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Should be a wild four years.

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Current members of the House of Representatives
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Current members of the Senate
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Members of the Trump Administration
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/
 
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The consequences will be for people like you.
Nah; people like you. He’s promised tarrifa on day one and has changed the figure a hundred times, sometimes it’s 10%, other times it 69%, and sometimes it’s 35%. Or 25%. Hard to keep track as he keeps changing his mind.

We will see. His bark is bigger than his bite.
 
But how and WHY are tariffs bad? The point of tariffs is to remain competitive in the global market for the benefit of the host country. If businesses will outsource jobs and products but still expect the host country to pay full price, the tariff will have them reconsider their choices. Encourage domestic trade and business to strengthen domestic economy. What's wrong with that?

tl;dr: Tariffs CAN be bad because you set up protectionism. That is, your internal industries aren't forced to be competitive or innovate on the global stage, and now you cannot compete internationally without assistance. That doesn't mean they are always bad - low tarriffs can be used to shore up domestic industry from being supplanted by foreign imports, higher ones can be used to try to outwait/outlast foreign price wars.

Example: in the early 2000s, China tried to massively boost their steel production. This lead to more steel than could be used internally and in attempt to recoup costs, they were dumping this steel at scrap iron costs and made worse because China was artificially lowering the yuan. This caused incalcuable damage to the US steel industry that is still being felt, and substantial tariffs early on would have deflected much of this damage. Instead you got offlined mills, industry that adapted to cheap-but-metallurgically unreliable steel, and China becoming a major steel player.

China needs massive tariffs beause they are fucking commies because they are exempt from most of the Global Carbon Wank despite being the worlds largest pollutor (or maybe #2, India might have taken the top slot) such that despite needing to move goods over a fucking ocean its still cheaper to do things in China even with the rampant IP theft.
 
Here is the text for the Trump Ending Federal DEI Programs Executive Order:

ENDING RADICAL AND WASTEFUL GOVERNMENT DEI PROGRAMS​

AND PREFERENCING​

By the authority vested in me as President by the Constitution and the laws of the United States of America, it is hereby ordered:

Section 1. Purpose and Policy. The Biden Administration forced illegal and immoral discrimination programs, going by the name “diversity, equity, and inclusion” (DEI), into virtually all aspects of the Federal Government, in areas ranging from airline safety to the military. This was a concerted effort stemming from President Biden’s first day in office, when he issued Executive Order 13985, “Advancing Racial Equity and Support for Underserved Communities Through the Federal Government.”

Pursuant to Executive Order 13985 and follow-on orders, nearly every Federal agency and entity submitted “Equity Action Plans” to detail the ways that they have furthered DEIs infiltration of the Federal Government. The public release of these plans demonstrated immense public waste and shameful discrimination. That ends today. Americans deserve a government committed to serving every person with equal dignity and respect, and to expending precious taxpayer resources only on making America great.

Sec. 2. Implementation. (a) The Director of the Office of Management and Budget (OMB), assisted by the Attorney General and the Director of the Office of Personnel Management (OPM), shall coordinate the termination of all discriminatory programs, including illegal DEI and “diversity, equity, inclusion, and accessibility” (DEIA) mandates, policies, programs, preferences, and activities in the Federal Government, under whatever name they appear. To carry out this directive, the Director of OPM, with the assistance of the Attorney General as requested, shall review and revise, as appropriate, all existing Federal employment practices, union contracts, and training policies or programs to comply with this order. Federal employment practices, including Federal employee performance reviews, shall reward individual initiative, skills, performance, and hard work and shall not under any circumstances consider DEI or DEIA factors, goals, policies, mandates, or requirements.

(b) Each agency, department, or commission head, in consultation with the Attorney General, the Director of OMB, and the Director of OPM, as appropriate, shall take the following actions within sixty days of this order:

(i) terminate, to the maximum extent allowed by law, all DEI, DEIA, and “environmental justice” offices and positions (including but not limited to “Chief Diversity Officer” positions); all “equity action plans,” “equity” actions, initiatives, or programs, “equity-related” grants or contracts; and all DEI or DEIA performance requirements for employees, contractors, or grantees.

(ii) provide the Director of the OMB with a list of all:

(A) agency or department DEI, DEIA, or “environmental justice” positions, committees, programs, services, activities, budgets, and expenditures in existence on November 4, 2024, and an assessment of whether these positions, committees, programs, services, activities, budgets, and expenditures have been misleadingly relabeled in an attempt to preserve their pre-November 4, 2024 function;

(B) Federal contractors who have provided DEI training or DEI training materials to agency or department employees; and

(C) Federal grantees who received Federal funding to provide or advance DEI, DEIA, or “environmental justice” programs, services, or activities since January 20, 2021.

(iii) direct the deputy agency or department head to:

(A) assess the operational impact (e.g., the number of new DEI hires) and cost of the prior administration’s DEI, DEIA, and “environmental justice” programs and policies; and

(B) recommend actions, such as Congressional notifications under 28 U.S.C. 530D, to align agency or department programs, activities, policies, regulations, guidance, employment practices, enforcement activities, contracts (including set-asides), grants, consent orders, and litigating positions with the policy of equal dignity and respect identified in section 1 of this order. The agency or department head and the Director of OMB shall jointly ensure that the deputy agency or department head has the authority and resources needed to carry out this directive.

(c) To inform and advise the President, so that he may formulate appropriate and effective civil-rights policies for the Executive Branch, the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy shall convene a monthly meeting attended by the Director of OMB, the Director of OPM, and each deputy agency or department head to:

(i) hear reports on the prevalence and the economic and social costs of DEI, DEIA, and “environmental justice” in agency or department programs, activities, policies, regulations, guidance, employment practices, enforcement activities, contracts (including set-asides), grants, consent orders, and litigating positions;

(ii) discuss any barriers to measures to comply with this order; and

(iii) monitor and track agency and department progress and identify potential areas for additional Presidential or legislative action to advance the policy of equal dignity and respect.

Sec. 3. Severability. If any provision of this order, or the application of any provision to any person or circumstance, is held to be invalid, the remainder of this order and the application of its provisions to any other persons or circumstances shall not be affected.

Sec. 4. General Provisions. (a) Nothing in this order shall be construed to impair or otherwise affect:

(i) the authority granted by law to an executive department or agency, or the head thereof; or

(ii) the functions of the Director of the Office of Management and Budget relating to budgetary, administrative, or legislative proposals.

(b) This order shall be implemented consistent with applicable law and subject to the availability of appropriations.

(c) This order is not intended to, and does not, create any right or benefit, substantive or procedural, enforceable at law or in equity by any party against the United States, its departments, agencies, or entities, its officers, employees, or agents, or any other person.

THE WHITE HOUSE,

January 20, 2025.

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"Architects" on suicide watch:

Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture​

January 20, 2025
MEMORANDUM FOR THE ADMINISTRATOR OF THE GENERAL SERVICES ADMINISTRATION

SUBJECT: Promoting Beautiful Federal Civic Architecture

I hereby direct the Administrator of the General Services Administration, in consultation with the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy and the heads of departments and agencies of the United States where necessary, to submit to me within 60 days recommendations to advance the policy that Federal public buildings should be visually identifiable as civic buildings and respect regional, traditional, and classical architectural heritage in order to uplift and beautify public spaces and ennoble the United States and our system of self-government. Such recommendations shall consider appropriate revisions to the Guiding Principles for Federal Architecture and procedures for incorporating community input into Federal building design selections.

If, before such recommendations are submitted, the Administrator of the General Services Administration proposes to approve a design for a new Federal public building that diverges from the policy set forth in this memorandum, the Administrator shall notify me, through the Assistant to the President for Domestic Policy, not less than 30 days before the General Services Administration could reject such design without incurring substantial expenditures. Such notification shall set forth the reasons the Administrator proposes to approve such design.
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Only beautiful buildings allowed.
 
The Fauci and Milley Biden pardons extends back to 2014.

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The others have a general one.

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So they pardoned Fauci. They may as well have tattooed GUILTY on his forehead.

Of course, even if they can’t actually convict him of a crime, now we have a government that’s willing to investigate what was really going on. Personally, I’d like to see some deep dive into exactly what that gain of function study was for.

And while this won’t happen, I do wish the new administration would do an in-depth and no holds barred investigation of Moderna and just what they got up to in developing a vaccine.It would be hilarious to see furry COVID answer girl Chise completely lose her shit over that.
 
So what you're saying is that the Chinese government steals/extorts money from the Chinese people (taxes), then gives (some of) this money to (some) companies, who can then manufacture stuff and sell it to you for lower prices than they would normally be able to afford?
Sounds fucking great, buy it all up, let the Chinese people suffer under their retarded government that is literally harming the people of China for your benefit.
Sorry for encouraging you to defend yourself. I didn't realize you didn't know how to negrate then drop an argument.
 
What if you're half White? Do I get some land and slaves of my own?


Who writes these executive orders? I doubt Trump himself writes them.
Based on your taste and as a huwite powerful man, I will elect to stand in as your overseer. You'll have your own plantation full of darkies, but you gotta answer to me. We can drink and watch old movies and I'll report back that you're one of the good ones.
 
I would refer you to the employment numbers (which got "corrected" down by 800k recently) and say you cannot look at the "unemployment" numbers because they only count people looking for work. You need to look at "total labor force participation" or whatever it's called.
Dunno, I despise government statistics. Government statistics and its consequences have been a disaster for economic thinking and policymaking.
You're implying people are failing to find employment while others are saying that people are working multiple jobs to make ends meet.
Something must be off here.
 
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