plasticmonkey comments

I for one support the right to demonstrate and boycott. Peacefully.

I do not condone violence, whether that be the burning of Teslas, vandalism and looting in protest against racism, or violently storming the US capitol by those who can't accept an election loss.

My MAGA friends and I are at least in accord (no pun intended) on that.

Tell me the passage in the US Constitution that says the purpose of Congress is to "do what the voters said".

To do what the voters said...

Which country's constitution says that?

@bass

What is the purpose of Congress?

U.S. President Donald Trump’s administration on Saturday began making deep cuts to Voice of America and other government-run, pro-democracy programming.

Because Trump hates democracy. He wants to be like Putin or Xi.

DOGE has ample evidence of corrupt behavior within USAID, such as $Billions "$funding" to unaccountable NGOs, usually abroad, with radical left political agendas

Not true.

And it is Congress that is in charge of spending and cutting costs, not the Executive branch. The President and his Doge teens cannot choke off money appropriated by Congress.

But it doesn't matter how many times this constitutional fact is pointed out. MAGA simply doesn't like checks and balances. It wants a dictator to do stuff they like.

he is a Realist, which means he observes the blunt reality

The blunt reality is that Russia invaded Ukraine unprovoked. And that Russia is a bigger military power. And that Trump despises democracy and loves dictators, and longs to be one. And that he'll side with might over right.

All of this is shameful.

Here is footage of the El Salvador end of things - they don't muck around there:

Bukele had posted "Oopsie ... Too late" 

Disregarding court decisions so funny.

MAGA is now openly fawning over a dictator who throws people in jail without due process. And then keeps them in appalling conditions for life.

So it's not only the "getting things done quick and damn those who stand in the way" that thrills the aggrieved and cynical MAGA cultists, it's also the cruelty that turns them on.

are hereby declared void, vacant, and of no further force or effect, because of the fact they were done by Autopen

I’ll bet our MAGA friends are fully supportive of this crackpot theory.

He wants to be a dictator. And his MAGA enablers want to make him one.

So obvious.

why are so many “asylum seekers” these days fully tatted gang age males?

Good question.

And why are so many of them escaping from lunatic asylums?

one is either on Trump's side or is on the illegal-alien criminal gangs' side.

There's no neutrality. There's no middle ground.

You're right. I should have realized that earlier. Everything is zero sum.

*the Dems were bringing daily millions of people.*

--you are massively exaggerating the figures.

Not me.

https://youtu.be/qN8EBQxgEkU?si=j3TS2A9XrGl60T8Q

That link also does not mention your claim of "daily millions".

It is possible to admit you exaggerated for rhetorical purposes, you know. Like Trump does. Daily.

the Dems were bringing daily millions of people.

--Oh, so that would mean billions came in during the Biden administration. You keep changing the figures.

Not me

Let's say a minimum of 2 million per day were let in during the Biden administration. Over four years that would be something like 2.9 billion illegal immigrants, or a third of the planet's population.

So yes, you are massively exaggerating the figures.

You would be wrong…again as usual.

https://www.cbp.gov/newsroom/stats/nationwide-encounters

Nothing in that link mentions 20 million illegal immigrants under Biden.

every law enforcement agency backed Trump, every last one. 

That is also false. Law enforcement agencies do not back candidates, unions do. And not all unions endorsed Trump.

the Dems were bringing daily millions of people.

Oh, so that would mean billions came in during the Biden administration. You keep changing the figures.

Money well spent.

Why didn't they just send them straight to Venezuela? Why the stopover in Guantanamo? Sounds like a waste of money to me. I think we need to put Elon and his band of Doge teenagers on the case. Chainsaw!

his Tisza party - named after Hungary's second biggest river - leads Orban's Fidesz in most polls

Good.

Also, he's released all immigrants held in Guantanamo Bay recently and thus wasted about 16 million dollars in doing so.

The Guantanamo idea was stupid from the get go. All food, water, and other provisions need to be airlifted in--at tremendous cost.

It was simply a way to demonstrate to the MAGA cult that Trump and Hogan are sufficiently tough and mean. Just performative and wasteful BS.

Let’s see now…

We have Poland, as well as Switzerland interested in purchasing more of the Jet, one man’s loss is another man’s gain

That doesn't make sense. You said it's excellent that Canada and Portugal might not buy U.S. fighter jets. (And, btw, Switzerland is having second thoughts about the F-35 purchase.)

How is losing customers excellent?

--Excellent.. 

For us, yes.

How is losing customers "excellent" for "us".

I will take the word of the Border Patrol over any NYC liberal think tank organization, nice try.

Can you show us an authoritative source for this 20 million figure?

—"Trump INCREASED the deficit by $7.9 TRILLION during his last term..."

Yes by upgrading new military fighter jets

That’s a new one. Trump’s deficit was caused by him replacing our grandpas’ P-51 Mustangs with F-35 Lightnings.

I thought Covid was the reason? Nancy Pelosi?

Even if you are of the mindset that a significant percentage of government jobs needs to be cut, why go about it in such a sloppy way? Why not be methodical and include Congress, which is currently controlled by MAGA loyalists?

The answer is that “efficiency” is not the main goal here. It’s essentially the Trump administration testing out how far it can exert power over (i.e. control) the two other branches of government.

It’s a move toward dictatorship, something MAGA Republicans seem quite eager for. Just the other day one of our prolific MAGA posters admitted that he’d take fascism if it benefitted him financially.

Trump racking up yuuuuuge wins.

Infantile view of democratic governance.

—Because there are laws.

Ahhh, now libs care about laws all of a sudden? Wow!

What a slapdown . I’m destroyed.

But under Biden when he didn’t, not one peep. 

False equivalence. And even if not, if you are suggesting that Biden was wrong, you should also admit that Trump is wrong.

so you’re saying, the Dems want to set a precedent once again that the law and constitution means nothing. Remember, because of Harry Reid we have a Conservative Supreme Court, now you want to take that same route again?

No, I’m not saying that. Because that is a total non sequitur.

When he moves on this topic, it'll be an offer they can't refuse.

You mean the forcible takeover of Greenland?

Like your man forcibly taking Ukraine?

What have an executive branch if the an activist lib judge can block a duly elected President.

Because there are laws.

And the Executive must follow those laws. It's not optional.

Back to you. Why even have a Judicial Branch if the Executive is not bound by law?

Not one Democrat is talking about that they can do to help the people,

Greenland! Canada! Gulf of America!

leave the Dutch failed speaking attempt alone.

I am fluent in Dutch. You are not.

And I am absolutely sure almost every world leader thinks Trump is an idiot.

Chainsaw stuff now and work out details later.

How "efficient".

Judges who misinterpret the laws like here, should be held accountable. Possibly impeached. It brings to question their fitness to serve on the bench.

Do explain. What laws are being "misinterpreted"?

It would also be nice if SCOTUS would issue a rule/ memo to the courts nation wide, citing the separation of Powers of the Judiciary and the Executive Branch of government,

You want the Judicial Branch to rule that it has no power over what the Executive Branch does.

Think about that for a moment.

Why even have a Judicial Branch?

"You know, Mark, we need that for international security, not just security - international - we have a lot of our favorite players cruising around the coast, and we have to be careful,"

Rutte (to himself): "Wat een idioot!"