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Trump's Second Term

zooterkin said:
Not sure if it's been mentioned, but Trump apparently ordered water from reservoirs in California to be released. There is no good reason for it, there's no obvious way for this water to reach the fires in southern California, and it's needed for irrigation in the summer, but Trump isn't bothered by details like that.

www.latimes.com

Acting on Trump's order, federal officials opened up two California dams

The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers just opened up two California dams. A spokesperson says the flows are 'controlled' and being coordinated with local officials.
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Remember in 2016 when he had wild ideas like this all the time but most of them didn't come to anything because he had adults around him?
Yeah. This time he's made sure to get rid of them.
 
Andy_Ross said:
When asked about the tariff war between Canada and the United States after the prime minister of Canada has said he would consider cutting off electricity to America if Donald Trump continues to impose tariffs.

Karoline Leaveitt the White House press secretary has replied


"They want you to panic, but President Trump wants you to remember Jesus didn't have electricity either and he did just fine,"
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I'm sure she has said worse, but that was a false statement spread by a rumor on X. We really need to do better than the Maggats when attributing foolish statements to people ;)
 
Donald says of the tariffs

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump
Today, I have implemented a 25% Tariff on Imports from Mexico and Canada (10% on Canadian Energy), and a 10% additional Tariff on China.
This was done through the International Emergency Economic Powers Act (IEEPA) because of the major threat of illegal aliens and deadly drugs killing our Citizens, including fentanyl.
We need to protect Americans, and it is my duty as President to ensure the safety of all. I made a promise on my Campaign to stop the flood of illegal aliens and drugs from pouring across our Borders, and Americans overwhelmingly voted in favor of it.
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Elon on his DOGE cuts

Elon Musk
@elonmusk
Obviously, there will be EXTREME opposition from the grifters!!

And they will make it sound like we’re cutting funding to save baby pandas when we’re actually cutting funding to fraudsters, wastrels & terrorists

This is only possible because of President @realDonaldTrump

I am cautiously optimistic that we will reach the $4B/day FY2026 reduction this weekend
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Andy_Ross said:
How do the tariffs stop drugs and illegal aliens?
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That's simple--when food prices go sky high people will have to chose between drugs or starving to death and most will chose to eat, and of course no immigrant, legal or not, will want to come to a dictatorial society in complete economic collapse--problem solved!
 
Does Donald really believe that he can raise Tariffs on multiple countries and they won’t retaliate?
 
The tariffs make the problem clear, despite how often its been explained that the money will be coming out of the pockets of ordinary Americans they will still cheer Trump on.
 
NBC News reported, "Just over twenty-four hours later, [Acting FBI director Brian] Driscoll sent a memo to the FBI workforce explaining that Emil Bove, the acting Deputy Attorney General and Trump's former defense lawyer, had ordered him to remove eight senior FBI executives. Driscoll also said he had been told to turn over the names of every FBI employee involved in investigating Jan. 6 rioters...Since it was the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history, thousands of FBI personnel were involved, as Driscoll acknowledged in his memo...Legal experts said that few, if any, of the firings carried out so far by the Trump administration have been legal under civil service laws because the employees were not afforded due process. The Trump White House argues, though, that the president has the absolute right to fire anyone he wishes in the executive branch." Is Patel out of the loop or what?
 
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Chris_Halkides said:
NBC News reported, "Just over twenty-four hours later, [Acting FBI director Brian] Driscoll sent a memo to the FBI workforce explaining that Emil Bove, the acting Deputy Attorney General and Trump's former defense lawyer, had ordered him to remove eight senior FBI executives. Driscoll also said he had been told to turn over the names of every FBI employee involved in investigating Jan. 6 rioters...Since it was the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history, thousands of FBI personnel were involved, as Driscoll acknowledged in his memo...
Legal experts said that few, if any, of the firings carried out so far by the Trump administration have been legal under civil service laws because the employees were not afforded due process. The Trump White House argues, though, that the president has the absolute right to fire anyone he wishes in the executive branch."
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Can't imagine how the SCOTUS would view this...oh wait, I think I can.
 
Trump's tariffs are nothing short of an act of war. This will be the biggest economic upheaval in my lifetime. Nothing else even comes close.

I've also never seen this level of unity and anger here. Americans in Canada had better watch their backs. They shouldn't feel safe here whatsoever.

As far as I'm concerned nothing should be off the table for Canada's response. Electricity exports should be cut immediately. Let the morons sit in the dark. A 100% tariff on all Tesla and musk owned products as well as a 25% tariff on every other piece of ◊◊◊◊ america produces.

The world needs to unite against this and make the US feel some pain for a change.
 
Senator Sheldon Whitehouse (D-RI) is scathing in his questioning of Kash Patel during the nomination hearings. He masterfully use Patel's own words against him showing Patel's true character. He gives an excellent warning of the danger of nominees like Patel:
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There is an unfathomable difference between a seeming facade being constructed around this nominee
here today and what he has actually done and said in real life when left to his own devices. Conduct shows
character and if you look at history, you see the danger of Security Chiefs in authoritarian regimes becoming the tools of political power. The characteristics that they often show are that they are vengeful, that they are grandiose, that they are intemperate, that they are partisan, and blindly loyal, and that they are servile, and won't say "no".
I'm afraid that the history of this nominee's conduct raises those warnings."
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That Trump would even nominate a man like Patel is reason enough to convince any reasonable person that he is unfit for office. Sadly, MAGA and most Trump supporters are not reasonable people.

To see Whitehouse's epic takedown of Patel and Patel's pathetic attempts to defend himself:
 
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NBC News reported, "Just over twenty-four hours later, [Acting FBI director Brian] Driscoll sent a memo to the FBI workforce explaining that Emil Bove, the acting Deputy Attorney General and Trump's former defense lawyer, had ordered him to remove eight senior FBI executives. Driscoll also said he had been told to turn over the names of every FBI employee involved in investigating Jan. 6 rioters...Since it was the largest criminal investigation in U.S. history, thousands of FBI personnel were involved, as Driscoll acknowledged in his memo...Legal experts said that few, if any, of the firings carried out so far by the Trump administration have been legal under civil service laws because the employees were not afforded due process. The Trump White House argues, though, that the president has the absolute right to fire anyone he wishes in the executive branch." Is Patel out of the loop or what?
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Have the Patel headings finished. He guaranteed this was not going to happen.
 
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