Trump 2.0: MAGAA

[BDKJMU]

[Bobcat]

Trump needs to up the tax on university endowments to 15-20% They "dont pay their fair share"

[BDKJMU]

Dept of Ed’s DC office is closed today while they layoff half of the workforce. MAGA, red state education bottom dwellers , and the semi-literate approve.

Good. Eliminate the whole damn thing.
-Nationwide our education system has gotten WORSE (see test scores) since the peanut farmer created the Dept of Education in 1979 DESPITE a massive increase in inflation adjusted per pupil spending.
-Education is a LOCAL and STATE matter. By sending taxpayer $$$ to DC, then having DC return it to the states and localities (with strings attached I might add) wastes $$$. Eliminate the middleman and keep the $$$ at the state a d local level.

[BDKJMU]

1st 2/3 of her answer she sounds kind of like a lib, then surprise.

[Caribbean Hen]

1st 2/3 of her answer she sounds kind of like a lib, then surprise.

Refreshing

She’s not the typical upper class woke white liberal type

[BDKJMU]

Going after waste, fraud, abuse was ok for donks before Trump starting doing it.

[Caribbean Hen]

>The two times President Trump saved America <a href="https://t.co/iJHY3SYbmO">pic.twitter.co ... </p>&mdash; Joe_S_Pure (@Joe_S_Pure) <a href=" 16, 2025</a></blockquote> <script async src="https://platform.twitter.com/widgets.js"

[kalm]

Going after waste, fraud, abuse was ok for donks before Trump starting doing it.

Because he and Musk are clueless about government foes or how it works. No one is advocating for waste fraud and abuse.

Cutting the VA, USAID, NOAA, forestry service, federal education funding, etc have consequences that will negatively affect average Americans.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

[BDKJMU]

Going after waste, fraud, abuse was ok for donks before Trump starting doing it.

Because he and Musk are clueless about government foes or how it works. No one is advocating for waste fraud and abuse.

Cutting the VA, USAID, NOAA, forestry service, federal education funding, etc have consequences that will negatively affect average Americans.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

The VA is being cut by the elimination of 80k jobs. Veterans benefits aren‘t being cut.

Cutting a foreign welfare fund in USAID isn’t going to hurt avg Americans.

Eliminating the Dept of Education isn‘t cutting Fed education funding. It’s saving $$$ by cutting out the middleman.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

[Caribbean Hen]

Going after waste, fraud, abuse was ok for donks before Trump starting doing it.

Because he and Musk are clueless about government foes or how it works. No one is advocating for waste fraud and abuse.

Cutting the VA, USAID, NOAA, forestry service, federal education funding, etc have consequences that will negatively affect average Americans.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

since when did you give a shit about Vets

Department of Education is laundering money back to the Democrat Party<br><br>“This is why Democrats are losing their minds over Elon Musk. Rep Harriet Hageman “The Federal Department of Education spends it as a budget of about $280 billion a year.… <a href="https://t.co/BGNPOCjXgE">pic.twitter.co ... </p>&mdash; Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) <a href=" 16

[BDKJMU]

President Trump Job Approval
RCP Average 8 days later: 47.8% approve, 48.5% disapprove, Spread -0.7

5 of the 8 polls taken in March are negative.

Way better than 1st term average of -10.6.

biden at this point in his administration was at 52.8% approve and 42.0% disapprove

Trump -.2 (48.2% approve/48.4% disapprove)
https://www.realclearpolling.com/polls/ ... val-rating

Donks: -25 (29% favorable/54% unfavorable/16% clueless)
CNN Poll: Democratic Party’s favorability drops to a record low
https://www.cnn.com/2025/03/16/politics ... index.html

[UNI88]

Because he and Musk are clueless about government foes or how it works. No one is advocating for waste fraud and abuse.

Cutting the VA, USAID, NOAA, forestry service, federal education funding, etc have consequences that will negatively affect average Americans.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

The VA is being cut by the elimination of 80k jobs. Veterans benefits aren‘t being cut.

Cutting a foreign welfare fund in USAID isn’t going to hurt avg Americans.

Eliminating the Dept of Education isn‘t cutting Fed education funding. It’s saving $$$ by cutting out the middleman.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

Will staffing cuts impact the ability of veterans to apply for and receive their benefits?

Will the savings made by eliminating or reducing the Dept of Education be returned to the states for them to spend on education?

Aren't American farmers average Americans? Cutting USAID will impact them. I believe one of the requirements of some USAID is that it be spent purchasing American crops. Much of the aid to Ukraine is used to buy American weapons. Are there other elements of USAID that help American businesses employ average Americans that are being cut?

Will cutting USAID and similar aid have strategic implications? Are we ceding international influence to China (with the Belt & Road initiatives)?

These risks also really aren't hard to grasp.

[kalm]

Because he and Musk are clueless about government foes or how it works. No one is advocating for waste fraud and abuse.

Cutting the VA, USAID, NOAA, forestry service, federal education funding, etc have consequences that will negatively affect average Americans.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

The VA is being cut by the elimination of 80k jobs. Veterans benefits aren‘t being cut.

Cutting a foreign welfare fund in USAID isn’t going to hurt avg Americans.

Eliminating the Dept of Education isn‘t cutting Fed education funding. It’s saving $$$ by cutting out the middleman.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

The VA in many instances is understaffed. This includes the Cerner software switch they did a few years ago that massively hurt the efficiency from IT admin, to specialists.

Aside from disarming soft power, reducing the spread of disease outbreaks from reaching the U.S., or, you know, feeding the poor it’s literally effecting US farmers who grow crops for the org.

Schools like EWU which are already self imposing cuts are further affected by the loss of even small amounts of federal funding and grants. Research universities provide the private sector with products and discoveries that benefit all of society and are then privatized. EG: medical research.

The fact you think there’re no consequences to these cuts is evidently quite hard for you to grasp.

[kalm]

Because he and Musk are clueless about government foes or how it works. No one is advocating for waste fraud and abuse.

Cutting the VA, USAID, NOAA, forestry service, federal education funding, etc have consequences that will negatively affect average Americans.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

since when did you give a shit about Vets

Department of Education is laundering money back to the Democrat Party<br><br>“This is why Democrats are losing their minds over Elon Musk. Rep Harriet Hageman “The Federal Department of Education spends it as a budget of about $280 billion a year.… <a href="https://t.co/BGNPOCjXgE">pic.twitter.co ... </p>&mdash; Wall Street Apes (@WallStreetApes) <a href=" 16

Just like what happens with military funding?

And Harriet Harriet Hageman!

[BDKJMU]

The VA is being cut by the elimination of 80k jobs. Veterans benefits aren‘t being cut.

Cutting a foreign welfare fund in USAID isn’t going to hurt avg Americans.

Eliminating the Dept of Education isn‘t cutting Fed education funding. It’s saving $$$ by cutting out the middleman.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

Will staffing cuts impact the ability of veterans to apply for and receive their benefits?

…….Among the rumors he challenged was the claim that VA health care would suffer. Collins categorically denied this, stating that the department has reinforced health care and benefits by safeguarding 300,000 mission-critical positions to ensure uninterrupted services.

Another rumor he addressed was that Veterans’ benefits were being cut.

“They’re not,” he said, explaining that VA had redirected nearly $98 million toward Veterans’ care and services rather than reducing them.

Finally, Collins addressed the rumor that VA was laying off Veterans Crisis Line responders.

“We did not lay off any Veteran Crisis Line responders,” he stated firmly, assuring that those answering crisis calls remain in place to support Veterans in need.

Collins concluded by urging Veterans to seek information directly from VA rather than relying on misinformation circulating in political discourse. “When you want the truth, come to me, not the Whopper line up on Capitol Hill”….

https://news.va.gov/138540/va-secretary ... responders.

Will the savings made by eliminating or reducing the Dept of Education be returned to the states for them to spend on education?

It doesn’t take 4,400 employees to return the $$$ to the states. A handful could do that. And the whole purpose of cutting out the middleman is not sending the $$$ to DC in the 1st place.

Aren't American farmers average Americans? Cutting USAID will impact them. I believe one of the requirements of some USAID is that it be spent purchasing American crops. Much of the aid to Ukraine is used to buy American weapons. Are there other elements of USAID that help American businesses employ average Americans that are being cut?

Will cutting USAID and similar aid have strategic implications? Are we ceding international influence to China (with the Belt & Road initiatives)?

Wait, you want the tax $$$ of US taxpayers to pay foreign entities to purchase US agriculture to be sent overseas, which increases demand on US agriculture, which increases food costs. Hey let’s pay higher taxes to increase our own food costs to feed a bunch of people in other countries. Are the US taxpayers and US US consumers at grocery stores average Americans?

No.

[BDKJMU]

The VA is being cut by the elimination of 80k jobs. Veterans benefits aren‘t being cut.

Cutting a foreign welfare fund in USAID isn’t going to hurt avg Americans.

Eliminating the Dept of Education isn‘t cutting Fed education funding. It’s saving $$$ by cutting out the middleman.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

The VA in many instances is understaffed. This includes the Cerner software switch they did a few years ago that massively hurt the efficiency from IT admin, to specialists.

Aside from disarming soft power, reducing the spread of disease outbreaks from reaching the U.S., or, you know, feeding the poor it’s literally effecting US farmers who grow crops for the org.

Schools like EWU which are already self imposing cuts are further affected by the loss of even small amounts of federal funding and grants. Research universities provide the private sector with products and discoveries that benefit all of society and are then privatized. EG: medical research.

The fact you think there’re no consequences to these cuts is evidently quite hard for you to grasp.

VA isn’t understaffed. From Oct 2024 (only quoted about the 1st half)

…Last July, VA projected a $15 billion shortfall between this year and the end of next year. The VA’s budget has grown 50 percent since 2021. But naturally, VA bureaucrats claim they need a budget increase to cover the shortfall due to more hiring and heavier case workloads after the rollout of the PACT Act. But their own numbers and estimates contradict what they are asking Congress for and why.

Let’s’ compare the VA budget spin versus the facts.

VA is over-hiring beyond the staff it needs to deliver care. Secretary Denis McDonough has said the VA expects its health care workforce to grow to approximately 404,000 employees. In fact, the VA’s workforce dashboard already shows 417,296 employees onboard, over 34,000 more employees than the 383,186 employees needed in the FY 2025 budget.

Further, McDonough said the VA determined VHA will need to continue hiring so it can provide more veterans with more care. But again, based on the budget, VA is expecting to provide fewer outpatient visits and inpatient care at its VA facilities in FY 2025. Why would it then need to hire more to provide less for veterans?

Finally, VA says it’s providing “more care and more benefits to more veterans than ever before.” But veterans’ enrollment in a broken VA system does not translate to more care. In fact, the overall number of veterans using VA care since 2021 has dropped by more than 62,000. This includes estimates for 2025 with PACT Act expected to only increase costs by 0.4 percent.

Throwing more money at the problem isn’t a solution, but some real solutions do exist.

Community care allows veterans to use the private providers of their choice and is expected to increase in 2025 because veterans prefer it.

It is a great deal, as it provides about 40 percent of veterans care at only about 26 percent of the budget, saving VA money. VA’s own survey of veterans in 2022 found overall satisfaction with community care is at 83 percent, while overall satisfaction with VA hospitals is only 69 percent….

Another solution is to focus on direct budget savings and congressional oversight. VA could save almost $3.5 billion per year if it stopped hiring unneeded employees. It could save another $3.5 billion a year if it stopped providing VA care to almost 1 million non-veterans, including non-veteran employees. Implementing the VA “Red Team” Executive Roundtable Report’s recommendation to have VHA as a secondary payer for nonservice-connected care could save around $1.73 billion per year….

https://thehill.com/opinion/congress-bl ... ation/amp/

Then how pray tell did EWU manage to survive prior to the creation of the Dept of Education?

The fact that we had better education results before the creation of the Dept of Education, with less interference from DC, with less per pupil inflation adjusted spending is evidently quite hard for you to grasp.

[UNI88]

The VA is being cut by the elimination of 80k jobs. Veterans benefits aren‘t being cut.

Cutting a foreign welfare fund in USAID isn’t going to hurt avg Americans.

Eliminating the Dept of Education isn‘t cutting Fed education funding. It’s saving $$$ by cutting out the middleman.

This really isn’t hard to grasp.

Will staffing cuts impact the ability of veterans to apply for and receive their benefits?

…….Among the rumors he challenged was the claim that VA health care would suffer. Collins categorically denied this, stating that the department has reinforced health care and benefits by safeguarding 300,000 mission-critical positions to ensure uninterrupted services.

Another rumor he addressed was that Veterans’ benefits were being cut.

“They’re not,” he said, explaining that VA had redirected nearly $98 million toward Veterans’ care and services rather than reducing them.

Finally, Collins addressed the rumor that VA was laying off Veterans Crisis Line responders.

“We did not lay off any Veteran Crisis Line responders,” he stated firmly, assuring that those answering crisis calls remain in place to support Veterans in need.

Collins concluded by urging Veterans to seek information directly from VA rather than relying on misinformation circulating in political discourse. “When you want the truth, come to me, not the Whopper line up on Capitol Hill”….

https://news.va.gov/138540/va-secretary ... responders.

Will the savings made by eliminating or reducing the Dept of Education be returned to the states for them to spend on education?

It doesn’t take 4,400 employees to return the $$$ to the states. A handful could do that. And the whole purpose of cutting out the middleman is not sending the $$$ to DC in the 1st place.

Aren't American farmers average Americans? Cutting USAID will impact them. I believe one of the requirements of some USAID is that it be spent purchasing American crops. Much of the aid to Ukraine is used to buy American weapons. Are there other elements of USAID that help American businesses employ average Americans that are being cut?

Will cutting USAID and similar aid have strategic implications? Are we ceding international influence to China (with the Belt & Road initiatives)?

Wait, you want the tax $$$ of US taxpayers to pay foreign entities to purchase US agriculture to be sent overseas, which increases demand on US agriculture, which increases food costs. Hey let’s pay higher taxes to increase our own food costs to feed a bunch of people in other countries. Are the US taxpayers and US US consumers at grocery stores average Americans?

No.

We'll see on the VA. I trust what a MAQA extremist like Collins says about as much as you trust a liberal extremist like Pete Buttigieg.

Return the dollars saved by eliminating/reducing the Dept of Education or stop pretending that the savings and changes will benefit public education in the United States.

For the most part, American farmers produce more than the American public needs. Given enough warning and a more well thought out transition, American farmers could probably repurpose some of their lands to producing other products. But the kneejerk and poorly managed trump approach to cuts doesn't give the impacted people time to adjust. Why? Maybe because he doesn't give a shit about the average American.

All of these cuts in aggregate are going to impact hundreds of thousands if not millions of people. It remains to be seen how much it will impact how they vote in 2025, 2026 and 2028.

[SeattleGriz]

https://news.va.gov/138540/va-secretary ... responders.



It doesn’t take 4,400 employees to return the $$$ to the states. A handful could do that. And the whole purpose of cutting out the middleman is not sending the $$$ to DC in the 1st place.



Wait, you want the tax $$$ of US taxpayers to pay foreign entities to purchase US agriculture to be sent overseas, which increases demand on US agriculture, which increases food costs. Hey let’s pay higher taxes to increase our own food costs to feed a bunch of people in other countries. Are the US taxpayers and US US consumers at grocery stores average Americans?

No.

We'll see on the VA. I trust what a MAQA extremist like Collins says about as much as you trust a liberal extremist like Pete Buttigieg.

Return the dollars saved by eliminating/reducing the Dept of Education or stop pretending that the savings and changes will benefit public education in the United States.

For the most part, American farmers produce more than the American public needs. Given enough warning and a more well thought out transition, American farmers could probably repurpose some of their lands to producing other products. But the kneejerk and poorly managed trump approach to cuts doesn't give the impacted people time to adjust. Why? Maybe because he doesn't give a shit about the average American.

All of these cuts in aggregate are going to impact hundreds of thousands if not millions of people. It remains to be seen how much it will impact how they vote in 2025, 2026 and 2028.

Only you could piss and moan about change. Thumb up your ass with Biden and whoever was in charge, but NOW you've got nuggets of wisdom. Hell no. Too late.

[BDKJMU]

[UNI88]

The trump regime willfullly disregarding a judicial order is a step toward a Constitutional crisis.

Judges' orders should be respected while the legal process plays out. If the final court ruling finds in trump's favor then he can move forward with each initiative.

He was fine dragging things out for his indictments but now he's in a hurry and doesn't like the process being used against him.

He swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States to the best of his ability not when it was convenient for him.

[∞∞∞]

I'd love a Trump boi to explain this one:

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

Here's the page URL as of the time of this post:
https://www.defense.gov/News/Feature-St ... e/2824721/deimedal-of-honor-monday-army-maj-gen-charles-calvin-rogers/

[BDKJMU]

The trump regime willfullly disregarding a judicial order is a step toward a Constitutional crisis.

Judges' orders should be respected while the legal process plays out. If the final court ruling finds in trump's favor then he can move forward with each initiative.

He was fine dragging things out for his indictments but now he's in a hurry and doesn't like the process being used against him.

He swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States to the best of his ability not when it was convenient for him.

lol no it’s not.

“The Administration did not ‘refuse to comply’ with a court order. The order, which had no lawful basis, was issued after terrorist TdA aliens had already been removed from U.S. territory. The written order and the Administration’s actions do not conflict. Moreover, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly made clear — federal courts generally have no jurisdiction over the President’s conduct of foreign affairs, his authorities under the Alien Enemies Act, and his core Article II powers to remove foreign alien terrorists from U.S. soil and repel a declared invasion. A single judge in a single city cannot direct the movements of an aircraft carrier full of foreign alien terrorists who were physically expelled from U.S. soil.”

[BDKJMU]

Going after waste, fraud, abuse was ok for donks before Trump starting doing it.

Except Obama Biden didn’t get shit done about it. Trump is.

[BDKJMU]

Bye bye luxury hotels..
https://x.com/EndWokeness/status/1901432533968924819

[UNI88]

The trump regime willfullly disregarding a judicial order is a step toward a Constitutional crisis.

Judges' orders should be respected while the legal process plays out. If the final court ruling finds in trump's favor then he can move forward with each initiative.

He was fine dragging things out for his indictments but now he's in a hurry and doesn't like the process being used against him.

He swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States to the best of his ability not when it was convenient for him.

lol no it’s not.

“The Administration did not ‘refuse to comply’ with a court order. The order, which had no lawful basis, was issued after terrorist TdA aliens had already been removed from U.S. territory. The written order and the Administration’s actions do not conflict. Moreover, as the Supreme Court has repeatedly made clear — federal courts generally have no jurisdiction over the President’s conduct of foreign affairs, his authorities under the Alien Enemies Act, and his core Article II powers to remove foreign alien terrorists from U.S. soil and repel a declared invasion. A single judge in a single city cannot direct the movements of an aircraft carrier full of foreign alien terrorists who were physically expelled from U.S. soil.”

This is just one step in taking away due process from anyone he deems an enemy/opponent. I have no problem with evicting them if the legal process is followed. He isn't following it. aileen cannon was also an activist "single judge in a single city".

The trump regime willfullly disregarding a judicial order is a step toward a Constitutional crisis.

Judges' orders should be respected while the legal process plays out. If the final court ruling finds in trump's favor then he can move forward with each initiative.

He was fine dragging things out for his indictments but now he's in a hurry and doesn't like the process being used against him.

He swore an oath to preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States to the best of his ability not when it was convenient for him.