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Trump's Second Term

Andy_Ross said:
It should be no problem to clear the inhabitants out of Gaza, the USA managed to clear 25 million out of an entire continent.
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He could order Germany to do it, they have some experience...
And if they don't want to, threaten them with 100% Tarrifs on everything.
 
angrysoba said:
That said, how about independent companies such as Amazon and Fed Ex. Can they take parcels from China? If so, pretty big loophole.
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Presumably as long as they ensure the correct taxes are paid. But they are not the carriers of choice for these types of low value goods, the $3.99 Temu item with "dollar shipping", they are usually a country's postal service, that's why they take 4 or more weeks to be delivered.
 
mike_newell_1984
https://www.threads.net/@mike_newell_1984/post/DFrhFQfuw4r
Trump is still mad about the Sharpie incident. The man never forgets a grievance.

chrisvanhollen
https://www.threads.net/@chrisvanhollen/post/DFrP9mKt2pd
Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems and locking out career employees.NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
 
Tero said:
mike_newell_1984
https://www.threads.net/@mike_newell_1984/post/DFrhFQfuw4r
Trump is still mad about the Sharpie incident. The man never forgets a grievance.

chrisvanhollen
https://www.threads.net/@chrisvanhollen/post/DFrP9mKt2pd
Hearing reports that Musk’s cronies are targeting NOAA — infiltrating key systems and locking out career employees.NOAA is vital for weather forecasting, scientific research and more. Their critical work saves lives.My team and I are looking into this and we will not stand for it.
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Obviously that's where the controls for the Weather Machine are located, and they must gain control of that as soon as possible.
 
Nobel worthy ?

Ben Shapiro
@benshapiro

Undoubtedly the most extraordinary and unexpected element of Trump’s first term was his remaking of the Middle East with the Abraham Accords. He achieved that Nobel Prize-worthy accomplishment by thinking outside the box, recognizing actual hard realities, and ignoring the conventional idiocy of the blob.

He’s doing the same now with Gaza.

This vision is absolutely transformative.

Whether this is his final vision of the region, a negotiation tactic to achieve better deals, or something else, there is no doubt that Trump’s creative thinking is breaking the mold and changing things.

Let Donald J. Trump cook.

Get ready for my full take on tomorrow’s show.
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Trump is going to build a new Las Vegas in Gaza which has a beautiful coastline and trillions of dollars in energy resources off of the coast!
The American Empire is back!
Trump is hands down the best president since Lincoln!
 
jt512 said:
You seem to have forgotten about the First Amendment, Kitzmiller vs. Dover, etc. If a school tried to teach creationism it would be blocked in about 5 minutes by the federal courts.
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And any such block would be overturn by SCOTUS.
 
CNBC: Hasn't DOGE already effectively shut down USAID?

Comer: USAID was created by an executive order, so in the thinking of President Trump is can be undone by an executive order.

USAID was not created by an Executive Order.
 
Elon's work? Don't know yet. Stay tuned.

‘I don’t know what I’m going to do’: Hundreds at Kern County Dept. of Human Services seek answers over lost funds

BAKERSFIELD, Calif. (KGET) — It was a hectic Monday morning at the Kern County Department of Human Services building after dozens of people said their cash assistance accounts have been drained.

“I was crying for about an hour,” said Branda Cofield.

At the start of the month, many receive their cash aid benefits and food stamps.

“I had my benefits stolen for the fourth time in the last two years,” said Lauren Kriewaldt.

“I went to WinCo, had the basket full of all of our food, go to swipe my card, it’s declined, so I call and I’m left with 97 cents on my card for the rest of the month,” Cofield said.

Thousands of dollars were taken from people’s accounts.
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The withdrawals occurred in different cities and at different banks, but coincidentally, at the same time.
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Darat said:
Is this about the "de minimis" loophole? If so then I'm for it, it's hard enough for small retailers to compete without the likes of Temu's prices being less VAT/sales tax compared to an in-country retailer.

ETA: Sounds as if it is https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c3w83x38zvwo
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It probably won't affect very much. These days most such orders are shipped bulk to localized distribution centers and shipped via USPS to their final destinations.

If you are in the NE odds are it shipped from Jamaica Plains, NY, for example.
 
jt512 said:
You seem to have forgotten about the First Amendment, Kitzmiller vs. Dover, etc. If a school tried to teach creationism it would be blocked in about 5 minutes by the federal courts.
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"Education choice" is code for private schools funded from public education funds. They are free to teach whatever they want. This is rapidly becoming the status quo in my state.
 
shemp said:
Elon's work? Don't know yet. Stay tuned.

‘I don’t know what I’m going to do’: Hundreds at Kern County Dept. of Human Services seek answers over lost funds
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"“I had my benefits stolen for the fourth time in the last two years,” said Lauren Kriewaldt."

Yeah, I'm pretty sure this isn't Elon. This is just ordinary theft. And note, this isn't payments from the government being halted, this is money being taken from accounts after money was already deposited into those accounts.
 
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