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Trump's Second Term

Segnosaur said:
Look at it this way, if Trump has trouble reading, then he will have troubles reading the nuclear codes when he tries to start WW3 because the Canadian prime minister was mean to him.
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Sure, *he* will--but the robotic AI clone that replaces him will have no trouble ;)
 
Andy_Ross said:
“Secretary Hegseth is committed to ensuring that the names attached to all DOD installations and assets are reflective of the
Commander-in-Chief’s priorities, our nation’s history, and the warrior ethos. Any potential renaming(s) will be announced after internal reviews are complete,”
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USNS Trump Is Great, then?
 
Andy_Ross said:
TAKANO: Does refusing to hire a Holocaust denier as a member of Harvard's history department count as an ideological litmus test?

McMAHON: I believe there should be diversity of viewpoints relative to teachings and opinions on campuses
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Did I miss a memo? Is Diversity okay now? Are they caving on Equity and Inclusion too?
 
Only the best . . .

When Thomas Fugate graduated from college last year with a degree in politics, he celebrated in a social media post about the exciting opportunities that lay beyond campus life in Texas. “Onward and upward!” he wrote, with an emoji of a rocket shooting into space.

His career blastoff came quickly. A year after graduation, the 22-year-old with no apparent national security expertise is now a Department of Homeland Security official overseeing the government’s main hub for terrorism prevention, including an $18 million grant program intended to help communities combat violent extremism.

The White House appointed Fugate, a former Trump campaign worker who interned at the hard-right Heritage Foundation, to a Homeland Security role that was expanded to include the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships. Known as CP3, the office has led nationwide efforts to prevent hate-fueled attacks, school shootings and other forms of targeted violence.


Fugate’s appointment is the latest shock for an office that has been decimated since President Donald Trump returned to the White House and began remaking national security to give it a laser focus on immigration.

News of the appointment has trickled out in recent weeks, raising alarm among counterterrorism researchers and nonprofit groups funded by CP3. Several said they turned to LinkedIn for intel on Fugate — an unknown in their field — and were stunned to see a photo of “a college kid” with a flag pin on his lapel posing with a sharply arched eyebrow. No threat prevention experience is listed in his employment history.

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Typically, people familiar with CP3 say, a candidate that green wouldn’t have gotten an interview for a junior position, much less be hired to run operations. According to LinkedIn, the bulk of Fugate’s leadership experience comes from having served as secretary general of a Model United Nations club.
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I feel safer.
 
bruto said:
That presumably also applies to flat earthers in geography, Lysenko supporters in genetics, vaccine deniers and naturopaths in medicine, and Nazis in political science. It will, of course, be necessary for the public weal to make an exception to the rule if a potential hire is suspected of being woke.
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And creationists- once you've decided that Holocaust Denialism is valid to teach as history under the guise of "diversity of viewpoints," then you've opened the door to teaching creation "science" as an equal to evolutionary theory, and achieved a goal of Christian nationalists, who have been trying for many years and by any means to get religion into schools.
 
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Dump bans entry to the US from 12 countries.

Seriously, us Europeans should just enact a travel ban to the US. Not from, mind,we'll take their refugees and scientists.
 
ProPublica reported, "His career blastoff came quickly. A year after graduation, the 22-year-old with no apparent national security expertise is now a Department of Homeland Security official overseeing the government’s main hub for terrorism prevention, including an $18 million grant program intended to help communities combat violent extremism. The White House appointed [Thomas] Fugate, a former Trump campaign worker who interned at the hard-right Heritage Foundation, to a Homeland Security role that was expanded to include the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships. Known as CP3, the office has led nationwide efforts to prevent hate-fueled attacks, school shootings and other forms of targeted violence...According to LinkedIn, the bulk of Fugate’s leadership experience comes from having served as secretary general of a Model United Nations club...The once-bustling office of around 80 employees now has fewer than 20, former staffers say...Fugate is a self-described “Trumplican” who interned for state lawmakers in Austin before graduating magna cum laude a year ago with a degree in politics and law from the University of Texas at San Antonio."
 
Chris_Halkides said:
ProPublica reported, "His career blastoff came quickly. A year after graduation, the 22-year-old with no apparent national security expertise is now a Department of Homeland Security official overseeing the government’s main hub for terrorism prevention, including an $18 million grant program intended to help communities combat violent extremism. The White House appointed [Thomas] Fugate, a former Trump campaign worker who interned at the hard-right Heritage Foundation, to a Homeland Security role that was expanded to include the Center for Prevention Programs and Partnerships. Known as CP3, the office has led nationwide efforts to prevent hate-fueled attacks, school shootings and other forms of targeted violence...According to LinkedIn, the bulk of Fugate’s leadership experience comes from having served as secretary general of a Model United Nations club...The once-bustling office of around 80 employees now has fewer than 20, former staffers say...Fugate is a self-described “Trumplican” who interned for state lawmakers in Austin before graduating magna cum laude a year ago with a degree in politics and law from the University of Texas at San Antonio."
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See post #17570.
 
arthwollipot said:
Did I miss a memo? Is Diversity okay now? Are they caving on Equity and Inclusion too?
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Hmm? It's much as it always was. "Diversity" that enables the bully, the racist, and the CT is good "Diversity." Equity and Inclusion translates to things like giving anti-vaxxers power over the Department of Health, Jewish Space Laser CTists positions in the House of Congress, and treasonous rapists given elections weighted in their favor.
 
Why is any individual or college required to follow an executive order? They are not federal workers. If Trump orders waffle House to stay open all night, what happens?
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BREAKING: Trump signs executive order to block nearly all foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard University. The order accuses Harvard of becoming “an unsuitable destination” and a “national security threat.”
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Tero said:
Why is any individual or college required to follow an executive order? They are not federal workers. If Trump orders waffle House to stay open all night, what happens?
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BREAKING: Trump signs executive order to block nearly all foreign students from entering the U.S. to attend Harvard University. The order accuses Harvard of becoming “an unsuitable destination” and a “national security threat.”
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Isn't Waffle House open all night?
 
The US Secretary of Education apparently doesn't know about the Tulsa Race Massacre:

Acyn on Bluesky said:
Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre?

McMahon: I’d have to get back to you

Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is?

McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
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Acyn (@acyn.bsky.social)

Lee: Would say it would be “illegal DEI” for a lesson plan on the Tulsa race massacre? McMahon: I’d have to get back to you Lee: Do you know what the Tulsa race massacre is? McMahon: I’d like to look into it more and get back to you on it.
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Trump’s China Tariffs Are Backfiring in Funniest Way Possible

Automakers have found a way around Donald Trump’s tariffs on China.
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Donald Trump’s tariffs on China have sent automakers scrambling to keep production lines moving—and their main solution is the exact opposite of what the U.S. president intended.

When Trump announced his sweeping “reciprocal” tariffs on almost every country (and a few uninhabited islands) in April, he promised that “jobs in factories will come roaring back into our country.” Apparently, part of his goal was to make it so expensive to import certain products that companies would simply start manufacturing them in the U.S.

But so far, the opposite is coming true. Four major automakers are rushing to find a way to keep procuring rare-earth magnets, a key component of car motors, which are primarily made in China. Without the magnets, the companies fear car production could shut down in a matter of weeks.

Several carmakers, both traditional and electric, are considering moving part of the manufacturing process to China, The Wall Street Journal reported Wednesday.

This could include building electric motors in Chinese factories or shipping American-made motors to China to have the magnets installed, according to the Journal. Trump’s restrictions only cover the Chinese-made magnets, not finished parts such as a fully built motor.
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