President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

[Jesus_Muscatel]

This is all scripted chaos, and guys like Musk and Stephen Miller are having hours-long erections over it.

Recoiling ...

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

Aaaaand they get away with it! Trump's Haitian pet-eating lie was incredibly racist (originally from neo-Nazi sources) and he suffered no damage from it. None!

That horribly racist joke about Puerto Rico at his closing hate rally? No damage!

I really thought the debate/"In Springfield, they're eating the dogs" debacle would be the last nail in the Mango Mussolini's coffin.

I still have not recovered.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

An acquaintance worked at the Buffalo National River …


I lost my dream job yesterday.
I received the notice of termination around 3:00, then was immediately summoned to HQ to sign papers. I was locked out of my government account before I could print off the email.

The decision to terminate was based on my "probationary" status, I was in the first year of a 4 year IRA funded term position. The park had no say, they just received a list of four employees to terminate.

Did those who made the decision know or care that the main objective of my position is to provide preventive search and rescue education, to keep park visitors safe?
Did they know that I have ashisted with at least 20 SARs and a few recoveries over the last five years?
Did they know that I am part of the visitor and resource protection division, and that I spent my days on the frontline, looking out for the safety of park visitors?
Did they know that I have worked in various roles in the park for five years, including my primary positon of river ranger, upper district fee collector, emergency hire interp at BPVC, and ashisted the concessions division and maintenance divisions as well?
Did they know that I stayed in that GS 5 river ranger job, despite opportunities for more permanent positions because I loved looking out for the safety of people on the river, it's a calling of sorts.
Did they know I spent countless hours picking up trash, probably at least 100 mesh bags full over the 5 years?
Did they know I spent countless hot summer days at Grinder's Ferry, talking to campers and pashing out mesh trashbags, and countless hot, dusty evenings at Gilbert, attempting to control the chaos?

Did they know that I truly loved my job? That I wholeheartedly love the river? That the river is home to me?

They had no idea.

The park also lost the one and only interp staff at the Buffalo Point visitor center, the only fee collector for the upper district and one of only three maintenance staff in the middle district. Tough times.

JFC.

 

[BTExpress]

To be fair, when X company lays off X,XXX workers they typically don't know how great/valuable some of the employees may be at their jobs.

 

[FileNotFound]

To be fair, when X company lays off X,XXX workers they typically don't know how great/valuable some of the employees may be at their jobs.

The United States government is not a goddamn company.

 

[Inky_Wretch]

To be fair, when X company lays off X,XXX workers they typically don't know how great/valuable some of the employees may be at their jobs.

The Muskovites laid off everybody with a "probationary" status on their jobs. To them, that means they were new hires. But under the National Park Service system, if you get promoted or change parks you get a probationary tag as well. She had spent five years learning the upper Buffalo River. But since she'd changed titles - even though she was going to be doing the exact same work - she was laid off.

The thinking around, btw, is that since the only fee collector for the upper district was also cut that a big chunk of the Buffalo will be closed to visitors this year.

 

[Tarheel316]

OK, let's ashume you're right and they are (personally haven't heard it from Dems the way I did from Repubes during the campaign, but I'll go on your premise), I guess there is a better question.

How and why are they so much better at connecting that message to the voters than Dems are?

When Republicans were crying about the price of eggs before the election, when they were screaming about Biden's runaway inflation, it moved the needle with voters. Now? Crickets.

That is the ultimate question. I just don't get it. I do know Trump is the greatest con artist in history. All those "kitchen table-issue" voters sure drank the kool-aid.

 

[Jesus_Muscatel]

The United States government is not a goddamn company.

AMEN.

 

[garrow]

Frigging Bezos

https://thehill.com/media/5148497-washington-post-backs-out-of-fire-elon-musk-ad-order/

 

[britwrit]

Happy President's Day! The current one is in thrall to an international tech bro ghoul misogynistic abuse network.

Trump administration pressures Romania to lift restrictions on Tate brothers

When the smoke clears, it'll be fascinating to learn how much Trump is in hock to Musk. There's no other explanation why he'd let him hog the spotlight so much.

 

[BTExpress]

The United States government is not a goddamn company.

You're right. It's far MORE wasteful, because you can show $34 trillion in losses and no one blinks an eye.

 

[FileNotFound]

You're right. It's far MORE wasteful, because you can show $34 trillion in losses and no one blinks an eye.

I'm not at all saying there is no fraud or inefficiency or outright stupidity. The PPP program, for example, was rife with fraud and abuse. Fleecing the government goes back to at least Teapot Dome. Grifters from both parties have turned it into an art form.

But here's the thing: When this bunch of chuckleforks is through with things, all you're going to see is the downside, not the benefits. Your taxes aren't going down. Your access to services will be curtailed, perhaps significantly.

Businesses should be run like businesses. Government, health care and education should not be run like businesses.

And these ashholes aren't trying to "make government more efficient." They, like most executives, are trying to figure out how to funnel more of the money to themselves.