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Trump's Second Term

I really wonder if SCOTUS will turnover their power to Trump. It's hard to say with 5 of them being sycophantic.
 
Donald's reaction to his low poll ratings

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
Rupert Murdoch has told me for years that he is going to get rid of his FoxNews, Trump Hating, Fake Pollster, but he has never done so. This "pollster" has gotten me, and MAGA, wrong for years. Also, and while he's at it, he should start making changes at the China Loving Wall Street Journal. It sucks!!!
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catsmate said:
Hundreds of thousands of USAians are fleeing the right-wing states.
Healthcare, censorship, civil rights..... The smart people are leaving.

www.theguardian.com

Meet the new American refugees fleeing across state lines for safety

Americans have often moved between states for opportunities. Now they’re being forced to uproot themselves to escape hostile forces under Trump
www.theguardian.com www.theguardian.com
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Which means Red states, the majority, get redder, and you get a permanently Redcoat USA. The presence of so many barely inhabited states in the US is by Confederate-era design, and it is for this very reason. Each with two senators in Congress representing a barely sentient cow patch. Elections are rigged, alright; rigged in favor of ignorant hicks. This trend seals the deal.
 
Jack by the hedge said:
Patriotism. Last refuge of the scoundrel.
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Fake patriotism, perhaps. The kind that's all about show, not substance. Actual patriotism is not measured by outside show, though, but rather inner feelings, and any who has a need to make a big show of celebrating it is far more likely to be running a con.

Trump, in particular, has long shown with his actions that he's no patriot at all. Much could be said of many Republicans, though, and likely all who have chosen to support Republican sabotage the US for political gain strategies like the Two Santa Clauses Strategy.
 
Trump said he could stop the war in Ukraine on Day One of his presidency- apparently this was his strategy (CNN)-

“I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Let’s get the Peace Deal DONE!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday.
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Yup- a social media post telling Putin to stop already. Can you imagine if Biden had done something like this?
 
turingtest said:
Trump said he could stop the war in Ukraine on Day One of his presidency- apparently this was his strategy (CNN)-



Yup- a social media post telling Putin to stop already. Can you imagine if Biden had done something like this?
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He meant Day 1 of his third term.
 
This is what you get for appointing a anti-vax person to be the Secretary of Health and Human Services.

'I am horrified': Why autistic people say RFK Jr.'s comments on autism are so dangerous

CBC News said:
Reaction from the autism community has been swift and damning after U.S. Health and Human Services (HHS) Secretary Robert F. Kennedy Jr.'s press conference last week. In discussing the CDC's new report that autism numbers increased in 2022, Kennedy called autism an "epidemic" and claimed it "destroys families."

"These are kids who will never pay taxes. They'll never hold a job. They'll never play baseball. They'll never write a poem. They'll never go out on a date," he told reporters.
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The harm of misinformation

One of L'Etang's biggest concerns about Kennedy's comments is that it will make vulnerable, exhausted parents more likely to fall prey to autism misinformation, she said, adding that social media is rife with it.

For instance, medical experts have linked the resurgence in measles cases with the rise of vaccine hesitancy — including the false idea that the measles, mumps and rubella vaccine causes autism — even though this claim has been debunked by numerous studies.
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Yet more evidence of fallout from the chaotic start to the second Trump administration.

A 'madman' penalty: Are Trump's actions eroding U.S. economic power?

CBC News said:
Stocks? Down. The U.S. dollar? Same. Demand for U.S. bonds? Also sinking. This isn't supposed to happen — not all three at once.

But Barry Eichengreen sees a historic reaction where there's really one common theme: a collapse in faith in the United States.

"Global investors have concluded that there is a madman in the White House, and that the lunatics have gained control of the asylum," said Eichengreen, a historian at the University of California at Berkeley who studies currencies and central banks.

"The damage is clearly beyond repair."
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Some analysts compared the combination of events to what you'd normally see in a developing economy. Risky assets, safe assets and the currency all struggling at the same time.

"The United States was more than just a nation. It's a brand. It's a universal brand — whether it's our culture, our financial strength, our military strength," said Ken Griffin, a Republican mega-donor and the CEO of Citadel, to the World Economy Summit in Washington on Wednesday. "And we're eroding that brand right now.… We put that brand at risk. It can take a very long time to remove the tarnish on a brand.… It can be a lifetime to repair the damage."
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  • "Global investors have concluded that there is a madman in the White House and that the lunatics have gained control of the asylum." Barry Eichengreen.

Talk about lunatics, gee, here's one now!
  • "And everyone should be thanking the president..." Marco Rubio

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Yeah right Marco. We really owe him big-time. :boggled:
 
P.J. Denyer said:
Maybe it's another 87%? At this rate they'll be paying you to eat eggs by next week!
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Eggs in fact have dropped in price, just not by the percentage amounts Trump boasts they have. Here's a chart from Trading Economics with prices over the last year to today:
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Since his inauguration on January 22, prices have dropped 48% from $6.56 per dozen. And they've dropped 61% from their record high of $8.17 on March 4. However, they're still 105% more expensive that the 12 month low of $1.54 recorded on 14 May 2024.
 
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turingtest said:
Trump said he could stop the war in Ukraine on Day One of his presidency- apparently this was his strategy (CNN)-

“I am not happy with the Russian strikes on KYIV. Not necessary, and very bad timing. Vladimir, STOP! 5000 soldiers a week are dying. Let’s get the Peace Deal DONE!” Trump wrote on Truth Social on Thursday.
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Yup- a social media post telling Putin to stop already. Can you imagine if Biden had done something like this?
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I'm including this in my list for today, but am actually scoring it as a positive. Trump's actually saying something against Putin and cozying up to him like he usually does.
 
How about the bit where he says of Russian concessions in negotiations

“Stopping the war. Stopping taking the whole country. Pretty big concession.”
 
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