I confess to back pedaling into Trump territory when I wanted to leave discussions about him in the garbage can. My thread on the read-only break room site has 9,600 replies so I thought I'd bring up a new one.
He's not going away.
Haberman's book is out based on interviews. I won't read it, but the excerpts are interesting. Especially what he says about McConnell, a description that's against the Terms of Service here, but I actually don't disagree with. LOL
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“At one point, Trump made a candid admission that was as jarring as it was ultimately unsurprising. ‘The question I get asked more than any other question: “If you had it to do again, would you have done it?”’Trump said of running for president. ‘The answer is, yeah, I think so. Because here’s the way I look at it. I have so many rich friends and nobody knows who they are.’ … Reflecting on the meaning of having been president of the United States, his first impulse was not to mention public service, or what he felt he’d accomplished, only that it appeared to be a vehicle for fame, and that many experiences were only worth having if someone else envied them.”
the U.S. Department of Agriculture has frozen some funding for farmers as it goes through a sweeping review, despite assurances from the Trump administration that programs helping farmers would not be affected in the government overhaul. The impact has been immediate and wide-ranging, from cash assistance for ranchers to fix cattle watering systems to help for corn growers wanting to plant cover crops that curb wind erosion.”
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"The freeze adds more economic uncertainty for farmers already struggling after several consecutive years of incomes dragged down by low crop prices,” Huffstutter and Douglas reported. "It also comes as a surprise to a community that voted overwhelmingly for Trump in the past three presidential elections. His first term brought farmers record cash: about $217 billion in farm payments, including crop support, disaster and aid programs.”
Ag Groups & Farmers Expressing Concern
Bloomberg's Michael Hirtzer reported Friday that "the American Soybean Association said it had been notified by growers that payments associated with the Partnerships for Climate-Smart Commodities Program have been suspended, according to a statement on Friday. The pause comes as the administration reviews various grants.”
Farmers signed contracts and Trump reneged which could have devastating economic effects for the farmers. It's not going to lower grocery costs.
"He who saves his Country does not violate any Law," Trump, a Republican, proclaimed on his Truth Social network. The White House did not respond to a request for more details.
The phrase, attributed to the French military leader who created the Napoleonic Code of civil law in 1804 before declaring himself emperor, drew immediate criticism from Democrats.
I guess Trump voters are just OK with this kind of thinking.
I guess Trump voters are just OK with this kind of thinking.
I think so because they think America needs save and Trump is the one do it and they seem okay with some authoritative style.
I saw recently Musk criticizing that many of Trump's directives were challenged and people can't do that and someone said "Musk discovers the Constitution and is mad'. LOL
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Tweety said:
I think so because they think America needs save and Trump is the one do it and they seem okay with some authoritative style.
I saw recently Musk criticizing that many of Trump's directives were challenged and people can't do that and someone said "Musk discovers the Constitution and is mad'. LOL
It's all part of the indoctrination of conservative Americans. They have become accepting and approving of increasingly un-American and unacceptable thinking and language.
It's all part of the indoctrination of conservative Americans. They have become accepting and approving of increasingly un-American and unacceptable thinking and language.
Perhaps. I understand a like any country we have our problems and we always have. We have inefficient government agencies sucking up dollars, illegal immigrants, drugs (which has bene a problem in my entire lifetime), etc. etc. and people admire Trump's tough no-nonsense approach this time around. I am a bit baffled by the Gaza thing, the renaming of the Gulf, the "Canada should be a state" thing, or the "biology is not bigotry" stance as being important, but it is what it is.
I believe there's a process in place to tackle these problems and he should get tough and move his agenda along, but I don't think in every instance he's going about it properly or even legally. This seems to baffle some people including Trump and especially Musk.
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Support in the Constitution for this sweeping unitary executive theory has always been weak. More important, whatever the president's views of the theory, it is simply not currently the law. That is why the president faces so very many cases against him in the courts. Trump may think the presidency carries with it the power to do whatever he wants, but as we are watching play out in real time, how much power the president has is not just up to him.
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Tweety said:
Perhaps. I understand a like any country we have our problems and we always have. We have inefficient government agencies sucking up dollars, illegal immigrants, drugs (which has bene a problem in my entire lifetime), etc. etc. and people admire Trump's tough no-nonsense approach this time around. I am a bit baffled by the Gaza thing, the renaming of the Gulf, the "Canada should be a state" thing, or the "biology is not bigotry" stance as being important, but it is what it is.
I believe there's a process in place to tackle these problems and he should get tough and move his agenda along, but I don't think in every instance he's going about it properly or even legally. This seems to baffle some people including Trump and especially Musk.
The American democratic process has never included the notion that the POTUS could do whatever they preferred, regardless of the constitutional limits or the laws, as long as they claim that they are "saving the country". The acceptance of that wholly un-American thinking can be laid at the feet of the information sources and rhetoric those Americans are consuming which normalizes that abnormal attitude. Is there some other way that we might think that this weird patriotism developed?
Perhaps. I understand a like any country we have our problems and we always have. We have inefficient government agencies sucking up dollars, illegal immigrants, drugs (which has bene a problem in my entire lifetime), etc. etc. and people admire Trump's tough no-nonsense approach this time around. I am a bit baffled by the Gaza thing, the renaming of the Gulf, the "Canada should be a state" thing, or the "biology is not bigotry" stance as being important, but it is what it is.
I believe there's a process in place to tackle these problems and he should get tough and move his agenda along, but I don't think in every instance he's going about it properly or even legally. This seems to baffle some people including Trump and especially Musk.
"He thinks he's going to be cutting 65 or so percent of people from Environmental," Mr. Trump said at his first Cabinet meeting on Wednesday, referring to EPA Administrator Lee Zeldin. "You had a lot of people who weren't doing their job. They were just obstructionists."
Hahaha
Captain crazy pants runs his mouth again.
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"Trump said out loud what we have suspected all along: His agenda is to demolish the EPA," said Jeremy Symons, a senior adviser with the Environmental Protection Network, a group of more than 650 former EPA employees that was formed in 2017 to protect the integrity of the agency. "This is a wrecking ball approach that will throw the doors open to corporate polluters."
Dismantling the federal government one agency and institution at a time.
So much winning. Who knew that reckless language, behavior and policy from the executive branch could so quickly reap unwanted consequences?
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The Labor Department released a report on Thursday showing first-time claims for U.S. unemployment benefits climbed much more than expected in the week ended February 22nd.
The report said initial jobless claims rose to 242,000, an increase of 22,000 from the previous week's revised level of 220,000.
I think that Trump and Musk will want to make sure that the Department of Labor reviews and revises those numbers before they are published in the future. What do you think?
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https://farmpolicynews.illinois.edu/2025/02/usda-freezes-conservation-other-direct-farmer-funding/
Farmers signed contracts and Trump reneged which could have devastating economic effects for the farmers. It's not going to lower grocery costs.