President Trump 2.0: The NEW one and only politics thread

[garrow]

Can't spell classified without DEI

 

[Baron Scicluna]

Grotesque vampire

I'm sure they were all told to behave themselves or else, but of all times that an inmate could choose to fling shirt at someone, they had one helluva opportunity right there.

 

[Baron Scicluna]

When the lackeys make Trump look bad, and indeed they make him look very bad, he will cut them loose. As much fun as it has been for the Trumpers to do their "shock and awe" stuff and overwhelm the news cycles early on, when so many of their efforts are beginning to boomerang back, it won't be good. The messaging they want to get out will be lost, as they frantically try to spin too many stories to count.
Everybody has a plan until they get punched in the face.

I'm surprised they haven't generated a caravan of scary brown transgender athletes in tan suits at the southern border yet.

 

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[Inky_Wretch]

The agency created specifically to deal with terrorism is no longer trying to prevent terrorism. Instead, it's an extension of Border Patrol.

Killing Grants That Have Saved Lives: Trump’s Cuts Signal End to Government Work on Terrorism Prevention

Tens of millions of dollars slated for violence prevention have been cut or are frozen as DOGE steamrolls the national security sector. “This is the government getting out of the terrorism business,” said one grant recipient.

www.propublica.org

 

[garrow]

This AP article doesn't mention his party....Republican of course.

"Prosecutors said Holmberg traveled at least 14 times from 2011 to 2021 to Prague, Czech Republic, to pay for sex with adolescent-age boys."

Ex-North Dakota lawmaker gets 10 years for going to Europe with intent to pay for sex with a minor

A once-powerful former North Dakota lawmaker was sentenced Wednesday to 10 years in prison for traveling to Europe with the intent to pay for sex with a minor. Former state senator Ray Holmberg’s attorney, Mark Friese, confirmed the sentence to The Associated Press but declined to comment after...

www.yahoo.com

 

[WriteThinking]

Just how stupid, clueless and dangerous this Trump administration is is explained really well in this easy-read article in The Atlantic.

The Trump Team's Denials Are Laughable

This morning, the full context of one of the most stunning security breaches in modern military affairs became even clearer when Jeff and Shane released the texts. The messages show that the entire conversation should have been classified and held either in a secure location or over secure communications. (I held a security clearance for most of my career, and I saw information far less specific than this marked as classified.) Hegseth, in particular, was a volcano of military details that are always considered highly classified, spewing red-hot information about the strikes, the equipment to be used, the intelligence collected in deciding on targets, and the sequencing of events...

The president said yesterday that no classified information "as I understand it" was included in the chat, inviting some unsettling questions about what the president does and does not understand. (Trump today mentioned "a bad signal"; as CNN noted, he was "apparently conflating the name of the Signal app with an error in the communications.")

For anyone who has a bit more competence in dealing with classified material, especially during wartime, seeing top defense and intelligence officials be so sloppy, and do things for which lesser mortals would be fired or even prosecuted, is vertigo-inducing. Watching them flail, make excuses, and try to evade responsibility is both nauseating and amusing. But realizing the risks these senior officials took with the lives of American military personnel is enraging—and should be to every sensible American, no matter their party or cause.

And why no one in Congress is calling for Trump's removal from office, and the resignations of everyone involved in this group chat is inexcusable, too.

 

[Justin_Rice]

Just how stupid, clueless and dangerous this Trump administration is is explained really well in this easy-read article in The Atlantic.

The Trump Team's Denials Are Laughable

This morning, the full context of one of the most stunning security breaches in modern military affairs became even clearer when Jeff and Shane released the texts. The messages show that the entire conversation should have been classified and held either in a secure location or over secure communications. (I held a security clearance for most of my career, and I saw information far less specific than this marked as classified.) Hegseth, in particular, was a volcano of military details that are always considered highly classified, spewing red-hot information about the strikes, the equipment to be used, the intelligence collected in deciding on targets, and the sequencing of events...

The president said yesterday that no classified information "as I understand it" was included in the chat, inviting some unsettling questions about what the president does and does not understand. (Trump today mentioned "a bad signal"; as CNN noted, he was "apparently conflating the name of the Signal app with an error in the communications.")

For anyone who has a bit more competence in dealing with classified material, especially during wartime, seeing top defense and intelligence officials be so sloppy, and do things for which lesser mortals would be fired or even prosecuted, is vertigo-inducing. Watching them flail, make excuses, and try to evade responsibility is both nauseating and amusing. But realizing the risks these senior officials took with the lives of American military personnel is enraging—and should be to every sensible American, no matter their party or cause.

And why no one in Congress is calling for Trump's removal from office, and the resignations of everyone involved in this group chat is inexcusable, too.

I'm not at all downplaying what happened, but IMO: No prosecutable offense happened.

It was for sure a security violation (spillage), but all security violations are not crimes.

 

[BTExpress]

Enough with the "Why is no one in Congress calling for his removal."

He was impeached. Twice. It did no good. And now you don't have a majority of anything that could even pass a bill that says "green means go and red means stop."

We're stuck with him until he's assassinated or (even better) Air Force One is the latest plane to crash.

 

[Justin_Rice]

Enough with the "Why is no one in Congress calling for his removal."

He was impeached. Twice. It did no good. And now you don't have a majority of anything that could even pass a bill that says "green means go and red means stop."

We're stuck with him until he's assassinated or (even better) Air Force One is the latest plane to crash.

I think Donald Trump dying in office probably leads to violence. If Air Force One crashed, the nutters would be up in arms.

 

[Starman]

The nation lived through the Sixties.

 

[HanSenSE]

Sadopolitics: Why MAGA clings tighter to Trump the more his policies hurt them

Psychology helps to explain why Trump’s followers will not abandon him

www.salon.com