must not promote gender equality, diversity and inclusion. This is what the US Embassy demands in a letter, with a contract they expect the city to sign.

• ⁠“It's completely bizarre,” says Jan Valeskog (S), Mayor of Stockholm.

The embassy begins the letter with “Dear City Planning Office” and then explains that a new policy requires anyone from whom the US government purchases goods and services to sign the contract.

The Department of Public Works is expected to sign and return the contract within 10 business days.

• ⁠We absolutely will not do that, it goes against everything we stand for. They should withdraw these oddities," says Jan Valeskog.

It is the embassy that benefits from the City of Stockholm, not the other way around, he believes.

• ⁠If the US terminates its relationship with the City Planning Office, the embassy will find it difficult to obtain building permits if they want to rebuild, for example. “That's their headache, not ours,” says Valeskog.

According to the National Board of Housing, Building Permits are required for new construction, extensions and certain changes to the external appearance of buildings. The US embassy at Gärdet in Stockholm. Photo: Fredrik Sandberg/TT

DN has previously reported that the USA has demanded the same of Swedish companies that supply goods and services. At the time, the embassy replied in an email to DN that “U.S. missions are reviewing contracts and grants to ensure they comply with the White House's latest executive order”.