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Trump's Second Term

Reflecting pool was cut with ‘sharp knife or razor’, National Park Service says
Senior official alleges in court filing that damage included about ‘70 fence post tops thrown’ into the pool.

A senior National Park Service (NPS) official has said a liner along the bottom of the Lincoln Memorial reflecting pool was “cut with a sharp knife or razor” earlier this month, repeating Donald Trump’s claims of vandalism.

Frank Lands, the deputy director for operations for NPS, made the allegation in a court filing on Wednesday, as part of a lawsuit brought by a non-profit group seeking to stop the US president’s renovation of the site.

I wonder if this patsy has some evidence he'd like to share.
 
Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits amid boot camp outbreak

Move comes after Hegseth made shot optional for military in April and Texas outbreak has sickened nearly 300 people

The Pentagon has said that boot camps for all the military services are once again requiring the flu vaccination for all recruits after the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, made the shot optional for the military at the end of April.

The development on Wednesday was confirmed by a Pentagon official to the Associated Press and came amid a growing, weeks-long, flu outbreak at the US air force’s boot camp at Lackland air force base in San Antonio, Texas...

 
Pentagon restores mandatory flu shots for all recruits amid boot camp outbreak

Move comes after Hegseth made shot optional for military in April and Texas outbreak has sickened nearly 300 people

The Pentagon has said that boot camps for all the military services are once again requiring the flu vaccination for all recruits after the defense secretary, Pete Hegseth, made the shot optional for the military at the end of April.

The development on Wednesday was confirmed by a Pentagon official to the Associated Press and came amid a growing, weeks-long, flu outbreak at the US air force’s boot camp at Lackland air force base in San Antonio, Texas...

Unit commanders want to be career-careful doing that. Heggy revels in dismissing responsible, capable military officers who he doesn't like or who cross him.
 
Nothing like the hunger games, right?
Right?

Trump: We're going to have what is called the patriot games. The first of its kind competition featuring the greatest high school athletes from all across the United States.


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I'm Ok with Trump imitating pretty much any Sean Bean movie role.
 
How does a federal court override a state law? Surely that is unconstitutional? Don't the states have supremacy??! He asked, incredulously...

I kid. This SCOTUS could not give a single ◊◊◊◊ about constitutionality.

The ruling did say that they could open carry in businesses and hotels or whatever, but only if there's no posting saying otherwise. If the business has a sign saying no guns allowed then they can't carry inside. So basically all that work going through the court system to be able to carry a gun and the end result was an increase in "No Guns Allowed" signs.
 
Watergate?
That's fine.

JD Vance: "I think Nixon's historical legacy is enjoying a bit of a renaissance, and deservedly so. I joked that if Watergate happened tomorrow, it would be like a 12 hours news story. The idea that it took down a presidency is crazy."

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Yes, Vance. You and your demented boss have destroyed the integrity and respect of a once storied office and drug it through the mud. You've obliterated any respect the US has had overseas, and made it so that if you committed multiple felonies it would be ho-hum.

Not quite the flex you think it is...
 
Stephen Miller: If this country doesn't end birthright citizenship, this country does not have a future. Citizenship has to be sacred and precious. As we stand here on the 250th anniversary of America's founding, the idea that we wouldn’t have respect and sanctity for citizenship, for the voting franchise is such an insult to generations of Americans who spilled their blood for our freedom in battlefields here and all across the Earth.

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How does a federal court override a state law? Surely that is unconstitutional? Don't the states have supremacy??! He asked, incredulously...

I kid. This SCOTUS could not give a single ◊◊◊◊ about constitutionality.
For what it's worth, the federal court has a long history of overruling state laws. State segregation laws are just one prominent example. There is fairly certainly reasonable cause to object to that ruling, but this particular complaint is just not valid.

Either way, without looking more into the specifics, I can fairly safely presume that there's likely a pretext based on the far right perversion of the 2nd Amendment involved here. That, alone, would be cause to be very unhappy with the ruling, of course.

Also, to poke at another angle of what you're likely invoking, to the right-wing, state's rights is virtually never anything other than a dishonest pretext and tends to be dropped the moment that it doesn't serve their desired end. State's rights is not state supremacy, though.
 
Stephen Miller: If this country doesn't end birthright citizenship, this country does not have a future. Citizenship has to be sacred and precious. As we stand here on the 250th anniversary of America's founding, the idea that we wouldn’t have respect and sanctity for citizenship, for the voting franchise is such an insult to generations of Americans who spilled their blood for our freedom in battlefields here and all across the Earth.

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I'm almost in agreement with this guy. The very thought that this piece of **** has voting rights is offensive and defiles any notions of respect, sacredness, and preciousness. It is a serious insult to the generations of Americans who spilled their blood for our freedoms every time that he seeks to take away our freedoms.
 
Crazy man Trump will get harder to control

With poll numbers falling and the possibility of losing both houses of Congress, Gartner argued that Trump may look to his role as commander in chief as the one remaining source of unchecked power. “He will still be the commander in chief, and he's going to want to exercise that power in a way that makes him feel powerful.”

Gartner described Trump as “grooming” the public for nuclear conflict, driven by what he characterized as sadism and a desire for historical notoriety as a military figure.
 
Not a cult

Ted Cruz: "God bless President Trump. The energy and vigor that comes from the president where every day I wake up, grab my phone and am like, 'What did we do today?' Most days I'm thrilled, occasionally I sweat a little. But I prefer a bias to action to a bias to inaction."

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redefining the whole idea of energy
 
Crazy man Trump will get harder to control

With poll numbers falling and the possibility of losing both houses of Congress, Gartner argued that Trump may look to his role as commander in chief as the one remaining source of unchecked power. “He will still be the commander in chief, and he's going to want to exercise that power in a way that makes him feel powerful.”

Gartner described Trump as “grooming” the public for nuclear conflict, driven by what he characterized as sadism and a desire for historical notoriety as a military figure.
 
How does a federal court override a state law? Surely that is unconstitutional? Don't the states have supremacy??! He asked, incredulously...

I kid. This SCOTUS could not give a single ◊◊◊◊ about constitutionality.
The thing I didn't understand was why Thursdays?
The Supreme Court struck down a Hawaii law requiring people to get permission to carry guns into stores and hotels on Thursday
In the UK weekly pay was given out on Thursday, so there is a tradition of going out and getting inebriated on Thursday nights, is this why? Were people in Hawaii particularly likely to shoot up clubs on a Thursday?
 
How does a federal court override a state law? Surely that is unconstitutional? Don't the states have supremacy??! He asked, incredulously...

I kid. This SCOTUS could not give a single ◊◊◊◊ about constitutionality.
And you're completely wrong anyhow. Federal courts have overridden state laws basically since forever, by finding them unconstitutional. The Federal Constitution trumps (no pun intended) state law every time.
 
And you're completely wrong anyhow. Federal courts have overridden state laws basically since forever, by finding them unconstitutional. The Federal Constitution trumps (no pun intended) state law every time.
Then why have state legislatures if the federal system overrides everything. Repetitive, expensive, wasteful, redundant institutions, times 50.
 

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