Orange stain second term results thread

[VRAMdemon]

Lol!, didn't see that one coming!

Trump to sign memo lifting Biden's last-minute collective bargaining agreements

FIRST ON FOX: President Donald Trump is expected to sign a memo Friday to lift the collective bargaining agreements former President Joe Biden put into effect before leaving office, Fox News Digital has learned.

www.yahoo.com

 

[Roger Wilco]

Lower tarrifs on Canadian oil apparently. For now.

“But Trump said on Friday that Canadian oil would be hit with lower tariffs of 10%, which could take effect later, on 18 February.”

Trump tariffs: President to hit Canada, Mexico and China with tariffs

Canadian oil will be hit with a lower levy of 10%, likely by mid-February, President Trump says.

www.bbc.com

 

[Brainonska511]

I see the resident conservatives still can't tell us all why these things are good.

 

[gothuevos]

And doing so for non-economic issues. There is no incentive large enough to enter an agreement with this administration because he'll just break it whenever it suits him for whatever reason. This is also why the responses to his trade war moves should be more than just retaliatory tariffs. Targeted countries need to bring the pain to the US.

Are we....a rogue nation now?

 

[you2]

I see the resident conservatives still can't tell us all why these things are good.

I think it is obvious; it is good because Trump sez it is good

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Yeah this is going great. Jesus Christ…..

https://twitter.com/x/status/1885481444576784683

 

[nakedfrog]

More efficient use of government resources at work!
Yes, previously LGBTQI+ was at the top of the "Traveler Information" list. Now LGB is at the bottom of it.

January 1, 2025:


Today:

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Now seeing some 80+ FBI agents and some executives were escorted out. All worked on Jan 6 case.

 

[Pens1566]

Now seeing some 80+ FBI agents and some executives were escorted out. All worked on Jan 6 case.

40 prosecutors in the DC US Attorneys office as well.

This shit is spiraling rapidly out of control.

 

[nickqt]

Hopefully a few of these people have backups that they can leak.

 

[MomentsofSanity]

Yeah fuck it. If there’s ever another election and a Democrat wins. Fire everyone. Every last conservative in every position anywhere.

 

[K1052]

Yeah fuck it. If there’s ever another election and a Democrat wins. Fire everyone. Every last conservative in every position anywhere.

I don't think we'll make it that far if Elon is up to what I think he is over at treasury.

 

[Paratus]

I don't think we'll make it that far if Elon is up to what I think he is over at treasury.

Do tell?

 

[Brainonska511]

Do tell?

He's been trying to get his hands on the master payment system of the US Treasury.

 

[K1052]

Do tell?

The only reason to focus on taking over the payments system is because you have decided not to pay some people. The possibilities are pretty dire like he could just decide not to send any money to a zip code that didn't vote for Trump (as an extreme example). I think his intent is to seize the money machine and force trillions of dollars in immediate cuts and force the country into austerity, with no authority to do so whatsoever.

 

[nakedfrog]

Musk would definitely look a lot better with a much more well-ventilated thorax.

 

[Paratus]

He's been trying to get his hands on the master payment system of the US Treasury.

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I’m aware, but that doesn’t tell me what he plans to do with it. Pass a few trillion through his companies and skim the interest before the money goes to the intended recipient or hold all social security payment hostage or what?

 

[Brainonska511]

I’m aware, but that doesn’t tell me what he plans to do with it. Pass a few trillion through his companies and skim the interest before the money goes to the intended recipient or hold all social security payment hostage or what?

Probably more like what K1052 said - illegally and arbitrarily cut federal payments off.

 

[Paratus]

The only reason to focus on taking over the payments system is because you have decided not to pay some people. The possibilities are pretty dire like he could just decide not to send any money to a zip code that didn't vote for Trump (as an extreme example). I think his intent is to seize the money machine and force trillions of dollars in immediate cuts and force the country into austerity, with no authority to do so whatsoever.

Ok that’s bad.

 

[K1052]

Ok that’s bad.

Yes since abrupt austerity of that magnitude would probably make the country come apart.

 

[repoman0]

Musk would definitely look a lot better with a much more well-ventilated thorax.

Then that little shriveled man driving the weird shaped robot body could be free.



When does it become a moral duty to accelerate these Nazis trip to the afterlife like it was during WWII?

 

[Paratus]

Yes since abrupt austerity of that magnitude would probably make the country come apart.

The backlash would be… severe.

 

[you2]

Trump Broke the Federal Email System and Government Employees Got Blasted With Astonishingly Vulgar Messages

Reply All Turns out that putting a bunch of teenagers in charge of the federal government's HR agency wasn't the smartest move. Late last night, a recently unearthed exploitation in the Office of Personnel Management's new DIY email server reportedly leaked several email lists to the public. As...

news.yahoo.com

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next to last paragraph is very interesting:
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All this server drama is important, as it's reportedly key in DOGE's goal of gathering information on every government employee. Tuesday's much-reported "fork in the road" email memos came from this unsecured server, which unintentionally revealed the involvement of two non-government individuals, both heavily involved in Project 2025.

 

[outriding]

The press secretary claiming fentanyl has killed tens of millions of Americans as to why these tariffs are coming. Seems off by an order of magnitude, looking only at deaths from overdoses per year. But what does truth even mean anyway?

Someone should have. Called her out on that. The DEA says most of the fentanyl ones from china and they want to make the case to add tariffs to Mexican and Canada

 

[nickqt]

The backlash would be… severe.

Who is going to do what, though?

MAGA collaborators turn on Trump? What are they going to do? Plan to vote for Democrats in 700 days?

Mass Riots/General Strike? That's an Enabling Act dream for Trump and Friends. The sooner the better.

Opposition isn't even disorganized, it's almost entirely non-organized. And I'm guessing a lot of of opposition still haven't even thought about moving past their 1st Amendment "right", to their 2nd Amendment "right".

Is the answer that we have to rely on Hegseth's DoD to save us from Trump and Musk? That's a worrying notion.