Who will replace Biden?

[fishonjazz]

Funniest thing is how trump was like "project 2025? Never heard of it.". And I'm sure you guys believe him lol.

A guy who is tuned into all things politics, watches cable news like a mo fo, literally owns truth social, and whose allies are the founders of project 2025, knows nothing about it.

Meanwhile I'm at the gym on an elliptical machine and see one of the TV's discussing project 2025.

My wife bought up project 2025 unprompted the other day asking me if I had heard of it. She knows nothing about politics.
Trump knows nothing about it lol.

Ya, always believe trump due to his trustworthiness.

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[Bucknutz]

I have no idea. He seems pretty smart to me though.
Maybe he has all the merits.
Also, I understand hiring a cabinet of people you like and who think similarly to you. Again, you are simplifying for some reason.
Tens of thousands of civil servants is different than mayor Pete.

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Battling 2 people, solo, this early in the morning is quite impressive!

 

[fishonjazz]

Anywho im too far behind at work to continue this so y'all just keep trusting in trump. He will always choose the right just like he always has. He is honest and good. Very Christ like. No one knows more about honor morals or Christ than trump.

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[Al-O-Meter]

Lolz
In 2023, Trump campaign officials acknowledged that project 2025 aligned well with trumps agenda.

Oh, and which campaign officials are those? What are their names and when did they make that statement?

Also, it obviously doesn't align with Trump's agenda as I've posted exactly what is in Trump's agenda and it doesn't look like Project 2025.

 

[str8line]

I don’t disagree with merit based hiring. Let me ask you what merits lead Pete Buttigieg to be US Secretary of Transportation? Don’t even say that’s homophobic or any other BS fake word to “get me”. What did he do in his life time to merit the opportunity to manage the governments department of transportation?

Merits or not, he's not a traitor, while the requirement for any of Trump's appointees is for them to be beholden to Trump over country and support The Rapist when he does things like he did on Jan 6.

Here for ya fish!

 

[Bucknutz]

Merits or not, he's not a traitor, while the requirement for any of Trump's appointees is for them to be beholden to Trump over country and support The Rapist when he does things like he did on Jan 6.

Here for ya fish!

Except that’s not accurate. Look at VP Pence, how did he follow along on Jan 6?

 

[Mongoose]

Yes, Trump said WWII was right there, we’re on the brink! Also notable, something they didn’t teach us, when I was in high school, Trump reminded us of how the British had to deal with our airports during the Revolution. Our aircraft were at least the equals of their aircraft, and we likely lose that war otherwise.

What's really funny is the fact I mistyped a single "I" is the main issue you have with that list. How stupid can you be?

 

[fishonjazz]

Except that’s not accurate. Look at VP Pence, how did he follow along on Jan 6?

I won't speak for him but I'm pretty sure he was speaking about the future appointees. Especially since that is what the discussion has been regarding all day.
I doubt pence will be the VP this time around. He didn't go along with the plan. Trump probably learned from that. The next VP will be more loyal to trump. Guaranteed.

Pence was chosen for VP because trump had never been in the political arena before. For him to get elected he needed someone from the establishment on the ticket with him. He don't need that anymore. He could have Steve bannon, the my pillow guy, Charles Manson, or Adolf Hitler as his running mate at this point and not lose any supporters.

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[Red]

The people want done what Trump is promising to do but they want someone else to be the one to do it

Some people do. You perhaps. You’re a person. I don’t think it’s fair to forget many do not want it. On the other hand, I believe I read yesterday, that ~60% of the electorate have never heard of Project 2025. Hence one reason for the crash course being pushed by the Democrats at the moment. I don’t believe Democrats are 100% lying, though. Again, some of my favorite legal minds don’t agree with you at all, on that score. Federal ban on abortion is off the table at the moment, if I recall.

The Supreme Court expanded presidential power-the Supreme Court did not expand presidential power. I guess we can both issue blanket statements and believe what we wish.

Project 2025 should be worrisome to all Americans. But, it’s the case that a certain % of the electorate favor authoritarianism anyway, favor the imperial presidency. So there will always be a % of the electorate they prefer the Strong Man. I would expect Trump to take full advantage of what the immunity ruling and Project 2025 delivers.

And the thing is, politics used to be described as “the art of compromise”. But the people behind Project 2025 are not in the least bit interested in talking to anyone who does not agree with them. Taking after Trump, no talking, their way or the highway. One was willing to threaten violence. Sooner or later, maybe sooner if Trump is sworn in with Republicans controlling both houses, and the Supreme Court being in the Imperial Presidency camp, a genuine civil war will ensue. A rogue Supreme Court and all 3 branches MAGA’s hands, that is not going to be pretty.

Full GOP control at the height of the culture wars? No, that would be disastrous.

 

[Al-O-Meter]

Project 2025 should be worrisome to all Americans.

Why? Project 2025 isn't running for office. The Project 2025 platform isn't the platform of any major candidate. It is only the straw man the DNC wish they were going up against.

The real Trump and GOP platform is this:

1. SEAL THE BORDER, AND STOP THE MIGRANT INVASION
2. CARRY OUT THE LARGEST DEPORTATION OPERATION IN AMERICAN HISTORY
3. END INFLATION, AND MAKE AMERICA AFFORDABLE AGAIN
4. MAKE AMERICA THE DOMINANT ENERGY PRODUCER IN THE WORLD, BY FAR!
5. STOP OUTSOURCING, AND TURN THE UNITED STATES INTO A MANUFACTURING SUPERPOWER
6. LARGE TAX CUTS FOR WORKERS, AND NO TAX ON TIPS!
7. DEFEND OUR CONSTITUTION, OUR BILL OF RIGHTS, AND OUR FUNDAMENTAL FREEDOMS, INCLUDING FREEDOM OF SPEECH, FREEDOM OF RELIGION, AND THE RIGHT TO KEEP AND BEAR ARMS
8. PREVENT WORLD WAR THREE, RESTORE PEACE IN EUROPE AND IN THE MIDDLE EAST, AND BUILD A GREAT IRON DOME MISSILE DEFENSE SHIELD OVER OUR ENTIRE COUNTRY -- ALL MADE IN AMERICA
9. END THE WEAPONIZATION OF GOVERNMENT AGAINST THE AMERICAN PEOPLE
10. STOP THE MIGRANT CRIME EPIDEMIC, DEMOLISH THE FOREIGN DRUG CARTELS, CRUSH GANG VIOLENCE, AND LOCK UP VIOLENT OFFENDERS
11. REBUILD OUR CITIES, INCLUDING WASHINGTON DC, MAKING THEM SAFE, CLEAN, AND BEAUTIFUL AGAIN.
12. STRENGTHEN AND MODERNIZE OUR MILITARY, MAKING IT, WITHOUT QUESTION, THE STRONGEST AND MOST POWERFUL IN THE WORLD
13. KEEP THE U.S. DOLLAR AS THE WORLD’S RESERVE CURRENCY
14. FIGHT FOR AND PROTECT SOCIAL SECURITY AND MEDICARE WITH NO CUTS, INCLUDING NO CHANGES TO THE RETIREMENT AGE
15. CANCEL THE ELECTRIC VEHICLE MANDATE AND CUT COSTLY AND BURDENSOME REGULATIONS
16. CUT FEDERAL FUNDING FOR ANY SCHOOL PUSHING CRITICAL RACE THEORY, RADICAL GENDER IDEOLOGY, AND OTHER INAPPROPRIATE RACIAL, SEXUAL, OR POLITICAL CONTENT ON OUR CHILDREN
17. KEEP MEN OUT OF WOMEN’S SPORTS
18. DEPORT PRO-HAMAS RADICALS AND MAKE OUR COLLEGE CAMPUSES SAFE AND PATRIOTIC AGAIN
19. SECURE OUR ELECTIONS, INCLUDING SAME DAY VOTING, VOTER IDENTIFICATION, PAPER BALLOTS, AND PROOF OF CITIZENSHIP
20. UNITE OUR COUNTRY BY BRINGING IT TO NEW AND RECORD LEVELS OF SUCCESS

Tell me @Red , which of those 20 enumerated planks above do you oppose?

 

[Red]

What's really funny is the fact I mistyped a single "I" is the main issue you have with that list. How stupid can you be?

I remembered Trump is the one to suggest it. And it’s not the main issue at all. I actually agree with much of your overall take, since you’ve posted in GD, i was shaking my fist at the uniparty when Vietnam was tearing the country asunder, I’m reminded of my youth. If it were up to me, Columbus would have stayed home. But, as many problems as I do have with Western civilization, (and prefer to listen to the Kogi people of Columbia when judging where mankind stands at the moment: we are living wrong, completely out of harmony with our mother, the Earth), nonetheless, despite being no real fan of modern society, I am still able to see absolutely no good coming of putting such an intellectually incurious man, who rallies supporters via hate and anger, including identifying “the other” upon wish to place the blame for all his followers ills, into power again. I can think Western civilization took a disastrous wrong turn long ago, without compounding this nation’s troubles with a man who leads MAGA, and whose followers are Christfascists. Things are bad enough…………….

 

[Deleted member 365]

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You are simplifying project 2025 as trump just wanting a cabinet help him be successful in his ideas and vision.

But..... reclassifying tens of thousands of merit-based federal civil service workers as political appointees in order to replace them with Trump loyalists.

So you are fine if trump installs loyalists throughout government to help him be successful in his ideas and visions. You know, things like overturning elections, shooting protesters, and banning certain religions to travel to the United States. Ya sounds great!
civil servants refused to support Trump during his attempt to institute a Muslim travel ban, his effort to install a new attorney general to assist him in his attempts to overturn the 2020 election, and his call for the use of lethal force, saying "When the looting starts, the shooting starts" during the George Floyd protests. So now we get civil servants who will support trump on all of this and more! Yay freedom yay America!


Ya we are just going to have to agree to disagree. I think merit based, experience based hiring is better than who is most loyal to trump hiring.

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Extremely good post. Trump can have the cabinet he wants. He nor Biden should have the entire civil service of the federal government the way they want. Those should remain non-partisan. We used to fill the civil service with partisans in the 1800s. There’s a reason why we’ve moved away from the spoils system.