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

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BREAKING: Donald Trump has a generational meltdown after superstar Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani wins the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor in a stunning upset.

Trump is really freaking out over his home town…

“It’s finally happened, the Democrats have crossed the line. Zohran Mamdani, a 100% Communist Lunatic, has just won the Dem Primary, and is on his way to becoming Mayor,” Trump wrote on Truth Social.

Mamdani is not a communist and the word has little meaning at this point since Republicans use it to smear anyone who believes in prioritizing average Americans over corporations and billionaires.

“We’ve had Radical Lefties before, but this is getting a little ridiculous,” Trump continued. “He looks TERRIBLE, his voice is grating, he’s not very smart, he’s got AOC+3, Dummies ALL, backing him, and even our Great Palestinian Senator, Cryin’ Chuck Schumer, is groveling over him. Yes, this is a big moment in the History of our Country!”

The bit about Mamdani looking “TERRIBLE” is a major tell as to the real motivation for Trump’s outburst. He’s jealous. Mamdani is young, conventionally handsome, well-dressed, well-spoken, and an incredibly gifted communicator. Meanwhile Trump is in cognitive decline, profoundly physically unfit, horribly spray-tanned, and deeply unpopular. He sees in Mamdani a new ....

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Shiftless2 said:
"superstar Democratic Socialist Zohran Mamdani wins the Democratic nomination for New York City mayor" #941
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- uh oh -
"Fast, fare free busses." https://www.zohranfornyc.com/platform
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Good idea? Probably not.

Shiftless2 said:
"The New GOP"
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My reflexive sympathy is purely to the Republican brand, victim of ruthless charlatans.

BUT !!

It takes two to tango.
Trump, one single deranged miscreant could not have run the GOP into the ditch without the support of tens of millions of voters.
It may bear superficial resemblance to piracy. Is it?
At best it's a Republican party coup d'état.

Not tragic enough for you? Try this:
To whom can rational U.S. voters turn for salvation in future U.S. elections? The Democrats ?!?! - we're doomed -
 
As she has done with other provisions, MacDonough ruled that the measures in question ran afoul of the Byrd Rule — which puts restrictions on what can be included in reconciliation bills — meaning that the legislation cannot be passed with a simple majority fast track vote in its current state.
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BREAKING: Donald Trump is dealt a crushing defeat as Senate Parliamentarian Elizabeth MacDonough strips away brutal Medicaid cuts from the "big, beautiful bill" with the stroke of her pen — prompting Republicans to call for her firing.

This heroic woman is now MAGA world's number one enemy...

“Democrats are fighting back against Republicans’ plans to gut Medicaid, dismantle the Affordable Care Act, and kick kids, veterans, seniors, and folks with disabilities off of their health insurance – all to fund tax breaks for billionaires," said Senator Jeff Merkley, ranking Democrat on the Senate Budget Committee.

"Republicans are scrambling to rewrite parts of this bill to continue advancing their families lose, and billionaires win agenda, but Democrats stand ready to fully scrutinize any changes and ensure the Byrd Rule is enforced," he added.

MacDonough rejected a scheme to cap states' ability to .....

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... but what no one seems to be talking about and everyone in this country should be the most alarmed about is the provision to neuter the courts, remove their ability to charge Contempt of Court when their orders are ignored.
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Also need to take out the part that limits fed judge power over trump
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Can we suggest he read a history book?
 
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The Angry Creamsicle​

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Oh, boo-freakin’-hoo, Tom Homan can’t live safely with his family anymore? You mean the same Tom Homan who made a living ripping other families apart at the border like it was some sadistic hobby? The same guy who strutted around talking tough about “law and order” while raking in cash consulting for immigrant detention centers like he was auditioning for ICE’s Hall of Shame?

This man practically trademarked trauma, turned cruelty into a career plan, and now wants sympathy because the consequences of his own heartless policies finally came home to roost?

Nah, Tommy. This isn’t a tragedy. This is the universe delivering a well-earned bitch slap.

It’s not injustice.
It’s poetic.
It’s karmic.
It’s… delicious.
 
Shiftless2 said:
"Hegseth says bombing of Iran is most complex and secretive military operation in history" ABCNews.go.com
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Shiftless2 said:
"Can we suggest he read a history book?" S2 #946
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Or a newspaper?
President Donald Trump’s two-week timeline to decide on whether the U.S. will strike Iran’s nuclear sites is a familiar one — it’s one he’s repeatedly used since his first term in office.

https://www.msn.com/en-us/news/poli...eadline-on-iran-is-a-familiar-one/ar-AA1H7qNE
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note:
post-mission reports indicate one B2 was diverted to Hawaii. Other than that reportedly the task force was reportedly not fired upon. THEREFORE
Trump's telegraphing his attack doesn't seem to have compromised the mission. BUT !!

Did it?
Did Trump's signaling his intention provide Iran the time needed to reposition their assets to spare their destruction?
 
sear said:
Did Trump's signaling his intention provide Iran the time needed to reposition their assets to spare their destruction?
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Whether or not signaling the attack made any difference is pretty much a moot point. Preliminary reports say that Iran had move its enriched uranium before the strike. Moreover, contrary to Trump's claims, the strike only set back Iran's plans by a few months (at most)

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Elizabeth MacDonough doesn’t give fiery speeches on the Senate floor. She doesn’t pound podiums, tweet clapbacks, or beg for airtime on cable news. Most people couldn’t pick her out of a photo lineup. But this week, she did more to derail Donald Trump’s legislative fever dream than any Democrat in Congress. With nothing but a binder, a brain, and a spine forged from 230 years of procedural precedent, she calmly gutted the “Big, Beautiful Bill” — and sent the Republican Party into a frothing, incandescent rage.

Here’s the part that should terrify the GOP: she’s not even elected. She’s the Senate Parliamentarian, the nonpartisan referee responsible for interpreting the arcane rulebook that governs the world’s most dysfunctional deliberative body. She doesn’t write laws. She doesn’t vote. She doesn’t grandstand. Her job is simple: enforce the rules, no matter who’s in charge. And when Republicans tried to use reconciliation — a fast-track process meant for tweaking budgets — to shove through a far-right wishlist of land seizures, healthcare rollbacks, and anti-trans cruelty, she read the fine print and dropped the hammer.

The “Big, Beautiful Bill” was supposed to be Trump’s magnum opus: a tax-slashing, Medicaid-burning, land-devouring beast of a bill that would reshape America in his image. It included everything from ....

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Breaking news - SCOTUS just ruled on the injunction on Trump's executive order on birthright citizenship.

They didn't rule on the merits of the case BUT they ruled that injunctions issued by lower courts cannot block his EO's. The merits are still to be discussed (at least as soon as someone can find a case to bring to their attention - and that assumes that they actually agree to hear it..)

Speaking a few minutes ago Trump said that the 14th Amendment was intended to apply to the children of slaves and nobody else.
 
Further to #957

Seriously... fuck this supreme court...
Today, June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant 6-3 decision that limits the power of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions. These orders block federal policies nationwide in response to President Donald J. Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
The Supreme Court is going into recess until October. Meaning that he CANNOT be stopped from issuing whatever executive order he wants to until the Supreme Court is back in session.
May be an image of 1 person and text that says 'THE SUPREME COURT ISN'T CHECKING POWER, IT'S HANDING IT OVER. CONSERVATIVES DON'T WANT DEMOCRACY. THEY WANT A WHITE CHRISTIAN THEOCRACY WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY.'

Seriously... fuck this supreme court...
Today, June 27, 2025, the U.S. Supreme Court issued a significant 6-3 decision that limits the power of federal judges to issue nationwide injunctions. These orders block federal policies nationwide in response to President Donald J. Trump's executive order restricting birthright citizenship.
The Supreme Court is going into recess until October. Meaning that he CANNOT be stopped from issuing whatever executive order he wants to until the Supreme Court is back in session.
May be an image of 1 person and text that says 'THE SUPREME COURT ISN'T CHECKING POWER, IT'S HANDING IT OVER. CONSERVATIVES DON'T WANT DEMOCRACY. THEY WANT A WHITE CHRISTIAN THEOCRACY WITH NO ACCOUNTABILITY.'



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Freedom From Religion Foundation​

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The Freedom From Religion Foundation is appalled at the U.S. Supreme Court decision today in Mahmoud v. Taylor, which opens the door for parents to opt out of inclusive public school curricula on religious grounds.

“This is a deeply troubling outcome for public education, equality and the constitutional principle of the separation between state and church,” says FFRF Co-President Annie Laurie Gaylor.

The case involves a group of religious parents who objected to LGBTQ-plus characters in storybooks that were approved for use in a Maryland school district. The parents claimed that their religious beliefs require the school to exempt their children from being exposed to the inclusive stories, demanding the right to withdraw children from classes on days when stories with LGBTQ-plus themes are discussed. The lower courts rightly declined to issue a preliminary injunction that would require schools to notify the parents when the storybooks would be used and provide them a chance to opt out of instruction. The lower court noted the “threadbare” evidentiary record and affirmed that public schools are not required to tailor their curricula to individual religious preferences.

Unfortunately, the Supreme Court’s extremist majority has now reversed that sensible approach and sided with the parents.

The court held in a 6–3 decision that LGBTQ-plus inclusive materials amounted to inculcation against faith and that not providing an opt-out to the plaintiffs violates their Free Exercise rights. Justice Samuel Alito, writing for the court, described the books as “clearly designed to present certain values and beliefs as things to be celebrated and certain contrary values and beliefs as things to be rejected.” Alito found that these books created a substantial burden on the religious exercise of the Jewish, Muslim and Christian petitioners. Justice Clarence Thomas, in concurrence, wrote that almost all LGBTQ-plus books integrated into broader education would be considered hostile toward religion and create “ideological conformity.”

While the majority opinion paves a regressive path, the impassioned dissent in the judgment reaffirms that public schools exist to prepare students for life in a diverse and pluralistic society and not to shield them from it.
 
Shiftless2 said:
"Whether or not signaling the attack made any difference is pretty much a moot point." S2 #952
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On Friday June 27, 2025 it is.

Shiftless2 said:
"Preliminary reports say that Iran had move its enriched uranium before the strike." S2 #952
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Possibly due to advanced warning by the U.S. president.

Shiftless2 said:
"Moreover, contrary to Trump's claims, the strike only set back Iran's plans by a few months (at most)" S2 #952
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Trump obviously knows how to MAGApander.
"Iran's key nuclear enrichment facilities have been completely and totally obliterated." U.S. President Trump from the White House, on camera / hot mic 25/06/21
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- piffle -

Shiftless2 said:
" ... Operation Stormy Daniels ..." #952 meme
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Shiftless2 said:
Sotomayor #959
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- watch what you wish for ... -
 
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