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Trump's Second Term

Andy_Ross said:
Marj seems very pissed off with Donald and his government according to her epic rant!

When you've lost Marjorie you've lost all the lunatics.
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She "represents the base" i.e. the absolute lowest point.

So she's bound to get jealously protective of that position when official White House communications consist of trolling memes. Representing the utter nadir of civilization is her gig buddy, and you'd better not forget it.
 
Jack by the hedge said:
She "represents the base" i.e. the absolute lowest point.

So she's bound to get jealously protective of that position when official White House communications consist of trolling memes. Representing the utter nadir of civilization is her gig buddy, and you'd better not forget it.
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Oh yes, the base of the cess pit, for the most hardcore supporters.
 
How has this managed to fly under the radar here? Executive order:

Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media​

Executive Order said:
National Public Radio (NPR) and the Public Broadcasting Service (PBS) receive taxpayer funds through the Corporation for Public Broadcasting (CPB). Unlike in 1967, when the CPB was established, today the media landscape is filled with abundant, diverse, and innovative news options. Government funding of news media in this environment is not only outdated and unnecessary but corrosive to the appearance of journalistic independence.
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The CPB fails to abide by these principles to the extent it subsidizes NPR and PBS. Which viewpoints NPR and PBS promote does not matter. What does matter is that neither entity presents a fair, accurate, or unbiased portrayal of current events to taxpaying citizens.

I therefore instruct the CPB Board of Directors (CPB Board) and all executive departments and agencies (agencies) to cease Federal funding for NPR and PBS.
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Corporation for Public Broadcasting says Trump cannot order where and how the funds are spent:
Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't.
Corporation for Public Broadcasting said:
It is not clear that the president has the authority to make such orders to CPB under the law.

PBS President and CEO Paula Kerger called it a "blatantly unlawful Executive Order, issued in the middle of the night."
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"CPB is not a federal executive agency subject to the President's authority," the corporation wrote in a statement issued Friday morning. "Congress directly authorized and funded CPB to be a private nonprofit corporation wholly independent of the federal government."

The CPB noted that the statute Congress passed to create it "expressly forbade 'any department, agency, officer, or employee of the United States to exercise any direction, supervision, or control over educational television or radio broadcasting, or over [CPB] or any of its grantees or contractors."
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Blue Mountain said:
How has this managed to fly under the radar here? Executive order:

Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media​




Corporation for Public Broadcasting says Trump cannot order where and how the funds are spent:
Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't.
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Seems Trump's incoherent and incompetent backroom boys haven't actually done the prior study necessary to write up Donny's executive missives. Again. Just relying on their own propaganda is not doing themselves any favours. Perhaps the best response would be:

"Mr President, this is a Wendy's..."
 
As of the close of the day on May 3, my positive/negative score on the Trump administration stands at -600.

3 May 2025
0: Headline: Trump administration settles with Maine over funding freeze after dispute over trans athletes (AP News)
-1: Trump complains again about judges interfering with his attempts to trample due process [205]
-1: Headline: US pulls out of formal peace talks between Ukraine and Russia (The Standard)
-1: Headline: Under Trump, Stocks Have the Worst Start to a Presidential Term Since 1974 (New York Times)
-1: White House X account posts picture of Trump dressed in papal regalia (-1 for stupid)

References

205. Trump: “Can it be so that Judges aren’t allowing the USA to Deport Criminals, including Murderers, out of our Country and back to where they came from? If this is so, our Country, as we know it, is finished! Americans will have to get used to a very different, crime filled, LIFE. This is not what our Founders had in mind!!!”


2 May 2025
-1: Executive Order: Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media
-1: Headline: Trump says he’s ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can’t. (NPR)
-1: Headline: ‘Information manipulation’: Trump DOJ goes after Wikipedia for ‘masking propaganda’ (Law and Crime) [199]
-1: Headline: Trump says his administration is revoking Harvard’s tax-exempt status (CBS)
-1: Trump posts a mixed bag of truth and lies about the economy on Truth Social [200]
-1: Trump says he will rename May 8 (VE Day) as “Victory Day for WW II;” November 11 (Veteran’s Day) as “Victory Day for WW I” [201]
-1: Trump lies about the US involvement in World War I [201]
-1: Stephen Miller says tariffs [paid for by businesses] will be offset by a big tax cut [provided they make a profit!] [202]
-1: (Unsourced) Microsoft is raising their prices for hardware as a result of Trump’s tariffs [203]
-1: Headline: Canada Freezes US Travel as Air Canada, WestJet, Porter, and Flair Slash Routes (Travel and Tour World) [204]
-1: Headline: Judge blocks Trump executive order targeting elite law firm, a blow to his retribution campaign (AP News)

References

199. Full headline: ‘Information manipulation’: Trump DOJ goes after Wikipedia for ‘masking propaganda’ and threatens nonprofit status, accuses it of boosting ‘foreign powers’

200. Turmp: “Gasoline just broke $1.98 a Gallon [false—that’s wholesale], lowest in years, groceries (and eggs!) down [false], energy down [true], mortgage rates down [trivially], employment strong [unemployment up 0.2% since January], and much more good news, as Billions of Dollars pour in from Tariffs [true, but Americans are paying the tariffs]. Just like I said, and we’re only in a TRANSITION STAGE, just getting started!!! Consumers have been waiting for years to see pricing come down. NO INFLATION [false: 4.2%], THE FED SHOULD LOWER ITS RATE!!! DJT”

201. “Many of our allies and friends are celebrating May 8th as Victory Day, but we did more than any other Country, by far, in producing a victorious result on World War II. I am hereby renaming May 8th as Victory Day for World War II and November 11th as Victory Day for World War I. We won both Wars, nobody was close to us in terms of strength, bravery, or military brilliance, but we never celebrate anything - That’s because we don’t have leaders anymore, that know how to do so! We are going to start celebrating our victories again!”

202. Reporters: The US Chamber of Commerce says tariff relief is necessary in order to save small businesses and stave off a recession. Is the administration considering small business tariff relief?.
Miller: The relief for small businesses is gonna come in the form of the largest tax cut in history/

203. Microsoft raising prices on consoles, headsets and controllers in the U.S.: Xbox Series X — $599.99 (+$100); Xbox Series S — $379.99 (+$80)

204: Full headline: Canada Freezes US Travel as Air Canada, WestJet, Porter, and Flair Slash Routes to Major Cities Including San Francisco, Miami, New York, and Washington to Tap Growing Demand in Europe
 
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Blue Mountain said:
How has this managed to fly under the radar here? Executive order:

Ending Taxpayer Subsidization Of Biased Media​




Corporation for Public Broadcasting says Trump cannot order where and how the funds are spent:
Trump says he's ending federal funding for NPR and PBS. They say he can't.
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I'm very heartened to hear this bit of cultural vandalism is being challenged as overreach. I winced when I read the part of the XO implying having government funded broadcasting looks like its news output might be biased in favour of the government, when clearly it's not true so in fact he's trying to shut it down because he can't tell it what to say.
 
a_unique_person said:
It's supposed to protect against the populist. The culture wars have come to give the Republicans the lead. Poor people hate trans people more than they want a better life for themselves,
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Government in the US was always of the rich, for the rich and by the rich. They kept every corruption in the UK apart from monarchy and never tried to rid themselve of them, and on top invented many new corruptions of their own.
 
Ron Johnson downplays Milwaukee closing at least 9 schools because students have elevated blood lead levels: "I wouldn't think this is something that would require federal government involvement. When you have a budget now that's $7t large, having only been $4.4t large in 2019, and you try to pare back govt, there are some things you're going to have to reverse ... local and state officials ought to be able to handle this"
 
Will the draft-dodging generalissimo be wearing a uniform?

President Donald Trump told NBC News he plans to hold several events to celebrate U.S. military victories this year, including a “big, beautiful” military parade in Washington, D.C., to commemorate Flag Day, which also happens to fall on his birthday.

“My birthday happens to be on Flag Day,” Trump told NBC News’ “Meet the Press” moderator Kristen Welker in a wide-ranging interview at Mar-a-Lago that aired on Sunday. “I view it for Flag Day, not necessarily my birthday. Somebody put it together. But no, I think we’re going to do something on June 14 maybe or somewhere around there. But I think June 14. It’s a very important day.”



The parade won’t be cheap.

Defense officials told NBC News that the estimated cost could be as high as $45 million, with individual Army units ultimately bearing the cost of the parade — which could potentially impact funds used for training.

Trump said it would be worth it.
“Peanuts compared to the value of doing it,” Trump said of the cost. “We have the greatest missiles in the world. We have the greatest submarines in the world. We have the greatest army tanks in the world. We have the greatest weapons in the world. And we’re going to celebrate it.”

The event, which will also mark the Army’s 250th birthday, is expected to include 6,600 soldiers, an Army spokesman said.

Defense officials familiar with the planning said it is also expected to feature more than 50 aircraft and 150 military vehicles, which could include wheeled vehicles such as Humvees and trucks, and so-called tracked vehicles, like tanks.
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My favorite thing is the submarines; can't wait to see them rolling down the street.
 
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