Trump's Second Term

[Jack by the hedge]

Ummm . . .

Well, it's certainly casting the net further, if you'll consider recruiting other species.

 

[Resume]

Since Don Junior doesn't speak Russian and the Russian oligarch doesn't speak English, how does such a friendship come about?

The international language of $$$$.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

Since Don Junior doesn't speak Russian and the Russian oligarch doesn't speak English, how does such a friendship come about?

supposedly they both enjoy killing animals from afar with guns.

 

[shemp]

Kash, if they made you ◊◊◊◊ a sheep as part of your frat initiation, you could have just not joined that frat

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com%2Fpost%2F3mvks6seiah26

Could somebody explain what the ◊◊◊◊ this is all about???

 

[Mike!]

Could somebody explain what the ◊◊◊◊ this is all about???

No.
It passed up any hope of explanation some time ago.
But that hasn't stopped it from happening anyway.

 

[Resume]

Another L for the Orange Man.

President Donald Trump’s name cannot be added to the John F. Kennedy Center for the Performing Arts without approval from Congress, a judge ordered Tuesday.

The decision from U.S. District Judge Christopher Cooper, an Obama appointee, comes as the Kennedy Center Board plans to meet Tuesday afternoon to again consider closing the building for construction.

In August, the board voted to attach Trump’s name to the performing arts center, in an attempt to honor the president after Cooper blocked an earlier effort to rename the Kennedy Center after Trump — and close it for renovations — in May.


“Simply put, defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress’s blessing,” Cooper wrote Tuesday.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

Tradition would be for the father of the bride to pay.

Not trying to set the cat amongst the pigeons, but <shrug>. Maybe he now owes a favour.

That's 'tradition for normal people', tradition for very, very rich people is to have someone else pay for everything.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

I had been labouring under the impression that the only qualifications for a trump cabinet member was blinding stupidity combined with unwavering loyalty.

Apparently the ability to go in front of a national audience to put the full breadth of your stupidity and loyalty on display without any shame whatsoever is also required.

Perhaps Nadine Dorries does have a chance to return to front line politics after all.

 

[Resume]

Taking their ball and going home.

WASHINGTON (AP) — The board of the Kennedy Center voted on Tuesday to close over financial issues and a dispute over putting President Donald Trump’s name on the iconic performing arts venue, according to people familiar with the matter.

Trump and Commerce Secretary Howard Lutnick participated in the board meeting, according to one of the people. They spoke on condition of anonymity because they were not authorized to discuss a private meeting.

Prior to Tuesday’s board meeting, a federal judge blocked the Kennedy Center board from adding Trump’s name to the structure or grounds, saying it would violate an earlier ruling that his name was illegally added to the building.

Judge Christopher Cooper ruled that, “Simply put, Defendants cannot install memorials for President Trump or anyone or anything else at the Kennedy Center without Congress’s blessing.”

Nutlick and Orange Man be mad.

 

[Andy_Ross]

If he doesn't get his name on it there's no renovation.

He will destroy a building meant as a memorial to an assassinated president because he can't name it after himself

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump

The Board of The Kennedy Center today agreed, almost unanimously, to close the Building for Safety reasons, and so that it can begin the process of Reconstruction.
The closing will take place immediately, however, the Renovation and Reconstruction, which is a very large and complex job, cannot begin until such time as the D.C. Circuit rules on the Board's approved name.
If the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place.
The attorneys from the DOJ will ask for an expedited appeal. In the meantime, 17 Million Dollars, raised by President Trump, has been put into The Kennedy Center account to keep it afloat.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
President DONALD J. TRUMP

 

[Resume]

If he doesn't get his name on it there's no renovation.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump

The Board of The Kennedy Center today agreed, almost unanimously, to close the Building for Safety reasons, and so that it can begin the process of Reconstruction.
The closing will take place immediately, however, the Renovation and Reconstruction, which is a very large and complex job, cannot begin until such time as the D.C. Circuit rules on the Board's approved name.
If the ruling is a negative one, which it should not be, and is not overturned by the U.S. Supreme Court, the Reconstruction and the Renovation of The Kennedy Center will not take place.
The attorneys from the DOJ will ask for an expedited appeal. In the meantime, 17 Million Dollars, raised by President Trump, has been put into The Kennedy Center account to keep it afloat.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
President DONALD J. TRUMP

STFU and take it, loser.

 

[jimbob]

Anyone want to make a bingo card for all the ◊◊◊◊◊◊* crazy stuff that will be happening in the next few months around the next Presidency?

Just coming back to see how this aged.

Oh. That was NOT on my bingo card.

Could somebody explain what the ◊◊◊◊ this is all about???

Not Patel.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2099865418244526388

 

[Resume]

Just coming back to see how this aged.

Oh. That was NOT on my bingo card.

Not Patel.

https://twitter.com/x/status/2099865418244526388

May you live in interesting times the craziest, most ludicrous times ever.

 

[The Great Zaganza]

 

[Armitage72]

https://bsky.app/profile/atrupar.com%2Fpost%2F3mvkopuukcs2d

Remind me which party's President said "The nine most terrifying words in the English language are: I'm from the Government, and I'm here to help". That sounds a lot like claiming that the government is a chaotic mess.

 

[Armitage72]

Could somebody explain what the ◊◊◊◊ this is all about???

Having committed beastiality used to be an automatic disqualifier when applying for a job at the FBI. Kash Patel changed the hiring standards so that it is no longer an automatic disqualification. He claimed that he was trying to protect trafficking victims who had been forced to engage in such acts. (are there a lot of trafficking victims applying to the FBI?) and didn't express himself well (surprise).

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/fbi-director-kash-patel-face-grilling-over-travel-2020-election-probe-2026-09-15/

 

[TragicMonkey]

Having committed beastiality used to be an automatic disqualifier when applying for a job at the FBI. Kash Patel changed the hiring standards so that it is no longer an automatic disqualification. He claimed that he was trying to protect trafficking victims who had been forced to engage in such acts. (are there a lot of trafficking victims applying to the FBI?) and didn't express himself well (surprise).

I just assumed he's trying to get in front of a scandal about to emerge about himself.

 

[Garrison]

Having committed beastiality used to be an automatic disqualifier when applying for a job at the FBI. Kash Patel changed the hiring standards so that it is no longer an automatic disqualification. He claimed that he was trying to protect trafficking victims who had been forced to engage in such acts. (are there a lot of trafficking victims applying to the FBI?) and didn't express himself well (surprise).

https://www.reuters.com/legal/government/fbi-director-kash-patel-face-grilling-over-travel-2020-election-probe-2026-09-15/

Its just bizarre, as you say it doesn't seem like something that's going to come up in practice, so why draw attention to it and invite all the inevitable remarks.

 

[Jack by the hedge]

I just assumed he's trying to get in front of a scandal about to emerge about himself.

Somebody squealed.
Or oinked. Or whatever.

 

[Resume]

All these images . . .