US US Politics General 2 - Discussion of President Trump and other politicians

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Should be a wild four years.

Helpful links for those who need them:

Current members of the House of Representatives
https://www.house.gov/representatives

Current members of the Senate
https://www.senate.gov/senators/

Current members of the US Supreme Court
https://www.supremecourt.gov/about/biographies.aspx

Members of the Trump Administration
https://www.whitehouse.gov/administration/

 

[GunCar Gary]

To lighten the mood a little..

i'm looking into my crystal ball and have seen her future

“I realize I made a major mistake the last nine years. After the election, I turned off cable news and I got my ass off Twitter,” she says. (She’s moved over to Bluesky.) Heather now thinks she pushed her husband toward voting for Trump by having had such a noisy reaction to his support in the first place, eight years ago. “If I had just had a more reasonable reaction, and talked to him reasonably, maybe he would have listened to me,” she says. “He’s not right about Donald Trump, but was it important enough to destroy a 25-year marriage? There was a lot of marriage before there was a Donald Trump.”

The problem is that Heather’s husband doesn’t seem to have the same regrets. He’s told her that he has no intention of returning to their shared home, or to their marriage at all. So she’s still selling the house, and her life is completely in flux. “I feel heartbroken,” Heather says. “I fought for eight years against Trump, because I felt it was the right thing to do. Where did it get me? Trump is president, and no marriage.”

woman moment

 

[Placeboing]

Former Trump voter here.

I don't believe you, you talk like a fag and your shit's all libtarded.

 

[FILTH Tourist]

But when it comes down to it, he knows he needs a party machine for protection, and Trump won't provide it better.

Trump could properly pardon Biden and his family. During the debate it was pretty clear that Trump did feel a bit bad for the guy once he saw first hand how gone he was and Trump's beef is more with everyone surrounding Joe than Joe himself. Joe has nothing to gain from the DNC and nothing to lose.

 

[Shark_ Sapiens_0001]

This caught the shill script writers off-guard. I just checked /r/politics to salt mine and there isn't a peep about this over there.

They must be awaiting their new outrage firmware update. Shitty Starbucks Wi-Fi.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

Yeah. Yeah you do. I'm pretty sure this is brand new territory that has never been trod upon

No. You’ve got a history of it. This is just the first time someone has gone ‘that’s against the law and I’m holding you to it’

That’s what Trump does. Says ‘These rules are on the books, we are enforcing them’

I really hope he does. I really, truly hope he does.

He’s gone to court every other time he’s been right and wrong. You don’t need to worry about him not doing.

He does not need to but he will indeed play the silly game as he always has.

 

[Harvey Danger]

Bro how do you even source this other than “just trust me bro”?

This is a good community note.

 

[Party Hat Wurmple]

I don't know why everyone thinks Joe and Trump had a conversation when it was very clearly Jill reaching out to the White House because of how much she hates the entire Democratic party for ruining her chance to be FLOTUS for four more years.

At this point I consider the two of them the same entity.

Look I love the Biden-as-saboteur memes as much as the next guy. But when it comes down to it, he knows he needs a party machine for protection, and Trump won't provide it better.

It costs Biden nothing to say "I knew about the pardons," and costs him everything to say he didn't. The only delay in him announcing he was aware is Jill Biden needs to brew up another cocktail of the good drugs to get 3 coherent minutes in front of a camera.

No, he really doesn't. He's an 80 year old dying man with dementia who needs meds to do public appearances. You tend to not give a shit about anything when you're on death's door. At this point let's really take a look at the Biden's. Who's furthering their crime organization? Nobody. Who's the head of their family once Joe's gone? Hunter? Fuck no. Maybe Francis Biden but he wasn't a politics guy. None of their family is around anymore. The Biden's are largely done as a political entity. The only people left are Biden's siblings and their children who exist on the fringe of politics and even that's nebulous. I could absolutely see Biden or Jill saying "Leave us alone and you can have everyone else".

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

Not quite. He said he signed something completely different.

Also, I can no longer download anything from youtube since neither yt-dlp or any of the downloader sites I used work for me anymore.

Fire up OBS and record it of you have to. That should always work. Still lame though.

 

[mandatorylurk]

To lighten the mood a little..
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For whatever reason, the first thing that came to my mind was this video

Do you think that woman ever gave her husband that type of look, let alone any man? It's a sad thing to think about. I think autism rates are way too high and broad, but in the back of my head I agree there's something going on with people that they can't read or interpret facial expressions and can't see the metaphorical warning lights. Actual love and compassion really do hit you in a different way to make relationships worth having, but maybe we're to the point it's all just become transactional and based on stupid perceptions of dominance.

 

[6MillionCoofs]

If they contest

I’d argue they can’t contest as Bidem losing his mind is their reasoning for kicking him out. If he has his mind enough to pardon, why did everyone make him quit.

Trump has them in a real bind.

Deny Trump and the Presidancy dies. As orders can be signed by anyone. Allow him and you admit Biden is a vegitable.

 

[marvlouslie]

I don't believe that implies any legal guilt.

You don't think accepting a PRE-EMPTIVE PARDON implies someone being guilty as sin? LOL. Okay, buddy. Whatever you say.

 

[I'm Retarded?]

I saw this on wikipedia regarding the autopen (yes I know, it is horribly biased on all things political).
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So Wiki is claiming
1) There may be originals out there signed by hand
2)There are photos that challenge the former staffer's claim of autopen

Does anyone know more about this? #2 in particular just sounds like political mushmouth that a picture of Biden signing a document technically exists, therefore staffer is wrong.

this is why I'm increasingly checking out of politics. I don't want to be the Nothing Ever Happens guy, but these slap-fights always go the same fucking way. Trump makes a statement, all the "experts" in the lügenpresse line up to take turns doing the aykchyually act, and the circle jerk continues. tiresome. I'm sure this "photographic evidence" is as inconclusive and unsatisfying as anything else that comes out of these stupid political fights, and that while the thing about the National Archive might be true, it has a hundred asterisks and qualifications and at most represents a technically correct half-truth. I really 100% genuinely hope Trump does actually repeal all of Biden's sus ass pardons, including Hunter's. I hope he chases down and strings up all the fucking criminals that have had the run of the country for the last four years. the autopen thing, if true, does genuinely feel like a justifiable reason for overturning the actions of the Biden administration. however, I doubt anything will come of it, as regardless of whether or not Biden was aware of any specific autopenned document, he was a completely willing participant in the absolute sham of an administration he presided over. there's a zero percent chance Biden will disavow any actions his staffers may or may not have taken in his name. moreover, as suspicious as the pardons were, that does not necessarily mean that there's proof of anything actionable that would lead to prosecution of any substance, or even that those people have actually done anything illegal. morally objectionable, sure, but that's not the same thing as illegal. Fauci in particular is most likely beyond reach; what would he even be charged with? lying and exploiting his position for personal profit? brother, if that was a smoking gun, you'd have to prosecute the entire federal government, Trump included.

 

[Harvey Danger]

No, he really doesn't. He's an 80 year old dying man with dementia who needs meds to do public appearances. You tend to not give a shit about anything when you're on death's door. At this point let's really take a look at the Biden's. Who's furthering their crime organization? Nobody. Who's the head of their family once Joe's gone? Hunter? Fuck no. Maybe Francis Biden but he wasn't a politics guy. None of their family is around anymore. The Biden's are largely done as a political entity. The only people left are Biden's siblings and their children who exist on the fringe of politics and even that's nebulous. I could absolutely see Biden or Jill saying "Leave us alone and you can have everyone else".

With all his pardons in place, Biden's family is already protected. Once you cast doubt on some of them, the others become suspect.

I can easily see Trump offering a deal to Biden, to narc on his aides on the J6 commission pardons in exchange for ensuring the family pardons stay up. But I don't see any reason why Biden would want to take that deal, much less why he would trust Trump to enforce it after Biden dies. He would have to hate the J6 commission (or that aide) more than he cares about his own family, and he's never indicated anything other than support for those snakes.

 

[Two Dollars]

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Why do people always cry "muh Russia"

I have a theory that’s probably wrong, so please correct me if needed: Russia used to be a communist stronghold, so after the USSR collapsed, the powers that be saw their shift toward capitalism as a betrayal that must be punished. Always kill a traitor before an enemy, and all that.

 

[mandatorylurk]

Tom Homan is Jinbe. Fucking irish prick reporter doing the "some say"

 

[Jace on ice]

I for one welcome our scowling orange overlord.

 

[Captain Chromosome]

I figure this is a better fit for USPG than its own thread, so peep this. Archive.

German with a green card got reportedly abused by border patrol at Logan International Airport in Utah Boston for no reason whatsoever, totally unrelated to a previous record of marijuana possession when it was still a crime or his DUI ten years ago, both of which are justifiable reasons for deportation and revocation. I will not take the side of power-tripping feds, but this whole situation is dumb.

Edit: Incorrect airport city. Thanks, @DickMain

 

[Wargarbl]

You don't think accepting a PRE-EMPTIVE PARDON implies someone being guilty as sin? LOL. Okay, buddy. Whatever you say.

Perceived guilt and legal guilt are different things.

Everyone thinks you are guilty af if you need to accept a blanket 10 year pardon for your governmental fuckery. The legal system doesn't automatically confer guilt on you for accepting a pardon (is the point the other poster made). See the difference?

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

Inexplicably the Europeans are very upset about this pardon stuff.

 

[Blue Miaplacidus]

To lighten the mood a little.

The chef's kiss are all the tranny discord notifications non-stop in the background. You just know it is a server full of deranged faggots seething constantly about evil orange man and the chuds while they jerk off to cartoons.