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I called that one, although "Democrats take credit for Republican governance" is the free square on the political bingo card, to be fair.

The real question is if they try and go after Trump for acting as president before 1/20. Isn't there a law against that? You can't represent the US Government without permission in foreign affairs? I want to say Hatch act but that feels wrong...
 
How do kiwis view donating to charities?

Almost every charity organization is a scam, either to feed their administrative staff, infinite welfare subhumans, or some other wicked purpose. If you're not personally putting the money, food, or other help into the hands of the exact person/family in need, assume it is stolen. You have to tribe up and watch out for your brothers first. Ein Volk is not just part of a slogan!

The real question is if they try and go after Trump for acting as president before 1/20. Isn't there a law against that? You can't represent the US Government without permission in foreign affairs? I want to say Hatch act but that feels wrong...
Technically he's the President-elect, which changes the landscape, but its a precarious legal landscape in any care. Not that they give a shit about whats legal or in the interests of justice. Simple real-politik, in this case - prior lawfare failed and they don't have time to attempt it anyway.
 
Not sure how true this is, but it definitely reads to me that Israel loses, which isn't what I expected from "all hell will break loose".
They reaaaaally don't like the fact that Trump refuses to take the hint and treat them like his lord and master like a good goyim, and actually treats them as the near vassal state ally that they really are.
 
Pam Bondi is doing well, slapping back against the shrill democrat women and the gay californian mexican senator acting like Bondi is going to deport people herself. You can really tell the democrats thought they were operating under 2006 or 2017 rules but they have nothing to back up the initial allegations anymore.


And while this guy is a Meatball sucking ConInc., he makes a good point that there's no normal white guy in the democrat leadership now. Maybe Mark Kelly, but people see through that bullshit, and this is why Grog is trying to pretend to be Mr. Populist. Now it's just all run by shrill women.
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Interesting point about Vivek, perhaps he was the first into the crystal?
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Longshoreman also reached a deal and are thanking Trump.
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edit: :story: the ceasefire happened on lil' Ben Shapiro's birthday, oh he's really going to ConInc. the hell out of his pillow tonight.
 
Trump has announced some sort of ceasefire deal between Israel and Hummus.
Knowing Trump, he probably agrees with their demands in the abstract, but they've aimlessly fucked around this past year and a half to the point that he has no choice but to force them into accepting utterly humiliating terms in the interest of preventing another pointless forever war.
 
Not sure how true this is, but it definitely reads to me that Israel loses, which isn't what I expected from "all hell will break loose".
It's legit. And honestly I've given up at this point in understanding the Middle East Geopolitical conflict because it feels likes a giant game of Risk with so many factions all vying for control.

If any country loses I'd say it was Iran, but frankly Russia (Iran's Ally) might have played a part because Trump is going to be more pragmatic. This is a repeat of the Iran Hostage Crisis.
 
Not sure how true this is, but it definitely reads to me that Israel loses, which isn't what I expected from "all hell will break loose".
You can't lose a war where the casualties were like 10k to 1. You can only stop prosecuting it and return to normalcy. Gaza is still smoking ruins and the muslims there are still no closer to defeating Israel and the great satan.

Believe it or not it took decades for Hiroshima and Nagasaki to fully recover and they were less flattened than Gaza.
 
Interesting point about Vivek, perhaps he was the first into the crystal?
One of the most important incidents to understand Trump as a person is when he tossed that guy from the Apprentice for calling himself "white trash." Trump was pretty disgusted by that, you could tell. Vivek may never recover.
 
If they don't succeed it's a deserving consequence for financial entities completely dedicated to short-sighted profits above all else. A corporate looter going for the low-hanging fruit getting into trouble due to their own mismanaged avaricious actions gets little sympathy.
It's actually pretty common for a PE firm to go bankrupt itself through these slash-and-burn practices. Since everyone knows they're basically looting companies, no one gives a shit when it happens. It's one of the few cases in the business world where everyone looks at the corpse and goes "he got what was coming to him."
 
Knowing Trump, he probably agrees with their demands in the abstract
partially but I think a large part of it is trying to humilate Bibi specifically more than israel as a whole. Bibi did trump a bad turn more than once and is generally not very big on "Deals" so I think trump's mindset is to be hard on palestein to ensure no more terrorism but also to get someone a little more willing to play ball on the israel side as well. And some vengeance for snaking him on the solemani hit and the congrats to the 4am ballots drops

also while the prisoner release may not be what israel, or at least bibi, wants, don't forget they didn't just level gaza they also got assad out and iran is on the ropes. Overall its really not the worst thing if you consider the long term and the gains made. Trump has to keep pressure on iran and its proxies, I would not be shocked if we'll have a "only trump could go to tehran" moment sometime in the next few years.
 
partially but I think a large part of it is trying to humilate Bibi specifically more than israel as a whole. Bibi did trump a bad turn more than once and is generally not very big on "Deals" so I think trump's mindset is to be hard on palestein to ensure no more terrorism but also to get someone a little more willing to play ball on the israel side as well. And some vengeance for snaking him on the solemani hit and the congrats to the 4am ballots drops
There's definitely some bad blood between the two leaders. There is of course the additional motivating factor that Trump owes Arab Americans this ceasefire; he campaigned on making it happen and they shifted heavily towards him in response. Glad to see Trump is wasting no time in paying back his political debts.
 
With the fires, is Gavin Newsom still a possible Democratic presidential candidate, in 2028?
I think Newsom will have a tough time rallying the base for a Presidential run not so much for the fire but because he's from California. I think the Democractic Party can only conclude that 2024 was a resounding failure because Harris failed to appeal to small town voters. What the party playmakers will want is someone from the Rust Belt or South. They need another Bill Clinton. I just can't imagine a cityslicker like Gavin getting Pennsylvania.

This speculation is with the optimism that Trump 47 is a decent or even good tenure.
 
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