Trump's Second Term

[Tero]

Now politicians started quibbling about Medicare for All and Universal Healthcare. What's the problem? If we don't get dental care, we will still be able to identify MAGA folks with the bad teeth and bad hearing. They don't want to hear but Fox News anyway.

 

[Tero]

Lego US sailors in new Iran video.

MeidasTouch (@meidastouch) on Threads

Apparently the recent reporting from MeidasTouch, Aaron Parnas, and others, and the subsequent tantrum from CENTCOM, made its way into a new lego video

www.threads.com

 

[bruto]

I'm ... intruiged ... by Trump's 'We're going to claim the Strait of Hormuz' - does he just mean the water, or some of the land? Surely all the land is already claimed by other countries. Is there anywhere else is the world where a country just claims rights over a stretch of water with no real connection to their own territory?

I seem to recall from history that it has happened before. Depending on who was writing the history it tended to be concealed under terms like "war, invasion, piracy," and other implications that it was somehow wrong. But everything wrong is right again now.

 

[PitPat]

Finally, a network with a little backbone. Hopefully this will inspire other networks/law firms/universities to follow suit. Pun somewhat intended.

Disney sues Trump’s FCC over ‘retaliatory campaign’ against ABC

On Tuesday, the media company filed a lawsuit in federal court alleging that Trump’s FCC is violating its First Amendment rights.

The administration “has waged a retaliatory campaign against ABC for a single reason: it disapproves of what ABC broadcasts,” the lawsuit filed in DC District Court alleges.

The legal action comes as the FCC investigates the ABC talk show “The View” and mounts an unusual challenge to the licenses held by ABC stations.

https://www.cnn.com/2026/08/18/media/disney-abc-fcc-trump-lawsuit-the-view-retaliatory

 

[Resume]

https://twitter.com/x/status/2089761380438032636

Actually, that's the exact order in which Trump would like the DoJ to proceed.

 

[kookbreaker]

Trump's L's for the week (Its only Tuesday)

 

[P.J. Denyer]

What happens if you needed to be away from your local district at short notice? Do you forfeit your right to vote?

If you don't have time to arrange a proxy or postal vote and can't make it back for the vote, yes. I missed the Brexit vote because I had to be away at a weeks notice.

 

[Norman Alexander]

Does it? Where are you seeing that?

As supplied by Shemp, in NH, you can register to vote absentee the day prior to the vote. Any prospective voters should do that. Then they can vote anywhere in the state on the day.

 

[Norman Alexander]

If you don't have time to arrange a proxy or postal vote and can't make it back for the vote, yes. I missed the Brexit vote because I had to be away at a weeks notice.

This is the UK? Darat explained.

 

[P.J. Denyer]

This is the UK? Darat explained.

Yes the UK, I answered before reading on.

 

[Reformed Offlian]

As supplied by Shemp, in NH, you can register to vote absentee the day prior to the vote. Any prospective voters should do that.
Then they can vote anywhere in the state on the day.

Where does it say that?

 

[Aridas]

I would rather ask an authoritative source - a live American.

...MAGA has proven many times over that "a live American" is not an authoritative source.

 

[TragicMonkey]

...MAGA has proven many times over that "a live American" is not an authoritative source.

Well, you certainly don't want to ask an Undead-American. They are a shifty bunch! I know, I know: not PC.

 

[Tero]

christopherfanucci
2h
This is why the US doesn’t have universal healthcare

Christopher Fanucci (@christopherfanucci) on Threads

This is why the US doesn’t have universal healthcare

www.threads.com

 

[Andy_Ross]

Nashville sues Trump administration over attempt to withhold first-responder grants to force election changes

Nashville filed suit against the federal government for attempting to make changes to how local elections are administered as a condition Department of Homeland Security grants that the city uses for first responders...

The lawsuit, which was filed in federal court in the D.C. Circuit Monday morning, alleges the grant system, administered by FEMA, is a violation of separation of powers as well as the authority of states to administer elections enshrined in the Constitution.

“FEMA has no authority to impose those conditions — not under its governing statute and not under the Constitution,” the suit argues. “Congress authorized FEMA to help jurisdictions protect critical infrastructure from terrorist and cyberattacks. It did not authorize FEMA to decide who may vote, how ballots must be counted, or how states maintain their voter rolls"

Nashville sues Trump administration over attempt to withhold first-responder grants to force election changes

Nashville sued the federal government over efforts to tie Homeland Security grants for first responders to changes in how the city administers local elections.

www.newschannel5.com

 

[jimbob]

Interesting.

Hegseth Plots Jaw-Droppingly Ambitious Move That Will Anger Trump

Officials close to the defense secretary have leaked his secret plot.

www.thedailybeast.com

Former Fox News personality and all-around macho-man Pete Hegseth wants to be your next president, according to officials familiar with the self-proclaimed Secretary of War’s thinking.

Those sources, who spoke anonymously in order to be frank about the Trump Cabinet member’s ambitions, told the Washington Post that Hegseth’s trip to Iowa on Monday suggests he may very well have his sights set on the White House. The Defense Secretary, 46, headed out to stump for GOP Rep. Zach Nunn in the battleground state, where presidential hopefuls have historically tested their mettle.

 

[EHocking]

Tap on the image then slide a corner placeholder until you get the size you want.

I meant filesize (kb) rather than dimensions. I usually have to resize cut/paste images, but that last one takes a while to load. It even irritated me…

 

[EHocking]

"Deep throated?"

I admit, I missed that

 

[Norman Alexander]

Where does it say that?

They can vote in the state NOT at their "home" booth.

 

[Norman Alexander]

...MAGA has proven many times over that "a live American" is not an authoritative source.

Our Monkey is a great source...and a fine American.