President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

[Slacker]

What blows my mind is that the country has elected a Congress whose only bipartisan trait is sniveling cowardice. The Republicans are shitpants afraid of Trump and the Democrats are afraid of, well, everything else.

 

[Songbird]

About halfway thru this Bannon/Newsom chat.

It's not about a winner or loser but the whole thing about it. The thing. There's a thing to it that's fascinating.

 

[Justin_Rice]

Was going to listen and give Bannon the respect of, "let's hear what he has to say," and then he goes with, "Trump won in 2020."

fork him.

 

[BitterYoungMatador2]

So who is Gavvy's pod sponsored by? I need to start a podcast, since so many of these idiots are using it as a grift.

 

[Hermes]

I think Newsom's strategy would've been wildly successful in the 2016 election cycle.

Nine years ago, when Trump's base was 42 percent, not 47-48 percent.

Game's over.

 

[FileNotFound]

Not to cross thread, but at the rate we're going, we're about a day and a half away from the Dow going below 40,000. Is that a noticeable enough milestone to have political effect?

 

[garrow]

Musk is such a vile pigf*cker

 

[Smallpotatoes]

So were a lot of places -- Walmart, Target, etc., if not all of them. There was money in it. That was a big part of the reason DEI happened anywhere, at all. And it was a large factor in why places all backed away from it so quickly and easily, too. It wasn't just because they were afraid of Trump, or because they suddenly decided to be more racist, or anything.

I've been surprised that a bigger point was not made regarding the money aspect in every DEI story that was/has been written, and how that money/credit has now been eliminated, leading, for the most part, to the elimination of specifically targeted DEI hirings/promotions in a lot of places. But it wasn't about Trump, or social shortcomings, or fairness or unfairness in companies' eyes. It was just about money/what they got for it.

I would argue that DEI was still a good thing, for the most part. It filled some voids, and brought in/promoted some quality people who were/are worth having in workplaces who might not have been given opportunities otherwise, and it equalized things in places where that might have been needed. But it was really about the monetary break/reward involved.

So Seder was wrong and the know-it-all punk kid was right?

 

[Smallpotatoes]

About halfway thru this Bannon/Newsom chat.

It's not about a winner or loser but the whole thing about it. The thing. There's a thing to it that's fascinating.

I can't get over how Bannon ripped off MAGAs with the We Build the Wall scam and his victims don't seem to mind.

That Trump pardoned him for it shows how little he cares about his case.

 

[DanielSimpsonDay]

more workers being reinstated see you all overratected due to tds just wait and let's see what happens

 

[Neutral Corner]

Judge issues a TRO and returns thousands of fired probationary workers to work. Gov't will, of course, appeal.

Judge orders thousands of federal workers reinstated; slams 'sham' government declaration

 

[Slacker]

Welp, markets tanked again today. Thanks, forko!

Wall Street tumbles after Trump escalates his
trade war; S&P 500 sinks 1.2%, and Dow drops 500