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Trump's Second Term

Segnosaur said:
I am not sure if "copyright" applies here, since these were not published works.
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FROM: Do I Automatically Get Copyright Protection When I Create Something?

In the United States, copyright protection attaches automatically to original works of authorship upon being fixed in a tangible medium of expression. But that’s only true if the work is both original and isn’t merely an “idea, procedure, process, system, method of operation, concept, principle, or discovery, regardless of the form in which it is described, explained, illustrated, or embodied in such work.”
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ETA: The original works must be registered if the author wants to sue someone for money.
 
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Darat said:
Yeah - after reading that I really hope this sudden publicity doesn't make her mental health issues worse.
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It's hard for me to feel sorry for her. She's an adult with an adult crush who maybe went a little overboard with her letters. She deserves all the unwanted attention she's getting because she has such a powerful hold over him without much ability besides pandering.
 
Fast Eddie B said:
If only there was a name for a condition like this.


Megalomania is a psychological condition and behavioral pattern marked by delusions of grandeur, an obsessive craving for power and control, and an inflated sense of self-importance.
Key Characteristics
Delusions of grandeur: Believing you are omnipotent, all-powerful, or destined for cosmic importance.
Obsession with control: A relentless drive to acquire wealth, fame, or total authority.
Lack of empathy: Treating other people as mere tools or objects to achieve grand plans.
Inability to admit fault: Refusing to accept mistakes or acknowledge reality when it contradicts an idealized self-image.
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As long as we're diagnosing, I'll go with sociopath:

No empathy: They cannot understand or care about how other people feel.
Constant lying: They use deceit, conning, and manipulation to get what they want.
Impulsive choices: They act without planning or thinking about future results.
Aggression and anger: They are prone to physical fights, irritability, and threats.
No guilt or remorse: They do not feel sorry for hurting or stealing from others.
Disregard for rules: They routinely break laws, social norms, or workplace duties.
Superficial charm: They can appear friendly or witty to trick people
 
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Andy_Ross said:
So, in other words, he's going to flood the US market with discounted foreign beef imports and push out US cattle ranchers.

Donald J. Trump
@realDonald Trump

Today, I concluded a deal to substantially lower the price of ground beef for working American families.
As everyone knows, under President Biden, beef prices soared at their fastest rate and the American beef herd fell to its smallest size in modern history.
As we work to rebuild this herd and help our ranchers, for the next 90 days, the United States will allow up to 300,000 metric tons of product for ground beef to be imported with no out of quota tariff.
We have a commitment that this beef will be sold at 25 percent below current market prices.
This deal will reduce prices for Americans while giving space for our Great American Beef Herd to grow again.
Thank you for your attention to this matter!
President DONALD J. TRUMP
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Our agricultural state ranchers and farmers will love this. So will Republican candidates in those states. And 90 days goes right through the elections.
 
PitPat said:
As long as we're diagonising, I'll go with sociopath:

No empathy: They cannot understand or care about how other people feel.
Constant lying: They use deceit, conning, and manipulation to get what they want.
Impulsive choices: They act without planning or thinking about future results.
Aggression and anger: They are prone to physical fights, irritability, and threats.
No guilt or remorse: They do not feel sorry for hurting or stealing from others.
Disregard for rules: They routinely break laws, social norms, or workplace duties.
Superficial charm: They can appear friendly or witty to trick people
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  • Item 1: Glibness/superficial charm
  • Item 2: Grandiose sense of self-worth
  • Item 3: Need for stimulation/proneness to boredom
  • Item 4: Pathological lying
  • Item 5: Conning/manipulative[12]
  • Item 6: Lack of remorse or guilt
  • Item 7: Shallow affect
  • Item 8: Callous/lack of empathy
  • Item 9: Parasitic lifestyle
  • Item 10: Poor behavioral controls
  • Item 11: Promiscuous sexual behavior
  • Item 12: Early behavior problems
  • Item 13: Lack of realistic, long-term goals
  • Item 14: Impulsivity
  • Item 15: Irresponsibility
  • Item 16: Failure to accept responsibility for own actions
  • Item 17: Many short-term marital relationships
  • Item 18: Juvenile delinquency
  • Item 19: Revocation of conditional release
  • Item 20: Criminal versatility
 
More poisoning the well. DHS claimed 16K noncitizens are registered to vote but could only identify 185.

“Homeland Security Has Not Proved That Thousands of Noncitizens Registered to Vote in Nevada”

But the list the Homeland Security Department shared with Nevada is incomplete — it doesn’t even include names — and is nearly impossible to verify, according to files released by the secretary of state’s office. Nevada officials have requested more information, but the department has not yet offered it…

 
PitPat said:
It's hard for me to feel sorry for her. She's an adult with an adult crush who maybe went a little overboard with her letters. She deserves all the unwanted attention she's getting because she has such a powerful hold over him without much ability besides pandering.
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I wonder if she's doing the random capitalization thing in those letters to curry favor with him, or if he got it from her.
 
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PitPat said:
I think their luck is running out this time; voters are wising up and it's showing in the polls.
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Even that 33% that are apparently still die-hard MAGA enough to buy the premise that it was All Biden's Fault must, on some level, be thinking that, "ok, but the campaign promise you made that we elected you on was that you would fix it." If, after a year and a half, with no fix in sight (and, indeed, the problems getting worse), even with the GOP in control of the House, the Senate, and the White House, maybe even they will begin to recognize that the GOP not only has not done, but can not do, anything more constructive than to lay a blame; and assigning blame won't fill the gas tanks or stock the pantry.
 
steenkh said:
Maybe they should have let Kamala sort out the mess instead.
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That was basically the UK Conservative Party strategy, when they realised they'd pushed things past tipping point they made things worse then called an election. Now their press are blaming Labour for not fixing fourteen years of damage in twenty five months.
 
PitPat said:
It's hard for me to feel sorry for her. She's an adult with an adult crush who maybe went a little overboard with her letters.
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I think those letters move her into bunny-boiler territory. Secret Service shouldn't let this lady anywhere near Trump.
 
Resume said:
I wonder if she's doing the random capitalization thing in those letters to curry favor with him, or if he got it from her.
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In my experience, it's extremely common with cranks. (I define a crank as someone with a narrow, contrarian obsession)

So, pretty common the right.
 
Donald J. Trump ReTruthed

Schoenlaw
@Schoenlaw
Our President gave Iran every possible chance to finally reform its conduct, give up its role as the no. 1 sponsor of global terrorism and join with productive nations.
He warned them of the consequences of continuing on their lawless barbaric path.
But their “leaders” know only lawless terrorist behavior and now our President is delivering on his warnings.
That is how true Statesmanship operates!!! @realDonaldTrump
 
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