Al-O-Meter
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You need to be more blunt. Try: @Red you are posting indefensible nonsense. There are some real issues you could probably sink your teeth into, but Musk shutting down USAID isn't one of them.
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In case folks missed that….
Trump’s Justice Department orders Manhattan U.S. Attorney to dismiss corruption case against Mayor Adams
A top official in President Trump’s Department of Justice instructed federal prosecutors in Manhattan late Monday to drop federal corruption charges against Mayor Adams, casting serious doubt…
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Gaslighting has been on the docket all along, it is the backbone on which the new administration is built. No need for doubling down when it is your only and every play.
TheStormofWar
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Nah man, we're talking All-new and Improved double strength Gaslighting, with Blackjack and hookers!
He wants blue collar people to die off. Once he fully dismantles labor unions, raises their taxes and ignites inflation us working class people will start dropping like flies. Once you’re homeless, you’re done.
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People, this man is a troll, and he is arguing in favor of allowing children to die needlessly, and he is supporting that outcome to the hilt. He accuses me of posting lies. Primarily because he knows this is all very true, and he has to say something that will absolve him of supporting such cruelty. The cruelty is the point! It has always been the point. AI-O-Meter is demonstrating that to us. He’s not alone. Consider what he is supporting in his anti-USAID posts! He is supporting more death, more disease, more pandemics. Surely, AI-O-Meter is sick to be arguing in this fashion.
Lol we’re a world wide joke and everyone hates us, and China is stepping right in as the new global trading partner, they already have all the manufacturing, and now our trading partners will consume from them.
Our leverage was our buying power and our allies “dependence” on our consumption.
Well, they’re just telling us to **** off and doing business elsewhere. Canada is boycotting US products, deshelving US products and promoting buy Canadian. Canadians, all of them, HATE US. Mexico and Latinx folks are also boycotting US companies, Coke and Walmart atm.
This realignment of our economy will take years, beyond Trumps term to see manufacturing projects complete, decades to fill the void left by our international partners. Americans will feel this financially for decades. A generation of hardship, for most people, definitely everyone here. People will die. Desperate poor people with nothing to lose will come for everyone.
You voted to sell us all out for a hypothetical, back of the napkin dream world farted out by The Rapist and Elon Musth.
MAGA voted for this, for you.
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Our leverage was our buying power and our allies “dependence” on our consumption.
Well, they’re just telling us to **** off and doing business elsewhere. Canada is boycotting US products, deshelving US products and promoting buy Canadian. Canadians, all of them, HATE US. Mexico and Latinx folks are also boycotting US companies, Coke and Walmart atm.
This realignment of our economy will take years, beyond Trumps term to see manufacturing projects complete, decades to fill the void left by our international partners. Americans will feel this financially for decades. A generation of hardship, for most people, definitely everyone here. People will die. Desperate poor people with nothing to lose will come for everyone.
You voted to sell us all out for a hypothetical, back of the napkin dream world farted out by The Rapist and Elon Musth.
MAGA voted for this, for you.
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According to “he who would let the children die”, I’m lying when I suggest a constitutional crisis is upon us:
dailywrap.net
US constitutional crisis fears: Over half of Americans concerned
The results of a survey conducted by the international research firm YouGov are concerning. On 6th February, 1,106 resi…
dailywrap.net
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Trumpers have no problem with this. To them trump > the Constitution anyways so **** the Constitution.We are in a lot of trouble right now. Don’t kid yourself. We are in deep ****.
Trump Signals He Might Ignore the Courts
Yesterday, the president said that no judge “should be allowed” to rule against the changes his administration is making.www.theatlantic.com
The United States is sleepwalking into a constitutional crisis. Not only has the Trump administration seized for itself extraconstitutional powers, but yesterday, it raised the specter that, should the courts apply the text of the Constitution and negate its plans, it will simply ignore them.
The Spanish political scientist Juan Linz once theorized that presidential systems are more likely than parliamentary systems to undergo constitutional crises or coup attempts, because they create dueling centers of power. The president and Congress both enjoy popular elections, creating a clash of popular mandates when opposing parties win simultaneous control. “Who has the stronger claim to speak on behalf of the people,” Linz asked, “the president or the legislative majority that opposes his policies?” Presidential systems would teeter and fall, he argued, when the president and Congress could not resolve their competing claims to legitimacy.
A dozen years ago, when Republicans in Congress presented their majorities as having negated Barack Obama’s electoral mandate and began threatening to precipitate a debt crisis to force him to accept their domestic economic plan, Linz’s ideas began attracting renewed attention among liberal intellectuals. And indeed, the system is teetering. But the source of the emergency is nearly the opposite of what Linz predicted. The Trump administration is not refusing to share power with an opposing party. It is refusing to follow the constitutional limits of a government that its own party controls completely.
Donald Trump is unilaterally declaring the right to ignore spending levels set by Congress, and to eliminate agencies that Congress voted to create. What makes this demand so astonishing is that Trump could persuade Congress, which he commands in personality-cult style, to follow his demands. Republicans presently control both houses of Congress, and any agency that Congress established, it can also cut or eliminate.
Yet Trump refuses to even try to pass his plan democratically. And as courts have stepped in to halt his efforts to ignore the law, he is now threatening to ignore them too. “If a judge tried to tell a general how to conduct a military operation, that would be illegal,” Vice President J. D. Vance posted on X yesterday morning. “If a judge tried to command the attorney general in how to use her discretion as a prosecutor, that’s also illegal. Judges aren’t allowed to control the executive’s legitimate power.”
Retired Federal Judge Says This Trump Admin Move ‘Should Give All Of Us Pause’
Nancy Gertner condemned the president for “completely” ignoring “very, very straightforward” steps.www.huffpost.com
'Autocratic breakthrough': Trump showdown with courts puts U.S. on the brink of abandoning democracy
As Donald Trump rushes beyond the bounds of his authority to dismantle the U.S. government, courts are quickly catching up and putting his actions on hold. But, Rachel Maddow points out, whether he heeds the authority of the courts or decides to openly defy court orders will show whether or not...www.msnbc.com
Breaking the Law
Just weeks in, the Trump administration has violated rules, laws, and the Constitution.www.brennancenter.org
Trump’s blitz to expand his power is direct threat to democracy, experts say
Executive actions aims to test limits of president’s authority and perhaps win backing from conservative supreme courtwww.theguardian.com
Robert B. Reich: Trump regime is refusing to be bound by the federal courts. Where will this end?
Plaintiffs are seeking to “check this abuse of power” by asking the courts to declare the Trump regime’s actions unlawful and prevent their enforcement.www.courant.com
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And forget the gaslighting and blackjack!
Al-O-Meter
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I accuse you of posting lies because you are posting lies. I posted a video of the Secretary of State, who is in charge of the situation. I bring facts.
You respond with accusations of me being a troll, of me wanting children to die, of me being cruel. All you've got is personal attack after personal attack because you are pushing a bowl full of lies that can't stand up to the disinfecting sunlight of facts. You live in a world of lies.
Al-O-Meter
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That is a different set of lies, but yes that is lies too. The lies in that one are in who the American people think is in the wrong there. In that same YouGov poll that is central to the article you posted, the American people gave Trump the highest approval rating YouGov has ever recorded for Trump.According to “he who would let the children die”, I’m lying when I suggest a constitutional crisis is upon us:
US constitutional crisis fears: Over half of Americans concerned
The results of a survey conducted by the international research firm YouGov are concerning. On 6th February, 1,106 resi…
The Constitutional crisis is when an activist judge, who wasn't the appointed judge but took the role in an emergency capacity at 1 AM issued a temporary restraining order that prevents the Senate-confirmed Head of the Treasury from accessing any data in the department he was confirmed to lead. It has opened a massive issue over the limits on judicial power and conservatives rightfully view that as a constitutional crisis.
To be sure, there are those on the left who think Trump is going too far and that is a constitutional crisis. Both sides see an issue, and that is reflected in the polling data, but you live in a world of lies where everyone asking questions is faulting Trump. That is not so, and you are living in lies.
Al-O-Meter
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Any who believes there are "Latinx" folks have no credibility. It is a term used by bigots who believe Latino people are too dumb to know they made their language wrong. Your "improvement" is not needed or welcome.
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Watching conservatives panic to try to defend all this garbage would be hilarious if it wasn’t so sad. Conservatives and MAGA all get the same fear in their eyes when they talk about him and what they are doing to other people. Almost like they know what they’ve done, but they so scared to face it they make up all this BS to defend themselves.
This is what a death spiral looks like, and we’ll all pay the price.
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This is what a death spiral looks like, and we’ll all pay the price.
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Al-O-Meter
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Winning the Presidency, House, and Senate in a free and a fair election with approval ratings from the American people that continue to climb. Carry on.
Red
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How stupid, or dishonest, does one have to be, not to see the Strongman in action?
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WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge temporarily reinstated the head of a U.S. watchdog agency focused on protecting government whistleblowers after the official filed a lawsuit on Monday claiming his removal by President Donald Trump' administration was unlawful.
Hampton Dellinger, who was appointed in 2023 to head the Office of Special Counsel, said in the lawsuit that he received an email from the head of the White House personnel office on Friday informing him, on behalf of Trump, that his position was terminated effective immediately.
Dellinger, whose appointment by Democratic President Joe Biden to a five-year term was confirmed by the Senate in 2024, alleged his firing violated a U.S. law that only allows for him to be removed for neglect of duty or misconduct.
A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that Dellinger should remain in his position until Thursday while the court considered a request for a longer-term order.
"I am grateful to have the opportunity to continue leading the Office of Special Counsel and I am resuming my work tonight," Dellinger said in a statement.
Lawyers for the Trump administration filed a notice of appeal late Monday.
Also on Monday, Trump removed the top U.S. ethics official, David Huitema, according to a notice on the Office of Government Ethics' website. Huitema assumed the role, which is tasked with preventing conflicts of interest among government workers, in December.
A spokesperson for the office declined to comment.
The moves are the latest by the Trump administration to expel officials who investigate wrongdoing within the federal government. Trump last month fired 17 inspectors general who serve as independent watchdogs within their agencies, without providing a reason.
The Special Counsel Office allows whistleblowers to make disclosures about alleged misconduct within federal agencies and investigates complaints of retaliation. It also enforces a U.S. law known as the Hatch Act that limits political participation by federal employees.
US whistleblower office chief temporarily reinstated after alleging improper firing
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge temporarily reinstated the head of a U.S. watchdog agency focused on protecting government whistleblowers after the official filed a lawsuit on Monday claiming his removal by President Donald Trump' administration was unlawful. Hampton Dellinger, who was...
WASHINGTON (Reuters) -A U.S. judge temporarily reinstated the head of a U.S. watchdog agency focused on protecting government whistleblowers after the official filed a lawsuit on Monday claiming his removal by President Donald Trump' administration was unlawful.
Hampton Dellinger, who was appointed in 2023 to head the Office of Special Counsel, said in the lawsuit that he received an email from the head of the White House personnel office on Friday informing him, on behalf of Trump, that his position was terminated effective immediately.
Dellinger, whose appointment by Democratic President Joe Biden to a five-year term was confirmed by the Senate in 2024, alleged his firing violated a U.S. law that only allows for him to be removed for neglect of duty or misconduct.
A White House spokesperson did not immediately respond to a request for comment.
U.S. District Judge Amy Berman Jackson ruled that Dellinger should remain in his position until Thursday while the court considered a request for a longer-term order.
"I am grateful to have the opportunity to continue leading the Office of Special Counsel and I am resuming my work tonight," Dellinger said in a statement.
Lawyers for the Trump administration filed a notice of appeal late Monday.
Also on Monday, Trump removed the top U.S. ethics official, David Huitema, according to a notice on the Office of Government Ethics' website. Huitema assumed the role, which is tasked with preventing conflicts of interest among government workers, in December.
A spokesperson for the office declined to comment.
The moves are the latest by the Trump administration to expel officials who investigate wrongdoing within the federal government. Trump last month fired 17 inspectors general who serve as independent watchdogs within their agencies, without providing a reason.
The Special Counsel Office allows whistleblowers to make disclosures about alleged misconduct within federal agencies and investigates complaints of retaliation. It also enforces a U.S. law known as the Hatch Act that limits political participation by federal employees.
enchilada_style
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I cannot get over how ****ing dumb this country has become.
TheStormofWar
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I'm not surprised one bit.