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So you're letting someone else make the determination for you...got it. I participate in both sides on this forum. You know, I say Trump is actively trying to become a dictator. I have issues with his foreign policy, his immigration policy, how he views checks and balances, how he thinks government should work for people, and his behavior as a whole. And unlike Biden which I have some issues with him too, many of my issues aren't just his policies, but the illegal or at best, ignorance of the laws and norms that drive government as a whole. That's also why i've voted damn near straight ticket dem for two presidential elections now despite still believing the democratic party has a ton of flaws in their policies. But I also voiced my concerns when Biden didn't even seem to realize he was in a debate on primetime TV once, so yeah, basically Trump/Biden must just be a toss up on who is worse. With Both Sidsin' like that, lord knows I'm probably a shoe in to vote for Trump 3.0 in 2028.

Oh whatever. You're just upset someone that you thought was 'on your side' pointed out the obvious with Biden. Both sides, hah!

This segment is about 20 minutes long, but it's a good reminder why so many are angry with their government and why some are blindly following DOGE.

Bad things - Week starting 3/24 I feel like this week is a toss up. I think most would say the obvious answer is the small issue where the adults in the room, errr sorry, the bros in the room put the lives of US soldiers in danger due to carelessness. Living in the midwest, I could 'vote for my own interest' and name the auto tariffs, but alas, merely honorable mentions. That said, this week i'm going with a continuation of last week, but not just because it's a continuation, it's also an escalation. With Rubio's presser the other day regarding another student, due process will not be afforded to folks with visas. (any republicans out there remember arguing slippery slope back in the day?) And with this week, they show they are not only going after the loud leaders of protests, but simply anyone that protests anything they don't like.

I definitely get they are trying to use it to dodge, my only point is aren't you actually admitting how much you screwed up if your comparing it to something you previously made clear was one of your biggest complaints about your opponent in the last 20 years?

On a side note, for awhile I had a security clearance and worked as a government contractor. We would have to use government approved pc's using government approved web conferences with each of those using government approved log in methods. On top of that, someone was required to take the lead on a call and document everyone on the call. And document is a loose word, as we would question who they were if we didn't recognize them and once we sat on a pri-1 outage call for 5 minutes without doing anything because 1 person refused to drop from the call where another person from the same department was unaware of who that person was. Turned out to be a legit employee that was covering another team and once a manager on their end confirmed it, we continued on with the call.

I went back and did a quick review with Hillary's emails. Much more similarities than I had remembered. The Same * Both were tied to wanting handheld devices to communicate. (now via app on smartphone, then blackberry) * Both, while unintentional, had classified info (now because Hegseth doesn't understand classification guidelines,then in part due to bad classification) * No harm came from the outcome of choosing to use their own method. Any differences? Hmm, maybe the fact that you actually brought in a person into that communication before the strike that you would go on to publicly state that they basically hate America. So at minimum, you're admitting you got lucky.

i'm not as confident as you that Obama knew.

In my opinion, which all of MAGA agrees with me on, is that was a big deal. So by comparing this to that, aren't you saying it's just as big of a deal?

When will people realize that there is a very thin line, and sometimes no line at all, between the 'well they did this!' response to an issue. Seems like today's right wing response to this leaked text is 'but Hillary's emails!'. Aren't you kind of saying that issue, which you felt was such a big deal before, is no longer a big deal? Or if you're trying to compare it, aren't you admitting this is a big deal? I don't get it.

holy ****, that's some crazy news. Mid terms can't get here fast enough.

UAW is happy about it, funny they don't think Trump won't **** them too.

He's on pace to have 162 home runs!!! Seriously though, I liked the approach at the plate by most. Grinded out enough runs to win most of their games last year.

I hope when we score 6 in the 9th they do a montage of all the celebrities with their jaws dropped instead of high fiving after the Ohtani HR.

Do you allow Margot to hit or bring in another pitcher and face Carps? This is why I hate ESPN.

https://mikepesca.substack.com/p/ny-times-jumps-the-turnstile-on-a?utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email&utm_content=share I know this isn't the stuff that makes headlines, but this is the stuff that annoys me with MSM.

Sadly, you're probably right. That said, this has legs I haven't seen in a bit and I think that's because of just how blatant it is, coupled with the fact that everyone involved knows they have to repeat the presidents lie, despite knowing how foolish they look. I texted a MAGA friend that loves the new press secretary and initially he seemed confused that she couldn't just claim it as a mistake. I reminded him that dear leader Trump would not allow her to keep the job if she did and he actually conceded. My concern now though is Trump has always been a magician. He's going to try and redirect and usually that means doing something pretty ****ing awful.

To be fair, law enforcement always gets overly cautious when a high profile case occurs.

I'm not going to bother posting as 1) it's Dave Portnoy and 2) it's long, but he basically put out a 'WTF' post about the Houthi PC small group. At minimum he says Waltz should be fired. He's not overly political, but part of that bro podcast club. Good to see IMO.

https://www.facebook.com/share/v/1NfSgmkaJK/?mibextid=wwXIfr See, this guy gets it.

As one of the few conservative posters still left on this board, I just wanted to say that the emoji's in the text thread makes me realize it's a young new guard in charge now and i'm so confident in how this will go. Also to note, I was unable to type the above sentence with a straight face and it's complete horse****. The emojis alone would have been in just about every meme coming from the right if this was a democratic admin that got caught like this.

https://www.forbes.com/sites/zacheverson/2025/03/24/jd-vance-house-sale-government-contractor-lobbyist-trump/ "Despite the sale price being $170,000 over asking, Garcia did not appear to pay more than the market price for the home. The $1.9 million purchase price works out to $642 per square foot—below the $741 per square foot average of 10 comparable Alexandria homes sold in 2024, according to city data." Doesn't scream 'shady', and my guess is if you sell a home in Northern VA, probably 1/3 of those sales will go to people that work for the government.

I know we're battling against people that get their news from memes, but there is no benefit to society if we evolve to just both sides exaggerating further than they do already. As I mentioned before, find anecdotal evidence and feel free to push that, but don't flat out lie. I'm already concerned about government norms being tossed away forever, this would only ensure it.

Week starting 3/17 summary: I almost posted earlier when I saw articles about Trump deleting information on Ukrainian kids that were kidnapped by Russia, but it sounds like the program tracking them stopped, which honestly there may not have been much further for them to do. As the week played out, I feel the worse thing he did this week was sending 'gang members' to Venezuela. The 'high standard' they used, like interpreting tattoo's simply meant a lot of civil rights were violated and unfortunately not only violated, but due to moving them outside of the US, there is no means for recourse either. Add in the fact that it appears like they violated a court order by not returning them because they were over international waters (I thought the Gulf of America was renamed so we had rights to that area?)

History shows that not doing anything usually is a pretty good offense for the minority party going into midterms. With all the chaos we're seeing now, it's tough to argue against that. But while we all agree what Trump is doing is idiotic, he's doing a lot less than he claims he's doing. Courts, so far, are ruling against him. Much of his executive orders appear to be more of a press release then any actual order. So if he boots Elon and embraces his first term of just golfing and not wanting his people to get in his way (meaning he doesn't empower them to act like the idiots they are) it's possible we get a soft landing on this and of course he's going to claim how amazing he was. So in my opinion, I somewhat embrace Carville's thoughts on not fighting the GOP on everything. Explain why you don't like what he's doing, but point out you don't have the votes. While doing that, spend your efforts making a case why government is important. Every time DOGE claims another 'win', dig into it. Find a sympathetic anecdotal story about someone effected by DOGE's "win". Tie every DOGE win with a hard working American whose life is now more difficult as a result.