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fishonjazz said:
Lol. That was the point of the post. You are an idiot. Reading comprehension isn't your strong suit. The context of the post is that the courts have been trying so far but there are too many moles to whack and too many appeals etc. That the courts are unable to stop the destruction and damage to our country that trump is doing. That there are no bumps in the road was the issue that the article I linked was concerned about.
This is exactly why I dont engage with you. You drank all the koolaid and went full blown maga when you were once able to be a tiny bit objective.
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I know.
Once upon a time he would say things like "don't worry about trump causing too much damage and doing a bunch of crazy **** because there are checks and balances and laws and courts that will be road blocks for him". Now Al be like " ha ha ha trump can not be stopped by laws or courts. There are no bumps in the road for Him!"

I find out that the checks and balances that I also (like Al) thought could keep trump in check are unable/unwilling to do so and I find it alarming because I think checks and balances are good things. Al seemed like he used to think checks and balances are good things was well but his reaction to seeing these checks and balances failing appears to be unbridled joy.

Full Kool aid drinking maga trumper now. Hook, line and sinker so deep that the hook is coming out his *** at this point.
 
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fishonjazz said:
Al seemed like he used to think checks and balances are good things was well but his reaction to seeing these checks and balances failing appears to be unbridled joy.
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I'm still a huge supporter of checks and balances. There are no checks and balances prohibiting the chief executive from auditing the executive branch. That is something you lot made up. There is also a separation of powers that is supposed to prevent the types of judicial overreach some activist judges are now engaging in. It is the very checks and balances, that I am so fond of, that are ripping down these lame ultra vires rulings from activist judges. Your description of "unbridled joy" is not an unfair characterization of my mood recently as I see a government working as it is supposed to, as I see wars winding down, as I see 80/20 issues go in favor of the side having 80% support.

I'm over a lot of the nonsense being screeched by the lefties. Be honest. Do you really believe there will not be a US Presidential election happening in 2028?
 
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Has he responded in good faith to this post? I see he’s active almost everyday. Sure would be nice if our very Principled non-maga conservative could offer some type of refutation of the right wing authoritarianism that Trump and musk are selling on a daily basis.
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When you both actually answer the question I ask first then I’ll respond. No effort on your side no effort from me.
 
LogGrad98 said:
No his only addition to the thread was to point out that Kamala doesn't know how AI works so it means that anything Trump does regardless of how heinous, makes him a better president automatically because she doesn't understand AI. Of course no mention is made of the fact that Trump probably is clueless as well. But you know, any justification they can find is good enough.
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When you answer my question then you get the respect of my response.
 
www.usatoday.com

USAID's foreign aid comes from US farms. Now $450 million of food is left to rot. | Opinion

As the leader of the USAID humanitarian assistance for three years, I'm no stranger to the vital impact that USAID has on the lives of Americans.
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U.S. Agency for International Development employees who showed up Monday at their headquarters in Washington, D.C., were turned away because the Trump administration canceled USAID's lease. This is less than a month after the president signed an executive order ceasing all foreign aid ‒ setting off a cascade of suffering as millions of people worldwide are cut off from lifesaving work.

What most Americans don’t realize is that when USAID doors were shuttered, businesses across America also lost valuable income, and thousands of American citizens lost their own livelihoods.

As the leader of the agency’s Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance for three years, I am no stranger to the vital impact that USAID has on the lives of people around the world. But I am also no stranger to the vital impact that USAID has on the lives of Americans.

USAID sources food aid directly from American farmers​

When USAID provides food aid to people in need, we source 41% of that food directly from American farmers ‒ approximately $2 billion in food aid purchased from American farms in states across the country: everything from wheat from Kansas, soybean oil from Iowa to peanut products from Georgia.

Now, these American-grown products are at risk of being wasted.

When the U.S. Agency for International Development provides food aid to countries in need, USAID sources 41% of that food directly from American farmers ‒ like sorghum grown on this farm in Inman, Kansas.
More than 500,000 tons of American food commodities ‒ valued at over $450 million ‒ are stuck. Grown by farmers in the country’s heartland, this food includes corn and cornmeal, lentils, pinto beans, sorghum, vegetable oil and yellow split peas.

The food has been purchased, but in the cruelty and chaos of the closure of USAID, those responsible for getting the food to the most needy are not getting paid: putting both the world’s poorest and American farms at risk.

And while some lifesaving food programs have received waivers in the past week, U.S. government funds remain unavailable.

In one instance, almost $200 million in emergency food aid bound for South Sudan ‒ where 729,000 children under five suffer from severe acute malnutrition ‒ is sitting undelivered in ports in Kenya.

Humanitarian partners, private contractors in the United States are now on furlough​

On top of this, USAID works directly with humanitarian partners and private contracting companies based in the United States. These companies collectively employ thousands of American workers, many of whom have been furloughed ‒ with no knowledge of where their next paycheck will come from.

They come from all walks of life, and they are some of the most dedicated and patriotic Americans I’ve ever known. These men and women are doctors and nurses; social workers and wildland firefighters; logisticians and agronomists. About 12% are military veterans who, at USAID, found a way to continue public service when they left the military.

No matter their role, these folks share a simple mission: They came to work every day to help people and to save lives. They did this in challenging circumstances, far away from home. On behalf of the American people, they worked around the clock, often deploying with less than 24 hours notice to some of the most difficult and dangerous environments in the world – including in war zones.

During my time leading the Bureau for Humanitarian Assistance – and indeed, for decades before I came to USAID – Republicans and Democrats in Congress continuously supported USAID on a bipartisan basis. People in both parties agreed that providing aid to communities in their moments of greatest need is the right thing to do, and the smart thing as well – because it makes us safer, healthier and more prosperous here at home.

Supporters included new Secretary of State Marco Rubio, who's also now acting director of USAID.

When USAID teams responded to Ebola in Congo and Uganda, they helped contain the disease's spread ‒ protecting Americans, too. When USAID teams responded to biblical flooding in Pakistan, they created the goodwill that reopened diplomatic channels critical to national security.

I was proud to do this work: work that saved millions of lives and showed the goodness of the American people, and work that united people across the aisle. USAID efforts were celebrated on both sides because they not only showed the world our compassion but also projected our power – improving our national security, advancing stability and opening markets for American businesses in the process.

Now, these patriotic Americans and their partners are sidelined and maligned. In a workforce of 13,000 only about 300 have been told they will keep their jobs. Of those, only a few dozen remain who specialize in lifesaving humanitarian assistance.

The entire USAID website has gone dark. Our partner staff in crisis zones around the world are not getting paid, including for work that they have already done. And conspiracy theories about the work of the agency, boosted by our adversaries, threaten the safety of them and their families.

The dedicated public servants of USAID serve throughout different administrations, and they know that elections have consequences. They know that with new presidents there will be new approaches. And indeed there are opportunities to make the work more efficient.

There are lawful ways to realign priorities and even downsize. But this shock-and-awe, razed-earth strategy to eliminate USAID ‒ without the input of the people’s representatives in Congress ‒ is not it.
 
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www.yahoo.com

When the pain hits home, Republicans balk at Trump's spending cuts and tariffs

From reducing NIH funding to slashing USAID to new tariffs, Republican lawmakers are beginning to speak out — carefully — against some of Trump's actions.
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Among the top 20 states that take more money from the federal government than they sent in tax payments, 13 are solidly red states that voted for Trump in the last three elections, according to an analysis by the Rockefeller Institute of Government of the fiscal 2024 budget. Meanwhile, the top five states (and nine of the top 10) that send more money to the Treasury Department than they receive voted for Democrats in the last three presidential elections.

Another imperative for Republicans in rural areas is to protect farmers, who rely on the federal government as a major customer. The U.S. Agency for International Development, which Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk have targeted for dismantling, administers the Food for Peace program, under which the government buys and distributes American crops to help fight hunger around the world.

“For 70 years, Kansas and American farmers have played an active role in sending their commodities to feed malnourished and starving populations around the world. This free gift from the American people is more than food. It’s diplomacy and feeds the most vulnerable communities,” Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kan., said in a statement.
Mann, whose office said the program has “fed more than 4 billion people in more than 150 countries,”

Mitch McConnell warned that slapping tariffs could have negative consequences for “our state’s 75,000 family farms that sell their crops around the globe, or the hardworking Kentuckians who craft 95% of the world’s bourbon, or our auto industry.”

“In Kentucky, local storeowners are already hearing about their suppliers’ prices going up. One estimate suggests the president’s tariffs could cost the average Kentuckian up to $1,200 each year,” McConnell wrote. “And it’s not just about rising prices here at home. During the last Trump administration, retaliatory tariffs from trade partners set off a broader trade war that hit wide swaths of American industry, from agriculture to manufacturing to aerospace and motor vehicles to distilled spirits. Already, Canada announced retaliatory measures that take direct aim at Kentucky production, targeting products like peanut butter and whiskey.”

There may be more tension on the horizon between Trump and Republicans in Congress, as the president has frozen grant funding under two laws enacted by President Joe Biden, for infrastructure money and clean energy credits like on electric vehicles. Both of those laws have delivered significant money to red states.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the vice chair of the Appropriations Committee that oversees government funding, said Trump should go about his attempts to slash or freeze money in a different way: by winning congressional approval first.

“Running farmers out of business, derailing infrastructure projects, cutting cancer research and killing good-paying clean energy jobs isn’t just unpopular, it’s devastating for working people everywhere — and it is time Trump reverses his illegal funding freeze and DOGE cuts in their entirety,” Murray told NBC News. “Trump’s policies are hurting communities and families in red states and blue states. If Trump and Elon want to cut funding for cancer research and infrastructure projects, they need to send us a proposal and try and win the votes in Congress to do it.”

trump acts like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president.

From the comments: Not one Republican is volunteering to have less money spent in their state or district. The GOP believes they can cut programs like USAID and only hurt Democrats. Nope, lots of Republicans benefit from spending even if the program seems liberal. It's clear that that GOP didn't think their rhetoric through.
Most of these kinds of programs are liberal. The problem is that most of the recipients are conservative.
 
Imagine if a Democrat did this with George Soros…

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Wonder why they want to remove mentioning Tesla? Could it be because Elon doesn’t have the same shine and cult following as Donald?
 
Aight, so if you had Jingoism, mass tanking of a healthy job market, and bypassing security standards that were somewhat lax to begin with for MIS systems, go ahead and mark those off on your Bingo card. Ah hell, we doing Blackout baby!
 
fishonjazz said:
www.yahoo.com

When the pain hits home, Republicans balk at Trump's spending cuts and tariffs

From reducing NIH funding to slashing USAID to new tariffs, Republican lawmakers are beginning to speak out — carefully — against some of Trump's actions.
www.yahoo.com www.yahoo.com

Among the top 20 states that take more money from the federal government than they sent in tax payments, 13 are solidly red states that voted for Trump in the last three elections, according to an analysis by the Rockefeller Institute of Government of the fiscal 2024 budget. Meanwhile, the top five states (and nine of the top 10) that send more money to the Treasury Department than they receive voted for Democrats in the last three presidential elections.

Another imperative for Republicans in rural areas is to protect farmers, who rely on the federal government as a major customer. The U.S. Agency for International Development, which Trump and billionaire adviser Elon Musk have targeted for dismantling, administers the Food for Peace program, under which the government buys and distributes American crops to help fight hunger around the world.

“For 70 years, Kansas and American farmers have played an active role in sending their commodities to feed malnourished and starving populations around the world. This free gift from the American people is more than food. It’s diplomacy and feeds the most vulnerable communities,” Rep. Tracey Mann, R-Kan., said in a statement.
Mann, whose office said the program has “fed more than 4 billion people in more than 150 countries,”

Mitch McConnell warned that slapping tariffs could have negative consequences for “our state’s 75,000 family farms that sell their crops around the globe, or the hardworking Kentuckians who craft 95% of the world’s bourbon, or our auto industry.”

“In Kentucky, local storeowners are already hearing about their suppliers’ prices going up. One estimate suggests the president’s tariffs could cost the average Kentuckian up to $1,200 each year,” McConnell wrote. “And it’s not just about rising prices here at home. During the last Trump administration, retaliatory tariffs from trade partners set off a broader trade war that hit wide swaths of American industry, from agriculture to manufacturing to aerospace and motor vehicles to distilled spirits. Already, Canada announced retaliatory measures that take direct aim at Kentucky production, targeting products like peanut butter and whiskey.”

There may be more tension on the horizon between Trump and Republicans in Congress, as the president has frozen grant funding under two laws enacted by President Joe Biden, for infrastructure money and clean energy credits like on electric vehicles. Both of those laws have delivered significant money to red states.

Sen. Patty Murray, D-Wash., the vice chair of the Appropriations Committee that oversees government funding, said Trump should go about his attempts to slash or freeze money in a different way: by winning congressional approval first.

“Running farmers out of business, derailing infrastructure projects, cutting cancer research and killing good-paying clean energy jobs isn’t just unpopular, it’s devastating for working people everywhere — and it is time Trump reverses his illegal funding freeze and DOGE cuts in their entirety,” Murray told NBC News. “Trump’s policies are hurting communities and families in red states and blue states. If Trump and Elon want to cut funding for cancer research and infrastructure projects, they need to send us a proposal and try and win the votes in Congress to do it.”

trump acts like a king because he is too weak to govern like a president.

From the comments: Not one Republican is volunteering to have less money spent in their state or district. The GOP believes they can cut programs like USAID and only hurt Democrats. Nope, lots of Republicans benefit from spending even if the program seems liberal. It's clear that that GOP didn't think their rhetoric through.
Most of these kinds of programs are liberal. The problem is that most of the recipients are conservative.
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Nope, sorry. Folks who voted for the Mango Mussolini don't get to bitch. They voted for it despite being warned. They get to have their face eaten off by the Leopard.
 
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