The Second Term of Donald J. Trump as President of the United States of America

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BREAKING: Democratic Congresswoman Jasmine Crockett throws down the gauntlet to Donald Trump and says she will "absolutely" take an IQ test against him — and torches Marjorie Taylor Greene as the "dumbest" member of Congress.

It's time to put your money where your mouth is MAGA...

"Last time you were here Marjorie Taylor Greene was the dumbest person in Congress, is she still the dumbest or has that crown been taken from her?" late night host Jimmy Kimmel asked Crockett during her appearance on his show.

"No. No. She's still winning honey. She's still winning," said Crockett. "I mean did you not see what she had to say about the pope?"

"No. How did I miss this?" asked Kimmel.

"Oh it's cringey," said Crockett.

"It is?" said Kimmel.

"It is. Basically she was like 'God is getting rid of the evil in the world,'" said Crockett.

"And the pope was part of the evil?" asked a dumbfounded Kimmel.

"I guess so cause the pope died," said Crockett. "This was her response to him dying."

"Oh wow. Wow," said Kimmel.

"Yeah. She's dumb and a lowlife," said Crockett.

"Wow. Yeah. Yeah. Yes. I'd like to see Saint Peter reading that it's like 'Um yes it says here that you said...'" joked Kimmel. "Wow that's really... I did not know that. I don't know how I didn't. There are going to be some firings."

"So you have people's attention. What is the Democrats' message? What can be done and what are you doing?" asked Kimmel.

"Let me tell you something: I think that one of the things that we've got to do is focus on how we communicate," said Crockett. "Not necessarily exactly what we say and so I know that there are those who want us to stick to perfection but honestly some of the most watched moments that I've had have been when they were anything but perfect, right?"

"Like what I said I would say if I had a chance to talk to Elon," she added.

Crockett famously said she would tell him to "f*ck off."

"So I think that if we focus on really being very cognizant of our audience and speaking to them in an authentic way — which looks different depending on who you are — I don't think that honestly policy is what we need to be talking about," she said.

"Because guess what? Can't nobody tell you what Donald Trump's policy are at all. Like you ask them what policies? 'I don't know but he's going to bring down the cost of eggs!'" she continued. "But last time I checked that didn't happen, right?"

"It be like 'Well we're standing against Project 2025!' No, Donald said he knows nothing about that and then what happened? All of Project 2025 started to come around," she went on.

"So I don't even think it's policy. I think that people are voting on vibes. I think that people are voting for who they think is being honest with them even if they don't like what they're saying," said Crocket. "So I think that we just need to really tap into like being okay with just being real people and showing people that we are real people and we'll be fine."

The crowd erupted in applause.

Kimmel also asked Crockett if she'd be willing to "take an IQ test publicly, head-to-head against the president of the United States?"

"Absolutely! Absolutely. Absolutely!" said Crockett.

You don't have to be a genius yourself to know that she would absolutely blow our incompetent, ignorant, mentally deteriorating president out of the water.
 
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Retired Navy commander William Marks is leading a grassroots pushback against the Naval Academy’s recent removal of 381 books—many focused on diversity, equity, and inclusion—from its Nimitz Library after a directive from Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth’s office under the Trump administration. Marks, disturbed by the idea that future military leaders would be denied access to such critical perspectives, launched a GoFundMe and partnered with a local Annapolis bookstore to purchase and distribute the banned titles for free to midshipmen and the wider community. “My wish is to not only make sure midshipmen have access to these books, it’s to inspire people. People need to know there is a resistance, there are those who oppose book bans and there are those who oppose overreach by the executive branch,” Marks said.

The book purge targeted works by Maya Angelou, Ibram X. Kendi, and others who explore race, gender, and social justice, while controversial titles like "Mein Kampf" and "The Bell Curve" remain on the shelves—highlighting the ideological slant of the removals and sparking outrage among alumni and free speech advocates. Critics argue that suppressing these books not only undermines academic freedom but also shortchanges the education of midshipmen, who must be prepared to lead in a diverse and complex world.

Marks’s “Operation Caged Bird,” named after Angelou’s memoir, has received overwhelming support from alumni and locals, signaling that many in the community reject the administration’s censorship and see access to diverse ideas as fundamental to both education and democracy. The movement is a testament to the power of collective action in defending intellectual freedom against top-down political overreach.
 
Shiftless2 said:
"Marks’s “Operation Caged Bird,” named after Angelou’s memoir, has received overwhelming support from alumni and locals, signaling that many in the community reject the administration’s censorship and see access to diverse ideas as fundamental to both education and democracy. The movement is a testament to the power of collective action in defending intellectual freedom against top-down political overreach." #542
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Thank you commander Marks.

Any idea what Trump's aversion to inclusion is? A finger in the eye to people that aren't rich white men?

Hardly a revelation, perhaps a clarification. Trump opposing inclusion means Trump supporting exclusion.
Passively that would mean Trump not personally checking out I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings, Angelou's 1969 autobiography.
Active exclusion is deliberately preventing those under his command from doing so.

Guilty conscience seems an implausible excuse for a president that shows little if any indication of having a conscience.
So what is the Donald hoping to hide? ahhh !

"MAKE AMERICA GREAT AGAIN"

Jim Crow 2.0 ?

Thank you S2. The U.S. electorate needs to know this.
 
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sear said:
"Any idea what Trump's aversion to inclusion is?" s #543
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Shiftless2 said:
"One word - Obama - erasing all mention of minorities means that there can be nothing about Obama being the first black President." S2 #544
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That's flattering to Obama.
If Obama had been inept, inconsequential, Trump would have no reason to wish to suppress the history.

Problem is, this flagrant, wide-reaching suppression and censorship targets many other than Obama, and can affect orders of magnitude more than that.
By withholding diversity education from our leaders, our educators, our example-setters, we inflict a blow to much of the broader population.
 
Shiftless2 said:
"How is Donnie going to address things like Rosa Parks and the bus she rode" S2 #547
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If #544 applies, what they can't undo, they'll ignore.

Shiftless2 said:
"Heads of HHS & FDA announce plan to ban petroleum-based food dyes" C-SPAN3 - #548
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Seems like a good idea, long overdue. BUT !
I suspect the migration from Fruit Loops to Cheerie-O's will be less unsettling than adjusting to ground beef that isn't red.

Shiftless2 said:
"Kinda weird of him to just straight up admit that the extent of his medical expertise is elementary-school-level." #548
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I can't make sense of it.
 
Looks like they've entered the "Find Out" stage of FAFO

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True - picking a fight with what is essentially a lawyer production factory wasn't the smartest thing that the Trump administration has done. And let's not forget that Harvard has lots of rich (and connected) alumni.
 
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BREAKING: Billionaire MAGA megadonor Ken Griffin incinerates Donald Trump over his disastrous tariffs and says that America has "has become 20 percent poorer in four weeks."

Even hardcore Republicans supporters are running for the hills now...

"The United States was more than just a nation. It’s a brand. It’s a universal brand, whether it’s our culture, our financial strength, our military strength …. America rose beyond just being a country," Griffin said at the Semafor World Economy Summit. "It was like an aspiration for most the world. And we’re eroding that brand right now."

Griffin, the founder and CEO of the hedge fund Citadel, said that it can take "a lifetime to repair the damage that has been done" to our nation's reputation.

"If you think of your behavior as a consumer, how many times do you buy a product with a brand on it because you trust that brand?" he said. "In the financial markets, no brand compares to the brand of the US Treasuries — the strength of the US dollar and the strength and creditworthiness of US Treasuries. No brand came close. We put that brand at risk."

Griffin compared America to a luxury brand dressmaker who destroys their company by sinking into scandal.

"You know, you can buy like a similar dress with no name for less money, but you want the dress that you think is going to not fall apart in two weeks,” Griffin said. "It can take a very long time — a very long time — to remove the tarnish on a brand."

He went on to say that the deflation of the U.S. dollar coupled with chaotic and unpredictable economic policy and Trump's attacks on Federal Reserve Chair Jerome Powell is a recipe for disaster.

Griffin then directly criticized Trump's destructive tariffs, saying that they will not lead to any kind of victories but will force those involved to "tread water and not drown."

He also destroyed the absurd claim that the tariffs will somehow magically bring manufacturing back to the United States despite the Trump administration failing to incentivize such reshoring with robust subsides.

"I’ll tell you what’s not going to happen is, people are not going to raise [money] to build manufacturing in America because with the policy volatility, you actually undermine the very goal you’re trying to achieve," said Griffin.

He went on to point out the damage being inflicted on our relationships with our closest allies—

"How does Canada feel about our country today versus two months ago? How does Europe feel about the United States today versus two months ago?" Griffin asked.

"And some people scream, ‘Well, it just doesn’t matter.’ But you know what? It matters for a very profound reason. The entire Western world is engulfed in a debt crisis," he added.

This is what happens when you elect an incompetent egomaniac with no understanding of geopolitics or the complex economic systems that holds the world together. Donald Trump operates on instinct and his instincts are always wrong.
 
Shiftless2 said:
FAFO #550
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= horse around, find out

Shiftless2 said:
"they have [Harvard has] almost forty billion dollars" estro #550
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The cliché is, don't start a wee-wee contest against someone who buys ink by the barrel.

$40 $B is a $lot, for a carefree weekend on the ISS. BUT !
His lordship, President "executive order" doesn't just have $40 $B. He's got printing presses.

Shiftless2 said:
" - picking a fight with what is essentially a lawyer production factory wasn't the smartest thing that the Trump administration has done." #550
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Are you sure?

Shiftless2 said:
" And let's not forget that Harvard has lots of rich (and connected) alumni." #550
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Could give the Stanley Cup Playoffs a run for the money.
 
Shiftless2 said:
So far ....
SAD
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Trump is an equal opportunity destroyer.
There's no denying the destruction Trump has lavished on the economy, and the private sector. BUT
Trump's chainsaw wielding henchman has inflicted abuse as bad or worse on our public sector as well.

The Trump administration destruction is so severe Musk has opted to step back, and attend to Tesla, already on a perilous downward trend.


The Independent

Sarah Sanders begs her old boss Trump to reconsider after president rejects Arkansas’ request for disaster relief funds​

Rhian Lubin / Wed, April 23, 2025 at 11:26 AM EDT
Arkansas Gov. Sarah Huckabee Sanders has begged President Donald Trump to reconsider his rejection of her request for disaster relief funds after tornadoes devastated her state last month.
The former Trump White House press secretary wrote to Trump in March after storms ravaged the state, killing three people.
Sanders, who often sparred with journalists in the press room as White House Press Secretary during Trump’s first administration, declared a state of emergency and asked her former boss to declare a major disaster so the state could secure a federal handout.
But the Trump administration rejected the request and said the damage could be handled by the state.
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Sarah Sanders begs her old boss Trump to reconsider after president rejects Arkansas’ request for disaster relief funds

The Arkansas governor and former Trump White House press secretary’s request for federal support was rejected
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Shiftless2 said:
- The government you elect is the government you deserve. - Thomas Jefferson
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Drop dead T.J.
I voted against this clod 3 times. I deserve this why? Because I didn't pierce Trump's other ear?

Shiftless2 said:
"The US has passed the FA stage and is entering the FO stage" #557
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“Tariff,” Donald Trump has said many times, “is the most beautiful word in the dictionary.”
https://www.theguardian.com/news/au...-dictionary-donald-trumps-tariff-plan-podcast
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Which word is prettier Mr. President? $Recession? or $Depression?

- meanwhile -

China canceled 12,000 metric tons of pork

"Supply & demand", a fundamental market pricing dynamic.
If this food doesn't reach Chinese dining tables, does that mean the per pound price of pork on U.S. dining tables will drop proportionately?

Make America First? Breakfirst?
 
Republican Senators knew he was completely unqualified for the job ... no question ... but they still .....

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BREAKING: Former National Security Advisor Susan Rice enrages MAGA world by mocking Trump's disastrous Defense Secretary Pete Hegseth as "dumb as a rock" in a brutal new interview.

She's just saying what all of us are thinking...

"Well, if you’re a white male Christian cisgender macho MAGA man, you can be as dumb as a rock and be deemed qualified to serve as Secretary of Defense. That’s apparently what we’ve learned from this episode,” Rice told podcast host Brian Taylor Cohen on No Lie With BTC.

Her assessment is spot on. Hegseth has been an unmitigated catastrophe as Defense Secretary, the most incompetent man to ever hold the job. From his clueless behavior in the SignalGate scandal to the dogged allegations of him being a raging alcoholic, this man clearly should not be in a position of power.

Rice also tore into the Trump administration for firing people of color from high-ranking positions in the military under the pretense of getting rid of "DEI." Hegseth has defended the terminations, saying that "any general" that "was involved" with "DEI woke shit" has "got to go."

"DEI has been used as a slur to suggest that anybody who might be a woman, might be a person of color, might be a religious minority, might have a disability … might be a veteran of Native descent, anybody who has benefited in any way, shape, or form from the notion that we all should be treated equally and that we should be viewed on the basis of our merits and not discounted because we happen to be a woman or happen to be a person of color," said Rice.

"Anybody who fits the mold of somebody who is not a white Christian cisgender male, is by definition in this administration, deemed inferior," she said.

It's time for Hegseth to go and for someone competent and qualified to step into his job. Until that happens, America is not safe.
 
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