# The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues (Part 1) **URL:** \ **Category:** The BBQ Pit\ **Tags:** trump\ **Created:** [November 11, 2024, 6:19am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068 "2024-11-11T06:19:24Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 20\ **Page:** 340
**Author:** ![JRDelirious](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jrdelirious/32/9531_2.png) [@JRDelirious](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/JRDelirious)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 9:37pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6842 "2025-07-26T21:37:51Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > [The felon sends a “let’s kiss and make up” letter to Musk.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/musk-immediately-throws-trump-suck-094750027.html) > > > [@](#): > > > > Elon Musk rejected a [peace offering](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/taco-trump-retreats-musk-threats-174219758.html) from Donald Trump after the president revealed he was not planning to “destroy” the Tesla CEO’s empire. > > > > … > > The post was being seen as an effort to find a truce between Trump and one-time close ally Musk, whose relationship has spectacularly broken down. > > > > Trump also spoke about not taking away “the large scale subsidies he [Musk] receives from the U.S. Government.” > > > > Musk, who stepped down from a role in Trump’s administration overseeing the Department of Government Efficiency, wasn’t buying it. He responded to Trump’s post by taking it apart bit by bit. > > > > “The ‘subsidies’ he’s talking about simply do not exist. DJT has already removed or put an expiry date on all sustainable energy support while leaving massive oil & gas subsidies untouched,” he said, referring to Trump by his initials. Yeah, I mean really… olive branch with no olives. Elon may be many despicable things but he knows a bullshit gesture that is really a threat when he sees one. He can easily read that there is an unspoken clause after “I want him and everyone to thrive” , which is “…as long as they get along with me.” ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 11:06pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6843 "2025-07-26T23:06:21Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > \*Aside: why is it so many in the felon’s administrations have the title of acting? It avoids that whole Senate conformation thing since that body doesn’t kiss his ass 100% of the time, only 98% which is totally unacceptable to the stable genius. ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 11:10pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6844 "2025-07-26T23:10:20Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > Each is currently in a coma but are still registered Democrats. If and when they wake up, they’ll get back on track. Reminds me of this [Lincoln Project ad](https://youtu.be/4TogbPPyQQM) from 2020. ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 26, 2025, 11:29pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6845 "2025-07-26T23:29:38Z")
> [@Sylvanz](#): > > What they care about is getting the architects of the “deep state.” There will be a multitude of excuses, rationalizations. Somehow or other trump will be the “hero.” And the funniest part of that is their idol is the very one creating a deep state. [Surprise! Surprise! Surprise! The felon’s flacks came to a pre-conceived conclusion!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-administration-says-transgender-policies-180202367.html) > [@](#): > > The Department of Education announced Friday the conclusion of investigations into five Northern Virginia school districts, finding district policies accommodating transgender students violate federal law. > > The department’s Office for Civil Rights (OCR) [opened probes](https://www.yahoo.com/news/education-department-investigating-northern-virginia-195014447.html) into the Arlington, Alexandria, Fairfax, Loudoun and Prince William County school districts in February following [requests to do so](https://media.aflegal.org/wp-content/uploads/2025/02/03132114/AFL-Title-IX-Complaint-02_03_25.pdf) from America First Legal, a conservative organization founded by White House deputy chief of staff Stephen Miller. > > In letters to the OCR, the group alleged each school district had continued enforcing policies meant to support transgender students in violation of Title IX, the federal civil rights law against sex discrimination in schools. The policies vary by school district, but each allows trans students to use restrooms and locker rooms that match their gender identity and requires their teachers and peers to address them by their chosen name and pronouns. If the felon doesn’t want people to be referred to by their chosen pronouns, I shall henceforth emulate the felon in this and only this. From this moment on, the felon shall be referred to as _it_ in my posts in this thread. Getting back to the article. > [@](#): > > America First Legal said the policies provide “greater rights to students whose ‘gender identity’ does not match their biological sex than it does to students whose ‘gender identity’ matches their biological sex.” > > In [a news release](https://www.ed.gov/about/news/press-release/us-department-of-education-finds-five-northern-virginia-school-districts-violation-of-title-ix) on Friday, the OCR said its investigations determined the school districts’ policies violate Title IX, which the Trump administration has said broadly prohibits transgender girls from using girls facilities and participating on girls school sports teams. The OCR said it sent resolution agreements to each of the districts, which have until Aug. 4 to sign them or risk “imminent enforcement action,” including referral to the Department of Justice. It’s gone back to its usual bargaining method: “Do what I say or else.” [It and its top level people may have {gasp} lied!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/gabbard-white-house-lying-intel-090000445.html) (The **bolding** is mine, as is the snarky use of a particular pronoun in the link text. v(^o^)/ > [@](#): > > The former senior CIA officer who helped oversee the 2017 intelligence assessment on Russia’s interference in the 2016 election says Director of National Intelligence Tulsi Gabbard and the White House are “lying” when they claim that it was an attempt to sabotage President Donald Trump. > > Susan Miller, a retired CIA officer who helped lead the team that produced the report about Russia’s actions during the 2016 campaign, told NBC News it was based on credible information that showed Moscow sought to help Trump win the election, but that there was no sign of a conspiracy between the Kremlin and the Trump campaign. > > **“The director of national intelligence and the White House are lying, again,” Miller said. “We definitely had the intel to show with high probability that the specific goal of the Russians was to get Trump elected.”** [No surprise here. Its favorite network bowed to its demands.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/fox-news-apparently-largely-obeyed-010450638.html) > [@](#): > > [Fox News](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/fox-news) seemingly “largely obeyed” [Donald Trump](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/donald-trump)’s calls to move on from covering [Jeffrey Epstein](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/jeffrey-epstein), turning its coverage toward a “familiar boogeyman” in ex-President [Barack Obama](https://www.huffpost.com/news/topic/barack-obama), [per a new report by Media Matters for America](https://www.mediamatters.org/fox-news/fox-news-has-mentioned-obama-over-3-times-more-epstein-tulsi-gabbard-released-her-report). > > As the president continues to deal with the fallout of his administration’s handling of files tied to the late sex offender, the network — according to an analysis of transcripts from July 18 to July 23 — mentioned Obama more than three times the amount Epstein was mentioned. > > On Monday, for instance, a look at transcripts from the Kinetiq video database shows Epstein was mentioned just two times on Fox News, whereas Obama was mentioned 117 times. It’s having a rough time, isn’t it? ---
**Author:** ![Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/q.q.switcheroo/32/5713_2.png) [@Q.Q.Switcheroo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Q.Q.Switcheroo)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 1:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6846 "2025-07-27T01:11:41Z")
> [@DesertDog](#): > > > [@Monty](#): > > > > \*Aside: why is it so many in the felon’s administrations have the title of acting? > > It avoids that whole Senate conformation thing since that body doesn’t kiss his ass 100% of the time, only 98% which is totally unacceptable to the stable genius. “I like acting.” > **[Trump says acting cabinet members give him 'more flexibility'](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2019/jan/06/trump-acting-cabinet-members-give-him-more-flexibility)** > > President ‘in no hurry’ to fill roles with Senate-confirmed names, as former UN ambassador Power says: ‘The president is unhinged’ ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 2:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6847 "2025-07-27T02:39:10Z")
> [@LurkMeister](#): > > I enjoyed being around other people at parties and conventions, but I was often uncomfortable actually interacting with other people. I’ve often said, “sometimes I just want to be alone in a crowd.” Sit at a table out of the way in a pub, but where I can see everyone else hanging out at the bar. Close enough I can interact if I decide to, but far enough away that I can just read a book instead. ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 6:47am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6848 "2025-07-27T06:47:38Z")
From AlJazeera: # Trump wades in on Thailand-Cambodia fighting during golf visit in Scotland _The US president’s second day golfing at one of his courses has also met protests around the country._ I am not reading any more than the title and subtitle. This fucker is on an official trip and he’s golfing. Next stop: Windsor Castle where he can probably also golf and complain about windmills, and will be quite far from any protestors. Just meet the King, try and look taller (he’s got the fatter part down) and get your damn photo-op then GTFO. I suggest a Holiday in Cambodia. Can’t drop a ref without a link the Dead Kennedys; ![](https://img.youtube.com/vi/v0Uc6ZWDF3c/maxresdefault.jpg)https://www.youtube.com/embed/v0Uc6ZWDF3c?feature=oembed&wmode=opaque&list=RDv0Uc6ZWDF3c ---
**Author:** ![Coriolanus](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/coriolanus/32/18769_2.png) [@Coriolanus](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Coriolanus)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 7:11am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6849 "2025-07-27T07:11:42Z")
Wait, what? This is not that official King Visit? He just went to Scotland to complain about windmills and eagle every hole despite those pesky distractions: > The Trump family will also visit another one of their courses near Aberdeen in northeastern Scotland, before returning to Washington on Tuesday. Okay then, say you’ll end the Thailand-Cambodia thing in a day or two weeks, whichever comes first and I hope Auckland, New Zealand needs the King’s assistance whenever Trump comes again. Dammit. ETA: I assume AF One will land at LHR and the most remote spot at that airport at Terminal Four brings you right past the decrepit Concorde. If America had made that it would surely still be flying (he will say) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 10:09am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6850 "2025-07-27T10:09:10Z")
[While it’s golfing, vice-felon is killing free speech.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/michelle-obama-portraitists-exhibit-trans-224757919.html) > [@](#): > > **EXCLUSIVE:** Artist Amy Sherald canceled her upcoming exhibit featuring a portrait of a transgender Statue of Liberty at the Smithsonian’s National Portrait Gallery after Vice President [JD Vance](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/jd-vance) raised concerns the show included woke and divisive content, Fox News Digital has learned. > > President [Donald Trump](https://www.foxnews.com/category/person/donald-trump) signed an executive order in March that placed Vance in charge of overseeing the removal of programs or exhibits at Smithsonian museums that “degrade shared American values, divide Americans based on race, or promote programs or ideologies inconsistent with Federal law and policy.” > > Vance said Sherald’s [“American Sublime” exhibit](https://www.foxnews.com/media/artist-pulls-art-from-smithsonian-gallery-museum-asks-alter-trans-statue-liberty-painting) violated Trump’s executive order and was an example of woke and divisive content during a meeting June 9 with the Board of Regents, a source familiar with the meeting told Fox News Digital. [It has gotten advice from another sex offender.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-calls-alleged-sexual-harasser-205812122.html) > [@](#): > > Bill O’Reilly has advised President Donald Trump to do something out of character. > > O’Reilly, the former Fox News host who settled several multimillion-dollar sexual harassment lawsuits from Fox employees, said he discussed Epstein with the president during a phone call on Friday morning before Trump’s [departure to Scotland](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-arrives-protests-mockery-country-164732275.html). > > “I gave the president my view of how to handle it. Pretty much what I told you guys: Don’t talk about it,” O’Reilly [revealed](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JoGLTDD-EyI&ab_channel=BillO%27Reilly) on _No Spin News_. > > “I don’t think that President Trump should answer any questions about Epstein,” he [added](https://www.billoreilly.com/b/Bill-OReilly-Joins-Clay--Buck-to-Analyze-the-Epstein-Reports/-376100983707322678.html) Friday on _The Clay Travis & Buck Sexton Show_. > > “He should defer to the Justice Department, 100 percent. I would not, as president, allow myself to be besieged by this story.” > > The White House did not immediately respond to a request for comment from the Daily Beast on whether the president would adhere to that advice. Out of character? Hahahaha! That’s out of ability. It cannot shut its fool mouth. I’ve had my fun with the “it” bit, so it’s back to the usual negative yet accurate terms for the felon. [Our national embarrassment is–Surprise! Surprise! Surprise!–lazy.](https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/articles/lazy-president-trump-taking-heat-175312248.html) > [@](#): > > President Donald Trump arrived in Scotland on Friday for a four-day trip. Apparently, a round of golf was on his itinerary. > > Unsurprisingly, the 47th president of the United States is staying at Trump Turnberry in South Ayrshire. [According to BBC,](https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/ckg4210lygko) he teed off with his son Eric at around 10 a.m. Saturday. He was spotted on the course wearing a white “USA” hat. > > It didn’t take long for Trump to turn heads on the course. On Saturday morning, a video of him sinking an impressive put [went viral on X](https://x.com/NUCLRGOLF/status/1949093941090930703), the platform formerly known as Twitter. > > While plenty of people complimented Trump’s putting skills, others criticized him for refusing to pick up his own ball. He just walked off the green and got ready for the next hole. Now I’m wondering. Does he also have a piss boy with him or a groom of the stool? If so, those poor souls would need hazmat gear. [Federal judge tells the felon no go on violating the constitution.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/federal-judge-tosses-trump-administration-014214823.html) > [@](#): > > A federal judge on Friday threw out a Trump administration lawsuit [seeking](https://www.yahoo.com/news/doj-sues-illinois-chicago-over-164301099.html) to block sanctuary laws in Illinois that limit local law enforcement from cooperating with federal immigration authorities. > > In her [ruling](https://storage.courtlistener.com/recap/gov.uscourts.ilnd.473062/gov.uscourts.ilnd.473062.86.0_1.pdf), Judge Lindsay C. Jenkins said that the Tenth Amendment, which protects people from federal government overreach, shielded the decision of local law enforcement to avoid collaboration with Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) and other immigration agencies. > > “It would allow the federal government to commandeer States under the guise of intergovernmental immunity—the exact type of direct regulation of states barred by the Tenth Amendment,” Jenkins wrote of the suit, which named Illinois, Chicago and a series of local officials as defendants. For your convenience, [here is the text of the tenth amendment](https://constitution.congress.gov/constitution/amendment-10/). > [@](#): > > _The powers not delegated to the United States by the Constitution, nor prohibited by it to the States, are reserved to the States respectively, or to the people._ [Two governors leave the National Governors Association. No surprise why.](https://www.aol.com/govs-walz-kelly-leave-national-003753803.html) > [@](#): > > Sources say two prominent Democrats are stepping away from a national bipartisan organization that brings together the chief executives of all 50 states, citing a lack of pushback to Trump administration policies and to some recent threats to state funding and operations. > > Kansas Gov. Laura Kelly, the chair of the Democratic Governors Association (DGA), will be leaving the National Governors Association (NGA) at the end of the month, a source familiar with her thinking told ABC News. > > She will actively step back from the organization, not only by not paying dues but also by withdrawing from promoting or taking part in any NGA-associated work, the source said. > > Minnesota Gov. Tim Walz, the former DGA chair, is also cutting ties with the NGA and will stop paying dues to the organization next year as he is “reassessing” his membership, another source told ABC News. A lot more very interesting detail is in the link. ---
**Author:** ![pjd](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pjd/32/3009_2.png) [@pjd](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pjd)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 10:39am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6851 "2025-07-27T10:39:43Z")
> [@Horatius](#): > > I’ve often said, “sometimes I just want to be alone in a crowd.” Sit at a table out of the way in a pub, but where I can see everyone else hanging out at the bar. Close enough I can interact if I decide to, but far enough away that I can just read a book instead. That’s me. ---
**Author:** ![BlankSlate](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/blankslate/32/80_2.png) [@BlankSlate](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/BlankSlate)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 12:59pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6852 "2025-07-27T12:59:12Z")
> [@pjd](#): > > That’s me. In the corner? ---
**Author:** ![DesertDog](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/desertdog/32/11503_2.png) [@DesertDog](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DesertDog)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 3:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6853 "2025-07-27T15:40:09Z")
I think it’s a sign of my general contempt that at first glance I read the headline as **Trump waddles in…** ---
**Author:** ![carrps](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/carrps/32/2957_2.png) [@carrps](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/carrps)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 5:01pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6854 "2025-07-27T17:01:07Z")
> [@BlankSlate](#): > > > [@pjd](#): > > > > That’s me. > > In the corner? He’s losing his religion. (But that’s me, too). ---
**Author:** ![ThelmaLou](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/thelmalou/32/390_2.png) [@ThelmaLou](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ThelmaLou)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 5:46pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6855 "2025-07-27T17:46:49Z")
> [@carrps](#): > > > [@BlankSlate](#): > > > > > [@pjd](#): > > > > > > That’s me. > > > > In the corner? > > He’s losing his religion. > > (But that’s me, too). Hey, shove over. It’s me, too. But don’t talk to me, okay? * * * Here at the home they do a very nice breakfast buffet on Friday morning. Sometimes I like to go and sit and read on my kindle and enjoy my pancakes or French toast or whatever. It’s nice to be with people without having to interact with them. But people here are so danged _friendly_. There’s an assumption that if you’re sitting alone you must want company. One time I was sitting off by myself with the NYTimes open on my kindle and a fellow resident came over and asked if she could join me. I reluctantly said, _“Okay, but do you mind if we don’t talk to each other?”_ She was tickled, said that was fine with her, and promptly pulled out her phone to read. Now she likes to tell the story of how we met, _“I asked if I could join ThelmaLou, and she said okay, but only if we don’t talk to each other!”_ I guess I have a reputation now. 🙄 ---
**Author:** ![Horatius](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/horatius/32/3572_2.png) [@Horatius](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Horatius)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 7:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6856 "2025-07-27T19:26:12Z")
> [@ThelmaLou](#): > > I guess I have a reputation now There are worse things in life. Getting back on topic, for example, you could be a Trumper. ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 10:03pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6857 "2025-07-27T22:03:01Z")
Trumps press briefing with Ursla von der Leyen today. What a fucking idiot! MeidasTouch (17 min) [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzSDILrf298](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xzSDILrf298) ---
**Author:** ![Johnny\_L.A](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/johnny_l.a/32/1084_2.png) [@Johnny\_L.A](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Johnny_L.A)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 10:26pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6858 "2025-07-27T22:26:07Z")
What’s the gist, for those of us who dislike videos? ---
**Author:** ![dougrb](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/76d3ee/32.png) [@dougrb](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/dougrb)\ **Post date:** [July 27, 2025, 10:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6859 "2025-07-27T22:40:17Z")
One example (3 minute mark). He’s asked about the starvation in Gaza and goes on a rant about how they should be thanking the US for donating 60 million dollars. “It makes you feel a little bad, when no one acknowledges it” ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [July 28, 2025, 12:33am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/the-trump-administration-the-clusterfuck-continues-part-1/1010068/6860 "2025-07-28T00:33:08Z")
[Money Pit One is getting prepped.](https://www.aol.com/preparations-under-way-qatari-jet-151607804.html) > [@](#): > > Preparations to refit the [Qatari jet](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/qatar-jet-trump-boeing-pentagon/?ftag=YHF4eb9d17) that will be used as Air Force One are underway, and floor plans or schematics have been seen by senior U.S. officials, CBS News has learned. & (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > A source told CBS News in May that the plane needs to be checked for security and spying devices before it is accepted. Renovations that could cost **hundreds of millions** will need to be done before the plane is ready to be used as Air Force One, the Air Force secretary said last month. [How to Reach High Office in the Military (Con 201)](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/07/21/marine-officer-who-faced-charges-criticizing-military-leaders-now-leads-promotion-review.html) > [@](#): > > Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth has stood up yet another review process – this time focused on officer promotions. It will be run by a Marine officer who rose to fame slamming the Biden administration over its Afghanistan withdrawal, [according to a video and memo released Sunday](https://x.com/SecDef/status/1946968248131453394). > > “America’s sons and daughters who serve in our military deserve the best leaders commanding them, which is why we need to reform the promotion system at DoD,” Hegseth said in the video, while offering no specifics on what he believed the problems were. & > [@](#): > > [The memo, which was posted online](https://x.com/stuartscheller/status/1946987954989146620/photo/1) Sunday alongside Hegseth’s video, said that the promotion and selection review will look at officer evaluations, promotion and command selection boards, and how professional military education is conducted “in order to enhance the lethality of the force.” And who is this bright star to accomplish this mystery task? > [@](#): > > Running the review will be one-time Marine Lt. Col. Stu Scheller who [gained fame in 2021 amid the U.S. withdrawal from Afghanistan](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2021/10/15/anger-over-afghanistan-and-imperfect-example-of-stu-scheller.html) for his public videos in which he sharply criticized other senior military officers and leaders in the Biden administration. In one social media post, Scheller said that he would make a public recommendation of charges of dereliction of duty against Gen. Kenneth McKenzie, then the head of U.S. Central Command. [Just in case you thought the above is a one-off.](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/07/24/fired-space-force-officer-approved-be-air-forces-no-2-civilian-leader.html) > [@](#): > > A former [Space Force](https://www.military.com/space-force) officer who was booted from the service after making unfounded allegations that Marxism was spreading throughout the military has been confirmed by the Senate to be the [Air Force](https://www.military.com/air-force)’s No. 2 civilian. > > In a 52-46 party-line vote Thursday, the Senate approved former Lt. Col. Matthew Lohmeier to become the under secretary of the Air Force. & > [@](#): > > Lohmeier first entered the public consciousness in 2021 after he self-published a book called “Irresistible Revolution: Marxism’s Goal of Conquest and the Unmaking of the American Military” and appeared on a conservative podcast to promote the book. On the podcast, Lohmeier claimed that diversity and inclusion initiatives are “rooted in Marxism,” a popular conservative accusation. > > After the podcast, Lohmeier was fired from command of the 11th Space Warning Squadron at [Buckley Space Force Base](https://www.military.com/base-guide/buckley-air-force-base) in Colorado by then-Lt. Gen. Stephen Whiting. Notably, Whiting is now the four-star in charge of U.S. Space Command. > > At Lohmeier’s confirmation hearing before the Senate Armed Services Committee in May, Democrats [grilled him about his firing](https://www.military.com/daily-news/2025/05/01/senators-voice-deep-concerns-about-trumps-pick-air-force-under-secretary.html), as well as social media posts promising “serious consequences” for unnamed senior leaders who he said politicized the military and falsely claiming the Jan. 6, 2021, attack on the U.S. Capitol by Trump supporters was a “a gov’t-led false flag and hoax.” The felon sure loves him some conspiracy theorists, doesn’t he? [The felon’s gong to xit!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/mike-johnson-says-ghislaine-maxwell-165444183.html) > [@](#): > > House Speaker [Mike Johnson](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/mike-johnson/), R-Louisiana, said he believes [Ghislaine Maxwell](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/ghislaine-maxwell-doj-turns-jeffrey-090647102.html), a key associate of Jeffrey Epstein currently serving 20 years in prison for conspiring to sexually abuse minors, should face “a life sentence.” > > “If you’re asking my opinion, I think 20 years was a pittance,” Johnson told NBC’s Kristen Welker on “Meet the Press” July 27. “I think she should have a life sentence, at least.” > > His remarks to NBC come as many, including supporters of President [Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/), clamor for testimony from Maxwell. Some [followers of the case](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/know-trump-ghislaine-maxwell-jeffrey-090450516.html) have proposed a pardon in exchange, but Trump told reporters on July 25 he [hadn’t considered the move.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trump-says-hasnt-considered-pardoning-144109529.html) > > “I’m allowed to do it, but it’s something I have not thought about,” the president said. That last bit obviously portends a pardon will be scrawled soon. And Little Mikey and Big Daddy won’t be besties anymore. [Remember the 11-year old girl with brain cancer?](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/11-old-u-girl-treated-140000675.html) > [@](#): > > Born in Texas, Sara Hernández García is a U.S. citizen, but her parents entered the country illegally. > > For a while the family of eight had no issue traveling the state to support Sara while she was being treated after a brain tumor diagnosis, according to their attorneys. > > “Each time they presented a letter from the hospital describing [Sara’s] condition and asking the parents be allowed through to support her medical treatment,” says Danny Woodward with the Texas Civil Rights Project. > > And “each time,” Woodward tells PEOPLE, Customs and Border Protection “allowed them through.” > > That all changed in February, soon after President Donald Trump took office and began cracking down on illegal immigration — fulfilling a key campaign promise but [stirring major debate](https://people.com/marine-veterans-wife-arrested-while-seeking-green-card-leaving-behind-toddler-newborn-11776956), as more and more of the public [now say he’s deporting people](https://www.cbsnews.com/news/cbs-news-poll-trump-deportation-program-prices/) they didn’t expect. > > Woodward says the Garcías (who requested to be identified by pseudonyms over safety concerns) were “stopped at an immigration checkpoint in South Texas while on their way to Houston for an emergency medical checkup” for Sara. > > “Even after explaining the situation to immigration officials, they were only given two options: for the government to take their children, or for the family to be deported together,” Woodward says. “The parents and five of their children were detained and deported the following day.” & > [@](#): > > Right now, Sara’s family has been able to access only some of the care she needs as she heals from a successful 2024 surgery on her tumor, they say. Of Sara, her mom says, “The dizziness and the headaches don’t go away. Now, her right arm falls asleep daily.” So, we have a sick US citizen who is stuck in Mexico thanks to the felon’s demogaugery. Read the whole article to see what other danger the family is in. [The cheater cheats again!](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/rough-deal-social-media-roasts-210730846.html) > [@](#): > > Social media users pounced on a clip that appears to show [Donald Trump](https://www.independent.co.uk/news/world/middle-east/trump-gaza-israel-aid-us-b2796917.html) cheating on the golf course during his [ongoing trip to Scotland,](https://finance.yahoo.com/news/trump-announces-eu-trade-deal-174904672.html) the latest in a long line of accusations that [the president cheats](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/trump-the-open-turnberry-2028-starmer-r-a-b2794485.html) on the fairway. > > In the [video](https://x.com/patriottakes/status/1949496947808637164)circulated by liberal commentators, a caddy appears to walk ahead of [the golf-loving president](https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/golf/trump-the-open-turnberry-2028-starmer-r-a-b2794485.html) in his golf cart and drop a ball behind him as the president approaches. > > “Trump working hard to bring down grocery prices,” the [caption says](https://x.com/patriottakes/status/1949496947808637164), making a satirical reference to the president’s campaign promises to tackle inflation and costs > > “For the morons that think Trump doesn’t cheat at golf and wins all those club championships fair and square….watch his caddie here,” another account wrote. > > The phrase “commander in cheat” was soon trending on the social media site. And this is my favorite part of this story. (The **bolding** is mine.) > [@](#): > > “The video of Trump’s caddy doing an Oddjob Slazenger drop isn’t a big deal; cheating at golf isn’t nearly the worst thing about Trump,” wrote _The Atlantic_ ’s Tom Nichols. **“But watching the cult of personality try to explain it away is really some creepy North Korean level stuff.”** [And speaking of dictatorships…](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/department-justice-wants-inspect-swing-090154555.html) > [@](#): > > The Department of Justice is going state by state to scrutinize how officials manage their voter rolls and remove ineligible voters. > > The effort is so far focused on battleground states and follows President [Donald Trump](https://www.usatoday.com/news/politics/donald-trump/)’s [widely challenged](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trumps-voting-rights-order-targets-200404396.html) [executive order](https://www.yahoo.com/news/trump-signs-executive-order-requiring-224411141.html) in March that sought to create new requirements to register to vote and backed a range of voting policies long supported by Republicans. > > In nearly identical letters to state election officials in [Minnesota](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028710-state-of-minnesota/), [Nevada](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028654-state-of-nevada/) and [Pennsylvania](https://www.documentcloud.org/documents/26028653-doj-62325-letter-to-commonwealth-of-pennsylvania/), the Department of Justice asked them to describe how they identify people who are felons, dead, nonresidents or noncitizens, and how they remove them from their voter lists. Did you notice Florida and New York are not on that list? Gee, I wonder which felon could benefit the most from that lapse? [The Second Felonial Era is back in the toilet.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/trans-bathroom-policies-10-days-000635626.html) > [@](#): > > The Department of Education is giving five northern Virginia school districts ten days to fix their transgender bathroom policies or face “enforcement action,” the agency said Friday. > > Public school districts in Loudoun County, Fairfax County, Prince William County, Alexandria City and Arlington were all found to be in violation of Title IX after an investigation by the Education Department’s Office of Civil Rights that began in February, according to a press release shared Friday. > > The release cited a June ruling by [the Supreme Court,](https://www.foxnews.com/category/politics/judiciary/supreme-court) which the department said acknowledged that a person’s identification as “transgender” is distinct from a person’s biological sex. > > “The investigation was based on complaints alleging that the [school districts] have similar anti-discrimination policies pertaining to ‘transgender-identifying’ students, which violate the sex-based protections of Title IX,” the release said. > > “The [districts] are also the subject of several lawsuits, informal complaints and reports, which allege that students in the (districts) avoid using school restrooms whenever possible because of the schools’ policies and that female students have witnessed male students inappropriately touching other students and watching female students change in a female locker room.” Yeah, right. I believe this was an investigation as much as I believe the felon won the 2020 election. [Alligator Auschwitz prisoners sent to parts unknown.](https://www.yahoo.com/news/articles/tennessee-school-won-t-accept-004318860.html) > [@](#): > > [Florida](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/florida) has begun deporting people from the notorious “Alligator Alcatraz” detention camp, the state’s governor said, and deportations are expected to increase in the coming weeks. Since when does the state government of Florida have the legal authority to deport anyone? > [@](#): > > At [a press conference](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O0BQaMJ0i-s) at the controversial facility, [Ron DeSantis](https://www.theguardian.com/us-news/ron-desantis) said “hundreds of illegals have been removed” from the facility. He later clarified that most of those were flown from Alligator Alcatraz to other detention facilities in the US. DeSantis, who has built a political career on his anti-immigration views, said 100 people had been deported from the US. > > “I’m pleased to report that those flights out of Alligator Alcatraz by [the Department of Homeland Security] have begun. The cadence is increasing,” DeSantis said. “We’ve already had a number of flights. … Hundreds of illegals have been removed from here,” De Santis said. I forgot. Florida is no longer an independent state. It’s a branch of the felon’s dictatorship. > [@](#): > > Officials said two or three flights have so far departed, but didn’t say where those flights were headed. The number of flights is unknown and the destination is unknown? That’s nonsense. The only reason I can envision for not specifically stating those is because the felon’s administration knows full well how embarrassing, how damning that information is. ---
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