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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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/

 

[Return of the Freaker]

Someone just exchanged ~$14 Billion in fiat (USD) for 4.5 million oz gold (real money) for immediate delivery

https://x.com/TFMetals/status/1906777780479566091/photo/1

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This news brought to you by perhaps the least surprising kiwi farmer

 

[Jace on ice]

The number one thing the tarrifs are doing is causing discord in the stonk markets so the response to them is basically split along generational lines.

Millennials and zoomers don't give a fuck because our odds of profiting from any American institution is basically zero.

To boomers though the tarrifs are basically annuda shoa, literally 6 million lines go down.

 

[Garth]

Fuck the boomers.

 

[Davis]

This is tangent to the thread, but tommorrow Carney ( the unelected governor of canada) is suspending the carbon tax on canadians (something he literally stole from the cons, like all his good ''ideas'' )

This is very typical for Canada whenever there is any risk of losing a General Election. The Liberals will take on a few conservative issues for a few months and just sneak by with a majority or coalition (no doubt with help from Mr. Singh).

Oldest trick in the book. Kier Starmer is "clamping down on illegals" to stymie Reform, Kamala was totally on board with no longer taxing tips and overtime and handling illegals. Once they win, it'll quietly return to the norm, or some token holdout from their side will torpedo it and they'll shrug and say "we tried!"

 

[oh no its pipkun]

That article’s like a year and a half old. So they were aware that the right’s started to use their connotation games against them before the election, yet kept playing the same hand since they didn’t want to learn.

Edit:

Turns out having some conviction, instead of moving goalposts whenever people pick up on your shit, has some benefits.

Cormack says conservatives have built a think-tank ecosystem of linguists and focus groups to test words and phrases for political battle.

That's a fancy way of saying of internet forums making memes.

 

[CoolFool]

My dad is absolutely losing his shit over DOGE, freaking out about what this will mean for his future retirement and whatnot. I tried to reassure him earlier today but he basically said I'm too young to understand how these things work, and that I'm stupid for believing what I read on the internet. Even when I tried to show him actual direct sources that contradict what he's read or heard, he wouldn't believe me.

I'm worried my dad is going to have an actual heart attack from stress due to all the BS fear mongering from the mainstream media. I don't know what I can show him to help ease his fear and anxiety.

 

[invisibult plus+]

That's a fancy way of saying of internet forums making memes.

Good luck controlling people’s perceptions of reality when you’re divorced from it lmao.

 

[Dammit Mandrake!]

I'm worried my dad is going to have an actual heart attack from stress due to all the BS fear mongering from the mainstream media. I don't know what I can show him to help ease his fear and anxiety.

Are his life insurance policies up to date? Asking for... you.

 

[Random Internet Person]

 

[Dr. Ricearoni]

My dad is absolutely losing his shit over DOGE, freaking out about what this will mean for his future retirement and whatnot. I tried to reassure him earlier today but he basically said I'm too young to understand how these things work, and that I'm stupid for believing what I read on the internet. Even when I tried to show him actual direct sources that contradict what he's read or heard, he wouldn't believe me.

I'm worried my dad is going to have an actual heart attack from stress due to all the BS fear mongering from the mainstream media. I don't know what I can show him to help ease his fear and anxiety.

Might be too late for him. Can't save someone from drowning if they don't stop thrashing.

 

[behindyourightnow]

Lots of heavy and rare earth metals, it would also spook Russia which boomers are absolutely obsessed with doing.

One thing I'd be curious to learn is what the "Trump is a Russian asset!" boomer crowd thinks of Trump trying to acquire Greenland. Wouldn't someone who wanted to advance Russian interests advocate for America pulling out of the region, and handing Greenland and Canada over to Russian influence?

(I'm kidding of course, I know none of those people have actually given it two seconds of thought, and most probably cannot even locate Greenland on a map. Even on one of those Mercator maps where it's like the biggest country)

 

[Get the rope Macaulay!]

What a noble start, just for fun, lets check in on whats going on in New Jersey by 1807

by free estate does that mean not a felon or debt free? i assume it just means not a felon.

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trump is just feeding the base. its like that one guy said, its performative. he'd be a fool when he has so many younger people around him not to just hand Vance the wheels. as fucked as this country is. a nigger name barack could still win, especially when you factor in he'll have some younger VP

Like of the dozen people to try for a 3rd term, there's a reason it took a literal world war and a dead rival party for FDR to win his 3rd term.

 

[CoolFool]

Might be too late for him. Can't save someone from drowning if they don't stop thrashing.

Maybe, but I don't want to give up... he's my dad. And I have always considered him to be one of the smartest people I know, especially when it comes to money (His job is finance). It sucks to see this fear and anxiety in him. There must be something that can convince him it will be okay.

 

[XYZpdq Jr.]

Wild if true. The man, the myth, the legend.

Weekly World News blew the lid off this years ago, and they had an extra zinger


I'll always love how they found a nigh-complete print of Metropolis in South America and went through such great pains to never, EVER ask who might have had it shipped there

 

[autistic dog]

My dad is absolutely losing his shit over DOGE, freaking out about what this will mean for his future retirement and whatnot. I tried to reassure him earlier today but he basically said I'm too young to understand how these things work, and that I'm stupid for believing what I read on the internet. Even when I tried to show him actual direct sources that contradict what he's read or heard, he wouldn't believe me.

I'm worried my dad is going to have an actual heart attack from stress due to all the BS fear mongering from the mainstream media. I don't know what I can show him to help ease his fear and anxiety.

My dad sees his kids becoming proto-nazis and realizes it's because his generation failed to go far enough. He is ashamed of his cowardice.

 

[Candlelight Desolation]

Wild if true. The man, the myth, the legend.

If this is at all true this would be the most insane thing in human history.

 

[invisibult plus+]

I'm worried my dad is going to have an actual heart attack from stress due to all the BS fear mongering from the mainstream media. I don't know what I can show him to help ease his fear and anxiety.

Honestly you can’t fax and lawgic away how people feel. His attacks towards you suggest he doesn’t want to listen, so you’re better off redirecting him and encouraging him to do things that won’t impact his health. Anyone and his mother can look up generic muh mentals bullshit, but the idea is to get him to touch grass and get away from the TV/tablet/computer.

 

[Rome's rightful successor]

If only I could have married her and have sex with her.

 

[bort420]

What are you even talking about, you stupid nigger? Egg prices have been dropping over the past few weeks. Egg prices were so high because America culled an eighth of its egg laying chickens because of "muh bird flu".
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lol we killed usaid and the cdc and other bullshit and bam, done, over

 

[Fuck Bankers]

Someone just exchanged ~$14 Billion in fiat (USD) for 4.5 million oz gold (real money) for immediate delivery

https://x.com/TFMetals/status/1906777780479566091/photo/1

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bankers fleeing the country? Or the government trying to make Fort Knox look good?

Is this really that big of a problem? Who does this actually harm besides rich celebrities?

If Trump made this order for Pokemon cards/video games, we would get to see all the lefties suddenly support scalpers and it would be hilarious because they’ve been bitching about it nonstop for years

This is something lefties have talked about. Especially all those White girls trying to see Taylor Swift. I'm all for Trump trying to build bridges with the "other side". It cuts out a very annoying middleman, that adds nothing productive to the economy. I doubt it took long to write, and it took 5 seconds to sign.

My dad is absolutely losing his shit over DOGE, freaking out about what this will mean for his future retirement and whatnot. I tried to reassure him earlier today but he basically said I'm too young to understand how these things work, and that I'm stupid for believing what I read on the internet. Even when I tried to show him actual direct sources that contradict what he's read or heard, he wouldn't believe me.

I'm worried my dad is going to have an actual heart attack from stress due to all the BS fear mongering from the mainstream media. I don't know what I can show him to help ease his fear and anxiety.

I feel the same way about my mom. If it isn't MSNBC it isn't real. I usually just tell her that no matter what I'll be there for her.