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And speaking of ludicrous…..

www.mediaite.com

Trump Demands ‘Major Investigation’ Into Springsteen, Beyoncé, Oprah for Backing Kamala Harris: ‘CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL!’

Trump called for a “major investigation” into Bruce Springsteen Sunday night after the rock legend delivered a critique of the president during his UK tour.
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In a Truth Social post late Sunday night, Trump accused Springsteen of having been paid by former Democratic presidential candidate Kamala Harris for a campaign performance and endorsement – without offering any evidence.

Trump also floated similar claims about Beyoncé, Oprah Winfrey, and U2 frontman Bono, all of whom publicly supported Harris or the Democrats during the 2024 election.

The president wrote:

HOW MUCH DID KAMALA HARRIS PAY BRUCE SPRINGSTEEN FOR HIS POOR PERFORMANCE DURING HER CAMPAIGN FOR PRESIDENT? WHY DID HE ACCEPT THAT MONEY IF HE IS SUCH A FAN OF HERS? ISN’T THAT A MAJOR AND ILLEGAL CAMPAIGN CONTRIBUTION? WHAT ABOUT BEYONCÉ? …AND HOW MUCH WENT TO OPRAH, AND BONO??? I am going to call for a major investigation into this matter. Candidates aren’t allowed to pay for ENDORSEMENTS, which is what Kamala did, under the guise of paying for entertainment. In addition, this was a very expensive and desperate effort to artificially build up her sparse crowds. IT’S NOT LEGAL! For these unpatriotic “entertainers,” this was just a CORRUPT & UNLAWFUL way to capitalize on a broken system. Thank you for your attention to this matter!!!
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Red said:
Among your legion of ludicrous claims, this stands boldly as one of your most ridiculous…



abcnews.go.com

Trump's Middle East visit comes as his family deepens its business, crypto ties in the region

It’s not just the “gesture” of a $400 million luxury plane that President Donald Trump says he’s smart to accept from Qatar
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www.msnbc.com

Jen Psaki: The $400M jet is the tip of the iceberg. Gulf property deals could make Trump millions.

On his first foreign trip, the president is clearly demonstrating that he and his family are open for business.
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Please don’t quote that account. Thanks.


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Red said:
Correcting a lie by Patel that was posted recently….



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The FBI was in fact involved in January 6th. Just not in the way maga thinks they were. maga thinks the FBI was there at the Capitol encouraging rioters to cause destruction and helped orchestrate the riots etc.
The way the FBI was actually involved is that prior to January 6th the FBI had concerns and were talking to hardcore maga folks and trying to gather intelligence about any kind of possible disruption or violence that might be carried out. Just like they should have been doing. That was their involvement. Nothing scary or nefarious.

maga will be like "then why didn't they stop it all from happening?".... Well they can only go off the intelligence they were receiving. So if the maga folks they were talking to weren't providing them with info alluding to violence or criminal activity being planned then why should they try to stop peaceful protesting.
 
fishonjazz said:
The FBI was in fact involved in January 6th. Just not in the way maga thinks they were. maga thinks the FBI was there at the Capitol encouraging rioters to cause destruction and helped orchestrate the riots etc.
The way the FBI was actually involved is that prior to January 6th the FBI had concerns and were talking to hardcore maga folks and trying to gather intelligence about any kind of possible disruption or violence that might be carried out. Just like they should have been doing. That was their involvement. Nothing scary or nefarious.

maga will be like "then why didn't they stop it all from happening?".... Well they can only go off the intelligence they were receiving. So if the maga folks they were talking to weren't providing them with info alluding to violence or criminal activity being planned then why should they try to stop peaceful protesting.
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Thats right a bunch of gun toting violent psycho's went to take over the government and they forgot their guns. They went to take over the US government wearing pajama bottoms and buffalo helmets. Good thing Feds were there to plant pipe bombs.
 
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fishonjazz said:
The FBI was in fact involved in January 6th. Just not in the way maga thinks they were. maga thinks the FBI was there at the Capitol encouraging rioters to cause destruction and helped orchestrate the riots etc.
The way the FBI was actually involved is that prior to January 6th the FBI had concerns and were talking to hardcore maga folks and trying to gather intelligence about any kind of possible disruption or violence that might be carried out. Just like they should have been doing. That was their involvement. Nothing scary or nefarious.

maga will be like "then why didn't they stop it all from happening?".... Well they can only go off the intelligence they were receiving. So if the maga folks they were talking to weren't providing them with info alluding to violence or criminal activity being planned then why should they try to stop peaceful protesting.
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Good post. But also, even if the FBI was egging Trumpers on on Jan 6, would that be bad? Trump pardoned a bunch of those guys. Why should “camp Auschwitz” get a pardon for trashing our capitol and not an fbi agent? The day was a glorious day, right? If only Mike pence had had the courage to do what was right. Or something. Right?

If trashing the capitol and attacking police was wrong, why did Trump pardon hundreds of those criminals?

MAGA always tries to have things both ways. Jan 6 was bad and the deep state did it but also it was great and glorious and patriotic! Joe Biden was a senile doofus but also a communist genius! Trump is a great leader but he also has no idea what’s going on and can never ever ever be held accountable for all the crappy people he hires (then fires).
 
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You mother****ers i hate all of you.

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Rick James should bitch slap your whole ****ing country. **** off
 
https://theonion.com/report-confirms-anyone-who-really-likes-a-politician-is-1849666839/

Report Confirms Anyone Who Really Likes A Politician Is Insane​


MEDFORD, MA—Calling such behavior a guaranteed indicator of severe underlying derangement, a report published Tuesday by researchers at Tufts University confirmed that any person who really, truly likes a politician is ******* insane. “Our findings established a conclusive link between experiencing genuine fondness for a political figure and being a ****ing lunatic,” said the report’s lead author Dr. Rachel Strathmore, who urged anyone who had ever felt inspired by a politician, or worse, owned an article of clothing with a politician’s face on it, to immediately seek professional mental help. “It doesn’t matter if they’re at the local, state, or federal level—our data show that if you sense any kind of interpersonal connection with an elected leader or candidate, even just a little, you’re a delusional maniac and your brain is fundamentally broken. A healthy, rational human mind understands politicians as a means to achieve a political goal and nothing more, but when someone inappropriately perceives real affection for them, that’s pure psychosis.
 
The Thriller said:
Good post. But also, even if the FBI was egging Trumpers on on Jan 6, would that be bad? Trump pardoned a bunch of those guys. Why should “camp Auschwitz” get a pardon for trashing our capitol and not an fbi agent? The day was a glorious day, right? If only Mike pence had had the courage to do what was right. Or something. Right?

If trashing the capitol and attacking police was wrong, why did Trump pardon hundreds of those criminals?

MAGA always tries to have things both ways. Jan 6 was bad and the deep state did it but also it was great and glorious and patriotic! Joe Biden was a senile doofus but also a communist genius! Trump is a great leader but he also has no idea what’s going on and can never ever ever be held accountable for all the crappy people he hires (then fires).
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Fascists don't care about hypocrisy or double standards. They care about gaining as much power and possible.
 
Fosto said:
Fascists don't care about hypocrisy or double standards. They care about gaining as much power and possible.
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True. But how many in America know that this is a fascist movement? In fact, how many see this as a normal Reagan like GOP? Or see this as merely a backlash against “woke socialists” so everything is actually justified?

The issue, as always, is the electorate. We have a dumb as hell electorate, softened and bored by prosperity. We have a disgusting media ecosystem focused on this false sense of “neutrality.” And as long as they can get clicks by propping up the crazed fascists on the right and always punching down on the left, that’s good. And we have a political system that awards extremists in party primaries.

Much of this wouldn’t matter however, if the electorate could take 3 seconds to think about who they’re voting for. Instead, many in this country have memory of goldfish. Most have already memory holed how Russia interfered in 2016, how awful Trump handled Covid and who instigated Jan 6, and how awful the situation was in 2021. Of course, this doesn’t surprise me, I’m old enough to remember the hell hole obama inherited in 2009; a terrible economy and a health care system that could just refuse to pay for your stuff cuz preconditions. His reward for fixing that was to see his congressional majority erased and his power slashed for an entire second term. Meanwhile, the moronic party that had driven our country off a cliff economically and morally (Iraq) was rewarded by merely placating to the racism and boredom and all around stupidity of your average voter.

And the same thing will happen again soon. Trump and republicans will drive this country off another cliff. We’re entering a recession already. His tariffs and tax cuts and Medicaid will only hurt businesses and impoverish most of his voters. And the next Democratic president will have to waste their next term trying to repair the damage that Trump and doge have done. Most won’t even realize that it was Trump who did it since Medicaid cuts will be found on page A14 while Biden’s *** or trans panic or (whatever manufactured media story) will dominate the front page. And those who don’t read the newspaper will never even hear about Medicaid cuts. They’ll probably believe on Facebook that immigrants or pets ate their Medicaid coverage.
 
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The Thriller said:
True. But how many in America know that this is a fascist movement? In fact, how many see this as a normal Reagan like GOP? Or see this as merely a backlash against “woke socialists” so everything is actually justified?

The issue, as always, is the electorate. We have a dumb as hell electorate, softened and bored by prosperity. We have a disgusting media ecosystem focused on this false sense of “neutrality.” And as long as they can get clicks by propping up the crazed fascists on the right and always punching down on the left, that’s good. And we have a political system that awards extremists in party primaries.

Much of this wouldn’t matter however, if the electorate could take 3 seconds to think about who they’re voting for. Instead, many in this country have memory of goldfish. Most have already memory holed how Russia interfered in 2016, how awful Trump handled Covid and who instigated Jan 6, and how awful the situation was in 2021. Of course, this doesn’t surprise me, I’m old enough to remember the hell hole obama inherited in 2009; a terrible economy and a health care system that could just refuse to pay for your stuff cuz preconditions. His reward for fixing that was to see his congressional majority erased and his power slashed for an entire second term. Meanwhile, the moronic party that had driven our country off a cliff economically and morally (Iraq) was rewarded by merely placating to the racism and boredom and all around stupidity of your average voter.

And the same thing will happen again soon. Trump and republicans will drive this country off another cliff. We’re entering a recession already. His tariffs and tax cuts and Medicaid will only hurt businesses and impoverish most of his voters. And the next Democratic president will have to waste their next term trying to repair the damage that Trump and doge have done. Most won’t even realize that it was Trump who did it since Medicaid cuts will be found on page A14 while Biden’s *** or trans panic or (whatever manufactured media story) will dominate the front page. And those who don’t read the newspaper will never even hear about Medicaid cuts. They’ll probably believe on Facebook that immigrants or pets ate their Medicaid coverage.
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What exactly are these people saying when they complain about "wokeness"? They're saying they want the government to put a stop to the representation of women, ethnic and sexual minorities, people with disabilities, etc in the media and prevent efforts of normalizing them. In other words, the backlash against woke socialists is just a regular, boring, fascist movement. And Reagan is where this all started.

www.latimes.com

Opinion: The ideas in Project 2025? Reagan tried them, and the nation suffered

The Heritage Foundation's playbook for a second Trump presidency would revive many of Ronald Reagan's worst policies.
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"Conservatives" want a continuation of the fascist project that began under Reagan, which had to take a back seat to the neoliberalism of the succeeding administrations.

I do agree with basically everything you're saying, however. I don't think this has anything to do with the economy. Like I've said multiple times, almost all critiques of economic policies come from liberals and leftists. Conservatives don't care about the economy. They care about enforcing what they see as the natural order of things, with white, straight, Christian, men on top.
 
Just found out that due to the Big Beautiful Billionaire Bonus Bill that just passed, I now have to pay an extra $100 dollars each year because my wife's car is a hybrid.
If you drive a fully electric vehicle then you have to pay an extra $250 each year.

I guess it's because drivers of those vehicles use less gas and therefore pay less taxes on the gas that they aren't buying and the taxes paid on gas goes towards fixing roads and stuff and hybrid drivers and electric vehicle drivers also use the roads so they should contribute as much towards roadwork.

And that actually makes sense but it still sucks. Also, why not make people pay a fee who simply drive less often and shorter distances?
If you walk (or ride a bike) to work or the store then you should be subjected to this extra fee. If you are retired and don't work and rarely drive then you should have to pay this fee. Use public transportation? Pay the fee. Carpool? Pay the fee. Live really close to work? Pay the fee.
You might say, well those people aren't using the roads as much so they shouldn't have to pay as much but I might own a hybrid or EV and also walk (or bike) to the store and to work and live close to work and be retired etc.

It feels like a fee that exists to incentivize people to buy gas only cars and punish those who don't buy gas only cars.
 
fishonjazz said:
Just found out that due to the Big Beautiful Billionaire Bonus Bill that just passed, I now have to pay an extra $100 dollars each year because my wife's car is a hybrid.
If you drive a fully electric vehicle then you have to pay an extra $250 each year.

I guess it's because drivers of those vehicles use less gas and therefore pay less taxes on the gas that they aren't buying and the taxes paid on gas goes towards fixing roads and stuff and hybrid drivers and electric vehicle drivers also use the roads so they should contribute as much towards roadwork.

And that actually makes sense but it still sucks. Also, why not make people pay a fee who simply drive less often and shorter distances?
If you walk (or ride a bike) to work or the store then you should be subjected to this extra fee. If you are retired and don't work and rarely drive then you should have to pay this fee. Use public transportation? Pay the fee. Carpool? Pay the fee. Live really close to work? Pay the fee.
You might say, well those people aren't using the roads as much so they shouldn't have to pay as much but I might own a hybrid or EV and also walk (or bike) to the store and to work and live close to work and be retired etc.

It feels like a fee that exists to incentivize people to buy gas only cars and punish those who don't buy gas only cars.
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That's exactly what it is. It's about controlling people not about what's best for society. Full stop.
 
fishonjazz said:
Just found out that due to the Big Beautiful Billionaire Bonus Bill that just passed, I now have to pay an extra $100 dollars each year because my wife's car is a hybrid.
If you drive a fully electric vehicle then you have to pay an extra $250 each year.

I guess it's because drivers of those vehicles use less gas and therefore pay less taxes on the gas that they aren't buying and the taxes paid on gas goes towards fixing roads and stuff and hybrid drivers and electric vehicle drivers also use the roads so they should contribute as much towards roadwork.

And that actually makes sense but it still sucks. Also, why not make people pay a fee who simply drive less often and shorter distances?
If you walk (or ride a bike) to work or the store then you should be subjected to this extra fee. If you are retired and don't work and rarely drive then you should have to pay this fee. Use public transportation? Pay the fee. Carpool? Pay the fee. Live really close to work? Pay the fee.
You might say, well those people aren't using the roads as much so they shouldn't have to pay as much but I might own a hybrid or EV and also walk (or bike) to the store and to work and live close to work and be retired etc.

It feels like a fee that exists to incentivize people to buy gas only cars and punish those who don't buy gas only cars.
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Keep your chin up, kid! The $200 registration fee for silencers has been eliminated so that should offset the EV fee for most people, right?
 
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