President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

[DanOregon]

A serious misallocation of valuable government resources.

More than 50 universities face federal investigations as part of Trump's anti-DEI campaign

Even some SEC schools!!!! Wha?????!!!!!

 

[WriteThinking]

Trump Admin Nixed Contract Helping Kidnapped Ukrainian Children | The New Republic

Of course he did. Ukraine started that war.

 

[Slacker]

 

[Neutral Corner]

If they've saved $714 per taxpayer, where's my check?

You're donating it toward the next tax cut for the rich.

 

[Neutral Corner]

Maybe not, but neither are those opposed to going along with the Republican budget. The Democrats gave away their only avenue of stepping up against Trump and the Republicans, giving in once again, instead.

https://www.npr.org/2025/03/13/nx-s1-5327600/house-democrats-outrage-spending

And there's this one, too, with the same sentiments

Van Jones warns of "volcanic eruption of outrage" toward Chuck Schumer

I have a feeling that there are a bunch of old Dems who are going to get primaried. Feisty new blood needed.

 

[Neutral Corner]

"RFA has other problems even if government funding resumes. AGM special adviser Kari Lake canceled $53 million in contracts that supply the media platforms it supervises, including RFA, with wire service content from the ashociated Press, Reuters and Agence France Press. Lake called those contracts "expensive and unnecessary" in an X post Thursday. Lake didn't respond to a request for comment.

That cancellation has serious implications for RFA's news operations.

"If you're a reporter out there in Phnom Penh, Jakarta or even Taiwan, you need the wires just to find out what happened overnight or in some other country, so that you can then decide where to focus your attention," said an RFA adviser granted anonymity because of the sensitivity of their remarks."

 

[Slacker]

Disturbing, compelling clip. Bernie seems as alarmed as he is incredulous, and that's not good.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

And yet, what are they doing? Furrowing their brow and saying they're concerned? There's no standing up to the Fuhrer.

 

[Brooklyn Bridge]

Suddenly, conservatives dont care about the stock market any more. Wonder why?

U.S. stock market loses $5 trillion in value in three weeks

 

[DanOregon]

It is sad, that my greatest satisfaction with Trump 2.0 is that he seems to be as miserable as the people who he is ordering around, ruining legacies left and right and the people who voted for him are not being spared. Maybe it isn't a nice sentiment, but it would be worse if Trump and MAGA seemed to be enjoying the way things are going. Listening to right-wing radio, nobody sounds thrilled. They may say the words, but they are not the least bit convincing.

 

[garrow]

Never mentions Trump or Musk personally.

I was fired by DOGE after I moved across the country for a job with the VA. I've been laid off before, and it was nothing like this.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

Suddenly, conservatives dont care about the stock market any more. Wonder why?

U.S. stock market loses $5 trillion in value in three weeks

the markers are down and unemployment is up but it doesn't feel that way