Politics And Current Events

Post by **MWB** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:03 pm

Just imagine if Kamala was elected… eggs would be $20, gas $4 a gallon, the stock market would be done 10000, and brown people would be killing everyone.

Post by **tifosi77** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:28 pm

Morherf**ker my gas is already $4.40.

Post by **RonnieFranchise** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:28 pm

It’s not much under $4 in most of PA.

Post by **MWB** » Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:30 pm

It was $2.80 when I filled up last weekend.

Post by **faftorial** » Wed Mar 19, 2025 12:29 am

MWB wrote: ↑Tue Mar 18, 2025 10:30 pm It was $2.80 when I filled up last weekend.

Gas and cigarettes are cheaper in the south.

Post by **count2infinity** » Wed Mar 19, 2025 6:19 am

*mild chuckle*

Post by **tifosi77** » Wed Mar 19, 2025 1:11 pm

Well they are certainly doing a bang up job of that.

One thing that's rattling around my brain with all the talk about impeaching this judge.... one of the core missions of the US Marshals Service is Article I protective services. That includes courtroom and detainee security, but it also means they act as the Secret Service for the federal judiciary. And the USMS is one of the agencies that is being weaponized in this DOGE nonsense. If security details are suddenly rogue agents at a time of heightened threat....I don't know, it just has a bad ring in my head.

Post by **MWB** » Wed Mar 19, 2025 1:33 pm

President Donald Trump fired two Democratic commissioners at the U.S. Federal Trade Commission on Tuesday, in another major test of the independence of regulatory agencies.
"Illegally gutting the Commission will empower fraudsters and monopolists, and consumers will pay the price," said Senator Amy Klobuchar, a Democrat from Minnesota, in a statement.
The FTC enforces consumer protection and antitrust laws, and has a bipartisan structure where no more than three of the five commissioners can come from the same party.

The U.S. Supreme Court in 1935 upheld a law allowing the firing of FTC commissioners only for good cause, such as neglecting their duties. The ruling shields several independent, bipartisan multi-member agencies from direct White House control.

Post by **Shyster** » Wed Mar 19, 2025 7:38 pm

Taking a run directly at Humphrey's Executor, I see. Con law wonks are gonna love that.

Post by **MWB** » Wed Mar 19, 2025 10:51 pm

Trump finally going to sign the EO to work toward shutting down the department of education.

White House spokesman Harrison Fields said in a statement that the order “will empower parents, states and communities to take control and improve outcomes for all students.”

Maybe to empower communities and parents they’ll create some kind of board that will establish rules and policies for the schools. Hopefully that board would be made up of citizens who have a vested interest in the schools. And maybe the states will be able to establish a curriculum that’s more localized. I’m just happy the department of education will no longer be in charge of these things.

Post by **dodint** » Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:33 pm

Can I be on said board?

Post by **faftorial** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 1:10 am

dodint wrote: ↑Wed Mar 19, 2025 11:33 pm Can I be on said board?

School boards are governed locally. Not sure what you're talking about.

Post by **count2infinity** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 5:57 am

Mwb, I like that idea. And might I just add, to make sure this “board” represents the will of the local populace rather than some woke DEI dude lady at the department of education, they should be elected positions by people living in that district.

Post by **shafnutz05** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:02 am

Wtf man... This administration does multiple things a day that Republicans would be screaming for impeachment about if the roles were reversed.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/commerce-se ... to-bet-on/

“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla!” Lutnick continued. “It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap, it’ll never be this cheap again. When people understand the things he’s building, the robots he’s building, the technology he’s building — people will be dreaming of today and Jesse Watters and thinking, ‘gosh, I should have bought Elon Musk’s stock!’ I mean, who wouldn’t invest in Elon Musk? You gotta be kidding.”

Post by **count2infinity** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:14 am

67% eh? Maybe, uhhhh…. Ya know… stop breaking the law, dadhole?

Post by **Viva la Ben** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:54 am

shafnutz05 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 7:02 am Wtf man... This administration does multiple things a day that Republicans would be screaming for impeachment about if the roles were reversed.

https://www.mediaite.com/tv/commerce-se ... to-bet-on/

“I think if you want to learn something on this show tonight, buy Tesla!” Lutnick continued. “It’s unbelievable that this guy’s stock is this cheap, it’ll never be this cheap again. When people understand the things he’s building, the robots he’s building, the technology he’s building — people will be dreaming of today and Jesse Watters and thinking, ‘gosh, I should have bought Elon Musk’s stock!’ I mean, who wouldn’t invest in Elon Musk? You gotta be kidding.”

This was a quote by the sec of commerce. GTFO
At least we know who the real president is and it ain’t Trump.

Post by **count2infinity** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:01 am

It's all a grift with these guys. How do they line their pockets? Yes, wealth inequality is pretty close to an all-time high. How do we break that record and hoard everything in a handful of folks?

Post by **Pavel Bure** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:33 am

I want the job she has. Just go out and spew bullshit to the press. What a cushy gig.

Here’s the BS

press points out something is wrong

Whatever bro, here’s some more BS

Easy job easy life.

Post by **MR25** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:53 am

RFK Jr saying we should let bird flu spread unchecked because "maybe some birds are immune".

It'll jump to humans before they figure that **** out.

Post by **Orlando Penguin** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 9:05 am

MR25 wrote: ↑Thu Mar 20, 2025 8:53 am RFK Jr saying we should let bird flu spread unchecked because "maybe some birds are immune".

It'll jump to humans before they figure that **** out.

‘We already mismanaged a human pandemic. Let’s see how we do when birds are involved!’

Post by **Gaucho** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 9:22 am

Owning the libs.

Post by **DigitalGypsy66** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 9:24 am

I wish RFK Jr. would make good on his promise to ban pharmaceutical ads on TV.

Post by **crusherstasiak** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 9:25 am

i for one would love to see some david barton curriculum in my local public schools

Post by **crusherstasiak** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 9:27 am

james dobson too

Post by **count2infinity** » Thu Mar 20, 2025 10:10 am

He can look at a computer -- I try turning off this guy’s ... I turn off his laptop ... and I go back five minutes later he’s got his laptop. I said, ‘How’d you do that?' 'None of your business, dad.' He’s got an unbelievable aptitude in technology.

Baron might have high aptitude in technology, I don't know... but did the POTUS in an interview with Fox News pretty much say he has no idea how to turn a laptop on or off?