Trump 2.0: MAGAA

[houndawg]

I’ll save you some time. Grok agrees with this post in general and finds it likely true.

He needs to stop whining and expecting a gubmint handout and get his broke ass back to work. Hell, if America is about anything its about starting over..

[UNI88]

Holidays can be the hardest times.



Thatta kid…way to rally!

Why is trump trying to get federal judges assassinated?

[SeattleGriz]

I said when your side was talking about it. It's only that Trump has proposed them did you even pay attention. You wouldn't know what to do with yourself if Maddow didn't tell you what to think.

There are different ways to develop a new trade and manufacturing policy, negotiate tariffs and negotiate trade deals. Sorry…you lose on this issue too.

What are you talking about? Not only did you not complain, you have no idea how to develop "new trade". I don't remember you saying a peep on either.

[SeattleGriz]

I said when your side was talking about it. It's only that Trump has proposed them did you even pay attention. You wouldn't know what to do with yourself if Maddow didn't tell you what to think.

My side? What side is that? I'm a small L libertarian.

I believe in the power of Adam Smith's invisible hand, free trade and the market. I also minored in economics, have an MBA, experience running a business, and have worked with international businesses and business leaders. I understand tariffs and the negative impacts they can have. That's why I oppose trump's attempts to move us toward a socialist command economy with trump rather than the market making decisions. The soviet union proved those don't work.

I'll ask you the same question I've asked Kalm, Houndy, etc. - why you think it will work this time when it hasn't before?

While tariffs will be used, they are a means to an end. They are negotiating tactics because we should get "discount pricing" simply for the fact of sheer volume. I'm really interested in how you think this tactic is anything but good.

[kalm]

There are different ways to develop a new trade and manufacturing policy, negotiate tariffs and negotiate trade deals. Sorry…you lose on this issue too.

What are you talking about? Not only did you not complain, you have no idea how to develop "new trade". I don't remember you saying a peep on either.

Start here.

[kalm]

I said when your side was talking about it. It's only that Trump has proposed them did you even pay attention. You wouldn't know what to do with yourself if Maddow didn't tell you what to think.

My side? What side is that? I'm a small L libertarian.

I believe in the power of Adam Smith's invisible hand, free trade and the market. I also minored in economics, have an MBA, experience running a business, and have worked with international businesses and business leaders. I understand tariffs and the negative impacts they can have. That's why I oppose trump's attempts to move us toward a socialist command economy with trump rather than the market making decisions. The soviet union proved those don't work.

I'll ask you the same question I've asked Kalm, Houndy, etc. - why you think it will work this time when it hasn't before?

My beef with “free trade” was mainly the outsourcing of labor costs and environmental regulation. Smith saw a level playing field based on resource and manufacturing advantages in certain industries by country.

The “free trade” of the 90’s-2010’s benefitted the owner class of the west and political leaders of the 3rd world at the expense of labor and living conditions.

Free trade isn’t free without democracy.

[kalm]

[kalm]

He’s fine….

[UNI88]

GOP declares war on GAO

The independent Government Accountability Office has served Congress as the nation’s chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies for more than a century. Now it’s under assault.

The typically uncontroversial, under-the-radar agency is fighting to retain power against attempts by Republicans in the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill to undercut its legal conclusions and independence — an onslaught that has been fast and furious.

First, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency contacted GAO to assign a downsizing team there, despite the agency being housed within the legislative branch and therefore not subject to an executive order granting DOGE access to most other federal operations.

Then, last week, Senate Republicans disregarded GAO guidance and nixed waivers allowing California to set its own pollution standards, even after the watchdog concluded that the Senate couldn’t do that under a simple-majority threshold.
...
Capping things off before the long holiday weekend came a social media post from White House budget chief Russ Vought, publicly belittling the agency for its findings that the administration illegally withheld money Congress had previously approved for supporting electric vehicle infrastructure. It’s one of at least 39 separate GAO inquiries into whether the White House flouted the 51-year-old law preventing presidents from circumventing Congress’ “power of the purse.”
...
Funded as part of the legislative branch and falling under congressional oversight authority, GAO is the federal government's chief audit agency. The nonpartisan organization also provides detailed policy analysis and evaluates programs at the direction of Congress, along with responding to congressional requests for investigations.
...
GAO is going to continue to find itself in politically perilous situations. While Trump doesn’t have to worry about the agency bolstering impeachment efforts in a GOP governing trifecta, the watchdog’s findings on potential impoundment violations can be cited in lawsuits across the country against the administration for freezing federal funding.

The agency’s legal rulings could also influence those congressional Republicans who are increasingly getting fed up with the president’s disregard for Congress’ funding authority. Staring down another government shutdown cliff at the end of September, top Republican appropriators are already alarmed that the White House won’t rule out withholding federal cash the GOP-led Congress clears for the upcoming fiscal year.
...
The watchdog’s mission is to deliver “non-partisan, fact-based information to Congress, to help it carry out its constitutional legislative, appropriations, and oversight functions and protect the power of the purse,” the spokesperson continued. “Our legal decisions do not take a position on the policy goals of a program, they only examine the procedural issues and compliance with the law.”
...
“We're just responding to help Congress,” Dodaro said. “We're not trying to influence things one way or the other. We're nonpartisan. We're asked a question; we give an answer. It doesn't matter who it is.”

If they were serious about rooting out waste and fraud, they'd be working with GAO.

[BDKJMU]

[BDKJMU]

There was once 12 aliens from Nantucket..

[kalm]

Did you vote for them arresting, incarcerating, and deporting the wrong people too?

[kalm]

GOP declares war on GAO

The independent Government Accountability Office has served Congress as the nation’s chief investigator of wrongdoing at federal agencies for more than a century. Now it’s under assault.

The typically uncontroversial, under-the-radar agency is fighting to retain power against attempts by Republicans in the Trump administration and on Capitol Hill to undercut its legal conclusions and independence — an onslaught that has been fast and furious.

First, Elon Musk’s Department of Government Efficiency contacted GAO to assign a downsizing team there, despite the agency being housed within the legislative branch and therefore not subject to an executive order granting DOGE access to most other federal operations.

Then, last week, Senate Republicans disregarded GAO guidance and nixed waivers allowing California to set its own pollution standards, even after the watchdog concluded that the Senate couldn’t do that under a simple-majority threshold.
...
Capping things off before the long holiday weekend came a social media post from White House budget chief Russ Vought, publicly belittling the agency for its findings that the administration illegally withheld money Congress had previously approved for supporting electric vehicle infrastructure. It’s one of at least 39 separate GAO inquiries into whether the White House flouted the 51-year-old law preventing presidents from circumventing Congress’ “power of the purse.”
...
Funded as part of the legislative branch and falling under congressional oversight authority, GAO is the federal government's chief audit agency. The nonpartisan organization also provides detailed policy analysis and evaluates programs at the direction of Congress, along with responding to congressional requests for investigations.
...
GAO is going to continue to find itself in politically perilous situations. While Trump doesn’t have to worry about the agency bolstering impeachment efforts in a GOP governing trifecta, the watchdog’s findings on potential impoundment violations can be cited in lawsuits across the country against the administration for freezing federal funding.

The agency’s legal rulings could also influence those congressional Republicans who are increasingly getting fed up with the president’s disregard for Congress’ funding authority. Staring down another government shutdown cliff at the end of September, top Republican appropriators are already alarmed that the White House won’t rule out withholding federal cash the GOP-led Congress clears for the upcoming fiscal year.
...
The watchdog’s mission is to deliver “non-partisan, fact-based information to Congress, to help it carry out its constitutional legislative, appropriations, and oversight functions and protect the power of the purse,” the spokesperson continued. “Our legal decisions do not take a position on the policy goals of a program, they only examine the procedural issues and compliance with the law.”
...
“We're just responding to help Congress,” Dodaro said. “We're not trying to influence things one way or the other. We're nonpartisan. We're asked a question; we give an answer. It doesn't matter who it is.”

If they were serious about rooting out waste and fraud, they'd be working with GAO.

Blaming the refs. Sad.

[BDKJMU]

Did you vote for them arresting, incarcerating, and deporting the wrong people too?

Oh, and happy 101st birthday to the US Border Patrol!

[BDKJMU]

[BDKJMU]

[kalm]

Did you vote for them arresting, incarcerating, and deporting the wrong people too?

Oh, and happy 101st birthday to the US Border Patrol!

Yes. Thank you. Liberals do believe in due process and the rule of law.

[UNI88]

Securing the border is one of the things that the trump regime has gotten right.

[UNI88]

Implications of Climate Change for the U.S. Army

Current conversations about climate change and its impacts are often rancorous and politically charged. As an organization that is, by law, non-partisan, the Department of Defense (DoD) is precariously unprepared for the national security implications of climate change-induced global security challenges. This study examines the implications of climate change for the United States Army. This includes national security challenges associated with or worsened by climate change, and organizational challenges arising from climate change-related issues in the domestic environment.

Published by the US War College during trump's first term.

Pretending that climate change is a hoax or that the impact will be minimal is strategically foolish.

[BDKJMU]

Implications of Climate Change for the U.S. Army

Current conversations about climate change and its impacts are often rancorous and politically charged. As an organization that is, by law, non-partisan, the Department of Defense (DoD) is precariously unprepared for the national security implications of climate change-induced global security challenges. This study examines the implications of climate change for the United States Army. This includes national security challenges associated with or worsened by climate change, and organizational challenges arising from climate change-related issues in the domestic environment.

Published by the US War College during trump's first term.

Pretending that climate change is a hoax or that the impact will be minimal is strategically foolish.

Lawl you can’t be unprepared for the national security challenges of something that isn’t real.

[UNI88]

Implications of Climate Change for the U.S. Army

Published by the US War College during trump's first term.

Pretending that climate change is a hoax or that the impact will be minimal is strategically foolish.

Lawl you can’t be unprepared for the national security challenges of something that isn’t real.

There is more evidence of climate change then there is that the 2020 election was stolen but you believe that fairy tale.

Denying increasing extreme weather events doesn't mean they aren't happening and won't impact our military now and in the future. Only a wouldn't factor the possibility into their planning.

The study itself did not involve original research on the nature or magnitude of climate change. The analysis assumes, based on the preponderance of evidence available, that significant changes in climate have already occurred, likely to worsen in the years ahead. The study did not look to ascribe causation to climate change (man-made or natural), as causation is distinct from effects and not pertinent to the approximately 50year horizon considered for the study. The study does, however, assume that human behavior can mitigate both the size and consequences of negative impacts that result from climate change.
...
Sea level rise, changes in water and food security, and more frequent extreme weather events are likely to result in the migration of large segments of the population. Rising seas will displace tens (if not hundreds) of millions of people, creating massive, enduring instability. This migration will be most pronounced in those regions where climate vulnerability is exacerbated by weak institutions and governance and underdeveloped civil society. Recent history has shown that mass human migrations can result in increased propensity for conflict and turmoil as new populations intermingle with and compete against established populations. More frequent extreme weather events will also increase demand for military humanitarian assistance.

Salt water intrusion into coastal areas and changing weather patterns will also compromise or eliminate fresh water supplies in many parts of the world. Additionally, warmer weather increases hydration requirements. This means that in expeditionary warfare, the Army will need to supply itself with more water. This significant logistical burden will be exacerbated on a future battlefield that requires constant movement due to the ubiquity of adversarial sensors and their deep strike capabilities.

A warming trend will also increase the range of insects that are vectors of infectious tropical diseases. This, coupled with large scale human migration from tropical nations, will increase the spread of infectious disease. The Army has tremendous logistical capabilities, unique in the world, in working in austere or unsafe environments. In the event of a significant infectious disease outbreak (domestic or international), the Army is likely to be called upon to assist in the response and containment.

Arctic ice will continue to melt in a warming climate. These Arctic changes present both challenges and opportunities. The decrease in Arctic sea ice and associated sea level rise will bring conflicting claims to newly-accessible natural resources. It will also introduce a new theater of direct military contact between an increasingly belligerent Russia and other Arctic nations, including the U.S. Yet the opening of the Arctic will also increase commercial opportunities. Whether due to increased commercial shipping traffic or expanded opportunities for hydrocarbon extraction, increased economic activity will drive a requirement for increased military expenditures specific to that region. In short, competition will increase.

The increased likelihood of more intense and longer duration drought in some areas, accompanied by greater atmospheric heating, will put an increased strain on the aging U.S. power grid and further spur large scale human migration elsewhere. Power generation in U.S. hydroelectric and nuclear facilities will be affected. This dual attack on both supply and demand could create more frequent, widespread and enduring power grid failures, handicapping the U.S. economy. In addition to the changing environmental conditions that will contribute to a changing security environment, climate change will likely also result in social, political, and market pressures that may profoundly affect the Army’s (and DoD’s) activities. Studies indicate that global society, including in the U.S., increasingly views climate change as a grave threat to security.

[kalm]

Implications of Climate Change for the U.S. Army



Published by the US War College during trump's first term.

Pretending that climate change is a hoax or that the impact will be minimal is strategically foolish.

Lawl you can’t be unprepared for the national security challenges of something that is denied by libsoftiktok and endwokeness.

[kalm]

[UNI88]

Wall Street Investors Mock Trump With A Brutal 4-Letter Code Word

It’s called “TACO,” which is code for “Trump Always Chickens Out,” and it refers to the president’s tendency to announce massive tariffs, causing the markets to plunge, only to back off days later, causing them to rise again.

[kalm]

There are many stories of the effects of Trump’s threats and actual cuts including the EU spending $500 million to lure researchers across the pond.

When a semi-literate cult leader is given power over things he can’t comprehend. Hey dummies…is this also what you voted for?

A 43-year-old woman and mother of two with advanced cancer is experiencing life-or-death delays in treatment because of the Trump administration’s cuts to the National Institutes of Health (NIH).

Natalie Phelps, who has stage 4 colorectal cancer, has spoken publicly, raising the alarm about a setback in care for herself and others who are part of clinical trials run by the agency. Her story has made it into congressional hearings and spurred a spat between a Democratic senator and the US health secretary, Robert F Kennedy Jr. Behind the scenes, she and others are advocating to get her treatment started sooner.

So far, Phelps has been told that her treatment, which should have started around mid-June, will not begin until after mid-July.

‘Fiscally irresponsible’: Trump’s ‘big, beautiful bill’ benefits the rich at the expense of the poor
Read more
“I’ve done everything I can do,” Phelps, who lives in Washington state, told the Guardian. “There’s nothing else I can do. I’m really just out of options. There’s very limited treatments approved for colorectal cancer.”

Phelps is one of many Americans whose lives have been disrupted or altered by the ongoing cuts to government services made by the Trump administration’s so-called “department of government efficiency”, or Doge. Some NIH scientists have lost their jobs, and others have seen their grants ended. Researchers told the Associated Press that cuts to the agency and its programs would end treatment for cancer patients and delay cures and treatment discoveries.

https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/202 ... SApp_Other