Trumps Presidency 2025

[ewsieg]

42 minutes ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Make Segregation Great Again!

This might be bull****, with it being Trump, it probably is, but I wouldn't be surprised if this also was an extremely old federal ban which no longer is truly in affect based on how courts have ruled over the last 60-70 years, making this nothing but more paperwork that needs to be checked at the federal level and by eliminating it, it does nothing in terms of reverting back to the pre-civil rights era, but does eliminate worthless paperwork.  

[CMRivdogs]

10 minutes ago, ewsieg said:

, on the surface it definitely looks like another turd.

A Musk/Trump speciality. In other words Systems Normal All Farked Up

[CMRivdogs]

Leaving tomorrow for a cruise, we sail out of Fort Lauderdale Saturday AM. If you don't hear from me in about 3 weeks....

 

[gehringer_2]

54 minutes ago, ewsieg said:

This might be bull****, with it being Trump, it probably is, but I wouldn't be surprised if this also was an extremely old federal ban which no longer is truly in affect based on how courts have ruled over the last 60-70 years, making this nothing but more paperwork that needs to be checked at the federal level and by eliminating it, it does nothing in terms of reverting back to the pre-civil rights era, but does eliminate worthless paperwork.  

My thought also - another thing to get people all riled up where they can come back and say "see you were wrong, we didn't change anything."

Still, there is a certain level of symbolism to leaving stuff like that in place - it's still an erasure of history in a way.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Tigerbomb13]

9 minutes ago, gehringer_2 said:

My thought also - another thing to get people all riled up where they can come back and say "see you were wrong, we didn't change anything."

Still, there is a certain level of symbolism to leaving stuff like that in place - it's still an erasure of history in a way.

Yes there was no reason to erase something like this, other than to show how they really feel about people of color. It might not effect much, but it’s a horrible look regardless.

[Tiger337]

5 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Textbook bully.  

The one thing about bullies is that they always have underlying insecurities.  Although she was a weak candidate, the one thng I liked about Harris was how accurately and bluntly she exposed all of his insecurities and caused him to melt down in their one debate.  We've needed more of that all along.  

[chasfh]

3 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

Make HIV great again! Absolute ghouls.

They must still think AIDS is a f****t disease, and since God Hates F**s™, more AIDS will make America greater faster. I guess.

[CMRivdogs]

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/jackie-robinson-military-service-webpage-dod-dei?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top

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Jackie Robinson, in military uniform, becomes the first African American to sign with a white professional baseball team. He signs a contract with the minor league club in Montreal, a farm team for the Brooklyn Dodgers. Photo: Bettmann Archive/Getty Images

The U.S. Department of Defense has removed a webpage featuring baseball and civil rights pioneer Jackie Robinson, who served in the Army during World War II and segregation.

Why it matters: The removal of Robinson's Army history comes amid a massive purge of articles about soldiers of color following President Trump's executive order ending federal diversity, equity and inclusion initiatives.

The big picture: An Axios review found that some military websites, with several broken URLs now labeled "DEI," have erased information about Native American Code Talkers and Mexican American Medal of Honor recipients.

• The move comes after Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth declared that "DEI is dead."

 

 

 

[chasfh]

3 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

Translation: she turned out to be a bitch anyway. 😉

[Tiger337]

8 minutes ago, CMRivdogs said:

https://www.axios.com/2025/03/19/jackie-robinson-military-service-webpage-dod-dei?utm_source=newsletter&utm_medium=email&utm_campaign=newsletter_axiospm&stream=top

 

And they continue to insist MAGA has nothing to do with racism.

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Tigermojo]

5 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

They're all the same right? Derp! Nope! Some of them are Nazis!

[Tiger337]

16 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

They either don't care because they think politics sucks or they very much disliked both candidates.  Remember that the Democrats are not entitled to anyone's vote.  What are you doing to make them interested?  

[CMRivdogs]

Cue Warren Zevon's Splendid Isolation

 

[CMRivdogs]

At least they didn't take down any more statues of Confederate Generals

 

[chasfh]

55 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

 

This probably makes more sense in 1996 than it does today.

Edited March 19 by chasfh

[chasfh]

36 minutes ago, Tiger337 said:

They either don't care because they think politics sucks or they very much disliked both candidates.  Remember that the Democrats are not entitled to anyone's vote.  What are you doing to make them interested?  

Perhaps having all of their rights gutted for the next four years will interest them.

[Hongbit]

Not sure if this has been shared on not but this is absolutely horrible. This is the type of behavior you’d expect in 3rd world dictatorship.    

 
 

 

[Tiger337]

54 minutes ago, chasfh said:

Perhaps having all of their rights gutted for the next four years will interest them.

It could.  I went most of my life with the feeling that government had no effect on me whatsoever.  I only paid attention because I am curious person and wanted to be aware of what was going on, but I really didn't care that much.  I can understand why someone who is not curious would be turned off by politics which doesn't affect them.  I would expect more people to care if someone took away their rights away, but they would still have to be convinced that there was a voting option which actually cared about them.  I don't think that has happened for a while.    

[chasfh]

14 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

I would expect more people to care if someone took away their rights away, but they would still have to be convinced that there was a voting option which actually cared about them.  I don't think that has happened for a while.    

When people feel desperate, they will try anything to change their situation—even voting.

[chasfh]

14 hours ago, Hongbit said:

Not sure if this has been shared on not but this is absolutely horrible. This is the type of behavior you’d expect in 3rd world dictatorship.    

 
 

 

Maybe once MAGA sees pretty white ladies are victimized, they will tweak the system to avoid that specific outcome.

As for ICE detention being a business, John Oliver discussed this a couple weeks ago. 

 

[Tiger337]

33 minutes ago, chasfh said:

When people feel desperate, they will try anything to change their situation—even voting.

The problem is there are lot of people that really are unaffected and there is no desperation.  My two nephews don't vote and are not gettig any rights taken away since they are straight white American males working in the private sector.  Both tell me that politics is stupid and a waste of time.  They also both know that Trump is a joke, but they just don't care.  I don't know if the wife of one of nephews voted.  At one point, she sad she wasn't voting because Biden was too old an senile and she felt sorry for him.  If she did eventually vote, it was for Harris.  My niece didn't vote because she knows nothing about politics.  She thinks Trump is nasty.  I think she can be reached.     

Edited March 20 by Tiger337

[romad1]

1 minute ago, Tiger337 said:

The problem is there are lot of people that really are unaffected and there is no desperation.  My two nephews don't vote and are not gettig any rights taken away since they are straight white American males working in the private sector.  Both tell me that politics is stupid and a waste of time.  They also both agree that Trump is a joke, but they just don't care. 

they probably wish any relative who died of pancreatic cancer had a chance of survival.

[RatkoVarda]

15 hours ago, Tiger337 said:

  I would expect more people to care if someone took away their rights away, but they would still have to be convinced that there was a voting option which actually cared about them. 

please stop infantilizing non-voters. just stop.

you present this as Dems needing to constantly beg voters over and over to show up and to vote Democratic. it is a two-way street. voters have a responsibility too. anyone who gave just 2 minutes of attention to this election would have seen what was at stake and voted accordingly.