CMRivdogs Posted January 23 Posted January 23 2 hours ago, mtutiger said: Anything related to inflation stopped mattering to Trump and his followers on 11/6/2025. It's really as simple as that. From JVL today https://www.thebulwark.com/p/oh-dear-look-at-the-price-of-eggs?utm_campaign=email-post&r=45wcm&utm_source=substack&utm_medium=email Quote Voters were sincere when they cared about the price of eggs then. And they’re sincere in not caring about the price of eggs now. Because they are capricious and unserious. Voters never actually cared about the price of eggs. That was just a rationalization used to explain a blunt fact: They wanted Trump. They wanted him affirmatively. They wanted the J6 pardons and the grift. They wanted the lies and the excitement. They wanted the mean tweets and the oligarchs. That they have gotten all of those things but the price of eggs increased while Trump’s popularity increased has revealed this preference. Electing Trump was never about the price of eggs any more than it was about bringing back factory jobs. There is some as-yet-unrevealed mechanism that will cause voters to care about the price of eggs again in the near future. The problem is that Trump hasn’t been in power long enough for it to stick.² Or that people have other, more pressing concerns right now. Or Democrats haven’t done a good enough job in communicating. Or . . . something? Quote
Motown Bombers Posted January 23 Posted January 23 15 minutes ago, chasfh said: They still will blame Biden! They’re a clever bunch. Quote
chasfh Posted January 23 Posted January 23 14 hours ago, gehringer_2 said: If push comes to shove, CA can afford it, Tx can afford it, how will all those other Red gulf coast states? Even FLA couldn't. Red states will get their aid. Book that. 14 hours ago, mtutiger said: Along with that money comes the coordination of relief efforts as well. I really do not understand how getting a rid of FEMA and letting the states entirely handle all disaster relief "Makes America Great Again".... taken to it's logical end, it seems like it would end causing more pain and suffering States' rights. Small first step to go back to the past. Quote
mtutiger Posted January 23 Posted January 23 On 1/22/2025 at 7:05 AM, Tigeraholic1 said: The right wing extremism group ADL has already weighed in. The Anti-Defamation League (ADL), a nonprofit focused on combating antisemitism, defended tech billionaire Elon Musk’s “awkward” gesture during a Monday celebratory event which some critics panned as a fascist salute. “This is a delicate moment. It’s a new day and yet so many are on edge. Our politics are inflamed, and social media only adds to the anxiety,” the ADL wrote in a Monday post on Musk’s social platform X. “It seems that @elonmusk made an awkward gesture in a moment of enthusiasm, not a Nazi salute, but again, we appreciate that people are on edge.” https://thehill.com/homenews/administration/5097676-elon-musk-defended-salute-criticism/amp/ 1 Quote
microline133 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 State's rights already exist in emergency response support from FEMA. The entire system is designed to be handled at the lowest level possible. If the local municipality or county is overwhelmed, they engage the State for support. If the State becomes overwhelmed by the response (or it exceeds their capability/capacity) they can either appeal to EMAC (basically asking other states for help) or seeking a Federal disaster declaration that allows FEMA to come to the table with additional resources, or both simultaneously. Even once FEMA is engaged because a declaration has occurred, they still cannot act unilaterally and must receive a request from the State to provide support for each requirement. Now, if we want to have a conversation about a lowering of the bar or an increased willingness to issue Federal disaster declarations, that would be a interesting discussion. I've been doing this long enough to remember some requests for declaration being denied because they didn't meet the threshold....I haven't seen one denied in about ten years, though; basically since Sandy. If the goal is to actually push the States to be more self-sufficient in the wake of an event, then let's talk about the threshold for declaration....but we all know it's not actually about creating increased self-suffieciency, but rather being punitive. 1 1 Quote
Tigermojo Posted January 23 Posted January 23 "Canada has been very tough to deal with over the years" - Orange Hitler narcissist rapist POS Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted January 23 Author Posted January 23 13 minutes ago, mtutiger said: So nothing new to report. Quote
RatkoVarda Posted January 23 Posted January 23 14 minutes ago, Tigeraholic1 said: So nothing new to report. Oh dear, try to keep up. Musk is following up his Nazi salutes with Holocaust jokes. Not sure who raised you not to know this, but that - like grabbing 'em by the pussy, walking in on teen girls undressing, or digitally penetrating a woman - is always wrong. Quote
pfife Posted January 23 Posted January 23 Imagine choosing to come here and defend a nazi. Whats even gained by doing so? Quote
RatkoVarda Posted January 23 Posted January 23 "Blatantly unconstitutional" describes just about everything this MAGA moron does Quote
CMRivdogs Posted January 23 Posted January 23 (edited) At least there is one real Republican with cojones I needed to post on Xer because I have not seen it on the other place Edited January 23 by CMRivdogs Quote
Tiger337 Posted January 23 Posted January 23 5 minutes ago, pfife said: Imagine choosing to come here and defend a nazi. Whats even gained by doing so? Makes him feel like one of the bros. Not woke. Quote
CMRivdogs Posted January 23 Posted January 23 (edited) Only the best people. Oops! That was last time around. Deplorable Chris Geidner @chrisgeidner.bsky.social Follow BREAKING, via The Seattle Times: Trump's executive order to restrict birthright citizenship is blocked for at least the next two weeks by a Reagan appointee in Seattle who eviscerated the Trump lawyers present defending the order. www.seattletimes.com/seattle-news... Edited January 23 by CMRivdogs 1 Quote
mtutiger Posted January 23 Posted January 23 11 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said: Incredible, but nothing surprising for these guys Quote
Tigeraholic1 Posted January 23 Author Posted January 23 24 minutes ago, RatkoVarda said: Oh dear, try to keep up. Musk is following up his Nazi salutes with Holocaust jokes. Not sure who raised you not to know this, but that - like grabbing 'em by the pussy, walking in on teen girls undressing, or digitally penetrating a woman - is always wrong. My grandmother was a Holocaust survivor. I also do not think Musk is a Nazi, this is just my opinion. Quote
chasfh Posted January 23 Posted January 23 3 hours ago, RatkoVarda said: boundless, aggressive stupidity has returned quickly, like a pervert barging into the Miss Teen USA dressing room. so dumb; so unconstitutional; and no one really cares This kind of ****'s gonna be so common that the Supreme Court's gonna be on speed dial for at least the next four years. Quote
chasfh Posted January 23 Posted January 23 3 hours ago, mtutiger said: Another earnest question: how does rescinding employment to medical professionals help improve the VA or "Make America Great Again" more broadly? By keeping precious, limited healthcare away from people of modest means who can't afford to pay what it's worth? Just spitballing here. Quote
chasfh Posted January 23 Posted January 23 3 hours ago, mtutiger said: Holy Cow... There you go—make it look like Iran did it. Quote
chasfh Posted January 23 Posted January 23 3 hours ago, LaceyLou said: My guess is that funding will come with more conditions... certain types of research will be banned if it doesn't fit the current regime's agenda in some way. We've already seen scopes of research become narrower since about the mid 90s (must study acute forms of disease, etc) but we might see (I hope I'm wrong) certain types of study banned or given strict limits on what they can or can't do. If I were another country's government, I'd be looking to take advantage of this-by recruiting talented scientists and their studies/discoveries that might otherwise have worked in the US. I hadn't even considered that as a way to keep all those super dark brown subcontinent Asians from coming to America and taking all those great-paying doctor jobs, but yeah, makes a little more sense now. Quote
chasfh Posted January 23 Posted January 23 2 hours ago, Tiger337 said: I think you are probably right. They might threaten to cut all NIH funding, but I imagine hundreds of thousands of people losing their jobs wouldn't look great for Trump. Oh, I don't know ... what kind of people are we talking about here? Quote
chasfh Posted January 23 Posted January 23 2 hours ago, oblong said: You just have to put yourself in the mindset of a bigoted person who complains about "woke" and figure out what they think is "woke" and if the research can be deemed "woke" then it won't be given funding. So if it helps minorities or foreigners... ... and if it involves book larnin ' ... Quote
chasfh Posted January 23 Posted January 23 (edited) 2 hours ago, Kacie said: I'm getting way too much pleasure trolling my Magat family members. They knew who he was, what he did, how many people he would hurt and voted for him anyway. Now the leopard is eating their face and I'm pouring on the gravy. I'd burn in hell if I wasn't an atheist. You might still burn in hell whether or not you are or are not an atheist, since MAGAs believe the wrong kind of believers are going to hell regardless, but hey, at least you didn't waste your time in some church along the way. Edited January 23 by chasfh Quote
chasfh Posted January 23 Posted January 23 1 hour ago, CMRivdogs said: https://www.fox13news.com/news/accused-capitol-rioter-from-citrus-county-rearrested-days-after-being-pardoned-president-trump-documents Now deport him, I don't care where. Russia would be fine. F*k Deport them all Who's going to deport him? Quote
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