Trumps Presidency 2025

[Tiger337]

3 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

These people I have the least sympathy for. 

 

Reading the full tweet, he's out to get unversities for sympathizing with them.  The real reason he hates universities is probably becaue he was a ****ty student who couldn't read or write beyond grade school level and they didn't accept his bull****.  

Edited Wednesday at 09:23 PM by Tiger337

[mtutiger]

Bubble Headed Bleach Blonde back at work....

[Tigermojo]

Trump wouldn't break the law as president would he?! *gasp*

Felon POTUS 

[chasfh]

4 hours ago, Tigerbomb13 said:

We are ****ed if this nutcase gets through. 

Might as well just stop at "****ed".

[oblong]

I aways liked Dirty Laundry then I found out Henley wrote it to criticize the media for asking questions about a young girl overdosing at his house.  

[chasfh]

3 hours ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

They campaigned on deporting undocumented people who committed crimes here, suggesting visions of violent MS-13-type criminals, but it won't be long until they evolve to all undocumented people committed a crime just by coming here, so deport them all, and that includes pregnant girls and women and their kids.

 

Edited Wednesday at 09:56 PM by chasfh

[chasfh]

Here are a couple different articles that articulate what the strategy behind all the chaos is. This is not incompetence, per se, as some wish to believe. This is purposeful and thought through.

 

 

 

The Substack article is especially interesting, at least to me:

 

The chaos isn’t accidental—it’s strategic and the point. In Trump’s second term, as he floats a third, what might seem like disconnected acts of governance are deliberate steps toward consolidating power. Each executive order, federal funding freeze, staffing shake-up, gutting of agencies, and emergency measure serves a singular purpose: dismantling democratic norms, overwhelming the system, and flooding the public with so much news that many actions go unnoticed. We are left distracted and confused, vulnerable communities lose access to essential services, organizations scramble to deal with potential funding losses, and accountability is eroded through illegal firings of inspectors general. This deliberate chaos is meant to create ripe conditions for a power grab. By keeping the public overwhelmed and resistance fragmented, the groundwork is laid for authoritarian control to solidify with little effective pushback.

This isn’t governance—it’s the authoritarian playbook in action. As Stephen Miller bluntly stated earlier today, “there’s no lawful constraints” on the president’s ability to fire executive branch employees, dismissing established legal protections as “unconstitutional.”

Weaponizing Chaos

The recent federal funding freeze is a prime example of Trump’s use of chaos as a governing strategy. By halting grants and loans under the guise of an ideological “review,” the regime has destabilized schools, nonprofits, local governments, and critical programs like Meals on Wheels. The ripple effects are being felt nationwide, with every state reporting Medicaid outages, leaving millions uncertain about their healthcare and basic services. This manufactured disorder isn’t just disruptive—it’s a deliberate attempt to weaken public institutions and consolidate power.

Officials will be left scrambling to answer vague, ideologically loaded questions like, “Does this program promote gender ideology or democracy?” Meanwhile, communities reliant on federal funding are panicking.

Critical institutions that keep America safely running are paralyzed and when the dust settles, Trump will position himself as the savior—but only on his terms.

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We Are Not Powerless

While the chaos feels overwhelming, it’s critical to remember that we are not powerless. Trump’s tactics rely on confusion, fear, and division—but the reality is that there are more of us who believe in democracy than those who seek to dismantle it. The courts, though under strain, remain a vital tool to slow down these sledgehammer tactics. Legal challenges can delay or derail authoritarian overreach and buy time for organized resistance to grow stronger.

The key is unity. Organizations, activists, and everyday citizens must recognize the power of collective action and coordinate their efforts. Resistance cannot afford to be scattered or reactionary—it must be strategic, proactive, and prepared. This has succeeded in Ukraine, where people, from the smallest villages to major cities, organized to resist aggression and corruption with remarkable speed and determination.

Many need to snap out of their complacency. Our strength lies in numbers, in the courts, and in our ability to organize.

 

The key is unity. That's what really stands out to me. The whole point of the fire hose is to confuse us, distract us, divide our attention, such that we are immobilized into inaction. Our chances for success lie only in our ability to slash through the jungle of horse**** the Trump cabal is carpetbombing us with and come together to identify and fight those specific parts that give us the best chance to cripple and defeat them, so we can put fascism and autocracy as far onto the backburner as possible, to buy us as many more decades of peaceful, cooperative governance as we can manage to. That may sound like some naive pie in the sky, but shouldn't that be our goal?

 

Edited Wednesday at 10:40 PM by chasfh

[Motown Bombers]

 

[Motown Bombers]

53 minutes ago, chasfh said:

They campaigned on deporting undocumented people who committed crimes here, suggesting visions of violent MS-13-type criminals, but it won't be long until they evolve to all undocumented people committed a crime just by coming here, so deport them all, and that includes pregnant girls and women and their kids.

 

Crime rate among illegal immigrants is low so they ran out of people to deport. 

[gehringer_2]

58 minutes ago, chasfh said:

They campaigned on deporting undocumented people who committed crimes here, suggesting visions of violent MS-13-type criminals, but it won't be long until they evolve to all undocumented people committed a crime just by coming here, so deport them all, and that includes pregnant girls and women and their kids.

 

Makes perfect sense really  - If they can't get rid of birthright citizenship they will try to deport any pregnant immigrant to accomplish the same thing.

[gehringer_2]

8 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

 

From what I could gather she had only served 30 days over Jan 6. The accident she was sentenced for was in 2022 so she's been out for a while.

[smr-nj]

No need to look further into your crayons box….

[Tigermojo]

5 minutes ago, smr-nj said:

No need to look further into your crayons box….

Trump loves to name everything after himself. Change it to Trump's Diaper.

[Sports_Freak]

1 hour ago, chasfh said:

They campaigned on deporting undocumented people who committed crimes here, suggesting visions of violent MS-13-type criminals, but it won't be long until they evolve to all undocumented people committed a crime just by coming here, so deport them all, and that includes pregnant girls and women and their kids.

 

Reminds me what's on the Holocaust memorial;

First they came for the Communists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Communist

Then they came for the Socialists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Socialist

Then they came for the trade unionists
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a trade unionist

Then they came for the Jews
And I did not speak out
Because I was not a Jew

Then they came for me
And there was no one left
To speak out for me

[Sports_Freak]

51 minutes ago, Motown Bombers said:

Crime rate among illegal immigrants is low so they ran out of people to deport. 

But their argument is that since they're in the country illegally, they're already criminals. They no longer allow the use of the app they had that allowed them to set a court date to even be legal. Taking away their ability to get an immigration hearing ensures they'll never be allowed to legally stay in our country. Their entire belief system is anti-American. This entire country was built by immigrants. Often exploited, overworked and underpaid. Between the deportations and the tarriffs, Donald Trump is going to totally destroy our economy. And forget about grocery prices being too high, there's a good possibility that the shelves may be empty. A huge food shortage...

[LaceyLou]

When will Soylent green appear on the shelves?

[Tigermojo]

7 minutes ago, LaceyLou said:

When will Soylent green appear on the shelves?

 

[mtutiger]

[pfife]

smfh

[Edman85]

The plane crash is the first of many disasters that will be attributable to the crap this admin is pulling on federal workers.

[gehringer_2]

2 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

The plane crash is the first of many disasters that will be attributable to the crap this admin is pulling on federal workers.

story on Yahoo news page about Federal workers POd at the buyout offer starting to band together to stay and create a real deep state within the bureaucracy who will refuse not to do their jobs.

[Tiger337]

22 minutes ago, Edman85 said:

The plane crash is the first of many disasters that will be attributable to the crap this admin is pulling on federal workers.

I don't know if this plane crash is a result of that, but deliberately causing chaos all over federal government is almost certainly going to cause disasters.  People don't understand the many important roles that federal employees play. It's not just a bunch of lazy bureaucrats. 

Edited yesterday at 04:03 AM by Tiger337

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[Mr.TaterSalad]

AP: Trump fires heads of TSA, Coast Guard and guts key aviation safety advisory committee

From the article . . .

Members of the Aviation Security Advisory Committee received a memo Tuesday saying that the department is eliminating the membership of all advisory committees as part of a “commitment to eliminating the misuse of resources and ensuring that DHS activities prioritize our national security.”

The aviation security committee, which was mandated by Congress after the 1988 PanAm 103 bombing over Lockerbie, Scotland, will technically continue to exist but it won’t have any members to carry out the work of examining safety issues at airlines and airports. Before Tuesday, the group included representatives of all the key groups in the industry — including the airlines and major unions — as well as members of a group associated with the victims of the PanAm 103 bombing. The vast majority of the group’s recommendations were adopted over the years.