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
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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/

 

[blackface enthusiast]

But it reminds me of that trend in fake video game trailers (scripted bullshots, not actual gameplay but presented as a real session of someone playing) where they'll have actors pretend to be playing the game in voice chat, with very obvious 'video game-isms' from marketing people who have never played a game in their lives. Something about it is just inauthentic, the leak itself looks bad for them but there was nothing in the chats that were bad.

To try and illustrate what I mean, images from the leaks instantly made me think of that Coke Esports thing.




"If you think we should do it, let's go. Let's just make sure our messaging is tight here."

"Keep it up! We're unstoppable!"

It's like a marketing/PR's person idea of what a group chat between state officials would be like.

 

[mlanguishi]

https://www.washingtonpost.com/national-security/2025/03/27/atf-dea-merger-justice-changes-trump/

nonpaywall: https://ghostarchive.org/archive/zFJxP

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/zFJxP

Haven't had a chance to look over, but good or bad or nothing here?

The Justice Department has proposed merging the Drug Enforcement Administration with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives as part of a dramatic shift in the operations of the department’s component agencies and headquarters divisions, according to a memo obtained by The Washington Post.

The memo — sent from the office of Deputy Attorney General Todd Blanche this week to top department leaders — also suggested transferring INTERPOL Washington, a part of the Justice Department that coordinates with law enforcement agencies around the world, to the U.S. Marshals Service.

There could also be reductions to the department’s tax enforcement division, with attorneys in the division transferred to U.S. attorneys’ offices across the nation.

The memo requested feedback on the proposals by Wednesday. Many of the proposals involve agencies and offices created by Congress, and it’s unclear how easily some of these changes could be executed without congressional approval.

Justice Department officials, speaking on the condition of anonymity to discuss proposals that have not been made public, stressed that they are intended to solicit feedback and are not a done deal.

The Justice Department oversees about a half-dozen component agencies whose leaders report to the attorney general. They include the FBI, ATF, DEA, U.S. Marshals and the Bureau of Prisons.


While there is some overlap in these agencies, each is tasked with carrying out a distinct mission.

The ATF, for example, works with local law enforcement to regulate guns and solve gun crimes The U.S. Marshals have a broad portfolio that includes protecting federal judges and courthouses and arresting suspects in federal crimes. The Bureau of Prisons manages federal prisons, and the DEA combats drug manufacturing and trafficking.

The memo does not detail how the changes would be implemented and what, if any, functions of the affected offices would be eliminated.
Many of the proposals reflect the public priorities of the Trump administration. For example, the memo floats reducing the number of attorneys working on investigations and prosecutions related to the Foreign Agents Registration Act.
On her first day leading the Justice Department, Attorney General Pam Bondi directed her prosecutors to limit the circumstances in which they bring charges under that act.
This is a developing story. It will be updated.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

My guess is inaction, resignation and backroom deals.

Conservative men don't like breathy narration with modulated voices that sound like a standalone fruit talking about gay indie Vermont maple syrup companies. So the Republicans didn't care about it.

 

[indomitable snowman]

The CEO of NPR had a real real real bad day in front of the Congressional Hearing today.

She pretty much openly lied about...well everything and got caught red handed on it. Really very stupid of her to not think the GoP wouldn't check her Tweets and have them on hand to hang her with.

"Madam CEO have you ever read "The Case for Reparations?"

"Mr Chairman no I have not"

"Hmm how do you explain your tweet on Jan 21 2022 that read you are taking the day off to fully read and appreciate a book called the case for reparations because it's a necessary topic of discussion?"

"....silence"

She is getting roasted alive the dumbass woke cunt. My biggest question is how did the Right lose control to such a group of fucking useless, vapid, mindless cunts? Really some of these "leaders of tomorrow" are so stupid they should be in a group home. This female is running NPR right into the ground and getting paid 200K a year for it.

Some fun facts about her:

• Katherine Maher worked for USAID (probably fomenting the Arab Spring for the CIA)
• She is on the Signal board
• she is on the Wikipedia board
• She may know Liz Fong-Jones: https://kiwifarms.st/threads/liz-fo...fong-lizthegrey.128419/page-774#post-18355579
• and hates kiwifarms: https://kiwifarms.st/threads/liz-fo...fong-lizthegrey.128419/page-784#post-18495874
• is worse than you think: https://brownstone.org/articles/katherine-maher-is-worse-than-a-leftist/

 

[MerelyAPlateOfSpaghetti]

Haven't had a chance to look over, but good or bad or nothing here?

Probably a good move. They would share a budget, and I'm sure a lot of drug busts also include illegal guns so both agencies would be involved anyway.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Probably a good move. They would share a budget, and I'm sure a lot of drug busts also include illegal guns so both agencies would be involved anyway.

There was an Onion article about them merging, and maybe getting the FDA in too so somebody can bring chips

 

[CaliforniaRaisin]

DeSantis has argued that loosening restrictions on younger workers is a big part of solution. “Why do we say we need to import foreigners -- even import them illegally --- when teenagers used to work at these resorts, college students should be able to do this stuff,” DeSantis said

The first time a broccoli headed zoomer has to change some fat, geriatric 70 yr old's shit stained bed sheet, they'll have a mental health crisis.

 

[Breadbassket]

Conservative men don't like breathy narration with modulated voices that sound like a standalone fruit talking about gay indie Vermont maple syrup companies. So the Republicans didn't care about it.

Maybe the first people who ran NPR weren't so bad for the time but they enabled what was to come as fellow travelers and this cycle perpetuated until we reached the point we are at today.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

Maybe the first people who ran NPR weren't so bad for the time but they enabled what was to come as fellow travelers and this cycle perpetuated until we reached the point we are at today.

NPR used to be kinda quirky and left-leaning, but not nearly as partisan. Trump buck broke them. All guard rails were removed to try and get Trump, and now they have to face the consequences of their actions.

 

[George Lucas]

Conservative men don't like breathy narration with modulated voices that sound like a standalone fruit talking about gay indie Vermont maple syrup companies. So the Republicans didn't care about it.

I don’t know how they find the most soyfaggy sounding men possible to read their stories. It’s like they try to sound as gay and unsure as possible.

 

[orangecat]

it's continuing Eleanor's story from 2

That's discouraging. Bioshock thrives the most when it has fresh characters and settings. Rehashing what we already had is a great way to introduce lazy writing and valuing callbacks over substance (like what happened to Marvel and Star Wars: they cared more about cameos than the actual plot).

Florida Considers Easing Child Labor Laws To Make Up For Fewer Illegal Workers

Or you could just, you know, hire normal legal adults for once.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

NPR used to be kinda quirky and left-leaning, but not nearly as partisan. Trump buck broke them. All guard rails were removed to try and get Trump, and now they have to face the consequences of their actions.

I used to listen to them through the obeme administration, they were good for standard American English diction, and fun stuff like Car Talk
one debate that stood out to me was between two economists about if the rich should be taxed heavily, or the other side of the argument, the rich should be taxed REALLY FUCKING CRAZY heavily

also I misremembered The Onion but was close

https://theonion.com/bureau-of-alcohol-tobacco-firearms-reaches-trade-agr-1819564792/

https://ghostarchive.org/archive/q4kk5

 

[Thomas Talus]

As I recall, he was forced out because he was endorsing Craftsman tools for Sears and that somehow went against the PBS ethos. Faggots.

Craftsman came later, it was because he took an outside endorsement for Rickel Home Centers, which caused Home Depot and Weyerhaeuser to pull their support.

 

[Candlelight Desolation]

All guard rails were removed to try and get Trump, and now they have to face the consequences of their actions.

Think of the people who have watched/listened to them for the past 10 years. Seeing what we've all been seeing, especially the past two years, these people have been whipped so hard into a frenzy that it's likely to be unable to be turned around anytime soon. Like look at how vicious they get foaming at the mouth.

 

[Hey Johnny Bravo]

I don’t know how they find the most soyfaggy sounding men possible to read their stories. It’s like they try to sound as gay and unsure as possible.

The point was something soft-spoken and inoffensive that you could put on as background noise. Many offices and waiting rooms would have NPR going for that reason. NPR didn't do this insane partisan stuff in the 2000's. People who actually listened to NPR at the time were considered pretentious by the rest of the world, but that's it. What happened is that Trump won and everything kicked into overdrive.

Commie retards are obsessed with top-down authority and manufacturing consent, so they targeted NPR to make it seem like all the insane shit they said about Trump was legitimate and reasonable. Now we're finding out what everyone already knew back in 2016: they're partisan assholes who were getting money from Trump's political opponent who didn't even put their own money into it, but used taxpayer money instead.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

The point was something soft-spoken and inoffensive that you could put on as background noise. Many offices and waiting rooms would have NPR going for that reason. NPR didn't do this insane partisan stuff in the 2000's. People who actually listened to NPR at the time were considered pretentious by the rest of the world, but that's it. What happened is that Trump won and everything kicked into overdrive.

Commie retards are obsessed with top-down authority and manufacturing consent, so they targeted NPR to make it seem like all the insane shit they said about Trump was legitimate and reasonable. Now we're finding out what everyone already knew back in 2016: they're partisan assholes who were getting money from Trump's political opponent who didn't even put their own money into it, but used taxpayer money instead.

they also put in a bunch of diversity hire types who make Diane Rehm sound like Gary Owens

 

[Samuel Fuller]

Craftsman came later, it was because he took an outside endorsement for Rickel Home Centers, which caused Home Depot and Weyerhaeuser to pull their support.

The real truth, according to an interview he gave in the 90s, is that PBS was ok with the Craftsman endorsement, but they wanted a cut of his fee for it on top of the tools being provided to the production for free when it was time for a new contract to be negotiated. Bob rightly said "Fuck that, and fuck you, too" and he walked.

 

[Samuel Fuller]

That's discouraging. Bioshock thrives the most when it has fresh characters and settings. Rehashing what we already had is a great way to introduce lazy writing and valuing callbacks over substance (like what happened to Marvel and Star Wars: they cared more about cameos than the actual plot).

Or you could just, you know, hire normal legal adults for once.

Where the fuck do you find normal adults in Florida?

 

[BullfrogBill]

Excuse me if I'm retreading ground here but do not understand how people are still trying to frame the signal shit as some sort of monstrous opsec failure for Trump personally. Like I get people fucking hate him on principle, sure go ahead and just be mad. But the real issue seems to that this was some staffer who added a journo to the chat on a secured device for the express purpose of manufacturing a 'leak' and damaging the credibility of the administration/cabinet. We even know who the staffer that's responsible for adding mr.burg to the group is and I haven't heard of any punishment falling on him.

The white house employs 1700+ people from administrative staff to groundskeeping and many are and have been employed there since Obama or earlier. It's no surprise that unless you fired literally everyone that you'd have some kind of rats running around doing things like this, and we have other examples of this same thing happening inside the FBI, CIA and DoD just weeks ago. If this situation had happened under Bush jr. or Obama it would have been framed as a a failure of the staff and them being treasonous, spiteful retards but because it's happening on orange Hitler's watch it's all his fault. How is it unreasonable to expect the fucking pencil jockey admins to not try to fuck with you given the chance.

On top of all this, Trump actually admitted it was a mistake and apologized about it. Can you imagine a Democrat ever doing that?

 

[Betonhaus]

Honestly, if it means less kids on Tik Tok and doing retarted things for clout then is this really a bad thing?

Honestly if kids had the opportunity to start doing simple tasks at work shops or being a gopher for field work it would have them be more active and familiar with the trades so by the time they graduate high school they could jump straight into an apprenticeship and start a career, as opposed to the current thing where kids are expected to go to college or university and not learn how to do real work until they're like 25 or something.