The Trump Administration: The Clusterfuck Continues

[DesertDog]

@Love_Rhombus

The basement is especially nice.

Does it connect to the one in Comet Pizza?

[Coriolanus]

@Monty

Only the felon’s math makes one Benjamin equal to paying the service members.

Not sure of the math either, yet couldn’t that money keep the base commissaries open? They have much better prices than off-base markets, and they’d save more than a night at the movies money.

@Broomstick

Might even succeed, but I think this is the least likely alternative you propose.

I hope so. Elections every year, and especially the even-year elections, have had a good run. Giuliani suggested to “delay” the NYC mayoral elections in November 2001, but Bloomberg said “No, we’re not doing that”; yet that’s not Congress/Some Senators/President (every four years).

The 22nd Amendment hasn’t really had a chance to be “tested”. I’m not sure how many amendments have been tested, or if the Bill of Rights are special in any way, yet the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th keep on getting run over. Tell Trump he’s somehow missed the 3rd and you’ll have soldiers quartering in people’s houses just so (I believe) Johnnny LA can update his list of grievances.

No way Reagan, with undisclosed Alzheimer’s, could have beaten even Dukakis. Clinton could have gotten a few more votes counted in Florida, yet I reckon W edges him in other states. W, who once said he’d prefer a government of dictatorship, “So long as I’m the dictator,” and he wasn’t kidding. This is well before the daily destruction of the US Government we’ve gotten used to and besides the shit bombing video last week, , there was the video of trump running in 2028 (up to 90,000 so yeah, just a joke) so yes, we shall have a vote and even if we don’t do it Russian Style, where Trump gets 92% of the popular vote, there is no Republican who will challenge him in a primary and I’m waiting to see what paddle-raising Democrat announces and how long till the DOJ puts him or her in federal prison (also a Russian thing to do). Who wants to be next?

@Monty

That tracks. Fishy, slippery, slimy, filthy, does strange things.

Too bad it doesn’t somehow require windmills.

[Johnny_L.A]

@Coriolanus

The 22nd Amendment hasn’t really had a chance to be “tested”. I’m not sure how many amendments have been tested, or if the Bill of Rights are special in any way, yet the 1st, 2nd, 4th, 5th, and 6th keep on getting run over. Tell Trump he’s somehow missed the 3rd and you’ll have soldiers quartering in people’s houses just so (I believe) Johnnny LA can update his list of grievances.

Here’s the post. Everyone feel free to add to it, or dispute my opinions.

[Dr.Drake]

Don’t forget the 40% who rarely or never vote. What do they care if elections don’t happen?

[enipla]

My dad was furious at democrats. Did he ever vote? Nope (I guess that’s a good thing).

My brother knows nothing about politics as far as I can tell. But his opinion was that his one vote would not mater. Lazy.

[Monty]

How soon before the felo starts shouting “Off with their heads”?

President Trump late Friday pushed for several Biden-era Justice Department officials to be prosecuted over an FBI investigation into the fallout of the 2020 election.

In a Truth Social post, Mr. Trump accused four high-ranking officials — former Attorney General Merrick Garland, FBI Director Christopher Wray, special counsel Jack Smith and Deputy Attorney General Lisa Monaco — of signing off on an FBI probe in which investigators allegedly looked at nine Republican lawmakers’ phone records.

“These Radical Left Lunatics should be prosecuted for their illegal and highly unethical behavior!” the president wrote. He did not specify what crimes he believes they committed.

The message marks the latest instance of Mr. Trump urging the prosecution of people he has singled out as political foes. Last month, he pushed Attorney General Pam Bondi to look into former FBI Director James Comey, New York Attorney General Letitia James and Democratic Sen. Adam Schiff. Since then, Comey and James have been criminally indicted.

Now we know what the felon’s “only the best” means.

A top Justice Department lawyer has been mocked on social media after she mixed up the Declaration of Independence and the Constitution.

Harmeet Dhillon, the assistant attorney general for Civil Rights at the Justice Department, posted a photo of herself holding hands with President Donald Trump in front of a copy of the Declaration of Independence in the Oval Office.

However, she seemed to confuse the famous founding document with another historic work — one that established the framework for the federal government. “I love the Constitution AND my favorite President!” she wrote on Thursday.

Smith’s not wrong.

Rep. Adam Smith (D-WA) said Speaker Mike Johnson (R-LA) has “effectively dissolved” the House.

The House remains out of session amid the ongoing shutdown that began on Oct. 1. Ahead of the shutdown, the House passed a continuing resolution to fund the government beyond that date, but the legislation stalled in the Senate, where it failed to notch the necessary 60-vote procedural threshold. Seven votes are needed from Democrats, who are demanding an extension of healthcare premium subsidies for Obamacare recipients. So far, congressional Republicans have not budged.

Johnson said on Thursday that bringing the House back into session until an agreement is reached would “be a waste of our time.”

And here’s the money quote.

The lawmaker then accused the speaker of dissolving the House:

We are losing our constitutional republic. And meanwhile, the House of Representatives, Mike Johnson has effectively dissolved the United States House of Representatives. I spoke with several Republicans, including Chairman Mike Rogers today to talk about, “Ok, we need to have hearings on this. You know, the House Armed Services needs to exercise oversight.”

And there are many Republicans, including Mike Rogers, who agree with that. But we’re not in session. So we can’t do it. So we’re gonna do it. So, the president just gets to do what he wants.

I mean, look. The whole Nazi Germany analogies are always troubling, but, you know, that was one of the steps is the parliament or the Reichstag or whatever it was, was sort of pushed out of existence and didn’t have any oversight.

[Coriolanus]

The Un-Americans in Toronto are booing the American National Anthem. That’s certainly happened before. Yet it’s clear they’re booiing Trump, so I’d like to think LA gets it and just boos trump if he makes another 10 minute entrance and everyone has to enter two hours earlier to pass security. Trump can only throw golf balls from the rough onto the fairway.

What’s interesting in this article is a statement from Reagan that Trump is calling “FAKE” and “fraudulent”, I guess like they’re AI or something. Yet they are very real.

Why are they booing the American national anthem at Game 1 of the 2025 World...

Reagan’s “rule” was you never, ever say anything negative about a Republican. For a quasi-fake-republican like Trump to say something bad about Saint Ronny is really stupid. There are a lot of people who loved that guy and even I miss a coherent President, even though he’s reading a statement and supposedly was showing signs of Alzheimer’s at this time.

[Monty]

@Monty

How soon before the felo starts shouting “Off with their heads”?

Fuck!

President Trump says declaration of war on drug cartels by Congress is not needed. Mr Trump said his government is just going to kill people smuggling drugs instead.

The bolding above is mine.

[OttoDaFe]

And they will be assumed to be drug smugglers unless post-mortem evidence proves otherwise.

[Euphonious_Polemic]

And now the Orange Felon has announced additional 10% tariffs against Canada because the ads with Reagan’s actual words hurt his feelings.

They’re not even trying to put the fig leaf of “fentanyl coming across the border” anymore. This tariff is clearly, unequivocably, obviously illegal. And is going to fuck over more American consumers as they pay more for imports from one of their largest trading partners.

But oh dear, nobody down there seems to know what to do.
You are in full-blown dictatorship now, whether or not you want to admit it.

[Smapti]

I’m currently on a weekend vacation in Oregon, and today I took a day tour of the Columbia River gorge and Mt. Hood. This tour company does all kinds of different tours in a 12-passenger van, including custom private tours.

While picking up passengers this morning, the tour guide let slip that last month he did a private tour of Portland which included Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, and their staff.

Three days later was Trump’s “war-ravaged Portland” tweet.

The guide says he must’ve shown them the wrong part of town.

[duality72]

And then they will be assumed to be well-disciplined drug smugglers.

[Tatterdemalion]

Pentagon accepts $130 million donation to pay troops during shutdown

It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the Air Force has to hold a bake sale to buy a bomber

It will be a great day when our schools get all the money they need and the...

Well we’re half way there.

[dtilque]

@Smapti

While picking up passengers this morning, the tour guide let slip that last month he did a private tour of Portland which included Pete Hegseth, Kristi Noem, and their staff.

Three days later was Trump’s “war-ravaged Portland” tweet.

The guide says he must’ve shown them the wrong part of town.

Huh? There is no “war-ravaged” part of Portland. Even the area around the ICE facility, where protests are continuing, is not “war-ravaged”. Trump got that from watching 5-year-old video of the BLM protests on Faux News. Yes, things were pretty bad back then, but only in part of downtown and by now, it’s been largely cleaned up. If he did hear anything from Hegseth and Noem, they probably lied because that was what Trump wanted to hear.

[Monty]

@dtilque

Huh? There is no “war-ravaged” part of Portland.

That was guide’s point. He was mocking the administration.

[enipla]

@Monty

That was guide’s point. He was mocking the administration.

That’s what I was going to say, they guide was being sarcastic.

[Czarcasm]

I hear that the blue whale can lay a turd that ways up to four tons…making it the second largest piece of shit in the world.

[Monty]

Department of Justice to help rig elections in, you guessed it, Calfiornia and New Jersey. (The bolding is mine.)

The Trump Administration will monitor upcoming elections in New Jersey and California following requests from Republican officials in the states.

The Department of Justice (DOJ) said it will send observers to six counties in the November 4 elections “to ensure transparency, ballot security, and compliance with federal law.”

“Transparency at the polls translates into faith in the electoral process, and this Department of Justice is committed to upholding the highest standards of election integrity,” said Attorney General Pam Bondi. “We will commit the resources necessary to ensure the American people get the fair, free, and transparent elections they deserve.”

The decision follows years of President Donald Trump spreading conspiracy theories about voter fraud, most notably that the 2020 election was stolen.

Yeah, Bondi, I don’t think anyone believes you believe that. The article delves into the real reason.

Monitoring elections is a longstanding and routine function of the DOJ, traditionally in places where voting rights or civil rights violations have been alleged. In 2024, the Biden Administration sent monitors to 86 jurisdictions, including all of the major swing states, to “monitor for compliance with federal civil rights laws.”

However, Democrats have raised concerns about the focus on Democratic-run states since Trump’s return to power, especially since his return was fueled in part by conspiracy theories about the last presidential election being stolen from him.

The decision to monitor these two elections was prompted by requests from Republican officials in the two states.

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Democrats in New Jersey and California have characterized the DoJ’s move as an attempt to suppress or interfere with the key votes in November.

California Gov. Gavin Newsom went so far as to accuse the Trump Administration of a “setup” and “rigging the election" in an interview with KQED.

“They are creating the pretext that after we’re successful with Prop. 50, after there is a Democratic governor in New Jersey — and will be one in Virginia, unquestionably — that they can suggest somehow these were fraudulent, these elections were rigged against them,” Newsom said. “This is a preview of 2026. Wake up, everybody.”

It’s aboutt ime to rename the Department of Health.

Robert F Kennedy Jr, the health and human services (HHS) secretary, is planning to issue guidance encouraging Americans to eat more saturated fats, contradicting decades of dietary recommendations and alarming experts.

“My response and sort of counsel to myself was to stay calm, and let’s see what happens, because there was no indication given as to how, why, when this potential shift would occur,” said Cheryl Anderson, an American Heart Association board member and professor at the University of California, San Diego’s school of public health and human longevity science.

“The recommendation around saturated fat has been one of the most consistent recommendations since the first edition of the dietary guidelines.”

While Ronald Krauss, a professor of pediatrics and medicine at the University of California, San Francisco, who has researched saturated fats extensively, found that saturated fats may be less harmful than previously thought, he believes if “[Kennedy] is actually going to go out and say we should be eating more saturated fat, I think that’s really the wrong message”.

Kennedy has indicated that new dietary guidelines will “stress the need to eat saturated fats of dairy, of good meat, of fresh meat and vegetables … When we release those, it will give everybody the rationale for driving it into our schools,” according to recent reporting in the Hill.

Troop pay donor identified.

A reclusive billionaire, anti-tax crusader and major financial backer of Donald Trump has been named as the anonymous private donor who gave $130m to the government to help pay US troops during the federal shutdown that is now in its fourth week, according to the New York Times.

Timothy Mellon, heir to the gilded age industrialist and former treasury secretary Andrew Mellon, is the secret donor whom Trump has described as a “friend”, “great American” and “patriot”, but has refused to name, the Times reported on Saturday, citing two anonymous sources familiar with the arrangement.

Trump first announced the secret, legally controversial donation on Thursday amid growing clamor about the potential financial hardship being caused by the ongoing federal shutdown on the 1.3 million active duty military troops.

And, of course, being a trumpeter, Mellon’s likely breaking the law.

Still, the donation, which equates to about $100 per service member, appears to be a potential violation of the Antideficiency Act, which prohibits federal agencies from spending funds in advance or in excess of congressional appropriations – and from accepting voluntary services “except in the case of emergency involving the safety of human life or the protection of property”.

Potential penalties for violations include both administrative and criminal sanctions such as suspension or removal from duty, fines and imprisonment.

So the felon should be removed from office. Too bad we don’t actually have a House of Representatives anymore to impeach him.

What should the massive new White House ballroom be called? Is thre any ral question?

President Donald Trump is considering naming the new $300 million White House Ballroom after himself, according to senior administration officials who spoke to ABC News.

The sources told ABC News that officials are already referring to it as “The President Donald J. Trump Ballroom,” and that the name “will likely stick.”

The White House played down the speculation Friday, with a spokesperson telling Fox News Digital, “Any announcement made on the name of the ballroom will come directly from President Trump himself, and not through anonymous and unnamed sources.”

Yeah, and that announcement will allude to the usual "anonymous and unnamed sources* the felon loves to quote. Here’s my prediction of how he’ll word the announcement.

“Many people have come to me, with tears in their eyes, saying, ‘Sir, you must name the ballroom after you. It’s the biggest ballroom ever and you have the biggest balls. The socialist communist traitor anti-Americans don’t want you to show how much you love America by doing that. You are America! Don’t show them any weakness!’”

[ThelmaLou]

@Monty

President Donald Trump is considering naming the new $300 million White House Ballroom after himself,

Whoa, there’s a big shockeroo. Who’d a thunk it.

[Robot_Arm]

According to Trump, the U.S. President has the power to rename a huge body of water. It should be a piece of cake for a future president to rename a measly little ballroom.