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Trump's Second Term

dudalb said:
No comments about Donnie's "We Alone Won World War Two's" comments?
He seems to love to insult our allies.
But he also manages to insult the Russians also with this one.
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I was less amazed by his chauvinism in claiming the US alone won both world wars than I was about his decision to celebrate these victories on dates when neither war ended. I at least expected outrage from every family of a Pacific campaign serviceman or woman against his choice of May 8th as WW2 victory day.
 
bruto said:
And now, it seems, to go along with a former heroin addict as an HHS secretary, we have a magic mushroom booster for Surgeon general.

I guess if we're all going to die we might as well have fun on the way.

apnews.com

Trump surgeon general pick praised unproven psychedelic therapy, said mushrooms helped her find love

President Donald Trump’s new pick for surgeon general wrote in a recent book that people should consider using unproven psychedelic drugs as therapy and in a newsletter suggested her use of mushrooms helped her find love.
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Something was bothering me about Means for a while until this morning when it hit me. She's modelling herself off Elizabeth Holmes of Theranos fame.
 
To poke back at a thing for a moment -

Trump's New Post About Taylor Swift Is So Immature, We Needed Child Psychologists To Explain His Thinking “The tone and content of the post resemble childlike behavior — impulsive, unprovoked and lacking basic decorum; yet, even that comparison may be unfair to children."

Hardly out of character for Trump, of course.

Also of some note, more on a different front of thoroughly unacceptable behavior -

The Trump Administration Leaned on African Countries. The Goal: Get Business for Elon Musk.

Need anyone describe how extremely corrupt that is?

On a slightly different, but all too similar direction -

Even writing about Trump’s large adult sons may now get you in trouble

On Monday, Business Insider published a piece about how much cash Don Jr. is stacking since Dad became president again. It’s not a particularly sensationalized piece, but it is a detailed look at how Don Jr.’s lot in life continues to improve.


The piece is mostly about his investment startup, 1789 Capital, was languishing as a tiny venture capital firm before Don Jr. joined as a partner, but now it’s blowing up, investing millions in Elon Musk’s companies and in defense startups that just happen to be eligible for federal Defense Department contracts.


Presumably, just noting that Don Jr. is getting even richer from his connections to his father isn’t what caused so much consternation here. The administration is gleefully flouting conflict-of-interest laws, and Trump the elder is perfectly comfortable bragging about how you can buy access to him if you’re rich enough. But the piece’s real sin appears to be that it compares Don. Jr. with former President Joe Biden’s younger son, Hunter Biden, saying that Junior is doing precisely what Republicans accused Hunter Biden of: trading on his father’s name and position.
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Oh, so that could be what triggered Jr's tweet about how he's so much better than Hunter. He's worse, of course, but I don't think that tangent needs much attention. Still, what's the Trump Administration doing?

The comparison so enraged the Trump administration that it’s making noises about opening a federal investigation into Business Insider’s parent company, Axel Springer. A frantic Breitbart News article waxed rhapsodic about how the BI piece “backfire[d]” because it now has drawn “massive federal attention onto its foreign ownership structure and lobbying activities before the federal government.” Breitbart even tried to give the so-called scandal a catchy name: “German Influence Operation.”
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An unnamed White House official told Breitbart that the piece about Don Jr. could be considered “illegal foreign political meddling.” Perhaps that statement says more than the official realized: that writing negatively about the president’s son is somehow “illegal” and somehow meddles with American politics.

That’s not based on showing that BI’s piece was inaccurate. It’s saying that the mere act of talking bad about Don Jr. is criminal, and that doing so interferes with America’s political goals. Junior’s business interests must be protected, for freedom’s sake or something.
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The only thing that makes this even mildly better is that Axel Springer generally deserves repercussions anyways -
Targeting Axel Springer is even more laughable given that the company has a history of pushing right-wing causes. Its CEO, Mathias Döpfner, is known in Germany for his anti-woke and libertarian views. Even before buying Politico, Döpfner was chummy with Ric Grenell, Trump’s ambassador to Germany during his first term.
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Not that that excuses anything.
 
Dr. Casey Means wrote in a recent book that people should consider using unproven psychedelic drugs as therapy and in a newsletter suggested her use of mushrooms helped her find a romantic partner.

This is our new surgeon general.

trump is destroying this country, I mean, destroying it!
 
newyorkguy said:
Dr. Casey Means wrote in a recent book that people should consider using unproven psychedelic drugs as therapy and in a newsletter suggested her use of mushrooms helped her find a romantic partner.

This is our new surgeon general.

trump is destroying this country, I mean, destroying it!
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You seem to have forgotten how so very many Republicans, as well as countless pundits in the right-wing mediasphere, assured us over and over that Obama was intent on destroying the country.
 
Gulliver Foyle said:
It's far right christian iconography designed to keep their marks in a constant state of paranoid fear so they'll more easily hand over their money.
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Looked at that for a sec...

Apart from being creepy psychotic imagery, it's utterly fake as ◊◊◊◊.

As the comments note, the fletchings on a few arrows are on fire while others are not. First, that’s not how fire-arrows work, duh. Second, that says the arrows are clearly fake with a few "torched" for a more dramatic photo/image. Third, the arrows have all the same length sticking out regardless of angle, which would be entirely unreal. Fourth, all the arrows seem to have come at them from left or right only, none front or back. And add a bit of fake blood ketchup, of course.

Yeah, it's AI. Sicko AI. These people need counselling. And restraining orders.
 
JayUtah said:
But I thought little Sally could only have two dollies because they would have to cost more...
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That was yesterday. The great numerator wants to keep us guessing. We predict tomorrow today, while yesterday is gone like a cool breeze. Soon we'll hear of a fantastic trade deal in which Don Junior will import tax free golliwogs from his new factory in Yemen, and little Sally will get to carry her history and culture with her when she and her family go immigrant hunting together.
 
Donald on Walmart and the tariffs.
Didn't he say the countries would pay the tariffs?

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
Walmart should STOP trying to blame Tariffs as the reason for raising prices throughout the chain. Walmart made BILLIONS OF DOLLARS last year, far more than expected. Between Walmart and China they should, as is said, "EAT THE TARIFFS," and not charge valued customers ANYTHING. I'll be watching, and so will your customers!!!
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